Learning About Traffic Lanes

November 30, 2015 Hastings and Hastings
Traffic lanes are not as simple as they first appear. When you start off driving, at the young innocent age of 16, you see two lanes of traffic; one going one way, another going the opposite. That may be the case for some simple roads, but often it can get much more complicated. You...
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Drowsy Driving is Bad, so How do We Avoid it?

November 29, 2015 Hastings and Hastings
We all know the dangers of drowsy driving. It slows your reaction time, impairs your decision making, and makes it difficult to focus on the road. Driving drowsy leads to accidents and costs lives. Avoiding drowsy driving is simple. All you have to do is get enough sleep. However, there is a catch. If...
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Rhetoric: The Art of the Argument

November 28, 2015 Hastings and Hastings
We have all been in arguments before. They are a part of life. We argue with our friends, we argue with family, we argue with our coworkers, and we definitely argue with our significant others. Arguing is one of the first things we learn to do when we start talking. Isn’t “no” every 2-year-old’s...
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BP Settles with Justice Department

November 27, 2015 Hastings and Hastings
Just before 10 AM on April 20, 2010, a massive explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible offshore oil drilling rig. The oil rig was home to a crew of 126 individuals, employees of BP, Transocean, Anadarko, Haliburton, and M-1 SWACO. They attempted to save the oil rig, but failed. Safety precautions, which had been...
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Hybrid Cars: Cutting Gas by Going Green

November 26, 2015 Hastings and Hastings
Hybrid cars are becoming more and more popular all around the globe as people are becoming more inclined to commit themselves to green, sustainable energy. Hybrid cars are one of the best ways they can do that. They are rising in availability, increasing in efficiency, and falling in cost. Mules better watch out, because...
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