Myspace

So for our group project, we decied to make a myspace for our visual aid. Matt and I created it, and it allows us to inform people outside of the class what we are doing. We also made a group, that is based on the information and facts of smoking. We hope that this will help people stop smoking

Final Group Project

So our group is doing our project on smoking, we are doing powerpoint, and thats pretty much it...Here is our outline

Power Point
Topic: People Should Not Smoke
Three sub-topics we will discuss:
-if you smoke
you affect your own health
you affect other people around you
and you will die
Joanna and Clinton will also talk about personal experiences
Speech
-Intro: Joanna and Clinton with their personal experiences
-Body: Elyse, Jon, and Eddie discussing the power point
-Conclusion: Matt summary of everything

Jobs
Jon: Putting together the power point
Everyone else get research and pictures for the power point and email it to Jon.

Power point needs to be done by Wednesday!

Car theft

So this website shows a ridiculous way to protect your car from car theft... thought it was ridiculous but kind of funny

http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/uploads/tducartheftpreventionredlight1000.jpg

Blog post

this is the website i posted my blog on, it talks about car theft, and prevention

http://automotivepic.blogspot.com/2008/10/some-basic-car-theft-preventing.html

Is it really your work?

Chapter 18 talks about plagiarism, and what not to do. It also talks about crediting your source, and how that establishes your ethos. It states that you must completely cite your source as well as recognize plagiarism, because if you use a plagiarized source, you will be accused of plagiarism as well. I thought the part were the book talks about how they put water marks on internet sites, so not only can the see it on paper, but also if you have looked at that website. For the research paper, we must cite our sources in MLA format. I thought this chapter was interesting, because they talk about the same stuff we have had pounded into our heads since first grade, but it also talks about how to site your sources, and how to make sure you don't use a plagiarized source.

Research question

So for my research question I am thinking about the effect of car theft in California. I want to show the cause and effect of car theft on the average Californian. Car theft in California, is the highest in the nation, with four of the top ten cities in the nation for car theft. Car theft is defined as-Theft of an unattended vehicle without key(s)

I am passionate about this topic because may of this year I had my car stolen. It really made the problem hit to close to home. Although I got my car back, I still felt violated, and made me want to research and combat the problem. I also want to look at the other side of the situation, to look into the side of the thiefs, see their motivations, and into their lives.

So if you have any suggestions on how I can narrow down my research question into a precious one please let me know. Thanks

Car theft

Car theft

According to Auto Theft and Its Prevention the author talks about that in 1989 11% of the UCR (Unified Crime Index) was that of car theft. It also talks about how in America the car theft rate is much higher than it is in most developing countries. A lot of cars are stolen at night, from the street, and are usually taken for joy riding, and sometimes taken to be striped for their parts. The author also states that most people’s reactions to their cars being stolen aren’t as strong as burglary, but the financial loss is much higher. Overall I thought this article was very interesting, and just backed up the facts I had read in other articles.

Bibliography:

Auto Theft and Its Prevention

Ronald V. Clarke and Patricia M. Harris

Crime and Justice, Vol. 16, (1992), pp. 1-54

Published by: The University of Chicago Press