Chat rooms can provide a learning environment outside of the classroom. They are effective resources because they have even allowed me to converse with other members of my Biology class to discuss lectures and labs. A lot of classes around campus have the chat rooms set up privately for only the students registered in that class. Private chats also can be set up if that interests the individual using the room. The chat room is a good resource to use inside and outside of the classroom.
Dogs are clearly a more suitable and effective alternative to weapons. Dogs served as the preferred alternative to excessive force around housing developments off campus for students attending the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). At UCLA, canines were first introduced in 1979 to aid University Officers in protecting the safety of students from nearby gangs. The gangs relocated due to the use of canines (Freidman 21). Although suspects have claimed to be badly bitten, these cases are extremely rare compared to many documented good deeds and rescues involving human lives performed by police canines.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Baseball's drug policy happened in 2004, long before anybody in the previous 100 plus years of baseball could have been prevented from taking these steroids and other drugs. *With this type of instability in the baseball drug program, why start now? @[Sure], I am for equality amongst all of baseball's players, @[but] preventing something that is impossible to prevent because of the excessive amounts of baseball players should not even be tried. It is the containment of this that should be attempted. If a person is found taking steroids, punish him. @[But] why should we start marking asterisks when several generations of baseball players have gone by unnoticed. Many baseball records have been set without being tested for steroids. To start now would be ludicrous. It is not the fairness of the morality of the situation, @[but] the fairness of the overall situation.
*In order to make this more of a policy, they need to just be more lenient on the use of steroids and not have the media blast on everybody who uses them. Drug testing was effective as of 2004, and steroids were available long before that. That means that everybody before then had the chance to use steroids and no one cared. If they get caught then they get caught, dont make a public scene about it. All records should go asterisk free because theyre now just keying in on people when baseball has been around for more than 100 years.
“This exercise did not really do much to help me. I can definitely see the use for it, but I believe this is something I cannot see myself doing on my own time to help me out for this paper. All of my sentences seemed to be in proper structure. It could help in the future however.
*In order to make this more of a policy, they need to just be more lenient on the use of steroids and not have the media blast on everybody who uses them. Drug testing was effective as of 2004, and steroids were available long before that. That means that everybody before then had the chance to use steroids and no one cared. If they get caught then they get caught, dont make a public scene about it. All records should go asterisk free because theyre now just keying in on people when baseball has been around for more than 100 years.
“This exercise did not really do much to help me. I can definitely see the use for it, but I believe this is something I cannot see myself doing on my own time to help me out for this paper. All of my sentences seemed to be in proper structure. It could help in the future however.
As a Carolina Gamecock, I feel that the tradition of burning the tiger was a great tradition to skip this year. I feel that this year is a year where Clemson and USC should be in a way "United" despite being rivals. The fire that happened earlier involving both of our school's students is why this should happen. I believe that the reason we should skip this tradition for the year is because fire is the reason we had a lot of students in mourning. The use of fire in this tradition was simply too soon because people are still feeling the effects of this tragedy. As far as policy goes, I think this tradition should not change in the following years. I don't believe it is what these students would have wanted. This is just a great tradition to skip for the year because it shows respect for them.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Jamie Lincoln Kitman discusses the use of hybrid cars. He apparently knows a lot on the subject since he is a car tester and bureau chief for Automobile Magazine. With this knowledge, he uses the facts in order to get his point across. He is obviously against the use of hybrid cars. He compares the use of them to fat free desserts, which "Sound healthy but can still make you fat." He bases his argument on the negatives of hybrid car use. Such negatives include the "Extra weight, complexity, and expense." Hybrid's cost an extra $6,000 in order to make. This being said, it takes a while in order for money to be saved from extra gas use. He also mentions how extra weight is added onto the car, which robs gas mileage, and that the battery robs passengers space and cargo. Also, the battery, when not recycled properly, can be a large environmental hazard.
Considering the other side, Kitman talks about how hybrid taxis and buses would make a lot of sense. However, no one has ever considered it, and people will always be oblivious to the negatives of hybrid cars just because they're hybrid cars. He also says that people who spend the majority of their time on city streets will find a use for hybrid cars, because that is where those cars are most efficient.
Patrick Moore is the co-founder of GreenPeace. Despite this, he goes against the reason that GreenPeace was founded; getting rid of the use of nuclear energy. He calls nuclear energy the only source that can save the world from a catastrophic climate change. It is also less expensive than most other energy sources like natural gas and hydroelectric. These prices will also drop in the future. Although nuclear plants aren't safe, there are far more dangerous. In fact, last year, 56 deaths were accounted to a reactor that blew up. Over 5,000 people die yearly due to coal mining accidents.
Moore thinks that nuclear weapons should have no destructive ends and should be used for environmental purposes.. There are too many benefits for the use of nuclear plants. The current 103 nuclear plants avoid the release of 700 million tons of carbon dioxide, which is equivalent to 100 million automobiles.
Considering the other side, Kitman talks about how hybrid taxis and buses would make a lot of sense. However, no one has ever considered it, and people will always be oblivious to the negatives of hybrid cars just because they're hybrid cars. He also says that people who spend the majority of their time on city streets will find a use for hybrid cars, because that is where those cars are most efficient.
Patrick Moore is the co-founder of GreenPeace. Despite this, he goes against the reason that GreenPeace was founded; getting rid of the use of nuclear energy. He calls nuclear energy the only source that can save the world from a catastrophic climate change. It is also less expensive than most other energy sources like natural gas and hydroelectric. These prices will also drop in the future. Although nuclear plants aren't safe, there are far more dangerous. In fact, last year, 56 deaths were accounted to a reactor that blew up. Over 5,000 people die yearly due to coal mining accidents.
Moore thinks that nuclear weapons should have no destructive ends and should be used for environmental purposes.. There are too many benefits for the use of nuclear plants. The current 103 nuclear plants avoid the release of 700 million tons of carbon dioxide, which is equivalent to 100 million automobiles.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Kluger and Lindzen discuss the effects of global warming on our society. The first thing that strikes my mind when talking about these two articles is how Lindzen refers to the study of global warming as a "Junk science." The fact that he refers to global warming as that shows enough to me that he doesn't believe in this subject. He claims the climate change to be due to "Alarmism."
This makes me believe that Kluger is the more persuasive one in the duo of global warming essays. He puts alot of the blame on carbon dioxide, saying that CO2 concentration was risen to a point where 19 of the hottest years on record were in the 1980s or later. Take that plus the addition of a non-biased view point, and there is a lot of credibility to give to him. I believe the blame he places on natural disasters is very minimal, saying that it is just natural, that they always will attack, but the severity of them will be caused due to the problem of global warming.
Lindzen seems to place some blame on carbon dioxide, saying that the contraction of upper-level cirrus clouds "increased with temperature" which decreased the response to the increasing levels of carbon dioxide. However, Kluger seems to be the persuasive one because Lindzen has a sense of bias in his viewpoint. He does not seem to attracted to the idea of global warming, but still thinks that something is causing it. Kluger, on the other hand, gives solid view points to why this is happening and does not have a bias giving him more credibility.
This makes me believe that Kluger is the more persuasive one in the duo of global warming essays. He puts alot of the blame on carbon dioxide, saying that CO2 concentration was risen to a point where 19 of the hottest years on record were in the 1980s or later. Take that plus the addition of a non-biased view point, and there is a lot of credibility to give to him. I believe the blame he places on natural disasters is very minimal, saying that it is just natural, that they always will attack, but the severity of them will be caused due to the problem of global warming.
Lindzen seems to place some blame on carbon dioxide, saying that the contraction of upper-level cirrus clouds "increased with temperature" which decreased the response to the increasing levels of carbon dioxide. However, Kluger seems to be the persuasive one because Lindzen has a sense of bias in his viewpoint. He does not seem to attracted to the idea of global warming, but still thinks that something is causing it. Kluger, on the other hand, gives solid view points to why this is happening and does not have a bias giving him more credibility.
Blog#2
There are three perspectives to take in the performance enhancing drugs scandal in baseball. The baseball fans who are disgusted, those who are entertained, and the TV stations who are cashing in on the fans who are entertained. Regardless, all three have their legitimate reasons to have their own stances. With the stances given, I believe that the fans who are entertained have a reason to be excited due to the homerun surge in baseball.
Baseball's drug policy happened in 2004, long before anybody in the previous 100 plus years of baseball could have been prevented from taking these steroids and other drugs. With this type of instability in the baseball drug program, why start now? Sure, I am for equality amongst all of baseball's players, but preventing something that is impossible to prevent because of the excessive amounts of baseball players should not even be tried, but the containment should be attempted. If a person is found taking steroids, punish him. But why should we start marking asterisks when several generations of baseball players have gone by unnoticed. Many baseball records have been set without being tested for steroids. To start now would be ludacris. It is not the fairness of the morality of the situation, but the fairness of the overall situation.
With my sources, I will be able to prove how fans were more attracted to the game of baseball with the new found homerun surge. Fans are attracted to scoring, which the TV ratings show since 1998, when the surge started. Also, the fact that TV stations were made happy will be proved indirectly through the use of TV rating statistics. The use of personal opinions will be used to show how people also think that asterisks should not be given because the drug testing system is relatively new, and I agree with it.
Baseball's drug policy happened in 2004, long before anybody in the previous 100 plus years of baseball could have been prevented from taking these steroids and other drugs. With this type of instability in the baseball drug program, why start now? Sure, I am for equality amongst all of baseball's players, but preventing something that is impossible to prevent because of the excessive amounts of baseball players should not even be tried, but the containment should be attempted. If a person is found taking steroids, punish him. But why should we start marking asterisks when several generations of baseball players have gone by unnoticed. Many baseball records have been set without being tested for steroids. To start now would be ludacris. It is not the fairness of the morality of the situation, but the fairness of the overall situation.
With my sources, I will be able to prove how fans were more attracted to the game of baseball with the new found homerun surge. Fans are attracted to scoring, which the TV ratings show since 1998, when the surge started. Also, the fact that TV stations were made happy will be proved indirectly through the use of TV rating statistics. The use of personal opinions will be used to show how people also think that asterisks should not be given because the drug testing system is relatively new, and I agree with it.
Blog#1
The three perspectives I took for the exploratory paper were the fans against performance enhancing drug use, the fans for it because they were being more entertained, and the tv stations who enjoyed it because of the ratings. For the most part, I believe that everybody is on the side that says steroids is wrong; that everybody believes that steroids is morally incorrect and is cheating.
The perspective I think that needs to be correct is the side that is the fans who are now being entertained due to the increased amount of homeruns being hit. It is fairly obvious that more fans were getting more into the game since 1998 when the home run surge began.
In order to make this more of a policy, they need to just be more lenient on the use of steroids and not have the media blast on everybody who uses them. Drug testing was effective as of 2004, and steroids were available long before that. That means that everybody before then had the chance to use steroids and no one cared. If they get caught then they get caught, dont make a public scene about it. All records should go asterisk free because theyre now just keying in on people when baseball has been around for more than 100 years.
The perspective I think that needs to be correct is the side that is the fans who are now being entertained due to the increased amount of homeruns being hit. It is fairly obvious that more fans were getting more into the game since 1998 when the home run surge began.
In order to make this more of a policy, they need to just be more lenient on the use of steroids and not have the media blast on everybody who uses them. Drug testing was effective as of 2004, and steroids were available long before that. That means that everybody before then had the chance to use steroids and no one cared. If they get caught then they get caught, dont make a public scene about it. All records should go asterisk free because theyre now just keying in on people when baseball has been around for more than 100 years.
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