Rubric

1. Revision from first presentation. 10
2. Visual of power point 10
3. Was image cited correctly 15
4. Did the group turn the assignment in on time to slide share20
5. Do the presenter show a since of confidence , and is the time managed correctly 10
6. Do the group stay on the overall topic 25
7. Do they state the argument, how did they argue the topic to favor them 25
8. Were the books, articles, and websites used correctly to back up the argument. 20
9.Were the sources Credible 15

Total Score 150 pts

1. Introduction


a. Will the United Nations Treaty against small arms affect the safety of Americans if the Treaty is passed?

b. This topic is a very significant subject matter dealing with the safety of Americans. If the Treaty is passed through congress, and is not vetoed by the President then people will not be able to protect their families against people

Facebookistan"

As a citizen of the nation of Facebook (or "Facebookistan"), what are your rights and responsibilities? How does this podcast--and a larger discussion of social media, which includes using blogs--fit within this class?

I have been using Facebook for a number of years now and my material on their have changed over the years. When I was like eleven or twelve the information that I posted was immature simply because I was young myself, and my family did not agree with some of the things that I posted so they had the right to take face book away from me for a little while. When I got older I matured and the things that I posted helped me through school with networking, and finding information about certain subjects. I couls message somebody for homework. Find out current events on my timeline, and search for thingson the research bar which is tied in with “FILTER BUBBLES”. Facebook is our responsibility to post things that we think is appropriate for people to view and if its not only select people you want to see it the restrictions is on us to keep control of our page that’s why we created it. Social meadia is a big part of our economy even in the class rooms today ever thing we do can be seen by other people for example the blog that we are doing today it is part of our class, and it is also a social network we get graded on this. I think “(Facebookistan") fits our class room because the information we receive through social media can determine our choice on how we seek look for research questions.

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Filter Bubble

A filter bubble is used by many websites that we use on a daily base. Google, EBay, Yahoo this is just a few big time named that a majority of us use for research. A filter bubble is also a website's way of providing the user's preferences or similar things that you looked up before to assist them with future searches. As for example you look up a Camaro on EBay at the bottom of the page EBay will suggest to you items that will go along with Camaros. Some of the draw backs that I believe is in place with filter bubbles is how everybody don’t need extra suggestions when they are purchasing items because some people have shopping problems and if you show the shopper things related to their search that they believe is important than they will be forced to by it by their mind because of their addiction. It can also be bad for academic research because its just suggestions and it might not be credible for the type of research that the person needs for the certain assignment. One of the ways that the filter bubble have been present in my life was based off of Facebook when I searched for people who lived in stone mountain then it gave me a specific search from the people who lived in stone mountain and went to my high school.

                         

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Plagarism

There are many types of plagiarism in the world or what can be considered plagiarism.  The most common form of plagiarism is to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as your own. The second form of plagiarism is to use another's production without crediting the source. You must cite the source even if you use one word from a website book or anything that did not come from your head, but it can also be flaws in coming up with stuff from you head which can also be a form of plagiarism which is to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source. The expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property, and is protected by copyright laws, just like original inventions. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way (such as a book or a computer file). Here is a quick list to remind you of simple plagiarism to stay away from turning in someone else's work as your own, copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit, failing to put a quotation in quotation marks, giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation, and changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit

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Thurhill, Mark. "Plagiarism.org." Plagiarism.org : Learning Center : Plagiarism Definitions, Tips on    Avoiding Plagiarism, Guidelines for Proper Citation, & Help Indentifying Plagairism. Psychology Today, Jan.-Feb. 2010. Web. 17 Oct. 2012. .

Rhetorical Device

Today I watched the Presidential election and both of the candidates Mitt Romney, and President Obama both exhibited Rhetorical Devices in their debates. The debate showed more than one rhetorical device, but the first one that I will talk about will be how Barack Obama used Appeals to emotion he argued in his debate that Mitt Romney would be taking the future away from Americas youth by taking away financial aid and the Federal Pell Grant which would affect a majority of college kids today. He went on to say how if he took it away we would not be able to accomplish many of the goals that we would be able to do if we went to college. This put in prospective to many Americans that voting for Mitt Romney would be the wrong choice. Mitt Romney would the back up the argument against Barack Obama with the Rhetorical Device Appeal to Authority he used this to show off his statistics while he was governor and tried to relate the current debate with what he did as governor of his one state so he tried to use his former glory days to appeal to the viewers with his old power to say he did it then and he can do it now


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argument.

Will the UN Treaty on small arms go against the second Amendment, and affect the safety of Americans in the long run, with the mass number of unregistered weapons in the United Stated? My argument will first talk about the second amendments and how any law abiding citizen has a right to bear arms to protect them from enemies both foreign and domestic. With the treaty on small arms the UN will be violating the constitution at which our four fathers had created for our country hundreds of years ago and it was set in stone so how can we let the UN abuse their power in our country. With the Second Amendment getting abused by the treaty how will American protect themselves against people who don’t have good intentions toward their families. The UN Treaty is the collection of all registered weapons in the United States which mean no more hunting going to the gun range, and no more weapons to protect people homes. The main problem in this situation is how there are millions of unregistered guns in the United States. The people with the unregistered weapons will be in total power against the people who had to turn their guns in, and these three things will be my main arguments for my topic

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Galieo over Databases

I Chose the Discipline of Business administration for a high end car dealership. I have always been interested in this, but I never knew how to look it up in a database. I looked it up under the Galileo On the discovery tool this was new for me because I never looked up anything in a database. When I typed in my keywords which was CAR, DEALER, HIGH END  LUXURY, BUSINESS  ECONOMICS, and there was more than two hundred thousand results that came up when I pressed the search button. I think the results I got was very close to what I was looking for but as I clicked through the pages the results started to stray off topic so only the first two pages was really accurate for my topic. When I searched in the discovery tool you get more results and many more databases than if I looked for a specific thing in a specific database. I believe that I would use the Discovery tool when I really don’t have much information on a topic but I would like to find out as much information that I can about it. I would use a specific database when I have a lot of keywords and I know exactly what I am looking for 

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Scholarly Article: Blocher, Joseph. "The Right Not To Keep Or Bear Arms.

The Second Amendment is spoken many times in this Blocher Joseph journal. The article is a scholarly journal which have been looked over by his peers and his colleagues for accuracy and to make sure it not a bias article. This Article asks whether the Second Amendment should likewise be read to incorporate both the right to keep or bear arms for self-defense and the inverse right to protect oneself by avoiding arms, and what practical implications they would have for both sides of the argument. The article also talks about the “Core” and "Central Component" of the Second Amendment which is self-defense which is mostly exerted in the home. I would use this article to argue my topic in the matter of how we have been bearing arms to protect our homes and families since the Second Amendment was signed on the Constitution, and we cant take it away because it would leave a lot of people unsafe in the world.

Citation

Blocher, Joseph. "The Right Not To Keep Or Bear Arms." Stanford Law Review 64.1 (2012): 1-54.        Academic Search Complete. Web. 7 Oct. 2012.

An Unsteady Finger on Gun Control Laws.

The popular magazine that I decides to go with was by Persky, Anna Stolle. The article reports that handgun control laws in the U.S. are being challenged throughout the country based on the Second Amendment that protects the right of an individual to possess a firearm for private use inside the home. Jonathan E. Lowy, director of the legal action project at the Washington D.C.-based Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said there have been at least 20 challenges to several state and federal gun laws.

I will use this popular magazine to before my scholarly article to get people to se the popularity of my topic, and how it is a very important part of our lives. Then I would use my scholarly article to back up the information in the magazine.

Citation

PERSKY, ANNA STOLLEY. "An Unsteady Finger On Gun Control Laws." ABA Journal 96.12 (2010): 14-16. Legal Collection. Web. 7 Oct. 2012.

GALILEO ASSIGNMENT

GALILEO is short for “Georgia Library Learning Online” which is another way of saying it is ran buy the state of Georgia. Galileo was created to supplement the public library with an online source of information. It has all the amenities as a public library but in an online form. You can search and save millions of documents in the online database. Galileo have a variety of sources to get information from EBooks are electronic books that have been converted from a hard copy book to an digital copy which makes its so much easier to find instead of using call numbers  and looking in the stacks. Galileo also have a selection of online articles that are organized by topics which can be found by just typing key words needed for the topic. An amazing selection of Government Documents can also be seen on Galileo, and those are good for finding out about your country and what’s going on in the world today. Primary Sources is a very important part of any project because a primary source shows the work is original and is accredited and primary sources is also included in Galileo. There are other items that you can use to find information on as archives, statistics, videos, maps, pictures, and dissertations. It organizes information by putting information in an online database so people like me can access different sources of information from the internet. Galileo have millions of article divided in different data bases. And databases is organized in different disciplines this is created so we can go to a particular collection that will cover our topic.  Galileo is a online directory.

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Two books with citations redo

America Disarmed

Wayne La Pierre's is the author of the explosive new book, America Disarmed. He gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are using the U.N. for their "under the radar" program to destroy the Second Amendment. In America Disarmed you will learn about the U.N. plans to impose gun control in America, the corrupt anti-gun organizations that do the U.N.'s bidding, and the inner workings of the anti-gun cabal President Obama has assembled for his administration. Arm yourself with the facts and learn how to fight back, and i will use this book for a source because this book is is the main part of my topic because my topic is the safety of America at sake if the Treaty is passed. This book would be one of the main sources of information that i would use for my research project.

Citation

LaPierre, Wayne. America Disarmed Inside the U.n. and Obama's Scheme to Destroy the 

              Second Amendment. N.p.: Wnd, 2011. Print.

Disarmed: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America 

 the book "Disarmed" expalains how More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of gun violence that terrorize neighborhoods and claim tens of thousands of lives. Commanding majorities of Americans voice support for stricter controls on firearms. Yet they have never mounted a true national movement for gun control. I plan to use this book to show how deaths are caused by guns but it is 50/50 we kill on the battle feild everyday. the law enforcement kill everyday so America cant say guns are bad for everyone.

Citation

Disarmed, Of Kitty. Author, and Matilda Betham-Edwards. Disarmed. London: n.p., 2012. 

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“The Secret History of Guns”

Will the U.N treaty affect the safety of Americans if it passes?

The United States will be violating the Second Amendment if the U.N.  Passes the treaty. “The Secret History of Guns” shows the back ground of how people in America use guns in order to protect them selves from threats like the klu klux klan, Black Panthers, and intruders. Americans have the right to bear arms to protect themselves because the safety will not be there if someone was to come in your house uninvited with an unregistered weapon and put your family in danger . THE TEXT OF the Second Amendment is maddeningly ambiguous. It merely says, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Yet to each side in the gun debate, those words are absolutely clear. I plan to use this book to show how the history of guns are here to protect us from people trying to harm us.

Gun-rights supporters believe the amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms and outlaws most gun control. Hard-line gun-rights advocates portray even modest gun laws as infringements on that right and oppose widely popular proposals—such as background checks for all gun purchasers—on the ground that any gun-control measure, no matter how seemingly reasonable, puts us on the slippery slope toward total civilian disarmament. This attitude was displayed on the side of the National Rifle Association’s former headquarters: THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. The first clause of the Second Amendment, the part about “a well regulated Militia,” was conveniently omitted. To the gun lobby, the Second Amendment is all rights and no regulation. Although decades of electoral defeats have moderated the gun-control movement’s stated goals, advocates still deny that individual Americans have any constitutional right to own guns. The Second Amendment, in their view, protects only state militias. Too politically weak to force disarmament on the nation, gun-control hard-liners support any new law that has a chance to be enacted, however unlikely that law is to reduce gun violence. For them, the Second Amendment is all regulation and no rights.                                                      Citation

Winkler, Adam. "The Secret History of Guns." The Atlantic. Atlantic, 11 Sept. 2011. Web

            26 Sept. 2012.

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Sources

My project topic is how the U.N. is trying to pass a treaty that can put the lives of many Americans in danger if it is passed. I wouldn't use a scholarly book for my project on the U.N.. By the time there is a [scholarly book] for my topic, it would probably be irrelevant. because it take a long time to publish, and we don't have a long time to study about the topic decisions on the treaty is coming very soon. A magazine could have a article about the treaty in it but it would be summarized and all the information will not be stated. I should be able to find info on the treaty in a few newspaper articles since the topic is current.   the treaty deals with the government and the entire United States a  government document wouldn't be right for this project until the UN treaty has passed, and it could be in writing because the Government don't create documents before its passed.An encyclopedia is also not useful when it comes to UN topic because that takes a while to be created, and once again, my topic is current. The scholarly journal could not be accurate because it would just be the opinions from over educated people. The internet would be the best option for my topic because the web is fast and it is current from more than one accredited source

U.N. Treaty

The topic that I chose to talk about is about the UN and how if the treaty is passed it will affect the safety of america as we know it/ The treaty is based on america turning in all registered weapons in the United States and that action will be bad for everyone because it is more unregistered guns in america than registered. The safety of people will be in jeperody because if somebody was to go inside somebody house to rob a family the person who use to have guns would be defenseless against the person who have the unregistered gun because they did not have to turn their gun in. And how would the government go about taking the unregistered guns from the people who they have know idea who they are. they could raid everybody house, but that would cause alot of commotion in America, and it will be not turn out good.The treaty will only hurt the people who would have to turn their guns in. There are plenty of felons that have guns that will not turn their gun in to government and get locked up for having one. Then the people who try to throw the guns away can become dangerous for kids if they find the hidden guns and play with them.

DId you narrow i

*Blog Prompt: * Did you change your research question since Monday? How? (DId you narrow it? Did you make it broader?) Why did you decide to change it this way? Also, start brainstorming the kinds of resources you might need to answer this research question (books, interviews, statistics, photos, etc) * **Remember to respond to a classmate by Friday *

my group had made a topic up on Monday that we knew was good.everyone agreed on it and that was the topic that we decided to go with;however, when we got to class on wens day we was took by storm. The teacher told us that we had to have a topic that is up under one thing for the whole group but we had to have different points on the topic.when she said that we all start second guessing our topic because we did not think that we could get it done with all the people in the group. we all thought it was to narrow so we decided to get our teacher involved so we could get some help on if we should change the topic or not. when we called the teacher over she said that we was ahead of the curve and we had a really good topic because it was so many different branches in the field United Nation so each one of us could take a branch. we did not know we could do it like that so we decided to keep the topic and go from there.

The reason for my topic question

                My research question that I decided to go with is How does the treaty affect rights of Americans, and will the treaty change the way of life. I believe it is a good research topic because if will greatly affect Americans if the treaty is passed. Guns is a big part of most Americans lives we hunt shoot for fun and we also use firearms to protect our homes if we did not have fire arms it would damage the mines of America because it give some people a since of security. The knowledge that I gained from this topic is about how The United Nations is polishing up a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) this month in a New York convention that would create a global registry of private ownership of firearms. This treaty which would also mandate creation of a national collection agency for those guns and is contrary to the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment has the long-standing and enthusiastic backing of the Obama State Department, headed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The aspect that I will be approaching on this topic will be the one of the people that will suffer from the treaty and the lack of security if the treaty will pass and all the weapons will be confiscated by the government

The topic that my group chose was. Does the U.N have the ability to change rights in Americans  some of the outlines in our topic is do the treaty affect the rights of Americans. like do the U.N have power over which can determine the outcome of how Americans live. will the treaty be cause a lot of problems for Americans which will effect the current way of life. The 2nd Amendment will it protect us from certain laws which can affect the total outcome of the treaty. if us sign the treaty can the treat be manipulated once it is signed.

Articles Post

Isaac Drenches Gulf Coast

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443409904577618782315012076.html

The article above was written by DANIEL GILBERT, TIMOTHY W. MARTIN and MIKE ESTER and it explains how it was categorized as a tropical storm rather than a category one hurricane. Isaac passed Louisiana, and reporters said the replacement leveys held up very well against all the rain that was spread around the gulf and Louisiana.

Lexmark to Cut 1,700 Jobs and Stop Making Inkjet Printers

This is a very bad situation for a lot of people working for since Lexmark is jettisoning its inkjet printers and laying off 1,700 workers as paper becomes the past to  sleeker digital devices and online photo albums on Internet hangouts like Facebook.  These people should not be layed off because Lexmark cannot provide a up to date printer. They should go back to the drawing board and create a new device

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/08/28/business/ap-us-lexmark-job-cuts.html?_r=1&ref=technology

Newborn Screening Can Help Prevent Problems

http://www.cdc.gov/features/ScreeningNewborns/

this was a very bad article of how Kristie lost her daughter Cora by an unexpected heart problem after the doctors gave her a clean bill of health three days earlier. Kristie said that al of this could have been avoided if the doctors would had examed Cora a little better now she is suggesting that every baby should be scanned before they are released

Library Ethnography Project - Kadarius/Valerie

 The project that Valarie and I did was going to the reference desk in the library and getting information on data bases and finding a book in the library.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZSULBWymaA

C.U.R.R.A

C.U.R.R.A

The acronym my group came to an agreement on is C.U.R.R.A this word is short but means a lot because it is made to remind people what the guide lines for finding a correct website. The first letter stands for credentials this word can go along way because it is an attestation of qualification, competence, or authority issued to an individual by a third party and this can show the quality. The second letter stand for unbiased which is the opposite of bias which is anything biased generally is one-sided, and therefore lacks a neutral point of view. The third letter stands for references this is a great way for people to see that the website is viewed and seen by sources other than the original author which created the website. The fifth word stands for relevancy this word is what is used in certain fields to show it is up to date and is studied in cognitive sciences, logic, and library the last word is authority, authority usually stands for the author or publisher. The author usually has authority if he or she is qualified to talk about the subject. When finding authority you look for the authors credentials.

Second blog

There is one library service that I am still confused about, and that is checking out laptops and the procedure of keeping them over night. Long story short last year around exam time my laptop had broke and I needed to rent one from the library so I could finish my essay. They told me that I could check it out for twenty four hours then I would need to return it. But when I tried to check it out two days later they told me they did not rent laptops. I am confused do they rent them or do they not.

I am not confused about this course anymore since Ms. Critten explained the overview of the course; however, I am still worried about some of the assignments that we will be doing in the class.  I am most excited about becoming hands on with the activities that’s in the syllabus. One of the activities that we are about to do before the next class period is the video of two people going up to the reference desk in the library. The purpose of this assignment is to let the teacher know we are up to date with using the library to our advantage.

Kadarius Williams-Macon

Hello, class my name is Kadarius Williams-Macon, I from Knoxville Tennessee originally then I move to Atlanta when I was young. I am an undeclared major as of right now. I am leaning towards an biology major because science is my favorite subject in school.
I decided to take this class because I knew very little about the class, and I knew it would be different to me. Hopefully this class will be a fun experience for me through out the semester.
One thing that I have always wanted to learn was how to fly an airplane. I looked up to people who flew airplanes be cause I think its cool how two people could fly an aircraft that big. I almost considered going to aviation school when I graduated from high school, but I remembered one thing I am afraid of heights so that really made me rethink the career choice. I chose west Georgia because I heard it was a really good school to attend so I gave it a shot.