Weblog Assignment #4

Similar to #1-3: Choose one of the sites below, and write two paragraphs about it, the first linking to it, and telling about the site itself, the second telling your opinion. If these sites are not interesting to you, choose another one from the first three assignments, and use that one! Some of these have a lot of reading- but the main point- what the site does or says, is most important.

PEER PRESSURE & DRINKING

http://www.madd.org/tuhijo/en_act_friends.htm
MADD- Helping your child deal with peer pressure

http://www.ias.org.uk/resources/publications/alcoholalert/alert200502/al200502_p23.html
Parents, not peers, responsible for binge drinking

GRAND THEFT AUTO & VIOLENCE

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39007
Violent video games blamed for Va. Tech killing

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/24/DDG4PPCNHL1.DTL
SF Gate- Video games blamed unfairly for Cho's killing

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/60minutes/main678261.shtml
CBS- Grand Theft Auto made this guy kill three people?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101021104-384808,00.html
Vice City- the next Grand Theft Auto

http://www.slate.com/id/2164379/
Cho- about the guns

TRANSPARENCY

http://friendsofatr.blogspot.com/2007/04/taxpayer-coalition-press-release.html
Government Transparency Movement is Growing! - Americans for Tax Reform

http://www.wmd.org/wbdo/oct-nov03/access.html
World Movement for Democracy- Transparency movements worldwide

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/24/content_858172.htm
China agrees to more transparency

FOOD TABOOS

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0419_040419_TVfoodtaboo.html
Food Taboos around the world

http://library.thinkquest.org/18802/everfood.htm
Food Taboos

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/jungle/20050330-jungle.html
Social networking sites catch eye of employers

Weblog Assignment #3

Same as the first two: write two paragraphs. The first paragraph should tell about the site and link to it. The second should tell about your opinion (about the subject, the site, or the people who made the site) and tell why. Each paragraph should be 5-7 sentences or more. Choose any ONE of the sites below to write about.

CHILDREN WITH NO SOCIALIZATION

http://www.feralchildren.com/en/showchild.php?ch=victor
Feral Children's "Victor of Aveyron" (Wild boy of Aveyron) site

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28194001%2945%3A4%3C554%3AESIOAC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7&size=LARGE
The true story of Anna, locked in an upstairs room

GENIUSES

http://hem.bredband.net/b153434/Index.htm
Estimated IQ's of some of the greatest Geniuses

http://www.aceviper.net/aceviper_net/ace_intelligence/aceviper_questions_and_answers/aceviper_interesting_intelligence_related_questions_and_answers.html
Questions and answers on genius

http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=10
About MENSA (organization of geniuses)

AMISH

http://www.oacountry.com/Amish-Information.htm
Ohio's Amish Country- links to information about the Amish

http://www.amishcenter.com/
Illinois Amish Interpretive Center, link to virtual tour

http://amish.net/
amish.net

GENOME PROJECT

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml
Human Genome Project homepage

Weblog Assignment #2

Same as assignment #1: Choose from the sites below; write two paragraphs; describe and link to the site; tell about your opinion and why. Good luck!

POLYGAMY

http://www.hbo.com/biglove/
Homepage of Big Love, new television show about polygamy

http://www.trivia-library.com/b/alternative-forms-of-marriage-polyandry.htm
About polyandry (one woman, many husbands): where, when, why

GAY MARRIAGE

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/gay+marriage
Gay marriage & political t-shirts

http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/GayMarriage/main.asp
Gay marriage cartoon gallery

COMMUNES

http://www.thefarm.org/
The Farm, famous commune, Tennessee

http://www.twinoaks.org/
Twin Oaks, Virginia

http://www.eastwind.org/
East Wind, Missouri

TORNADOS

http://www.tornadoproject.com/
Tornado project

http://www.chaseday.com/tornadoes.htm
Tornados, different shapes and sizes

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/
Tornado FAQ's