In Class Assignment 3 Ch. 10

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Exercise 5 - Chastity

The house sat on the hill. Out place from the world. The cars on the highway roared their horns while moving north and south. Up on the hill, the house observed the people live, breathe, grow, and die. The house wept for humans and wondered. Can people change? The house kept hope. Kept it inside. Within the corridors of the belly. The house has a friend, Hope. The house sat with hope hoping that someday people will change. The house hoped that the living, breathing, growing, and dying of humanity continued, but with a purpose. From north to south the cars continued to roar their horns, as they moved in place with the world. The house sat on the hill.

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POLS Local Government

Local High School Board:
http://www.porterville.k12.ca.us/PUSDHome/BoardOfTrustees/tabid/538/Default.aspx

City Council:
http://www.ci.porterville.ca.us/govt/CityCouncil/councilprofiles.cfm

Mayor:
http://www.ci.porterville.ca.us/govt/CityManager/

Board of Supervisors:
http://www.co.tulare.ca.us/government/board/default.asp

California State Assembly:
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/clerk/MEMBERINFORMATION/memberdir_1.asp

California State Senate:
http://www.sen.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senators.HTP

California Governor:
http://ltg.ca.gov/
http://gov.ca.gov/

U.S. Congress:
http://nunes.house.gov/

U.S. Senate:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=CA

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Technical Reading Response #6

Daniel Contreras
Professor Neal Blaikie
CRN 72392 ENGL P140
Technical Reading Response #6
18 October 2010

1. Rob Cook repeats the same phrase in his poem "The Song of America".
2. Adrienne Rich's poem has isn't structured.
3. Zones and Self-Exam both have a nice flow from start to finish.
Question: How do all these poems relate to each other?
Extended:
1. Rob Cook's poem "The Song of America" starts with the phrase, "I'm raising my child to", then continues on with the line. The next line begins with the exact same phrase. The thing now is that the second part of the next line is different from the first. So the author is only repeating the first part of the phrase, over and over again.
2. The poem "Tonight No Poetry Will Serve" written by Adrienne Rich is short, simple, and easy to read multiple times. It doesn't have a specific structure or format. Although it's still very poetic. I also noticed that she cleverly used verb, adverb, noun, etc in sentences.
3. Both "Zones" and "Self-Exam" flow nice and evenly as you read them. I didn't quite enjoy them as much as I enjoyed the other two, but these had a nice flow so they weren't bad. I had no clue really what "Zones" was about, but I liked how the poet chose his words. "Self-Exam" has more sophisticated language and is a very well written poem as well.

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Imitation Poem

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Sociology Logbook

Logbook Cover Page
Logbook Reading Logs #1-#9 & #15
Logbook Lecture/Event Log
Logbook Deviance Log
Logbook Film Log
Logbook Yearbook Log
Logbook Couples Observation
Logbook Social Action Log
Logbook Essay
Logbook Works Cited

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The Road

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Exercise 4 Part 3 "No Time For Me"

"No Time For Me"

Sundays were always the same. Wake up, get ready, go to church, arrive back home, and do chores. Almost nothing out of the ordinary occurred. When something did occur, mum and pop would tell me to stop fooling around. I love my mum and pop, so I listened them no matter what.
Mondays were always unpredictable. Mum would wake me up at the crack of dawn, pop and I would jog a mile in the morning mist, then I would frantically rush for the school bus. I love my bus driver because she never forgets to ask how I am doing; she also has an amazing smile. Her figure would say that she isn't a day past seventeen, but shes actually twenty.
Tuesdays were always exciting. Band rehearsal, cross country practice, leadership team meetings, and my favorite one of all---Calculus class. I love math and I plan on becoming a high school mathematics teacher, someday.
Wednesdays were always busy. Take out the trash, clean my room, mow the lawn, and babysit. There's no time for me. Pop would close his shop late and mum would get out of work early to run countless errands. I love working because that prevents me from getting bored, though it does get a tad exhausting, after a while.
Thursdays were always different. Anxiety, loneliness, or stress would consume me. Regardless, major study time would still have to occur before tomorrow's quizzes. I love getting good grades, but as Stephen Covey would say, "To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you'll never achieve true mastery of the subjects."
Fridays were always refreshing. No school tomorrow, movie night with my friends, and best of all, I got to see Amanda, the girl I really like. I love how she enjoys the things I enjoy: movies, music, and mathematics; Unfortunately Amanda attends a different high school, so I rarely get to see her.
Saturdays were always the best. Running at dawn, when the tiny wet droplets slid off the leaves of the giant green trees and doing cannonballs into the lonely lake. I enjoy the lake's company. The lake enjoys my company. I tend to lose track of time as I float in this pool of divinity; my mind high above the thin delicate clouds, my body floating in the dark vacant space. I love moments like these because in the rest of this world, there is no time for me.

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A Day Without A Mexican

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ENGL - Poem

"I Want It Now" by Roald Dahl

Gooses, geeses
I want my geese to lay gold eggs for easter
At least a hundred a day
And by the way

I want a feast
I want a bean feast
Cream buns and doughnuts
And fruitcake with no nuts
So good you could go nuts

No, now

I want a ball
I want a party
Pink macaroons
And a million balloons
And performing baboons and
Give it to me now

I want the world
I want the whole world
I want to lock it
All up in my pocket
It's my bar of chocolate
Give it to me now

I want today
I want tomorrow
I want to wear 'em
Like braids in my hair and
I don't want to share 'em

I want a party with roomfuls of laughter
Ten thousand tons of ice cream
And if I don't get the things I am after
I'm going to scream

I want the works
I want the whole works
Presents and prizes
And sweets and surprises
Of all shapes and sizes

And now

Don't care how, I want it now
Don't care how, I want it now

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POLS Midterm Review Guide

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Intro Lectures:
Politics - the management of conflict over who shall rule and what policies shall be made.
Power - The ability to give or withhold support for a course of action.
Authority/Legitimacy - Political authority conferred by public opinion.
Force - Physical Violence or credible threat.
Rewards - Payment for good behavior.
Rational legal authority - Authority established through a process.
Government - The system of offices that oversee and guide the interactions of individuals in a political system.
Capitalism - Private property with market incentives.

Democracy/Constitution Chapter 1 & 2:
Democracy - Political system where the people rule.
Direct Democracy - Political system in which most citizens make policy as in a town meeting.
Republic - A form of democracy in which power is vested in representatives elected by means of popular competitive elections.
Representative Democracy - Political system in which policy is made by official elected by the people.
Parliamentary System - A government that vests power in an elected legislature that chooses the chief executive.
Presidential system - A government that vests power in a separately elected president and legislature.
John Locke - English philosopher who wrote the Treatises of Government.
Capitalism - Private property with market incentives.
Civil Society - Volunteer organizations or associations that citizens join to achieve goals independent of government.
Articles of Confederation - A constitution drafted by the newly independent states in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It created a weak national government that could not levy taxes or regulate commerce. In 1789 it was replaced by our current constitution in order to create a stronger national government.
Sovereignty - A governmental unit that has supreme authority and is accountable to no higher institution.
Shay's Rebellion - A rebellion in 1787 led by Daniel Shays and other ex-Revolutionary War soldiers and officers to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes. The revolt highlighted the weaknesses of the confederation and bolstered support for a stronger national government.
Constitutional Convention - Meeting of state delegates in Philadelphia in 1787, which resulted in the writing of the constitution.
Bicameral legislature - A lawmaking body made up of two chambers or parts. The congress in the U.S. is a bicameral legislature composed of a senate and a house of representatives.
Unicameral legislature - A lawmaking body with only one chamber, as in Nebraska.
James Madison - "The father of the constitution" that prepared the Virginia Plan which formed the basis for the deliberations at the 1787 convention.
Majority rule - The doctrine that states those candidates who win the most votes will fill office and whichever side in a legislature has the most votes determines which laws will be made.
Minority Rights - Rights of any group less than a majority. Normal individual rights as applied to members of racial, ethnic, class, religious, linguistic, or sexual minorities.
Virginia Plan - A proposal by Virginia delegates, drafted by James Madison at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787.
New Jersey Plan - The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government which recommended that Congress be unicameral, and that all states be equally represented in Congress. It was proposed by William Paterson at the Philadelphia Convention on June 15, 1787.
Three-fifths compromise - A compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the population of slaves would be counted for enumeration purposes.
Federalists - Supporters of a stronger central government who advocated ratification of the constitution. After ratification they founded a political party supporting a strong executive and Alexander Hamilton's economic policies.
Federalist Papers - A series of eighty five essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that were published in New York's newspapers in 1787-1788 to convince New Yorkers to adapt to the newly proposed constitution.
Coalition - An alliance among different interest groups or parties to achieve some political goal.
Antifederalists - Opponents of a strong central government who campaigned against ratification of the constitution in favor of a confederation of largely independent states.
Faction - A group of people who seek to influence public policy in ways contrary to the public good.
Separation of powers - A principle of American government whereby constitutional authority is shared by three separate branches of government - legislative, judicial, and executive.
Checks and balances - The power of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government to block some acts by the other two branches.
Bill of Rights - The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, containing a list of individual rights and liberties such as freedom of speech, religion, and press.

Civil Liberties Chapters 3 & 4
First Amendment - Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and of the right to petition the government.
Civil rights - Rights of the citizens to vote, receive equal treatment before the law, and to share the same benefits of public facilities.
Civil liberties - Rights accorded to an individual by the constitution.
due-process clause - Protection against arbitrary deprivation of life, liberty, or property as guaranteed in the fifth and fourteen amendments.
equal protection clause - The provision in the fourteen amendment guaranteeing that no state shall deny to any person the equal protection of the laws.
Incorporation - A doctrine whereby the Supreme Court incorporates--that is, includes---many parts of the Bill of Rights into restrictions on government actions.
Clear and present danger - A standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged; "no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety."
Prior restraint - The press is guaranteed freedom from censorship. After publication however the government can punish the press for material that is judged libelous or obscene.
Libel - Injurious written statements about another person.
Poll tax - Money that must be paid in order to vote. There used to be poll taxes in some places in the USA; this tax kept many poor people from voting since they could not afford to pay the tax. The twenty fourth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified in 1964) made poll taxes illegal.
Literacy test - An exam to determine that a voter can read, write and understand public issues. In 1965, President Johnson enacted the Voting Rights Act, which abolished literacy tests and other voter restrictions and authorized federal intervention against voter discrimination.
Commerce clause - The Commerce Clause is an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes".
Ex post facto law - Any law that makes an act a crime that was not a crime at the time it was committed or that increases penalties or renders conviction easier after the fact, was outlawed by the constitution.
Lemon Test - Three tests may be gleaned from the cases. First, the statute must have a secular legislative purpose; second, its principal or primary effect must be one that neither advances nor inhibits religion; finally, the statute must not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion.
Establishment Clause - A clause in the First Amendment to the Constitution stating that Congress shall make no law "respecting an establishment of religion".
Free Exercise Clause - A clause in the First Amendment to the Constitution stating that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the "free exercise" of religion.
Wall of Separation - A Supreme Court interpretation of the Establishment clause in the First Amendment that prevents government involvement with religion, even on a non-preferential basis.
Employment Division v. Smith(1990) - Smith a Native American in Oregon, gets fired for the religious use of peyote. Smith doesn't get jailed or hired. Division wins.
Double jeopardy - The prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution.
White primary - White primaries were primary elections in the Southern States of the United States of America in which any non-White voter was prohibited from participating. White primaries were found in many Southern States after about 1890 and through the mid-1960s.
Miranda Rights - Rights read by an officer to a person in custody before they are interrogated. If rights are not read before interrogation of the person in custody, then the answers to the questions may be kept out of court.
Probable Cause(Search Warrant) - A reasonable belief that a crime has occurred, is occurring, or will occur, which is sufficient to justify an arrest of a person, a search, or a seizure of property. It is often described as more than a mere suspicion.
Exclusionary rule - The legal rule that states where evidence has been obtained in violation of the search and seizure protections guaranteed by the US Constitution, the illegally obtained evidence cannot be used at the trial of the defendant.
Good-faith exception - In United States constitutional law, the good-faith exemption (also good-faith doctrine) is a legal doctrine providing an exemption to the exclusionary rule.
Separate but equal - A legal doctrine in U.S. constitutional law that justified systems of segregation.
Plessy v Ferguson (1896) - Homer Plessy was told to sit in the colored car even though he was only 1/8s black, so he went to the court, but in a 7 to 1 decision the court declared Plessy guilty and rejected Plessy's arguments based on the fourteenth amendment then ruling the law for separate but equal.
Brown v Board of Education (1954) - Ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This swept through the nation beginning the civil rights movement. Brown v. Board of Education is a victory for democracy.
Civil rights act of 1964 - Piece of legislation that outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women and ended racial segregation in the U.S. It prohibited discrimination in public facilities, and in employment, invalidating the Jim Crow laws in southern states.
Affirmative action - The requirement imposed by law or administrative regulation, that an organization take positive steps to increase the number or proportion of women, blacks, or other minorities in its membership.
Suspect classification - Classifications of people on the basis of their race and ethnicity. The courts have ruled that laws classifying people on these grounds will be subject to strict scrutiny.
Strict scrutiny - The standard by which the Supreme Court judges classifications based on race. To be accepted, such a classification must be closely related to a compelling public purpose.
Quasi-suspect classification - Any classification of groups meeting a series of criteria suggesting they are likely the subject of discrimination.
Heightened scrutiny - Classifications based on gender and illegitimacy.
Reverse discrimination - Using race or sex to give preferential treatment to some people.
Reasonableness test - Procedure to examine the logic of accounting information.
Shelly v. Kraemer (1948) - A U.S. Supreme Court case which held that courts could not enforce racial covenants a on real estate, declaring they violate basic civil rights via the fourteenth amendment.
Voting rights act of 1965 - An act that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the United States.

Federalism Chapter 5
Federalism - A political system in which ultimate authority is shared between a central government and state or regional governments.
Federal system - Power is divided between central and local, state, or regional governments. Both the central government and the constituent governments act directly upon the citizens. Both must agree to constitutional change.
Unitary System - Power is centralized. State or regional governments derive authority from central government.
Confederation/confederal system - A political system in which states or regional governments retain ultimate authority except for those powers that they expressly delegate to a central government.
Express powers - Those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out, expressly, in the constitution; also called the "enumerated powers".
Implied powers - Those delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution.
Necessary-and-proper clause/Elastic clause - The final paragraph of Article I, Section 8, of the constitution, which authorizes Congress to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the enumerated powers. Sometimes called the elastic clause because of the flexibility it provides to Congress.
Nullification - A legal theory that a U.S. State has the right to nullify any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional.
Federal mandate - A federal law or act compelling state to take certain actions, sometimes without providing funds such as "No child left behind", an example of an unfunded mandate.
Full faith and credit clause - A name used to refer to Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution, that addresses the duties that states within the U.S. have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings" of other states.
Supremacy clause - The clause in the U.S. constitution, Article VI, stating that all laws made furthering the constitution and all treaties made under the authority of the U.S. are the supreme law of the land.
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) - Ferry Service in New York Harbor. Outcome: Feds win; states must recognize licenses issued by federal government. Justification: "Interstate Commerce" clause and "Supremacy" clause.
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - U.S. National Bank. Outcome: Feds win(McCulloch); bank is constitutional. Justification: "Necessary and Proper Clause and "Supremacy" clause.
Wickard v. Filburn (1942) - Grain Production in Ohio. Outcome: Feds win; Farmers crops can be regulated by federal government. Justification: "Interstate Commerce" clause, argued that farmers affect the interstate commerce even if they buy or sell nothing.
Heart of Atlanta (1964) - Discrimination in private business, specifically a motel that wanted to serve only white clients. Outcome: Feds(U.S.) wins; civil rights can be imposed by federal government, even on private business. Justification: "Interstate Commerce" clause and "Supremacy" clause.

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Logbook Yearbook Data Log Summary

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Film Long "True Colors"

Film Log
Prime Time Live(underlined)
1992
Mark Lukasiewicz & Eugenia Harvey

Two best friends John, a male European American male, and Glen a male African American. Both of them are observing treatments from various people that they encounter in St. Louis, Missouri. Glen and John went to a car sales location, an apartment opening, and several other sale like locations. John often was neglected, treated rudely, and even over watched to make sure that he wouldn't commit a crime. On the other hand, Glen, the white male, received a much nicer response from the same sales people that John spoke with. He received almost immediate service, discounted prices, and unearned privileges that Glen would probably would never receive.

In addition, Henslin explains that discrimination is a reason why some groups get unfair treatments. At the same time, other groups get preferential treatments. That might explain why John was treated better than Glen. The establishments that both of the males visited were prominently filled with white workers. The rare occasion of a African American worker still didn't make a difference in the treatment to Glen. Groups have the power to discriminate against their own kind as well as others. (Henslin 231-233)

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Logbook Cover Page

Sociology P101 Logbook
SOCI P101-50
CRN 72571
Fall 2010

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Sociology Works Cited Logbook

Albom, Mitch. "We Talk About Our Culture." The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. By Ronald R. Matson. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 85-88. Print.

Berger, Peter. "Invitation to Sociology." The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. By Ronald R. Matson. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 5-10. Print.

Colomy, Paul. "Three Sociological Perspectives." The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. By Ronald R. Matson. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 32-42. Print.

Elliot Liebow. "Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women." The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. By Ronald R. Matson. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 43-49. Print.

Glassner, Barry. "The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Fear the Wrong Things." The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. By Ronald R. Matson. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 69-78. Print.

Henslin, James M. Essentials of Sociology: a Down-to-earth Approach. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2009. Print.

Kimmell, Allan J. "Ethics and Values in Applied Social Research." The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. By Ronald R. Matson. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 50-62. Print.

Matson, Ronald R. The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. Print.

Mills, C. Wright. "The Sociological Imagination." The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. By Ronald R. Matson. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 11-20. Print.

Miner, Horace. "Body Ritual among the Nacerima." The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. By Ronald R. Matson. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 79-84. Print.

Rubin, Lillian B. "The Approach--Avoidance Dance: Men, Women, and Intimacy." The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. By Ronald R. Matson. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 151-59. Print.

Stephens Jr., W. Richard. "Careers in Sociology." The Spirit of Sociology: a Reader. By Ronald R. Matson. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 21-29. Print.

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