Thursday, March 26, 2009

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MLA Format

Basic rules for print and electronic sources

The MLA system of in-text citations, which depends heavily on authors' names and page numbers, was created in the early 1980s with print sources in mind. Because some of today's electronic sources have unclear authorship and lack page numbers, they present a special challenge. Nevertheless, the basic rules are the same for both print and electronic sources.

The models in this section (items 1–5) show how the MLA system usually works and explain what to do if your source has no author or page numbers.

1. AUTHOR NAMED IN A SIGNAL PHRASEOrdinarily, introduce the material being cited with a signal phrase that includes the author's name. In addition to preparing readers for the source, the signal phrase allows you to keep the parenthetical citation brief.

Christine Haughney reports that shortly after Japan made it illegal
to use a handheld phone while driving, "accidents caused by using
the phones dropped by 75 percent" (A8).

The signal phrase — Christine Haughney reports that — names the author; the parenthetical citation gives the page number where the quoted words may be found.

Notice that the period follows the parenthetical citation. When a quotation ends with a question mark or an exclamation point, leave the end punctuation inside the quotation mark and add a period after the parentheses: " . . . ?" (8).

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4. PAGE NUMBER UNKNOWNYou may omit the page number if a work lacks page numbers, as is the case with many Web sources. Although printouts from Web sites usually show page numbers, printers don't always provide the same page breaks; for this reason, MLA recommends treating such sources as unpaginated.

The California Highway Patrol opposes restrictions on the use of
phones while driving, claiming that distracted drivers can already
be prosecuted (Jacobs).

According to Jacobs, the California Highway Patrol opposes restric-
tions on the use of phones while driving, claiming that distracted
drivers can already be prosecuted.


When the pages of a Web source are stable (as in PDF files), however, supply a page number in your in-text citation.

NOTE: If a Web source numbers its paragraphs or screens, give the abbreviation "par." or "pars." or the word "screen" or "screens" in the parentheses: (Smith, par. 4).

Sophie's paragraph

Tibet has been fighting for their independence for more than 20 years now, and China has been fighting against their independence movement all the while. Apparently, their techniques have not been effective, so China used physical force to show that they believe that they are stronger, better, and more powerful. For example, the Chinese security force has surrounded itself around Tibet, to stop the Tibetan protesters. The Dali Lama says, “China has brought untold suffering and destruction.”(Gyaltesan) Hundreds and thousands of Tibetans have died, just by expressing how they feel. The Dali Lama explains how that even today the Tibetans live in fear because being themselves and believing in their religion is dangerous and could lead to their death. The worst part is, the Chinese government thinks that the Dali Lama is lying. How can one lie about thousands of deaths going on? Fortunately, the Dali Lama plans to stay and support the Tibetans with all that he can.
http://www.livenews.com.au/Article/Index/193156?channel=home

Work Cited

Hey Guys!
I am going to do the work cited page so I would really appreciate it if you could post the websites you used in your paragraph!  Please do this ASAP!
THANKS!
Tedi

Please help.

For the last fifty years China has taken over Tibet and has slowly taken away their rights. One huge right that the Chinese government is taking away is the right for religion and also to be a religious leader. China has now started to close down and empty out monasteries is the city of Lhasa. Many of the people who are interviewed answer questions as anonymous for the fear of government officials finding them and hurting them. Also the Chinese have put into act a very strict set of laws about monks wearing their robes outside the monastery. They are not allowed to wear them in public or even their own homes. Chinese police even come to monk’s homes to see if they are wearing them and if they are they usually bring them to prison. An article from the New York Times interviews a man and he says “Monks no longer in the monasteries are barred from wearing their robes in public, the monk said, and the police check on the monks at home, at times hauling some off to prison. The monk said Tibetan policemen came to his home three times a month”(Edward Wong). Its just a terrible thing that the Chinese people are doing to the Tibetans and its time that people and the U.N. get involved to help separate Tibet from China’s rule.
Link to article for tedi - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/world/asia/19tibet.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&sq=tibet&st=cse&scp=20

Please critique

please add suggestions! this is extremely rough, I've had like NO time to do any homework. I will work on it tonight, and fix it. I am good with presenting stuff as well.


I changed my choice to Ricky's second bubble on the bubble map.

"            The effects of the issues in Tibet have resulted in the want to return to a stable political society.  Many leaders have risen to the occasion and led up rises and marches, as well as peace talks. According to Christopher Bodeen from the Associated Press, “Last year, representatives of the Dalai Lama and China's government held three different rounds of talks but little progress was made”. Although the peace talks are present, and have valid points, they haven’t had much success. Quoting the Chinese  Premier Wen Jiabao’s response defending Chinese rule, Bodeen writes, ‘“the policies we have adopted are right’”. Since the peace talks weren’t effective, many Tibetan people took to the streets, in protest. Bodeen writes, “Thousands of police and paramilitary soldiers have been patrolling and manning checkpoints across Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited regions in western China in recent weeks, ready to head off any repeat of last year's wide-scale anti-government demonstrations”. Although the Tibetan uprisings and marches may not sway the Chinese government, the large scale use of military reflects an impact."

http://www.startribune.com/world/41205917.html?elr=KArksUUUU

Intro/Con.

The crisis of Tibet has been a long debated topic. After China made itself known as the ruling force over Tibet, many of Tibet's freedoms were taken along with. The Chinese government made Tibet into a true Chinese nation by trying to eliminate all knowledge of the Tibetan traditions and replacing their culture with that of the Chinese. The main causes for outrage of the Tibetan citizens have been the ruthless quelling of independence movements and the exile of the Dalai Llama.

All of these events show how much freedom means to these people. After the shutting down of monasteries to ensure the elimination of their traditions and the mass killings of independent radicals, the world should look to find a way to make peace between China and Tibet by making Tibet a self-governed nation. The Dalai Llama has been fighting for a long time and it's about time organizations like the UN should start helping.

My effect to the paper

China’s rule has become so strict that Monks are not allowed to wear robes in public. China are also shutting down monasteries in major cities.

Link http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/world/asia/19tibet.html?scp=20&sq=tibet&st=cse

Jonny: EFFECT

Here is the effect I am writing about:

"China has tried to quell the independent movement by force. the tibetan government, now in exile, has death toll up to about 100 Tibetans killed"
obviously, I'll reword it.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

** Please Read**

Okay, so as you all know, the project is due Friday. It's Tuesday, and we all have extracurricular activities along with an excess of homework. So we really need to buckle down and get this done. I propose that Jason, since he is the leader, or Tedi, since she knows the jobs well, to post, text, call, or in someway, inform everyone of what exactly they're doing for the paper. Yes, we all know our jobs:

Jason - Body Paragraph (Effect)
Jonny - Body Paragraph (Effect)
Sophie - Body Paragraph (Cause)
Ricky - Introduction/Conclusion
Tedi - Body Paragraph (Cause)

But we need to be more specific. Assigning the specific effects, and the specific cause, because we don't want to double up. Tomorrow, if given time, we definitely need to sort out the main points.

If you guys have any questions or are confused about what I mean, in relation to my post, call me at: 612-709-7091 (cell)

Thanks!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Multi-Flow Chart/Map

Here is the chart created by Ricky, due to computer issues with the mapping software, we had to scan the printed image and post it like that.


Click image to enlarge

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Articles

My two documents are

1. "Tibet's Second Uprising" www.sirs.com

2. "Freedom and the Right of Self-Determination" www.sirs.com


the first kinds gives the background of it and how it started and the second shows the belief of self-determination which i believe could be a very valuable reference in our presentation.

Sophie's 2 Articles

Here are my articles:
How kids deal with the conflicts:
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=615

the basic issue:
http://www.tibetinfor.com.cn/english/services/forum/for_203.htm

These are Jonny's 2 articles..

Jonny doesn't have internet at the time.. so here are his articles:

www.fiacat.org/en/spip.php?article157

www.library.thinkquest.org/C0057/china_in_tibet-china_in_tibet.php

Research Sources

Hey guys!
Here are some other articles I found to help our paper!

1.  China's Takeover and Assimilation of Tibet (Aidan Maconachy)
This article brings us through the Chinese takeover of Tibet and what has been going on since the initiall "takeover".
  • "Following the Tibetan uprising of 1959, roughly 80,000 Tibetans were killed in Central Tibet alone. All told, it is estimated that 1.5 million Tibetans died as a result of Chinese repression that included summary executions without trial and torture."  (Maconachy)
  • "Many Western countries have a history that includes external political influence, military invasion, even temporary occupations - yet in almost every case in the post-WW2 era these nations have maintained their independence and territorial integrity." (Maconachy)
  • This quote refers to why China thinks they have a right to rule Tibet...  "They try to establish a historical basis for their claim by referring back to the Manchu dynasty and by citing relationships between Chinese rulers and Tibetan lamas." (Maconachy)

2. History of  Tibet
I thought that sonce we are researching the Chinese takeover of Tibet, it would be important to know about the history of Tibet.
  • The British invaded Tibet from 1904 through 1911.
  • Communism was one factor that lead to the Chinese invasion of Tibet.

Two Articles

Well my first article is about how china is meeting with the Dali Lama and they are trying to comprimise about all the problems of china taking over tibet.
Link - http://www.startribune.com/world/41205917.html?elr=KArksUUUU


My second article is about tibet holding rallies and protests across sea's to try to end china's rule on the 50 year aniversary od the Lama forced into exile.
Link- http://www.startribune.com/world/41007727.html?elr=KArksUUUU


Another article is about china tightening travel rules for a scenic valley.
Link- http://www.startribune.com/world/41015387.html?elr=KArksUUUU

China is not allowing monks to have new year prayer and this article is about the monks protesting
Link- http://www.startribune.com/world/40528007.html?elr=KArksUUUU

Here are just a few articles that we can maybe work with.

jason k

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Outline...

Hey Guys!
Here is the information I wrote down in class today!

Positions:
Jason - Leader
Jonny - C0-Leader
Sophie - Schedule Maker
Ricky - Map Maker
Tedi - MLA Checker

Roles:
Jason - Body Paragraph (Effect)
Jonny - Body Paragraph (Effect)
Sophie - Body Paragraph (Cause)
Ricky - Introduction/Conclusion
Tedi - Body Paragraph (Cause)

Topic:
Chinese persecution of Tibet.

Phone Numbers:
Jason : (952)-994-1404
Jonny: (612)-709-7190
Sophie: (612)-590-5795
Ricky: (952)-288-4311
Tedi: (952)-220-5190

English 10: Tibet Research Group

All the members can access this blog, but please don't delete others posts.

Thanks!

Jonny