Exploring Types of Information You Will Find.

            My topic for this week is:

Exploring Types of Information what You Will Find.

            I had 5 questions for some examples for this topics:

1.      Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?

2.      Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?

3.      How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over someone with a high school diploma?

4.      Should educators use comercial services to combat plagiarism?

5.      Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?

            The first question is: Where to find good information online?

            If I saw the video on Moodle, I had the answer for this question.

            There are two important to define a good information:

1.      Who is Author?

2.      Where is the source come?

I start my working with the first question.

Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?

According to "Vegetarian diets Healthier in everyday way than diets with meat." by Neal Barnard, MD. She states that " Vegetarian diets are not just better for weight management, they are more nutritious than diets that include meat, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. With two out of three Americans needing to lose weight, the message is more urgent than ever."

She also points out that "

Power PlateAt PCRM, we have often used vegan diets to help people lose weight or improve diabetes or other health problems. In our 2006 review, 38 of 40 published studies comparing vegetarians and nonvegetarians showed that vegetarians weighed less. We also found that adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet brings a dramatic improvement in nutrition. Cholesterol and saturated fat intake plummet, while fiber, beta-carotene, and important vitamins increase. Using the Harvard School of Public Health’s Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) score, we have found that vegan participants excel in every AHEI category.

When the USDA released its new MyPlate diagram on June 2, it looked very much like PCRM’s Power Plate developed in 2009 in that it included no meat group. However, instead of PCRM’s “legume group,” USDA opted for a “protein” group that includes beans and soy products, as well as meat. While USDA is slowly moving in the right direction, there is no scientific reason to include meat at all. Avoiding animal products is a key step for maximizing good nutrition and good health.

Source:

Berkow SE, Barnard NB. Vegetarian diets and weight status. Nutr Rev. 2006;64:175-188.

http://www.vegsource.com/news/2011/06/study-vegetarian-diets-healthier-in-every-way-than-diets-with-meat.html

Next, the second question.

Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?

In this question, I need define "What is censorship?". And then,  I have some information such as:  according to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censorship. They defite that :

"the actions or practices of censors; especially : censorial control exercised oppressively"

If Target was an action as Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have their CDs sold in Target stores; it is exactly cencorship.

Next, the third question.

How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over someone with a high school diploma?

According to "Why higher education?" by Claudine Vainrub, she points out that:

            "Higher education not only improves the quality of life as the horizons of your awareness and exposure expand, but also has significant benefits to the community and society at large, according to a study by collegeboard.com. “Higher rates of volunteering, voting and donating blood correspond to higher levels of education as do lower unemployment and poverty rates. Similarly, socially valuable behaviors, such as tolerance for the opinions of others, seem to increase with education”, found the study.

When more and more people of a nation attain higher levels of education, it also impacts the economy and cumulative growth in a favorable way. It leads to better growth in the fields of science, technology, business and entrepreneurship as well as culture and social well-being."

Source:

Vainrub, Claudine "Why higher education?" Principal of EduPlan on Sep 22 2009. web http://www.eduplan.us/why-is-higher-education-important/.

 Another website I have :

More Education Means More Money

You will earn more if you have more education. You will also be less likely to become unemployed.
A survey from 2011 shows that average earnings grow from $451 to $638 per week, just by earning a high school diploma. Getting a college Bachelor's degree increases average earnings to $1,053 per week.
More education pays off in higher earnings.

 

Source: http://www.careerinfonet.org/finaidadvisor/earnings.aspx

Next: the fourth question.

Should educators use comercial services to combat plagiarism?

According to website of Univesity of Louisville, they state that:

The use of plagiarism detection software creates a poisonous atmosphere between teacher and student. The message to students is that they are all potentially cheating and need to be watched. Research on plagiarism indicates that the majority of instances result from student error, not student dishonesty. The message of such software, however, is that the citing of sources should be done to avoid plagiarism, not for intellectual and rhetorical purposes. Such an approach makes adversaries of teachers and students, instead of collaborators. It creates a prison culture of guards and the guarded, a cat-and-mouse game of detection and mistrust where the fear of being caught can also breed a desire to get around the rules.

Source: http://louisville.edu/english/composition/policy-against-the-use-of-plagiarism-detection-software.html

     Finnally, the question number five:Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?

     According to " The missing sunspots: Is this the big chill?" by David (Robert) Whitehouse. Ph.D., Astrophysics, Victoria University of Manchester (1983).

     He said that " Scientists are baffled by what they’re seeing on the Sun’s surface – nothing at all. And this lack of activity could have a major impact on global warming. David Whitehouse investigates

     Could the Sun play a greater role in recent climate change than has been believed? Climatologists had dismissed the idea and some solar scientists have been reticent about it because of its connections with those who those who deny climate change. But now the speculation has grown louder because of what is happening to our Sun. No living scientist has seen it behave this way. There are no sunspots.

     The disappearance of sunspots happens every few years, but this time it’s gone on far longer than anyone expected – and there is no sign of the Sun waking up. “This is the lowest we’ve ever seen. We thought we’d be out of it by now, but we’re not,” says Marc Hairston of the University of Texas. And it’s not just the sunspots that are causing concern. There is also the so-called solar wind – streams of particles the Sun pours out – that is at its weakest since records began. In addition, the Sun’s magnetic axis is tilted to an unusual degree. “This is the quietest Sun we’ve seen in almost a century,” says NASA solar scientist David Hathaway. But this is not just a scientific curiosity. It could affect everyone on Earth and force what for many is the unthinkable: a reappraisal of the science behind recent global warming.

     Our Sun is the primary force of the Earth’s climate system, driving atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns. It lies behind every aspect of the Earth’s climate and is, of course, a key component of the greenhouse effect. But there is another factor to be considered. When the Sun has gone quiet like this before, it coincided with the earth cooling slightly and there is speculation that a similar thing could happen now. If so, it could alter all our predictions of climate change, and show that our understanding of climate change might not be anywhere near as good as we thought.

     No one knows what will happen or how it will effect our understanding of climate change on Earth. If the Earth cools under a quiet Sun, then it may be an indication that the increase in the Sun’s activity since the Little Ice Age has been the dominant factor in global temperature rises. That would also mean that we have overestimated the sensitivity of the Earth’s atmosphere to an increase of carbon dioxide from the pre-industrial three parts per 10,000 by volume to today’s four parts per 10,000. Or the sun could compete with global warming, holding it back for a while. For now, all scientists can do, along with the rest of us, is to watch and wait."

Source:

Whitehouse, David " The missing sunspots: Is this the big chill?" Publish Monday 27 April 2009. web.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-missing-sunspots-is-this-the-big-chill-1674630.html

Moreover, I have three research questions are:

1. What is my topic?

2. What is a key for my searching?

3. What is something that relate to my topic?

I would choice the third question for an example.

How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over someone with a high school diploma?

I define that:

1. My topic is: how much more can college graduate to earn over high school.

2. The key is: Earning by Education level.

3. Two important information are: Education level and Learning.

I have my result immediately after I put the key in Google searching.

Good luck to you.