Sunday, February 19, 2012

Criminal Minds Building Knowledge Notes

New info in table discussing

Each one says their theories cannot explain

Constantly giving out theories

Questioning theories constantly

New evidence in police department

Theory of drugs in stomachs

Theories and information is coming together when they look at the pictures of the victims

Theory that the drug is in the cigarrette because all the women smoke

Officer still needs to understand of why did the person delete the music

APA and Research Notes

APA is a form of researching that helps you not to commit plagiarism.

APA = American Phycological Association

TRY TO USE CITATIONS FROM THE TEXT; to show the reader that what you are saying is coming from an idea of another person directly.

Also put the page number of where you found the citation.

Also put the year.

For a research it is really good to go to the library to get extra info that you can get from the internet.

APA website

http://www3.wooster.edu/psychology/apacrib/apacrib.html

Theme Notes

Theme is the central idea of literature.

A subject is a a thing and not a theme, the theme is what you feel or your attitude towards that subject or thing.

For example: love is not a theme, love sucks is a theme :)

Humans aren't the only ones who can make generalizations = chimpanzees too

BUT making an abstract meaning is something that we humans can only do.

For a theme to be sustainable you need like three or more sources that support your feeling for that particular theme.

Theme is something personal, which means that your friends' themes can be different than yours, and none of those can be right or wrong.

Suggestions to find theme:

1. Look at the main character
2. Watch for statements of theme
3. Look to the title for clues
4. Look at the conflict.

Summary #2 Light Sabers and Levitating Vehicles

The light sabers where a representation of future swords. In the article it is explained that these sabers were 3 feet large. Also the implemented different colors to make the difference between the good and the evil inside the chronicles. It is meant to be the tool of the Jedi.

Here are the parts of the saber: hand grip, power cell housing, power indicator, crystal chamber, activator switch, blade power adjuster, magnetic stabilizer. The saber itself is only the grip, the actual "light" comes out when you switch it on.

The levitating vehicles where implemented because of space video games invented long before the movie. These vehicles that where used inside the space craft that you can see in episode 4 are aproximatley 1 feet above the ground.

Summary #1 Artificial Gravity & Leila's Slave Costume

In the beginning of the article they explain the challenge and how the could bring gravity to a space station where obviously there is no gravity at all because they are in space! The directing team had multiple scientists like Jeanne Cavelos examine the situation. They said it was all about acceleration since that can make objects move faster or slower.

The giant space craft was inspired by the shape of the moon. And in the movie it had 395 miles in diameter (since it was a sphere).

In the article they also explain the design and the making of Leila's Slave costume when she is trapped by Jubba the Hut. It consist of a tight yellow bra and two pieces of cloth that would act as a skirt. Last, her hair is in a pony tale.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Unknown Rules of Cap/Punc.

Punctuation:

• If the subject doesn't appear in front of the second verb, do not use a comma.

• Use commas to introduce or interrupt direct quotations shorter than three lines.

• Use commas surrounding words such as therefore and however when they are used as interrupters.


Capitalization: 

• Capitalize the titles of high-ranking government officials when used before their names, do not capitalize the civil title if it is used instead of then name.