Hi, dear classmates

There’s something that I wanna share with you guys. Especially some students from other country.

In China, we believe that a good name may influence ones fate. My name is Minghong Wang. Wang is my family name, and this is a big family name in China ( like Smith, William, ). In Chinese, this word of Wang means king and power. Minghong is my first name. Actually, these are two words, Ming means tomorrow and Hong means rainbow in Chinese. So tomorrow's rainbow is my name's significance. I got this name from my grandmother, she wants me to never give up and always have hope. To my family, my name is full of joy. There is a rainbow, for my family and me. To my community, it means tomorrow's sunshine. It's a very positive name. I also feel my name suit me so much for my personality. Rainbow always show up after the rain. We must persist in our efforts, then we can see the rainbow. In addition to my name, I also have a nickname. My parents call me Xiao Honghong, the meaning of this is little baby. Finally, I want to talk about my English name, Joy. I choose it from my Chinese name's meaning. My family want me to bring joy for family.

If you are interested in this, you can leave your comments about any other special meaning of your name.

Minghong Wang

Some approaches to MLA work cited

Hi, everyone.
I know that MLA work cited is really painful if you are not used to it...
Also, I was struggling with citation for a long time. Throughout that painful times, I learned some shortcuts, which lessens your burdens for citation.

1) What you've found is part of academic journal or magazine, or even books. Futhermore, you can cite sources from newspapers such as NYTIMES in here...
Go to
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=302&COPT=REJTPTEwMmEmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=18091&cfc=1

And type either title of the journal or author of the journal. If you want to search author of the journal, you have to change "citation and abstract" into the "author"

Then, after you type, you will see the "cite this" in the far below of the website.
The computer program will make a right citation form for you.

2) If you're resources are from website, then you should go to
http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm

This website will help you to write down MLA citation in a right form...

Racial Profiling and Vigilantism

Vigilantism consists of self-appointed citizens taking the law into their own hands by "arresting," convicting, and punishing an accused person.

Racial profiling is the use of a person's race or ethnicity by law enforcement or security officials as a factor in deciding whether to investigate that person or engage in enforcement (search someone at an airport security checkpoint, make a traffic stop or arrest, etc).

By defintion, racial profiling is a form of racism; not so with vigilantism. Vigilantes typically attempt to conceal their identity, hence the masks and robes used by the Ku Klux Klan.

Resources that might be helpful...

Hi, everyone... As we all know, this essay is about our perspective on this topic: "“Racial profiling: Should Airports Use it to Screen Passengers?”

To get some insight about this topic, the essay “Racial profiling: Should Airports Use it to Screen Passengers?” helps you to shape the perspective.

I am writing down notes in the class which will benefit our essay.

1)Racial Profiling is sometimes acceptable because
- Terrorists are mostly from Middle East countries.
- Overlook("prevent terrorists from boarding an airliner can cost thousands of lives")
- Waste time(which means,"focus our attention on people who fit the "profile" of those most likely to attempt another September 11".

2) Racial Profiling is sometimes not acceptable because
-"With the better equipment and training for security personnel"
-Vigintalism(a person who tries in an unofficial way to prevent crime, or to catch and punish someone who has committed a crime)- I still do not understand this part...
-Profiling does not make a measurable difference in the preventention of crime

Welcome to exchange ideas freely here!

Hi, guys,
Feel free to post freely here.
Once you accept my invitation, you will be able to post. When you are going to post, you have to sign in with your email address and password. Then on the page appeared, click "New Post", then you will see an editable window. After keying in your words, make sure you click "Publish Post".
It's just so easy.
Enjoy!!!