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Tait-Jamieson, Tim. The Hunter and the Wolf: Environmental Ethics in Switzerland (n.d.): n. pag. University of Fribourg, Department of Geosciences, Geography Unit. University of Fribourg, May 2012. Web.

In many modern western industrial societies, recreational hunting or hunting for sport is recognized as a contested and controversial issue. This stems from tensions over contrasting moral view of how humans relate or rather should relate with the natural world. In this scholarly thesis article the author goes into great depth in examining historical research, supportive collected data sampling, and moral as well as environmental ethics and values. He supports his research extensively though does not offer any of his own credentials, background, or qualifications which makes it somewhat difficult to determine credibility. 

I found this article to be extremely pertinent to the moral and environmental values and ethics I hope to examine in my research. As I hope to do, the author does a great job in offering abstract, contemporary, traditional, and first hand perspectives of the matter, ideas similarly centered around the social construction of nature. The context is relative in time as well as target audience and informative structure of purpose, offering a great example of a well structured research article.

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Johnson, Burges. The Lost Art of Profanity. New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1948. Print.

This book takes a comprehensive look at the use, history, and psychology of profanity at a time when many of the country’s young men were returning from war.  The book’s main purpose is to inform the reader about how expletives had come to be what they were in the late 1940s, but there is an underlying tone of the author wanting people to critically think when using cuss words as well.

This book was written by a Dr. Burges Johnson of Union College in 1948.  This seems to be a scholarly book where historical research was done as well as current observations.  There is no bibliography in the book, though I wonder if that was as common a practice in the 1940s.  We are also not told what the author’s background is at all.  Despite that, this is a published book, giving credence to the work.

My initial thought was to try to research catch phrases and why they are catchy.  I stumbled across this book and thought it might actually lead my paper in a slightly different direction.  It has the element of history that I wanted to address in my paper, and what’s more catchy than a good swear word/phrase? This book may be a good foundation for my paper, providing information itself as well as posing questions that I may then try to broaden or research further myself.

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Johns, Geoff. Justice League Origin. New York, NY: DC Comics, 2012. Print. 

               In Justice League Origins, a group of aliens, from the planet Apokolips, invade the earth in order to conquer it in the name of their leader DARKSEID.  In order to save Earth from destruction, or whatever plans Darkseid has in mind, the world's mightiest
heroes join forces.  Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman  are the only ones with the brains and power to stop this invasion at its roots, but first they must overcome their differences in order to work together.  Throughout this adventure, author Geoff Johns portrays the different superheroes in an individualistic manor each with their own means, and purpose for fighting. 



                Geoff Johns is a respected author and story
teller in the comic book industry.  His legendary run of Green Lantern is
widely revered as the best portrayal of the characters and stories.  In the
last couple of years Geoff Johns has written for many titles such as Justice
League and Batman Earth 1.  Geoff has also been credited with the increase
in popularity for the character Aquaman.  Geoff Johns is a experienced and
respected author in the comic book industry and thus considered an expert on
the subject of super heroes. 



                This comic book, is relevant to my paper
because it introduces the concept of a super hero  team and what it is they fight for.  In
the book we see many different examples of a superheroes and all the ways they
differ, and all the traits they share.  In the book some super heroes are
born with their powers and see it as their duty to protect the people  (Superman), where as other heroes obtain their powers later in life (flash, green lantern), and some super heroes feel compelled to fight based off of past experiences but in the end they all fight
for the people and the world not themselves, which illustrates my point that super powers don't make you a super hero, your purpose does. 

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Taylor, Alex H., et al. "New Caledonian Crows Learn The Functional Properties Of Novel Tool Types." Plos ONE 6.12 (2011): 1-8.Academic Search Premier. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.

This article discusses the capacity for tool use in the New Caledonian Crow. Scientists found that these crows were able to distinguish between tools that would be helpful or detrimental in their ability to obtain food that was placed just out of the reach of the crows. In some instances, the crows would even discard the detrimental tools before using the beneficial ones, hinting at the idea that they possessed the ability to reason. Other crows experimented with both tool sets, but quickly learned to distinguish between the beneficial and detrimental tools. 

This is a scholarly article written by a scientist in the field of study and published in a scientific journal. It details the experimental process that they went through to obtain the data, so it is a very credible source. 

This is relevant to my research paper because it discusses a specific example of tool use in animals. I will definitely be quoting specific sections of this article, as well as looking into a few of the sources it cited regarding tool use among chimpanzee's. 

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Messina, Nena, William Burdon, and Michael Prendergast. "Prison-Based Treatment for Drug-Dependent Women Offenders: Treatment Versus No Treatment." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 38.November (2002): 333-34. Print.

The article describes an experiment which found that when community-based treatment programs after leaving prison are used, the women is much less likely to return to prison. A chapter out of The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, this article proves to have a lot of credibility. The authors created an experiment, which tested hundreds of women, had two groups, acknowledges factors that may interfere with their research, creating a well-conducted experiment. This article will propel my essay because it discusses treatment programs that the government can provide to recently released inmates that can prevent incarceration again.

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Van Rheenen, Derek. "The Promise of Soccer in America: The Open Play of Ethnic Subcultures." Soccer & Society 6th ser. 10 (2009): 781-94. Ebsco. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.

This article discusses about the lack of success of professional soccer in the United States with the countrys rich history of ethnic and amateur soccer. It also talks about how ethnic subcultural in soccer has made it available for groups to create a unique cultural identity while evolving into a multicultural nation. In addition provides example of an ethnic amateur club who has grown in success and popularity. 

The source is scholarly research by a scholar in the graduate school of education. He is affiliated with the University of California Berkeley. This article is from a trusted database and author uses many references to support its points. Author appears to be expert in this field of subject. 

The article is relevant to my paper in that it discusses several key points and conclusions for my argument of the lack of popularity soccer has been in america. I will use this to strengthen my argument throughout the paper. 

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Richmond, Melissa K., et al. "Frequency And Risk Of Marijuana Use Among Substance-Using Health Care Patients In Colorado With And Without Access To State Legalized Medical Marijuana." Journal Of Psychoactive Drugs 47.1 (2015): 1-9. Criminal Justice Abstracts. Web. 17 Mar. 2015.

The author's main point was to find out wether or not people with access to medical marijuana were more likely to abuse it. He also explored wether or not they were more likely to use other drugs which they were not, they were less likely. People with medical marijuana cards typically screen at moderate risk for Marijuana abuse as opposed to low or high.

This is a scholarly research paper as it was in a scholar journal and written by a scholar in her field. The author is a certified researcher, and it comes from a trusted journal. The researches used very valid methods of conducting their research. The conclusions drawn from this follow fluidly from the research done, no hasty conclusions were made.

This article is relevant to my paper because I wish to explore the effects medical and recreation marijuana has had on the people who it directly effects. This article talks about how medical marijuana patients are more likely to use marijuana than non patients. This information is the type of thing that sheds negative light on medical marijuana and will provide me with an simple negative effect.