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I have done further research on my topic and put together a summary of my research topic (the gradual stepdown from internet censorship and the reaction of the Chinese government and population to this approach), which is supposed to be completed by class today.  This is a very rough draft and further research will help to aid in providing a more in depth description of how the people and government might react in terms of psychological studies as well as compared to the post-communist regime of Russia.  I have been unable to get to the library to look at might print resources but

The past week and weekend I have spent most of my time looking for research based on my topics, similar to the previous week, I will begin composing my assigned segments in order for our team to compile a rough "rough" draft before spring break, then which I and possibly my teammates will review until it meets our standards, which will then be given an ok by all teammates before the due date.

Where - Starbucks at Union

Who - Ally, Chih-Hao and Myrah

When - March 8th, 2009, at 2 pm

Goal - update and discuss about our research, the development of our introductiona and conclusion of white paper project.

Topic discussed - Current issues of eBay, escrow services, identification, diagrams and charts that might be useful for the project, setting up introduction and conclustion and whether our progress will meet our timeline. 

Where -In Class

Who -Adam, Ally, Chih-Hao, Myrah

When - March 6th, 2009

Goal - Follow up and update current research pregress.

Topic Discussed - Whether our progress will meet the timeline and confirmation of date and time of next meeting

Decisions - Bring our research results and share our information on our next meeting on Sunday, March 8th.

Tasks - Continue and finish our individual research before our next meeting

Plans for next meeting - Talk about our research, introduction and conclusion of the white paper project.

I turned in the sources I was responsible for on time at the group meeting on Friday. Although it can be argued that some of these sources are somewhat dated, I would counter that the ideas and principles presented are still sound even if the specific implimentation is not In the context of this white paper, specifics as to the particular implimentation of our solutions will have to be fleshed out as pertaining to Purdue's theoretical wiki anyway. Those sources are as follows:

Conducted research concerning the cases of people detained by the Chinese government in response to their peacefully expressing their views on subjects that are sensitive to the Chinese government.  Cases of Jian Weiping, Yang Maodong, and Huang Jinqiu.  Finished writing the research summary that all the group members are supposed to finish by Monday. 

This week during the open class period our group met to begin individual research and to start gaining ground on our portions for the rough draft.

My portion is to look at gaming situations from past and present and determine ways of adapting them to the more modern console.

I gained atleast two pages of ideas and situations that can be brought into the new form of gaming. I've tried to incorporate all of the different ideas from past games both console based and computer based along with different controller types.

This week I did individual research on my topic. Since Nintendo Wii is a recent gaming system in the market, I was able to find current information on the health benefits of the system from actual numerical values of calories burn to the physical and mental explanations given by experts. For this upcoming week I will conclude my research to write a rough draft of my section for the report which I will complete before the start of spring break.

I have spent a great deal of time researching net neutrality in a legal context. My research is focused on the legislative issues regarding net neutrality in the United States. Accordingly, my research seeks to find out if net censorship conflicts with American laws and is unconstitutional, or whether net censorship is perfectly within the boundaries of American laws. I hope to have the main body of my research completed by the end of next week.

Continued research on the current status of eBay fraud on Purdue's library website:

EBay Courts 'Power Sellers'

EBSCOhost: A TYPOLOGY of COMPLAINTS ABOUT EBAY SELLERS

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