In-class Research Exercise

Uniform Crime Report:

The Uniform Crime Report shows four reported hate crimes in Pullman, during 2006. All of these four hate crimes fell under the motivation bias category of Sexual Orientation.

The only city with more hate crimes in this category during 2006, is Spokane, Washington. The statistics in this specific table showed the reports of 42 cities in Washington.

The categories of motivatoin bias are race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity and disability. The category of race had significantly higher numbers than each of the other categories, sexual orientation is second highest.

Pullman's popuation in 2006 was 25,696. Spokane's population in 2006 was 200,200.

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2006/table13wa.html

In 2007, Pullman reported only one of 39 reported hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation bias in 42 Washington cities. The 4 other hate crimes reported in Pullman in 2007 all fell under the bias motivation category of race.

Seattle reported the most hate crimes under the category of race bias motivation at fourteen and for sexual orientation bias motivation with eleven crimes of this nature in 2007.

Seattle's population in 2007 was 585,118. Pullman's popuation in 2007 was 25,408.

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/table_13wa.htm

Follow the Money:

In 2008 Governor candidates Christine Gregoire and Dino Rossi each received over seven million dollars in donations. Republican candidate Dino Rossi topped the list at $7,587,579 and Democratic candidate Christine Gregoire was a close second at $7,408,120.

The largest contributing industry to Dino Rossi's campaign is healthcare professionals, which gave a total of $15,330. The largest contributing industry to Christine Gregoire's campaign is lawyers and lobbyists, who gave a total of $55,110. Gregoire also received significantly more than Rossi from healthcare professionals who donated a total of $36,055 to her campaign.

In 2008 the democratic party received $374,137 from the Forestry & Forest Products industry. The republican party received $872,236 from the Forestry & Forest Products industry in 2008.

The republican party received the most donations from the lobbyists and public relations industry in 2008 at $2,423,512.

http://www.followthemoney.org/

Google's Patent Search:

Digital Video Recorder
http://www.google.com/patents?id=N7h1AAAAEBAJ&dq=%22digital+video+recorder%22+application

Social Networking
http://www.google.com/patents?id=VXyPAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22Social+Networking%22+application

Automobile
http://www.google.com/patents?id=Kh9TAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22automobile%22+application