In-Class Research Exercise

1) In Pullman, Sexual Orientation is the particular “hate crime” of concern. There are four reports in 2006 and no reports in any other hate crime. Pullman compares to other Washington countries by being one of the few cities that only have one type of “hate crimes.”

2) Dino Rossi received the most political donations in 2008 with a total of $7,587,579. Dino Rossi and Christine Gregoire are the top two leading governor candidates. Rossi’s largest donation, aside from his own political committees, was $15,330 from health professionals. Gregoire’s largest donation, aside from her own political committee, was $55,110 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Republicans received most of the donated money from the "forestry & forest products" industry in Washington state in 2008. They received 36.48% of the donations. Democrats received the most donated money from the "lobbyists & public relations" industry in Washington state in 2008. They received 93.98% of the donations.

3) * Digital Video Recorder: http://www.google.com/patents?id=dGGNAAAAEBAJ&dq=Digital+Video+Recorder&as_psra=1
* Social Networking: http://www.google.com/patents?id=fVsGAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22Social+Networking%22
* Automobile: http://www.google.com/patents?id=Kh9TAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22Automobile%22