Rights Assignment!

1. My right is the right to assemble. The right to assemble is the individual right to come together with other individuals and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests. The right to assemble can be interchangeable with the freedom of association. It is the right of citizens to gather peacefully.


2. My right exists to give people more natural rights. This gives people the ability to argue controversies that are put against an entity. It gives them the right to protest, boycott, and to march against what they feel is right. This right exists because we are human and we make mistakes naturally.
   
3. What it means to exercise my right is to come together to protest and to express feelings freely towards something they disagree on. It means that you can protest a law or policy if you feel that it is not right in any way, such as racism, sexism, or any other form discrimination. You can boycott a certain place or service to show them that without the customers, there is no business. Which forces them to change their law/policy that they had meant to change in the first place.
4. Limitations that exist on my right are enacting time, place, and manner restrictions.
   **The General Assembly shall not enact any local, special, or private law in the following cases:
   (1) For the punishment of crime.
   (2) Providing a change of venue in civil or criminal cases.
   (3) Regulating the practice in, or the jurisdiction of, or changing the rules of evidence in any judicial proceedings or inquiry before the courts or other tribunals, or providing or changing the methods of collecting debts or enforcing judgments or prescribing the effect of judicial sales of real estate.
   (4) Changing or locating county seats.
   (5) For the assessment and collection of taxes, except as to animals which the General Assembly may deem dangerous to the farming interests.
   (6) Extending the time for the assessment or collection of taxes.
   (7) Exempting property from taxation.
   (8) Remitting, releasing, postponing, or diminishing any obligation or liability of any person, corporation, or association to the Commonwealth or to any political subdivision thereof.
   (9) Refunding money lawfully paid into the treasury of the Commonwealth or the treasury of any political subdivision thereof.
   (10) Granting from the treasury of the Commonwealth, or granting or authorizing to be granted from the treasury of any political subdivision thereof, any extra compensation to any public officer, servant, agent, or contractor.
   (11) For registering voters, conducting elections, or designating the places of voting.
   (12) Regulating labor, trade, mining, or manufacturing, or the rate of interest on money.
   (13) Granting any pension.
   (14) Creating, increasing, or decreasing, or authorizing to be created, increased, or decreased, the salaries, fees, percentages, or allowances of public officers during the term for which they are elected or appointed.
   (15) Declaring streams navigable, or authorizing the construction of booms or dams therein, or the removal of obstructions therefrom.
   (16) Affecting or regulating fencing or the boundaries of land, or the running at large of stock.
   (17) Creating private corporations, or amending, renewing, or extending the charters thereof.
   (18) Granting to any private corporation, association, or individual any special or exclusive right, privilege, or immunity.
   (19) Naming or changing the name of any private corporation or association.
   (20) Remitting the forfeiture of the charter of any private corporation, except upon the condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution and the laws passed in pursuance thereof.
5. These limitations exist because they can prevent violent riots and it helps to control the groups. Some examples are preventing traffic congestion and prohibiting interference with nearby activities.
6. If I had to give up this right, I would want the right to express my own ideas and feelings toward other people's ideas and feelings freely in return.

Sources:

1. http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2276
   
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_assemble
3. http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/assembly/overview.aspx
4. http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/bill_of_rights/media/assembly.htm
5. http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/assembly/topic.aspx?topic=freedom_association
6. http://vlex.com/vid/powers-general-assembly-limitations-319665
7. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/government-in-ireland/irish-constitution-1/freedom_of_assembly
8. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1O89-assemblyssctnndpttnrghtst.html
9. http://members.mobar.org/civics/FreetoAssemble.htm
10. http://www.usatoday.com/educate/college/casestudies/20061003-Assembly.pdf

Fact 5!...?

Fact 5:
Snow from the tops of mountains are disappearing because of global warming.

Source 1:
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/page.cfm?tagID=256

1. The source is Bill Farrel

2. Credentials: once a NASTAR (National Standard Race) pace setter

3. The source is fairly credible.

4. The source says, "Between 1950 and 1997, springtime mountain snow cover in the Rockies was down 16 percent, the Cascades lost an average of 29 percent, and many sites in Washington, Oregon and Northern California saw springtime snow down more than 50 percent."

5&6. I believe this source because the correlation seems to be obvious and does relate to one another.


Source 2:
http://nsidc.org/news/press/20070623_PainterGRL.html

1. The source is Tom Painter

2. Credentials: scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center

3. The source is very credible.

4. The source says, "'Recent studies agree that with global warming, the southwest U.S. will be warmer and drier. Enhanced dust deposition is likely, further shortening snow cover duration,' Painter said. 'Ultimately, a warming climate and the dust it generates will affect river runoff and soil moisture in the mountains, not only in the western United States, but across many of the world's mountains.'"

5&6. I believe this source because the information is clearly shown that they are all related with each other.


Source 3:
http://www.ccchina.gov.cn/en/NewsInfo.asp?NewsId=4516

1. The source is He Yuanqing.

2. Credentials: it is a .gov website, it is copyrighted

3. The source is fairly credible.

4. The source says, "The main cause to the glacier retraction in Yulong Snow Mountain is global warming, according to He Yuanqing, an expert from Chinese Academy of Science. "

5&6. I somewhat believe this source because they do not provide a lot of information to back their statements up.


I believe this fact because there seems to be a lot of information that supports this fact. The correlation also seems to be very logical

Fact 4!

Fact 4:

Global warming has caused some species of fish to almost go extinct.



Source 1:

http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/ntrout.asp



1. The source is the NRDC (National Resources Defense Council)

2. Credentials: It is a -.org website

3. This source is very credible.

4. The source says that fish such as salmon and trout live in cold streams and rivers. With global warming increasing the temperature, the climate is not right for the spawning of these fish. Therefore the population of these fish has slowly been decreasing and on its way to extinction.

5&6. I believe this source because it is very credible and the information seems very logical.


Source 2:
http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-hance_bering.html0

1. The sources are Dave Hutchins and Clinton Hare.

2. Credentials: Dave Hutchins (former student and the University of Delaware)

3. This source is fairly credible.

4. The source says, "A recent study, published in Marine Ecology Progress Series, showed that global warming will greatly affect the Bering Sea's phytoplankton, the cornerstone of the sea's rich ecosystem." It also says, "The Bering Sea's unusual productiveness is due to diatoms, a large phytoplankton, of which there are approximately 100,000 species. 'Because they're large, diatoms are eaten by large zooplankton, which are then eaten by large fish,' Dr. Hutchins explained. But in the study scientists found that a warmer Bering Sea would support only smaller phytoplankton, creating a vastly different, less-productive ecosystem. 'The food chain seems to be changing in a way that is not supporting these top predators, of which, of course, we're the biggest,' Dr. Hutchins said."

5&6. I believe this source because the logic seems to be in place and everything it explains shows a direct relation with each other.


Source 3:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176054,00.html

1. The source is the World Wide Fund for Nature.

2. Credentials: it's world wide!, they are a group

3. The source is very credible.

4. The source says, "Higher water temperatures are threatening the world's fish by reducing food stocks and stunting growth, which could cause them to reproduce less, the World Wide Fund for Nature said Friday."
"Global warming is causing the world's rivers, lakes and oceans to heat up, and some temperate fish like salmon, catfish and sturgeon cannot spawn at all if winter temperatures do not drop below a certain level, according to the Gland, Switzerland-based conservation group."

5&6. I believe this source because it is very credible and the information seems logical.


I believe this fact because the information that I have researched backs the fact up in a logical explanation.

Fact 3!

Fact 3: If the oceans are warmer, storms will be stronger with stronger and faster winds rather than a colder ocean.

Source 1:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=warmer-oceans-stronger-hurricanes

1. The source is Kevin E. Trenberth.
2. Credentials: writes for Scientific American
3. This source seems to be credible.
4. The source says, "The summer of 2004 seemed like a major wake-up call: an unprecedented four hurricaneshit Florida, and 10 typhoons made landfall in Japan—four more than the previous record in that region. Daunted, scientists offered conflicting explanations for the increase in these tropical cyclones and were especially divided about the role of global warming in the upsurge. Then Mother Nature unleashed a record-breaking 2005 season in the North Atlantic, capped by the devastating hurricanes Katrina and Rita."
5&6. I believe this source because the information given seems to correlate to the rise of temperature.

Source 2:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=hurricanes-getting-strong

1. The source is Peter Webster
2. Credentials: Georgia Institute of Technology
3. This source is very credible.
4. The source says, "'In the 1970s, there was an average of about 10 Category 4 and 5 storms hurricanes per year globally,' Webster notes. 'Since 1990, the number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has almost doubled, averaging 18 per year globally.'"
5&6. I believe this source because the information is very logical and it correlates directly with each other.

Source 3:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070830105911.htm



1. The sources are Tony Del Genio, Mao-Sung Yao, and Jeff Jonas.

2. Credentials: NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA

3. This source is very credible.

4. The source says that according to a study published in American Geophysical Union's Geophysical Research Letters, it states that it predicts that in a warmer climate, stronger and more severe storms may be expected, but with fewer storms overall. "The model then was applied to a hypothetical future climate with double the current carbon dioxide level and a surface that is an average of 5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the current climate. The study found that continents warm more than oceans and that the altitude at which lightning forms rises to a level where the storms are usually more vigorous."

5&6. I do believe this source because it is very credible and they are from a big name website and they are involved with NASA.


I do believe this fact because a lot of research has been put into this topic and the correlation between temperature and severity of the storms seems to be direct.

Fact 2!

Fact 2: The more carbon dioxide there is in the atmosphere, the hotter the temperature.

Source 1:
http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/greenhouse.htm

1. The sources are Nick Hopwood and Jordan Cohen.
2. Credentials: They attend the University of Michigan
3. The source is very credible
4. The source says, "the Earth has increased in temperature by about .5 degrees Celsius and many scientists believe this is because of an increase in concentration of the main greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorocarbons."
5&6. I believe the source because their credentials sound very professional and they state facts in many various ways such as graphs and tables.


Source 2:
http://papundits.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/carbon-dioxide-emissions-or-just-more-hot-air/

1. The source is Dr. William Happer.
2. Credentials: Professor of Physics at Princeton, Once worked at the Department of Energy but was once fired by Al Gore.
3. The source seems to be very credible.
4. The source says, ""Many people don’t realize that over geological time, we’re really in a CO2 famine now. Almost never has CO2 levels been as low as it has been in the Holocene [geologic epoch] - 280 [parts per million (ppm)] - that’s unheard of,” Happer said. “Most of the time, it’s at least 1,000 [ppm] and it’s been quite higher than that.”

Happer said that when CO2 levels were higher - much higher than they are now, the laws of nature still managed to function as we understand them today.

“The earth was just fine in those times,” Happer said. “You know, we evolved as a species in those times, when CO2 levels were three or four times what they are now. And, the oceans were fine, plants grew, animals grew fine. So it’s baffling to me that, you know, we’re so frightened of getting nowhere close to where we started.”

5&6. I do not believe the source because he does not give evidence that the amount of carbon dioxide is affecting life today.

Source 3:
http://www.astrobiology.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=29101

1. The source is Astrobiology Magazine
2. Credentials: They have a magazine?
3. This source is fairly credible.
4. The source says, "The result improves our understanding of how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can affect the global temperature of Earth. Today, carbon dioxide levels on Earth are increasing, primarily as a result of human activities. This increase is one of the most important causes of climate change on Earth. Understanding how carbon dioxide affected the ancient climate of Earth might provide clues about the future of Earth's climate and global biosphere. The result improves our understanding of how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can affect the global temperature of Earth. Today, carbon dioxide levels on Earth are increasing, primarily as a result of human activities. This increase is one of the most important causes of climate change on Earth. Understanding how carbon dioxide affected the ancient climate of Earth might provide clues about the future of Earth's climate and global biosphere."
5&6. I believe this source because what they are trying to explain seems to be very logical.


I believe this fact because simple science can explain and demonstrate how changes in carbon dioxide can change the temperature of the Earth.

Fact 1

Fact from movie: The most vulnerable part of Earth is its atmosphere.



Source 1:
http://www.ucar.edu/communications/ucar40/atmosphere.html



1. The source is UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)

2. Credentials: They are a University and is connected with NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research). The ending to their URL is .edu.

3. The source is very credible.

4. The source says that the level of carbon dioxide is increasing which is weakening the atmosphere, thus trapping more heat inside the atmosphere, causing global warming. It also says that with the progress of technology, we will be able to modify the weather, thus fixing the atmosphere.

5 & 6. I believe the source because they seem to be very credible and their website looks very professionally done.


Source 2: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Changes_In_Solar_Brightness_Too_Weak_To_Explain_Global_Warming_999.html

1. The source is Peter Foukal and Tom Wigley.

2. Credentials: relations with NCAR; NCAR has relations with the National Science Foundation

3. The source is very credible. It is a science based website.

4. The source says that "Many recent studies have attributed the bulk of 20th-century global warming to an increase in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere."

5 & 6. I believe the source because it shows specific evidence to prove its statement. It shows many specific years.


Source 3:
http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/atmosphere.htm

1. The source is Moorland School.

2. Credentials: It is a school in England.

3. The source is fairly credible because I don't know what kind of school it is.

4. The source says that levels greenhouse gases have gone up with the beginning of industrialization. It also says that greenhouse gases damage the ozone layer and thinning out this layer that absorbs harmful UV rays from the sun.

5 & 6. I believe this source because it is very formal and because it is a school that published this website.


I believe this fact because the levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have been increasing in massive amounts within the past century. More greenhouse gases=more damaged ozone layer (which is a part of the atmosphere).

Egypt!

Support your answers to the following questions with fifteen sources. Wikipedia and pictures will not count toward your source total.



1. How did your country get involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East?
2. What is the history of your country's involvement in that conflict, from when it entered until now? (This will likely be a long answer...)
3. Who are your enemies in the Middle East? Why?
4. Who are your friends in the Middle East? Why?
5. What does your country want out of the Arab-Israeli conflict?
6. What is it prepared to give up to get what it wants?
7. What will it not give up to get what it wants?

1. Egypt got involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East because Palestine was divided into a Jewish part and Arab part. Egypt was a part of the Arab group that was involved in this situation. Egypt, along with Jordan, Iraq, and Syria, declared war on Israel.






3. In the Middle East, Egypt's enemies were the Israelites, because they tried to take more land that was given to them. They tried to take the land of the Arabs that belonged to us and tried to claim it as Jewish land.



4. Our friends in the Middle East were Jordan, Iraq, and Syria because we were all fighting for the land that was granted to us. We were all fighting for the same cause.



5. Egypt wants the land that they think truly belongs to them, to be returned to the Arabs.



6. Egypt is prepared to give up human lives to get what they want because they created their own army to go and battle Israel for their land. We were prepared to give up the Suez Canal.



7. Egypt will not give up the land that Israel took from Egypt.

Sources:

http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2009/03/israelegypt_peace_treaty_lesso.html

http://www.historyteacher.net/Arab-Israeli_Conflict.htm

http://israel-palestina.info/arab-israeli_conflict.html

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761588322/arab-israeli_conflict.html

Reflection Post

What did you learn?
What was your research question?
What was the answer to your research question?
Did your final product answer that question?
How?
What did you do well on the project?
What could you have improved on the project?
What would you change about what you did on the project?
What would you change about the assignment itself?
What grade do you think you deserve on the project? Why?

1. With this project, I learned many things. I learned how computers were invented, when they were invented, the main history of Google, the history of the cell phone, and how all of theses started.


2. My research question was: Where did our technology come from? How did it get to where it is today? When did the revolution begin?


3. It mostly began when the ENIAC was invented and released. It came from our government for defense purposes at first.


4. My final product somewhat answered my question.


5. It somewhat answered my question because I did not show how it got to where it is today. It only showed where it started.
   
6. Something that I feel that I did well on while working on the project, was that I looked in a broad range and narrowed it down from there. I think I did well on my thought process in all.
   
7. Something that I could have improved on my project was the presentation itself. I feel like I did not work my best towards the presentation aspect of the project.
   
8. Something I would change about what I did would be the whole project itself. I would change my topic entirely and change the presentation.
   
9. Something I would change about the assignment would be that the project was too broad. I think that the subject choice should be narrowed down.
   
10. I think I deserved a B- to a solid B because I put lots of work into the research itself. I have learned a lot of information but I feel that my presentation did not show all of the hard work that I put into this project. I feel that I deserve this grade because I also feel that I could have worked harder towards it but I didn't.