Gregory's blog for rights assignment

My right: freedom of speech

 1. My right is freedom of speech.

2. My right exists because this right allows individuals to express themselves without interference or constraint by the government.          (http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/First_amendment).

3. To exercise freedom of speech, ( in my opinion), is to say what you want to say. The following is a specific example of exercising freedom of speech:  Robert is talking to Lucas at work and Robert says that he thinks that raising taxes was a stupid move for the government to make.  Robert said his opinion about the government raising taxes and he can do that because of freedom of speech. He is exercising his right to freedom of speech by saying his opinion about what the government did. 

4. The limitations that exist in the right to freedom of speech is in certain places like school and work. At school a student does not have the freedom of speech to tell another student that they are going to kill them, a student does not have the freedom of speech to say a curse word to a teacher or principal, nor does a teacher have the freedom of speech to make fun of a student, also a student doesn't have the right to freedom of speech to say something sexual to another female because of sexual harassment laws in the learning environment, and a lot of other verbal things. At work a male employee can't say anything sexual to a female employee because of sexual harassment laws in the work place. 

5. The limitations I talked about in question 4 exist because sexual harassment refers to conduct of a sexual nature that is unwanted or unwelcome by the recipient. The recipient perceives the sexual comment or comments as sexual harassment, and this applies to any work or learning environment. Everyone at any school knows that both teachers/principals and students don't have the right to freedom of speech with no limits. Everyone knows there are limits at any school.    (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FSL/is_5_76/ai_94538204/). 

6. I would want nothing in return because I would not accept my right to freedom of speech being taken away because my opinion matters to me and if I feel that I need to say something then I will and there is nothing the government could do about that. They could take the right away but they can't do anything to keep my mind from deciding to say my opinion about things. I would not give up nothing because I wouldn't accept my right to freedom of speech being taken away. 

Source # 1 out of 8: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/95-815.pdf

Source # 2 out of 8: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/Speech/overview.aspx

Source # 3 out of 8: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/freespeech.html

Source # 4 out of 8: http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ip_speech.htm

Source # 5 out of 8: http://www.whyy.org/digitaldemocracy/

Source # 6 out of 8: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/218543/freedom-of-speech

Source # 7 out of 8: http://www.lp.org/issues/freedom-of-speech

Source # 8 out of 8: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6627

Gregory's Blog for inconvenient Truth Fact Check

Fact (question form): Is Global Warming a moral issue or political issue?

three sources that say whether or not my fact is true

1st source: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20060407/ai_n16142522/.

 The author of this source is Ian Hoffman. This source has one credential and it is Al Gore. This source is very credible because the information all comes from Al Gore. The source says that Global Warming heats up as a moral issue, so the source says that Global Warming is a moral issue. I believe the source because all the information in the article comes from Al Gore. 

2nd source: http://energysmart.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/globla-warming-political-issue-or-not/. The authors name is not provided but the author works for Energy Smart, the website where this article is. This source has only one credential and that is Al Gore. This source is credible because some of the information comes from Al Gore. The source says that Global Warming is a moral issue, not a political issue. I believe the source because some of the information comes from Al Gore. 

3rd source: http://www.thestar.com/article/176898. The author of this source is Stephen Scharper. This source has no credentials. This source is credible because Stephen Scharper teaches ecological world views at the University of Toronto and is co-author of the Green Bible (Lantern Books).  This source says that Global Warming is a moral issue, not a political football. I do not know what the title means by not a political football. I believe the source because my first two sources for this fact says that Global Warming is a moral issue. Also those two sources has information from Al Gore, who was the main person in the movie An Inconvenient Truth. 

After reading the three sources above I have determined that the fact " Is Global Warming a moral issue or a political issue" is a fact and is true because all three sources say that Global Warming is a moral issue and two of them has information from Al Gore. 

Gregory's Blog for inconvenient Truth Fact Check

Fact I am checking (in question form): Did Al Gore ever say that Earth may face another Ice Age in the future?

Three sources that prove this is a fact or not a fact:

1st source: http://www.iceagenow.com/Could_A_New_Ice_Age_Be_Just_Around_the_Climatological_Corner.htm.

. The author of this source is Climatologist Cliff Harris. The credentials in this source is John Coleman who is the founder of the Weather Channel and  Robert Felix author of Not by Fire but by Ice. This source is credible because for one thing, the author of this source is a climatologist, he bases his article on Dr. John Coleman who is the founder of the Weather Channel and Dr. Coleman said Global Warming is the Greatest Scam in history but the part of the article that supports that my fact is true is information from Robert Felix. I think this source is credible. This source says that my fact that I am checking is true. I believe this source because  (and this is based on the article), Robert Felix believes that the significant cool down could possibly be the start of at least another little Ice Age, possibly a new Great Ice Age, which Robert Felix believes is overdue following 11,500 years of generally warmer than normal global temperatures. 

 2nd source: http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/106922-0/. The source of this article (this is not considered an author) is Pravda.Ru. The credentials that this source has isn't people but studies like the field of Climate Science, ice cores, ocean sediment cores, the geological record, and studies of ancient plant and animal populations.  This source is credible because the credentials this source has really makes you believe the article is telling the truth. The source says that the Earth is now on the Brink  of entering another ice age. It is not saying my fact word for word but it is saying the same thing. This source is saying my fact that I am checking is true just like my first source for this blog post. I believe the source because this article is three pages because it has so much information and credentials to support the article's statement, the earth is now on the brink of entering another Ice Age. 

3rd source: http://www.prisonplanet.com/scientist-predicts-ice-age-within-10-years.html.

 The author of this source is Paul Joseph Watson. The credential that this source has is Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera of the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Mexico. This source is Credible because it has a credential that is a professor of the institute of Geophysics and I have never heard of something called Geophysics until just reading it with this source. This source says that scientists predict an Ice Age within 10 years.   I believe this source because I have never heard of Geophysics. 

After reading the 3 sources I have determined that my fact is true and is a fact. I believe this because the sources all have credentials to back their statements up. 

Gregory's Blog for inconvenient Truth Fact Check

Fact ( in question form): Is the atmosphere vulnerable

1st source: http://www.ul.ie/~childsp/CinA/Issue59/TOC4_Atmosphere.htm. The author of this source is Bill Byers. The credentials of this source is the School of Applied Biological and Chemical Sciences, the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, and Co. Antrim BT.There is one quote and it is "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears that this is true." - James Branch Cabell. This source is credible because of one thing and that is the title of the article in the source. The title is Our Vulnerable Atmosphere. To me, the title explains what I am looking for. The Source says that our atmosphere is vulnerable because the tile explains it.  I believe the source because it is written by someone from a university. Also he teaches science at the university. 

2nd source: http://www.ucar.edu/communications/ucar40/atmosphere.html. The author of this source is Jacque Marshall. There are no credentials for this source. This source is credible because it has the the necessary things a source needs to have to be called trustworthy. One reason I know this is because the author left is email address right next to his name at the bottom of the article. This source says that the atmosphere is vulnerable. I believe the source because it is credible in ways like one I mentioned above. 

3rd source: http://www.climate.org/topics/climate-change/tickell-lecture-vulnerable-earth.html. The author of this source is Crispin Tickell. This source has no credentials. This source is credible because this is the article that was typed up from Crispus Tickell's lecture in Washington D.C.. The source says that the atmosphere is vulnerable. I believe the source because this article is on the website Climate Institute, so I know that I can trust this source because it focuses on the Earths climate and obviously the institute is looking in and has been looking in to Climate Change or Global Warming. 

    After reading my three sources, I have determined that my fact " Is the atmosphere vulnerable?" is true. I believe it. 

  

Gregory's Blog for inconvenient Truth Fact Check

Fact from movie I am checking: (fact is in question form) Do leaves increase Carbon Dioxide levels? 

1st source: http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=144113.  There are two authors of this article and they are Michael Robinson and Richard Sicher. This source has one credential and that is the International Journal of Plant Science. This is a credible source because it has scientific words and instead of using the word carbon dioxide the authors use the element symbol CO2 to say Carbon Dioxide. This source says that the fact I am checking that is " Do leaves increase Carbon Dioxide levels?" is not a fact and that it is not true. In the article it says that Carbon Dioxide levels are harmful to leaves and other types of plants because Carbon Dioxide levels messes up the leaves and plants chloroplast which is used in a plant to make food which has to do with photosynthesis. I don't know if I believe this source because this website really has to do with the United States department of Agriculture and the source on this website really doesn't focus on carbon dioxide, it focuses on plants. I think I will have to see what the other two sources I find say. I guess I will determine if I believe this fact and the other facts based on the highest number of sources that thinks it is a fact or the highest number of sources that think it is not a fact. 

2nd source: http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/001938.html. The author of this source is Randall Parker. There are no credentials for this source. The source is credible because it uses scientific words, things that won't happen until years after this year, and the article has main points to each paragraph in the article. The source says that ( just like the first source), that carbon dioxide is harming leaves and other plants. I think I believe the source because the first source said that carbon dioxide was harming leaves and this second source says that carbon dioxide is harming leaves. I think I will wait to say whether I believe this source until I find a third source and see what it says. 

3rd source: http://www.physorg.com/news153422058.html. The author of this source is The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  The Credentials that this source has is researchers form the University of Illinois and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This Source is very credible because in the article many scientific words are used, instead of using the word Carbon Dioxide, the writers of this article use Carbon Dioxide's scientific abbreviation CO2, and it talks about the scientific information about plants to help explain the main point of the writers article. The source says that plants draw Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere and make sugars from the carbon dioxide. It is saying the same thing that my first two sources were saying, and that was  that leafs are not increasing Carbon Dioxide levels at all but they didn't say that in their articles just like that word for word. I don't believe the source because if the first two sources are saying the same thing this source is saying, it makes me not believe. 

After reading the sources that I did and what the sources indicated I don't believe the fact "Do Leafs increase Carbon Dioxide levels. I think it is not true and the movie was not accurate about this fact. 

Gregory's Blog for inconvenient Truth Fact Check

  Fact from movie I am checking: (Fact is in question form) Is the atmosphere thin enough for humans to change it?

three sources that verify the fact:  1st source: http://cei.org/pdf/ait/chI.pdf. Author of source: Lewis Marlo. Credentials in the source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Roger Pielke Sr. , Davison E. Soper, Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Oregon, Rasmus Benestad, and Ray Pierrehumbert.  It is a credible source because it has scientific words, scientific sources where they got their information, and a MLA format. The source says that my fact is true because throughout time and even now people are changing the atmosphere. I do believe the source because it has data that I know and data that was talked about in the movie.

2nd Source:  http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=172075.  place that Author wrote this at: Open University. There is only one credential. It is the professor who typed all this and posted it and probably has a degree for teaching this kind of stuff in college. I think it is a trustworthy source because it has pictures of the Earth, credentials(not specific ones), the information comes form a university, the parts of the information is in sections like  1 section, 1.2 section, 1.3 section, etc, just like I have at North in my school textbooks. The source says that the atmosphere is thin enough for humans to change that, and we humans do that because what we do with emissions gives higher altitude which effects the atmosphere. I believe the source because I think universities have very knowledgeable information on things like this and the information says in its own way that humans cause changes to the atmosphere which is the fact I am checking. 

3rd Source: http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/causes/. The article that is the source was written by Erik Conway, Randal Jackson, and Rosemary Sullivant. The credentials that this source has is Michael Gunson ( Scientist, and Science advisor) and the Science Consultants( Michael Gunson's assistants) William Patzert, Michelle Santee, Margaret Srinavasan, Joshua Willis, and Karen Yuen. The source is credible because the article was done by scientists and if there is one type of profession in the world that could answer stuff like questions about Global Warming, it would be scientists. The source says that humans do cause a change in the atmosphere because the atmosphere is thin and very delicate. The article doesn't say it in that order but that is there message. I believe the source because I trust scientists and it has credits of people who worked on the website like manager of the website, the writers of the article, the scientists and the scientist's assistants, and even the people who took photos that they used in the article. 

At this point in this post I have checked the fact"Is the Atmosphere thin enough for humans to change it?", and I have come to find that the fact is true. I believe this because the three sources I chose for this fact had scientific words that were used to explain the points of the articles, credentials, the sources were credible, and each source said in their own way that the atmosphere is thin and delicate and that humans are responsible for changing the atmosphere, and even humans who aren't alive anymore. 

Gregory's Blog for Middle East Conflict question note: this is a redo of the Middle East Conflict Questions

1. Egypt got involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East because they made the action of nationalizing the Suez Canal, which made Israel angry, and Israel immediately invaded the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt became angry and blocked the Suez Canal with sunken ships, and it remained impassable until 1975. Also Egypt made increasingly ominous threats.  Sources for the answer to this question: http://geography.howstuffworks.com/terms-and-associations/middle-east5.htm and 

ttp://geography.howstuffworks.com/terms-and-associations/middle-east5.htm

2. In 1956, three of he Twentieth Century's most dominant forces came together in a short, violent clash in the Egyptian regions known as the Suez Canal and the Sinai Peninsula. These three forces were: Nationalism, the Cold War, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Egypt and the other Arab nations had recently gained full independence from the empires controlled by European powers such as Great Britain and France. These young nations with ancient cultures and histories strove to gain economic and military sufficiency while asserting their political rights as free peoples. The Cold War struggle between the mostly democratic and capitalist West against the Communist East dominated by the Soviet Union and China both helped and hindered the Nationalist goals of many African and Asian countries. For example, Egypt sought foreign aid in building the Aswan Dam project which would control the wild Nile River. The United States and Britain, major players in the West, declined to help Egypt because of her political and military ties to the Soviet Union. The Soviets eagerly rushed in to aid Egypt. After this, Egypt came to be considered a friend of the Soviets, and a nation not overly friendly to the West. In this way, the Cold War affected the young nation of Egypt and her relations with the rest of the world. The Arab-Israeli conflict began in 1948 and caused Egypt and Israel to be bitter foes until 1979. The second war between these Middle East neighbors took place in 1956. Egypt is now having problems with Iran. Sources for the answer to this question: 

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/940/eg4.htm, http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.htm, and 

http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/discussion/history_in_focus/the_arab-israeli_conflict.php

3. Egypt's enemies in the Middle East was Israel back during the conflict because Israel did some stuff that made Egypt pretty angry which kind of got Egypt involved in the conflict. One of Egypt's enemies now is Iran. Sources for the answer to question: http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.html, 

http://samsonblinded.org/titles/Israel_war_resolve.htm, and 

http://www.ahavat-israel.com/eretz/conflict.php

4. During the conflict, Egypt's allies friends or allies was the Soviet Union and the United States of America. This was because the Soviet Union had come to Egypt's rescue before and the U.S. had done some stuff as well. The sources for the answer to this question: 

http://www.ibiblio.org/kelly/writings/nonfiction/history/hist18.html#internal, 

http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.html, and 

http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/03/200932641420286134.html

5. Egypt wants the Sinai desert returned to them by Israel.  The sources for the answer to this question: 

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

http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/history/middle_east.htm

6. Egypt is prepared to give up nothing to get what it wants. 

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

7. Egypt would not give up the fight in the conflict, they would not give up the chance to get back what other countries took away from them. The source for the answer to this question: 

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

Gregory's Blog for Exhibition project

1. My next action entering into the day was to finish the rest of the final product for the exhibition project.

2. Today I made more progress with the final product. Now I only have a little bit left to do for the final product and I will have completed the rest of the exhibition project.

3. I have already answered my research question and my answer is yes.

4. My next action is to finish up the little bit of the final product and then finally complete the exhibition project. 

Gregory's Blog for the middle east project (note: this post may be posted again for a redo of this post)

1. Egypt got involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East because they made the action of nationalizing the Suez Canal, which made Israel angry, and Israel immediately invaded the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt became angry and blocked the Suez Canal with sunken ships, and it remained impassable until 1975. Also Egypt made increasingly ominous threats.   Sources for the answers to this question: 

http://geography.howstuffworks.com/terms-and-associations/middle-east5.htm and 

http://geography.howstuffworks.com/terms-and-associations/middle-east5.htm

2. In 1956, three of the Twentieth Century's most dominant forces came together in a short, violent clash in the Egyptian regions known as the Suez Canal and the Sinai Peninsula. These three forces, (or, to use a literary term, themes), were: Nationalism, the Cold War, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Egypt and other Arab nations had recently gained full independence from the empires controlled by European powers such as Great Britain and France.  These young nations with ancient cultures and histories strove to gain economic and military sufficiency while asserting their political rights as free peoples. The Cold War struggle between the mostly democratic and capitalist West against the Communist East dominated by the Soviet Union and China both helped and hindered the Nationalist goals of many African and Asian countries. For example, Egypt sought foreign aid in building the Aswan Dam project which would control the wild Nile River. The United States and Britain, major players in the West, declined to help Egypt because of her political and military ties to the Soviet Union. The Soviets eagerly rushed in to aid Egypt. After this, Egypt came to be considered a friend of the Soviets, and a nation not overly friendly to the West. In this way, the Cold War affected the young nation of Egypt and her relations with the rest of the world. The Arab-Israeli conflict began in 1948 and caused Egypt and Israel to be bitter foes until 1979. The second war between these Middle East neighbors took place in 1956. Egypt is now having problems with Iran. Sources for the answers to this question: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/940/eg4.htm and http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.htm

3. Egypt's enemies in the middle east was Israel back during the conflict because Israel did some stuff that made Egypt pretty angry which kind of got Egypt involved in the conflict. One of Egypt's enemies now is Iran. Sources for the answers to this question:  http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.html.

4. During the conflict, Egypt's friends or Allies was all the Arab countries. This was because they were Arabs. Source for the answer to this question: http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.html

5. Egypt wanted the Sinai Peninsula returned to Egypt sovereignty. Source for the answer to this question: 

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

6. Egypt is prepared to give up nothing to get what it wants. http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2009/03/israelegypt_peace_treaty_lesso.html

7. Egypt would not give up the fight in the conflict, they would not give up the chance to get the Sinai Peninsula back, it would not immediately come to an immediate peace and try and end the war, and they would not let Israel win. http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2009/03/israelegypt_peace_treaty_lesso.html

Index Card 42

1. http://www.whoindia.org/LinkFiles/Health_&_Environment_Climate_Change_country_Presentation_KL_workshop.pdf

2. This article talks about the health impacts in Singapore India due to Global Warming.

3. no meaningful quotes. 

Index Card 41

1. http://www.challengetochange.org/climate.htm

2. This is an article talking about the effects climate change or global warming will have on the health of South Asia.

3. no meaningful quotes. 

Gregory's Blog for Exhibition project

1. My next action entering into the day was to finish what is due Wednesday for Mr. Nilsen: The final draft of the Final Plan, the final product fully completed, the reflection post, and the full completion of all of the Day After Tomorrow stuff for the project.

2. Today I finished the final draft of the final plan, the reflection post, and the full completion of the Day After Tomorrow stuff for the people. I made more progress with the Final product.

3. I have already answered my research question and the answer is yes.

4. My next action is to finish the final product and finish the exhibition project. 

Index Card 40

1. http://www.vetscite.org/publish/items/000783/index.html

2. This article talks about the West Nile Virus but most importantly, the West Nile VIrus Transmission Cycle and the areas most affected by the virus. 

3. no meaningful quotes. 

Gregory's Blog for Exhibition project

1. My next action entering into the day was to finish the project.

2. Today I got more of the project completed.

3. I have already answered my research question.

4. My next action is to complete the project. 

Gregory's Blog for Exhibition project

note: I am not done with the exhibition project at the time I am answering these ten questions. 

1. I learned that Global Warming is a serious and deadly threat to the whole world in the future and every living thing that lives on Earth. I learned that Global Warming could be the end of the world or as some people call it ( I don't) the Apocalypse. I learned stuff I never knew about Global Warming and a lot of that stuff really spoke to me. 

2. My research question was Does Global Warming pose a deadly threat to mankind?

3. My answer to me research question was yes. 

4. I am not done with the final product at this time but the research that I have found in the past months give me the answer which is yes.

  5. I haven't  fully completed the final product at this time.

6. I think I did well on the topic I chose because Global Warming does pose a deadly threat to mankind. I also think I did well on creating the DVD for the final product, the research I found, the beginning of my presentation, and the daily progress posts. 

7. I think I could have improved on the speed I went, working on this project, what I did in my free time over Spring Break, but after Spring Break was due to the job I got. 

8.   I wouldn't change anything on my project because it was interesting, I think I went past the potential I had work wise, and I thought I knew what my potential work wise was.

9. I would have changed the following: not having to present it to a lot of people, not making the project require so much work,  not having to create a blog and a delicious account,

 no daily progress posts, or research index cards, and no reflection which is what this is. 

10. I think I deserve an A or higher on this project because from the day the class started working on this project I worked hard, but a week or two before Spring Break, I went into  a slump making it hard for me to work on what I knew had to be done. My stress and the effects from pressure on me was finally catching up with me. Then near the end of Spring Break, I got a job and It put stress on me. Then I had to quit the job not only because of stress but mainly other things. This made me tired and I started to stop focusing on school work which is why my project isn't done at this point. With that in mind I still think I deserve an A or higher on this project because I did everything that the project required ( not to the exact due date). Also I think my teacher can understand how it was to be my age and have a brand new job that is full time which changes a teen's life, along with my situation, and I know he understands and feels it too because he was once a teen and he is a very understanding teacher. 

Gregory's Blog for Exhibition project

1. My next action entering into the day was to try and finish up the last three things Mr. Nilsen needs from me, which is the final plan, the final DVD, and the stuff for the Day After Tomorrow. 

  

2. Today I made more progress with the stuff I talked about above.

3. I have already answered my research question and the answer is yes. 

4. My next action is to finish up the last three things Mr. Nilsen needs from me. 

Index Card 39

1. http://reference.aol.com/globalwarming/_a/top-12-ways-you-can-reduce-global/20050802173409990001

  

2. This article has the top 12 ways people can reduce Global Warming plus a bonus tip on how to reduce Global Warming. 

3. no meaningful quotes.