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NASDAQ2010

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:11:45 +0000

Lihir Gold Limited (ADR)
LIHR
36.14
10 shares
Pe-48.61
Dividend- )0.46

NYSE

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:57:22 +0000

Toyota Motor Corporation
TM
80.60
2
unlisted
0.46/1.14

I need to remember to sign out of my wikidot

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:51:27 +0000

haha, I agree

Plessy V Ferguson2010

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:20:55 +0000

In the Plessy Vs. Ferguson case Homer Plessy said that he paid for a First class ticket to ride a train in Louisiana although he was 1/8 black. John Howard Ferguson the judge presiding over his case said that Plessy was in violation of Louisiana's Separated car act of 1890. the judge stated that since Homer Plessy bought the train ticket on July 7, 1892 the Separated Car Act of Louisiana applied to him. He was 1/8 black which is what enforced this act upon him. The train company had actually given Homer Plessy the money to purchase the ticket in the first place. The judge actually believed that trains passing through Louisiana were not to be enforced by this law.

Korematsu V Usa2010

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:07:11 +0000

Speaking on behalf of the Nice Noodles and the United States of America, I believe that the United States government is responsible for the safety of its citizens. According to Article 2 Section II of the Constitution, the President as commander in chief of the military gets the right to issue orders to help the military protect the nation. This includes Order 9066, which allows restrictions on the movements and prescence of groups in certain areas of the country. When there are threats to the citizens of the USA, the Government must take action. There is obviously a war going on, and it is necessary to ensure the citizen's safety from potential threats within the nation. As for the case of Korematsu specifically, Korematsu was a Japanese American living in the USA. He knew according to law that the US needed to temporarily detain the Japanese Americans, yet he ran away, changing his name and face and pretending to be a Mexican American. Why would one do this if they didn't have something to hide? I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that this action is more than a little suspicious. What WAS Korematsu hiding? How many more Japanese Americans had something to hide? This was something impossible to determine at the time. I'm sure you've heard the saying 'better safe than sorry'. The USA knew for a fact that there were Japanese American conspirators out there. It is not as if this action is without good reason. It would be impossible ot seperate out the guilty from the innocent. That will have to be done over time. Until then, it is necessary to keep the citizens of the USA safe. And that is what the government will do.

Brown V Board2010

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:00:34 +0000

This is the thesis statement for the Appellate for the Brown vs. Board. In this case, a young African American girl in 3rd grade went to an all black school named Monroe in Kansas. Although she lived only 7 blocks away from an all white school, she had to walk a little further to get to her all black school. She argued it to be unfair that she had to walk so far, and thought that she should be able to go to the school nearest to her home. The Board argued that the schools are equal but separate. The Kansas Law states that a population over 15,000 can segregate their schools. The population in 1950 was around 80,000. In this case, the Board's decision was based on the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. In the Plessy vs. Ferguson case Ferguson won. They stated that train cars were separate but equal. This situation is exactly like the two segregated schools. The schools are separate, but they are still equal.

California V Bakke2010

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:56:51 +0000

In the case of Bakke v California, Bakke applied for the the University of California. Bakke was rejected from the University because the average applicants had to get above 2.5 on the 4.0 scale. (average white person). Later Alan Bakke found out that there was special admissions for "minority groups", the applicants for the university that went through this program for the "economically and/or educationally disadvantaged" were accepted to the University of California with a lower grade point average than than 2.5 on the 4.0 scale. The people accepted to this group were accepted because of their race. This program was only accepting "Blacks", "Chicanos", "American Indians, and "Asians". The average white person was not able to be admitted through this program. Allan Bakke filed a law suit against the University of California saying that this program violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The university took it to the Supreme Court because they wanted this program but they lost because they found that it did violate the 14th Amendment and you cannot admit students because of their race. Bakke was then accepted to the University and won the case.

Marbury V Madison2010

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:55:56 +0000

This is the thesis statement for the Petitioner on the Marbury v. Madison. In this case, Marbury was promised a position in the cabinet by John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson became the President, he ordered Madison to cease handing out commissions. Marbury's commission had already been signed, and all that was left to do was hand it to him. The Constitution did not say if it was the signing of a commission or the having it in your hand that made you a member of the courts. What significance does giving it to someone have? The commission was signed and thats all that matters. Also, you cannot say that it is fair and just that others got their promised position, but Marbury did not. This is why Marbury should have won this case and been appointed as a Justice.

Scott V Sandford2010

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:55:20 +0000

Our argument for Scott's side is that he is a free man because while he was enslaved he was taken into territories where slavery is illegal. Throughout the united states it was an accepted idea that once a slave is in free territory that slave is always free and is a free man. In this case Scott and his family were taken to free territory by their master and left. While they were living in this free territory, Scott received mail. Now when he returned to his owners estate and asked to work for his freedom he was a free man. As a result of being a free man Mrs. Emerson committed battery and false imprisonment by enslaving Scott once more. Also if he was a "slave" why was it that he was able to sue his owner? Also if he was not a free man why was he able to receive male while living in current day Minnesota.

Rights And Duties

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:31:57 +0000

to me, concept of rights and duties comes from social compact (or contract.) the rights you get are protection from the government, an education, healthcare, freedom of speech, the right to vote, and more. and, while we have a lot of rights, we also have a couple of duties as well. we have the duty to follow all the laws we are given, the duty to pay our taxes, and the right to cooperate with any law enforcement.

NYSE

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:56:02 +0000

General Electric Company
GE
10.94
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6.11
0.31

Jonathan Pulphus
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NASDAQ

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:12:53 +0000

Apple Inc.
AAPL
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21.54
24.47

First Post!
Jonathan Pulphus

Federal Reserve Bank

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:08:43 +0000

Our economy is obviously in a very poor state now. There are not many jobs to be found, so there are low employment rates. How do we change this? Simple: by lowering interest rates. Yes, the government is in a huge debt but "the economy goes through repeated periods of growth and contraction" (informedtrade.com). There have been horrible times in our economy that have been just as poor as these, and we have come through these simply because it is normal for our economy to fluctuate, even if this isn't always good. We are in an economic crisis, and putting more jobs on the market will change this not giving all of our money to the government.

Federal Reserve Bank Simulation

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:03:57 +0000

Well things haven't really got any better from 0'8 . One thing i can say is that gas prices has come down from 0'8. Americans battered by the recession have found modest consolation in low gasoline prices, a salve that's likely to last as long as the economic downturn. Oil company cutbacks may raise gas rices down the road. Oil companies ar coming up with new investment and production. This what is going on in the economy with the gasoline prices.

Scott V Sandford

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:20:16 +0000

The Declaration of Independance clearly states… We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among them is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. This means that since all men are created equal, Dred Scott should be free.

Korematsu V Usa

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:54:56 +0000

Under the constitution of the United States of America, Fred Korematsu cannot be moved to an internment camp. Doing so would violate his fifth constitutional right. This right states that “No person shall…be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law….”. Executive order 9066, which forced Japanese Americans into internment camps, breaks this right. None of these Japanese were sentenced to any sort of crime. In fact, none of them were even given a trial, or a chance to plead innocent. Thus they are being denied life, liberty and property without any process of law, due or not.

Marbury V Madison

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:53:51 +0000

Even through an order was filled out for Marbury to become a judge, the commission was not delivered and therefore Marbury should not be on the Supreme Court. The reason Marbury did not receive his commission was because of a failure on the part of John Marshall, the previous secretary of state. Therefore, it was the negligence of Marshall that stopped Marbury form becoming a judge, and Madison should not be penalized and issued an order by the Supreme Court because of poor follow-through on the part of John Marshall.
Nathaniel.

Plessy V Ferguson

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:53:08 +0000

In the Plessy v Ferguson case we encounter the situation of race being the issue and in 1896 that is exactly what occurred. A group of African-Americans wanted to test the Separate Car Act, they raised $3,000 to challenge the Act, and The East Louisiana Railroad Company also wanted to terminate this act. They decided to choose Homer Plessy for job who was one-eight African-American. In 1892 he purchased a first class passage from New Orleans to Covington, Louisiana and sat in the section for whites. Of course this was illegal so they arrested him and charged him with violating the Separate Car Act. Albion Tourgee, a white lawyer, agreed to argue the case. Plessy argued that the Separate Car Act violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Thirteenth Amendment
Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Fourteenth Amendment
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

John Howard Ferguson was the judge over Plessy's criminal case in the district court. Plessy's case he decided that the state could choose to operate railroad companies that operated only within the state of Louisiana. Therefore, Ferguson found Plessy guilty and declared the Separate Car Act constitutional.

-Kim Wells :)

California V Bakke

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:05:19 +0000

Side of California:
I think Bakke should not be given a place in the University of California because they had a special program for minority students, and he had tried to get into the school using that program. Also the college was trying to get minority students, even if they didn't have really good GPA averages. Bakke was Caucasion, he was not a minority student. Just because he had a good GPA average doesn't mean that he would necissarily get in. He didn't not have a good reason to suie.

Brown V Board

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:23:25 +0000

The Board of Education had every right in the world to not allow Linda Brown to attend an all-white school, for the following reasons. To begin with, the state of Kansas permitted cities of 15,000 people or more to have segregated schools. The federal courts would not have allowed this if they had thought it was unconstitutional. We were simply following the law. If you disagree with the law, don't attack the school. Try to get the law changed! Further more, although the United States Constitution says in the 14th Amendment "No State shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law" treating people equally does not mean treating them the same way. If, for example, two patients came to a doctor with a headache. One of them had a simple stress-induced headache, and one of them had a brain tumor, the doctor would treat both of them equally, but would prescribe different medications and healing procedures to the man with the brain tumor. The doctor is treating them equally (no patient is ignored for the other) but treating them very differently. The same is true for the segregated schools. Federal inspectors examined both the white school and the black school, and found them to be the same. Same curriculum, same materials, etc. The white school was in no way being favored over the black by having better teachers or better books. Also, federally conducted tests showed that white students learned better with other white students, and black students learned better with other black students. And, going back to the problem of separate buildings, we have separate bathrooms for men and women. Should we eliminate that simply because two girls don't want to walk the extra distance between bathrooms? No! There are social standards that are allowed for the sake of helping society. And one of those is having separate schools for blacks and whites.

Moot Court Discussion Forum

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:47:56 +0000

I, August, am the first to reach this forum! This isn't where you post. I beat all you suckers who are gonna post here anyway and get an F!

Virtual Moot Court

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:56:12 +0000

Please find the discussion board connected to your case!

C Block

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:25:47 +0000

Review Lecture try exam twice

Universal Suffrage OnViEW

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:03:54 +0000

Should Aliens have the right to vote?

Electoral College OnViEW

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:01:01 +0000

Use examples from the ICUE Videos and back up your claims by using evidence from the 270 to Win Maps.

One thesis post — 2 points

Two Response Posts - 1 point each

Meet The Candidates

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:45:06 +0000

gotta love the pics… lol

Micah

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:40:08 +0000

VIDEO
The purpose of our video is to exhibit the ideas and concerns of Micah. We wanted to display what he stands for. To do this we used multiple propaganda techniques. These include Appeal to Authority, plain Folk and Pinpointing the Enemy. Appeal to Authority was demonstrated when it was proclaimed that Chris Gatewood, former Candidate winner, supported Micah. The technique of plain folk was presented by the clothing that Micah wore. He appeared to be an average citizen, which would illustrate a since of familiarity. The final type of propaganda used in our IMOVIE was Pinpointing the Enemy. There was a slide that showed pictures of all of the other Candidates not behaving or acting like the typical Candidate would perform. In conclusion, our IMOVIE was a device used as a campaign for Micah, and could be understand as a piece of propaganda.

Awesome Aardvarks

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:49:54 +0000

Hey Everyone, This is Zoe.

This is cool, now we can talk without having people spying on our info. So, Connor and Courtney, you guys should be thinking of our platforms, Harry, you should be thinking about propaganda. I will go wherever i need to help. Riley, you cant do anything until we have information.

Hot Heads

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:26:28 +0000

What's up, Hot Heads. Good job having the best budget plan in our class (Paul, Tori, and me). Have a delicious day :). From, Aaron {_[(AARO)]_}

Burt's Bees

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:19:43 +0000

hi people, its nice to have a place to discuss stuff, even though it says Berts bees

Jellyfish Jumpers

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:18:45 +0000

hey guys ummm I was wondering what my job is for the new project… I was hoping to be the press officer, but if it is already taken then we have to work something out! :)

EMMA

Electoral College Simulation

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:46:13 +0000

Umm is their a rubric we are supposed to follow? or can we just right the thesis on our own?

EMMA WROTE THIS

Dastardly Djinns

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:06:45 +0000

Overall to do list for EVERYONE to see:

The dates on here are the dates in which the assignment next to it is due. This will be posted on the wikidot page that I create, and also be emailed to you. Also, there will be dates that we are going to meet, for example we may meet during lunch, Spanish enrichment (Micah and Kyle), after school, and if we NEED to outside of school maybe at kayaks or something, but that is only in a desperate situation. I am trying to make the meeting times easy to manage, and sometimes is may only include two of us, or all of us, it depends. Thanks guys and don’t lost this page, it will be the page of success for our Candidate project!

Due dates we all need to be aware of

• Propaganda Items turned into John on morning of October 15 (9:00am)
• Note Cards due by October 10 4:00 pm (but for us it will be that morning!!)

Kyle (researcher)

Monday October 6th- Extended Response on Increased Military due for editing on our ESSAY FOR PLATFORMS (the editing of it will be kept with me for the essay, not for you to change it for you extended response, but if you want me to edit it for that I will check with John.) Please bring in a hard copy of this on Monday, and also a mailed copy to me.

Tuesday October 7th- Essay (paragraphs) on one of the planks we discuss at lunch on Friday (see date list)

Wednesday October 8th-Have 5 facts for each of the four planks from the extended response (gun control, health care, poverty, and increased military). These facts should include statistics and don’t forget APA FORMAT FROM ORANGE HANDBOOK!!!

Thursday October 9th- Have 5 facts for each of the other four planks we chose on the planks we choose at lunch on the 3rd. See above for further directions. Email these facts to Meredith in APA format.

Friday October 10th- Write an introduction for our essay, see more, or John if you are confused on what to put in it.

Monday October 13th- Video needs to be done make contact with Grace.

Micah (candidate)

Monday October 6th- Extended Response on Gun Control for our ESSAY FOR PLATFORMS (the editing of it will be kept with me for the essay, not for you to change it for you extended response, but if you want me to edit it for that I will check with John.) Please bring in a hard copy of this on Monday, and also a mailed copy to me.

Tuesday October 7th- Come up with three GOOD questions that you can answer concerning gun control. And provide the answers. NOTE- THE QUESTIONS MUST BE PUT ON A NOTECARD W/O ANSWERS, BUT ALSO ON A WORD DOCUMENT WITH ANSWERS written an essay (paragraphs) on one of the four planks we decide at lunch on Friday (see list of dates)

Wednesday October 8th- Come up with three questions on Health Care, Poverty, and Increasing Military. (Once our other platforms are chosen we will make the other questions, and add facts to each question.) Also provide answers for each question.

Thursday October 9th- Come up with three questions for each of the four planks we choose on Friday at lunch. Include your answers on the questions.

Friday October 10th- Write an essay (paragraphs) on one of the planks chosen at lunch on the 3rd.

Monday October 13th- Choose 1 favorite question from each plank (ones you can answer well), and memorize them with the facts. (no need to fully memorize but go over them for about 30 mins.)

Grace (press officer)

Monday October 6th-
- Extended Response on Health Care for our ESSAY FOR PLATFORMS (the editing of it will be kept with me for the essay, not for you to change it for you extended response, but if you want me to edit it for that I will check with John.) Please bring in a hard copy of this on Monday, and also a mailed copy to me.
- Brainstorm six solid ideas for Propaganda Typed and emailed to me. (This includes the video, so please say some ideas you have for the video, remember the planks must be used.) (Kyle has t shirt things so please contact him)

Tuesday October 7th- Order ANY propaganda things that you need offline (check with me first, and make an order date that comes ON TIME, and make the prices reasonable because we are all pitching in, also Kyle has shirts with iron-on’s so talk to him.) although not all may be ordered offline please write three analysis paragraphs doesn’t matter which ones just get three done..

Wednesday October 8th- Write the final three analyses on propaganda.

Thursday October 9th- Write an essay (paragraph) on one of the four planks discussed Friday at lunch.

Friday October 10th- Video is due by Monday the 13th, so make contact with Kyle and work on it.

Monday October 13th- Final Video needs to be done, make contact with Kyle

Meredith (project manager)

Monday October 6th- Extended Response on Poverty for our ESSAY FOR PLATFORMS (the editing of it will be kept with me for the essay, not for you to change it for you extended response, but if you want me to edit it for that I will check with John.) Please bring in a hard copy of this on Monday, and also a mailed copy to me.

Tuesday October 7th- Edited two of the four Extended Responses

Wednesday October 8th- Edited the other two extended responses, and combined the four together into a word document.

Thursday October 9th- Edited first three propaganda analysis.

Friday October 10th- Edited final three propaganda analysis.

Monday October 13th- Edit Micah’s two essays, and if time Kyle’s Introduction

Tuesday October 14th- Edit Kyles Introduction if not done, make any last minute changes. Make sure propaganda is together, questions are together, and debater is ready.

Meeting Dates *see me for any confusions or if you can’t attend*

Friday October 3RD LUNCH 12:30-12:55
- Meet in Rises Room to discuss our four other planks. EVERYONE MUST COME

Tuesday October 7th LUNCH 12:30-12:55
-Meet in Library to discuss propaganda. EVERYONE MUST COME

Wednesday October 8th LUNCH 12:30-12:55
- Meet in Library to discuss propaganda video

Thursday October 9th 8:00am Middle School Commons
-Film part of video? May need to work on weekend.

Thursday October 9th 9:00am Spanish Enrichment
-Put all answers to questions together with the facts onto a word document for Micah to study (Micah, Kyle, and Meredith only) Practice with debater

Friday October 10th Lunch 12:30-12:55 Micah and Meredith
-Practice debate in Rise Room

Monday October 13th After School 3:15-4:00
-Practice Debate in Rise Room

Tuesday October 14th After School 3:15-4:00
-Practice Debate in Rise Room

The Candidate

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:37:37 +0000

Alex, Noah, Pete-
whats is going on with our group?
what are the positions?
im sorry I haven't been at school
you can email or call me!!!!

Propaganda OnViEW

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:22:02 +0000

I think propaganda should be used in political debates because if not then a lot of the things that the politicians say would come off less effective. Also propaganda is used in everyday advertising so it should therefore be used in politics. Politics wouldn't be the same without propaganda and things would be much harder to get out to the public.

Fantastic Four

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:03:15 +0000

Ok so have we started the budget and pie chart yet? I have a feeling that we need to help Will T. with that.

Evil Ewoks

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:28:17 +0000

kk so Eric, we're proxing 550 mil. our taxes are as follow:
Progressive-
32%
25%
9%
property-
$1400
$800
$300
sales-9%

Homework Discussion Board

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:55:01 +0000

Please use this feature to ask and answer Civics HW questions.

Nubaceland City Budget Simulation

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:22:04 +0000

Friends,

The following steps will help your group to be successful in Nubaceland….

1. Use the Functions of Government to establish your priorities. Which is most important? Which is least important? Be prepared to defend your answers

2. Take the 2010 Budget requests and categorize each item into a FOG category.

3. Discuss creative ways to generate revenue for a city (research usually helps here)

Scott

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:53:23 +0000

Below are the facts of the case from landmarkcases.org

Dred Scott was born a slave in Virginia around 1799. In 1834, a man named Dr. Emerson bought Dred Scott and they moved to Illinois, a non-slave (free) state. In 1836, they moved to Minnesota, also a non-slave state. There, Scott married another slave named Harriet. In 1838, the Emersons and the Scotts moved to Missouri, a slave state. In 1843, Dr. Emerson died, leaving his wife possession of the Scotts.

Dred Scott sued Mrs. Emerson. He claimed that he was no longer a slave because he had become free when he lived in a free state. The jury decided that Scott and his family should be free. The Emersons did not like the decision and appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court in 1852. That court said that Missouri does not have to follow the laws of another state. As a slave state, Missouri's laws meant that Scott and his family were not free.

Sanford moved to New York and left the Scotts in Missouri. Scott sued Sanford again in a federal court. Federal courts decide cases where the citizens live in different states. In 1854, the U.S. Court for the District of Missouri heard the case. Sanford won the case and Scott then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the country.

When the case came to the Supreme Court of the United States, the country was in deep conflict over slavery. In the past, some slaves had successfully sued their owners for freedom. However, by the 1850's, many states were hardening their positions on slavery, making such cases more difficult to win. It would not be long before the country was in a civil war over the issue of slavery.