12/18/12 br

I think it is about time we start talking about gun legislation to protect children in schools especially younger children. We need more people to start talking about it.

12/17/12 br

The gunman shot his mother at their house and killed her. Then he went to the school and into his mothers classroom and killed all the children in her class. He also killed 6 adults at the school including the principle, counselor, and a few teachers

12/14/12 br

This is pretty cool. If I knew you could do this kind of stuff I would do it too. He is getting a pretty good amount of money for changing his name and also wearing shirts that advertise companies. It's crazy that someone would pay $45,500 for someone to change there last name but still Jason is definitely making out pretty good in this whole thing.
If I were to change my name I would probably do what Jason did and sell it and let someone give me a last name. I would probably switch after like a tear and get even more money to promote a big company. That's definitely what I would do if I had to change my name.

12/13/12 br

I don't think you should be kicked out of the army for being obese. A lot of people go into the army to defend our country and they get repaid by being kicked out for being too big. The army should try to help them lose the weight before they kick them out.

12/10/12 br

This just goes to show how, one, violent video games influence what young kids do and, two, how weak our gun control laws are. These kids that did this need some serious help and need to see a counselor.

12/4/12 br

This filibuster has definitely become something that senators abuse to basically get what they want. All a senator has to do is make a phone call to the capitol and threaten a filibuster which will waste four days of the senates lives. I would probably be mad if someone called a filibuster because that would waste my life.

12/3/12 br

its not "Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils" its more like sit in front of your computer and work while i sit over here and do nothing. 100 million dollors for funding? Is that for new computers, lap tops, Ipods Samsung Galaxy Tab? bc i think that is what most if not all that 100 million dollors is going to. and spending more time in the classroom on computers is not a good thing to do bc I can lay in bed and do most of my work and if the teacher needs it turned in i can tax it in.

11/29/12 br

Obama wants to meet with Mitt Romney because he wants to see if he would be interested in working together to get the country back into shape. I think Romney should tell him no and that he is the president and needs fix it on his own but Romney probably won't. He will probably tell him something like he would love to help.

voc

economy- the expenditure or consumption of money or materials

cultural diversity- the cultural variety and cultural differences that exist in the world, a society, or an institution

industry- systmeatic work or labor.

environment- where someone or something lives  

assimilation-  cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups, not involving biological amalgamation

globalization- worldwide intergrtition

MDC- more developed country

forced migration- fored to move

voluntary migration- you move on your our

LDC- less developed country

mental mapping- what countrys looks like without a map

immigration- moving from one country to a another

statistical measurement- a way of measuring something using stats

11/27/12 br

In my opinion it is understandable why it has gone down and continues to go down. Everybody was using there money to prepare for hurricane sandy and to fix the damage that she did.

11/26/12

In my opinion these so called "baby boxes" are a good idea but also a bad idea at the same time. They are a good idea because if a girl gets raped and gets pregnant she has a safe alternative for the baby instead of abortion or like the example they gave killing it and burying it in the woods or something. However, it is also a bad idea because a couple could be having a baby but they don't want the responsibility of caring for it so they can just get rid of it

11/15/12

These things will probably happen because in my opinion Obama is one of the worst presidents we have had.

11/14/12

i think it is completely ridiculous that she ran over her husband for not voting. I can't even begin to imagine what she would do if her husband was cheating on her and she found out. To run someone over for not voting is just plain stupid end of story.

11/13/12

i do no think that there is going to be another attack but if there is think we need to be perpared for it if one dose perhaps come this way. but other than that i dont think we should have nothing to worry about.

10/29/12 br

ohio will be the state won or losted for both obama and romney

10/25/12 br

Obama said Romney has changed or is hiding details on such issues as tax cuts that would benefit the wealthy, education assistance and his opposition to the auto bailout

10/24/12 br

obama is writing emails about money? why is he doing that because i dont know why unless he is trying to keep his post on the house.

10/23/12 br

i dont really understand the bellringer for today. it seems like to me that the DMV is just trying to take more time out of our day just to get something from there

10/19/12 br

it would be hard to not cry while your own people come back in castits

10/18/12 br

i think mitt needs to look up what he is talking about before he talks

10/16/12 br part two

The race between president obama and mitt romney is closer than ever including the measure that will decide it: the electoral college. obama leads in states with 201 electoral votes, romney leads in states with 191 electoral votes.

10/16/12 br part one

in most elections however we dont get a say in something important whether were governed by the rich. By election day that choice has usually been made for us

10/15/12 br

its a good thing that they are trying to transforming our schools.

10/12/12 br

it was a funny debet. there was interupsions and jokes going around

10/11/12 br

On the flip side of that argument is Fisher a plain spoken young Texan denied entry into her fathers and sisters alma mater. She says racial preferences made her a victim of discrimination

10/10/12 br

In releasing the ad the Obama campaign that even on issues as seemingly simple as 8 foot tall talking birds and early childhood education Mitt Romneys rhetoric is out of touch with the facts

10/9/12

its good that there are doing this

10/4/12 br

the cnn side of the story says that barack obama won the debate. saying stuff that he was put in office for and is still trying to fix. obama wants to save the US from billons on dollers that we own other countys. He helps the older with medacare.

the foxnews side said that mitt romney won the debate. it says that he toke to tone of the debate. that he hold is own when obama was telling him stuff. romnays body language mattered when it was very important to this debate.

10/2/12 br

If Romney chooses an Alito like justice to replace Justices Scalia or Thomas he would likely face little opposition

10 thing why peolpe love and hate the iphone

 

 

 

for yes http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-5-pros-and-cons-2012-9?op=1

 

 

for no http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-5-pros-and-cons-2012-9?op=1

 

 

 

 

yes

1. The iPhone 5 is insanely fast

2. It's insanely light, yet still sturdy

3. The design is striking

4. The screen is actually the perfect size.

5. Battery life is drastically improved, for me anyway.






no

1. Apple Maps are a step backwards

2. The Lightning Port is making me get all new cords

3. All my apps weren't ready

4. Verizon and Sprint models still can't surf and talk.

5.The aluminum is susceptible to scratches.

 Even tho the Iphone5 comes out one year after the Iphone4 came out. The Iphone5 is 20x better then then Iphone4. People hate the Iphone because you have to make a apple accout but when you get one you can use it for any apple produte. I love the Iphone because it looks better then the other smart phones out there.

10/1/12 br

i do think TSA needs to look closer into the bags then just looking at a screen

9/28/12 br

the students should carry concealed weapons in campus

9/27/12 br

i think the food looks like slop

9/26/12 br

there is no juck food in school. i would buy juck food then buy the nasty tease "heathy food"

9/25/12

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2.facebook
3.blogger
4.music
5.myspace
6.internet
7.news
8.youtube

9/25/12 br

i think its a good thing that NYC schools are doint this

civics lesson for September 17 2012

 

This delegate took notes at the

 

Philadelphia Convention.

 

Name: James McHenry

 

State: Ireland

Age/Year of Birth: 1753

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:  Spent most of his time writing

 

He refused to sign the Constitution.

 

Name: John Dickinson

 

State: Maryland

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1732

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. studied law in Philadelphia and London.

2. He did enlist in the Continental Army.

 

Clue:

 

This delegate was the head of the

 

Virginia delegation to the convention.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

He practiced in law in Williamsburg.

 

Name: John Blair

 

State: Virginia

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1732

 

Two Additional Clues: 1.
At the Virginia ratifying convention, Blair helped win support for the Constitution

2. associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1789, where he served until 1796.

 

 

2

Clue:

 

He studied medicine in Scotland.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

This Framer emancipated his slaves in

 

his will.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

He was responsible for the Judiciary Act

 

of 1789.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

He was the chairman of the Committee

 

on Style.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

He served on the committees that draft

 

both the Declaration of Independence

 

and the Article of Confederation.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

3

 

Clue:

 

He studied law in Philadelphia.

 

Name: George Read

 

State: Maryland

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1733

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. he set up a legal practice in Delaware

2. was busy with state activities.

 

Clue:

 

He was a roommate of James Madison

 

at the College of New Jersey.

 

Name: Gunning Bedford, Jr.

 

State: Delaware

 

Age/Year of Birth:1747

 

Two Additional Clues 1. Bedford was born into a large family.

2. Bedford spent many years as a federal district judge.

 

Clue:

 

He served as the first postmaster general

 

of Wilmington.

 

Name: Jacob Broom

 

State: Delaware

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1752

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. a relentless entrepreneur and died in Philadelphia while attending to business.

2. included farming, surveying and mapmaking, shipping, importing, real estate, and city government.

 

Clue:

 

He voted against independence and did

 

sign the Declaration of Independence.

 

Name: Robert Morris

 

State: England

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1734

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He came to America when he was 13.

2. He served as superintendent of finance under the Articles of Confederation, a very difficult job

 

Clue:  

 

He voted against the independence, but

 

signed the Declaration of

 

Independence.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

4

 

Clue:

 

He was born in Connecticut.

 

Name: William Samuel Johnson

 

State: Connecticut

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1727

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He graduated from Yale and became a lawyer.

2. Johnson was a powerful member of the Continental Congress.

 

Clue:

 

During the Revolution he served as a

 

lieutenant colonel in the dragoons.

 

Name: William Few

 

State: Georgia

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1748

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. As a result, his brother was hanged, the family farm was destroyed, and the family had to flee to Georgia.

2. one of Georgia’s first U.S. senators

 

Clue:

 

Served as one of the original trustees of

 

the University of Georgia at Athens.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

His notes at the convention described the

 

personalities of others.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

He studied in Flanders, Belgium.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

5

 

Clue:

 

He died three years after the convention.

 

Name: Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

 

State: Maryland

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1723

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. he owned a large estate near Annapolis

2. Not much is known about his early years

 

Clue:

 

He was opposed to increasing the power

 

of the federal government.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

He was called away from the convention

 

due to family illness.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

This Framer studied law under Thomas

 

Jefferson.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

After Shays’ Rebellion, he spoke out

 

against giving the common people too

 

much power.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

6

 

Clue:

 

He became an apprentice to a merchant

 

at the age of fifteen.

 

Name: Nathaniel Gorham

 

State: Massachusetts

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1738

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He was active in state politics and supported the revolutionary cause

2. He worked to gain approval of the Constitution in Massachusetts.

 

Clue:

 

He was born in the territory that became

 

Maine.

 

Name: Rufus King

 

State: Massachusetts

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1755

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He studied the law and entered practice in Massachusetts

2. King ran for vice president twice and president once, but lost each time.

 

Clue:

 

In his early twenties he contracted

 

smallpox, which damaged his eyesight.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

He came late to the convention and

 

served on Committee of Postponed

 

Matters.

 

Name: Nicholas Gilman

 

State: New Hampshire

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1755

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He served in the Continental Army

2. born into a large and distinguished New Hampshire family.

 

Clue:

 

His wealth came from investing in trade.

 

Name: John Langdon

 

State: New Hampshire

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1749

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He did not receive a great deal of education and began as an apprentice to a merchant.

2. He avidly supported the Revolution

 

7

 

Clue:

 

He was arrested by the British for

 

treason, rescued by a group of patriots.

 

Name: David Brearly

 

State: New Jersey

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1745

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. Although he dropped out of college, he practiced law in New Jersey.

2. He fought in the Revolutionary War.

 

Clue:

 

He went to convention because his

 

father and an associate decided not to

 

go.

 

Name: Jonathan Dayton

 

State: New Jersey

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1760

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. later served in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

2. named after him because he owned the land where the city was founded.

 

Clue:

 

He is not to be confused with the

 

gentlemen from Georgia who also did

 

not sign the Constitution.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

He served as a missionary among the

 

Mohawk Indians as a teen.

 

Name: William Livingston

 

State: Albany, New York.

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1723

 

Two Additional Clues:1. Livingston graduated from Yale and spent many years in law practice and politics in New York.

2. Tired of law and having lost power in the New York legislature, he moved to New Jersey around 1770.

 

Clue:

 

He was born in Ireland and came to the

 

colonies at the age of two.

 

Name: William Paterson

 

State: New Jersey

 

Age/Year of Birth:1745

 

Two Additional Clues:1. graduated from the College of New Jersey and studied law.

2. served as attorney general of New Jersey

 

8

 

Clue:

 

During the Revolution he served as

 

secretary and aide to General

 

Washington.

 

Name: Alexander Hamilton

 

State: New York

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1757

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. born to unmarried parents in the British West Indies..

2. After the war, he studied law and entered practice.

 

Clue:

 

He believed that the Articles of

 

Confederation should simply have been

 

amended.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

He served eight years as chief justice of

 

the New York Supreme Court.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

In 1790, he moved, settling in what is

 

now Tennessee, and was one of its first

 

U.S. senators.

 

Name: William Blount

 

State: North Carolina

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1749

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. eldest son of a well-established North Carolina family.

2. in 1797 over a plan to raise forces to invade Spanish territory in Florida and Louisiana and hand the territory over to the British

 

Clue:

 

He was born in North Carolina, but

 

raised in Ireland and Scotland.

 

Name: Richard Dobbs Spaight

 

State: North Carolina

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1758

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He was educated there and in Scotland, returning to North Carolina in 1778.

2. He worked to gain ratification in North Carolina.  

 

9

 

Clue:

 

He was educated to be a minister, but

 

studied medicine in Europe.

 

Name: Hugh Williamson

 

State: North Carolina

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1735

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He worked for ratification and served two terms in the U.S. House.

2. , he settled in North Carolina, where he practiced medicine, serving as surgeon-general for the state’s troops.

 

Clue:

 

He was one of the founders of the

 

University of North Carolina.

 

Name: William R. Davie

 

State: North Carolina

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1756

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. Davie did not sign the Constitution but did work for ratification.

2. he served as governor of North Carolina, as a state legislator, and as a peace commissioner to France, among other offices.

 

Clue:

 

He was tried and acquitted of the charge

 

of cowardice after the Battle of

 

Germantown.

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

His Poor Richard’s Almanac was read

 

nationwide.

 

Name: Benjamin Franklin

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1706

 

Two Additional Clues: 1Born into a poor family, Franklin became an inventor, scientist, diplomat, and publisher

2. With the possible exception of George Washington, Franklin was the best-known man in America.

 

Clue:

 

He was expelled from the Quaker church

 

for his military service.

 

Name: Thomas Mifflin

 

State: Pennsylvania

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1744

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He was educated in Philadelphia and entered business upon finishing his education

2. attaining the rank of major general.

 

10

 

Clue:

 

He served as superintendent of finance

 

under the Articles of Confederation..

 

Name:

 

State:

 

Age/Year of Birth:

 

Two Additional Clues:

 

Clue:

 

He lived in Philadelphia, where he was a

 

prominent businessman.

 

Name: Thomas Fitzsimons

 

State: Ireland

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1741

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He fought in the Revolutionary War

2. moving to America about 1760.

 

Clue:

 

This delegate was born in Connecticut,

 

the son of a British colonial official.

 

Name: Jared Ingersoll

 

State: Connecticut

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1749

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. graduated from Yale and then managed his father’s business affairs

2. He followed his father to Philadelphia, where he studied law.

 

Clue:

 

After the Revolutionary war, he

 

defended loyalists and their

 

sympathizers.

 

Name: James Wilson

 

State: Pennsylvania

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1742

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. was born and educated in Scotland.

2. He arrived in America in 1765, where he taught and studied law.

 

Clue:

 

Early in life, he lost a leg in a carriage

 

accident.

 

Name: Gouverneur Morris

 

State: New York

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1752

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. He graduated from King’s College in New York City and studied law.

2. He served briefly in the Senate

 

11

 

Clue:

 

He studied law in London, then

 

practiced law and built a fortune.

 

Name: John Rutledge

 

State: South Carolina

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1739

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. educated at home by his father and a tutor.

2. He continued to be politically active through the 1780s.

 

Clue:

 

He served in the military during the

 

Revolution and was held as a prisoner

 

for two years.

 

Name: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

 

State: South Carolina

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1746

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. educated in England, where his father was representing South Carolina.

2. attended every session of the Philadelphia Convention

 

Clue:

 

He was an older cousin to delegate with

 

Almost the same name.

 

Name: Charles Pinckney

 

State: South Carolina

 

Age/Year of Birth: 1757

 

Two Additional Clues: 1. , the son of a wealthy lawyer and planter.

2. He trained as a lawyer.

 

Clue:

 

He served in the British Army until

 

1771, when he resigned after marrying

 

a colonial girl.

 

Name: Pierce Butler

 

State: South Carolina

 

Age/Year of Birth:  1744

Two Additional Clues: 1. born in Ireland, the son of a member of the House of Lords.

2. spoke often at the Philadelphia Convention