The Kyoto Protocols

Sources that will help explain what the Kyoto Protocols are:



A non-partisan source that states what it is.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol

This source explains that the Kyoto Protocols are guidelines for countries around the world for the control of the emissions of green house gases (GHG's) that cause global warming.




A first-person account on what the Kyoto Protocols are.



http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php


This article expalins how the Kyoto Protocols will help in the reversing the effects (the release of GHG's) of 150 years of industrial activity around the world.


A source that has two experts with an analysis of the Kyoto Protocols.



http://wotnews.com.au/newsletters/!show.asp?html=D5A143DF23064954AECB402E4538C5DC.html


In this article there are two people with different point of views on the Kyoto Protocols. There is Professor Kevin Parton who is for the Kyoto Protocols and says that it will help the effects of GHG's and there is Dr. Rod Duncan who is against the Kyoto Protocols and says that, in various words, it is only a quick, temporary fix to global warming.

Book Portfolio: The Art of the Lathe

In The Art of the Lathe by B. H. Fairchild, the author, B. H. Fairchild shows how life was during the 1950's and 1960's when he worked with his father in a machine shop and that throughout time the only thing that has really changed is technology. He also talks about the first baseball game that Mickey Mantle played.

The main theme in this book would probably have to be how life was during the 50's and 60's. B. H. Fairchild shows this by talking about how most men at that time could not say "beauty" because it was considered rather feminine at the time. He also talks about how the other guys in the machine shop would interact with each other and how they would do work in the shop. The significance of the theme is that basically the only thing that has really changed throughout time is technology.

Probably the most historical event that happened in this book is that he and a bunch of other guys that worked in his father's machine shop got to witness firsthand the first game that Mickey Mantle played. They got to witness this by playing in the baseball game. The significance is that later on, Mickey Mantle ended up being a famous baseball player.

Personally I think that the author's, B. H. Fairchild's, main theme about life in the 50's and 60's is accurate because it basically states that things have not changed much since then except the technology. That people in general are the same and that people to this day have trouble excepting certain things (like in the book for the guys it was the word "beauty").

So, in general, it is true that the only thing that has really changed throughout time is technology because to this day we still have insecurities about certain things and that considering this theme generally shows us that we, as a people have changed yet at the same time we haven't over roughly 50 years.

Quarter One Exam Essays

1. The Articles of Confederation failed as "our first Constitution" because, to the people, it sounded like the founding fathers were trying to form a tyraney in America. Another reason is because it did not state the rights of the citizens of the country.
The goal of the founding fathers during the Constitutional Convention was to bring the country together. The major obstacles that were overcome were that they were able to get the states to join as one and to have one central form of government as well as eliminating the currences that each state had, so that there would be one economy.
The Bill of Rights were added so that the people of the U.S. would know what thier rights.

2. The Presidency of George Washington related to the birth of political parties by showing how a President should be.
The first significant parties were the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans. The Federalists were the people who were in favor of the constitution and their leaders were people like George Washington and John Adams. The Democratic Republicans were the people who origionally did not like the constitution but learned to live with it. The Democratic Republicans had leaders like Thomas Jefferson.

3. The Executive branch is the branch that creates laws but it can't ratify them or enforce them. It is the branch that the president is part of.
The Legislative branch passes and vetos laws but it can't make on enforce them.
The Judical branch is the branch that enforces the laws. Its limitations is that it can enforce the laws, but it can't ratify or make them.