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 1. The invention of maritime technologies that allowed sailors to master treacherous and unfamiliar ocean environments is what really allowed for the Age of Exploration to occur. If you wanted to extend the Age of Exploration into outer space, what new space technology would need to be invented so that human beings could travel to other planets and solar systems?

-To extend the Age of Exploration into outer space, we should make Outer Space Ships, so we could easily ride the ship and go out of space.

2. Think of some of the fears that existed amongst people during the 15 & 16th century when it came to sailing the open seas (monsters, boiling waters, falling off the edge of the Earth). Identify some of the fears that other people might have today if you had to convince them of traveling into the far reaches of outer space. What would you have to say or do to convince people that their fears are unwarranted and that they will be safe?

-I would tell the people who are frightened about monsters aliens and all of the creatures to socialize with people and seek how the society is going around.

3. Both Columbus and Magellan had a hard time finding someone to pay for their trips. If it wasn't for the Spanish monarchy, these men would never have been able to afford the financial cost of their adventures on their own. Finding someone to pay for your space expedition is going to be tricky too. Where would you go to gain the funding you need to pay for your space exploration trip? What would you say to the leaders of that nation to convince them of the benefits your expedition would have for their country?

-I would fund on U.S.A. The main reason is because the land is huge and one of the greatest countries. I would convince them by promising I will make a better economy and will make a perfect environment for a successful life. 

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 Would you volunteer for this mission? Yes or No? Why or Why not?

//No, because It's dangerous.//

What sort of people do you suppose would volunteer for this kind of mission? 

//People who love to adventure and who gave up their life.//

What would they have to gain?

//Experiences.//

What if anything could go wrong?

//They die.//

What technological advances would have to occur before this could actually happen?

//Many things, such as navigators that tell you where you need to go.//

==12. 2. 2009 Activity // Declaration of Independence // ==

 Declaration of Independence Worksheet

A. Read the Declaration of Independence in it’s entirety.

B. Please look up and define the following words to increase your understanding of the Declaration of Independence.

Alienable-able to transfer to new ownership

Inalienable-unable to transfer to new ownership

Naturalization- to confer the rights of a national on; especially : to admit to citizenship

Jurisdiction-the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law

Legislation- the action of legislating; specifically : the exercise of the power and function of making rules (as laws) that have the force of authority by virtue of their promulgation by an official organ of a state or other organization

Province- a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government b : an administrative district or division of a country c plural : all of a country except the metropolises

Arbitrary-depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by law 

C. Copy the reasons cited in the text of the Declaration of Independence that have been highlighted in red and give a/the specific example that this grievance is speaking to.

1. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

-He changed the legal system after Boston Massacre.

2. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

-*Forced the quartering act, which had people house British soldiers without the people’s consent*

3. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power. -The American military is, in effect, superior to civil power throughout the world.

4. For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

-American troops are stationed throughout the world.

5. For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

-American agents (e.g., CIA) who kill foreigners frequently escape the justice of the nation where the crime is committed. The American soldiers who committed the atrocities at My Lai were tried in courts martial, rather than being subject to Vietnamese justice. In 2001, the American base in in Okinawa attempted to avoid turning over one of their soldiers to the local authorities after he raped a local woman. (Not "allegedly raped"; he was convicted.)

6. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

-Consider Iraq or Cuba, embargoed as part of an effort to overthrow their governments.

7. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

-No taxation without representation.

8. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses:

-Guantanamo again. "Pretended offenses" applies because some of the prisoners are being held without actual evidence that they themselves committed acts of terrorism. 9. For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighboring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

-American force has established compliant dictatorships throughout Central America, and used them to pressure the elected leaders of Nicaragua into surrendering to American interests. (Source: Deterring Democracy, by Noam Chomsky.)

10. For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

-American’s can’t accept suspending the legislatures, and the declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for them.

11. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us

-In effect, the abuse of American power means that all nations are subject to American jurisdiction, unacknowledged by their laws; resistance to American jurisdiction is punished, militarily or economically.

March 9 2010 3/8/10 1. Discussion about the limits in speaking or usage of language on internet in South Korea. - I guess there is many limits in Korea's internet. However, punishment and security is weak. Even though people write rumors or bad stuff about celebrities, they aren't usually sued. It's because the celebrities don't sue them. They don't want to make a strict evil image of them. Also, when people curse about the president, they don't get punished because if the president sues that person, his reputation will fall. Also, people will argue, "Do I not have any rights to say my opinion?"

2. Discussion about Bearing Arms (2nd Amendment) in U.S.A. = For: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -Many viewpoints are discussed controversially about the second amendment. - Standard: arms to individual, States': arms to state governments, Collective: arms belongs to everyone, but exercised only by government., Gary Wills': second amendment means nothing at all. - Supreme Court supports individual to bear arms, examples exist in certain cases previously, such as the Miller case in 1939 and the Schwimmer case in 1929.

3. = Against: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

- There are many misperceptions and lack of understanding of the second amendment in modern America. - The amendment states that not individuals have the right to possess a gun, but individuals in militias or some sort of army. - No constitutional trump card, but there can be certain reasons to possess gun or arms. - Examples of misperceptions are reporters are politicians stating in quotes that people have the rights to have guns in there house in case of use of defense.