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Inexpensive Yellow buttons were ordered specifically for the manufacture of Job #202, an order for 4 matching polo shirts, and will not be used on any other job.  The company does not ordinarily keep yellow buttons on hand.  The cost would be classified as:

1. indirect materials.     b.  other indirect cost                    c.  direct materials

The PATRIOT Act follows a long history of presidents taking individual rights away to protect the nation during war. President Adams took away the rights of people to protest the government early in the nation's history. President Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus during the Civil War. President Bush responded to the 9/11 attacks by expanding the power of the federal authorities to monitor individuals while directly impacting several of their freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.

• Do you believe that the PATRIOT Act was necessary and fair given the circumstances?

• What freedoms does the PATRIOT Act infringe upon?

• What personal freedoms, such as freedom speech, are you willing to give up in times of conflict?

• Which freedoms, such as the freedom to protest, religion or the right to trial by jury, do you feel should never be taken away even in conflict?

High schools engage students in a social contract, wherein it is the understanding that students will conduct themselves in a certain way academically and socially to ensure that the school population is successful and the educational atmosphere is nurtured. This understanding is often emphasized in the school’s mission statement.

What is your high school’s mission statement? Create 5 basic and fundamental rules and guidelines for students in your school based on the mission statement. Do these rules already exist?

While CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC and other major news outlets spend countless hours reporting on the conflicts and atrocities of the Middle East, Lebanon, and Asia, the continent of Africa rarely makes the news. There are currently nearly 30 conflicts on the continent that have led to the deaths of over 5 million people since 2000 and displaced at least as many.

Yet, our media rarely reports on it. View the article discussing the conflicts of Africa in comparison to other nations. (Use the following keywords in an online search engine: global issues conflict in Africa introduction)

1 . Which of these current conflicts has had the biggest toll on civilians?

2. How does this compare to the conflict in Lebanon? What about in Europe or the Americas?

3. What reasons do you think contribute to the media ignoring the African conflict?

Respond to the following answers in your own words.