Blog #18: Newspapers & MSB

I learned how to make my work more professional and what things can be used to make it look more professional. I also learned how to not do all the work at the last minute because you should always be time consuming and make sure that you get your work in on time. I also am going to take how to make the pictures and things that are used for this project and make it original.

Blog #17: MSB people, groups & orgs!

Organizations:
1. San Diego Coast Keepers- I picked San Diego Coast Keepers because they plan to protect the region’s bays, beaches, watersheds and ocean for the people and wildlife that depend on them. We balance community outreach, education, and advocacy to promote stewardship of clean water and a healthy coastal ecosystem.
2. Surf Riders- I picked them because their initiative is to protect and restore coastal water quality from the ridges, through our watersheds and out to the near shore ocean where we surf, swim and recreate.
3. La Jolla Friends of the Seals- I picked them because they plan to preserve the La Jolla Harbor Seal Colony for ecological, educational, scientific, historic and scenic opportunities


People:
Donna Frye she could help to let the people of San Diego understand what and how we are affecting the waters.

President Barack Obama he could let the entire country know about the waters and have them find ways to help out the cause.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger he could have the entire state of California help out and raise awareness for the cause so more people can understand about it.

Blog #16: MSB comments, ideas, plans, critiques and more!

Vaughn's blog, I like her ideas because they revolve around the effect of pollution is on the wildlife, because it makes you think how your animals or animals in the sea/on land are affected by the things in the water. Im going to think more on how the animals are affected or affected by and i'll focus on which animals are greatly affected.


Audrey's blog, I liked how interesting her questions are, because I never really took note that there were organisms are helpful. We have mostly been focusing on the bad parts like bacteria organisms in the water. I am going to think more on how we can pay attention to the organisms in the waters that also help us.

Janae's blog, I like how she is going to use her lyrics to speak to the fans and how it would be letting them know the importance and how she is going to put a meaning behind her lyrics unlike other artists. I am going to think more about how to get people interested in helping to get and keep our waters clean.

Blog #15- possible MSB products

1. A documentary video that addresses the question "Are or can marine animals get diseases/illnesses from people polluying the waters waters"?
2.
3.- to go undercover and see how some industries hurt the animals.
-to film animals who are deeply affected by the things in the water.
- how if we eat those animals we can get sick or ill too.


1. A documentary video that addresses the question "What can San Diegans do to help lessen the amount of pollution in our waters?"
2.
3. -help to spred the word about pollution in our waters
- how we can help
-how we can get sick from the pollution in the water.

Blog #14

1.Are or can marine animals get diseases/illnesses from California waters?
2. how is it that we hear about humans getting diseases from the pollution and not the animals?
does the diseases/illnesses get transferred into the marine amimals bodies and when we eat them gets it transferred to our bodies?
don't marine animals or animals in general have the same immune system as humans so how is it different?
3.- "World Oceans Day Statement on Plastic Pollution"
"The Cove"- "high levels of mercury in dolphin meat and seafood, the cruelty in capturing dolphins for entertainment, and the depletion of our oceans fisheries by worldwide seafood consumption."
Water Pollution - "The main problem caused by water pollution is that it kills life that inhabits water-based ecosystems. Dead fish, birds, dolphins, and many other animals often wind up on beaches, killed by pollutants in their habitat"
4. the way we handle our trash and plastic is consumed by the animals in the oceans which in turn hurt not only them but us.

While the handling of E. coli problems at the Lake of the Ozarks has generated statewide attention, other lakes also have been affected by similar problems as contaminated water from sewage spills and runoff carrying animal waste flows into them.

The basic facts is that due to rain the runoff has drastically affected the lakes in Missouri.

The information missing from the story is what and how the state plans on doing so that human and animal health isn't affected by the contaminated waters.

Do more research and find out how contaminated the waters are and raise awarness to the other citizens in the state so that they understand what is going on in their lakes and let them know how they are affected and how they can help to reduce the problem.

Optional Assignment

Chicano Park
who: Mexican Americans
what: there was a controversy between the Mexican Americans and the city over the park.
where: Barrio Logan; community park
when: 1967-1970
why: the Mexican Americans believed they had been deceived by city and state officials regarding the development of their park.

The restoration project of Chicano Park murals, we should know about this because most of the beautiful murals that were painted there represented something good and important and they got destroyed.

"..Individual artists continued to repair damaged murals, with most of the costs from their own pockets." -The Restoration Project of Chicano Park Murals
link: http://www.chicanoparksandiego.com/history/page3.html

Blog #11: Media Saves the Beach questions

1. Are or can marine animals get diseases/illnesses from California waters?
-if people can get sick from the bacteria in the waters can the animals too, since they have immune systems like ours.
2. What can San Diegans do to help lessen the amount of pollution in our waters?
-so we can get people aware so they can help out to get and keep the California waters clean.
3. Is there a chemical solution that would help lessen the pollution in our waters?
-it would be an alternative way of trying to get the bacterial things out of the oceans but also out of the air and our homes.

Civil War Prompt #1

The pain will never end

One of the many concepts of “Dying for Dixie” circulates around the death of Michael David Westerman, a 19-year-old young man who was shot and killed around the boarder of Kentucky and Tennessee. Many people believe Westerman’s death was based on the Rebel Confederate flag flying from the bed of his pickup truck, and the fact that it stood for slavery and the fact that it was during Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday week. It seems as thought the little town of Guthrie, (where most of this controversy was) wasn’t big enough for both blacks and whites. The reason why the war is still going on in some parts of the south is because of racism between blacks and whites, and racist groups like the KKK, the White League, and the Red Shirts, with the same belief that there is one superior race.


After Westerman’s death more people started flying the Confederate flags, and some even started wearing racial shirts in “honor” of Westerman. The town even started having a Miss. Confederacy pageant where the contestants were asked questions like “What will you do while holding the title to promote and defend Southern heritage?” A man in a confederate uniform then escorted the winner to the Washington Memorial (pg 101). The local high school where Michael Westerman and the four black boys accused of killing him attended wasn’t always racist. In fact there were many black athletes and cheerleaders that had the Rebel team uniform (which had represented the confederate side of the civil war) they had also purchased class rings that had “rebel” on it, they even bought the “Rebel” yearbook, a black girl was even won (amongst all black and white girls) homecoming queen. But after Westerman’s death the racial tensions between blacks and whites hit an all time high in Southern States. The black cheerleaders stopped holding the school flag, there was even a school board meeting that was held to decide on whether or not the school mascot and flag were to be changed.

Off the topic of “Dying for Dixie” and the story and controversy in this little town, it was not the only reason why the war still seemed to go on in the Southern states. The main reason was because of paramilitary groups, groups that have the same ideas that have expanded and made different groups with different names but with the same purpose. Such group formed after the time of the civil war were the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), the White League, and the Red Shirts. The KKK was formed almost right after the war by former confederate soliders who sought to kill black people. Some people then broke off in other states to form a smaller group called the White League that would later overthrow the Lousiana Legislature, but instead of just targeting blacks the group also targeted blacks that were against slavery and those who stood up for blacks. Then an other people broke off into even smaller groups known as the Red Shirts that were in various states, but all groups (except for the main group, the KKK) had worked for the democratic party. So, obviously the war and tension between blacks and whites in different parts of the U.S. hasn't finished and probably will still go on for ever, even though the civil war and the war for slavery has been over for years, until ravists give up their beliefs and treat everyone equally it won't end. The entire reason why the war is still going on in the U.S is because of racism, and if people does stop looking on what a person's skin color is nothing would be solved and war between races would continue on forever.