Keep in mind that if you block your time for your journal entries, you still need to write a minimum of 12 separate entries by the end of your project. 3. Each journal entry needs to include your personal thoughts and experiences regarding the work you did that day. • What
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina show other mishandlings of the fragile situation by the government. Federal and state organizations distributed power amongst private; profit based, contracted companies and allowed for a shift towards profit incentive instead of rehabilitation. The destruction of homes, neighborhoods, and schools gave light for new gated communities and privately run boarding schools, while the poor were left nothing. Naomi Klein's 'The Shock Doctrine' outlines the controversy behind capitalistic governmental actions taken in times of great need. I’ve noticed that more specifically, in her chapter "Disaster Apartheid: A World of Green Zones and Red Zones," Klein strongly critiques the handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster by the United States government.
c. severe cutbacks in the size of the federal government. d. a taxpayer revolt. e. a growing reliance on overseas trade to sustain the American economy. 3. The poor economic performance of the 1970s brought an abrupt end to a. American reliance on Middle Eastern oil.
In Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor, Garrett Hardin, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, addresses the overwhelming birth rate in the world. In Of Life and Lifeboats, Norman Cousins, a professor at U.C.L.A., addresses the very same issues with different beliefs. Hardin wants us to not help the poor but, Cousins wants us to help the poor. Hardin wants us to not help the poor because helping poor countries only increases the reproduction rate. The fact that the world is like a lifeboat, Hardin explains, is that if we are in a lifeboat and its full but people are in the water around us do we let people in the boat and let the others drowned or do we let people in the boat and let it sink drowning everyone.
The Silence of the Limpkins by Susan Cerulean is about the overall degradation of Wakulla Springs. This story begins with the narrator describing how his colleagues and he have to put herbicide in Wakulla Springs every so often. As to clear the hydrilla, a plant imported from India because of a trade that overall massively impacted the Wakulla Springs ecosystem. “Hydrilla was imported to the United States from India for the indoor aquarium trade in the 1950’s. No one knew it would become a major invader of Florida’s lakes and rivers” (Susan Cerulean).
UNESCO Research Outline Joyce Mason SCI/230 05/27/2011 Joan Garrett UNESCO Research Outline Everglades National Park What human intrusions threaten the area? a) Urban growth b) Fertilizer pollution c) Mercury poisoning of fish and wildlife d) Fall in water levels caused by flood protection measures e) Extensive alteration f) Hurricanes g) Gulf oil disaster What protections exist to protect and preserve the area? a) Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ) b) Oceana c) Mote Marine Laboratory d) Waldo ( oil-seeking robot ) e) South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force What efforts have been made to this preservation? a) Increased
Content Map General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to conserve water Thesis: With California in the most severe droughts on record, it is important that we conserve water. INTRODUCTION Attention-Getter: When Out-of-towners think of California: Never-ending summer. Reality: 99.8% of the state is in a severe drought. Link To Thesis: According to buzzfeed.com, the California Drought will affect us economically, socially, and environmentally. Justification: The Drought will cause an increase in price of some of our favorite food and drinks, jobs will be lost, more earthquakes could occur,wildfire season will be extended, animals will die, air quality will get worse and sicknesses will be more severe.
Muckrakers Journalist who alerted the public to wrongdoings in politics and business Teddy Roosevelt makes up the term Included writers who sensationalized the situations and others who were respected authors Upton Sinclair and The Jungle Jacob Riis: photographer who exposes the horrors of tenement life in How the Other Half Lives Ida Tarbell fights against Standard Oil * 5. Problem-Poverty Progressive Solution- Social Gospel Movement Based on the belief that salvation came from service to the poor Settlement houses-community centers in slum neighborhoods which provided
| |The 11th Hour |PG |A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for | | | |restoring the planet's ecosystems | |Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism|NR |Documentary on reported Conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), | | | |which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced". Material includes interviews with former FNC | | | |employees and the inter-office memos they provided. | |Taxi to the Dark Side |R (disturbing |Using the torture and death in 2002 of an innocent Afghan taxi driver as the touchstone, this
A son jokes with his father about his plum-colored sunburned bald head after a long weekend of golfing with the guys. A close family member passes away from Melanoma. Granted, these are all extremely negative and risky effects of sun exposure; however, people seem to look past the fact that a regulated amount of sun exposure may truly be beneficial. To understand the facts about sun exposure, one must recognize what exactly sun exposure is, and the meaning behind the frequently used terms: UVA, UVB, and SPF. When one walks outside, whether it is overcast or a sunny day, there are two different kinds of “rays” that are generated from the sun.