Re: Newspapers & MSB

I didn't do the Industrialization Newspaper, so I wouldn't know. But I think that writing techniques learned from the process could be applied to our writing pieces for MSB.

Re: Possible MSB products

A photo that addresses the question... How are Sunset Cliffs essential to the residential area around it?

http://www.miriameaglemon.com/San%20Diego%20Bird%20Pages/Sites/Site%20Photos/PA060475%20Sunset%20Cliffs.jpg
This photo shows the residential area shows the ocean, the cliffs, and the residential area. If I did this for my project, I would portray a photo with the same elements too.

A photo that addresses the question... Is the wildlife in Los Cornados affected by the pollution levels just 30 minutes North of them?
http://aquaviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Los-Coronados-Scuba-Diving.jpg
This photo shows the wildlife, coral, and fish. I think that because of less colors in the water, I would try and bring out the colors more on photoshop.

Re: MSB Questions & Resources

How are Sunset Cliffs essential to the Residential area around it?

-Is there any controversy surrounding the topic?
-What have been some downfalls of living on the cliffs (mudslides, broken cliffs, etc.)?
-How does society use the cliffs?

I like the colors in the photo and the old look of it. Maybe I could do a comparison between old photos of Sunset Cliffs with new ones, and use color filters to make some colors stand out more.










I like the colors here too, but I also like the action that is portrayed through the wave. Maybe I could use this for a photo.






















http://www.causecast.org/events/267-earthdance-san-diego
This movie features Sunset Cliffs and OB. If I could watch it, I could gather more controversial topics to support my essential question.

Re: Industrialization and Coastal Environments

In a study by students in India, research was devoted to the Olive ridley sea turtles. The students found out that the industrial growth along the coast of Orissa affected the small and endangered species of turtles. Many populations of the turtles have been destroyed because exploitation and habit destruction. With so much trash, oils, and sewage dumping off into beaches near their sanctuaries, it's no wonder they are endangered.

Some information that could be included could be what we could do to help. Also, the authors could have gone more in depth about what the true effects are and maybe list some stats.

My next steps in a follow up would be to research more on the turtles, maybe some groups that help the turtles, and maybe marine reserves that include the Olive ridley sea turtles.

http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/wildlife/mi08_250.htm

Huckleberry Finn: Mark Twain

Slavery in the South was flourishing and was considered personal property. Anyone who sought to deny that was typically criticized or executed. In Mark Twain’s classic novel, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” we see how a young boy fights against Southern culture to emancipate a runaway slave named Jim. While dealing with an internal conflict, the boy reflects on his own developing conscience, friendship, and morals. After all, he is helping a runaway slave. Furthermore, as he escapes to find “the free states,” Huck runs into thieves, con artists, white supremacists, and more.

In the beginning of the story, we see that Huck was placed in a Widow’s home, where he became a well mannered and educated boy. However a year later, Huck’s abusive father finds him, scrutinizes him, and earns back full custody of his son. In turn, Huck is locked up in his father’s cabin located in the middle of nowhere, where he eventually escapes on a canoe that he found. When he finds a runaway slave named Jim, he questions what would be the right thing to do. Huck feels that with the current pressing issue of slavery, he should turn Jim in because that would be the right thing do to. However, as he begins to deny what Southern culture taught him and realizes how society failed him by putting him in the hands of his father, he matures and develops a mind of his own. Since residing on the raft, he is free from what society taught him which also lets him become friends with Jim. Over time, they start to learn about one another and find out things they have in common such as superstition, looking for freedom, and storytelling.

Friendship also comes into play and Huck and Jim both learn what it’s like to look after each other. While Huck takes care of Jim by finding information in town, Jim cares for Huck by finding shelter and food. They learn that it’s possible to be friends under the circumstances that they are in, and even under the pressure society forces upon them. However, not all is just dandy. An obstacle they run into frequently is facing many criminals. Huck questions who he should trust, and what he has to accomplish to help Jim. Two infamous con artists from the novel are the Dutch and the Duke, and they travel with Huck and Jim because they know the runaways’ secrets. Although, Huck knows that they are clandestinely cheating people from town to town. As we see, Huck and Jim try to escape the crooks repeatedly and when they finally have the chance to, Jim is sold to a family.

As Jim is sold to Tom Sawyer’s family, Huck realizes the importance of getting Jim out. Even though throughout the story he’s contemplated the idea of turning Jim in, Huck’s main objective becomes for him to find his close friend and to save him from slavery. Soon his best friend, Tom Sawyer, arrives and is destined to seek adventure with Huck. He’s always been keen on escapades so he encourages Huck to take Jim and run away. However, Huck considers what would happen, who he would hurt, and what obstacles they might come across.

Through a series of events like running away, hurting Tom Sawyer’s family, and more, Huck comes to terms that Tom Sawyer is not such a good influence. At the end of the book, Tom Sawyer reveals that he is even more manipulative and heartless than expected. He revealed that he had known Jim's owner, Ms. Watson, was dead for 2 months and that in her will, Jim was freed. Tom’s whole scheme was to use Jim and Huck’s adventure as his plaything. In a sense, the end result contradicts the whole novel itself. The entire adventure was meaningless for Jim since he was already freed. Nevertheless, Huck matures throughout the book. He learns what is right, wrong, good, bad, and is able to decipher what people to trust and not to trust. As a result, his internal conflict for his developing conscience, friendship, and morals dissolves. Thanks Tom Sawyer.

Re: Media Saves the Beach questions

Three questions that interest me for Media Saves the Beach! :
1. How are Sunset Cliffs essential to the residential area around it?
2. What is the controversy surrounding the Sunset Cliffs "natural versus not natural Park" issue?
3. Does the industrial area affect Cornado's waters?
4. Does the wide variety of fish, seals, and crustaceans affect the number of fecal matter in Los Cornados? How does it compare to places like Imperial Beach, just 30 minutes North of the islands?

I feel that these four questions would all be interesting. I think that since Sunset Cliffs wasn't that much of a topic last year, it can be more focused on this year. But if I don't choose Sunset Cliffs, I think going to scuba dive at Los Cornados and get pictures or footage would be really interesting, and unique. For any of these questions, I would answer them either with photography or a video.

Re: Optional Assignment

Dove: Evolution
I think this video shows a ton of work, and time what is put into the actual making of it. The process shows that they took their own time, effort, and used a ton of footage and photos. I like the video because it compares the same person in two different aspects. Maybe I could use this for my MSB project because I could portray many sides to a certain controversy, such as Samantha Garritty did for her Children's Pool project.

Pororoca Surfing Documentary VO Narration by Chris Emerson

I think this documentary shows a wide range of colors, footage, and people.

Photo

This Photo gives off many techniques such as landscape and contrast. You can see the detailed lines of the clouds and how the cloud hangs over the island.

Re: Honor's History Writing Assignment

The Civil War in Modern Society
By Dani Toscano

In 1861, during the start of the American Civil War, a man stood at a podium in front of a roaring crowd. They stomped their feet wildly and they cheered when he spoke. "The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel." With such pride, the man encouraged the crowd to take the initiative and fight for Confederacy, slavery, and justice. Four years later, the crowd that had stood before the man was infuriated because those who were meant to “smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel” defeated the Confederate army, and began to reconstruct what was left of the South. The Civil War left them with nothing, and to this day the Southern majority holds different morals and values that conflict with parts of modern America. Southern states like South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, and others have still not moved forward with the rest of the country. While we live without slavery now, and they live without a Confederate government, this community is one of the major areas that haven’t modernized over time. People in these states live in tightly constricted areas, have a poor economy and an even poorer education, as a result of how the Civil War had left them.
Nowadays, much of America seems to understand the wide diversity that populates the country’s cities, suburbs, and more. But where do the other people stand? Where do the racists “go”? For the most part, it’s not that they really “go” anywhere; it’s the fact that they’ve stood in the same place their ancestors lived 144 years ago. Like their elders, numerous Southerners continue to be affiliated with small or large militia groups.
The most infamous splinter militia group is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The KKK is notoriously known for their strong violent acts towards African Americans, and anyone else who may get in their way. In the South, the KKK is their knight in shining armor because a few supremacists believe that white people who share the same beliefs as them are “becoming a minority.” The supremacists also believe that every non-white has a real hatred for those of non-European lineage.
The KKK frequently broadcasts their own web show and has their own website which proves that they’re trying to publicize their opinions more. On the website, they have a song blasting in the background with lyrics: “I hold my head high and I sing it with pride- projecting my race till the end… Oh Arian battle all over the world; fight for the right to survive.” The group is using common methods to advertise ideas that are on the fringe of society. Along with a twitter page, T-Shirts, and more, the site also encourages viewers to put their children in private school or home school, which would teach their children that homosexuality and other races should never be dominant. Clearly, while much of America has moved onto modern ideas, this small community continues to look back at the past to view what to determine as right versus wrong.
Recently in 1998, a writer went to report a man’s hate crime murder and went to a Ku Klux Klan gathering. He asked a woman about her feelings on slavery, and she apathetically replied “Blacks just need to get over slavery. You can’t live in the past.” After, the writer mentioned how she might be accused of living in the past by defending the Confederate flag, and the woman said “[Blacks] want the best jobs, the biggest money. Now they want this. If we lose the mascot, it’ll just be a matter of time before we lose everything. Don’t put us where they used to be.” With this statement, some can see that she’s mad the Blacks feel threatened by the flag when she considers it a Southern icon. But the question is- why? Why is this woman so angry that towards the end of the question, she grinds her teeth in fury?
It’s a question that modern America may never understand. The idea that radical supremacists’ values haven’t changed one bit since the Civil War is frightening even after 144 years have passed. What will they be like in the future when people will be even more open to every race? Will they try to secede from the nation just as they did in the Civil War era? What might be their breaking point? Although it would be wonderful to say that the Southern supremacists could just accept it soon, it’s most likely that they won’t. They create their own facts like “Cleopatra wasn’t an Egyptian; she was Greek because Greece came to Egypt at one point. That’s why she’s so powerful.” All these invented stories are passed down from generation to generation continuing the ignorance.
How can we as a country explain this ignorance that still exists today, despite all the lives that were lost to protect us as a nation from racism?
The reality is that the outcome of the Civil War is known for being the catalyst for rapid progression towards change for most of America. But with change, comes a new society. We, as the United States of America, need to remember that change is good, and promotes a constant searching for something better than the “status quo.” Yet most of all, we as a nation should be proud of our history, and hopeful that the good intentions of our forefathers will again be carried out by many who believe that no one person is better than that of his brother. We, as a nation, should be open to the different aspects of the world. While some Middle Eastern countries grow to hate America, they have their own reasons. While some of America hates Iraq for 9/11, they have their own reasons too. With different countries, everyone will progress at certain rates and we should be hopeful that one day, that portion of Southern America could catch up to modern America’s progress.
As for the man who encouraged the passionate crowd to stand up for what they believe in, he was imprisoned after the war ended. Two years passed, and he was released and he spent the remainder of his life writing and speaking about his concerns that related to the Federal government. Some militia groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, look back on his words as an encouragement for Southern pride. His name was Jefferson Davis.




Works Cited
"Civil War Quotes and Facts." Civil War Quotes and Facts. Nella_Ware. Web. .
Horwitz, Tony. Confederates in the Attic. Vintage, 1999. Print.
Klan, Ku Klux. Bringing a Message of Hope and Deliverance to White Christian America! KKK. Web. .