SG#2 Share a Shower

 We all have heard that water wont last forever I can think of a few movies with the same theme. So lets start now, teach the kids teach yourself make a difference in our World. millions of people would give a leg to have the water usage that we are granted and it is a crime to take advantage of that. Here are some way to start conserving.
         


 -Just by turning off the tap while you brush your teeth in the morning and before bedtime, you can save up to 8 gallons of water! That adds up to more than 200 gallons a month, enough to fill a huge fish tank that holds 6 small sharks!
The same is true when you wash dishes. Turn off the tap! Scrape your dirty dishes into the trash- then put them into the dishwasher.

                                                         

-Taking a shower uses much less water than filling up a bathtub. A shower only uses 10 to 25 gallons, while a bath takes up to 70 gallons! If you do take a bath, be sure to plug the drain right away and adjust the temperature as you fill the tub.

To save even more water, keep your shower under five minutes long—try timing yourself with a clock next time you hop in!

-Pee in the shower

-Water Your Lawn in the Early Morning or Evening

so the water doesn't evaporate before the plants can absorb it!

AE#2 Slanted reporting

 How about, everything has a little slant. The Media; Radio, T.V., Movies and Sporting events have to have their own image view and or opinion. The Media is a multi-billion dollar industry all personal are hired upon looks and ability to follow direction. These forms of entertainment are forms of tricky subliminally attacking the viewers psyche, they are forms of control. I think it is very important to limit your mind to the slanted nonsense. This is an article http://edit911.com/2011/01/beware-the-slant-the-slippery-slope-to-perdition/  which talks of CNN slanted reporting and breaks down what the broadcaster is saying and the underlying intention of the words, it is just a thought, try to obtain other information from numerous sources before forming an opinion. 

AE#3 Double Edged Sword

       

          The way to a students heart is less class, ASU's idea to condense some classes seems to be appealing to the extraordinarily busy student. More power to the person who can handle the fast pace and jam packed agendas. The comments of other students seemed to focus on the financial aspects. Some believed the shortened classes should cost less.
          I see this from both sides, the cost should be less because less classroom time, which means less instructor one on one attention and overall shortened everything. However the other edge of the sword is that the same agenda must be completed as in a normal semester class and thought the students are working twice as hard so is the instructor.
           I feel the option should be there and if the school charges full price there will be students that will pay, so of coarse the school will charge full price. there should be a discounted cost but that will never happen, and even if time is not on your side a fast paced condensed coarse should be given deep thought. my experience,  it is stressful and seemed to be no room to breathe. To each their own and good luck to the students embarking in the challenge.

AE#4 Equality

 Stand up to the Government was the major feeling I experienced while watching Moore's film. There was a deep depression strangling my heart throughout the movie, the working class has always been beat down, subliminal messages for years have told the poor their no good; once a thug always a thug, so to speak. Movies always depict the poor as dirty, uneducated, depressed, and forgotten, and every once and a while a kid makes it off the streets and becomes a magnificent football player, sure. However the film lays out the life of the working class, survival. In no way are they uneducated, dirty, depressed, or forgotten the people are family orientated  full of common sense and will to live life. Every dollar is spent before they get it, the families of America are not born into money, have no one to lend them a hand or to bail them out of a crisis. 
         The people of the working America need to to band together and educated one another to become a community. Communal Gardens, Carpooling, discount grocery shopping, keeping monthly utilities down. Physical education for the children, stay out of trouble  in the film children are sent to jail for such lengths for such petty crimes, if the child was wealthy they would have a lawyer and never spend a day in jail. Our judicial system is supposed based on equality, then how come the members of congress and wall street and the super companies  destroy lives of the folks that make less and never see a day in jail but one man or woman of a certain economic level can steel bread then suffer jail time, loose freedom, gain a criminal record, and their life will never be the same. 
         It is the system which allows the rich to dictate and keep the poor down smother any chance for success. A article on MSNBC's webpage by Rev. Vivian Nixon talks about criminal records for peaty crimes keeps the people "locked in poverty." Nixon states, "However, it becomes more complex when we consider the Pew Center’s 2008 finding that nearly one in 100 adults in the U.S. is behind bars and the National Employment Law Project’s estimation that nearly 65 million U.S. residents have a criminal record on file. This leaves them vulnerable to employment discrimination based solely on a conviction, no matter how long ago it occurred. What makes a lot more sense is a national ban on previous convictions inquiries until after an applicant has been deemed otherwise qualified." There needs to be a Revolt, not violence but we need to join together get rid of Washington and become the true land of the free. America has amazing capabilities we need to realize this needs to be done together and not one american should be suffering if individuals are flying on private planes.

SG#3 The Squeeze

Feral Cats

 

According to altered tails-a not for profit spay and neuter clinic in phoenix  420,000 kittens is the amount of offspring cats can create within 7 years.  Maricopa county's homeless animal problem has created a unnecessary world of abuse and sadness for these lost animals. Spay and neutering you pets is the main control in animal homelessness.

If anyone has seen the news lately there were a group of adolescents that abused and killed stray kitten for the reason it was scratching them.These cats are so rampant in the community to kill one in these young boys eyes was no different than breaking a toy.

There are many options to prevent feral cats from taking over. Obviously spay and neuter, and a ever growing amazing help is the (TNR) Trap Neuter and Return. it is a  humane approach to aid in the spread of feral cats, they can provide the traps the cats are caught and released back in the neighborhood. Also if you are able to catch a feral there are many non-profit origination's that will have events and the spay or neuter is free of charge , a great non-profit is MVP Most Valuable Pets Mvp Inc. they travel all over the county aiding families  who cant afford the  cost of surgery. 

Aid is needed for these non profits and we need to teach the children that these outdoor cats have been here for thousands of years and to take one from their community will only make it worse.