1. How much waste does one person make a day?
-Americans generate trash at an astonishing rate of 4.6 pounds (2.1 kilograms) per day per person
2. Of all waste created, what percentage is recycled or used as compost?
-32.5 pounds is recycled or compost
3. In the US, how much trash is thrown into landfills?
- 251 million tons
4. What is the difference between a dump and a landfill?
- a dump is a whole in the ground and a landfill ic created above the ground
5. Why is the flow of water near a landfill important?
- so the trash doesnt get cought on fire
6. When a landfill is built, why does there have to be so much extra land surrounding the actual landfill? What is this for?
- for senatary reasons so it doesnt hurt the enviornment.
7. Consider - considering how much trash Americans produce each year, what do you think are some potential problems that we may encounter?
- over population of trash.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Adrian Espinoza City of Quartz summary
Assignment:
There are three reasons listed as to the why the disenfranchisment of African Americans occurred. Summarize each reason in two sentences per reason.
Reason 1 - Diverse racial composition -The reason for diverse racial composition is that by generating increased competition for the menial labor and manufacturing jobs that would have gone to them easily in a city like Chicago or Detroit and after WWII they became isolated rather than racial intergration.
Reason 2 - Dynamic economic growth -Though a new wave of both very high-skill and very low-skill manufacturing industries, along with the expansion of retail and service industries, created thousands of new jobs in Los Angeles and Southern California the blacks found that they were not treated equally.
Reason 3 - Dispersive spatial arrangement -Though the whites finally became to recognize the consequences of housing people in segregated areas they agressively respnded of the flood of blacks by defending racial desegragation and whatever blacks gained from the benifits of WWII quickly disappeared in the postwar years.
There are three reasons listed as to the why the disenfranchisment of African Americans occurred. Summarize each reason in two sentences per reason.
Reason 1 - Diverse racial composition -The reason for diverse racial composition is that by generating increased competition for the menial labor and manufacturing jobs that would have gone to them easily in a city like Chicago or Detroit and after WWII they became isolated rather than racial intergration.
Reason 2 - Dynamic economic growth -Though a new wave of both very high-skill and very low-skill manufacturing industries, along with the expansion of retail and service industries, created thousands of new jobs in Los Angeles and Southern California the blacks found that they were not treated equally.
Reason 3 - Dispersive spatial arrangement -Though the whites finally became to recognize the consequences of housing people in segregated areas they agressively respnded of the flood of blacks by defending racial desegragation and whatever blacks gained from the benifits of WWII quickly disappeared in the postwar years.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Adrian E. Gangs in the News
The high levels of activity and the fact that virus continues to amplify, there is a moderate risk that human cases of WNV will occur in the State. Severe illness can develop in vulnerable populations and sometimes the illness may result in death.West Nile Virus illness is completely preventable by using personal protective measures and by being proactive to eliminate mosquito breeding on your property. Residents should also avoid large, mosquito breeding areas such as wetlands, shallow stagnant ponds and water filled depressions.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Bastards of the Party
1) Police chief William H. Parker
-It may have been coincidence that the Department’s most distinguished Chief took office during the City’s centennial in 1950. July 16, 1966,Chief Parker was stricken with a fatal heart attack.
2) Second Migration of African Americans (out of the South --- to places like LA)
-The Second Great Migration was the migration of more than 5 million African Americans from the South to the North, Midwest and West. It took place from 1941, through World War II, and lasted until 1970. It was much larger and of a different character than the first Great Migration (1910-1940).
3) White Flight
-Immediately following World War II, the United States underwent an urban transformation. Kenneth T. Jackson, citing a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey for home building in the six largest metropolitan areas for 1946-47, notes that over 62% of all home construction occurred in suburban areas.
-It may have been coincidence that the Department’s most distinguished Chief took office during the City’s centennial in 1950. July 16, 1966,Chief Parker was stricken with a fatal heart attack.
2) Second Migration of African Americans (out of the South --- to places like LA)
-The Second Great Migration was the migration of more than 5 million African Americans from the South to the North, Midwest and West. It took place from 1941, through World War II, and lasted until 1970. It was much larger and of a different character than the first Great Migration (1910-1940).
3) White Flight
-Immediately following World War II, the United States underwent an urban transformation. Kenneth T. Jackson, citing a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey for home building in the six largest metropolitan areas for 1946-47, notes that over 62% of all home construction occurred in suburban areas.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Adrian E. Under the Same Moon - Movie Review
*** How did you like this movie?
-i really like this movie i cought my attention
What did you like about it?
- i like the movie because it shows what a an immigrant goes through and that an adult or little kid ca go through that too.
What do you not like about it? Rate it from 1-5
- nothing
- 5
*** Rate all the movies from 1-5 with WHY you rated them that way.
-The Boy in the Striped Pajamas; 4 it was interesting
-Forrest Gump; 2 cause it was kinda boring
-Under the Same Moon; 5 cause its in spanish and its a mexican movie
-The Kite Runner; it shows what happens in anothe country and how much they suffer.
- Bastards of the Party
-i really like this movie i cought my attention
What did you like about it?
- i like the movie because it shows what a an immigrant goes through and that an adult or little kid ca go through that too.
What do you not like about it? Rate it from 1-5
- nothing
- 5
*** Rate all the movies from 1-5 with WHY you rated them that way.
-The Boy in the Striped Pajamas; 4 it was interesting
-Forrest Gump; 2 cause it was kinda boring
-Under the Same Moon; 5 cause its in spanish and its a mexican movie
-The Kite Runner; it shows what happens in anothe country and how much they suffer.
- Bastards of the Party
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Adrian E. Rascist Test
*** What were your results?
*** Were you surprised by your results? Why?
yes i was cause i didnt really know what it was for.
*** Why do you think your results were what they were?
because i was paying attention to only half of the test
*** What does this suggest about implicit (hidden/not obvious/you don't talk about it) racism?
i think its an ok website
*** How might this connect to the concept of immigration? to see who is good or bad people
*** Were you surprised by your results? Why?
yes i was cause i didnt really know what it was for.
*** Why do you think your results were what they were?
because i was paying attention to only half of the test
*** What does this suggest about implicit (hidden/not obvious/you don't talk about it) racism?
i think its an ok website
*** How might this connect to the concept of immigration? to see who is good or bad people
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Adrian E. 10 Myths about Immigration.....
1. Most immigrants are here illegally.
-about 20 million were either citizens or legal residents, and 45 percent entered the country legally and then let their papers expire.
2. It's just as easy to enter the country legally today as it was when my ancestors arrived.
-the first 100 years the United States had an open immigration system that allowed any able-bodied immigrant in.
3. There’s a way to enter the country legally for anyone who wants to get in line.
-there is no line, gaining permission to live and work in the United States is limited to people who are: highly trained in a skill, escaping political persecution, joining close family already here.
4. My ancestors learned English, but today’s immigrants refuse.
-two-thirds of those older than 5 speak English “well” or “very well”
5. Today’s immigrants don’t want to blend in and become “Americanized.”
-about 500,000 immigrants became naturalized citizens.
6. Immigrants take good jobs from Americans.
-it is easier for unscrupulous employers to exploit this labor source and pay immigrants less, not provide benefits and ignore worker-safety laws.
7. Undocumented immigrants bring crime.
- the violent crime rate has declined 34 percent and the property crime rate has fallen 26 percent, even as the number of undocumented immigrants has doubled.
8. Undocumented immigrants don’t pay taxes but still get benefits.
-The Social Security Administration estimates that half to three-quarters of undocumented immigrants pay federal, state and local taxes, including $6 billion to $7 billion in Social Security taxes for benefits they will never get.
9. The United States is being overrun by immigrants like never before.
-the historic high actually came in 1900, when the foreign-born constituted nearly 20 percent of the population.
10. Anyone who enters the country illegally is a criminal.
-Federal immigration law says that unlawful presence in the country is a civil offense and is, therefore, not a crime.
-about 20 million were either citizens or legal residents, and 45 percent entered the country legally and then let their papers expire.
2. It's just as easy to enter the country legally today as it was when my ancestors arrived.
-the first 100 years the United States had an open immigration system that allowed any able-bodied immigrant in.
3. There’s a way to enter the country legally for anyone who wants to get in line.
-there is no line, gaining permission to live and work in the United States is limited to people who are: highly trained in a skill, escaping political persecution, joining close family already here.
4. My ancestors learned English, but today’s immigrants refuse.
-two-thirds of those older than 5 speak English “well” or “very well”
5. Today’s immigrants don’t want to blend in and become “Americanized.”
-about 500,000 immigrants became naturalized citizens.
6. Immigrants take good jobs from Americans.
-it is easier for unscrupulous employers to exploit this labor source and pay immigrants less, not provide benefits and ignore worker-safety laws.
7. Undocumented immigrants bring crime.
- the violent crime rate has declined 34 percent and the property crime rate has fallen 26 percent, even as the number of undocumented immigrants has doubled.
8. Undocumented immigrants don’t pay taxes but still get benefits.
-The Social Security Administration estimates that half to three-quarters of undocumented immigrants pay federal, state and local taxes, including $6 billion to $7 billion in Social Security taxes for benefits they will never get.
9. The United States is being overrun by immigrants like never before.
-the historic high actually came in 1900, when the foreign-born constituted nearly 20 percent of the population.
10. Anyone who enters the country illegally is a criminal.
-Federal immigration law says that unlawful presence in the country is a civil offense and is, therefore, not a crime.
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