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The Right to Assemble

Posted by Douglas Wallace in American Government - Laufenberg on
1st Amendment (Right to Assemble)
We can come together and act as a collective voice. We bring awareness from a grass-root level to what we think the issues are and how to solve them. Our unity can convince the government and officials to reform policies and have the interest of the people in mind.



·       Why did you choose this topic?

    • With Phresh Philadelphia and the things that I’ve been interested in lately, the right to assemble was something that I think is very important. Lately I’ve been into African American society and the problems within the African American community and the right to assemble is something that should be utilized within the community.

·       What did you like about this project? What was most challenging?

    • I liked the video aspect of the project. The most challenging part for me was the editing and putting it all together. The question I had was, “What do I say?” because the right to assemble is important.

·       Describe the most interesting fact or event that you investigated.

    • The most interesting event that I investigated would be Fracking. I know it is pretty overdone however I liked the approach that certain people made. I loved Gas Lands and the fact that people actually are trying to assemble and fight off this abomination.

·       How could this project be improved?

    • I don’t think we had a lot of historical evidence. It was unclear as to how much we needed. We were unsure of whether the project was what does this amendment mean or was it what does it mean and information.

·       Where did you run into trouble with the project?

    •  Changing Partners.

·       What went well with this project?

    • The videos and the things that were used and put together.

·       If you had it to do over, what would you change about your decisions or your process?

    • I would have definitely started the project a bit earlier just to establish more historical fact.

·       What did you learn?

    • I learned a lot about partners and equal work ethic.

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Q2 Advertisement Benchmark

Posted by Douglas Wallace in Reading, Writing, and Rising Up - Rami on
My product is the commercial for the documentary I am making for the non-profit organization called Phresh Philadelphia. Because of what Phresh Philly stands for (neighborhood cleanup and community empowerment) I decided to record what my neighborhood looked like on my way to school.

My intended audience would be the people of the community, so they can open their eyes to what is going on. The city is in shambles outside of center city, and folks who reside in the center city area, believe Philadelphia is fine. A news report video I saw did nothing but prove the ignorance of the people in Philadelphia, especially those people whom aren't living in these impoverished areas.

I believe this commercial was a great way to get to people to start off. The second one would reach the audience in a different way, but this is more of a "can you see it?" type of commercial. I wanted to go for something new, and not the typical commercial that you would normally see. If I were to do this again, I would definitely figure out that I couldn't use Final Cut a little earlier. I spent some precious time figuring that out before I switched to using iMovie. If I would have known that sooner, I would have definitely created both commercials to share at this time.


A Phresher Philadelphia

Blog Post #4

Posted by Douglas Wallace in American Government - Laufenberg on
​ My plan is to essentially dominate an area or something. I have teamed up with Julia and Alaya in the anti-fracking movement. On my own however I feel as though I want to start somewhat smaller and make a commercial about fracking. Since my English class is focused right now on advertisements I can invest this time into making a very effective commercial to display. Hopefully I can then get it out to the public and make people think what they want to. This is my way of doing some small things well, however this is something that can get the attention of people.
        I feel as though letters to congress wouldn’t work because I’m pretty sure that is what most people who care about this thing are doing, especially those it effects. I figured if something is to be done then we need to make noise and be heard. If one person in class is talking that is disruptive, but if everyone is yelling for changes that is chaos and calamity.  I figure a series of commercials released every so often could bring more people together on this subject. Especially if it’s a regular thing, like new information posted and stuff.
        So far I’ve made the outlines for the first commercial and I plan to release it over Christmas break. Basically I want to use ethos and pathos for the commercial which is essentially appealing to the consumers emotions and I want to use stats with it. I will use some of the commercial tools that I have been learning in Ms Rami’s class. The commercial set up will start off viewing the lands of Pennsylvania then switch to drilling in the earth. Then I want to see if I can have some powerful background music and with that some speech being made by a government official. From there I have many idea’s that would be too much to convey.
 I hope to one day meet the guy who made gas lands and see if I can get him involved, because that would be great.  As far as the anti-fracking rally is going I need to collaborate more with Alaya White and Julia Boyer

Liquor License

Posted by Douglas Wallace in American Government - Laufenberg on



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My task that I selected was a liquor license for a restaurant of some sorts. Basically the flirt thing that may partner and I did was find the paper work that we had to fill out. Since I didn't have a computer I took had to do the paper work for the most part. The paper was pretty straight forward however there were some things that I didn’t understand what they were talking about. Many things were repeats and I couldn't understand why, so figured it is probably because different papers may be going to different areas. Other than that the paperwork wasn't all that challenging, it was typically very straight forward. After filling out the paperwork Markia made the flow chart, I checked it and told her some adjustments she had to make then she finished it.

So the process that is displayed on this flow chart basically shows how you can pass or fail to get your liquor license. The first way is to not be of drinking age (surprisingly), and if you have a criminal record. All the other problems can be solved by easily obtaining a permit. If everything is successful then you will have a liquor license. 

Lobbying Post 3

Posted by Douglas Wallace in American Government - Laufenberg on
​ Chaka Fattah supports the Clean Energy Act which would say that he is supportive of the anti-fracking movement, however he is a governmental figure and fracking brings in money which is probably why he doesn't make a direct stand quite yet. However it isn't just him it’s many Philadelphia representatives are staying quiet on the issue because the people whom are sincerely benefiting from fracking are these big oil companies. To be honest these companies are actually the ones support and fund these campaigns of our officials.
Not to mention that government has had a history to have been involved with these businesses which would explain the Dick Chaney loop hole that basically negates the Safe Water Drinking Act. However the EPA said they would “weigh rules” on chemicals in fracking.

The people would be the most essential to turning this thing over because the people are everything in America. If this truly is a government by the people for the people our officials should not allow this to happen to us. Even if the officials aren't for the people they are definitely for themselves and keeping their jobs. The people are the biggest power that I would need for this issue and that could sway any political democratic political leader. There is an anti-fracking movement, but the fact they aren't big in the media tells me they aren’t big at all. There was a event November 3rd called  "No Fracking Way," which had a pretty good turnout which is great however I've heard very little since then and I don't know if they are in collaboration with anti-fracking movement.
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Food

Posted by Douglas Wallace in Science and Society - Best on

Analysis:
The food was organic and none of it was processed. Since the food was organic my body should fair well with the ingredients in the chicken. There is some fat in the chicken, not much though, so my body should be able to burn off the fat. If I were to eat this everyday a health issue could be high cholesterol and I could become fat. My rice came from Wisconsin or some western state so that is pretty far. I'm not sure where the chicken came from but the rice was also organically grown. The environmental impact would be the flight from there to here. The chicken was about 10 dollars. However in comparison to a McDonalds chicken sandwich that is great. A chicken sandwich at McDonalds cost around 6 - 7 dollars. This was enough chicken for 4 sandwiches. This was chicken from Trader Joes, I don’t think I can get a chicken, maintain and grow him to eventually eat him. So socially I don’t think there would be any ramifications because I don’t believe the chickens were abused and mistreated, however even if it was, most of society doesn’t care about who did what with the chicken, they just care about the fact they are eating it


What I learned:


I have learned a fair amount from this food course I seen most of the movie we've watched so I didn't see anything really new, however I did discover some new things or paid more attention to things that I haven't done so in the past. One of the larger problems I believe is the dominance of the food industry and how they effective they are within the government. Government isn't supposed to have industrial interest because they are the government. So seeing how many government officials has something to do with food or other things like that it kind of put me on edge and question the actual stability and how corrupt is our government in reality. SO one of the things I think I can actually do would be to actually change the way I eat. For a while I cut down on beef and other meats, however in the house that I am in now it would prove to be difficult because I come from a family of meat eaters. Not to mention that my favorite food is a nice old fashioned cheeseburger. However anything is possible and I wouldn't say I couldn't but it would be hard, but I am willing. At least until they stop feeding fish corn, I would feel a lot better if they stop feeding fish corn and take the cows out of the cow concentration camps.





















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BM Reflection

Posted by Douglas Wallace in American Government - Laufenberg on
I chose the safe water drinking act because I've been interested in fracking for a long time and I wanted to know tieback story behind it. In order to do that, I needed to also know about the SWDA because it has a huge factor into why people are upset. I chose this particular format, because I was attempting to have a chain of events, this lead to this, which lead to this. Most challenges was the actual presentation program, every time I would save my presentation to the site, the presentation would delete things and stuff. If I would do this over I would definitely choose a different presentation format.  This process was easier than I thought, just because everything was on governmental sites because this is very governmentally involved. If I would have known it was this easier I would have started the presentation earlier and realized the fail quicker, and then change the format of the presentation.

Safe Water Drinking Act

Posted by Douglas Wallace in American Government - Laufenberg on
It messed up a bit but here you go


: Lobbying Assignment #2 - Researching Officials -

Posted by Douglas Wallace in American Government - Laufenberg on
Chaka Fattah was a resident of Philadelphia Pennsylvania and attended Overbrook High and eventually went on to Community College of Philadelphia.  He got his MGA from U-PENN’s Fels institute of Government. Fattah first served in the House of Representatives in 1983 until 1988 and then as a State Senator from 1988 to 1994.

Chaka Fattah has stood up for some what I believe would be good initiatives. One of my favorites would be the Clean Energy Act of 2010. However it seems like he is mostly involved in students and student education which is understandable considering his background and where he was taught. Most of his “Major Achievements” has a lot to do with education and some of his other achievements has a lot to do with energy efficiency.

To relate to Chaka Fattah I would attempt to relate on on a level of what I feel about education and I respect that he is very involved with education because that is the key to the future and keeping these young people off the streets. The government takes money away from our schools and the sports teams and don’t realize that sports and after school programs give children something to do. I think he would respect where I’m from and what school I go to and all of the things I am involved with and that would give me a great impression and something to connect on.

From there it could be a nice transition to energy efficiency and how I worked at the EPA. From there I would go into the whole fracking thing and talk about the effects of that in the waters and how water relates a lot to energy and it’s efficiency. Without water there is no life and I would also talk about how fracking is horribly regulated an something should be changed about that. He has a good history with wanting to switch ways in which we use energy.

Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid

Posted by Douglas Wallace in American Government - Laufenberg on
​The constitutional issue is workers compensation law based off of The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C., §§ 1331-1356 (OCSLA). So the question that is basically presented is that person:

(1) always eligible for compensation, because his employer's operations on 
the shelf are the but for cause of his injury (as the Third Circuit holds); or

(2) never eligible for compensation, because the Act applies only to injuries 
occurring on the shelf (as the Fifth Circuit holds); 

(3) sometimes eligible for compensation, because eligibility for benefits 
depends on the nature and extent of the factual relationship between the injury and 
the operations on the shelf (as the Ninth Circuit holds)


Essentially what had happened was a man was crushed in a forklift accident. The widowed wife is seeking workers compensation under the OCSLA act. The problem with the OCSLA act is it only covers accidents that happens on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). This accident happened at an on shore location. The counter arguement to that is that the worker spent 98% of his time on the OCS, however the accident still ahppened on land. OCSLA doesn't cover land accidents because that has its own workers compensation solution.


In the case the Pacific Operations attorney had some key points and highlighting key components of the case. He emphasized the wording of the OCSLA workers compensation act which states that the accident was to happened on the OCS. The rest of the speakers basically try to dump off the compensation to different acts.

My opinion is, this case shouldn't be a case. OCSLA is pretty clear and simple. However the way that all the Justice are handling it, it makes it seem like Pacific Operations will lose. They seem to be over-sensitive and they just shoot down what the speakers say by bringing up irrelevant points.OCS_2006_MMS
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Lobbying against Fracking

Posted by Douglas Wallace in American Government - Laufenberg on
    ​I am lobbying against hydraulic fracturing, which is a big issue especially in Northern Pennsylvania.
Essentially Hydro-Fracturing (fracking) is a way to harvest some of the earth's natural gasses.
The way that they do it is by shooting water and chemicals at high veolcity into the earth's shale
to fracture the rocks and then they harvest what they can. 
    The problem is, it essentially ruins the
water supply of the people whom live in those areas.I want to lobby against fracking because this is
something that is very bad for the earth and the people on it. Fracking isn't an issue that people in
places like Philadelphia or any urban city environment have to really worry about, because we have a different type of water supply. 
    The main supporters of my lobbying case would probably be all of those people whom live in these areas where there is an abundance of Fracking happening. They are the ones whom are really suffering and they would love to stop their water from igniting. 
    The only people whomwould really be against my lobbying case would be the big oil companies and the people in governmentthat support the oil company and their abuse on the people of the rural areas this is happening.
Just recently those companies tried to bring fracking to Philadelphia, however they were shut down. If
fracking can be denied in Philadelphia, it should be denied in thos erural unknown places too.

Nat Turner Rebellion

Posted by Douglas Wallace in American History - Laufenberg on
Dollar What if Nat Turner Didn't get Caught?








Citations: 

Gray, Thomas R. "Natturner." Wake Forest University. Web. 07 June 2011. <http://www.wfu.edu/~zulick/340/natturner.html>.



"The Nat Turner Rebellion." History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web. Web. 07 June 2011. <http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6811>.

In this project I liked how we were able to re-create history. There weren't any limitation which made the project that much more interesting and that much more challenging. The hard part was that because of the infinite things to do, there were infinite outcomes that you had to think about.

Specifically when it comes to my project, because I changed something that happened so long ago it was hard finding evidence to draw a reasonable conclusion. Whilst doing my research I discovered that Nat Turner believed he was a prophet. Nat Turner was very religious and intelligent which was rare for a black man in his time.

Nat Turner was the leader of a rebellion which failed however his actions lead to the massacre of hundreds of black men and women. What I did was I took what Nat Turner did, made it different and caused more of a systematic change. Nat Turner himself created controversy between the north and south. His rebellion and slaves escaping to the north created tension. The relationship between north and south grew sour causing war. The decisions of Nat caused a war.

I believe that I could improve on this project with more assembly time and research on other character in my story. If I could redo this project i would research Martin Van Buren because he played a major role in my story too. The research I did was sufficient but I would rather have a more in depth look at the man.



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Music Instrument Blog

Posted by Douglas Wallace in Physics - Echols on


 

The instrument I chose was a xylophone. In order to produce sound you must hit the xylophone. The xylophone is a rectangular type of instrument with longer or shorter rectangles that produce higher and shorter notes. Those rectangles or hollow bars (depending on design) produce higher and lower pitched noises when you hit them.

 


When you hit the instrument the vibration through the material causes the sound waves to occur. If the bars are larger there needs to be more vibration, therefore causing a deeper sounds. So the size of the bars actually causes the pitch. For the instrument I am making I will most likely be using metal, copper, or PCP piping. I will play the instrument by hitting it with some type of bar that will actually cause sound. I will use nails and screws to make the instrument and as little tape as possible because tape muffles the sound and interferes with the sound waves. 

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I am a Junior at SLA class of 2012. The name is Douglas but my friends call me Doug.