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State suing to press Bush on pollution-
The article I have read today was about Arnold and Brown teaming up to fight President Bush on global warming. Arnold and Brown came to an agreement to file a lawsuit that asks the federal court to order Bush’s administration to decide whether to approve the California’s landmark law. They both came to this agreement because of the automakers that reduces tailpipe green house gas emissions that are connected to global warming. The U.S has a good record for keeping the air clean and reducing pollution. Arnold and Brown are going to try to keep the air as safe as possible like they have been doing. Both Arnold and Brown said that the biggest step in winning the battle against global warming was to file a lawsuit against the federal government. The court will pretty much waiver the deal because of the threats global warming can cause. If this lawsuit does get waivered then Arnold and Brown will have lots of rewards brighten to their office.
Reflection- I think that it is a good idea that they are trying to fight global warming. It is better that they are both working together and willing to make lawsuits on another government. I also think that if both Arnold and Brown make a good enough opinion the lawsuit will get waivered.
Interesting Fact- An interesting fact about this article is that Two men from almost different branches are working together towards the federal government.
You can leave the Hummer at home this morning. If you jump on public transit today, the ride's on someone else. Washington Mutual bank is covering all fares on all San Diego-area buses and trolleys.
A bank spokesman says it's one way the company is saying “thank you” to consumers who ranked WaMu tops among Western U.S. banks in a recent J.D. Power and Associates customer satisfaction survey.
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A similar one-day event in Sacramento last month boosted ridership by 10 percent to 20 percent. “It was very well-received,” said Alane Masui, with the Sacramento Regional Transit District.
Rob Schupp, a spokesman with the Metropolitan Transit System in San Diego, said the bank is paying the agency roughly $130,000 to cover the cash fares. That figure also includes MTS labor expenses tied to the event.
He said it's the first time a private company has attempted such an event with MTS.
Weekday ridership on the transit system averages 275,000. About 30 percent of passengers pay cash; the remainder buy monthly passes.
I think this is really cool. But beware becouse trolly cops are everywhere you look. They wanna try to keep it safe so theres no vielence among teenagers. So go and cacth a free trolly ride.
CHEMICAL IN TOY PROMPTS RECALL
Millions of Chinese-made toys were pulled from shelves everywhere in North American and Australia when scientists found a chemical that changes in to a powerful “date-rape” drug when swallowed. Two children in the U.S. and three in Australia were hospitalized after digesting the beads. The toy is called Aqua Dots and is a very popular toy in both countries. The distributor is Spin Master Toys, which is based in Toronto. This recall is another fault in the toy industry which has already been bruised by many recalls this year. The company said that the product is distributed in 40 countries. It is said that it is also up to those countries and distributors to determine is the product will be pulled. The Aqua Dot toys made Wal-Mart’s 12 top holiday toys and were sold at major U.S. retail stores since April between $17 and $30.
I think that these toys should have been taken off the shelves sooner that they have. I also think that these toys were made for some other reason than what they were due to the capability of the symptoms when swallowed. I think that these makers knew what they were getting into.
When ingested, the chemical coating on the dots metabolize in to the date-rape drug gamma hydroxyl butyrate, commonly known as GHB.
- The San Diego Union Tribune
- Another human smuggling boat found
- The article that I read today was about illegal immigration. The article says that the discovery of a dilapidated 20 foot pleasure boat on a Del Mar beach yesterday is just the latest instance of a suspected human smuggling boat turning up abandoned along the county's coastline. During the past six months, between 10 and 15 beat up watercraft have been found dumped along the coast between Imperial beach and Del Mar. the latest suspected smuggling vessel was found sometime before 4 a.m. yesterday by the coast guard. North of del mars dog beach. Another boat suspected of being used in a smuggling operation was found abandoned on the same stretch of beach late last month.
- I think that this article is interesting. I like that they are being able to smuggle a lot of immigrants. I hope that they can smuggle more and not get caught.
- One interesting thing that I found is that in September they found a 24 foot boat that a homeless saw 10 people coming out of.
Today i read about another boat that was found smuggling immigrants. The discovery of a dilapidated 20 foot pleasure boat on a Del Mar beach early yesterday is just the latest instance of a suspected human smuggling boat turning up abandoned along the county's coastline. During the past six months between 10 and 15 beat up watrecraft have been found dumped along the coast between Imperial Beach and Del Mar. They keep getting these old boats for cheap somehow and then they are able to abandon them as quickly as possible. The latest suspected smuggling vessel was found yesterday around 4 a.m. by the Coast Gaurd at Del Mar's Dog Beach.
I think it is good for the immigrants because they get to come over here and better there lives, but it is supposibly bad because they are illigal. Even though the only thing they really want is to better their own lives, and not just for them but for their family. I think they should not really care as long as they are not smuggling in drugs. But i know thats not going to happen and they are going to try and keep them out as much as possible. but i dont really care.
Roof dwellers wait out Mexican floods.
A flood had taken out in Villahermosa, Mexico. Many residents in that city sit on the roof tops of a 3 story housing area waiting for the flood to leave, while many try to escape and leave the flood. Those people say that they are used to living in a country where the government is always short. They will share a pig which will feed 4 families. Others fight for food. Some will try to steal from others. Flashlights are used as signals and ropes are used for passing food to other homes.
I think that this flood is devastating. I can't imagine being in a flood. It sucks because the people who are in that flood do not have a government like ours to replace the things inside the house. As soon as that flood leaves everyone is going to dry it out and clean it as much as they can.
=Flooded in Tabasco=
In the city of Tabasco thousands of people are still living in their roof. A family has killed a pig on their roof yesterday. The pig will feed four families’ fourteen people in all. These families are wiling to stay to stay on their roof as long as it takes. These people are also prepared for such situation. People are sure that this waters will take months to clear up. These months will cost the most suffering with all the, food, clothing, and supplies. These waters have also caused many deaths to animals that are needed for help.
This is a problem I think is being more common with the New Orleans, as well as the fires.
The U.S.A should help the city out since they helped us out with the New Orleans incident and as well as our fires.
Also the water that is filling the city of Tabasco should be reused.
More than 35 people have been killed because of this flood.
Roof dwellers wait out Mexican floods.
In Villa Hermosa, Mexico two men which are Javier Hernandez and Angel Perez and 12 other people are living on there roof, after a flood occurred 8 days ago. All in living on the third floor and on the concrete roof top. With nothing to eat they had a pig in which they were all feeding and taking care of, but after being stuck in a roof top with 14 people in total eventually people started complaining that they were hungry. The way to get there food was by killing the pig they had, as some were pulling things up and others where cutting the pig this family was just looking back on the flood and how it damaged there homes. Then after slicing the pig to them came not a guilt thought because there were thousands of people living the same way, on top of the roof. Many in which will remain on there roof tops no matter how long it will take them and now they have to do everything on there own. A man named Antonio Ortiz who is the man who takes care of all of the pigs. For him he is always cleaning his truck everyday. He as well is another man saying he will remain doing what he is doing because he himself is one more person that has to be doing everything on his own. Families will all be remaining to be this way and live the way that they are living right now until something is to be done.
I would think that Mexico’s government should do something about the way that people are living, that is if he cares because there are even young ones living on roof’s. For me in that situation it wouldn’t be a good feeling the thought of loosing a home isn't something that anyone wants to go through. Why its better to try and help out these families in need.
Today in the san Diego union tribune I read that that the governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger will team up with democratic state attorney general jerry brown to take on president bush over global warming. Both men plan to file a lawsuit asking a federal court to order the bush administration to decide whether to approve Americas landmark law requiring automakers to gradually reduce tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming but even if they prevail in court, California leaders are pessimistic that they will secure the waiver from the bush administration, which has been slow to acknowledge warnings that human-caused global warming is a serious threat to the planet.
I think that George bush should pass the waiver because global warming is a threat to the planet and its getting to late.
Roof dwellers wait out Mexican floods
For many of the home owners in Villahermosa flood waters have pushed them onto their roof tops. Many are there to deter thieves others have staid behind with no other option. In a family portrayed in the article shown in the article they were in the process of killing a pig to eat, the pig was to feed four families this was the case with many of the families on the roof doing what ever was necessary to survive. They said in the article that the government would lend little to no support so they were use to living like this. To pass the time they would one of several thing some would use canoes to travel to dry land others would wait for boats and other would use make shift rafts to go places. In the article thy also showed a side of the community that is quite rare a sight to see as trough ingenuity they would communicate to their neighbors as well as ward of possible looters. In the article it also showed that the one on the roof tops were not the only ones trapped, on land their was a pig farmer who took his prized possessions, 300 dollars worth of pigs to a remote place where he is now forced to stay with the pigs until he is able to go home again.
In this article its is very easy to see that in Mexico there is little to be seen in government support. The only good I can see in this is the quick adaptation and how neighbors would help each other out.
The most interesting fact is that the government did so little to help these people.
Climate Changes could be taking toll on gray whales There was once 118,000 gray whales who lived in the Pacific Ocean. Due to Human activities that have hunted these whales & climate changes that are said to have been provoked in some way. These changes have decreased the population of it’s mammals species & lack of need food has also became another issue. The shifting of climate conditions on the Arctic feeding grounds has been found to be the cause of lack of food to the whales. At present day there are only 22,000 gray whales left in total of those who live in the Pacific & in the western part as well. A Stanford doctoral student by the name of Elizabeth Alter, lead author has stated that the DNA analysis has allowed them to take a view how the ocean look once before any human impact was ever made. Tribes who hunt these whales such as the Aboriginals are allowed to hunt 125 whales a year. But because this law has brought much controversy, the International Whaling Commission have to set an argument over what they should really allow to be hunted. There has been to have a chance where it has been said that if the rules on hunting whales changes, then the number of whales could them increase. But also due to the increased temperatures in the ocean it can also kill many of the whales food, decreasing it’s population once again. I believe that they should change the rule of the tribes who hunt so many whales a year. Maybe there really is nothing we could do about what is going on. And this could be leading to an extinction, that later will effect us all.
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