Blog Post #1

These are my best friends! From left to right: Dominique,
Katleyn, Me, and Tatiana. 

Hello Everyone! My name is Erica Navarette and I am 20 years old. I would describe myself as a kind, loving, and a fun person. I have grown up in San Diego and love going to the beach. I also love Mexican food and am a vegetarian. I love taking photos so I'll be sharing plenty with you on here. I have a teacup chihuahua named Belle and she is the sweetest thing.

Belle is only 4lbs.

I am a Child Development major and would love to work with children when I graduate. This is my first semester at Mira Costa and I'm excited to have online classes.
I have recently moved home after going to school in North Carolina the last two years. I was recruited out of high school to play softball at UNC Greensboro and had an amazing time. I made the best memories and am walking away pleased with my college experience. I decided that I no longer wanted to play softball because it was interfering with my school work so that is why I came home.

10 is my favorite number

My Dad and I last yea

My Dad came to North Carolina a lot to visit me.

Inside the locker room.

This summer was truly the best summer. I was able to do a lot. I went to the Dallas Cowboys training camp in Oxnard,CA. I'm a huge football fan. My Dad is from Texas and I was raised on loving the Cowboys. I was able to meet some of them and even get autographs. Can't wait for the season to start!

This summer I had the opportunity to see Beyonce live in
LA. She was so amazing and the best live performer I
have ever seen and heard. I was in VIP box seats which
made the experience that much better.

My cousins, Dad and I. 

My family is something that I value most in my life and I am so happy that I can spend so much time with them. We have them over almost every weekend and we enjoy everyones company. We had a lot of BBQs this summer and bonfires. 

I went to Laughlin with my family and Lake Havasu for a day. We rented a pontoon boat and was on the water most of the time. It was over 100 degrees but hot weather wasn't going to stop us from having fun!

Underwater shot in the pool.

   

Blog Post 1

Hi everyone, my name is Rachele Jacobs.  I just turned 18 on July 9th, and I am currently taking my first fall semester of college! Woo!  I love animals and music, going outside, hanging out with friends; basically, anything that keeps me active and enjoying life.

Below are two pictures of my dog "Dottie"- very original, I know.  We got her a few years ago from the pound, were she was slightly on the skinny side... not anymore... which is probably my fault.

This is a picture of myself along with my 16 year old brother on the right.

I was born in Oceanside, and I am still currently living in Oceanside, but in a different house (rather than the one I grew up in).

  My mom is Australian, so used I travel to Australia every other year (now it's whenever I get the chance- due to work, etc.) to visit my family there.  My grandparents live on the Sunshine Coast, which is a little further up north from Brisbane.









I've played many sports throughout school, such as: volleyball, tennis and softball.  I played volleyball in 8th grade for my middle school.  The volleyball coach actually told me I should sign up, but I never did, so she called the house phone and convinced my mom to have me sign up! Awkward.  I am 5'11 and I would consider myself to be athletic.  I find myself being pretty good at any sport I play- hope I'm not sounding too conceded....  Anyways, I did tennis for my freshman and sophomore year of high school.  I made junior varsity my freshman year, and then managed to make varsity my sophomore year.  Lastly, I played softball for the first time my junior year and I made varsity.  I played center field and occasionally first base.  I played Little League with my two brothers when I was younger, so it defiantly helped me out.  My senior year I stopped playing sports, because I was too busy working and I wouldn't of been able to make most of the practices.  I hope to join a volleyball team/club soon, because I do miss staying active and the competitiveness of the sport.

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Hello All!
My name is Shannon and this is Beau, my furry child. I work part-time at GNC, part-time school and my free time is spent at the gym, beach and with friends and family. My passions are weightlifting, food, football and of course, my Beau :) 

 

 I am a crazy, loud Saints fan as well. My apologies:)

 I hope everyone has a good semester and have fun!

 

Welcome . . . and an Introduction of Sorts

Hi there,

Thanks for hopping over here and having a look. You'll be using the blog regularly, so take a close look around. This post is simply a "get to know you" entry (or rather, "get to know ME" post ... you'll be composing a similar version shortly).

***This is posted in all its unedited glory. Occasionally, I'll post my raw drafts of things then edit them. The class is heavily revision-based, so I like my students to see revision happening rather than just hearing about it.

All that said . . . My name is Amy Bolaski. I'm 37 and wish I weren't, a Cancer, a mom, a wife, a tea enthusiast, an animal lover, a teacher. This is me. I don't like smiling in photos (clearly), and too much overt enthusiasm unnerves me, but I'm not as taciturn as I might look. I don't think I'm as green-tinged as the 2nd photo suggests, but perhaps I'm in denial. My little one took that shot, so I can't complain much about the levels.

Newgrounds

stick figures

I chose to concentrate on Newgrounds.  It's a site that lets users showcase and collaborate on flash animations.  I've been going to the site off and on for years as an observer.    One of the first flash animations that I watched where I was aware of it being flash, was stick figures kung fu fighting.   Over the years there's now 80 of them.

     Newgrounds offers support and critiques to become a better animator, and the site navigation is easy to use and understand what you're supposed to do.

Opinion Blog Post

Article: Dream Act
http://ic.galegroup.com.prox.miracosta.edu/ic/ovic/topic1/actionWin?query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&limiter=AC+y&showDisambiguation=true&displayGroups=&userGroupName=&action=e&catId=GALE%7CHPZVWQ261035391&scanId=
Summary: Illegal Immigrants are finding themselfs in a lose, lose situation when it comes to higher education and employment.
Historical Precedent: Immigration has always been a controversial issue in the U.S. When the U.S. needs new laborers, the U.S. encourages immigration, but, xenophobia, or fear of foreigners, laws such as the 1924 Immigration Act are created to limit the number of immigrants coming into the country.
Facts: About 11.2 million undocumented immigrants live in the U.S. The PEW Hispanic Center says about 1.7 million immigrants might be eligible to participate in a program where immigrants can qualify for certian benefits, and that about 85% of those considered eligible are of Hispanic descent.
News Worthiness: In June 2012, President Obama used his executive authority to provide relief with an executive order which declared that the U.S. government would no longer deport illegal immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before turned sixteen, and a few other requirements.
Forecasting: Although supporters are fighting for this Dream Act, young illegal immigrants face an uncertain future.

Opinion Post

Article title: Dont Buy an Ipad Mini (YET)!http://.businessinsider.com/dont-buy-an-ipad-mini-2012-10

Summary: The author is persuading his readers to not buy an Ipad Mini yet, because a new one might be out next year.

News: The writer informs the audience that it will be useless buying an Ipad Mini. Every year there is an updated version of some type of apple device. He mentions that Apple industry brought out the mini Ipad just to scare of its other rivals.

Atention! When Apple releases its new Ipad Mini the one that just came out will probably just be 230$. Therefore, dont buy it.

Strategies:
Fact- The Ipad Mini has the same physical features as the Ipad 2-its the same just smaller display.
Statistics- You can buy the Ipad Mini 16GB for 329$ but knowing apple a new one might come out next year and the one that just cam out might go down to 229$.

Opinion Blog Post

Article: Still ignoring the history-and risk- of AB 32; North County Times
Link: http://www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/still-ignoring-the-history-and-risk-of-ab/article  52301397-c4d0-5d80-a735-cbe6c9656960.html
 http://www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/still-ignoring-the-history-and-risk-of-ab/article_52e01397-c4d0-5d80-a735-cbe6c9656960.html

Summary of Author's point: Author feels that the state is paying heavy taxes for a type of  cleaner energy that the rest of the world has not adopted.

News worthiness: Last week, there was a cap-and-trade auction by the CA Air Resources Board to force major industries to reduce the amount of harmful gases into the environment.  "Last week, the California Air Resources Board had its first cap-and-trade auction of pollution credits, meant to use market forces to gradually push major industries to reduce the emission of gases which contribute to global warming"

The other side: The author briefly mentions the other side by stating that with the passing of the AB 32 Law in 2006, Gov. Brown feels that this is not a burden and that this law will help create jobs for Californians. (Since this is brief, the author does not want the reader to focus on this part of the article)

types of strategies:
1) Historical Precedent??: I believe this is historical precedent when the author talks about the fact that Gov. Schwarzenegger only signed this into law if there was a provision to allow a future Gov. to essentially cancel out this law if the economy was bad (which it is at the moment).

2) Facts: The author states that world is headed towards an era of using cheap fossil fuels, but the author does not give a source for their information. "Thanks to dramatic improvements in oil-extraction techniques, the U.S. is on track to be the world leader in oil production by 2020. With these techniques spreading to other nations, the planet appears headed for decades of cheap fossil fuels."

3) Forecasting: The author knows that this clean energy plan has failed and that the rest of the world did/will not follow a type of  AB 32. Knowing this the author poses a question that asks what will happen not this this plan has failed? "The rest of the world didn’t copy AB 32 and the Golden State. So what will our shift to cleaner-but-much-costlier energy portend? Just what Schwarzenegger and Chu feared: an economy with heavy unique costs not shared by rivals."