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International womens day

March 8, 2018 people across the country were protesting for International women’s day. On CBS news they showed a photo gallery of women around the world protesting for women’s rights.

The first photo in the gallery shows a Spanish woman waving a flag. Its the first full day the women go on strike against gender violence.

The second photo in the news gallery shows people gathering around each other in Spain also on March 8, 2018. They stand to march and protest for women’s rights. They also march for their accomplishments and gender equality.

The third photo shows more protesters showing their support by two girls raising flags in a demonstration for women rights in Bilbao Spain.

The fourth photo shows protesters forming triangles with their hands during their demonstration for women’s rights.

The fifth photo shows people holding up a sign that says “The revolution will be feminist or with won’t happen” during their protest for women rights.

Ten Tools

There are many tools that are used to collect data, from many sources. One tool that I took an great interest in was Ushahidi. This is an amazing website because it collects data via cell phones to map out where events are happening. This is great because most people have a cell phone. I really liked how Syria Tracker, a humanitarian website, utilized Ushahidi to show reports of different issues occurring to Syrians i.e. the spread of disease, chemical poisoning, and missing/detained individuals. This source gives the ability to get the real story from those who have a cell phone.

https://syriatracker.crowdmap.com/iframemap

Proposal: Black holes and how they affect us or effect us

I have chosen to write my proposal paper on the latest finds and understandings about black holes.

Being that I am majoring in Environmental Sciences, it only right to share the latest discoveries.

WHO: Black Holes

WHAT: Space and our environment: Black holes are outgrowing their stars and galaxies.

WHEN: Currently taking place above us all.

WHERE: In outer space 4.3 -12.2 billion light years away.

WHY: Because it matters! Our lives depend on what’s taking place above and below our environment daily.

When I finish this informative paper, I would have hoped to bring to the reader more awareness about these very important environmental phenomenons and more understanding on black holes in general through created dialog and curated links with facts.

I will be collecting most of my data and information from these collective governmental sites. (Nasa.gov) (Space.com) (Sciencedaily.com) (PBS.org)

I find that these sites stick to the facts and oftentimes they will team up with top universities globally to compare and contrast studies and records with the best equipment and telescopes created.

Renowned physicist , author, and mathematician , Stephen Hawking dies

At the age of 76, Stephen Hawking dies inside of his home in Cambridge, England

Stephen Hawking , a man of excellence with in the science realm has died peacefully at the age of 76, in his Cambridge home in England. Hawking was infamous for his vast discoveries with in science, including research on quantum physics and black holes with in our universe.

Outside of his vast research in science topics, he became a published author when he wrote the book ,” A brief history in time: from big bang to black holes”, in the year of 1988. In accordance the the NY Times Newspaper, the book was ” Making the Big Bang Almost Understandable”. It allowed people who did not have the scientific knowledge to regularly understand those concepts, to allow them to gain insight on the world how he perceived it.

This could be viewed as fascinating because of the time and era when this book was published , not allow of information was produced about space, and space travel just had become a process in the works.

Along with his great life, there were some downward spirals that had taken place. Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , or (ALS) for short. Despite his physical handicap, it never affected his brilliant mind, which allowed him to create more new and improved discoveries with in modern day science.

Content curation at its Finest: The case of Alton Sterling Murder

Alton Sterlings Killers won’t be charged!

July 5th, 2016, Alton Sterling was shot and killed by officer Blane Salonomi of the Baton Rouge Police Department for selling cd’s outside of a liquor store. Since this time there have been several witnesses that have come forth , to give personal statements as to what had taken place the day of the murder. People such as the actual owner of the convenience store gave his testament by saying that he had never seen Sterling with a gun , or any weapon at that.

The Attorney General has released statements and personal records regarding the case , and also other pending documents, that are exposed to for public record. This gives great insight from a first person point of view as to what happened, and them being able to give detail as to what actually had took affect that day. It adds value and more credibility to the story that was generated because of the supporting documentation. With this story affecting the more than just the people that are directly involved in the case, it is easy for the truth of this story to be manipulated by other out sources.