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What is desertification?  What areas of the world  ( and the U.S) are becoming desertified? Why? paragraph

There are many county and state laws that serve to protect soils and many measures taken to prevent erosion of soils, What are some of the methods used today to prevent soil erosion? parapgraph

What causes soil to be different colors?  Mineral?  amount of organic matter or both? paragraph

How is soil a sink for CO2? paragraph

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 RONALD POST

The movie I picked is “The Help”. Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives — and a Mississippi town — upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, is the first to open up — to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter’s life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories — and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly — and unwillingly — caught up in the changing times.

The negative image of the African American male/female can be directly traced to the historic stereotyping of a racist white mentality evidenced in motion pictures, in literature and in popular American folklore.  Although the movie is somewhat lacking in its credible presentation and it does not really tackle the reality of the civil rights era it argues for civil rights and tries to break stereotypes. Many of the actors show us different sides of the feelings of rich and middle-class whites that are living in the south. The movies gives us a perspective of how African Americans and whites felt about one another in a difficult time. This is done in a somewhat intimate environment mostly set in a small town in the participates homes with up close and personal situations.  The set, actors, and environment sets up a powerful message of racism in the deep south that many people don’t realize. Most camera angles and cinematography are up close and personal with face to face intimate situations caught on film showing us how each actress felt.  Although, I enjoy more of a factual and serious movie when it comes to content like racism that should be take very serious The Help is a very entertaining movie with a positive message.

MELISSA POST

 I watched this movie called ‘A futile and Stupid Gesture’ and it was fantastic. featured on Netflix as a ‘Netflix Original’. I have issues with going to movie theaters (PTSD) so I only watch movies at home when they come out on DVD, TV, HULU, or Netflix. To summarize this, this movie is based on a book of the same name, it tells the story of National Lampoons co-creator and comedy writer Doug Kenny who (Spoiler alert!) killed himself after he hit rock bottom because he thought his movies were failures. this movie goes over the rise and fall of National Lampoon. Now for the documentary fans (Guilty) this is informative but it is not a traditional biographically formatted film, it is however, very funny. the argument I would convey from this film is several things. First and Foremost, an argument or message to be taken from this movie is the importance of having faith and patience. Doug kenney had a drug problem which may or may not have fueled the creativity and genius it took to create such great movies as Animal House and Caddyshack. Along with the apparent drug problem was a subtle mental illness. cocaine and alcohol paired with severe mental illness could be a deadly combination. there was no mention of what the mental illness was but I was guess it was bipolar disorder. While Doug Kenney was highly functioning and productive, he was similarly highly self destructive and at times irrational and inconsiderate to a high degree. Another argument presented is the fact that with the highest highs in life, comes the lowest lows. As taught in physics, with every action there is a reaction, there is cause and effect and real consequences whether they are good or bad.