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5A – Identifying Local Opportunities

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/sns-bc-us--disney-labor-20180827-story.html Disney offers 46 percent raises, could use more part-timers Disney is underpaying workers, and several unions are working together to form a proposal to help get workers $15 an hour. This proposal is would raise employee pay by 46% over the course of 3 years. This also means Disney is going to be hiring more part timers. The problem is that under the unfortunately structured economic system we have, people have to work at least two full time jobs just to survive at minimum wage. Raising the pay to $15 per hour helps allow people to you know, actually afford to live, instead of debating whether they need groceries or necessary meds more one week because of how disgustingly expensive they are. This proposal will most likely pass through, since it seems that Disney is all for it. The proletariat has this problem. They have to cut their hands and sell their kidneys just to survive in this world. This isn't just a matter for Disney and other Floridians. This is a matter for the working class as a whole. -- http://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2018/09/14/red-tide-madeira-beach-full-week Red tide hits Madeira Beach hard for full week Red tide is continuing to destroy marine wildlife and besides from poisoning the air around the beach, it's killing literally tons of marine wildlife causing the corpses to wash ashore allowing the pungent aroma of death and decay to wash over the surrounding areas, in this case, in Pinellas county. This article details one specific incident, but it has been ongoing for the last few months across a large part of the Florida coastline. Red tide is a very serious issue caused by certain algae that's caused by a combination of factors but in Florida the red tide occurs on the gulf coast almost yearly. Aside from causing very asthmatic effects for anyone nearby, the red tide causes millions of fish (and even dolphins) to die and wash ashore, adding to the disgusting smell, and hits a very hard toll on the fishing industry. Everyone within a few miles of an algae bloom and the fishermen dependent on those waters are affected. -- https://www.news4jax.com/news/investigations/3-of-5-dogs-picked-up-after-cow-attack-already-back-with-owner 3 of 5 dogs picked up after cow attack already back with owner A pack of dogs attacked someone's pet cows to the point the cows had to be euthanized. This had been found to be due to an owner improperly looking after their dogs, as their pets have attacked other people's animals before. The victim who owned the cows is relieved the dogs didn't attack their children. People do not care for their pets enough to keep a watch on them. Their pets go on a rampage and attack other pets, and it's possible they could attack children. Pet owners and parents have issues with people not keeping their own pets at bay. -- http://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2018/09/13/florida-bearwise-grant-means-more-bear-resistant-trash-cans Florida BearWise grant means more bear-resistant trash cans Five counties in Florida have been given the a grant to give discounted bear-resistant trash cans to Florida residents in certain counties, as bears like to forage in trash cans. I keep forgetting Florida has wild bears that roam around cities that act like giant raccoons. For very obvious reasons bears should not be in residential communities, and discouraging them by cutting off any potential food source in trash cans will help deter bears from roaming around communities. -- http://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/ap-online/2018/09/14/mayor-accuses-school-of-sexism-over-daughters-ripped-jeans Mayor accuses school of sexism over daughter's ripped jeans A county mayor has accused her daughter's school dress code for being sexist (which it extremely was especially because of the "consider your male classmates' hormones" comment) and rightfully so. Every girl in grade school is subject to extremely sexist dress code rules because it "distracts boys" instead of focusing on telling boys not to be rapists and perverts. There is nothing to argue here, this is a fact of the matter and it needs to be addressed.

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  1. Ahmad HasanSeptember 16, 2018 at 4:51 PM

    Hey Noor,

    You have some cool insight into the articles you presented in this post. One thing that immediately stuck out to me was the male hormones comment on the ripped jeans article. I was actually kind of dumbfounded when I saw that; it's crazy that it's 2018 and people are still saying stuff like that. I have always thought that schools are harder on girls than guys in terms of dress code, which is something that needs to change in the future.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 17, 2018 at 8:20 AM

    Fractal,

    I was interested in every article you wrote about, especially the article about discounting "bear-resistant" trash cans. I was also intrigued by the red tide article and the inherent consequences of the phenomena. What can be done to keep humans and wildlife safe from the affects of red tide? Is anything already being done in Florida to take care of this issue?

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