The Environmentalist Movement

The Environmentalist Movement

By: Alec Winsor

          A Fierce Green Fire focuses on how we are destroying the environment, and spotlights different organizations against pollution, and shows what they are doing to combat this growing problem. A well renowned group, the Sierra Club, fought against the building of dams. In a neighborhood near an old toxic waste dump, kids were starting to begin developing birth defects that many believed to be caused by the chemicals. Some of the moms of the neighborhood decided to take a stand against this, they had a very strong case, only helped by the fact that the chemicals were starting to leak into the basements of most of the houses. Eventually the case went to the White House, an they achieved their goal and were relocated to a different, safer area. Another famous organization was a group of whale hunters, their goal to stop the illegal hunting of whales by other nations, such as Japan and Russia.

          Air pollution is one of the largest problems contributing to global warming. It comes from man made things such as cars, planes, factories, and basically anything that has emissions. What it does is it goes into the atmosphere and traps heat in the earth, increasing the overall temperatures on the planet. Another common greenhouse gas is methane, which comes from livestock, and it deteriorates the ozone layer. Sulfur dioxide is the smog that you see in big cities. But believe it or not, it is actually beneficial to the earth; it reflects heat and sunlight from the earth. Some ways you can help lower the affects of greenhouse gasses is to carpool, ride bikes, recycle, and find ways to not use as many non renewable fuel sources.

Sources:

• "Watch Film: A Fierce Green Fire." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.

Radio Talk Show Script

Hello Everyone and this is the Sports Radio show with your best sports commentary! As you may know, you're here with your host, Patrick Leiphart! We have a very special show tonight with many famous athletes talking and answering questions. First up on the show we have the amazing baseball player, Babe Ruth!

P: So Babe, what's it like being a super star?
B: You know Mr. Leiphart, it's awesome and I love the fans. They are all welcoming and superb and I couldn't ask for anything better!
P: I got another question for ya... How did you get brought up into Baseball?
B: Well you see, I was one of the lucky ones to survive infancy in my family. The only other one that did was my sister. I was living with my parents until I was sent to Mary's Industrial School for Boys when I was six. I would play baseball there and probably played 200 games a summer. I was very good at it and became the star pitcher and hitter. When I was old enough to leave, I signed with the Orioles and played ball for 'em. And from there, I just did what I do best.
P: Wow what an amazing story! I'm astonished! Well I'm glad to have you on the show! Good luck in your career.
B: Thank you very much for having me!

P: Next we have Bobby Jones on the show! Hey Bobby!
B: Hey Mr. Leiphart, Thank you for having me!
P: Of course! So let me ask you a couple questions for our great audience here. What  influenced you to get into golf?
B: Well I was battling some health issues as a child and so I was prescribed to play golf to make me stronger. I immediately loved the game. I won my first child's tournament when I was 6 and continued to get better from there!
P: Wow interesting! I have also heard that not only are you a great golfer, but a great sport!
B: I mean I like to keep the game fair and keep cheatin' out of it. Golf is a wonderful game, no need to ruin it.
P: I understand that you hit a ball wrong when hitting onto the green and called a penalty on yourself?
B: Yes that is true, like I said before, I want to keep things fair.
P: Well thanks Bobby, thank you for coming on the show!

P: Next we have what some say, "the greatest athlete of the world!" Jim Thorpe!
J: Hello there Mr. Leiphart.
P: Hi there, so Jim, what's its like being a Native American athlete?
J: Well you know, Native Americans haven't been treated quite fairly as others but I would say what was more difficult was my childhood. My mom died of birth complications and I argued with my dad a lot. I would run away from school and such until I got into sports.
P: I hear you do many sports like baseball, football, lacrosse, track, and even ballroom dancing! What would you say your favorite is?
J: I love all of them but football is my passion. I play so many positions and it's a good 'ol time when I'm on the field!
P: Well thanks Jim and hope to see you out on the field for who knows what next!
J: Thank you Mr. Leiphart

P: the last guest we have on our show is Jack Dempsey! Hey Jack!
J: Hello Mr. Leiphart
P: I was watching your championship fight and man, you really beat the crap out of that guy! There is a lot of speculation that you had "loaded gloves". What do you think about all the controversy?
J: Well, believe what you believe, but I am saying that I am the champion and I won that fight, no doubt about it. If you think I was wearing "loaded gloves" then think that, but ask my trainer or anybody, I just had my taped hands and regular boxing gloves.
P: Now I hear you have another fight coming up to defend your title against your opponent, Billy Miske. How are you preparing for that fight?
J: I'm working as hard as I can, eating well, and training hard. Nothing can hold me back for this fight!
P: Well thanks Jack! Can't wait for that fight! And that concludes  our show tonight! See you next week! Good Night!

Operation Fortitude

Operation Fortitude

By: Alec Winsor

          
          Operation Fortitude was the codename for a deception plan created by the Allies so they could land more troops to invade Normandy. The idea was to create fake armies in order to distract Axis forces away from Normandy so reinforcements would be delayed. This operation was one of the major components of Operation Bodyguard, which was the Allies larger plan for the Normandy Landings. The plans were created by the London Controling Section, a secret group set up to manage the Allies' deception plans. It was thought that at first the plan would leak through five main sources. The first was physical deception; fake infantry including tanks and equipment would be set up to fool any Axis plane flying above. The second was to leak controlled amounts of information through diplomatic channels, to be passed on to Germany. The third was to use wireless traffic to make it seem like it was real units communicating. The fourth was to give the German intelligence services false information via German Allied agents. The fifth and final was to put notable staff, like General S. Patton, with the fake units to make them seem even more real.

Decoy Tanks

Map of Planned AttacksSources:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fortitude
• http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/army/mipb/1996-2/meeks.htm
• https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Operation_Fortitude.html