Restaurant Logo Design
Branding,
All elements, menu design, table elements, to go bag.
Branding,
All elements, menu design, table elements, to go bag.
Archive for month: April, 2016
Branding,
All elements, menu design, table elements, to go bag.
Natural Disaster
Oklahoma and Texas Flooding
During the month of May this past year in 2015, large parts of central and southern plain states faced deadly flash flooding and tornadoes. At least 31 people were killed in storms. The rolling storms causing disaster throughout the communities it struck, left homes without electricity, gas, or water for days to weeks. Houston was one area in particular that was struck the hardest. Many were displaced from homes and a body count of at least six people.
Harris County’s emergency management office said that there were 1,200 high water rescues on Monday as a slow-moving storm system dumped more than a foot of rain on many parts of the US’s fourth-largest city. Because of the severe flooding, the access to roads, highways, and freeways was nearly impossible. This made emergency healthcare extremely hard for both parties. Ambulances inability to travel and vice versa community members unable to travel to local hospitals or red cross shelters. Debris and water borne illness are the most important health related issues with thee flooding that was important for the entire health care system in both states.
Update 4/18/16
This week was spent working on my final map that will show the growth of the main grove over the course of 76 years and my poster for SAGE research conference. Both of these processes have taken quite a bit of time and I am glad to see the work that is turning out.
In the next few days I hope to have my main map finalized, at which point I can begin to run various analyses to determine temporal change. One way this will be accomplished is by creating shapefiles that are set to the same coordinate system as the photos. I can outline the perimeter of the groves as they change throughout the years and measure the difference in area.
Japanese Tsunami debris found on Santa Rosa Island
Last weekend on Santa Rosa Island we found a very strange piece of debris on Sandy Point when we were surveying. This large stake type thing had Chines or Japanese symbols on the top, and it was so interesting to me that I decided to take it home and find out what these symbols mean. I didn’t find out exactly what it means, but a family friend who studies Japanese told me that some of the symbols mean “Japanese national” or something of that nature. After googling “Japanese land marker” and “Japanese land marker marine debris” I found that these things have been showing up all over the West Coast, and last time someone found one was in Oregon in 2014. I don’t think that there has been any Japanese tsunami debris found on the Channel Islands yet so this was very interesting to me.
Here is some information on Japanese property markers I found:
Japanese Researchers Visit Oregon for Marine Debris Project
http://www.aquablog.ca/2015/02/haida-gwaii-awash-with-marine-debris/
LA Water Keeper Event was Awesome!
Cheryl Hines, Stacey Anderson
Sean and I manning the booth and having a great time talking about micro plastics with people at Paradise Cove
Saturday I was able to have a booth at the LA Water Keeper event at Paradise Cove, Malibu The Annual Stand Up for Clean Water event is awesome as professional athletes along with weekend racers come out and paddle to raise awareness for clean water in Los Angeles county. Due to some strong winds the first race was cancelled half way thru and the beach party started a little earlier. But the wind dies down and the relay and kid events still got to go on in the afternoon. Robert Kennedy Jr. and his wife Cheryl Hines were there to discuss the history and importance of the work that each and every person needs to continue doing to ensure that we keep our watersheds clean.
Capstone
I have finished collecting data in my common garden. I found that there is more growth in the mainland population compared to the island population. Now, I am working on my poster, paper, and statistics.
It’s All About the Fundamentals
I haven’t been able to dunk a basketball for the past five years. Or during the 30-some years prior, for that matter. Back in 3rd grade, though, you would have had a hard time convincing a four-foot-me that I wasn’t destined to star in Space Jam 2. And I wasn’t the only one with […]
Preliminary Results
GOOD NEWS! We are finally done in the greenhouse. My young Bishop pines have been growing for just under two months now and I can see some patterns. I haven’t finished running my statistics yet but I noticed that both the mainland and Santa Rosa Island population grow much better with ash cover. This was to be expected but a more interesting finding was that the island population had more successful germination and higher growth rates than the mainland population under conditions without ash. There were still very few seeds from the island population that germinated under conditions without ash so I have to run my statistics to be sure that there is a significant difference in the populations. If my data does turn out to be significant then my hypothesis will be proven correct, the Santa Rosa Island population has adapted to survive under conditions lacking fire, specifically the distribution of nutrients from the ash.
The top photo shows conditions of high precipitation with ash and the bottom photo shows conditions of high water without ash. The difference is evident as soon as you walk into the greenhouse.
Learned, Most Shocking, Missed
Posted from Camarillo, California, United States.
Learned:
The following are some of the highlighted and interesting aspects of my trip to New Orleans. The Cooking School was really interesting. Using the local markets and talking with the community members really opened my eyes to starting line of people making local food. Visiting and learning about the levee and dam systems also changed my view on New Orleans. When people stated “New Orleans is underwater” you can’t really visualize the water levels and elevation of the city. Learning about their levees and standing on top of them really give you the true understanding of the city being below the water line.
Most Shocking:
To add to the disbelief of water levels, the 9th Ward was an extreme situation of all of these factors. The poverty, low elevation, levy failure, and destruction that took place really changed my perspective on the people’s situation.
Missed:
There was little missed during this trip; And if we did miss it, I didn’t/wouldn’t have known. The only portion of this trip I would have like to have learned more about would be the Cooking School. I had an amazing experience and learned a lot, but I wish I learned more about the cooking recipes. We learned about the culture and food, but putting the two together were not very insightful. I learned, to cook Cajun, all you need is a ridiculous amount of seasoning salt. Prior to this, I thought there was more to cooking southern food.
