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[abcheywire-blog]

River Murray kayak trip

"About a week ago we were kayaking along and found a kangaroo stuck in the mud, and we had to pull that out, which was a bit of a struggle but a good experience."

Jo Ashley, Will Ashley and Callum Small are kayaking 2200km down the River Murray to raise money for cancer research.

They have already surpassed their $10,000 fundraising goal for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation.

('Teens kayak 2200km to Murray Mouth' - Catherine Heuzenroeder, ABC Local)

[campaigninators-blog]

Fighting to save prop 36

Mike Reynolds the co-author of the "Three Strikes Law" does not want to change the original proposition because in the past he has face some difficulties with a third offender, his daughter was killed by an repeated offender. This gives him a reason why not to change it because he wants criminals especially repeated offenders to go to jail and receive a life-time sentence amount serve in jail (ABC local). If the proposition is not changed then that means that all offenders will not be able to apply for an application process in reducing or re-sentence their jail sentence time. According to Mike Reynolds repeated offenders will most likely get out of jail. And head straight back into jail after just a couple of months due to the fact of repeating the same felony over and over again. Although if this prop is not passed then all offenders will stay off the streets and have lower rates of criminal activities. 

By voting yes on Proposition 36 it means that only dangerous offenders will stay in jail for a much longer period of time. The other criminals with a much unserious crime will most likely have their sentence reduced. If there are less criminals, that is those that will not be a threat to the public will reduce their jail time. It is also estimated to save around $70-$90 million dollars a year if the more dangerous offenders are locked up.

Ia L. 

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=8808577

[allisondroberts]

My take on this article is a bit different because if scientists are worried about the sound bothering the whales, that means there are whales around to be effected. For a long time the oceans have had very small whale populations such that sightings were rare, but because of great conservation efforts like the near total banning of whale hunting worldwide, a lot of whale populations are recovering which is wonderful news.

I do suspect the whales would appreciate it if we made our ships and the oceans quieter. I think it is a valid thing to be concerned about, but I am not sure it is the most pressing concern compared so some of the other whale threats mentioned like pollution. I think our entire ocean ecosystems are being severely negatively effected by ocean pollution that needs to be addressed now or there won't be anything in the oceans to notice how loud we are.