Brian Campbell

Jake Phillips

Vinchenzo Antonio Sidoli III

1. Lumber, Hardwood, Moldings, Flooring, Decking, Finishing.
2. Kuhn’s Bro’s Lumber Co., Baillie Lumber Co., East End Lumber Co.

• Lumber, Hardwood, Forest Products, Firewood, Sawmill, Forestry.

    When it comes to the lumber industry, Kuhns Bros Co. is best for its raw materials, not the finished products. Unlike the other two companies (Ballies Lumber Co. and East End Lumber Co.) whose industry is better known for their finished products, for example moldings, flooring, etc. All of these companies sell the same product, which is high quality lumber. The audience of these would be homeowners, designers, and Architects. The website has multi-media aspects such as images of products and materials, links to catalogs, and the contact information. The distinguishing features of the website are that it is simple, easy to read, and easily located on the homepage. The competitions writings are simple and straight to the point and easily understood by the audience. The photos and slideshows are also simple, making them ordinary and almost unappealing. In conclusion, the competition is fierce and if LLP wishes to distinguish itself from the competition they must make their website more modern and visually appealing.

Vinny Sidoli

176 Runnymede Pky

U.S. Mission of Honor

176 Runnymede Pky

The New York Times

March 24, 2015

Dear Editor,

I’m writing to express my concern for the lack of media coverage of a great cause that goes unseen to many of the American people. The NewJersey Mission of Honor is a cause that aided the families of fallen Veterans around the world.

In New Jersey alone there are hundreds of cremated remains that are unclaimed and the families of those people have no idea where or that their family members remains are sitting in the funeral homes collecting dust. The Mission of Honor goes to these homes, finds the remains and contacts the families, and if not family can be found they will claim the remains and bury the soldier in a military cemetery. Many have been held in Arlington Cemetery where I had the great honor of participating in one of these ceremonies where these honorable men who sacrificed their lives for their country are finally laid to rest. It is a wonderful ceremony that had a convoy of more than 200 vehicles driving to the cemetery. Many people attended the ceremony, itself.

This cause is just and should be receiving much more media coverage than it is, which is why I am writing this letter to express my concern for the lack of coverage. This is a noble group of humans, who are doing the men who gave up their own lives for us and this country, the honor they deserve. To often to we forget what these men have done for us and the N.J.  Mission of Honor is making sure this never happens again.

I strongly urge you to contact the website http://www.njsmissionofhonor.org

Sincerly,

Vinny Sidoli

Tonya Anderson Interview

Vinny Sidoli

When I interviewed Tonya Anderson she gave a multitude of stories from her past to help us understand how we can affect our future. In her life she had lived through poverty, struggled with depression and abuse. Now after being healed, uses her compassion for human struggle to help others. Along with this she had, aside from joining the Naval Academy as a black woman, helped politicians run an office.

Now she uses her political connections to help raise awareness for violence not only against women, but around the world. Women have known struggle since the beginning of time and Anderson believes that we are beginning to see a change for the better. Anderson truly believes that we will and are going to eventually be rid of violence in our communities. She said, “The people of your generation will simply no longer accept violence.”

Not only is Anderson a compassionate woman, but her ideals are truly revolutionary. Although we all wish to achieve her goals, it is almost impossible for it ever to happen. All personal bias aside, Anderson is truly a visionary and whom we should model on how to handle our struggles in life, although she is not the perfect example of a human being, and she will be the first to tell you that she made mistakes. These are her faults, but in her faults she is freed from judgment and in being free she helps others become free themselves. She uses her struggles to show people that she is, indeed, human, like we all are. This is where we she can help our generation. Too much do we idolize and ostracize people in power. If they have flaws, we do not accept them even though they may help us more than the person we are idolizing. Anderson has helped put people into office who should be there and who actually care about the people.

Anderson has given much to her community and those around the world. She said she believes that this is possible because she is a person and that what she does is treat people as people. In her life she has done much wrong, and knows that it is likewise for us all, but she has the compassion and a transparent view to be able look past that and see person for who they are. It is this ability to connect with people that makes it easy for her to help people who have problems and see no way out.

In the interview, she had broken down and cried many times on many different stories that were quite personal. She did not fear showing her emotions, which is key, she said she believes, to self help. Too much do we hide our emotions and feel embarrassed about how we feel. Expressing yourself and having the ability to express yourself is the seed that grows a happy community, and a community that can breed love not hate and peace instead of violence.

Although Anderson is intuitive and her cause is noble, she aims high in her view of what the world is capable. People are indeed changing for the better but not at the pace she claims it to be. The problem with trying to change the world is the inability to contact enough people. Even so, Anderson has help cities across the world face and fight these problems. After all this, it still was not enough to stop violence it is in our nature and it will always exist, but that does not mean her approach is not just. Her methods are perfect and we all should join up with her methods. The only difference is it should be started at a local level. If we make a change in each community, eventually we will change the country, by default.

Anderson is a person worth listening too, and one who gets things done. She, like all of us, has struggled in the past and persevered due to her drive to be better. And although she needed help along the way, she realizes that as humans, as social creatures, we need each other. She is a living example of the American Dream. As a black woman, the odds were stacked against her. At first, it almost made her crumble, but in fact, she had beaten these odds and now helps other beat these odds. It takes a person who understands struggle to help someone struggling and this is why Anderson truly is a model from which our generation should take inspiration. If people can stop all the judgement and accept people who are not bad but just in a bad way, and once we can get past these barriers we may not totally stop violence but we can help make a safer happier world for all of us.

Vinny Sidoli

Single Story

In my life i once met a student from Vietnam who went to my high school. He was from Northern Vietnam so most of the people in my school did not like him very much. The students even the nice ones simply ignored him, and some even made fun of him. At first i wasn't very fond of him either since i had multiple family members who fought in Vietnam during the war. I did not make fun of him but there was a type of hostility every time i saw him, it felt like the war was still going on. I didn’t think much of him and neither did anyone else in my class. One day i was outside of school during lunch in the senior parking lot. I had just threw in a chew when he came up to me and asked me my name. At first i was silent i answered him with caution. Eventually we hit it off and found out we had a lot more in common with anyone else. After that talk we had both become quite friendly and i had found out that he was not that bad of a guy at all. Once i had taken the time to get to know him i found out that he was not the enemy and the war had ended years ago, instead this kid was just a human like me who hated school and in fact was quite intelligent and funny. Instead of seeing a kid from North Vietnam who i was scared of i now saw a kid who hated school just like me, and simply wanted to gt out of here and make a life for himself.

Vinny Sidoli

Article 1:

Lawsuit Over Use of Metal Bats in Youth Baseball is Settled

The new York Times                                   August 22, 2012

A teenager in New Jersey was left brain damaged after a baseball struck him in a Police Athletic league baseball game. The baseball was hit off a metal bat and managed to strike Steven Domalewski in his chest plate in between heart contractions. After a moment, Steven went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing. Steven did not get any oxygen to his brain for at least 15-20 minutes leaving him unable to do any daily functions he once performed.

The Little League organization caught scrutiny for allowing baseball players to use metal bats in there game. The belief is that the metal bats allow for young kids to hit baseballs with more power than the kids in the field can handle. Although the children were not playing in a baseball game at the time, the Little League Baseball organization deemed metal bats as safe to use for children. After this incident and many more, Little league was forced to ban many bats for the 2012 season.

Conflict - Little League Metal Bats cause injuries and are unsafe for youth

Contradiction - Little League claims bats are safe for children use yet players still manage to get serious injuries

Controversy - Little Leaguer Struck by ball is left brain damaged after going into cardiac arrest

Colorful Language - Steven Domalewski left brain damaged after cardiac arrest

Cast of Characters - Little League Baseball, Little Leaguers, Steven Domalewski

Article 2:

Should Curve balls be banned in Little League Baseball?

CNN (New York City)       Paul Caron           August 25, 2012

  

   At a young age it is not a good idea for young players to throw curve balls. many agree that the torque a curve ball puts on your elbow can not be handled by players younger than thirteen years old. Pitching, especially curve balls, puts a lot of strain on the ulnar ligaments which connect the lower and upper part of the arm.

   Some believe that it is not the strain that the curveballs that cause the most damage to the arm, but rather the amount of pitching that young players are being required to perform. A doctor by the name of James Andrew did a study on curveballs in the lab. His results suggested that curve balls do not put any more strain on the arm than throwing a fastball does; however, Andrews believes that throwing curveballs at a young age can lead to problems down the road explaining , “Don’t throw curveballs until you can shave.”

   The Little League has enacted rules only allowing children to pitch a certain amount of pitches a week which is a good start. The real problems lies in baseball organizations for young kids that are not connected to Little League baseball. These teams, mostly travel teams, do not have any such regulations on the amount of pitching that a  player can do.

   According to both Andrews and Dr. Timothy Kremchek, the mount of elbow ligaments surgeries has been steadily on the rise for years. "Seventy percent of those surgeries are pitchers who haven't hit college yet," Kremchek said. "I ask each one the same question: When did you start throwing curveballs? And they say: 'I was 10. I was 11.' Sometimes, it's 9”, said Kremchek. Obviously if the amount of surgeries being done is primarily on younger kids, something needs to be done about the amount of pitching young kids are allowed to do.  

Conflict - Pitching at young age can cause many problems as children grow

Contradiction - Parents and coaches allow their kids to throw more advanced pitches and train them to long

Controversy - Curveballs and prolonged pitching out to much strain on the arms of young pitchers resulting in surgeries

Colorful Language - “Don’t throw curveballs until you can shave”

Cast of Characters - Little League, Private Little League Organizations, Little League Pitchers, Doctors of Little Leaguers

Article 3:

Little League World Series:  

Headline: Jackie Robinson West Little League World Series team stripped of U.S. title

Publication:  February 11th

Summary:  Jackie Robinson West Little League was stripped of their world title after the investigation determined they had in-eligible players on their team.   A team whose players were largely African American has been found guilty of purposely building a super team.  The article goes on to say how important fair play is to Little League, even more so than winning and losing.

5C’s

1. Conflict:  Unfair team boundaries leads to wrong champions
3. Contradiction;  The team wasn’t found guilty until months after
5. Controversy:  The title was striped and given to another team is that really the same.
7. Colorful Language: African Americans
9. Cast of Characters: Moyne Davis, Kristi Davis, Chris James

Article 4:

http://www.littleleague.org/media/llnewsarchive/2015/January-April/little-league-jrw-ruling.htm

Headline:  LITTLE LEAGUE® INTERNATIONAL FINDS JACKIE ROBINSON WEST LITTLE LEAGUE VIOLATED RULES AND REGULATIONS

Byline: S

Publication: February 11, 2015?

Summary:  Extensive review of the World Champion Jackie Robinson West has found the team has knowingly broke the rules of the Little League world series and created a super team.  They are now being stripped of their title and their coaches.  Investigators have found that Jackie Robinson West has used a falsified boundaries map for the team.

5C’s

1. Conflict:  Team has played unfairly and giving themselves a predetermined advantage over every other team.
3. Contradiction:  How could it take so long for the Little League to figure this out?
5. Controversy: did they know what they were doing when they were doing it.
7. Colorful Language; None
9. Cast of Characters: Mr. Stephen D. Keener

Article 5:

Headline: Bloomsburg baseball player booted for offensive Mo'ne Davis Tweet:

Byline: Mo’ne asks for him to be reinstated

Publication: March 23, 2015

Summary: Bloomsburg baseball player Joe Casselberry was dismissed from the team after making a derogatory comment towards little league superstar Mo’ne Davis. Before deactivating his account Joe released a statement apologizing for his actions saying one stupid tweet can ruin a player's life, he asked for forgiveness and apologized to Mo’ne. Later in the week Mo’ne and her head coach Alex Rice released a statement and contacted the Bloomsburg University President David Soltz asking the school to please reconsider the dismissal and reinstate the player. For now the University is sticking with their decision with the dismissal.

5 C’s

Conflict: The Bloomsburg player has made a sexist statement against a young little league player

Contradiction: Player has not only given himself a bad name but his University as well

Controversy: The message was obviously a vulgar statement to degrade not only a child but a black female child

Colorful language: “Slut”

Cast of Characters: Mo’ne, Alex Rice, Joe Casselberry, David Soltz

Vinny Sidoli

176 Runnymede Pky,

New Providence, NJ 07974

Ph: 908-967-7316

sidvinc@lycoming.edu

Professional Summary

Accomplished and energetic landscaper with a history of achievement in landscaping.

Skills

• Safety and security
• Speaking
• Negotiation
• Persuasion
• Building and Construction

Experience                May 2013 - Aug. 15, 2013

Landscaper

M.Lombado Landscaping - Long Hill, NJ

• Mulch/Mow Lawns
• Construct patios
• Replace lawns
• Overall lawn care

Education     June 2013

High School Diploma

New Providence High School - New Providence, NJ

Pending BA in history in Lycoming College

Community Service

• New Jersey Mission of Honor 2008-15
• American Legion 2006-13

Vinny Sidoli

Framing

1. One of the frame’s that Nike’s opponents established was a negative identity frame. The other two types of frames would include a collective action injustice frame and also a negative consequence frame. These frames were put together by people from Labor Unions who wanted to see some manufacturing return to the United States and also Labor Activists who saw the practices as being barbaric.

Nike countered by using frames to disseminate the emotional outrage of the issues involving the labor laws. They took the offensive and framed out the positive things that the company performs along with the dedication they have for enforcing and respecting the labor laws.

The sweatshop framing was seen as a direct style where the human rights was an indirect action. The woman were underpaid and around dangerous equipment. Nike pushed out that they support the empowerment of women everywhere due to their dynamic style. They said that this was aimed at underdeveloped countries and poverty stricken areas. The low wages were seen as a good thing because they could get more women work and take them out of poverty.

An implication that can be drawn is that they are in accordance with the international laws. The fact that they are still in China and employing woman without being shut down can be tricky to understand because of their framing. If it is seen that the company is running with all the framing the put out it would appear that they turned things around for the better by improving pay and working conditions. This can be misleading because the implication could be that the did not improve these things for the better of the worker but just to do the bare minimum to not be in trouble with the law.