Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Lead Exercise #1
Lead 1) A 2.2 magnitude earthquake shook Santa Clara County today in the foothills off Alum Rock Falls Road but no injuries or damages have been reported.
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Lead 2) The nine hour closure of U.S. Highway 9 yesterday was caused by a blockage of several fallen trees.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
In my own humble opinion #1
In the news recently Lindsay Lohan after serving a very short jail sentence and attending yet another rehab facility tweeted on her twitter page that she failed her first out of rehab drug test.
Yet again she has another warrant for her arrest after the judge revoked her probation on Monday.
Meanwhile in New York Ms. Lohan also withdrew her law suit against E-trade on Monday as well.
In my own humble opinion Lindsay Lohan's erratic behavior is a product of her home life.
Having two divorced parents on opposite sides of the fence and both using her for their own benefits.
Her estranged father, Michael Lohan has been in trouble with the law before and was giving interviews to the media about his daughter needing help.
These pleas are not with good intention but rather selfish intention because the media will capture him going out with other celebrities and trying to run in the "A-list" crowd.
Her mother who encourages this behavior by denying that Lindsay has any issues in her life is sadly making a huge mistake.
The mother Dina who also has another little girl, Lindsay's younger sister is setting a negative image for her younger daughter to follow in.
Hollywood is a place of temptations but if Lindsay had a strong family foundation her future could have been drastically different.
I do not know what it will take for Lindsay to get her act together and stop this horrible behavior.
She is 24 years old and a public figure which makes her a role model to other young girls.
Meaning because she is a Hollywood starlet she is not a normal person and should be upheld to these higher standards especially since she influences other people's lives.
This is the article pasted below and the link:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/lohan-drops-lawsuit-but-other-legal-trouble
Lohan Drops Lawsuit but Other Legal Troubles Persist
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Lindsay Lohan continues to keep the nation’s legal system busy on two coasts. According to a filing made Monday in a Manhattan court reported by The Associated Press, Ms. Lohan, the 24-year-old “Mean Girls” star, withdrew her lawsuit against E-Trade over a Super Bowl commercial for that online brokerage that she believed was taking aim at her. In the advertisement, a baby with an adult’s voice asks another infant whether he’s been visited by “that milkaholic Lindsay.” A lawyer for Ms. Lohan wrote in an earlier filing that the babies “were actually portraying” Ms. Lohan “and her grown-up friends,” but a lawyer for E-Trade responded, “No reasonable person would connect” the actress with the commercial.
Ms. Lohan may instead be marshaling her resources for her legal woes in California, where a Beverly Hills judge on Monday revoked her probation and issued a warrant for her arrest after she failed a drug test, The A.P. reported. Over the summer, Ms. Lohan served less than two weeks of a 90-day jail sentence and spent 22 days in a rehabilitation facility after missing a probation hearing in May stemming from her 2007 arrests on charges of drunken driving and drug possession. The warrant has been stayed until a Friday hearing to determine if Ms. Lohan’s latest actions violated her probation.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Word of the Week #10
Word: usurp
Source: "Local Politics, A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots," second edition by Terry Christensen and Tom Hogen-Esch, chapter four, pg. 98.
Sentence: "In particular, the principle of Dillon's Rule usurped earlier principles of local sovereignty."
Definition: usurp: (vt., vi.): to take (power, a position, etc.) by force.
My sentence: In my career I hope I will never have usurped a position but earned it because of my qualifications.
Source: "Local Politics, A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots," second edition by Terry Christensen and Tom Hogen-Esch, chapter four, pg. 98.
Sentence: "In particular, the principle of Dillon's Rule usurped earlier principles of local sovereignty."
Definition: usurp: (vt., vi.): to take (power, a position, etc.) by force.
My sentence: In my career I hope I will never have usurped a position but earned it because of my qualifications.
Word of the Week #9
Word: titular
Source: "Local Politics, A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots," second edition by Terry Christensen and Tom Hogen-esch, chapter five, pg. 113.
Sentence: "Political leadership could not surmount this fragmentation because the office of mayor was, by the very nature of the system, little more than titular."
Definition: titular (adj.): 1. of a title, 2. having a title, 3. in name only.
My sentence: I was a treasurer of an organization and the position was definitely more than titular with numerous responsibilities.
Source: "Local Politics, A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots," second edition by Terry Christensen and Tom Hogen-esch, chapter five, pg. 113.
Sentence: "Political leadership could not surmount this fragmentation because the office of mayor was, by the very nature of the system, little more than titular."
Definition: titular (adj.): 1. of a title, 2. having a title, 3. in name only.
My sentence: I was a treasurer of an organization and the position was definitely more than titular with numerous responsibilities.
Word of the Week #8
Word: perfidy
Source: "American Media History," second edition by Anthony R. Fellow, chapter four, pg. 104.
Sentence: "It had not been able to stop the war, although it had amply exposed its perfidy."
Definition: perfidy (n.): betrayal of trust; treachery.
My sentence: I sensed perfidy when my best friend started talking to my boyfriend ever night on the phone.
Source: "American Media History," second edition by Anthony R. Fellow, chapter four, pg. 104.
Sentence: "It had not been able to stop the war, although it had amply exposed its perfidy."
Definition: perfidy (n.): betrayal of trust; treachery.
My sentence: I sensed perfidy when my best friend started talking to my boyfriend ever night on the phone.
Word of the Week #7
Word: apostate
Source: "American Media History," second edition by Anthony R. Fellow, chapter four, pg. 93.
Sentence: "Hughes called Bennett an apostate and even went as far as to excommunicate him from the Catholic Church."
Definition: apostate (n.): a person guilty of apostasy(an abandoning of what one has believed in, as faith or cause).
My sentence: When my friend first smoked a cigarette she became apostate to her own moral values.
Source: "American Media History," second edition by Anthony R. Fellow, chapter four, pg. 93.
Sentence: "Hughes called Bennett an apostate and even went as far as to excommunicate him from the Catholic Church."
Definition: apostate (n.): a person guilty of apostasy(an abandoning of what one has believed in, as faith or cause).
My sentence: When my friend first smoked a cigarette she became apostate to her own moral values.
Word of the Week #5/#6
Word: drivel/ decrepitude
Source: "American Media History," second edition by Anthony R. Fellow, chapter four, pg. 93.
Sentence: "When the militant Catholic archbishop John Hughes pushed the New York legislature to pass a measure to allow state funds to be used to support parochial schools, Bennett commented that 'his mind must be blinded to all facts-to all truths-save the dogmas and driveling of the Catholic Church in the last stage of decrepitude.' "
Definitions: drivel (vi., vt.): to let (saliva) drool.
decrepitude (n.): broken down or worn out by old age or long use.
My sentence: I cannot stop driveling when I smell fresh baked chocolate cupcakes.
Due to decrepitude my dog can not run as fast or jump as high as she did when she was a puppy.
Source: "American Media History," second edition by Anthony R. Fellow, chapter four, pg. 93.
Sentence: "When the militant Catholic archbishop John Hughes pushed the New York legislature to pass a measure to allow state funds to be used to support parochial schools, Bennett commented that 'his mind must be blinded to all facts-to all truths-save the dogmas and driveling of the Catholic Church in the last stage of decrepitude.' "
Definitions: drivel (vi., vt.): to let (saliva) drool.
decrepitude (n.): broken down or worn out by old age or long use.
My sentence: I cannot stop driveling when I smell fresh baked chocolate cupcakes.
Due to decrepitude my dog can not run as fast or jump as high as she did when she was a puppy.
Word of the Week #4
Word: pestilent
Source: "American Media History," second edition by Anthony R. Fellow, chapter 4, pg. 93.
Sentence: Benjamin called him a "daring infidel," "habitual lair," "Prince of Darkness," "profligate adventurer," "venal wretch," "contemptible libeler," and "pestilential scoundrel."
Definition: pestilent (adj.): 1. likely to cause death, 2. dangerous to society, 3. annoying.
My sentence: The pestilent virus has no cure and could kill millions of people if it turned into an epidemic.
Source: "American Media History," second edition by Anthony R. Fellow, chapter 4, pg. 93.
Sentence: Benjamin called him a "daring infidel," "habitual lair," "Prince of Darkness," "profligate adventurer," "venal wretch," "contemptible libeler," and "pestilential scoundrel."
Definition: pestilent (adj.): 1. likely to cause death, 2. dangerous to society, 3. annoying.
My sentence: The pestilent virus has no cure and could kill millions of people if it turned into an epidemic.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Word of the Week #3
Word: ubiquitous
Source: "Local Politics, A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots" by Terry Christensen and Tom Hogen-Esch.
Sentence: "Nevertheless, municipalities are the most ubiquitous and significant form of local government, and will be our primary focus."
Definition: ubiquitous (adj.):(seemingly) present everywhere at the same time.
My sentence: My grandfather's presence is ubiquitous whenever the cool breeze blows past me.
Source: "Local Politics, A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots" by Terry Christensen and Tom Hogen-Esch.
Sentence: "Nevertheless, municipalities are the most ubiquitous and significant form of local government, and will be our primary focus."
Definition: ubiquitous (adj.):(seemingly) present everywhere at the same time.
My sentence: My grandfather's presence is ubiquitous whenever the cool breeze blows past me.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Word of the Week #2
Word: anthropomorphism
Source: Wall Street Journal, Weekend Edition of September 11-12, 2010, pg. A10, "At This Hotel, Even a Pooch Can Live in the Lap of Luxury" by Ana Campoy
Sentence: "The luxury-pet-services race is on all around the country, taking the anthropomorphizing of dogs and cats to new extremes."
Definition: anthropomorphism(noun):the attributing of human characteristics to gods, objects, etc.
My Sentence: Couples who own pets and have no children tend to see their animals in a anthropomorphism perspective by buying them gourmet treats, designer clothing, and spa treatments.
Source: Wall Street Journal, Weekend Edition of September 11-12, 2010, pg. A10, "At This Hotel, Even a Pooch Can Live in the Lap of Luxury" by Ana Campoy
Sentence: "The luxury-pet-services race is on all around the country, taking the anthropomorphizing of dogs and cats to new extremes."
Definition: anthropomorphism(noun):the attributing of human characteristics to gods, objects, etc.
My Sentence: Couples who own pets and have no children tend to see their animals in a anthropomorphism perspective by buying them gourmet treats, designer clothing, and spa treatments.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
That Damned Fence
The full version of the poem is here: http://http//parentseyes.arizona.edu/wracamps/thatdamnedfence.html
Blog Post 2: Favorite Writing
My favorite piece of writing is a poem by an anonymous author called “That Damned Fence” it was written sometime during 1942-1946 and was passed around the Poston Arizona Japanese American internment war camp.
It can be located on the Internet or at the University of Arizona.
This specific poem signifies not only the turmoil of being discriminated against but the unfairness and inequality the Japanese Americans felt at that time.
The poem also gives a voice to a racial group that was otherwise not very vocal of this injustice.
Even though it is not a very long poem and only 216 words it gives a descriptive account of what camp life was like which was similar to being a prisoner except there was no crime committed.
The poem has a constant rhyme and holds President Franklin Delano Roosevelt accountable for this atrocious event.
This poem I hold dear to my heart because my grandparents were relocated to the Poston Arizona internment camp and having heard their personal accounts of camp being very similar to this poem is unimaginable today.
I could never vision being forced to abandon my home and be fenced in by barbed wire just because I am a Japanese American citizen.
The author captures the raw emotion of betrayal felt by these American citizens.
It can be located on the Internet or at the University of Arizona.
This specific poem signifies not only the turmoil of being discriminated against but the unfairness and inequality the Japanese Americans felt at that time.
The poem also gives a voice to a racial group that was otherwise not very vocal of this injustice.
Even though it is not a very long poem and only 216 words it gives a descriptive account of what camp life was like which was similar to being a prisoner except there was no crime committed.
The poem has a constant rhyme and holds President Franklin Delano Roosevelt accountable for this atrocious event.
This poem I hold dear to my heart because my grandparents were relocated to the Poston Arizona internment camp and having heard their personal accounts of camp being very similar to this poem is unimaginable today.
I could never vision being forced to abandon my home and be fenced in by barbed wire just because I am a Japanese American citizen.
The author captures the raw emotion of betrayal felt by these American citizens.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Word of the Week #1
Word: Inculcate
Source: "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman, Pg. xiv, Aristotle's Challenge
Sentence: "I can foresee a day when education will routinely include inculcating essential human competencies such as self-awareness, self-control, and empathy, and the arts of listening, resolving conflicts, and cooperation."
Definition: Inculcate(vt.): to impress upon the mind, as by persistent urging.
My Sentence: My Professor Dona inculcates current news events by having us read newspapers such as the "Mercury News" and then having a quiz about the topics.
Source: "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman, Pg. xiv, Aristotle's Challenge
Sentence: "I can foresee a day when education will routinely include inculcating essential human competencies such as self-awareness, self-control, and empathy, and the arts of listening, resolving conflicts, and cooperation."
Definition: Inculcate(vt.): to impress upon the mind, as by persistent urging.
My Sentence: My Professor Dona inculcates current news events by having us read newspapers such as the "Mercury News" and then having a quiz about the topics.
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