Sunday, May 16, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
IMHO #2
IMHO #2
The world had been taken over by a phenomena knows as Lady Gaga, her extravagant nature and use of extreme props and costumes has elevated her to a level of stardom that few artists have achieved.
The craze surrounding her has changed the way music is produced and listened too. However Lady Gaga is not the type of role model that young children should be looking up too.
Her use of off the wall costumes and lyrics is not suitable to young children; this has not stopped her music from becoming mainstream.
Every station you tune to on the radio a song of hers is playing, there is no escaping Lady Gaga. Crowned the modern day Madonna, Lady Gaga’s rein is nowhere near over. Her hit songs include lyrics of a very sexual nature.
Parents now face the struggle of filtering the music their kids are listening too. While this is not a new issue, understanding that Lady Gaga is being pumped into the little brains for the world’s children is the first step in creating a balance between good music and appropriate behavior.
Before Lady Gaga, another artist was taking the world by storm with her antics. Amy Winehouse personified the image of a drugged out music artist, with her hit that “Rehab.” Deciphering the difference between was is just a song and what teaches our youth to think is cool and what to emulate is difficult, but needs to be done in order to prevent children from failing in a dark hole where education is not valued.
Positive role models for children, especially young girls is important to set them up to succeed in the future and artist like Winehouse and Gaga are not leading the world in the right direction.
The world had been taken over by a phenomena knows as Lady Gaga, her extravagant nature and use of extreme props and costumes has elevated her to a level of stardom that few artists have achieved.
The craze surrounding her has changed the way music is produced and listened too. However Lady Gaga is not the type of role model that young children should be looking up too.
Her use of off the wall costumes and lyrics is not suitable to young children; this has not stopped her music from becoming mainstream.
Every station you tune to on the radio a song of hers is playing, there is no escaping Lady Gaga. Crowned the modern day Madonna, Lady Gaga’s rein is nowhere near over. Her hit songs include lyrics of a very sexual nature.
Parents now face the struggle of filtering the music their kids are listening too. While this is not a new issue, understanding that Lady Gaga is being pumped into the little brains for the world’s children is the first step in creating a balance between good music and appropriate behavior.
Before Lady Gaga, another artist was taking the world by storm with her antics. Amy Winehouse personified the image of a drugged out music artist, with her hit that “Rehab.” Deciphering the difference between was is just a song and what teaches our youth to think is cool and what to emulate is difficult, but needs to be done in order to prevent children from failing in a dark hole where education is not valued.
Positive role models for children, especially young girls is important to set them up to succeed in the future and artist like Winehouse and Gaga are not leading the world in the right direction.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Copy Edit the World
I found this in an article on Yahoo.com on the top college earning college majors. The typo is in the way the document in numbered
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5. Spanish (starting annual salary: $35,600; mid-career annual salary: $52,600)
As an old proverb puts it, when you learn a new language, you "gain a new soul." Who could put a price on that? And certainly, knowing Spanish--the language with the second-highest number of native speakers (after Mandarin)--in addition to English opens up a world of job opportunities beyond Spanish teacher or translator (as a plus, you can better enjoy a world of fantastic Spanish-language music, movies, and literature).
4. Music (starting annual salary: $34,000; mid-career annual salary: $52,000)
Hey, if being a musician were easy, everyone would do it. Some of us are guitar heroes; most of us just play the video game.
3. Theology (starting annual salary: $34,800; mid-career annual salary: $51,500)
This is the perfect example of a degree earned by someone who's "not in it for the money": people who choose to study theology often feel they're pursuing a higher calling (and often feel a strong desire to do good in the world, no matter the cost).
1. Social work (starting annual salary: $33,400; mid-career annual salary: $41,600)
They say that crime doesn't pay. As this list seems to point out, neither does helping people. So it's a good thing that many college students seem to believe that helping others is its own reward--social workers are an indispensable safety net for people who've fallen on difficult times. And the BLS reports that the outlook for opportunities in this field are favorable--particularly for social workers who work in rural areas or with senior citizens.
(Source: PayScale salary survey. Methodology: Annual pay is for bachelor's graduates without higher degrees. Typical starting salaries are for graduates with two years of experience; mid-career salaries are for graduates with 15 years of experience. PayScale also provides salary information by college; for more information, check out PayScale's Best Colleges Report.)
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5. Spanish (starting annual salary: $35,600; mid-career annual salary: $52,600)
As an old proverb puts it, when you learn a new language, you "gain a new soul." Who could put a price on that? And certainly, knowing Spanish--the language with the second-highest number of native speakers (after Mandarin)--in addition to English opens up a world of job opportunities beyond Spanish teacher or translator (as a plus, you can better enjoy a world of fantastic Spanish-language music, movies, and literature).
4. Music (starting annual salary: $34,000; mid-career annual salary: $52,000)
Hey, if being a musician were easy, everyone would do it. Some of us are guitar heroes; most of us just play the video game.
3. Theology (starting annual salary: $34,800; mid-career annual salary: $51,500)
This is the perfect example of a degree earned by someone who's "not in it for the money": people who choose to study theology often feel they're pursuing a higher calling (and often feel a strong desire to do good in the world, no matter the cost).
1. Social work (starting annual salary: $33,400; mid-career annual salary: $41,600)
They say that crime doesn't pay. As this list seems to point out, neither does helping people. So it's a good thing that many college students seem to believe that helping others is its own reward--social workers are an indispensable safety net for people who've fallen on difficult times. And the BLS reports that the outlook for opportunities in this field are favorable--particularly for social workers who work in rural areas or with senior citizens.
(Source: PayScale salary survey. Methodology: Annual pay is for bachelor's graduates without higher degrees. Typical starting salaries are for graduates with two years of experience; mid-career salaries are for graduates with 15 years of experience. PayScale also provides salary information by college; for more information, check out PayScale's Best Colleges Report.)
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
Fish out of Water
Immersing myself in new experiences, I spent the last weekend in Las Vegas to celebrate my roommate’s birthday. I had never been to Vegas before and did not know what to except from the city that never sleeps.
The clubs in Vegas were a foreign idea to me; the extravagant nature of the variety of types of clubs that were offered at the hotels was extensive.
For me the fish out of water experience was the entire weekend, the amount of money that people spend is ridiculous. The pack streets with stumbling drunks opened my eyes to the fact that even in a time when the country is in a recession and people are loosing there jobs, Vegas still draw huge crowds, needing an escape from reality.
Las Vegas was an entirely different world. I felt very out of place initially, having not ever been to a club let alone the Mecca of party places also known as Vegas.
After meeting and getting to know people who were also visiting Vegas, I realized that people are willing to gamble with extreme amounts of money. One person I talked with has just lost 700 dollars. This large loss did not even seem to faze him. He was still enjoying himself and continued to gamble, loosing more money through out the night.
My fish out of water experience was longer then most people, since I was visiting for the whore weekend. However, the longer stretch of time allowed me to become more comfortable in the unique environment that embodies Vegas.
The clubs in Vegas were a foreign idea to me; the extravagant nature of the variety of types of clubs that were offered at the hotels was extensive.
For me the fish out of water experience was the entire weekend, the amount of money that people spend is ridiculous. The pack streets with stumbling drunks opened my eyes to the fact that even in a time when the country is in a recession and people are loosing there jobs, Vegas still draw huge crowds, needing an escape from reality.
Las Vegas was an entirely different world. I felt very out of place initially, having not ever been to a club let alone the Mecca of party places also known as Vegas.
After meeting and getting to know people who were also visiting Vegas, I realized that people are willing to gamble with extreme amounts of money. One person I talked with has just lost 700 dollars. This large loss did not even seem to faze him. He was still enjoying himself and continued to gamble, loosing more money through out the night.
My fish out of water experience was longer then most people, since I was visiting for the whore weekend. However, the longer stretch of time allowed me to become more comfortable in the unique environment that embodies Vegas.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
*** REVISED Blog# 9 Japanese Internment Memorial essay
Ruth Asawa is an American artist who through her artwork and sculptures details the lives of the 120,000 Japanese immigrants that were forced into internment. Her artwork is nationally recognized and she is best known for her wire sculptures and public commissions.
On Display in San Jose, Calif. is her depiction of Japanese immigrants life leading up to interment as well as daily life and struggles while being housed in the camps. The Japanese Interment Memorial stretches the streets of San Jose, may times passed and unnoticed by those that pass by. However, the impact of the internment camps deserves the recognition that Asawa has molded into a permanent figure in the streets of downtown.
The Executive order 9006 signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Of the 120,000 forced into interment two-thirds were American Citizens and over one half were children and infants.
One of the first stops before heading to the camps was San Jose State University. Yoshida Hall was used to check Japanese immigrants in before they were shipped off on their way to internment.
Asawa’s sculpture is filled with a multitude of small vignettes that give you a glimpse into what life was like.
The first scene that grabbed my attention was of a small house with a family crowded around a fire outside. At first inspection you only see the family and the fire, although after looking closer you are able to see the heartbreaking images of a young child covering her face as the father figure tosses a doll into the fire. Another young child is huddled behind the father figured crying because the family has not choice but to burn their possessions.
Families were only allowed to bring the possessions that they could carry, anything that was not of incredible importance to the family. Crowded in to small, makeshift, tents there was little room for unnecessary objects that would not fit in the little luggage brought to the internment camps.
The second sculpture image at the memorial that caught my attention was of a solider standing guard at the interment camp. The simple, stoic image gave me chills thinking of the fear that the Japanese immigrants would be feeling after being forced out of their homes. The guard is hold a gun and standing on a fort over looking all of the groups that is contained within the camp. This in my opinion symbolized the lack of respect at this time in America, especially along the west coast for Japanese immigrants.
While looking that the memorial wall as a whole I could not help but notice that along the top on both sides was barbed wire. This is a literal representation of being fenced in while in the internment camps where the freedoms and rights of Japanese people were taken
On Display in San Jose, Calif. is her depiction of Japanese immigrants life leading up to interment as well as daily life and struggles while being housed in the camps. The Japanese Interment Memorial stretches the streets of San Jose, may times passed and unnoticed by those that pass by. However, the impact of the internment camps deserves the recognition that Asawa has molded into a permanent figure in the streets of downtown.
The Executive order 9006 signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Of the 120,000 forced into interment two-thirds were American Citizens and over one half were children and infants.
One of the first stops before heading to the camps was San Jose State University. Yoshida Hall was used to check Japanese immigrants in before they were shipped off on their way to internment.
Asawa’s sculpture is filled with a multitude of small vignettes that give you a glimpse into what life was like.
The first scene that grabbed my attention was of a small house with a family crowded around a fire outside. At first inspection you only see the family and the fire, although after looking closer you are able to see the heartbreaking images of a young child covering her face as the father figure tosses a doll into the fire. Another young child is huddled behind the father figured crying because the family has not choice but to burn their possessions.
Families were only allowed to bring the possessions that they could carry, anything that was not of incredible importance to the family. Crowded in to small, makeshift, tents there was little room for unnecessary objects that would not fit in the little luggage brought to the internment camps.
The second sculpture image at the memorial that caught my attention was of a solider standing guard at the interment camp. The simple, stoic image gave me chills thinking of the fear that the Japanese immigrants would be feeling after being forced out of their homes. The guard is hold a gun and standing on a fort over looking all of the groups that is contained within the camp. This in my opinion symbolized the lack of respect at this time in America, especially along the west coast for Japanese immigrants.
While looking that the memorial wall as a whole I could not help but notice that along the top on both sides was barbed wire. This is a literal representation of being fenced in while in the internment camps where the freedoms and rights of Japanese people were taken
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Packer’s story telling techniques display a unique style that places the readers into the scene. Her use of metaphors and similes create pictures in you mind that being a smile to your face.
In the short story “Brownies” Packer describes the troop leader in the as a “ White woman with the severe pageboy hairdo of an ancient Egyptian.” While reading, you understand what the character looks like, as some you get an idea of how she is setting type of character up to be portrayed in the story.
Her use of dialogue is reminiscent of the way people speak to each other, making her stories an easy read that jumps off the page. Great writers like Packer hone their style; she use of metaphors set her part from other writers. In one paragraph is would not be surprising to see her use four or five different types of metaphors to describe the scene and the characters involved.
Packer’s story telling techniques display a unique style that places the readers into the scene. Her use of metaphors and similes create pictures in you mind that being a smile to your face.
In the short story “Brownies” Packer describes the troop leader in the as a “ White woman with the severe pageboy hairdo of an ancient Egyptian.” While reading, you understand what the character looks like, as some you get an idea of how she is setting type of character up to be portrayed in the story.
Her use of dialogue is reminiscent of the way people speak to each other, making her stories an easy read that jumps off the page. Great writers like Packer hone their style; she use of metaphors set her part from other writers. In one paragraph is would not be surprising to see her use four or five different types of metaphors to describe the scene and the characters involved.
IMHO
The worlds obsession with Tiger Woods has created a hysteria takes away from the actual news that is taking place in the world. Back in November when the story first broke about Wood’s alleged mistresses the new media could not get enough of the story. Everywhere you look people were bombarded with the growing number of women stepping forward claiming to have had relations with the worlds best golfer. The world again has all eyes on Woods and is family as he prepares to make his comeback into the golfing world.
Woods has lost the respect for many of his fans, which once saw his as a role model but now are left feeling betrayed are the golfers persona and strikingly different social life. When will new coverage bring the same attention to the stories that matter rather then a private life of a golfer?
Infidelity is widely seen and displayed the world today. Divorce rates are at an all time high, however this does not mean that the infidelities of a celebrity like Tiger Woods have anymore bearing on our lives then an average person.
The grubby nature of this story sells papers and gets views to tune in. Ratings soared for the Masters Golf tournament where Woods made his first appearance on the course.
You can only hope that time will establish respect and meaning back into the news, but for now we are overwhelmed with the lives of celebrities like Tigers Woods.
Woods has lost the respect for many of his fans, which once saw his as a role model but now are left feeling betrayed are the golfers persona and strikingly different social life. When will new coverage bring the same attention to the stories that matter rather then a private life of a golfer?
Infidelity is widely seen and displayed the world today. Divorce rates are at an all time high, however this does not mean that the infidelities of a celebrity like Tiger Woods have anymore bearing on our lives then an average person.
The grubby nature of this story sells papers and gets views to tune in. Ratings soared for the Masters Golf tournament where Woods made his first appearance on the course.
You can only hope that time will establish respect and meaning back into the news, but for now we are overwhelmed with the lives of celebrities like Tigers Woods.
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