Word: Ornery
Found in article about Orca while killing trainer on yahoo news
Sentence: Skaggs said he heard that during an earlier show the whale was not responding to directions. Others who attended the earlier show said the whale was behaving like an ornery child
Definition: (adjective) ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper
New Sentence: The ornery group of high school students displayed there opinion about not being about to attend graduation know after they filled the school pool with thousands of goldfish.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
What Makes it News?
Toyota has recalled more then 8 million cars because of possible unintended acceleration. The 2010 Prius is also subject to recalls because of complaints about the brakes in the car.
Dealers have seen there sales of the vehicles plummet even considering the high brand loyalty.
The first of three Congressional hearings began Tuesday in the House Oversight and Investigations Committee. The investigation will be looking into documents and concerns that Toyota boosted about saving $100 million by dodging a more extensive recall.
-Human Interest
-Timeliness
-Proximity
-Impact
-Significance
This is story can be localized by the large amount of revenue brought in through the major car dealerships in the area. The large extent of the Toyota recall effects sales. Those not informed of the recall can also be at risk locally by driving vehicles that have brakes that do not work or that will unexpectedly accelerate.
Dealers have seen there sales of the vehicles plummet even considering the high brand loyalty.
The first of three Congressional hearings began Tuesday in the House Oversight and Investigations Committee. The investigation will be looking into documents and concerns that Toyota boosted about saving $100 million by dodging a more extensive recall.
-Human Interest
-Timeliness
-Proximity
-Impact
-Significance
This is story can be localized by the large amount of revenue brought in through the major car dealerships in the area. The large extent of the Toyota recall effects sales. Those not informed of the recall can also be at risk locally by driving vehicles that have brakes that do not work or that will unexpectedly accelerate.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Library Scavenger Hunt
Library Scavenger Hunt
1. What type of system is used to organize the books in the MLK Library? Briefly describe how it works.
The Library uses the Library of Congress system and it works to provide you with other books or pieces of work that may not be found in the MLK library.
2. What's in the "Browsing Library" on the first floor?
The “browsing Library” on the first floor features the current best sellers, and is set up more like a bookstore then other parts of the Library.
3. What types of electronic databases are available in the MLK Library?
The types of electronic databases that are available in the MLK Library are Communication & Mass Media Complete, JSTOR, Lexis/Nexis Academic, ProQuest newsstand, and World News Connection, to name a partial list of the many databases offered through the library.
4. Briefly explain how to access the library's electronic databases.
To access the libraries databases you go to SJSU subject guides then click on the subject you are interested in finding databases about, next a list of databases pertaining to the topic you request will come up and you can navigate through the appropriate databases to find information. You will use your SJSU id # of your Library card # with your pin.
5. List 10 daily newspapers that are available in the MLK Library.
1.Aladmen Resident
2. San Jose Mercury News
3. Campbell Reporter
4. Evergreen Times
5. Gilroy Dispatch
6. Gilroy Pinnacle
7. Los Altos Crier
8. Metro Active
9. Milpitas Post
10. Sunnyvale Sun
6. Give the title and call numbers of a video, DVD and CD.
CD
Best of the Beatles
Call Number: CD POP Beatles
DVD
Video
7. Find a reference book; give the title and call number, and briefly describe the type of information found in this book
Title: The complete idiots guide to Gardening
Call number: 635.04 Bowman
Description: This book will tell you how to grow and maintain a vegetable garden in your own backyard.
8. Find a DVD, CD, newspaper and book in a foreign language. Give the title and call number for each.
Book
Title: Jiang, Yunzhong shu hua ji.
Call number: ND1045 . J53 1998
Newspaper
Title
9. List five magazines available the MLK Library
1. Nation Geographic
2. Readers Guide
3. Time
4.Rolling Stone
10 Locate a scholarly book on John Steinbeck. Give the call number, title and author.
Scholarly Article on John Steinbeck
Call Number: PS3537.T3234 Z624372x 1974
Title: John Steinbeck in Salinas: a subject index to articles in the Salinas Newspaper
Author: Margaret Corlett
11. Locate an article about Steinbeck. Give the call number, title and author
Title: “Tortilla Flat” the shape of John Steinbeck’s career
Author: Howard Levant
12.Find a book on farm labor in the California Room. Give the call number, title and author.
Call Number: CAL 979.473
Title: Santa Clara County, Harvest of Change
Author: Stephen M Payne
13. Find a book on San Jose in the California room. Give the call number, title and author.
Call number: CAL 979.474 Muller
Title: San Jose, City with a Past
Author: Kathleen Muller
14. Find a book on California minorities. Give the call number, title and author.
Call number: REF CAL 979.474 Reflections
Title: Reflections of the Past: An Anthology of San Jose
15. What is in the MLK's Cultural Heritage Center collections?
The Cultural Heritage Center holds information about specific groups of people. It is the African, Asian American, and Chicano Library
16. List three things you'll find in the Center for Beethoven Studies.
1.you will find a database specifically for Beethoven
2. Information about a benefit recital hosted by the Beethoven society
3. You can purchase book and other art pieces in the small shop in the center
17. What is the difference between a scholarly journal and a popular magazine? How can you tell them apart? (2 pts.)
The different between a scholarly journal and a popular journal is that an expert in the field whose credentials will be given will write a scholarly journal. Secondly popular journals will use language that is general and easily understood by most audiences. A last major difference between the journals is a scholarly journal will clearly define the references used to construct the piece while a popular journal rarely will mention references.
18. List five mass comm. (journalism/PR/advertising) journals available in the MLK Library.
1.Communication & Mass Media Complete
2. ABI/INFORM Global
3.Business Source Complete
4. JSTOR
5. ProQuest Newsstand
19.How many art installations are there in the library. Briefly describe your favorite one.
There are 33 art installations in the library.
1. What type of system is used to organize the books in the MLK Library? Briefly describe how it works.
The Library uses the Library of Congress system and it works to provide you with other books or pieces of work that may not be found in the MLK library.
2. What's in the "Browsing Library" on the first floor?
The “browsing Library” on the first floor features the current best sellers, and is set up more like a bookstore then other parts of the Library.
3. What types of electronic databases are available in the MLK Library?
The types of electronic databases that are available in the MLK Library are Communication & Mass Media Complete, JSTOR, Lexis/Nexis Academic, ProQuest newsstand, and World News Connection, to name a partial list of the many databases offered through the library.
4. Briefly explain how to access the library's electronic databases.
To access the libraries databases you go to SJSU subject guides then click on the subject you are interested in finding databases about, next a list of databases pertaining to the topic you request will come up and you can navigate through the appropriate databases to find information. You will use your SJSU id # of your Library card # with your pin.
5. List 10 daily newspapers that are available in the MLK Library.
1.Aladmen Resident
2. San Jose Mercury News
3. Campbell Reporter
4. Evergreen Times
5. Gilroy Dispatch
6. Gilroy Pinnacle
7. Los Altos Crier
8. Metro Active
9. Milpitas Post
10. Sunnyvale Sun
6. Give the title and call numbers of a video, DVD and CD.
CD
Best of the Beatles
Call Number: CD POP Beatles
DVD
Video
7. Find a reference book; give the title and call number, and briefly describe the type of information found in this book
Title: The complete idiots guide to Gardening
Call number: 635.04 Bowman
Description: This book will tell you how to grow and maintain a vegetable garden in your own backyard.
8. Find a DVD, CD, newspaper and book in a foreign language. Give the title and call number for each.
Book
Title: Jiang, Yunzhong shu hua ji.
Call number: ND1045 . J53 1998
Newspaper
Title
9. List five magazines available the MLK Library
1. Nation Geographic
2. Readers Guide
3. Time
4.Rolling Stone
10 Locate a scholarly book on John Steinbeck. Give the call number, title and author.
Scholarly Article on John Steinbeck
Call Number: PS3537.T3234 Z624372x 1974
Title: John Steinbeck in Salinas: a subject index to articles in the Salinas Newspaper
Author: Margaret Corlett
11. Locate an article about Steinbeck. Give the call number, title and author
Title: “Tortilla Flat” the shape of John Steinbeck’s career
Author: Howard Levant
12.Find a book on farm labor in the California Room. Give the call number, title and author.
Call Number: CAL 979.473
Title: Santa Clara County, Harvest of Change
Author: Stephen M Payne
13. Find a book on San Jose in the California room. Give the call number, title and author.
Call number: CAL 979.474 Muller
Title: San Jose, City with a Past
Author: Kathleen Muller
14. Find a book on California minorities. Give the call number, title and author.
Call number: REF CAL 979.474 Reflections
Title: Reflections of the Past: An Anthology of San Jose
15. What is in the MLK's Cultural Heritage Center collections?
The Cultural Heritage Center holds information about specific groups of people. It is the African, Asian American, and Chicano Library
16. List three things you'll find in the Center for Beethoven Studies.
1.you will find a database specifically for Beethoven
2. Information about a benefit recital hosted by the Beethoven society
3. You can purchase book and other art pieces in the small shop in the center
17. What is the difference between a scholarly journal and a popular magazine? How can you tell them apart? (2 pts.)
The different between a scholarly journal and a popular journal is that an expert in the field whose credentials will be given will write a scholarly journal. Secondly popular journals will use language that is general and easily understood by most audiences. A last major difference between the journals is a scholarly journal will clearly define the references used to construct the piece while a popular journal rarely will mention references.
18. List five mass comm. (journalism/PR/advertising) journals available in the MLK Library.
1.Communication & Mass Media Complete
2. ABI/INFORM Global
3.Business Source Complete
4. JSTOR
5. ProQuest Newsstand
19.How many art installations are there in the library. Briefly describe your favorite one.
There are 33 art installations in the library.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Word of the Week
Word: Plaguy
Found in a short story titled " The White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett
Sentence: "Soon it would be berry-time. and Sylvia was a great help at picking. The cow was a good milker, though a plaguy thing to keep track of," the hostess gossiped frankly.
Definition: (adjective) such as to torment or annoy; vexatious
New Sentence: After having a plaguy cough for many weeks, the teacher finally took a day off and went to the doctor to get medical treatment.
Found in a short story titled " The White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett
Sentence: "Soon it would be berry-time. and Sylvia was a great help at picking. The cow was a good milker, though a plaguy thing to keep track of," the hostess gossiped frankly.
Definition: (adjective) such as to torment or annoy; vexatious
New Sentence: After having a plaguy cough for many weeks, the teacher finally took a day off and went to the doctor to get medical treatment.
**REVISED "Fly on the Wall"
Nestled deep in the forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains stands Big Basin State park. The quite, serene surroundings are disrupted by busy park headquarters that is home to a shaded picnic grove where hikers can take a break for lunch or snacks before continuing on in the redwood forest.
I started my day in the picnic grove with my boyfriend, without even realizing I also here found myself acting like a fly on the wall, carefully taking in the beautiful surroundings from nature, while listening in on the conversations taking place around me.
The picnic grove was filled with five groups, most of them being families with varying ages of kids. Hearing the questions asked by one young boy, around the age of five, to his mom and dad took me right back to childhood when your mind was working in overdrive and no question seemed inappropriate. As the little boy dug in to his sandwich, he leaned over to him mom and innocently asked “if one tree was enough wood to build a house,” his mother held back a smile and carefully answer that she was not sure but would look into if for him. This simple conversation between a mother and son before beginning their hike brought a smile to my face as well. I too started thinking exactly how many trees would be needed to build a house.
We spent roughly an hour in the picnic grove enjoying our lunch, breathing in the crisp, clean air that as you breath in your lungs are almost saying thank you because of the freshness felt through out your body. I understood that becoming a fly on the wall is easy; people tend to do it on a daily basis with out even thinking about it. Its human nature to be curious, by taking in your surroundings you are able learn from those around you.
I started my day in the picnic grove with my boyfriend, without even realizing I also here found myself acting like a fly on the wall, carefully taking in the beautiful surroundings from nature, while listening in on the conversations taking place around me.
The picnic grove was filled with five groups, most of them being families with varying ages of kids. Hearing the questions asked by one young boy, around the age of five, to his mom and dad took me right back to childhood when your mind was working in overdrive and no question seemed inappropriate. As the little boy dug in to his sandwich, he leaned over to him mom and innocently asked “if one tree was enough wood to build a house,” his mother held back a smile and carefully answer that she was not sure but would look into if for him. This simple conversation between a mother and son before beginning their hike brought a smile to my face as well. I too started thinking exactly how many trees would be needed to build a house.
We spent roughly an hour in the picnic grove enjoying our lunch, breathing in the crisp, clean air that as you breath in your lungs are almost saying thank you because of the freshness felt through out your body. I understood that becoming a fly on the wall is easy; people tend to do it on a daily basis with out even thinking about it. Its human nature to be curious, by taking in your surroundings you are able learn from those around you.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Word of the Week
Word: Bastion
Found in an article on CNN.com on Afghan Offensive
Sentence: " Helmand is a bastion of pro-Taliban sentiment and awash with the opium used to fund the insurgency."
Definition: (Noun)
1. Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
2. a fortified place.
3. anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.: a bastion of solitude; a bastion of democracy.
New Sentence: The young boy created his own bastion by collecting scrapes of wood to build a tree house deep in the woods of his backyard.
Found in an article on CNN.com on Afghan Offensive
Sentence: " Helmand is a bastion of pro-Taliban sentiment and awash with the opium used to fund the insurgency."
Definition: (Noun)
1. Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
2. a fortified place.
3. anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.: a bastion of solitude; a bastion of democracy.
New Sentence: The young boy created his own bastion by collecting scrapes of wood to build a tree house deep in the woods of his backyard.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Word of the Week
Word: Periphery
Sentence: The grasp of religion on the early-nineteenth century mind was so strong and conservative that sport could only penetrate the periphery of social life.
Definition: (Noun) The external boundaries of any surface or area
New sentence: Moving in to a new town, the family soon found themselves living on the periphery between civilization and wasteland.
Copy Edit the World
The error was found on my KIN 101 short answer homework questions
4. What do you make of the "silence"of stars like Tier Woods and former NBA great Michael Jordan? Many have suggested they use their clout to raise awareness to Nike's unfair labor practices?
This sentence contains a typo on the name of Tiger Woods. When publishing a document one of the most important things to do is spell peoples names correctly. Secondly, there should be no question mark at the end of the statement.
Correction:
4. What do you make of the "silence" of stars like Tiger Woods and former NBA great Michael Jordan? Many have suggested they use their clout to raise awareness to Nike's unfair labor practices.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Favorite Passage
"I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That's what I hope to give you forever."
Nicholas Sparks- The Notebook
This passage evokes emotion from the heart. You feel the moment and the passion that is being portrayed between the two people. Nicholas Sparks brings allows the reader to feel what is being said and expressed. Even though no pictures are present you are able to create am image in your mind of the meaning behind the words being said. Through repetition of words, Sparks builds up the meaning and creates build up and suspense between two people in love. A good writer paints a picture with the words they write, inspiring they can dictate the way a book will be remembered by those who read it.
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