Group topic is on Media and I have done most of my work on diet and fitness. My idea is a report on fitness and its evolution. Fifty different questions about it are listed below.
1. What is the evolution of fitness?
2. When was fitness first treated with a real value?
3. What early influences of fitness are still here today?
4. Is fitness a fad or a fact?
5. Is fitness really good for you?
6. Can you do fitness and eat anything?
7. Are men or women more fit?
8. What countries have the best fitness?
9. Can you be ultra fit without drugs?
10. Who pioneered fitness?
11. Who invented spandex?
12. Where is fitness going in the future?
13. What will gyms be like in 20 years?
14. Is pre puberty fitness good?
15. When should you start a fitness routing?
16. What are the essential components of fitness?
17. Is all fitness the same?
18. Does biggest loser help or hurt people interested in fitness?
19. Why should you see a doctor before beginning a fitness routine?
20. What is proper gym attire?
21. Can women get buff?
22. When is there too much fitness?
23. Can you get too buff?
24. What types of training does a runner do?
25. What types of training should a body builder do?
26. How do you measure fitness?
27. Why is the thigh master so popular?
28. Do people really need a machine to train their abs?
29. When is the best time to train?
30. How does Nautalis work?
31. What is the value in free weight training?
32. What is pilates?
33. Where did pilates come from?
34. How does the military train for fitness?
35. Who is the national fitness council?
36. Why cant people just plug a machine in to exercise them while they sleep?
37. How does the stress of fitness affect the human body?
38. Can babies be worked out before birth?
39. What are the benefits of massage and fitness?
40. Who wrote the most comprehensive book on fitness 20 years ago?
41. Are any of those ideas still valid today?
42. Does stretching help or hurt exercise?
43. Is fitness at all mental or just a physical activity?
44. Do fit people live longer?
45. Are fit people happier?
46. What fitness events are there in Utah?
47. Does any physical activity count as fitness?
48. When does the body switch from burning carbs to fat during exercise?
49. How many college students actively participate in fitness?
50. How can fitness stop the freshman 15 from happening?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Grammar Post: One for the Gipper!
In this grammar post, I am looking at the useage of slang and cliche in writng. I have a tendancy to try and insert some "hometown feel" but find that during editing, I always end up taking it out.
The site I chose can be found HERE
The basic advice on the subject is to avoid them at all costs.... bummer. The article gives several reasons, but the best quote is "Avoiding clichés like the plague, and ensuring a level-playing field will help you get ahead and prevent you from going belly up. " I would have to agree.
So, using slang is "going by the wayside", "giving up the ghost", "All's well that ends well", and finally "One foot on a banana peel the other in the grave "
The site I chose can be found HERE
The basic advice on the subject is to avoid them at all costs.... bummer. The article gives several reasons, but the best quote is "Avoiding clichés like the plague, and ensuring a level-playing field will help you get ahead and prevent you from going belly up. " I would have to agree.
So, using slang is "going by the wayside", "giving up the ghost", "All's well that ends well", and finally "One foot on a banana peel the other in the grave "
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Breather Assignment "Battle Of The Bulge"
Battle Of The Bulge
"I'll start a new one Monday", we've heard it all before,
but if I don't really start one soon I won't make it through the door.
I start with good intentions of that I can't deny,
I'm getting fatter by the hour, I'll really have to try.
So no more chips or chocolate, no more 'pigging out'
I'll be be very careful what I eat of that there'll be no doubt.
I'll watch my waist get tiny, I'll watch my figure thin,
Oh what a joy it's going to be to at last be nice and slim.
I can see me walking down the street in dress size number ten,
I just have to resist and resist I will when I get a hungry yen.
With exercise in every form and regular daily jogs,
you'll see me lazing by the pool in my top designer togs.
So come join me all you tubbies, come join with me at last,
I'll need all the help that I can get to get me through this fast.
If you see me eating lollies or sneaking greasy fries,
then smack my hand and click your tongue, remind me of my size.
I'm sure that I can make it, I just need a little space
before Monday comes around again, till then I'll "stuff my face"!
Copyright; Barbara Warnock
"I'll start a new one Monday", we've heard it all before,
but if I don't really start one soon I won't make it through the door.
I start with good intentions of that I can't deny,
I'm getting fatter by the hour, I'll really have to try.
So no more chips or chocolate, no more 'pigging out'
I'll be be very careful what I eat of that there'll be no doubt.
I'll watch my waist get tiny, I'll watch my figure thin,
Oh what a joy it's going to be to at last be nice and slim.
I can see me walking down the street in dress size number ten,
I just have to resist and resist I will when I get a hungry yen.
With exercise in every form and regular daily jogs,
you'll see me lazing by the pool in my top designer togs.
So come join me all you tubbies, come join with me at last,
I'll need all the help that I can get to get me through this fast.
If you see me eating lollies or sneaking greasy fries,
then smack my hand and click your tongue, remind me of my size.
I'm sure that I can make it, I just need a little space
before Monday comes around again, till then I'll "stuff my face"!
Copyright; Barbara Warnock
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Selected reading for the week. Serving in Florida and Framing Class
The first reading for the week is titled “Serving in Florida” and although it is about a woman choosing to live in impoverished life of minimum wage jobs, I felt like the one serving a prison sentence having to read page after page of poor attitude and bitterness.
It appears she chose to do the physical activity, but chose to leave the attitude change back at home. All this article is, is paragraph after paragraph of complaining about having to work without any gratitude for the job or perspective outside of being angry at everyone. The owners are mean, servers are mean, building is too hot, building is too cold, trailer is shaped like a dumbbell, dishwashers are disrespected… ENOUGH ALREADY! Putting yourself by choice into a hard situation, then complaining about it is not journalism, it’s just sad. I cannot wait for her follow up article about taking a job as a toll booth attendant, then complain for 6 pages about all the fumes from the cars!!!
The second reading is titled "Framing Class, Vicarious Living and Conspicuous Consumption". It is about how media likes to frame stories about class. Diana attempts to show readers how the subject of class is trivialized by the media instead of being given the respect it is due as “the heaviest of topics”.
I like how the author breaks the different classes up and describes subsets of those classes. She introduces things like Thematic and Episodic framing in a way that gives the reader information without taking a break from the point she is trying to make.
I also like how relevant the author’s material is and how many different media sources are used. Originally I saw reference to FOX network and began to think she was going after some of the more “liberal” media sources. She then followed with ABC, MTV and NBC which thwarted my feeble attempt to categorize this author. She jumps around in a coherent way that makes you want to continue to read the piece.
Great work on the second, it is the singing canary pooping on the newsprint of the first article. Rather you agree of disagree with me, I love that we have a place to share our thoughts.
It appears she chose to do the physical activity, but chose to leave the attitude change back at home. All this article is, is paragraph after paragraph of complaining about having to work without any gratitude for the job or perspective outside of being angry at everyone. The owners are mean, servers are mean, building is too hot, building is too cold, trailer is shaped like a dumbbell, dishwashers are disrespected… ENOUGH ALREADY! Putting yourself by choice into a hard situation, then complaining about it is not journalism, it’s just sad. I cannot wait for her follow up article about taking a job as a toll booth attendant, then complain for 6 pages about all the fumes from the cars!!!
The second reading is titled "Framing Class, Vicarious Living and Conspicuous Consumption". It is about how media likes to frame stories about class. Diana attempts to show readers how the subject of class is trivialized by the media instead of being given the respect it is due as “the heaviest of topics”.
I like how the author breaks the different classes up and describes subsets of those classes. She introduces things like Thematic and Episodic framing in a way that gives the reader information without taking a break from the point she is trying to make.
I also like how relevant the author’s material is and how many different media sources are used. Originally I saw reference to FOX network and began to think she was going after some of the more “liberal” media sources. She then followed with ABC, MTV and NBC which thwarted my feeble attempt to categorize this author. She jumps around in a coherent way that makes you want to continue to read the piece.
Great work on the second, it is the singing canary pooping on the newsprint of the first article. Rather you agree of disagree with me, I love that we have a place to share our thoughts.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Its now a problem for it's grammar post
People (me included) always seem to confuse the use of Its and It's in a sentence. This is one of those grammar issues that is tricky because spell check does not see it has a bad word. I found a site HERE that give a short version of what do do and after reading this one I came up with what I will use from now on for me.
I just elongate the two words in it's and try reading it in the sentence to see if it makes sense. It's my turn would elongate out to IT IS my turn. Since that makes sense, I use the conjunction. Now for a sentence like Download the HTA, along with it's readme file." using It is would make the sentence sound all wrong, so I use its instead.
Anyway, it seems to work for me now and hopefully I can keep from messing these two words up in the future. Thanks for reading!!!!
I just elongate the two words in it's and try reading it in the sentence to see if it makes sense. It's my turn would elongate out to IT IS my turn. Since that makes sense, I use the conjunction. Now for a sentence like Download the HTA, along with it's readme file." using It is would make the sentence sound all wrong, so I use its instead.
Anyway, it seems to work for me now and hopefully I can keep from messing these two words up in the future. Thanks for reading!!!!
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