Saturday, April 25, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Horoscope!!!!
ARIES
(Mar. 21- April 20)
You are best to do your homework before the end of the semester. Taking on other projects during this time will most certainly end in your premature scholastic demise
TAURUS
(Apr. 21- may 21)
You have no worries this month. You are a freakin bull for heaven’s sake. Continue doing what you do best, giving people the horns!!!!
GEMINI
(May 22-June 21)
Your love of all gems will come to a test this month. Be prepared to be presented with a particularity rare gem by a suitor on bended knee. Problem is that it isn’t the ring you already picked out for him to give you. Will love prevail or do you keep shopping for the perfect man for your ring.
CANCER
(June 22-July 22)
Your best results will come through hard work and extra study sessions at the compter lab. Don’t be afraid to roll up your sleeves and dig in.
LEO
(July 23-Aug 22)
Finish overdue paperwork and catch up on letter writing and reading. This is particularily imports because you are probably going to die this month. Sorry.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23 -Sept. 23)
Make your intentions perfectly clear and find out exactly what is expected of you. Marriage is a commitment and you should not enter any commitment this month without knowing exactly what is expected of you. You still have some good years left before you really need to settle down. Don’t buy the cow this month unless you absolutely have to.
LIBRA
(Sept. 24 -Oct. 23)
You can stabilize your financial situation this month if you take what you learned in Chemistry and invent a new designer drug. Don’t worry about the legal ramifications, if it’s a new drug it cannot be illegal yet.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)
You have no worries this month. All Scorpios are red personality types who are prepared long in advance for finals. Take some time and go looking for some lost Sagitarius to help out, you need the good Karma.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 23 -Dec. 21)
Don't second guess yourself, if you think you cannot do something, you are probably right. The world needs retail staffing as much as it needs Doctors. Quit stressing yourself out over details that in the afterlife, really isn’t that important.
CAPRICORN
(Dec 22.- Jan. 20)
You need to stop and take a moment to realize how close to greatness you are. The word Capricorn is really close to the word Unicorn, and unicorns ROCK!!!!
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 21 -Feb. 19)
Don’t eat sushi, its cannibalism. You must not come from a water sign and eat things that live in that water. Go eat a steak.
PISCES
(Feb. 20-Mar. 20)
Some people have bad hair days, you are going to have a bad hair month. Just ride through it and realize that next month will be better. Be especially careful of Mondays and children with water balloons.
(Mar. 21- April 20)
You are best to do your homework before the end of the semester. Taking on other projects during this time will most certainly end in your premature scholastic demise
TAURUS
(Apr. 21- may 21)
You have no worries this month. You are a freakin bull for heaven’s sake. Continue doing what you do best, giving people the horns!!!!
GEMINI
(May 22-June 21)
Your love of all gems will come to a test this month. Be prepared to be presented with a particularity rare gem by a suitor on bended knee. Problem is that it isn’t the ring you already picked out for him to give you. Will love prevail or do you keep shopping for the perfect man for your ring.
CANCER
(June 22-July 22)
Your best results will come through hard work and extra study sessions at the compter lab. Don’t be afraid to roll up your sleeves and dig in.
LEO
(July 23-Aug 22)
Finish overdue paperwork and catch up on letter writing and reading. This is particularily imports because you are probably going to die this month. Sorry.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23 -Sept. 23)
Make your intentions perfectly clear and find out exactly what is expected of you. Marriage is a commitment and you should not enter any commitment this month without knowing exactly what is expected of you. You still have some good years left before you really need to settle down. Don’t buy the cow this month unless you absolutely have to.
LIBRA
(Sept. 24 -Oct. 23)
You can stabilize your financial situation this month if you take what you learned in Chemistry and invent a new designer drug. Don’t worry about the legal ramifications, if it’s a new drug it cannot be illegal yet.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)
You have no worries this month. All Scorpios are red personality types who are prepared long in advance for finals. Take some time and go looking for some lost Sagitarius to help out, you need the good Karma.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 23 -Dec. 21)
Don't second guess yourself, if you think you cannot do something, you are probably right. The world needs retail staffing as much as it needs Doctors. Quit stressing yourself out over details that in the afterlife, really isn’t that important.
CAPRICORN
(Dec 22.- Jan. 20)
You need to stop and take a moment to realize how close to greatness you are. The word Capricorn is really close to the word Unicorn, and unicorns ROCK!!!!
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 21 -Feb. 19)
Don’t eat sushi, its cannibalism. You must not come from a water sign and eat things that live in that water. Go eat a steak.
PISCES
(Feb. 20-Mar. 20)
Some people have bad hair days, you are going to have a bad hair month. Just ride through it and realize that next month will be better. Be especially careful of Mondays and children with water balloons.
Letter to the Editor
Letter from the Editor
I would like to take a minute to thank everyone for their effort in the publication of our first magazine. Without their hard work and dedication, our magazine would look like something created during arts and crafts. I cannot tell you how nice it is to see so many copies of our product out and about.
Special mention must go out to our resident English Professor/Copy Editor. She has been there week after week keeping us all on time and in the black. For this I cannot thank her enough.
I hope everyone enjoys the articles in this issue especially the one on the negative effects of media written by our own James Ross. His writing as much of a joy to read, as presents from Santa are fun to open on Christmas Day. His willingness to go beyond the sound bite and into the real story is an inspiration to us all.
I would like to take a minute to thank everyone for their effort in the publication of our first magazine. Without their hard work and dedication, our magazine would look like something created during arts and crafts. I cannot tell you how nice it is to see so many copies of our product out and about.
Special mention must go out to our resident English Professor/Copy Editor. She has been there week after week keeping us all on time and in the black. For this I cannot thank her enough.
I hope everyone enjoys the articles in this issue especially the one on the negative effects of media written by our own James Ross. His writing as much of a joy to read, as presents from Santa are fun to open on Christmas Day. His willingness to go beyond the sound bite and into the real story is an inspiration to us all.
weekly reading
This week we had to read America the Beautiful: What We’re fighting for by Dinesh D’Souza. I have to say that my feelings were quite mixed on this article and that was a surprise to me.
I very much enjoyed the way Dinesh compared our American culture to that of Islam. Islamics having such a harsh culture with violence and rudimentary oppression of almost everyone in the name of their god is difficult to accept. Whereas the American culture of freedom and choice for all may be great, but doesn’t it leave us like the hole in the donut? I have to say in some respects I like the idea of such devotion and structure, but the penalties and oppressive nature are obviously impossible to accept.
Dinesh goes on to talk about the definitions of freedom and how it is the liberty to do good or evil, but not all choices can be so easily categorized into one of those two options. Is getting food good or evil? Is getting caffeinated products good or bad? It gets sticky when I step away from the text and attempt to put it in perspective for myself.
I do not see American culture and Islamic culture mixing anytime soon. In my opinion, once the oil is gone, there will be many more converts to our softer and nicer mandate for society.
I very much enjoyed the way Dinesh compared our American culture to that of Islam. Islamics having such a harsh culture with violence and rudimentary oppression of almost everyone in the name of their god is difficult to accept. Whereas the American culture of freedom and choice for all may be great, but doesn’t it leave us like the hole in the donut? I have to say in some respects I like the idea of such devotion and structure, but the penalties and oppressive nature are obviously impossible to accept.
Dinesh goes on to talk about the definitions of freedom and how it is the liberty to do good or evil, but not all choices can be so easily categorized into one of those two options. Is getting food good or evil? Is getting caffeinated products good or bad? It gets sticky when I step away from the text and attempt to put it in perspective for myself.
I do not see American culture and Islamic culture mixing anytime soon. In my opinion, once the oil is gone, there will be many more converts to our softer and nicer mandate for society.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
My final grammar post: common spelling mistakes
This, my final grammar post is on the dreaded simple spelling error. When using Microsoft Word at the College you occassionally get a version with spell checking turned off. This means that to spell check you have to go to reveiw and click the spell check button instead of it just doing it automatically (see above)
Usually when you make a typing error, it will look more like this
I can tell you that not having spellchecker be automatic, makes me look like this
I found that there was a time before spellcheck that people used an actual "dictionary" to look up words. Although I understand the concept of a "dictionary" I cant figure out how people would look up words that they cant spell using a device that requires them to know how to spell the word in order to look it up. As you might of guessed... below is a picture of a dictionary for you to see for yourself.
You can also look up
which I use often for spellings.
Another great place to look up words is ..... google.com. They have an auto spellcheck that is really helpfull in correcting misspelled words. Yup, you guessed it... a picture is below for you to see.
This concludes my last grammar post. Funny, it also completes my picture requirements for my blog page... now that makes me ...........
Usually when you make a typing error, it will look more like this
I can tell you that not having spellchecker be automatic, makes me look like this
I found that there was a time before spellcheck that people used an actual "dictionary" to look up words. Although I understand the concept of a "dictionary" I cant figure out how people would look up words that they cant spell using a device that requires them to know how to spell the word in order to look it up. As you might of guessed... below is a picture of a dictionary for you to see for yourself.
You can also look up
which I use often for spellings.
Another great place to look up words is ..... google.com. They have an auto spellcheck that is really helpfull in correcting misspelled words. Yup, you guessed it... a picture is below for you to see.
This concludes my last grammar post. Funny, it also completes my picture requirements for my blog page... now that makes me ...........
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
50 questions about fitness for our major paper
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?
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?
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 "
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