Word: Fiscal
Source: onlinejournal.com- commentary
How it was used: Fiscal responsibility and conservatism may still be thought of as a traditional married couple in our nation, certainly in the nostalgic minds of some chronologically-challenged Republicans.
Dictionary Definition: fis·cal /ˈfɪs kəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fis-kuh l] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
2.
of or pertaining to financial matters in general.
–noun
3.
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
4.
Philately. a revenue stamp.
fis·cal (fĭs'kəl) Pronunciation Key adj.
Of or relating to government expenditures, revenues, and debt: a fiscal policy of incurring budget deficits to stimulate a weak economy.
Of or relating to finance or finances.
fiscal
1563, "pertaining to public revenue," from M.Fr. fiscal, from L.L. fiscalis "of or belonging to the state treasury," from L. fiscus "treasury," originally "purse, basket made of twigs (in which money was kept)," of unknown origin. The general sense of "financial" (1865, Amer.Eng.) was abstracted from phrases like fiscal calendar
My Sentence: We have these fiscal responsibilities to use our public’s tax dollars to better our community.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Crime just down the street
I know that we are supposed to be writing about a national news event. I have decided to write about a local news story instead. The reason for this change is, the local news story took place just down the street from me.
Yesterday I was woken by a phone call. My friend Stephanie was calling to ask me if I knew why the park just down the street was taped off and surrounded by police. I had no clue. She told me that she was just down the street so we decided to go check it out. When we got to the sidewalk across from the park we could see caution tape, lots of police cars, detectives, and a tent in the middle of the park where I often play Frisbee with my friends. I wanted to know more but I figured that asking the police would do me no good so we walked over to a grouping of on lookers. I asked if they had any clue what had gone on. One of the men from the group told me that he had just spoken to a jogger who found a body in the park. Apparently the jogger found a dead man between the age of 16 and 25. The man’s eyes had been shot out.
We later learned from a police officer, the shooting was gang related. The man was not shot at the location but instead the body was dumped at the park as a symbol to the rival gang.
That night I watched the NBC11 news at 5 for more information on the story. The story from the park was the third local story listed. The story was shot from the park, but they spent the majority of the 2 minutes talking about a group called the guardian angels. I learned less from the news report than from the word of mouth earlier in the day.
Today I was hoping to find out more about the event from the mercury news paper but the only story about the body was a short 4 paragraphs on page 2B with no specific events.
Yesterday I was woken by a phone call. My friend Stephanie was calling to ask me if I knew why the park just down the street was taped off and surrounded by police. I had no clue. She told me that she was just down the street so we decided to go check it out. When we got to the sidewalk across from the park we could see caution tape, lots of police cars, detectives, and a tent in the middle of the park where I often play Frisbee with my friends. I wanted to know more but I figured that asking the police would do me no good so we walked over to a grouping of on lookers. I asked if they had any clue what had gone on. One of the men from the group told me that he had just spoken to a jogger who found a body in the park. Apparently the jogger found a dead man between the age of 16 and 25. The man’s eyes had been shot out.
We later learned from a police officer, the shooting was gang related. The man was not shot at the location but instead the body was dumped at the park as a symbol to the rival gang.
That night I watched the NBC11 news at 5 for more information on the story. The story from the park was the third local story listed. The story was shot from the park, but they spent the majority of the 2 minutes talking about a group called the guardian angels. I learned less from the news report than from the word of mouth earlier in the day.
Today I was hoping to find out more about the event from the mercury news paper but the only story about the body was a short 4 paragraphs on page 2B with no specific events.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Word of the Week
Word: Stagflation
Source: New York Times
How it was used: Lately, many people are hearing an echo — faintly perhaps but distinctly audible — of the stagflation of the 1970s.
Dictionary Definition: 1) stag·fla·tion /stægˈfleɪ ʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[stag-fley-shuh n] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
[Origin: 1965–70; b. stagnation and inflation ]
2) stag·fla·tion (stāg-flā'shən) Pronunciation Key n. Sluggish economic growth coupled with a high rate of inflation and unemployment. [stag(nation) + (in)flation.] stag·fla'tion·ar'y (-shə-něr'ē) adj.
My sentence: Years ago when we had found ourselves in stagflation our business was at an economic stand still and we had to down size many of our workers.
Source: New York Times
How it was used: Lately, many people are hearing an echo — faintly perhaps but distinctly audible — of the stagflation of the 1970s.
Dictionary Definition: 1) stag·fla·tion /stægˈfleɪ ʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[stag-fley-shuh n] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
[Origin: 1965–70; b. stagnation and inflation ]
2) stag·fla·tion (stāg-flā'shən) Pronunciation Key n. Sluggish economic growth coupled with a high rate of inflation and unemployment. [stag(nation) + (in)flation.] stag·fla'tion·ar'y (-shə-něr'ē) adj.
My sentence: Years ago when we had found ourselves in stagflation our business was at an economic stand still and we had to down size many of our workers.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
word of the week
Word: eugenicist
Dictionary Definition: "selective breeding as proposed human improvement: the proposed improvement of the human species by encouraging or permitting reproduction of only those people with genetic characteristics judged desirable. It has been regarded with disfavor since the Nazi period."
How it was used: "In the late 1870s, scientist and eugenicist Sir Francis Galton developed an image of the prototypical "face of crime" by creating composite photos of men convicted of serious offenses."
My sentence: "Hey Bob, want to do some eugenicist today?" "No thanks, I'm cool."
Dictionary Definition: "selective breeding as proposed human improvement: the proposed improvement of the human species by encouraging or permitting reproduction of only those people with genetic characteristics judged desirable. It has been regarded with disfavor since the Nazi period."
How it was used: "In the late 1870s, scientist and eugenicist Sir Francis Galton developed an image of the prototypical "face of crime" by creating composite photos of men convicted of serious offenses."
My sentence: "Hey Bob, want to do some eugenicist today?" "No thanks, I'm cool."
The curious slumber
She sleeps so peacefully, lying on my bed, her body covered with course honey brown hairs. As she lies there a quaint puddle of drool slides effortlessly onto my white wrinkled blanket. She twitches every now and then as her dreams of, one could only imagine, flow like a river threw her head. The sun shines through the window like a spear to a haystack, waking her from her slumber. She rises stretching her front legs sticking her tail in the air. Slowly walks over to me as I sit typing this very blog and lovingly licks my arm.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Word of the Week!
Word: Confluence
Source: The e-mail that was sent to class by Cynthia McCune is where I found my word.
Dictionary Definition: A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point.
How it is used: "It turns out that we have an interesting confluence of events occurring over the next few days, and I'd like you pick one of them and write a 200-word blog post about it."-Cynthia McCune
My Sentence: As I paddled down the river I then realized that the rapids would only grow as I approach the confluence of the joining streams.
Source: The e-mail that was sent to class by Cynthia McCune is where I found my word.
Dictionary Definition: A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point.
How it is used: "It turns out that we have an interesting confluence of events occurring over the next few days, and I'd like you pick one of them and write a 200-word blog post about it."-Cynthia McCune
My Sentence: As I paddled down the river I then realized that the rapids would only grow as I approach the confluence of the joining streams.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
My Favorite Writing
I am not real sure what is wanted of us for this blog post so I am going to write about a book that I have read and enjoyed. The book the Alchemist written by Paulo Coelho was a very inspiring book for me. The story is about a Shepard whom meets a king who inspires that Shepard to find his life’s purpose and go for it. The author had a great way with words that really put you in the scene that he was describing." All you have to do is contemplate a simple grain of sand, and you will see in it all the marvels of creation. Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and it will one day return there." (p134) The book was not long, it was only about 175 pages or so but the impression the book left on me has lasted me much longer that the number of pages.
late-breaking blog post
Our class was given three options, write about the up coming election, write about a presentation or sorts, or write about the super bowl advertisements. My choice, of the three, I have come to is to write about the advertisements that ran during the super bowl.
I want to write about the commercials for a couple reasons. The first reason I wanted to write about the commercials is, I didn’t get the chance to watch them when the game was happening and I figured this would give me the opportunity to find them on the internet. The second reason goes along with my major. My major is advertising so I like to keep track to the advertisements on the television because I want to help make them one day.
It took me a little while to find a good site with all of the advertisements from the 2008 game. Many of the sites either had only one or two of the advertisements, were only a synopsis, or were from the wrong year. Once I found the right site I was blown away by the amount of commercials there were. The second quarter alone had 22 commercials.
There were a few advertisements that stuck out in my mind that most. The first was a “Tide To Go” advertisement with a talking stain that would talk gibberish over the man who was trying to present himself in a job interview. The second was a “Cars.com” with a man that had checked out a car on the internet to find the best price before going to the dealership. The third was a “CareerBuilder” advertisement with a woman that obviously hated her job but just didn’t know how to tell her boss. The woman was at her desk when her heart jumped out of her chest, walked up to her boss, and told him that she quite.
Overall I was quite entertained by this year’s super bowl advertisement lineup.
I want to write about the commercials for a couple reasons. The first reason I wanted to write about the commercials is, I didn’t get the chance to watch them when the game was happening and I figured this would give me the opportunity to find them on the internet. The second reason goes along with my major. My major is advertising so I like to keep track to the advertisements on the television because I want to help make them one day.
It took me a little while to find a good site with all of the advertisements from the 2008 game. Many of the sites either had only one or two of the advertisements, were only a synopsis, or were from the wrong year. Once I found the right site I was blown away by the amount of commercials there were. The second quarter alone had 22 commercials.
There were a few advertisements that stuck out in my mind that most. The first was a “Tide To Go” advertisement with a talking stain that would talk gibberish over the man who was trying to present himself in a job interview. The second was a “Cars.com” with a man that had checked out a car on the internet to find the best price before going to the dealership. The third was a “CareerBuilder” advertisement with a woman that obviously hated her job but just didn’t know how to tell her boss. The woman was at her desk when her heart jumped out of her chest, walked up to her boss, and told him that she quite.
Overall I was quite entertained by this year’s super bowl advertisement lineup.
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