Copy Edit the World: Book

In the book Phenomenology and Existentialism, the line six lines from the bottom of the photo says "is a letter ot Husserl from..." instead of saying "is a letter to Husserl from...". "To" is obviously misspelled.

Journal #2 - Media Audiences

Newspaper Article: New tool for police is a blast of sound
Newspaper: San Jose Mercury News
Author: Sean Webby

The article is about 23 short paragraphs long, in three columns. Four sources: American Technology Corp., University of Texas at San Antonio, Associated Press and McClatchy-Tribune are all quoted in the article. There is a photo of the LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) tool with explanations on how it works. In addition to the photo, is a chart of how loud the tool will sound from different distances, which includes decibels.


Television Station: KTVU

The story was about one minute long. It also quoted The Associated Press as its source. The story, like the newspaper article, explained: how the device works, when it will most likely be used (as a less-lethal weapon), and it also described where this tool has been used in the past, such as New York as a crowd control and in Afghanistan against terrorists.


Website: freshnews.com
Article: American Technology Corporation Ships New Commercial LRAD(TM) Order

This article actually focused more on the military use of the LRAD than the newspaper article and television news story, which only briefly mentioned the military’s use of the new tool. This article was only six paragraphs. The American Technology Corporation is sited as it’s source. This article didn’t catch my attention like the newspaper article did, so I would say it is more like a broadcast story. It also gave more hard facts like the television story did, and less of an interview like the newspaper.

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Word of the Week #5

Nicole Decker
Mass Com 100W T/Th 10:30 a.m.
Word #5

Word: cloying
Source: The Nanny Diaries, by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, page 163
How it was used: “Consequently, the air-conditioning is on, but that only seems to blow the cloying stench from one side of the apartment to the other.”

Definition:
Adjective

1. Causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess: a perfume of cloying sweetness.

2.	Overly ingratiating or sentimental

3. To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit.
4. To be too filling, rich, or sweet.

My sentence: I never order pancakes when I go out for breakfast anymore because they are extremely cloying.

(121 Words)

Word of the Week #4

Nicole Decker
Mass Com 100W T/Th 10:30 a.m.
Word #4

Word: Esoteric
Source: The Nanny Diaries, by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, page 151
How it was used: “He shakes his head at my shortsightedness and pulls out more esoteric pastes and lotions.”

Definition:
Adjective
1. intended for or understood by only an initiated few
2. difficult to understand
3. secret or highly confidential


My sentence: My friend’s new job is highly esoteric as opposed to his old one as a server.

(82 Words)

Library Scavenger Hunt Question #23

Currently, The Art of Mel Chin, Edmonia Lewis Sculptures, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection are on display at the library. I think that I like the sculptures by Edmonia Lewis the most. She has three sculputres on display entitled, "Bust of Lincoln", "Awake", and "Asleep". Since I am minoring in Spatial Arts I really appreciate how much work, time and effort really goes in to creating pieces like these.

Word of the Week #3

Nicole Decker
Mass Com 100W T/Th 10:30 a.m.
Word #3

Word: Chintz
Source: The Nanny Diaries, by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, page 139
How it was used: “Pulling the heavy chintz drapes to the side, I let the streetlight from Park Avenue spill into the room and rest my forehead against the cold windowpane.”

Definition:
Noun
1. a glazed cotton fabric usually printed with a brightly colored pattern
2. a printed or stained calico fabric made in South Asia

My sentence: My aunt gave me a blanket made out of chintz for my birthday.

(95 Words)

Telling Details

Rigid lines stripe the side of a dingy quarter as it spins down the slot and lands on top of a pile of fellow quarters making a small muffled “clink” sound. The faded white machine beeps and begs for just three more quarters. After the deal is made and the quarters reach the pile, searing water gushes out in a miniature water-fall style to fill the basin below. The smell of the water is slowly altered by an acidic chemical smell. The calm ripple of the filling basin is now suddenly changed by an added scatter of thick blue liquid that creates small white bubbles. The scent of the water will soon be changed again to add a hint of melon and lotus flower that will slowly disperse from a cylinder. Clothing from the week gone by is added, the lid is shut and the basin begins to turn.

(150 Words)

Word of the Week #2

Nicole Decker
Mass Com 100W T/Th 10:30 a.m.
Word #2

Word: Chignon
Source: Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk, page 199
How it was used: (I forgot the book at home! I'll fill this part in ASAP)

Definition:
chi·gnon (shēn-yŏn', shēn'yŏn').
Noun.
1. a large, smooth twist, roll, or knot of hair, worn by women at the nape of the neck or the back of the head.
2. A roll or knot of hair worn at the back of the head or especially at the nape of the neck.
3. a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck.

My sentence: The woman sitting at the table rolled her hair into a chignon to keep it out of her face while she read.

(124 Words)

Late Breaking Assignment

Being an Advertising major, you'd think that I would eagerly watch the superbowl for the infamous commercials. I never grew up watching football, so I'd never even seen a superbowl until I started college. Each year, at least one class assigns me to watch it for the ads and write some sort of a paper on which ads were successful and which ones weren't. I only saw enough of this year's superbowl to do my homework assignment for another class since I had to rush off to work. Most of the ads I'd never seen before since I don't really watch television. I was glad that most of the commercials were pretty funny since that's my goal when I do start making ads. I want to make people think "Another commercial break? That's fine by me" and actually watch the commercials, instead of thinking "aw man, another commercial break?" and getting up while the commercials play.

(156 Words)