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Assignment 2/18/2010

Filed under: Uncategorized — mstaple2 at 2:41 pm on Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Stovall page 99 Exercise 4.7 Paraphrasing Quotation 1 Paraphrased: Martin Goldsmith, general manager of the local public radio stations, said that the fundraising goal this year will be $100,000. The money will be going towards their programming efforts they provide for their audience and this goal will make programming attainable. Quotation 2 Paraphrased: Marilyn Wall, […]

Description

Filed under: Uncategorized — mstaple2 at 1:10 pm on Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Photo courtesy of Flickr user: e.kristina There is a 1970’s table cloth draped over a table. From this view you can only see the top of the table and its contents. The table cloth is a creamd based cloth with fuschia pink 5-petaled flowers with mustard yellow centers. The table cloth is covered with 100’s of these flowers […]

Helpful Clinton

Filed under: Uncategorized — mstaple2 at 1:45 pm on Saturday, February 13, 2010

This article that I found from myfoxdc.com brought Bill Clinton into a new light in my eyes. Clinton just went through another heart procedure on Thursday to remove a clogged artery that was causing him discomfort in his chest. When you first begin reading this article going solely  off the headline you can assume that […]

Assignment for 2/11/10

Filed under: Uncategorized — mstaple2 at 12:24 pm on Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Page 68 3.11 Using the Stylebook 9 1. The United States comprises 50 states. 2. How would you write, “In the year of the Lord 33”? A.D. 33. 3.  What is the correct title for Russian leaders before 1914? czar 4. What is an acceptable abbreviation abbreviation for the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II? QE2 […]

Snow News Day

Filed under: Uncategorized — mstaple2 at 2:50 pm on Sunday, February 7, 2010

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/?hpid=topnews Bonding in the Snow. While some are frantically running around preparing for the storm, families in this article are already prepared. This article was posted in the Washington Post on February 7,2 010. This article was great because instead of the Post reissuing more information on how many inches of snow we are going […]

The President is Black

Filed under: Uncategorized — mstaple2 at 2:23 pm on Saturday, February 6, 2010

Obama’s black, WHAT? Chris Matthews claimed, “I forgot Obama was black for an hour” http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/01/28/chris-matthews-msnbc-i-forgot-obama-was-black-for-an-hour/” One MSNBCs most respected voices forgets the President’s black for an hour? This article claims that Matthews, while listening to Obama deliver his State of the Union speech, delivered it so well he forgot his race. It starts by the author of the article saying […]

Assignment 2/4/2010

Filed under: Uncategorized — mstaple2 at 12:04 pm on Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Page 94-96 4.2 News Values 1 “Good Guy” Holds Teacher, Students Hostage 1. The news values that are present in this story is this typical “cool” high school boy held his fellow students and teacher hostage. This is something that the mass media would be interested in because letting your community and the public know […]

Movie Review: “The Ugly Truth”

Filed under: Uncategorized — mstaple2 at 12:59 pm on Thursday, January 28, 2010  Tagged , ,

“The Ugly Truth” is about a bombshell news producer, Abby, desperately searching for the right guy, she then meets, Mike, her new talk host; and they fall in love. Abby played by Katherine Heigl and Mike, Gerard Butler, were one of the best onscreen romance connnections I have seen in a while, great chemisty! Four stars.

Wordiness Assignment

Filed under: Uncategorized — mstaple2 at 1:06 pm on Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Never having any doubt, Hannah would one day  be a famous  jazz singer recognized by jazz fans around the world. Midville, a small town and atmosphere, offers a lot security to its residents, especially to families. Erin could not see any point in continuing to pay tuition where she was convinced she was not receiving the best education […]

Hello world!

Filed under: Uncategorized — mstaple2 at 1:13 pm on Thursday, January 21, 2010

Welcome to onMason. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! Update: It turns out this post is useless! This is in fact our third post.  Sorry.

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