Rich textbook, p. 117
Grammar Exercise
Rich p. 117
a. She felt bad about missing the school board meeting, but her editor fired her regardless of her excuse.
b. We will join together in prayer for the students who died in the shooting; we will also fly the flags at half-staff.
c. It’s all right if you miss class for a job interview, you can make up the test tomorrow.
d. We’ll divide the workload among three students.
e. The St. Joseph Board of Commissioners is planning to submit a proposal for a bond issue to pay for road improvements. They are hoping the election committee will reach a consensus of opinion to put the issue on the ballot.
f. I know you are eager to get this job, but each of the applicants will have a chance to discuss their strengths and weaknesses with the personnel director.
g. Based on your writing skills, it looks like you could be a good journalist.
h. Each of the students will receive a plaque with their diplomas at graduation.
i. She was embarrassed that she had fewer than five answers correct on the quiz.
j. After the boss read the report, he gave it to Jim and I to rewrite. He said it’s due back by Monday.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Left-handed apparently not the ‘right’ way
Left-handed people may be at greater risk than their right-handed counterparts, study claims
An American who is left-handed may have a shorter life expectancy than right-handed citizens, a new study indicates. In fact, right-handed people live an average of 75 years while left-handed people live an average of only 66.
The study, conducted by Diane Halpern, a psychology professor at California State University at San Bernardino, and Stanley Coren, a researcher at the University of British Columbia, was reported in today’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The team looked at the death records of 987 people in two Southern California counties and found right-handed people were four times as likely to die from injuries while driving and as much as six times more likely to die from accidents of all kinds. Women who are right-handed tend to live six years longer than their right-handed counterparts. The difference in men is even more striking. Right-handed men live as many as 11 years longer than left-handed men.
The team wanted to investigate the fact that there are less left-handed people among the elderly. “We knew for years that there weren’t as many old left-handers,” Halpern said. “Researchers thought that was because in the early years of the century, most people born left-handed were forced to change to their right hands. So we thought we were looking at old people who used to be left-handed, but we weren’t. The truth was, there simply weren’t many left-handers left alive.”
The team suggests the reason for the difference may lie in engineering. “Almost all engineering is geared to the right hand and right foot,” Halpern said. “There are many more car and other accidents among left-handers because of their environment.”
“It’s important that mothers of left-handed children not be alarmed and not try to change which hand a child uses,” Halpern warns. “There are many, many old-left handed people.”
An American who is left-handed may have a shorter life expectancy than right-handed citizens, a new study indicates. In fact, right-handed people live an average of 75 years while left-handed people live an average of only 66.
The study, conducted by Diane Halpern, a psychology professor at California State University at San Bernardino, and Stanley Coren, a researcher at the University of British Columbia, was reported in today’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The team looked at the death records of 987 people in two Southern California counties and found right-handed people were four times as likely to die from injuries while driving and as much as six times more likely to die from accidents of all kinds. Women who are right-handed tend to live six years longer than their right-handed counterparts. The difference in men is even more striking. Right-handed men live as many as 11 years longer than left-handed men.
The team wanted to investigate the fact that there are less left-handed people among the elderly. “We knew for years that there weren’t as many old left-handers,” Halpern said. “Researchers thought that was because in the early years of the century, most people born left-handed were forced to change to their right hands. So we thought we were looking at old people who used to be left-handed, but we weren’t. The truth was, there simply weren’t many left-handers left alive.”
The team suggests the reason for the difference may lie in engineering. “Almost all engineering is geared to the right hand and right foot,” Halpern said. “There are many more car and other accidents among left-handers because of their environment.”
“It’s important that mothers of left-handed children not be alarmed and not try to change which hand a child uses,” Halpern warns. “There are many, many old-left handed people.”
Monday, September 8, 2008
1. Who has won most total games in the series?
CU has, by far, won the most total games. The Buffs’ have gone 59-19-2 in the Rocky Mountain Showdown’s 80-game history.
(Nick Bernal, Graduate Assistant Sports Information Director at Colorado)
2. Why is the venue changing for this series?
The Colorado-Colorado State game will be played in Boulder in 2009 because the Buffs needed a sixth home game for their schedule. Both teams are in a contract that lasts until 2010 that allots certain games for each team to consider “home games.” The teams can decide to play those games either on their own turf or at Invesco Field. Colorado State has opted to play the 2010 game in Fort Collins.
(David Plati, Sports Information Director at Colorado)
3. How many students from each school were in attendance for the game?
The stadium didn’t record attendance according to team, but 69,619 fans nearly filled Invesco Field to its capacity of 76,125 for this year’s game. According to a friend in attendance, Colorado fans appeared to outnumber Colorado State fans, but no one knows for sure.
(Nick Bernal, Graduate Assistant Sports Information Director at Colorado; Georgia Hamilburg, CU Student that went to the game)
4. What negative events (if any) occurred in the last five years during tailgating gatherings?
For the 2008 game, an unnamed Invesco Field employee said that there were at least 15 ejections prior to the start of the game. The only alcohol served inside Invesco was in clubs, suites, and box seats.
(Invesco Field main information line)
5. According to Invesco Field security, which tailgating crowds are more likely to cause problems: professional football crowds or college football crowds?
Which crowd is most likely to cause problems? According to Lance Rankin, a security guard from Stadium Management Company (the company who runs security at Invesco Field), “that’s easy. The CSU-CU game is the most difficult event of the year.” According to Rankin, the 2008 game was better than the past two years. He assumes each of the schools talked to the students about celebrating the game respectfully (this is true; all CU students did get an email about behaving at the game). Rankin thought somewhere between 40-60 students got ejected from the game this year. No alumni got too crazy? “Nope – it was all drunken students.”
(Lance Rankin, Stadium Management Company)
CU has, by far, won the most total games. The Buffs’ have gone 59-19-2 in the Rocky Mountain Showdown’s 80-game history.
(Nick Bernal, Graduate Assistant Sports Information Director at Colorado)
2. Why is the venue changing for this series?
The Colorado-Colorado State game will be played in Boulder in 2009 because the Buffs needed a sixth home game for their schedule. Both teams are in a contract that lasts until 2010 that allots certain games for each team to consider “home games.” The teams can decide to play those games either on their own turf or at Invesco Field. Colorado State has opted to play the 2010 game in Fort Collins.
(David Plati, Sports Information Director at Colorado)
3. How many students from each school were in attendance for the game?
The stadium didn’t record attendance according to team, but 69,619 fans nearly filled Invesco Field to its capacity of 76,125 for this year’s game. According to a friend in attendance, Colorado fans appeared to outnumber Colorado State fans, but no one knows for sure.
(Nick Bernal, Graduate Assistant Sports Information Director at Colorado; Georgia Hamilburg, CU Student that went to the game)
4. What negative events (if any) occurred in the last five years during tailgating gatherings?
For the 2008 game, an unnamed Invesco Field employee said that there were at least 15 ejections prior to the start of the game. The only alcohol served inside Invesco was in clubs, suites, and box seats.
(Invesco Field main information line)
5. According to Invesco Field security, which tailgating crowds are more likely to cause problems: professional football crowds or college football crowds?
Which crowd is most likely to cause problems? According to Lance Rankin, a security guard from Stadium Management Company (the company who runs security at Invesco Field), “that’s easy. The CSU-CU game is the most difficult event of the year.” According to Rankin, the 2008 game was better than the past two years. He assumes each of the schools talked to the students about celebrating the game respectfully (this is true; all CU students did get an email about behaving at the game). Rankin thought somewhere between 40-60 students got ejected from the game this year. No alumni got too crazy? “Nope – it was all drunken students.”
(Lance Rankin, Stadium Management Company)
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Story Ideas
Coverage of the CU/CSU Game (with interviews from each grade)
1) Look into the tradition of the Rocky Mountain Showdown
-2008 = 80th playing of the game
-who has won most total games?
-history – uniform changes, best/worst coaches, school spirit stories, etc
-sense of continuity
2) The hard story of the 2008 game
-final score, highlights, stats
-what the Buffs’ win means for the rest of the season
-players’ and Coach Hawkin’s thoughts on the game
3) Freshman experience of first game
-excitement of the game
-transportation woes
-CU pride
-alcohol/drug abuse at the game
4) Colorado hosts Rocky Mountain Showdown in 2009
-why the switch?
-who has the rights, how does it work?
-how do CSU fans feel?
-will people miss excitement of Invesco?
-what can fans expect?
5) How college students celebrate gamedays in 2008
-interviews of bus drivers
-tell-all story of alcohol, drugs, sex
-how gameday celebrations have changed from a few decades ago
-history – riots, etc
-how the need for buses/formal transportation may change the way students celebrate before this particular game
1) Look into the tradition of the Rocky Mountain Showdown
-2008 = 80th playing of the game
-who has won most total games?
-history – uniform changes, best/worst coaches, school spirit stories, etc
-sense of continuity
2) The hard story of the 2008 game
-final score, highlights, stats
-what the Buffs’ win means for the rest of the season
-players’ and Coach Hawkin’s thoughts on the game
3) Freshman experience of first game
-excitement of the game
-transportation woes
-CU pride
-alcohol/drug abuse at the game
4) Colorado hosts Rocky Mountain Showdown in 2009
-why the switch?
-who has the rights, how does it work?
-how do CSU fans feel?
-will people miss excitement of Invesco?
-what can fans expect?
5) How college students celebrate gamedays in 2008
-interviews of bus drivers
-tell-all story of alcohol, drugs, sex
-how gameday celebrations have changed from a few decades ago
-history – riots, etc
-how the need for buses/formal transportation may change the way students celebrate before this particular game
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