Christine Kenneally:
Freelance journalist and author who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Discover, Slate and Salon, as well as other publications. My book, The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language, was published by Viking in 2007. The paperback is due in May 2008. Before freelancing, she received a Ph.D. in linguistics from Cambridge University and a B.A. (Hons) in English and Linguistics from Melbourne University. She was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and now lives with her family in Brooklyn.
1st person in nonfiction:
1st person It is happening to the person writing the recount i.e. I went to the park. Purpose: The purpose of a recount is to retell events.The prefix re means again. So to recount is to state again. Structure: There is often an opening or setting a of a scene. E.g. I went to the park.The events in a recount are often in the order that they happen (Chronological order)
Creative writing vs. Journalism:
Journalism – journalistic skills in mainly
practical workshop sessions, including courses
in Shorthand, Media Law, Public Affairs and
Newspaper Journalism. The University of
Strathclyde has provisional accreditation for
these courses from the National Council for
Training of Journalists (NCTJ).
Creative Writing – writing genres, including
the short story, poetry and screen writing.
Journalism and Creative Writing – the
institutional, technological, sociological
and other environments within which
professional communicators work, and
theoretical issues of relevance to both
journalism and creative writing.
Three questions for each writer:
Sullivan:
1) How can you remember so well the events that happened to you so long ago?
2) What is it exactly that strikes your interest in going to all these crazy places and getting a good story?
3) How do you feel knowing that what you write today is going to affect others in the future? I mean you are writing our history.
Josh Prager:
1) Why did you decide to write a nonfiction book, when you are a journalist for a prestigious newspaper such as the Wall Street Journal?
2) Along with that, why did you decide this event? Why did this event have such a large impact on you that you wrote an entire novel about it?
3) Do you enjoy writing for such a business newspaper? Or would you prefer to have a broader range of targeted audience?
Christine Kenneally:
1) What made you want to use first person in your story? Was it to personalize it more or was it to make the reader feel like they were being told the story from someone close to them?
2) Which do you prefer creative writing or journalism? You said in bio info on your web page that you consider yourself a freelance writer, what exactly do you mean by that?
3) how do you go about your writing process? Do you have a specific way in which you try to gather all your thoughts and ideas?
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
“The giants win the pennant”/ “The shot heard round the world”/ Boby Thompson:
With the Giants trailing 4-2 with one out and two on in the bottom of the ninth, Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe removed himself from the game in favor of reliever Ralph Branca. Thomson drilled an 0-1 pitch to left field and jumped onto home plate to put an exclamation on "The Miracle of Coogan's Bluff," as called by legendary Giants announcer Russ Hodges.
"Brooklyn leads it, 4-2. Hartung down the line at third, not taking any chances. Lockman without too big of a lead at second, but he'll be running like the wind if Thomson hits one. Branca throws. There's a long drive. It's gonna be, I believe -- The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! Bobby Thomson hits into the lower deck of the left-field stands! The Giants win the pennant! And they're going crazy! They're going crazy! Oh-ho!"
The momentum seemed to carry over to the next day for the opener of the World Series as Monte Irvin stole home in the first inning to register the first swipe of home since the Yankees' Bob Meusel did it in 1928. The Giants' left fielder finished the contest 4-for-5 and spearheaded a 5-1 victory.
Ralph Branca:
gave up the home run that lost the pennant for the Brooklyn Dodgers on October 3, 1951. The Shot Heard 'Round the World by the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson completed a monumental collapse by the Dodgers who were leading the league by 13 1/2 games on August 11. Branca and Thomson eventually became friends. In 1991 and 2001, they toured the country for the 40th and 50th anniversaries of "The Shot". It could be said giving up the homer, could be the best thing that ever happened to Branca.
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With the Giants trailing 4-2 with one out and two on in the bottom of the ninth, Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe removed himself from the game in favor of reliever Ralph Branca. Thomson drilled an 0-1 pitch to left field and jumped onto home plate to put an exclamation on "The Miracle of Coogan's Bluff," as called by legendary Giants announcer Russ Hodges.
"Brooklyn leads it, 4-2. Hartung down the line at third, not taking any chances. Lockman without too big of a lead at second, but he'll be running like the wind if Thomson hits one. Branca throws. There's a long drive. It's gonna be, I believe -- The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! Bobby Thomson hits into the lower deck of the left-field stands! The Giants win the pennant! And they're going crazy! They're going crazy! Oh-ho!"
The momentum seemed to carry over to the next day for the opener of the World Series as Monte Irvin stole home in the first inning to register the first swipe of home since the Yankees' Bob Meusel did it in 1928. The Giants' left fielder finished the contest 4-for-5 and spearheaded a 5-1 victory.
Ralph Branca:
gave up the home run that lost the pennant for the Brooklyn Dodgers on October 3, 1951. The Shot Heard 'Round the World by the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson completed a monumental collapse by the Dodgers who were leading the league by 13 1/2 games on August 11. Branca and Thomson eventually became friends. In 1991 and 2001, they toured the country for the 40th and 50th anniversaries of "The Shot". It could be said giving up the homer, could be the best thing that ever happened to Branca.
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ABU
Abu Ghraib:
Located in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km (20 mi) west of Baghdad. It became internationally known as a place where Saddam Hussein's government tortured and executed dissidents, and later as the site of Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal where the United States military's torture of Iraqi detainees was revealed in a series of photographs published in worldwide news media. Under Saddam's Ba'ath government, it was known as Abu Ghraib Prison and had a reputation as a place of torture and some of the worst cases of torture in the modern world. It was sometimes referred to in the Western media as "Saddam's Torture Central". The prison was renamed after United States forces expelled the former Iraqi government, which had called it the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF) or Baghdad Central Correctional Facility. In May of 2004, Camp Avalanche, a tent camp on the grounds of Abu Ghraib for security detainees, changed its name to Camp Redemption at the request of a governing council member. The prison complex was built by British contractors in the 1960s, and covered 280 acres (1.15 km²) with a total of 24 guard towers. The size of a small town, the area was divided into five separate walled compounds for different types of prisoners. Each block contained a dining room, prayer room, exercise area and rudimentary washing facilities. Cells contained up to 40 people in a space four metres by four. By the fall of the government in 2003 the five compounds were designated for foreign prisoners, long sentences, short sentences, capital crimes and "special" crimes.
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Located in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km (20 mi) west of Baghdad. It became internationally known as a place where Saddam Hussein's government tortured and executed dissidents, and later as the site of Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal where the United States military's torture of Iraqi detainees was revealed in a series of photographs published in worldwide news media. Under Saddam's Ba'ath government, it was known as Abu Ghraib Prison and had a reputation as a place of torture and some of the worst cases of torture in the modern world. It was sometimes referred to in the Western media as "Saddam's Torture Central". The prison was renamed after United States forces expelled the former Iraqi government, which had called it the Baghdad Central Confinement Facility (BCCF) or Baghdad Central Correctional Facility. In May of 2004, Camp Avalanche, a tent camp on the grounds of Abu Ghraib for security detainees, changed its name to Camp Redemption at the request of a governing council member. The prison complex was built by British contractors in the 1960s, and covered 280 acres (1.15 km²) with a total of 24 guard towers. The size of a small town, the area was divided into five separate walled compounds for different types of prisoners. Each block contained a dining room, prayer room, exercise area and rudimentary washing facilities. Cells contained up to 40 people in a space four metres by four. By the fall of the government in 2003 the five compounds were designated for foreign prisoners, long sentences, short sentences, capital crimes and "special" crimes.
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more fun facts
Gorge Soros:
A global financier and philanthropist, George Soros is the founder and chairman of a network of foundations that promote, among other things, the creation of open, democratic societies based upon the rule of law, market economies, transparent and accountable governance, freedom of the press, and respect for human rights.
Détente:
a French term, meaning a relaxing or easing; the term has been used in international politics since the early 1970s. Generally, it may be applied to any international situation where previously hostile nations not involved in an open war de-escalate tensions through diplomacy and confidence-building measures. However, it is primarily used in reference to the general reduction in the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and a thawing of the Cold War, occurring from the late 1960s until the start of the 1980s. In the Soviet Union, détente was known as разрядка ("razryadka", loosely meaning relaxation, discharge).
Josh Prager:
He grew up in New Jersey and studied music theory at Columbia College.
He is a senior special writer at the Wall Street Journal and lives in New York City.
The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World (Hardcover)by Joshua Prager (Author)
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A global financier and philanthropist, George Soros is the founder and chairman of a network of foundations that promote, among other things, the creation of open, democratic societies based upon the rule of law, market economies, transparent and accountable governance, freedom of the press, and respect for human rights.
Détente:
a French term, meaning a relaxing or easing; the term has been used in international politics since the early 1970s. Generally, it may be applied to any international situation where previously hostile nations not involved in an open war de-escalate tensions through diplomacy and confidence-building measures. However, it is primarily used in reference to the general reduction in the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and a thawing of the Cold War, occurring from the late 1960s until the start of the 1980s. In the Soviet Union, détente was known as разрядка ("razryadka", loosely meaning relaxation, discharge).
Josh Prager:
He grew up in New Jersey and studied music theory at Columbia College.
He is a senior special writer at the Wall Street Journal and lives in New York City.
The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World (Hardcover)by Joshua Prager (Author)
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infor about stacy sullivan, and yugoslavia
Stacy Sullivan-
Director of Human Right Watch. Also being sued for her book about the war in Kosovo.
Milosevich:
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic led his country on a course of conflict and violent disintegration. During his 13 years of power, the people of Yugoslavia saw their country torn apart, and hundreds of thousands of people die.
Yugoslavia:
All that is left now of the former Yugoslavia, which used to consist of six republics, is Serbia and its reluctant junior partner, Montenegro.
Bosnia:
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in southeastern Europe.
Albania/ Kosovo/ Serbia:
Kosovo, Muslim. Serbia, Christian. Christians tortured the Muslims.
Ethnic Cleansing:
refers to various policies or practices aimed at the displacement of an ethnic group from a particular territory in order to create a supposedly ethnically "pure" society. The term entered English and international usage in the early 1990s to describe certain events in the former Yugoslavia. Its typical usage was developed in the Balkans, to be a less objectionable code-word meaning genocide, but its intent was to best avoid the obvious pitfalls of longstanding international treaty laws prohibiting war crimes.
The Hauge:
the actual seat of government, but, somewhat anomalously, not the official capital of the Netherlands, a role set aside by the Dutch constitution for Amsterdam. The Hague is the home of the Eerste Kamer (first chamber) and the Tweede Kamer (second chamber), respectively the upper and lower houses forming the Staten Generaal (literally the "Estates-General"). Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands lives and works in The Hague. All foreign embassies and government ministries are located in the city, as well as the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (The Supreme Court), the Raad van State (Council of State) and many lobbying organisations.
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Director of Human Right Watch. Also being sued for her book about the war in Kosovo.
Milosevich:
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic led his country on a course of conflict and violent disintegration. During his 13 years of power, the people of Yugoslavia saw their country torn apart, and hundreds of thousands of people die.
Yugoslavia:
All that is left now of the former Yugoslavia, which used to consist of six republics, is Serbia and its reluctant junior partner, Montenegro.
Bosnia:
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in southeastern Europe.
Albania/ Kosovo/ Serbia:
Kosovo, Muslim. Serbia, Christian. Christians tortured the Muslims.
Ethnic Cleansing:
refers to various policies or practices aimed at the displacement of an ethnic group from a particular territory in order to create a supposedly ethnically "pure" society. The term entered English and international usage in the early 1990s to describe certain events in the former Yugoslavia. Its typical usage was developed in the Balkans, to be a less objectionable code-word meaning genocide, but its intent was to best avoid the obvious pitfalls of longstanding international treaty laws prohibiting war crimes.
The Hauge:
the actual seat of government, but, somewhat anomalously, not the official capital of the Netherlands, a role set aside by the Dutch constitution for Amsterdam. The Hague is the home of the Eerste Kamer (first chamber) and the Tweede Kamer (second chamber), respectively the upper and lower houses forming the Staten Generaal (literally the "Estates-General"). Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands lives and works in The Hague. All foreign embassies and government ministries are located in the city, as well as the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (The Supreme Court), the Raad van State (Council of State) and many lobbying organisations.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
I STILL LOVE OUR MEMPHIS TIGERS!
so the game was yesterday, and it was a great game both teams played really hard. although it would have been better if the referee's wern't blind, amking rediculous calls, but thats a story all in itself. i have never been one for sports and honestly before this semester i had never even watched enough to know what was going on...but the thing that makes me mad is after the game all the fans were pissed off at everyone, including the team some were even crying over the game! i just don't undersand how supportive you can be one minute and so unsupportive the next?! i screamed for our boys up till that last wistle blew, and i still believe in them and they are all amazing basket ball players. we should still be proud of them, they are now number two in the nation but guys thats everywhere! do you know how many schools would love to have that title?! our boys are all great athletes and they still need our support! yeah i understand that we all waited a rediculous amount of time in order to get into that game but all in all i think it was way worth it. i had so much fun!!! i arrived there with one hour of sleep at 3:30am and waited in line all day long. I litteraly watched the sun rise and fall in line to get into the game. We got back from the game around eleven thirthy so that means i was at the fed ex forum for 20 hours yesterday!!! wow, like i said i had never even really liked sports before!!! I guess it all changes when it gets personal. we go to class with these boys! thats so neat, they are a huge deal in te sports world!!! i still love our boys!
Friday, February 22, 2008
Superstitions
Superstitions may not only be urban legends passed on from generation to generation, they may also be learned by operant conditioning. In operant conditioning there is a reward for the good and a removal of reward for the bad. In other words the operant conditioning is a way of learning where the consequence of behavior changes the probability of that particular behaviors occurrence (1). Some common examples of superstitions include black cats are bad luck, or breaking a mirror or wearing lucky shirt (2) some even argue that humans are not the only species with superstitions, Skinner states that he believes that pigeons are also superstitious (3). My best friend in high school had lucky panties and she would always wear them for any test or any important day. She once told me that she forgot her lucky panties and left school before her test to go home and get them. This superstition could have been formed by operant conditioning because the positive response is her grades increased when wearing her lucky panties. The negative would be that she would freak out so badly if she did not have her lucky panties on that she would do a lot worse on her tests. This is a mind over matter situation, in which the panties never had the answers to her test in them, but they gave her the belief that she would do well. Although this superstition seems silly to the rest of us, to her this was no laughing matter. She really thought that without her lucky panties that she would fail her tests. Now, this superstition could be reversed with operant conditioning as well. All you would have to do is prove that her panties weren’t magical and they didn’t help her get an A on her test. So one day she has a pop quiz or a test she forgot about, and once she proves to herself that the power wasn’t in her lucky panties but in her mind, then she could overcome this superstition.
Superstitions may not only be urban legends passed on from generation to generation, they may also be learned by operant conditioning. In operant conditioning there is a reward for the good and a removal of reward for the bad. In other words the operant conditioning is a way of learning where the consequence of behavior changes the probability of that particular behaviors occurrence (1). Some common examples of superstitions include black cats are bad luck, or breaking a mirror or wearing lucky shirt (2) some even argue that humans are not the only species with superstitions, Skinner states that he believes that pigeons are also superstitious (3). My best friend in high school had lucky panties and she would always wear them for any test or any important day. She once told me that she forgot her lucky panties and left school before her test to go home and get them. This superstition could have been formed by operant conditioning because the positive response is her grades increased when wearing her lucky panties. The negative would be that she would freak out so badly if she did not have her lucky panties on that she would do a lot worse on her tests. This is a mind over matter situation, in which the panties never had the answers to her test in them, but they gave her the belief that she would do well. Although this superstition seems silly to the rest of us, to her this was no laughing matter. She really thought that without her lucky panties that she would fail her tests. Now, this superstition could be reversed with operant conditioning as well. All you would have to do is prove that her panties weren’t magical and they didn’t help her get an A on her test. So one day she has a pop quiz or a test she forgot about, and once she proves to herself that the power wasn’t in her lucky panties but in her mind, then she could overcome this superstition.
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