Monday, May 7, 2012

Copy Edit the World

They spelled "Punched" "ounched," hilarious.
Put the period outside of parenthesis.


"...And people on stage look at you quizzically as though YOU'RE WAS an oddball." Just the wording of this sentence is awkward, take out was.

"...Last November THAN...." should be "that"

Simple mistake, didn't separate Brennan.Al-Qaida... should be a space.

Didn't separate "...United Nations."Ron Paul...." there should be a space of separation.

"Protection and enjoyment",  should be "Protection and enjoyment,".

They misspelled "Way" 
One of the best pizzas this place has to offer.

Really on TV... the Question mark should be within the Quotes

Monday, March 12, 2012

Word #7

Ruefully

“That’s true,” Ellsberg said ruefully in our conversation last week.


http://www.truth-out.org/supreme-court-likely-endorse-obamas-war-whistle-blowers/1331575921



adjective
expressing sorrow or regret, esp. when in a slightly humorous way


She gave a rueful grin. 

Mystery Person


As a person one would say he has come a long way. He grew up in an internment camp for the "protection of the country." He was able to make something of himself in Hollywood and have one of the best careers someone could ask for, spanning five decades. He has become one of the main pillars of support for the LGBT community. 

This man has had a big fight with one of old co-workers, even when he goes on radio shows they ask him how did it start and why hasn't it ended, no one will ever know.

He has just been recently married, they have been together now for more than 20 years, longer than most normal marriages. 

The life he has lived is anything but normal he has been making strides for every community he has been apart, including the Japanese community in which he is apart of.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Takei

Monday, March 5, 2012

Word #6

Taxonomy

The first part of this article develops a taxonomy of prison and film metaphors.

http://web.ebscohost.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/ehost/delivery?sid=b4be2a14-52ec-4c20-b0bf-7213c5e82370%40sessionmgr14&vid=7&hid=17

Noun: a scheme of classification

All species belong a taxonomy for the sake of science.

Word #5

Heuristic

The following discussion of prison metaphors in film demonstrates the Heuristic value of these taxonomies with regard to the recipients quest for meaning.

http://web.ebscohost.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/ehost/delivery?sid=b4be2a14-52ec-4c20-b0bf-7213c5e82370%40sessionmgr14&vid=7&hid=17

Adjective: enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves

The teacher ignored the question with a heuristic attitude .


Monday, February 20, 2012

Word #4

Austerity

Successive rounds of austerity measures, demanded by Greece's international creditors have failed to restore growth and have provoked clashes between protesters and police.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17092964


Noun: difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce a budget deficit, esp. by reducing public expenditure

Governments around the globe are creating Austerity measures, so they don't end up like Greece.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Word #3

Ethnographer

One man from our team, Sebastian Haraha, is an ethnographer who has come on this journey to pinpoint the exact locations of the Meakambut's caves with a global positioning system.

Noun: The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.

In order for the world to learn other cultures we need ethnographers to explore the unexplored.