JOUR 3001
Assignment 10
Hard News leads
3-4-10
1. According to the Child Abuse Prevention Center of Baltimore three to four children die each day in the U.S. due to abuse or neglect.
2. Yesterday nearly 150 anti-abortion protesters were arrested outside an abortion clinic in Milwaukee, Wisc.
3. A restaurant delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint yesterday in Boulder, Colo.
4. Firefighters in Boulder, Colo. responded to a fire at 3:30 this morning.
5. According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, murders and violent crimes have recently increased, while rapes and robberies have decreased.
6. According to the United Nations Environment Program damage to the Earth’s ozone layer is increasing.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
edited version of funeral article
PANORA, Ia. – Over 5oo mourners turned out to grieve the death of 23-year-old Army Spec. Michael Mills at the United Methodist Church on Friday. Flags were flown at half-staff, flowers and red, white and blue ribbons adorned the altar during the service. He is now buried in West Cemetery, outside of town.
Army Spec. Michael Mills was one of 28 people killed on Feb. 25 when an Iraqi suicide bomb exploded. Mills was one of 191 Americans killed while serving in Iraq. The people of Panora will remember Mills as a hometown boy who carried on a family tradition of serving his country in the Army.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
observations
All of the seats in the Laughing Goat in Norlin Library were taken, so I ambled over to the Pekoe cafe in the ATLAS building. The Pekoe was full of patrons, so offered no available seats from where I could observe the goings on. As I was making my way back to the library, I decided to watch people from the small courtyard outside the Laughing Goat, on the east side of the library. As I approached an empty table I overheard a student tour guide explaining to a group of prospective students how the library works and that they get about $10 worth of credit on their Buff One cards each semester to make copies. As I sat down the tour group shuffled off to their next point of interest.
Two students at the table nearest mine were talking about their first tours of the campus and how they still occasionally see their tour guides. The male student told the female student that he saw his tour guide at a party after he had taken his tour of the campus.
I pulled my AP style guide out of my backpack so that I would have something to pretend to do while I was watching what was going on around me. The young couple continued to talk about classes and what they were planning for the weekend. A friend of the guy walked up to the table and asked the guy if he was going skiing this weekend. "I'm hoping to," the guy replied.
There was a steady stream of people entering and exiting the library and Laughing Goat cafe and crossing the courtyard. After a short spell the young couple stood up, kissed, and went separate ways.
At about 10 minutes till noon I got up and made my way to the new visual arts building.
Two students at the table nearest mine were talking about their first tours of the campus and how they still occasionally see their tour guides. The male student told the female student that he saw his tour guide at a party after he had taken his tour of the campus.
I pulled my AP style guide out of my backpack so that I would have something to pretend to do while I was watching what was going on around me. The young couple continued to talk about classes and what they were planning for the weekend. A friend of the guy walked up to the table and asked the guy if he was going skiing this weekend. "I'm hoping to," the guy replied.
There was a steady stream of people entering and exiting the library and Laughing Goat cafe and crossing the courtyard. After a short spell the young couple stood up, kissed, and went separate ways.
At about 10 minutes till noon I got up and made my way to the new visual arts building.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Assignment #5
JOUR 3001
Assignment #5
Lee Pruitt
Left-handed people die younger
Why are elderly people predominately right-handed?
According to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine left-handed people are more likely to die early of accidents or natural causes than right-handed people.
Psychology professor Diane Halpern of California State University at San Bernardino and University of British Columbia researcher Stanley Coren used 987 deceased persons in two Southern California counties as subjects for their research. They found out which hand was the dominant one by corresponding with the relatives of the deceased.
The researchers found a marked difference in the average age at death between right-handed people and left-handed people.
“The results are striking in their magnitude,” Halpern said.
According to Halpern and Coren left-handed people represent 10 percent of the U.S. population and die at age 66, on average. On the other hand, right-handed people live to an average age of 75. The report gave no theories as to why this is the case.
Halpern and Coren found that left-handed people are four times more likely to die from driving related accidents than right-handed people and six times more likely to die from accidents of any kind.
“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.”
For years researchers knew there were fewer old left-handed people than right-handed people. At first it was believed this was because in the early part of the 20th century left-handed children were trained to use their right hand as the dominant hand. However, it has been determined that this is not the case. There are in fact fewer left-handed people than right-handed people.
Halpern says her study should not be interpreted with too much gravity and mothers should not try to train their left-handed children to be right-handed.
Speaking about her study Halpern said, “It should not, of course, be used to predict the life span of any one individual. It does not take into account the fitness of any individual.”
Assignment #5
Lee Pruitt
Left-handed people die younger
Why are elderly people predominately right-handed?
According to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine left-handed people are more likely to die early of accidents or natural causes than right-handed people.
Psychology professor Diane Halpern of California State University at San Bernardino and University of British Columbia researcher Stanley Coren used 987 deceased persons in two Southern California counties as subjects for their research. They found out which hand was the dominant one by corresponding with the relatives of the deceased.
The researchers found a marked difference in the average age at death between right-handed people and left-handed people.
“The results are striking in their magnitude,” Halpern said.
According to Halpern and Coren left-handed people represent 10 percent of the U.S. population and die at age 66, on average. On the other hand, right-handed people live to an average age of 75. The report gave no theories as to why this is the case.
Halpern and Coren found that left-handed people are four times more likely to die from driving related accidents than right-handed people and six times more likely to die from accidents of any kind.
“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.”
For years researchers knew there were fewer old left-handed people than right-handed people. At first it was believed this was because in the early part of the 20th century left-handed children were trained to use their right hand as the dominant hand. However, it has been determined that this is not the case. There are in fact fewer left-handed people than right-handed people.
Halpern says her study should not be interpreted with too much gravity and mothers should not try to train their left-handed children to be right-handed.
Speaking about her study Halpern said, “It should not, of course, be used to predict the life span of any one individual. It does not take into account the fitness of any individual.”
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
research
Question 1:
a. The estimated population of Colorado is 4,939,456, based on 2008 estimates.
b. The Asian and Pacific Islander population in the state of Colorado was about 3,294,394.
Question 2:
a. http://www.familywatchdog.us/
b. Shankar Gurung, William Haumesser, Ronald Simonds, Krystian Logay-Giri
c. http://sorm.towson.edu/mapview/ The viewer is able to look up offenders by county, city, etc.
Question 3:
a. There is definitely a discrepancy between the CU Website and national Website.
b. According to the CU Website there were seven forcible sex offenses on campus in 2008. The CU Website states that there were 44 burglaries on campus in 2008.
a. The estimated population of Colorado is 4,939,456, based on 2008 estimates.
b. The Asian and Pacific Islander population in the state of Colorado was about 3,294,394.
Question 2:
a. http://www.familywatchdog.us/
b. Shankar Gurung, William Haumesser, Ronald Simonds, Krystian Logay-Giri
c. http://sorm.towson.edu/mapview/ The viewer is able to look up offenders by county, city, etc.
Question 3:
a. There is definitely a discrepancy between the CU Website and national Website.
b. According to the CU Website there were seven forcible sex offenses on campus in 2008. The CU Website states that there were 44 burglaries on campus in 2008.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The costliest hurricane in U.S. history since 1900 was Andrew in 1992. Hurricane Andrew hit southeast Florida and southeast Louisiana causing about $26,500,000,000 in damages. That dollar amount has not been adjusted for inflation.
I checked NOAA's Nationa Hurricane Center Website for this information (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastcost.shtml).
I found a list of links to Websites (mostly FEMA) that give information on what to do before, during, and after earthquakes. The page I am looking at is http://earthquake.usgs.gov/prepare/
According to the National Transportation Safety Board Website there have been no fatal plane crashes in Boulder in the past year. However, there was a nonfatal crash on Aug. 21, 2009. The next previous airplane accident was in Nov. 2008. Both incidents involved non-commercial aircraft. The two aircraft were of different makes.
On Jan. 31, 2000 Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashed into the Pacific Ocean killing 88.
On Aug. 27, 2006 49 people perished in a plane crash in Lexington, Kentucky.
I checked NOAA's Nationa Hurricane Center Website for this information (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastcost.shtml).
I found a list of links to Websites (mostly FEMA) that give information on what to do before, during, and after earthquakes. The page I am looking at is http://earthquake.usgs.gov/prepare/
According to the National Transportation Safety Board Website there have been no fatal plane crashes in Boulder in the past year. However, there was a nonfatal crash on Aug. 21, 2009. The next previous airplane accident was in Nov. 2008. Both incidents involved non-commercial aircraft. The two aircraft were of different makes.
On Jan. 31, 2000 Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashed into the Pacific Ocean killing 88.
On Aug. 27, 2006 49 people perished in a plane crash in Lexington, Kentucky.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Memogate
The scandal involving CBS News and the forged National Guard documents opens one's eyes to the implications of poor journalism. The consequences for reporting inaccurate information can severely affect a news organization and its employees.
CBS broke the story over the air on Sept. 8, 2004. According to documents they believed at the time to be accurate, President George W. Bush easily slid through his Texas Air National Guard experience and did not give as much of an effort as is usually required of National Guardsmen.
Soon after the story aired, independent investigators and bloggers began to test the authenticity of the documents and claim their falsehood. A panel assembled to investigate the issue determined the documents to be false and that CBS had acted irresponsibly in the reportage of the story.
Since many of us do not have the time or resources to investigate such matters on our own we rely on news sources such as CBS to deliver accurate material. When our news organizations fail to report issues accurately we are slighted and ill-informed. A well-informed citizenry is imperative for democracy to work.
It is disheartening to see accurate and thorough reporting pushed aside in favor of sensational news. I think it is good that journalists are held to high standards and that consequences for poor work are severe. People make mistakes, to be sure, but one must put one's best effort into conveying the news accurately.
CBS broke the story over the air on Sept. 8, 2004. According to documents they believed at the time to be accurate, President George W. Bush easily slid through his Texas Air National Guard experience and did not give as much of an effort as is usually required of National Guardsmen.
Soon after the story aired, independent investigators and bloggers began to test the authenticity of the documents and claim their falsehood. A panel assembled to investigate the issue determined the documents to be false and that CBS had acted irresponsibly in the reportage of the story.
Since many of us do not have the time or resources to investigate such matters on our own we rely on news sources such as CBS to deliver accurate material. When our news organizations fail to report issues accurately we are slighted and ill-informed. A well-informed citizenry is imperative for democracy to work.
It is disheartening to see accurate and thorough reporting pushed aside in favor of sensational news. I think it is good that journalists are held to high standards and that consequences for poor work are severe. People make mistakes, to be sure, but one must put one's best effort into conveying the news accurately.
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