word of the week #7

jurisprudence

Source: Sunday Star-Ledger, Higher Education section

How it was used: "Other emerging  areas of studies include child advocacy; jurisprudence; science and chemistry; business administration; and counselor education."

Definition: noun 1. the science or philosophy of law

2. a body or systems of laws.

Your sentence: She decided to study jurisprudence in her third year of college.

word of the week #6

remit

Source: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

How it was used: " If you are in an intelligible condition, i've thirty-five roubles to remit to you, as Semyon Semyonovitch has received from Afanasy Ivanovitch at your mamma's request instructions to that effect, as on previous occasions."

Definition: 1.

to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.

2.	to refrain from inflicting or enforcing, as a punishment, sentence, etc.

3.	to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service.

4.	to pardon or forgive (a sin, offense, etc.).

5.	to slacken; abate; relax: to remit watchfulness. Your sentence: My mother informed me she will remit me the money on tuesday.

word of the week #5

obloquy

source: handout from media law

How it was used: lIbel is a false and unprivileged publications by writing, printing, picture, effigy,or other fixed representations to the eye, which exposes any person to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or obloquy, or which causes him to be shunned or avoided, or which has a tendency to injure him in his occupation.

Definition: 1.

censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, esp. by numerous persons or by the general public.

2.	discredit, disgrace, or bad repute resulting from public blame, abuse, or denunciation. Sentence: He suffered through obloquy after the incident.

Media Audiences

One of the most recently prominent news stories is the upcoming vote congress must make to rescue the nation’s economy. While many different media outlets have been reporting and providing the public with the latest information, I focused one the coverage on the newspaper and the Internet.

The first time I noticed this story was in the San Jose Mercury News. The story was placed above the fold in a yellow box with the headline “Bailout Near?” It was a small yellow box that only had room for a paragraph the rest of the story was continued on page 3a. I thought that it would be a large article but to my surprise most of the page was covered in advertisements. However, it did have a supporting article entitled “Could taxpayers make a profit in bailout?” With in this article there were three main sources of information House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Senetor Judd Gregg. While this story is important to everyone across the nation it did not seem to get much attention within the newspaper. It was not a big story and it really had nothing that would grab your attention.

The Internet seemed to have a much better coverage of the vote. Once I logged onto yahoo it was the first thing I saw. There was picture in the middle of the page with $700 billion printed in a large font. As you clicked on the link it led you to a large story that was packed with sources. These sources included those mentioned on the newspaper and many more. And in many cases this information is the most current because it can easily be updated as new events occur. For this reason internet seems like the best way to get your media coverage, as long as you are looking at accurate sources.

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word of the week #4

Provisions

Source: San Jose Mercury News

How it was used: Some of the provisions would be retroactive, the officials said.

Definition: noun  1. a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso. 2. the providing or supplying of something, esp. of food or other necessities. 3. arrangement or preparation beforehand, as for the doing of something, the meeting of needs, the supplying of means, etc. 4. something provided; a measure or other means for meeting a need. 5. a supply or stock of something providing

 

Your Sentence: He read the provisions before the document was approved.

word of the week #3

fastidiousness

Source: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

How it was used: " But there was such accumulated bitterness and contempt in the young man's heart, that, in spite of all the fastidiousness of youth, he minded his rags least of all in the street."

Definition: noun, the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style.

Your sentence:She expressed extreme fastidiousness at the store.

Telling Detail Assignment

Sitting precariously over the edge of the rusty brown and cloudy gray cliff, I can feel the grains of sand beneath my ice cold hands. I sit there with my eyes closed and I think of nothing. I am at peace. I can only think of the misty breeze, as it touches my lips and the taste of the salty air. I open my eyes to see the bleeding horizon, where the day's hot sun is cooled by the deep blue sea. A perfect ringlet of my banana curls is blown across my face, but I do not move it, instead I welcome the relief it provides me from the blinding sun.

The silence I have drowned myself is in is broken as the loud thud of the ocean waves crashes onto the run down wall of rocks; simultaneously, it rescues me from the sea of thoughts that pollutes my mind everyday. The waves sprinkle my toes just before disappearing into the dangerous beauty of the ocean and I am reminded of the hours that have passed. I close my eyes for one last time and breathe in the unfaltering healing power of the ocean with one deep breath. Just as another wave leaves, so do I, and just like the waves I will return.

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