UM vs FSU

It was a painstaking battle to the end and it left me with no voice but oh man the glory!!

Five ways to integrate sources

1. Kimberly Reyes-
She lists some things and says the complete list can be found here

2. The news article

discusses.....

3. Thomas Hutley-
Pickens, as reported on his personal website, www.boonepickens.com, brought together a coalition of Texas Panhandlers to devote their land to the effort.

4. Eric Cobb-
In an article published in Plant Ecology in 2008 by Abraham JK, Corbin JD, and D'Antonio CM, [[1]]they explain how a European grass is out-competing against the Californian grass by germinating earlier and getting the richer soil for itself.

5. Jose Martinez- That just doesn't get things done,” he declared in the interview which is posted in E.L.F webpage (http://www.originalelf.com/).[5]

Some of the best and worst presentations

Last semester when I was taking Athletic Sports Injuries the class was required to present on an injury at the end of the semester. I saw some very good presentations during these projects. One of the first presenters chose shin splints. She explained about the injury using a skeleton model of a lower leg pointing out places of stress and pressure then when her presentation got to the part about treatments she brought out some options. One of them she took a participant from the class who has shin splints and she performed the treatments and the techniques. It was interactive and very interesting the way she chose to present the information.

Another presentation in the same class came from a girl who made a handout that required the class to follow along. In the handout was a fill in the blank portion. This came directly from information she was saying. "There are _______ vertebra in the thoracic region." and When she mentioned the information students filled in the blanks. It was a very effective way to take away the main points of the presentation.

Some bad presentations I have been to included a woman's health seminar that I helped put on. We had a presenter come speak on the topic of getting women together for rides and how women can find female cycling partners and buy specific gear for women that will make the experience more fulfilling. The idea was great, unfortunately the presenter was extremely distracting with her use of "um" and "like." Another drawback to her presentation is when women would ask specific questions she tended to go in circles and never really answer the question. She was knowledgeable on certain subjects but for the most part it was more of a sales pitch.

One more presentation that I found lacking came from a world famous Triathlete. It was a seminar on nutrition, a subject that I am very familiar with since my major entails that I know the matter in great detail. The seminar lasted over two hours and was in a very noisy atmosphere. It made it difficult to hear and the length of the presentation was grueling, even for a person with experience in the background of both triathlons and sports nutrition. One thing that I found very annoying was the man spoke in jargon, almost as if he wanted to sound more professional. This was not the most efficient way to get the information across since most of the attendees were unfamiliar with sodium potassium pumps and the transfer of calcium in ATP usage. It got to the point of people having no idea what the man was talking about and even though the presentation was very well organized and provided good information, most of it was difficult to comprehend for most of the people at the seminar. That was not the main goal of the meeting.

Changes to Op-Ed Outline

Things i changed about my outline. I originally wrote my outline more towards the format of an expository essay, my revisions included revealing my opinion on the subject early in the outline and changing the hierarchy of information to explain the change and then the effects and then what can be done/ is being done to combat the issues. I also included a source in my outline.

Rhetoric of Op-Ed

Opinion Editorial is a different kind of writing than expository essays. It is closer to a persuasive essay. Defining audience is key because in order to make an impact the author must establish some kind of relationship with the reader right from the start. Since it is such a short piece the author needs to have established credibility in a way that a reader would immediately take into consideration the topic of evaluation. Ways to achieve this are; having a professional error free piece that is esthetically pleasing, it must have correct citations and clear style of writing. Another key ingredient is to place the opinion near the beginning of the article allowing all the follow up points the drive the nail. Having a sense of emotional persuasion is often very successful because it sometimes is the easiest way to sway a readers opinion. By having harsh opinions and extreme views it is easy to antagonize even someone with the same view. This is where logic plays in. If an argument is illogical a reader will tune out and discredit all potential value to the article. This all leads back to the ever important audience recognition. Knowing who the reader is will be helpful in choosing a style that is appealing and effective.

Green Movement Pet Peeve

Environmentalists working from Washington D.C.

They do not know whats going on locally or what the best responses are, yet they continue to make irrational changes in areas in need of real help. I could go on and on....

Exploitation of the Environmental Movement

Green Marketing is a company that advertises being able to market companies as green. On the website the entire synopsis is about the experience the professional has in marketing and PR. There is one sentence about him being environmentally friendly. Hes using the interest in green to promote his service in making companies look better.

Many people may disagree with this but I think Whole Foods is very guilty of exploiting the green movement. They claim that their food is all organic, it is all environmentally friendly. Truth of the matter is there is no regulation on organic food. Anyone can stick an organic sticker on something and say its organic. I do think it is important in meats, many people will agree. When it comes to fruits and veggies though, people should wash these things before eating them anyway. One thing that is very neat about Whole Foods is their niche market for artisan foods and fine cheeses etc. At the same time though, all the food is ridiculously overpriced. Green Wise organic chicken is far less expensive from Publix than the organic chicken from Whole Foods, (Almost half the price). So the Whole foods consumer can afford it? That is not a good reason to make bananas more expensive or lettuce. See my point?

Like we discussed in class, the oil companies that are "Going Green" These companies have very good PR representatives. They're donating pennies to research just so that people can't say they are not. I do think that every little bit that gets donated to promote research is positive movement but at the same time the motives are wrong and it would be ideal for companies to really have interest in cleaning up.