why are steps important?

WRITE A CAPTION FOR THIS PHOTO.

BY THE WAY, THE GUY IS 7 FEET 9 INCHES. YIKES!

Great Short Poetic Read Aloud Story

'Trouble in the Bubble'
One day a beautiful bubble lands on top of a hill.
All the people in the town see the bubble, and start singing and dancing around it. 'It's a bubble, it's a bubble it's a great big bubble, it's a bubble its a bubble......etc
Then the king sees the bubble, 'That's not a bubble, that's trouble.' He steps towards the bubble and sudenly he is trapped in the bubble. Oh no now there is trouble in the bubble.
The King said 'eeee get me out of this bubble,' but there was trouble in the bubble and you can't rule a kingdom from a bubble that's trouble trouble trouble no you can't rule a kingdom from a bubble that's trouble.......what to do?
'Get me the great Green Knight, he has slain armies with his sword that can cut through air... The Green knight comes riding riding riding up to the bubble takes a swipe at the bubble and now there is trouble as he becomes trapped in the bubble.
'Eeeeee get me out of this bubble shouts the king … you can't rule a kingdom from a bubble that's trouble.......what to do?
'Get me the great Red Knight, shouts the king. He has the sharpest lance of all and can charge across the battlefield at the speed of lightning. The great Red Knight gallops towards the bubble lance outstretched, but oh no now thre is more trouble in the bubble.
'EEEE get me out of this trouble shouts the King, but you can't rule a kingdom from a bubble, thats trouble etc.......
Finally the Kings calls for his champion of champions the Great Black Knight he causes havoc and terror wherever he goes. Charging through the crowd in his golden and black chariot, he swings his great golden ball and chain, but 'oh no now there is trouble'
'eeeeee get me out of this bubble you can't rule a kingdom from a bubble that's trouble.......what to do?
Just then a little girl is coming back into town with her Dad who she's been out with. She sees the bubble. 'Oh Daddy' look at that beautiful bubble.
'That's not a bubble, that's trouble'
'Oh no Daddy look again it's only a bubble, a great big beautiful bubble' The girl dances towards the bubble and the crowd hold their breath as she heads towards the trouble. The king dances up and down in the bubble 'get me out of this trouble'. you can't rule a kingdom from a bubble that's trouble.......what to do?
The girl steps forward, 'trouble, there's no trouble it's just a bubble' and she pokes the bubble with her finger gently and ......it pops.
'You see if you treat it like a bubble, then that's all it is.

and that's the story of the 'trouble in the bubble, that wasn't really trouble, because it was really just a bubble.

Ghislaine W. /22/06

NEW REC CENTER

Have you used it yet? What's your opinion? Have you been on the climbing wall? Is it lacking anything you had hoped it might have? Write a brief review of the new facility.

Fire and Ice, a Robert Frost Poem

What do you think of it? What does it mean? Which word or word combination is most powerful?

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FIRE AND ICE

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Office Hours for Individual Conference Week

OFFICE HOURS: (ON BLOG)
Tue: 9-10
Wed: 7:30-9:15 and 11-1:30
Thu: 9-10
Fri: 7:30-9:15 and 11-1:30

MWL Extra Credit

If you are done with 8 of the 10 MWL by 5/29 you will receive a 3% extra "bump" upwards on your final essay.

Citations Issues

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

This is the place to solve all of your citation woes. Remember, this last paper requires four sources, and they must be cited correctly.

odd photo...what is it?

TEXTING PROBLEMS?

Do you think we need padded street lamp poles, or should we just all start wearing helmets all the time? Texting helmets, the next big ebay idea.

Final Essay Assignment

Has the modern world made humans more or less connected to each other?

For this essay, you will consider the impact of technological advances on human relations. Are you better off for being in constant contact with your circle of friends and family? How does it change who you are that you are almost never out of range? Are there negative implications to being so connected?

For this essay, you MUST CITE AT LEAST FOUR SOURCES. Here are two of the sources that you MAY use. We'll talk later about citation format.

For this essay, you should think about using proper pathos, ethos, and logos appeals.

This essay will be approximately four pages double-spaced and typed.

Remember, this is an argumentative essay. MAKE AN ARGUMENT!!!


SOURCE 1:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103718.html

SOURCE 2:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25934644/





SCHEDULE
Mon 5/25 Memorial Day—Campus Closed
Wed 5/27 Individual Conferences
Fri 5/29 Individual Conferences
Mon 6/1 Final Essay Revision—Bring an Edited and Revised Typed Rough Draft

Would you rather?

Would you rather eat fish or go fishing?
Would you rather hike or bike?
Would you rather swim or listen to music?

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This is an odd one. Don't answer the questions. Instead, add your own "would you rather" question.

What is stronger, nature or humans?

What makes a prison a prison?

"Stone Walls do not a prison make nor iron bars a cage."

Richard Lovelace 1618-1657

BIRDS ARE THE CRUELEST ANIMAL

They attack each other, some eat their own young, and they don't have remorse like cats who play with their food. So birds are the most cruel and mean animal. Do you agree?

Turnitin.com Info

Turnitin.com
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Go to turnitin.com

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Pword: english

Calexico restaurant says griddle has likeness of the Virgin Mary

I urge respect in your responses to this post. My question is this:

Think like a sociologist. Don't think about whether or not this is an authentic apparition of the Virgin Mary. Thinking like a ethnographer, like someone who deeply examines the world, tell me what is the meaning of this? What might drive people in Calexico, near the border between Mexico and the U.S., to believe that divine intervention caused this image to appear?

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This is from the LA Times.
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By Tony Perry May 4, 2009
Reporting from Calexico, Calif. -- A Mexican restaurant in this border town is drawing the curious and the faithful to see what some believe is a likeness of the Virgin Mary that appeared miraculously on a griddle.A cook at Las Palmas restaurant was the first to see the image.
"She started to cry and didn't want to clean the griddle anymore," said Brenda Martinez, who manages the family-owned restaurant.The griddle has been taken off the stove and is now displayed in a room behind the kitchen that is quickly filling up with rosaries, flowers, votive candles and other offerings left by visitors from the Imperial Valley and from Mexicali across the border."I feel she is here with us. I can feel her presence," said Joe Acuna, who owns a landscaping firm.
"She looks real, very real," handyman Mike Breseno said in Spanish.The Rev. Edward Horning, associate pastor at St. Mary Catholic Church in nearby El Centro, examined the griddle Thursday. He would not say whether he thought the outline on the griddle looked like the Virgin Mary. But he said, "If God wants to do something like this, he can do it." To some visitors, the image looks like the Our Lady of Guadalupe artwork in a basilica in Mexico City, considered Mexico's most popular religious and cultural symbol. Mary is said to have appeared on a hill outside the city in 1531.Among the offerings brought to Las Palmas was a replica of a painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Visitors glance at the painting and then the image on the griddle -- and some see a similarity."She's here, I know it," landscaper Alfredo Luna said.Only the church hierarchy can confirm that the apparition is a true revelation.But that hasn't stopped people -- including several Mexican wrestlers in colorful costumes and masks -- from making the trek to the restaurant, which is known for its menudo and carne asada and is tucked in a corner of a popular swap meet at Hacienda Drive and Ollie Avenue. The restaurant -- and the room with the griddle -- is open Wednesday through Sunday.Alberto Lopez Pulido, director and professor of ethnic studies at the University of San Diego, said that claims of apparitions, particularly of Mary, are not uncommon among Latino and Mexican Catholics. The Catholic Church in Central and South America is Mary-centered, while the church in most of North America is more Christ-centered, Pulido said. Seeing images of Mary in public places or work spaces fulfills the need of Catholics for a personal relationship to their religion outside the church, he said."It establishes a sense of community, of personal connection and access," Pulido said in an interview. "It makes their religion real to them."Martinez said one of the cooks felt the image had materialized to give her strength after her brother's fatal heart attack a few days earlier."Mary is here for us," Martinez said. "She wants to show us her love and tell us to keep the faith."

How is our President doing so far?

In general, have you agreed or disagreed with his policy decisions?

Today's Presentation

How can you make this campus culture better? Can it be improved? Have you seen a community developing or only a series of fairly unrelated groups? Based on what you heard today from Lauren and Ali, what concerns do you have about the way the administration works with students here. Will you do anything about it or stand idly by?