Prison is a generic term that may be applied to the maximum security institutions or reformatories. All such facilities confine people serving sentences for felonies.
A jail is a facility normally used to confine people serving sentences for misdemeanors, persons awaiting trial or sentencing on either felony or misdemeanor charges, and persons confined for civil matters such as failure to pay alimony and other types of contempt of court.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is investigating. If wrongdoing is found, penalties could include probation, fines or loss of home games.
"It's really hard to fathom in this day and time," NCHSAA spokesman Rick Strunk said.
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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL - Alachua County has become a partner with The Hippodrome Theater and GoGreenNation.org in presenting the first annual Gainesville Environmental Film and Arts Festival (GEFAF).
GEFAF, running from March 19 to 28, features environmental and documentaries films in an outdoor environmental fair with music, art, food, eco-information booths and a free family film on March 27.
"This event was organized to raise awareness of environmental issues in our North Florida region," said GEFAF Co-Director Trish Riley. "We want to inspire our community to address environmental issues through lifestyle adjustments, business and the arts."
GEFAF is still actively recruiting volunteers from all backgrounds and seeking local sponsors.
To visit the GEFAF website, go to http://gefaf.org and scroll down to see information on becoming a VIP Festival Pass Holder.
that (conjunction) Use the conjunction that to introduce a dependent clause if the sentence sounds or looks awkward without it. There are no hard-and-fast rules, but in general:
–That usually may be omitted when a dependent clause immediately follows a form of the verb to say: The president said he had signed the bill.
–That should be used when a time element intervenes between the verb and the dependent clause: The president said Monday that he had signed the bill.
–That usually is necessary after some verbs. They include: advocate, assert, contend, declare, estimate, make clear, point out, propose and state.
–That is required before subordinate clauses beginning with conjunctions such as after, although, because, before, in addition to, until and while: Haldeman said that after he learned of Nixon’s intention to resign, he sought pardons for all connected with Watergate.
When in doubt, include that. Omission can hurt. Inclusion never does.
There may be examples on Google news, but I believe in Florida, where public records law requires this information be released, this is just lazy reporting. Unless someone is still in danger or they are secret special operation soldiers or killed in active military operations, the reporter should be able to get the names and I believe the paper should publish them.
Dr. R's Response:
I am not sure this is true – police do not have to release anything until the case is complete – and they would argue it is not complete until kin are notified. And ethically, as a journalist, you would go ahead and i.d. the dead before their families were officially notified? How would you like to read about the death of a loved one from the media?
I believe at its essence, journalistic ethics boils down to the dictum followed by the medical profession:
Ampersand: The sign: & This figure for the word “and” came to be created over time. It is a ligature (a binding of two or more letters into one) of the “e” and “t” in the latin word “et” (“and”).
Asperand: One of the many names for the figure @. More often, it’s called the “at sign.” Again it’s a ligature, created originally by accountants, from the first letters of the words “at” and “each” (the circle over the “a” stands for the “e” in “each”). There is some controversy over the origin of this sign, and the word “asperand” is so rare that you won’t find it in many dictionaries.
Some people say “asperand” when they mean &, and some people say “ampersand” when they mean @.
Please paste this brief survey as your first blog post for this class with answers to the questions below - and feel free to add anything else you think might be relevant.
Who Are You?
Name: What year?
E-Mail:
Where are you from?
Why did you come to the University of Florida?
Major?
Why are you taking this course (besides the fact it is required)?
Outside interests, hobbies, avocations, things you love to do?
Tell me one interesting thing about you – something that makes you unique.
Are you the first person in your family to attend a university?
On a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being top-notch, how would you rate your knowledge of grammar, punctuation and AP style?
On the same scale, how would you rate your skills with working with InDesign and PhotoShop and with online media in general?
What online skills do you feel you are proficient at?
Where do you get most of your news?
What books are you reading and have read in the last three months?
Career Goals? Be specific as possible. Elaborate a bit.
What magazines, newspapers and news Web sites do you read regularly?
What is your favorite Web site?
Do you blog?
Do you have any media/communication experience? If so, what?
Are you pursuing a media related internship or job at this time?
'Tis the season for horribly written press releases
Twice a year I help one of the trade magazines I freelance for gear up for the NAMM Show, which means I spend a few hours a day for about a month editing PR Speak out of press releases for the latest guitars, drums and gadgets hitting the market from the biggest instrument manufacturers in the industry.
That means twice a year I’m reminded why most journalists condescendingly call publicists and press release writers J-School Dropouts behind their backs.
Here are a few examples of adjectives that appear in just about every release I’ve edited in the past week that all PR representatives should strike from their vocabularies when describing their company’s products:
Noteworthy
Incredibly
Beautiful
Stunning
Gorgeous
Cutting-edge
Top-quality
State-of-the-art
Ingenious
Unprecedented
Best
Just the facts, please.
See, too this excerpt on writing press releases that insists they should be written in "news style" and "avoid the first person.
French is a proper noun and therefore is capitalized.
But poodle is a common noun. There is no province called Poodle. Thus, poodle is lowercase in news style, no matter if the American Kennel Clubinsists it is up in their press releases and on their Web site.
Thus, as with so many things in writing and editing to style, we need to extrapolate to other instances of this in considering whether the first letter of a word is up or down. Sometimes, of course, that takes some research to determine if a name is derived from a proper noun.
The New York Times reported the NCAA is looking into Tennessee's use of hostesses to attract top football players. The NCAA has met with four prospects and is expected to talk to two more this week.
This is passage from NYT story:
Marcus Lattimore, a running back who made an unofficial visit to Tennessee but said he would not enroll there, said multiple Tennessee hostesses attended a game at James F. Byrnes High School in Duncan, S.C., in September. He said they brought signs, including one that read, “Come to Tennessee.”
“I haven’t seen no other schools do that,” he said. “It’s crazy.”
This is passage from St. Pete Times story:
Lattimore said he was not interested in committing. But two teammates, defensive ends Brandon Willis and Corey Miller, have done so orally. Lattimore called the hostesses pretty and real cool.
"I haven't seen any other schools do that," Lattimore said. "It's crazy."
