IM Prologue

This picture reflects the prologue of Invisible Man and it shows the author, Ralph Ellison sitting in a cluttered room filled with objects surrounding him. Maybe to create the sense of isolation or trapped in his own world. And the lights above may represent the hope for African Americans or society looking down upon their race and they are just out of reach of the light.

IM Introduction, Ellison Bio, and UbD Post

Economics, geography and sociology have influenced Ellison's writing in many ways. His writing reflects the time period and the issues that were present during it. And it was all about seeking one's identity and what our purpose is in life. His voice is very strong and seems pride of his race and what they have struggled with and accomplished throughout history. He also talks about how invisible the character feels because of the color of his skin and racial discrimination. I feel as though he took his ideas of that particular time period and tried to put the reader in the shoes of someone who has been invisible for their entire life. He discusses a lot about barriers between race, religion, class, color and region, which I believe is a major reason why he decided to make a 581 page novel.  He wanted to make the reader aware of what he was trying to tell the world and reach out to individuals.

IR Blog Post 1 Compromise Benefits TV Viewers (3)

For more than two decades, television broadcasters and pay-television operators are taking part in the business deals of the marketplace. They use a process known as retransmission consent which boosts a staggering success rate. Almost 99 percent of these negotiations have been resolved and without disturbing the regular television service. Broadcast TV stations and pay-TV operators both are trying to reach a fair agreement which makes the system work so well. If one fails, the other will too. Each of these companies rely on the success of the other. Without the reinvestment of revenues, broadcasters viewers would have a lack of local news products and fewer people would pay for television. Most importantly, this retransmission revenue supports a local news and entertainment platform for more than 30 million Americans who are unable to get cable or simply can not pay for it.

Facts

• Retransmission consent- boosts a staggering success rate
• Broadcast TV stations and pay- TV operators rely on each other
• The retransmission helps the 30 million Americans who can not afford cable

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45152.html

Questions
Why is the number of Americans who can not afford cable so high?
What is the reason for both the TV broadcast staions and pay-TV operators rely so heavily on each other?

Link
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/129157-fix-broken-broadcast-retransmission-consent-system

IR Blog Post 1 Prince William gives Diana's ring to fiancee Kate Middleton (2)

Prince William is engaged to Kate Middleton and has given her the engagement ring of her mother Diana, Princess of Wales. This ring had a large sapphire surrounded by smaller diamonds which was last seen by the public when Charles and Diana announced their divorce in 1996. William and his fiancee have been dating since 2003 and rumor has it for years they were close to the decision of marriage. The wedding will take place in London in either the spring or summer of this year. The couple will live in Wales where William can continue to serve the Royal Air Force.

Facts

• Engagement ring of Princess Diana
• The ring was last seen when Charles and Diana divorced in 1996
• The couple have been dating since 2003

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/11/16/uk.prince.william.engaged/index.html?iref=NS1

Questions
Why did the couple decide until now to get married?
What was the reason behind choosing the location of the wedding? Where will it be held?

Link
http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2010/11/16/prince-william-gives-kate-middleton-diana%E2%80%99s-engagement-ring/

IR Blog Post 1-Please, No Puns. Please. (1)

This article is a blog about how some people get tattoos for all the wrong reasons. One story in particular  was that of Dustin Thut from Duncan, British Columbia, who caught the host's attention of the Ellen DeGeneres show after getting a tattoo of his boss on his back side in order to get a two dollar raise. Though he got the raise, he was quickly laid off. Ellen featured his story under "The most ridiculous thing I have ever, ever seen in my entire life."Afterwards, he was left with this tattoo of his ex-boss and no job.

Facts

• Got a tattoo of his boss in order to get a $2 raise
• Ellen DeGeneres featured his story on her show
• It became featured as "the most ridiculous thing I have ever, ever seen in my entire life."

http://www.tattooblog.com/2010/11/please-no-puns-please/

Questions 

Why do people get tattoos like the one Thut got?

What kind of person lays off their employee after giving them a raise? 

Link

http://www.oddee.com/item_96831.aspx

http://fun-zor.blogspot.com/2009/05/20-most-stupid-tattoos-ever.html

Theme #1 & #2 Reflection

1. I believe I did very well on both of my themes this marking period and I think the grade I received for each one was correct. I had some areas I could improve on but overall I feel I did a great job filling the requirements of the themes.
2. Some opportunity areas with me and my writing could be to explain more of what I want to get across to the reader.
3. I think I did very well with each theme, maybe I could add some more vocabulary throughout my writing and fix just minor mistakes like placement of commas and word choices. 

The Great Gatsby Final Project

1. http://lessonsoftoday2.wordpress.com/

2. The character Nick Carraway, from the Great Gatsby, lived the ‘good life’ in the novel through his occupation, eduation and being adored by many that teaches us the lessons of what makes a ‘good life’ in today’s society.

3. My partner and I were trying to show how Nick Carraway could be considered a model of the 'good life' and how his characteristics could be the lessons to what makes a 'good life' in today's society.
4. I was very familiar with using Wordpress.com because I have used it for art class. Yes, I would use it again because I know how to use it and it is a very good source in order to oraginze information.

5. Overall the whole project went well although we had some trouble trying to figure out what exactly we had to do and how we were going to use the character Nick to support our thesis. I would change how we oraginzied it and added some more details to the pages.