About Me

My nickname is Earl. I pretty much live for two things, music and baseball. I play ball for my school team and I go about 18 hours of the day listening to music. This blog is for my english class but I will use it as a means of album, concert, and movie reviews as well as other things.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Sources

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Comics Crucified, Washington Tribune
Power Search http://find.galegroup.com/ips/retrieve.do?subjectParam=Locale%2528en%252C%252C%2529%253AFQE%253D%2528su%252CNone%252C11%2529Swear%2BWords%2524&contentSet=IAC-Documents&sort=DateDescend&tabID=T004&sgCurrentPosition=0&subjectAction=DISPLAY_SUBJECTS&prodId=IPS&searchId=R1¤tPosition=2&userGroupName=mont42806&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&sgHitCountType=None&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28ke%2CNone%2C11%29Swear+Words%24&inPS=true&searchType=BasicSearchForm&displaySubject=&docId=CJ177820391&docType=IAC&contentSet=IAC-Documents

This artcle taks about an author who is criticised for making a horror comic book with a graphic cover and containing some four letter words that start with the letter "f". He has been targeted by conservative group and comic authors like himself have been targeted by similar groups since the 1940's.

2)
Officials: Like it or not, the drinking age is 21. By Michele Canty and Mike Hoover
Power Seach http://find.galegroup.com/ips/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28ke%2CNone%2C17%29underage+drinking%24&sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=DateDescend&searchType=BasicSearchForm&tabID=T004&prodId=IPS&searchId=R4¤tPosition=8&userGroupName=mont42806&docId=CJ178687663&docType=IAC&contentSet=IAC-Documents

This article is about the effects of underage drinking in a Pennsylvania community and how it is just a detremite to soicety. It also talks about how more and more teens are drinking and some penatlies that come with being caught drinking and being underage.

3)
Should swearing be tolerated in the workplace? Matt Keating
guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/jun/03/careers.work
This article talks about swearing in the working world and how it effects people when they are at work. Some places punish employeeds for cursing while others consider it "office culture". Yet at all times the buisnesses wish the atmosphere to remain professional

4)
PUBLIC LIVES; Pain of Growing Up, in Girl's Voice or a Boy's ELISABETH BUMILLER
New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E6D7153FF937A15757C0A96E958260
This artcile is about how girls growing up in today's world are vulnerable in many ways, and how different girls are then boys while growing up. They talk about how girls need to build confidence in today's society.

5)
Longing for a Cuss-Free Zone Michael Brice
New York times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/31/fashion/sundaystyles/31bomb.html?scp=21&sq=%22Curse+Words%22&st=nyt
This interesting article uses the word "bomb" in the place of the bad f-word. The author is trying to show how often we use it todays society and how accepted it has become and why it is a bad thing. He uses examples of many famous people including our vice president using the f-word.

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