Write up on Podcast

The podcast Duffy and I decided we would focus on Olympic hockey. We chose to focus on who we think will win the gold medal, and who will win the quarterfinals. We did this with no script and just based off of our knowledge of hockey. We did this after watching the USA game.

After watching that, it gave us a better view on Team USA and how they played. I personally have watched all of the other countries play and recognize what their styles of hockey are used in the game. I personally chose different teams than Duffy because it is who will win, in our opinion and why in each of the remaining three games.

We both came to the agreement that Team USA and Team Sweden would make it to the finals, but from there our views differed as Duffy said Team USA would win and I said Team Sweden would win.

We stated facts about why a certain team would win gold as a back-up for evidence to our theory of who will win.

Doing this podcast was really fun, I would not mind doing this again because it is really nice to give my views on hockey and what I am seeing and the difference in views from Duffy and myself.

We both came into the idea of this while watching Olympic hockey.

We also noted that we have to be speaking with unbiased opinions in this, as any sportscaster has to do. If there is some biases in an argument then it is easily noticed. This is why we tried to avoid clichés such as this player is not that good because they are not good. Our main goal was to use facts we knew from

Instead we backed it up with facts such as Sidney Crosby has not been producing the numbers Team Canada would like as their top line has only produced two points in the past games. Most top lines produce at least three to four, or even more, well depending on the team.

Sochi 2014 Olympic Hockey Podcast

Here is the Podcast as promised, reviews on team USA, Sweden, Finland, and also Canada so far and who will win the match-ups in the Quarter-Finals and predictions as to who will win the coveted gold medal and play in the gold medal game.

2010 Vancouver Olympic Hockey Goals

In honor of doing a podcast on the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, I figured I would post a link to some of the best goals of the last Winter Olympics in 2010 (Vancouver) as a memory of what happened.

Canada beat the USA for the gold medal in 2010, but can they repeat that success? Or will another team rise to beat them in Sochi? Opinions? Feel free to reply below!

Numbers to ten in Spanish and English

Hockey Podcast

I have decided that my friend Duffy and I will be talking about hockey in our up and coming podcast.

We will be focusing on who is the favorite in Olympic hockey and why. Such as team Canada is the favorite because they have the most talent and so on and so forth. Then other person states who they believe is the favorite to win and why.

For the interviewing we will ask what people think of the Olympic Hockey teams.

After we will change into talking about the NHL and who are people's favorites to win the Stanley Cup at the midpoint during the season. We will also explain why they are the favorites. Such as the Bruins have the best shot at the Cup because they are playing the most cohesive hockey before the break therefore they will play it after the break too.

Then we will ask a few fans of hockey about who they think will win, whether they agree or disagree with what Duffy and I have said or if they have their own completely different opinion.

Numbers

Comparing Podcasts

The two podcasts I will be focusing on today are, PTI (pardon the interruption) and around the horn.

Both are podcasts done by ESPN. I will be focusing on the most important aspects of them, what I liked, didn't like, whether I put them on my iPod, and whether I will view/listen to them again.

So first off I chose these because I am a huge sports fan and these are some of my favorite things, both shows cover all the various topics of sports.

PTI- I liked many things about it. I think my favorite part is when they cover the mistakes that are make in the middle of the show. It shows that they care about the mistakes they make and that they have to correct them. I didn't like how many different topics they cover as some of them are not as important to me, such as who cares about Lebron's fading fade. I used to have this one on my iPod until I bought a television a few years ago, and I will still listen to them.

Around the Horn- I love this podcast, because I love hearing the disagreements between the sports writers. There are some interesting ones and then others it just seems as though all of them agree and it doesn't make the show interesting because when they disagree things become interesting. I have this one on my iPod and I listen to it every time it comes out.

Writing Exercise 2

                                       Springfield Vt changes student and teacher's manual

(Springfield, Vt) -  Springfield High School teachers are no longer allowed to use physical punishment on students, under a revision in the school manual.

Superintendent Max Schmidt proposed that students can wear their hair as long as they would like and they can drive to school. The he also proposed students are not allowed to be physically punished by their teachers.

These changes were met by some opposition. Springfield Board Member, Janet Bliss said, "These rules were good enough for my generation; they're good enough for the students now."

However, the board voted 5-2 and approved the new manual.

News Channel Comparsion

So I compared two blogs, now it is time for me to compare two news channels. The difference and the similarities between the two.

I started with comparing two Boston news channels, channel 7,http://www.whdh.com/ and channel 5 http://www.wcvb.com/

For the writing segment, I based it on which one wrote more for the internet. Channel 5 seemed to me as though it was based for the internet with easier to read writing and a nicer font. Channel 7's was just too small for me to read.

On both sites there were slides and also videos for each news topic.

The local news is covered through the tabs and there. Also if you scroll down they both have it. The top videos seem more important that anything else.

They both seemed to have around the same sized staff, because they are both from the same sized city. If not then either one of the channels, if one of them is shorter on staff then it is almost unnoticeable because the work is done nicely.

Writing Exercise

Craftsbury Man Cited on Aggravated Assault

(ALBANY, Vt) - A 76-year-old Craftsbury man was cited for aggravated assault in Albany late Sunday afternoon, in which he shot a Wolcott man, police said.

 "Conrad Masse, of Craftsbury and Wayne Goff, of Wolcott were hunting bears together when Masse shot Goff," police said. "Masse fired off three shots at a bear, one round struck a tree, one round hit the bear, the last round hit Goff."

Goff  was struck in the pelvic area and was transported to North Country Hospital, he later was then transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Goff was later released from the Dartmouth Hitchcock and is in stable condition. Masse was cited to appear on Feb. 28, 2014.

Fake Press Release

(LYNDONVILLE, Vt) - A 59-year-old man from Concord has died after helping a motorist who crashed into Central Restaurant in Lyndonville on Tuesday afternoon.

 John Barker was assisting 82-year-old Annie Coulter, of Barton, after she crashed into the Central Restaurant around noon on Tuesday when he complained of chest pain, Vermont State Police said. Barker later collapsed and died of a heart attack.

 Coulter told police she swerved to avoid a pedestrian and her brakes failed. That is when she crashed into front window of the restaurant.

Coulter suffered minor injuries in the accident. No one else in the restaurant was injured.




A 59-year-old Concord man died assisting a motorist who crashed into the Central Restaurant. John Barker was assisting 82-year-old Annie Coulter, of Barton, after she crashed into the Central Restaurant around noon on Tuesday when he complained of chest pain according to police.

Concord Man Dies Assisting a Car Accident


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