Final Project

On Wednesday, December 11th, the Lyndon State College American Meteorological Society hosted their annual talent show. Lyndon State Atmospheric Science majors Amanda Curran and Stephen Decatur emceed the event, while President's Office Assistant Brett Santo hosted the event.

Emcee and AMS public relations director Amanda Curran began planning the event on November 1st. With the help of other AMS club members, Curran said "over 100 hours was put into planning and preparing this year's show."

The talent show began with the introduction of the judges, which included AMS President Chris McCray, AMS Vice President Josh Cingranelli, LSC President Joe Bertolino, SGA President Haley Craig, Provost Kellie Bean, and Atmospheric Science's newest professor, Janel Hanrahan.

The acts would ensue, with fifteen performances ranging from singing, dancing, and comedic skits. The judges had a tough time declaring a winner though, as five acts were chosen for the top three spots.

With over $300 worth of prizes available, the prizes were split up slightly differently than expected due to the ties. Alyssa Rovella's solo-singing performance landed her a tie for the third place spot with Victor Mwangi, who performed a song acapella. Brandon White was the only solo-winner of a spot, securing second place with an incredible piano solo rendition of Christmas Eve by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Music Business and Industry major Steven Neas performed a song of his own vocally and on the guitar, displaying his vast musical talent. Jake Machell also played guitar and sang, performing a duet with his girlfriend of two years, Jacqueline Laviolette. The couple covered Umbrella by Rihanna.

When asked about this year's attendance in comparison to other years, Curran said "Usually we do it two weeks before finals. This year it was one week, so the turn-out wasn't as good, just because of the timing, but it's a nice time for everyone to come out one last time before finals to see the talent here at Lyndon State."

Another difference in this year's show was the donation to the American Red Cross. Typically, the AMS talent show raises money for the club, but this year, they AMS club sent 100% of their proceeds directly to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief fund for Typhoon Haiyan.

Between ticket sales, food and drinks, the AMS club was able to raise $550 to donate to the American Red Cross.

iReport Assignment

I really like iReport Website you can look at so many different videos both professional and homemade. I also like how you can post your own video. One of the many things I dislike is the fact it takes forever to upload one thing. They need to figure out a way to make that process faster because it is very aggravating. The website itself is a good idea just way too slow. I think in the future if they made things faster it would be a website I would use often but as of right now it is not a website that I can see myself using in the future. 

Video In Newspapers Assignment

http://www.nytimes.com/video/

Is it professional-looking, or does it look amateurish?

The video on the New York Times looks very professional. They all our shot well with text that is incorporated with it that gives a description of what the video is about. 

Are the videos longer than an average television news report (1-2 minutes), or shorter?

Some of the videos are longer than an average television news report. More of the feature pieces tend to be longer. They have some recipe videos which are over four minutes while other stories are 1-2 minutes. 

Are the subjects interesting?

The subjects are interesting not all of them but some of them I did find an interest in. They had a video of a couples vows which I was interested in. They also have a lot of videos on recipes and I love food so those videos interest me. 

Final Project Outline

For our final project, Courtland and I will be covering the AMS talent show on Wednesday, December 11th. Our best work seems to come from us taking turns shooting, Elyssa editing, and Courtland writing, so we will probably stick to that outline.

Video Project Two

Video Project Two

Courtland Hanley & Elyssa Ellis
Intro to Multimedia Storytelling
Dan Williams
Due 12/4/13

CAB Presents: Free Skate at Fenton Chester Arena

We decided to do our project on the annual Free Skate hosted by both Lyndon State’s Club Hockey team and CAB. The Free Skate is one of the most popular events at Lyndon State College.

Once again, the hockey team gave up some valuable ice time, and CAB provided hot chocolate, coffee and hand warmers, drawing over two hundred students during the hour and a half event.

The Free Skate collaboration between the hockey team and CAB has been going on for six years, consistently bringing in over two hundred students.

Lyndon State Club Hockey Team Coach Jonathan Davis says "It's just a popular event and everyone seems to have a great time. Skating is not something that a majority of students have access to wherever they live or grew up, not to mention the fact that the event is totally free for all [to attend.]"

With so many students in a small location, the assistance of Lyndon State's Public Safety was r
requested this year. Previously, just a town sheriff was requested. Coach Davis likes the feeling of someone who is trained to help if something comes up.

Lyndon State Public Safety Officer Charles Forrest attended the event, and was glad to replace a town sheriff in attendance. "When we have off-campus events, there is usually a better turnout with Public Safety in attendance versus a sheriff just because of the connection... Our hearts are in it," said Forrest.

It's important to have Public Safety at this event because of some of the issues that have arisen in the past. Forrest says "We're there to make sure people are under control, whether it be drugs, alcohol, fights, or domestic disputes between couples... We've seen it all."

Some of these things have been an issue at off-campus events, the Free Skate in particular. Students will often show up intoxicated or under the influence. This puts their safety at risk, as well as the students around them. Last year, there was an injury at the Free Skate event.

Given the event's tremendous success, it's hard to believe the collaboration between the Lyndon State Club Hockey Team and CAB will end any time soon. However, it's important for students to work with Public Safety, and use their heads before the event, creating a safer environment for everyone.

Video Project 2

For our second video project, Elyssa and I will head to the Free Skate at the Fenton Chester Arena tonight presented by CAB. There will be plenty to shoot as far as students skating, and plenty of people willing to talk about the event. We can ask members of CAB how popular this event is compared to most why people enjoy coming out for it. Team Member Tasks Courtland and Elyssa will both attend the event and shoot Elyssa will do the majority of the editing Courtland will be writing the narrative

Winter Driving

ourtland Hanley & Elyssa Ellis

Video Package Project

Dan Williams

Due 11/13/13

Winter Driving

                With winter here, temperatures are continuing to drop, and we have already seen some snow fall. It may not have stuck around but it soon will.

The state of Vermont has a Project Road Safe plan that has been set in place for a number of years. This is about keeping the roadways safe during the year, with advice geared towards specific seasons.

To properly prepare you for the winter, Project Road Safe Manager Norm James says you should have winter tires on your vehicle, your anti-freeze should register to -30/-40 degrees below zero, and make sure your wipers are working properly and blades are in good condition. These are just some of the ways to get ready for the winter season.

Another very important thing you should keep in your car is a cold weather kit which has an ice scraper, a flashlight with extra batteries, a snow brush, jumper cables, chains, extra washer fluid, and a small snow shovel.

Another item you should keep around is cat litter. Cat litter works really well if you get stuck. You can put it under your tires and it will melt some of the ice as well as gripping the ground a little bit better.

During the winter months it is very important to keep your cell phone fully charged just in case you get stuck and you are unable to reach emergency assistance.

Speaking of getting stuck, if you find yourself unable to move your car after a big snow storm, shovel out the areas around your vehicle. If you don’t have a shovel with you, another way to try to get out would be to keep turning your steering wheel from side to side to create some free room around your tires.

If you are stuck, make sure you do not slam on the accelerator as this will make your tires spin, and might make you get stuck even more. Once you move snow out of the way, lightly apply pressure on the accelerator.

One very key aspect to winter driving to remember is to double your following distance to any vehicle in front of you. You can figure out how far you are behind someone by finding a sign and waiting until they pass it, and then counting one one thousandths until you pass that same sign. During the winter your following distance should be doubled from 2-4 seconds to 4-8 seconds.

The most important thing to remember is to NEVER SLAM YOUR BRAKES! Making sudden rises in acceleration or brake pressure are sure to lead to scary situations. Be sure to keep steady pressure on the pedals during the winter seasons, and have all the necessary tools in your vehicle that you may need.

Intermediate Deadline - Courtland and Elyssa

For our video package project, we will be creating a piece about winter driving safety. The first source we reached out to is Project Roadsafe manager Norman James. James has been cooperative with News7 in the past, and is very knowledgeable about driving safety related issues. Norm is always willing to meet up in Danville. A source we have yet to reach out to, but will soon is a car dealership and/or repair shop where winter tires a sold. The goal is to ask some questions about why winter tires are necessary, and possibly get a video demonstration of a tire change for video. Team Member Tasks Courtland will shoot the video Elyssa will write the journalistic narrative We will both edit the video together

Audio Slideshow - Anthony’s Diner

Elyssa Ellis & Courtland Hanley

Intro to Multimedia Storytelling

Dan Williams

Due 10/23/13

Audio Slideshow - Anthony’s Diner

After our original plan to do an audio slideshow on Paddy Cakes & Candy fell through, we set our sights on Saint Johnsbury Academy’s Hilltopper Restaurant. The Hilltopper soon fell through as well, as they are only open three days a week, for less than two hours.

 

After driving around Saint Johnsbury, we decided to set our sights on Anthony’s Diner. We came back to campus, and looked at some reviews to see what people had to say about the place. People seemed to love the atmosphere, the service, and most of all, the food.

 

At the age of 24, Anthony Proia opened his own restaurant, Anthony's Diner, in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont. A year later he would marry his wife, and in 1979 the couple relocated to Railroad Street in Saint Johnsbury.

 

34 years, and hundreds of thousands of customers later, Anthony's Diner is one of the most popular diners in Vermont. Known best for their Woodsman Burger, Anthony's Diner stresses the use of fresh, local produce, including grass-fed beef from New England in all of their burgers.

 

Anthony's interest in the food industry dates back to his teenage years. Anthony worked in hotels, dairy barns and diners throughout Connecticut, before moving to Saint Johnsbury to work at his grandmothers' grocery store.

 

Anthony would then go out on his own, opening Anthony's Diner on June 6th, 1975. They started with fewer than a dozen employees, open from 8am-11pm daily, before expanding to a 2am close-time on weekends.

 

While the menu has changed a half-dozen times since the opening, the Woodsman Burger has been a staple on the menu all along. The Woodsman burger is a six ounce pattie, with American cheese, mayonaisse, two slices of Applewood smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, and onion. The burger was originally $3.75, but the price has climbed to $9.95.

 

The Woodsman Burger is so famous, fans from as far as Australia have come to try the burger. Anthony recalls a specific time two months ago, when six people from Australia who had heard about the burger through facebook came to visit Anthony's, and before they sat down, they already had their orders placed.

 

Anthony's Diner serves between 250-1000 people daily, with their busiest time of the week being weekday lunches, and Friday nights. As far as the busiest time of year, Anthony says that from June until mid-October, the restaurant is almost always full.

 

If Anthony wasn't the owner of a restaurant, he would still be in the food industry, likely as food service salesman for Sysco.

 

Photos: Elyssa Ellis

Photo Editing: Elyssa Ellis

Audio: Courtland Hanley

Soundslides Editing: Elyssa Ellis

Text: Courtland Hanley

 

Sound Slide Project Synopsis

Courtland Hanley Elyssa Ellis Intro to Multimedia Storytelling Due 10/16/13 Audio Slideshow Synopsis For our audio slideshow, we would like to visit a local bakery or food-related business, and get a cooking lesson on one of the business's best-selling foods. Right now our number one choice would be Paddy Cakes & Candy in Saint Johnsbury. For this project, Elyssa will be taking pictures, while Courtland will be receiving the hands-on cooking lesson. We will record sound through Elyssa's phone, and then transfer it to her computer. We plan to record nat-sound pops of food being made or sizzling, and any other nat-sound that presents itself. We will interview owners Cindy and Patrick Poginy, so they will provide our other voice during the slideshow. As far as shots go, we plan on getting close shots of Courtland's and Cindy's hands interacting with the food, as well as medium and further-away shots of Courtland talking with Cindy. We also plan on using rights-not-reserved music. Courtland will focus more on writing the 400-word feature story, while Elyssa will focus on editting the story. However, we will both help each other. If Paddy Cakes doesn't work out, we plan on doing this project at the Hilltopper in Saint Johnsbury.

Courtland Hanley & Elyssa Ellis- Podcast "Relationships In College"

Podcast Assignment - Relationships in College Relationships are a very important aspect of life that can help an individual grow socially and psychologically. They can be long, wonderful, and supportive events that could last nearly a lifetime. Relationships can also be devestatating, changing a person forever. A key timeframe regarding relationships is the late teen-mid twenties age bracket, a time when many people are in college. There are many pros and cons to relationships on college, and thus many different opinions on them. As far as pros go, maybe the biggest one is the immediacy of a partner on (or near) your campus. Having someone physically and emotionally right there for you is an amazing feeling during a strong relationship. While the statistic claiming 90% of people marry their high school sweetheart is a bit far-fetched, many people do marry their high school sweetheart, and plenty of others find love in college or graduate school. It's easy to find compatability during college, especially within your major. If you're in the same major as someone, you're likely in it because you have similiar interests - something that's key to any healthy relationship. Another reason college may help you find a healthy relationship is the fact that many students change and truly find themselves as they move out on their own into the real world. Being on your own helps one find themself more, and once you accept yourself for who truly are, it's easier to accept someone else, and perhaps engage in a relationship. These exact changes can also be the very reason a relationship goes sour. Change can strain a relationship, because not everyone handles change well. Many people experience their worst heartbreak around this age. As school and work begin to take over a student's life, it leaves less time for a social life and significant others. Another reason relationships don't work is long distance. If partners go to different schools, they lose that immediacy, and trust becomes an issue. Even if you trust your partner, it's a different thing to trust the hundreds of people around them for months at a time. Also, alcohol always lowers inhibitions, and people do things the normally wouldn't (or use alcohol as an excuse to do something they want to do but shouldn't.) For those who seek alternatives to relationships, those are available, especially in the college atmosphere. "Friends with benefits" is the most popular alternative, but often becomes complicated and messy. Friends with benefits generally consists of all of the physical perks of a relationship, without the emotional attachment. However, it's difficult to keep things strictly physical; eventually time spent together leads to feelings, and complications arise. Some people may want to avoid friends with benefits though, as that can generally lead to a distasteful reputation, epsecially for the female involved. The college years have the potential to be the best years of your life. Finding (or sustaining) a relationship throughout these years can be a big factor in how well those years go, and if it lasts, how the rest of your life goes. Relationships also have the potential to ruin part of that experience. Everyone has different tastes when it comes to relationships in college, but there are different options, and hopefully most people find something that works for them.

Group Podcast Outline- Courtland & Elyssa

Topic: Relationships in College By Elyssa Ellis & Courtland Hanley 1. a.Topic - Relationships in College b.motto - bros before hoes, girls rule boys drool 2. Intro music- "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" - Big Sean 3. Breakdown of Relationships in College a.Pros b.Cons c.Long Distance d.Casual Sex e.Friends with Benefits f.Heartache and Heartbreak g.Plans After College - will relationship continue? h.Friendship getting mixed with relationship 4. Theme - Female's point of view vs. Male's point of view

Males Verus Females in News7

Males VS Females | Create infographics

Counting 1-10 in Czech and Spanish

Vermont Symphony Orchestra Makes Its Way to Lyndon

 The Vermont Symphony Orchestra's Annual Fall Foliage Tour is making its way to Lyndon State College and Features Many Different Artists.  

With the season of fall in full swing the Vermont Symphony Orchestra's annual fall foliage tour is making their way around the state of Vermont. 

The Orchestra is coming to Lyndon State College to perform September 26th at 7:30pm in the Alexander Twilight Theatre. The Orchestra has been a part of the community for over 80 years.

Some of the music that is incorporated into the symphony is Mozart Concerto No. 2, Vivaldi Tempesta di Mare for flute, and many more. The Orchestra's program list give you a look at the many

The Orchestra holds many events throughout Vermont upcoming events  find out where their next show closest to you is.

 

Online Writing Homework

                                       The Investigation Continues On Hometown Sunoco Robbery

 

 

Around 1:15 this morning a male subject entered Hometown Sunoco in Swanton and robbed the cashier at gunpoint.

 

The man escaped on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash and items. He is described as

a white male approximately 5'8"-6'00".

 

There were no injuries in the robbery but the Vermont State Police is continuing to search for the suspect and follow-up on the investigation.

 

Anyone with  any information is asked to contact the Vermont State Police in Saint Albans at 802-524-5993 or the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at 802-524-2121.

 

More information will be issued as the investigation continues.

Blog Critique

http://birdsofafeatherphoto.com/blog/?paged=2

1.What you like and dislike about the blog?

I liked that the blog had so many pictures on it. It wasn't just wedding photos either there were photos of engagements taken as well as dogs too. The wedding pictures were by far my favorite it made it seem as if you were actually at the wedding and the background of the blog was also very simple so you paid more attention to the photographs. What I didn't like about the blog was the fact that there wasn't too much about the blog. How the blog is written under the different posts doesn't say much about each picture so some of the photos. You actually have to click on the blog you want to see for more information about that specific wedding and then it brings you to another website so you can get more information. It also brings you to other blogs if you click on some of the other links which is something I like.

2. How often is it updated?
It is updated sometimes a few times in a month it looks like every time they do a shoot the photos are posted some of them even have Vimeo videos on them.

3.Whether the comments indicate anyone is reading it.
There are comments on some of the blogs there aren't hundreds of comments just a few comments on every blog. Some of the events that were photographed have more comments on them.

4. What media elements beyond text does it use?
The blog uses photographs and some video. Throughout the entire blog there really isn't much writing compared to the amount of photographs. The blog also has other links so you can look at other photography. They also have a section on every blog post that makes it so you can share it to a whole number of places.

Online Writing Exercise

Charges To Face After Bear Hunting Gone Wrong

 

The Vermont state police and department of fish and game have finished their investigation on a hunting related shooting that happened October 20^th.

Conrad Masse, age 76 was charged with aggravated assault after shooting Wayne Goff, age 58 while bear hunting together.  

The police concluded that Masse was driving his truck when he let Goff out of his truck. Masse continued to drive his truck over five hundred feet where he waited for the bear.

The bear crossed the road in between Masse and Goff. Masse opened fire and shot three times one hitting the bear, one hitting a tree, and one hitting Goff in the midsection and in the pelvic area.

Goff was transported to North Country and later to Dartmouth Hitchcock medical center. He has been released from the hospital and is in stable condition.

  He was also issued fish and game tickets for shooting from the road, having a loaded rifle in his vehicle, and not having proper display of permits for the bear hounds.

 

Process to "Pimp" My Blog

I have never used Blogger before so the first thing I did was go to Google and searched how to personalize your Blogger.

I then went in and picked a background but after just clicking around on Blogger for awhile I found even more backgrounds that were all funky colors. So I picked the purple and blue background and decided that stuck out enough.

After picking the background I decided to change the fonts for everything as well as the color of the font so it would be pink and purple to still stand out.

I decided I wanted to add some pictures to my blog too so I sent some pictures from my phone to my email and grabbed some from my Facebook as well. The pictures on my blog are of my family and majority of them were from Las Vegas.

I tried going through all of the different options to figure out what each one did. I chose purples and pinks because those are my favorite colors and put pictures of my family, my friends, vacations, and sports.