Word of the Day 5-10-12

Obtest:  verb;

1. To supplicate earnestly; beseech.

2. To invoke as witness.

3. To protest.

4. To make supplication; beseech.

 

Origin:

Obtest  comes from the Latin roots ob- , a prefix meaning "toward", and the root test , meaning "witness."

CNN Student News 5-9-12

In today's student news they introduced a car that can essentially drive by itself. It showed a blind man riding in the driver's seat of a self-operating vehicle that drove him from his house to a Taco Bell and back home without any incident. I think that as cool as this new technology seems, the potential risks and dangers outweigh the potential good things that can come from utilizing new technology like this.

Word of the Day 5-9-12

Cicatrix: noun;

1. New tissue that forms over a wound.

2. Botany.  A scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.

 

Origin: Cicatrix  is derived from the Latin word cicatrix  meaning "scar." The Latin word has no clear origin.

CNN Student News 5-7-12

In today's student news they talked about the need for alternative energy sources. Nuclear energy in Japan is being reinstituted and the people there are protesting against it. I think that we should continue to look elsewhere for clean energy, but also continue to research nuclear energy because it is not very safe right now, or at least as safe as it should be.

Word of the Day 5-7-12

Sudorific: adjective;

1. Causing sweat.

2. Sudoriparous.

noun:

1. A sudorific agent.

 

Origin: Sudorific  comes from the Latin word sūdor  meaning "sweat." The word "sweat" is unrelated and comes from the Old English, swote .

Public Forum-print annotations 5-4-12

1. Haerens, Margaret. Illegal Immigration. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2006. Print.

This book provides me with necessary facts/ truths about illegal immgration in general.

2. Leinwand, Gerald. American Immigration: Should the Open Door Be Closed? New York: F. Watts, 1995. Print.

Raises a necessary question to ask ourselves when debating the topic of American border policy.

3. Szumski, Bonnie. Latin America and U.S. Foreign Policy: Opposing Viewpoints. St. Paul, MN: Greenhaven, 1988. Print.

Debates both topics/ sides of border policy between Mexico and America

CNN Student News 5-4-12

In today's student news they talked about letters that were discovered in a raid of Bin Laden's house. They went into detail about how he was losing control of Al-Qaeda and revealed different tactics that he used in his controlling the Al-Qaeda. These letters were just released to the public, and I think that by showing the general public information about how dangerous of a man he was, it helps the governments' war cause.