Summaries.

1. Education.
Both President Obama and Governer Romeny have different views on education. The average debt of a college student with student loans are 25,000, they a oppose differebt things. Romney oppostion to publicy fubdin higher education at odds with his empahasis on the importance of education for maintaining America's global competitiveness. President Obama pushed a new bill called Race To The Top. However Romney and  President Obama propose to achieve a balance between the need for students to be able to choose to attend high performing institutions with the need to improve the public education system overall.

2. Enviroment
America's footprints are different for other countries. Republican and Democratic presidents have traditionally approached the issue of environmental protection. Many have questioned wether the President has done enough in protecting the environment and ensuring a sustainable energy future for the United States. Governer Romney's national energy agenda has earned him "wide popular support" with voters.

3. Marriage Equality
President Obama altered his postion on gay marriage since the 2008 presidental campagin. DOMA Defense of Marriage act has been constititionally challenged. President Obama made a statement that, "we have never gone wrong when we've extended rights and responsibilities to everybody. Governer Romney argues that individual states should decide on the rights and benefits of same-sex couples. This is impotant in up-coming election. Is marriage a civil act is the question being asked.

4. Healthcare Reform
Over the past 100 years healthcare has grown and gotten better for the citizens of America. President Obama has an individual mandate for a new healthcare reform. Certain organizations and advocacy groups take the government to the Supreme Court over the individual mandate. Governor Romney and the Republicans pro-pose a way to fix the healthcare system and reduce prices. Many wonder why there is an issue of reproductive healthcare and healthcare for women.

5. Public Safety and Civil Liberties
The U.S. incarceration rates compare are higher compared to other nations. President Obama and Governor Romney differ in the approach to managing the increasing prison population. The power the President of the United States influnces how drug crime is investigated and prosecuted. Governor Romney has a moral argument against the legalization or regulation of marijuana. Both candidates appear keen to cooperate internationally with Mexico to prevent drug crime.

6. Campagin Finance Reform
President Obama stated the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the right of corporations and unions to contribute to political campagins is a "major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and.. other powerful interest. There are differences in fundrasing rules between the 2008 and 2012 campagins. There are an importance that finanical contributions whether to super PACs or directly to the campagins are transparent to the the public. It maybe a danger in the current trend of greatly increased election campagin.

7.Immgration
There are 3 million estimated illegal immigrants living the United States. Arizona's Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhood Act of 2010 is affecting the Latino community in that state. Obama's DREAM Act rewards and encourages illegal immigrants. Republican leaders believed President Obama's use of executive authority in June 2012 to prevent the deportation of some illegal immigants to be an "overreach of authority." There are moral arguments for and against allowing foreign college students to remain within the United States after graudation, which President Obama has proposed.

8.National Debt
The issue of the national debt is related to the two biggest campagin issues of 2012: the state of the economy and the role of the government in the economy. The national debt is such an emotion charged issue for Americans. Governor Romney has an postion on how best to deal with the nationl debt. President Obama believes there are two main successes of the fedreal spending he has authorized.

9. Taxes
There are major expenese in the federal budget. The question is where should the next president cut spending. The merits of President Obama's approach to reducuing the deficit by increasing taxes on the wealthiest households and slashing military spending. Is is right the wealthier Americans are taxed more to pay the services that primarily benefit poorer Americans is beeing asked. Governor Romney plan is to cut spending, including saving 110 million by reducing foreign aid to developing nations. Candidates' policies on taxes reflect their broader political postions.

10. Unions and Public Employees
President Obama argues that workers need unions in order to ensure they receive fair wages and benefits. Public sectors unions are more controversial than private sector unions. Democrats' economis agrues that unions help the economy with Governor Romney's assertion that the opposite is true. Republicans have a political reason for keeping union weak.

11. Afghanistan
Events led then-President George W. Bush to authorize the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. In the midst of a domestic economic recession, voters out weight on the candidates' foreign policy stances, such as the military operations in Afghanistan. President Obama's announcement to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 is an election-year ploy. The United States have an obligation to ensure a stable transition to democracy in Afghanistan.

12. China
China is convenient boogeyment for presidential candidates. President Obama's povit strategy of containment of China influnce in Asia. President Obama has handled relations with China and Taiwan during has presidency not so well. China's influence in the world will increase in the 21st century.

13.Executive Power in Foreign Policy
Congress has limited President Obama's ability to use executive power to close the Guantanamo Bay facility.

14. Foreign Aid and Development

Word Of The Day. 12/10/12-12/14/12.

1. Moor
1. To fix firmly; secure.
2. To secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines.
3. To moor a ship, small boat, etc.
4. To be made secure by cables or the like.
noun:
1. The act of mooring.
Origin:
Though moor gained popularity in the 1490s, the term originates from the Old English more from the maerelsrāp rope used for securing or 'mooring' ships.
Then the divers will moor it to the bottom.

2. Cruciverbalist
1. A designer or aficionado of crossword puzzles.
Origin:
This young word was coined in the late 1970s and entered the vernacular in 1990. Cruciverablist is derived from two Latin roots crux meaning 'cross' and verbum, meaning 'word.'
In high school I was a closet cruciverbalist because working on crosswords seemed so uncool.

3. Adiaphorous

1. Doing neither good nor harm, as a medicine.

Origin:

Adiaphorous is derived from the Greek, adiaphoros , meaning 'indifferent.
Which participates of neither extreme, as for example, all those things which, as being neither good nor evil in themselves, we call adiaphorous, or indifferent.

4. Plication

1. The act or procedure of folding.

2. The state or quality of being folded; a fold.

3. Surgery. A. The folding in and suturing of tucks, so as to tighten weakened or stretched tissue. B. The folding of an organ, as a section of the intestine, and the attaching of it to another organ or tissue.

Origin:

Plication is derived from the Medieval Latin stem plicātiō , relating to a 'fold' or 'pleat.'  

Suture plication reduced intra-articular volume an average of 19.0 % .

5. Apopemptic

1. Pertaining to leave-taking or departing; valedictory.

noun:

1. Obsolete. A farewell address; valedictory.

Origin:

Rising to prominence in the middle 1700s, apopemptic derives from the Greek apopemptikós , pertaining to 'sending away.'

William Morris is going to give apopemptic to the graudating class of 2013.

Word Of The Day. 12/03/12-12/07/12.

1.Effervescent
1. High-spirited; vivacious; lively.
2. Effervescing; bubbling.
Origin:
Effervescent originated as a French verb in the 1650s meaning, 'the action of boiling up' (as in water), though it did not assume its figurative meaning relating to personality until 1748.
She has a lively, bubbly, effervescent personality.

2. Pontificate
1. To speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner.
2. To perform the office or duties of a pontiff.
3. To serve as a bishop, especially in a Pontifical Mass.
noun:
1. The office or term of office of a pontiff.
Origin:
Originating from the Latin pontificatus, meaning 'to speak in the manner of a pontiff,' pontificate fell into common usage in 1825.
My husband loves to pontificate on any subject, regardless of whether or not he knows what he's talking about.

3. Erinaceous
1. Of the hedgehog kind or family.
Origin:
Erinaceous originates from the Latin ērināceus for hedgehog, followed by the suffix -ous referring to the possession of a quality.
At times even more ruthless, their erinaceous fingernails used as claws, as dangerous as any blade.

4. Quench
1. To slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
2. To put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
3. To cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
4. To subdue or destroy; overcome; quell: to quench an uprising.
5. Electronics. To terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
Origin:
Quench originates from the old English cwincan, meaning 'to go out, to be extinguished.
Foul water will quench fire as well as fair.

5. Howdah
1. (In the East Indies) a seat or platform for one or more persons, commonly with a railing and a canopy, placed on the back of an elephant.
Origin:
Howdah has both Hindi and Arabic origins, both referring to the load carried by an elephant or camel: haudah in Hindi, and haudaj in Arabic.
Now she made a picture of an elephant, with four lines for the howdah, in which was seated a princess wearing a crown.
 

Word Of The Day. 11/26/12-11/30/12.

1. Finaigue
1. To shirk; evade work or responsibility.
2. To renege at cards.
Origin:
Fainaigue stems from British dialect, but its exact origins are unclear. Whether or not it has a relationship to finagle is a source of debate.
I've a two-year stretch up here, unless I quit or fainaigue a transfer.

2. Rime
1. A coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of water droplets.
Origin:
Rime, also known as hoarfrost, comes from the Old English hrim. Used mainly in Northern England and Scotland for centuries, it was revived in literature in the 19th century.

3. Svelte
1. Slender, especially gracefully slender in figure.
2. Suave; blandly urbane.
Origin:
Svelte enters English in 1800s from the French, and originally derives from the Latin verb exvellere, "to stretch out."
In 1944 his mother had been a relatively svelte one hundred and eighty pounds.
4. Biblioklept

1. A person who steals books.

Origin:

Biblioklept  forms from two Greek roots: biblio- , 'book," and klept , "thief."

Chris is a biblioklept; he stole How the Grinch Stole Christmas from his 7 year old sister.

CNN Student News. 11/12/12-11/16.12

#1
The CIA will be getting a new directior beacuse the old resigned. David Paresty turned in his resignation papers and amitted to cheating on his wife. It started with an FBI investingation with a email. The women who wrote his biography is said to be the women he is having affair with.

2. I think that he said resigned. How does it look for the CIA directior to be having an affair. It's wrong.

3. I would not change this.

#2
At Cenntail High School in Florida Hakam Daley, who has cerrbleuopsy, was nominated for homecoming king. Kayla Donouhe, a goog friend of Hakam, rounded up all the seniors to vote gor him. The homecoming king for 2012 is Hakam Daley.

2. I think that this is nice. They sat aside that he had cerrbleuopsy and decided that he should be homecoming king.

3. I would not change this.

#3
Hearings on Capitol Hill. They are closed hearings. They are talking about the attack in Benghazi Liyba in September in which 3 Americans were killed. How did it happen and what happened are the questions that are being asked.

2. I think that this need to happen the get questions happened.

3. I would change so that one no would have not been killed.

Word Of the Day. 11/12/12-11/16/12

1. Troth

1.

Faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty.

2.

One's word or promise, especially in engaging oneself to marry.

Origin:

Troth  derives from a variation of truth  in certain regions of England. Over time it has taken on a distinct meaning in certain phrases.

If Barbara had kept her troth to him, he would reward her.

2. Disbosom
1. To reveal; confess.
Origin:
Disbosom comes from the ancient word bosom, which possibly goes back to the roots of the Indo-European languages. Bosom can mean "breast; womb; surface; or ship's hold." The first recorded use of disbosom is in the 18th century.
He disbosom to the police about his involvement in the murder of his friend.

3. Pigeonhole
1. To lay aside for use or reference at some later, indefinite time.
noun:
1. One of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk,cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters,etc.
2. In printing, white space created by setting words or lines too far apart.
Origin:
Pigeonhole begins with the sense of a literal nesting place for the bird, then finds figurative usage in printing. The first use as a verb is recorded in 1854.

Mobility’s hard in Spain; people pigeonhole you for life in the box where they think you belong.

4. Dovetail

1.

To join or fit together compactly or harmoniously.

2.

In carpentry, a joint formed of one or more such tenons fitting tightly within corresponding mortises.

3.

To join or fit together by means of a carpentry dovetail or dovetails.

noun:

1.

In carpentry, a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.

Origin:

Dovetail  originates in woodworking, with a joint that resembles the tail of a dove. The figurative sense derives from the tight fit made by such a joint.

The daily plymouth bristol operation will also dovetail into the new leeds route.

 

5. Bird-dog

1. To follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
2. In slang, to steal or attempt to steal another person's date.

noun:
1. One of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
2. A person hired to locate special items or people, especially a talent scout who seeks out promising athletes.

Origin:

Bird-dog derives from breeds of dogs used in hunting that are known for their tenacious sense for following birds. The sense "to attempt to steal someone else's date" originates in the 19th century.Connors thinks my department is so incompetent that he's sending someone to bird-dog my investigation?

 

CNN Student News. 11/05/12-11/09/12.

#1
One day until the presidential election. Candidates are campaigning hard. The Umployment rate has went down to 7.9%. President Obama said that it shows the economy is improving. Romney said it shows that economy is at a stand still.

2. I feel that after the past 8 years, you can not fix things in 4 years. It is going to take time.

3. I change it so that Bush Jr. was never in office.

#2
The presidential election is over. President Obama has been elected for another 4 year term. During his speech he talked about what they had in common.

2. I feel that YES.! Another 4 years.!

3. I would not change this.

#3
Greece in August the unemployment rate hit 25.4% meaning a quarter of the entire country is out of work. If you are 24 or younger that means the rate jumps to 60%. Greece has been struggle through a recession for 5 years. The country has massive debt. It's money to help out. But in order to get the money the government has to get it under control. Sending cuts but many people are not happy about this and are protesting.

2. I feel that they need to get some things in order or the country will go up in smokes.

3. I change so that everything would be okay.

Word Of The Day. 11/05/12-11/09/12.

1. Climacteric

1.

A critical period.

2.

Physiology: a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause.

3.

A year in which important changes in health, fortune, etc., are held by some theories to occur, as one's sixty-third year

4.

The period of maximum respiration in a fruit, during which it becomes fully ripened.

Origin:

Climacteric originates in the Greek klimakter , "rung of a ladder."

This has been a very climacteric year.

2. Franchise

1.

The right to vote.

2.

A privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual,group, or company by a government.

Origin:

Franchise derives from the Old French word for "freedom," which shares a root with the English frank .

I would franchise today, but I'm only 17 years old.

3. Glean

1.

To learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly.

2.

To gather (grain or the like) after the reapers or regular gatherers.

3.

To gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.

Origin:

Glean  traces its origin back through Latin to the Celtic glan , "clean, pure." The sense "to learn or gather slowly" appears in English before the sense of "to gather grain left by the reapers."

The service uses information gleaned from news sources over the previous week.

 

4. Quid

1.

A piece of something to be chewed but not swallowed.

2.

One pound sterling

Origin:

Quid  is a dialectal variant of the same word in Middle English that leads to cud , the stuff that cows chew.

I'd rather the pay the extra few quid next time for somewhere better.

5. Cahoots

1.

In partnership; in league.

Origin:

Cahoots  enters English in the United States in the 1800s, possibly derived from the French cahute , "cabin, hut," but others trace it to the roots of the English word cohort .

The police asked the robbers best friend if he was in cahoots with him during the robbery.

 

Pres. Debates.

Presidential Debates

Education

    1. Mr. Romney support school voucher and President Obama does not. Romey argues that a system would student choice and improve school accountability. President Obama opposes the use srguing the policy hollow out the public education system becausse lwss money would go toward public schools if students opted out of them.
    2. 25,000 in debt.
    3. Yes because there are teachers losing their jobs. No teachers means no learning.
    4. A system of federal grants designed to reward schools that meet curtain education benchmarks and reform.

Environment

    1. After China, the U.S are the largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
    2. Repubican Presidents have sought to frame business and the enviornment as opposing interest, and have tended to favor business in a battle. Democratic presidents have sought solutions that benefit both the enivionment and business, and have been more willing to regulate buiness in the interest of environment protection.
    3. Alot.
    4. No.
    5. Because he's going green.

Marriage Equality

1.       Yes. First he was neutral, now he is for it.

2.       It defines that marriage as union between a man and women. A president could advocate for and sign a law making same-sex marriage legal throughout the U.S.

3.       Yes. Think about the 1960s. The government gave rights to the African American community. In the beginning tension between different races were not good, but as time went along the situation got better.

4.       A- Couples can get married in their home state. D- Couples had have to get travel in order to get married.

5.       Very converstial in the U.S.

6.       Yes. People should marry who they want without the government telling otherwise.

Healthcare Reform

1.       1912- Health insurance, 1950s- employer-based health insurance, 1965- Medicare and Medicaid, 1973- HMO, 1986- all hospitals to treat all emergency room patients- allowed people to keep their employer’s insurance for 18 months after losing their job, 2010- Patient Protection Affordable Act.

2.       Those who can afford healthcare should have it.

3.       They argued it was unconstitutional because it required all citizens to purchase a good.

4.       Reduce federal power in the healthcare system.

5.       Yes.

Public Safety and Civil Liberties

1.       The U.S incarnates a higher percentage of it’s population than any other country.

2.       President Obama supports drug courts and sentencing offenders to drug treatment programs rather than jail. Governor Romney supports more punitive strategies such as “3-strikes and you’re out” law, mandatory sentences for people who have committed 3 offenses.

3.       What.?

4.       I don’t. Have you ever heard of someone being high on weed and getting into an accident. No.

5.       To address large-scale demand for drugs in the U.S.

6.       Yes. Now people carry at free-will allowing them to kill as they please. If it was tougher,less crimes would happen.

Immigration

1.       10 to 12 million.

2.       What.?

3.       It’s a matter of opinion.

4.       Yes.

5.       No. He would not step in unless it was fit to do so.

6.       Huh.?

National Debt

1.       The debt is tied to government spending, taxes, the stimulus bills, national defense and social security.

2.       Because owning people, being in debt, is like not paying your bills.

3.       Balance Obamacare, eliminate nonessential government spending, while extending the Bush taxes and leaving the defense budget untouched.

4.       Increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans and biggest American businesses.

5.       Romney says taxpayers ought to use their money how they see fit and the country must bring an irresponsible government under control or face financial catastrophe. Obama says the little vs. the selfish and irresponsible business culture that caused the economic crash of 2008. Obama.

6.       Cutting taxes.

Taxes

1.       Military.

2.       Reducing the deficit by about 3.2 trillion in the next ten years.
3.       Yes.

4.       I think that it doesn’t add up.

5.       They drive right to the crux of their political ideologies, and relate to their positions on other political issues.

Unemployment

1.       By counting the number of people who do not have a job but have looked for one in the last 4 weeks, the dividing the number the of people with jobs.

2.       Not meeting the basic survival needs to afford.

3.       Create more jobs.

4.       Increasing the size of the carbon-based energy economy will create more jobs.

5.       They cannot find a job.

Unions and Public Employees

1.       Only unions give workers the ability to bargain collectively with their employer.

2.       Because they benefit from tax dollars, and more government employees, or better government employee salaries and benefit higher taxes and a larger government.

3.       Democrats- Union help increase economy and decrease the number of jobs. Republicans- Harm economy decrease the number of jobs.  

4.       Weaker unions are less able to help Democratic campaigns.

5.       It propelled unions into the national spotlight and set the stage for a national conversation about the right of public sector unions.

Afghanistan

1.       9/11 attacks, before 9/11 Taliban took over government, Al Qaeda was discovered.

2.       A lot. Because it affects everyone. People are worried about their safety and the soldiers lives.

3.       It’s going to play well. Americans want their soldiers back home.

4.       No. Who gave you the obligation to help them. You can’t change people who don’t want to change.

5.       No. It’s the UN job as well as others.

China

1.       Because  presidential candidate tend to change their positions once they reach the White House.

2.       Presidential  candidates have a decades of old traditions of attacking sitting presidents for their policy toward China.

3.       Reassure America’s Southeast Asian allies that they can count on the U.S support against China.

4.       He didn’t do much.

5.       I think I will increase.

Executive Power in Foreign Policy

1.       Refers to the executive branch’s ability to make decisions without the permission or direction of the legislative branch.

2.       Congress opposed the policies of these executive orders, and has added clauses to defense bills prohibiting the transfer of detainees, effectively blocking the shuttering of the facility.

3.       If elected, President Obama is going to keep Guantanamo Bay open and active.

4.       Less causalities.

Foreign Aid and Development

1.       Yes.

2.       Romney wants to cut foreign aid expenses and stop borrowing money from China. While Obama opposed cutting aid and wants to increase foreign assistance to make investments to combat terrorism, corruption, transnational crime among other things.

3.       No.

4.       Because that’s what the government says and that’s what they see.

5.       No, because we need to worry about us first. But yes to keep the allies we have.

Iran

1.       Protection but limited.

2.       Yes. It was stated.

3.       Romney has stated that if Iran ceases it nuclear bomb program, he will take action.

4.       They are both willing to take action.

5.       Bad. A nuclear war might break out.

Russia

1.       Engagement with Moscow can produce win-win outcomes. US can seek cooperation with the Russian government while strengthening ties with Russian civil society. Afghanistan and Iran with concerns over Russia’s human right abuses. Undemocratic system of government.

2.       It has improved, but concerns are the middle east.

3.       Severely. Russia is an important ally to Syria.

4.       No. Who has the real oil/gas advantage. The middle east.