Student News.

8/27
1. Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, passed on Saturday. Armstrong and the rest of the Apollo 11 crew took off to the moon. On July 21, 1969 first steps were taken. Neil Armstrong had flown over 200 different aircraft. He recived his pilot licenes before he got his driver's licenese. In all he took 2 trips into the moon.

2. I feel that Neil Armstrong is going to be well remembered as the first man on the moon.

3. There is nothing I can do. Life and Death is a part of the circle of life. Rest in Peace Neil Armstrong.

Word Of The Day 8/27/12-8/31/12

 1. Compère

1.

A host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.

verb:

1.

To act as compère for: to compère the new game show.

Origin:

Compère  literally means "godfather" in French. It entered English in the 1730s.

The compere of Wheel of Fortune took away the players money after she hit bankrupt.

2. Bathetic

1.

Displaying or characterized by insincere emotions: the bathetic emotionalism of soap operas.

Origin:

Based on the more common word pathetic , bathetic  entered English in the 1830s. It comes from the Greek word bathos  which meant "depth."

As art, it's last-gasp Conceptualism, a toothless blend of symbolic politics, stale entertainment and bathetic grandstanding.

3. Truncate

1.

To shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.

2.

Mathematics, Computers.  To shorten (a number) by dropping a digit or digits: The numbers 1.4142 and 1.4987 can both be truncated to 1.4.

adjective:

1.

Truncated.

2.

Biology . A. Square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely. B. Lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells.

Origin:

Truncate  comes from the Latin word truncātus  which meant "to lop." The mathematical and computer usage arose in the 1950s.

An impressive tower, now somewhat truncated, rose above the center of the building.

 4. Crucible

1.

A severe, searching test or trial.

2.

A container of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures.

3.

Metallurgy.  A hollow area at the bottom of a furnace in which the metal collects.

Origin:

Crucible  stems from the Old French word croisol  which referred to a night lamp.

The specter of civil war still hangs over the nation, and Iraq has become a crucible of militant terrorism.

 

 

Reflective Journal. Impromptu.

I gave a speech yesterday about how you treat people while they are still on this Earth. I was very proud of my self because I was not as nervous of I usually was. I was a little fluster when I started, but after I figured out what I was saying I was good. I just need more things to say while to make the two minute mark. In the future I will try to stay calm and know what I talking about before I open my mouth.

CNN Student News 8/20-8/24

Winng Again
1. Beverly Kearney is the first black track head coach the Unversity of Texas. Over a decade ago she was a car accident that left her paralyzed. When told of this, she keep coaching. She would have someone film practice, afterwhich the runners would go to the hosptial and watch the film. Coach Beverly has led her team to six NCAA championships. Coach B is defining all olds by walking, which told that she would never do.

2. I feel that is something everyone needs to learns. Don't leave one thing stop from doing something you love. Coach Beverly Kearney is someone that any and everyone can look up to.

3. There is nothing I can do to change it. She is where she needs and wants to be. When she was in the hopstial recovering, she keep coaching. I believe that God does not put more on us then we can bear. She proves just that.

Word Of the Day. 8/20-8/24

1.  Simper

1.

To smile in a silly, self-conscious way.

2.

To say with a simper.

noun:

1.

A silly, self-conscious smile.

Origin:

Simper  is derived from the Danish word sippe , which referred to a woman who sipped her drink in an affected manner.

The young lady could only simper when the you man that she favored gave her a flower.


 2. Velleity

1.

Volition in its weakest form.

2.

A mere wish, unaccompanied by an effort to obtain it.

Origin:

Velleity  stems from the Latin word velle  which meant "to be willing." The suffix -ity  is used for abstract nouns.

Samuel sometimes mentions that he would like to go back to school, but his interest strikes me as more of a velleity than a firm statement of purpose.

 3. Hieratic

1.

Highly restrained or severe in emotional import: Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.

2.

Also, hi·er·at·i·cal. of or pertaining to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.

3.

Noting or pertaining to a form of ancient Egyptian writing consisting of abridged forms of hieroglyphics, used by the priests in their records.

4.

Noting or pertaining to certain styles in art in which the representations or methods are fixed by or as if by religious tradition.

noun:

1.

Ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.

Origin:

Related to the word hierarchy , hieratic  comes from the Greek word hierātikós  meaning "priestly."

The value of the weight is uniformly written in egyptian hieratic.

4. Bole

1.

the stem or trunk of a tree.

Origin:

Bole  stems directly from the Old Norse word bolr  which meant "trunk."

Bole of trees whose boughs bend to the east.

5. Concertina

1.

To fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of a concertina: The car concertinaed when it hit the truck.

2.

To cause to fold or collapse in the manner of a concertina.

noun:

1.

A musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.

2.

Concertina wire.

Origin:

A concertina  was named by the inventor who made the instrument, Charles Wheatstone, in 1837. It was first used as a verb in the early 1900s.

He learned much of his music from his neighbor Mick ' Stack ' Ryan who taught Tommy to play the concertina.

 

 

 

Word Of The Day. 8/13/12-8/17/12

1. Fallow
   

1.

Not in use; inactive: My creative energies have lain fallow this year.

2.

(Of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.

noun:

1.

Land that has undergone plowing and harrowing and has been left unseeded for one or more growing seasons.

verb:

1.

To make (land) fallow for agricultural purposes.

Origin:

Fallow  comes from the Old English word fælging  from the tool that was used to break up clods of dirt.

The fields lay fallow in the winter.

2. Aseptic
1.

free from the living germs of disease, fermentation, or putrefaction.

noun

2.

a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.

3.

aseptics, ( used with a singular verb ) a system of packaging sterilized products in airtight containers so that freshness is preserved for several months.

Origin: 1855–60; a-⁶ + septic

Hospital succeeded in lowering the mortality rate as soon as they introduced aseptic conditions.

  3. Concatenate

1.

To link together; unite in a series or chain.

adjective:

1.

Linked together, as in a chain.

Origin:

Concatenate  stems from the Latin word concatēnātus  meaning "to link together."

The input files are concatenated into a single long file.

 4. Belletristic

1.

Related to literature regarded as a fine art, especially as having a purely aesthetic function.

Origin:

Belletristic  is derived from the imported French phrase belles-lettres , which literally means "fine letters." It entered English in the early 1700s.

5. Phthisis

1.

A wasting away.

2.

Pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption.

Origin:

Phthisis  comes from the Greek root phthí  which meant "to decay."

He was found to be also suffering from chronic phthisis.