Current event:
Today in Northern Florida there was a tornado that ripped through the city. And took the life of two people, and damaged dozens of homes and businesses, an emergency official confirmed.
One woman was killed when a tree fell on her mobile home and the other person died in a generator accident. Some 50 homes were damaged, some were destroyed and about a dozen or more businesses also were affected.
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/
Friday, March 7, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Vocabulary words
Defintions:
scuttlebutt - A cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water
bulwark - a wall of earth or other material built for defense
hubris - excessive pride or self-confidence
dearth - famine; an inadequate supply
deference - respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another
emulate - to try to equal or excel
imitate -to mimic; impersonate
mimic - to be an imitation of
endemic - Prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people
aborigine - one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region.
inchoate - not yet completed or fully developed
precursor - One that precedes another
volatile - tending or threatening to break out into open violence
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