Word of the Week # 10

1) Forager

2) USA Today (4.4-million-year-old Fossil Could Reshape Human Origins)

3) Rather, research suggests that their common ancestor was a walking forest forager more cooperative in nature than the competitive, aggressive chimp.

4) The act of looking for food or provisions

5) The soldiers foraged through the country side as their supplies continued to deplete.

Word of the Week # 9

1) Aghast

2) San Jose Mercury News ( Ambulance denied access to player)

3) "I'm aghast at the decision that was made," said Matthew Dean, a Campbell Union High School board member.

4) Stuck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror: they stood aghast at the sight of the plane crashing

5) I was a aghast with what happen in the City of Santa Clara.

Word of the Week # 8

1) Lucrative

2) The Wall Street Journal ( Bond market defies fed as rates rise.

3) The Fed has only begun to put its plan in motion, and many investors are simply cashing out of lucrative bond-market bets they placed in the long prelude to the Fed's announcement of its purchasing program.

4) Profitable: moneymaking:

5) Eric had a very lucrative business

Word of the Week # 7

1) Levied

2) The Wall Street Journal ( Iran plans war games to show air defenses)

3) The United Nations and individual countries have levied sanctions against Iran to pressure it to bow demands that it subject its program to international inspections and controls.

4) An imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force. 2. the amount owed or collected

5) The United States levied against three other countries

Word of the Week # 6

1) Hypoglycemic

2) USA TODAY ( Hospital care fatal for some patients)

3) Two other medication related deaths involved inadequate insulin management resulting in hypoglycemic coma and respiratory failure resulting from over sedation.

4) An abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.

5) The Student was sick because he had hypoglycemic.

Word of the Week # 5

1) Conglomerates

2) The New York Times (Video Game Sui: Image Rights vs. Free Speech)

3) But to the media conglomerates, athletes, actors, First Amendment advocates and others who have recently weighted in on the case, Keller's lawsuit is about much more than video games.

4) 1.anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements. 2. a corporation consisting of a number of subsidiary companies or divisions in a variety of unrelated industries, usually as a result of merger or acquisition.

5) The football team conglomerated before the game.

Word of the Week # 4

1) Consortium
2) San Jose Mercury News (November 3, 2010) In Democrat's defeat, Obama Faces reality of need to share power

3) The election was seen as a referendum on Obama and the Democratic agenda, according to interviews with voters that were conducted for the National Election Pool, a consortium of TV networks and The Associated Press, with a wide majority of the electorate saying that the country was seriously off track.

4) Noun- A combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc, for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital. 2 Any association, partnership, or union

5) My brother and I had a consortium with the family business

Word of the Week # 3

1) Rhapsodize
2) Mac World
3) The New I tunes is very rhapsodize.
4) To talk with extravagant enthusiasm, to speak or write rhapsodize
5) When talking to my co worker i was very rhapsodized about the new system.

Word of the week # 2

1) Rue

2) USA Today

3) Chris Young -"Rue that September 11 never happened

4) To wish that (something) had never been done, taken place,

5) The Consequences may be such as you will rue for your lifetime

Word of the Week

Word # 1
1) Vindictive
2) In the Business selection of the San Jose Mercury News. (Hp's Ousted Ceo)
9/9/10

3) A day earlier, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison called HP's lawsuit "vindictive" and said HP's board is "making it virtually impossible for Oracle and HP to continue to cooperate and work together.

4) Disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.

5)Tommy was being vindictive towards me at the ball park.

Your Favorite Writing

For my favorite writing assignment I have selected a novel that I have enjoyed and admired. The novel I have selected is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Paulo Coelho wrote the The Alchemist in 1988 but published the English version in 1993. Harper Collins publishers helped published the English version.

It is a story about a shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland of Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure. The catch is that Santiago doesn’t know what the treasure is but “when you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it.” (Coelho) Along this journey he meets a gypsy woman, a man that calls himself a king and an alchemist. They all point him in the direction of the treasure. Reaching the treasure requires him leaving behind familiar surroundings and working hard. It also requires him to follow his dream and never give up on looking for his dream to find the treasure. Over the course of the journey Santiago realizes that the treasure doesn’t consist of gold and the treasure is found from within him. The treasure consists of all the life lessons he has learned over the course of this travels.

The Alchemist became one of my favorite books because it really changed the way I viewed life. It showed me that one needed to have dedication and the quality of being committed to a purpose. Having that commitment would allow one to search for their treasure and follow their dreams. It proved that life is a journey and one is always looking for that treasure but that treasure can only be found when one finds their inner self.

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