5 Vocab Words

1. Lashes- To whip

Sentence- The docters had many lashes just like Jesus did in Jerusalem.

2. Prescribed- To lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.

Sentence- I was precribing in doses while I was in computer lab learning science.

3.Morphine- A white, bitter, crystalline allkaloid

Sentence-Look at that morphine at the theaters.

4.Advocate- To speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly

Sentence- He advocated higher salaries for teachers.

5.Charges- To accuse formally

Sentence- He the president Barack Obama has said that they shouldn’t charge people to much.  

Egypt: Clampdown on Islamists ahead of elections!

     Dr.Raof Arabi flew from egypt, his home to Saudi Arabia for a job in the world’s richest oil company. He never new that he would be whipped or go to prison. Many people in Egypt more than 750 people were having a clampdown on peolpe the don’t want to be presedednts cause of their color skin. The Egyptian government is cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood ahead of municipal elections scheduled for April 8. Almost 100 members of Egypt’s oldest Islamic group have been arrested recently in many provinces. The group’s lawyer says it’s a common tactic but that the Muslim Brotherhood has always survived.In elections in 2005, it won 20% of the seats in parliament.

Since then, the government has tried to curtail the group’s influence through arrests and a media campaign. The measures were combined with a number of amendments that the ruling party introduced to the Egyptian constitution last year imposing more restrictions on political participation by the 80-year-old organization.

In the meantime, an Egyptian military court is expected to hand down a verdict in a case involving 40 Muslim Brotherhood leaders on Feb 26. Among other things, the defendants are accused of financing terrorist activities and money laundering.     

     This article affects me because I would just cry if I were to make fun off just because I’m black or white. Also I think it isn’t fair to not let other people vote anymore for elections just because the governore says there’s enouph presidents I mean many Egyptions right now even small ones might have a dream of becoming president and they would not be able to accomplish their goals because the governore says “NO MORE PRESIDENTS ALOWED IN EGYPT”!!! 

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/02/clampdown-on-is.html- whipped.html

5 vocab words

1. Wailing-To grieve or protest loudly and bitterrly,;below; bear the weight of, as a structure.

Sentence- In egypt, the wind starts wailing the trees in Christmas time.     

2. Sustain-To support, hold, or bear up from below.

Sentence- I can sustain the  heavy books all the way to my classroom.  

3. Prod-To poke or jab something of someone. 

Sentence- In Iraq, they always tyr to figure out which person prod something frome someone.

4.Bulk-Magnitude in three dimensions.

Sentence-When I went to a mueseum, I saw an ancient artifact that was bulk and old.

5.Conraception- The deliberate prevention of conception or impregnation by any of varios drugs or devices; birth control.

Sentence- Some people that I know, conraception and don’t care at all.

Egypt: Too Many Babies

 If you ever decide to go to egypt, stop and listen to the babies all around you and to the sound of babies wailing. Egypt’s population is growing too fast to sustain it, especially in the squatter neighborhoods of Giza, where 23,000 babies are born each year. That population overall = 1.9 million people. President Hosni Mubarak is again encouraging birth control under the slogan. He says,” Before you add another baby, make sure his needs are secured.” The country’s population has nearly doubled to about 76 million people. According to Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. Some counts put the number at more than 80 million. That’s very high!!! I mean, can’t you imagine that high number!?!

   This article affects me because if our country’s population was that high, we wouldn’t have a lot of money because we would probaly waste it and we need it for our shelter. Besides, the economy is very high right now so that would also affect us.  

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/08/egypt-too-many.html

5 vocab words

1. Fundamentalists- The beliefs of this movement. This is a fundamentalists to me and my friends.   
2. Rescind- To abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal. On TV, I heard they had to rescind Disneyland Park Resort because some rides were out of action.  
3. Interpretations-The act or the result. On Friday, I might be doing an interpretation on a Welche’s grape juice cermershall.  
4. Impotence- The condition or quality of being impotent; weakness. While I was whatching the news, an impotence old lady almost got runned over by a car.     
5. Retracted- To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement, to search. Lets retract and scrutiny for my neckless in my room.

Saudi Arabia: Mercy for a ‘witch’?

Human Rights Watch has asked King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to rescind the death penalty imposed on an illiterate woman convicted of witchcraft. A woman named Fawza Falih was accused of involvement in supernatural occurrences, including the sudden impotence of a man she is said to have bewitched, according to the human rights organization. Falih admitted to such powers under police interrogation, but retracted her confession, claiming it was made under duress. In 2006, an appeals court ruled that Falih could not be executed because she had recanted.    

But a lower court, which is guided by the strict interpretation of Wahhabi Islam, reinstated the death penalty to protect the creed, souls and property of this country. What this means is that they had to kill the witch because people kept on sayind it was very dumb that other people mercied the witch just because she could fix anything like if they are having problems. 

This article affects me because I would feel very sorry if I were to mercy that witch because that is very messed up and sounds dumb to do.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/02/saudi-arabia-me.html