http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM Experiencing the Benefits of Tranquillity Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:15:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8133964.stm Let's just hope NBC news is correct and she intends to get "out of politics for good". We could only hope! Maybe she was having trouble locating Africa on a map, or maybe her eyesight began to become strained by staring across the Bering Strait too much. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM/hopefully-the-end.html Prefixes ā-, ab- (away, from) ab-ducō, lead to (abduct) ad- (to, towards, in addition) ad-vocō, call to (advocate) ante- (before) ante-cēdō, to go before, precede (antecedent) circum- (around) circum-stō, stand around (circumstance) com-, cum-, con-, cor-, col-, co-, - (with, together) com-pōnō, put together, compose (component) cōn-sentiō, feel together, agree (consent) contrā- (against, opposite) contrā-dicō, speak against or oppose, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM/affixes.html Total-Partial Total: The sound becomes identical to another by taking on all of it's phonetic features Partial: The assimilating sound acquires some traits of another, but does not become fully identical to it. Regressive-Progressive Regressive (anticipatory): A change in which the sound that undergoes the change comes earlier in the word (nearer the beginning) ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM/assimilation.html Here are some interesting and scary, though believable and predictable, facts about U.S. foreign policy. • The US is the world’s largest seller of weapons abroad, arming dictators, militaries, and terrorists that repress or victimize their populations, and fueling scores of violent conflicts around the globe. • The US is the world’s largest provider ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM/let-the-sunshine-in.html I came across this interview with journalist Chris Hedges, which I thought was pretty interesting. I was really informed on his view of religion and war (the connection, etc.). Though I think some Muslim customs are pretty, well...pretty "distinctive" than what I'm (a Westerner) used to, I am not one ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM/chris-hedges.html Well I've succeeded in going a whole month without posting anything on here. But to more exciting news, R.E.M. have released their new album!! Accelerate is amazing, I must say. Now I'm not too keen on giving reviews, or accreditation to an album after only 3 days, but as of ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM/accelerate.html What I find hard to believe is this "global warming denial" that seems more widespread then it should be. Or maybe not as you always need an opposition to further illuminate the majority evidence. And in this case, the majority of the evidence seems to be in favor of global ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM/a-global-myth.html Liquids [l]- voiced, lateral, alveloar [r]- voiced, retroflex, alveloar Nasal [m]- voiced, bilabial [n]- voiced, alveloar [ŋ]- voiced, velar Affricates [tʃ]- voiceless, palatal [dʒ]- voiced, palatal Glides [M]- voiceless, bilabial [W]- voiced, bilabial [j]- voiced, bilabial Stops [p]- voiceless, bilabial [b]- voiced, bilabial [t]- voiceless, alveloar [d]- voiced, alveolar [k]- voiceless, velar [g]- voiced, velar Fricatives [f]- voiceless, labiodental [v]- voiced, labiodental [θ]- voiceless, interdental [ð]- voiced, interdental [s]- voiceless, alveloar [z]- voiced, alveolar [ʃ]- voiceless, palatal [ʒ] - ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM/features.html While reading up on The Verve's new tour dates this year (in hopes of further ones here in California), I ended up reading an article dealing with Richard Ashcroft's saga with depression. I didn't really think about it 'cause I've always known about it. But then I read up on ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM/clueless-blues.html Deals with the actual sound of human speech, or sounds. Phonetics differs with pragmatics in the sense that this study deals primarily with the sounds themselves, and not the context for which the sounds exist in. Phonemes: The smallest segment of sound which can be distinguish 2 words. English has ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/DanielM/phonetics.html