Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar

A. This video's category was informative and faintly persuasive. Mr. Safren Foer really provided a lot of facts and knowledge on his book and the food we consume. His responses were concise and to the point. It was persuasive in that Mr. Safren Foer hoped for a change in the way we look at the food we eat and hopefully would make small changes in what we looked for in our food.

E. All in all, the webinar we had the opportunity to see was a great experience. The content mostly revolved around Jonathan Safren Foer decision in becoming a vegetarian and why he decided to make that choice. The questions did pertain a bit too much to only one aspect of his book. I did feel we missed on opportunities to delve into the more profound aspects of the book. However, there were a couple of good questions asked and I thoroughly enjoyed Mr.Safren Foer's responses as they were witty informative and at times funny.

F. I. One of the moments that stood out for me during the seminar was when Safren Foer tried explaining to us that his reason for writing the book was not to convert anyone to become vegetarians. He wrote the book in order to open peoples eyes of people on the treatment of animals on animal farms. Safren Foer's intent was to allow us to become more conscious on the food we eat and how we should choose our food especially our meat.

F. II. Another moment that I found educational and made me question my ethics was when we read an excerpt from his book called "A case for eating dogs." In this excerpt Safren Foer brings to light the hypocrisy on why we don't eat dogs even though they can be a great food source, and what's the  reason we eat other animals. Safren Foer challenged the idea of dogs being the only smart domestic animal by saying cows chickens are just as smart as dogs and other animals like the pig have higher mental capacities. In the excerpt SAfren Foer joked about the idea of dog slaughterhouses and how we would have humane slaughtering's but we wouldn't care about how they were treated during their lifetimes. This really inspired me to begin to contemplate on how the animals in my food are treated.

F.III. My favorite moment came from the seminar. I was talking face to face with the critically world renown author Jonathan Safren Foer. There I said someone else's question that basically said wouldn't being a vegetarian be less affordable. Safren Foer gave a great reply by saying, " being a vegetarian would be more affordable, haven't you ever tried rice and beans." I had no idea if this was a witty satiric joke or just a coincidence but I found it very humorous since I'm a Hispanic and regularly consume rice and beans. It was a moment I will not forget in a while, being accidently made fun of by a world renown author.

2. This video can help me in my everyday life. I can apply my knowledge that I received from hearing the webinar and use in deciding what I put into my body. I must be open to new ideas and these ideas revealed to me just how unjust are society is to numerous domestic animals in their lives. I believe I'm an enthusiastic proponent of nonviolence. I usually only apply to people in general and how I should handle situations. However, maybe nonviolence may need to extend to these farm animals as they are intelligent creatures. At least a fair no suffering life must be given to these animals. This definitely opened a new perspective in me and I will use this new perspective in making more conscious food choices.

Latin Roots #5

1. cent(i)- hundred; century centipede, centennial
2. cid(e)- cut kill; homicide suicide circumcise scissors
3. clam, claim-cry out declare; clamor exclaim proclaim
4. cord, cour-heart; accord encouraged, courage

1. bicentennial-a celebration of two hundred years, lasting 200 years/ My bicentennial will be in 2198.
2. centenarian- a person who has lived to be a hundred years old/ My great grandma was a centenarian, she lived to be 103 years old.
3. centurion- a roman soldier in charge of 100 men, military mind/ Alexander was a centurion he had a great military mind.
4. clamorous- continuous loud and complaining voices, insistent/ It seems in the middle east all we here is continuous loud and complaining clashes.
5. concise- brief and to the point/ I always try to be concise in my responses.
6. concordance-condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index from writers work/ I hope one day the entire world can be in concordance.
7. cordial-of the heart amiable/ My family tends to stray away from cordial messages.
8. discordant- harsh or inharmonious, clashing/ My neighbor tends to have discordant remarks whenever I walk on his lawn.
9. genocide- the systematic extermination of an ethnic group/ The Nazis attempt to exterminate the jews is one of the more well known genocide.
10. incisive- keenly penetrating, cutting into/ My bike left an incisive mark on my knee when I fell.
11. proclamation-official statement or announcement that informs or honors/ So far Barack Obama's promises in his first proclamation to the American people haven't been met.
12. reclaim- to claim again; to restore to former importance/ Detroit is a city that badly needs a reclaimation project.

Latin Roots #4

1. bon, boun-good; bonus bounty, bountiful, bonify, boon, bon voyage, bonhomie
2. capit, capt-head, chief, leader; capital captain, capitalize, decapitate, per capita, capitol
3. carn(I)-flesh; carnal; carnality, carnival, carnation
4. ced(e), ceed, cess-go, yield, surrender; recede, proceed, success, concede, exceed, procession

1. accession-the attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined/ I still not have reached my popular accession in high school because it is not much of a concern to me.
2. bona fide-in good faith; genuine/ My grandma is a bona fide good person, she always tries to help people and improve their days.
3. bonanza-a sudden or unexpected source of money or riches; a windfall/ Adding Alaska to the union brought the US a bonanza of resources and money.
4. bounteous-inclined to be generous; plentiful and abundant/ My mother has always tried to teach me to be bounteous and sharing what I get and helping the poor.
5. capitulation-a surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions, a final give up/ If Japan's capitulation had come sooner, perhaps the atomic bomb dropping could've been avoided.
6. carnage-a great slaughter, as in a battle/ The battle of Antietam of the civil war brought the most carnage in any single day in American history.
7. carnivorous-flesh-eating, as an animal/ The lion is a carnivorous animal, heeding on animals such as zebras, wildebeests, and impalas. 
8. incarnate-literally in the flesh, in  bodily form, personified, flesh-colored/ Bad cholesterol is an incarnate hereditary I luckily wasn't born with.
9. intercede-to act on another's behalf to meditate/ Buddha always interceded to solve his problems.
10. precedent-a previous act or decision taken as a valid model, having gone before/ My sister set the precedent for getting good grades in my nuclear family, and set the example for me to follow.
11. recapitulation-a brief repetition, a summary as of what has been said/ His recapitulation on what the teacher had just said really clarified any questions I had.
12. reincarnation-a thing that is reborn, or comes into being although perhaps in a different bodily form/ Hindus believe in constant reincarnation as part of their religion.