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Ecoogler - every time you do a search, help save a tree
This is an ecologic searcher that works with Google, the only difference is that with every search you donate a symbolic leaf to plant trees in the Amazon and the rest of the trees in the world. It works just as Google and gives you exactly the same results. Donating a leaf is something symbolic, because each 1.000.000 of leaves represent a donation of trees to the Aquaverde association. These trees will be used to repopulate the Amazons and the forests worldwide. Ecoogler uses Google Custom Search technology.
Ecoogler shows the same results that google.com, so while looking for what you need you will be helping to repopulate the forests.
Ecoogler shows the same results that google.com, so while looking for what you need you will be helping to repopulate the forests.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Declan Galbraith
Declan Galbraith is an English singer of Scottish and Irish origin. He was born in 1991 in Kent and live with his family in Hoo, a village near Rochester, Kent. His grandfather had a band and played several instruments which inspired Declan to become a musician.
His first appearance in public was at the age of 7 which shows that he had this ability since he was a boy. It was soon after this, when he started entering local talent shows and within a year he had won 15 competitions and more than £1000.
Nowadays, Declan Galbraith is known for the control of his voice, as well as his ability to interpret. Moreover, his youth make him more special as there are not many singers of his age able to sing as well as him.
About his personality: he is not shy at all. Many young people (who doesn't know anything about music) says that he sings like a girl but he has never been affected by this type of comments because people who know a minimum of music realised since the first moment they listen to him that he sings like an angel.
Declan loves Elvis Presley and Elton John. All this means one important thing about Declan’s personality which is that he sings many known songs because of his admiration for those singers.
He has done, as I said before, many different versions of famous songs and singers like for example : " Tears in heaven" by Eric Clapton, "Nights in white satin" by The Moody Blues, "An angel" sung by the Kelly Family (one of his favourite songs which was included in his first album "Thank you") and so on.
He has recently started learning to play the piano and guitar, and writing his own songs like "
You and me" which is a bit different from the others because it combines country and gives it a more modern sound and Declan didn't use to sing this kind of music so he was very pleased with this new album.
I think I've written the most important things to know a bit more about Declan Galbraith.
Here you have one of his favourite songs which is wonderful. You will be impressed on the minute 2:43 when he raises his voice with an unbelievable control. If you know a bit about music, you will see it..
Declan Galbraith is not very known in Spain but personally, I think he sings wonderfully and recommend everybody to listen to him.
In this video (and others), Declan shows the way he feels the music which makes us deduce that he is a very sensitive and delicate boy or seems to be.
In my opinion, he is a very good artist who deserves to succeed in his career as a singer but even if doesn’t succeed now, he has a long way ahead because he’s only 16 years so I’m sure he will succeed one day or another.
Here you have the link to go to the lyrics :
http://www.lyricstime.com/declan-galbraith-an-angel-lyrics.html
His first appearance in public was at the age of 7 which shows that he had this ability since he was a boy. It was soon after this, when he started entering local talent shows and within a year he had won 15 competitions and more than £1000.
Nowadays, Declan Galbraith is known for the control of his voice, as well as his ability to interpret. Moreover, his youth make him more special as there are not many singers of his age able to sing as well as him.
About his personality: he is not shy at all. Many young people (who doesn't know anything about music) says that he sings like a girl but he has never been affected by this type of comments because people who know a minimum of music realised since the first moment they listen to him that he sings like an angel.
Declan loves Elvis Presley and Elton John. All this means one important thing about Declan’s personality which is that he sings many known songs because of his admiration for those singers.
He has done, as I said before, many different versions of famous songs and singers like for example : " Tears in heaven" by Eric Clapton, "Nights in white satin" by The Moody Blues, "An angel" sung by the Kelly Family (one of his favourite songs which was included in his first album "Thank you") and so on.
He has recently started learning to play the piano and guitar, and writing his own songs like "
You and me" which is a bit different from the others because it combines country and gives it a more modern sound and Declan didn't use to sing this kind of music so he was very pleased with this new album.I think I've written the most important things to know a bit more about Declan Galbraith.
Here you have one of his favourite songs which is wonderful. You will be impressed on the minute 2:43 when he raises his voice with an unbelievable control. If you know a bit about music, you will see it..
Declan Galbraith is not very known in Spain but personally, I think he sings wonderfully and recommend everybody to listen to him.
In this video (and others), Declan shows the way he feels the music which makes us deduce that he is a very sensitive and delicate boy or seems to be.
In my opinion, he is a very good artist who deserves to succeed in his career as a singer but even if doesn’t succeed now, he has a long way ahead because he’s only 16 years so I’m sure he will succeed one day or another.
Here you have the link to go to the lyrics :
http://www.lyricstime.com/declan-galbraith-an-angel-lyrics.html
The life and music of
Extreme is an american rock band that achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Their influences are easily apparent from their music's multi-part vocal harmonies and electric guitar tone and instrumental techniques. The band lends the listener a sound that blends the genre of glam metal with the shredding guitar work from thrash metal. Being asked about their style, Extreme categorized their music as 'Funky Metal'.
One of his vocalist is Gary Cherone and the guitarist is Nuno Bettencourt. They two began writing songs together and played numerous shows in the Boston area. The begining was pretty difficult for them, but soon they began to be a famous rock group.
Cherone grew up in Malden. He raised in a middle-class Catholic family, Cherone was quiet, creative, and athletic. As a youth he dreamed of a career as a basketball player until he suffered a serious knee injury.In his teenage years Cherone turned to singing in local bands and was heavily influenced by the reigning rock frontmen of the day.
A few years later, Cherone and The Dream appeared on the early MTV program Basement Tapes, a show in which the viewing audience "voted" for one of two competing amateur music videos submitted by unsigned artists.
After several broadcast the group was no longer anonymous.
In 1985 began writing their own material.Although well received by the rock press,the acoustic ballad "More Than Words" inrose up in the early spring of 1991.That ballad is his famous song, and in my opinion is so moving
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The life and music of Marilyn Monroe
Norma Jeane Mortenson was born on the 1st June 1926. Her mother was Gladys Monroe Baker and as she didn't know who was her father she took her mother's surname.
When she was just 6 weeks old she had been adopted by a lot of different families. Bu finally, when she was 7 years old, her mother bought a house and recovered her custody. Unfortunately, one year later Gladys was taken into a psychiatric because of a hereditary mental disease. That's the reason why Norma was again brought up by a different family and soon she was finally taken to an orphanage or children's home.
At the age of 16, she married James E. Dougherty so that she could have a stable family. During her life, she got married and split up several times: the photographer André de Dienes, the director Elia Kazan, the baseball player Joe Di Maggio, the writter Arthur Miller who wrote the script of "The Misfits"...
In 1945 a photographer made a documentary about the work of women during the war. Then, the magazine "yank" asked her to pose and not much later she joined "Blue Book" model Agency. The she dyed her hair to a brighter colour.
In 1953 she appeared on the first cover of the first magazine of Playboy. In 1960 she was awarded with the Globe Award and one year later she was taken to a mental asylum because she had a nervous break down.
Finally, on the 5th August 1962 an ambulance stopped in front of her house at 9 o'clock in the evening and they took out her dead body at 3 o'clock in the morning. Some people say she died of an overdose and other because she was poisoned, but her death is still a mystery.
Here you have a really old video of her most famous song:
As you have already seen the video and that you have found that the lyrics of the song are comprehensible, I'm not going to explain anything about them.
But in the same video we can see how Marilyn wasn't only an actress; she was also a beloved singer. At the same time, this video shows that Marilyn always wore very attractive and really expensive clothes. Therefore, we can understand that she was very worried about her appearance and that she tried to look perfect.
Moreover, that dress she is wearing in the video was sold at an auction in 1999 for 1.26 million dollars, a world record. Because of that special day, we can also deduce that she loved standing in front of people and making them applauds. Possibly, that would have given her the satisfaction she was looking for. That was pretty difficult because of her controversial behaviour, and that's why I'm not going to get deep into this business.
You will also be impressed, but some people have done a lot of pages of her in myspace as you can see in this link below:
http://la.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=240255185
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=451816
As you can read in those two WebPages, Marylyn would have been 81 years if she was alive, but as we all perfectly know, she isn't. So, those 21st century WebPages aren't really hers, that's why there are so many but none of them are authentic.
When she was just 6 weeks old she had been adopted by a lot of different families. Bu finally, when she was 7 years old, her mother bought a house and recovered her custody. Unfortunately, one year later Gladys was taken into a psychiatric because of a hereditary mental disease. That's the reason why Norma was again brought up by a different family and soon she was finally taken to an orphanage or children's home.
At the age of 16, she married James E. Dougherty so that she could have a stable family. During her life, she got married and split up several times: the photographer André de Dienes, the director Elia Kazan, the baseball player Joe Di Maggio, the writter Arthur Miller who wrote the script of "The Misfits"...
In 1945 a photographer made a documentary about the work of women during the war. Then, the magazine "yank" asked her to pose and not much later she joined "Blue Book" model Agency. The she dyed her hair to a brighter colour.
In 1953 she appeared on the first cover of the first magazine of Playboy. In 1960 she was awarded with the Globe Award and one year later she was taken to a mental asylum because she had a nervous break down.
Finally, on the 5th August 1962 an ambulance stopped in front of her house at 9 o'clock in the evening and they took out her dead body at 3 o'clock in the morning. Some people say she died of an overdose and other because she was poisoned, but her death is still a mystery.
Here you have a really old video of her most famous song:
As you have already seen the video and that you have found that the lyrics of the song are comprehensible, I'm not going to explain anything about them.
But in the same video we can see how Marilyn wasn't only an actress; she was also a beloved singer. At the same time, this video shows that Marilyn always wore very attractive and really expensive clothes. Therefore, we can understand that she was very worried about her appearance and that she tried to look perfect.
Moreover, that dress she is wearing in the video was sold at an auction in 1999 for 1.26 million dollars, a world record. Because of that special day, we can also deduce that she loved standing in front of people and making them applauds. Possibly, that would have given her the satisfaction she was looking for. That was pretty difficult because of her controversial behaviour, and that's why I'm not going to get deep into this business.
You will also be impressed, but some people have done a lot of pages of her in myspace as you can see in this link below:
http://la.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=240255185
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=451816
As you can read in those two WebPages, Marylyn would have been 81 years if she was alive, but as we all perfectly know, she isn't. So, those 21st century WebPages aren't really hers, that's why there are so many but none of them are authentic.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
·Pierre Bouvier·
Pierre Bouvier was born in Qebec (9 may 1979). he is very known because he is the lead-singer of a Canadian music group called "Simple Plan".
this band was formed in 1999, by Piere Bouvier, Chuck Comeau, David Desrosiers, Sebastian Lefevre and Jeff Stinco.
Before this band, Pierre played for anothe one, called Reset. that one was only formed by him and Chuck Comeau, who was also a schoolmate.
But they had some problems, and Chuck left the band, so Pierre was alone. Some years after, they meet each other casually, at a rock show, and they decided to form another band, but in this case, with more school friends, such as Sebastian and Jeff. But needed another singer, so they offered David to add to the band, and he accepted.
Nowadays Pierre lives in Qebec, and his wife is Lachelle Farrar and he's now going to be father for first time.
He has four dogs (I don't know their names), and a fish.
He's fauvorite sport is the footbal, but he also like practising basketball, surf or skateboarding.
and he's fauvorite music groups are: good charlotte, blink-182, new found glory, beach boys and BSB.
This is everything I know about this guy. I also would like to say that he's my fauvorite singer, and that his band (simple plan) is my fauvorite band, and twoo weeks ago they gave a concert here in Bilbao, and I was there. It was just unbelievable.
I love them.
this band was formed in 1999, by Piere Bouvier, Chuck Comeau, David Desrosiers, Sebastian Lefevre and Jeff Stinco.
Before this band, Pierre played for anothe one, called Reset. that one was only formed by him and Chuck Comeau, who was also a schoolmate.
But they had some problems, and Chuck left the band, so Pierre was alone. Some years after, they meet each other casually, at a rock show, and they decided to form another band, but in this case, with more school friends, such as Sebastian and Jeff. But needed another singer, so they offered David to add to the band, and he accepted.
Nowadays Pierre lives in Qebec, and his wife is Lachelle Farrar and he's now going to be father for first time.
He has four dogs (I don't know their names), and a fish.
He's fauvorite sport is the footbal, but he also like practising basketball, surf or skateboarding.
and he's fauvorite music groups are: good charlotte, blink-182, new found glory, beach boys and BSB.
This is everything I know about this guy. I also would like to say that he's my fauvorite singer, and that his band (simple plan) is my fauvorite band, and twoo weeks ago they gave a concert here in Bilbao, and I was there. It was just unbelievable.
I love them.
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal was born in Manacor (Mallorca) in 1986. His father is Sebastian Nadal and his mother is Ana Maria Parera. He also has a young sister named Maria Isabel Nadal. When he was only four years old he practised every kind of sport but tennis was the best one he did. When he was only eight years old he won a official championship in Mallorca. This wasn’t possible without the help of his uncle and his personal work. After a lot of successfully victories he began to rise in his career.
First of all, he won against Albert Costa (one of the top ten) and he won also against his best friend: Carlos Moya, of course another one from the top ten. In 2003 he failed in the third round in Wimbledon. In 2004 Nadal was one of the best players in the championships. He won the Davis coup against Andy Roddick from EE.UU. in a difficult game. The same year had won also his first title in Polonia. At the end of the year he won another tile in Master’s championship in Leon city against Fernando Verdasco without losing any set.
In 2005, Rafael Nadal was the revolution in professional competitions. He won against the number one, the best player in the world, Roger Federer. He won also Roland Garros championship and more competitions such as: Master Series, Grand Slam...
In 2006 he couldn't do a good work due to a stress fracture in his left ankle. However, from 2007 to now we have seen one of the youngest and best players in the world. Nowadays, Rafael Nadal is the number two in the ranking of the ATP (Association of professional players).
Rafael Nadal had a wonderful career in the world of tennis but without his personal work and the help of his uncle his dream couldn’t be possible. All people, we can see how he behaved in the court when he is playing a match. He never surrounded and he always fought until the end of the match.
The last competition that has won Rafa Nadal this year is Monte Carlo´s tournament.
Rafael Nadal had a wonderful career in the world of tennis but without his personal work and the help of his uncle his dream couldn’t be possible. All people, we can see how he behaved in the court when he is playing a match. He never surrounded and he always fought until the end of the match.
The last competition that has won Rafa Nadal this year is Monte Carlo´s tournament.
Will.I.Am
William James Adams (better known as Will.I.Am), was born in Los Angeles, California (EE.UU) on the 15th of march in 1975. He is an Jamaican-American hip hop musician, songwriter and founding member and frontman of Black Eyed Peas. The genres that define his style are Hip Hop, Dance, R&B, Pop, Urban and Rap. He plays the trumpet, keyboard and clarinet.
Indeed. will.i.am has helped steer The Black Eyed Peas into one of the most popular groups in music. They have sold 18 million albums worldwide, have won three Grammy awards and have been nominated for 10 total. The group, though, is a partnership amongst four people. “A will.i.am solo album is a different entity. It’s not a Peas record.”
On his own, will.i.am has established himself as one of music’s top producers. He has a recording company called "A.M. Records". He has collaborated on tracks with Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Kelis, Nas, The Game, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Sergio Mendes, Carlos Santana, The Pussycat Dolls, Busta Rhymes and fellow Black Eyed Pea, Fergie.
He is a democrat, actually he has made a song for the elections of the United States with the dialogue of Obama on one of his meetings. Here is the song:
We can see that Will.I.Am is a democrat, with their ideas. They say they want people to choose every single thing, by voting, democracy. We also can see that he wants Obama to be president, so he made this song for that. Actually, we can talk too much about his personality with this song, because all that's said is say by Obama, and even though he supports him, I don't think it's a good idea to talk about his ideologies with this song. Actually, he may have ideas similar to Obama's ones.
Will normally makes songs about girls, so we can suppose that he is a romantic man, or maybe that he likes a lot girls. As well as from his songs, we can suppose other things by reading some sentences said by him, such as, “I didn’t want to come out and say, ‘Hey, I’m a producer and here are all my friends,’” he explains. “I wanted to be my own man and do my own thing and really try out some ideas that have been bubbling in my head.” We can suppose that he is not a show off person, nevertheless he is very bull-headed, when he wants to do something he tries to do it without help.
Here are the lyrics of a famous song of him: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/william/igotitfrommymama.html
Indeed. will.i.am has helped steer The Black Eyed Peas into one of the most popular groups in music. They have sold 18 million albums worldwide, have won three Grammy awards and have been nominated for 10 total. The group, though, is a partnership amongst four people. “A will.i.am solo album is a different entity. It’s not a Peas record.”
On his own, will.i.am has established himself as one of music’s top producers. He has a recording company called "A.M. Records". He has collaborated on tracks with Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Kelis, Nas, The Game, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Sergio Mendes, Carlos Santana, The Pussycat Dolls, Busta Rhymes and fellow Black Eyed Pea, Fergie.
He is a democrat, actually he has made a song for the elections of the United States with the dialogue of Obama on one of his meetings. Here is the song:
We can see that Will.I.Am is a democrat, with their ideas. They say they want people to choose every single thing, by voting, democracy. We also can see that he wants Obama to be president, so he made this song for that. Actually, we can talk too much about his personality with this song, because all that's said is say by Obama, and even though he supports him, I don't think it's a good idea to talk about his ideologies with this song. Actually, he may have ideas similar to Obama's ones.
Will normally makes songs about girls, so we can suppose that he is a romantic man, or maybe that he likes a lot girls. As well as from his songs, we can suppose other things by reading some sentences said by him, such as, “I didn’t want to come out and say, ‘Hey, I’m a producer and here are all my friends,’” he explains. “I wanted to be my own man and do my own thing and really try out some ideas that have been bubbling in my head.” We can suppose that he is not a show off person, nevertheless he is very bull-headed, when he wants to do something he tries to do it without help.
Here are the lyrics of a famous song of him: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/william/igotitfrommymama.html
*RiHaNNa*
Rihanna was born in Barbados. Until she went to Combermere school she didn't start to study music lessons.
At the age of 15, Rihanna received her big break when one of her friends introduced her to music producers.
Rihanna's debut album, Music of the Sun, was released August 30, 2005. And then she has continued working very hard on other albums like "A girl like me" or the last one calls,"Good girl gone bad".
She has won some awards like "MTV music awards", "world music awards" or "teen choice awards"
She has also some future projects which aren't related with music.
She is considered by many artists, one of the best pop singer of the moment.
Rihanna has temped up with H&M and other celebrities like Justin Timberlake, and Good Charlotte for "Fashion against AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)" . This collection will be available at H&M in early February in 2008.
She has also participated in some other tours with another singers like Pussycat Dolls, Black eyed Peas, and Neyo.
These are some of her new songs:
Umbrella
Unfaithful
I hate i love you
Rehab
We ride
At her beginnings she wasn't too popular but as she started to do some concerts everybody saw that she was a very nice and beautiful girl, who likes to be honest with everybody. She has always tried to satisfy all her fans giving them all her love and singing as well as she can. Her songs talk about when your boyfriend cheats you by going with another girl who is nicer than you, the first love, or about when you break up with your boy or girl friend because she or he is a bad tempered and cold person , all of them talk about those kind of things.
The song that i have chosen show as that she is a little promiscuous but at the same time she doesn't want to hurt him although her boy friend knows that she is unfaithful.
The life and music of SimplePlan [*]
Simple Plan began in 1995 with the formation of a band named Reset by friends Pierre Bouvier, Charles-André "Chuck" Comeau, Philippe Jolicoeur, and Adrian White.
Two years later he met with high school friends Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre who were in separate bands of their own, and combined to create the band. At those very moment, Reset was releasing a second CD, No Limits.
The origin of the band's name is obscure. Band members have given various responses on this point, including a liking for the movie A Simple Plan; that the band was their simple plan to avoid getting a "real" job; and that the name was only intended to be temporary, but they never thought of anything better, and with shows coming up for the new band, they needed a name.
In 2002, Simple Plan released their first studio album, No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls which led to the singles, "I'm Just a Kid", "I'd Do Anything", "Addicted", and "Perfect".
In 2004, Simple Plan released their second studio album, Still Not Getting Any... which led to the singles, "Welcome to My Life", "Shut Up!", "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)", "Crazy", and "Perfect World".
In 2006, they published a new album with the best songs of their music career and, right now, they're releasing their last studio album, SIMPLE PLAN and so they gave some concerts around Spain. They were three and one of them was in Bilbao, I went to that concert and it was amazing!!!! I've never enjoyed myself as much as I did!
Definitely, Simple Plan is one of the best groups ever and so, they've won lots of prizes all over the world as the Teen Choice Awards for the best rock group in 2005.
At their beginning, Simple Plan was a chaotic rock group but, nowadays, they're good musicians who make lyrics expressing all their feelings and and so, young people love them and feel identified with everything they say.
Their songs talk about everything you can imagine: love, lies, friends, society... But this one specially talks about how you try to do everything as well as you can and, suddenly, an unplanned moment or accident breaks your world and your life without caring about what you think and brings you down to a place where you can't do anything and where you sometimes think that all those problems that your family or friends have are because of you, like they were your fault.
Personally, when I listen to this song I remember all those bad moments I have had during my life but I also remember that I've grown up thanks to them and that every bad day has its sunny morning the day after. It's a song that makes you think about everything you have done or not and says, in some way, that you don't have to feel culpable of a problem if you couldn't done anything to solve it.
Two years later he met with high school friends Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre who were in separate bands of their own, and combined to create the band. At those very moment, Reset was releasing a second CD, No Limits.
The origin of the band's name is obscure. Band members have given various responses on this point, including a liking for the movie A Simple Plan; that the band was their simple plan to avoid getting a "real" job; and that the name was only intended to be temporary, but they never thought of anything better, and with shows coming up for the new band, they needed a name.
In 2002, Simple Plan released their first studio album, No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls which led to the singles, "I'm Just a Kid", "I'd Do Anything", "Addicted", and "Perfect".
In 2004, Simple Plan released their second studio album, Still Not Getting Any... which led to the singles, "Welcome to My Life", "Shut Up!", "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)", "Crazy", and "Perfect World".
In 2006, they published a new album with the best songs of their music career and, right now, they're releasing their last studio album, SIMPLE PLAN and so they gave some concerts around Spain. They were three and one of them was in Bilbao, I went to that concert and it was amazing!!!! I've never enjoyed myself as much as I did!
Definitely, Simple Plan is one of the best groups ever and so, they've won lots of prizes all over the world as the Teen Choice Awards for the best rock group in 2005.
At their beginning, Simple Plan was a chaotic rock group but, nowadays, they're good musicians who make lyrics expressing all their feelings and and so, young people love them and feel identified with everything they say.
Their songs talk about everything you can imagine: love, lies, friends, society... But this one specially talks about how you try to do everything as well as you can and, suddenly, an unplanned moment or accident breaks your world and your life without caring about what you think and brings you down to a place where you can't do anything and where you sometimes think that all those problems that your family or friends have are because of you, like they were your fault.
Personally, when I listen to this song I remember all those bad moments I have had during my life but I also remember that I've grown up thanks to them and that every bad day has its sunny morning the day after. It's a song that makes you think about everything you have done or not and says, in some way, that you don't have to feel culpable of a problem if you couldn't done anything to solve it.
The life and the music of Shakira
Shakira's complete name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. She was born in Barranquilla, Colombia the 2nd of February in 1977. She wrote her first poem "La Rosa Negra" when she only was 4 years old.
Style
Shakira has told many interviewers that she had grown up listening to oriental music, which influenced many of her earlier works. Shakira is known to be a fan of rock music, especially those of The Police, AC/DC, and Led Zeppelin.
Shakira is known to have adopted many genres, including folk, mainstream pop and rock. Her earlier Spanish albums, including Pies Descalzos and Donde Estan Los Ladrones were a mix of folk music and Latin rock, while her cross-over English album, Laundry Service and her later albums were influenced by pop and rock.
Shakira is recognized for her powerful, melismatic voice. Her 1999 MTV Unplugged performance in New York was critically acclaimed by many American critics and is said to have paved her path towards the English markets.
Shakira is known to write and produce all of her music. She has been recognised as "an incredible and powerful songwriter" and "a remarkable producer" by numerous critics. She is a self professed perfectionist.
Shakira is influenced greatly by her Arabic roots. This urged for the release of Ojos Asi. Shakira is also very influenced by Rock, such as AC/DC, and this resulted in her performance of "Back in Black" in her Tour of the Mongoose.
Shakira has told many interviewers that she had grown up listening to oriental music, which influenced many of her earlier works. Shakira is known to be a fan of rock music, especially those of The Police, AC/DC, and Led Zeppelin.
Shakira is known to have adopted many genres, including folk, mainstream pop and rock. Her earlier Spanish albums, including Pies Descalzos and Donde Estan Los Ladrones were a mix of folk music and Latin rock, while her cross-over English album, Laundry Service and her later albums were influenced by pop and rock.
Shakira is recognized for her powerful, melismatic voice. Her 1999 MTV Unplugged performance in New York was critically acclaimed by many American critics and is said to have paved her path towards the English markets.
Shakira is known to write and produce all of her music. She has been recognised as "an incredible and powerful songwriter" and "a remarkable producer" by numerous critics. She is a self professed perfectionist.
Shakira is influenced greatly by her Arabic roots. This urged for the release of Ojos Asi. Shakira is also very influenced by Rock, such as AC/DC, and this resulted in her performance of "Back in Black" in her Tour of the Mongoose.
Shakira appeared in the Colombian soap-opera El Oasis in 1994, playing the character of Luisa Maria. She has also done a few voices on TV shows and has been acting on some, too.
Shakira is well known for her dancing in various music videos and in concert. Her moves are based on the art of Arabic belly dancing, a part of her Lebanese heritage (her father is Lebanese). She knows the power of her feet and often performs barefoot. Shakira says she learned this form of dance as a young teen to overcome her shyness. She also mentioned in a MTV interview that she learned how to belly dance by trying to flip a coin with her belly.
Task: The life and music of ...
- Choose a singer or member of a music group
- Check out if s/he is on myspace
- See what information is available on him/her on wikipedia
- Use the information you’ve found to write about what you consider is important in his/her life and help to make up his/her sense of identity
- Look for a video of one of his/her songs on youtube
- Copy the code you will see displayed in the Embed box (to the right of the video on the youtube page) and then create a new post on the class blog
- Give your post a title, click on the Edit HTML tab and paste the code you copied from youtube into your post
- Click on the Compose tab and now write about what you think the song and the video reveal about your chosen singer/musician’s personality
- Do a Google search for the lyrics of the song
- Make a link to the lyrics in your post by clicking on the link symbol in the toolbar of your post and pasting there the URL (address) of the web page you found
- Revise carefully what you’ve written before publishing your post and run a spell-check on it
- Next, write a comment on your classmates’ postings: say what you find interesting about the lives and music of the singers/musicians they chose.
- If you found any of the lyrics difficult to follow, say where you had problems
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Create a voki!
- Go to www.voki.com and sign in.
- Click on My Voki and then on create a Create a New Voki
- Click on Create New Scene
- Choose a character
- Customize your character
- Give it a voice using the model:
They call me .... because ... (think of a reason).
I love ... (think of something your character loves doing).
I hate ... (think of something your character hates doing)."
- Make sure you save your recording
- Choose a background and a player
- Click on save
- Choose embed in: Blogger and size: small
- Click on Get Code and copy the code
- Now create a new posting on the blog
- Paste the code in the Edit Html window to embed your Voki character in the posting
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
the impact of technology in our life
Technology has been a big revolution for our lifes.
Fistly,we have to admit that technology has helped to do a lot of reseachs in medecine or on some other topics, like the process to do a boat, building a house, ... If technology hadn´t progressed we wouldn´t have in our house things like the microwaver, or the washing machine.
On the one hand it is very useful to make our life more confortable, but we must realise that we depend on it so much and that it is becoming a problem because we use it so solve our problems. But we have to confess that nowadays technology is completely necesary because all has been done by a technological process.
On the other hand it has also its disadvantages. It is a clear result of the global warming that is every day spoken on television. It also can cause cancer, because some machines send some ultrasonic waves that make us got ill.
For example, children spend much time in front on the computer instead of doing their homework. It must be controled because the excess of computer or mobile would be bad for our lifes.
The impact of technology in our lives
Nowadays, technology is used in every machines, in every simple tools, in absolutely everything. 
To be honest, I think that it would be impossible for us to live without technology, because everything we use in our life has been made by a technological process.
But technology isn't only used on machines, tools or something like that, technology is also used to investigate some medicines, to solve a lot of common problems, ... and that is a very important progress for our society.
I think that technology is positive, because it helps us having an easier and better life. For example, some simple objects such as telephones, windows, houses... wouldn't exist, and our life would be really different.
But technology also has its negative uses, because several problems could be stopped, for example, the global warming, that has been a consequence of the technology, because if we wouldn't have developed the factories , or the oil, (and many other things), we would pollute less, and these type of problems wouldn't exist.
And technology is such a wide topic, that everybody uses it, from younger to elder people. But I have to say that if we use the technology in excess, we will find a lot of problems, for example, using our cars everyday pollutes a lot, and if we go to school walking, or using public transport, we help the environment.
In conclusion, technology has its positive and its negative uses, but it's necesary for us to live in an easier way.
To be honest, I think that it would be impossible for us to live without technology, because everything we use in our life has been made by a technological process.But technology isn't only used on machines, tools or something like that, technology is also used to investigate some medicines, to solve a lot of common problems, ... and that is a very important progress for our society.
I think that technology is positive, because it helps us having an easier and better life. For example, some simple objects such as telephones, windows, houses... wouldn't exist, and our life would be really different.
But technology also has its negative uses, because several problems could be stopped, for example, the global warming, that has been a consequence of the technology, because if we wouldn't have developed the factories , or the oil, (and many other things), we would pollute less, and these type of problems wouldn't exist.
And technology is such a wide topic, that everybody uses it, from younger to elder people. But I have to say that if we use the technology in excess, we will find a lot of problems, for example, using our cars everyday pollutes a lot, and if we go to school walking, or using public transport, we help the environment.
In conclusion, technology has its positive and its negative uses, but it's necesary for us to live in an easier way.
Technology
Nowadays new technology is one of the most important sciences we have in our daily life.
New technology has affected lot of things like economy, education systems, young people hobbies..and work in general.
For example, we are used doing everything with computers: we write letters with our PC's help, we communicate with friends or family who live in other cities or countries so we don't need to pay as much as we would if we talk by phone, we save digital photos, also writers prefer to explain their ideas by computers, not writing them by pen in a single sheet of paper...
I think technology is very important not only because it helps us doing a lot of things but it is very useful too if we want to increase our knowledges.
We can learn lots of interesting things just by clicking our mouse when, in the past, people had to look for them through the biggest books you can imagine...and they also had to know how to read of course.
In conclusion, I generally agree with those who think new techonlogy is good because, anciently, people didn't have the possibility of learn about the world around us and we should make the most of it.
New technology has affected lot of things like economy, education systems, young people hobbies..and work in general.
For example, we are used doing everything with computers: we write letters with our PC's help, we communicate with friends or family who live in other cities or countries so we don't need to pay as much as we would if we talk by phone, we save digital photos, also writers prefer to explain their ideas by computers, not writing them by pen in a single sheet of paper...
I think technology is very important not only because it helps us doing a lot of things but it is very useful too if we want to increase our knowledges.
We can learn lots of interesting things just by clicking our mouse when, in the past, people had to look for them through the biggest books you can imagine...and they also had to know how to read of course.
In conclusion, I generally agree with those who think new techonlogy is good because, anciently, people didn't have the possibility of learn about the world around us and we should make the most of it.
Impact of technology
Technology is a consequence of science and engineering. This two have evolutionated a lot in the last years, also, with them, technology has had several changes in few years.
Technology, for normal people, is a way of making their lives easier.
As an example, we can think that we are living in the
So we can realise that technology is a good advance in our society, but, even though it makes our lives easier, saves some people lives or, makes advances in science, it also can be a problem for us. Some radiations can hurt our health for example. But also we can get mad: Some people can't leave without technology; computers, internet, cellular phones... This people normally are reserved , people that don't get in contact with other people if it's not by technology. Also technology cans get out of our control and cans cause different disasters, like huge bombs, or the spillings of petrol into the sea, for example.
Technology is good, but we must take it into our control, use it with control. As we say here, in
Bonus game time
Those of you who have finished the assessed writing task have won some bonus time for yourself. Try out these games and resources:
- A word game where, if you win, you donate rice to the United Nations World Food program
- A very addictive and crazy, impossible quiz. It takes time to load but it's worth it.
- On the BC Learn English site, choose Spelloween a fun game that will improve your spelling
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Impact of the new technology on my life
To begin with, it is necessary to understand the meaning of the title. If you look up the word "technology" in the dictionary, you will find something like this: "a technological process, invention, method, or the like", which probably isn't enough to understand what technology really means. So, let's start from the beginning, which should be the prehistory, but I don't mean that long ago. I want to explain you what is happening with the technology, where does it come from and what is it for.Technology, as I have said, comes from a long time ago. At first, technology was a way to survive: people built their own houses by using their brains to create objects which could help them built them, they took advantage of a lightning to made fire... But nowadays, technology is part of the science: it helps solving problems, finding medicines against all type of illnesses, repairing mechanical objects...
On the one hand, many people agree that technology safes a lot of lifes. And that's true, because due to the technology in the hospitals, in the laboratories... a lot of people which were nearly dead could safe their lifes. Moreover, the new technology is improving in an endless way, which is perfect, because there are still a lot of illnesses to cure and a lot of problems to solve.
Technology is also a very profitable business. It offers a lot of job
s to people who need it, which is against the unemployment. That's why technology plays an important role in our world. Furthermore, a lot of people are getting rich because of technology and a lot of people is trying to imitate them but just a few success in their lifes by using the internet. For those of you that weren't able to do it, I recommend you to read the next advices and commentaries. You can also read about the richest people in the world connected to technology and there you can understand how they managed to became rich by clicking here.But, what about the negative aspects of the new technology? What happen with them? I will write about them right now.
First of all, you should know that technology is one of the first topics a country or state talks about when they are in war. Specially because they need every type of weapons: guns, bombs, mines, rifles... As a result, everybody in the world is afraid of technology. If you haven't already understand what I mean, you should read my other post about what happened in Hiroshima in the Second World War. If that's not enough to understand why is technology dangerous for the world, I recommend you to think about it for an hour or more if you need ir, but make sure you realise what I'm talking about.
To sum up, let me say that the new technology is a fascinating thing, you can do what you want if you learn how to control it, but if you don't, you now know what are its consecuences. I should also say that the development, which is connected to technology, is impossible to stop or detain, that you can only postpone what is going to happen. That is why the future is already written, so be aware of the new technology.
The impact of technology in our lives
Technology has been a big revolution and has affected our society and our surroundings in different ways.
Firstly because it has helped a lot to do researches in medicine which is really important. And cars and means of transport in general have also evolved: they are now safer than years ago which is really positive(there are less accidents). Technology has also affected the economy which has at the same time improved. Then, computers and mobile phones, for example, have also helped to have a better communication between people(friends of other countries,family..).We don't use to think that technology has changed our lives but we cannot imagine our lives without it, can we?
It is difficult to say if technology is a positive or negative thing but we can deduce that if we live better than before and the medicine has evolved (which is, in my opinion, the most important ) it is more positive than negative isn't it? However, nowadays, we depend on it so much that it is becoming a problem because we are going to end up by not to know how to solve our problemas without technology.
Children for example spend too much time on computers and less time in studying or reading.
In addition, cars, planes, industries(which are part of technology) etc.. have helped us to have a better life but at the same time pollute the atmosphere which is a big problem to our earth.
And what about wars? Powerful countries, are using technology to make dangerous guns as the nuclear bomb and this isn't so positive. It is negative!
In conclusion, I can say that the impact of technology on our society has been a positive thing in general but now there is too much technology everywhere and in my opinion it has many desadvantages.
I’ve found a video on youtube about the impact of technology on our society which I really enjoyed. It’s short and interesting. The video is ironical in order to show that with technology we communicate immediately with people everywhere (all around the world) but at the same time, we become anti-social and ignorant of the people in our immediate surroundings even if they are in front of us.
If you want to watch it, here you have the address : http://youtube.com/watch?v=EC_oQPBqVfo&feature=related
Firstly because it has helped a lot to do researches in medicine which is really important. And cars and means of transport in general have also evolved: they are now safer than years ago which is really positive(there are less accidents). Technology has also affected the economy which has at the same time improved. Then, computers and mobile phones, for example, have also helped to have a better communication between people(friends of other countries,family..).We don't use to think that technology has changed our lives but we cannot imagine our lives without it, can we?
It is difficult to say if technology is a positive or negative thing but we can deduce that if we live better than before and the medicine has evolved (which is, in my opinion, the most important ) it is more positive than negative isn't it? However, nowadays, we depend on it so much that it is becoming a problem because we are going to end up by not to know how to solve our problemas without technology.
Children for example spend too much time on computers and less time in studying or reading.
In addition, cars, planes, industries(which are part of technology) etc.. have helped us to have a better life but at the same time pollute the atmosphere which is a big problem to our earth.
And what about wars? Powerful countries, are using technology to make dangerous guns as the nuclear bomb and this isn't so positive. It is negative!
In conclusion, I can say that the impact of technology on our society has been a positive thing in general but now there is too much technology everywhere and in my opinion it has many desadvantages.
I’ve found a video on youtube about the impact of technology on our society which I really enjoyed. It’s short and interesting. The video is ironical in order to show that with technology we communicate immediately with people everywhere (all around the world) but at the same time, we become anti-social and ignorant of the people in our immediate surroundings even if they are in front of us.
If you want to watch it, here you have the address : http://youtube.com/watch?v=EC_oQPBqVfo&feature=related
New technologies
The technoligy has been a very important revolution which has totally change our life. But it is also a consecuence of the increase of pollution in the envairoment.
The technology can be viewed like a way that changes cultures, but it is also the application of maths, science, and arts for the benefit of our life.
A modern example is the rise of communication technology, like the development of the computers and the internet which are fantastics ways of communication between humans.
Sometimes peolple think that technology has not be an important change, but then they can not spend a day without their mobiles phones and their personal computers which is a serious problem not only in childs but also in adults.
It is very difficult to say if the technology has been a good revolution or not, but we should think that if it has improved our life it seems that it is something useful and that we need, isn't it?
The economy has also been affected by the improvement of the technology, which sounds great.
In conclusion i would say that the impact of technology in our society has been a positive thing in general and that it has improve our lifes. But also it has desventages like the pollution on the environment.
I have also found a video which is about the new technologies and which in my opinion is really interesting.
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The technology can be viewed like a way that changes cultures, but it is also the application of maths, science, and arts for the benefit of our life.
A modern example is the rise of communication technology, like the development of the computers and the internet which are fantastics ways of communication between humans.
Sometimes peolple think that technology has not be an important change, but then they can not spend a day without their mobiles phones and their personal computers which is a serious problem not only in childs but also in adults.
It is very difficult to say if the technology has been a good revolution or not, but we should think that if it has improved our life it seems that it is something useful and that we need, isn't it?
The economy has also been affected by the improvement of the technology, which sounds great.
In conclusion i would say that the impact of technology in our society has been a positive thing in general and that it has improve our lifes. But also it has desventages like the pollution on the environment.
I have also found a video which is about the new technologies and which in my opinion is really interesting.
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Work on your pronunciation
It's a good idea to work on your pronunciation whenever you have time. Here are some resources that can help you:
- the Sky Pronunciation suite which is installed on BC computers both in the CALL Room and the SAC (library)
- a phonetics site where you can see and hear how the different vowel and consonant sounds are produced (click on American English)
- mouseovermusic.com where you can move your mouse over the lyrics and hear a song
- shiporsheep.com where you can practise minimal pairs (similar words where just the vowel sound is different)
- stress monsters a game where you can test your knowledge of which syllable is stressed in a word
Monday, February 25, 2008
A fight between lions and a crocodile
I have chosen this video because I think it is amazing. It impressed me a lot.
Firstly, this video is about nature, especially about a fight between three lions and a crocodile. Without seeing it I had thought that the crocodile would win but I wasn´t right because when I saw the video the crocodile ran away from the lions like a coward.
Secondly, I felt nervous when I saw the crocodile going nearer and nearer to the lions but the lions realised that he was next to them.
Finally, I liked this video but it didn´t say too much about the life of lions or crocodiles or nature. I felt a bit disappointed with it but... it is what exists.
Firstly, this video is about nature, especially about a fight between three lions and a crocodile. Without seeing it I had thought that the crocodile would win but I wasn´t right because when I saw the video the crocodile ran away from the lions like a coward.
Secondly, I felt nervous when I saw the crocodile going nearer and nearer to the lions but the lions realised that he was next to them.
Finally, I liked this video but it didn´t say too much about the life of lions or crocodiles or nature. I felt a bit disappointed with it but... it is what exists.
Technology
At first sight, technology is good and all the things referring to technology sound better and better. Technology has some pros and cons that I would explain in this composition.
Technology is a new way of doing difficult things in an easier and a faster way than before. For instance, you can search through Internet in few minutes or listen to music while you are going by bus to school and a lot more things you can do with technology. Nevertheless, technology had some bad things. I think that technology distrust us with television or computer, and so on because many people watch TV every day and this isn’t good. TV is one of the several good things that technology has, but if you watch so much it stupefies you. As a consequence some people can’t live without TV, computer... in the end with technology.
Another point is that with new technology the world has improved a lot. Nowadays there are things that 200 years before didn’t exist. At present is easier to live and there are more medicines, food, computers, and etc. so more facilities in work or in school and in hospitals. Technology has remarkable also in scientists because they help in their investigations and these we can see all people in their discoveries with the science.
On the other hand, technology helps a lot in the cinema. Few years ago, special effects didn’t exist or also colour but at present thanks to technology all these things could be possible.
Least but not last, some people uses very bad technology such as the organisations that murder people and those who want a war in the world. Technology in this aspect had created bombs, guns, and so on.
In the end, technology for me is a thing that has changed our life and thanks to this we can live better and have more facilities such as listen to music with I-pod or phone with the self phone, and so on.
Technology is a new way of doing difficult things in an easier and a faster way than before. For instance, you can search through Internet in few minutes or listen to music while you are going by bus to school and a lot more things you can do with technology. Nevertheless, technology had some bad things. I think that technology distrust us with television or computer, and so on because many people watch TV every day and this isn’t good. TV is one of the several good things that technology has, but if you watch so much it stupefies you. As a consequence some people can’t live without TV, computer... in the end with technology.
Another point is that with new technology the world has improved a lot. Nowadays there are things that 200 years before didn’t exist. At present is easier to live and there are more medicines, food, computers, and etc. so more facilities in work or in school and in hospitals. Technology has remarkable also in scientists because they help in their investigations and these we can see all people in their discoveries with the science.
On the other hand, technology helps a lot in the cinema. Few years ago, special effects didn’t exist or also colour but at present thanks to technology all these things could be possible.
Least but not last, some people uses very bad technology such as the organisations that murder people and those who want a war in the world. Technology in this aspect had created bombs, guns, and so on.
In the end, technology for me is a thing that has changed our life and thanks to this we can live better and have more facilities such as listen to music with I-pod or phone with the self phone, and so on.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
The truth about food and water
This video tells the truth about food and water.
It shows you, if it’s true all we say about drinking 2 litres of water a day. In the video a doctor does an experiment with two twins. The doctor is going to measure the skin of both and one week later she is going to measure it again and compare the results. The twins have a similar life and diet but during the week one of them is allowed by the doctor to drink 2 litres of water every day and the other one isn’t allowed to drink any water. A week later they’re going to see what has happened. Do you think that something will be different?
If you want to know what happens watch it! Here you have the address : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK2b6UtVW70&feature=PlayList&p=C7910CDE48A72C54&index=3
I’ve found this video interesting because when you hear this type of thing, you believe them without knowing if they’re true or false and this is a good example.It can change your mind.
It shows you, if it’s true all we say about drinking 2 litres of water a day. In the video a doctor does an experiment with two twins. The doctor is going to measure the skin of both and one week later she is going to measure it again and compare the results. The twins have a similar life and diet but during the week one of them is allowed by the doctor to drink 2 litres of water every day and the other one isn’t allowed to drink any water. A week later they’re going to see what has happened. Do you think that something will be different?
If you want to know what happens watch it! Here you have the address : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK2b6UtVW70&feature=PlayList&p=C7910CDE48A72C54&index=3
I’ve found this video interesting because when you hear this type of thing, you believe them without knowing if they’re true or false and this is a good example.It can change your mind.
Mumbai Monsoons & Mangroves
I've chosen this video because it has made an impact on me.
It talks about the causes and consequences of the biggest rainstorm that has ever fallen in India. This happened on the 26Th of July, during the season of the monsoons.
It tell us that over a thousand people were drowned, and that the Indian city of dreams, turned in a few minutes to a nightmare.
The main causes of the drownings and floodings are caused, like most of the disasters, by humans.
Years ago, Mumbai was surrendeed by mangroves, a type of plant. These mangroves worked as the city's temperature regulator, and also during the time of the Monsoons, they worked as a sponge.
Though they were very important, Mumbai was and is constantly growing, so buildings spring up all over the place, without any control. This causes that mangroves are being cut down, so, the city is turning hotter and hotter. Also, and not less important, during the monsoons' season, the function of the sponge isn't as effective as it was, because of the fact that now, there are few and fewer mangroves.
If you want to watch this video click in the link:
It talks about the causes and consequences of the biggest rainstorm that has ever fallen in India. This happened on the 26Th of July, during the season of the monsoons.
It tell us that over a thousand people were drowned, and that the Indian city of dreams, turned in a few minutes to a nightmare.
The main causes of the drownings and floodings are caused, like most of the disasters, by humans.
Years ago, Mumbai was surrendeed by mangroves, a type of plant. These mangroves worked as the city's temperature regulator, and also during the time of the Monsoons, they worked as a sponge.
Though they were very important, Mumbai was and is constantly growing, so buildings spring up all over the place, without any control. This causes that mangroves are being cut down, so, the city is turning hotter and hotter. Also, and not less important, during the monsoons' season, the function of the sponge isn't as effective as it was, because of the fact that now, there are few and fewer mangroves.
If you want to watch this video click in the link:
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Technology in my life
I think that technology is a very good thing but, nothing is 
perfect so I think it has its bad side too.
Technology´s good things are that you can do almost everything easily and faster than you used to without it. For example, if you want to warm something, you just have to put it into the microwave and... there you have it! Your food is warm and you have only waited for it a few minutes.
On the other hand, bad things about technology are that you do it everything so easy that when you have to do anything that is a bit hard you just don´t do it because you´re not accustomed to do anything that costs a bit of effort. But this does not happen many times.
But technological things are not only the electrical machines, but everything that humans beings have made since they were created. So I think that technology is good if you use it correctly but if you use it in a wrong way, it could be dangerous for you and for other people too.
Technology is part of the evolution, in fact, without the technology it couldn't be possible for the human being to evolute.
As a conclusion, I think that technology is good and bad, and this depends on the person who uses it. So, now that you now this (which is only my personal opinion), try to use it correctly so it can make you life better.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this article.
perfect so I think it has its bad side too.Technology´s good things are that you can do almost everything easily and faster than you used to without it. For example, if you want to warm something, you just have to put it into the microwave and... there you have it! Your food is warm and you have only waited for it a few minutes.
On the other hand, bad things about technology are that you do it everything so easy that when you have to do anything that is a bit hard you just don´t do it because you´re not accustomed to do anything that costs a bit of effort. But this does not happen many times.
But technological things are not only the electrical machines, but everything that humans beings have made since they were created. So I think that technology is good if you use it correctly but if you use it in a wrong way, it could be dangerous for you and for other people too.
Technology is part of the evolution, in fact, without the technology it couldn't be possible for the human being to evolute.
As a conclusion, I think that technology is good and bad, and this depends on the person who uses it. So, now that you now this (which is only my personal opinion), try to use it correctly so it can make you life better.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this article.
Going green in Paris
Paris is becoming hotter year after year, which is very bad for old people, who fall ill almost inmediately. Global warming is responsible for this heat and in Paris they´re doing their best to repare this situation. One of the alternatives, which I think it´s very original is to put lots of plants in the buildings. The plants refresh the buildings so they don´t need air conditioning in summer because the plants don´t let hot air come in the building.
If you want to see the video you can do it by clicking in the link :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O9_QuIfRdk&feature=PlayList&p=C4D43F960EFF88E0&index=3
If you want to see the video you can do it by clicking in the link :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O9_QuIfRdk&feature=PlayList&p=C4D43F960EFF88E0&index=3
11 of september
This video is about the collapse of the twin towers in 2001.The video shows the collapse of the north tower.
At the beggining some people thought it was an accident, but after the second plane crashed against the towers the doubts about it disappeared.
More than 2000 people died and it has been the most shocking of the attacks that Al-Qaeda has made in the last years, and since then the way of thinking of the american people has changed completely.
At the beggining some people thought it was an accident, but after the second plane crashed against the towers the doubts about it disappeared.
More than 2000 people died and it has been the most shocking of the attacks that Al-Qaeda has made in the last years, and since then the way of thinking of the american people has changed completely.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
CAN FISH MAKE MY CHILD WORK BETTER?
It's widely recognised that fish which have omega 3 can improve the behaviour of the children at school, in different subjects. Recent research done by an English doctor says that eating fish makes children do their work better not only at school but also at home. Some teenagers have grown up eating chips and hamburgers and now they have many problem so I would say to all the parents whose childrens spend their day eatting chips sugarbits etc to control their behavior and their attitude at school and to give them more fish becouse it is very important for children's brains.
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The positive and negative impact of new technology on my life
You are going to write a posting about the positive and negative impact of new technology on your life.
This will be an asessed piece of writing so try to make it as interesting as possible and ensure that it reflects your experience and views.
You can include photos, videos and web links as you see fit.
If you want to read or watch material on the subject before you start writing, here are some possibilities: the BBC's technology news and the BBC TV programme, Click.
This will be an asessed piece of writing so try to make it as interesting as possible and ensure that it reflects your experience and views.
You can include photos, videos and web links as you see fit.
If you want to read or watch material on the subject before you start writing, here are some possibilities: the BBC's technology news and the BBC TV programme, Click.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Hiroshima
I saw three documentaries and all of them were about Hiroshima.
In the first movie, which is embedded, you can feel the fear everybody in Hiroshima felt, you can get angry about what those people (Oppenheimer and the Manhattan project) did, but you won't be able to change the past.
If you want to see it with commentaries, you can click here and see the same but longer film. In this second video, you understand what happened that day and the reason for for doing it.
But that wasn't the end. After the bombing, all there was left in Hiroshima was chaos and debris . In this video you can see what happened to the people after their hometown was destroyed.
But, was that the end? No, it wasn't and the world was getting prepared for the next attempt . In only three seconds, this second bomb killed more than 70, 000 people and more than 80, 000 people suffered diseases caused by radioactivity.
Nowadays, goverments are working on it and trying to avoid another disaster and to protect the world from them.
In the first movie, which is embedded, you can feel the fear everybody in Hiroshima felt, you can get angry about what those people (Oppenheimer and the Manhattan project) did, but you won't be able to change the past.
If you want to see it with commentaries, you can click here and see the same but longer film. In this second video, you understand what happened that day and the reason for for doing it.
But that wasn't the end. After the bombing, all there was left in Hiroshima was chaos and debris . In this video you can see what happened to the people after their hometown was destroyed.
But, was that the end? No, it wasn't and the world was getting prepared for the next attempt . In only three seconds, this second bomb killed more than 70, 000 people and more than 80, 000 people suffered diseases caused by radioactivity.
Nowadays, goverments are working on it and trying to avoid another disaster and to protect the world from them.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
BBC online at youtube
- Choose a couple of videos from the BBC on youtube to watch
- Write a review of each
- Include in your posting a summary of what they were about, your impression and whether you would recommend them to a friend
- Embed or link to the videos in your posting
- Comment on other people's choice of video
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