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GREEN SAHARA

HEADINGS

• A great place visited by tourist because doesn`t rain.
• Why people arrived from sahara?
• Land`s Sahara is arid
• Why prehistoric inhabitants of sahara emigrated to the nile valley in Egipto.
• Why did Sahara’s weather changed?
• How did it affect people and animals?
• Is it possible what happened to Sahara happens again?
• Do you think it can happen in the close future?
• What will you do if weather changed drastically in your city?

NEGATIVE

In the Sahara rains daily

In the Sahara found many fossil

AFFIRMATIVE

The water`s Sahara is very healthy

Why did Sahara’s weather changed?

NOT GIVEN

The environment needs our commitment

the desert`s life is dyng.

TOPIC: Environmental Issues

Endangered environment

The advance of the technology is affecting natural resources because many inventions, products, services and different modern things are polluting the water, air, plants, animals and land. For this reason, it is necessary that we begin to take care environmental.

One the major problem is air pollution. Some of their causes are, for example in the city millions of cars and factories toxic fumes. In our cities there are few green zones and quite (enough) garbage. Moreover, in the field the farmers use fertilizers, tools, insecticides to cultivate the land and also polluted the air. It is important that we should to become aware of the damage that we are doing to the planet with our ambitious acts.

Another big problem is water pollution. The major cause of contamination of water is garbage; this is evidence by the irresponsibility of the people living near rivers. People throw away waste, garbage in the river, then that is contaminating the water supply source for millions of inhabitants in cities. children are being affetected because they suffer diseases such as flu, diarrhea and respiratory illnesses.

the land pollution is another importan issue, in the filed the farmesrs use fertilizers, tools, insecticides to cultivate the land and also polluted the land.

finally, it is urgent that we all being to care the environemnt. in the city we should begin in our homes. it is important that we recycling the garbage and saving water and energy.

VIDEO "BLUFF"

READING

Internet Boom in China Is Built on Virtual Fun
By DAVID BARBOZA

Published: February 5, 2007
SHENZHEN, China — When Pony Ma, the 35-year-old co-founder of China’s hottest Internet company, sends a message to friends and colleagues, the image that pops up on their screens shows a spiky-haired youth wearing flashy jeans and dark sunglasses.

Skip to next paragraph That is not how Mr. Ma actually looks or acts, but it is an image that fits well with the youthful, faintly rebellious nature of a company led by somebody who may be China’s closest approximation to Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the young founders of Google. In the two years since Mr. Ma’s company, Tencent, went public in Hong Kong, it has grown into a powerhouse that has crushed everyone else in the field.

No other Internet company in the world — not even Google — has achieved the kind of dominance in its home market that Tencent commands in China, where its all-in-one packaging of entertainment offerings and a mobile instant-messaging service, “QQ,” has reached more than 100 million users, or nearly 80 percent of the market.

“Everyone talks about eyeballs,” said William Bao Bean, an Internet analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities. “Well, they’ve got all the eyeballs in China. And now they’re beginning to cash in on that.”
But the rise of fast-growing companies like Tencent is also worrying the Chinese government, which strictly regulates the Internet and is wary of the Web’s ability to mobilize huge online political communities or perhaps to nurture underground economies.

A few weeks ago, China’s Central Bank — which oversees the country’s $2.6 trillion economy — even went so far as to issue a warning about Tencent’s virtual currency, Q-coins, which allow customers to shop online for games, music and even virtual furniture.

A Central Bank official said the agency was studying whether Tencent’s online tokens were a threat to China’s currency, the yuan or renminbi. He also said the authorities would crack down on the coins if they were used to engage in money laundering.

That is far from Tencent’s intention. Already one of China’s wealthiest entrepreneurs — worth an estimated $850 million — the soft-spoken Mr. Ma says he simply wants to let people in China use the Web the way they want.
“I think every Internet user likes personalization,” Mr. Ma said during an interview here. “In 2005 and 2006, we came up with a new strategy: ‘Online Lifestyle.’ ”

While America’s Internet users send e-mail messages and surf for information on their personal computers, young people in China are playing online games, downloading video and music into their cellphones and MP3 players and entering imaginary worlds where they can swap virtual goods and assume online personas. Tencent earns the bulk of its revenue from the entertainment services it sells through the Internet and mobile phones.

Another distinguishing feature is the youthful face of China’s online community. In the United States, roughly 70 percent of Internet users are over the age of 30; in China, it is the other way around — 70 percent of users here are under 30, according to the investment bank Morgan Stanley.
Because few people in China have credit cards or trust the Internet for financial transactions, e-commerce is emerging slowly. But instant messaging and game-playing are major obsessions, now central to Chinese culture. So is social networking, a natural fit in a country full of young people without siblings. Tencent combines aspects of the social networking site MySpace, the video sharing site YouTube and the online virtual world of Second Life.

“They have what I call the largest virtual park in China,” said Richard Ji, an analyst at Morgan Stanley. “And in China, the No. 1 priority for Internet users is entertainment; in the U.S., it’s information. That’s why Google is dominant in the U.S., but Tencent rules China.”

Tencent’s rapid rise is one reason America’s biggest Internet companies, like Yahoo, Google and eBay, have largely flopped in China. Analysts say the American companies struggle here partly because of regulatory restrictions that favor homegrown companies, but also because foreign companies often do not understand China’s Internet market, which is geared primarily to entertainment and mobile phones.
Google has lost market share to the search engine Baidu. Yahoo recently transferred its operations to a Chinese company, Alibaba.com. And eBay, even after buying one of its biggest competitors in China, has continued to lose ground; last December it handed its Chinese operations over to Tom.com, which is based in Hong Kong, in a joint venture.

Chinese youth prefer instant messages to e-mail messages; they play games, form communities and even adopt virtual personas, or avatars, which requires selecting an online image or personality and then buying that character virtual clothes, hairstyles, furniture and perhaps even a virtual pet that must be fed with virtual pet food.

It is a world that now dominates the life of Li Meixuan, a 21-year-old college student in Beijing who became hooked on Tencent’s QQ offerings in high school.

“I play with QQ about three to five hours a day,” said Ms. Li. “I usually play QQ games, buy game stuff from the QQ Game and buy decorations for my QQ show.”
Taken from: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

Watch out - cell phones taking over as timepieces
By Helen Chernikoff

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ask graphic designer Parker Weintz the time and he doesn't look to his wrist, he pulls a cell phone out of his pocket -- and he's not alone.

The proliferation of cell phones, with their list of extra features, has had the knock-on effect of eliminating the need to wear a wristwatch unless it is to make a fashion statement. Weintz, 37, said he recently abandoned his trusty Swiss Army watch and now relies on his phone to tell time.
"The time is right there," said Connecticut-based Weintz as he drew a palm-sized cell phone from his shorts pocket. "And it's all around us in this digital age. Plus, if I see a chick I like on the street, I can ask her the time (with no watch on his wrist)."

U.S. watch sales, which have been on the decline since 2001, fell 4.9 percent in 2005, according to a new market research study. Men especially have taken to abandoning watches as cell phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants) become increasingly commonplace, said Tim Dowd, an analyst at market research firm Packaged Facts and author of a report titled "Watches and Clocks in the U.S."

Women have emerged as the more loyal wearers as watches have become more decorative. Of the 69.9 million U.S. adults who bought watches last year, 40.3 million were women, according to Dowd. "Women are expected to accessorize more," he said.

Dowd said watchmakers were starting to exploit the accessory angle by seeking the endorsements of popular figures such as rock stars or snowboarders. Swatch Group (UHR.VX)(UHRN.VX), the world's biggest watchmaker that has Omega and Tissot among its brands, posted a higher first-half profit on Thursday, boosted by demand for expensive watches.

The Swiss-based watchmaker has shifted its product mix toward luxury watches. Weintz's business partner, Chris Kelly, with whom he runs graphic design company ignition13, said he continues to wear a watch, a chunky $3,500 Omega, but only as a fashion statement. Kelly, 36, said he also owns a $7,000 watch and is eyeing another that would set him back about $2,000. Dowd's report found that men purchase more luxury watches than women, who buy only 30 percent of the top-priced watches.

"The personal statement a watch makes is just as relevant as ever," said Josh Rubin, editor-in-chief of coolhunting.com, a blog that tracks trends in design and technology. "Whether it's a GPS-enabled watch that helps you find your way and tells people you're techy, or a vintage '70s LED that says you're digital old school, a watch can make a specific statement."
Article from: http://news.yahoo.com/news

Machines Behaving Badly


Everyone, it seems, has a mobile these days, even children in kindergarten. Billions of text messages fly round the world every day, and computers and call centres run every aspect of our lives. But is all this really making life better? Here are seven good reasons to hate modern technology.

1. It doesn’t save you time.

Many people make the mistake of thinking that technology is there to save you time. Wrong. It is there to give people new ways of filling their time. Take personal computers. Learning how to use all the features of a new PC uses up all the time that having a computer saves. And what about all the hours you spend staring at incomprehensible instruction manuals for your new phone / TV / digital doorbell?

2. It does things you don’t need.

Of course it’s wonderful to have a CD player, a mobile, a home computer, or an electric toaster, for that matter. But do you really want to play computer games on the 4 cm screen of your mobile phone? Do you need your computer to answer the phone or your TV to make toast?

3. More choices does not mean better.

Digital TV is a perfect example. When it arrived, we were promised a better quality picture and more choice. But at eleven o’clock at night as you flick through the 97 channels you can now get, it is not the quality of the picture that you worry about. More the fact that not one single programme is worth watching.

4. It was out of date before you bought it.

After several frustruating weeks of finding all the right software for your new PC, then phoning “help” desks when it doesn’t work, you will proudly show off your new machine to friends only to hear “Oh, are you still using that one? I’m thinking of buying the new PYX 5000, myself.” A few months later, when you try to buy some minor spare part, you find it is no longer manufactured, and that it would be much cheaper to replace the whole computer with the new PYX 7500.

5. No one takes responsibility when things go wrong.

This is easy, because very few people really understand how the machines they have bought work. So you phone the software company and they will tell you it’s a hardware problem. You then phone the hardware company and they tell you it’s a software problem. Call centres are the worst. Phone the so-called “customer care” number, and after waiting on hold for fifteen minutes you will be told you need the sales dapartment. The sales department assure you that it’s the technical department you need, but surprise, surprise, the technical department put you back through to customer care. People can spend weeks of their lives like this.

6. It’s destroying the English language.

Apparently, teenagers now do so much texting and e-mailing that their thumbs are getting bigger. Unfortunately, they are also forgetting how to spell. One American schoolgirl recently wrote her entire essay on “My summer holidays” in text speak. It began, “B4 we used 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 kids. ILNY it’s a GR8 plc.” Or for you and me: “Before we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and their three kids. I love New York. It’s a great place.”

7. It’s anti-social.

A recent survey showed that more than eight out of ten young people would rather text their friends or family than actually speak to them in person. And according to the same survey, twenty-five percent of people would answer their mobile phone even during a moment of passion. I ask you is this really a better world?


Taken from: Cunningham, Sarah and Peter Moor. New Cutting Edge Intermediate, Pearson Education Limited, 2005. Page 81.

MY FAVORITE PLACE (BOGOTÁ)

Bogotá is my favorite place

BOGOTÁ

Bogotá is the biggest city in Colombia; it is the country´s capital. In this city there are many people from other parts of Colombia. Aside from the traffic, Bogotá is a very complete city.

In Bogotá there are many places to visit such as Montserrate, beautiful parks, restaurants, night clubs, museums, theatres and shops.

Bogotá is a big city, so many people like to use public transportation because it is fast and efficient. Many people consider it to be better than driving because the parking rates in this city are expensive and the traffic can be heavy at times. Some people alos prefer to walk to get to where they need.

In northern Bogotá you can find comfortable, modern and spacious apartments. These aparatements are located in buildings that are very modern and luxurious. Most of the buildings are surrounded by resturants, museums, theatres and shops.

Residents of Bogotá enjoy doing fun activities such as dancing, playing sports, going out to eat, going to museums, the movies etc. People also enjoy studying and working.

I think that it is a excellent city to live because there is a vast variety of work opportunities of work and study.

A place where has changed (CALI)

Cali

I was born in the beautiful city Cali, rounded of happy, friendly and cheerful people. The harmony of the city was evident by its organization, its clean streets. Cali didn't has social issues like drogadiction, alcoholism or insecurity. When I lived in Cali, every person could go out to the streets whith the family, quitely.

I live in Bogota since five years. I use to go to Cali, each 4 or 5 months, to have fun with my family and friends. Unfortunately, every time I go to Cali, I find more unorganisation in there. Today, the construction of a masive transportation (MIO), has generated caos and huge traffic jams, including thiefs.

SECOND FAVORITE SONG "NO ONE"

"No one" is the second one of my favorite songs. "No one" has a very positive and optimistic message. I like it because I believe that when love between pairs is very deep, this love overcome all obstacles, such as the distance. Many people disagree with this concept but I know that is very complicated because is about having trust and the most important thing is the confidence. "With you until the end of the world".

As the song says

When the rain is pouring downAnd my heart is hurtingYou will always be aroundThis I know for certainYou and me togetherThrough the days and nightsI don’t worry cuzEverythings gonna be alrightPeople keep talkingThey can say what they likeBut all I know is everything’s gonna be alright

"No One" R&B–soul song written and produced by American singer-songwriter Alicia keys

and American songwriter-producers KerryBrothers, Jr. and George D. Harry for Keys' third studio album, As I Am (2007). Released as the album's lead single in September 2007, this is overall Keys' most successful song worldwide to date, having topped several singles charts, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks.

"No One" was ranked number 42 on Billboard's Hot 100 Best Songs of All Time and number 14 on Billboard's Best Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of All Time. "No One" won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song at the 2008 Grammy Awards on February 10, 2008. During the ceremony, Keys performed the song in a duet with John Mayer.

Song information and release
Keys told MTV News Canada that the song "is really talking about the way that in relationships, the way that so many things are around you all the time to try to distract you. And even though people may talk and say whatever they may want to say, but then no one can get in the way of this."

The song was first heard in August 2007 after Keys included a clip of the song in a newsletter on her official website and fan club. It was released officially on September 10, 2007, and its radio premiere was on Atlanta's WVEE on August 29.

Keys performed a medley of "No One" with George Michael's "Freedom! '90 at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards on September 9. Remixes of the song featuring Lil' Kim, Cassidy, Damian Marley, Junior Reid, Beenie Man, Barbee, and Kanye West exist.

It was ranked at number three on the recap of The 10 Best Songs of 2007 by Entertainment Weekly.

The song's music video, directed by Justin Francis, premiered on BET on September 24, 2007; it debuted on 106 and Park at number ten the following day, and has sinced peaked at number one. It premiered on Yahoo! Music on September 25 at number five and peaked at number one, and it premiered on Total Request Live on October 4 and peaked at number one. It debuted on VH1's VSpot Top 20 Countdown at number three, peaking at number one. The video was ranked number twenty-two on VH1's Top 40 Videos of 2007.

The video for "No One" consists of four scenarios: the first one shows Keys lying on a chair in an empty room; the second one is a musical instrument-decorated room in which Keys sings accompanied by a keyboard; in the third one Keys is initially alone, playing the piano on a rainy street, and she later finds herself surrounded with dozens of people; in the fourth and final one Keys is in a blue-lit nightclub. The video ends with a gear divided into four fractions, each one featuring a previously shown scenario, and with Keys lying on the chair in the same room shown at the very beginning of the video.

As of September 2008, the official video alone has had over sixty-five million views on YouTube, and eventually peaked at number six on the website's rank of all-time most viewed videos as well as number four on the rank of all-time most viewed videos in the music category.

“No One”

Single by Alicia Keys rom the album As I Am

Released
September 11, 2007
Format
CD single, 12" single, digital download
Recorded
2007
Genre
R&B, soul
Length
4:10 (Album Version)4:16 (Radio Edit)
Label
J
Writer(s)
Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr., George D. Harry
Producer
Alicia Keys, Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Dirty Harry
Certification
2× platinum (RIAA)Gold (IFPI – Belgium, Germany, Sweden)Platinum (ARIA)
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"Every Little Bit Hurts"(2005)
"No One"(2007)
"Like You'll Never See Me Again"(2007)
As I Am track listing
"Superwoman"(3)
"No One"(4)
"Like You'll Never See Me Again"(5)

YouTube - Alicia Keys - No OneAlicia Keys No One(C) 2007 J Records, a unit of SONY BMG ...4 min 11 s -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktUSIJEiOug

I just want you closeWhere you can stay foreverYou can be sureThat it will only get betterYou and me togetherThrough the days and nightsI don’t worry cuzEverythings gonna be alrightPeople keep talkingThey can say what they likeBut all I know is everything’s gonna be alright

No one no one no oneCan get in the way of what I’m feelingNo one no one no oneCan get in the way of what I feel for youYou youCan get in the way of what I feel for you

When the rain is pouring downAnd my heart is hurtingYou will always be aroundThis I know for certain

You and me togetherThrough the days and nightsI don’t worry cuzEverythings gonna be alrightPeople keep talkingThey can say what they likeBut all I know is everything’s gonna be alright

No one no one no oneCan get in the way of what I’m feelingNo one no one no oneCan get in the way of what I feel for youYou youCan get in the way of what I feel for youI know some people search the worldTo find something like what we haveI know people will tryTry to divideSomething so real

So till the end of timeI’m telling you thatNo one no one no oneCan get in the way of what I’m feelingNo one no one no oneCan get in the way of what I feel for youoh oh oh …

source: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_One_(Alicia_Keys_song) - 79k -

My favorite song (Umbrella)

Umbrella (song)

Umbrella is my favorite song because it is about friendship. Umbrella has a message very pretty about time shared with friends. In a friendship the most important thing is despite of the problems, difficulties, despite of the sadness and happiness. The true friend will always be with us in good and bad moments.

As the song says:

YOU HAD MY HEART.AND WELL NEVER BE WORLD APART.THEY BE IN MAGAZINES.BUT YOULL STILL BE MY STAR.BABY, CAUSE IN THE DARK.YOU CAN SEE SHINY CARS.AND THATS WHEN YOU NEED ME THERE.WITH YOU ILL ALWAYS SHARE.BECAUSE…WHEN THE SUN SHINES, WELL SHINE TOGETHER.TOLD YOU ILL BE HERE FOREVER.SAID ILL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND.TOOK AN OATH, IMA STICK IT OUT TILL THE END.NOW ITS RAINING MORE THAN EVER.KNOW THAT WELL STILL HAVE EACH OTHER.YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA.

Umbrella (song)
"Umbrella" is a song by singer Rihanna. It was written by Terius "The Dream" Nash, Christopher Stewart, Kuk Harrell and Jay-Z for Rihanna's third album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). Featuring vocals by Jay-Z, it was released as the album's lead single during the second quarter of 2007.

It has, in the short time since its original release, been covered by other artists in one form or another. Following a highly successful chart run around the world and a positive reception from music critics, the song achieved number one on Entertainment Weekly magazine's list of the Ten Best Singles of 2007, as well as number three on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007; it was also named Song of the Year in Blender magazine's Readers' Poll 2007.

In 2008 "Umbrella" won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in addition to receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year

The music video for "Umbrella" was directed by Chris Applebaum on April 13, 2007. It premiered on April 26 at the thisisrihanna.com website. The video was released on May 11, and reached the number one spot for eight weeks.

The video features Jay-Z rapping in the beginning while in a rain of sparks. Rihanna is then shown singing in a steamy place. In the first chorus, Rihanna walks around en pointe while in the rain. In the second verse, she is seen dancing with an umbrella in a different place.

Later, she is painted silver and posing in several positions while nude. At the end of the video, Rihanna is again dancing with an umbrella while in a shower of sparks falling like rain.

"Umbrella" reached the number one spot in a number of countries. It topped the charts in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Austria, Belgium, Norway and Switzerland at the same time. It peaked at the top spot in the United Kingdom for ten weeks in a row from May 20 to July 29, 2007. It was the longest running number one song since "Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet in 1994 (that song spent 15 weeks). It was knocked off the number one spot in the UK by Timbaland's "The Way I Are".

The song's reign at number one in the UK happened when the country was hit by extreme rainfall and flooding, which led some people to jokingly suggest the two events were related, calling it the "Rihanna Curse". Interestingly in Greece (the single's worst performing market) "Umbrella" was released at a time when people were suffering through a summer of several heatwaves topping 45C/113F and the worst forest fires of modern history, killing 60.

The song only reached number fourteen in the Greek singles chart. "Umbrella" was at number one in the American Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks and in the Australian ARIA Charts for six weeks.

Single by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z from the album Good Girl Gone Bad

Released
March 29, 2007 (US)May 25, 2007 (Europe)May 28, 2007 (UK)

Format
12" maxi single, CD single, digital download

Recorded
2006

Genre
Pop, R&B, hip hop

Length
4:35 (album version)4:14 (radio edit)3:46 (radio edit without rap)

Label
Def Jam

Writer(s)

Jay-Z, Terius Nash, Christopher Stewart, Kuk Harrell

Producer
Tricky Stewart

Certification
2x Multi-Platinum

Rihanna singles chronology
"Roll It"(2006)
"Umbrella"(2007)
"Shut Up and Drive"(2007)
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Hollywood"(2007)
"Umbrella"(2007)
"Kingdom Come"(2007)
Good Girl Gone Bad track listing
"Umbrella"(1)
"Push Up On Me"(2)

YouTube - Rihanna - UmbrellaMusic video by Rihanna performing Umbrella with John Hardin ...4 min 30 s -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4X7eFbP3u4

[INTRO: JAY-Z]

UH HUH, UH HUH.

CHYEAH.RIHANNA.

GOOD GIRL GONE BAD.TAKE THREE.ACTION.HOV.

[RAP VERSE: JAY-Z]NO CLOUDS IN MY STORMS.LET IT RAIN, I HAD THIS GLAME IN A FAME, COMING DOWN TO THE DOW JONES.

WHEN THE CLOUDS COME WE GONEWE ROC-A-FELLA,

WE FLY HIGHER THAN WEATHER AND

G 5S ARE BETTER.YOU KNOW ME, AN ANTICIPATION, FOR PRECIPITATION, BACK CHICKS IN THE RAINY DAY.JAYY.

RAIN MAN IS BACK, WITH LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE,

RIHANNA WHERE YOU

AT?[VERSE 1: RIHANNA]YOU HAD MY HEART.AND WELL NEVER BE WORLD APART.

THEY BE IN MAGAZINES.BUT YOULL STILL BE MY STAR.

BABY, CAUSE IN THE DARK.YOU CAN SEE SHINY CARS.AND THATS WHEN YOU NEED ME THERE.WITH YOU ILL ALWAYS SHARE.

BECAUSE…[CHORUS: RIHANNA]WHEN THE SUN SHINES, WELL SHINE TOGETHER.TOLD YOU ILL BE HERE FOREVER.

SAID ILL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND.TOOK AN OATH, IMA STICK IT OUT TILL THE END.

NOW ITS RAINING MORE THAN EVER.KNOW THAT WELL STILL HAVE EACH OTHER.

YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA.

YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA,

ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY.

UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY.UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY.

UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY, EY, EY.[VERSE

2: RIHANNA]

THESE FANCY THINGS,

WILL NEVER COME IN BETWEENYOURE PART OF MY ENTITY,

HERE FOR INFINITYWHEN THE WAR HAS TOOK ITS PARTWHEN THE WORLD HAS DEALT ITS CARDSIF THE HAND IS HARD,

TOGETHER WELL MEND YOUR HEARTBECAUSE[CHORUS: RIHANNA]WHEN THE SUN SHINES, WELL SHINE TOGETHER.

TOLD YOU ILL BE HERE FOREVER.

SAID ILL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND.

TOOK AN OATH, IMA STICK IT OUT TILL THE END.

NOW ITS RAINING MORE THAN EVER.KNOW THAT WELL STILL HAVE EACH OTHER.

YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA.

YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY.

UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY.UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY.

UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY, EY, EY

.[BRIDGE: RIHANNA]YOU CAN RUN INTO MY ARMS.ITS OKAY DONT BE ALARM.COME IN TO ME, THERES NO DISTANCE IN BETWEEN, OUR LOVE.

SO GON AND LET THE RAIN POUR.ILL BE ALL YOU NEED AND MORE.BECAUSE…

[CHORUS: RIHANNA]WHEN THE SUN SHINES, WELL SHINE TOGETHER.TOLD YOU ILL BE HERE FOREVER.

SAID ILL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND.TOOK AN OATH, IMA STICK IT OUT TILL THE END.

NOW ITS RAINING MORE THAN EVER.KNOW THAT WELL STILL HAVE EACH OTHER.

YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA.

YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY.UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY.

UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY.UNDER MY UMBRELLA, ELLA, ELLA, EY, EY, EY, EY, EY.

[OUTRO: RIHANNA]ITS RAINING.OOOH BABY, ITS RAINING.BABY COME IN TO ME, COME IN TO ME.

ITS RAINING.OOOH BABY, ITS RAINING.YOU CAN ALWAYS COME IN TO ME, COME IN TO ME.

source:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Ç
Encyclopedia
wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_(song) - 147k

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http://www.hitsmusicales.com/2007/11/video-letra-umbrella-rihanna/

Book review

Where you lead the Heart

In 1994, Susana Tamaro makes her debut in her third novel named “Where you lead the Heart”. Susana is an Italian writer, she was born in 1957, and she studied cinematography and work in Rome doing some documentaries. After that, she has dedicated all of her life in the literature; what is more, this book has been different to other books that she usually has written, because it is supported in a fascinating epistolary monologue. The main characters are Olga (grandmother); Cecilia (daughter) and Juliana (granddaughter). Also, since it´s was published in 1993, the novel has been very successful. In Italy with this intimate and epistolary work the author conquered thirteen million readers worldwide.

The story begins when seeing imminent the end of her life, Olga (grandmother) decides to writer to granddaughter about her life in a long letter. She tell to her granddaughter about her feelings and how she fell in love, sadness, illness, values and social prejudices that she has experienced with pain and enjoy.

The narration is dotted with small details of family relationship between grandmother and granddaughter. Those details are very emotional, are full of intimate, sensitive and authentic style. The grandmother uses the letters to move forward from now without lies in life, taking as a single thermometer to judge their moments confusing the value of conscience and whispers of the heart. The wind of Trieste, place where develop the plot, the atmospheric phenomena to bring to book a tone mysterious and ghostly. This book is a diary of confession.

Finally, I recommend this book because is a book very interesting, the book has exquisite narrative, correct locations and the main characters have characteristics very good.

ESSAY OPINION

Topic

Technology is making communication easier in today's world, but some people think technology is affecting communication because some people use a computer screen than face to face contact for its main means of communication. What is your opinion on it?

THE JOURNALISM ON THE INTERNET

The technology is advancing at the speed of light, for example, nowadays, new technology has made journalism interactive, and everybody can access it easily. This aspect has generated a new concept in journalism because I think that people believe any person can become a journalist and this in not true, because I believe that a person requires being a professional background to practice journalism.

First of all, journalism on internet has a lot of advantages and disadvantages. I agree with the recognized American journalist Tom Johnson because He expresses the idea that in the topic the journalism the speed on audio and video is one thing very important thing. Moreover, it is necessary the skill to contact a variety of sources of information in the world about a problem. On the other hand, I believe that young journalist tends to believe that everything that appears on the net is truth and this maybe one of the great mistakes because many things that have been published on the internet come from informal sources.

Moreover, the creation of blogs has caused controversy because those are fashion or a speech of interaction on the net? I think that the blogs have both characteristics because it has an interesting technology whose access is easy. For this reason, these kinds of spaces have a lot of people who write in a virtual yearbook. Blogs also have the benefit of contact to a lot of people in different places, to know the reality of many cities. Anyone can, with a little of effort, contribute with any conversation.

In addition, is important say that, with the use of blogs, many people become a journalist, since there are many facilities to produce and transmit information, but, it is important to know that a mechanism of self-correcting exists handling information. There are moments when people can capture the essence of the news as any journalist. Most of bloggers are not professional in journalist; it is more a topic of likes and dislikes that express an opinion of something.

Lastly, the advance of technology in internet is an important tool for doing journalism. Also this kind of communication makes possible a global connection.

¿Why it is important to create a blog on the internet?

Although, in Colombia most people don’t have a computer, not even Internet, but there isn’t doubt that nowadays Internet has became in a mass media, which has generated so much impact on people. But, it is important to remember that the mass media such as internet have advantages and disadvantages. For example, the creation of blogs on Internet is a very important tool to exchange information and expressing ideas and opinions about anything. I have many blogs such as low-intermediatealics, which is one of those, I develop skills for writing, listening, reading, talking and, today, I can say I am able to do exercises in English.

In my blog, which is a personal page, I can upload information, essays, photos, audio, video and internet links about every topics related with topics that we are learning on the level of English low intermediate.

Other aspect is that some people who navigate on Internet can see my information and could write opinions, comments or critics about my blog. Those sugestions or opinios in my blog, or in any blog, help to correct mistakes.

"Good bye Lenin" film review

"Good bye Lenin" was filmed as an exhalation to the national Russian patriotism and it is exhibited from time to time in the cable television. It won the prize of the European cinema 2003 to the best melodrama satirical movie. Good bye to Lenin was directed by Wolfang Becker. The film was produced in 2003 in Germany. The cast is Daniel Bruhl as Alex and Katrin Sass as Christiane.

Good to bye to Lennin begins with the awakening of a devotee communist mother, Christiane, from a comma. This state was caused after seeing her son, Alex , participating in a strike. The lady wakes up 8 months later the wall had been demolished and the democratic Germany is on the verge of merging with the capitalist federal Germany. As they want to avoid a shock to Christiane, Alex and his sister, Arione, avoid that their mother knows the actual situaution of the society.


the movie is a little repetitive because the news show the same tv comercials all the time. Moreover the reporter critics the actual situation with humor and satire. Although the film shows the family events the real topic is the present corruption of the German Society.

I can recommend “Good Bye to Lenin” with all confidence because the argument of movie is good and Wolfang registers the changes produced in Germany between 1989 and 1990. The movie is worth the trouble not only by its aspect of political comedy, but also its historical document that plasms one of the most important peri

FILM REVIEW (BLUFF)

A CANNON SHOT incomplete

Felipe Martinez makes his debut in Bluff as a director and scriptwriter of a film. He is graduated in the College of Arts and Entertainment (TAI) Madrid; He is well recognized audiovisually as publisher and director of realities, competitions and short films. Bluff has been the best Colombian film of comedy and suspense of last times, the movie does not seem to be done in Colombia because it is supported in the thriller. The cast includes; the main characters Federico Lorusso as Nicolás; Catalina Aristizábal as Margarita; Víctor Mallarino as Mallarino and Carolina Gómez as Alexandra. Bluff leaves in the light public to beginning the 2007 amid the acme of Colombian films recognized internationally. This movie is the representation of Colombia at the next Cannes Film Festival.

The film, based on deception, begins when Nicolás (Federico Lorusso), recognized photographer tries to extort Mallarino (Victor Mallarino) with some photos of him with his lover Alexandra (Carolina Gomez), threating to show his wife Margarita (Catalina Aristizábal), also former girlfriend of Nicolás. Unexpectedly, Mallarino offers the photographer increases the payment if kills his wife. The situation is further complicated when Nicolás presences the death of Rosemary (Veronica Orozco), owner of the house where he lives, at the hands of police Walter Montes (Luis Eduardo Arango), and immediately Nicolás accepts the offer Mallarino.

In addition, few movies in Colombia have betted on the comedy, a genre complicated, yet this way, Bluff is supported by another: the thriller, getting a result different from other films in the region. Likewise, its rhythm is more agile than the other Colombian productions: shorts and shocking scenes that capture the attention of the public and do not fall into monotony. Although Bluff incurs in two of the “cliches” of Colombian cinema: the accidental death of a character and injustice. Bluff does not wake up deeply the sensitivity of the viewer, Bluff uses recourses to generate emotions but momentary.

Finally, I can recommend “Bluff” with all confidence because this film is characterized by has a cast of first: good direction and impeccable musicality correct locations, which, undoubtedly, could steal the show due to their successful appearance on the essentials points of the plot. In the topic audiovisual the scenes are pleasant since the camera is not fixed all the time. Moreover Felipe Martinez plays with the movement of frames, generating tension and expectation.

MY HERO

Madre Teresa de Calcutta,
Because, she was an exemple woman. Who helped to poor and sick people. She didn´t matter travel to the most precarious places and gave to the child opportunities to survive.

She dedicated her entired life to the needed and abandoned people. She traveled around the world demonstrating that all we need enthusiasm to help to achieve the world peace.

CONCEPTS

Social behavior
Are different ways to act, from a social group, which is a particular context. The social behavior depends of current events place issues and factors like economy, culture, politics and ecology.

Attitudes
About a behavior of a subject relate with his life, his relatives, his friends and context, where he lives. Every person has a different attitude respect to the personality.

Life stories
Are the conglomerate of testimonies and the most important events of a person´s life, which had leave footprint.

CONCEPTS

Social behavior: Are different ways to act, from a social group, which is a particular context. The social behavior depends of current events place issues and factors like economy, culture, politics and ecology.

Attitudes: About a behavior of a subject relate with his life, his relatives, his friends and context, where he lives. Every person has a different attitude respect to the personality.

Life stories : Are the agrupacion of testimonies and the most important events of a person´s life, which had leave footprints

LOVE STORY

Once upon a time a man who worked at prestigious company in Bogotá. He used to go to lunch every day to a restaurant near to work. One day, when he was eating, he saw a beautiful woman sited in the table next to his table. Since that day he fell in love with her. He didn´t know her, not even her name, but everyday he saw her taking her lunch.

The company gave him a new charge, where he was instructs of the organization of an event in Cartagena, where he would meet his boss. When he arrived to Cartagena, he went to the welcome party. He surprised when he saw the woman of the restaurant. He was looking at her when a work friend told him that she was her boss.

Since that day, they started a friendship, which with the pass of the time became a relationship. Today they are newlyweds.

MY PROFILE

My name is Carmen Gómez, I´am 20 years. I was born in 1987 at Cali, Colombia. I´am studying
8th semester of Social Communication and Journalism. when I was sixteen years old I came to Bogotá to startmy studies at Sabana University. I don´t have any brothers and sisters.

My profile

my name is carmen Gomez . I am 20 years old. I was born in 1987 aT Cali Colombia. I am studying 8th semester of social comunication and journalism. when I was sixteen yeras old I came to Bogota to start my studies at Sabana University. I dont have any brothers or sisters