Animal Farm Trailer

If you haven't watched this movie yet, i recommend u to do so. I haven't either, but i'll try to download it, it seems interesting although we may be tired of reading the book, we can rest a bit, and watch the film.
I know there are many films based on George's Orwel master piece but i found this one
Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksnwIUyspps

Sil

Cheryl Tweedy

Hello, well i'm posting this song 'cause the other day i was singing it and realised that it appears what we are studying :P "Wishes and regrets". This song is called "Cheryl Tweedy" by Lily Allen =)

I wish I had one good reason why
I should stay
How'd I get myself
Into this place?

I wish had qualities like
Sympathy
Fidelity
Sobriety
Sincerity
Humility
Instead I got lunacy

I wish I could fit myself in my pocket
And tie myself to a rocket
And send myself to outer space
I wish I had a different face

I wish I had one good reason why
I should stay
How'd I get myself
Into this place?

I wish my life was a little less seedy
Why am I always so greedy?
Wish I looked just like Cheryl Tweedy
I know I never will
I wish my life was not so boring
Every weekend four to the flooring
Don't get me started on Monday morning
It would be overkill.


C u!

Chivi

SPEECH

For those of you who asked for it, I've posted the guide we saw in class. See ya! Marga

DELIVERING A SPEECH
PRACTICAL GUIDELINE


In 7th Year, the special oral class consists of an individual presentation of a topic, in an informal chatty tone (as if you were talking with your classmates outside class). The speech is going to be prepared in advance and must be delivered in between 7 and 12 minutes. It should not be either read or said parrot fashion (i.e. by heart). The idea is that an open class discussion will take place after the given speech, so that we can all give our views on the topic. It’s your chance to bring the themes you are interested in to the classroom!

Choosing what to talk about:
Choosing the appropriate topic is one of the most important decisions to make. Basically, the subject matter of your speech should be something YOU are interested in, so as to catch the audience’s attention. You must choose a topic that either provokes some type of discussion like the debatable topics we frequently deal with in class (ex. gay marriage, legalization of drugs, capital punishment), or a description of a given situation (ex. the level of education in Argentina, what teenagers believe in, the growth of addictions, controversial current news, etc). Be careful not to choose a topic that would certainly not work (ex. the history of National rock, a biography of Tom Cruise, the results of the national football league, etc.).

Investigating:
You might need to do some research on the theme you are going to develop, but be careful to adapt the information you find to suit the purpose of your speech. I mean, don’t repeat information you find on the web or in books nonsensically.

Drafting:
I believe it’s essential to make some notes at home so as to organize your ideas and to feel surer of what you are going to talk about. Knowing beforehand the contents and organization of your speech will make you feel confident and relaxed, which is exactly the attitude you should have. It is evident that the structure you are going to use is similar to essay writing, but in an informal register and a more flexible tone.

Delivering your speech:
A specific date is going to be appointed to each of you, which should be respected, unless you have a very good excuse! A week before you must inform the teacher what you are planning to talk about and show her your material, without exception (you may wish to do so via e-mail). You must prepare a handout including a short summary of your speech to hand in to your classmates at the end of your presentation. The heading must be: 7TH YEAR SPEECH Name: … Date: …Title:…
There are some important points you should take into account to make your presentation successful. The tone of voice must be high and clear, your body posture must indicate willingness and you must remember to keep the audience motivated by your chat. All your classmates will be listening to you attentively and will be eager to give their views on the theme because, after all, they are all going to be in the same situation sooner or later and they know it’s better for everybody to have a warm, friendly, supportive atmosphere in the class.

That’s all folks! Now it’s time to enjoy and shine!

Well, this is my first post.
I found this very funny, and interesting in some cases. It is a How-to "do things" youtube channel wich has a lot of stuff!

This is the main site: http://www.youtube.com/user/howcast

And here some curious videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Oz_ELAjNg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ljERfubtQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HIYKyjAkHk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBz7l2pZF7U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyXQbcEnUzE

There are over 15000 videos, so I only posted a few...
Nico

Hillarious lyrics

It's evident there are people who've got nothing to do, but sometimes they come up with something quite good. Check out the new lyrics of this weird 1980s video. It's quite difficult at the beginning, but after a while you start to appreciate the ironic outlook on this crazy psychodelic video.
http://wtf.microsiervos.com/eltubo/literal-literal-literal.html
Enjoy!
Marga

scholarships

You might be interested in this info! See ya!
Marga

El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores del Reino Unido (FCO) abre la convocatoria de las becas Chevening para estudios de posgrado.

Las becas están dirigidas a jóvenes líderes argentinos que deseen realizar estudios de posgrados en cualquier universidad británica durante el ciclo académico 2010-11.

La convocatoria abre el 3 de agosto y cierra a las 1330 horas del 2 de octubre 2009.

Para más información visitá ukinargentina.fco.gov.uk y ww.britishcouncil.org.ar

Trent Reznor honoured with governmental recognition

it´s too long to explain, so i´ll just stick what it says :P

Some of you saw the story of Trent being honored by the federal, state and local government that was posted on the nin hotline last night and asked me to share it with the Forum, so here goes:

Hotline story of Trent being honored with governmental recognition http://www.theninhotline.net/news/#1245648614

Here's the video of Trent receiving proclamations from the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, the Governor of New York, the New York State Comptroller, the New York State Senate and the Suffolk County Legislature in recognition of his efforts to help Eric De La Cruz:

Video of Trent being honored http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OU3bzXF4wA

All of those proclamations mention the entire NIN community. You can check out copies of them at:

Pictures of proclamations http://www.twitpic.com/photos/mpc2020

This was an incredible moment for me personally, and I hope it was for Trent as well.
As we continue to keep Eric in our thoughts and prayers, I think the community deserves to take a minute to pat itself on the back for an amazing accomplishment and a really great moment in the evolution of NIN and everyone who follows the band.

On a personal note, as the hotline article says, I have two parents with cancer and have seen just how flawed and awful the US healthcare system can be. Many of you are aware that Congress has started to draft legislation for healthcare reform. I've been working with Veronica and the people around her to help strategize on how to best get the community involved on this issue. I think we've shown our grassroots power in the past few months, and I encourage all of you to contact your Senators and Representatives and let them know how you feel about the issue. One place you can learn more about the issue is:

www.healthcareforamericanow.org

Congratulations once again to the entire community for doing something incredible-let's keep it going!

Hi there! here it is the lyrics we talked about while we were reading the play "A Taste of Honey", when Jo starts to sing that song but with another ending :P.
There is a song by Nirvana which is called "Where did you sleep last night" that says the same thing " In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I will shiver the whole night through" but it talks about another matter that doesn't have anything to do with Dolly's Parton version and the one that appears on the play.


In the pines by Dolly Parton.

In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows
My love, my love, what have I done
To make you treat me so
You've caused me to weep, you've caused me to mourn
You've caused me to leave my home

In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows

The longest train I ever saw
Went down that Georgia Line
The engine passed at six o'clock
The caboose went by at nine

In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows

I asked my captain for the time of day
He said he throwed his watch away

In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows

Invoice or Bill?

Hi all!
In response to Candi's request last week as to the difference between bill and invoice, here is a briefing of what I've found:


An invoice is a bill. It is a list of goods or services provided, itemised and individually priced. There is a total amount due at the bottom. The prices shown are gross, and there may be deductions or additions at the bottom for discounts and or taxes. It is a request for payment.
These two words are generally used interchangeably.

These are the translations:
invoice: [ˈɪnvɔɪs]
1. (comercio) factura (f)
to make out an invoice -> extender or hacer una factura
verbo transitivo
3. facturar (goods); mandar la factura a (person, company)


bill [bɪl] 1. cuenta (f) (in restaurant); factura (f) (for goods, services)
bill of exchange (finanzas) -> letra (f) de cambio
2. billete (m) (banknote) (Estados Unidos)
verbo transitivo
3. pasar (la) factura a (give invoice to)


So then, they are the same when talking about business dealings, but bill is also used in reference to services (gas, water supply, electricity, etc)
Hope this has helped,
Marga

Some NIN`s interesting lyrics

well, as i don`t have any other thing to post i put some Nine Inch Nails` lyrics i consider very interesting i like what they express, the thoughts, the emotions of these lyrics are really good:

I`ve posted the links of the lyrics of the songs because ifnot the post would be enormous :P

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nineinchnails/happinessinslavery.html

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nineinchnails/heresy.html


The next song has got one of the greatest lyrics, it`s a bit "Uptoned", but in my opinion it`s a great parody to the typical idiot american:

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nineinchnails/bigmanwithagun.html

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nineinchnails/thedownwardspiral.html

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nineinchnails/hurt.html

another great lyric

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nineinchnails/eraser.html

and the last song, it`s from the record "Year Zero", the main theme of the CD talks about how life will be in the next years, and how f*** up the world will be if we go on acting this way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr8FXnur5Z4 here it`s and interview with Trent Reznor about the CD), this lyric, for what i understand talks about a strange force that comes to erase the world because of humans` atitude, it`s an anthem xD


http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nineinchnails/zerosum.html

"A taste of Honey"

As regards to the play that we are reading " A taste of honey" i found several videos on youtube, here it is the link of one of the videos i found suitable to show since the others have scenes which have unknown content (because we haven't reached that part and i really got upset when i saw them ¬¬)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7K_N0UXpLo

In this short video it appears Jo at her school. She talks to some of her classmates and then she go to her house. I hope you like it. ^^




When Shelagh Delaney began working on A Taste of Honey, she intended the material to be a novel; but instead, in what has become a very famous story, Delaney became disgusted at the lack of substance found in plays currently being produced for the stage and decided to rework her fledgling novel into a play. It took her two weeks. A Taste of Honey opened at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East in London on May 27, 1958. On February 10, 1959, Delaney's play moved to Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, and on October 4, 1960, the play opened on Broadway at New York City's Lyceum Theatre. Delaney's play opened to mixed reviews.
In many cases, her characters were praised for their honest, realistic voices. The play was also singled out for its accurate depictions of working class lives. Yet there was also concern that too much praise for the play's nineteen-year-old author would make it difficult for her to ever create another hit play, the theory being that early success might prove so intimidating that she could never live up to her first accomplishment. In a sense, this is what happened, since Delaney never wrote another play that achieved the success of A Taste of Honey. However, this first play did earn several awards, including the Charles Henry Foyle New Play award in 1958 and the New York Drama Critics Award in 1961. The film version won the British Academy Award for best picture in 1961 and a best supporting actress award for Dora Bryan. The film also won two additional awards at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962 for best actor (Murray Melvin) and best actress (Rita Tushingham). Much of the credit for the play's success is attributed to Joan Littlewood, whose experimental Theatre Workshop first received and produced the play.

Trent Reznor and PETA

here i post the link of a video with Trent Rezor, who is the only "permanent" member of nine inch nails, in a PETA`s video. PETA is an organization that protects animals( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETA). In This Video PETA shows how animals are trated for their fur, it`s a bito shocking but i think you wll be ale to watch it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc3nch3WHRc

Ghost wirter :D

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re6IiHanAdY&feature=PlayList&p=043C748293550F56&index=0&playnext=1

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZd7DHbRPIA&feature=PlayList&p=043C748293550F56&index=3

These links are about the firt chapter of Ghost writer.
Just have a look at them!!!

kisses

Cande

Women in Art

http://www.artgallery.lu/digitalart/women_in_art.html

Here is the link to a very special digital art video showing 500years of women in art. It's a real pleasure to watch! Delight!
MARGA

I'am the walrus :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqOKvonLrH8

Hey guys!!!

This link is about one of my favourites songs by The Beatles (of course!).

I've heard that John had been inspired by the siren from a police car, isn't that fantastic?

If you listen carefully to the begining of the song you will realised that!!

Here I found some information that confirms what I've just said:

The genesis of the lyrics is found in three song ideas that Lennon was working on, the first of which was inspired by hearing a police siren at his home in Weybridge; Lennon wrote the lines "Mis-ter cit-y police-man" to the rhythm of the siren. The second idea was a short rhyme about Lennon sitting in his garden, while the third was a nonsense lyric about sitting on a corn flake. Unable to finish the ideas as three different songs, he combined them into one.

I wish you enjoy it!

Cande.

More about global warming ^^

Hi there! I don't want to seem annoying with this topic, but i've just seen a video about this matter which has lots of truths and funny things :P.
Check out the lyrics, it is very funny the way the person could mix it with the original song.
I will try to extract the lyrics by listening to it, but of course if you want to post the lyrics don't doubt! :)

here it is the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF5F6eYho8U&feature=related

Chivi

The Pianist

Hi everyone! This is Tere posting again. Did you see the movie "The Pianist"? It's a bit shocking 'cause the plot is about the 2nd World War and in this part of the video that I'm putting here, a german or nazi soldier is listening to Mr. Szpilman (the pianist who is a polish jewish). I think the german was amazed during the piece of Chopin and he felt compassionate that's why he didn't killed Szpilman. By the way, a totally recomendable movie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChtL5yUuSVY&feature=related

Watch it 'til the end!

P.S.: I have uploaded a song by Nine Inch Nails for Yuyin ;)

MISJUDGMENT

As we are in the topic of reality TV and talent shows, you can’t miss this incredible performance. Please, notice the use of vocabulary and the use of the word “cynical” by one of the judges. ENJOY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Marga

Earth Pollution

I decided to post this kind of information because I really think that we have to be conscious about what we are destroying without realising, which is OUR PLANET.
I've found plenty of information about pollution so i've only posted one part of it.

A pollutant is any substance that, when in an environment, poisons our air, land and water. Chemicals have poisoned all of the world, harming humans, wildlife, and plant life, on land, sea and air. Approximately 100,000 synthetic chemicals are now on the market, with one thousand new chemicals are added yearly.

Although companies test the toxicity of their products individually, they do not exist alone in the environment. Compounds are altered in combination with others, but the effect of these combinations are not tested or studied. Pesticides, designed to kill insects, weeds and fungus, are also toxic to human nervous systems, and are linked to cancer and reproductive, developmental, neurological and immune-system damage. Every chemical we use, every substance we produce, in manufacturing, farming, energy use, or consumption, remains here on Earth. These poisons may seem to disappear—but they are only hidden.

The World Health Organization reports that 3 million people now die each year from the effects of air pollution. This is three times the 1 million who die each year in automobile accidents.

In the United States, traffic fatalities total just over 40,000 per year, while air pollution claims 70,000 lives annually. U.S. air pollution deaths are equal to deaths from breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.

Here it is the web page from where i found some information http://www.webofcreation.org/

Last year i decided to create a short video about these matters, so I uploaded it on youtube. Here it is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20TUY1yxGkg&feature=PlayList&p=8AA0C0FC6FCC1E50&index=5

ENJOY! Chivi

Yuyin is back (h)

hi, i´ve finally logged in, i have to get used to using a blog, it´s the first time i do it :p

well, i don´t know what to say :p, so i´ll leave some interesting stuff, nine inch nails of course! and vdieogames xD


PD: i´ve been trying to upload some video but i don´t know why it says there is a failiure, so i can´t upload them.}

when i have more time i´ll upload my english material

here is a NIN video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31jenMJ0UOc


Killzone 2 intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir5EavFCHvw

The story of an hour

It was 6 o'clock in the morning.Everything seemed to be perfect by now. Until I reached room 601. It was a normal day, as always, the less I could Expect from a psychiatric hospital. The bright and white light,filling every corridor of the 4th floor, and that particular smell of medicine running through my veins. That's it,I was there, just in front of door 601 a world of different realities was waiting for me.
Once i got in, I knew I couldn't get out. He was there sitting patiently in his chair looking at nowhere, breathing without making any sound, he pointed at the other chair infront of him. He was inviting me to his new trip.I sat down in front of him and as always with both of his arms he grabbed my head. But there was something wrong this time,everything started to seem blured and a terrible headache invaded me.Suddenly the light was off. I was in a big house, full of stairs and windows.
The house was well decorated, a great fragance of flowers could be smelled. Suddenly an awful scream could be heard, a dreadful laughter filled the house with horror and a strange sense of fear. I ran up to the room where the body of a little girl was laying sorrounded by blood. But wait! who was the one standing at her side?yes,it was him...my patient.
I dind't know If i was dreaming or if it was reality but i started to scream and wanted to get out from that horrible house where a little girl had been murdered. I couldn't get to the front door, I fell down from the stairs, I broke my leg, it hurt too much for me to continue running, but then I saw him, walking towards me, he grabbed my fragile head again and everything started spinning.
Again that particular smell of medicine appeared, I was in hospital, that white light was illuminating the floor, my patient wasn't there, I was sleeping on the floor,wait! I was wearing that green coat that only patients have....I ran up to my bedroom door and saw through the other side of the glass my patient wearing my white coat...-How could it be possible?..It can't be-...
He was laughing at me, he only repeated the number 7 pointing at his watch.

By chivi

The Story of a Second By: Tere

The Story of a Second

It was a sunny day in London. Weird, isn’t it?. She thought the same too. She didn’t know why, but she kept on walking down the street, slowly; she seemed to be expecting something and knew that was late for work, but it was the first time so she didn’t care about it at all. While walking she was glancing at everybody who was passing next to her. “-What am I looking for?”, she asked herself.
He was also looking for something and glancing at people. The street was crowded. He couldn’t walk fast but, actually he didn’t want to. He was enjoying everything: the pure air occupying his lumbs, the smell of the flowers, the little birds’ chirp. He stopped and glimpsed at the sun because it was too bright. He kept on walking and walking and at the same time asking himself: “-What am I looking for?”.
In the middle of the street both found what they were expecting. They didn’t glance this time but they gazed at each other like the most beautiful humans in the world. The street wasn’t crowded anymore. They were alone, looking at perfection.
They felt they had known each other for a long, long time ago but it was the first time they had met.
A smile was drawn in their faces. Their lives were going to change forever.
It was a sunny day in London. Weird, isn’t it?

The End.

Although it is quite old, this letter is a masterpiece of irony that an English actor wrote after Bush expressed other nonsensical reasons to attack Iraq. This is my first attempt at sharing some interesting material. Enjoy!


A letter to the Observer from Terry Jones
by Terry Jones • Tuesday March 18, 2003 at 04:14 PM

I'm really excited by George Bush's latest reason for bombing Iraq: he's running out of patience. And so am I! For some time now I've been really pissed off with Mr Johnson, who lives a couple of doors down the street.
Well, him and Mr Patel, who run the health food shop. They both give me queer looks, and I'm sure Mr Johnson is planning something nasty for me, but so far I haven't been able to discover what.
I've been round to his place a few times to see what he's up to, but he's got everything well hidden. That's how devious he is. As for Mr Patel, don't ask me how I know; I just know - from very good sources - that he is, in reality, a Mass Murderer. I have leafleted the street telling them that if we don't act first, he'll pick us off one by one.
Some of my neighbours say, if I've got proof, why don't I go to the police? But that's simply ridiculous. The police will say that they need evidence of a crime with which to charge my neighbours. They'll come up with endless red tape and quibbling about the rights and wrongs of a pre-emptive strike and all the while Mr Johnson will be finalising his plans to do terrible things to me, while Mr Patel will be secretly murdering people.
Since I'm the only one in the street with a decent range of automatic firearms, I reckon it's up to me to keep the peace. But until recently that's been a little difficult. Now, however, George W. Bush has made it clear that all I need to do is run out of patience, and then I can wade in and do whatever I want!
And let's face it; Mr Bush's carefully thought-out policy towards Iraq is the only way to bring about international peace and security. The one certain way to stop Muslim fundamentalist suicide bombers targeting the US or the UK is to bomb a few Muslim countries that have never threatened us.
That's why I want to blow up Mr Johnson's garage and kill his wife and children. Strike first! That'll teach him a lesson. Then he'll leave us in peace and stop peering at me in that totally unacceptable way. Mr Bush makes it clear that all he needs to know before bombing Iraq is that Saddam is a really nasty man and that he has weapons of mass destruction - even if no one can find them. I'm certain I've just as much justification for killing Mr Johnson's wife and children as Mr Bush has for bombing Iraq.
Mr Bush's long-term aim is to make the world a safer place by eliminating 'rogue states' and 'terrorism'.
It's such a clever long-term aim because how can you ever know when you've achieved it?
How will Mr Bush know when he's wiped out all terrorists? When every single terrorist is dead? But then a terrorist is only a terrorist once he's committed an act of terror. What about would-be terrorists? These are the ones you really want to eliminate, since most of the known terrorists, being suicide bombers, have already eliminated themselves. Perhaps Mr Bush needs to wipe out everyone who could possibly be a future terrorist? Maybe he can't be sure he's achieved his objective until every Muslim fundamentalist is dead? But then some moderate Muslims might convert to fundamentalism. Maybe the only really safe thing to do would be for Mr Bush to eliminate all Muslims?
It's the same in my street. Mr Johnson and Mr Patel are just the tip of the iceberg. There are dozens of other people in the street who I don't like and who - quite frankly - look at me in odd ways. No one will be really safe until I've wiped them all out. My wife says I might be going too far but I tell her I'm simply using the same logic as the President of the United States. That shuts her up.
Like Mr Bush, I've run out of patience, and if that's a good enough reason for the President, it's good enough for me. I'm going to give the whole street two weeks - no, 10 days - to come out in the open and hand over all aliens and interplanetary hijackers, galactic outlaws and interstellar terrorist masterminds, and if they don't hand them over nicely and say 'Thank you', I'm going to bomb the entire street to kingdom come. It's just as sane as what George W. Bush is proposing - and, in contrast to what he's intending, my policy will destroy only one street.