The Ironman World Triathlon Championship or Ironman Triathlon is an annual thriatlon race, made famous by its grueling length, race conditions, and sports television coverage.
Held every fall in the US city of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, the race encompasses three endurance events of a 3.86 kilometer ocean swim in Kailua-Kona Bay, followed by a 180.2 kilometer ride bike across the Hawaiian lava desert to Hawi and back), and ending with a 42.195 kilometer marathon along the coast of the Big Island (from Keauhou to Keahole Point to Kailua-Kona); finishing on Ali'i Drive.
Dick Hoyt is competitor of this Ironman triathlon. His dream was to have the chance to compete in the same team with his son Rick but he was disable at birth by a loss of oxygen to his brain because his umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck. Rick born with mental and physical problems but his father promised himself that he would made real his dream.
This video is incredible. I hope you enjoy it as I did and to appreciate the greatness of the love of this father to his son.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flRvsO8m_KI&feature=related
Friday, November 23, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
SOME WORDS FROM YOUR TEACHER...
Well, I can't help feeling proud of all your performance & production here!!!! Some of you plunged into blogging as soon as I posted the first entry back in JULY, others got hooked later but never stopped doing it!!! The point is that this has served not only an academic purpose (more reading, more writing, developing a sense of voice among the whole class), but I guess it has served all of you to express yourselves more openly and share stuff we wouldn't have had the chance to know hadn't we started blogging.
A SPECIAL WORD FOR ALL WHO HAD THEIR PERSONAL PRINT HERE....
JOSEMA: Yours was the FIRST student post. Then you kept on working hard and adding a personal touch throughout. Excellent work!!!!! I REALLY ENJOYED READING YOUR STUFF.
CORINA: Always personal & authentic. We want more of your SENSIBILITY!!
DANIEL: You really surprised me with your topics and responses. GREAT WORK!!
LEO: THOUGHTFUL and DEEP. A pleasure to read, always!!!
AGUSTIN: SHARP and superb. You added a unique, personal touch!
ALEX: took you some time... but eventually got involved and gained an important space. Great!
NACHO: Really interesting issues introduced. Just grrrreat.
VALENTINA: Really interesting posts. A female touch in our blog.
ANDREA: It's amazing to see so many posts by YOU!!! I think you got the highest rate of publication. Superb work!!!
LUCIA: You also surprised me with so many posts. Really INTERESTING to read. As well as varied. GREAT!
AMALITA: Another side to yourself. You participated fully here, I really enjoyed your work!!
ALEJANDRO: Only ONE post, but good. We all missed a bit of your critical view on things, and clarity of mind.
AGOSTINA: Nice work. Don't just fade away. KEEP ON WORKING HARD!!
CHANCHO: Very nice supply of general info. Great work, I know you can do much more!!
MARTINA: Great pics!! You and the girls added colour and life to this blog!
BELEN: Really interesting posts to read. SUPER!!
SACHA: Good you found your way to show yourself. ORIGINAL.
This is not a GOODBYE. Work is done, IT'S TRUE.
But you can KEEP ON WORKING and PUBLISHING YOURSELF here.
A place to SHARE & GROW. KEEP ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is not only a CLASS BLOG anymore. IT IS YOURS, OURS. I do expect you feel free to continue searching into topics of your interest and sharing them with your English class. Why not take this space to SHARE and publish stuff you all feel may be of interest for the group? A way to keep in contact once the lessons are over??
A SPECIAL WORD FOR ALL WHO HAD THEIR PERSONAL PRINT HERE....
JOSEMA: Yours was the FIRST student post. Then you kept on working hard and adding a personal touch throughout. Excellent work!!!!! I REALLY ENJOYED READING YOUR STUFF.
CORINA: Always personal & authentic. We want more of your SENSIBILITY!!
DANIEL: You really surprised me with your topics and responses. GREAT WORK!!
LEO: THOUGHTFUL and DEEP. A pleasure to read, always!!!
AGUSTIN: SHARP and superb. You added a unique, personal touch!
ALEX: took you some time... but eventually got involved and gained an important space. Great!
NACHO: Really interesting issues introduced. Just grrrreat.
VALENTINA: Really interesting posts. A female touch in our blog.
ANDREA: It's amazing to see so many posts by YOU!!! I think you got the highest rate of publication. Superb work!!!
LUCIA: You also surprised me with so many posts. Really INTERESTING to read. As well as varied. GREAT!
AMALITA: Another side to yourself. You participated fully here, I really enjoyed your work!!
ALEJANDRO: Only ONE post, but good. We all missed a bit of your critical view on things, and clarity of mind.
AGOSTINA: Nice work. Don't just fade away. KEEP ON WORKING HARD!!
CHANCHO: Very nice supply of general info. Great work, I know you can do much more!!
MARTINA: Great pics!! You and the girls added colour and life to this blog!
BELEN: Really interesting posts to read. SUPER!!
SACHA: Good you found your way to show yourself. ORIGINAL.
This is not a GOODBYE. Work is done, IT'S TRUE.
But you can KEEP ON WORKING and PUBLISHING YOURSELF here.
A place to SHARE & GROW. KEEP ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, November 16, 2007
Martina's birthday...!!!!
This picture has been taken at Martina's birthday..on the 11th , November... we really enjoyed it and have a good time all together.. here we are, me (lucia) and Martina danccing balls.. (during martina's 18th birthday)jaja ..
We also have made face-painting..as you can see in our faces....really nice!!
then we go to a party in Tucuman Rugby..... FELIZZ CUMPLE MARTU!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTU!!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
TONY MELENDEZ: AN EXAMPLE OF LIFE!
Tony Meléndez (born 1962) is a Nicaraguan American guitar player, composer and singer and songwriter who was born without arms. He went to live to the United States because in Nicaragua there wasn’t the adequate medicine that he needed. When he was a child he didn’t realize that he was different but later at school when his classmates said: “ohh! That boy doesn’t have arms”, that hurt his heart.
From the beginning ha had to learn how to use his feet because there were his unique tools to do everything, for writing.
He has two sisters and a brother and his mother. His father died when he was young and now he is really grateful to him because his father left his place of birth so to take Tony to USA. He was the one that encouraged Tony to do all the things by his own.
Now he is married and with his wife adopted two children, a boy and a girl, from El Salvador and Nicaragua because they weren’t able to have children.
I think that he is an example of life because he can do lot of things only with his feet. He is a symbol of hope for all of us that don’t have his incapacity because with a lot of effort and courage he fights against his problem and he seems like a normal person.
One famous phrase he said was: “please don’t tell me that you can’t because you can do much more than me, only stand up and say I want, I can and I will move forward”. I decided to post this because Valentina had posted something similar of a man without arms and legs, well comment on it.
Here is a video of him that is very emotive, watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoLoFe3Eze8
From the beginning ha had to learn how to use his feet because there were his unique tools to do everything, for writing.
He has two sisters and a brother and his mother. His father died when he was young and now he is really grateful to him because his father left his place of birth so to take Tony to USA. He was the one that encouraged Tony to do all the things by his own.
Now he is married and with his wife adopted two children, a boy and a girl, from El Salvador and Nicaragua because they weren’t able to have children.
I think that he is an example of life because he can do lot of things only with his feet. He is a symbol of hope for all of us that don’t have his incapacity because with a lot of effort and courage he fights against his problem and he seems like a normal person.
One famous phrase he said was: “please don’t tell me that you can’t because you can do much more than me, only stand up and say I want, I can and I will move forward”. I decided to post this because Valentina had posted something similar of a man without arms and legs, well comment on it.
Here is a video of him that is very emotive, watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoLoFe3Eze8
more pictures from our chilhood !
here a picture with my classmate corina and belen !! in the kinder garden
what to study next year ???
http://www.loyola.edu.bo/Test/
As we all know the secondary school is finishing , and next year we have to enter to the university , but some uf us aren't sure about what they are going to study , so I look for vacational test in Internet , and this is the bast option that I found , Its very useful , so I hope you coul do it !
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As we all know the secondary school is finishing , and next year we have to enter to the university , but some uf us aren't sure about what they are going to study , so I look for vacational test in Internet , and this is the bast option that I found , Its very useful , so I hope you coul do it !
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Tafi with some friends!
This upiscture was taken last year in one of our weakends at Tafi del Valle. In that momento we were waiting for the bus to came back to the city, the worst moment ,,, but as you can see we continued happy because as always when we are together we have a great time! specially when we are far away and can share every moment of the day. This year we went some times too and I hope we can go to end this year all together!
School violence
School violence in the United States
I was shocked with the news of 32 people killed on the Campus of Virginia Tech last April 16 th.
However that was not just an isolated case, it was perhaps the best known all over the world, but it is just one more of the many cases you can read every day in the American newspapers. That is the reason why I will consider the causes and possible solutions to this crisis in schools.
School violence does not exist in a vacuum, it is directly related to the violence in our society. For many children particulary those who experience family violence early in their lives , school can often be safer than the environment where they live.
Agression and violence are the direct result of learned behabiour. American society is full of examples of violence and aggression that unfortunately have become a part of their daily lives regardless of where they live, work or play.
The main causes of this terrible situation are serious personal and phycological problems suffered by the agressors. The reason may be romantic break up, a sense of isolation, loneliness, luck of family atmosphere. The influence of drugs and alcohol, also affects their aggressive behaviour . The media also help shape the minds of children, cartoon, video games and movies are full of examples of brave, aggressive and violent male characters.
Nearly 50 % of the homicide perpretators have some type of warning signal prior to the event. Among the students who commited school homicide 20% where known to have been victims on bullying.
Bullying is a form of aggression that children begin to show in their first years of school. It can lead to more violent forms of behaviour if it is ignored by the school authorities. Unfortunately disciplinary programmes in schools typically do not take seriously the development of violent behaviour in children until it is almost too late to reverse. Educators are expected to pass along information , few are expected to promote values trhough education . This is not to say that nothing can be done to change this culture of violence .The disciplinary policies of schools need to change from excluding and suspending students to addressing the problem from a preventive perspective.
It is necessary to take threats and talks of suicide seriously. Pomoting prevention programmes that are designed to help teachers and other school staff in respond to incidents of bullying between students.
To conclude I can say that it is everyone s responsibility to do more to prevent violence among children and young people and to teach them about ways to solve arguments and fights without violence.
I was shocked with the news of 32 people killed on the Campus of Virginia Tech last April 16 th.
However that was not just an isolated case, it was perhaps the best known all over the world, but it is just one more of the many cases you can read every day in the American newspapers. That is the reason why I will consider the causes and possible solutions to this crisis in schools.
School violence does not exist in a vacuum, it is directly related to the violence in our society. For many children particulary those who experience family violence early in their lives , school can often be safer than the environment where they live.
Agression and violence are the direct result of learned behabiour. American society is full of examples of violence and aggression that unfortunately have become a part of their daily lives regardless of where they live, work or play.
The main causes of this terrible situation are serious personal and phycological problems suffered by the agressors. The reason may be romantic break up, a sense of isolation, loneliness, luck of family atmosphere. The influence of drugs and alcohol, also affects their aggressive behaviour . The media also help shape the minds of children, cartoon, video games and movies are full of examples of brave, aggressive and violent male characters.
Nearly 50 % of the homicide perpretators have some type of warning signal prior to the event. Among the students who commited school homicide 20% where known to have been victims on bullying.
Bullying is a form of aggression that children begin to show in their first years of school. It can lead to more violent forms of behaviour if it is ignored by the school authorities. Unfortunately disciplinary programmes in schools typically do not take seriously the development of violent behaviour in children until it is almost too late to reverse. Educators are expected to pass along information , few are expected to promote values trhough education . This is not to say that nothing can be done to change this culture of violence .The disciplinary policies of schools need to change from excluding and suspending students to addressing the problem from a preventive perspective.
It is necessary to take threats and talks of suicide seriously. Pomoting prevention programmes that are designed to help teachers and other school staff in respond to incidents of bullying between students.
To conclude I can say that it is everyone s responsibility to do more to prevent violence among children and young people and to teach them about ways to solve arguments and fights without violence.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Common superstitions, Omens and Myths- What is Superstition?
According to Webster's dictionary, superstition is any belief that is inconsistent with the known laws of science or with what is considered true and rational; esp., such a belief in omens, the supernatural, etc.
Halloween is traditionally the time when common superstitions, folklore, myths and omens carry more weight to those who believe. Superstition origins go back thousands of years ago. Beliefs include good luck charms, amulets, bad luck, fortunes, cures, portents, omens and predictions, fortunes and spells.
Bad fallacies far outweigh the good, especially around Halloween when myths run rampant. When it comes right down to it, many people still believe that omens can predict our destiny and misfortune -- particularly for the worse.
Superstitions & Bad Luck Omens
Black Cats
Black cats have long been believed to be a supernatural omen since the witch hunts of the middle ages when cats were thought to be connected to evil. Since then, it is considered bad luck if a black cat crosses your path.
Broken Mirrors
An ancient myth our ancestors believed was that the image in a mirror is our actual soul. A broken mirror represented the soul being astray from your body. To break the spell of misfortune, you must wait seven hours (one for each year of bad luck) before picking up the broken pieces, and bury them outside in the moonlight.
Ladders
In the days before the gallows, criminals were hung from the top rung of a ladder and their spirits were believed to linger underneath. Common folklore has it to be bad luck to walk beneath an open ladder and pass through the triangle of evil ghosts and spirits.
Owls
If an owl looks in your window or if you seeing one in the daylight bad luck and death will bestow you.
Salt
At one time salt was a rare commodity and thought to have magical powers. It was unfortunate to spill salt and said to foretell family disarray and death. To ward off bad luck, throw a pinch over your shoulder and all will be well.
Sparrows
Sparrows are thought to carry the souls of the dead and it is believed to bring bad luck if you kill one.
Unlucky Number #13
The fear of the number 13 is still common today, and avoided in many different ways. Some buildings still do not have an official 13th floor and many people avoid driving or going anywhere on Friday the 13th.
Good Luck Superstitions
Horseshoes
To bring good luck, the horseshoe must lost by a horse and be found by you, with the open end facing your way. You must hang it over the door with the open end up, so the good fortune doesn't spill out.
Another origin of the 'lucky horseshoe' is the belief that they ward off witches. Witches, it was once believed, were opposed to horses, which is why they rode brooms and pitchforks instead. By placing a horseshoe over a door, the witch would be reluctant to enter. (Hat tip: Iris)
Four Leaf Clover
Clover is believed to protect humans and animals from evil spells and is thought to be good luck to find a four leaf clover, particularly for the Irish.
Rabbit's Foot
These lucky charms are thought to ward off bad luck and bring good luck. You mush carry the rabbit's foot on a chain around your neck, or in your left back pocket. The older it gets, the more good luck it brings.
Wishbones
Two people are to pull apart a dried breastbone of a turkey or chicken and the one who is left with the longer end will have their wish come true.
Common Myths & Folklore
If the flame of a candle flickers and then turns blue, there's a spirit in the room.
If a bird flies through your house, it indicates important news. If it can't get out, the news will be death.
If you feel a chill up your spine, someone is walking on your future grave.
A person born on Halloween will have the gift of communicating with the dead.
A bat in the house is a sign of death.
If a bird flies towards you, bad fortune is imminent.
If your palm itches, you will soon receive money. If you itch it, your money will never come.
Crows are viewed as a bad omen, often foretelling death. If they caw, death is very near.
Many Romans wore lucky charms and amulets to avert the "evil eye."
If a person experiences great horror, their hair turns white.
A hat on a bed will bring bad luck.
Eat an apple on Christmas Eve for good health the next year.
The superstition of knocking on wood for good luck originates from pagan beliefs in regards to trees.
I personally dont believe in all this staff of things, I think they are only "mitos", of each culture. Although I not agree with this things , it happened to be really interested.. so here you have it if you want to read it!!
article extracted from: www.halloween-website.com/superstitions
Halloween is traditionally the time when common superstitions, folklore, myths and omens carry more weight to those who believe. Superstition origins go back thousands of years ago. Beliefs include good luck charms, amulets, bad luck, fortunes, cures, portents, omens and predictions, fortunes and spells.
Bad fallacies far outweigh the good, especially around Halloween when myths run rampant. When it comes right down to it, many people still believe that omens can predict our destiny and misfortune -- particularly for the worse.
Superstitions & Bad Luck Omens
Black Cats
Black cats have long been believed to be a supernatural omen since the witch hunts of the middle ages when cats were thought to be connected to evil. Since then, it is considered bad luck if a black cat crosses your path.
Broken Mirrors
An ancient myth our ancestors believed was that the image in a mirror is our actual soul. A broken mirror represented the soul being astray from your body. To break the spell of misfortune, you must wait seven hours (one for each year of bad luck) before picking up the broken pieces, and bury them outside in the moonlight.
Ladders
In the days before the gallows, criminals were hung from the top rung of a ladder and their spirits were believed to linger underneath. Common folklore has it to be bad luck to walk beneath an open ladder and pass through the triangle of evil ghosts and spirits.
Owls
If an owl looks in your window or if you seeing one in the daylight bad luck and death will bestow you.
Salt
At one time salt was a rare commodity and thought to have magical powers. It was unfortunate to spill salt and said to foretell family disarray and death. To ward off bad luck, throw a pinch over your shoulder and all will be well.
Sparrows
Sparrows are thought to carry the souls of the dead and it is believed to bring bad luck if you kill one.
Unlucky Number #13
The fear of the number 13 is still common today, and avoided in many different ways. Some buildings still do not have an official 13th floor and many people avoid driving or going anywhere on Friday the 13th.
Good Luck Superstitions
Horseshoes
To bring good luck, the horseshoe must lost by a horse and be found by you, with the open end facing your way. You must hang it over the door with the open end up, so the good fortune doesn't spill out.
Another origin of the 'lucky horseshoe' is the belief that they ward off witches. Witches, it was once believed, were opposed to horses, which is why they rode brooms and pitchforks instead. By placing a horseshoe over a door, the witch would be reluctant to enter. (Hat tip: Iris)
Four Leaf Clover
Clover is believed to protect humans and animals from evil spells and is thought to be good luck to find a four leaf clover, particularly for the Irish.
Rabbit's Foot
These lucky charms are thought to ward off bad luck and bring good luck. You mush carry the rabbit's foot on a chain around your neck, or in your left back pocket. The older it gets, the more good luck it brings.
Wishbones
Two people are to pull apart a dried breastbone of a turkey or chicken and the one who is left with the longer end will have their wish come true.
Common Myths & Folklore
If the flame of a candle flickers and then turns blue, there's a spirit in the room.
If a bird flies through your house, it indicates important news. If it can't get out, the news will be death.
If you feel a chill up your spine, someone is walking on your future grave.
A person born on Halloween will have the gift of communicating with the dead.
A bat in the house is a sign of death.
If a bird flies towards you, bad fortune is imminent.
If your palm itches, you will soon receive money. If you itch it, your money will never come.
Crows are viewed as a bad omen, often foretelling death. If they caw, death is very near.
Many Romans wore lucky charms and amulets to avert the "evil eye."
If a person experiences great horror, their hair turns white.
A hat on a bed will bring bad luck.
Eat an apple on Christmas Eve for good health the next year.
The superstition of knocking on wood for good luck originates from pagan beliefs in regards to trees.
I personally dont believe in all this staff of things, I think they are only "mitos", of each culture. Although I not agree with this things , it happened to be really interested.. so here you have it if you want to read it!!
article extracted from: www.halloween-website.com/superstitions
This is the time to have precautions!
Teen Salon Tanning Restricted by Law in California
Monday, November 29 2004 at 14:03
September 24. The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill stipulating that children under 14 are not allowed under any circumstances to use artificial tanning facilities. The fine for each violation is $2,500 per day. Teens between 14 and 18 need a signed parental consent form to go to a tanning salon.
Before this, the law was already restrictive in this respect: children under 14 had to be accompanied by parents to have access in tanning salons and youngsters between 14 and 18 needed parental consent.
The new law seems to have been adopted as a compromise solution, as it does not bring much improvement to the existing one. Initially, the bill was stipulating that the access of teens under 18 to tanning salons was permitted only under special circumstances, namely only with medical prescription. The initial form of the bill was rejected by the Senate, which agreed to reconsider it. And so they did – the bill was essentially modified, its final form seeming more like an escape solution adopted by officials tired with this matter.
The law comes as a result of the increasing number of melanoma cases. The California Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, that supports the legislators, blames tanning salons for part of the ever increasing skin cancer cases.
Mr. Dan Humiston, The President of the Indoor Tanning Association has reportedly expressed in a statement the great disappointment of the whole indoor tanning industry in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s for signing this bill into law. The disapproval and disappointment of the industry professionals are not that justified, having in view that the final form of the new law barely affects their business. Far from generatig financial prejudices, the law just doesn't change very many things from this point of view either.
Parents, on the other hand, sustain that there is no way that the government should know better what their children need.
However, even not making dramatical changes, the law seems to be a measure of common sense and draws attention towards health hazards children are subject to, as exposure to UV is more dangerous for children and adolescents because of the high cell production rate combined with deleterious UV exposure increases the risk of cancer.
Although there are voices sustaining that a more active campaign explaining the noxious effects of UV exposure would have been more effective, it seems that it is more helpful to restrict health matters by law than leave them to the usually too self indulging individual.
I took this idea from the IB exam on Monday, one of the topics was about these and I consider it is grat the law of Arlond Schwarzenegger to control this specially for adolescents taht in Clifornnia they need the permission of their parents to assist to this methods of tanning. It is prooved that it is almost worts than the natural sun , so be careful! this is a message for us girls! I suppose that many of ur are thinking to assist to this places for our "Cena de agresados",,, that is why I post this new to let you know how bad is for your skin , we must try to avoid skin cancer and this is one method to stop this! Dpnt forget to use this summer solar protector and try to transmit this yo others! I must say I love sun and this is very difficult for me but I will try to change this stupid culture that if you are tosted you look more beatiful! I hope you like my post and comment on it.. now I will continue studing for history!
Monday, November 29 2004 at 14:03
September 24. The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill stipulating that children under 14 are not allowed under any circumstances to use artificial tanning facilities. The fine for each violation is $2,500 per day. Teens between 14 and 18 need a signed parental consent form to go to a tanning salon.
Before this, the law was already restrictive in this respect: children under 14 had to be accompanied by parents to have access in tanning salons and youngsters between 14 and 18 needed parental consent.
The new law seems to have been adopted as a compromise solution, as it does not bring much improvement to the existing one. Initially, the bill was stipulating that the access of teens under 18 to tanning salons was permitted only under special circumstances, namely only with medical prescription. The initial form of the bill was rejected by the Senate, which agreed to reconsider it. And so they did – the bill was essentially modified, its final form seeming more like an escape solution adopted by officials tired with this matter.
The law comes as a result of the increasing number of melanoma cases. The California Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, that supports the legislators, blames tanning salons for part of the ever increasing skin cancer cases.
Mr. Dan Humiston, The President of the Indoor Tanning Association has reportedly expressed in a statement the great disappointment of the whole indoor tanning industry in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s for signing this bill into law. The disapproval and disappointment of the industry professionals are not that justified, having in view that the final form of the new law barely affects their business. Far from generatig financial prejudices, the law just doesn't change very many things from this point of view either.
Parents, on the other hand, sustain that there is no way that the government should know better what their children need.
However, even not making dramatical changes, the law seems to be a measure of common sense and draws attention towards health hazards children are subject to, as exposure to UV is more dangerous for children and adolescents because of the high cell production rate combined with deleterious UV exposure increases the risk of cancer.
Although there are voices sustaining that a more active campaign explaining the noxious effects of UV exposure would have been more effective, it seems that it is more helpful to restrict health matters by law than leave them to the usually too self indulging individual.
I took this idea from the IB exam on Monday, one of the topics was about these and I consider it is grat the law of Arlond Schwarzenegger to control this specially for adolescents taht in Clifornnia they need the permission of their parents to assist to this methods of tanning. It is prooved that it is almost worts than the natural sun , so be careful! this is a message for us girls! I suppose that many of ur are thinking to assist to this places for our "Cena de agresados",,, that is why I post this new to let you know how bad is for your skin , we must try to avoid skin cancer and this is one method to stop this! Dpnt forget to use this summer solar protector and try to transmit this yo others! I must say I love sun and this is very difficult for me but I will try to change this stupid culture that if you are tosted you look more beatiful! I hope you like my post and comment on it.. now I will continue studing for history!
Thursday, November 8, 2007
"EL TIO JOSE"
Hi!! Here is a photo of our ex goberment " el tio JOSE". This man was the one that put the law that we can only go out at night until 4am. In my opinion with Alperovich qe lived a totalitarism, and this will go on being like this because the one that ocuppate nowadays his position is his wife, " la tia BETY".
I would like you to live your opinion of what you think about this law!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Day of the professor!
This day was brilliant. here it removes to a photo to the disguised professors from students… the best actress to them was jane! And Miriam made me laugh in the performance
martina bulacio
My dear sect.!
They are my friends… my better friends! With them shout, study, I fight myself, there I amuse and times that nor I hold them, but are everything for my I always have them. and now that this finishing the school I hope to always see them… and that this union is never finished
Girls this I dedicate them to you
Martu Bulacio
Girls this I dedicate them to you
Martu Bulacio
Both extreme they take us to the death
Both extreme they take us to the death
* The anorexy can be considered like a serious alteration of the habits and/or behaviors involved in the feeding. The people who suffer it dedicate to the greater part of their time to nourishing subjects and everything what she is related to it. The preoccupation by the food and the fear to gain weight forms the essential of this upheaval, along with the personal insecurity to face this problem. They deny the disease and fat people of their body in spite of presenting/displaying a skeletal aspect perceive themselves somewhere. The menstrual irregularity happens later and the amenorrhoea or the impotence in men
* It is a chronic disease originated by many causes and with numerous complications, the obesity is characterized by the excess of fat in the organism and it appears when the index of corporal mass in the adult is greater of 25 units.The obesity does not distinguish color of skin, age, socioeconomic level, sex or geographic situation.Previously it was considered to the person with overweight like a person who enjoyed good health, nevertheless now knows that the obesity has manifold consequences in our health.Now one knows that the obesity strongly is related as causal of other dermatological, gastrointestinales, diabetic diseases as they are it the cardiovascular sufferings, osteoarticulares, etc.
*-Here we can see two clear examples from how one can get to become ill psychologically and that really it takes them to the death …
We know that to them he surrounds many problems to them… and to leave that they look for one second option that is the confrontation with the body, with the food, then I think that when we are in seemed situations, as much thus he is with we ourself, our friends, near people or anyone, we request aid… because that is what it needs to him to all this people who this mentally becomes ill and that in aim it takes them death to his.
Martina Bulacio
Changes
I'm not suposed to be scared of anything, but I don't know whereI am
I wish that I could move but I'm exhausted and nobody understands(how I feel)
I'm trying hard to breathe now but there's no air in my lungs
There's no one here to talk to and the pain inside is making menumb
I try to hold this Under control
They can't help me
'Cause no one knows...
Now I'm going through changes, changes
God, I feel so frustrated lately
When I get suffacated, save me
Now I'm going through changes, changesI
'm feeling weak and weary walking through this world alone
Everything you say, every word of it, cuts me to the bone
I've got something to say, but now I've got no where to turn
It feel like I've been buried underneath the weight of the world
I try to hold this Under control
They can't help me
'Cause no one knows...
Now I'm going through changes, changes
God, I feel so frustrated lately
When I get suffacated, save me
Now I'm going through changes, changes
I'm running, shaking
Bound and breaking
I hope I make it through all these changes
Now I'm going through changes, changes
God, I feel so frustrated lately
When I get suffacated, save me
Now I'm falling apart, now I feel it
Now I'm going through changes, changes
God, I feel so frustrated lately
When I get suffacated, I hate this
But I'm going through changes, changes
Well this is a song by 3 Doors Down ,one of my favorites rock bands!
Well I wanted to share this song with you because many times I’ve felt identified with it and I guess you have all lived this sudden changes too.
It’s not that it cheers me up , because it’s a song that express the frustration and anger that this changes gives you, but it gives me the feeling that I’m not alone because it shows me that I’m not the only one who is suffering this or at least that someone else has felt all these too.
I don’t know… I just wanted to share it with you. I’d like you to comment about it.
When discrimination can happen?
Discrimination happens when someone is treated worse ('less favourably' in legal terms) than another person in the same situation. This leaflet deals with your rights if you are discriminated against because of your:
race;
colour;
nationality; or
national or ethnic origin.
Throughout this leaflet, we use the words 'race' and 'racial' to cover all of these things.
People may suffer discrimination in a number of situations. It can happen:
at work;
when buying or using goods and services;
when trying to buy or rent somewhere to live; or
at a school or college.
when dealing with the authorities (for example, the police).
The law protects you from many kinds of discrimination and gives you the right to take a claim to an employment tribunal or to a court if you think you have been unfairly treated.
There are two other Community Legal Service Direct leaflets which you may also find useful:
'Equal Opportunities', looks in more detail at the laws on discrimination because of your sex, and also at your rights if you are discriminated against because of your age, your religious beliefs or if you are lesbian or gay.
'Rights for Disabled People', which looks at dealing with discrimination if you have a disability.
You may find that you are discriminated against for more than one reason. If so, you may need to get advice about the best course for action. You can get advice from:
a trade union;
your local law centre;
a Citizens Advice Bureau; or
a solicitor.
Racial discrimination is not the same as racial abuse (being attacked, for example). Racial abuse is a crime, and if you have been a victim, you should report it to the police. See 'Racial harassment' for more about this.
As we all know discrimnation is everywhere and in different categories, even at our school we see differeces that can make you feel discrimiated!
I think this is a very important aspect to be trated since we are children, to accept other that are different from us. In the article above I posted some cases when discrimination appears, and the most common ones are beacuse of origin or religion.
I consider taht schools shoul talk about this eith their students to teach them the important value of accepting others!
Discrimination happens when someone is treated worse ('less favourably' in legal terms) than another person in the same situation. This leaflet deals with your rights if you are discriminated against because of your:
race;
colour;
nationality; or
national or ethnic origin.
Throughout this leaflet, we use the words 'race' and 'racial' to cover all of these things.
People may suffer discrimination in a number of situations. It can happen:
at work;
when buying or using goods and services;
when trying to buy or rent somewhere to live; or
at a school or college.
when dealing with the authorities (for example, the police).
The law protects you from many kinds of discrimination and gives you the right to take a claim to an employment tribunal or to a court if you think you have been unfairly treated.
There are two other Community Legal Service Direct leaflets which you may also find useful:
'Equal Opportunities', looks in more detail at the laws on discrimination because of your sex, and also at your rights if you are discriminated against because of your age, your religious beliefs or if you are lesbian or gay.
'Rights for Disabled People', which looks at dealing with discrimination if you have a disability.
You may find that you are discriminated against for more than one reason. If so, you may need to get advice about the best course for action. You can get advice from:
a trade union;
your local law centre;
a Citizens Advice Bureau; or
a solicitor.
Racial discrimination is not the same as racial abuse (being attacked, for example). Racial abuse is a crime, and if you have been a victim, you should report it to the police. See 'Racial harassment' for more about this.
As we all know discrimnation is everywhere and in different categories, even at our school we see differeces that can make you feel discrimiated!
I think this is a very important aspect to be trated since we are children, to accept other that are different from us. In the article above I posted some cases when discrimination appears, and the most common ones are beacuse of origin or religion.
I consider taht schools shoul talk about this eith their students to teach them the important value of accepting others!
Live 8
Musical Cry to Help Africa's Poor Is Heard Around Globe
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By SARAH LYALL
Published: July 3, 2005
LONDON, July 2 - Hundreds of thousands of people gathered here and in nine other spots around the world on Saturday for a series of free concerts meant to persuade world leaders to give more money to fight poverty in Africa.
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Bono joined Paul McCartney for a rousing performance of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." More Photos >
Live 8 Around the World
Live 8 Concert Sites
On Britain's Main Stage, a Mix of Hoping and Moping (July 3, 2005)
An Afternoon Like America, Cognitive Dissonance and All (July 3, 2005)
Celebrities' Embrace of Africa Has Critics (July 1, 2005)
Live 8 Website
Streaming Video (aol.com)
Live 8 Blogs (technorati.com)
Forum: Popular Music
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Zola, a South African singer, yesterday in Johannesburg at one of the live performances around the world calling for efforts to end poverty. More Photos >
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The singer Bjork performed at the Live 8 concert in Japan. More Photos >
The concerts, held in South Africa as well as in each of the eight countries whose leaders will gather at the Group of 8 summit meeting in Scotland starting on Wednesday, were a triumph of logistical flexibility, extravagant idealism and strange juxtapositions.
In London, the preternaturally scruffy Sir Bob Geldof, the former Boomtown Rat and the events organizer, performed an old favorite, "I Don't Like Mondays," while the clean-cut billionaire Bill Gates told the cheering crowd that "some day in the future, all the people in the world will be able to lead a healthy life."
Conceived only in May and organized in haste, with additions popping up at the last minute - concerts in Moscow and Japan were announced just a few days ago - the Live 8 shows were intended to send a loud message to the leaders of the eight countries before their meeting.
In Philadelphia, an estimated 1.5 million people heard the rapper and actor Will Smith relay the sobering statistic that in Africa, one child dies every three seconds. In Johannesburg some 40,000 people gathered to listen to the music and to denounce the selfishness of the world's richest countries.
"They owe us," said the South African pop star Zola, speaking of Europe. "They are the ones who brought slavery, killed our ancestors. If anybody must pay, they must pay us back so that we can have jobs and education."
Elsewhere, some of the stars seemed unsure of the statistics they were citing - in London, performers could not agree whether 50,000 Africans die of poverty every day, or just 20,000 - but the sentiment was there. "This is our moment; this is our time; this is our chance to stand up for what's right," Bono of U2 told the crowd in Hyde Park, saying 3,000 Africans die every day of bites from disease-carrying mosquitoes.
U2 led off the concert here, playing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" along with one of its composers, Sir Paul McCartney. The familiar opening line - "It was 20 years ago today" - was an affectionate reference to Live Aid, the multiact extravaganza staged in 1985, also by Sir Bob, to raise money directly for African famine relief.
Expectations for Live 8 were high, as was on-the-scene euphoria. Chris Martin, the charismatic frontman of Coldplay, which performed in London, called the concerts "the greatest thing that's ever been organized, probably, in the history of the world."
According to Sir Bob, who sweet-talked, strong-armed and shamed politicians and musicians into endorsing and taking part in the 10 concerts, the collective gatherings constituted "the largest mandate for action in history."
Among his "demands" were that the Group of 8 leaders increase aid to Africa by $25 billion, as well as send an additional $25 billion to impoverished non-African countries.
The concerts included more than 200 musical acts scheduled to play more than 69 hours of music. Organizers said 5.5 billion people would be able to watch or listen on the Internet and over 182 television stations and 2,000 radio networks and stations.
Enormous crowds turned out for the concerts in London and in Philadelphia, where a diverse and mellow crowd withstood 85-degree heat to listen to bands including Destiny's Child and the Black-Eyed Peas. But some of the other concerts - held in Barrie, Canada; Berlin; Johannesburg; the Eden Project, an ecological theme park in Cornwall, southwestern England; Moscow; Versailles, France; Philadelphia; Rome; and Chiba, Japan - proved not as well-attended as expected.
The concert in Japan drew just 10,000 spectators, in a stadium that holds twice that many. At the Circus Maximus in Rome, the crowd was estimated at about 200,000, and enthusiasm was high. "I wanted to raise their awareness about issues like canceling the debt," Isabella Dandina, a 40-year-old housewife, said of her three teenage children. She said she thought the initiative would jolt the Group of 8 leaders into action. "We're all voters, if you want to put it in blackmail terms," she said.
The mood was festive at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, too. "I can feel a sense of community among all the people," said 31-year-old Peter Gabriel, a computer engineer, "and many of the band leaders actually seem very convincing in what they say."
Many Africans were not aware that concerts were being held on their behalf. "I hope it's going to help us Africans," said Jane Waisaka, a hairdresser in Nairobi, "but I really don't know how."
Sir Bob has certainly been doing his best to prod politicians into paying attention, publicly berating Italy and Canada, saying they do not spend enough money on foreign aid.
The call was taken up at the concert in Barrie, a town about an hour north of Toronto, where the Canadian musician Tom Cochrane said onstage that foreign aid should represent 0.7 percent of the country's gross domestic product.
But a poll published Saturday said most Canadians agreed with their prime minister, Paul Martin, that spending should be kept in check so as to preserve the country's budget surplus.
"I'm sure Bob Geldof means well," the commentator Connie Woodcock wrote recently in the Toronto Sun, "but where does this second-string musician get off telling Paul Martin he doesn't like our foreign aid spending?"
I posted this new taha appeared iin the New York Times, because I consider this concerts that took place simultaniusly among July 2005 to fight against poor people specially from Africa. Many famous singers helped and participated to make this possible and it was really and exit that shocked the hole world. This is a demostration that there are still people who eant to cooperate and help those who need more tha us!
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By SARAH LYALL
Published: July 3, 2005
LONDON, July 2 - Hundreds of thousands of people gathered here and in nine other spots around the world on Saturday for a series of free concerts meant to persuade world leaders to give more money to fight poverty in Africa.
Skip to next paragraph
Enlarge This Image
Stephen Hird/Reuters
Bono joined Paul McCartney for a rousing performance of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." More Photos >
Live 8 Around the World
Live 8 Concert Sites
On Britain's Main Stage, a Mix of Hoping and Moping (July 3, 2005)
An Afternoon Like America, Cognitive Dissonance and All (July 3, 2005)
Celebrities' Embrace of Africa Has Critics (July 1, 2005)
Live 8 Website
Streaming Video (aol.com)
Live 8 Blogs (technorati.com)
Forum: Popular Music
Enlarge This Image
Kim Ludbrook/European Pressphoto Agency
Zola, a South African singer, yesterday in Johannesburg at one of the live performances around the world calling for efforts to end poverty. More Photos >
Enlarge This Image
Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images
The singer Bjork performed at the Live 8 concert in Japan. More Photos >
The concerts, held in South Africa as well as in each of the eight countries whose leaders will gather at the Group of 8 summit meeting in Scotland starting on Wednesday, were a triumph of logistical flexibility, extravagant idealism and strange juxtapositions.
In London, the preternaturally scruffy Sir Bob Geldof, the former Boomtown Rat and the events organizer, performed an old favorite, "I Don't Like Mondays," while the clean-cut billionaire Bill Gates told the cheering crowd that "some day in the future, all the people in the world will be able to lead a healthy life."
Conceived only in May and organized in haste, with additions popping up at the last minute - concerts in Moscow and Japan were announced just a few days ago - the Live 8 shows were intended to send a loud message to the leaders of the eight countries before their meeting.
In Philadelphia, an estimated 1.5 million people heard the rapper and actor Will Smith relay the sobering statistic that in Africa, one child dies every three seconds. In Johannesburg some 40,000 people gathered to listen to the music and to denounce the selfishness of the world's richest countries.
"They owe us," said the South African pop star Zola, speaking of Europe. "They are the ones who brought slavery, killed our ancestors. If anybody must pay, they must pay us back so that we can have jobs and education."
Elsewhere, some of the stars seemed unsure of the statistics they were citing - in London, performers could not agree whether 50,000 Africans die of poverty every day, or just 20,000 - but the sentiment was there. "This is our moment; this is our time; this is our chance to stand up for what's right," Bono of U2 told the crowd in Hyde Park, saying 3,000 Africans die every day of bites from disease-carrying mosquitoes.
U2 led off the concert here, playing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" along with one of its composers, Sir Paul McCartney. The familiar opening line - "It was 20 years ago today" - was an affectionate reference to Live Aid, the multiact extravaganza staged in 1985, also by Sir Bob, to raise money directly for African famine relief.
Expectations for Live 8 were high, as was on-the-scene euphoria. Chris Martin, the charismatic frontman of Coldplay, which performed in London, called the concerts "the greatest thing that's ever been organized, probably, in the history of the world."
According to Sir Bob, who sweet-talked, strong-armed and shamed politicians and musicians into endorsing and taking part in the 10 concerts, the collective gatherings constituted "the largest mandate for action in history."
Among his "demands" were that the Group of 8 leaders increase aid to Africa by $25 billion, as well as send an additional $25 billion to impoverished non-African countries.
The concerts included more than 200 musical acts scheduled to play more than 69 hours of music. Organizers said 5.5 billion people would be able to watch or listen on the Internet and over 182 television stations and 2,000 radio networks and stations.
Enormous crowds turned out for the concerts in London and in Philadelphia, where a diverse and mellow crowd withstood 85-degree heat to listen to bands including Destiny's Child and the Black-Eyed Peas. But some of the other concerts - held in Barrie, Canada; Berlin; Johannesburg; the Eden Project, an ecological theme park in Cornwall, southwestern England; Moscow; Versailles, France; Philadelphia; Rome; and Chiba, Japan - proved not as well-attended as expected.
The concert in Japan drew just 10,000 spectators, in a stadium that holds twice that many. At the Circus Maximus in Rome, the crowd was estimated at about 200,000, and enthusiasm was high. "I wanted to raise their awareness about issues like canceling the debt," Isabella Dandina, a 40-year-old housewife, said of her three teenage children. She said she thought the initiative would jolt the Group of 8 leaders into action. "We're all voters, if you want to put it in blackmail terms," she said.
The mood was festive at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, too. "I can feel a sense of community among all the people," said 31-year-old Peter Gabriel, a computer engineer, "and many of the band leaders actually seem very convincing in what they say."
Many Africans were not aware that concerts were being held on their behalf. "I hope it's going to help us Africans," said Jane Waisaka, a hairdresser in Nairobi, "but I really don't know how."
Sir Bob has certainly been doing his best to prod politicians into paying attention, publicly berating Italy and Canada, saying they do not spend enough money on foreign aid.
The call was taken up at the concert in Barrie, a town about an hour north of Toronto, where the Canadian musician Tom Cochrane said onstage that foreign aid should represent 0.7 percent of the country's gross domestic product.
But a poll published Saturday said most Canadians agreed with their prime minister, Paul Martin, that spending should be kept in check so as to preserve the country's budget surplus.
"I'm sure Bob Geldof means well," the commentator Connie Woodcock wrote recently in the Toronto Sun, "but where does this second-string musician get off telling Paul Martin he doesn't like our foreign aid spending?"
I posted this new taha appeared iin the New York Times, because I consider this concerts that took place simultaniusly among July 2005 to fight against poor people specially from Africa. Many famous singers helped and participated to make this possible and it was really and exit that shocked the hole world. This is a demostration that there are still people who eant to cooperate and help those who need more tha us!
Monday, November 5, 2007
Self defence... jaja
just for you to laught a little bit! it's in English de video, buy you can understand perfectly well you know!... I hope you like it! I really laught a lot!
Y don't know how to upload the video inside the entry, buy anyway! I hope you like it! it's verry funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2REG3-Wb5gM
Y don't know how to upload the video inside the entry, buy anyway! I hope you like it! it's verry funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2REG3-Wb5gM
Corruption in Argentinian Election 28-10-2007
Here I found an international video about Corruption in the election of october
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCsCNHDSUPI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCsCNHDSUPI
Why do people dream??
No one actually knows why people dream. Doctors have theories though. One theory that doctors have is: When you are at school, home, or somewhere, there are so many things that are going on that you don't think about during the day, night, etc. When you sleep, in other words dream, you think about all of the things that have happened. Also, during the day or night, if you are worried or upset, or feeling something about someone, something, etc., it all comes out. You think/ dream about it when asleep.
When people ask doctors and/or scientists," Does everyone dream?" Scientists and/or doctors say no. Some say that they are not sure. Some people don't dream. They can skip the 1st stage of sleep: REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. Scientists and/or doctors don't really know why some people can do this. But they can.
When people ask doctors and/or scientists," Does everyone dream?" Scientists and/or doctors say no. Some say that they are not sure. Some people don't dream. They can skip the 1st stage of sleep: REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. Scientists and/or doctors don't really know why some people can do this. But they can.
St. Patrick's Musical..... a great success!
"St. Patricks School Musical", was based on the musical film High School Musical, presented on the 2nd and the 3rd of November at the primary school. It was an awsome success, after the play, the little kids ask for authographes to the main characters of the play.
Here, at the picture, all the "Status Quo Dancers", with people from 9th form, 1st, 2nd,and 3rd polimodal. We all have enojey it very very much, and because of the hudge success, authorities are thinking of repeting the play on the 16th of the same month.
CENCERT !!
ONE OF MY BEST MEMORIES I REMEMBER FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOL IS THE CONCERT!! WE SPEND MANY HOURS PRACTIZING OUR DANCE AND SONG AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE SHOW WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Campaign Against Anorexia
Watch the video and comment on the importance of raising consciousness among teens concerning this illness
http://www.materna.com.ar/Home/HomeMaterna.asp?idcapituloselect=2286&v=8i6za79ztcw
http://www.materna.com.ar/Home/HomeMaterna.asp?idcapituloselect=2286&v=8i6za79ztcw
"brave new world" critic
I'm reading the last pages of this book... this grat book. I haven't finished, but al the same I read the finishing, I have that custom... since I was a child jajaja.
But it's not about what I think towards the book what I'me going to talk, but about it's content. The Controller is talking to bernard, watson and john, about this brave new world, the way it became to be that way, and explaining the hole story itself. But it's not about this speccialy what I want to talk about. The controller talks about God, "Ford" and conditioning. I think once the controller is talking, the author is talking to as trought this character. John doesn't understand why God is not named, and the controller says that anyway, people wouldn't understand the Bible. Is like, people is conditioned to think in some way.
The author is critizing religions. He wants to convince us, trought his story, that the world we live, doesn't allow us to think in a propper way. That catolisism makes us closed people, who can not think alone, but the whay the Curch wants.
The same way of thinking had, and still have, many totalitarian people, specially comunism. They are trouly convince that religion is something made up by people just to convince themself that there is something after life.
Well, I just wanted to talk a little bit about this, and I hope you can comment and write what you think.
But it's not about what I think towards the book what I'me going to talk, but about it's content. The Controller is talking to bernard, watson and john, about this brave new world, the way it became to be that way, and explaining the hole story itself. But it's not about this speccialy what I want to talk about. The controller talks about God, "Ford" and conditioning. I think once the controller is talking, the author is talking to as trought this character. John doesn't understand why God is not named, and the controller says that anyway, people wouldn't understand the Bible. Is like, people is conditioned to think in some way.
The author is critizing religions. He wants to convince us, trought his story, that the world we live, doesn't allow us to think in a propper way. That catolisism makes us closed people, who can not think alone, but the whay the Curch wants.
The same way of thinking had, and still have, many totalitarian people, specially comunism. They are trouly convince that religion is something made up by people just to convince themself that there is something after life.
Well, I just wanted to talk a little bit about this, and I hope you can comment and write what you think.
Friday, November 2, 2007
why do.. Dogs wag their tails?
The quick answer is that a dog wags its tail for a reason which seems self-evident enough, that being it's the tell-tale mark of a friendly dog. Indeed, anyone who's stood too near the pounding tail of a prototypical friendly breed such as a labrador retriever, can take a veritable shellacking from the wack of its wiggle. But if friendliness were an altogether accurate interpretation, why is it that so many people are bitten by a dog that's wagging its tail, often very enthusiastically? For this and other reasons, the science of behaviorism has called into question the popular wisdom that dogs wag their tails out of friendliness. The definition that the science of behaviorism prefers is that a dog is wagging its tail as a submissive overture to a superior member of its pack. For example, if one observes an inferior wolf approaching a superior one, tail-wagging is a pronounced feature of his body language.
But this isn't a wholly satisfying either because when adult wolves regurgitate food to their cubs, the cubs' tails are wagging and so are the adults. Are the adults being submissive to the cubs and the cubs to the adults all at the same time? That seems like a confusing scrambling of signals and it's my experience that the nature of behavior is never that ambiguous. The recurring theme of this newsletter will be to make the point that submission and dominance while expedient, convenient, and seemingly reasonable means of making sense of canine behavior, can¹t really accomodate the data. For if a dog is showing submission to a human out of respect, why then would he bite such a person? Such paradoxes plainly call into question the traditional scientific interpretation.
A thinker on dogs who I respect quite a bit, although I will hope to show ultimately that he doesn¹t go far enough in placing his observations into the proper context, is Desmond Morris. We will be referring to his work often in these pages and for our current purposes I call on his book "Dogwatching" wherein he writes at length on the phenomenom of tail-wagging. He states: "The only emotional condition that all tail-waggers share is a state of conflict. This is true of almost all back-and-forth movements in animal communication. When an animal is in conflict it feels pulled in two different directions at the same time. It wants to advance and retreat simultaneously. Since each urge cancels the other out, the animal stays where it is, but in a state of conflict. Essentially the animal wants to stay and wants to go away. The urge to go away is simple--it is caused by fear. The urge to stay is more complex."
Attraction in conflict with fear, this is why dogs wag their tails and it's an interpretation that perhaps is quite surprising to many. It also needs further elaboration, for example, if we consider a dog who we can be sure isn't ever going to bite anyone but who nonetheless is wagging his tail, what possible fear might there be for this dog in a situation where it's only about to be petted, or fed, or any other number of pleasureable experiences?
The full answer to that question will be covered in an upcoming article entitled, "The Nature Of Fear". Desmond Morris' assertion that the the urge to go away from fear is simple, is mistaken. Fear is a little more complex than he has presumed. But putting that dynamic aside for the moment, for now I would simply like to elaborate on Desmond Morris' insight by going a step deeper into the phenomenom of the friendly dog wagging his tail.
Tail wagging is indeed a state of conflict. But the conflict is arising from the following condition, it is the state of the body vibrating with more energy than the body at that moment is able to conduct given whatever action is currently available to it. In other words, there is more energy trying to go through the pipe, the dog's body, then the pipe can accomodate. Wagging the tail is the body's physiological response for dissipating the excess energy. It would feel better to the dog if the body could process the energy in a straightforward active range of behaviors, for example making hearty physical contact, but for a number of reasons which we'll discuss when we consider the nature of fear, it can't. Hence the state of conflict.
But this isn't a wholly satisfying either because when adult wolves regurgitate food to their cubs, the cubs' tails are wagging and so are the adults. Are the adults being submissive to the cubs and the cubs to the adults all at the same time? That seems like a confusing scrambling of signals and it's my experience that the nature of behavior is never that ambiguous. The recurring theme of this newsletter will be to make the point that submission and dominance while expedient, convenient, and seemingly reasonable means of making sense of canine behavior, can¹t really accomodate the data. For if a dog is showing submission to a human out of respect, why then would he bite such a person? Such paradoxes plainly call into question the traditional scientific interpretation.
A thinker on dogs who I respect quite a bit, although I will hope to show ultimately that he doesn¹t go far enough in placing his observations into the proper context, is Desmond Morris. We will be referring to his work often in these pages and for our current purposes I call on his book "Dogwatching" wherein he writes at length on the phenomenom of tail-wagging. He states: "The only emotional condition that all tail-waggers share is a state of conflict. This is true of almost all back-and-forth movements in animal communication. When an animal is in conflict it feels pulled in two different directions at the same time. It wants to advance and retreat simultaneously. Since each urge cancels the other out, the animal stays where it is, but in a state of conflict. Essentially the animal wants to stay and wants to go away. The urge to go away is simple--it is caused by fear. The urge to stay is more complex."
Attraction in conflict with fear, this is why dogs wag their tails and it's an interpretation that perhaps is quite surprising to many. It also needs further elaboration, for example, if we consider a dog who we can be sure isn't ever going to bite anyone but who nonetheless is wagging his tail, what possible fear might there be for this dog in a situation where it's only about to be petted, or fed, or any other number of pleasureable experiences?
The full answer to that question will be covered in an upcoming article entitled, "The Nature Of Fear". Desmond Morris' assertion that the the urge to go away from fear is simple, is mistaken. Fear is a little more complex than he has presumed. But putting that dynamic aside for the moment, for now I would simply like to elaborate on Desmond Morris' insight by going a step deeper into the phenomenom of the friendly dog wagging his tail.
Tail wagging is indeed a state of conflict. But the conflict is arising from the following condition, it is the state of the body vibrating with more energy than the body at that moment is able to conduct given whatever action is currently available to it. In other words, there is more energy trying to go through the pipe, the dog's body, then the pipe can accomodate. Wagging the tail is the body's physiological response for dissipating the excess energy. It would feel better to the dog if the body could process the energy in a straightforward active range of behaviors, for example making hearty physical contact, but for a number of reasons which we'll discuss when we consider the nature of fear, it can't. Hence the state of conflict.
Nick Vujicic
I want to share this three videos, so we can learn from this beautiful message .this is the story of Nick vuijicic, he is a young man who was born with no arms and no legs , in Melbourne , Australia. In spite of his "disability" he has become an inspiration for people all over the world,his message is that it doesn't matter what happens to us, what problems we have , or how bad we hurt,we should never bring ourselves down,and whenever we fail we just have to get up and try again.
Here are the videos his English is very understandable, I hope you can learn something...
Here are the videos his English is very understandable, I hope you can learn something...
BARILOCHE
On the 29 of june we made our last trip with the school. First we arrive the 31 in San Martin de los Andes where we stay 5 days. The first day we went on a city tour , the next 3 days we went to ski in Chapelco and the fifth day we go to bariloche. There we spent 3 days and 2 nights. it was a incredible trip that a will never forget.In this picture we (agostina-emilita-lucia) are in our second and last night in Bariloche, in Nahuel Hue. Luz and i seem to be sad because we were leaving the next day to Tucuman, but Lucia happy because that night we were going to By pass jaja... i really enjoy that trip a lot.That day we play a lot, there was a lot of snow and it was to cold.
Monday, October 29, 2007
I remember when i was little and we celebrated HALLOWEEN Lucia Bussi invited us to her housse every year in Yerba buena Country club...everybody would wear costumes..and we would go out doing trick or treat..It is one of the best memories of my childhood...here I leave you the history of this celebration that is in 2 days
HALLOWEEN
Halloween is an annual celebration, but just what is it actually a celebration of? And how did this peculiar custom originate? Is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship? Or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual?
The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New year.
One story says that, on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living.
Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed. So on the night of October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and noisily paraded around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess.
The Romans adopted the Celtic practices as their own. But in the first century AD, Samhain was assimilated into celebrations of some of the other Roman traditions that took place in October, such as their day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, which might explain the origin of our modern tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.
THE PUMPKIN TRADITION
The Jack-o-lantern custom probably comes from Irish folklore. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the tree's trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree.
According to the folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied access to Hell because he had tricked the devil. Instead, the devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness. The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer.
The Irish used turnips as their "Jack's lanterns" originally. But when the immigrants came to America, they found that pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips. So the Jack-O-Lantern in America was a hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an ember.
Consumerism in Tucuman
I would like to talk about consumerism in our city, I tried to comment in andrea's post but i cuoldn't. A perfect example of my topic is this new shopping, "El Portal" situated in Yerba Buena.
From my point of view, I really don't know in what was thinking about the man responsable of this big poyect, buecause we can see that the results are not good. After carring out any proyect, it's sopused to done a deep investigation of the place, the people and the characteristics of the city, so that when you finally decided to carry out the proyect, the consequences don't be negatives like in this case. I consider that Tucuman is not a city whith consumerism characteristics. It's true that "el portal" it's full of poeple during night and day everyday, but that didn't mean that the people go there to consume buying clothe, food or athor things, most of them go to the shopping as turists, to have fun and as this is something new in our city and everybody like the things that are new..they go there only to do something diferent from the daily rutine.
Now, a new proyect whith the same characteristics it's carried out in Av. Aconquija y Anzorena...hope that the results being diferents and that some day we grow up.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Free speech censorship
Free Speech
It's typically bad essay form to start a section with a dictionary definition, but since I want to contrast my definition with the conventional dictionary definition, it's hard to start with anything else. Free speech is defined by dictionary.com as
free speech
The right to express any opinion in public without censorship or restraint by the government.
This definition misses some critical aspects of our common usage of the term. For instance, free speech is of no value if nobody is allowed to listen to the speech; people in solitary confinement have perfectly free speech, but that does not mean that we would have considered it an acceptable solution to lock up Martin Luther King Jr. in solitary confinement and let him preach what he may; along with the obvious unjust imprisionment we would consider this to be an obvious example of trampling on free speech. We should also consider the right to free speech as the right to listen to anybody we choose (subject to possible exceptions later), thus
free speech
The right to express any opinion in public without censorship or restraint by the government, and the corresponding right to experience anybody's expressions in public without censorship or restraint by government.
I use ``experience'' here as a general verb: One listens to a speech, watches a movie, reads a book or webpage, etc.
Since I don't want to define free speech in terms of censorship, lets remove that and put in its place what people are really afraid of.
free speech
The right to express any opinion in public, and the corresponding right to experience anybody's expressions in public, without being pressured, denied access, arrested, or otherwise punished by the government.
THE TWO ARTICLES I HAVE JUST POSTED ARE DIRECTLY RELATED WITH FARENHET 451 AND BRAVE NEW WORLD, WE CAN ANALIZE HOW THEY MADE PEOPLE TO CONSUME MORE AND MORE ,AND HOW THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS AND OPINION IN ANY TOPIC, EVERYTHING IS DETERMINED BY THE AUTHORITIES THAT MANIPULATE THE HOLE SOCIETY , IN THESE TWO ASPECTS(CONSUMERISMS AND LUCK OF EXPRESSION) AND IN MANY OTHERS.I CAN CONCLUDE SAYING THAT BOTH BOOKS AND RELATED IN MOST OF THEIS ASPECTS AND IT IS IMPORTAN TO MAKE I COMPLETE COMPARISON BETWEEN THEM TO GET MORE CONCLUTIONS.
It's typically bad essay form to start a section with a dictionary definition, but since I want to contrast my definition with the conventional dictionary definition, it's hard to start with anything else. Free speech is defined by dictionary.com as
free speech
The right to express any opinion in public without censorship or restraint by the government.
This definition misses some critical aspects of our common usage of the term. For instance, free speech is of no value if nobody is allowed to listen to the speech; people in solitary confinement have perfectly free speech, but that does not mean that we would have considered it an acceptable solution to lock up Martin Luther King Jr. in solitary confinement and let him preach what he may; along with the obvious unjust imprisionment we would consider this to be an obvious example of trampling on free speech. We should also consider the right to free speech as the right to listen to anybody we choose (subject to possible exceptions later), thus
free speech
The right to express any opinion in public without censorship or restraint by the government, and the corresponding right to experience anybody's expressions in public without censorship or restraint by government.
I use ``experience'' here as a general verb: One listens to a speech, watches a movie, reads a book or webpage, etc.
Since I don't want to define free speech in terms of censorship, lets remove that and put in its place what people are really afraid of.
free speech
The right to express any opinion in public, and the corresponding right to experience anybody's expressions in public, without being pressured, denied access, arrested, or otherwise punished by the government.
THE TWO ARTICLES I HAVE JUST POSTED ARE DIRECTLY RELATED WITH FARENHET 451 AND BRAVE NEW WORLD, WE CAN ANALIZE HOW THEY MADE PEOPLE TO CONSUME MORE AND MORE ,AND HOW THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS AND OPINION IN ANY TOPIC, EVERYTHING IS DETERMINED BY THE AUTHORITIES THAT MANIPULATE THE HOLE SOCIETY , IN THESE TWO ASPECTS(CONSUMERISMS AND LUCK OF EXPRESSION) AND IN MANY OTHERS.I CAN CONCLUDE SAYING THAT BOTH BOOKS AND RELATED IN MOST OF THEIS ASPECTS AND IT IS IMPORTAN TO MAKE I COMPLETE COMPARISON BETWEEN THEM TO GET MORE CONCLUTIONS.
COMMERCIALISM and CONSUMERISM in the worl
Why do broadcasters continue to offer alcohol-related, sexual, and violent programming, given the overwhelming data testifying to the damage done by such fare? Our question stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of television’s clientele. As a writer for the Journal of the American Medical Association observed:
Cable aside, the television industry is not in the business of selling programs to audiences. It is in the business of selling audiences to advertisers. Issues of "quality" and "social responsibility" are entirely peripheral to the issue of maximizing audience size within a competitive market.
Television does not exist to entertain us; it exists to sell to us. Colman McCarthy, professor at Georgetown University and the University of Maryland, explains, "It is a commercial arrangement, with the TV set a salesman permanently assigned to one house, and often two or three salesmen working different rooms." Dr. John Condry, professor of human development and family studies at Cornell University, writes, "The task of those who program television is to capture the public’s attention and to hold it long enough to advertise a product."
While this amazes some parents, it is reality that everyone in the television industry thoroughly understands. Doug Herzog, while serving as president of Fox Entertainment, thus justified the level of alcohol, sex, and violence on his network, saying, "This is all happening because society is evolving and changing, but the bottom line is people seem to be buying it." Gene DeWitt, chairman of one of the leading firms selling television advertising time, similarly admitted, "There’s no point in moralizing whether this is a good or bad thing. Television is a business whose purpose is gathering audience."
Indeed, children see one hour of commercials for every five hours of programs they watch on commercial television. This means that during calendar year 1997, when the average U.S. child watched television 25 hours a week, he spend 260 full hours (or the equivalent of 6.5 weeks of forty-hour-per-week shifts) just watching commercials.
This is significant when we consider that the most essential product of the advertising industry is hunger. That is, commercials are intended to create a feeling of lack in the viewer, a deep ache that can only be assuaged by purchasing the product. As Dr. Neil Postman, chairman of the Department of Communications Arts at New York University, points out, "What the advertiser needs to know is not what is right about the product but what is wrong about the buyer." So we hand our children over to Madison Avenue to be told, hundreds of hours a year, how hungry, bored, ugly, and unpopular they are and will continue to be until they spend (or persuade their parents to spend) a few more dollars. And then we wonder why our children feel so hungry, bored, ugly, and unpopular, and why they are so needy.
Cable aside, the television industry is not in the business of selling programs to audiences. It is in the business of selling audiences to advertisers. Issues of "quality" and "social responsibility" are entirely peripheral to the issue of maximizing audience size within a competitive market.
Television does not exist to entertain us; it exists to sell to us. Colman McCarthy, professor at Georgetown University and the University of Maryland, explains, "It is a commercial arrangement, with the TV set a salesman permanently assigned to one house, and often two or three salesmen working different rooms." Dr. John Condry, professor of human development and family studies at Cornell University, writes, "The task of those who program television is to capture the public’s attention and to hold it long enough to advertise a product."
While this amazes some parents, it is reality that everyone in the television industry thoroughly understands. Doug Herzog, while serving as president of Fox Entertainment, thus justified the level of alcohol, sex, and violence on his network, saying, "This is all happening because society is evolving and changing, but the bottom line is people seem to be buying it." Gene DeWitt, chairman of one of the leading firms selling television advertising time, similarly admitted, "There’s no point in moralizing whether this is a good or bad thing. Television is a business whose purpose is gathering audience."
Indeed, children see one hour of commercials for every five hours of programs they watch on commercial television. This means that during calendar year 1997, when the average U.S. child watched television 25 hours a week, he spend 260 full hours (or the equivalent of 6.5 weeks of forty-hour-per-week shifts) just watching commercials.
This is significant when we consider that the most essential product of the advertising industry is hunger. That is, commercials are intended to create a feeling of lack in the viewer, a deep ache that can only be assuaged by purchasing the product. As Dr. Neil Postman, chairman of the Department of Communications Arts at New York University, points out, "What the advertiser needs to know is not what is right about the product but what is wrong about the buyer." So we hand our children over to Madison Avenue to be told, hundreds of hours a year, how hungry, bored, ugly, and unpopular they are and will continue to be until they spend (or persuade their parents to spend) a few more dollars. And then we wonder why our children feel so hungry, bored, ugly, and unpopular, and why they are so needy.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Argentina ready to challenge Britain's Antarctic claims
Argentina ready to challenge Britain's Antarctic claims
· Buenos Aires to apply for sovereignty over seabed
· Political tensions increase after UK territorial move
Owen Bowcott The Guardian Friday October 19 2007 Argentina's foreign minister has warned that the UK will be challenged over any claim to parts of the southern Atlantic seabed, and that his country will apply for sovereignty over the ocean floor around the Falkland Islands and Antarctica. Jorge Taiana spoke after the revelation that Britain may register a claim at the UN which could extend its control over 1m sq km (386,000 sq miles) of the seabed off the coast of the British Antarctic Territory.
Speaking in Rome, Mr Taiana said Argentina was preparing studies to present to CLCS, the UN commission on the limits of the continental shelf. "This will include the area covering Argentine Antarctica, as well as the Malvinas, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich islands, because they are part of our integral national territory. In defence of our national interest and legitimate sovereign rights we are intensely working on our presentation."
Both the UK and Argentina lay claim to large areas of Antarctica, territories which overlap. Under the terms of the 1959 Antarctic treaty, territorial disputes on the icecap were "frozen".
The news that Britain could register such a seabed claim, revealed in the Guardian this week, has heightened political tensions in the region. Buenos Aires still claims the Malvinas, known to the UK as the Falklands, as well as South Georgia and the South Sandwich islands.
The Foreign Office did not respond yesterday to the comments of the Argentinian foreign minister. But a spokeswoman said that technical and legal experts from the Foreign Office and Argentina's foreign affairs department had met to talk about the issue. "UK jurisdiction ... if internationally agreed, would help protect these areas from uncontrolled environmental damage," said the spokeswoman. "We are absolutely committed to upholding our obligations under the Antarctic treaty. This isn't a free-for-all, a secret carve-up or competitive land grab. We are engaged in a peaceful, open and long-term UN process to establish, by consensus under international law, an orderly regulatory regime in large areas of the oceans where none exists at present."
She said that if the UK did not submit the claim to the UN by the deadline of May 2009, the right to do so would be lost.
The Antarctic treaty at present prohibits gas, oil and mineral exploitation in Antarctica. The Southern Ocean around the continent is icy and inhospitable, and even if the terms of the treaty were altered in future, any extraction of resources would amount to an extreme technical challenge. This year, for example, the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton lost a remotely operated submersible in the Weddell Sea when it became trapped in an ice cavern 70 metres below the surface.
The submersible, known as an autonomous underwater vehicle, was estimated to have cost £1m to develop
· Buenos Aires to apply for sovereignty over seabed
· Political tensions increase after UK territorial move
Owen Bowcott The Guardian Friday October 19 2007 Argentina's foreign minister has warned that the UK will be challenged over any claim to parts of the southern Atlantic seabed, and that his country will apply for sovereignty over the ocean floor around the Falkland Islands and Antarctica. Jorge Taiana spoke after the revelation that Britain may register a claim at the UN which could extend its control over 1m sq km (386,000 sq miles) of the seabed off the coast of the British Antarctic Territory.
Speaking in Rome, Mr Taiana said Argentina was preparing studies to present to CLCS, the UN commission on the limits of the continental shelf. "This will include the area covering Argentine Antarctica, as well as the Malvinas, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich islands, because they are part of our integral national territory. In defence of our national interest and legitimate sovereign rights we are intensely working on our presentation."
Both the UK and Argentina lay claim to large areas of Antarctica, territories which overlap. Under the terms of the 1959 Antarctic treaty, territorial disputes on the icecap were "frozen".
The news that Britain could register such a seabed claim, revealed in the Guardian this week, has heightened political tensions in the region. Buenos Aires still claims the Malvinas, known to the UK as the Falklands, as well as South Georgia and the South Sandwich islands.
The Foreign Office did not respond yesterday to the comments of the Argentinian foreign minister. But a spokeswoman said that technical and legal experts from the Foreign Office and Argentina's foreign affairs department had met to talk about the issue. "UK jurisdiction ... if internationally agreed, would help protect these areas from uncontrolled environmental damage," said the spokeswoman. "We are absolutely committed to upholding our obligations under the Antarctic treaty. This isn't a free-for-all, a secret carve-up or competitive land grab. We are engaged in a peaceful, open and long-term UN process to establish, by consensus under international law, an orderly regulatory regime in large areas of the oceans where none exists at present."
She said that if the UK did not submit the claim to the UN by the deadline of May 2009, the right to do so would be lost.
The Antarctic treaty at present prohibits gas, oil and mineral exploitation in Antarctica. The Southern Ocean around the continent is icy and inhospitable, and even if the terms of the treaty were altered in future, any extraction of resources would amount to an extreme technical challenge. This year, for example, the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton lost a remotely operated submersible in the Weddell Sea when it became trapped in an ice cavern 70 metres below the surface.
The submersible, known as an autonomous underwater vehicle, was estimated to have cost £1m to develop
natural desaster in California.
Summer and early fall are wildfire season in many places, but few areas face as great a threat as the western part of the United States, which has an abundance of burnable brush and trees, in areas that rarely get much rainfall.
Conditions in early 2007 were unusually dry, with Southern California receiving only one-third of its normal of rain and the amount of snow in the mountains near Lake Tahoe, the location of an early blaze, only 29 percent of the usual level. Fires in the West have also become more difficult and costly to fight, as increased numbers of people have settled homes or built vacation houses in wooded areas near national parks. Wildfires in these areas are often caused by human activity, like untended campfires or discarded cigarettes.
In Southern California in October 2007, hundreds of square miles in seven counties were consumed by scores of fires, their flames fueled by high desert winds and hot temperatures that remained largely impervious to air attacks, garden hoses or fire retardant.
The authorities said the blazes, raging from the Simi Valley northwest of Los Angeles through San Diego County to the Mexican border, were responsible for several deaths. The fires consumed well over 1,400 homes and commercial structures, and threatened tens of thousands of others. As many as 500,000 people were estimated to have evacuated and thousands more were ordered to move, making the evacuation effort roughly half the size of that from the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina. — John Holusha, June 26, 2007; UPDATED: Oct. 24, 2007 . In my opinion although i put in the title that this was caused by nature i also think that there are cruel people that make this bad things to deteriorate the environment or also it could have been an accident. I wish the firefighters and all the people that is helping with this can stop this situation because it is causing disasters and leaving millons of people without homes and familiars.
Conditions in early 2007 were unusually dry, with Southern California receiving only one-third of its normal of rain and the amount of snow in the mountains near Lake Tahoe, the location of an early blaze, only 29 percent of the usual level. Fires in the West have also become more difficult and costly to fight, as increased numbers of people have settled homes or built vacation houses in wooded areas near national parks. Wildfires in these areas are often caused by human activity, like untended campfires or discarded cigarettes.
In Southern California in October 2007, hundreds of square miles in seven counties were consumed by scores of fires, their flames fueled by high desert winds and hot temperatures that remained largely impervious to air attacks, garden hoses or fire retardant.
The authorities said the blazes, raging from the Simi Valley northwest of Los Angeles through San Diego County to the Mexican border, were responsible for several deaths. The fires consumed well over 1,400 homes and commercial structures, and threatened tens of thousands of others. As many as 500,000 people were estimated to have evacuated and thousands more were ordered to move, making the evacuation effort roughly half the size of that from the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina. — John Holusha, June 26, 2007; UPDATED: Oct. 24, 2007 . In my opinion although i put in the title that this was caused by nature i also think that there are cruel people that make this bad things to deteriorate the environment or also it could have been an accident. I wish the firefighters and all the people that is helping with this can stop this situation because it is causing disasters and leaving millons of people without homes and familiars.
Ron Mueck
****some time ago a friend of mine sent me an e-mail with the some pictures of the most amazing sculptures that I have ever seen...the author of these sculptures is an australian artist that lives in london. His name is Ron Mueck he is the son of two toy makers...In the beginning he worked on television making dolls for special effects and photographs..but then he thought that photographs werent enough so he turn into hiperealistic sculptures...he is very talented....look at the pictures! :)***
BRAVE NEW WORLD= BRAVE NEW SELF
I wanted to post some reflexion on "brave new world-brave new self" that Miss Galvan posted on the 9th of october...
this a time in our lives where we have to decide a lot of things that will have a huge effect in our future...like
-do i want to study?
-what should I study?
-Am I good for this or that profession?
-will I be able to perform in a good way this or that activity?
sometimes we feel that we should have done things in a different way...like now that school is ending and I have to choose a career..I think all the time "I should have studied more""I don't feel prepared yet"....But then I start thinking how lucky we are...we have better opportunities than a lot of people to be whatever we want to be...In my case I have my parents that support every desition I make,I have health and great friends that help me when I'm down (thank you!!!!!) and having regrets on the past or fear about the future is only going to make things harder...because we can achieve all our goals if we use all our EXTRA POWER.Nobody is better than me....I'm not better than anyone...we are all equally capable of everything...we should give our power the chance to come out!!!! don't you think??
listen to this song by Bon Jovi...I think It is very inspiring...here is the video and the lyrics...enjoy!!!
Welcome To Wherever You Are Lyrics
Artist(Band):Bon Jovi
Maybe we're all different
But we're still the same
We all got the blood of Eden running through our veins
I know sometimes it's hard for you to see
You're caught between just who you are and who you want to be
If you feel alone and lost and need a friend
Remember every new beginning is some beginning's end
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life; you made it this far
Welcome, you got to believe
That right here, right now you're exactly where you're supposed to be
Welcome to wherever you are
When everybody's in and you're left out
And you feel you're drowning in the shadow of a doubt
Everyone's a miracle in their own way
Just listen to yourself, not what other people say
When it seems you're lost, alone and feelin' down
Remember, everybody's different; just take a look around
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life; you made it this far
Welcome, you got to believe
Right here, right now you're exactly where you're supposed to be
Be who you want to be, be who you are
Everyone's a hero, everyone's a star
When you want to give up and your heart's about to break
Remember that you're perfect; God makes no mistakes
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
Welcome, you got to believe
Right here, right now you're exactly where you're supposed to be
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
(I say welcome) Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
(welcome) you gotta believe
Right here right now, Welcome
this a time in our lives where we have to decide a lot of things that will have a huge effect in our future...like
-do i want to study?
-what should I study?
-Am I good for this or that profession?
-will I be able to perform in a good way this or that activity?
sometimes we feel that we should have done things in a different way...like now that school is ending and I have to choose a career..I think all the time "I should have studied more""I don't feel prepared yet"....But then I start thinking how lucky we are...we have better opportunities than a lot of people to be whatever we want to be...In my case I have my parents that support every desition I make,I have health and great friends that help me when I'm down (thank you!!!!!) and having regrets on the past or fear about the future is only going to make things harder...because we can achieve all our goals if we use all our EXTRA POWER.Nobody is better than me....I'm not better than anyone...we are all equally capable of everything...we should give our power the chance to come out!!!! don't you think??
listen to this song by Bon Jovi...I think It is very inspiring...here is the video and the lyrics...enjoy!!!
Welcome To Wherever You Are Lyrics
Artist(Band):Bon Jovi
Maybe we're all different
But we're still the same
We all got the blood of Eden running through our veins
I know sometimes it's hard for you to see
You're caught between just who you are and who you want to be
If you feel alone and lost and need a friend
Remember every new beginning is some beginning's end
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life; you made it this far
Welcome, you got to believe
That right here, right now you're exactly where you're supposed to be
Welcome to wherever you are
When everybody's in and you're left out
And you feel you're drowning in the shadow of a doubt
Everyone's a miracle in their own way
Just listen to yourself, not what other people say
When it seems you're lost, alone and feelin' down
Remember, everybody's different; just take a look around
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life; you made it this far
Welcome, you got to believe
Right here, right now you're exactly where you're supposed to be
Be who you want to be, be who you are
Everyone's a hero, everyone's a star
When you want to give up and your heart's about to break
Remember that you're perfect; God makes no mistakes
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
Welcome, you got to believe
Right here, right now you're exactly where you're supposed to be
Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
(I say welcome) Welcome to wherever you are
This is your life, you made it this far
(welcome) you gotta believe
Right here right now, Welcome
BUSH'S MISERABLE FAILURE
During the 2004 United States Presidential elections GOOGLE BOMBS where used against George W. Bush....The trick was that Web users entering the words "MISERABLE FAILURE" into the search engine and pressing the button "i'm feeling lucky" were directed to the biography of the president on the White House website.
It was crearly a political statement that google was making against the candidate....
But what exactly is google bombing? I did some research and I found out that the way google works is by using anchor words (in spanish=palabras ancla) to link to web sites and popularity rankings...so they manipulated the anchor words and popularity rankings to the white house bigraphy of bush...this very dishonest practice was done only by a group of web masters who wanted to make a joke...
Marissa Mayer, Director of Consumer Web Products in Google said: We don't condone the practice of googlebombing, or any other action that seeks to affect the integrity of our search results, but we're also reluctant to alter our results by hand in order to prevent such items from showing up. Pranks like this may be distracting to some, but they don't affect the overall quality of our search service, whose objectivity, as always, remains the core of our mission.
interesting! great joke google!!!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
CONCERT !!
ONE OF MY BEST MEMORIES I REMEMBER FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOL IS THE CONCERT!! WE SPEND MANY HOURS PRACTIZING OUR DANCE AND SONG AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE SHOW WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING
cell phones + driving = DANGER
Cell Phones and Driving
THE TOPICOCTOBER 2007In the United States over 236 million people subscribed to such wireless communication devices as cell phones as of May 2007, compared with approximately 4.3 million in 1990, according to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. Increased reliance on cell phones has led to a rise in the number of people who use the devices while driving. There are two dangers associated with driving and cell-phone use, including text messaging. First, drivers must take their eyes off the road while dialing. Second, people can become so absorbed in their conversations that their ability to concentrate on the act of driving is severely impaired, jeopardizing the safety of vehicle occupants and pedestrians. Since the first law was passed in New York in 2001 banning hand-held cell-phone use while driving, there has been debate as to the exact nature and degree of hazard. The latest research shows that while using a cell phone when driving may not be the most dangerous distraction, because it is so prevalent it is by far the most common cause of this type of crash and near crash.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Studies: Studies about cell-phone use while driving have focused on several different aspects of the problem. Some have looked at its prevalence as the leading cause of driver distraction. Others have looked at the different risks associated with hand-held and hands-free devices. Still others have focused on the seriousness of injuries in crashes involving cell-phone users and the demographics of drivers who use cell phones. Below is a summary of some recent research on the issue
THE TOPICOCTOBER 2007In the United States over 236 million people subscribed to such wireless communication devices as cell phones as of May 2007, compared with approximately 4.3 million in 1990, according to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. Increased reliance on cell phones has led to a rise in the number of people who use the devices while driving. There are two dangers associated with driving and cell-phone use, including text messaging. First, drivers must take their eyes off the road while dialing. Second, people can become so absorbed in their conversations that their ability to concentrate on the act of driving is severely impaired, jeopardizing the safety of vehicle occupants and pedestrians. Since the first law was passed in New York in 2001 banning hand-held cell-phone use while driving, there has been debate as to the exact nature and degree of hazard. The latest research shows that while using a cell phone when driving may not be the most dangerous distraction, because it is so prevalent it is by far the most common cause of this type of crash and near crash.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Studies: Studies about cell-phone use while driving have focused on several different aspects of the problem. Some have looked at its prevalence as the leading cause of driver distraction. Others have looked at the different risks associated with hand-held and hands-free devices. Still others have focused on the seriousness of injuries in crashes involving cell-phone users and the demographics of drivers who use cell phones. Below is a summary of some recent research on the issue
NINE REASONS WHY ABORTION SHOULD BE ILLEGAL
There are no good reasons to support abortion, also I strongly disagree that Planned Parenthood, which is a large national pro-abortion organization, support abortion. I have always been supportive of the life of the unborn.
Although I am personally against abortion, there are others who don't agree with me. I have gradually realized that the abortions (murders of the unborn) are continuing at the rate of four thousand abortions per day in the USA one hundred twenty thousand per day worldwide.
Abortion should be fought in every country, but the circumstances of each country are different.
1. Laws supporting abortion kill babies.
To prohibit abortions vastly decreases them. Abortion are "absolutely necessary" in only two cases: the mother's health or the baby's health. Abortions based on the mother's health account for 3% of abortions. Abortions based on the baby's health account for 3% of abortions. Total: 6%. (Source: Forrest, J.D. & Torres, A. "Why Do Women Have Abortions?" Family Planning Perspectives) Women don't feel that abortion is "absolutely necessary." Women feel selfishly inconvenienced by pregnancy. To repeat, because abortion was made legal in the U.S., about 1.5 Million (1,500,000) babies are murdered every year in the U.S. by abortion. Every baby of the aborted 1.5 Million dies. Cold blooded murder is criminal, and should be treated as murder. (Killing a baby is sometimes, though rarely, medically necessary. This is not murder, and should be legal, just as killing someone in self defense is legal.)
2. Legal abortions protect women's health.
Protecting women's lives preventing serious medical complications are valuable, and should be legal. Your own figures indicate that tens of thousands of women have health reasons for aborting babies. Your own figures indicate that millions of women abort their babies. This indicates a very rough estimate of 1% of abortions that are done because of the mother's health.
3. A fetus is more than a piece of tissue.
Yes, there has been argument over this issue for centuries.
Regarding Science and Medicine: Currently, all valid science and medicine is 100% clear that a fetus is a person. Practically, 100% of a person's genetic makeup is determined at the moment of conception. Science and medicine define being a person (human) by genetic means. According to science and medicine, a fetus is a distinct organism.
Regarding Religion: Religion, on the other hand, is not as clearly defined as medicine and science, because religion introduces the soul into the situation. However, no religious leader would say that a fetus does not have a soul and that because of this a fetus may be capriciously aborted. Religious opinion is slowly beginning to accept science and medicine. Any religious leader with a strong practical grounding in scientific knowledge will have to admit that every embryo has a soul. However, regardless of when a person gains a soul, religious opinion does not show any support at all for abortion. In fact, religion is one of the strongest opponents of abortion.
Regarding Philosophy: Philosophical opinion does show some variety regarding when a baby becomes a person. This is due solely to the fact that most philosophy is of ancient origin. Regardless of whether a philosopher believes ancient philosophies (which were developed before the discovery of cells, heredity, and DNA), the philosopher would not support capricious abortions.
Conclusion: Neither science, nor medicine, nor religion, nor philosophy supports capricious abortions. In fact, there is a narrow band of belief in science, medicine, religion, and philosophy that life is valuable, should be supported, and should not be killed when the killing is reasonably avoided. In fact, those who believe strongly in science, in medicine, in religion, or in philosophy are some of the strongest opponents of abortion.
Regarding Choice: Currently, some small groups run large campaigns to convince people that women have a "right to choose" to abort their babies. This is absurd. The choice comes in when the women decide to have risky sex. When people make choices, they must accept certain ramifications of these choices. Sometimes, people don't want to accept the ramifications of their choices, and try to find an unethical means to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. (By the way, how can any woman with a conscience abort her baby?)
Regarding Rights: No one is saying that babies should have "rights equal to or superior to a woman's". That would be absurd. Pro-life proponents are simply saying that babies have a right to life. That is all. A right to life. If anyone can tell me how a baby having a right to life in any way makes its "rights equal to or superior to a woman's", I would greatly appreciate being informed about this!
Regarding Development: You imply that a fetus is not "a thinking, feeling, conscious human being." Current, valid science indicates that a fetus is not a senseless mass of tissue, as some people have believed in the past. According to Planned Parenthood, a fetus is "the organism that develops from the embryo at the end of eight weeks of pregnancy and receives nourishment through the placenta; the fetus continues to develop until the pregnancy ends." According to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Tenth Edition, an organism is "an individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means of organs separate in function but mutually dependent : a living being". In other words, Planned Parenthood admits that a fetus is an individual, and a living being! According to Dr. Ruth's Encyclopedia of Sex, "The beginning of the fetal period [is] arbitrarily designated by most embryologists to occur eight weeks after fertilization. At this time, the embryo is nearly one and one-half inches long. Few, if any, major new structures are formed thereafter; development during the fetal period of gestation consists of the maturation of structures formed during the embryonic period." In other words, the basic structure of the baby has already been formed! Planned Parenthood admits this. Now, remember, this is still within the first "trimester"! The baby has a small brain. The baby can feel pain. The baby can feel vibrations. The baby has vague vision and hearing. The baby has reactions which indicate a simple intelligence. Who knows whether a baby is conscious at this point? Admittedly, the baby is undeveloped enough at this point that its sensations and thoughts are not similar to adults'. However, the baby is a thinking, feeling human being, though admittedly undeveloped.
Regarding Diminishment: For women to have the legal right to freely take the lives of their babies, whether on a whim, for their own selfish reasons, or for their own selfish comfort, "is arrogant and absurd".
4. Being a mother is the most important purpose of women.
Regarding Women's Freedom: Many are calling the 1990's the "Me Decade." One aspect of this is some women who consider only their own needs and desires, and disregard the needs and desires of others. This is most obvious when women are willing to kill their own babies (either born or unborn) to fulfill their own selfish desires. Every possible reason for abortion (other than serious health issues for the mother or baby) is a selfish one. Everyone, including men, women, and babies (born and unborn) should have the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Regarding Mothering: No task is as crucial as that of parenting. Being a mother is the most important purpose of a woman. Being a father is the most important purpose of a man. Mothering (and Fathering) means having children and caring for them, often sacrificing one's own desires in order to provide the needs and wants of the children. This is the true definition of "parent." Without sacrifice, love is meaningless.
Regarding Choices: Women in Industrialized countries have many choices.
Regarding Equality: The "political and economic equality for" men and women is not worth much if men and women do not share the responsibilities of parenting. In Conclusion: Wouldn't it make better sense to consider the option of adoption, rather than the option of abortion? Waiting lists are never ending for adoptable newborns. Instead of losing his or her life, the baby instead gets a chance to have a good life with a married couple who highly desire a child to love, raise, and, in other words, parent.
5. Legal abortion is discriminatory.
Low income women have much support and many options. Often, the families of the mothers are willing to assist the mother. Many government programs are also designed to help low income women throughout all phases of bearing and raising children. Finally, adoption is an excellent choice for those women who don't have the financial strength to bear parenting. All expenses are paid, and more, for women who are willing to adopt out their newborn babies.
Legal abortion discriminates against babies. Any law which allows the callous, cold blooded killing of a life must be considered as discriminatory (at the very least!). Even the cold blooded killing of animals is proscribed by law, yet some campaign for less restrictions on killing unborn babies!
Legal abortion discriminates against fathers.
6. Legalized abortion is incompatible with a free society.
How anyone can talk about "compulsory pregnancy laws" with a straight face is beyond me. Women who abort their babies were not compelled to become pregnant. Unless they are forced to engage in unprotected intercourse, they have many opportunities to avoid pregnancy.
7. Keep abortion legal, and more children will abort their children.
The so called "penalty" should be enforced maintenance of any pregnancy which does not involve serious health risks to the mother or baby. "Enforced childrearing" is not condoned by anyone, and it is ridiculous to seriously consider "enforced childrearing".
8. Every child is a wanted child.
Regarding the United States of America: People strongly desiring children are on lengthy waiting lists for the chance to adopt infants. In fact, adoptive parents pay tens of thousands of dollars in order to adopt, as well as submitting to various screening procedures. Adopted babies are treated almost as well as the biological children of married parents: they are not brutalized and abandoned. In general, the children which are seriously disadvantaged are those children who are fortunate enough to not have been aborted, but are unfortunate enough to be raised by the mother alone, without the father's assistance. In these cases, adoption is a better solution, too.
9. Choice is good for families.
Choice is good for families. A choice which is sometimes not given enough consideration is adoption. A choice which is often used unnecessarily is abortion. Family planning means contraceptive measures, awareness of the potential responsibilities of parenting, and, if necessary, adopting out the baby. Family planning does not mean that abortion is "the answer" to "unintended pregnancy". Rather, family planning is avoiding an unintended pregnancy and dealing with it if it happens. All options should be used. However, abortion should not be considered to be an option unless there are serious health risks to the mother or her unborn child.
If you agree that human life has value, including the lives of the unborn, then speak out when the time comes! Don't keep quiet while millions of babies are murdered in cold blood. Speak out!
Taken from http://www.google.com.ar/
There are no good reasons to support abortion, also I strongly disagree that Planned Parenthood, which is a large national pro-abortion organization, support abortion. I have always been supportive of the life of the unborn.
Although I am personally against abortion, there are others who don't agree with me. I have gradually realized that the abortions (murders of the unborn) are continuing at the rate of four thousand abortions per day in the USA one hundred twenty thousand per day worldwide.
Abortion should be fought in every country, but the circumstances of each country are different.
1. Laws supporting abortion kill babies.
To prohibit abortions vastly decreases them. Abortion are "absolutely necessary" in only two cases: the mother's health or the baby's health. Abortions based on the mother's health account for 3% of abortions. Abortions based on the baby's health account for 3% of abortions. Total: 6%. (Source: Forrest, J.D. & Torres, A. "Why Do Women Have Abortions?" Family Planning Perspectives) Women don't feel that abortion is "absolutely necessary." Women feel selfishly inconvenienced by pregnancy. To repeat, because abortion was made legal in the U.S., about 1.5 Million (1,500,000) babies are murdered every year in the U.S. by abortion. Every baby of the aborted 1.5 Million dies. Cold blooded murder is criminal, and should be treated as murder. (Killing a baby is sometimes, though rarely, medically necessary. This is not murder, and should be legal, just as killing someone in self defense is legal.)
2. Legal abortions protect women's health.
Protecting women's lives preventing serious medical complications are valuable, and should be legal. Your own figures indicate that tens of thousands of women have health reasons for aborting babies. Your own figures indicate that millions of women abort their babies. This indicates a very rough estimate of 1% of abortions that are done because of the mother's health.
3. A fetus is more than a piece of tissue.
Yes, there has been argument over this issue for centuries.
Regarding Science and Medicine: Currently, all valid science and medicine is 100% clear that a fetus is a person. Practically, 100% of a person's genetic makeup is determined at the moment of conception. Science and medicine define being a person (human) by genetic means. According to science and medicine, a fetus is a distinct organism.
Regarding Religion: Religion, on the other hand, is not as clearly defined as medicine and science, because religion introduces the soul into the situation. However, no religious leader would say that a fetus does not have a soul and that because of this a fetus may be capriciously aborted. Religious opinion is slowly beginning to accept science and medicine. Any religious leader with a strong practical grounding in scientific knowledge will have to admit that every embryo has a soul. However, regardless of when a person gains a soul, religious opinion does not show any support at all for abortion. In fact, religion is one of the strongest opponents of abortion.
Regarding Philosophy: Philosophical opinion does show some variety regarding when a baby becomes a person. This is due solely to the fact that most philosophy is of ancient origin. Regardless of whether a philosopher believes ancient philosophies (which were developed before the discovery of cells, heredity, and DNA), the philosopher would not support capricious abortions.
Conclusion: Neither science, nor medicine, nor religion, nor philosophy supports capricious abortions. In fact, there is a narrow band of belief in science, medicine, religion, and philosophy that life is valuable, should be supported, and should not be killed when the killing is reasonably avoided. In fact, those who believe strongly in science, in medicine, in religion, or in philosophy are some of the strongest opponents of abortion.
Regarding Choice: Currently, some small groups run large campaigns to convince people that women have a "right to choose" to abort their babies. This is absurd. The choice comes in when the women decide to have risky sex. When people make choices, they must accept certain ramifications of these choices. Sometimes, people don't want to accept the ramifications of their choices, and try to find an unethical means to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. (By the way, how can any woman with a conscience abort her baby?)
Regarding Rights: No one is saying that babies should have "rights equal to or superior to a woman's". That would be absurd. Pro-life proponents are simply saying that babies have a right to life. That is all. A right to life. If anyone can tell me how a baby having a right to life in any way makes its "rights equal to or superior to a woman's", I would greatly appreciate being informed about this!
Regarding Development: You imply that a fetus is not "a thinking, feeling, conscious human being." Current, valid science indicates that a fetus is not a senseless mass of tissue, as some people have believed in the past. According to Planned Parenthood, a fetus is "the organism that develops from the embryo at the end of eight weeks of pregnancy and receives nourishment through the placenta; the fetus continues to develop until the pregnancy ends." According to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Tenth Edition, an organism is "an individual constituted to carry on the activities of life by means of organs separate in function but mutually dependent : a living being". In other words, Planned Parenthood admits that a fetus is an individual, and a living being! According to Dr. Ruth's Encyclopedia of Sex, "The beginning of the fetal period [is] arbitrarily designated by most embryologists to occur eight weeks after fertilization. At this time, the embryo is nearly one and one-half inches long. Few, if any, major new structures are formed thereafter; development during the fetal period of gestation consists of the maturation of structures formed during the embryonic period." In other words, the basic structure of the baby has already been formed! Planned Parenthood admits this. Now, remember, this is still within the first "trimester"! The baby has a small brain. The baby can feel pain. The baby can feel vibrations. The baby has vague vision and hearing. The baby has reactions which indicate a simple intelligence. Who knows whether a baby is conscious at this point? Admittedly, the baby is undeveloped enough at this point that its sensations and thoughts are not similar to adults'. However, the baby is a thinking, feeling human being, though admittedly undeveloped.
Regarding Diminishment: For women to have the legal right to freely take the lives of their babies, whether on a whim, for their own selfish reasons, or for their own selfish comfort, "is arrogant and absurd".
4. Being a mother is the most important purpose of women.
Regarding Women's Freedom: Many are calling the 1990's the "Me Decade." One aspect of this is some women who consider only their own needs and desires, and disregard the needs and desires of others. This is most obvious when women are willing to kill their own babies (either born or unborn) to fulfill their own selfish desires. Every possible reason for abortion (other than serious health issues for the mother or baby) is a selfish one. Everyone, including men, women, and babies (born and unborn) should have the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Regarding Mothering: No task is as crucial as that of parenting. Being a mother is the most important purpose of a woman. Being a father is the most important purpose of a man. Mothering (and Fathering) means having children and caring for them, often sacrificing one's own desires in order to provide the needs and wants of the children. This is the true definition of "parent." Without sacrifice, love is meaningless.
Regarding Choices: Women in Industrialized countries have many choices.
Regarding Equality: The "political and economic equality for" men and women is not worth much if men and women do not share the responsibilities of parenting. In Conclusion: Wouldn't it make better sense to consider the option of adoption, rather than the option of abortion? Waiting lists are never ending for adoptable newborns. Instead of losing his or her life, the baby instead gets a chance to have a good life with a married couple who highly desire a child to love, raise, and, in other words, parent.
5. Legal abortion is discriminatory.
Low income women have much support and many options. Often, the families of the mothers are willing to assist the mother. Many government programs are also designed to help low income women throughout all phases of bearing and raising children. Finally, adoption is an excellent choice for those women who don't have the financial strength to bear parenting. All expenses are paid, and more, for women who are willing to adopt out their newborn babies.
Legal abortion discriminates against babies. Any law which allows the callous, cold blooded killing of a life must be considered as discriminatory (at the very least!). Even the cold blooded killing of animals is proscribed by law, yet some campaign for less restrictions on killing unborn babies!
Legal abortion discriminates against fathers.
6. Legalized abortion is incompatible with a free society.
How anyone can talk about "compulsory pregnancy laws" with a straight face is beyond me. Women who abort their babies were not compelled to become pregnant. Unless they are forced to engage in unprotected intercourse, they have many opportunities to avoid pregnancy.
7. Keep abortion legal, and more children will abort their children.
The so called "penalty" should be enforced maintenance of any pregnancy which does not involve serious health risks to the mother or baby. "Enforced childrearing" is not condoned by anyone, and it is ridiculous to seriously consider "enforced childrearing".
8. Every child is a wanted child.
Regarding the United States of America: People strongly desiring children are on lengthy waiting lists for the chance to adopt infants. In fact, adoptive parents pay tens of thousands of dollars in order to adopt, as well as submitting to various screening procedures. Adopted babies are treated almost as well as the biological children of married parents: they are not brutalized and abandoned. In general, the children which are seriously disadvantaged are those children who are fortunate enough to not have been aborted, but are unfortunate enough to be raised by the mother alone, without the father's assistance. In these cases, adoption is a better solution, too.
9. Choice is good for families.
Choice is good for families. A choice which is sometimes not given enough consideration is adoption. A choice which is often used unnecessarily is abortion. Family planning means contraceptive measures, awareness of the potential responsibilities of parenting, and, if necessary, adopting out the baby. Family planning does not mean that abortion is "the answer" to "unintended pregnancy". Rather, family planning is avoiding an unintended pregnancy and dealing with it if it happens. All options should be used. However, abortion should not be considered to be an option unless there are serious health risks to the mother or her unborn child.
If you agree that human life has value, including the lives of the unborn, then speak out when the time comes! Don't keep quiet while millions of babies are murdered in cold blood. Speak out!
Taken from http://www.google.com.ar/
In Argentina, the Campaign of ‘Queen Cristina’ Focuses on Global Relations
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 24 — With just over a month to go before voters will choose a new president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, or “Queen Cristina,” as she is widely known here, is living up to her nickname.
Over the past two months, Mrs. Kirchner, a senator in Buenos Aires and wife of President Néstor Kirchner, has been treating her attempt to become Argentina’s first elected female president more like a coronation than a campaign
While no one has pulled it off before, the Kirchners stand a strong chance. Mr. Kirchner once had an approval rating of almost 80 percent, and opinion polls in the past few months showed that he still commanded more than 50 percent support despite a number of recent corruption scandals. The main reason is the economy, which has rebounded from the 2002 depths and grown by 8 percent in each of the last three years.
Despite her apparent discomfort mingling with the masses, Mrs. Kirchner has not felt threatened by any candidate. Other than Ms. Carrió, her opponents include a former economy minister, Roberto Lavagna, and a free-market economist, Ricardo López Murphy.
This paragraph are taken from an article that appeared the 25 september in the New York Times, I posted it because many of us will vote for the first time in our lives this Sunday and we must be informed of who are our candidates and decide with responsability which one to vote. Teenagers and society in general is too ignorat and we are not interesting in politics, but we must vote because it is our country!
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 24 — With just over a month to go before voters will choose a new president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, or “Queen Cristina,” as she is widely known here, is living up to her nickname.
Over the past two months, Mrs. Kirchner, a senator in Buenos Aires and wife of President Néstor Kirchner, has been treating her attempt to become Argentina’s first elected female president more like a coronation than a campaign
While no one has pulled it off before, the Kirchners stand a strong chance. Mr. Kirchner once had an approval rating of almost 80 percent, and opinion polls in the past few months showed that he still commanded more than 50 percent support despite a number of recent corruption scandals. The main reason is the economy, which has rebounded from the 2002 depths and grown by 8 percent in each of the last three years.
Despite her apparent discomfort mingling with the masses, Mrs. Kirchner has not felt threatened by any candidate. Other than Ms. Carrió, her opponents include a former economy minister, Roberto Lavagna, and a free-market economist, Ricardo López Murphy.
This paragraph are taken from an article that appeared the 25 september in the New York Times, I posted it because many of us will vote for the first time in our lives this Sunday and we must be informed of who are our candidates and decide with responsability which one to vote. Teenagers and society in general is too ignorat and we are not interesting in politics, but we must vote because it is our country!
The reasons behind your dreams
Dreams are easily the third or fourth most interesting habit human beings possess. Science has unsuccessfully tried to uncover the reasons and meanings behind your dreams for the past 60, or maybe even 70 years. The sad truth of the matter is that dreams are wholly unexplainable. However, there is an explanation for dreams, and I am here to truthfully present the facts, in chronological order, to you. Dreams come from the activity of the brain. This is simple to understand if you can believe in this very basic fact: your body might sleep, but your brain is an insomniac. You might be permanently staining your overpaid Tempurpedic-type pillow with drool, but for the eight hours a night you do that, your brain is drinking a French Vanilla Mochacuppachinalatte with three extra packets of sugar while reading Go Ask Alice to better understand why you (the body) suddenly don’t feel like playing basketball anymore. During your brains everlasting activity, you tend to think of different things. It’s difficult for one person to break down what everything your brain comes up with means, so instead I, and I alone, will take care of explaining each unique characteristic. Everyone’s familiar with the falling down dream: where you suddenly receive the sensation that you’re falling to your untimely death, only to awake with not a second more to spare. This dream is usually the result of the natural human desire to be a bird, a cloud, or an airplane. Everyone has an insatiable desire for flight; more specifically, humans want wings, and they would do anything to have them if given the chance. You fall down in your dreams because you want to fall down in reality, without the harm of actually landing somewhere. Too bad.
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