28.9.09

News!

Indonesian woman gives birth to baby enormous weight of 8.7 kilos


A woman of 41 years old of Indonesia gave birth on day 21, a huge baby 62 centimetres long and weighing 8.7 kilos, setting a new national record for heaviest newborn infant.

The maintainer of record heaviest newborn was born in 2007 in Indonesia and weighed 6.9kilos. The Guinness world record shows to the newborn child heavier the world that was born in 1879 in Canada and weighed 10.8 kilos at birth. But, he died 11 hours after birth.

22.9.09

Learn something about English



MODAL VERBS

The modal verbs are a class of auxiliary verbs. Modal auxiliary verbs are verbs which 'help' other verbs. Words are used with other verbs to express different functions such as obligation, ability, advice, opinion, prohibition ... and more. The following are modal auxiliary verbs:

can - could - may - should - would - must - ought to

In a Affirmation, the word order is Subject + Modal verb + Main verb

Example:
  • They can come (Ellos pueden venir)
In the Questions, the word order is Modal verb + Subject + Main Verb

Yes o no questions:
  • Can they come? (¿Pueden venir?)

Wh- questions:

  • When can they come? (¿Cuándo pueden venir?)
CAN
The modal can, in spanish "poder", indicate a possibility or capacity.
  • Tom can help you (Tom puede ayudarte)
  • Eating out can be costly (Comer fuera puede ser costoso)
in questions, can be used to request permission to do something or to ask about a possibility.
  • Can I help you? (¿Puedo ayudarte?)
  • Can Mike have dinner with us? (¿Mike puede cenar con nosotros?)
COULD
The modal could indicate a possibility or capacity in the past.
  • I could have told you that (Podría haberte dicho eso)
  • I could run very fast (yo podía correr muy rápido)
Could is used to speculate about future possibilities.
  • It could rain tonight (Puede llover esta noche)
  • This could be dangerous (Eso puede ser peligroso)
In the questions yes or not, could speculate on some possibilities in the present or the future.
  • Could this be a mistake? (¿Podría ser esto un error?)
Could indicate an option.
  • We could go see movie (Podríamos ver una pelicula)
MAY
The modal may indicate an action that can happen in the future.
  • This may be a bad idea (Quizás esto sea una mala idea)
MUST
The modal must indicates obligation.
  • Tom must see a doctor immediately (Tom debe ver un médico inmediatamente)
Must can indicate probability or assumptions.
  • You must be angry (Estará enojado)
In information questions, the word must indicates a requirement and may be Synonymous with should. In American English is much more common should in this context.
  • When should / must we be there? (¿Cuándo debemos estar allá?)
SHOULD and OUGHT (TO)
The modals should and ought to indicate an obligation, and both are synonymous.
  • You should / ought to call your mother (Debes llamar a tu mamá)
In questions should is used to determine whether an obligation exists. In American English ought never used in questions
  • Should he call her? (¿Debe llamarle a ella?)
WOULD
The modal would followed by the word like is a polite way of indicating a preference.
  • I would like white wine with my fish (Me gustaría el vino blanco con mi pescado)
In questions, would like is a polite way to request a decision.
  • Where would you like to eat dinner? (¿Dónde le gustaría cenar?)

17.9.09

CINEMA: The Butterfly Effect


From an early age, Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher) has lost track of time, crucial moments in his life have fallen into oblivion. What remains is the ghost of memory and the broken lifes around him, those of his childhood friends, Kayleigh (Amy Smart), Lenny (Elden Henson) and Tommy (William Lee Scott).

Aided by a psychologist, Evan wrote a diary during his childhood. Later, in college, decides to read one of his diaries, and suddenly and inexplicably he found in the past. Finally you realize that diaries are a vehicle to go back to past and retrieve their memories. However, these memories only make feel at Evan responsible for the ruined lifes of his friends, particularly that of Kayleigh, my friend who was his first love and to still wants.

Determined to carry out what he don't could do during his childhood, Evan travels back in time and tries to rewrite history for that his loved ones don't suffer the traumatic experiences they had. By changing the past Evan hopes to transform the present. However, every time Evan changes something in the past, discovers his return to the present that his actions have unexpected and disastrous consequences. However much he tries, is unable to create a reality that allow that he and Kayleigh live happily.

Creation

This image is based on the painting of the artist Nora Schkolnik the image to paint in the workshop of art, and was supposed to be a gift for mothers day but I finished before the winter holidays.

I chose it because I really like the colors and think it's a cheerful painting, and I think that my mum ilked it.

15.9.09

MUSIC: Oasis



Oasis, one of the leading rock groups of recent years, was formed in Manchester (England), with brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, influenced for the music of the Stones Roses. While Liam liked football more than music, Noel learned to play the guitar very young, playing Beatles songs.
After a concert by the Stones Roses, Noel met one of the group members 'Inspiral Carpets', with whom he toured as a coach, traveling around the world.

Meanwhile, in Manchester, his brother Liam had joined two friends, as vocals, to form a small group. Their results were quite poor, while Noel, after seeing them performing live, he decided to join them to try to elevate this group. By then already called 'Oasis'.
In 1993 signed with the record Oasis 'Creation' and 'Sony'. In 1994 released their first single, 'Supersonic', initiating what would become his first album 'Definitely Maybe', which became a bestseller. All songs written by Noel Gallagher

A year later published the second album by Oasis '(What's The Story) Morning Glory? ', that quickly positioned as number one and gives them several awards. They perform several concerts in England, with massive assistance of fans, which increases its popularity.

In 1997 Oasis released a new album, 'Be Here Now', that renews its successes.
After years of forced retirement for the personal differences between the Gallagher brothers, reappear in 2005 for the album "Do not Believe the Truth", which can be, to many, one of the best work of Oasis.
In 2008 Oasis released their seventh album, an album entitled "Dig Out Your Soul". The new album of Oasis was recorded at Abbey Road studios in London and was subsequently mixed in Los Angeles. "Dig Out Your Soul" includes 11 tracks, most notably "The Turning", "The Shock Of The Lightning", "(Get Off Your) High Horse" and "To Be Where There's Life".





13.9.09

News!


Pigeons messenger more fast that networks data?

Formerly, the messenger pigeons were bread of each day. Now, they have been relegated of the scene because of the current systems of transference of voice and data. However in South Africa have tried to reuse these winged messengers, because in his experiment is more fast than using data networks.
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In the case in consideration, we used a pigeon named Winston, specially trained for 11 months to fly 80km with a flash memory with 4GB of encrypted data attached to one leg, while on the other hleg we used the unstable and slow networks Telekom data (one of the leading Internet operators in the country).
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The result is simply striking, while Winston took only 68 minutes to fly from the office of origin to destination, the file download using the network of Telekom took 2 hours, 6 minutes and 57 seconds.
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With this result in hand, Kevin Rolfe, one of the leaders of Unlimited Group has ordered that the communication of large volumes of data between the offices in Durban and Pietermaritzburg are realized using messenger pigeons. Not as a protest by the poor results in data transfer over the Internet, but the finding solutions more fast and more reliable in a country where broadband don't yet have increase and stability of the lines is simply mediocre.

10.9.09

BOOK: A desesperate Cry

Spanish: Un Grito Desesperado
Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez
Novel of overcoming for parents and children


It is a didactic novel about the anguish of Saúl, a teenager who have very strong problems, to such an extent of having caused an abortion to the principal's wife when hit her womb. After of 5 years the story is told by the brother that he have 18 years old, Gerardo. In the end

It is these novels with a great sense of priorities in life and showing a very common problem in our society. such topics as lack of communication in the family and the consequences it can bring this, as the home gradually disintegrates.

Although the books of self-help don't like so much, the story called my attention, and because of this is one the books that i like more.