Lagoon Resort

Sunset in the South Pacific
The island of Bora Bora

Aerial photo of Bora Bora

As Nora told us, we post some photos of Bora Bora as we had post information.

Snakes AND Lizards:

Did you know that snakes aren't slimy?That some lizards have tongues longer that their own bodies?

Usually, there are only two poisonous lizards: the Gila monster and the Mexican beaded lizard. The venom of both lizards is neurotoxic. The two lizards are in the same family, and both are slow moving with a docile nature.

The komodo dragon, although not poisonous, can be dangerous due to its large size. These lizards can reach lengths of 3 meters and weigh over 115 kilograms. Do not try to capture this lizard!!!!

Snakes belong to the order of animals called reptiles. This group also include crocodiles, lizards, and turtles.They live almost everywhere, in deserts, forests, oceans, streams, and lakes. Some are ground dwellers, others live in trees, and other snakes spend most of their lives in water. There are a few areas where snakes do not live. They cannot survive in places where the ground stays frozen the year around, so they are missing in the polar regions or at high mountain elevations.

We choose this item to talk abuot because Juan Agustin's cousin likes very much snakes.

By: Juan Agustin Confalonieri and Martin Coscia.

Discover the museums of lower Manhattan:

There are 15 Museums of Lower Manhattan that will inspire you unlike any other destinations in New York. Want to show your kids where the alins landed? Check out the South Street Seaport Museum. Ready to meet New Yorkers from the 19th century? They will greet you in person at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. It's all here- in the historic downtown area south of Houston Street- at the 15 Museums Of lower Manhattan.

Each of these Museums tells fascinating stories about the struggles and triumphs of "ordinary" New Yorkers and Americans. Some Museums are huge institutions in modern buildings with multi-media presentations. Others are intimate spaces at inspiring historical land-marks. Since many are walking distance apart, you can enjoy several in one terrific day downtown.

Weekens and vactions are a great time to treat your family to the museum of lower Manhattan. Especially for kids in grade school and junior high, there are fims, hans-on exhibits, guided tours, and arts and crafts that are educational.

By: Juan Agustin Confalonieri and Martin Coscia.

Summer Holidays

Hi, today I've decided to write about my summer holidays which are just about to start. I'm going to go to Mar del Plata like I did last year, from the 15th of December to the 1st of January. There I'll spend Christmas and New Year with my family and some friends, I'll also go to the beach and sunbathe. During the rest of the holidays I'll probably go to C.U.B.A . There, I usually go to the pool, sunbathe, play hockey and chat with my friends.

I love summer holidays because I get to do many interesting and fun things, I don't have to wake up early in the morning to go to school, I go to the pool or the beach almost every day and I really enjoy myself .

Well I hope yu've enjoyed my post.

Good Luck and enjoy your summer holidays.

Florencia Stonski

Keane and Mcfly

Hi, my name is Martina Cardoso and I would like to tell you some things about my favourites bands. I love listening to music, and my favourite ones are Keane and Mcfly. Then, I like The Beatles, Rod Stewart, Panic! At the Disco, Travis, Starsailor, John Mayer and more...

But I'd like you to know somethin about Mcfly and Keane. (=

McFly is a British pop/rock band who started playing music in 2004 when they released their number one single, "5 Colours in Her Hair".
The band was formed by Tom Fletcher (guitar and vocals) and it also consists in Danny Jones (vocals and guitar), Dougie Poynter (bass) and Harry Judd (drums). The company which offered a record deal to the band is Island Records label.
McFly have a chart record of thirteen top ten singles, Their alums are: their debut, Room on the 3rd Floor (2004 and number 1), and their second, Wonderland(2005 and number 1) and their third one, Motion in the Ocean (Nov. 2006 number 6).
The band released their All The Greatest Hits album on November 5, 2007, which was charted at number three. And their fourth album will be released in 2008.

And Keane is an English piano-rock band. They were first established in Battle (East Sussex) in 1995. They took their current name in 1997 (When Tom Chaplin started playing music with them) . The group comprised of composer, bassist, and pianist Tim Rice-Oxley, lead vocalist Tom Chaplin and drumme Richard Hughes.
Dominic Scott (guitarist) was in the band up to 2001, when he left because of the lack of success.
Keane is known for using a piano as their lead instrument instead of guitars. Nowadays combine the pure piano rock sound used during their first album and the alternative rock sound which developed during 2005.
Keane's first two albums, Hopes and Fears(2004: this means they tried and tried 7 years for having a record deal, they finally got it in 2004 when Simon Williams of Fierce Panda "discovered" them and put their single "Everybody's Changing" on his label. Then, they were offered a total of 21 record deals. Islands Records is the one they choose) and Under the Iron Sea(2006) had great success in the United Kingdom upon release and very high sales worldwide: their multi-award-winning debut was the best-selling British album of 2004 and their follow-up sold 222,297 copies during its first week on sale in June 2006.

I hope you liked it. Bye !
Martu

ROD STEWART

His real name is Roderik David Stewart. He was born in London in 1945.

When he was a teenager he wanted to be a football player but he got disappointing when he did not get any offer to play proffesionaly. So, he found another hobby that was the music. Especially the guitar which the one he travelled to Europe.

When he went back to London in 1963 he did some grups but the more successful was The Faces in 1967. With The Faces he recorded five albums. The first album he recorded as lonely was called "An old raincoat will never let you down". Cause for his success in the his first lonely he did another called "Gasoline alley".

"Maggie May" had been his first successfully song. Then, in 1971 he recorded another album called "Every picture tells a story". The following year a new recorded apeared called "Never a dull moment". In 1973 he recorded two new albums called "Sing it again Rod" and "Smiler".

In 1975 he mover to The United States and he stopped recording spending his time composeing new songs. In 1979, he married Alana Hamilton but they got divorse in 1983.

Then, in 1985 he decided to became to the music and he performed in The Festival Rock in Rio de Janeiro.

After come years, in 1995, he recorded a new album called "A spanner in the works" and in 1998 he receorded an album again called "When we were the new boys". In 2001, he did it a again that was called "Human". His last album was edited in 2006 it was called "Still the same... Great Rock Classics of our time". The songs of this album are from other singers but are song by him.

I wish you have liked my post.

I chose Rod Steward because I love his songs.

Soll.

Interview with LIONEL MESSI: "for me football is an entertaiment"

What are your expectations of this National Team which had a good star at the Qualifiers?
I am confident. We are lucky to have great players. It is impòrtant to have a good star. In this will acquire more self confidence: we shouldn't have any trouble to qualify, anyway, we will have to prove itin every game because every one will be a new challenge since we all know yhat there are many difficulties at the qualifiers.

How do get along with Ronaldinho, E'to, Henry?
It is an excellent experience. It is a great group. I'm lucky to play with important players in Barcelona and the same in the National team.

What are your expectations for the future of the season?
Yes, I have some expectations because we played great games at first, we have remarkable players and we wish to finish the year enjoying many things.

Do you ever think of your popularity when you are only 20 years?
I try not to think of it to much. I want to enjoy football, to play quietly as usual.

Even forgetting the comparison with Maradona, after the goal againts the Getafe...
There were many comments on it everywhere and I was happy. But always making a difference and separating his popularity from mine.

By Juan agustin confalonieri and Coscia

My Cousins

Hello, I'm goig to tell you somethig about my cousins and I. I have two brothers and one sister. I'm very luck because I have 9 cousins. Some of them are 30 years old and the little one is 2 years. That is incredible. For example we get togheter in Christmas or New Year or sometimes I visited them or they visited me.

Their names are: Victoria, Serrana, Mariana, Sebastián, Fernando, Andrea, Luca, Federico and Martín. We passed very good and many times we chat together or we go to the cinema. Last year we went to the cinema, or we go to the shopping to eat an ice-cream.

In that photo you can see my sister, Eugenia that is next to me, Ignacio and Nicolás my brothers next to me too and in the back 5 of my cousins. Behind me Mariana's husband.

Well. I wish you like my little description of my cousins.

See you

Agustina

THE OC

The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States from August 5, 2003, running a total of four seasons. The series, created by Josh Schwartz, consists the fictional lives of a group of teenagers and their families residing in Orange County, California.It was one of the most popular new dramas of 2003.The O.C. went out with ratings similar to the seasons two and three, attracting an audience of 6.7 million. After the series concluded, the fourth and final season became available on iTunes.The complete series has been made available on DVD in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and in Australia.
The O.C. has been noted for its music selections, which has led to some bands.
Main charcters:
Sandy Cohen (played by Peter Gallagher) - An idealistic public defender who takes in Ryan Atwood.

Kirsten Cohen (played by Kelly Rowan) - She is the wife of Sandy Cohen and the mother of Seth

Ryan Atwood (played by Benjamin McKenzie) - A troubled teenager from Chino thrown headlong into the privileged community of Newport Beach, California, having been taken in by Sandy Cohen after his mother (Dawn Atwood) threw him out of their family home

Marissa Cooper (played by Mischa Barton) - The first of the "core four" to leave the series at the end of season three. Marissa was arguably the most conflicted of the main characters, frequently battling with drugs and alcohol

Seth Cohen (played by Adam Brody) – An adolescent son of Sandy and Kirsten Cohen. He is also the love interest of Summer Roberts.

Julie Cooper-Nichol (played by Melinda Clarke) - The mother of Kaitlin Cooper and Marissa Cooper.

Summer Roberts (played by Rachel Bilson) - The socialite of the four main teen characters (Ryan, Seth, Marissa and Summer). She is the love interest of Seth, and best friend to Marissa. She is the daughter of Dr. Neil Roberts. She and Seth thought Summer became pregnant in the fourth season and they planned to get married

We decided to talk about this serie because we really liked it and we hope you enjoy it too.
We hope you like this topic and know a little about this serie.
See you soon,

VICTORIA and PILAR.

Best Friends

Hello, we are going to talk about our friendship. In second year at the primary school for the first time we could stay all a year in the same class. Before, we didn't talk but one day we became friends. We went to the cinema, we go shopping, we go for a walk to eat an ice-cream. Many times I (Agustina) went to Delfina's house, and I (Delfina) went to Agustina's house. We passed great moments with happy and sad things.
Now we are in first year at secundary school and we are friends.
Thanks for read this,

Kisses
Agus and Delfi

MADONNA

This time we are going to post about Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie, better known as Madonna.
We decided to write about her, because we think that she is an incredible American pop singer-songwriter. She worked as a dancer, film producer, actress, and is a fashion icon. She is a brilliant performer.
Madonna is commonly referred to as the "Queen of Pop" in the media due to since her debut in 1982, she has become the best-selling female artist in popular music (she was also listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World’s Most-successful Female Musician".
She was born in August 16 in Michigan (United States) but her origin as a singer took place in New York City, after being convinced by her ballet teacher so she left the university and moved to that city, where her career as a dancer started.
Her first hit was “Everybody”, a self-written song. Her debut album, Madonna, was a collection of dance songs, this album would see slow start but then it reached number eight on the U.S. albums chart.
Madonna's look and manner of dress, her photographs, live performances and music videos, became an important influence among young girls and women. Defined by tops, skirts over capri pants, and bleached hair, this distinctive style became an iconic female fashion trend in the 1980s (that is why we said that Madonna is a fashion icon. Nowadays she is it too).
Her next album, called Like a Virgin, became her first number one album on the U.S. albums chart. Its title track, Like a Virgin, which reached number one in the U.S. with a six week stay at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. The album sold eight million copies in the US and another four million worldwide at its time of release. It currently stands at 17 million copies worldwide.
Her discography includes ten studio albums, five compilations, three full soundtracks, two live albums and numerous singles. We won’t talk about all her albums or singles, but we will list them: Madonna, Like a Virgin, True Blue, Like a prayer, Erotica, Bedtime stories, Ray of light, Music, American Life and the last one Confessions on a dance floor.
Our conclusion is that Madonna not only sings in an amazing way, but she also dance great! We like very much and enjoy listening to her music because it is a mix of pop, dance and electronic music and her hits. Now we heard that she will publish in 2008 a new record called connextion we hope it will be as good as the other ones!! Well, we hope that you enjoyed reading about this artist because we like her very much... kisses
Sara and Manuela

My summer holiday in Merlo, San Luis

From April to November I have been writing about different topics. The year is coming to an end and I have never written about my summer holiday when I was between two and nine years old.Every summer, during my childhood, I went with my parents to the village of Merlo, province of San Luis. I remember when my mother prepared the luggage full of clothes. It was just as if we were moving) for three months.My mother´s family had a big house in Merlo, it belonged to my grandparents, but unfortunately, it was sold four years ago, so that is the reason because I have never been there again.My cousins and I used to go swiming in the swimming pool and of course in the river,which is near the house.In the afternoon we rode the quatricycle and went horseriding, and every evening we went shopping handicrafts. It was really exciting and I spent all my pocket money buying rings and wristlets.At night, there was an amazing and colourful carousel where I went with my eldest cousins. They laughed a lot each time I tried to get the ring, because to have it meant afree pass for the next turn. They always said I was just an octopus, stretching my arms.My head is filled with stories and I am happy with so much travelling. I can´ t forget when my aunts, uncles, and parents were sitting around the barbecue preparing a calendar of excursions for that year. The best was to visit a natural cave in La Falda, province of Córdoba, which is a touristic place with lots of interesting activities to do all sorts of actionWe went by car, we didn´ t know a lot of really what we were going to do there, but when we arrived, a man, gave us some clothes. While we were dressing up as miners, with overalls, helmets and torches, he told us about the history of that stranded cave. That area had been a lime pit and an explosion allowed the discovery of the first of the four mouths of the cave that people use as entrance. Its interior is a maze of many narrow passages. I felt like a mole in the darkness. It was fantasticAnd a bit dangerous. Wasn´ t it?We got out when we felt that we couldn´ t climb, go up and down , and crawl any more, and once we were out we realized that we had been underground for nearly three hours, lost in the underworld, that allowed me to go through a totally different experience to what I had known up to then.
Sara

Hilary Duff

Hi to everyone! This time I will about Hilary Duff, my favourite singer.Hilary Erhard Duff was born September 28, 1987. Is an American actress, pop singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. She has an elder sister, Haylie Duff, who is also an actress and singer.
After gaining fame for playing the title role in the television show Lizzie McGuire, Duff went on to have a film career; her most commercially successful movies include Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), and A Cinderella Story (2004). Duff has expanded her repertoire into pop music,with three albums and over thirteen million albums sold . She has also launched a clothing line, Stuff by Hilary Duff, and an exclusive perfume with Elizabeth Arden. Duff and her mother were listed as producers for the movie Material Girls, and she will soon produce her sister's debut album.
Her upcoming films include the 2007 action thriller War, Inc., animated comedy Foodfight! and independent films Greta and Safety Glass. Duff's latest studio album, Dignity, was released in April 2oo7.

Duff began dating singer Aaron Carter in 2002. They met on the sets of Lizzie McGuire, when Carter had a role in a Christmas episode. The relationship lasted a year and a half. It was reported that Carter left Duff for Lindsay Lohan, but soon broke up with Lohan.Duff began dating Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden in 2004. They broke up in November 2006.In 2007, Duff was photographed many times with Mike Comrie, who is a professional ice hockey player. He plays for the New York Islanders. Although Duff never really confirmed the relationship, the couple was seen hugging and kissing and Duff even attended some of Comrie's matches. For Duff's 20th birthday, Comrie bought her a new car.Duff is also involved with various charities, is an animal rights enthusiast and a member of Kids with a Cause.

Guadalupe Balza

The Leyend Begins

Hi! we were discussing what to publish here, think of an idea, how abour publishing a story that we invented. Here it is:



As soon as he got out of the car,Tom felt uneasy.The body he saw between the wood caught his attention,he didn't know why,but he wanted to see it.He began to walk slowly to the body.As he came towards it,the smell became worst.Finally he saw it, it was the body of a boy of about ten years covered with blood.
Tom started to investigated the body and discovered that there was a cut in the boy's neck,someone killed him.Suddenly he saw a shadow behind a tree and heart the shout of a woman. Maybe it was the shadowof the murderer, so Tom started to follow it. He was running when he suddenly heard a shout, he saw arond, and he saw a woman with a kinfe in her stomach. She was looking at him and, her last words were"he is a monster, behind ,be care..." she couldn`t finished the phrase , she had died.
Tom was in shock, he could feel something in his back, something or someone was behind him watching him.
He started running to his car, but he got lost and the night was coming, after some hours of walking on the darknes, Tom felt tired , he look his watch and was midnightat the same time he had watched, he felt a cold running behind him.
That was the last day Tom was seen,
and nobody could find his body.

Milagros and Lucas

Our experience at Mendoza

Hello!

In this post we wanted to write about our trip to San Rafael.

We enjoyed very much this camping, because we shared a lot of things, emotions and feelings with our friends and we got to know more people from other courses.

The trip was fantastic in spite of sleeping on tents, but we had great fun!

The first night, as the bus broke in the middle of the journey, we had to sleep in the place where we ate due to we arrived too late, at eleven o'clock. The last night we had to do this again because the next morning we had to wake up early, that's to say, at four o'clock.

We liked most of the food except all the breakfasts because we drank mate cocido, and the last night's dinner that was polenta.

One day, we had the opportunity to do rafting in the Atuel River! It was an unforgetable experinece! We really enjoy this activity so the next day, we could repeait this amazing sport! It was a sourprise for us. Unfortunately, while doing rafting, Manuela got a bruise on her knee so one morning she went to the doctor, but thanks god she get cured easily.

One of the afternoons, we had a meal with a group of twelve mates, where we had to cook lunch ourselves. We prepared a special food that had tomato, potato, carrots, onion, garlic and meat.

Another important experience that we had with the same group, was that one night we went to sleep in other caming in the middle of a hill, where we slept in a kind of tent that we had to put up alone. It was a big one, just imagine twelve childs sleeping there! In addition, we cooked ourselves too.

We think that the campings are a great idea to get to know each other better, and is a way of relaxing from school and all days life, it is like a kind of holiday!!!

We both hope you had a great time as we did.

Kisses

Saru and Manu !

We are going to write about Bora Bora:

Bora Bora is the kind of tropical island most often found in dreams... a Polynesian jewwel green forests. Once home to Paul Gauguin, inspiration to countless other artist and writers, it retains all its legendary beauty and charm, exerting an irresistible magnetism on those seeking to escape the cares of the everyday world.
In the middle of Bora Bora´s espectacular lagoon lies Motu Toopua, a fragment of an ancient volcano that has become the ultimate tropical hideaway, a sweet-scented enclave of lush plants and flowers, tall palms and white sand beaches.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock bandformed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. For most of its career, the group has consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. The band's varied musical style has fused traditional rock with various elements of funk, punk rock, hip hop, heavy metal, anda psychedelic rock.

In addition to Kiedis and Flea, the group originally featured guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. However, Slovak died of a heroin overdose in 1988, resulting in Irons resigning.

Irons was replaced briefly by D. H. Peligro, the formerDead Kennedys drummer, before the band found a permanent replacement in Chad Smith, while Slovak was replaced by upcoming guitarist Frusciante. This lineup recorded the band's fourth and fifth albums, 1989's Mother´s Milk.

Frusciante grew increasingly uncomfortable with the band's success and left the band abruptly in 1992. Kiedis, Flea, and Smith employed Dave Navarro of Jane`s Addiction for their subsequent album, 1995's One Hot Minute. It failed, however, to match the critical acclaim of Blood Sugar Sex Magik and sold less than half the copies of its predecessor. Shortly afterwards, Navarro was fired from the band due to creative differences.

Frusciante, while absent from the band, developed a severe drug addiction and nearly died. In 1998, he completed rehabilitation and, at Flea's request, rejoined the band. The reunited foursome returned to the studio to record 1999's Californication, which went on to sell fifteen million units worldwide, becoming their most successful album to date. It was followed three years later with By the Way, which continued their success. In 2006, the group released the double album Stadium Arcadium. Stadium Arcadium was voted the second best album of 2006 by Rolling Stone magazine and nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy in 2007.

I really like this band because of their career.

Hope you like this article as much as I enjoyed while writing it.

Kisses

Cecilia Rodriguez.

The Gualeguaychú Carnival

I have decied to tell you about one of the most important carnivas in the world, whick takes place in Gualeguaychú.

During the months of January and February, Gualeguaychú prepares to offer one of the most expectes shows in the area.

Every year the comparsas have a mazimum of 2 hundred and 60 members, 4 floats and 4 dresses.

The members of the comparsa wear harnesses on thair shoulders and back to carry a sort of backpack. A headdress covers their head. The harnesses and headdresses symbolize the chosen theme. Each comparsa has its own workshop with specialists, because all the costume must be comfortable while dancing.

The Fancy Costumes are the most spectacular elementes in the comparsa. They are so haevy that they don't let the person who wears it dance. They usually have wheels and ligths.

Special costumes take part in competition where the paraders must dance with the harness. They usually wiegh 80 kilos , have 2.500 feathers, and several kilos of stones , pears and others elements.

The music is playes by the Orchestras and it is trasmitted by radio, except to the las section , in whick the Batucada is . The Batucada is a group of people who also play music while they are dancing.

Before the show the Queen of Carnival is chosen for her beauty and then she parades carrying a crown.

In the last years the Gualeguaychú Carnival has attracted more and more people. It is an argentinian tradition and people form all over the world came to participate.

I would really like to go ..!!! And what about you ??

Guadalupe Aguer

Our camp at Mendoza

Hi, as you all know we came back from camping at Mendoza a few days ago and I would like to tell you what are the things I most enjoyed .

I loved the camping site, the "Club of Pescadores", it was an amazing place, the view was awesome. We also did many interesting things such as rafting in the Atuel river, the water was freezing but it was really fun. I enjoyed the vivac, it was so much fun, having to build our own shelter and cook our own food, the view there was also great, the only bad thing about it were the "bathrooms". We also visited "La Vieja Bodega" where we could see how wine is made. I got to spend a lot of time with my friends and know new people I didn't know very much.

In my conclusion Mendoza is a really nice part of our country and all the affort made by everyone was really worth it.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my opinion of this camp.

Best wishes .

Florencia Stonski.

Ferrari cars

Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello and Modena, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari. Ferrari's cars are among the most desirable of vehicles to own and drive, and are one of the ultimate status symbols of wealth in the world. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in F1, where it has enjoyed a lot of success, especially during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, late 1990s, and 2000s.
Finally, after years of financial struggles, Enzo Ferrari sold the company's sports car division to the Fiat group in 1969. Enzo Ferrari himself retained control of the racing division until his death in 1988 at the age of 90.
Ferrari also has an internally managed merchandising line that licenses a wide range of products bearing the Ferrari brand, including eyewear, pens, pencils, perfume, clothing, high-tech bicycles, cell phones, and even laptop computers. Financial Times named Ferrari number one on its 2007 list of the 100 Best Workplaces in Europe.

Some of the best cars are

1962- 250 GTO
1984- 288 GTO
1987–1992 F40
1995–1997 F50
1996 - F50 GT
2003–2005 Enzo Ferrari
2006 FXX

Matt Groening

Well I supose you all know The Simpsons no? But... you know sth about their creator? In fact every time I ask about nobody knows. For everyone, Matt Groening is the creator of The Simpsons.
In this post I'm telling you about his life.

Groening was born the 15 of February in 1954, in Portland Oregon. He went to Evergrenn high school where he started drowing funny drowings of his director. In 1977 he graduated and he went to Los Angeles to look for a job. He wanted to be a journalist but he ended being a conductor of a bus.
His life changed radically when he create a comic call Life in Hell, based on his first experiences in LA. This comic was a great succes and made him very famous.
The 8th of September in 1986 he received a phone call made by James Brooks in which he was invited to Tracey Ullman show. He was suposed to take new material so Matt drow a family called The Simpsons. That was the begining of this well-known family. In that show The Simpsons appeared for the first time in a 2-minutes-lenght sketch.
That family was claimed for everyone so the Fox managers decided to contract Matt for doing a program in 1990. This program was a great succes and became rapidly the most viewed cartoon in Fox.
Today, after 17 years they are still on air, and so far they have won a lot of prizes and appeared in a movie.

This are some links where you can see some videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEq55UgMCF0 (is the one of the Gay Melter)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejKkFX7Vc1w (Of course... Homero Thompson!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUkL4y6cnJU (the 3 questions to the chief of the quick e' marts)

This is an oficial page of Homer with some videos and 300 frases of Homer

http://www.homerosimpson.com.ar/

Well I hope you like it!

Mendoza

Today we decided to talk about this city because, as everybody knows, on October 12th we are going camping there for seven days.
Mendoza is a city in the west of Argentina. It is on a major road between Argentina and Chile. It is a frequent stopover for climbers heading up Aconcagua (the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere) or for other mountaineering, hiking, horseback riding, rafting (we hope we are going to do it!), and more outdoor activities. In the winter, skiers come to the city for its easy access to the Andes .
One of the main industries of the Mendoza area is wine making.
Mendoza was founded in 1561 by Pedro del Castillo. Here, José de San Martín organized the army with which he won the independence of Chile and Peru.
In 1861 a severe earthquake destroyed the city and killed at least 5,000 people.

It has very dry summers with wetter winters.
Now that we know a little bit more about this city, we are ready to go! We hope that you find this post useful! We both think that we will have fun!
Kisses
Sara Palacios and Manuela Obarrio.

McFly

McFly are a British pop rock band who were successfully launched into the music scene in early 2004 with their number one single, "5 Colours in Her Hair". The band was founded by Tom Fletcher (born 17 July 1985) and also consists of Danny Jones (born 12 March 1986), Dougie Poynter (born 30 November 1987) and Harry Judd (born 23 December 1985). They are signed to the Island Records label and are managed by Prestige Management.
As of May 2007, McFly have an impressive chart record of twelve top ten singles, seven of which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart and two number one albums, their debut being Room on the 3rd Floor followed by Wonderland. Their third album, Motion in the Ocean, was released on 6 November 2006 and charted at number six. An announcement was made on their My pace page in April 2007 that the band will be releasing a Greatest Hits so Far compilation on November 5th 2007, and a fourth studio album in March 2008.
The name "McFly" was chosen by Tom Fletcher, the band's founding member, based on his love for the American science-fiction comedy Back to the Future series and Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly. In 2004, the band found out that there was an American band also called McFly. The American McFly subsequently received a pay-off to change their name, which they did - renaming themselves Biff Tannen, after Marty McFly's enemy from the Back to the Future movie.
Fletcher had originally auditioned for Busted, but was rejected. He then started writing songs with Busted member James Bourne and was asked to come along to film auditions for a new band, V. Jones came along to the audition mistaking it for an audition for a Busted-like band. Fletcher spoke to Jones afterwards and Jones and Fletcher moved into the Intercontinental Hotel in London for 2 months, and the two began writing songs along with Bourne. To complete the band, they held auditions at London's Convent Garden for a drummer and a bass player. Coincidentally, Poynter and Judd both auditioned on the same day.

the horses

The Horses
The horse is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal , one of ten modern species of the genus Equus.Horses have long been among the most economically important domesticated animals; however their importance has declined with the introduction of mechanization. The horse is a prominent figure in the ideals of religion, mythology, and art and plays an important role in transportation, agriculture, and warfare. Horses also serve as a source of fuel and clothing.Most breeds of horses are able to perform work such as carryng humans on their backs or be harnessed to pull objects such as carts or plows However, horse breeds were developed to allow horses to be specialized for certain tasks; lighter horses for racing or riding, heavier horses for farming and other tasks requiring pulling power. Some horses, such as the miniature horse, can be kept as pets. In some societies, horses are a source of food, both meat and milk; in others it is taboo to consume them. In industrialized country, horses are predominantly kept for leisure and sporting pursuits, while in other parts of the world they are used as working animals.Because horses and humans have lived and worked together for thousands of years, an extensive specialized vocabulary has arisen to describe virtually every horse behavioral and anatomical characteristic with a high degree of precision.

Vocabulary

Domesticated:to bring animals under human control in order to provide food, power or companionship

Mechanization:to use a machine to do something that used to be done by hand

Industrialized Countries:a company whose main business is producing goods, or a share in such a company when it is traded on the

Farming:the activity of working on a farm or organizing the work there

Taboo:avoided for religious or social reasons

Warfare:the activity of fighting a war, often including the weapons and methods that are used

Harnessed: piece of equipment, with straps and fastenings, used to control or hold in place a animal

Mythology:connected with myths

Walt Disney World Resort

Walt Disney World

Walt Disney World Resort is the largest and most visited recreational resort in the world, containing four theme parks, many themed hotels and numerous shopping, dining, entertainment and recreation venues.Construction began in 1967, less than a year after Walt Disney's death.

It opened on October 1 1971, with the Magic Kingdom theme park, and has since opened Epcot (on October 1 1982), Disney-MGM Studios (on May 1 1989), and Disney's Animal Kingdom (on April 22 1998). Walt Disney World Resort features four theme parks, each represented by an iconic structure:
The Mag ic Kingdom-Cinderella Castle
Epcot-Spaceship Earth
Disney-MGM Studios-The Sorcerer's Hat; formerly the Earful Tower
Disney's Animal Kingdom-The Tree of Life

In 1959, the Walt Disney Company, under the leadership of Walt Disney, began looking for land for a second resort to supplement Disneyland, which had opened in Anaheim, California in 1955. Walt Disney first flew over the Orlando site on November 22, 1963, the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. A press conference soon was organized for November 15. At the presentation, Walt Disney explained the plans for the site, including EPCOT, the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, which was to be a futuristic city (and which was also known as Progress City). Plans for EPCOT would drastically change after Disney's death. EPCOT became EPCOT Center, the resort's second theme park, which opened in 1982. Concepts from the original idea of EPCOT would be integrated into the community of Celebration much later.

Walt Disney himself died on December 15, 1966, before his vision was realized. His brother Roy Disney postponed his retirement to oversee construction of the resort. On February 2, 1967, Roy Disney held a press conference at the Park Theatres in Winter Park, Florida. The role of EPCOT was emphasized in the film that was played, the last one recorded by Walt Disney before his death.

Roy O. Disney, Walt Disney's older brother, dedicated the property and declared that it officially would be known as "Walt Disney World" in his brother's honor. In his own words: "Everyone has heard of Ford cars. But have they all heard of Henry Ford, who started it all? Walt Disney World is in memory of the man who started it all, so people will know his name as long as Walt Disney World is here." After the dedication, Roy Disney asked Walt's widow, Lillian, what she thought of Walt Disney World. According to biographer Bob Thomas, she replied, "I think Walt would have approved."

Walt Disney World had its own aircraft runway located just east of the Magic Kingdom parking lot. When the resort opened in 1971, Shawnee Airlines began regular passenger service from Orlando's McCoy Air Force Base (now Orlando International Airport) directly to Disney World's STOLport (Short Take Off and Landing) on a daily basis, with flights lasting only a few minutes. Today, the runway is mostly used as a staging area for buses and is no longer in service for aircraft.

Guadalupe Balza

My trip to San Juan

We are going to talk about my trip to San Juan last September. The main reason of this trip was the national championship of volleyball where I represented the metropolitan team.

This journey started at 16th September and finished at 23rd. We went by bus with the female metropolitan team and the hole trip lasted 21h.
The first match was next day at 11:00am against Mendoza. Unfortunately we lost 3-1. We were very disappointed with our first performance. In the following match against Corrientes we were very enthusiastic with our victory. Finally, after one week of hard work we won the 7th place in the national ranking.
In our free time we could do some tourism around San Juan. We visited some wine house, the Manuel Belgrano's house and the church. The city is developing fast; the hospitality is excellent and has many tourist points.
Although we could not win the championship, it was a great opportunity to make new friends and to participate in this important tournament.

The history of Coca Cola

Coca-Cola is a cola (a type of carbonated soft drink) sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company, which is often referred to as simply Coca-Cola or Coke. Coke is the world's most recognizable brand.
Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft drink market throughout the 20th century. Although faced with criticisms of its health effects and various allegations of wrongdoing by the company, Coca-Cola has remained a popular soft drink to the present day.
The company actually produces concentrate for Coca-Cola, which is then sold to various Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world. The bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the company, produce finished product in cans and bottles from the concentrate in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then sell, distribute and merchandise Coca-Cola in cans and bottles to retail stores and vending machines. Such bottlers include Coca-Cola Enterprises, which is the single largest Coca-Cola bottler in North America, Australia, Asia and Europe. The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate for fountain sales to major restaurants and food service distributors.
The Coca-Cola Company has, on occasion, introduced other cola drinks under the Coke brand name. The most common of these is Diet Coke, which has become a major diet cola but others exist, including Diet Coke Caffeine-Free , Cherry Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, Vanilla Coke and special editions with lemon and with lime, and even with coffee. The Coca-Cola Company owns and markets other soft drinks that do not carry the large Coca-Cola brand marking, such as Sprite, Fanta, Pibb, and others, but the Coca-Cola Company's trademark name can usually be found somewhere on the bottle.

My kitten

Hello,

Today I'm posting here to tell you something about my kitten, Tom. He arrived to my life last year on September. His mother is my grandmother's cat and he has 4 broathers,that you can see in the picture.He is the grey one in the left. I chose him because he is similar to the cartoon of Tom & Jerry and that's why he is called like that.

Unfortunately I have it in my grandpearents's house which has a large garden because he grew up there and I can't bring him to an apartment now that he loves the while.

Tom is a really good partner and he never leaves me alone. I love seing him running all over the garden and playing with the trees' leaves. He also loves being stroke and plastered.

Well, I hope you ejoyed reading my post because this little annimal is very special for me. See you soon in school.

Manuela Obarrio Regnani

La Vela Puerca

La Vela Puerca is a Uruguayan rock band formed in Montevideo on December1995. Its founders and current members are Sebastián Teysera (lead vocals, frontman and main songwriter), Nicolás Lieutier (bass guitar) and Santiago Butler (guitar). The band's first appearance under the name La Vela Puerca was on a street party in Montevideo on December 1995. By then, several new members had already joined in.

In 1996, frontman Sebastián Teysera entered a demo tape into a band contest. The rest of the band did not become aware of this until they found out they were listened among the twenty finalists. It was only a month later that they received a phone call informing them about their success. As a result, they were awarded 80 hours of free recording sessions. These sessions would turn out to be vital for the making of their debut album.

To this day, the band has released four albums plus a re-release of the first: Deskarado (1997), La Vela Puerca (1999, Deskarado re-release), De Bichos y Flores (2001) and A Contraluz (2004). This last two were produced by Gustavo Santaolalla.Their fourth album has been released under the title El Impulso in April this year. The new album contains 13 tracks and was produced by Juan Compodonico.

They have reached a high level of success in Uruguay an Argentina. In addition, some success in Europe, particularly in Germany.

Well I wrote about this because is the band I like most. My favorite CD is De Bichos y Flores and my favorite song is Me Pierdo (this song is in El Impulso) but I also like other like El Ojo Moro (De bichos y Flores) Las Polillas (Deskarado) or Escobas (A contraluz)

Soda Stereo

Today, we are going to talk about the most representative argentinian rock band, SODA STEREO.

The members of this band are:
- Gustavo Cerati (guitarist, vocalist).
- Zeta Bosio (bassist).
- Charly Alberti (drummer).

History:
It was formed in Buenos Aires in 1980. The 3 members, decided to creat a trio, and a year later they released two demos and started playing in different bars. After a few shows, CBS decided to give a chance to this trio.
It was 1984 when they released their debut album, Soda Stereo, thas was produced by Federico Moura, the leader of the ban Virus. That same year they played in the Rock & Pop festival.
Their second album was released a year later, and was called Nada Personal. They afirmed the popularity of the band, with songs such as, Nada Personal, and Cuando Pase el Temblor. The video of the second song was nominated as the Finalist Video on the 12º World Festival of Video and TV.
In 1986, they presented Signos, and it was the firs argentine-rock album released in Compact Disc, although this version was released in 1988. This album contain one of the most famous songs of Soda Stereo, Persiana America. It contains Signos and Profugos too. With this album they made a tour through Latin America, were they made 22 concerts in 17 cities. There it was made a live album, Ruido Blanco, that contains the songs recorded in the Signos Tour, but they didn´t published it.

After a year, they published Doble Vida in 1988. It contained the gratest hit of Soda Stereo, De Música Ligera. It also contains another very popular songs such as Un Millon de Años Luz, Té para Tres and (En) El Septimo Día. This album is considered the best work made by the band, along with Signos. On December 14, 1991, they played a concert for 250.000 peopleon the 9 de Julio avenue.
In 1992 they released their last album, Dynamo. This album was the most ignored work of the band, because of the lose of Zeto Bosio´s child in a car accident, that made the band to stop promoting this album. Here start some problems between the band.
However, in 1995 they released Sueño Stereo which contains Ella Usó mi Cabeza como un Revolver, Paseando por Roma and Zoom. This album obteins the platinum disc after fifhteen days of being presented.
On May 1, in 1997 personal problems in the band, made the members to announce its end and made the final tour on July 1997. They made their las concert in the River Plate Stadium, on September 20.

Solo Work:

After the broken up of the band, each member continued with their own´s works.

Gustavo Cerati:
He worked with Daniel Melero making a album called Colores Santos in 1992, but it was never really presented. However two singles alums appeared: Vuelta por el Universo and Hoy ya no Soy Yo.
His solo albums between 1993 and 2006 were Amor Amarillo, Bocanada, +Bien, Siempre es Hoy and Ahí Vamos!.

Zeta Bosio:
He has a low profile during this year. He didn´t make many works such as Cerati, but he help in producing albums wih bands like Aguirre and Peligrosos Gorriones.

Charly Alberti:
He made only one album after Soda Stereo separation, Plum, along with his girlfriend. After this album he became more interested in informatics and he started working for a company called Cybrel Digital Entertainment.
Alberti recently formed a ban with his brother, and made a album called as their band Mole.


Comeback:

After 10 years(1997 - 2007), they are going to make a tour around South América before the end of the year called Me Verás Volver. This tour will start at the River Plate Stadium (where they gave their las concert) on October 19, in this year. After this tours the band won´t continue, because the member of the band plan to continue with their individual careers.

Our Opinion:
Soda Stereo is one of the most important argentinian bands. It is great, between other things, that although it is and old band, and the generatios change a lot, their songs are well-known between children and teenagers, and they are played in all the discotheques.

Here we gave to you 3 videos of songs of Soda Stereo in their concerts:

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ouIMi58e-Lk


http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=MGhwJs_DRHg

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ThG2KajD_wA

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=CKMQKIBIHBk&NR=1

Well, that´s all for now, I hope you enjoy reading this, and learning more about this fantastic band.