Sunday, May 31, 2009

oral presentation third term

news 3


A thief staged a robbery in paris, getting away with over 8 euros in jewelry from a well known jewler store called chopard. the police have told the press that the robber had costumers at gunpoint before making his escape, they didn't say anything else, other than that he was a man around fifty years old, he was wearing a suit and a hat. He got all the jewls that were on display in the window.

The chopard store now has a sign that says ''closed''because none of the kewls were insured.

It is quite a famous store, it has appeared in many films like ''mesrine-public enemy number one''
the legendary french gangster

informal letter

Hi Leo,

It's been a while since we wrote, so I thought I'd drop you a line to bring you up to date with what's been happening here.

I suppose the most important thing is that marina's job is more secure than we thought. At the beginning of the year, when she got the job, we thought it might only be for one semester, but we just found that she has a permanent contract of sorts. Obviously this is great, as it means we can relax a little. I still don't have what I really want work wise, but it will happen soon. You have to stay positive, don't you?

My parents are both fine, and I think they are really happy that we've moved back. For us, it's great to be so close to family again. We see my sister quite often as she's in London, although we're not that bothered about going into the city.So, what about you these days? Are you still stuck in that old job? Since I've been having so much trouble getting a job I understand your reluctance to change. There is nothing worse than filling in endless application forms, with no idea of what it will lead to.

Anyway, I've got another form to fill in so take it easy man!
Regards

jake

observation oral presentation

TOPIC: Hunger in Africa

Presentation:
1. Did you use any resources?yes, we got our information from the internet and a news paper i had in my house. We used a powerpoint presentation to help us.
2. Were the resources relevant and attractive? Yes, we tried to put quite sad pictures because hunger is not an attractive subject, si the pictures and information were relevent to what we were saying

Body language and eye contact:
3. Did you look at your audience most of the time? at the start of the presentation i looked at my notes but inly for a second, and i looked at the presentation quite often and related it to what i was saying. most of the time i was looking at the audience
4. Did you read from your notes?one time at the start of the presentation.
5. Did you do any gestures/movement to hold the attention of you audience? yes, like i said i related the powerpoint to what i was saying and used some gestures.

Structure:
6. Did you organize your ideas in order of importance? Yes.
7. Did you use discourse makers to make your ideas more clear? I think what i said was very clear, and I can always improvise if i have to

Content:
8. Did you introduce interesting, NEW information to your audience? Yes. especially the critical issues.
9. Did you look up information/facts/ideas in the Internet/books? Yes. internet and news papers
10. Was your information more superficial or more detailed and original?I think the titel ''hunger in africa'' is a very extence topic, so i think what we said was detailed but more superficial.

Language:
11. Did you use check your grammar? Yes.
12. Did you use rich vocabulary looking up the dictionary? no
13. Did you use sentence linkers? Yes.
14. Did you use fillers? yes
Pronunciation & Intonation:
15. Did you know how to pronunce all you words? Yes, we practised together a lot but I’ve done some mistakes.
16. Did you check the pronunciation with a dictionary, a classmate or the teacher? No.
17. Did you change your tone of voice or use a monotone tone all the time? i changed my tone of voice.
18. Did you speed in a fluid continuum or with breaks and interruptions? i spoke fluently

Self-Evaluation: I spoke better than in the other presentations, i wasen't as nervious than before, so I think that it went very well. i got the message to the audience!!


Check your Language and Structure. Can you correct your mistakes?
the structure is correct, we worked on it a lot and during the presentation i didnt make any mistakes.

transcription oral presentation.


Hello, me and roger have done our oral presenation on the hunger in africa,

mi going to start off with a question,,

does anybody know about the situation at the momen in africa??


More than half of Africa is now in need of urgent food assistance.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning that 27 sub-Saharan countries now need help.

But what appear as isolated disasters brought about by drought or conflict in countries like Somalia, Malawi, Niger, Kenya and Zimbabwe are - in reality - systemic problems.

It is African agriculture itself that is in crisis, and according to the information that we know this has left 200 million people malnourished.

It is particularly striking that the FAO highlights political problems such as civil strife, refugee movements and returnees in 15 of the 27 countries it declares in need of urgent assistance. By comparison drought is only cited in 12 out of 27 countries.

Africa's years of wars, coups and civil strife are responsible for more hunger than the natural problems that befall it.

Critical issues


  • Wars and political conflict, leading to refugees and instability.

In 2004 the continent of Africa had suffered from 26 major wars in the past 50 years. It is estimated that there are more than 16 million refugees and displaced persons in Africa.

Farmers need stability and certainty before they can succeed in producing the food their families and societies need.

  • HIV/Aids depriving families of their most productive labour.

This is particularly a problem in southern Africa, where over 30% of sexually active adults are HIV positive. According to Oxfam, when a family member becomes infected, food production can fall by up to 60%, as women are not only expected to be carers, but also provide much of the agricultural labour.

Consequences

In 1966-1970, net exports averaged 1.3 million tons of food a year, it states.

"By the late 1970s Africa imported 4.4 million tonnes of staple foods a year, a figure that had risen to 10 million tonnes by the mid 1980s."

It said that since independence, agricultural output per capita remained stagnant, and in many places declined.

Some campaigners and academics argue that African farmers will only be able to properly feed their families and societies when Western goods stop flooding their markets.











Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Jake & Roger


Jake: Where you been Roger - I haven't seen you for weeks.

Roger: I've been in the jail, so I have.

Jake: Jail?

Roger: Yeah - four weeks in the bloody jail.

Jake: Your kidding!

Roger: No - some people got annoyed at the name I gave my baby.

Jake: Away! Did you call him Muhammad and get those Muslims annoyed.

Roger: No - I know better than to call him Muhammad.

Jake: Well did you call him Jesus and get the Pope all upset?

Roger: Don't be stupid!

Jake: Was it Abraham? Did you go and upset all your Jewish friends.

Roger: No! I wouldn't do that.

Jake: Well what did you call him then?

Roger: Inra . . . Inra-Cludgie

Jake: Inra! - Who did that offend - Church of Scotland? Hindus? Buddhists? Chinese?

Roger: No! I didn't offend any religious groups.

Jake: So why did you get bunged up in prison for calling the baby Inra?

Roger: Cos it's such a shite name.

Jake: True . . . good point.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Chelsea - Barcelona

The first of two champions league semifinal matches was played yesterday between Barcelona and Chelsea, Chelsea achieved what very few teams have been able to do which is to hold the best team in Europe to a 0-0 draw. It has been a year since Barcelona have drawn 0=0 at home, the last time it happened was against Manchester United in the same stage of the championship.

Both teams gad very good chanses , but a key element to this game that left it goalless was the top goalkeeping, the two top class goalkeepers peter chec and victor valdçes made very important saves that kept there teams in the draw.

The chelsea goalkeeper made several late saves, one of his vest coming from a Hleb shot that was a sure goal if not for him.

The chelsea team made a good efort but now they have all the work to do, any scoring draw nat Stamford bridge will mean that the blues will be out og the tournament. Eto ,the barcelona striker,said that hes sure that if Chelsea play like they did they will surley lose.

During the match Barcelona held most of the possession, similar to there matches against Bayern and Lyon, but Chelseas defence prevailed even thought in tha last round they let in 5 goals against Liverpool.

"They had a lot of possession but we stayed very tight," Terry said. "We watched videos before the game, they like to play little balls through and we knew that and stopped them doing it.".

Chelsea and Barcelona have met in four of the last five champions league competitions.

Pep Guardiola felt cheated he said that it was unfail when a team is trying to play creativly while the other team plays defence.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

news 1

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/21/grace.coldcase.stebic/index.html#cnnSTCVideo


Nearly two years ago
lisa Stebic was gong some ploblems in her marrage and was going through a seperation. She dissapeared suspisiously after going to court to evict her husband from there home in plainfields illanois. Her husband said'' she just took off, with her purse and her phone''. She is known to go jogging on a route near her house.

Even the neighbours said that they were going through some problems, the neighbours also went to court but they did'nt say anything

The police and inverstigators aren't sure who is the culprate, but the husband is the prime suspect at the moment, even thought he pleeds innocent. No arrests have been made because no substancial evidence has been found.


Lisa Stebic went to court to evict her estranged husband on the day she disappeared.

Lisa Stebic went to court to evict her estranged husband on the day she disappeared.





THIRD TERM

from now on its all third terma posts :)

Sunday, March 8, 2009

second oral presentation

discussion essay


Everybody knows that being a celebrity means, having a lot of money, doing whatever you want, having nice things and many othersand i' sure that a lot of people would like to be one. Famous people don't really know that they are famouse because they have never experienced anythink else, they have been grown up and educated as celebrities. I think they are very lucky people.

On one hand, famouse people start off on the television where they are seen and loved by everyone who watches them. Althought they might be famous they still have a lot of work to do, like going to conferences, making speaches to big crouds, but there hard work is normally paid off because they eaarn a lot of money and they grow in popularity.

On the other hand, famouse people don't have a lot of privacy, a lot of people know who you are and where you live. paperazzi follow you everywhere taking photos when possible and lookin to see if you do anything that you not supose to so that they can tell the world. So famouse people are always carefull of what they do.

Personally I would like to try to be a celebrity , but on the condition that I could go back and not be a celebrity when I wanted, just in case anything went wrong. I think that you have to have the personallity to be a celebrity, and be able to deal with the pressure, thats why maby I would prefer my own live.


dialogue of oral presentation

History and geography:
Jamaica is an island of the greater antilles situated in the carribean sea. It is 234 kilometers in length and as much as 80 kilometres in width. The first settlers there were the arawack and the taino, originating from south america. They first settled there between 4000 and 1000 BC. When christopher comunbus first arrived there were many villages already formed and ruled by chiefs. The taino tribes were largely increasing when the spanish first arrived . The tainos were still living on the island until the beitish finally took control. It has been saif that The taino bloodline has been absorbed into the population. The english generals, william penn ans robert venables, seized the island in 1655. during the next 200 years jamaica became the worlds leadins sugar exporter. It was a slave dependent country

By the beginning of the 19th century, The British government drew-up laws regimenting the abolition of slavery, but they also included instructions for the improvement of the slaves' way of life. Jamaica slowly gained increasing independence from the United Kingdom and in 1958, it became a province in the. Jamaica attained full independence by leaving the federation in 1962
dialalects and accents:
The official language of Jamaica is English. Informally, Jamaican Patois , is more commonly spoken by a majority of the population. Although British English is the most obvious influence on patois, it includes words and syntax from various African languages, other European languages, Pre-Columbian Caribbean languages and Asian languages evidence of historical admixture. In general, patois differs from English in pronunciation, grammar, nominal orthography and syntax. The language's characteristics include pronouncing /θ/ as [t] and /ð/ as [d], and omitting some initial consonant sounds, principally /h/. A number of linguists classify Jamaican Patois as a separate language, while others consider it to be a dialect of English.
Culture:
tha jamaican culture is like a mixture of all the cultures that have inhabited the greater antilles island, jamaica. The largest religion is the christian faith. ements of ancient African religions remain in remote areas, most of which practices are described generally as Obeah, Kumina or Pocomania.
An internationally known aspect of Jamaica's African-Caribbean culture is the Rastafarian movement, that are expressed by reggae music. Rastafari is a local culture, based on some selected teachings of the Old Testament in the bible. Some Rastafari wear their hair in an untended, uncut condition called dreadlocks. However, like most local cultures, there are various strands of thought and practice rather than just one written dogma of the Rastafari movement.
Dance has always been important in Jamaica - from colonial times until the present. Early folk rhythms and movements were associated with Christian holidays. More recently, dances have become associated with the music of Jamaica, particularly dancehall styles. More than 30 distinctive Jamaican dances have been identified. Ska music, with fast beats, also had fast dances. The slow to rocksteady also developed slower dances, allowing dancers to stay on the floor longer. Reggae is associated with many things, including the Rastafarian movement, but influenced the newer styles.

podcast jake roger

http://www.esnips.com/doc/f8bb8f75-b3d1-400b-aca1-d516df90c75f/Podcast-roger--jake

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

movie - fragile


In Wight Island, Amy Nicholls arrives in the old Mercy Falls Children Hospital to work as night nurse as replacement of the former nurse Susan. The hospital is in a deactivation process, with the patients being transferred to Saint James Hospital; however, due to a train crash, the closing process has been postponed. Amy is introduced to eight children with lung cases by the nurse Helen Perez, and she feels a sort of attraction for the terminal girl Maggie. Maggie likes to play with some letter blocks to talk with the "mechanical girl" called Charlotte that would live upstairs, in an abandoned floor. Amy asks about Charlotte to her coworkers and they explain that she is an urban legend and the Maggie is making up her existence. But sooner they find that the children can not be transferred to Saint James since there is something evil that wants to keep them near.

It is quite a scary movie at times, your always on the edge of your seat

Frankenstein- the movie vs. the book


-At the begining of the book the captain said that he saw the monster and viscor chasing eachother on the sledge but in the movie we only see Victor Frankenstein
-In the book william has two brithers, but in the movie, he only has one.
-In the movie, when the professor of the university dies, Victor follows his books to create life, but in the movie, he found his own way to create lofe.
-In the film, justine loves Victor, but in the book it does'nt say anything about this.
-Victors mother died giving birth in the film, but in the book, she died of an illness.
-In the book, willam and elisabeth comunicated by letters. In the film Elisabeth went to visit him in his laboratory.
-There is an epedemic of cholera, but in the book, there is no such thing.
-Henry Clerval knew about Frankensteins experiments in the film, but in the book he did'nt
-Williams laboratory is in a village in the film , and on a island in the book.
-In the film Justine is hung for murdering williams brother, but in the book she is only put in jail.
-There is no trial for Justine in the film.
-Victor builds a female monster for himself, but when she is brought alive she does'nt love
Dr,frankenstein but the first monster that he created in the film, and in the book victor made the second monster before elisabeth died.
-In the book the monster helped the girl that fell into the water. In the film he does'nt.
-When Victor and Elizabeth are on their honey moon the monster kills Elizabeth pulling out her heart out of her chest and in the book the monster kills Elizabeth by strangling her.
-In the book Henry and Victor met when they were children, but in the book they first met in th university.
-In the book Victor is sent to prison for a while, in the book this does'nt happen.
-The monster kills himself by burning the body of himself and Victor, but in the book he kills himself.
-In the film ,the monster kills Victor’s father but in the book Victor’s father dies because of the death of Elizabeth.

It was quite an enjoyable film to watch, it makes you think, ''what if we could give life to somehting that is already dead?''

News 3

An asteroid (inside circle) passed within 38,000 miles of Earth on Monday.

A fifty meter wide asteroid passed close to the earth on Monday. The astronomer who spotted the asteroid said that there was nothing to worry about.

The asteroid called DD45 passed within twice the height of the satelites that gwe depend on for comunications. McNaught, who watches for asteroids with his telescope northwest of Sydney, Australia, discovered the approaching rock last week."It's not something to worry about, but something to be aware of," he said.

"If discovered in advance and with enough lead time, there is the possibility of pushing it off course, if you have decades of advance warning," McNaught said. "If you have only a few days, you can evacuate the area of impact, but there's not a great deal [else] you can do."

A global catastrophe was very unlikley he said, even thought hundreds of asteroids pass clode to the earth every year.

The 2009 DD45 asteroid circles the sun every 18 months, but its path will not threaten this planet at least for the next century, he said.


Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Description a friend




Luis is a very good friend of mine from Spain. He is eighteen years old, he has brown hair and brown eyes, he's got a friendly face. He is a short for his age ,typical catalan. He's is from Barcelona, that's where I first met him, at a waterski tournament in the Olympic river in Barcelona.

What I like most about him would be his personality, he is a very outgoing and energetic person, always wanting to do something and have fun. But he is also an expressive, intelligent and a very sociable person , he is at the very least a shy person.

When Handball and Waterskiing are involved he always has a determined look on his face as he is involved in a handball team and he is on the Spanish waterski team with me, so he's really competetive, . He is'nt an aggresive person , he seems quite calm when you talk to him.

Although he is a very good student he likes going out with his friends to parties, when the carnaval was on in a town where he has a house he invited me to sleep there, I declined the offer but that is an example of his friendlyness and loyalness to his friends. I think that luis is a once in a lifetime person and I am priviledged to be his friend and for him to be a part in my life.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Formal letter

casa A
Carrer Santa Caterina
Torroella de Fluvia
Girona
28/1/2008
Lluisa Pinto
principal
17486 IES Castelló d'Empùries
C. Santa Clara, 55
Castelló d'Empùries
Girona

Dear miss. Pinto.
At the begining of my academic years 2005/2009 I began my studies in IES castelló d'Empùries.
I have seen very positive things since my stay here and things that should be improved.
I think your faculty of teachers are very good in the way they teach, they help as much as they can, also they treat and respect their students in every way. I have never had a teacher that has never been albe to help me if I have a problem.
I however think that the lack of support of organized sport in the school is a big issue. There isn't even sport material. There are a lot of young and energetic kids in the playground for two hours a day withought any type of sporting material or games for them to do. I find this very fustrating because many kids in the school have gone to tryouts for one of top football teams in Spain, and we give no thanks for this.
I hope that you will look favourably on my letter in a chance to better your school's quality and that I will hear from you in the near future.

Yours sincerly
Jake Bridges

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

News 2

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91221-1305046,00.html

The cars that cant crash

is it possible?

Slow-speed incidents make up three quarters of all motor accidents.

Motor research company Thatcham has evaluated the devices. It believes that if they were fitted as standard on all vehicles, there would be a drastic drop in road casualties. They have invented three diferent ways to help make this dream become a reality

The new Volvo XC60, on sale from November, will use laser radar mounted on top of the windscreen.

It is programmed to respond if the vehicle in front is either at a standstill or is moving in the same direction as the car itself.

The brakes are pre-charged and should a collision be imminent it applies them and cuts the throttle.

News 1

http://www.skysports.com/rugbyunion/team/0,20223,12506,00.html

Irerland have restored some pride

Ronan O'Gara is sure that Ireland have restored some pride after their performance in Paris which was suposed to be a comftorable french win.

Ireland had a very traumatic world cup experience, and now after a n ugly win over Italy Irewland were down again against France 26-6 that traumatic time was back in th4e hearts of the Irish.

A drubbing looked on the cards but the Irish battled back to trail 26-21 and almos

Ronan O'Gara insists Ireland have restored some pride and credibility with their performance in Paris.

After a traumatic World Cup and a poor performance in last week's victory over Italy, the Irish were living the world cup experience all over again after France built up a 26-6 lead early in the second half.

A drubbing looked on the cards but the Irish battled back to trail 26-21 and almost snatched a win in the closing stages.

"We've been trying to get credibility back in the Irish team and we hadn't managed to do that," O'Gara said.

"There are some quality players in the team. The potential is there, we just need to start believing in ourselves and kick on."

Monday, December 8, 2008

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Thirteen and Adrian mole

At the beginning of the film, Tracy is a good student, she's a normal girl and does'nt have many friends. It's her first year in the school and she isn't very popular. When she sees this girl called Evie who is the most popular girl in school she decides to try and be more like her. At first, she starts stealing clothes and money, but after a while things got out of hand and she started stealing things on a much larger scale and selling drugs. Tracy's grades start to get worse and her teachers started to get worried . Tracy starts to take drugs and became incontrolable, she begins cutting herself and doing nasty things. Evie moved in with Tracy's family but after a while they decided to get rid of her. Tracy ends up being unpopular again but she became more of a normal pearson. Evie continues being the most popular girl in school.

I think that Tracy becomes rebel and incontrollable because of some problems. Her father is always working we only saw him once in the film. Her mother tries to be good and help Tracy but she is'nt very helpful, and she doesn't pay attention to her daughter. Another problem is that her mother's boyfriend was a drug addict and he goes to live with them. But the main problem is that she wants to be popular and starts going with Evie, taking drugs and doing a lot of bad things. Evie is the worst problem of them all and when she starts to live with Tracy's family, more problems arrsed. I think that Tracy does all of these bad things to liberate her pain and to try to be like Evie, seemingly without problems. The combination of all of these problems makes Tracy becomes an unlikable girl

If we compare the film with Adrian Mole, we see two different lives but with some look alike problems. Adrian's parents are divorced like Tracy's, their lives are difficult and they haven't good very much money. Tracy has a difficult character and she is not happy with her body up to the point that starts cutting herself, and Adrian is happy with his body and he doesn't want to change.

dialog of podcast

http://www.esnips.com/doc/f8bb8f75-b3d1-400b-aca1-d516df90c75f/Podcast-roger--jake

power point of oral presentation

http://www.esnips.com/doc/fc407758-52f8-4c84-9d53-f96068b939a5/powerpoint-of-oral-presentation

Jake's first oral presentation

http://www.esnips.com/doc/ca8a4424-1a13-4c13-a214-e5e63acff1d4/DSCN3208

podcast 1 jake and roger

http://www.esnips.com/doc/f8bb8f75-b3d1-400b-aca1-d516df90c75f/Podcast-roger--jake

Friday, November 21, 2008

News 5


J.K.Rowling''I considered suicide''


The authour of the Harry Potter series revealed that she had thought about killing herself when she was penniless and suffering depression as a single mother.


But her life changed completly and now she is now one of the world's richest women due to the success of her Harry Potter books.

At the time, Rowling had separated from her first husband and was living in a cramped apartment with her baby daughter.
She was able to afford the rent only after a friend paid the £600 ($1,189) that she needed.

Rowling said "Mid-twenties life circumstances were poor and I really plummeted. The thing that made me go for help . . . was probably my daughter.

Rowling said she then sought professional help.

News 1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/spain/7440001.stm

Torres desperate for Spain glory

Fernando Torres
Torres goes into Euro 2008 on the back of a fine season with Liverpool

Torres saod that he is desperate for a win in euro 2008

In his champions league carrer this year he saw himself loosong to Chelsea 4-3 but he took home a glorious 33 goals.

"The semi-finals of the Champions League have left a bad taste in the mouth," said the 24-year-old frontman.

"Now Euro 2008 is the last opportunity to finish with a title of this nature.



Torres said that he is confident with his team with players like Sergio Ramos, Xavi , Casillas and many others.

He still cant understand why Spain are such under aichevers because they have a lot of talent and wealth.

"I have a lot of confidence following this season, and with a lot of desire to be able to finish the season with a title," he said.

Europass

Here is my Europass.

http://www.esnips.com/doc/6f2ab88d-0084-42a9-8998-8aed9ae235b5/LP-164808

news 2

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/tennis/specials/french_open/2008/06/08/nadal.federer.ap/index.html?cnn=


By the fourth game Nadal had federer kicking the clay in fustration.

The drubbing went on from there. Nadal won his fourth consecutive French Open title in a rout Sunday, again spoiling Federer's bid to complete a career Grand Slam.

Nadal swept six consecutive games early in the match and swept the final nine games to win 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.

It was Federer's worst loss in his 173 Grand Slam matches, and the shortest Roland Garros men's final in terms of games since 1977.

So thorough was the thumping that during the trophy ceremony, Nadal was moved to apologize.

"Roger, I'm sorry for the final," Nadal said.

For the No. 2-ranked Nadal, it was merely another in a series of dominating victories. He lost only 41 games in seven rounds.

"I've hoped I could have done better today than four games," Federer said. "But Rafael was very strong this year."

And Nadal became the first man since Borg in 1980 to win the tournament without dropping set.

"He dominated the tournament like never before, like Bjorn," Federer said.

Borg watched the final from the front row. Much of the crowd rooted for Federer, who arrived in Paris for the fourth consecutive year seeking to become the sixth man to win all four major titles. Each time he has lost to Nadal -- in the semifinals in 2005, and in the final each of the past three years.

Fans chanted "Ro-ger! Ro-ger!" between games, but Nadal earned their cheers, too. He won 24 of 27 points to take a 2-0 lead in the second set as a desperate Federer tried everything to reverse the tide.

But when Federer played serve-and-volley on a second serve, Nadal lunged to hit a lob into the corner for a winner. When Federer tried to chip and charge off a return, Nadal passed him with a backhand.

For Federer, the worst came at the end -- a 6-0 set loss. The last time that happened to him was on a slightly smaller stage: the first round in 1999 at Queen's against Byron Black.

On match point, Federer sailed a forehand long, and Nadal raised his arms in triumph.

"To lose the way I did today, it's obviously hard and it's a rough loss, but it's OK," Federer said. "I'll move on from here, and I'll try again next year."

Nadal improved to 9-1 against Federer on clay, with the only loss coming in the 2007 Hamburg final.


news 3

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/japan.attack.ap/index.html

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A man police said was on a murder mission plowed into pedestrians with a truck in a crowded Tokyo neighborhood Sunday and then stabbed 17 people in three minutes, killing several people in an attack that has shoked Japan.

art.japan.stabbing.ap.jpg

The man arrested was called Tomohiro Kato, he was arrested with blood on his face. Police said Kato provided no motive for the attack -- other than he wanted to murder strangers.

"The suspect told police that he came to Akihabara to kill people," "He said he was tired of life. He said he was sick of everything,"

The violence began when he crashed a rented, two-ton truck into pedestrians. Kato jumped out and began stabbing the people he'd knocked down with the truck, then turned on horrified onlookers, police said.

The attack began when the man creshed a rented two-ton truck into perestrians, he then got out of the truck and stabbed the people he ran over then he started the attack on the horrified onlookers.

"He was screaming as he was stabbing people at random," an unidentified male witness said,

He dropped his knife when police threatened to shoot him, then theyb arrested him

17 amulances rushed to the scene to help the injured, even a pedestrian stopped in the middle of the street and started to pray


News 6


RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) --


Health officials in Brasil say that an outbreak of dengue fever has infected more than 32,000 people in Rio de Janeiro state and claimed at least 47 lives.


city officials have said that the outbreak is not an epidemic but the number of deaths this year already has outstripped the number of fatalities in all of 2002.


The Federal Health Minister of Brasil says he is already treating the situation in Rio, where about 51 new cases of the disease are reported every hour, as an epidemic.
Temporao says the government will open a crisis center in Rio state on Monday to coordinate efforts between the federal and state government and the armed force to fight the disease, which is borne by the Aegis aegypti mosquito

News 4

'I'm On The Plane!' Phone Calls In Mid Air

The first authorised mobile phone call was made during a comercial flight. Maby the sound of ringtones on aeroplaneswill become a common feature during flights.

Phone calls and texts on flights
A passenger on an Emirates flight between Dubai and Casablanca made the historical call at 30,000 feet.

The airline has said technology made by AeroMobile protects navigation equipment from interference.
Passengers normally have to switch their phones onto "flight safe mode" every time they step onto a plane.
This practice may soon be entirely abandoned as other airlines clamour to test mid-air mobile use.
A spokesperson for British Airways told Sky News Online: "We are looking into the possibility in terms of technology, regulatory practices and whether our customers would want mobile phone use on-board."
One option could be to allow text messages but not voice calls, she added.

Horror Story


THE NASHVILLE KILLER


It all started, a pitch black night and blinding fog in the middle of a Forest .All other nights of the year are all the same, but the night , the thirty first of October, was an exception because every year on this very day awakens a beast so horrible I gives me shivers in my spine thinking of it.

The legend of the people of Nashville, a small town in the middle of nowhere, say that this beast called Mr. Robin comes out of his grave too eat human flesh.
The people of Nashville are very worried because in the past decades the beast only killed and ate until he was full but it seems that every year he gets hungrier and hungrier killing more and more people.

This year the towns people decided to stand guard of the town to defend the children and finally end this horrible dream like situation, but now one wanted to offer, so the town had a vote to see who would protect the town, in the end the mayor was chosen because he was the most selfish and greedy and the most obese man of the town.


The mayor was waiting for the beast to arise at the entrance of the town but nothing, then suddenly he heard a rustle in the bush and there it was the beast called Mr. Robin, he was decomposed and smelt like a bag of dead rats he saw the mayor who was shivering in his boots holding a shotgun and roared. The mayor started shooting but it was no use because he was already dead. Mr. Robin killed the mayor. Some of the town’s people were watching from afar. The beast stayed still for a moment then shouted ‘’ I have had my fill this year’’ and left.

The town’s people were happy but still afraid for next year was a short time away.

Hard Candy (movie)


The film opens with a flirtatious online conversation between a man and a girl, who agree to meet in person for the first time at a cafe. The two are revealed as 14-year old Hayley Stark and 32-year old photographer Jeff Kohlver. After further flirtation, Hayley suggests they return to Jeff's house . Once there, Hayley makes them both screwdrivers, after telling Jeff she doesn't drink unless she can be sure of the contents. As they drink, Hayley suggests that Jeff take some photographs of her, similar to the ones of young girls displayed on the walls of his home. As Jeff returns with his camera and begins taking pictures, he feels disoriented and passes out.

Jeff wakes up tied to a wheeled computer chair. Hayley explains she drugged him, and then accuses him of being a pedophile. As she searches his house, she discovers letters of correspondence between him and a woman named Janelle, who turns out to be Jeff's ex-girlfriend for whom he still has feelings, as well as photos of a sexual nature in a hidden safe in his rock garden. Among them is a picture of another woman, a local girl who had been kidnapped and remains missing. Jeff denies involvement in the womans disappearance before kicking a distracted Hayley to the floor and wheeling himself to his bedroom to get a gun. As he returns, they struggle. He begins to bang her against the wall but Hayley is able to wrap his head in plastic wrap and choke him into unconsiousness

Jeff wakes up tied to a table with a bag of ice on his genitals. Hayley informs Jeff of his impending

castration ,which she says will be a kind of public service. After a long conversation she then begins composing an e-mail to his ex-girlfriend. Despite Jeff's attempts to dissuade her through threats, bargaining, negotiation, and pleas for her sympathy, Hayley apparently proceeds with the operation. Following its conclusion, she steps out of the room, and Jeff breaks free from his bonds, only to discover that the operation was faked. Scalpel in hand, he stalkes Hayley to the bathroom, where he is blindsided from behind by Hayley, who shocks him into unconsciousness with a stun gun.

Hayley begins to type a fake suicide note. Jeff awakens again, this time on a chair with a noose around his neck. Hayley reveals that she has written a fake suicide note on his behalf and has called Janelle , telling her to come to the house. She offers Jeff a choice between killing himself before being outeds as a sexual predator, or living with the shame and legal consequences of his crimes. Their conversation is interrupted when a neighbor knocks on the door. Hayley answers and convinces the neighbor that she is Jeff's niece, and that everything is fine. When Hayley returns, Jeff breaks free from the noose and pursues her to the roof, where she has created another noose, and manages to hold him off using the gun.

As Janelle arrives at the house, he finally confesses to Hayley that he was involved in Donna Mauer's death, but claims that he only watched while another man, who he says was his partner in the crime, actually committed the murder, and offers to tell her his name for sparing himself. Hayley reveals that she already knows his name, and that, "Aaron told me you did it, before he killed himself." Janelle is outside the house now, knocking, and Hayley reminds Jeff that he still has the option of killing himself to avoid prosecution, as well as the shame of Janelle finding out the things he has done. She promises him that if he does this, she will destroy all evidence of his crimes and that nobody but the two of them will ever know. Reluctantly, Jeff doesn't resist when the noose is slid around his neck and walks off the roof, seconds before Hayley says, "Or not". She gathers her belongings and escapes through the woods, walking down a road.