sábado, 20 de marzo de 2010

The story of an eye witness

Adjectives are the words that give life to any history. Providing the reader a feeling is impossible without the use of adjectives. So, in order to describe a situation that has powerful emotions related to it, such as a natural disaster, the use of adjectives is mandatory.

December 26th 2004 Indian ocean earthquake

This devastating tsunami occurred a tranquil 26th day of a regular December. In the warm air there was no sign of a massive disaster about to occur. What an awful lesson about nature people learned that day. How its massive power can’t be controlled, and in many sad times not even predicted. Not a soul was aware of the foul incident about to occur, and what a pitiful way to find out.
Size of the Indian ocean earthqueake waves

Earthship homes catch old tires on rebound

There are many solutions to save the planet. As time goes by, the world`s population keeps on growing, and as it does, the need for more resources keeps on rising. Sadly, the planet’s resources are limited and it is our job to make sure they can be reutilized as many times as possible, or even better, be able to create a perfect circle where everything that we throw away can be used once again so that we never spend all of earth’s resources. Creativity is the quality that we need the most if we want to save the planet, even the smallest action helps, and many people became very creative when it comes to recycling. Michael Reynolds, is one of them, he is the owner of Solar Survival Architecture, which initiated the idea of reusing old tires to build houses that are environmentally friendly. That idea provided a solution to used tires; many ideas such as that one can help us complete the resource circle so that earth resources will never deplete.

Group and individual tree diagram activity

Group

Advantages
Convenient: Send anything you want
Saves Time: Can save the file and watch it later
East to Stay in Touch: Can use it any time

Disadvantages
Less Personal: Can’t see the persons face
Easy to Make a Mistake: Send private information by mistake
Need Equipment: Need Internet Service

E-Mail: "Advantages and disadvantages"
Using E-Mail communication is the new way to establish communications between people all over the world. Technology brings us everyday new advantages from e-mailing service, and the most important advantage is that people can talk to everyone, everywhere, in the world in a really fast and easy way. Unfortunately it is not all good, because it has many disadvantages too. One of them is that communication is less personal, because they can't see the person's face. Furthermore, it's easy to make mistakes sending wrong messages or writing wrong directions. Finally, another disadvantage is that it requires a fast computer and internet service to send e-mail messages. Therefore, we must find a way to adapt to the internet and its services to maximize its advantages and try to overcome its disadvantages in order to exploit it benefits.

Individual

Advantages:

Convenient: Internet is very accessible
Save time: You don't need to buy stamps
Easy to stay in touch: You can communicate with people all over the world

Disadvantages:

Less Personal: There is no body language
Easy to make a mistake: It's hard to use for inexperienced people
Need equipment: Requires internet access



E-mail is the new way to communicate. Since the internet became accessible in the 90's e-mail usage has been increasing drastically. People all over the world became more and more involved with each other through the internet. And communication all over the world was increased dramatically, not only for publicity and programs, but for people to catch up on other people lives, without having to wait or buy stamps. Sadly, this relatively new technology has disadvantages too, for generally there is no body language, it’s hard to use for inexperienced people, and you need internet access in order to send an E-mail. But, never forget, E-mail, thanks to the easy internet access, has come here to stay.
What a beautiful movement was made by artist all over the world. Many artists gathered to record a charity single to raise money to help the survivors of Haiti. Many artists showed up to lend their assistance: Jennifer Hudson, Celine Dion, Usher, among others. The whole event was organized by Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie, who appeared in the original “we are the world” video. They even used a stock footage of Michael Jackson so that he would appear in the video, making you think he was there in spirit. This event will bring hope and resources to the people of Haiti, who right now so desperately need it. This shows how united can the human race be when times are difficult.