Happy day!!!
Saturday 14 February 2009
Tuesday 10 February 2009
Happy 200th birthday Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist who realised and demonstrated that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the process of evolution in the 1930s, and now forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory. In modified form, Darwin’s scientific discovery remains the foundation of biology, as it provides a unifying logicaldiversity of life.
At Edinburgh University Darwin neglected medical studies to investigate marine invertebrates, then the University of Cambridge encouraged a passion for natural science. His five-year voyage on HMS Beagle established him as an eminent geologist whose observations and theories supported Charles Lyell’s uniformitarian ideas, and publication of his journal of the voyage made him famous as a popular author. Puzzled by the geographical distribution of wildlife and fossils he collected on the voyage, Darwin investigated the transmutation of species and conceived his theory of natural selection in 1838. Although he discussed his ideas with several naturalists, he needed time for extensive research and his geological work had priority. He was writing up his theory in 1858 when Alfred Russel Wallace sent him an essay which described the same idea, prompting immediate joint publication of both of their theories.
His 1859 book On the Origin of Species established evolutionary descent with modification as the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature. He examined human evolution and sexual selection in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, followed by The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. His research on plants was published in a series of books, and in his final book, he examined earthworms and their effect on soil.
In recognition of Darwin’s pre-eminence, he was one of only five 19th-century UK non-royal personages to be honoured by a state funeral, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, close to John Herschel and Isaac Newton.
Thursday 5 February 2009
My Routines
On weekdays...
On Monday:
The alarm clock wakes me up. I get up, I have breakfast at five past seven. I leave home, I walk to school on foot. Lessons start at eight thirty. The breaktime starts at eleven fifteen, at breaktime I have a small piece of pizza. I leave school at one thirty. I have lunch at two o 'clock, I have spaghettis for lunch. Later I watch The Simpson on TV, I do my homework and I play the violin and clarinet. I go to " Societat Musical " at six . I go home at nine o 'clock. I have dinner at nine tirty. Later my family and I watch TV. I go to bed at half past ten.
On Tuesday:
The alarm clok wakes me up. I get up, I have a breakfast. I walk to school. Lessons start at eight thirty. The breaktime starts, at breaktime I have a panini. I leave school at one thirty. I have lunch at two o' clock, I have paella for lunch. Later I go back to school at 3.25. I leav school at six o' clock. At 6.30 I do my homrwork and study. At 8.30 I go to " Societat Musical ". I go home at 9.45. I have dinner at 9.50. I go to bed at eleven o 'clock.
On Wednesday:
The alarm clock wakes me up. I get up, I have breakfast at half past seven. I leave home, I go to school on foot. Lessons starts at 8.30. The breaktime starts at 11.15, at breaktime I have a sandwich. I leave home at 1.30. I have lunch at two o' clock. Later, I play the violin, clarinet and piano. In the afternoon I go to " Societat Musical " at seven o' clock. I go home at 9.20. This day I haven 't got any homework and I study. I have dinner at 9.45, for dinner I have two eggs and some fish. Later I watch TV. I go to bed at 11.10.
On Thursday:
I wake up very late (because I am tired), at 7.55. I get up, I don 't have breakfast. I leave home, I go to school. Lessons starts at 8.30. The breaktime starts at 11.15, at breaktime I have a sandwich. I leave school at 1.30. I have lunch at two o' clock. Later I go back to school at 3.25. I leave home at 5.20. In the afternoon I study music, I do my homework and I play the violin and clarinet. I have dinner at 9.45. I go to bed at 11.30 because I can 't earlier.
On Friday:
The alarm clock akes me up. I get up, I have breakfast at 8.40, I leave home, I go to school. Lessons starts at 8.30. The breaktime starts at 11.15. I go my home at 1.30. I have lunch at two o' clock. Later I play the clarinet. In the afternoon I go to " Societat Musical ". I leave home at 7.45. I have dinner at 9.45. Later I watch TV. I go to bed at 12.
Wednesday 4 February 2009
A Xmas Carol
By Charles Dickens...
Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in the story, He is a very mean man, but at the end of the story he changes and he becomes a generous man. The three ghosts make him change. For example, the Ghost of the future is wearing a black robe over its head, face and body. Only a hand is visible. The ghost of the future takes Scrooge to his bed. they see a dead man lying on the bed. He is Scrooge.
John Ashbery
John Ashbery (EEUU, 1927- )
It was always November there. The farms Were a kind of precinct; a certain control Had been exercised. The little birds used to collect along the fence. It was the great “as though,” the how the day went, the excursions of the policeas I pursued my bodily functions, wanting Neither fire nor water, vibrating to the distant pinch and turning out the way I am, turning out to greet you.
Traducció al castellà
La ferretería campestre
Ahí siempre era Noviembre. Las granjas eran una especie de distritos; se había ejercido un cierto control. Los pájaros pequeños solían congregarse sobre la cerca. Ocurría el gran “como si”, el cómo iba el día, las excursiones policiales mientras yo proseguía mis funciones corporales, deseando ni agua ni fuego, vibrando hacia el remoto pellizcar y volviéndome como soy, volviéndome a recibirte.
Tuesday 3 February 2009
The best musician.
Johann Sebastian Bach (pronounced [joˈhan/ˈjoːhan zeˈbastjan ˈbax]) (31 March 1685 [O.S. 21 March] – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.[1] Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and motivic organisation in composition for diverse instrumentation, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France.
Revered for their intellectual depth, technical command and artistic beauty, Bach's works include the Brandenburg concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the English Suites, the French Suites, the Partitas, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Mass in B Minor, the St. Matthew Passion, the St. John Passion, the Magnificat, The Musical Offering, The Art of Fugue, the Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo, the Cello Suites, more than 200 surviving cantatas, and a similar number of organ works, including the celebrated Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
While Bach's fame as an organist was great during his lifetime, he was not particularly well-known as a composer. His adherence to Baroque forms and contrapuntal style was considered "old-fashioned" by his contemporaries, especially late in his career when the musical fashion tended towards Rococo and later Classical styles. A revival of interest and performances of his music began early in the 19th century, and he is now widely considered to be one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition.
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