Whale Hunting Krill in Antarctica - Planet Earth - BBC wildlife

Phrasal Verb --- Exercise ----

Phrasal verb swat up .....

Put the phrasal verbs in the correct sentence and explain their meanings.

1.- Ok chill out dude, there's no need to _________ ___________ a fuss.
2.- But if he doesn't pull his own weight we will have to ______ him ____ of the flat.
3.- We could ask Paolo to live wiht us, he's been ______ing ______ for a long time and he's a nice guy.

a) Kick out b) Kick around c) Kick up


Come on Queens Wake up!!!!!!!!!

After the hurricane........

http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/ny-region/1194811622241/index.html#100000001021690


Probably, I would have gone to the party! and you?

Give up your royal opinion...

Queens

Taking Irene Lightly in New York

While most bars around Manhattan are closed, Lillie's near Union Square welcomes Irene with a hurricane party.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/08/28/nyregion/100000001021690/taking-irene-lightly.html

7 Grammar Mistake

http://work.lifegoesstrong.com/7-spelling-and-grammar-errors-make-you-look-dumb?utm_source=OB_work&obref=obnetwork

Most excellent english question...

Most excellent english question...

1. After ...... is said and done, you are ..... my friend.

a. then/already b. all/still c. that/yet

Which is the correct missing pair?

Try it, It's easy!!!!

Edimburgh

Enjoy!

Come on Europe Get up!!!!!!!!!!

Can we help to change our world ?
Can we have a true democracy??

Give us your opinion.

The Notebook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3G3fILPQAU

Game

Idiom, Meaning, example ... please

It's easy!

New Game

Hello Everybody!
How are things going?
Let's start a new game:


What is the missing word?

1. Today I will walk ________ to the allotment and watch the veg grow.

a) Lazy b) Lazily c) Lazier

Bonus question...
2. What's an allotment?

Monkey Thieves

All you know August is not a good time to watch TV. BUT there is a great exception: "Monkey Thieves".

It is a mixture between a documental and a soap-opera, starred by a group of Monkeys. This is the plot:

Even Jaipur's monkeys are affected by the global credit crunch. As money becomes tight for the human residents of Jaipur, free handouts to the temple monkeys become ever more scarce. This situation is exacerbated by the fact that the Galta Gang (the monkeys group) has been so successful that their numbers have burgeoned to over one hundred individuals. When this happens, macaque troops undergo a process called fission: the group splits into two. This is because the territory can no longer support such a massive troop.

The matrilineal lines are sustained in the top half mother troop, but in the splinter group we see a big change in structure as previously middle-rankers like Bippin, Yash and Tito are suddenly accelerated to the heady heights of leadership potential.

Follow the Jaipur monkeys as the groups are forced to divide, friendships challenged and the hard times felt by all in Monkey Thieves.

London Calling

//9.8.2011
LONDON CALLING
What is happening in London?. Back to The Clash?, Back to the 80's social disturbs?

Or it reminds Paris riots, some years ago.

Blackberry free chat
Technological products
Social differences

FAC

TEL AVIV

Tel Aviv demonstrate due to the high price on houses and slow salaries. One of the most important economy in the world struggling against society unhappiness. Social justice is often repeated in demonstrations.

SOMALIA

Are nations social justice edges?. What about the global village?. Meanwhile we're asking for living better, Somalia is struggling to maintain life. Since I was a child, Somalia has suffer cyclic droughts, and the poor harvest causes devastating famine. But we are late again.

CARRASCAL vs. GROSSMAN

Yesterday, Jose Maria Carrascal, journalist, referred 15 Movement saying: They are "ocupas", they prefer doing nothing but working, instead of improving university, they only want houses for each one, and my favourite sentence "nadie puede ocupar un metro cubico publico, es delito". He was inmediatly replied inTwitter: "Ya sabéis, a esperar al autobus corriendo todos en circulo".

Opposite to this simplification, I read today an article by David Grossman talking about Tel Aviv demonstrations. Is the best reflection article I've read about this topic. I invinte you to read into english or spanish.

(inglés)

David Grossman: Window to a New Future

http://blogzahav.blogspot.com/2011/08/david-grossman-window-to-new-future.html

(castellano)

Una ventana a un futuro diferente

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/ventana/futuro/diferente/elpepiint/20110807elpepiint_1/Tes

Far above the clouds (I)

(A new space of news opinion). (Opinions only represent the writer).


PRIVATE_PUBLIC: CUTTING EDGES

Squares
Yesterday was cleaned Puerta del Sol. A public space was completly closed by police and was banned to stay inside. It's interesting how public space has been transformed in a private one. How many public benches are today in Plaza Nueva Square. And how many terraces?. And what is more interesting; how many activities can be celebrated inside?. Festivals are the exception: concerts, revoltosa, meeting point. But during the year, how many activities are celebrated inside? and how many of these are free?. Sometimes, I miss funerals and weddings that were celebrated in the church located inside.

Faith
Perhaps the most private "space" of a person is their faith, their belif. Fedding this faith might be individual and, of course, free. Madrid World Youth Day, a meeting between the Pope and youth from around the world, is just the opposite: crowded and expensive celebration, more a Music Festival than a religious celebration. Tickets are sold from 30 to 210 eur.

Politics
Working on a public place-like in a regional parlament- must be a privilege. A privilege not because you can solve or cope with region problems. A privilege because, instead of struggling for debt problems in one of the most in debt spanish region, the parliment has passed a law to increase the salary of parliamentarian 4000 eur per year.

Nike premonition
Some time ago, a headline could be read in newspapers all around the world:
“Karlsplatz, one of Vienna’s main squares, is soon to be renamed Nikeplatz. Apart from the new name, it appears that a huge monument in the shape of Nike’s famous “Swoosh” logo will be built in Nikeplatz.”
It prompted a protest campaign in Austria. Finally, it was revealed it as an artistic project. Nike branding falls due to the hard and expensive legal campaign against the artist colective.

Today, Macael main square has been seized to settle a debt. The square belongs today to a real state company. Will this private company charge a tax to go inside their square?. Could be the main square if this happens?. Will this place change into a "todo incluído" square, where you pay before going into, and you can enjoy of drinkings and terraces, instead of what happens today, you must pay after drinking it?...

I always want to win

David Beckham answer your questions :

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2011/07/31/ireport.david.beckham.cnn?&hpt=hp_c2

Discuss the challenges and some strategies to learning English

Hello Queens!
After fiestas ...... One Listening!



http://esl-lab.com/learn/learningenglish-video.htm


Good Luck !