Across The Universe: March 2013

Sunday 17 March 2013

HAPPY EASTER

Saturday 16 March 2013

We came where to share our passion for exotic animals with all of you. For those who don´t
know we have a Bearded Dragon (both of us).

The second reason we came where was to try to erase the prejudice that almost all of you has
that exotic animals are dangerous, so we will give the example of Bearded Dragons.

The Bearded Dragons are native from Australia, but those we can buy are breaded in captivity.
The Bearded Dragon is one of the reptiles that can coexist really easily with humans, because
it is extremely docile and they really appreciate to be handled.

The third reason it’s to remember everyone that wants to buy a reptile that it takes a lot
of responsibility to raise a reptile and it gives us a lot of work (we say that by personal
experience). So if you think that you want to buy one of those first think about that and
search a little bit about the conditions that a reptile needs, because a reptile its very fragile in
captivity.

João Oliveira,
Rafael Guedes.

An outstanding natural beauty

Wednesday 13 March 2013

Plitvice Lakes National Park, one of the most beautiful places in the world, is the oldest national park in Southeast Europe and the largest national park in Croatia. It was founded in 1949, and is situated in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, at the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams which in turn have created a series of beautiful lakes (approximately 20 lakes), caves and waterfalls. These geological processes continue today. The forests in the park are home to bears, wolves and many rare bird species.

In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The protected area extends over 296.85 km². Each year, more than 1,200,000 visitors are recorded.

Here are more pictures of this outstanding natural beauty.

Andreia Codeço

"gotta" love the classics!

Hi everyone!

I´m here to tell you about some music classics... rock classics.

I mean, who doesn't know about rolling stones?or even the knopfler brothers?
There are plenty more but I really have to say that my favourites are,with any doubt, Dire Straits.
Skipping my opinions... the knopfler brothers, that I told you about, are the two brothers who created Dire Straits one of them is the vocalist and the other plays the guitar.
furthermore, they were a band, a British 70´s rock band, that was extremely successful in that decade. At first they recorded a demo that included the song "sultans of swing"( that I love to) and quickly got famous throughout the whole world. Although they made a lot of great songs, the vocalist decided to put a end on "Dire Straits" to start his new solo project, in the 90´s, I think.

I´m sure that a lot of you already know who I´m talking about, but for the ones who doesn't I think you all should just go to youtube and watch some of their musics, You are certainly going to recognise some!

here is one of my favourite songs of them: http://youtu.be/YIHMPc6ZCuI
Hope you like!

Leonor Dias 10ºA

Tuesday 12 March 2013

Mahatma Gandhi was born in Porbandar, North West India, on 2nd October 1869, he was the man who lead India to independence, and who tried to end racism between Muslims and Hindus in India .

At the age of 13 Gandhi’s parents arranged him a marriage with Kasturba Makhanji, a girl also aged 13. Arranged marriages are very common in India.

He was born in a privileged caste and at the age of 18 he went to London to study law.

After that he came back to India, 2 years later in 1893. Some time later he went to South Africa in order to start his career as a lawyer. He spent 20 years of his life there, and it was there that he started fighting racism, in a non-violent way.

In 1916 he returned to India and it was there that his movement for India’s independence began.

His way of fighting for independence was through civil disobedience like the boycott to british goods, school, courts and even English language... he also made strikes, protests, fastings, and he never used violence…

One of his famous protests was when the British introduced a tax on salt and he walked with thousands of people, 350 km to get his own salt from the sea.

India got independence on August 15th, 1947.

Gandhi kept on fighiting racism between Muslims and Hindus, but it continued. An extremist hindu didn't like Gandhi's attitude and he got killed by him.
India got divided in what today is India and Paquistan, Muslims living in Paquistan .

He is also famous for his quotes… Check this video whit some of them... http://www.biography.com/people/mahatma-gandhi-9305898

João Magalhães 11º A

Music

Monday 11 March 2013

Music is just a simple interrelation of sounds. There are so many kinds of music, there is rock, pop, heavy metal, funk, soul, jaz, and so much more. Each one of these types of music has its own individuality.

But, the fact is, a song can say everything about us, can explain what we are going through in life, what we are feeling, our state of mind, keep us calm, it can give us the answer for our problems, and sometimes it’s just for fun.

The most interesting thing about music is the connection between all of us in one way or another and let’s be honest........ it´s like trying to imagine candy without sugar, it’s simply impossible.

So I this question remains…Can you live without music??

Sara Castro 10ºA

Disney - "I am a princess"

Sunday 10 March 2013

This video is on Disney's channel on youtube and I think that it is an amazing video. It's not necessary to have a crown to be a princess and this video shows this.
Although it seems only one video, I think the video has a story behind.
All we know, Disney is known because of the princess, the magic and the illusion.

I hope you like this video.

Have a nice weekend.

Cristiana Dias, 11º B

Make-A-Wish Foundation ®

Friday 8 March 2013

The Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded in 1980 after a little boy named Chris Greicius realized his heartfelt wish to become a police officer. Since its humble beginnings, the organization has blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon, reaching more than 250,000 children around the world.

Although it has become one of the world's most well-known charities, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has maintained the grassroots fulfillment of its mission.

The Make-A-Wish International grants wishes to children and young people who have life-threatening with serious illnesses, to bring them hope, strength and joy. The Make-A-Wish has become the largest organization of "wish granting" of the world. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America grants wishes to children in the United States, Guam and Puerto Rico, through 65 branches. The Make-A-Wish International serves the interests and fulfills the desires of children outside the U.S., present in more than 35 countries in 5 continents. With the help of generous donors and more than 30,000 volunteers, the Make-A-Wish has conducted more than 225,000 wishes worldwide since its inception.

And they are creating more branches worldwide with the motto: "We look forward to continuing to spread the hope, strength and joy throughout the world."

We can also join to help these children to achieve their dreams: http://www.makeawish.pt/

Telma Soares 11ºB

Today we celebrate International Women's Day and google decided to pay tribute to all the women of the world with this interesting video.

Women's Day, originally called International Working Women's Day is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.

You can see more on: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

Have a nice weekend!

Luísa Rios

Stop violence against women

THE THEME of International Women's Day today is the prevention of violence against women. The UN estimates that more than two-thirds of women and girls across the world have experienced sexual or physical violence.

Some historical facts -

International Women's Day has been observed since in the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.

1908
Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women's oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.

1909
In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman's Day (NWD) was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate NWD on the last Sunday of February until 1913.

1910
n 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. A woman named a Clara Zetkin (Leader of the 'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) tabled the idea of an International Women's Day. She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day - a Women's Day - to press for their demands. The conference of over 100 women from 17 countries, representing unions, socialist parties, working women's clubs, and including the first three women elected to the Finnish parliament, greeted Zetkin's suggestion with unanimous approval and thus International Women's Day was the result.

1911
Following the decision agreed at Copenhagen in 1911, International Women's Day (IWD) was honoured the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland on 19 March. More than one million women and men attended IWD rallies campaigning for women's rights to work, vote, be trained, to hold public office and end discrimination. However less than a week later on 25 March, the tragic 'Triangle Fire' in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. This disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labour legislation in the United States that became a focus of subsequent International Women's Day events. 1911 also saw women's 'Bread and Roses' campaign.

1913-1914
On the eve of World War I campaigning for peace, Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February 1913. In 1913 following discussions, International Women's Day was transferred to 8 March and this day has remained the global date for International Wommen's Day ever since. In 1914 further women across Europe held rallies to campaign against the war and to express women's solidarity.

Sunday 3 March 2013

Hello everyone! I'm here to talk about...Tumblr!

David Karp, a student in New York, in 2007 created this new social network.

Tumblr is a blogging platform that allows users to publish text, images, video, links, quotes, audio and "dialogues".
Most of the posts made on tumblr are short texts.

Users are able to "follow" other users and see their posts in your panel (dashboard). You can also "like" or "reblog" other blogs.

In 2011, this social network had more than 4.2 billions records of publications and 19 million blog. THAT'S A LOT!

I also created one last year and I love it! I leave the adress here if you want to see it: http://runforabetterlife.tumblr.com/

I hope you have enjoyed it.

Luisa Rios

The Lonely Fly

Saturday 2 March 2013

Once upon a time there was a "he-fly" named Fly. He felt too alone in the world and when he found a ''she-fly'', they planned their life together. But... A humam appears and ended up their plans because the human killed "she-fly".

I found this amazing video in Tom Fletcher's channel on Youtube and I've decided to share it on the blog.
I hope you enjoy the video, I think that it is an excellent story.