Sunday, 7 November 2010

Gorillaz is a virtual band of comic book characters that was created in 1998 by two British, the Musician Albarn Damon and the cartoonist Jamie Hewlett.

The idea to create Gorillaz appeared while both creators were watching MTV and they thought that there was no substance there.

Jamie Hewlett(left) and Albarn Damon(right)

The Virtual band is composed by four characters: 2D(Vocals, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals( bass guitar), Noodle(guitar, vocal, keyboard) and Russel Hobbs( drums an percussion). The band's story is explored through the website and music videos.

(Noodle, 2D, Russel and Murdoc)

The music is a collaboration between multiple musicians, however Albarn is the only permanent member.

The style of the band is a variety of musical genres with a great number of influences like hip hop, alternative rock and electric.

(Snoop Dogg)

(DE La Soul)

(Little Dragon)

The band entered the Guiness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band(2001) and they also achieved innumerable music awards( Mercury Prize in 2001, five times platinum with Demon Days Album in 2005, Grammy Award nominations and the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals).

Some music videos:

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f16k4xaaw94

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

Miguel Pedro

Gorillaz

Art

Friday, 5 November 2010

I was born and grew up surrounded by an atmosphere of theater. I am passionate by any kind of play, wether it is drama, comedy, musical or any other type. That's why I've chosen this theme. I've chosen art and, as a subtheme, I've chosen theater. I know that nowadays, people think that watching a play is boring and a waste of time. Let me tell you that you're wrong. Watching a good play, with a great plot and good actors, is a cross ??of feelings that you can't imagine.


It's an old art, the first recorded theatrical event is from 2500 BC in Egypt. It is a complex job build / To build a  play and to present it to an audience, anxious to see a piece of art, is a complex job.
Enjoy a good moment from a play, a musical called Jesus Christ Superstar that was presented in Porto and was directed by Filipe Lá Féria. It's one of my favorite parts from this musical that I saw, perhaps, three or four times ;D


 
Ana Pereira

Religion

Religion is the belief in and worship of a god or gods, or a set of beliefs concerning the origin and purpose of the universe.
Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories associated with their deity or deities, that are intended to give meaning to life. They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature.

Judaism is the oldest Abraham religion, originating in the people of ancient Israel and Judea. Judaism is based primarily on the Torah, a text which Jews believe was handed down to the people of Israel through the prophet Moses in 1,400 BCE. Judaism today is practised by about 13 million people, with about 40 per cent living in Israel and 40 per cent in the United States.

Christianity is based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (1st century) as presented in the New Testament. The Christian faith is essentially faith in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, and as Savior and Lord. Almost all Christians believe in the Trinity, which teaches the unity of Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead.

 Catholic Church, headed by the Pope in Rome.

 Protestantism, separated from the Catholic Church in the 16th-century Reformation and split in many denominations.

 Eastern Christianity which include Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and the Church of the East.

Islam refers to the religion taught by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a major political and religious figure of the 7th century CE. As with Christianity, there is no single orthodoxy in Islam but a multitude of traditions which are generally categorized as Sunni and Shia, although there are other minor groups as well.

Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gotama in the 6th century BCE. Buddhists generally agree that Gotama aimed to help sentient beings end their suffering by understanding the true nature of phenomena, thereby escaping the cycle of suffering and rebirth, that is, achieving Nirvana.                   

I hope you all enjoy...

Hugo Queiros

The living will

Someone once told me that everything we do, as individuals and as citizens, is politics. So, I decided to choose a topic that has been intensely discussed in the Assembly.


The living will is an advance health care directive in which the instructions for treatment of an individual are written, specifying what actions should be taken in his/her behalf when he/she is no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity.

It was created in response to the increasing medical technology and also because studies diagnosed many problems related to the medical care of the dying. Besides, aggressive medical interventions leave millions of people confined to nursing homes. Others only survive through the use of feeding tubes and some are kept alive in permanently vegetative state.

A living will must portray the wishes of the patient and it should be constantly updated. It is only used if the individual has become unable to give informed consent about his state.

As a health directive it brings ethical issues related to the power and freedom of will and values related with the relationship between the patient and the (responsibility of the) doctor, and also the wishes of the loved ones.

I hope you like it. Daniela :)

Future life

We can only have some ideas but we don’t know for sure how  life will be. We can only base ourselves in what we see know, and in what we do and think now.

In the future people will be more careful with the environment?

 Will theyrecycle?

Will they  fight for peace?

Or make war for resources?

Will people  be richer?

Or only a few will have everything?

Technologies will help us?

Or  will we become more independent?

What can we expect?

Maybe a completely different world where things will be more fair. Where the wealth and resources of the world will be very well distributed.

Or a world with lots of conflicts. Let’s find out . . .

Some of the areas affected by future technologies will be:

- robotics;



- transports;

- health;

- army equipment;

And a lot more.

Diogo 12ºA nº9

How to deal with this topic changes from person to person because everyone has their idea of what the future will be.

Our future life is very uncertain.

We imagine ourselves in a world with lots of robots, flying cars and with almost 200 years and full of energy because of the development of medicine, remedies and technologies.

Thursday, 4 November 2010

I found this video and I loved the music and the message that it brings to us. I think that it shows us that we are unique and everyone is special in his own way. We are brothers and we shouldn't discriminate anyone.

Just look at the video and listen to the music and you will feel like a firework.

Enjoy (;

 
Ana Pereira

an ex student of teacher Ligia Silvia

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_azV_82gsA

from your best student, Claudia Carvalho