Gender Equality

Monday, 6 December 2010

More equality between men and women in labor, employment and professional training.

More conciliation of professional, family and personal life for women, therefore more flexible working hour.

More shared parenting.

Article 23.Tthe universal declaration of human rights.

 Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.

I hope you all enjoy...and think about this topic
Hugo Queiros

Imagine...

Saturday, 27 November 2010

Once we’ve been talking about equality and the importance of the Human Rights in our society, I decided to post this video. Dance is my favorite expression of art and I think that through it we can catch people’s attention to social problems and to cultural discrimination. This routine was created by Mia Michaels, my favorite contemporary choreographer. The movement her dance pieces portray is breathtaking because we feel like we are part of the story the dancers are exposing. I honestly love it!
This video is from the American version of So You Think You Can Dance? (SYTYCD), one of my shows of election. The world has definitely amazing talents, as you’ll see.
I believe everyone knows this song but pay attention to the lyrics.

"Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man.
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world..."



I hope you like it!
Daniela

The meaning of life

Monday, 15 November 2010

American History X

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

“American history X” is a Drama. The premiere was in 30 October, 1998.

Main characters: Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong).

   Derek is a skinhead that hates different people. He is a violent man that learned some of his theories with his father, a policeman that  had a story to tell everyday mostly about crimes of black people. The death of his father made  the situation worse and one day, Derek kills a black guy and goes to prison where he felt alone.
   While Derek is in prison, his brother Danny is learning the ideas and theories of skinheads, to follow the example of Derek.
   Derek goes to work in prison with a partner, a black guy, called Lamont.
He recognizes the reality, how other people feel when they are discriminated. He feels worse when he wonders if he will be able to save his younger brother from this.
 

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I chose this film, because it represents a reality in the world. We can see real problems such as racism, discrimination, emigration and violence. A shocking film, with an important message for all of us.

With Derek Vinyard in "American History X", Edward Norton earned a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actor.

Raquel Valente, 12ºC

Animal testing

Monday, 8 November 2010

Animal testing is the use of non-human animals in experiments.
94%of animal testing is done to determine the safety of cosmetics and household products leaving only 6% for medical reseach!
It has been proven that there is already enough existing safety data, as well as in vitro alternatives to make animal testing for cosmetics and household products even more unnecessary and unethical.
To help  go to www.peta.com
made by: Giselda Bica num 11 from 12 B

        Cinema 

Cinema includes the technique of projecting images to create the impression of movement and it is as well as an art and a film industry. The films are produced by recording images of the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects.The cinema is considered to be an important form of art, a source of popular entertainment and a powerful method for educating citizens. 

There are many types of films such as action, animation,adventure, comedy, documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Horror or Suspense.

After knowing the most important facts of Cinema, I decided to name one film: my favourite film. The film is named " Memoirs of a Geisha" from Arthur Golden. First it appeared as a Book and then it was adapted to film. It is told in the  first person  by Sayuri Nitta, a retired Geisha. She is interviewed by Jakob Haarhuis, a professor at New York University. The story is told in flashback format and it makes many references to the time between Sayuri's carrer and the time she is being interviewed. She explains the different aspects of being a Geisha and how their live their lifes. For those who don't know what a Geisha is,  Geishas ( or Geiko or Geigi) are traditional female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese traditions such as classical music and dance. 

Well, here is a little trailer about the film for those who became/may be interested.

I chose this film for two reasons: first, and as I have  mentioned before, it is my favourite movie and second, it portrays something about the culture of one of my favorite countries: Japan. 

by: Vânia Amaral 12ºC

Music

  

"There is no noise, only sound." (John Cage, 20th-century composer)

Music is a form of art form whose medium is sound. The word derives from the Greek word – Mousike – which means: ‘(art) of the Muses’. It’s also one of the Performing Arts; the others being dance, opera, drama, magic, spoken word and circus and it’s divided into 8 genres: Drama, Tragedy, Comedy, Tragicomedy, Romance, Satire, Epic and Lyric.

 

Music is originated from the Paleolithic era, commonly known as the Stone Age, which dates back roughly to 2.6 to 2.5 million years ago even thought the ‘age’ of music can be determined fairly easily, the culture from which it was originated can’t. It’s estimated that is originated from Asia, more specifically China, where it was found one of the earliest and oldest collections of prehistoric musical instruments, dating back from between 7000 and 6600 BC.

 

Roughly until the beginning of the Renaissance music (1300 – 1470), music was used as a form of a complement in plays, poems and stories. It was during this time that music as a true form of art was made, it was also the catalyst to the musical compositions and the Baroque music. It was during this period that classical music was born.

Music was a bit unchanged until the middle of the 20th century, when the forms of commercial music was formed with the aid of the Radio era. Many more styles of music were born, such as the blues, jazz, rock, etc. This styles and, more recently called, genres still live today but much of the music it’s used commercially.

"The border between music and noise is always culturally defined. By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be." (Jean-Jacques Nattiez, musicologist)




Andreia Pinto, nº 3