I'm at the Dubai Mall, in the center of the city of Dubai. Behind me, the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa, it's awesome!!! On my left, the largest shopping mall in the world.... and it is very expensive too! Dubai isthe most popular city in UAE!
About the weather:
The best thing about the weather in Rosario is that it has a four seasons with different temperature. It is very wet in Rosario all year!
In autumn, the days are cool, but at night, OMG! Cold is terrible!
In winter, days and nights are very cold, I don't like WINTER!
In spring, the days are warm and very nice!
In summer, I'm in my home town, El Trébol, but I know that Rosario is very hot! In El Trébol the weather is very nice, because it's a small city, and the air is very pure and clean, and it doesn't have buildings! Anyway, I like spring and summer!
The weather in Rosario is very extreme. In the summer it is usually sunny and hot but in winter it is cold with temperatures between 0-10oC. Spring and autumn are very short and very wet. Social Networking (Page 113) I 'm in the USA. It 's a very big country!. In this photo I 'm in Times Square waiting for the New Year. Student: Nadia Woitovich Valetti (AR12)
I'm sitting here in the boring room It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon I'm wasting my time I got nothing to do I'm hanging around I'm waiting for you But nothing ever happens and I wonder
I'm driving around in my car I'm driving too fast I'm driving too far I'd like to change my point of view I feel so lonely I'm waiting for you But nothing ever happens and I wonder
I wonder how I wonder why Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree I'm turning my head up and down I'm turning turning turning turning turning around And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I'm sitting here I miss the power I'd like to go out taking a shower But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired Put myself into bed While nothing ever happens and I wonder
Isolation is not good for me Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree
I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy Baby anyhow I'll get another toy And everything will happen and you wonder
I wonder how I wonder why Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree I'm turning my head up and down I'm turning turning turning turning turning around And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree And I wonder, wonder
I wonder how I wonder why Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon-tree
Hip hop is a type of music that started in the 1970s. It began in Jamaican-American, African-American, and Latino-Americanurban areas in some of the larger cities of the United States. Hip hop uses a style of singing called rapping. The singer or group chants or says words with a rhythm that rhymes. The lyrics of hip hop songs are often about the life of urban people in the big cities. Some hip hop song lyrics are about gangs, violence, and illegal drugs. Hip hop music also uses musical styles from pop music such as disco andreggae. Rap and hip hop music have become successful music genres.
Hip hop as a culture involves the music as well as a style of dressing called "urban" clothes (baggy pants, Timberland leather work boots, and oversize shirts); a dancing style called breakdancing or "B-Boying"; and graffiti, a street art in which people paint pictures or words on walls. In the 2000s, hip hop music and hip hop culture are very popular in the United States and Canada. Hip hop musicians usually use nicknames. Many of the popular hip hop musicians from the 2000s use nicknames, such as Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Eminem, Lil' Wayne, and 50-Cent.
Reggae is a kind of music from Jamaica. Most music from Jamaica can be called reggae. It started in the late 1960s. The music has regular chops on the back beat (off-beat). These are called “skank”, and are played by a rhythm guitarist. The bass drum hits on the second and fourth beat of each measure (each bar). These are called the “drop”. Reggae bands also use a bass, a keyboard or organ, and horns.
Reggae music is often used by Rastafarian groups. They are usually songs about religion, love and social problems. Bob Marley (1945-1981) was a famous reggae artist.
Reggae was started in 1960 but became famous in the 1970s.
Reggae songs often have lots of backing singers.
The blues is a form of music that started in the United States during the start of the 20th cenury. It was started by former African slaves from spirituals, praise songs, and chants. The first blues songs were called Delta blues. These songs came from the area near the mouth of theMississippi River. Many afro-Americans migrated to the north esp. in the northwest of the United States, to find work. They took the blues with them and developed it into new styles. The most important is the Chicago Blues, which is played with electric amplified instruments. But other cities and states have their own form of Blues developed from the Delta Blues (f. e. Texas Blues, West Coast Blues and others).
Heavy metal is a loud, aggressive style of rock music. The bands who play heavy-metal music usually have one or two guitars, a bass guitar and drums. In some bands, electronic keyboards, organs, or other instruments are used. Heavy metal songs are loud and powerful-sounding, and have strong rhythms that are repeated. There are many different types of heavy metal, some of which are described below.
Heavy metal bands sometimes dress in jeans, leather jackets, and leather boots, and have long hair. Heavy metal bands sometimes behave in a dramatic way when they play their instruments or sing. However, many heavy metal bands do not like to do this.
It is difficult to give an exact definition for "jazz".[1] One important part of jazz is improvisation (improv), which means the person playing is making music up as they go along. If a jazz band is playing a song, the song may have several solos where one player will improvise while the rest of the band, except for the rhythm section (such as the piano, bass, or drums), does not play.
History
Jazz started in the United States in the early 20th century. Jazz music was influenced by the music of African slaves who were taken from Africa to work in the plantations of the southern United States, such as call and response songs and blue notes. These characteristics are what developed blues, a sad song that slaves sung during their labor. These influences were indirect, through earlier musical forms such as ragtime. Jazz has musical styles from European music, as well as the brass and stringed instruments and (sometimes) the use of musical notation.
There have been different types of jazz through time. In the 1920s, there was New Orleans-style jazz. Dixieland jazz was also popular. In the 1930s, there was swing jazz, which was also called big band jazz. In the 1940s, bebop became a major type of jazz, with fast songs and complexharmony.[2] Large jazz bands, which are called big bands, were also popular in the 1940s. Big bands usually have 5 saxophone players, 4 or 5 trumpet players, 4 trombone players, a piano player or guitar player, an acoustic bass player, a drummer, and sometimes a singer. In the 1950s, there was hard bop jazz. In the 1960s, there was modern jazz and free jazz. In the 1970s, jazz fusion began to blend jazz music with rock music. Some jazz is still played with the same improv methods as it did at its beginning, except with modern electronic instruments.
Edinburgh Castle dominates Scotland's capital city
from its great rock. Its story has helped shape the nation's story.
Battles and sieges were fought over it, royalty lived
and died within its walls, and countless generations have been and inspired by
it.
Ancient
Stronghold
Fierce Iron Age warriors defended a hill fort here,
and the nation's oldest poetry tells of a war band feasting here for a year
before riding to their deaths in battle.
The Scots and English struggled for control of the
castle during the Wars of Independence. In 1314 it was recaptured from the
English in a daring night raid led by Thomas Randolph, nephew of King Robert
the Bruce.
Home
of Royalty
The castle has sheltered many Scottish monarchs. They
include Queen Margaret (later St Margaret), who died here in 1093, and Mary
Queen of Scots, who gave birth to James VI in the Royal Palace in 1566.
Her great-great-great grandson Charles Edward Stuart -
Bonnie Prince Charlie - captured Edinburgh but was unable to take the castle
during the 1745-6 Jacobite Rising.
In 1996, the Stone of Destiny, on which kings were
enthroned for centuries, was returned to Scotland. It is now displayed in the
Crown Room.
Army
Headquarters
In the 1600s, the castle became a military base. Some
buildings were rebuilt and new ones were raised to house a huge garrison - and
provide a secure jail for prisoners of war.
The military presence remains unbroken, but over the
last 200 years the castle has become a national icon. It is now Scotland's
leading tourist attraction, and a key element of the Edinburgh World Heritage
Site.
Holyrood Park and Arthur's Seat
PARKS & GARDENS
Holyrood Park is a short walk from Edinburgh’s Royal
Mile in the heart of the city. It is a 640 acre Royal Park adjacent to Holyrood
Palace.
The parks highest point is Arthurs Seat, a dormant
volcano, and sits 251m above sea level giving excellent view of the city; it is
also the site of a large and well preserved fort. This is one of four hill forts dating from
around 2000 years ago. With its diverse
range of flora and geology it is also site of Special Scientific Interest.
Within the park you can also visit St Anthony’s Chapel
- a 15th century medieval chapel, Salisbury Crags – a series of 150 foot cliff
faces dominating Edinburgh’s skyline as well as Duddingston Loch – a fresh
water loch rich in birdlife. BBC Symphony, Chorus & Singers - Auld Lang Syne
LYRICS
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne ? CHORUS: For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne.
And surely ye'll be your pint-stoup ! And surely I'll be mine ! And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne. CHORUS
We twa hae run about the braes, and pou'd the gowans fine ; But we've wander'd mony a weary fit, sin' auld lang syne. CHORUS
We twa hae paidl'd in the burn, frae morning sun till dine ; But seas between us braid hae roar'd sin' auld lang syne. CHORUS
And there's a hand, my trusty fiere ! And gives a hand o' thine ! And we'll tak a right guid-willie-waught, for auld lang syne. CHORUS
"Auld Lang Syne" (Scots pronunciation: [ˈɔːl(d)
lɑŋˈsəin]: is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune
of a traditional folk song. It is well known in many countries, especially in
the English-speaking world, its traditional use being to bid farewell to the
old year at the stroke of midnight. By extension, it is also sung at funerals,
graduations and as a farewell or ending to other occasions. The international
Boy Scout youth movement, in many countries, uses it as a close to jamborees
and other functions.
The song's Scots title may be translated into English
literally as "old long since", or more idiomatically, "long long
ago", "days gone by" or "old times". Consequently
"For auld lang syne", as it appears in the first line of the chorus,
might be loosely translated as "for (the sake of) old times".
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