Contraceptives

The pill appears in the 60s and it was the first contraceptive.

The contraceptive pill was only supered by the abstinence or a surgical operation.
The American biologist Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903-1967) is considered the father of the contraceptive pill.

In 1953 he and Chang Min Chueh used rabbits as guinea pigs to prove a contraceptive made with hormones.

But today there isn't any a contraceptive that always works, here are the percentages of mistake:

-contraceptives pills: 1%-3%
-male condom: 12%
-female condom: 15%-21%
-vasectomy: less than the 1%
-Feminine sterilization: 0.04%

Interview.

Hi! I'm Jorge, I'm 16 years old and this interview is about my friend Migue , who is 26 years old and who lives in Granada.

-I said hello to Miguel and I asked him how he was . He said to me hello and that he was very tired, because he had just finished his work.

-I said to him that then, we could talk about his work, for example. He said to me that he worked at a swimming pool and he was a personal trainer.

-I asked him if he was very happy with his work. He said to me that he was very happy and that he thought that it was his life's work.

-I asked him what he did on weekends. He said to me that every weekends he went to the cinema and that he usually ran with his girlfriend Patri.

-I asked Miguel if he had friends at work. He said to me " yes" ,that he had a lot of workmates and that he was very happy.

-I asked Miguel if he knew any famous personal trainer. He said to me that he had been in Madrid and that he had been Julio Tous a famous personal trainer.

In conclusion, I promised myself that I could do the same. Thank you Miguel!

Ireland

Ireland is a country located in Europe, in front the west coast of Britain. It has an area of 70182 square kilometres and has a population of 4,000,000 inhabitants.

The capital of this country is Dublin, a city which has a population density of 56.91 inhabitants per square kilometre. Dublin is well known by the River Liffey.

Irish is the official language. This language is spoken as first language by people, mostly in the western part of the island. Most of the Irish speak English. The flag has three vertical stripes and his colours from left to right are green, white and orange.

The Republic of Ireland is situated in the North Atlantic and is separated from Britain by the Irish Sea. The north-eastern part of the island is part of the UK. The country has a central plain surrounded by a lot of mountains and hills, where some of the most stunning scenery in Europe. Moreover, the island has some beaches and towering cliffs. The total length of the Irish coastline is 5,600 km. Ireland has a wet and cold climate because it is near the North Pole.

The Irish are very sociable people, and everywhere animated conversations can be heard anywhere in the country, visitors will be welcomed. The dinner, afternoon or evening, is the most important meal. People wear casual clothes. However, women tend to dress up to go to a restaurant or social event. The handshake is the most common way of greeting.

Most of the population is Christian and his political system is the Republic. They got its independence from Britain in 1920.

I wanted to go to Ireland because that sport is much practiced among the Irish and I could teach people to practice a new sport for them: judo.

If you want to know much about Ireland click here , please : Ireland

Imagine : John Lennon

Hi I have thought, that it can be interesting to listen to this famous song again.
For me , this song is really moving because this song reminds me of my travels.
If you want to know a lot of John Lennon click here, please: John Lennon.

Imagine Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today... Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one 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... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one

Imagínate Imagina que no existe el Cielo es fácil si lo intentas sin el Infierno debajo nuestro arriba nuestro, solo el cielo Imagina a toda la gente viviendo el hoy... Imagina que no hay países no es difícil de hacer nadie por quien matar o morir ni tampoco religión imagina a toda la gente viviendo la vida en paz... Puedes decir que soy un soñador pero no soy el único espero que algún día te unas a nosotros y el mundo vivirá como uno Imagina que no hay posesiones quisiera saber si puedes sin necesidad de gula o hambre una hermandad de hombres imagínate a toda la gente compartiendo el mundo Puedes decir que soy un soñador pero no soy el único espero que algún día te unas a nosotros y el mundo vivirá como uno

Hallelujah

Today in class, we've heard the song Hallelujah, from Leonard Cohen. As Dani has said, there are a lot of versions of this song apart from the original one. I specially like this one, from Bon Jovi. About this version, Leonard Cohen has said it is the best version of his song he has ever heard, so I wanted to share it with you

HALLELLUJAH

Today in class, we heard one of Leonard Cohen's song: Hallellujah. This song has a lot of versions by a lot of singers, but there is a version that I think it is the best. It's from Jeff Burckley. I hope you like it!

The Typewriter

The typewriter is a mechanism with a set of keys that prints documents on paper. The person who works with the typewriter is the typist. The inventors of the typewriter were Christopher Latham Sholes and his partner Carlos Glidden in Milwaukee,Wisconsin.

In 1873 they sold the patent to the company Remington for 12.000 dollars.

The Remington Typewriter company, created to produce Sholes' machines, manufactured 25.000 copies of his first model, called Model I , but they only sold 1.200 copies.

The famous writer Mark Twain was one of the first people who bought a Remington machine.Soon he acquired skill with it. He was the first author to send a text written with a typewriter to his editor.

The current provision of the signs on the keyboard was designed by Sholes and is known as the QWERTY keyboard, for the six keys on the top row to the left.

In just fifteen years, the typewriter is gone, replaced by the computer. There is one last vestige of the invention of Sholes that has made it through to the electronic age: the QWERTY keyboard.