Nativity History

A manger scene is the primary decoration in most southern European, Central American, and South American nations. St. Francis of Assisi created the first living nativity in 1224 to help explain the birth of Jesus to his followers.

Over two thousand years ago a young woman by the name of Mary lived in the small town of Nazareth. Mary was to be married to a carpenter named Joseph. She was unaware of the significance of her life until one day an angel sent from God appeared before her. The angel Gabriel had good news for Mary. She had been chosen by God to have a special baby. The baby was to be God’s son and she would name him Jesus. Mary told Gabriel she would do whatever God asked.

Not long after the angel’s visit, Mary and Joseph were married. Together they made a long journey to Bethlehem where Mary was to have her baby. When they arrived in Bethlehem they did not have a place to stay because the inn there was full. The kind innkeeper told them he had a stable where the animals lived that they could stay in for the night. Jesus, God’s Son, was born that night. Mary wrapped baby Jesus in a small cloth and placed him in a manger of hay.

That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, gathering their flocks of sheep. Suddenly, an angel from God appeared before them in a bright light. They were afraid but the angel reassured them. He said he has brought them good news that will bring great joy to all people. He told them that the Son of God has been born today in the city of Bethlehem. The angel told them that they will recognize Him by this sign; he will be wrapped snugly in cloth, lying in a manger.

The shepherds hurried to go to see Baby Jesus. When they found him in the stable in Bethlehem, they were filled with great joy at the sight of God’s Son. They kneeled before the baby and worshipped him. After seeing the baby, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and that the angel appeared to them and told them that Jesus was God’s Son and to be Savior of the World.

The same night far away in the East, wise men were traveling on their camels when they noticed a very strange bright star in the sky. They knew that this star meant that the King of the Jews, the One who would save the world had been born.

During the time that Jesus was born, a very mean king by the name of Herod ruled the land. The three wise men decided to go to the king to learn where they could find this special baby: the King of the Jews. When King Herod heard this, he got very worried as he thought this new king might take his throne away. King Herod called a meeting with all of the other important people in the area and asked them to find this special child so that he too, could worship this special baby.

King Herod told the wise men to go and find this child. After they had spoken to the King, the wise men left to find the baby. They did not know where to find the baby, but at night they followed the star in the east. They followed the star until they found the very place the star hung over in Bethlehem. When they finally arrived, they were excited and happy. They found baby Jesus laying in Mary’s arms and they kneeled down and worshipped Him.

The wise men brought gifts for Jesus of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Mary thanked them for bringing the gifts for Jesus and the wise men left to find a place to sleep for the night. As they were sleeping, they each had the same dream . The wise men were warned by an angel not to go back to King Herod and tell him about where they found the Jesus as King Herod had intended on killing him.

The wise men returned to their country without going to see King Herod. Soon after, Joseph also had a dream where an angel told him to take Mary and the Baby Jesus to Egypt as King Herod was to order to have Jesus be killed. They left Bethlehem for Egypt immediately. When the wise men did not return to King Herod, he ordered that baby boys in Bethlehem be killed. They never found Jesus as he was safe.

Acabou! :(

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Forum

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. Georgia and other southern states of the United States had been slow to give equal rights to African-Americans as well as poor whites and King wanted a change.
When he became a minister in 1954, he began a long road of leadership using nonviolent methods. Many people joined his movement, and in 1963 he had a huge gathering of people to Washington D. C., to protest unfair government. Because of his efforts many rights were assured to all races.
Dr. King developed his ideas through his own experience, as well as through reading books by the American writer Henry David Thoreau and the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. He especially admired the example of Mahatma Ghandi, who had successfully led a nonviolent revolution to free India of British rule.
At 35 years of age, Martin Luther King Jr. was the youngest man to ever receive a Nobel peace prize. He was awarded the prize in 1964 for helping Americans change unfair laws against African-American people. However, not everybody accepted his ideas. On April 4, 1968, at age 39, he was killed by an assassin's bullet.
Today, Dr. King's birthday is a holiday in the United States and is celebrated in honor of his struggle for democracy

I admire Mr Luter King!

Liane

Looks can be deceiving! To unwind. :)

A funny video to unwind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVK8Ftz9r6Q&feature=player_detailpage

7º FÓRUM

ASSISTA OS VÍDEOS E COMENTE. ESSE É NOSSO ÚLTIMO FÓRUM.
KISSES,
ALAYA

VÍDEO 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTp_AS1cRqI

VÍDEO 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_Msrdg3Hk

An American Tale for Contemporary Days

One morning little David's 4th grade teacher had her class answer what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up: fireman, policeman, salesman, doctor, lawyer, etc. David was being uncharacteristically quiet, so the teacher asked him about his father.

- My father's an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes in front of other men and they put money in his underwear. Sometimes, if the offer is really good, he will go home with some guy and have sex with him for money.

The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly had the other children work on some exercises and took little David aside to get him to speak more about such an embarrassing subject:

- Is that really true about your father?

- No, said David. He works for the Republican National Committee to get George W. Bush re-elected, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids.

6º FÓRUM

ESCREVA UMA PEQUENA BIOGRAFIA DE UM ÍDOLO SEU.

Musician's day

Today, 22th nov.

TRAVELLING AT THE WOLD

If you are planning to visit the ..., what side of road you drive on?

www.whatsideoftheroad.com

BENETTON: The UNHATE campaign

"Starts the worldwide communication campaign UNHATE, supported by Benetton Group.

Object: the aim of contrasting the culture of hatred and promoting closeness between peoples, faiths, cultures, and the peaceful understanding of each other’s motivations.

The central theme is the kiss, the most universal symbol of love, between world political and religious leaders.

Today, 16 November 2011, at 13:30 Alessandro Benetton, Executive Deputy Chairman of Benetton Group, presented, in a worldwide preview, the UNHATE campaign, which is the first initiative by the newly-formed foundation of the same name, in Paris, at the flagship store in Boulevard Haussmann.

Mr. Benetton declared: “At this moment in history, so full of major upheavals and equally large hopes, we have decided, through this campaign, to give widespread visibility to an ideal notion of tolerance and invite the citizens of every country to reflect on how hatred arises particularly from fear of ‘the other’ and of what is unfamiliar to us. Ours is a universal campaign, using instruments such as the internet, the world of social media, and artistic imagination, and it is unique, in that it calls the citizens of the world to action.”

The UNHATE communication project includes a series of coordinated initiatives and events, starting today in the main newspapers, periodicals and websites around the world.

For more information: http://www.unhatefoundation.org/ "

REVISÃO

MANDEI AS ATIVIDADES DE REVISÃO PARA SEUS E-MAILS. SE EU ESQUECI DE ALGUÉM, ME AVISE VIA E-MAIL.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!

Very Cool!

LISTA DE ATIVIDADES - 2

EU SELECIONEI MAIS ATIVIDADES PARA VOCÊS.
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/33.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/66.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/335.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/75.html


DIVIRTAM-SE!!!
TEACHER ALAYA

5º FÓRUM

ESCREVA O TRECHO DA MÚSICA QUE VOCÊ MAIS GOSTA. NÃO ESQUEÇA DE MENCIONAR O NOME E O ARTISTA.
KISSES,
TEACHER ALAYA

Uma bela versão da narração de Carl Sagan "O Pálido Ponto Azul".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjpSa7umAd8

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Carl Edward Sagan (English pronunciation: /ˈseɪɡən/) (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer,astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. He advocated scientifically skeptical inquiry and the scientific method, pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

Sagan is known for his popular science books and for the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which he narrated and co-wrote.^[2] The book Cosmos was published to accompany the series. Sagan wrote the novel Contact, the basis for a 1997 film of the same name.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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My favorite and hated words...

Favorites: paper, corporation, wonderful, music, sleep, computer....
Hated: Devil, touch, little, dynamite, monkey, worries....

UMA MENTE BRILHANTE

IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN THIS MOVIE, COMMENT HERE.


TEACHER ALAYA

LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS

IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN THIS MOVIE, COMMENT HERE.


TEACHER ALAYA

V DE VINGANÇA

IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN THIS MOVIE, COMMENT HERE.


TEACHER ALAYA

X-MEN . FIRST CLASS

IF YOU HAS CHOSEN THIS MOVIE, COMMENT HERE.


TEACHER ALAYA

SMURFS

IF YOU HAS CHOSEN THIS MOVIE, COMMENT HERE.


TEACHER ALAYA

Umas das excelentes apresentações da TED.

Susan Blackmore: Memes e Temes

Parte 1/3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx-SCfY2iU4

Parte 2/3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPnAshD5jJo

Parte 3/3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NanNzlrXFBU

Original sem legendas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ_9-Qx5Hz4
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Mais TEDTalks em Português:

http://www.youtube.com/TedTalksPortugues

TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading".

TED was founded in 1984^[1] as a one-off event and the conference was held annually from 1990 in Monterey, California.^[4] TED's early emphasis was largely technology and design, consistent with a Silicon Valley center of gravity. The events are now held in Long Beach andPalm Springs in the U.S. and in Europe and Asia, offering live streaming of the talks. They address an increasingly wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture. The speakers are given a maximum of 18 minutes to present their ideas in the most innovative and engaging ways they can. Past presenters include Bill Clinton, Jane Goodall, Malcolm Gladwell, Al Gore, Gordon Brown,Richard Dawkins, Bill Gates, educator Salman Khan, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and many Nobel Prize winners.^[5] TED's current curator is the British former computer journalist and magazine publisher Chris Anderson.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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TED (acrônimo para Technology, Entertainment, Design; Tecnologia, Entretenimento, Design em português) é fundação privada sem fins lucrativos dos Estados Unidos^[1] mais conhecida por suas conferências na Europa, Ásia e Estados Unidos destinadas à disseminação de ideias. Segundo as palavras da própria organização, "ideias que valem serem disseminadas".^[2] Suas apresentações são limitadas a dezoito minutos, e os vídeos são amplamente divulgados na Internet.

O grupo foi fundado em 1984, e a primeira conferência aconteceu em 1990. Originalmente influenciada pelo Vale do Silício, sua ênfase era tecnologia e design, mas com o aumento da popularidade os temas abordados passaram a ser mais amplos, abrangendo quase todos os aspectos de ciência e cultura. Entre os palestrantes das conferências estão Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Gordon Brown, Richard Dawkins, Bill Gates, os fundadores da Google, Billy Graham e diversos ganhadores do Prêmio Nobel.^[3]

George Carlin - Save the planet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Di4Hh7rK0

O comediante e critico George Carlin fala sobre "salvar o planeta" e como estamos enganados.

About George Carlin

George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums.^[23]

Carlin was noted for his black humor as well as his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboosubjects.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin

baixar filme?

Olá colegas
Infelizmente não consegui baixar o filme através daquele site.
Teria alguma dica legal?
Alguém conseguiu?
Obrigada e bjos, Lília

Actor Michael Fassbender is rapidly becoming an A-list Hollywood star following his success in the role of Magneto in the blockbuster X-Men: First Class.
He is receiving accolades for his performances in two other films - as psychiatrist Carl Jung in the film A Dangerous Method, and a sex addicted New Yorker in the movie Shame.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15468191

Gustavo

Forum 3 - favorit sentences

One of my favorit sentence is:

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him, and He will make your paths straight."


Paulo Novais

Words that I love / hate

Some words that I like:

useful,thoroughbass,trully, friend,indeed, child, music, mindful, harmony



Some words I dislike:

wasteful, dislike, soup, inconceivable, nonetheless, interpreter, nevertheless.




Paulo Novais

3 FORUM

Minhas palavras preferidas são: love, passion, victory, happiness, kiss

As que não gosto são: fear, death, disaster, imprisonment, illness

RESPONDENDO AO 4 FORUM

MY FAVORITE WORDS ARE:

Remember
Change
Suggestions
Surprise
welcome!

I hate to tell the words;

thought
to bring
tooth
bought
Liane

4º FÓRUM - FAVORITE WORDS

ESCREVAM AS PALAVRAS QUE VOCÊS MAIS GOSTAM E AS QUE VOCÊS MENOS GOSTAM EM INGLÊS.
AS MINHAS FAVORITAS SÃO: EMERGENCY, DELICIOUS, TEACHER, HUMOR...

AS QUE EU NÃO GOSTO: SQUIRREL, AMBULANCE, PARTICIPLE...

ATIVIDADE 1 PARA REPOSIÇÃO DE AULA

Hello students!
Selecionei algumas atividades para vocês fazerem em casa e trazerem as respostas para aula.
O prazo é dia 09/11.
http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/210.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/237.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/74.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/155.html

Kisses, everybody!!!
TEACHER ALAYA

The left! The right! In the medium! From behind!

Joel Santana's interview than I told before. He had guts, but laugh was inevitable. =P

And the auto tune made by the interview.

Baseado em uma história real e um dos maiores escândalos da história  envolvendo a ONU, o filme "A INFORMANTE" com Rachel Weiszb, vale  a pena assistir.





 Luciano

One of the best songs in Rock in Rio 2011...enjoy it!

Wake up (Wake up)
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
Hide the scars to fade away the shake up
(Hide the scars to fade away the)
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go create another fable

You wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
You wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shake up
You wanted to
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
You wanted to

I don't think you trust
In my self righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to DIE!!
(Ahh)

Wake up (Wake up)
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
Hide the scars to fade away the
(Hide the scars to fade away the shake up)
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go create another fable

You wanted to,
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
You wanted to,
Hide the scars to fade away the shake up
You wanted to,
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
You wanted to

I don't think you trust
In my self righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die
In my self righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die!

Father! (Father!)
Father! (Mother!)
Father! (Fuck You!)
Father!

Father, into your hands,
I commend my spirit!
Father into your hands,

Why have you forsaken me?
In your eyes, forsaken me
In your thoughts, forsaken me
In your heart, forsaken me

Trust in my self righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die
In my self righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die.

Treinando!

Alô, Alaya! Essa é para você ! ehuheuhauhauahhauhauhuhsuhss

The course of English will be back tomorrow!

I will go and you?

Piadinha para descontrair

A falta que faz um curso de inglês...

O americano bateu no carro do baiano, desce todo educado e diz:
"Hello!"

O baiano responde:
"Relou uma droga! Amassou foi a miséria toooooda!"

Remember Gonzaguinha

One of the greatest composers off music in Brazil: Gonzaguinha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I1-JT6YtpA&feature=related

Recado - Gonzaguinha

Se me der um beijo eu gosto
Se me der um tapa eu brigo
Se me der um grito não calo
Se mandar calar mais eu falo
Mas se me der a mão
... ... Claro, aperto
Se for franco
Direto e aberto
Tô contigo amigo e não abro
Vamos ver o diabo de perto
Mas preste bem atenção, seu moço
Não engulo a fruta e o caroço
Minha vida é tutano é osso
Liberdade virou prisão
Se é amor deu e recebeu
Se é suor só o meu e o teu
Verbo eu pra mim já morreu
Quem mandava em mim nem nasceu
É viver e aprender
Vá viver e entender, malandro
Vai compreender
Vá tratar de viver
E se tentar me tolher é igual
Ao fulano de tal que taí

Se é pra ir vamos juntos
Se não é já não tô nem aqui

Hi class!
This vídeo about makeup is very nice!. I know the girls, wives and girlfriends will enjoy a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD47yv2NfMw&sns=em

Não estou conseguindo fazer o comentário do filme diretamente. Mais fica registrado que sou apaixonada por este filme. This is beautiful!!!!!!!!
Agora só uma observação da próxima vez por favor legenda ou audio em português para facilitar. Ok!

CONVERSATION

The correct site is:

http//www.englishspeak.com/pt/english-lessons.cfm


Jota

Romantic Quote of Movie City of Angels

"I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it."

"Prefiro ter sentido seu cabelo uma vez, ter lhe beijado a boca uma vez, ter tocado sua mão uma vez, do que passar a eternidade sem isso!"

Below, another very interesting scene of chapter 21 the movie City of Angels:

I liked this sentences:

They can take our lives, but they can never take our freedom. (Filme Coração Valente).
You can't lost someone you're never had. (Filme como perder um homem em 10 dias).

Hi! Class,

This site have the practice to conversation.
http://www.englishspeak.com/pt/english-lessons.cfm

See you soon.

Forum 3: Favorite Sentence Telma

The Victory lies with the most persevering.... (Telma) Kiss

Summary Weekend Telma .... (Inglês para Todos)

My weekend starts on saturday. I wake in the moring and put on the coffee table, I start right after lunch to advance, to take time off to study and watch the soap opera of 6 hours. on sunday, i wake up early to go to church, i go back when over for finish lunch, telecine premium watch with my famaly... what is the best hours of the weekend, and sleep early to wake up well on monday morning. Bjs... summary of the my weekend (Telma).

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Hi! class
This is a complete group of the exercises to help us.
http://www.english-4u.de/grammar_exercises.htm

Enjoy.

I want to share this vídeo. It is about Van Gogh paintings. A sample of the art of one of the best painters and a beautiful music. I don’t understand art but I love a lot of Van Gogh paintings

access the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9R20kJTByI&feature=related

FORUM 2:

My dream weekend

My perfect weekend begins on Saturday when I can sleep later. Acoording nine o'clock and my husban serves a full breakfast. After breakfast spend the rest of the morning playing with my daughter. After two hours and we go out Shopping. At about nineteen hours looking for a place to dine. Woke up early on Sunday for the benefit day at the beach. In the evening the five hours back home and we watch a movie on TV. The twenty two hours to sleep all sought to organize and start a new week.

FORUM 3:

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
(Madre Tereza de Calcutá)

My favorite sentence

Never let anyone tell you that you can not do a thing, even I -
Film the pursuit of happiness

Hi Guys!

To enjoy the final on Sunday and practice Englisgh, I suggest the music "Talkinf The Moon of Bruno Mars". It is beautiful !. Site: youtube.com/watch?=vx56-qxCxrB4
Rosangela

Forum 2

The weekend of my dreams

After one week of these, with very work and study.In the friday night, I will go to my friend birthday Joelma at 7. I will drink a little and to dance very, because I rarely leave. I would like to arrive at home after of the midnight. On Saturday, I wake up late, after of the 9 a.m. I go out to the fitness center, to thresh and to do massage.I like to do massage, it' s relaxing.I will go lunch after moon.I will like to go Shopping with a big friend, because never again we left.We will drink usually a maquiato coffee with bread of cheese, in a bookstore. Often we watch a good movies, generally romantic comedy.I will to sleep about 21:00,because in sunday I will wake up early. I wake up before at 7 and I will go to a Farm Hotel with my mother, friends to pass the day.Whe arring we will drink a coffee of the morning,then we will fish, walk to horse, take river bathing and of pool and we will take a lot of picture.We returned in the end of the very happy after noon. I usually see tv I will sleep at 9, because I need to rest to begin a new week.

Forum 2:
My ideal weekend
Saturday-stay all day at a leisure club, swimming, playing, eating. night to go to a party and dance a lot.
Sunday morning, get to a beach, a park in the afternoon and night watching film.
Forum 3:
Quote of the Dalai Lama: "Smile if you want a smile from another face."
Tatiana Bonfim

3° FORUM - MOVIES QUOTES

Pense em uma frase que você ouviu em filmes ou de pessoas famosas, em inglês, claro, e compartilhe com todos.

Ways to Handle Stress

Talk! Don't hold all your feelings within! Discuss your stressful feelings with someone you trust who will listen without being judgmental or pressuring you to their own point of view. Even if you can't change the immediate situation, talking about it helps alleviate some of the tension you may be feeling

The Father's Day

Tomorrow and always, hug your father very strong,feel his breath and fell his voice
and his desire o see you happy! Happy Father's Day!

Liane

Dia do Pai - curiosidade

A Pureza
De origem na antiga Babilonia, há mais de 4.000 anos. Um jovem chamado Elmesu moldou o primeiro cartão. Desejava sorte, saúde e longa vida a seu pai.

A exploração
Na época contemporanea os povos foram implementando em suas culturas, em datas variadas, de conformidadecom os interesses comerciais.

A esperteza
Pasmen! em 1953 ele já era global.
No Brasil aimplementação da data é atribuida ao jornalista Roberto Marinho, para incentivar as vendas do comercio e, por conseguite, o faturamento de seu jornal, isto se passou em 1953, no dia de São Joaquim.

Not the Momma!

For Fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNR4hKbSH7I&feature=related
Liane

United States Live Radio

http://www.usliveradio.com/
USliveradio.com is a site where you can listen to American live radio while you surf the internet. It has a lot of radio station.

Interesting Websites

http://www.livemocha.com
Livemocha is the world’s largest online language learning community, offering free and paid online language courses in 35 languages to more than 9 million members from 195 countries around the world. Global interest in language learning is exploding. Trade, immigration and travel are conducted across countries and continents like never before in human history. The result is a powerful desire shared by people around the world to communicate with one another and understand different cultures. Livemocha allows people around the world to help each other with language learning, and provides our community with opportunities to learn and practice new languages together. You register to participate and choose the course you want to learn. you can choose the level of the course that you want to start learning. the course has audio features and video exercises to memorize.

http://www.internetpolyglot.com
Internet Polyglot is dedicated to helping our members learn foreign languages by providing them a way to memorize words and their meanings. This helps your memory to grasp more information and retain it for longer time. Access to all pages is free.

http://www.monica.com.br/ingles/index.htm
Monica's Gang (originally titled Turma da Mônica in Portuguese) is a popular Brazilian comic book series. The series was created by Mauricio de Sousa, who signs his work as "Mauricio". Plots are centered on the adventures of a group of seven-year-old friends in the fictional neighborhood of "Limoeiro" in São Paulo. The neighborhood was inspired by the neighborhood of Cambuí, in Campinas and the city of Mogi das Cruzes, where de Sousa lived his childhood. Check out the comic strips, Sunday pages, special stories ans serialized comics with a new page every day. It is free.

Young Orchestre of Bahia in Europe

Our children are good musicians. She is a pianist and he is a timpanist. We are travelling to Europe, Berlin and Switzerland for a musical excursion with the Young Orchestre of Bahia (Yoba). In Berlin this Orchestre was quite a standing ovation. We are very proud and happy. May God keep smart, healthy and happy!

Watch the story!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_wtsdRQy9o&feature=player_embedded#at=11

Lília

The Weekend of my Dreams

I often stay in my home on weekends.
I wake up at eight o’clock and I have a big breakfast at eight-thirty.
On Saturdays sometimes I go to the beach with my family. On the beach I take coconut water at half past nine because the sun is very hot. I love coconut water and then I eat the coconut pulp. It’s absolutely delicious! I never stay on the beach after ten because it isn’t healthy.
I go away from the beach at ten fifteen. When I get back home I take a bath before the lunch. I have to lunch at one o’clock and then I go to the rest until three. When I stand up I go to watch a good movie with my husband.
Before dinner, at five o’clock, I wear beautiful clothes and I go to the Shopping with my husband and my grandchildren to look the shops. We eat a big pizza. Then we go to take an icecream. We stay in the Shopping until ten o’clock when it closes.
Usually I buy presents for my grandchildren or I buy some good books and new clothes or shoes when we’re in shopping.
After ten, I and my husband take a little coffee while we talking and dating until bedtime.
On Sundays during the day I stay in home studying, reading a book, cleaning my house or listening to music. At night we usually go to the church to praise and thank the Lord for many blessings during the week. I like to sing gospel music in the church. When I get back home I have to dinner with my family while we talking and laughing with happiness. Then we go to the bed for recover the energy.

Lília Falcão

News: Angela Hewitt plays Bach

Recital in Sao Paulo (2011-08-08)

The intense week of rehearsals and concerts in Sao Paulo is now over and I am packing my suitcases once more. I have enjoyed it tremendously, even if I have seen very little of the city. Every day I was driven from my hotel to the concert hall, so I suppose I saw a few scenes of life here along that route, but other than visiting some (excellent) restaurants and walking on one of the shopping streets, that was about it for sight-seeing. Next time. The concerts with the orchestra kept getting better, and then today I played Bach’s Goldberg Variations to an audience of about 600 who were all around me, and some only a few metres away on the stage. A different set-up from the orchestral concerts. I was very touched to meet some people who had travelled 2000 kilometres from Salvador in the north of the country to come and hear me. Twice I was featured on Globo television (their version of CNN), so I guess that would reach a few people as well...! Last night in the same hall, the Britten Sinfonia from England (with whom I worked last April) performed as part of their South American tour, led by Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto (a friend, of course, of Hannu Lintu), so we went to the concert to listen to them and see them afterwards. It’s always nice to meet up with colleagues in a place faraway from home.

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My dream weekend

Forum #2 – My Dream Weekend

Friday in the evening. It starts after work, about eight o’clock p. m., with a romantic dinner beside my wonderful wife. Then we could go to a shopping to see a movie or just walking around and have an icecream.

On Saturdays we don’t need to weak up too soon, as we generally do on Mondays to Fridays at ten to six a. m. So, about nine o’clock, after breakfast, we go walking on the beach, take a sunbeathe and swimm until hlaf past tem, when we get back home to have lunch with the whole family.

We love to stay with our parents, childrens and grandchildrens. During hours we talk, laught, fight, eat a lot, play instruments and sing, view photos, take photos and have funny in group.

Thanks God we always meet on weekens and we feel delighted together.

Finally, on Sundays we usually go to the church in the evening, na during the Day we go for a drive, visiting friends and relatives, or simple stay at home reading a good book, drinking a good wine, listening na excellent music, etc.

To stay at home in peace with family is my dream weekend.

Brazilian championship in 2011

Which team will be the champion of the Brazilian championship in 2011?

Flamengo?
Fluminense?
Corinthians?
Bahia?\o/
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Movie tip - Capitain America, The First Avenger

Hey guys. This week i'm planning to see this movie. For you who likes the super heroes movies it looks a great one. This is the first trailer, the dialoges are here in english. Try to follow the and have fun. Hey teacher, check if I wrote everything right, I'd tried to heard and used the portuguese subtitles to guide me sometimes, but there is some words than I didn't understood, so I putted what I think it is.

Another tip for you is a brazilian comedy. I saw Cilada.com last weekend and it was very good. Nice jokes, hilarious situations. If you wanna laugh this is a good choice.




Movie trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J3HfllvXWE&feature=related


Rogers, Steven.
Just give me a chance.
Sorry son, i'm saving your life.

General Patton was said than wars are fought with weapons, but they are won by man.

You just don't know when to give up, don't you?
I can do this all day.

Our goal is create the best army in history.

I should be go with you.
Look, I know you don't think I can do this.
This isn' about that Steven, it's war.

But all army begins with one man.

Five tries. In five different cities. I can offer you a chance.

You will be the first in a new breed of super soldiers.

Why me?
Beacuse you are a weak man. Grows the value of strikes, grows the value of power.
That wasn't so bad.
That was peniciline.

We are gonna win this war, because we have the best men.

Now mister Stark.

And they will personally escort Hitler to the gates of hell.

How do you feel?
Taller.

Your test won't be simple.

Who the hell are you?
The first of many.

Your enemy is not what you expect.

You know than can't do this.
This is why you be chosen.

The weekend of my dreams

On Friday after dinner at 9 o'clock at night, I go to the disco with my friends and just want to go home after 3 o'clock in the morning. On Saturday I wake up late and after 10 a.m, I go out to the salon to take care of the visuals. After lunch, I go to the cinema to watch a beautiful movie with my husband and at 8 p.m, we go to the romantic restaurant and we will taste a delicious wine. On Sunday we wake up early at 7 a.m and we walk on the beach after we take coconut water to cure a hangover. As we often do on Sunday , we'll meet , my husband, my daughter and my brothers in-laws on breakfast that always includes eating the delicious feijoada at mother's in law home. After the noon to 2 p.m, we'll meet my mother, my brother and nephew for lunch and the afternoon we go to the stadium to see our team play and win bahia, of course! Usually I go to the mass at 7 p.m and at 8 o'clock at night we will be in bed to recharge for the new week begins.

Liane

I usually work all Day inclusive Saturdays and sometimes Sundays. So I would like a weekend to relax and have a fun at the same time. I´d like to travel to a resort and not have thinking about work. I wake up after ten o´clock and I would walk on the beach. After I have a lunch I would rest and at night I would like to have a dinner, drinking a wine and watching a show of Caetano Veloso.