The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4, 2008, will be the 56th consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election and will select the President and the Vice President of the United States.
The Republican Party has chosen John McCain, the senior United States Senator from Arizona as its nominee; the Democratic Party has chosen Barack Obama, the junior United States Senator from Illinois, as its nominee. The Libertarian Party has nominated former Congressman Bob Barr, the Constitution Party has nominated pastor and radio talk show host Chuck Baldwin, and the Green Party has nominated former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Ralph Nader declined to seek the Green Party nomination and is running as an independent candidate.
The 2008 election is particularly notable because it is the first time in U.S. history that two sitting senators will run against each other for president, and because it is the first time an African American is a presidential nominee for a major party, as well as the first time both major candidates were born outside the continental United States—Hawaii for Obama and the Panama Canal Zone for McCain. Since the Republican nominee for vice-president is a woman, the eventual winning ticket is very likely to be historic, as neither an African American nor a female has achieved either office. Also, the Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, would be the oldest first-term president and the Democratic nominee for vice-president, Joe Biden, would be the first Roman Catholic vice president.
The election will coincide with the 2008 Senate elections in thirty-three states, House of Representatives elections in all states, and gubernatorial elections in eleven states, as well as various state referenda and local elections. As in the 2004 presidential election, the allocation of electoral votes to each state will be based partly on the 2000 Census. The president-elect and vice president-elect are scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2009.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
My favourite horror song
Thriller by Michael Jackson:
Darkness Falls Across The Land, The Midnight Hour Is Close At Hand.
Creatures Crawl In Search Of Blood To Terrorize Yours Neighborhood
And Whosoever Shall Be Found Without The Soul For Getting Down
Must Stand And Face The Hounds Of Hell, And Rot Inside A Corpse's Shell.
The Foulest Stench Is In The Air The Funk Of Forty Thousand Years
And Grizzly Ghouls From Every Tomb Are Closing In To Seal Your Doom
And Though You Fight To Stay Alive Your Body Starts To Shiver
For No Mere Mortal Can Resist The Evil Of The Thriller
Darkness Falls Across The Land, The Midnight Hour Is Close At Hand.
Creatures Crawl In Search Of Blood To Terrorize Yours Neighborhood
And Whosoever Shall Be Found Without The Soul For Getting Down
Must Stand And Face The Hounds Of Hell, And Rot Inside A Corpse's Shell.
The Foulest Stench Is In The Air The Funk Of Forty Thousand Years
And Grizzly Ghouls From Every Tomb Are Closing In To Seal Your Doom
And Though You Fight To Stay Alive Your Body Starts To Shiver
For No Mere Mortal Can Resist The Evil Of The Thriller
Monday, October 27, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
My creepy Video- This is Halloween
[SHADOW]Boys and girls of every ageWouldn't you like to see something strange?
[SIAMESE SHADOW]Come with us and you will seeThis, our town of Halloween
[PUMPKIN PATCH CHORUS]This is Halloween, this is HalloweenPumpkins scream in the dead of night
[GHOSTS]This is Halloween, everybody make a sceneTrick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of frightIt's our town, everybody scremIn this town of Halloween
[CREATURE UNDER THE BED]I am the one hiding under your bedTeeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
[MAN UNDER THE STAIRS]I am the one hiding under yours stairsFingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
[CORPSE CHORUS]This is Halloween, this is Halloween
[VAMPIRES]Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!In this town we call homeEveryone hail to the pumpkin song
[MAYOR]In this town, don't we love it now?Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
[CORPSE CHORUS]Round that corner, man hiding in the trash camSomething's waiting no to pounce, and how you'll...
[HARLEQUIN DEMON, WEREWOLF & MELTING MAN]Scream! This is HalloweenRed 'n' black, slimy green
[WEREWOLF]Aren't you scared?
[WITCHES]Well, that's just fineSay it once, say it twiceTake a chance and roll the diceRide with the moon in the dead of night
[HANGING TREE]Everybody scream, everbody scream
[HANGED MEN]In our town of Halloween!
[CLOWN]I am the clown with the tear-away faceHere in a flash and gone without a trace
[SECOND GHOUL]I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"I am the wind blowing through your hair
[OOGIE BOOGIE SHADOW]I am the shadow on the moon at nightFilling your dreams to the brim with fright
[CORPSE CHORUS]This is Halloween, this is HalloweenHalloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!Halloween! Halloween!
[CHILD CORPSE TRIO]Tender lumplings everywhereLife's no fun without a good scare
[PARENT CORPSES]That's our job, but we're not meanIn our town of Halloween
[CORPSE CHORUS]In this town[MAYOR]Don't we love it now?[CORPSE CHORUS]Skeleton Jack might catch you in the backAnd scream like a bansheeMake you jump out of your skinThis is Halloween, everyone screamWont' ya please make way for a very special guyOur man jack is King of the Pumpkin patchEveryone hail to the Pumpkin King
[EVERYONE]This is Halloween, this is HalloweenHalloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
[CORPSE CHILD TRIO]In this town we call homeEveryone hail to the pumpkin song
Thursday, October 16, 2008
History of Halloween...
Halloween, or All Hallows’ Eve, started centuries ago in this country with the pagan festival of Samhain. Samhain celebrated the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. It was also the day on which they commemorated their dead ancestors and the idea that ghosts, goblins and witches run about on this night grew out of this custom.
Halloween has changed a great deal over the years with different cultures adding to the customs and traditions. The Romans, who lived in Britain for some time added ideas from their Feralia and Poloma festivals into the Celtic traditions.
Later, around the eighth century, the Christian church made November 1 All Saints' Day to honour all the saints that didn't have a special day of their own. As Halloween was a pagan festival and they did not approve of it they made all Hallows Eve part of the celebration for the saints.
Modern day celebrations include dressing up, trick or treating, carving pumpkins and bobbing for apples.
Halloween has changed a great deal over the years with different cultures adding to the customs and traditions. The Romans, who lived in Britain for some time added ideas from their Feralia and Poloma festivals into the Celtic traditions.
Later, around the eighth century, the Christian church made November 1 All Saints' Day to honour all the saints that didn't have a special day of their own. As Halloween was a pagan festival and they did not approve of it they made all Hallows Eve part of the celebration for the saints.
Modern day celebrations include dressing up, trick or treating, carving pumpkins and bobbing for apples.
Halloween is coming
Here are some of the tasks for this month:
You’ll have to browse the web to search for specific information in order to find the following information. Once obtained, send it back before 31st Oct. Thus, we are starting up our first project. Enjoy surfing the net and learning English:
1.- Find out the price of Disney’s Halloween party for this year at Disney Resort Paris.
2.- Get the price and the cover (image of the film) of a famous American movie called Halloween Resurrection. There is a special offer at the moment!!!
3.-There is a radio station which broadcast typical creepy and horror songs all day long. Get the website address and 3 tittles of songs related with Halloween.
4.- Find an easy joke in English which has to do with Halloween (You can get some at a widely known "holiday spot")
5.- Embed a creepy video about some interesting Halloween scene.
1.- Find out the price of Disney’s Halloween party for this year at Disney Resort Paris.
2.- Get the price and the cover (image of the film) of a famous American movie called Halloween Resurrection. There is a special offer at the moment!!!
3.-There is a radio station which broadcast typical creepy and horror songs all day long. Get the website address and 3 tittles of songs related with Halloween.
4.- Find an easy joke in English which has to do with Halloween (You can get some at a widely known "holiday spot")
5.- Embed a creepy video about some interesting Halloween scene.
WITCH-you a Happy Halloween.
Javier
A couple of technical questions
We need to remove some of the splash welcoming pages by accepting terms and conditions of blogger or just letting google surpervise your content, as it is supposed to be an academic tool.
On the other hand I need you to grant me permission to manage your blogs. Just go to settings, then permissions and invite me as an author.
Finally, you just have to add your colleahue just going to the layout, adding a gadget and typing your classmates blogs addresses.
Good luck
On the other hand I need you to grant me permission to manage your blogs. Just go to settings, then permissions and invite me as an author.
Finally, you just have to add your colleahue just going to the layout, adding a gadget and typing your classmates blogs addresses.
Good luck
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Problems accessing the blogs: Terms of service
Some of you may have had problems when linking others´ blogs. This may be caused by Terms of Service conditions. Just go to the Dashboard (escritorio) & click on the Terms (condiciones de servicio) to accept them:
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My world- templamte
Welcome to my world
My name is _____________ I am _________ I live ________
Here's some more information about me:
I like _________________
I hate ________________
My best friends __________________________
I collect / I don´t collect __________________. For example:
I'm scared of ______________________________
For breakfast, I have ____________________________
The food that I like most is _______________________
My most precious possession is __________________
The person / thing who / which annoys me most ___________
If I were an animal _______________
My best friend would describe me as ___________________
If I could change my name it would be __________________
I can't resist ___________________________
My number one of (almost) everything:
TV show: _________________
Film/movie: ________________
actor: ____________________
actress: ___________________
music group / artist: __________
food: _____________________
sports team / person: _________
My message to the world.
_______________________________________________
First post: My world
Dear students,
Now it´s high time for you to start working in English with ICT. The first Assingment will be introducing yourselves. (The sheet of the firts session could ber useful). I enclosed a template for you as a guide.
Now it´s high time for you to start working in English with ICT. The first Assingment will be introducing yourselves. (The sheet of the firts session could ber useful). I enclosed a template for you as a guide.
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