FRANK GEHRY AND THE BEEKMAN TOWER

-Frank Gehry was born on February 28, 1929, in Toronto. Frank was creative at a young age, building imaginary homes and cities from items found in his grandfather's store. His early experiments are perhaps best embodied by the “renovations” he made to his own home in Santa Monica. Gehry’s trademark style had become buildings that resemble undulating free-form sculpture. An example is the Beekman Tower.

-8 Spruce Street, originally known as Beekman Tower is a skyscraper in New York. 8 Spruce Street is one of the tallest residential towers in the world. The building contains a public elementary school but above the elementary school, the building is a 904-unit luxury residential tower clad in stainless steel. There are also public plazas on both the east and the west sides of the building. 

NEYMAR

Neymar is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club Paris Saint-Germain. He made his professional debut aged 17 at Santos. In 2012 he moved to Europe to join Barcelona. In August 2017, Neymar moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for 222.000.000 making him the world's most expensive player. With 52 goals in 81 matches, Neymar is the fourth-highest goalscorer for his national team. Known for his ability, hen has earned comparisons to Pelè and ESPN cited him as the world's fourth-most famous athlete in 2016.   



Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain was formed in 1970 after the fusion of Paris FC (football club) and Stade Saint-Germain. In 1974 Paris SG won promotion to Ligue 1. They won 34 trophies, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and one UEFA Intertoto Cup. 

CHRIST THE REDEEMER

Christ the Redeemer is a colossal statue (30 metres) of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro. Christ the Redeemer is located at the top of the Corcovado Mountain. The Statue is the largest Art Deco-style sculpture in the world. The idea of building a Christ statue was first suggested in 1850 to honour
 princess Isabel, the princess regent of Brazil but the idea was dismissed. It wasn't until 1920 that the idea resurfaced from the Catholic community and was finally accepted and put into practice. The construction began in 1922 and it was completed in 1931. It is an important tourist attraction that attracts 1.800.000 people per year. The record number of tourists in a single day was at Easter 2011, when 14.000 people went to see the statue. 

INVICTUS GAMES

The Invictus Games are an international Paralympic-style multi-sport event created by Prince Harry in 2014. Wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel take part in various sports. After saw the USA Warrior Games in Colorado, Harry wanted to launch a similar event in UK so he created this foundation. The first games took place in London in 2014 at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.The 2017 games were held in September in Toronto,Canada.
 

EDUCATION IN DENMARK

Education in Denmark is compulsory for children below the age of 15 or 16. In Denmark there is the ''Folkeskole'' that is a type of school covering the entire period of compulsory education, from the age of 6 to 16, encompassing pre-school, primary and lower secondary education. Secondary education is attended by students between the ages of 15 and 21. Secondary education is not compulsory but usually free of charge and students have a wide range of programs to choose from. Some education programs are academically oriented and other are more practically oriented, training students for jobs. After the secondary education they can go to: Business academies,  maritime educational institutions, universities, institutions in architecture & art and universities colleges. 

THE ORIGINS OF SURNAMES

In the early years of the Middle Ages, everyone knew his neighbors and there was little need for last names. But as the population expanded and the towns grew, a need arose to find ways to differentiate between two people who shared the same first name. Surnames can be grouped into four categories: PATRONYMIC (identify people as their father's children), LOCATIVE (identify people based upon where they live), OCCUPATIONAL (identify people based upon their jobs) and NICKNAMES (adjectivies that helped to describe a person). My surname is Verde (green) and it's typical of Naples but it's also found in Sicily. It comes from the Germanic BERT which means ''shining''. From Bert it has become Verde thanks to the ''betacismo'' (substitution from the B to the V) and thanks to the ''tetacismo'' (substitution from the T to the D). Alternatively, it could be a nickname on someone who was particularly fond of dressing in green. 

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PANCAKE DAY

Pancake Day is a festivity on Shrove Tuesday, the day before the start of Lent, that are the 40 days before Easter. On this day in UK there is the Pancake race, when people run with a pancake in a pan and when they run, they have to toss the pancake so they  throw the pancake in the air and catch it in the pan. Its origin tells of a housewife, hearing the bell for the confession, dashing to the Church still holding her frying pan containing a pancake.The first run was in the year 1445. It is not known where the original start line was but the finish line was at the Church door. 

CARNIVALS OF THE WORLD

-NOTTING HILL,LONDON.

The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event that has taken place since 1966 on the streets of Notting Hill,London,England.Around one million people attend the carnival to see 50,000 performers.

-VENICE, ITALY.

The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter. The festival is world famous for its elaborate masks.

-RIO DE JANEIRO,BRAZIL.

The festival held before Lent every year and considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets. The first festival of Rio date back to 1723.

-NICE, FRANCE.

The Nice Carneval is one of the world's major carnival events. It's held annually in February in Nice. Today the event attracts over a million visitors every year. The carnival spans a twoweek period in February.

MEDIA LITERACY

In this advertisement  there is a workplace where there is a house on a crane with the writing '' With a soup you're always at home '' and at the top right there is a soup. The colors in this picture are grey and dark yellow. The values of this ads are the family and the work, but the objective is to convince you to buy the soup. I don't really like soup but I like the meaning of this picture, because it's for people that work and don't spend time with their family, parents and children. I think that my parents would like this ads too because they work but they love spend time with me and my brother. 
 

STRANGE NEW YEAR TRADITIONS AROUND THE WORLD

In Japan they ring all of their bells 108 times in alignment with the Buddhist belief that this brings cleanness. It’s also considered good to be smiling going into the New Year as it supposedly brings good luck.

In Switzerland they celebrate the New Year by dropping ice cream on the floor.

In Colombia they carry their suitcases around with them all day in hopes of having a travel filled year.

In Ecuador they celebrate the New Year by burning paper filled scarecrows at midnight. They also burn photographs from the last year. All in the name of good fortune.