martedì 12 dicembre 2017

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. 

martedì 28 novembre 2017

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. 

martedì 17 ottobre 2017

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. 

giovedì 21 settembre 2017

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


martedì 21 marzo 2017

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