Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Dining Rules
Dining Room Etiquette
Nothing indicates the good breeding of a gentleman so much as his manners at table….a man may pass muster by dressing well, and may sustain himself tolerable in conversation; but if he be not perfectly au fait, dinner will betray him. The gentlemen seats his escort to his left and remains standing until all the ladies present are seated. If the dinner is a buffet he must bring his escort her plate.
Did you know?
Married couples are never seated together.
Ladies remove their gloves once they are seated; gentlemen however must remove their gloves just prior to being seated.
The senior lady, either by age or social standing, is always led in first by the host of the party. The hostess arrives last on the arm of the senior male.
It is ridiculous to make a display of your napkin.
Never ask for "meat" instead of beef.
Never turn up your cuffs in carving.
Never take bread, even when it is within your reach, instead of calling upon the servant.
Never cut your bread with a knife, it should be broken by hand.
Always use your napkin before and after drinking.
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London 2012 Olympics
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History of the Olympic Games
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The Ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece thousands of years ago. Back then, the Games were held in honour of the God Zeus. The aim of the Games was to show the physical qualities of the athletes who competed and to encourage good relations between cities across Greece.
At first, the Ancient Olympic Games lasted just one day, and had just one event – a running race. Over time, the Games were extended and lasted up to five days. Only men were allowed to compete and only unmarried women were allowed in the stadium to watch. Some women were so keen to watch the competition that they dressed up as men and sneaked into the stadium!
Winners at the Ancient Games had two victory ceremonies. In the first ceremony they received a palm branch and had red ribbons tied around their hands and head. At the second ceremony, an olive tree wreath was placed on the winner’s head.
According to history books, the Ancient Games were banned by Emperor Theodosius in 393AD because he didn’t think they were fitting for a Christian empire.
The Modern Olympic GamesEdit
How did they start?Edit
More than 1500 years later, a young Frenchman called Baron Pierre de Coubertin decided to create the modern Olympic Games. He thought that the Olympic Games should be about bringing together sport, culture and education.
In 1894, he founded the International Olympic Committee and together they started to organise the first Olympic Games of modern times.
It took them just two years, and in 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece. A total of 241 athletes from 14 countries took part and the winners received a silver medal and an olive branch.
When did women first take part?Edit
At the first modern Olympic Games there were still no female competitors – in fact women didn’t compete until the next Olympic Games, which happened four years later in Paris.
The Olympic Games todayEdit
The International Olympic Committee still oversee the organisation of the Olympic Games, but now the the summer Games are held in a different city every four years. The last Olympic Games were in Beijing, China, in August 2008.
The Games today are much larger than they used to be, and they last much longer – in Beijing they lasted 16 days and athletes competed in 28 different sports!
In Ancient Greece, the Government and wealthy and famous Greek citizens paid for the Games. Today, the Games cost much more money and they have got larger sponsors, or companies that pay to be involved. These companies help to fund the cost of the Games.
Since 1968, each Summer Olympic Games has been followed by a Paralympic Games for athletes with a disability.
Development and preparation
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) was created to oversee the staging of the Games after the success of the bid, and held their first board meeting on 3 October 2005. The committee, chaired by Lord Coe, is in charge of implementing and staging the games, while the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is in charge of the construction of the venues and infrastructure. In April 2006, the Olympic Delivery Authority board was established.
The Government Olympic Executive (GOE), a unit within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), is the lead government body for coordinating the London 2012 Olympics. The GOE reports through the DCMS Permanent Secretary to the Minister for Sports and the Olympics. It focuses on oversight of the Games, cross-programme programme management and the London 2012 Olympic Legacy before and after the Games that will benefit London and the UK. The organisation is also responsible for the supervision of the £9.3 billion of public sector funding.
In August 2011, security concerns arose surrounding the hosting of the Olympic Games in London due to the 2011 England riots, with a few countries expressing fear over the safety of the Games, in spite of the International Olympic Committee's assurance that the riots will not affect the Games.
The IOC's Coordination Commission for the 2012 Games completed their tenth and final visit to London in March 2012. They concluded that "London is ready to host the world this summer".
Venues and infrastructureEdit
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will use a mixture of new venues, existing and historic facilities, and temporary facilities, some of them in well-known locations such as Hyde Park and Horse Guards Parade. Some of the new facilities will be reused in their Olympic form, while others will be resized or relocated.
The majority of venues have been divided into three zones within Greater London: the Olympic Zone, the River Zone and the Central Zone. In addition to these are those venues that, by necessity, are outside the boundaries of Greater London, such as the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, which will host the sailing events, some 125 miles (200 km) southwest of London. The football tournament will be staged at several grounds around the UK. Work began on the Park in Dec
ember 2006, when a sports hall in Eton Manor was pulled down. The athletes' village in Portland was completed in September 2011.
In November 2004 the 500-acre Olympic Park plans were revealed. The plans for the site were approved in September 2004 by Tower Hamlets, Newham, Hackney and Waltham Forest. The redevelopment of the area to build the Olympic Park required compulsory purchase orders of property. The London Development Agency was in dispute with London and Continental Railways about the orders in November 2005. The LCR accused the LDA of killing off development in the area. The LDA planned to buy land alongside the Olympic Park for the Stratford City development project, bringing the 180-acre site of the former Stratford Rail Lands into a mixed-use development, including 4,500 new homes, office space, hotels and shops. This resulted in 2011 with the completion of the largest urban shopping centre in Europe being operated by Westfield. By May 2006, 86% of the land had been bought as businesses fought eviction; this led to an enquiry being set up. 206 companies had to relocate by July 2007. In addition, residents who opposed the eviction tried to find way to stop it by setting up campaigns. However they had to leave as 94% of land was bought and the other 6% bought as a £9 billion regeneration project started
However, there were some issues with the original venues not being challenging enough or being financially unviable. For example, the road racing at the Olympic Games was originally scheduled to take place in Regent's Park and on Hampstead Heath. Instead the Olympic road races will start and finish on The Mall in central London, extend into Surrey to the south and include loops around Box Hill. The Olympic mountain bike event will take place at Hadleigh Farm after the event was moved from Weald Country Park, after the UCI labelled the course at the park "too easy" in July 2008. A location in Kent was also considered.
The Olympic marathon course, which was set to finish in the Olympic stadium, was moved to The Mall. The idea angered some members of the local community, who said they had been left out of the Olympics as no events would take place in the boroughs. The change was made as closing Tower Bridge would cause gridlock in central London. North Greenwich Arena 2 was scrapped in a cost-cutting exercise, Wembley Arena being used for badminton and rhythmic gymnastics events instead.
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Friday, 3 August 2012
Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde First Chapter
1. What story does Enfield tell when he and Utterson pass the door? What does hearing the story cause Utterson to do?
Enfield tells to Utterson a story related to a neglected building whose door makes him shiver. Once, he was strollling across the city as always, when suddlenly he saw a man hitting a girl he did not even know in front of that door. Mr. Enfield and the girl's relatives stopped the man and required him to pay £100 for the damages caused. The man's ugliness was desproportionate, recalling devil itself.The girl's father and Mr. Enfield went to the devil-man's so he get the money and pay for his agression. However, this man, who was called Mr. Hyde, comes back with cheque that had a different name on, so they thought he was blackmailing the person tha actually wrote the cheque. Utterson follows the story closely so he decides to investigate.
2.
After their meeting, what do Enfield and Utterson both suspect about
the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde? what evidence does the text
give for this suspicion?
Both Enfield and Utterson suspect that Jekyll may owe something to Hyde, and that is why the latter would have had the suspicious cheque. They both strongly believe that there is something wrong in the relationship that Jekyll and Hyde maintain. But, there are other theories that pop up while both men, Utterson and Enfield talk, on page 4, the latter states that maybe Hyde is blackmaling Jekyll fo some reason.
3. What two pieces of information dos Utterson learn about Hyde's letter to Jekyll? What do you predict that Utterson will do to help his old friend, who he suspects is in serious trouble? Justify your answer on the basis of evidence from the text.
Utterson learns that the letter had been
written by the same hand and, besides, opposite to what Jekyll said, it
was not taken to Jekyll by a messager. Hyde was supposed to be safe and able to escape.
Sunday, 24 June 2012
Prime-time and 24-hour news broadcast
In the history of communication
there has been always news, that’s why communication was made for to give
information to other person about relevant things, that’s why it’s important to
analyze different news pages.
Prime-time: ABC
News
This news, is about
McDonalds propaganda, very one complains about McDonalds burgers witch in the
propaganda appear bigger than the real burgers, so manager of McDonalds show us
why they appear bigger than what they really are, and give a series of reasons
why.
Shots and framing
The news starts with
the director marketing of McDonalds which is talking about how people think
that McDonald’s have fake propaganda, this is a medium shot, this shot remains
for a long time, until they get to the photo studio in which there is a long
shot, of the photography, and a computer taking a picture of the burger. Then
there is a close up of the burger, which is show in a computer.
Camera Angles
In this news in the
different scenes, the camera angles is always at eye level, but in some times,
there is a bit of high angle.
Camera Movements
In this news, there
are present some pans for a while. But most of the while there is a dolly or tracking
of the presenter the director of marketing.
The light in the
scene is natural light, but in some times there is high key, which is when they
take a picture of the burger
Sound
There is no music
present in the news, only natural sound by the environment.
Bias
Media Bias
24-hour: Fox
news
Summary
The idea of this news
is to inform that social networks as facebook, are making more marriages to
break up according to lawyers, as people could catch there couple cheating on
them or not.
Shots and Framing
At first, this news
starts with a long shot to capture Mark Zuckerberg, as they are talking about
him and his marriage. Then they start talking about marriage brake ups as they
show a photograph of a computer in which its browsing on facebook. The there is
a Medium Shot, in which they are interviewing a lawyer which comments that
there is a new competitor in town which destroys marriages. Then a women
appears in a medium shot, in which she
talks about how it’s possible to break up with facebook. The there is a close
up to a computer talking about concrete information that’s says about the brake
ups related to facebook. The same layer is presented with a medium shot saying
how the people could see that they are being cheated on. Then there is a person
being interviewed that thinks that facebook help relation ship between people
because that I why it was created. The there is a close up to the face of an
old man witch thinks that is that will happen better no to use facebook.
Finally the presentation witch was being talking about the news appears and says
that facebook hasn’t said anything about divorces.
Camera Angles
The camera angle is
at Eye Level, as it doesn’t want to make emphasis in something and also because
it is a natural angle.
Camera Movements
In this News there
are different scenes, and normally in each scene there is a Pan, or it remains still.
Lightning
The light is a
natural light witch must come from the sun, or the lights of the street, and on
set the light is not as strong as front lighting.
Editing Techniques
In some cases the
video uses the fade technique, but mostly what is used is Eye-line Match in
which shows a photograph of facebook, and it shows in a interview to a person.
Sound
There is no sound present,
only the voice of the presentation.
Bias
Media Bias
Friday, 22 June 2012
Prime-time and 24-hour news broadcast
Prime-time: ABC News
Shots and framing
24-hour: Fox news
Summary
The idea of
this news is to inform that social networks as facebook, are making more
marriages to break up according to lawyers, as people could catch there couple
cheating on them or not.
Shots and Framing
At first,
this news starts with a long shot to capture Mark Zuckerberg, as they are
talking about him and his marriage. Then they start talking about marriage
brake ups as they show a photograph of a computer in which its browsing on
facebook. The there is a Medium Shot, in which they are interviewing a lawyer
which comments that there is a new competitor in town which destroys marriages.
Then a women appears in a medium shot,
in which she talks about how it’s possible to break up with facebook. The there
is a close up to a computer talking about concrete information that’s says
about the brake ups related to facebook. The same layer is presented with a
medium shot saying how the people could see that they are being cheated on.
Then there is a person being interviewed that thinks that facebook help
relation ship between people because that I why it was created. The there is a
close up to the face of an old man witch thinks that is that will happen better
no to use facebook. Finally the presentation witch was being talking about the
news appears and says that facebook hasn’t said anything about divorces.
Camera
Angles
The camera
angle, is at Eye Level, as it doesn’t want to make emphasis in something, and
also because it is a natural angle.
Camera
Movements
In this
News there are different scenes, and normally in each scene there is a Pan, or it remains still.
Lightning
The light,
is a natural light witch must come from the sun, or the lights of the street,
and on set the light is not as strong as front lighting.
Editing Techniques
In some
cases the video uses the fade technique, but mostly what is used is Eye-line
Match in which shows a photograph of facebook, and it shows in a interview to a
person.
Sound
There is no
sound present, only the voice of the presentation.
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