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Don't be evil

Google's motto is "Don't be evil". Are they or aren't they?


Motto: A short sentence or phrase chosen as encapsulating the beliefs or ideals guiding an individual, family, or institution.

Hair-volution

Humans evolve, and so does their hair. Excuse the terrible pun in the title and check out this riveting timeline of Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber's hair.

Click here to see the original image.

What's in a Name?

Recently, a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son “4Real”. Even though New Zealand has quite liberal rules about naming children, names beginning with a number are not allowed. They decided to call him Superman instead.

In many countries around the world, unusual names for children are becoming more popular, especially since the increasing trend for celebrities to give their children wacky names. In Britain, you can call a child almost anything you like - the only restrictions on parents relate to offensive words such as swear words.

Some parents choose names which come from popular culture. For example, there have been six boys named Gandalf after the character in the Lord of the Rings novels and films. Equally, names relating to sport are fairly common - since 1984, 36 children have been called Arsenal after the football team.

Other parents like to make up names, or combine names to make their own unique version, a method demonstrated by Jordan, the British model, who recently invented the name Tiáamii for her daughter by combining the names Thea and Amy (the two grandmothers). She was quoted as saying that the accent and double letters were added to make the name 'more exotic'.

Other countries have much stricter rules when it comes to naming children. Countries including Japan, Denmark, Spain, Germany and Argentina have an approved list of names from which parents must choose. In China, there are some rules about what you may call a child - no foreign letters or symbols are allowed. As a result a couple were recently banned from calling their baby @.

In Britain, some names which were previously thought of as old-fashioned have become more popular again, such as Maisie or Ella for a girl, or Alfie or Noah for a boy. But the most popular names are not the wacky ones. The top names are fairly traditional - Jack, Charlie and Thomas for boys and Grace, Ruby and Jessica for girls.

Vocabulary

Liberal: believing in and/or allowing more personal freedom.

Trend: a new development, fashion.

Wacky: unusual in a positive, exciting or silly way.

Restrictions: limits (especially established by laws or rules).

Offensive: causing upset or hurt feelings.

Swear words: rude, offensive words.

After: if you name someone after someone or something, you give them the same name as another person or thing.

To make up: to invent.

Unique: the only one of the kind, very unusual.

Accent: a mark written or printed over a letter to show you how to pronounce it.

Exotic: unusual and often exciting.

Stricter: limiting further (someone's freedom to do as they wish).

When it comes to: as far as ... is concerned.

Banned: not allowed, not permitted.

Old-fashioned: not modern, belonging to the past.

Top: here, most popular.

Traditional: here, common, widely used.

The British Monarchy

The official website of the British Monarchy 
View the latest Royal images, including photographs of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visiting the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Do you love the Royals?
If the answer is yes, what are you waiting for? Check this out! 

British Royal news
Why are we so enthralled by the British royal family? Does the Monarchy still matter? .

Who's Who in the British Royal Family?

Map of Sevilla

Map of Sevilla

Map of Madrid

click to enlarge the map
 

Table 7 - Argument Video

Table 7 - short film from Marko Slavnic 
 A couple on the brink of a breakup has an intimate conversation in a restaurant, unaware that their every word is being closely monitored. However, not all is as it seems. 


Table 7 - short film from Marko Slavnic on Vimeo.

Writer/Director: Marko Slavnic Co-Director: Andrew McDonald Producers: Andrew Lee, Marko Slavnic, Andrew McDonald Cinematography: David Blue Garcia Music: Ed Dunne Cast: Man - Ray Rosales Woman - Stephanie Lozos Recordist - Isaac Kim Camera: Red One

Argument video 1 - Sid Caesar & Nannette Fabry

Have a Great Day!

Live For Greatness

When is greatness achieved?

Is it when you win your first tournament,

Or when you go toe-to-toe with a legend,

When you achieve a lifetime’s ambition,

Or when you inspire others.

Maybe it’s when you’re always asking yourself; what’s next?

Hermès Exceptional Collection

What would you buy? Make your selections here at this link.

Trans European Express

Find out more about the Trans European Express here.

The Terminal

"The Terminal" tells the story of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a visitor to New York from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal’s international transit lounge until the war at home is over. As the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status, serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant named Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). But Viktor has long worn out his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci), who considers him a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants desperately to erase.

Airport!

Are you familiar with any of these situations?

Imagine

Where would you most like to go on
holiday right now?

Close your eyes. Imagine you are
already there. 

What can you see? 

Try and picture the scene as clearly as you can. 

Are there many people there? 

Where are you? 

Can you hear anything?

What can you smell? 

Try and imagine the scene as clearly as you can. 

When you're ready, open your eyes.
Tell your partner about your scene.

Design an airport!

Design an airport you could be happy in!
Think about: 

• facilities for passengers, families and crew;

• security;

• shops;

• entertainment.

Do you wear any of these brands?

What is a kilt?