Here it goes a stretch of the movie the "Pursuit of Happyness" in which the main character Chris Gardner (Will Smith) attends to a job interview.
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- What do you think that he did right and wrong on this job interview?
miércoles, 26 de junio de 2013
Global Warning by Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse is a roots reggae musical band, from the area of England which has a large majority of Afro-Caribbean, Indian and other Asian migrants.
Through this song, you will be able of looking at different factors that affect our environment...
BUSINESS ENGLISH
In
the past jobs used to be so durable than most of the people had the same job
during their lives.
Nowadays
the things have changed; in fact, young people who work expect that their jobs
last around just three years. Besides, there is not a concrete explanation to
this phenomenon, but one reason for all this could be the wider variety of jobs
and the possibilities of acceding to jobs with better salary or remuneration.
So,
the first impressions and jobs interviews are important issues related to what
it has been said before.
Here
it goes a Prezi presentation which mentions some important tips to take into
account to have a good job interview. Below, there are some questions that
could help you to reflect about what you will see in the presentation.
Reflection
- Mention at least three of these tips that convey politeness.
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Have you ever had a job interview?
- If you have had: Have you had applied some of these tips?
- If you have not had: Which of these tips you would take into
account?
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Do you think that first impression (appearance) clearly determines the employer
decision? Why?
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The 21th century society offers a wider variety of jobs than the 20th century.
Do you think that because of that people is less prepared? Explain.
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Do you agree with the statement which says that in contrast with other
generations, young people want to have several jobs experiences in their life?
martes, 25 de junio de 2013
DIEGO RIVERA
Although
his work is characterized by abstraction, Rivera is also a figurative
muralist. - See more at:
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Flower Carrier by Diego Rivera
DIEGO RIVERA AND FRIDA KAHLO
Mexican muralism
Mexican muralism is a Mexican art movement that took place primarily in the 1930s. The movement stands out historically because of its political undertones, the majority of which are of a Marxist nature, or related to a social and political situation of post-revolutionary Mexico.
The leading muralists were Diego Rivera, José Orozco and David Siqueiros, each of whom also worked in the United States at some point in their artistic careers. All three artists utilized the classical tradition of fresco painting as a means of utilizing their art as social protest with an obvious appeal to the left wing, a dominant force in American cultural life throughout the Depression decade. As their nickname would suggest – los tres grandes ("the three great ones") – these three are usually grouped together, when in fact their individual styles and temperaments were very different from each other and they worked throughout overlapping but various periods. Siqueiros for example worked well into the 1970s.
Mexican muralism is a Mexican art movement that took place primarily in the 1930s. The movement stands out historically because of its political undertones, the majority of which are of a Marxist nature, or related to a social and political situation of post-revolutionary Mexico.
The leading muralists were Diego Rivera, José Orozco and David Siqueiros, each of whom also worked in the United States at some point in their artistic careers. All three artists utilized the classical tradition of fresco painting as a means of utilizing their art as social protest with an obvious appeal to the left wing, a dominant force in American cultural life throughout the Depression decade. As their nickname would suggest – los tres grandes ("the three great ones") – these three are usually grouped together, when in fact their individual styles and temperaments were very different from each other and they worked throughout overlapping but various periods. Siqueiros for example worked well into the 1970s.
DIEGO RIVERA "The Factory Lives and Breathes"
Rivera makes the factory look full of life, with his depiction of the production line on the north wall. The scene is huge, at 75 feet long by 17 feet high, and the sense of movement guides the viewer through the scene as if they are on a conveyor belt. The line of workers (detail above) gives a sense of rythmic movement, back and forth. It also conveys the comraderie of the workers and a palpable harmony between worker and machine. In the visual center of the panel (Rivera is said to have used the Golden Mean - an ideal ratio of thirds), sits the furnace. This is the hub of the factory, the heart of the beast. Rivera designed the furnace in this specific location on the wall because he wanted it to glow when afternoon sunlight hits that exact spot. Guiding the eye to the furnace are two rows of spindles which purposefully appear as ancient Toltec guardian figures. Through this visual, Rivera wanted to connect the pre-industrial age with the modern era of science.
FRIDA KAHLO “THE BROKEN COLUMN”
The Broken Column
1944
This self-portrait
is in sharp contrast to Frida's other self-portraits in that she is all
alone… no monkeys, no cats, no parrots, and no background of protective
leaves and plants. Instead, Frida stands all alone crying on a vast baron
plain beneath a stormy sky. Perhaps it's her way of saying that she must
deal with her physical and emotional pain on her own. In 1944 when Frida painted this self-portrait, her health had deteriorated to the point where she had to wear a steel corset for five months. She described it as a "punishment". The straps of the corset seem to be all that is holding the artist's broken body together and upright. An Ionic column, broken in several places, symbolizes her damaged spine. The yawning cleft in her body is repeated in the furrows of the bleak fissured landscape. An even more powerful symbol of her pain are the nails piercing her face and body. The nails represent the physical pain she has endured since her accident. The larger nail piercing her heart represents the emotional pain caused by Diego.
When Frida's long time friend and art student, Arturo Garcia Bustos, saw the finished painting he was terribly distressed by the message it conveyed. Although the painting is obviously a reflection of her current physical and emotional state at the time, it also carries a message of humor in it. "You must laugh at life…" Frida said. "Look very very closely at my eyes…the pupils are doves of peace. That is my little joke on pain and suffering…"
Frida originally painted herself completely nude but then later decided that her total nudity distracted from the central theme and focus of the painting.
FRIDA KAHLO ”THE TWO FRIDAS”
The Two Fridas
1939
Shortly after her
divorce from Diego Rivera, Frida completed this self-portrait of two different
personalities. In her diary, Frida writes that this painting originated
from her memory of an imaginary childhood friend. Later she admitted it
records the emotions surrounding her separation and martial crisis. On
the right, the part of her person which was respected and loved by Diego,
is the Mexican Frida in Tehuana costume. In her hand she holds an amulet
bearing the portrait of Diego as a child. On the left, a more rather European
Frida in a lacy white Victorian wedding dress, the Frida that Diego abandoned.
The hearts of the two women lie exposed, a device Frida often used to
express her pain. The unloved Frida's heart is broken while the other
Frida's heart is whole. From the amulet that Frida is holding springs
a vein that travels through both women's hearts and is finally cut off
by the surgical pincers held in the lap of the rejected Frida. In despair,
Frida tries to stop the flow of blood from Diego but it keeps dripping…she
is in danger of bleeding to death. The stormy sky filled with agitated
clouds may reflect Frida's inner turmoil. Holding her own hand, she is
her only companion. In 1947, this painting was purchased by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Institute of Fine Arts) in Mexico City. The purchase price was 4,000 Pesos (about $1,000) for the painting and an additional 36 Pesos for the frame. That was the most Frida was ever paid for a painting during her lifetime.
A reproduction of this painting is on display in the Frida Kahlo Museum in Coyoacán, Mexico.
FRIDA KAHLO “DIEGO IN MY THOUGHTS”
Diego and I
1949
Frida painted this
self-portrait during the period when her husband, Diego Rivera, was having
a notorious affair with the film star Maria Felix, a relationship which
provoked a public scandal. The beautiful film star was also an intimate
friend of Frida's as well, and though Frida pretended to joke about the
affair, as she had about Rivera's other escapades, this painting reveals
her true emotions. Wretched and weeping, she looks mournfully out at the
viewer. Her long hair has wrapped itself around her neck suggesting that
she feels strangled by the situation. As in many of her other self-portraits,
her hair again becomes the vehicle through which she expresses her emotional
anguish. Frida's obsession with Diego is symbolized by the small bust
of him on her forehead…he being the obvious source of the distress
reflected in this painting. This painting was commissioned by Frida's two married friends Florence Arquin and Sam Williams. Before starting the painting, Frida drew a sketch of what the final painting would be and showed it to her clients. The sketch was very similar to one of Frida's earlier self-portraits entitled: "Self-Portrait as a Tehuana" (1943), or sometimes referred to as "Thinking of Diego". However, months later when they received the painting it looked nothing like the sketch they had seen….they were horrified at the sight of the sad and crying Frida. The sketch was drawn before Diego's affair with Maria Felix became known and the painting was done after. In the final self-portrait, Frida's emotions over the affair turn to tears but the small portrait of Diego on her forehead leaves no doubt that she still loves Diego.
This painting was auctioned by Sotheby's, New York, in May of 1990. It sold for $1,430,000.
lunes, 24 de junio de 2013
"Successful Writing" by Virginia Evans
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lunes, 10 de junio de 2013
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