FIXED - An intriguing story set in a hospital

While browsing Vimeo website the other day, I came across a very intriguing story about a patient who goes to the hospital and undergoes a lot of exams in order to find a cure to his aching leg. I believe you will all enjoy it!


"Fixed" is a short animation film by the young director Jeffrey Thompson. 

"Fixed" 2010 from Jeffrey Thompson on Vimeo.

What do you think of the doctors' solution to this patient's problem?

You can find more interesting videos and music videos at Vimeo website.

"Sometimes The Stars" by The Audreys, an Aussie band

"Sometimes the Stars" is a beautiful song from the Australian band The Audreys, taken from their 2010 album of the same name. 
The accompanying short animated film, produced by Luke Jurevicius and directed by Ari Gibson & Jason Pamment, is about a lost girl's journey through a surreal landscape, and her yearning to make a connection in this distant yet strangely familiar world. 

Sometimes the Stars from The Audreys on Vimeo.

SOMETIMES THE STARS by THE AUDREYS

Here I am confessing, you're lost to me now
I'm on a train telling strangers, about you
How you're still looking fine
How you ease my lonely mind
Flong, summers and wine
Yeah, you saved me

But sometimes the stars seem closer than they should
Like the more I knew, the less I understood
And the further that you got from me, the more I felt like I could see
The more I wondered if I should trust the stars
'Cus sometimes the stars..

Here I am obsessing, that I lost you somehow
On a train full of strangers, and you
Every star look the same
All of those faces without names
They all drifted away
Is that when you left me?

'Cus sometimes the stars seem closer than they should
Like the more I knew, the less I understood
And the further that you got from me, the more I felt like I could see
The more I wondered if I should trust the stars
'Cus sometimes the stars

'Cus sometimes the stars
'Cus sometimes the stars
'Cus sometimes the stars
'Cus sometimes the stars...

You can find more interesting videos and music videos at Vimeo website.

St. Patrick's Day: May the luck of the Irish be yours today!

  Happy Saint Patrick's Day!  
Saint Patrick's Day is the feast day of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland and a day of celebration for Irish people and all things that are Irish. 
It is celebrated on March 17 all over Ireland and everywhere in the world where Irish people or their descendants live. 
New York City has one of the biggest parades. It is a very Irish festival and it involves a lot of feasting and celebrations, which includes traditional Irish music, drinking Guinness and eating bacon and cabbage. Another tradition is one has to wear green clothing or they will be pinched. 
Green is the color for Saint Patrick's day as it is the national color of Ireland and people will wear green on that day or have some type of shamrock on their clothing.
Find out more about Saint Patrick's Day by watching the video below:

Would you like to celebrate St. Patrick's Day like a true Irishman? 

Then watch the following video and test your knowledge by answering the quiz.

What do you really know about Ireland? From Ireland's national symbol to its average beer consumption, get the facts on the Emerald Isle.

Try this fantastic online quiz about Saint Patrick's Day:

St Patrick´s Day, by frenchfrog
Find this and other holidays exercises in English Exercises .org

7 Billion: Are You Typical?

Do you remember our post about the fact that the worldwide population is expected to exceed seven billion in 2011? If you haven't read about it yet, check it here: 7billion.


National Geographic Magazine is continuing a yearlong series examining the specific challenges and solutions we face as the worldwide population reaches 7 billion people in 2011. In the March issue, the magazine published a report on humans' massive impact on the planet. The report "Enter the Anthropocene - Age of Man" can be read here and you can check out the photo gallery here. 

National Geographic photo

Oil transformed Dubai in the 1970s. The city now boasts the world's tallest building, giant malls, and some two million residents, who depend on desalinated seawater and air-conditioning—and thus on cheap energy—to live in the Arabian desert.

Also in the March issue is "The Surprising Face of Seven Billion," a poster showing a composite face of the world's most typical person. Other stories will follow throughout 2011.

Are you typical? What do you think of this?

Today is the 100th International Women's Day!

Today the world celebrates the International Women's Day. Did you know that March is Women's History Month? 

Each year around the world, International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. Hundreds of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women.

Organisations, governments and women's groups around the world choose different themes each year that reflect global and local gender issues. In 2011, the theme is "Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women".

In 2011 we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of IWD. The day was commemorated for the first time on 19 March 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. More than one million women and men attended rallies on that first commemoration.

In 1975, during International Women's Year, the United Nations began celebrating 8 March as International Women's Day. Two years later, in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. 

Here's a special playlist to pay tribute to all women around the world!


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