CIA's twitter debut

Langley, Virginia

The spooks at the CIA have opened a Twitter account, and it seems they have a sense of humour. "We can neither confirm nor deny that his is okurt first tweet," it's opening tweet read. Next came: "Thank you for the @Twitter welcome! We look forward tho sharing great #unclassified content with you." Not everyone appreciated their humor. The New York Review of Books tweeted back links to documents detailing the CIA's brutal interrogation tactics since 9/11.

     

TV highlight

The highlight of this week's TV was definitely the drama series Castle. On Monday's episode, Castle, Beckett, Ryan and Esposito were investigating a murder of a boy found in an ice cream truck. They had a track about a paper in a Primary School, they searched him in Primary School. In the end the testimony was the sister of one children, who went to that school, and the they captured the murder.

Channel 33's TV show, “How do I look” was also worth watching. On Saturday episode, there was a very ugly woman without make up and old clothes, with two daughters, she wanted to subject a radical change. In the end she was a beautiful woman with a very modern clothes and make up.

Finally something which also caught my eye was a story on Tuesday's news. A man paralyzed, the doctors gave to him a medicine and then he could walk. It was a good story, and now the doctors tested this medicine with other people.

Brad Pitt

William Bradley Pitt is an American actor and a film producer. He films a lot of moves, for example Dallas or 12 Monkeys.

He lives in Los Angeles, California and in New Orleans, Louisiana. He lives with his wife, Angelina Jolie and his six daughters.

Brad is quit tall and he's got fair hair and big brown eyes. The good thing about him is that he's generous, funny, a good actor and handsome.

He's very actives. He like golf, tennis and swim. Healso likes architectures and in 2006 he founded Make it Right Foundation.

My friend

Maria Latre and I are friends. Maria lives far from me, she lives in Sant Cugat del Vallés. She lives in interesting modern flat. We don't got to the same school, but we chat whenever we can or when we have an important thing to explain.

Maria is fourteen years old. He's quiet shcor and he's got long fair hair. The good thing about her is that se'h friendly and funny.

Maria is happiest when s'hes staying with people who love her and see this people laugh. She likes going shopping with friends and meeting other people. About three years ago, we went every summer to differents places of England for two weeks, and we met some people, also we went sailing with our family or went to have lunch or dinner, and depending of the day, we went to the beach or to the mountain.

Kung fu in the air

Flight attendants in China are learning how to "calm" passengers: with kung fu! 20,000 new students are discovering how to use the ancient martial art to control difficult travellers. They are learning specials techniques that can be used on aeroplanes!

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

For me the most interestant part of the fim it was:

Victor, who believes his creation destroyed, returns to Geneva with the intent of marrying Elizabeth. He finds there that his little brother William has been murdered. Justine Moritz, a servant of the Frankenstein household, is framed for the crime and hanged by a lynch mob. That night Victor is approached by his creation, who tells him to meet him on the mountain. Realizing that the creature murdered his brother, Victor goes with the intent of destroying his creation, but is no match for his enhanced speed and strength. The creature asks who the people were that Victor used to build him. Victor replies that they were merely raw materials, but the creature replies that he knew how to read, speak and play the recorder; he didn't learn how to, he remembered how.

New vocabulary:

Spoil: Espatllar

Regert: Lamentar

Pox: Verola

Mutiny: Motí

Madness: Bogeria

Wealthy: Ric (adj. Bo per la sault)

Cheat: Enganyar

Abomination: Abominació

Raw Materials: Matèries primeres

Beg: Suplicar

Cholera: Còlera

Shelter: Refugi

Soul: Ànima

Indulge: Complaure

Vow: Prometre

Soaking: Penetrar

Mad: Boig, boja

Pursuing: Perseguir

Household: Casa

Hanged: Penjat

What do you know about Halloween?

Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints.

Originally Halloween was a pagan festival, around the idea of linking the living with the dead, when contact became possible between the spirits and the physical world, and magical things were more likely to happen. Like most pagan festivals, long ago it was absorbed into the festivals of the expanding Christian church, and became associated with All Hallows Day, or All Saints Day, which eventually fell on November 1.
The celebration of Halloween survived most strongly in Ireland. It was an end of summer festival, and was often celebrated in each community with a bonfire to ward off the evil spirits. Children would go from door to door in disguise as creatures from the underworld to collect treats, mainly fruit, nuts and the like for the festivities. These were used for playing traditional games like eating an apple on a string or bobbing for apples and other gifts in a basin of water, without using your hands. Salt might be sprinkled on the visiting children to ward off evil spirits. Carving turnips as ghoulish faces to hold candles became a popular part of the festival, which has been adapted to carving pumpkins in America.

The day is often associated with the colours black and orange, and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films!