Ten most importants “exhibits” of my life.

I am twenty one years old, so it his a kind difficult to choose ten "exhibits" of my life. I will choose some "exhibits" that did not represent just a moment but are still important always in my life.


I will schedule that moments.

1st: 30th July 1987 it was my birthday off course it is very important because it meaning the beginning of life experience.

2nd: 20th September 1989 - off course I did not remember the day because I was only one year old, but my brother is very important every day of my life, so I need to choose this day as one of the most important exhibit.

3rd: Between 2o and 25 September 1993 - I cannot precise exactly the day, but I was six years old and the school start everytime in the last two weaks of September so it might be between that days, I choose this exhibit, because that was when I meet some of the most impotant friends of my life.

4th: June 1997 - I finished the primary school. This moment meaning the end of a cicle and I remember that me, my school mates and my teacher made a great party to celebrate the day.

5th: The teenager years. it's not just some days but I can say it is three years. I grow up, I meet new friends I learn new things and it is when the childwood end.

6th: During my teenager I travel to "La Coruña" in a school trip. That was the first time that I left the country.

7th: June 2004 - I love sports, specially football. In 2004 Portugal was the host country of Euro 2004. That month was unique with animation, the windows with Portuguese flags all over the country in every places. I remember the portuguese matches, the victories, we won England in penalty kicks. After the match the portuguese celebrate on the streets, everybody were happy and it was a patriotic moment.

8th: 30th July 2005 - Even knowing nowadays celebrate 18 years old did not meaning to much I make a special party with my parents, my brother, my cousins and my friends. I make a home party then we went to a very famous club named "Indústria" in Oporto.

9th: My driving license day, April 17th with driving license I felt free to go every places without need to ask someone to go with me. It is also a moment when I get more responsability.

10th: University admission. Meaning go to other city, left my parents house.


I hope to live many important moments in the future!!!

*My favourite life quote is: "Be happy now" :)*

Queen Elizabeth Era

Elizabeth I was 25 years old when she became Queen of England in 1558. Her 45 years reign, which ended with her death in 1603, saw England's emergence as a nation of tremendous political power and unparalleled cultural achievement. Because so much oh this English renaissance is directly attributable to Elizabeth's personal character and influence, it is appropriate that the last half oh the sixteenth century in England is identified as the Elizabethan Period.
In both intellect and temperament, Elizabeth was well-suited for the role of monarch.
She was exceptionally well-educated, having been turtored at her father's court by Roger Ascham, one of the most outstanding scholars and thinkers, the age. Her intellectual interests were broad, ranging from history and science to art, literature, and philosophy and she was a remarkably astute political strategist.
Not only did she return the country to internal political and religious stability in the wake of "Bloody Mary's" reign, she directed England's course as it became a powerful force among European nations.
Both Spain and France felt the effects of England's growing strength and audacity under Elizabeth's rule. Furthermore, Elizabeth shrewdly perceived that great political advantage could be gained from her status as as unmarried monarch, and throughout her reign various political alliances via marriage were hinted at but never finalized. Elizabeth was an enormously popular monarch one of western civilization's first true cult figures.
The following oh "the virgin queen", or "gloriana", as she was called. was extensive, according to many historians, every public appearance became an occasion for grand spectacle, great pageantry and huge crowds.
The queen's tastes in fashion set the satantard for the aristocracy and the rest of society, her love of music, drama, and poetry fostered an atmosphere, in which many of england's greatest writers found encuragement and financial patronage.
Elizabeth's court was a magnet which attracted the most talented individuals of the era, and, the queen's direction, Oxford and Cambridge, universities were reorganized and chartered as centers for learning and scholarly endeavor.
In an era in which the lives of varied social classes rarely intersected, the theatre was a true common denominator. Everyone, regardless of social class, enjoyed the spectacle or the Elizabethan theatre, and playwrights found themselves writing for highly diverse audiences which reflected the ever-changing makeup and energy of society. The last year of elizabeth's reign were not always politically smoth in fact, by the 1590's there was at least one serious threat of rebellion as well as a series of bitter parliamentary conflicts.
But Elizabeth was steadfast as a monarch and held things firmly in control until her death in 1603.
She was succeeded by her cousin, king james VI of Scotland who united the two nations as king james I.
England during the reign of Elizabeth I was a country of tremendous ambition, achievement, promise, and gusto. The accomplishments and spirit of the age are traceable to many sociological and cultural factors, but foremost among these is the leardship of the forceful, resourceful and shrewd queen Elizabeth I.
Her death marked not only the end of the tudor line, but of a glorious era in English history.

Sarah Palin

1- Concordo com o título do artigo "Sarah Palin's Myth of America". Esta política, é vista pelos seus conterrâneos como um exemplo na medida em que as pessoas se acabam por se identificar com a sua história de vida (cresceu numa zona rural), tem família, filhos e funcionou como porta-voz de uma classe trabalhadora, que muitas vezes é esquecida e oprimida pelos poderosos. A forma genuína de ser desta política, faz com que as pessoas a vejam como uma personagem fascinante e marcante, daí ser um mito.

Sub Cultura - "Mods"

In the context of the discipline of English Culture I, I decided to do the work on the Subculture "Mods" because of what like option, it is which that I more identify.



"Mods"


This subculture, start in London, in the year of 1958, beggining of the 60's, had beginning in teenagers with familiar connections, connected with the commerce of textiles.

The first "mods" were generally middle class, obsessed with trends in fashion and music styles, such as modern jazz, rhythm and blues. The urban social life was driven in part by amphetamine. They were influenced by American rock and roll, wore costumes and hairstyles fashions.

Generally, met in London bars as "Goldhawk" and "Mark Club", displaying their clothes and the dance steps. Scooters typically used as a means of transport, usually the marks Lambretta or Vespa, one of the main reasons is that public transport closed relatively early, and scooters were cheaper than cars.


Significant elements of life

- Pop music, as African American soul, Jamaican ska, and British music
- R &B
- Fashion (custom-made suits)
- Motor scooters.
- Use of drugs such as amphetamines, feeding them all night while dancing in clubs.
- The British bands, associated with the scenario "mods," are the best known, The Action, The Creation and John's Children.
- The symbol used by the mod is moving from pop art, and was based on the symbol used in the RAF aircraft during the Second World War.

The hippieislamismo

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The text that follows, addresses an issue, as in English culture on the various types of culture and ideologies.
We were asked to design, a kind of culture against those who are familiar :).
From the way that kind of culture I decided, a few of my colleagues, was hippieislamismo.
First, because the mixture hippie style, which is known to be a style peace and love, where people do not come into conflicts and wars, and seek union with the world.
However, we adopt a different style, Islamism, which is known to be a religion and Islamic culture, in which the principles of society do not earn space or attract people.
Anyone who believes that line of thought believe that it is pointless trying to impose democratic regimes in Islam, the people would not be willing to embrace change.
But other analysts argue that Islam does not prevent the flourishing of democracy, and that Muslim countries are dictatorships and monarchies because of other factors.
Whatever the explanation, the fact is that democracies are rare in Islam: only Indonesia, Turkey and Bangladesh have such a scheme.


Hippieislamismo:

Pros: in favor of the war, many women, good food, good drink.

Against: Capitalism (despite being rich), peace and unity with the people, enjoy music and spiritual love for action and horror films, examples Voo 93 and Die Hard.

Take a confrontational style of life, love and go clad in tunics with belts of dynamite and Hawaiian.