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Fellini</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>268</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-3259430693725112679</id><published>2012-01-27T01:03:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T01:13:05.771+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aniboom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harakaly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cheese'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   —68</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3vRgDWndM-A/TyHpHJ61DVI/AAAAAAAAEW0/4wQa8uTWKzo/s1600/12Frid01_27banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="proud puppy" border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3vRgDWndM-A/TyHpHJ61DVI/AAAAAAAAEW0/4wQa8uTWKzo/s400/12Frid01_27banner.jpg" width="276" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.funnypuppysite.com/pictures/the_proud_puppy.htm"&gt;credit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Como dice el refrán "&lt;b&gt;La codicia rompe el saco&lt;/b&gt;". ¡Cuidado!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(As the saying goes, "Grasp all, lose all." Watch out!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;O así parece que ocurre en este corto de Peter &lt;a href="http://www.aniboom.com/animator-account/haacik"&gt;Harakaly&lt;/a&gt;, "Queso".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Or that's what it seems in this animation created by Peter Harakaly: "Cheese.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VngRJXrjXE0?rel=0" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;¡Feliz fin de semana!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-3259430693725112679?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/3259430693725112679/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=3259430693725112679' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3259430693725112679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3259430693725112679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/es-viernes-sonrie-68.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   —68'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3vRgDWndM-A/TyHpHJ61DVI/AAAAAAAAEW0/4wQa8uTWKzo/s72-c/12Frid01_27banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8250529148860333108</id><published>2012-01-25T08:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T08:00:10.174+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wednesday'/><title type='text'>Wednesday Inspiration  —8</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UATC90Szfds/Tx8h2KjH7SI/AAAAAAAAEWk/ZJLwFBbZw-A/s1600/12Wed4_1.jpg" onmouseover="this.src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c3uUyZA4rTM/Tx8h2FrGYjI/AAAAAAAAEWc/1JHmxcugSuc/s1600/12Wed4_2.jpg'"onmouseout="this.src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UATC90Szfds/Tx8h2KjH7SI/AAAAAAAAEWk/ZJLwFBbZw-A/s1600/12Wed4_1.jpg'" border="0"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Pasa el ratón por la imagen para ver la traducción.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Hover over the picture to see Spanish translation.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Aqueous-Fluoreau/2634099"&gt;Image credit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8250529148860333108?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8250529148860333108/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8250529148860333108' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8250529148860333108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8250529148860333108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/wednesday-inspiration-8.html' title='Wednesday Inspiration  —8'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UATC90Szfds/Tx8h2KjH7SI/AAAAAAAAEWk/ZJLwFBbZw-A/s72-c/12Wed4_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-5536483541561940303</id><published>2012-01-23T08:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T01:10:33.573+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='celebraciones'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horóscopo chino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese New Year'/><title type='text'>2012, el año del dragón negro de agua</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a5PBeLDA0Cs/TxyIV4Wj_zI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/zuyto3W-7H8/s1600/0chineseNewYear2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="2012 Year of the Dragon" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a5PBeLDA0Cs/TxyIV4Wj_zI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/zuyto3W-7H8/s800/0chineseNewYear2012.jpg" title="¡Feliz Año del Dragón!" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anoche&lt;/b&gt;, día 22, &lt;b&gt;celebraron &lt;/b&gt;en &lt;b&gt;China &lt;/b&gt;la &lt;b&gt;Nochevieja &lt;/b&gt;y durante las próximos &lt;b&gt;quince días&lt;/b&gt; celebrarán el &lt;b&gt;Año Nuevo Lunar&lt;/b&gt; hasta el próximo &lt;b&gt;día 6 de febrero&lt;/b&gt;, día del &lt;b&gt;Festival de los farolillos&lt;/b&gt;, decimoquinto día del primer mes lunar cuando es luna llena.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Last night, January 22, it was New Years Eve in China and for the next fortnight they will celebrate New Year until February 6, when the lantern Festival is held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the moon is brightest.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Según el &lt;b&gt;calendario de los cinco elementos de la astrología china&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;2012 &lt;/b&gt;es el &lt;b&gt;año del dragón de agua&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; En el sistema de los cinco elementos el agua es está relacionada con el color negro. Por lo tanto podemos decir que el año 2012 es el año del dragón negro de agua.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(According to Chinese Five Element Astrology Calendar, 2012 is the Year of Water Dragon. The color of Water in Five Elements system is related to Black. Therefore, we can say 2012 is Black Water Dragon year.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Como &lt;b&gt;ya os hablé &lt;/b&gt;de las &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/2009/01/ao-nuevo-chino-tradiciones.html"&gt;tradiciones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; y de las &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/2009/01/ao-nuevo-chino-comidas.html"&gt;comidas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; durante estas celebraciones, hoy hablaremos de &lt;b&gt;cómo se eligieron los animales&lt;/b&gt; para el &lt;b&gt;horóscopo chino&lt;/b&gt;. De las &lt;b&gt;muchas leyendas&lt;/b&gt; que hay, &lt;b&gt;ésta&lt;/b&gt; es la que más me &lt;b&gt;gusta&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(As I already talked about traditions and food during these celebrations, I was curious to find out how the animals were chosen for the Chinese zodiac. There are a lot of legends and here is the one I prefer.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Long ago, in China, the &lt;a href="http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/Chinese_Customs/Jade_Emperor.htm"&gt;Jade Emperor&lt;/a&gt;, ruler of Heaven and all realms of existence below including that of Man and Hell, decided there should be a way of measuring time. On his birthday he told the animals that there was to be a swimming race. The first twelve animals across the fast flowing river would each have a year of the zodiac named after them.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hace mucho tiempo, en China, el &lt;a href="http://sobrechina.com/2010/11/15/emperador-de-jade-rey-del-universo/"&gt;Emperador de Jade&lt;/a&gt;, Gobernante del cielo y de todos los reinos existentes por debajo, incluidos el del hombre y el infierno, decidió que debería haber una forma de medir el tiempo. En su cumpleaños les dijo a los animales que iba a celebrarse una carrera. Los doce primeros animales que llegaran a la otra orilla de un río de aguas turbulentas tendrían el honor de tener un año del zodíaco con su nombre.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;All the animals lined up along the river bank. The rat and the tiger, who were good friends, were worried because they were poor swimmers. Being clever they asked the strong ox if he would carry them across the river.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Todos los animales se alinearon en la orilla del río. La rata y el gato, que eran buenos amigos, estaban preocupados porque no eran buenos nadadores. Como eran listos, le pidieron a un fornido buey si podía llevarlos al otro lado.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Of course' said the kind ox. ‘Just climb on my back and I will take you across."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"Por supuesto", dijo el buey. "Subíos a mi espalda y os llevaré."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The rat and the cat quickly jumped up and were very excited when the ox soon took the lead in the race. They had almost reached the other bank when the rat pushed the cat into the river leaving him to struggle in the water. Then just before the ox was about to win the race the rat leapt on his head and on to the bank to finish first.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;La rata y el gato rápidamente saltaron a sus lomos y se pusieron muy contentos cuando vieron que rápidamente el buey tomaba la delantera en la carrera. Justo cuando estaba el buey a punto de ganar, la rata empujó al gato al río abandonándolo debatiéndose en el agua. Entonces, justo cuando el buey estaba a punto de ganar la carrera, la rata saltó sobre su cabeza y alcanzó la orilla la primera.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Well done,"' said the Jade Emperor to the proud rat. "The first year of the zodiac will be named after you."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"Bien hecho", dijo el emperador de Jade a la rata jubilosa. "El primer año del zodiaco llevará tu nombre".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The poor ox had been tricked into second place and the second year of the zodiac was named after him.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;El pobre buey, que había sido engañado y llegaba segundo, dio su nombre al segundo año.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Shortly after the exhausted tiger clawed his way to the river bank to claim third place. Swimming across the river had been an enormous struggle for him against the strong currents.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Poco después llegó el tigre agotado. Cruzar el río había supuesto un enorme esfuerzo luchando contra la fuerte corriente.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Emperor was so delighted with his efforts that he named the third year after him.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;El emperador estaba tan contento con sus esfuerzos que le puso su nombre al tercer año.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Next to arrive was the rabbit, who hadn't swum across at all. He hopped across on some stepping stones and then found a floating log which carried him to the shore.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;El siguiente en llegar fue el conejo, que no había cruzado nadando. Había saltado de&amp;nbsp; piedra en piedra hasta encontrar un tronco que flotaba y lo había llevado a la orilla. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"I shall be very happy to call the fourth year after you," the surprised Jade Emperor explained.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"Estaré encantado de ponerle tu nombre al cuarto año", explicó el emperador sorprendido.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Just then a kind dragon swooped down to take fifth place.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Entonces un gentil dragón descendió en quinto lugar. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Why didn't you win the race, as you can fly as well as swim?" the Jade Emperor asked.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"¿Por qué no has ganado la carrera si sabes volar y nadar?" preguntó el emperador de Jade.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"I was held up because some people and animals needed water to drink. I needed to make some rain," the dragon explained. "Then when I was nearly here I saw a poor little rabbit on a log in the water and I blew a puff of wind so that the log would float to the river bank."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"Me retrasé porque había gente y animales que necesitaban agua para beber. Tuve que hacer llover", explicó el dragón. "Entonces cuando ya casi había llegado aquí, vi a un pobre conejo sobre un tronco en el agua y soplé para que el tronco llegara hasta la orilla."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Well that was very kind of you and now you are here you will have the fifth year of the zodiac named after you."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"Bien, eso ha sido muy amable por tu parte y, ahora que estás aquí, el quinto año del zodiaco llevará tu nombre."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The next thing the Jade Emperor heard was the sound of the horse's hooves.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Just as he was thinking the horse would be the next animal to arrive, a sneaky snake wriggled out from around one of the horse's hooves. The horse was so surprised that he jumped backwards giving the snake a chance to take the sixth place in the race. The poor horse had to be satisfied with seventh place.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;A continuación, el emperador de Jade oyó los cascos de un caballo.&lt;br /&gt;Justo cuando pensaba que el caballo sería el siguiente animal en llegar, una serpiente sigilosa se escurrió fuera de uno de los cascos del animal. El caballo se sorprendió tanto que brincó hacia atrás dándole a la serpiente la oportunidad de tomar el sexto lugar en la carrera. El pobre caballo se tuvo que conformar con el séptimo puesto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Not long afterwards a raft arrived carrying the goat, the monkey and the rooster. They explained to the Emperor how they had shared the raft that the rooster had found. The goat and monkey had cleared weeds and pushed the raft to the shore.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Poco después arribó una balsa con la cabra, el mono y el gallo. Le explicaron al emperador que habían compartido la balsa que el gallo había encontrado. La cabra y el mono habían arrancado hierbajos y llevado la balsa hasta la orilla&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Emperor was very pleased that the animals had worked together. He said the goat would be the eighth zodiac animal, the monkey the ninth and the rooster the tenth.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;El emperador estuvo muy satisfecho de que los animales hubieran trabajado juntos. Nombró a la cabra el octavo signo del zodiaco, al mono el noveno y al gallo el décimo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The next animal to finish was the dog.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Why are you so late when you are one of the best swimmers?"' asked the Jade Emperor.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;El siguiente animal en acabar la carrera fue el perro.&lt;br /&gt;"¿Por qué llegas tan tarde si eres uno de los mejores nadadores?" preguntó el emperador.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"The water in the river was so clean that I had to have a bath on the way," explained the dog.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"El agua del río estaba tan limpia que tuve que bañarme", explicó el perro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;His reward was to have the eleventh year named after him.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Su recompensa fue que el undécimo año llevara su nombre.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Now there was one place left in the zodiac and the Emperor wondered when the last winner would come. He had nearly given up when he heard a grunt from the boar.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Ya sólo quedaba un lugar en el zodiaco y el emperador se preguntaba cuándo llegaría el ganador. Casí había desistido de esperar cuando oyó el gruñido del cerdo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"You took a long time to cross the river," said the Emperor to the boar.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"Has tardado mucho en cruzar el río", le dijo el emperador al cerdo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"I was hungry and stopped to eat," explained the boar. "After the meal I felt so tired that I fell asleep."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"Tenía hambre y me paré a comer", explicó el cerdo. "Después de la comida estaba tan cansado que me dormí."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"You have still done well," said the Jade Emperor. "The last year of the zodiac will be named after you."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;"Lo has hecho bien de todos modos", dijo el emperador de Jade. "El último año del zodiaco llevará tu nombre."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;As for the cat who had been pushed into the water by the rat, he finally crawled out of the water but was too late. He felt very cross with the rat and since then cats have never been friends with rats.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;En cuanto al gato al que la rata había empujado al agua, se arrastró fuera del agua, pero era demasiado tarde. Se enfadó mucho con la rata y, desde entonces, los gatos y las ratas nunca se han llevado bien.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por cierto, ¿y &lt;b&gt;por qué doce animales&lt;/b&gt;? Pues porque hay &lt;b&gt;12 &lt;a href="http://www.astromia.com/glosario/lunacion.htm"&gt;lunaciones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; en un ciclo solar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(By the way, why 12 animals? Because there are 12 &lt;a href="http://www.astrologyweekly.com/dictionary/lunation.php"&gt;lunations&lt;/a&gt; in a solar year.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Fuentes: &lt;a href="http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/2012.htm"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.allchinanet.com/chinese_culture/chinese_zodiac_legend.shtml"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-5536483541561940303?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/5536483541561940303/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=5536483541561940303' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5536483541561940303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5536483541561940303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-el-ano-del-dragon-negro-de-agua.html' title='2012, el año del dragón negro de agua'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a5PBeLDA0Cs/TxyIV4Wj_zI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/zuyto3W-7H8/s72-c/0chineseNewYear2012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-7141194291484798202</id><published>2012-01-20T01:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T01:11:06.652+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pandore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —67</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-20KpK9W1piM/TxiwJRzDNWI/AAAAAAAAEV8/foZecC1izOc/s1600/12Frid01_20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="panda bear cubs" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-20KpK9W1piM/TxiwJRzDNWI/AAAAAAAAEV8/foZecC1izOc/s800/12Frid01_20.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://izismile.com/"&gt;Image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Esta semana ha sido tranquila —afortunadamente— así que empezamos un merecido fin de semana y disfrutemos de este corto de animación de los alumnos de la escuela de imagen &lt;a href="http://www.gobelins.fr/"&gt;Gobelins&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pandora&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A quiet week — Thanks Lord— so let's start a well-deserved weekend and enjoy this short animation movie by the students of Gobelins, &lt;/i&gt;Pandore&lt;i&gt;.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KVibJqmL3cQ?rel=0" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-7141194291484798202?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/7141194291484798202/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=7141194291484798202' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/7141194291484798202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/7141194291484798202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/es-viernes-sonrie-67.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —67'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-20KpK9W1piM/TxiwJRzDNWI/AAAAAAAAEV8/foZecC1izOc/s72-c/12Frid01_20.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-7246913262658820970</id><published>2012-01-18T08:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T08:00:08.083+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wednesday'/><title type='text'>Wednesday Inspiration  —7</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ROU9awFjhyY/TxXi8vjFm-I/AAAAAAAAEVs/z2oYlrzWEko/s1600/12Wed3_1.jpg" onmouseover="this.src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XxYc4LYUE0k/TxXi8lPEOwI/AAAAAAAAEVk/LaBcgtmZY4A/s1600/12Wed3_2.jpg'"onmouseout="this.src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ROU9awFjhyY/TxXi8vjFm-I/AAAAAAAAEVs/z2oYlrzWEko/s1600/12Wed3_1.jpg'" border="0"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Pasa el ratón por la &lt;a href="http://eatsleepdraw.com/post/14158270907"&gt;imagen&lt;/a&gt; para ver la traducción.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Hover over the image to see Spanish translation.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Quote: Carl &lt;a href="http://carl-sandburg.com/biography.htm"&gt;Sandburg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-7246913262658820970?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/7246913262658820970/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=7246913262658820970' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/7246913262658820970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/7246913262658820970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/wednesday-inspiration-7.html' title='Wednesday Inspiration  —7'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ROU9awFjhyY/TxXi8vjFm-I/AAAAAAAAEVs/z2oYlrzWEko/s72-c/12Wed3_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1389187523202679964</id><published>2012-01-16T10:02:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T19:27:47.571+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Martin Luther King'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Monday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quotes'/><title type='text'>Día de Martin Luther King Jr</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FHJ01OSL7Y/TxRr0lIYoOI/AAAAAAAAEVY/9VehlToSG_0/s1600/b-w_living1.jpg" onmouseover="this.src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DjQ1UVgFZj8/TxPmbVxRD1I/AAAAAAAAEVA/_pFAv1wwJtY/s1600/b-w_living2.jpg'"onmouseout="this.src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FHJ01OSL7Y/TxRr0lIYoOI/AAAAAAAAEVY/9VehlToSG_0/s1600/b-w_living1.jpg'" border="0"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Quote: Martin Luther King Jr,  Speech in St. Louis, Missouri, March 22, 1964.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.masters-of-photography.com/B/bourke-white/b-w_living_full.html"&gt;Photo&lt;/a&gt;:Margaret Bourke-White - Bread Line during the Louisville flood, Kentucky 1937 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1389187523202679964?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1389187523202679964/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1389187523202679964' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1389187523202679964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1389187523202679964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/dia-de-martin-luther-king-jr.html' title='Día de Martin Luther King Jr'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8FHJ01OSL7Y/TxRr0lIYoOI/AAAAAAAAEVY/9VehlToSG_0/s72-c/b-w_living1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8240818031490266604</id><published>2012-01-13T01:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T01:10:45.640+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Olivier Trudeau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ninja'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —66</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ofTENJQd2iI/Tw9zM94jh6I/AAAAAAAAEU0/U7WuByYAW2A/s1600/happyhamster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="happy Hamster" border="0" height="321" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ofTENJQd2iI/Tw9zM94jh6I/AAAAAAAAEU0/U7WuByYAW2A/s400/happyhamster.jpg" title="Happy hambster" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tehcute.com/happy-hamster.html"&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;La primera semana de vuelta ya llega a su fin. No ha sido tan malo, ¿verdad? Pues &lt;b&gt;nos merecemos&lt;/b&gt; nuestro &lt;b&gt;vídeo del viernes&lt;/b&gt; para celebrar esta hazaña. Aquí va &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ninja&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, un corto en stop-motion de Olivier Trudeau, de un duelo a la antigua usanza. Me encanta su estética. &lt;b&gt;Disfrutadlo&lt;/b&gt; y ¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(First week of back to school is over. Hasn't been so bad, has it? Well, we deserve our Friday video to celebrate this feat. Let's watch &lt;/i&gt;Ninja&lt;i&gt;, a short stop motion movie from Olivier Trudeau, about an old fashioned ninja duel. I love its aesthetics. Enjoy it and have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29413609?portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ff9933" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/29413609"&gt;Ninja&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/oliviertrudeau"&gt;Olivier Trudeau&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8240818031490266604?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8240818031490266604/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8240818031490266604' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8240818031490266604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8240818031490266604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/es-viernes-sonrie-66.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —66'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ofTENJQd2iI/Tw9zM94jh6I/AAAAAAAAEU0/U7WuByYAW2A/s72-c/happyhamster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-172350418254737761</id><published>2012-01-11T14:08:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T14:08:08.384+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wednesday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='realist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Wednesday Inspiration  —6</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pSsU-w3aPUM/Tw2FgYTauDI/AAAAAAAAEUc/-TIzq3Gr8v0/s800/12Wed2_1.jpg" onmouseover="this.src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kfab2Jz6Hjk/Tw2Fgm3N0hI/AAAAAAAAEUk/9Mro1C4xtxc/s800/12Wed2_2.jpg'"onmouseout="this.src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pSsU-w3aPUM/Tw2FgYTauDI/AAAAAAAAEUc/-TIzq3Gr8v0/s800/12Wed2_1.jpg'" border="0"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Pasa el ratón por la imagen para ver la traducción.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Hover over the picture to see Spanish translation.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Quote: William A. Ward&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-172350418254737761?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/172350418254737761/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=172350418254737761' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/172350418254737761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/172350418254737761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/wednesday-inspiration-6.html' title='Wednesday Inspiration  —6'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pSsU-w3aPUM/Tw2FgYTauDI/AAAAAAAAEUc/-TIzq3Gr8v0/s72-c/12Wed2_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-7584018122683309476</id><published>2012-01-09T10:00:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T10:00:31.165+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Monday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='música'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lunes'/><title type='text'>Empecemos bien</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Algo para animarnos a volver al trabajo. Feliz día... aunque sea lunes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Something to cheer us up to get back into the grind. Have a nice day.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este cuiroso instrumento es un &lt;a href="http://www.hang-music.com/hang.php"&gt;hang&lt;/a&gt; creado por Felix Rohner y Sabina Schärer de la compañía PANArt en Berna, Suiza, en el año 2000.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(This odd instrument is a hang, created by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer OF THE PANArt Company, in Berne, Switzerland, in 2000.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_ISZrPyeRZ4?rel=0" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-7584018122683309476?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/7584018122683309476/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=7584018122683309476' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/7584018122683309476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/7584018122683309476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/empecemos-bien.html' title='Empecemos bien'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/_ISZrPyeRZ4/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-4723385954986120857</id><published>2012-01-06T11:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T11:34:59.059+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Epifanía'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Snowflakes and carrots'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Feliz Día de Reyes!</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPQM7IO2va8/TwbKPWiHjAI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/gAXVRjLIdp8/s1600/12Jan06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Koda bear, hamburg" border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPQM7IO2va8/TwbKPWiHjAI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/gAXVRjLIdp8/s400/12Jan06.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gallerygate.com/telegraph/"&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;Hoy es &lt;b&gt;Día de Reyes&lt;/b&gt;. Ojalá os hayan traídos a todos lo que pedisteis y lo disfrutéis este día y siempre. ¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz Epifanía&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Today, Epiphany. Hope all of you be blessed with whatever you wish for on this day and always.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/11271294?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ff0179" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/11271294"&gt;Flocons et carottes (Snowflakes and Carrots) (2010)&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/boum"&gt;Samantha Leriche-Gionet&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-4723385954986120857?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/4723385954986120857/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=4723385954986120857' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4723385954986120857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4723385954986120857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/es-viernes-feliz-dia-de-reyes.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Feliz Día de Reyes!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPQM7IO2va8/TwbKPWiHjAI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/gAXVRjLIdp8/s72-c/12Jan06.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-5703773629195111832</id><published>2012-01-04T08:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T08:30:03.461+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wednesday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Wednesday Inspiration  —5</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cYRG5uz-GbY/TwN4kAD8yvI/AAAAAAAAET4/6k_GXuSOO_o/s1600/12Wed1_1.jpg" onmouseover="this.src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jvs6gnSN--g/TwN4kH2ypSI/AAAAAAAAEUE/bMFQVaA8HOQ/s1600/12Wed1_2.jpg'"onmouseout="this.src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cYRG5uz-GbY/TwN4kAD8yvI/AAAAAAAAET4/6k_GXuSOO_o/s1600/12Wed1_1.jpg'"  border="0"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Pasa el ratón por la &lt;a href="http://izismile.com/"&gt;imagen&lt;/a&gt; para ver la traducción.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Hover over the picture to see Spanish translation.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;Quote: A.A. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne"&gt;Milne&lt;/a&gt; (1882-1956)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-5703773629195111832?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/5703773629195111832/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=5703773629195111832' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5703773629195111832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5703773629195111832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/wednesday-inspiration-5.html' title='Wednesday Inspiration  —5'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cYRG5uz-GbY/TwN4kAD8yvI/AAAAAAAAET4/6k_GXuSOO_o/s72-c/12Wed1_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1178658517554276580</id><published>2012-01-01T20:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T21:00:23.755+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='año nuevo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aniversario'/><title type='text'>Tres años juntos. ¡Feliz Año Nuevo!</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wx2nuXeeYog/TwC3rs52ikI/AAAAAAAAETg/J-0VgnFyYrQ/s400/3yearsoldbanner.jpg" onmouseover="this.src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0jGggARE3Ms/TwC5zG4O_YI/AAAAAAAAETs/KX4JnUk3Gc0/s400/3yearsoldbanner2.jpg'"onmouseout="this.src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wx2nuXeeYog/TwC3rs52ikI/AAAAAAAAETg/J-0VgnFyYrQ/s400/3yearsoldbanner.jpg'"  border="0"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Pasa el ratón por la &lt;a href="http://www.recipegirl.com/2011/01/03/celebrating-3-years-with-chocolate-cake-a-giveaway/"&gt;imagen &lt;/a&gt;para ver la traducción.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Hover over the picture to see Spanish translation)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;¿Os habéis dado cuenta de  la &lt;b&gt;cantidad de gente dispuesta a regalar parte de su tiempo&lt;/b&gt; para &lt;b&gt;compartir&lt;/b&gt; lo  que &lt;b&gt;saben&lt;/b&gt; para &lt;b&gt;ayudar&lt;/b&gt; a otros, para &lt;b&gt;compartir&lt;/b&gt; lo que &lt;b&gt;descubren&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;arrancar&lt;/b&gt; una  &lt;b&gt;sonrisa&lt;/b&gt;, para &lt;b&gt;compartir&lt;/b&gt; los &lt;b&gt;motivos&lt;/b&gt; que les empujan a &lt;b&gt;seguir&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;compartir&lt;/b&gt; su  &lt;b&gt;perplejidad&lt;/b&gt;, sus &lt;b&gt;esperanzas&lt;/b&gt;, sus &lt;b&gt;risas&lt;/b&gt;? &lt;b&gt;Quiero ser uno de ellos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have you noticed the huge amount of people  willing to give freely part of their time to share their knowledge to help  other people, to share their findings to make people smile, to share the  reasons why they are going on, to share their perplexity, their hope, their  laugh? I want to be part of &lt;/i&gt;it.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Hace &lt;b&gt;ya tres años&lt;/b&gt; que  empecé este blog y tengo la intención de &lt;b&gt;seguir&lt;/b&gt; mientras haya alguien que se dé  una vuelta por aquí.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(It's been three years since I started and  I intend to keep on with it as long as there is someone out there who drops by.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Así es que &lt;b&gt;mi más  sincero agradecimiento&lt;/b&gt; a todos. &lt;b&gt;Espero&lt;/b&gt; que este &lt;b&gt;blog siga  creciendo&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;mejorando&lt;/b&gt; y sea tan &lt;b&gt;agradable para vosotros&lt;/b&gt; como lo es &lt;b&gt;para mí&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(So a sincere thank you to all of you.  Here's hoping this blog will continue to grow and improve and remain as  enjoyable for you as it is for me.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Feliz Año Nuevo&lt;/b&gt;. Os deseo  &lt;b&gt;todo lo mejor para vosotros y los vuestros&lt;/b&gt; en este &lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Happy New Year, everyone. Wishing the best  to you and yours in 2012.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1178658517554276580?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1178658517554276580/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1178658517554276580' title='1 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1178658517554276580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1178658517554276580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2012/01/tres-anos-juntos-feliz-ano-nuevo.html' title='Tres años juntos. ¡Feliz Año Nuevo!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wx2nuXeeYog/TwC3rs52ikI/AAAAAAAAETg/J-0VgnFyYrQ/s72-c/3yearsoldbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-5482569025966051442</id><published>2011-12-30T09:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T10:04:54.249+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='año nuevo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes!¡Feliz Nochevieja!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HaUmO4sXxaY/TvzXyDM2HEI/AAAAAAAAETI/57ZswW9i_eA/s1600/birds-in-the-snow1.jpg" onmouseover="this.src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M4q2APlNnJg/TvzXyiJRsxI/AAAAAAAAETY/alrsbs1kdcM/s1600/birds-in-the-snow2.jpg'"onmouseout="this.src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HaUmO4sXxaY/TvzXyDM2HEI/AAAAAAAAETI/57ZswW9i_eA/s1600/birds-in-the-snow1.jpg'"  border="0"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Pasa el ratón por la &lt;a href="http://lucyguo.tumblr.com/"&gt;imagen&lt;/a&gt; para ver la traducción.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Hover over the picture to see Spanish translation)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puesto que estamos en &lt;b&gt;época de regalos&lt;/b&gt; aquí va este corto,&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; Regalo imposible&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, del equipo de &lt;a href="http://www.weareroyale.com/"&gt;Royale&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(As we are at the time of presents here goes this short animation, Impossible Present, by Royale.)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="309" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33352381?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ffffff" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="550"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/33352381"&gt;Impossible Present&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/weareroyale"&gt;Royale&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;feliz despedida de año&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Nos vemos en 2012&lt;/b&gt;...si queréis!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend and a happy New Year's Eve. See you in 2012 ... if you feel like!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-5482569025966051442?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/5482569025966051442/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=5482569025966051442' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5482569025966051442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5482569025966051442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/12/es-viernesfeliz-vispera-de-ano-nuevo.html' title='¡Es viernes!¡Feliz Nochevieja!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HaUmO4sXxaY/TvzXyDM2HEI/AAAAAAAAETI/57ZswW9i_eA/s72-c/birds-in-the-snow1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-4630479882725032023</id><published>2011-12-28T22:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-29T22:21:04.961+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wednesday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mistakes'/><title type='text'>Wednesday Inspiration —4</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" onmouseout="this.src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZF6cLY62IVk/TvuHUvap3bI/AAAAAAAAESw/xzxT-_3amUk/s1600/classic_life_magazine_photo.jpg'" onmouseover="this.src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ME-P30L80gM/TvuHUhV91QI/AAAAAAAAES4/zDmwMYiSlwQ/s1600/classic_life_magazine_2.jpg'" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZF6cLY62IVk/TvuHUvap3bI/AAAAAAAAESw/xzxT-_3amUk/s1600/classic_life_magazine_photo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Pasa el ratón por la foto para ver la traducción.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Hover over the photo to see Spanish translation)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Quote: &lt;a href="http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/chanakya.php"&gt;Chanakaya&lt;/a&gt;  — &lt;a href="http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2011/06/classic-humorous-photos-from-life.html"&gt; Image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-4630479882725032023?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/4630479882725032023/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=4630479882725032023' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4630479882725032023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4630479882725032023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/12/wednesday-inspiration-4.html' title='Wednesday Inspiration —4'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZF6cLY62IVk/TvuHUvap3bI/AAAAAAAAESw/xzxT-_3amUk/s72-c/classic_life_magazine_photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8776583355930105083</id><published>2011-12-26T14:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T20:14:28.708+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='navidad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Janucá'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='celebraciones'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kwanzaa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hanukkah'/><title type='text'>Felices fiestas: otras celebraciones</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PK5HPR0J9Do/Tviqxka6k9I/AAAAAAAAERQ/fIxOgo3KL1U/s1600/otherXmasbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="other celebrations" border="0" height="98" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PK5HPR0J9Do/Tviqxka6k9I/AAAAAAAAERQ/fIxOgo3KL1U/s640/otherXmasbanner.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cija.ca/community-2/torontos-jewish-community-celebrates-hanukkah/"&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;En estas fechas,&lt;b&gt; otras  fiestas&lt;/b&gt; también &lt;b&gt;coinciden&lt;/b&gt; con nuestra &lt;b&gt;celebración de la Navidad&lt;/b&gt;. Por  ejemplo, los &lt;b&gt;judíos&lt;/b&gt; celebran su &lt;b&gt;Janucá&lt;/b&gt; –o Janukiá— y los &lt;b&gt;negros norteamericanos&lt;/b&gt;  su &lt;b&gt;Kwanzaa&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(At this time, other celebrations are taking place with our Christmas festivities. For example, Jews celebrate Hanukkah and Afro-Americans, Kwanzaa)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jNGn6iZsJyg/TvisXs4bJnI/AAAAAAAAERc/4DqMw_6lxf0/s1600/1Hanukkah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="hanukia" border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jNGn6iZsJyg/TvisXs4bJnI/AAAAAAAAERc/4DqMw_6lxf0/s200/1Hanukkah.jpg" title="hanukia" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cotati.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2011/12/events/celebrate-hanukkah-tonight-in-cotati/"&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Janucá&lt;/b&gt;  o Jabukiá, también llamado el  &lt;b&gt;Festival de las luces&lt;/b&gt;, es una celebración judía de &lt;b&gt;ocho días&lt;/b&gt; que &lt;b&gt;conmemora&lt;/b&gt; la  &lt;b&gt;victoria de los judíos&lt;/b&gt; sobre los griegos y la &lt;b&gt;re-dedicación&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt; del &lt;b&gt;santo templo de Jerusalén&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; en el siglo &lt;b&gt;II a. C&lt;/b&gt;. Janucá, significa  "&lt;b&gt;dedicación&lt;/b&gt;" (inscripción en un templo para conservar la fecha en que  se consagró), &lt;b&gt;empieza el 25 de Kislev&lt;/b&gt; del calendario hebreo, fecha que &lt;b&gt;este año&lt;/b&gt;  coincide con el &lt;b&gt;20 de diciembre&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Hanukkah  or Chanukah, also called the Festival of Lights, it is  a eight-day Jewish celebration that commemorates the rededication during the  second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Hanukkah, which means  "dedication [ceremony marking the opening of a public building], begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar, a date  which coincides this year with the evening of December 20.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;La &lt;b&gt;fiesta&lt;/b&gt; se celebra &lt;b&gt;encendiendo  cada día&lt;/b&gt; una las &lt;b&gt;velas&lt;/b&gt; del &lt;b&gt;candelabro&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;nueve brazos&lt;/b&gt; llamado &lt;b&gt;januquiá&lt;/b&gt; (no  confundirlo con la &lt;b&gt;menorá&lt;/b&gt; que tiene  &lt;b&gt;siete brazos&lt;/b&gt; y sólo puede utilizarse dentro del templo), el &lt;b&gt;intercambio de  regalos&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;jugar al dreidel&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The holiday is celebrated with the  lighting of a nine-branched candelabrum, called hanukia –(similar to the seven-branched menorah whose use is  forbidden outside the Temple), exchanging gifs and playding with dreidels.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;dreidel&lt;/b&gt; o sevivón, que es un&lt;b&gt; trompo &lt;/b&gt;o perinola  de &lt;b&gt;cuatro caras planas&lt;/b&gt;. En cada una de ellas figura &lt;b&gt;una letra&lt;/b&gt; en hebreo que forman el &lt;b&gt;acrónimo&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Nes Gadol Haia Sham&lt;/i&gt;, "&lt;b&gt;un gran milagro ocurrió allí&lt;/b&gt;". Parece que esta costumbre tiene su &lt;b&gt;origen&lt;/b&gt; en la  prohibición de la lectura de la Torá en los tiempos de Antioco y los  &lt;b&gt;jóvenes judíos disimulaban&lt;/b&gt; cuando llegaban los soldados, &lt;b&gt;haciendo como que  estaban jugando &lt;/b&gt;en vez de estar estudiando la Torá.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A dreidel is a four-sided spinning top. Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet forming the acronym &lt;/i&gt;Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, &lt;i&gt;"a great miracle happened there". This tradition has its roots in the times of Antiochus, when reading the Torah was forbidden, and the young jews gathered to read it pretended to be playing when  soldiers popped in.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ysqmPdR7CMg/TviucBPBiKI/AAAAAAAAER0/eoJ_hODaMFU/s1600/2hanukkah-dreidel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="dreisels" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ysqmPdR7CMg/TviucBPBiKI/AAAAAAAAER0/eoJ_hODaMFU/s1600/2hanukkah-dreidel.jpg" title="dreisels" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.history.com/photos/hanukkah/photo6"&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;¿Cómo se juega al dreidel?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Playing Dreidel)  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cada jugador empieza con  el &lt;b&gt;mismo número de objetos&lt;/b&gt; (entre 10 y 15) y pone &lt;b&gt;un objeto en el pozo&lt;/b&gt;. Esos  objetos puede ser cualquier cosa como monedas de chocolate, céntimos o pasas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Each  player begins with an equal number of game pieces (usually 10–15) and puts one  game piece in the center "pot". These game pieces can be any object,  such as chocolate coins, pennies, or raisins.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;נ &lt;/span&gt;(nun) significa &lt;b&gt;Nada&lt;/b&gt; y el participante ni gana ni pierde.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(nun –  means "nothing" and the player does nothing.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;ג &lt;/span&gt;(guimel) significa &lt;b&gt;Todo&lt;/b&gt; y el  jugador se lleva el pozo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;( gimel –  means "all" and the player gets everything in the pot.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;ה&lt;/span&gt; (hei)&amp;nbsp; significa &lt;b&gt;Mitad&lt;/b&gt; y el jugador se lleva la mitad del pozo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(hei –  means "half" and the player gets half of the pieces in the pot.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;ש&lt;/span&gt; (shin) significa &lt;b&gt;Pone uno&lt;/b&gt; y el jugador debe poner una ficha en el pozo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(shin –  means "put in" and the player adds a game piece to the pot.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="15"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-deNEks8KKyY/Tviwv7_kueI/AAAAAAAAESA/0YkSFn9hStU/s1600/3Latkes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="latkes" border="0" height="132" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-deNEks8KKyY/Tviwv7_kueI/AAAAAAAAESA/0YkSFn9hStU/s200/3Latkes.jpg" title="latkes" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ohnuts.com/blog/2009/11/the_four_best_hanukkah_food_tr.html"&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kG4zBE0jEF8/TviwwORzGsI/AAAAAAAAESI/SyggozojZRg/s1600/4sufganiyots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="sufganiyots" border="0" height="132" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kG4zBE0jEF8/TviwwORzGsI/AAAAAAAAESI/SyggozojZRg/s200/4sufganiyots.jpg" title="sufgayinots" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ohnuts.com/blog/2009/11/the_four_best_hanukkah_food_tr.html"&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;También es &lt;b&gt;tradición en  Janucá&lt;/b&gt; tomar &lt;b&gt;comidas fritas&lt;/b&gt;, como los &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;latkes&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (tortitas fritas de patata)  y los &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;sufganiots&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (donuts fritos rellenos de mermelada o crema).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Traditional  Hanukkah foods are fried in oil, such as latkes, potato pancakes, and  sufganiyots, fried jelly doughnut.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Aunque en los Estados Unidos es un gran evento comercial, &lt;b&gt;desde el punto de vista religioso es una festividad menor&lt;/b&gt; que no afecta el calendario ni laboral, ni escolar. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Even if in the US it is a major commercial  phenomenon, from a religious perspective it remains a relatively minor holiday that  places no restrictions on working or attending school.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PDcQoSl-M9Q/Tvi2bMVGXSI/AAAAAAAAESY/fM7-WJgxOmE/s1600/5stampwhite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Synthia Saint James's stamp design 1996" border="0" height="160" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PDcQoSl-M9Q/Tvi2bMVGXSI/AAAAAAAAESY/fM7-WJgxOmE/s200/5stampwhite.jpg" title="Synthia Saint James's stamp design 1996" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://singlebubblepop.blogspot.com/2010/02/artist-spotlight-synthia-saint-james.html"&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kwanzaa&lt;/b&gt;, que significa  "&lt;b&gt;primeros frutos de la recolección&lt;/b&gt;" en suajili, es una &lt;b&gt;fiesta secular&lt;/b&gt;  relativamente reciente, creada por el Dr. Maulana &lt;a href="http://www.maulanakarenga.org/"&gt;Karenga&lt;/a&gt;  el &lt;b&gt;26 de diciembre de 1966 &lt;/b&gt;como una forma de &lt;b&gt;unir a los afroamericanos como comunidad&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;("Kwanzaa," which means  "first fruits of the harvest" in the African language of Swahili, is  quite a recent "tradition". It was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor in  1966 as a way to bring African-Americans together as a community.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta celebración de los  &lt;b&gt;valores &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;africanos &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;tradicionales &lt;/b&gt;de &lt;b&gt;familia&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;comunidad&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;cultura&lt;/b&gt; se celebra del &lt;b&gt;26 de  diciembre&lt;/b&gt; al &lt;b&gt;1 de enero&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(This celebration of traditional African  values of family, community, and culture is celebrated from December 26 through  January 1.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DKA5MS7Akkc/Tvi3PyARUvI/AAAAAAAAESk/3tTTlV0qfW4/s1600/kwanzaa.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Kwanzaa symbols" border="0" height="260" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DKA5MS7Akkc/Tvi3PyARUvI/AAAAAAAAESk/3tTTlV0qfW4/s400/kwanzaa.jpeg" title="Kwanzaa symbols" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedcfamilysource.com/December-2011/KWANZAA-The-First-Fruits-of-the-Harvest/"&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Los símbolos de Kwanzaa&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The symbols of Kwanzaa:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;— Una &lt;b&gt;esterilla&lt;/b&gt; de paja (&lt;i&gt;Mkeka&lt;/i&gt;)   sobre la que se colocan los &lt;b&gt;demás símbolos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A woven mat (Mkeka) on which  other symbols are placed).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;— Un &lt;b&gt;candelabro&lt;/b&gt; especial  (&lt;i&gt;kinara&lt;/i&gt;) con &lt;b&gt;siete velas&lt;/b&gt;: la &lt;b&gt;vela negra &lt;/b&gt;tiene que estar &lt;b&gt;en el centro&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;tres  &lt;/b&gt;velas&lt;b&gt; verdes a la derecha&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;tres&lt;/b&gt; velas &lt;b&gt;rojas a la izquierda&lt;/b&gt;. Estas velas  &lt;b&gt;simbolizan los Siete Valores&lt;/b&gt; -&lt;i&gt;Nguzo Saba&lt;/i&gt;- de &lt;b&gt;Kwanzaa&lt;/b&gt;: unidad, autodeterminación,  trabajo colectivo, economía de cooperación comunitaria, objetivo [preservar la  cultura afroamericana], creatividad y fe [en su cultura].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A special candleholder (the Kinara) with  seven candles in it. The black candle should be in the center, with three green  candles to the right of the black one and three red candles to the left. These  candles represent the Seven Principles -Nguzo Saba- of Kwanzaa: Unity,  self-determination, collective work, cooperative economics, purpose [to  maintain Afroamerican culture], creativity and faith [in their culture].)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;— &lt;b&gt;Frutas &lt;/b&gt;y &lt;b&gt;verduras&lt;/b&gt; que  representan el &lt;b&gt;trabajo comunal &lt;/b&gt;y la cosecha, como el maíz y la calabaza. Una &lt;b&gt;mazorcas&lt;/b&gt;  de maíz &lt;b&gt;por cada hijo&lt;/b&gt;, o &lt;b&gt;dos&lt;/b&gt; mazorcas para representar a todos los niños &lt;b&gt;si no  hay niños en la casa&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Harvest food in a bowl, such as corn and squash, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;to represent  communal work&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;. There should be one ear of corn for  each child in the home, or two ears representing all children if no children  are in the home.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;— Una &lt;b&gt;copa comunal&lt;/b&gt;, la copa  de la &lt;b&gt;unidad&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A communal cup (Kikombe cha Umoja), the  unity cup)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con todo&lt;/b&gt;,como  dice un amigo: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(All in all, as a friend of mine usually says:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: #ffffcc; border-bottom: hidden; border-left: 4px solid #999999; border-right: hidden; border-top: hidden; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px auto; padding: 10px; text-align: justify; width: 80%;"&gt;"No entiendo el  problema: si eres judío, no me importa que me desees "Feliz Janucá";  o si eres afroamericano, "Feliz Kwanzaa"; o cristiano y me desees  "Feliz Navidad" o simplemente me digas "Felices fiestas".  &lt;b&gt;Lo importante es que tengas la gentileza de tomarte el tiempo de desearme algo  bonito&lt;/b&gt;."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;("I  don't understand what the big deal is: I don't mind if you are Jewish &amp;nbsp;and you tell me "Happy Hanukkah", or  if you are Afro-American, "Happy Kwanzaa", or if Christian,  "Merry Christmas" or just "Happy holidays." What really  matters is the fact that you have the kindness of taking the time to tell me  something nice.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.history.com/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fuente&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8776583355930105083?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8776583355930105083/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8776583355930105083' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8776583355930105083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8776583355930105083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/12/felices-fiestas-otras-celebraciones.html' title='Felices fiestas: otras celebraciones'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PK5HPR0J9Do/Tviqxka6k9I/AAAAAAAAERQ/fIxOgo3KL1U/s72-c/otherXmasbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8501344259079520187</id><published>2011-12-23T09:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-24T11:06:13.596+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='navidad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Feliz Navidad!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H2UkEO1Lp5c/TvQ_VOX_NoI/AAAAAAAAERE/FkWjvLLf0u0/s1600/XmasFridbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="262" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H2UkEO1Lp5c/TvQ_VOX_NoI/AAAAAAAAERE/FkWjvLLf0u0/s400/XmasFridbanner.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://izismile.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Con un &lt;b&gt;salero  &lt;/b&gt;una &lt;b&gt;cuchilla &lt;/b&gt;y &lt;b&gt;muchísimo &lt;/b&gt;talento, Bashir &lt;a href="http://bashirsultani.com/"&gt;Sultani&lt;/a&gt;, nacido en Afganistán y residente en Toronto crea &lt;b&gt;obras maestras&lt;/b&gt; com esta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(With a salt cellar, a razor blade and awesome talent, Afghan-born and Toronto-based Bashir Sultani creates masterpieces like this one.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Rlf7Vmqt1Mk?rel=0" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz Navidad a todos&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Merry Christmas)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8501344259079520187?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8501344259079520187/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8501344259079520187' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8501344259079520187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8501344259079520187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/12/es-viernes-feliz-navidad.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Feliz Navidad!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H2UkEO1Lp5c/TvQ_VOX_NoI/AAAAAAAAERE/FkWjvLLf0u0/s72-c/XmasFridbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-6098162433862528889</id><published>2011-12-21T02:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T02:48:19.938+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='helping hand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wednesday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Wednesday Inspiration  —3</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" onmouseout="this.src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QM_gogA2f-k/TvE2ujX76iI/AAAAAAAAEQs/zYkon2cQma8/s800/3helping-hand1.jpg'" onmouseover="this.src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dpOBWjuhEDc/TvE2u4Z5RcI/AAAAAAAAEQ0/NNPhuhIKZyw/s800/3helping-hand2.jpg'" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QM_gogA2f-k/TvE2ujX76iI/AAAAAAAAEQs/zYkon2cQma8/s800/3helping-hand1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Pasa el ratón por la foto para ver la traducción.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Hover over the photo to see Spanish translation)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fightingf1t.tumblr.com/post/10212177542/yoheezy-this-is-the-kind-of-picture-that-speaks"&gt;image &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-6098162433862528889?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/6098162433862528889/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=6098162433862528889' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6098162433862528889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6098162433862528889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/12/wednesday-inspiration-3.html' title='Wednesday Inspiration  —3'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QM_gogA2f-k/TvE2ujX76iI/AAAAAAAAEQs/zYkon2cQma8/s72-c/3helping-hand1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1357541389896841226</id><published>2011-12-16T02:40:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T02:52:39.723+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ayuda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifiboom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —62</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 318px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-17kyLBJ_VpE/TuqiEpivLOI/AAAAAAAAEQc/lrnT2VkkpuY/s400/catandmouse.jpg" alt="cat and mouse" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686535680263400674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kanikasweet-amazing.blogspot.com/2011/12/madpals-picdump-part-220.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Otro &lt;b&gt;corto&lt;/b&gt; de animación de &lt;a href="http://www.aniboom.com/"&gt;aniBOOM&lt;/a&gt;, ¡&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ayuda!&lt;/span&gt;, creado por &lt;b&gt;Ernesto Bottger&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Another aniboom animation short movie, &lt;/i&gt;Help,&lt;i&gt; created by Ernesto Bottger)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BxAg1sUn6_w?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;¡&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(Have nice weekend!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1357541389896841226?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1357541389896841226/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1357541389896841226' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1357541389896841226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1357541389896841226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/12/es-viernes-sonrie-62.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —62'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-17kyLBJ_VpE/TuqiEpivLOI/AAAAAAAAEQc/lrnT2VkkpuY/s72-c/catandmouse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-586739724351339293</id><published>2011-12-14T22:08:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T22:37:42.523+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wednesday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Wednesday Inspiration  —2</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img onmouseover="this.src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OcVJj0zK59M/TukQ27XA6GI/AAAAAAAAEQQ/yXbfAetyMi4/s1600/Z_children-reading2.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RhLrWKlyNKU/TukQ27KchuI/AAAAAAAAEQE/6xtcf2MzBPw/s800/Z_children-reading1.jpg'" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RhLrWKlyNKU/TukQ27KchuI/AAAAAAAAEQE/6xtcf2MzBPw/s800/Z_children-reading1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;Pasa el ratón por la foto para ver la traducción al español&lt;br /&gt;(Hover over the photo to see Spanish translation)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Quote: Eleanor &lt;a href="http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=33"&gt;Roosevelt&lt;/a&gt;  —  Photo: &lt;a href="http://www.orkinphoto.com/"&gt;Ruth Orkin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-586739724351339293?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/586739724351339293/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=586739724351339293' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/586739724351339293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/586739724351339293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/12/wednesday-inspiration-2.html' title='Wednesday Inspiration  —2'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RhLrWKlyNKU/TukQ27KchuI/AAAAAAAAEQE/6xtcf2MzBPw/s72-c/Z_children-reading1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-2161160855020503611</id><published>2011-12-09T01:12:00.016+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T01:35:53.540+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Danger Planet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   —61</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 377px; height: 350px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DMhN1GX3F-I/TuFT6gjyLCI/AAAAAAAAEP4/We3wfOvr9OA/s400/11FridDec09-kangaroo-rat-ba.jpg" alt="kangaroo rat" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683916469355818018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:85%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;During a routine scan on a distant planet, a young space scout finds romance with a female pilot. But when peril strikes the two star-crossed explorers, he must face what lurks in the darkness of the planet to rescue the girl.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Durante una exploración de rutina en un planeta distante, un joven explorador del espacio se enamora de una piloto. Pero cuando el peligro golpea a los dos exploradores separados por las estrellas, tiene que enfrentarse a lo que acecha en la oscuridad del planeta para rescatar a la chica."&lt;br /&gt;Este corto de animación, &lt;a href="http://dangerplanet.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Planeta peligroso&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, fue &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;creado &lt;/span&gt;por &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;estudiantes &lt;/span&gt;de la Universidad Adventista del Sur en Tennessee durante &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;más de un año de trabajo&lt;/span&gt;. Espero que lo &lt;b&gt;disfrutéis&lt;/b&gt; como yo. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(This animated short, &lt;b&gt;Danger Planet&lt;/b&gt;, was created by students at Southern Adventist University in Tennessee after over a year of preproduction. Enjoy!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3vIZ9oXTAmw" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="315"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-2161160855020503611?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/2161160855020503611/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=2161160855020503611' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/2161160855020503611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/2161160855020503611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/12/es-viernes-sonrie-61.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   —61'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DMhN1GX3F-I/TuFT6gjyLCI/AAAAAAAAEP4/We3wfOvr9OA/s72-c/11FridDec09-kangaroo-rat-ba.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1814222222705577849</id><published>2011-12-07T13:55:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T21:56:13.066+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wednesday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><title type='text'>Wednesday Inspiration</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vQVNyN3T968/Tt9jSU6q4KI/AAAAAAAAEPs/XVYAADElYHE/s1600/children-at-play-in-NYC-blo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vQVNyN3T968/Tt9jSU6q4KI/AAAAAAAAEPs/XVYAADElYHE/s800/children-at-play-in-NYC-blo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683370421268439202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;"No es &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;lo que&lt;/span&gt; tienes en tu  vida, sino &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a quién&lt;/span&gt; tienes en tu vida lo que importa."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1814222222705577849?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1814222222705577849/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1814222222705577849' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1814222222705577849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1814222222705577849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/12/wednesday-inspiration.html' title='Wednesday Inspiration'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vQVNyN3T968/Tt9jSU6q4KI/AAAAAAAAEPs/XVYAADElYHE/s72-c/children-at-play-in-NYC-blo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-6131387237687541415</id><published>2011-12-02T01:01:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T01:34:12.582+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Address Is Approximate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tom Jenkins'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   — 60</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NajF7y_-Pp4/TtgaSiezM9I/AAAAAAAAEPg/qVIgFlAqyWw/s1600/11FridDec02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 371px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NajF7y_-Pp4/TtgaSiezM9I/AAAAAAAAEPg/qVIgFlAqyWw/s400/11FridDec02.jpg" alt="TGIF mouse" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681319835723838418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://izismile.com/2010/05/28/these_funny_animals_48_pics.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Un &lt;b&gt;corto de animación&lt;/b&gt;, "&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;La dirección es aproximada&lt;/span&gt;", hecho con la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;técnica&lt;/span&gt; de "&lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;stop motion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" (unas 24 fotos por segundo para simular el movimiento), un proyecto personal de &lt;a href="http://www.theoryfilms.co.uk/talent"&gt;Tom Jenkins&lt;/a&gt;, con &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;muñecos&lt;/span&gt; y los &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;mapas&lt;/span&gt; de &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Google &lt;/span&gt;en vista calle. Un &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;viaje &lt;/span&gt;por carretera a través los Estados Unidos &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;desde Manhattan&lt;/span&gt; (Nueva York) a la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;costa del Pacífico&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(An animation short, &lt;/i&gt;Address Is Approximate&lt;i&gt;, made with "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion"&gt;stop motion&lt;/a&gt;" technique (about 24 frames per second to simulate movement) as a personal project by Tom Jenkins, using toys and Google Maps Street View. A cross country road trip from Manhattan (NYC) to the Pacific Coast.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  align="justify" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Música &lt;/span&gt;de la &lt;a href="http://cinematicorchestra.com/"&gt;Orquesta Cinemática&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Llegada de los pájaros&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Music by the Cinematic Orchestra and the track is &lt;/i&gt;Arrival of the Birds&lt;i&gt;.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TCvX2N-RoEg?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="315"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Have a nice weekend!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-6131387237687541415?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/6131387237687541415/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=6131387237687541415' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6131387237687541415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6131387237687541415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/12/es-viernes-sonrie-60.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   — 60'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NajF7y_-Pp4/TtgaSiezM9I/AAAAAAAAEPg/qVIgFlAqyWw/s72-c/11FridDec02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8852869917906650336</id><published>2011-11-28T19:54:00.016+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T21:43:51.982+01:00</updated><title type='text'>En casa de algunos jefes de estado</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--KsQOxY70gc/TtPthL8BGjI/AAAAAAAAEPI/-SjzwekE5No/s800/1Presidential-houses_banner.jpg" alt="Some Presidential Homes" title="Algunas residencias de jefes de estado" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680144709440313906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Este fin de semana, para descansar de tanta corrección, he  estado &lt;b&gt;dando una vuelta&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;b&gt;virtual&lt;/b&gt;" por el &lt;b&gt;palacio del Elíseo&lt;/b&gt;  (residencia del jefe del estado francés) y, como ha sido &lt;b&gt;interesante&lt;/b&gt;, he tenido  curiosidad por ver si podía &lt;b&gt;visitar &lt;/b&gt;alguna&lt;b&gt; otra residencia&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Así&lt;/b&gt; que me he&lt;b&gt; dado &lt;/b&gt;también  una &lt;b&gt;vuelta&lt;/b&gt; "virtual" &lt;b&gt;por el número 10 de Downing Street&lt;/b&gt; (residencia  del jefe de estado británico) y &lt;b&gt;por la Casa Blanca&lt;/b&gt; (Estados Unidos, claro). Sin  embargo&lt;b&gt; no he podido recorrer &lt;/b&gt;la residencia del jefe de estado español, el  &lt;b&gt;palacio de la Moncloa&lt;/b&gt;, ni de &lt;b&gt;ningún&lt;/b&gt; jefe de estado &lt;b&gt;más&lt;/b&gt;. Lástima, porque resulta  muy entretenido. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(This  weekend, to take a break from so much marking,  I've taken a "virtual" tour  of the Élysée Palace (official residence of the President of the French  Republic), and as it has been quite interesting, I have had the curiosity of looking for  other official residences to visit. So, I have also taken a "virtual" stroll around Number 10 Downing Street  (official residence of the British  Prime Minister) and the White House  (official residence of the President of the United States,  of course). However, I haven't been able  to "visit" the residence  of Spain's Prime Minister, The palace of Moncloa, or any other official  residence. Too bad, it is so entertaining.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/tour/"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 167px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1lapCV214iw/TtPq7UMOH_I/AAAAAAAAEOY/H4I32YJJaPA/s400/1Downing-Street.jpg" alt="10 Downing Street" title="10 Downing Street" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680141859797475314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Number 10 Downing Street &lt;/b&gt;(Haz clic en la foto para visitar la Casa Blanca  -  &lt;i&gt;Click on the image to visit.&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elysee.fr/visite/"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 167px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JsuIitnVoFw/TtPq7hEn9iI/AAAAAAAAEOo/x0fT6VDfWI4/s400/1Elysee.jpg" alt="Palace of Elysée" title="Palacio del Elíseo" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680141863255275042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Palace de l'Élysée&lt;/b&gt; (Haz clic en la foto para visitar la Casa Blanca  - &lt;i&gt; Click on the image to visit&lt;/i&gt;.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/interactive-tour"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 167px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x8dfrxHpn-o/TtPq8EPMaiI/AAAAAAAAEOw/YGagk-l-l-w/s400/1WhiteHouse.jpg" alt="The White House" title="La Casa Blanca" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680141872694848034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The White House&lt;/b&gt; (Haz clic en la foto para visitar la Casa Blanca  -  &lt;b&gt;Click on the image to visit&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 167px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DXVS2CvEIqE/TtPthbM1NwI/AAAAAAAAEPQ/J7Ga3V9hJG8/s400/1Moncloa.jpg" alt="Moncloa Palace" title="Palacio de la Moncloa" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680144713537369858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Palacio de la Moncloa (&lt;b&gt;No se permite visitar&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;i&gt;No visit allowed)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;i&gt;¡Pasadlo bien!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;i&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Images credit: &lt;a href="http://www.clombox.com/Cats/10-downing-street-london.html"&gt;10 Downing Street&lt;/a&gt;  -  &lt;a href="http://cm2pmf.etab.ac-caen.fr/spip.php?rubrique28"&gt;Palais de l´Élysée&lt;/a&gt;  -  &lt;a href="http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/facts-about-the-white-house-10671.html"&gt;The White House&lt;/a&gt;  - &lt;a href="http://leonciogazulla3.blogspot.com/2011/01/el-palacio-de-la-moncloa.html"&gt;Palacio de la Moncloa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8852869917906650336?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8852869917906650336/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8852869917906650336' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8852869917906650336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8852869917906650336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/11/en-casa-de-algunos-jefes-de-estado.html' title='En casa de algunos jefes de estado'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--KsQOxY70gc/TtPthL8BGjI/AAAAAAAAEPI/-SjzwekE5No/s72-c/1Presidential-houses_banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-2901221473540488722</id><published>2011-11-25T01:49:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-25T02:01:16.959+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes!  ¡Sonríe!   —59</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7FsTtUxDmxk/Ts7nODOpWJI/AAAAAAAAEOM/-zzx6lkwzfs/s400/turkeychicksbanner.jpg" alt="wild turkey chicks" title="pollitos de pavo" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678730408731695250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usefilm.com/image/447120.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;image credit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anegado&lt;/b&gt; por la &lt;b&gt;correción de examenes&lt;/b&gt; y las &lt;b&gt;notas&lt;/b&gt; de la &lt;b&gt;primera evaluación&lt;/b&gt;, sin embargo, como en los Estados Unidos &lt;b&gt;ayer&lt;/b&gt; fue &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADa_de_Acci%C3%B3n_de_Gracias"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Día de Acción de Gracias&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; quiero &lt;b&gt;compartir&lt;/b&gt; este divertido &lt;b&gt;vídeo musical&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;i&gt;"No puedes zamparme" &lt;/i&gt;(una &lt;b&gt;adaptación&lt;/b&gt; del éxito de las &lt;b&gt;Supremes&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;i&gt;"&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/fQ7uXX9K7Sk"&gt;No puedes meterle prisa al amor&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;En &lt;b&gt;inglés&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;gobble&lt;/i&gt; significa tanto "zampar" como "gluglutear o graznar".&lt;br /&gt;Os &lt;b&gt;recomiendo&lt;/b&gt; que veáis la &lt;b&gt;versión orginal&lt;/b&gt; de este éxito. &lt;b&gt;Merece la pena&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Deep in tests grading and first term marks, nevertheless as it is Thanksgiving Holiday in the United States,  I want to share with all of you this funny video (an adaptation of The Supremes "You can't Hurry Love". Y recommend you to see the original hit. It's really worth seeing if you don't know the song as most of my young pupils do).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rCJ78Ttzuf4?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt; de Acción de Gracias!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice Thanksgiving weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-2901221473540488722?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/2901221473540488722/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=2901221473540488722' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/2901221473540488722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/2901221473540488722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/11/es-viernes-sonrie-59.html' title='¡Es viernes!  ¡Sonríe!   —59'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7FsTtUxDmxk/Ts7nODOpWJI/AAAAAAAAEOM/-zzx6lkwzfs/s72-c/turkeychicksbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-3313295006740891712</id><published>2011-11-18T01:45:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T02:12:22.359+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rosa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='corto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesús Orellana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   —58</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8gUzEMPuaLI/TsWsegQepgI/AAAAAAAAEN4/PLVWLEqzkO4/s400/11FridNov18banner.jpg" alt="Bulldog and duckling" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676132545425483266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Tengo suerte. Esta semana he conocido &lt;b&gt;dos talentos&lt;/b&gt; que me han &lt;b&gt;hecho feliz&lt;/b&gt;: a &lt;b&gt;Mark Newman&lt;/b&gt; (mi entrada anterior), y hoy, a &lt;a href="http://rosamovie.blogspot.com/p/about-movie.html"&gt;Jesús  Orellana&lt;/a&gt;, un autor de novelas gráficas &lt;b&gt;español &lt;/b&gt;que ha &lt;b&gt;creado íntegramente&lt;/b&gt; un &lt;b&gt;corto independiente&lt;/b&gt; sin presupuesto durante un año: &lt;b&gt;Rosa&lt;/b&gt;. Os dejo el &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;tráiler&lt;/span&gt;, pero podéis ver el &lt;a href="http://www.rosamovie.blogspot.com/p/see-rosa.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;corto completo aquí&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Dura casi &lt;b&gt;10 minutos&lt;/b&gt; pero merece la pena. &lt;b&gt;Os lo recomiendo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(I feel lucky. This week I have met two talents who have made me happy: Mark Newman (my previous post) is one of them, and today, Jesus Orellana, a Spanish comic-artist who has created entirely an independent short film with no budget during a year: Rosa. I leave you with the trailer but you can see it fully &lt;a href="http://rosamovie.blogspot.com/p/see-rosa.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. It's about 10 minutes long,  but it is really worth seeing.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28386215?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ff0179" webkitallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen="" width="500" frameborder="0" height="281"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-3313295006740891712?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/3313295006740891712/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=3313295006740891712' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3313295006740891712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3313295006740891712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/11/es-viernes-sonrie-58.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   —58'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8gUzEMPuaLI/TsWsegQepgI/AAAAAAAAEN4/PLVWLEqzkO4/s72-c/11FridNov18banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-951592012198000644</id><published>2011-11-16T00:38:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T00:46:03.180+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='escultura'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mark Newman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arte'/><title type='text'>Mark Newman, escultor</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vZG3nR_CYX0/TsL4Oq0y1CI/AAAAAAAAEME/t22MC8xj5qA/s800/MarkNewmanbanner.jpg" alt="Mark Newman sculptures" title="Las extraordinarias esculturas de Mark Newman" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675371411337827362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Cuando veo un &lt;b&gt;trabajo&lt;/b&gt; hecho con &lt;b&gt;talento&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;maestría&lt;/b&gt;, me  hace &lt;b&gt;sentir tan bien&lt;/b&gt; que siempre &lt;b&gt;me reconcilia&lt;/b&gt; un poco &lt;b&gt;con la cruda realidad&lt;/b&gt;. No  sé quien dijo que "&lt;b&gt;Una buena obra de arte es como un amigo&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b&gt;te acompaña &lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;te anima&lt;/b&gt; e &lt;b&gt;inspira&lt;/b&gt;".  Para mí &lt;b&gt;nada más cierto&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(When  I see something done with talent and  masterliness, it makes me feel so good that I somehow become reconciled to the harsh  reality. I do not remember who  said that "A good work of  art is like a friend: it keeps company, comforts and inspires." I fully agree. )&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Por eso cuando tropecé  con las &lt;b&gt;esculturas&lt;/b&gt; de Mark Newman, tenía que, de alguna manera, &lt;b&gt;rendirle&lt;/b&gt; el  pequeño &lt;b&gt;homenage&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;mi admiración&lt;/b&gt; con esta entrada. Mi forma de &lt;b&gt;darle las  gracias&lt;/b&gt; por &lt;b&gt;hacerme sentir bien&lt;/b&gt; cuando veo su trabajo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(So, when I  came across these sculptures made by Mark Newman I had to express my admiration  and pay tribute to his talent with this post. It is my way of saying thank you  for making me feel so good with his work.)  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nacido&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;1962&lt;/b&gt;, Mark  Newman es un artista &lt;b&gt;norteamericano&lt;/b&gt; que lleva unos &lt;b&gt;diecinueve años&lt;/b&gt; en activo  mostrando su &lt;b&gt;increíble talento&lt;/b&gt; a través de su arte.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Born in  1962, Mark Newman is an American artist who has a career of 19 years behind  showing his remarkable style through art.&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Pasa la mayor parte de su  tiempo en su estudio &lt;a href="http://www.marknewmansculpture.com/"&gt;Mark Newman Sculpture Inc&lt;/a&gt;.  Según &lt;b&gt;sus palabras&lt;/b&gt;: "&lt;b&gt;Practica mucho&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Dibuja mucho&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Observa&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;está todo a tu  alrededor&lt;/b&gt;. Estudia a las &lt;b&gt;personas&lt;/b&gt;, sus caras dondequiera que estés.  &lt;b&gt;Navega&lt;/b&gt; por &lt;b&gt;internet&lt;/b&gt; para observar el &lt;b&gt;trabajo&lt;/b&gt;  de &lt;b&gt;otros artistas&lt;/b&gt;. Es &lt;b&gt;muy estimulante&lt;/b&gt;".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(He spends most  of his time in his studio (Mark Newman Sculpture Inc.) where he molds these  astounding sculptures. In his words: "Practice a lot. Draw a lot. Observe,  it’s all around you. Study people and their faces whereever you are. Surf the  net for other artist work. It’s very inspiring.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Espero que  &lt;b&gt;disfrutéis&lt;/b&gt; también.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Enjoy!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/e6eZnjSECoY?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="360"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-951592012198000644?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/951592012198000644/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=951592012198000644' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/951592012198000644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/951592012198000644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/11/mark-newman-escultor.html' title='Mark Newman, escultor'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vZG3nR_CYX0/TsL4Oq0y1CI/AAAAAAAAEME/t22MC8xj5qA/s72-c/MarkNewmanbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-3283576389996985492</id><published>2011-11-11T01:14:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T18:29:25.149+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A Giant Leap'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡11/11/11!  ¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —57</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q9Nklnkkho4/Trxq6X2CgAI/AAAAAAAAEL4/l3kYV_X8hjM/s800/11FridNov11Cat-banner2.jpg" alt="Love Beats All Odds" title="El amor todo lo puede" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673527181645611010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p  align="justify" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Por fin &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;es viernes&lt;/span&gt; y aunque con &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;las clases&lt;/span&gt;, la &lt;b&gt;correcció&lt;/b&gt;n de &lt;b&gt;ejercicios&lt;/b&gt;, el &lt;b&gt;mantenimiento &lt;/b&gt;de la &lt;b&gt;página&lt;/b&gt; del Aula Virtual 2.0 del &lt;b&gt;colegio &lt;/b&gt;al que todas las semanas subo material para mis &lt;b&gt;cuatro grupos&lt;/b&gt;, más el &lt;b&gt;mantenimiento &lt;/b&gt;de &lt;b&gt;mi sitio&lt;/b&gt;... a veces me resulta &lt;b&gt;difícil acudir&lt;/b&gt; a este blog entre semana, como me gustaría. Pero a &lt;b&gt;nuestra cita de los viernes&lt;/b&gt;...¡nada me podría impedir acudir a ella! Os invito a &lt;b&gt;disfrutar &lt;/b&gt;de este corto de animación "&lt;b&gt;Un salto de gigante&lt;/b&gt;" que me parece realmente &lt;b&gt;delicioso&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Thank God, it is Friday! And despite the classes, the correction of exercises, the maintenance of the Virtual Classroom 2.0 site of my school where I upload some material for each of my four groups every week, plus the maintenance of my own site ... It's sometimes hard for me to show up on this blog, as I would like. Nevertheless, nothing can stop my coming to our weekly meeting on Friday. I hope you enjoy this cute animated short film, "One Giant Leap".)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CYMsBJlWJg0?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="360"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-3283576389996985492?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/3283576389996985492/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=3283576389996985492' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3283576389996985492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3283576389996985492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/11/111111-es-viernes-sonrie-57.html' title='¡11/11/11!  ¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —57'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q9Nklnkkho4/Trxq6X2CgAI/AAAAAAAAEL4/l3kYV_X8hjM/s72-c/11FridNov11Cat-banner2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-6314713891397157664</id><published>2011-11-04T00:47:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T01:35:15.466+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bicho'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aniboom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Enrique Gato'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —56</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MqcMT98PIh8/TrMv0JYlTLI/AAAAAAAAELg/X_IKHcjuQzY/s1600/11FridNov04banner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MqcMT98PIh8/TrMv0JYlTLI/AAAAAAAAELg/X_IKHcjuQzY/s400/11FridNov04banner.jpg" alt="Take it easy" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670928928708316338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Tengo que corregir unas redacciones, pero me apetece &lt;b&gt;compartir&lt;/b&gt; este corto de animación de Enrique Gato, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bicho&lt;/span&gt;.Si tenéis tiempo, también podéis ver otro corto suyo, tipo Indiana Jones —&lt;a href="http://www.tadeojones.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tadeo Jones&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;— que demuestra &lt;b&gt;mucho talento&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(I have to grade some compositions but, nevertheless, I want to share with you this short animation by Enrique Gato, Bicho. If you have got some spare time, you can also watch another short  film of his, Indiana Jones-type –Tadeo  Jones— which shows his marvellous talent.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/epXvjQcJdrQ?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Have a nice weekend!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-6314713891397157664?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/6314713891397157664/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=6314713891397157664' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6314713891397157664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6314713891397157664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/11/es-viernes-sonrie-56.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —56'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MqcMT98PIh8/TrMv0JYlTLI/AAAAAAAAELg/X_IKHcjuQzY/s72-c/11FridNov04banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-6873765898741780292</id><published>2011-11-02T00:14:00.021+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-02T01:02:20.988+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='7 billion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='7.000 millones'/><title type='text'>7.000 millones de personas</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-90eP5TT2w_U/TrB-6VwYTzI/AAAAAAAAEKI/p5oDyp40gqw/s800/1billionbanner.jpg" alt="How big is 7 billion" title="Curva de Población" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670171471597031218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Este &lt;b&gt;lunes&lt;/b&gt;, la &lt;b&gt;población&lt;/b&gt;  de nuestro planeta &lt;b&gt;ha superado los 7.000 millones&lt;/b&gt; de habitantes, &lt;b&gt;12 años después&lt;/b&gt;  de superar los &lt;b&gt;6.000 millones&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Last Monday,  the global population reached 7 billion, just 12 years after hitting 6 billion.))&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¿&lt;b&gt;Cómo entender la cantidad de 7.000 millones&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(How big is  7 billion, actually?) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6H3uURRwoJM/TrB-6s0KjtI/AAAAAAAAEKU/R9gBN7nhkgE/s400/1globeclips.jpg" alt="clips around the globe" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670171477786922706" border="0" /&gt;• &lt;b&gt;7.000 millones&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;clips&lt;/b&gt; podrían &lt;b&gt;rodear&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;mundo ocho veces&lt;/b&gt;.)&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;( 7 billion  clips would circle the globe about eight times.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nzLwq0Sk5bE/TrB-7FzRRnI/AAAAAAAAEKg/PokaoBvxf2w/s800/2thimblepools.jpg" alt="thimble and olympic sized pool" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670171484494055026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• Un &lt;b&gt;dedal contiene&lt;/b&gt; por término medio &lt;b&gt;unos 2 mililitros&lt;/b&gt; de agua. &lt;b&gt;7.000 millones&lt;/b&gt; de estos  &lt;b&gt;dedales llenarían&lt;/b&gt; como mínimo &lt;b&gt;cinco piscinas olímpicas&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(An  average thimble holds 2 milliliters of water. Seven billion of those thimbles  would fill at least five Olympic-sized swimming pools.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 198px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BEEbfY613uE/TrB-7Rc9w7I/AAAAAAAAEKo/5ONpwSwFAfw/s400/3peoplemoon.jpg" alt="castell and moon" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670171487621727154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• Supongamos que la &lt;b&gt;estatura media&lt;/b&gt;  fuera de &lt;b&gt;1,52 m&lt;/b&gt;, incluyendo a los niños. Si ponemos a estos  7.000 millones de &lt;b&gt;personas&lt;/b&gt; una encima de otra  de pie, &lt;b&gt;al estilo&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell"&gt;&lt;b&gt;castell&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;",  alcanzaríamos &lt;b&gt;1/14ª parte&lt;/b&gt; de la &lt;b&gt;distancia al sol&lt;/b&gt; (que está a 149.597.870 km de  distancia) pero tendría la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;altura equivalente&lt;/span&gt; a &lt;b&gt;27 veces&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;distancia&lt;/b&gt; entre la &lt;b&gt;tierra&lt;/b&gt; y la &lt;b&gt;luna&lt;/b&gt; (a unos 384.403 km de nosotros).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Let's say the average human is about 5 feet tall, accounting for  children. If you stack those 7 billion people end to end, like in a Spanish "&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell"&gt;castell&lt;/a&gt;", they  would reach about 1/14th of the way to the sun, which is 92,955,807.3 miles away from the earth –or  27 times  the distance to the moon –at  about 238,857 miles.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 322px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yr6GfosXECc/TrB-7obB5xI/AAAAAAAAEK4/DqFE-iUBFl0/s400/4antsweight.jpg" alt="ant" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670171493787625234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• &lt;b&gt;7.000 millones&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;hormigas&lt;/b&gt;, con  una media de &lt;b&gt;peso&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;3 miligramos&lt;/b&gt;, pesarían unas &lt;b&gt;21 toneladas&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;b&gt;23&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;toneladas  cortas&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;norteamericanas&lt;/b&gt; puesto que es la medida que ellos utilizan; 1 tonelada corta = 907 kg).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Seven  billion ants, at an average size of 3 milligrams each, would weigh at least 23  tons (46,297 pounds). &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 298px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kv8syyk3BFQ/TrCDbYXfCxI/AAAAAAAAELI/QI-VXpgA0KA/s400/5walking.jpg" alt="walking around the world" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670176437280115474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• Dar &lt;b&gt;7.000 millones&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;pasos&lt;/b&gt; llevaría a una  persona &lt;b&gt;133 veces alrededor de la tierra &lt;/b&gt;y tardaría &lt;b&gt;152 años&lt;/b&gt; en volver a casa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Taking 7  billion steps would take a person 133 times around the planet and 152 years to  get back home.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 265px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ptIf6Cw-WTE/TrCDblwSWRI/AAAAAAAAELY/bZ-qeG56A4E/s400/6rice.jpg" alt="cup of rice" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670176440873802002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• Un &lt;b&gt;grano de arroz&lt;/b&gt; tiene  un peso aproximado de &lt;b&gt;0,028 g&lt;/b&gt;, por lo que &lt;b&gt;7.000 millones&lt;/b&gt; de granos pesarían  &lt;b&gt;196.000 kg&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(An average  grain of rice weights 0.028 g, so 7 billion grains of rice weight 196,000 kg of  rice)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Y, por cierto, tardaríamos &lt;b&gt; más de 30 años &lt;/b&gt;en &lt;b&gt;contar&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt; a &lt;b&gt;7.000 millones&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(By the way, it would take more than 30 years to count  every number in between 0 and 7 &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;billion.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo-dict.faqs.org/"&gt;Images&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-6873765898741780292?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/6873765898741780292/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=6873765898741780292' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6873765898741780292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6873765898741780292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/11/7000-millones_02.html' title='7.000 millones de personas'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-90eP5TT2w_U/TrB-6VwYTzI/AAAAAAAAEKI/p5oDyp40gqw/s72-c/1billionbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-5181631664072820670</id><published>2011-10-28T08:26:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T08:26:00.237+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='escultura'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ray Villafane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Se acerca Halloween!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nOXHADmSULE/TqnAy91XG0I/AAAAAAAAEJ0/QyzSW6oS9_w/s1600/11FridOct28-banner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nOXHADmSULE/TqnAy91XG0I/AAAAAAAAEJ0/QyzSW6oS9_w/s400/11FridOct28-banner.jpg" alt=" puppy bulldog Spooky Halloween" title="Feliz víspera de Halloween" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668273587846847298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p  align="justify" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Este año, el &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Jardín botánico de Nueva York&lt;/span&gt; ha organizado una exposición con las &lt;a href="http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2011/10/around-the-garden/meet-the-pumpkins/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;mayores calabazas del mundo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; e invitó a &lt;a href="http://villafanestudios.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ray Villafane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;esculpir&lt;/span&gt; una de ellas &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;en directo&lt;/span&gt; en el parque, el fin de semana pasado. Villafane, del que ya &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;os enseñé&lt;/span&gt; una &lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/2010/10/es-viernes-sonrie-13-y-halloween.html"&gt;muestra de su talento&lt;/a&gt;, escogió la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;calabaza &lt;/span&gt;de Brant y Eleanor Bordsen, de &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;768 kg&lt;/span&gt;, y en &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;quince horas&lt;/span&gt; obtuvo un &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;increíble cuadro zombi&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(This year, the New York Botanical Garden hosted a collection of the world's largest pumpkins and invited Ray Villafane to carve one of them live in the park, last weekend. Villafane, whose talent I showed you last year, chose Brant and Eleanor Bordsen's 1,693 pound pumpkin and turned it into this amazing zombie tableau in 15 hours.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-hdnf5HPLdU?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  align="justify" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;¡&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-5181631664072820670?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/5181631664072820670/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=5181631664072820670' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5181631664072820670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5181631664072820670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/10/es-viernes-se-acerca-halloween.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Se acerca Halloween!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nOXHADmSULE/TqnAy91XG0I/AAAAAAAAEJ0/QyzSW6oS9_w/s72-c/11FridOct28-banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-2170356001981437933</id><published>2011-10-20T22:38:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T22:54:28.593+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mariza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! Sonríe!  —54</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G0Z-qS6UVlo/TqCKOOXlXSI/AAAAAAAAEJo/yi6-uk9Kup4/s1600/11FridOct21banner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G0Z-qS6UVlo/TqCKOOXlXSI/AAAAAAAAEJo/yi6-uk9Kup4/s400/11FridOct21banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665680308211899682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pawnation.com/tag/bulldog/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  align="justify" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Una &lt;b&gt;semana repleta&lt;/b&gt; de reuniones y clases. &lt;b&gt;Es viernes. A descansar.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A week full of meetings and classes. Thanks God it's Friday. Let's have a break!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;corto &lt;/span&gt;de esta semana me recuerda el verano. Es creación de &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Constantine Krystallis&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.marizamovie.com/"&gt;Mariza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_LmAcfO9lyg?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-2170356001981437933?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/2170356001981437933/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=2170356001981437933' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/2170356001981437933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/2170356001981437933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/10/es-viernes-sonrie-54.html' title='¡Es viernes! Sonríe!  —54'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G0Z-qS6UVlo/TqCKOOXlXSI/AAAAAAAAEJo/yi6-uk9Kup4/s72-c/11FridOct21banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-4066303690925552540</id><published>2011-10-18T21:26:00.015+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T22:45:16.240+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reino Unido'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pasos de peatones'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='costumbres'/><title type='text'>Pasos  de peatones británicos</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kBJKbcTHXaE/Tp3dhobjVNI/AAAAAAAAEHk/QTgtzpJ5juQ/s800/00pedestriancrossings.jpg" alt="British pedesrian crossings" title="Pasos de peatones británicos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664927476160353490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="15"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="20%"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C-As2oVejO0/Tp3dhuewV5I/AAAAAAAAEHY/yIKYvPtlx9c/s1600/0crossing-first-1868.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 123px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C-As2oVejO0/Tp3dhuewV5I/AAAAAAAAEHY/yIKYvPtlx9c/s400/0crossing-first-1868.jpg" alt="first crossing 1868" title="Primera señal de cruce 1868" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664927477784401810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://nyplacesnomore.com/?paged=2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;  La &lt;b&gt;primera señal&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;paso  de peatones&lt;/b&gt; se colocó &lt;b&gt;en Bridge Street&lt;/b&gt;, Westminster, &lt;b&gt;Londres&lt;/b&gt;, en &lt;b&gt;diciembre&lt;/b&gt; de  &lt;b&gt;1868&lt;/b&gt; y fue &lt;b&gt;inventada&lt;/b&gt; por &lt;b&gt;John Peake &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2009/07/16/john_peake_knight_traffic_lights_feature.shtml"&gt;Knight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;,  un ingeniero de ferrocarriles.  Un  &lt;b&gt;policía&lt;/b&gt; por medio de una manivela &lt;b&gt;subía&lt;/b&gt; o &lt;b&gt;bajaba&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;brazo articulado&lt;/b&gt; que usaba  &lt;b&gt;luces de gas verdes y rojas&lt;/b&gt;. Desgraciadamente, en enero de 1869, hubo un &lt;b&gt;escape  de gas&lt;/b&gt; que causó una &lt;b&gt;explosión&lt;/b&gt; e hirió al oficial a cargo de la señal. Hubo de  &lt;b&gt;esperar más de cincuenta años&lt;/b&gt; para que se retomara la idea. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The first  pedestrian crossing signal was erected in Bridge Street, Westminster, London in  December 1868 and it was an invention of John Peake Knight, a railway engineer.  A police officer raised and lowered manually the arm and it was gas illuminated  at the top (green and red. Unfortunately, in January 1869, the gas used to  illuminate the lights at the top leaked and caused an explosion, injuring the  police operator. No further work was done on signalled pedestrian crossings  until fifty years later.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¿Sabéis &lt;b&gt;cuántos tipos de  pasos de peatones&lt;/b&gt; hay? En &lt;b&gt;España&lt;/b&gt; tenemos el &lt;b&gt;paso de cebra&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;con&lt;/b&gt; o &lt;b&gt;sin semáforo&lt;/b&gt;  pero en el &lt;b&gt;Reino Unido&lt;/b&gt; tienen &lt;b&gt;cinco tipos&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;  &lt;i&gt;(Do you  know how many kinds of pedestrian crossings there are? Here in Spain we just  have the zebra crossing, with or without traffic lights, but in the UK there  are five types:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="15"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;" width="20%"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W5IYSUfBEUY/Tp3diDBQY5I/AAAAAAAAEHw/XRuiFi3U-0s/s1600/1abbeyroad.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W5IYSUfBEUY/Tp3diDBQY5I/AAAAAAAAEHw/XRuiFi3U-0s/s400/1abbeyroad.jpg" alt="Abbey's Road crossing" title="Abbey's Road - The Beatles" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664927483297817490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://abbeys-road.blogspot.com/2011/07/abbey-is-listening-to.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;paso de cebra&lt;/b&gt; en el  que los &lt;b&gt;peatones&lt;/b&gt; tienen derecho de &lt;b&gt;paso preferente&lt;/b&gt;. Siendo el más famoso –por  los &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Beatles&lt;/span&gt;—el  de Abbey's Road.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The zebra  crossing which gives extra rights of way to pedestrians. Abbey's road crossing  remains is considered the most famous zebra crossing –thanks  to The Beatles.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DX-Mnzv-dSk/Tp3diUq0poI/AAAAAAAAEH4/VLGdfEUVa80/s1600/2crossing-pelican.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DX-Mnzv-dSk/Tp3diUq0poI/AAAAAAAAEH4/VLGdfEUVa80/s400/2crossing-pelican.jpg" alt="pelican crossing" title="Paso de pelícano" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664927488035563138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.2pass.co.uk/crossing.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;los &lt;b&gt;pasos de &lt;/b&gt;"&lt;b&gt;pelícano&lt;/b&gt;" con  &lt;b&gt;semáforos&lt;/b&gt; para regular el flujo del tráfico, un &lt;b&gt;pulsador&lt;/b&gt; y dos &lt;b&gt;hombres  iluminados&lt;/b&gt; –rojo y verde—&lt;b&gt;frente a&lt;/b&gt; los &lt;b&gt;peatones&lt;/b&gt; para indicar el momento de  pasar. El &lt;b&gt;nombre deriva&lt;/b&gt; de del acrónimo &lt;i&gt;pelicon&lt;/i&gt;: "&lt;b&gt;pedestrian light  controled&lt;/b&gt;" (paso de peatrones controlado por semáforo).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A Pelican  crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing featuring a pair of poles each with a  standard set of traffic lights facing oncoming traffic, a push button and two  illuminated, coloured men facing the pedestrian from across the road -red,  stationary man to indicate that it is not safe to cross, and a green, walking  man to indicate that it is safe to cross or not. The name is derived from  PELICON, an acronym of pedestrian light controlled.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g4w8jo5pVA4/Tp3gwTaxWoI/AAAAAAAAEJE/ByM1bjQC-yk/s1600/3crossing-puffin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 189px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g4w8jo5pVA4/Tp3gwTaxWoI/AAAAAAAAEJE/ByM1bjQC-yk/s400/3crossing-puffin.jpg" alt="puffin crossing" title="Paso de frailecillo" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664931026752854658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/roads-transport/public-transport-road-safety/road-safety/pedestriancrossing.asp"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Paso de&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;b&gt;frailecillo&lt;/b&gt;" (&lt;a href="http://thescreamonline.com/photo/photo2-2/isaac/puffin.html"&gt;puffin&lt;/a&gt;) (&lt;i&gt;pedestrian  user-friendly intelligent crossing&lt;/i&gt;, paso inteligente de fácil manejo), &lt;b&gt;típico&lt;/b&gt;  del &lt;b&gt;Reino Unido&lt;/b&gt;. Se &lt;b&gt;distingue del paso de pelícano&lt;/b&gt; en que las &lt;b&gt;luces &lt;/b&gt;que avisan  a los &lt;b&gt;peatones&lt;/b&gt; están &lt;b&gt;al lado&lt;/b&gt; del &lt;b&gt;peatón&lt;/b&gt; –no enfrente.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A puffin  crossing (pedestrian user-friendly intelligent crossing) is a type of  pedestrian crossing in use in the United Kingdom. It differs from a pelican  crossing in that the lights controlling the pedestrians are on the near side of  the road, rather than on the opposite side.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mmo76Vr_JVI/Tp3gwZfH_KI/AAAAAAAAEJM/6D-PAspgE2E/s1600/4crossing-Toucan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 153px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mmo76Vr_JVI/Tp3gwZfH_KI/AAAAAAAAEJM/6D-PAspgE2E/s400/4crossing-Toucan.jpg" alt="Toucan crossing" title="Paso de tucán" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664931028381727906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.devon.gov.uk/print/index/transportroads/traffic/traffic_management/cycle_lane_road_markings.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Un paso de &lt;/b&gt;"&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Toco_toucan_london.jpg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;tucán&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;",  para &lt;b&gt;bicicletas y peatones&lt;/b&gt;.  Lo de "tucán"  es un &lt;b&gt;juego de palabras&lt;/b&gt; británico con la expresión &lt;i&gt;two can&lt;/i&gt;, "&lt;b&gt;dos pueden&lt;/b&gt;" cruzar a la  vez.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A toucan  crossing also allows bicycles to be ridden across. Since two-can, both  pedestrians and cyclists, cross together, the name toucan was chosen as a play  on words: two-can cross together.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_p8mLCoMCj8/Tp3gwkTBvAI/AAAAAAAAEJY/qVAVEa1APsc/s1600/5crossing-Pegasus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_p8mLCoMCj8/Tp3gwkTBvAI/AAAAAAAAEJY/qVAVEa1APsc/s400/5crossing-Pegasus.jpg" alt="Pegasus crossing" title="Paso de Pegaso" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664931031283776514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Images &lt;a href="http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/exeres/65185d2b-514a-4164-ab07-776cd92a50f2"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/D9207CF953DC8CBA802575A9004DB70D"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Y por último el &lt;b&gt;paso de  Pegaso&lt;/b&gt; para los &lt;b&gt;jinetes&lt;/b&gt;, con dos &lt;b&gt;pulsadores&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;uno en alto&lt;/b&gt; para los jinetes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Pegassus  Crossing for horse riders: with two demand buttons, one raised for the  equestrians.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Y si pensabais que sólo  había un tipo de "&lt;b&gt;muñequito&lt;/b&gt;s" en las señales, &lt;b&gt;demos una vuelta al  mundo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(If you  thought that there was only one design for pedestrian crossing figures, let's  take a round-the-world trip&lt;/i&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3_7TwVptJQA?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-4066303690925552540?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/4066303690925552540/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=4066303690925552540' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4066303690925552540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4066303690925552540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/10/pasos-de-peatones-britanicos.html' title='Pasos  de peatones británicos'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kBJKbcTHXaE/Tp3dhobjVNI/AAAAAAAAEHk/QTgtzpJ5juQ/s72-c/00pedestriancrossings.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-670333985078200045</id><published>2011-10-14T09:58:00.013+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-14T11:56:29.636+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jacob Frey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bob Dylan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   —53</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 348px; height: 307px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DopN1biYoXI/TpfwyiB-FTI/AAAAAAAAEHM/ignPiBnPjzw/s400/11FridOct14-sheep-goat.jpg" alt="sheep and goat" title="Oveja y chivo, sólo amigos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663259807360881970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://alligator-sunglasses.com/post/10339482686/friends-share-a-smile"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;imagen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;A veces, los  &lt;b&gt;profesores&lt;/b&gt; recibimos &lt;b&gt;notas de los padres&lt;/b&gt; excusando la ausencia de los hijos que,  cuanto menos, &lt;b&gt;nos dejan&lt;/b&gt; un poco &lt;b&gt;perplejos&lt;/b&gt;. Aquí van &lt;b&gt;unas cuantas&lt;/b&gt; que demuestran  que &lt;b&gt;algunos padres&lt;/b&gt; son &lt;b&gt;iguales&lt;/b&gt; en cualquier parte del &lt;b&gt;mundo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(We,  teachers, sometimes receive notes from parents excusing the absence of their  children which, at least, leave us a bit perplexed. Here are a few that show  that some parents are the same all over the world.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 400px; height: 162px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CD6knRBk5JI/Tpft09FiC_I/AAAAAAAAEGQ/QCivi3go94k/s400/1excuse.jpg" alt="excuse note 1" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663256550448434162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Mi hijo está  bajo cuidados médicos y no podrá hacer Educación Física. Por favor, &lt;i&gt;ejecútenlo&lt;/i&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 400px; height: 162px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BYp-fzq0y6I/Tpft1NijOQI/AAAAAAAAEGg/8qiKGsPnl9Q/s400/2excuse.jpg" alt="excuse note 2" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663256554865113346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Querido  colegio: por favor &lt;i&gt;ejcusen&lt;/i&gt; a Juan por estar ausente los días 28, 29, 30, 31,  32, y también el 33 de enero." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 400px; height: 162px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pw_cz6WyC3Q/Tpft1b5twMI/AAAAAAAAEGo/699V-17znss/s400/4excuse.jpg" alt="excuse note 3" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663256558720368834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Mi hija estaba  ausente ayer porque estaba cansada. Pasó el fin de semana con los Marines."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center; width: 400px; height: 162px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h_w1Sn8-SWg/Tpft1jQJf4I/AAAAAAAAEG0/o-HZSHWlmC4/s400/5excuse.jpg" alt="excuse note 4" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663256560693510018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Por favor  excusen a Ray por faltar el viernes a clase. Tiene las vocales sueltas."  (Quería decir &lt;i&gt;bowels&lt;/i&gt;, "tripa",  claro).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 400px; height: 162px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p3AEn-ou6YI/Tpft16vn8FI/AAAAAAAAEHA/o5qgzGSLe9o/s400/6excuse.jpg" alt="excuse note 5" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663256566999543890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Chris no irá al  colegio porque tiene un acre en el lado."   (Evidentemente es &lt;i&gt;ache&lt;/i&gt;, "dolor". Más probable  que un acre, unos 4047 m² de  terreno.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Bueno, y en un tono parecido, aquí va esta animación que hay que &lt;b&gt;ver hasta después de los créditos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;( Well, in the same mood, here is an animated short we must watch past the credits.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25845008?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ff0179" webkitallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/25845008"&gt;BOB&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/user4110239"&gt;Jacob Frey&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.rinkworks.com/said/excuses.shtml"&gt;RinkWorks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-670333985078200045?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/670333985078200045/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=670333985078200045' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/670333985078200045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/670333985078200045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/10/es-viernes-sonrie-53.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   —53'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DopN1biYoXI/TpfwyiB-FTI/AAAAAAAAEHM/ignPiBnPjzw/s72-c/11FridOct14-sheep-goat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8752266004908419050</id><published>2011-10-11T08:32:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-11T08:32:00.451+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lacing'/><title type='text'>¡Átate los cordones con imaginación!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CNKu9xqInjE/TpMfjlEKnqI/AAAAAAAAEF4/2J52JFwwoUA/s800/Shoelacesbanner.jpg" alt="lacing your sneakers" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661903852640312994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schn%C3%BCrsenkel_in_verschiedenen_Farben.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photo credit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  align="justify" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Aunque los humanos deben  de haber envuelto sus pies en pieles de animales en los primeros tiempos, Erik Trinkaus,  un antropólogo de la Universidad de Washington en St. Louis, dice que el &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;calzado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; propiamente dichos &lt;b&gt;apareció &lt;/b&gt;entre &lt;b&gt;40.000&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;26.000 años atrás&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Though  humans may have wrapped their feet in skins in the early times, Erik Trinkaus, an  anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis, says sturdy shoes  originated between 40,000 and 26,000 years ago.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yundjRAWZ0o/TpMfjzh17zI/AAAAAAAAEGA/O06eOFdG_hs/s400/SagebrushBig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661903856522882866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.artecreha.com/El_Arte_y_su_mundo/una-antigua-zapateria-de-oregon.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sandalias&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; de artemisa,  tejidas con &lt;b&gt;fibras de corteza&lt;/b&gt; de la &lt;a href="http://www.casapia.com/Paginacast/Paginas/Paginasdemenus/MenudeInformaciones/PlantasMedicinales/Artemisa.htm"&gt;planta&lt;/a&gt;,  encontradas en &lt;b&gt;1938&lt;/b&gt; en la &lt;b&gt;cueva&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;Fort Rock&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;Oregón&lt;/b&gt;. Tienen una &lt;b&gt;antigüedad&lt;/b&gt;  de entre &lt;b&gt;10.000&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;9.300 años&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Sagebrush  &lt;a href="http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/collections/web-galleries/fancy-footwear"&gt;Sandals&lt;/a&gt;, made of bark fiber, found in 1938 in Fort Rock Cave, Oregon. Dated from 10,000 to 9,300  years old.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 154px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gik7mtQonNI/TpMfj-SinyI/AAAAAAAAEGI/GtJORXvjfDM/s400/Areni1shoe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661903859411492642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ciencia_tecnologia/2010/06/100610_zapato_viejo_men.shtml"&gt;&lt;b&gt;zapato&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; de  &lt;b&gt;Areni-1&lt;/b&gt;  es un zapato &lt;b&gt;de cuero&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;5.500 años&lt;/b&gt; de antigüedad. Fue encontrado en el año &lt;b&gt;2008&lt;/b&gt;  en excelentes condiciones en la &lt;b&gt;cueva&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;b&gt;Areni-1&lt;/b&gt;" situada en la  &lt;b&gt;provincia armenia&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;Vayots Dzor&lt;/b&gt;. Como se puede ver, &lt;b&gt;tiene&lt;/b&gt;  "&lt;b&gt;cordones&lt;/b&gt;" de cuero que pasan por "&lt;b&gt;ojales&lt;/b&gt;". &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The Areni-1  &lt;a href="http://www.historymuseum.am/expositions/?id=18&amp;amp;lang=eng"&gt;shoe&lt;/a&gt; is a 5,500-year-old  leather shoe. It was found in 2008 in an excellent condition in the "Areni-1"  cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. As  we can see, it has leather "shoelaces" passing through  "eyelets".)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Desde entonces&lt;/b&gt; la técnica  ha mejorado y la imaginación ha trabajado para elaborar "&lt;b&gt;artísticas&lt;/b&gt;"  &lt;b&gt;maneras de atarse los cordones&lt;/b&gt;. En su sitio, &lt;b&gt;Ian's Shoelace &lt;a href="http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm"&gt;Site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Ian Fieggen&lt;/b&gt; explica un &lt;b&gt;número  increíble&lt;/b&gt; de formas de hacerlo. He aquí &lt;b&gt;algunas &lt;/b&gt;que me &lt;b&gt;han llamado la atención&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Since then  the technique has improved and the imagination has worked to develop  "artistic" ways of tying shoelaces. On his site, Ian Fieggen explains  an incredible number of ways to do it. Here are the ones that have drawn my attention.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;object height="375" width="500"&gt; &lt;param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&amp;amp;lang=es-us&amp;amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F68508804%40N04%2Fshow%2F&amp;amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F68508804%40N04%2F&amp;amp;user_id=68508804@N04&amp;amp;jump_to="&gt;/param&amp;gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=107931"&gt; &lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=107931" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&amp;amp;lang=es-us&amp;amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F68508804%40N04%2Fshow%2F&amp;amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F68508804%40N04%2F&amp;amp;user_id=68508804@N04&amp;amp;jump_to=" height="375" width="500"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fuente: Las fotos de la presentación vienen de &lt;a href="http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm"&gt;Ian's Shoelace Site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(All photos in the slideshow come from Ian's Shoelace Site) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8752266004908419050?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8752266004908419050/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8752266004908419050' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8752266004908419050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8752266004908419050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/10/atate-los-cordones-con-imaginacion.html' title='¡Átate los cordones con imaginación!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CNKu9xqInjE/TpMfjlEKnqI/AAAAAAAAEF4/2J52JFwwoUA/s72-c/Shoelacesbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-7333530631044641011</id><published>2011-10-07T01:11:00.012+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-07T01:32:31.185+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cthulhu vs. the Sith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Steve Jobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes!  Steve Jobs, In memoriam</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SPUmT_LFdFU/To43mDnaggI/AAAAAAAAEEk/rw951T2foBM/s400/11FridOct07.jpg" alt="Steve Jobs, In Memoriam" title="Steve Jobs, In memoriam" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660522908596470274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Entresacado del discurso de &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Steve Jobs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (24 de febrero de 1955 - 5 de octubre de 2011) en la &lt;b&gt;ceremonia de graduación de Stanford&lt;/b&gt; en 2005.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Picked out of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs"&gt;Steve Jobs &lt;/a&gt;(February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) Stanford  Commencement Speech in 2005.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"Sometimes  life can hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. You've got to find  what you love. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the  only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the  only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet,  keep looking and don't settle. As all matters of the heart you'll know when you  find it."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"A veces la vida te da con  un ladrillo en la cabeza. No perdáis la fe. Tenéis que encontrar lo que os  gusta. El trabajo va a llenar gran parte de vuestra vida, y la única forma de  estar verdaderamente satisfecho, es hacer lo que consideráis un trabajo genial,  y la única forma de hacer un trabajo genial es amar lo que hacéis. Si todavía  no lo habéis encontrado, seguid buscando, no os conforméis. Ya que, como todo  lo que tiene que ver con el corazón, lo sabréis cuando lo encontréis".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"Your time  is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by  dogma, which is the results of other people's thinking; don't let the noise of  others' opinion drown your own inner voice; and most important: have the  courage to follow your heart and intuition; they somehow already know what you  truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Vuestro tiempo es  limitado, por lo tanto no lo desperdiciéis viviendo la vida de otro, no os  dejéis atrapar por lo dogmático, que es el resultado de lo que otros piensan,  no dejéis que el ruido de las opiniones de otros ahoguen vuestra propia voz  interior; y, lo más importante: tened la valentía de seguir a vuestro corazón y  vuestra intuición; de algún modo ya saben lo que de veras queréis ser. Todo lo  demás es secundario".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"Stay  hungry, stay foolish."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Manteneos hambrientos,  manteneos insensatos".  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Estos chicos parecen  haber empezado temprano: tienen 3, 3 y 6 años y han hecho este vídeo: tardaron &lt;b&gt;2 horas&lt;/b&gt; en  hacerlo. El de &lt;b&gt;6 años&lt;/b&gt; escribió el &lt;b&gt;guión&lt;/b&gt; y manejó la cámara, mientras los de &lt;b&gt;3 años&lt;/b&gt;  hicieron &lt;b&gt;la nave&lt;/b&gt;. su padre hizo la música con &lt;a href="http://www.mathworks.es/products/matlab/index.html"&gt;Matlab&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;b&gt;Cthulhu contras los Siths&lt;/b&gt; o &lt;b&gt;La venganza del monstruo Zanahoria&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(It seems these children have started early: they are 3, 3 and 6 years old and they have made this video: it took them 2 hours. The 6-year-old wrote the script and operated the camera, while the two 3-year-olds made the spaceship. Their father generated the music in &lt;a href="http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/index.html"&gt;Matlab&lt;/a&gt;: Cthulhu vs. the Sith or The Carrot Monster Revenge). &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9esBcHrqp_A?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Recordad: " &lt;b&gt;Manteneos  hambrientos&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;manteneos insensatos&lt;/b&gt;." y ¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;(Remember: "  Stay hungry, stay foolish." and have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-7333530631044641011?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/7333530631044641011/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=7333530631044641011' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/7333530631044641011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/7333530631044641011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/10/es-viernes-steve-jobs-in-memoriam.html' title='¡Es viernes!  Steve Jobs, In memoriam'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SPUmT_LFdFU/To43mDnaggI/AAAAAAAAEEk/rw951T2foBM/s72-c/11FridOct07.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-363603350802536297</id><published>2011-09-30T07:22:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-30T07:22:00.199+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Story Tree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   —51</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 374px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r4H0E3O1Bcg/ToTWIghekNI/AAAAAAAAEEc/eArPktx-21s/s400/11FridSept30banner.jpg" alt="owl" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657882473541832914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Esta &lt;b&gt;animación clásica&lt;/b&gt;,  que recibió el &lt;b&gt;premio&lt;/b&gt; a la "Mejor animación o &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;stop motion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  clásica" en los premios CAEAA (Premios canadienses para las artes electrónicas  y de animación) de 2006, ha sido &lt;b&gt;dibujada a mano&lt;/b&gt;. Eso significa &lt;b&gt;24 dibujos por segundo&lt;/b&gt;  de animación. Comoquiera que este corto dura 2'17'', &lt;b&gt;Stephanie K. Sim&lt;/b&gt; ha tenido  que hacer unos &lt;b&gt;1848 dibujos&lt;/b&gt;. ¡&lt;b&gt;Magnífico trabajo&lt;/b&gt;! este "&lt;b&gt;Árbol de las historias&lt;/b&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(This Classical Animation,  which received the award for "Best Classical or &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion"&gt;Stop Motion&lt;/a&gt;  Animation" at the 2006 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Awards_for_the_Electronic_%26_Animated_Arts"&gt;CAEAA&lt;/a&gt;  (Canadian Awards for the Electronic &amp;amp; Animated Arts) awards, has been hand  drawn. That means 24 drawings per second. As the short movie lasts 2'17'',  Stephanie K. Sim has had to draw about 1848 pictures. Great work!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Xta8Feaon2M?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-363603350802536297?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/363603350802536297/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=363603350802536297' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/363603350802536297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/363603350802536297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/09/es-viernes-sonrie-51.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!   —51'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r4H0E3O1Bcg/ToTWIghekNI/AAAAAAAAEEc/eArPktx-21s/s72-c/11FridSept30banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-3369980622716323163</id><published>2011-09-28T07:48:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T07:57:07.645+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arte'/><title type='text'>El arte de esculpir la fruta</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2loPObqoI2E/ToK1g7sQVGI/AAAAAAAAEEU/oGu638QGrp0/s800/fruit-carvingbanner.jpg" alt="fruit carving" title="El art de tallar frutas" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657283659314517090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asiarecipe.com/carving.html"&gt;credit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El arte del &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kae Sa Luk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;,  el arte de &lt;b&gt;tallar frutas y verduras&lt;/b&gt; convirtiéndolas en complicadas flores y  formas agradables a la vista y al paladar, nació en &lt;b&gt;Tailandia&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;1346&lt;/b&gt;. Ningún  otro país practica esta forma de decorar la comida. Sólo una &lt;b&gt;poca gente hoy&lt;/b&gt; día &lt;b&gt;se adiestra&lt;/b&gt; en este antiguo arte cortesano, incluso en Tailandia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The art of Kae-Sa-Luk, the art of carving  fruit and vegetables into intricate flower shapes that please both the eye and  the palate, was begun in Thailand in 1346. No other country practices this same  decorative treatment of foods. Only a few people are still trained in this  ancient court art, even in modern Thailand.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15282373?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Talla de la piel de una sandía&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/15282373"&gt;Watermelon skin carving&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/vidnikolic"&gt;Vid Nikolic&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Está comprobado que &lt;b&gt;el hombre puede transformar en arte&lt;/b&gt; hasta &lt;b&gt;la más prosaícas de las actividades&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(It is obvious that we can transform even the most prosaic activities into art.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-3369980622716323163?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/3369980622716323163/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=3369980622716323163' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3369980622716323163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3369980622716323163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/09/el-arte-de-esculpir-la-fruta.html' title='El arte de esculpir la fruta'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2loPObqoI2E/ToK1g7sQVGI/AAAAAAAAEEU/oGu638QGrp0/s72-c/fruit-carvingbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-2153216924755502744</id><published>2011-09-23T00:47:00.029+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T22:21:35.240+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Something Fishy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —50</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 400px; height: 359px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Iyj_gvRYLsU/TnvBJtFCDMI/AAAAAAAAEEM/YHkipF3glvw/s400/11FridSep23-Adorable-Fox.jpg" alt="TGIF adorable Fox" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655326129557474498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogcamblog.com/page8.php"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;credit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  align="justify" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Los &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;boletines de notas&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; ¿aciertan?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(School  reports... Do they foresee the future?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="15"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;" width="10%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 100px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--oBj4ji1LH4/Tnu-ZIqipKI/AAAAAAAAEDc/m7T7UY43ZqI/s400/1Churchill.jpg" alt="Winston Churchill" title="Winston Churchill" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655323096125711522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdchrch.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; credit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Winston  Churchill&lt;/b&gt;, Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55.&lt;br /&gt;"He is  so regular in his irregularity that I really don't know what to do. He had such  good abilities but these would be made useless by habitual negligence.  Constantly late for school, losing his books and papers and various other  things."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;("Es tan regular en  su irregularidad que verdaderamente no sé qué hacer. Tiene tan buenas aptitudes  pero no servirán de nada debido a su empedernida negligencia. Llega continuamente  tarde al colegio, pierde los libros y los ejercicios y varias cosas más".)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-top: thin dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 78px; height: 100px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--nxl2_ED7CA/Tnu-ZHyZY4I/AAAAAAAAEDk/Wf_INZF6Ljk/s400/2lennon.jpg" alt="John lennon" title="John lennon" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655323095890224002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mybeatlesandclassicrockpage.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-81980-is-most-gruesome-and.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;credit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-top:dashed thin #CCCCCC"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Lennon&lt;/b&gt;,  member of The Beatles.&lt;br /&gt;"Certainly  on the road to failure... hopeless . . . rather a clown in class...wasting  other pupils' time."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;("Desde luego va  camino del fracaso... sin esperanzas... bastante payaso en clase... hace perder  el tiempo a los demás alumnos".)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;But, on his  leaving:&lt;br /&gt;"I  believe he is not beyond redemption and could really turn out a fairly  responsible adult who might go far."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;(Pero en la despedida del  colegio:&lt;br /&gt;"Creo que tiene  remedio y podría convertirse en un adulto muy responsable que podría llegar  lejos".)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-top:dashed thin #CCCCCC"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cU_XmgdCJyc/Tnu-Zfr_F9I/AAAAAAAAEDs/VLmpzwuFAxo/s400/3branson.jpg" alt="Richard Branson" title="Richard Branson" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655323102305785810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/richard_branson.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;credit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-top:dashed thin #CCCCCC"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Richard  Branson&lt;/b&gt;, British entrepreneur, founder of Virgin:&lt;br /&gt;"He  will either become a millionaire or go to prison."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;(Empresario, fundador de Virgin: "Puede llegar a ser  tanto millonario como ir a la cárcel".)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-top:dashed thin #CCCCCC"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 85px; height: 100px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3rcnrAuPx4s/Tnu-ZhYn2pI/AAAAAAAAED0/okkk47jZPbY/s400/4madonna.jpg" alt="Madonna" title="Madonna" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655323102761441938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madonnaperformingstickyandsweettour2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;credit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-top:dashed thin #CCCCCC"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Madonna&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"She  works hard - but not in a way that gave me hope that she would blend with  others."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;("Trabaja mucho –pero  no de forma que me suscite esperanzas de que se llevará bien con los demás".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-top: thin dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 148px; height: 100px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kaQvsi9zWDM/Tnu-Z8hXSQI/AAAAAAAAED8/odHctGxuT3U/s400/5beckham.jpg" alt="David Beckham" title="David Beckham" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655323110045862146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pitchcoach.co.uk/blog/?tag=2018-world-cup"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;credit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-top:dashed thin #CCCCCC"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;David Beckham&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"He  makes good cakes."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;("Hace  buenos pasteles".)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-top: thin dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 77px; height: 100px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l41hYbnakjQ/TnvBJYQAFQI/AAAAAAAAEEE/FarJoUlgFR0/s400/6Bush.jpg" alt="George W. Bush" title="George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655326123966338306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George-W-Bush.jpeg"&gt;credit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border-top:dashed thin #CCCCCC"&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;And last  but not least, &lt;b&gt;George W. Bush&lt;/b&gt; addressing Yale graduates:&lt;br /&gt;"To those of you who received honors, awards  and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can  be president of the United States."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;(Por último, pero no por  ello menos, George W. Bush dirigiéndose a los licenciados de Yale:&lt;br /&gt;"A  aquellos que reciben matrícula de honor, premios y sobresalientes, os digo, bien  hecho. Y a aquellos estudiantes de aprobado justo, os digo, vosotros también  podéis llegar a ser presidente de los Estados Unidos.")&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Y el &lt;b&gt;vídeo &lt;/b&gt;de animación  de los viernes creado por un &lt;b&gt;estudiante&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Chris Savage&lt;/b&gt;, de la Escuela de Cine de  Vancouver. "&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Algo sospechoso&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;[* El &lt;b&gt;título&lt;/b&gt;, como suele  ser habitual en el mundo anglosajón, es un &lt;b&gt;juego de palabras&lt;/b&gt;: "&lt;i&gt;fishy&lt;/i&gt;"  se refiere a "&lt;i&gt;que huele a pescado&lt;/i&gt;" y "&lt;i&gt;sospechoso&lt;/i&gt;".]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(And Friday's animated short film created by  Vancouver Film School student Chris Savage, "Something Fishy".)&lt;br /&gt;[*The title, as it is usual in Anglo-Saxon  culture, is a pun: "fish" can mean "like a fish in shape, smell,  taste or the like" and "of questionable character, suspicious."]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WetiFHEMoog?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fuentes: &lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-507221/Churchill-A-troublemaker-Lennon-A-useless-clown-And-girl-Thatcher-.html#ixzz1YhrXPiyP"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/breakfast/4791084.stm"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-2153216924755502744?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/2153216924755502744/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=2153216924755502744' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/2153216924755502744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/2153216924755502744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/09/es-viernes-sonrie-50.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —50'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Iyj_gvRYLsU/TnvBJtFCDMI/AAAAAAAAEEM/YHkipF3glvw/s72-c/11FridSep23-Adorable-Fox.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-6981479639620292582</id><published>2011-09-20T20:50:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T22:44:00.546+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ilustración'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><title type='text'>El arte de Benjamin Harff</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-smi7AAlEoGA/TnjapEtupiI/AAAAAAAAEDE/15anZ0YlMNI/s800/1banner-Harff.jpg" alt="Benjamin Harff's Illuminated art" title="El arte de la iluminación de Benjamin Harff" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654509731338692130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Hace unos días leí una &lt;a href="http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/902-Benjamin_Harff_Interview_Edel_Silmarillion.php"&gt;entrevista&lt;/a&gt; a un&lt;b&gt; joven ilustrador&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Benjamin Harff&lt;/b&gt;, que se había pasado un año ilustrando el &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Silmarillion&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; de J. R. R. &lt;b&gt;Tolkien&lt;/b&gt; en la tradición de los &lt;b&gt;manuscritos ilustrados medievales&lt;/b&gt;. Y tenía que presentároslo por si no lo conocíais tampoco. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A few days ago I read an interview with a young illustrator, Benjamin Harff, who had spent a year creating a copy of  J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion in the tradition of medieval European illuminated manuscripts. I had to to introduce him to you in case you didn't know him either.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"I was born in 1980 in Euskirchen,  Germany. I have always been interested in the manifold ways of art, especially  painting and drawing as well as music. Later I learned other art forms also,  such as poetry and martial arts. My father is a tiler, so I early realized that  pure inspiration is useless without skill, knowledge and hard work."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"He nacido en &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euskirchen"&gt;Euskirchen&lt;/a&gt;, Alemania,  en 1980.  Siempre me han &lt;b&gt;interesado&lt;/b&gt; las múltiples formas de arte,  especialmente la &lt;b&gt;pintura&lt;/b&gt; y el &lt;b&gt;dibujo&lt;/b&gt;, así como la &lt;b&gt;música&lt;/b&gt;. Más tarde aprendí otras  formas de arte también, como la &lt;b&gt;poesía&lt;/b&gt; y las &lt;b&gt;artes marciales&lt;/b&gt;. Mi padre es enlosador,  por lo que &lt;b&gt;pronto me di cuenta&lt;/b&gt; de que la &lt;b&gt;inspiración pura es inútil sin&lt;/b&gt; la  &lt;b&gt;técnica&lt;/b&gt;, el &lt;b&gt;conocimiento&lt;/b&gt;, y el &lt;b&gt;trabajo duro&lt;/b&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"I created the deluxe-Silmarillion for  my exam at the Academy of Arts... All the initials, the calligraphic pages and  illumination [decoration in colours, gold, or silver] was drawn and painted by  hand. I used a steel-pen and Indian ink as well as brushes and water colours.  For the metal colours silver, gold and copper I took acrylics, because they are  easier to handle than really laid gold and you can also work with water colour  on acrylics."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"&lt;b&gt;Creé&lt;/b&gt; el  &lt;i&gt;silmarillion-deluxe&lt;/i&gt; para mi &lt;b&gt;examen&lt;/b&gt; de la &lt;b&gt;Escuela de Arte&lt;/b&gt;... Todas las  &lt;b&gt;iniciales&lt;/b&gt;, las &lt;b&gt;páginas de caligrafía&lt;/b&gt; y la &lt;b&gt;iluminación&lt;/b&gt; [pintar con colores, oro  o plata la figuras y letras de un libro] han sido &lt;b&gt;dibujadas&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;pintadas a mano&lt;/b&gt;.  He utilizado un &lt;b&gt;plumín de acero&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;tinta china&lt;/b&gt; así como &lt;b&gt;pinceles&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;acuarelas&lt;/b&gt;.  Para el color &lt;b&gt;plata&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;oro&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;cobre&lt;/b&gt; elegí &lt;b&gt;pinturas acrílicas&lt;/b&gt;, porque es más fácil  trabajar con ellas que con el oro pulverizado y también se puede trabajar con  acuarelas sobre la pintura acrílica."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"Although I had weekly  calligraphy-lessons at the Academy of Arts for four years, I learned more than  ever in these 12 months. I also learned how highly developed the designing and  the techniques in the craftmanships of the middle-ages were. Finally, I  realized how little respect is given to the written word in a world where you  can gain any information with a few mouse-clicks. Maybe it is now the time to  give the word an adequate garment."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Aunque he tenido  &lt;b&gt;lecciones semanales de caligrafía&lt;/b&gt; en la Escuela de Arte &lt;b&gt;durante cuatro años&lt;/b&gt;, he  &lt;b&gt;aprendido más que nunca en estos 12 meses&lt;/b&gt;. También he descubierto lo &lt;b&gt;sumamente  desarrolladas&lt;/b&gt; que estaban las &lt;b&gt;técnicas&lt;/b&gt; y el &lt;b&gt;diseño&lt;/b&gt; de los &lt;b&gt;artesanos&lt;/b&gt; de la &lt;b&gt;Edad  Media&lt;/b&gt;. En definitiva, &lt;b&gt;me di cuenta&lt;/b&gt; del &lt;b&gt;poco respeto&lt;/b&gt; que se tiene &lt;b&gt;por la palabra  escrita&lt;/b&gt; en un mundo en el que puedes conseguir información con unos clics de  ratón. Quizá haya &lt;b&gt;llegado el momento de darle a la palabra un atavío  apropiado&lt;/b&gt;." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"I had a lot of technical problems [in  making this book], but the main problem was my strict limitation in time and  money."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Tuve &lt;b&gt;muchos  problemas &lt;/b&gt;técnicos [al hacer el libro], aunque el mayor problema fue la &lt;b&gt;gran  limitación de tiempo y dinero&lt;/b&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img onmouseover="this.width=500;this.height=641;" onmouseout="this.width=185;this.height=230;" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5iqvAOTOIis/TnjapuTHcFI/AAAAAAAAEDM/YhyIX-sJ1xs/s400/1banner-silmarillion.jpg" alt="Harff's iluminated first page" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654509742501359698" height="230" width="185" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Pasa el ratón para agrandar la imagen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Hover to enlarge the picture)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"I like the opening page best – the  whole page is filled just with the word "Silmarillion". It took the  most time of all, I think about seventy or eighty hours."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"La&lt;b&gt; página que más  me gusta&lt;/b&gt; es la &lt;b&gt;primera&lt;/b&gt; –la página entera está ocupada con la palabra "Silmarillion".  Fue en la que más tiempo tardé, creo que unas &lt;b&gt;70&lt;/b&gt; u &lt;b&gt;80 horas&lt;/b&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"The rights are with the Tolkien  Estate, and I would gladly work for them, but they didn´t answer my requests  until now."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Los &lt;b&gt;derechos&lt;/b&gt;  pertenecen a los &lt;b&gt;herederos de Tolkien&lt;/b&gt;, y trabajaría gustosamente para ellos,  pero &lt;b&gt;no contestaron a mi petición&lt;/b&gt; por ahora."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Al menos el &lt;b&gt;trabajo está  hecho&lt;/b&gt; y, aunque Harff reconoce que, de &lt;b&gt;haber tenido más tiempo&lt;/b&gt;, hubiera incluso  &lt;b&gt;manuscrito el texto&lt;/b&gt; –en vez de &lt;b&gt;mecanografiarlo&lt;/b&gt;, el resultado es verdaderamente  &lt;b&gt;suntuoso&lt;/b&gt;. Seguro que oiremos hablar más de Benjamin Harff.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(At least  the work is done and, even if Harff admits that with more time he would have  even written the whole text by hand –instead of typing it, the result is magnificent.  I am sure we are going to hear more about Benjamin Harff.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fgHZdCvHcoA?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fotos:Ben &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/509054493"&gt;Harff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-6981479639620292582?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/6981479639620292582/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=6981479639620292582' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6981479639620292582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6981479639620292582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/09/el-arte-de-benjamin-harff.html' title='El arte de Benjamin Harff'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-smi7AAlEoGA/TnjapEtupiI/AAAAAAAAEDE/15anZ0YlMNI/s72-c/1banner-Harff.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1022897870729232501</id><published>2011-09-16T01:29:00.013+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T01:57:01.311+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='selectividad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jacques Prévert'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing page'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Se acabó Selectividad!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u1YLAFHuFi4/TnKPmYv7reI/AAAAAAAAEC8/EmCamB2Nub8/s400/11FridSep16Kanga.jpg" alt="TGIF" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652738371944689122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡Por fin! &lt;b&gt;Semana dura&lt;/b&gt;  para los &lt;b&gt;chicos&lt;/b&gt; que tenían que presentarse a &lt;b&gt;Selectividad&lt;/b&gt;: para ellos, porque  &lt;b&gt;en tres días&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;seis exámenes&lt;/b&gt; se &lt;b&gt;juegan&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;entrar en&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;universidad&lt;/b&gt; para hacer la  carrera que quieren; y, &lt;b&gt;para mí&lt;/b&gt;, porque como profesor que les acompaña  significa &lt;b&gt;estar allí con ellos&lt;/b&gt; los &lt;b&gt;tres días &lt;/b&gt;desde las &lt;b&gt;8:30&lt;/b&gt; de la mañana hasta  las &lt;b&gt;13:00&lt;/b&gt; y de las &lt;b&gt;15:30&lt;/b&gt; hasta las &lt;b&gt;18:30&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;por si me necesitan&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(At last! A  hard week for my students who had to take Selectividad (University Access  Tests): hard for them because in three days they stake on six tests their  access to university to do the degree they want; and a hard week for me, as a  teacher, because from 8:30 AM to 1 PM and from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM I have to be  there with them in case they need me.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nos merecemos&lt;/b&gt; el fin  de semana y espero que ellos, además, &lt;b&gt;su esfuerzo tenga fruto&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(We deserve  this weekend and I hope that their efforts bear fruit.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Y como he encontrado este &lt;a href="http://theartofpagedecriture.blogspot.com/"&gt; &lt;b&gt;vídeo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; de &lt;b&gt;Flippo Giacomelli&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Fabio Tonetto&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Juan Correa&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Página de escritura&lt;/i&gt;, que  pone &lt;b&gt;en imágenes&lt;/b&gt; un &lt;b&gt;poema&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;Jacques Prévert&lt;/b&gt;, un &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;poeta francés&lt;/span&gt; que &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;me gusta&lt;/span&gt; y  que &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;acompañó mi infancia&lt;/span&gt;, aquí lo tenéis con la transcripción del poema en  francés y su traducción al inglés y al español, mis idiomas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(I have  come across this beautiful animated movie by Flippo Giacomelli, Fabio Tonetto  and Juan Correa, &lt;/i&gt;Writing page,&lt;i&gt; which puts in images a poem by Jacques &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Pr%C3%A9vert"&gt;Prévert&lt;/a&gt;—a  French Poet I like and whose work accompanied my childhood. Here it is with the  transcription in French, English and Spanish, my languages.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q0J5ugyhi2I?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width="95%" align="center" border="1" bordercolor="#DDDDDD" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="33%" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Page d'écriture &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="33%" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Writing Page &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="33%" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Página de escritura&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;Deux et deux quatre&lt;br /&gt;quatre et quatre  huit&lt;br /&gt;huit et huit  seize...&lt;br /&gt;Répétez ! dit le  maître&lt;br /&gt;Deux et deux  quatre&lt;br /&gt;quatre et quatre  huit&lt;br /&gt;huit et huit font  seize&lt;br /&gt;Mais voilà  l'oiseau-lyre&lt;br /&gt;qui passe dans le  ciel&lt;br /&gt;l'enfant le voit&lt;br /&gt;l'enfant l'entend&lt;br /&gt;l'enfant l'appelle :&lt;br /&gt;Sauve-moi&lt;br /&gt;joue avec moi&lt;br /&gt;oiseau !&lt;br /&gt;Alors l'oiseau descend&lt;br /&gt;et joue avec l'enfant&lt;br /&gt;Deux et deux  quatre...&lt;br /&gt;Répétez ! dit le  maître&lt;br /&gt;et l'enfant joue&lt;br /&gt;l'oiseau joue  avec lui...&lt;br /&gt;Quatre et quatre  huit&lt;br /&gt;huit et huit font seize&lt;br /&gt;et seize et seize  qu'est-ce qu'ils font?&lt;br /&gt;Ils ne font rien seize et seize&lt;br /&gt;et surtout pas  trente-deux&lt;br /&gt;de toute façon&lt;br /&gt;et ils s'en vont.&lt;br /&gt;Et l'enfant a caché l'oiseau&lt;br /&gt;dans son pupitre&lt;br /&gt;et tous les enfants&lt;br /&gt;entendent sa chanson&lt;br /&gt;et tous les enfants&lt;br /&gt;entendent la musique&lt;br /&gt;et huit et huit à leur tour s'en vont&lt;br /&gt;et quatre et quatre et deux et deux&lt;br /&gt;à leur tour  fichent le camp&lt;br /&gt;et un et un ne  font ni une ni deux&lt;br /&gt;un à un s'en vont  également.&lt;br /&gt;Et l'oiseau-lyre joue&lt;br /&gt;et l'enfant  chante&lt;br /&gt;et le professeur crie:&lt;br /&gt;Quand vous aurez fini de faire le pitre!&lt;br /&gt;Mais tous les autres enfants&lt;br /&gt;écoutent la musique&lt;br /&gt;et les murs de la classe&lt;br /&gt;s'écroulent tranquillement.&lt;br /&gt;Et les vitres redeviennent sable&lt;br /&gt;l'encre redevient eau&lt;br /&gt;les pupitres redeviennent arbres&lt;br /&gt;la craie redevient falaise&lt;br /&gt;le porte-plume redevient oiseau.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two and two four&lt;br /&gt;Four and four eight&lt;br /&gt;Eight and eight makes sixteen…&lt;br /&gt;Repeat! says the teacher&lt;br /&gt;Two and two four&lt;br /&gt;Four and four eight&lt;br /&gt;Eight and eight makes sixteen…&lt;br /&gt;But here is the lyrebird&lt;br /&gt;Flying through the sky!&lt;br /&gt;The child watches it&lt;br /&gt;The child listens to it&lt;br /&gt;The child calls to it:&lt;br /&gt;Save me!&lt;br /&gt;Play with me, bird!&lt;br /&gt;So the bird descends&lt;br /&gt;And plays with the child.&lt;br /&gt;Two and two four…&lt;br /&gt;Repeat! says the teacher&lt;br /&gt;And the child plays&lt;br /&gt;And the bird plays with him.&lt;br /&gt;Four and four eight&lt;br /&gt;Eight and eight makes sixteen&lt;br /&gt;And what's up sixteen and sixteen?&lt;br /&gt;They make nothing sixteen and sixteen&lt;br /&gt;And certainly not thirty-two&lt;br /&gt;Anyway&lt;br /&gt;They all go away.&lt;br /&gt;And the child has now hidden the bird&lt;br /&gt;In his desk&lt;br /&gt;And all the children&lt;br /&gt;Listen to his song&lt;br /&gt;And all the children&lt;br /&gt;listen to the music.&lt;br /&gt;And eight and eight go away on their turn&lt;br /&gt;And four and four and two and two&lt;br /&gt;On their turn they all skedaddle&lt;br /&gt;And one and one is not one nor two.&lt;br /&gt;One and one go away too.&lt;br /&gt;And the lyrebird plays&lt;br /&gt;And the child sings&lt;br /&gt;And the teacher yells:&lt;br /&gt;If you're finished clowning around!&lt;br /&gt;But all the  other children&lt;br /&gt;Are listening to the music&lt;br /&gt;And the walls of the classroom&lt;br /&gt;Slowly crumble.&lt;br /&gt;And the  window panes return to sand&lt;br /&gt;The ink returns to water&lt;br /&gt;The desks return to trees&lt;br /&gt;The chalk returns to the cliff&lt;br /&gt;The feather quill returns to the bird&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dos y dos cuatro&lt;br /&gt;cuatro y cuatro ocho&lt;br /&gt;ocho y ocho dieciséis...&lt;br /&gt;¡Repetid! dice el maestro&lt;br /&gt;Dos y dos cuatro&lt;br /&gt;cuatro y cuatro ocho&lt;br /&gt;ocho y ocho dieciséis...&lt;br /&gt;Pero ahí está el pájaro lira&lt;br /&gt;que pasa por el cielo&lt;br /&gt;el niño lo ve&lt;br /&gt;el niño le oye&lt;br /&gt;el niño le llama:&lt;br /&gt;¡Sálvame&lt;br /&gt;juega conmigo&lt;br /&gt;pájaro!&lt;br /&gt;Entonces el pájaro baja&lt;br /&gt;y juega con el niño&lt;br /&gt;Dos y dos cuatro…&lt;br /&gt;¡Repetid! dice el maestro&lt;br /&gt;y el niño juega&lt;br /&gt;y el pájaro con él…&lt;br /&gt;Cuatro y cuatro ocho&lt;br /&gt;ocho y ocho son dieciséis&lt;br /&gt;Y dieciséis y dieciséis ¿Qué hacen?&lt;br /&gt;No hacen nada dieciséis y dieciséis&lt;br /&gt;y mucho menos treinta y dos&lt;br /&gt;de todos modos&lt;br /&gt;y se marchan.&lt;br /&gt;Y el niño ha escondido el pájaro&lt;br /&gt;en su pupitre&lt;br /&gt;y todos los niños&lt;br /&gt;oyen su canción&lt;br /&gt;y todos los niños&lt;br /&gt;oyen su música&lt;br /&gt;y ocho y ocho a su vez se  marchan&lt;br /&gt;y cuatro y cuatro y dos y  dos&lt;br /&gt;a su vez se largan&lt;br /&gt;y uno y uno no se lo  piensan&lt;br /&gt;uno a uno marchan también.&lt;br /&gt;Y el ave lira toca&lt;br /&gt;y el niño canta&lt;br /&gt;y el profesor grita:&lt;br /&gt;¡Cuándo acabaréis de hacer el payaso!&lt;br /&gt;Pero los demás niños&lt;br /&gt;escuchan la música&lt;br /&gt;y las paredes de clase&lt;br /&gt;se desploman tranquilamente.&lt;br /&gt;Y los cristales vuelven a  ser arena&lt;br /&gt;la tinta vuelve a ser  agua&lt;br /&gt;los pupitres vuelven a  ser árboles&lt;br /&gt;la tiza vuelve a ser  acantilado&lt;br /&gt;el portaplumas vuelve a ser pájaro.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1022897870729232501?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1022897870729232501/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1022897870729232501' title='1 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1022897870729232501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1022897870729232501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/09/es-viernes-se-acabo-selectividad.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Se acabó Selectividad!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u1YLAFHuFi4/TnKPmYv7reI/AAAAAAAAEC8/EmCamB2Nub8/s72-c/11FridSep16Kanga.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1795198451001967540</id><published>2011-09-09T00:36:00.013+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T01:57:52.901+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A Cloudy Lesson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —48</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-miQlnrDNGMs/TmlZQgXcdhI/AAAAAAAAECU/Ar6hz74aUdE/s1600/tired-rabit.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 352px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-miQlnrDNGMs/TmlZQgXcdhI/AAAAAAAAECU/Ar6hz74aUdE/s400/tired-rabit.jpg" alt="Tired little rabbit" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650145347614045714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://data6.blog.de/media/928/5323928_7d8d7f9903_m.jpeg"&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Es &lt;b&gt;viernes&lt;/b&gt;..¿¡&lt;b&gt;Ya&lt;/b&gt;!?  Pues sí; hasta que nos &lt;b&gt;acostumbremos&lt;/b&gt; a la rutina, &lt;b&gt;tardaremos un poco&lt;/b&gt;. Pero da igual, &lt;b&gt;volvamos&lt;/b&gt; a los &lt;b&gt;cortos&lt;/b&gt; que tanto talento tienen y &lt;b&gt;fijaos&lt;/b&gt; en éste de &lt;a href="http://yezix.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yezo Xue&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;i&gt;Una lección cubierta de nubes&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(It's Friday .. Already?! Well, until we get  used to our routine, it'll take us a bit. But, anyway, back to &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;talented &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;short animations and let's enjoy this "Cloudy Lesson" by Yezo Xue.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/psZmAsH6I3Q?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1795198451001967540?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1795198451001967540/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1795198451001967540' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1795198451001967540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1795198451001967540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/09/es-viernes-sonrie-48.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —48'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-miQlnrDNGMs/TmlZQgXcdhI/AAAAAAAAECU/Ar6hz74aUdE/s72-c/tired-rabit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-5364961834195502373</id><published>2011-09-06T21:52:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T01:59:33.992+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='words'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quotes'/><title type='text'>No sólo profesor</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fsKmywME-ns/TmaCRJyQlOI/AAAAAAAAECA/Mwno3wSsGlk/s800/not-just-a-teacher%2Bbanner.jpg" border="0" alt="Not just a teacher" title="Not just a teacher"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649346013778973922" /&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Al comienzo de este nuevo  curso, parece que &lt;b&gt;tendremos&lt;/b&gt; todos &lt;b&gt;que recordar&lt;/b&gt; que &lt;b&gt;somos mucho más&lt;/b&gt; de lo que  &lt;b&gt;parecemos&lt;/b&gt; a primera vista. Los &lt;b&gt;profesores&lt;/b&gt;, por ejemplo (ya que es lo que &lt;b&gt;mejor  conozco&lt;/b&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(At the  beginning of this new school year, it seems that we will have to remember that  we are much more than  what we look at first sight. Teachers, for example —as  it is the occupation I know best:) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I am a  counselor to a problem-filled child,&lt;br /&gt;I am a  police officer that controls a child gone wild.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;asesor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; de niños con  problemas,&lt;br /&gt;soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;policía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que controla  a niños fuera de control.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I am a  travel agent scheduling our trips for the year,&lt;br /&gt;I am a  confidante that wipes a crying child's tear.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;agente de viajes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que planea  nuestros viajes del curso,&lt;br /&gt;soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;confidente&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que  enjuaga las lágrimas del niño que llora.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I am a  banker collecting money for a ton of different things,&lt;br /&gt;I am a  librarian showing adventures that a storybook brings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;banquero&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que recoge  dinero para un montón de cosas,&lt;br /&gt;soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;bibliotecario &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;que  muestra las aventuras que un libro encierra.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I am a  custodian that has to clean certain little messes,&lt;br /&gt;I am a  psychic that learns to know all that everybody guesses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;encargado de limpieza&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  que tiene que arreglar pequeños desbarajustes,&lt;br /&gt;soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;vidente&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que aprende a  saber todo lo que los demás suponen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I am a  photographer keeping pictures of a child's yearly growth.&lt;br /&gt;When mother  and father have gone for the day, I become both.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;fotógrafo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que guarda  las imágenes de cómo crecen los niños año tras año.&lt;br /&gt;Cuando &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;papá y mamá&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; están  fuera, me convierto en ambos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I am a  doctor that detects when a child is feeling sick,&lt;br /&gt;I am a  politician that must know the laws and recognize a trick.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;médico&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que detecta  cuándo un niño se siente enfermo,&lt;br /&gt;soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;político&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que tiene  que saberse las leyes y reconocer una trampa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I am a  party planner for holidays to celebrate with all,&lt;br /&gt;I am a  decorator of a room, filling every wall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;organizador de  fiestas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; para los días que todos debemos celebrar,&lt;br /&gt;soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;interiorista&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que adorna  todas las paredes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I am a news  reporter updating on our nation's current events,&lt;br /&gt;I am a  detective solving small mysteries and ending all suspense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;reportero&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que  mantiene al día de los temas de actualidad de nuestro país,&lt;br /&gt;soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;detective&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que  resuelve pequeños misterios y acaba con toda intriga. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I am clown  and comedian that makes the children laugh,&lt;br /&gt;I am a  dietitian assuring they have lunch or from mine I give them half.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Soy &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;payaso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;humorista&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que hace reír a los niños,&lt;br /&gt;soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;dietista&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; que se asegura de que tienen comida y, si no, comparte la suya.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;When we  seem to stray from values, I become a preacher.&lt;br /&gt;But I'm  proud to have to be these people because...&lt;br /&gt;I'm proud  to say, "I am a teacher."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Cuando parece que nos  apartamos de los valores, me convierto en &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;predicador&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Pero estoy orgulloso de  tener que ser toda esa gente porque...&lt;br /&gt;Estoy orgulloso de decir:  "Soy &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;profesor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);" class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Enlace"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Enlace" class="gl_link" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Creo que &lt;b&gt;cualquiera&lt;/b&gt; que  desempeñe su trabajo &lt;b&gt;con ilusión&lt;/b&gt;, sea cual sea la ocupación, &lt;b&gt;tiene&lt;/b&gt; que  &lt;b&gt;cumplir&lt;/b&gt; con tantas &lt;b&gt;funciones&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Por eso&lt;/b&gt; hay &lt;b&gt;gente&lt;/b&gt; que &lt;b&gt;no se aburre&lt;/b&gt;, aunque su  &lt;b&gt;trabajo&lt;/b&gt; a veces sea &lt;b&gt;duro&lt;/b&gt; o parezca &lt;b&gt;aburrido&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(I think that anybody who does their work with a will, no matter the job, has to fulfill so many roles. That's the reason why there are people who never get bored at work, even if it is hard, even if it seems boring.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fuente:  &lt;i&gt;I am a teacher&lt;/i&gt; by Stacy Bonino&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-5364961834195502373?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/5364961834195502373/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=5364961834195502373' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5364961834195502373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5364961834195502373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/09/no-solo-profesor.html' title='No sólo profesor'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fsKmywME-ns/TmaCRJyQlOI/AAAAAAAAECA/Mwno3wSsGlk/s72-c/not-just-a-teacher%2Bbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-6616091845455649109</id><published>2011-09-02T11:02:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T01:59:06.131+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lápices de colores'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes y... de vuelta!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cheezburger.com/Bontips/lolz/View/5156230656" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img class="event-item-lol-image" src="http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/9/1/af2afa42-c3b6-4a37-8b28-04db80e9b77c.jpg" id="_r_a_5156230656" title="Mom? SURE I HAS 2 GO BAK 2 SKOOL?  WIF ALL THEES BOOKZ?" alt="Mom? SURE I HAS 2 GO BAK 2 SKOOL?  WIF ALL THEES BOOKZ?" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Como podéis ver he  &lt;b&gt;cambiado&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;cabecera&lt;/b&gt; del &lt;b&gt;blog&lt;/b&gt;... por los &lt;b&gt;lápices de colores&lt;/b&gt; de mis &lt;b&gt;hijas&lt;/b&gt;. Y es que, hace unos días,  leí esta &lt;b&gt;cita&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;Robert &lt;a href="http://www.robertfulghum.com/index.php"&gt;Fulghum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(As you can  see I have changed the blog header...now it's a picture of my draughters' crayons.  The reason  is that, a few days ago, I read this quote by Robert Fulghum:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"We  could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull,  while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live  together in the same box."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Podemos aprender  mucho de los lápices de colores; algunos están afilados, algunos son bonitos,  algunos son sosos, mientras otros están lleno de colorido, algunos tienen  nombres raros, pero todos han aprendido a vivir juntos en la misma caja."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;En el momento en que lo  leí, me &lt;b&gt;acordé&lt;/b&gt; de mi &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;clase&lt;/span&gt;: una pequeña &lt;b&gt;caja de lápices de colores&lt;/b&gt; a los que, de alguna  manera, tengo que &lt;b&gt;ayudar&lt;/b&gt; a &lt;b&gt;encontrar&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;mejor modo de participar&lt;/b&gt; en ese  inmenso lienzo de la vida &lt;b&gt;con sus mejores trazos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The moment  I read it, I thought of my coming classes: full of crayons of all sort and I  have to help them find the best way to participate in the huge canvas of life  with their best colour.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡Vaya! &lt;b&gt;No sé si sabré&lt;/b&gt;, y  eso que este año empiezo mi vigesimoquinto curso. En fin, &lt;b&gt;lo haremos todos lo  mejor que sepamo&lt;/b&gt;s, como siempre. Mientras tanto esos lápices me ayudarán a centrarme en la tarea. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Wow! I don't  know if I will be able to fulfill these expectations, despite starting my 25th  school year. Well, we'll all try to do our best, as usual. Meanwhile, I think that these crayons can help me focus on the task.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Bueno, y como suelo hacer los viernes, os dejo un corto. Esta vez, el trabajo   de &lt;b&gt;alguien muy especial&lt;/b&gt; para mí. Para ser su primera animación... pero  no soy imparcial.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Well, as  usual on Friday, a short animation. This time, the work of  someone very special to me. To be a first animation it looks quite... but I cannot be fair.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jkc4hRGlfOQ?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;De vuelta al trabajo. ¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Back to work. Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-6616091845455649109?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/6616091845455649109/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=6616091845455649109' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6616091845455649109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6616091845455649109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/09/es-viernes-y-de-vuelta.html' title='¡Es viernes y... de vuelta!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/jkc4hRGlfOQ/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1259217289594763534</id><published>2011-07-27T20:33:00.023+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T10:19:44.673+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='modales'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chopsticks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='table manners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='costumbres'/><title type='text'>Modales en la mesa y...!Hasta septiembre!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sYp1AQg1uVA/TjBl3zEDzKI/AAAAAAAAD-o/FtztKs8oO60/s800/1mannersbanner.jpg" alt="Table manners" title="Modales en la mesa" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634115143114935458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;No sólo la &lt;b&gt;comida&lt;/b&gt;, sino  la &lt;b&gt;forma de comer&lt;/b&gt; nos brindan la oportunidad de ver las &lt;b&gt;diferencias culturales&lt;/b&gt;  que &lt;b&gt;nos definen&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Not only food, but also the way of eating provide  an insight into the cultural differences that define us.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Lo que consideramos&lt;b&gt; buenos  modales&lt;/b&gt; en la mesa resulta &lt;b&gt;grosero en otras culturas&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;viceversa&lt;/b&gt;. En &lt;b&gt;Alemania&lt;/b&gt;,  por ejemplo, &lt;b&gt;no&lt;/b&gt; utilice nunca el &lt;b&gt;cuchillo&lt;/b&gt; para &lt;b&gt;cortar&lt;/b&gt; las &lt;b&gt;patatas hervidas&lt;/b&gt; que  te sirven porque &lt;b&gt;ofenderás&lt;/b&gt; a la anfitriona (estás dando a entender que no están  suficientemente tiernas). &lt;b&gt;Sorbe&lt;/b&gt; ruidosamente los &lt;b&gt;fideos&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;Japón&lt;/b&gt; y en &lt;b&gt;China&lt;/b&gt;  –demuestra que disfrutas de la &lt;b&gt;comida&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(What we consider proper table manners looks rude in other cultures  and vice versa. In  Germany, never use your knife to cut the boiled  potatoes you are served  because you will insult your hostess (you are implying that they are not tender  enough). Slurp your noodles in Japan and China– it shows you are enjoying your lunch.&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Hay &lt;b&gt;tres formas&lt;/b&gt; muy  extendidas &lt;b&gt;de comer&lt;/b&gt;: con &lt;b&gt;cubiertos&lt;/b&gt;, con &lt;b&gt;palillos&lt;/b&gt; o con los &lt;b&gt;dedos&lt;/b&gt;; y &lt;b&gt;cada una&lt;/b&gt; tiene sus &lt;b&gt;reglas&lt;/b&gt;. ¡Echémosles un vistazo! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In general  there are three widespread ways of eating: with cutlery, with chopsticks or  with your fingers; and each one has its rules. Let's have a glance at them!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CON CUBIERTOS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img onmouseover="this.src=' http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QzbPgY8xTGg/TjBs5kGYCoI/AAAAAAAAD_g/Oa98vY_JicU/s800/1formal-westernSP.jpg '" onmouseout="this.src=' http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IBQUMsIxp50/TjBs5Yce0pI/AAAAAAAAD_Y/0LovIWA3ews/s800/1formal-westernEN.jpg '" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IBQUMsIxp50/TjBs5Yce0pI/AAAAAAAAD_Y/0LovIWA3ews/s800/1formal-westernEN.jpg%20" alt="formal table setting" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;La &lt;b&gt;cultura occidental&lt;/b&gt;  utiliza el &lt;b&gt;cuchillo&lt;/b&gt;, el &lt;b&gt;tenedor&lt;/b&gt; y la &lt;b&gt;cuchara&lt;/b&gt;, aunque hay &lt;b&gt;dos formas&lt;/b&gt; de  utilizarlos: el &lt;b&gt;estilo norteamericano&lt;/b&gt; y el &lt;b&gt;estilo europeo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Western  culture uses knife, fork and spoon, although there are two styles to use them:  The American style and the European style.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vkBgPShlRoY/TjBpH0jtt4I/AAAAAAAAD-4/GZGjyEVHRVQ/s800/1american.jpg" alt="American style" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634118716928931714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;estilo norteamericano&lt;/b&gt;  (también llamado "&lt;b&gt;método zigzag&lt;/b&gt;"): el &lt;b&gt;cuchillo&lt;/b&gt; en la mano &lt;b&gt;derecha&lt;/b&gt;, el &lt;b&gt;tenedor&lt;/b&gt;  en la mano &lt;b&gt;izquierda&lt;/b&gt;, con los "&lt;b&gt;dientes&lt;/b&gt;" siempre &lt;b&gt;hacia abajo&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Corta&lt;/b&gt; un  bocado, &lt;b&gt;coloca&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;cuchillo&lt;/b&gt; en el &lt;b&gt;borde&lt;/b&gt; del &lt;b&gt;plato&lt;/b&gt;, con el &lt;b&gt;filo hacia dentro&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Pasa&lt;/b&gt;  el &lt;b&gt;tenedor&lt;/b&gt; a la &lt;b&gt;mano derecha&lt;/b&gt; y llévate la comida a la boca. La &lt;b&gt;mano izquierda&lt;/b&gt;  reposa &lt;b&gt;sobre tu regazo&lt;/b&gt; –aunque esto es &lt;b&gt;cada vez menos frecuente&lt;/b&gt; y dejas la mano  izquierda sobre la mesa. Repite el proceso para cada bocado.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(American Style (or zigzag method): Knife  in your right hand, fork in your left hand, tines down. Cut a bite-sized piece of  food, then place the knife on the edge of the plate with blade facing in.  Switch the fork to the right hand and bring the food to the mouth. Your left  hand stays on your lap, although, today this is less and less common and you  can leave it on the table. Repeat for  each bite.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Una vez utilizados, los  &lt;b&gt;cubiertos no deben&lt;/b&gt; volver a &lt;b&gt;tocar la mesa&lt;/b&gt;, ni siquiera el mango. Siempre &lt;b&gt;déjalos&lt;/b&gt; en el &lt;b&gt;borde del  plato&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Once used, utensils, including the handles, must not touch the table  again. Always rest them on the side  of the plate.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;estilo europeo&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b&gt;no se  cambian los cubiertos de mano&lt;/b&gt; –se come con el tenedor en la mano izquierda.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8yTthtTB_RU/TjBpILyDSpI/AAAAAAAAD_A/zvhlNxCV168/s800/1Europeanstyle.jpg" alt="Continental style" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634118723163081362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(European Style: You don't switch hands  –you eat with your fork in your left hand.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Cuando se hace una &lt;b&gt;pausa&lt;/b&gt;  mientras se come, &lt;b&gt;se indica&lt;/b&gt; que &lt;b&gt;no se ha acabado&lt;/b&gt; también hay dos   &lt;b&gt;formas  distintas&lt;/b&gt; de hacerlo:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(When you pause while eating, and you have not finished yet, there  are also two  ways of showing it:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" width="95%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LxPzmPbOpuA/TjBpIcPoNFI/AAAAAAAAD_Q/4l3sJ1Ye8Gw/s400/7diningUS.jpg" alt="Not finished, American" title="Todavía no he acabado, estilo norteamericano" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634118727582102610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FZIDmViSYmY/TjBpITP04XI/AAAAAAAAD_I/J-gOwcfEP5A/s400/6continental.jpg" alt="Not finished, continental style" title="Todavía no he acabado, estilo europeo" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634118725167014258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Cuando finalmente se ha  &lt;b&gt;acabado de cenar&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(When finally you are done with your dinner:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" width="95%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ltV4kKZTixg/TjBuyQ2j_EI/AAAAAAAAD_w/ScMiN78hoQ8/s400/9diningUS.jpg" alt="I have finished, American style" title="He acabado, estilo norteamericano" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634124943636823106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8xVPkOsVMDU/TjBuyTJXOFI/AAAAAAAAD_o/2I7nZUfIFRg/s400/8continental.jpg" alt="I have finished, continental style" title="He acabado, estilo europeo" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634124944252549202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.professionalimagedress.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fuente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CON PALILLOS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" width="95%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3wmswUbQvU8/TjBuy5RVzNI/AAAAAAAAEAA/sZxCS8glnh4/s400/11chinese-setting.jpg" alt="Chinese table setting" title="China" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634124954486557906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8jBAlGFOqb0/TjBuyqRlcaI/AAAAAAAAD_4/p6nI36rN538/s400/10japanese-setting.jpg" alt="Japanese table setting" title="Japón" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634124950461051298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.china-family-adventure.com/chinese-food.html"&gt;Chinese table setting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; /&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://stevecotler.com/tales/2008/03/09/japanese-lessons-part-2/"&gt;Japanese setting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Los &lt;b&gt;palillos&lt;/b&gt; se utilizan  en &lt;b&gt;toda Asia Oriental&lt;/b&gt; (China, Corea y Japón), aunque se cree que &lt;b&gt;nacieron&lt;/b&gt; en  &lt;b&gt;China&lt;/b&gt; durante la &lt;b&gt;Dinastía Shang&lt;/b&gt; (1766 a.C. – 1122 a.C.), hace más de &lt;b&gt;3000 años&lt;/b&gt;.  También se le atribuye a &lt;b&gt;Confucio&lt;/b&gt; su extensa popularidad ya que éste &lt;b&gt;equiparaba&lt;/b&gt;  los &lt;b&gt;cuchillos&lt;/b&gt; con actos de &lt;b&gt;agresión&lt;/b&gt; lo que iba en contra de sus enseñanzas   y por lo tanto&lt;b&gt; no tenían cabida en la mesa&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Chopsticks are used in the whole eastern  Asia, including China, Korea and Japan although it is believed that they  originated in China during the Shang Dynasty (1766 BC - 1122 BC), more than  3,000 years ago. Confucius equated knives to acts of aggression which went  against his teachings and thus, did not allow them on his table.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Tanto el &lt;b&gt;protocolo chino&lt;/b&gt;  como &lt;b&gt;japonés&lt;/b&gt; comparten algunos &lt;b&gt;tabúes&lt;/b&gt; al utilizar los &lt;b&gt;palillos&lt;/b&gt; que tenemos que  tener en cuenta:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tKflfU-aTOs/TjB01L0KwKI/AAAAAAAAEAI/RRr_9bvV3z4/s800/12chopsticksHolding.jpg" alt="Chopstick holding" title="Coger los palillos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634131590893977762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Both  Chinese and Japanese etiquettes share some taboos about using chopsticks that  we may pay attention to:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• &lt;b&gt;No apuntar&lt;/b&gt; nunca con  los palillos&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Never  point your chopsticks.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• &lt;b&gt;No cruzar&lt;/b&gt;  los palillos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Do not  cross your chopsticks.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• &lt;b&gt;No pinchar&lt;/b&gt; la comida  con los palillos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Do not  pierce your food with chopsticks.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• Si &lt;b&gt;queremos algo&lt;/b&gt; que  está &lt;b&gt;fuera&lt;/b&gt; de nuestro &lt;b&gt;alcance&lt;/b&gt; y otra persona se ofrece para pasarlo, &lt;b&gt;pásale tu  plato&lt;/b&gt;. Pasar algo de palillos a palillos simboliza la muerte de un ser querido.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(If you  want something that is out of reach and another person offers to pass it to  you, give them your plate. The passing of an object from chopstick to chopstick  has come to symbolize death of a loved one.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• Vuelve los palillos y  &lt;b&gt;utiliza la parte ancha&lt;/b&gt; para &lt;b&gt;coger&lt;/b&gt; algo de un &lt;b&gt;plato de servir&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Turn your  chopsticks around and use the wider ends when taking something from a serving  dish.) &lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CON LOS DEDOS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oHlRDQI3b_g/TjB01J5aFFI/AAAAAAAAEAQ/yuwo8Hu3Iys/s800/14banana-leaf-meal.jpg" alt="banana-leaf settings" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634131590379082834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://people.bridgewater.edu/%7Erbowman/India/index.html"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://blog.lasociedadgeografica.com/gastronomia/el-arte-de-comer-con-las-manos/"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Persian_Cuisine.jpg"&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;En la &lt;b&gt;India&lt;/b&gt;, en partes  del &lt;b&gt;Sureste Asiático&lt;/b&gt; y en &lt;b&gt;África&lt;/b&gt;, una &lt;b&gt;gran mayoría&lt;/b&gt; de gente &lt;b&gt;disfruta&lt;/b&gt; de la  &lt;b&gt;comida&lt;/b&gt; con todos los &lt;b&gt;sentidos&lt;/b&gt; —la &lt;b&gt;vista&lt;/b&gt;, el &lt;b&gt;olfato&lt;/b&gt;, el &lt;b&gt;gusto&lt;/b&gt;...y el  &lt;b&gt;tacto&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b&gt;comen con los dedos&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In India,  parts of Southeast Asia and in Africa, a great majority of people enjoy the  process of eating with as many of the senses as possible –sight, smell, taste  and... touch: they eat with their fingers.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;A pesar de que &lt;b&gt;mucha  gente&lt;/b&gt; puede verlo como una &lt;b&gt;falta de higiene&lt;/b&gt;, lo que está claro es que &lt;b&gt;al  lavarse&lt;/b&gt; bien las manos &lt;b&gt;antes de comer&lt;/b&gt;, podemos estar &lt;b&gt;seguros&lt;/b&gt; de la &lt;b&gt;limpieza&lt;/b&gt; del  "&lt;b&gt;cubierto&lt;/b&gt;" que nos llevamos a la boca.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Although  many people can see it as a lack of hygiene, what is clear is that as you wash  thoroughly your hands before eating, you can be really sure about the  cleanliness of the utensil you bring to your mouth.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Por supuesto, aquí también  existen &lt;b&gt;convenciones&lt;/b&gt; y, &lt;b&gt;la más importante&lt;/b&gt; es: sólo se utilizan &lt;b&gt;tres dedos&lt;/b&gt;  y el &lt;b&gt;pulgar&lt;/b&gt; de la &lt;b&gt;mano derecha&lt;/b&gt; –la izquierda  sólo se utiliza para pasar platos si es necesario&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Obviously,  there are also conventions of good manners when eating with your fingers. The  most important is: only use three fingers and the thumb of your right hand  –your left hand is for passing a dish, if necessary.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RXZD9r29qIU/TjB01SnkpYI/AAAAAAAAEAY/txeRqXvbO7Y/s800/15eatingwithfingers.jpg" alt="eating with your fingers properly" mo="" se="" come="" con="" los="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634131592720196994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://eliseinmalaysia.blogspot.com/2011/04/eating-with-your-hands-101.html"&gt;Via&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Empieza a comer cogiendo  comida &lt;b&gt;con el pan&lt;/b&gt;. Corta un &lt;b&gt; trozo pequeño&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;torta&lt;/b&gt; (con &lt;b&gt;una sola mano&lt;/b&gt;, si sabes) y &lt;b&gt;envuélvelo&lt;/b&gt; sobre un bocado de &lt;b&gt;verduras&lt;/b&gt; o &lt;b&gt;carne&lt;/b&gt;  y llévatelo a la boca. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Start eating by picking the food up with the bread. Tear off a small  piece of flatbread  (only with one hand) and place it over some of the  vegetables or meat folding the bread over the top of the food and eat it.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• &lt;b&gt;Mezcla&lt;/b&gt; un poco de  arroz y curri en el plato con la &lt;b&gt;punta&lt;/b&gt; de los &lt;b&gt;dedos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;  (Mix a bit of curry and rice together on  the plate to make a little ball.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• &lt;b&gt;Forma&lt;/b&gt; una &lt;b&gt;pelotita&lt;/b&gt; con  la &lt;b&gt;punta&lt;/b&gt; de los &lt;b&gt;dedos&lt;/b&gt; y la ayuda del &lt;b&gt;pulgar&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;  &lt;i&gt;(Make a  small ball with your thumb and the tip of your fingers)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;•  Llévate el bocado a la  boca y &lt;b&gt;con el pulgar&lt;/b&gt;, suavemente &lt;b&gt;impulsa&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;comida&lt;/b&gt; en la boca.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Move the  food to your mouth and use your thumb to gently  catapult the food into your mouth.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Bueno, ésto &lt;b&gt;sólo&lt;/b&gt; es un &lt;b&gt;vistazo superficial&lt;/b&gt; a unas &lt;b&gt;costumbres&lt;/b&gt; bastante &lt;b&gt;complejas&lt;/b&gt;; y &lt;b&gt;ahora a practicar&lt;/b&gt; estas vacaciones, viajando. En cualquier  caso, creo&lt;b&gt; lo  importante &lt;/b&gt;es que &lt;b&gt;seamos educados&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;respetuosos&lt;/b&gt;,  &lt;b&gt;observemos&lt;/b&gt; a nuestros anfitriones y los &lt;b&gt;imitemos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Well, this is just a quick look at rather complex customs and  now we have to practise during our holiday  travelling abroad . All in all, I think the most important thing   is to  be polite and respectful, to watch our hosts and  follow their lead.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Y, &lt;b&gt;hablando de  vacaciones&lt;/b&gt;, durante el mes de &lt;b&gt;agosto&lt;/b&gt; este &lt;b&gt;blog&lt;/b&gt; estará &lt;b&gt;de vacaciones&lt;/b&gt;. Mientras  tanto os deseo unas muy &lt;b&gt;descansadas&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;felices vacaciones&lt;/b&gt; y espero veros a &lt;b&gt;la  vuelta&lt;/b&gt; el día &lt;b&gt;1 de septiembre&lt;/b&gt;. ¡&lt;b&gt;Hasta la vuelta&lt;/b&gt;!  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Speaking  of holidays, during August this blog will be on holiday too. Meanwhile, enjoy a  very restful and happy holiday and I hope to see you around by September 1. See you then!) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 263px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ED-5GhiqqaY/TjB5eyFKRHI/AAAAAAAAEAg/wtw8_AyEIRg/s400/happy-holiday.jpg" alt="Happy summer holiday" title="¡Nos vemos en septiembre! / See you in September!" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634136703586944114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fuentes&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/country-profiles.html"&gt;International  Etiquette, Customs and Protocol Guide&lt;/a&gt;  -  &lt;a href="http://www.etiquettescholar.com/dining_etiquette/international_dining_etiquette.html"&gt;Etiquette Scholar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1259217289594763534?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1259217289594763534/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1259217289594763534' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1259217289594763534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1259217289594763534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/07/modales-en-la-mesa-yhasta-septiembre.html' title='Modales en la mesa y...!Hasta septiembre!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sYp1AQg1uVA/TjBl3zEDzKI/AAAAAAAAD-o/FtztKs8oO60/s72-c/1mannersbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-5455763874886462011</id><published>2011-07-18T07:42:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T23:08:19.057+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='adjetivos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='costumbres'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colores'/><title type='text'>Los mismos colores, distintos significados</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rcr6hXXrTTE/TiNBdQYVcMI/AAAAAAAAD8w/fVKrK723KaM/s1600/1colourbanner2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rcr6hXXrTTE/TiNBdQYVcMI/AAAAAAAAD8w/fVKrK723KaM/s800/1colourbanner2.jpg" alt="Color meanings" title="Los mismos colores, significados distintos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630415930012299458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Color&lt;/b&gt;: sensación producida por los rayos luminosos que impresionan los  órganos visuales y que depende de la longitud de onda. (&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&amp;amp;LEMA=color"&gt;RAE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;Colour (US &lt;/i&gt; color&lt;i&gt;): the property possessed  by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the  way it reflects or emits light. (&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/colour"&gt;Oxford Dictionaries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Aunque la &lt;b&gt;luz&lt;/b&gt; y el &lt;b&gt;color&lt;/b&gt; son  los &lt;b&gt;mismos&lt;/b&gt; para &lt;b&gt;todos&lt;/b&gt; nosotros, lo que nos &lt;b&gt;sugieren depende&lt;/b&gt; de nuestra &lt;b&gt;cultura&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Even though light and colours are the same all around the world, what they tell us depends on our culture.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eadEVtG8x4Y/TiNBdVg2kuI/AAAAAAAAD84/yrV6HNHpw2c/s1600/1WMred.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eadEVtG8x4Y/TiNBdVg2kuI/AAAAAAAAD84/yrV6HNHpw2c/s400/1WMred.gif" alt="Red around the World" title="Red around the World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630415931390202594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Occidente&lt;/b&gt; —Europa y  Norteamérica: peligro, amor, emoción, sacrificio, detenerse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Oriente&lt;/b&gt;: alegría, color  nupcial, celebración, buena suerte, felicidad, larga vida&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Aborígenes australianos&lt;/b&gt;:  tierra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• África:&lt;/b&gt; muerte,  vitalidad, riqueza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Egipto&lt;/b&gt;: suerte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Méjico&lt;/b&gt;: religión&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Nueva Zelanda:&lt;/b&gt; nobleza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Sudáfrica&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;b&gt;zulúes&lt;/b&gt;): luto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personalidad&lt;/b&gt;:  inteligente, enérgico y propenso a los cambios bruscos de humor. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Western —Europe   and North America: Danger, love,  Excitement, sacrifice, stop&lt;br /&gt;Eastern:  Joy, bridal colour, celebration, good  luck, happiness, long life&lt;br /&gt;Australian Aboriginals: Land&lt;br /&gt;Africa: Death, vitality, wealth&lt;br /&gt;Egypt: Luck&lt;br /&gt;Mexico: Religion&lt;br /&gt;New Zealand: Nobility&lt;br /&gt;South Africa (Zulus): Mourning&lt;br /&gt;Personality: Bright, energetic and prone to  mood swings)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eMSG6qvpeiM/TiNBdmhQuMI/AAAAAAAAD9A/E_rqxMZ-wmY/s1600/2WMorange.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eMSG6qvpeiM/TiNBdmhQuMI/AAAAAAAAD9A/E_rqxMZ-wmY/s400/2WMorange.gif" alt="Orange around the World" title="Orange around the World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630415935955318978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Occidente&lt;/b&gt;: Halloween (con  el color negro)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Egypto&lt;/b&gt;: luto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• India&lt;/b&gt;: sagrado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Japón&lt;/b&gt;: valentía, amor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personalidad&lt;/b&gt;: sociable, cálido y optimista. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Western: Halloween (with black)&lt;br /&gt;Egypt: Mourning&lt;br /&gt;India: Sacred&lt;br /&gt;Japan: Courage, love&lt;br /&gt;Personality: Social, warm and optimistic.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZUzwjZj_4F4/TiNBd6V6-CI/AAAAAAAAD9I/MVdcAQB0a-g/s1600/3WMyellow.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZUzwjZj_4F4/TiNBd6V6-CI/AAAAAAAAD9I/MVdcAQB0a-g/s400/3WMyellow.gif" alt="Yellow around the World" title="Yellow around the World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630415941276465186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Occidente&lt;/b&gt;: esperanza,  felicidad, cobardía, debilidad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• China&lt;/b&gt;: sagrado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Egipto&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Méjico&lt;/span&gt;: luto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• India&lt;/b&gt;: comercio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Japón&lt;/b&gt;: valentía&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Sudáfrica&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;b&gt;zulúes&lt;/b&gt;):  riqueza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personalidad&lt;/b&gt;: lleno de  imaginación, impulsivo, con las ideas muy claras.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Western: Hope, happiness, cowardice,  weakness,&lt;br /&gt;China: Sacred&lt;br /&gt;Egypt and Mexico: Mourning&lt;br /&gt;India: Commerce&lt;br /&gt;Japan: Courage&lt;br /&gt;South Africa (Zulus): Wealth&lt;br /&gt;Personality: Imaginative, impulsive, very  clear about your thoughts.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eF_dZ8WnDtg/TiNBeqp2xTI/AAAAAAAAD9Q/htV6sdqxUsw/s1600/4WMgreen.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eF_dZ8WnDtg/TiNBeqp2xTI/AAAAAAAAD9Q/htV6sdqxUsw/s400/4WMgreen.gif" alt="Green around the World" title="Green around the World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630415954244977970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Occidente&lt;/b&gt;: primavera, Día  de San Patricio, conciencia ecológica&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• China&lt;/b&gt;: infidelidad, exorcismo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Egipto&lt;/b&gt;: color nacional,  santidad, fertilidad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Japón&lt;/b&gt;: vida, alta  tecnología&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• India&lt;/b&gt;: islam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Indonesia&lt;/b&gt;: color  prohibido&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• África del Norte&lt;/b&gt;:  corrupción&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Sudáfrica&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;b&gt;zulúes&lt;/b&gt;):  naturaleza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personalidad&lt;/b&gt;: práctico en  la vida, leal, cariñoso y con fuerte voluntad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Western: Spring, Saint Patrick's Day, environment  awareness&lt;br /&gt;China: Infidelity, exorcism&lt;br /&gt;Egypt: National colour, holiness, fertility&lt;br /&gt;Japan: Life, high-tech&lt;br /&gt;India: Islam&lt;br /&gt;Indonesia: Forbidden colour&lt;br /&gt;North Africa: Corruption&lt;br /&gt;South Africa (Zulus): Nature&lt;br /&gt;Personality: Practical in life, loyal,  affectionate and have a strong will.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4PUAov_WxUM/TiNFlwczT4I/AAAAAAAAD9g/Fz9KEW9RHnw/s1600/5WMblue.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4PUAov_WxUM/TiNFlwczT4I/AAAAAAAAD9g/Fz9KEW9RHnw/s400/5WMblue.gif" alt="Blue around the World" title="Blue around the World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630420474106433410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Estados Unidos&lt;/b&gt;: confianza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• China&lt;/b&gt;: inmortalidad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Egipto&lt;/b&gt;: santidad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• India&lt;/b&gt;: color de Krishna&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Irán&lt;/b&gt;: paraíso, luto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Japón&lt;/b&gt;: paraíso,  espiritualidad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Escandinavia&lt;/b&gt;: limpieza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Sudáfrica&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;b&gt;zulúes&lt;/b&gt;):  felicidad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personalidad&lt;/b&gt;: sensible,  de confianza, seguro y prudente.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(United States: trust&lt;br /&gt;China: Immortality&lt;br /&gt;Egypt: Holiness&lt;br /&gt;India: Krishna&lt;br /&gt;Iran: Heaven, mourning&lt;br /&gt;Japan: Heaven, spirituality&lt;br /&gt;Scandinavia: Cleanliness&lt;br /&gt;South Africa (Zulus): Happiness&lt;br /&gt;Personality: Sensitive, trustworthy,  confident and cautious.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZhzXLPzT_EA/TiNFmd-3ebI/AAAAAAAAD9o/8vwF8D0YNYo/s1600/6WMpurple.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZhzXLPzT_EA/TiNFmd-3ebI/AAAAAAAAD9o/8vwF8D0YNYo/s400/6WMpurple.gif" alt="Purple around the World" title="Purple around the World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630420486328908210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Occidente&lt;/b&gt;: realeza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• China&lt;/b&gt;: nobleza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Egipto&lt;/b&gt;: virtud&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• India&lt;/b&gt;: reencarnación&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Tailandia&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;Brasil&lt;/b&gt;: luto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personalidad&lt;/b&gt;: creativo,  compasivo y sensible&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Western: Royalty marriage&lt;br /&gt;China: Nobility&lt;br /&gt;Egypt: Virtue&lt;br /&gt;India: Reincarnation&lt;br /&gt;Thailand and Brazil: Mourning&lt;br /&gt;Personality: Creative, compassionate and  sensitive.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lzdKHn9utzU/TiNFmoGLj9I/AAAAAAAAD9w/uVlfqstj4Mg/s1600/7WMpink.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lzdKHn9utzU/TiNFmoGLj9I/AAAAAAAAD9w/uVlfqstj4Mg/s400/7WMpink.gif" alt="Pink around the World" title="Pink around the World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630420489043939282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Occidente&lt;/b&gt;: femenino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Oriente&lt;/b&gt;: matrimonio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Sudáfrica&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;b&gt;zulúes&lt;/b&gt;):  pobreza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personalidad&lt;/b&gt;: generoso,  reservado, romántico y sensible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Western: Feminine&lt;br /&gt;Eastern: Marriage&lt;br /&gt;South Africa (Zulus): Poverty&lt;br /&gt;Personality: Generous, reserved, romantic  and sensitive.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-an7DU8IGYcM/TiNFmpFeHdI/AAAAAAAAD94/TpDhQm_j8UA/s1600/8WMwhite.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-an7DU8IGYcM/TiNFmpFeHdI/AAAAAAAAD94/TpDhQm_j8UA/s400/8WMwhite.gif" alt="White around the World" title="White around the World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630420489309396434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Occidente&lt;/b&gt;: matrimonio,  paz, pureza, santidad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• China&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;Japón&lt;/b&gt;: muerte,  luto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Egipto&lt;/b&gt; e &lt;b&gt;Irán&lt;/b&gt;: posición,  santidad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Etiopía&lt;/b&gt;: enfermedad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• India&lt;/b&gt;: renacimiento&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Nigeria&lt;/b&gt;: buena suerte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Nueva Guinea&lt;/b&gt;: prosperidad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Sudáfrica&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;b&gt;zulúes&lt;/b&gt;):  bondad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personalidad&lt;/b&gt;: muy  organizado, lógico, práctico y optimista.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Western: Marriage, peace, purity, holiness,&lt;br /&gt;China and Japan: Death, mourning&lt;br /&gt;Egypt and Iran: Status, holiness&lt;br /&gt;Ethiopia: Illness&lt;br /&gt;India: rebirth&lt;br /&gt;New Guinea: Prosperity&lt;br /&gt;Nigeria: Good luck&lt;br /&gt;South Africa (Zulus): Goodness&lt;br /&gt;Personality: Very organized, logical,  practical and optimistic.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aOZO5WGTVYg/TiNImt1z3iI/AAAAAAAAD-A/kw7OCuZLlB0/s1600/9WMblack.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aOZO5WGTVYg/TiNImt1z3iI/AAAAAAAAD-A/kw7OCuZLlB0/s400/9WMblack.gif" alt="Black around the World" title="Black around the World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630423789120773666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Occidente&lt;/b&gt;: luto, muerte,  Halloween, rebelión&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Aborígenes&lt;/b&gt; australianos y  &lt;b&gt;zulúes&lt;/b&gt;: el color de las personas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• China&lt;/b&gt;: color para los  niños pequeños, confianza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Nueva Zelanda&lt;/b&gt;: color  patriótico&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Tailandia&lt;/b&gt;: mala suerte,  maléfico&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personalidad&lt;/b&gt;: confianza  en sí mismo, fuerza, poder&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Western: Mourning, death, Halloween,  rebellion&lt;br /&gt;Australian Aboriginals and Zulus: Colour of  the people&lt;br /&gt;China: Colour for young boys, trust&lt;br /&gt;New Zealand: Patriotic colour&lt;br /&gt;Thailand: Bad luck, evil&lt;br /&gt;Personality: self-confidence, strength,  power)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sIsmV2h4cw8/TiNIm5ygOTI/AAAAAAAAD-I/_5iSgyShtSM/s1600/10WMbrown.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sIsmV2h4cw8/TiNIm5ygOTI/AAAAAAAAD-I/_5iSgyShtSM/s400/10WMbrown.gif" alt="Brown around the World" title="Brown around the World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630423792328128818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Occidente&lt;/b&gt;: sano,  sencillo, saludable&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• Aborígenes&lt;/b&gt; australianos:  Color de la tierra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;• India&lt;/b&gt;: luto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personalidad&lt;/b&gt;: fiable, alentador  y seguro de sí mismo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Western: Wholesome, earthy, healthy&lt;br /&gt;Australian Aboriginals: Colour of the land&lt;br /&gt;India: Mourning&lt;br /&gt;Personality: reliable, supportive and  confident.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WZteKZdNxDc/TiNInKCQztI/AAAAAAAAD-Q/0jqWHdyvwVs/s1600/1Holifestival.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WZteKZdNxDc/TiNInKCQztI/AAAAAAAAD-Q/0jqWHdyvwVs/s400/1Holifestival.jpg" alt="Holi Festival" title="Holi Festival World" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630423796689194706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/holi_the_festival_of_colors.html#photo6"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;En la &lt;b&gt;India&lt;/b&gt;—y en  cualquier parte del mundo con una &lt;b&gt;comunidad hindú&lt;/b&gt;— &lt;b&gt;celebran&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;venida&lt;/b&gt; de la  &lt;b&gt;primavera&lt;/b&gt; con un &lt;b&gt;festival de colores&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.holifestival.org/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Holi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;b&gt;arrojándose polvos de colores&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;agua coloreada&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In India—in  any country in the world with Indian communities—they celebrate the coming of  spring with a festival of colours, Holi festival, throwing coloured powder and  coloured water to each other. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Atlantic&lt;/b&gt; hizo el &lt;a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/holi-the-festival-of-colors-2011/100032/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;reportaje&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; del &lt;b&gt;festiva&lt;/b&gt;l de &lt;b&gt;este año&lt;/b&gt; con &lt;b&gt;fotos&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;impresionantes&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The Atlantic has an illustrated report of this year's festival with awesome pictures.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fuentes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.globalization-group.com/edge/resources/color-meanings-by-culture/"&gt;Colour Meanings by culture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.csustan.edu/OIT/WebServices/SupportResources/PsychOfColor.html"&gt;Psychological Effects of Color&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://webdesign.about.com/od/colorcharts/l/bl_colorculture.htm"&gt;Visual Color Symbolism Chart by Culture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-5455763874886462011?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/5455763874886462011/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=5455763874886462011' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5455763874886462011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/5455763874886462011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/07/los-mismos-colores-distintos.html' title='Los mismos colores, distintos significados'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rcr6hXXrTTE/TiNBdQYVcMI/AAAAAAAAD8w/fVKrK723KaM/s72-c/1colourbanner2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-4642474922732681703</id><published>2011-07-11T08:46:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-11T08:46:02.717+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clarence Clemons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Springsteen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personajes'/><title type='text'>Elogio a la amistad  —2ª parte</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="95%"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;    &lt;td width="30%"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 178px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lq0_J0eL2fM/ThYAOuUy6YI/AAAAAAAAD70/-q39yUuO9TY/s400/2CC-BS1.jpg" alt="Springsteen and Clemons 1981" title="Springsteen y Clemons 1981" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685037399435650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/remembering-clarence-clemons-20110618/0572479"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Fuente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="30%"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RuB3xNIhxfU/ThYAO65daoI/AAAAAAAAD78/QwnvSrOK4lE/s400/2CC-BS2.jpg" alt="Springsteen and Clemons" title="Springsteen y Clemons" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685040774441602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos.nj.com/4504/gallery/clarence_clemons_the_big_man_through_the_years/index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Fuente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="30%"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lqyf5y3xAbw/ThYAPH-oVzI/AAAAAAAAD8E/jL_p6OxRSFE/s400/2CC-BS3.jpg" alt="Springsteen and Clemons 2009" title="Springsteen y Clemons 2009" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685044285790002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.avclub.com/twincities/articles/recap-bruce-springsteen-at-xcel-energy-center%2C27972/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Fuente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;As a young child my son Sam became  enchanted with the Big Man... no surprise. To a child Clarence was a towering  fairy tale figure, out of some very exotic storybook. He was a dreadlocked  giant, with great hands and a deep mellifluous voice sugared with kindness and  regard. And... to Sammy, who was just a little white boy, he was deeply and  mysteriously black. In Sammy's eyes, "C" must have appeared as all of  the African continent, shot through with American cool, rolled into one  welcoming and loving figure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  align="justify" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Cuando  era niño, mi  hijo Sam quedó encantado con el Grandote ...  no es de extrañar. Para un niño, Clarence era  una figura imponente de cuento de  hadas, de algún libro de cuentos  muy exótico. Era un gigante con rastas, con las manos grandes y una voz  profunda y melodiosa endulzada  con amabilidad y consideración. Y  ... para Sammy,  que era un pequeño niño blanco, él  era profunda y misteriosamente negro. A los ojos de  Sammy, "C" debió de  parecerle como la personificación del continente  africano, con un toque de &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;cool&lt;/span&gt; americano, y todo envuelto en una acogedora y cariñosa  figura.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt; So... Sammy decided to  pass on my work shirts and became fascinated by Clarence's suits and his royal  robes. He declined a seat in dad's van and opted for "C's" stretch  limousine, sitting by his side on the slow cruise to the show. He decided  dinner in front of the hometown locker just wouldn't do, and he'd saunter up  the hall and disappear into the Temple of Soul.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Así que  ... Sammy  decidió pasar de mi camisas de trabajo y se sintió fascinado por  los trajes de Clarence y sus túnicas  espléndidas. Rechazó un asiento  en la camioneta de papá y optó por la limusina de "C", sentado a su lado en el lento paseo hacia  el show. Decidió que cenar en frente de la  taquilla del camerino simplemente no bastaba, y se alejó lentamente por el pasillo  y desapareció en el Templo del Alma.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;Of course, also enchanted was Sam's dad,  from the first time I saw my pal striding out of the shadows of a half empty  bar in Asbury Park, a path opening up before him; here comes my brother, here  comes my sax man, my inspiration, my partner, my lifelong friend. Standing next  to Clarence was like standing next to the baddest ass on the planet. You were  proud, you were strong, you were excited and laughing with what might happen,  with what together, you might be able to do. You felt like no matter what the day  or the night brought, nothing was going to touch you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Por  supuesto, también  estaba encantado el padre de Sam;  desde la primera vez que vi a mi amigo saliendo de entre  las sombras de un bar medio vacío en Asbury  Park, abriendo camino ante él;  ahí viene mi hermano, aquí viene mi hombre del saxo, mi inspiración, mi compañero, mi amigo de toda la vida. Estar junto a Clarence era como estar al lado del más duro del planeta. Estabas  orgulloso, eras fuerte, te emocionaba y te reías con lo que podía suceder, con lo que juntos, podíais ser capaces de hacer. Te sentías como si fuera lo que fuese lo que el día o la  noche te brindaran, nada te iba a pasar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;Clarence could be fragile but he also  emanated power and safety, and in some funny way we became each other's  protectors; I think perhaps I protected "C" from a world where it  still wasn't so easy to be big and black. Racism was ever present and over the  years together, we saw it. Clarence's  celebrity and size did not make him immune. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="95%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="text-align: center;" width="50%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 177px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UoEmiP9jDeQ/ThYG7Rjw3kI/AAAAAAAAD8M/zzwjOJMtg1U/s400/2CC-BS7.jpg" alt="Springsteen and Clemons 1980" title="Springsteen and Clemons 1980" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626692399841467970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/remembering-clarence-clemons-20110618/0842186"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Fuente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 201px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m_BLuFFNpN8/ThYG7zZHokI/AAAAAAAAD8U/evJrYCYMuDA/s400/2CC-BS8.jpg" alt="Springsteen and Clemons 2009" title="Springsteen y Clemons 2009" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626692408923628098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index_archive.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Fuente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Clarence podía ser frágil,  pero también emanaba de él poder y seguridad, y de alguna manera extraña  nos convertimos en protectores uno del otro; creo que tal vez  protegí a "C" de un mundo  dónde todavía no era tan fácil ser grande y negro. El  racismo estaba siempre presente y  con los años juntos, lo hemos  visto. La fama de Clarence y su  tamaño no lo hacían inmune.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I think perhaps "C" protected me  from a world where it wasn't always so easy to be an insecure, weird and skinny  white boy either. But, standing together we were badass, on any given night, on  our turf, some of the baddest asses on the planet. We were united, we were  strong, we were righteous, we were unmovable, we were funny, we were corny as  hell and as serious as death itself. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Creo que  tal vez "C"  me protegía también de un mundo donde no siempre era fácil ser un chico blanco inseguro,  extraño y flaco. Pero, juntos éramos duros,  en una noche cualquiera, en nuestro  territorio, unos de los más duros del planeta. Estábamos unidos, éramos fuertes, éramos  rectos, éramos inconmovibles, éramos divertidos, éramos unos sentimentales del demonio y tan  serios como la muerte misma.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;And we were coming to your town to shake  you and to wake you up. Together, we told an older, richer story about the  possibilities of friendship that transcended those I'd written in my songs and  in my music. Clarence carried it in his heart. It was a story where the Scooter  and the Big Man not only busted the city in half, but we kicked ass and remade  the city, shaping it into the kind of place where our friendship would not be  such an anomaly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;E íbamos  a vuestra ciudad para zarandearos y  despertaros. Juntos, contábamos una  historia más antigua y más profunda sobre las  posibilidades de la amistad que  trascendía lo que yo había  escrito en mis canciones y  mi música. Clarence lo llevaba en su corazón. Era una historia en la que Scooter y el Grandote no sólo arrasaban la ciudad,  sino que pateábamos culos y rehacíamos la ciudad,  dándole la forma del tipo de lugar donde nuestra amistad no sería una anomalía.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt; And that... that's  what I'm gonna miss. The chance to renew that vow and double down on that story  on a nightly basis, because that is something, that is the thing that we did  together... the two of us. Clarence was big, and he made me feel, and think,  and love, and dream big. How big was the Big Man? Too fucking big to die. And  that's just the facts. You can put it on his grave stone, you can tattoo it  over your heart. Accept it... it's  the New World.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Y eso ... eso es  lo que voy a echar de menos. La  oportunidad de renovar ese voto y  arriesgarnos en esa historia todas las  noches, porque eso es algo, eso  es lo que hicimos juntos ...  los dos juntos. Clarence era grande, y él me hizo sentir, y pensar, y amar,  y soñar con grandes metas. ¿Cómo de  grande era el Grandote? Demasiado  grande para morir. Y eso sólo son los hechos. Pueden ponerlo en su lápida,  podéis tatuároslo en el corazón. Aceptádlo ... es  el  Mundo Nuevo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;Clarence doesn't leave the E Street Band  when he dies. He leaves when we die.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Clarence no se va de la E Street Band cuando muere. Se irá cuando nosotros muramos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;So, I'll miss my friend, his sax, the force  of nature his sound was, his glory, his foolishness, his accomplishments, his  face, his hands, his humor, his skin, his noise, his confusion, his power, his  peace. But his love and his story, the story that he gave me, that he whispered  in my ear, that he allowed me to tell... and that he gave to you... is gonna  carry on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Así que, voy a echar de menos a mi amigo, su saxo, la  fuerza de la naturaleza que era su  sonido, su gloria, su locura, sus logros, su rostro,  sus manos, su humor, su piel,  su ruido, su  confusión, su poder, su paz.  Pero su amor y su historia, la historia que me dio, que me susurró al oído, que me permitió contar  ... y que os dio  a vosotros ... va a seguir.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt; I'm no mystic, but the  undertow, the mystery and power of Clarence and my friendship leads me to  believe we must have stood together in other, older times, along other rivers,  in other cities, in other fields, doing our modest version of god's work... work  that's still unfinished. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;No soy nada místico, pero la resaca, el misterio y  el poder de Clarence y mi amistad  me llevan a pensar que debemos de haber  estado juntos en otras ocasiones,  en otros tiempos, a lo largo de otros  ríos, en otras ciudades, en otros  campos, haciendo nuestra modesta  versión de la  obra de Dios ... trabajo que  todavía está sin terminar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;So I won't say goodbye to my brother, I'll  simply say, see you in the next life, further on up the road, where we will  once again pick up that work, and get it done.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Así que no voy a decir adiós a mi hermano, simplemente voy a decir, nos vemos en la próxima vida, por la  carretera, donde una vez más  retomaremos el  trabajo y lograremos acabarlo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;Big Man, thank you for your kindness, your  strength, your dedication, your work, your story. Thanks for the miracle... and  for letting a little white boy slip through the side door of the Temple of  Soul.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Grandote, gracias por tu amabilidad,  tu fuerza, tu dedicación, tu trabajo, tu historia. Gracias por el milagro ... y por permitir que un  muchachito blanco se deslizara por la  puerta lateral del Templo del Alma.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;SO LADIES AND GENTLEMAN... ALWAYS LAST, BUT  NEVER LEAST. LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE MASTER OF DISASTER, the BIG KAHUNA, the MAN  WITH A PHD IN SAXUAL HEALING, the DUKE OF PADUCAH, the KING OF THE WORLD, LOOK  OUT OBAMA! THE NEXT BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES EVEN THOUGH HE'S  DEAD... YOU WISH YOU COULD BE LIKE HIM BUT YOU CAN'T! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE  BIGGEST MAN YOU'VE EVER SEEN!... GIVE ME A C-L-A-R-E-N-C-E. WHAT'S THAT SPELL?  CLARENCE! WHAT'S THAT SPELL? CLARENCE! WHAT'S THAT SPELL? CLARENCE! ... Amen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;ASÍ QUE,  DAMAS Y  CABALLEROS ... SIEMPRE EL ÚLTIMO  PERO NO EL MENOS IMPORTANTE. OIGÁMOSLO  PARA EL MAESTRO DE DESASTRE, EL GRAN  BRUJO, EL HOMBRE CON UN DOCTORADO EN SANIDAD SAXUAL, EL DUQUE DE &lt;a href="http://www.paducah.travel/"&gt;PADUCAH&lt;/a&gt;, EL  REY DEL MUNDO, ¡CUIDADO OBAMA! EL PRÓXIMO PRESIDENTE NEGRO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS A PESAR DE ESTAR MUERTO ... ¡OS GUSTARÍA SER  COMO ÉL, PERO NO PODÉIS! ¡SEÑORAS  Y SEÑORES, EL HOMBRE MÁS GRANDE QUE  JAMÁS HAYAN VISTO! ... DÁDME UNA  C-L-A-R-E-N-C-E. ¿QUÉ PALABRA ES ? CLARENCE! ¿QUÉ PALABRA? CLARENCE! ¿QUÉ PALABRA? CLARENCE! ... Amén.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I'm gonna leave you today with a quote from  the Big Man himself, which he shared on the plane ride home from Buffalo, the  last show of the last tour. As we celebrated in the front cabin congratulating  one another and telling tales of the many epic shows, rocking nights and good  times we'd shared, "C" sat quietly, taking it all in, then he raised  his glass, smiled and said to all gathered, "This could be the start of  something big."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Os voy a dejar hoy  con una cita del Grandote mismo,  que compartió en el viaje a casa en avión desde Búfalo, el último espectáculo de la última gira.  Mientras lo celebrábamos felicitándonos  unos a otros y contando historias de los muchos espectáculos excepcionales, las  muchas noches de rock y los  buenos momentos que habíamos  compartido, "C" se  sentó en silencio, escuchando, y luego levantó la copa,  sonrió y dijo a todos  los reunidos, "Esto podría ser el comienzo de algo grande".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;Love you, "C"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Te quiero, "C"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html"&gt;Fuente&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-4642474922732681703?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/4642474922732681703/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=4642474922732681703' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4642474922732681703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4642474922732681703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/07/elogio-la-amistad-2-parte.html' title='Elogio a la amistad  —2ª parte'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lq0_J0eL2fM/ThYAOuUy6YI/AAAAAAAAD70/-q39yUuO9TY/s72-c/2CC-BS1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8494478571475538548</id><published>2011-07-06T10:17:00.016+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T11:34:48.211+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clarence Clemons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Springsteen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personajes'/><title type='text'>Elogio a la Amistad</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tkhuec-aJis/ThQc-Ys6HLI/AAAAAAAAD7U/BnLapk0HKv8/s800/1bannerClemons.jpg" alt="For the Big Man" title="Para el Grandote" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626153692600868018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://the-promised-land.tumblr.com/"&gt;Fuente fotos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;La &lt;b&gt;semana pasada&lt;/b&gt;, Bruce &lt;b&gt;Springsteen  &lt;a href="http://brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html"&gt;publicó&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; en su &lt;b&gt;página&lt;/b&gt; una versión revisada del &lt;b&gt;elogio&lt;/b&gt; que hizo &lt;b&gt;de Clarence  Clemons&lt;/b&gt;, su amigo, la semana anterior en su funeral. Es tal &lt;b&gt;canto a la amistad&lt;/b&gt; que  tengo que traducirlo para todos aquellos que no tienen la suerte de poder leer  la versión original. Y como es &lt;b&gt;tan largo&lt;/b&gt;, lo haré en &lt;b&gt;dos partes&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Last week,  Bruce Springsteen published on his web site a revised version of the eulogy he  delivered the week before for Clarence Clemons, his friend. It is such a moving  hymn to friendship that I have to translate it for all those people who cannot  read the original version. As it is quite long I have divided it in two parts.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Antes de empezar, y para  &lt;b&gt;entender&lt;/b&gt; lo que Bruce Springsteen cuenta, hay que saber que, en la &lt;b&gt;canción&lt;/b&gt; en  la que reconoce que &lt;b&gt;describe&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;nacimiento&lt;/b&gt; de la &lt;b&gt;E Street Band&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Tenth Avenue  Freeze Out&lt;/i&gt; –título casi &lt;b&gt;intraducible &lt;/b&gt;aunque podríamos &lt;b&gt;interpretarlo&lt;/b&gt; como "&lt;i&gt;El  marginado de la Avenida Diez&lt;/i&gt;"—&lt;b&gt;Bruce&lt;/b&gt;, en el primer verso &lt;b&gt;se apoda&lt;/b&gt; a sí mismo  &lt;b&gt;Bad Scoote&lt;/b&gt;r  y a &lt;b&gt;Clarence Clemons&lt;/b&gt; lo  llama &lt;b&gt;Big Man&lt;/b&gt; (grandote).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Before starting,  and to understand what Bruce Springsteen is talking about, we have to know that  in the song that describes the birth of the E Street Band, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out  –almost impenetrable title which we could interpreted as "The outsider of Tenth  Avenue"—Bruce, in the first verse nicknames himself Bad Scooter and  Clarence Clemons is called big man).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PhgrKRDktWM/ThQc-_hC5BI/AAAAAAAAD7c/Hvc-iwH_KuQ/s800/1BorntoRun.jpg" alt="Born to run Session 1975" title="Sesión de fotos de Eric Meola para Born to Run, 1975" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626153703020094482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;I've been sitting here listening to  everyone talk about Clarence and staring at that photo of the two of us right  there. It's a picture of Scooter and The Big Man, people who we were sometimes.  As you can see in this particular photo, Clarence is admiring his muscles and  I'm pretending to be nonchalant while leaning upon him. I leaned on Clarence a  lot; I made a career out of it in some ways.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;He estado sentado aquí  escuchando a todos hablar de Clarence y mirando esa foto de nosotros dos allí.  Es una imagen de Scooter  y el Grandote,  los que fuimos a veces. Como pueden ver en esta foto en particular,  Clarence está admirando sus músculos y yo me hago el indiferente mientras me  apoyo en él. Me he apoyado mucho en Clarence; he hecho una carrera de ello en  algunos aspectos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;Those of us who shared Clarence's life,  shared with him his love and his confusion. Though "C" mellowed with  age, he was always a wild and unpredictable ride. Today I see his sons Nicky,  Chuck, Christopher and Jarod sitting here and I see in them the reflection of a  lot of C's qualities. I see his light, his darkness, his sweetness, his  roughness, his gentleness, his anger, his brilliance, his handsomeness, and his  goodness. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Aquellos  de nosotros  que hemos compartido la vida de  Clarence, hemos compartido con él su  amor y su confusión. A pesar de  que "C" se ablandó con  la edad, siempre fue apasionado  e impredecible. Hoy veo a sus hijos Nicky, Chuck,  Christopher y Jarod  sentados aquí y veo en ellos el reflejo de un  montón de cualidades de "C". Veo  su luz, su oscuridad, su dulzura, su rudeza, su  gentileza, su rabia, su brillantez, su hermosura y su  bondad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;But, as you boys know your pop was a not a  day at the beach. "C" lived a life where he did what he wanted to do  and he let the chips, human and otherwise, fall where they may. Like a lot of  us your pop was capable of great magic and also of making quite an amazing  mess. This was just the nature of your daddy and my beautiful friend.  Clarence's unconditional love, which was very real, came with a lot of  conditions. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Pero, como sabéis vosotros muchachos,  vuestro padre no era una persona fácil con la que convivir. "C" vivió una vida en la que él hizo lo que quería,  afectara a quien o qué afectara. Al igual que muchos de nosotros, vuestro padre era capaz de  ser fabuloso y a la vez armar unos líos  tremendos. Esto fue sólo la forma  de ser de vuestro padre y mi maravilloso  amigo. El amor incondicional de  Clarence, que era muy real, iba  acompañado de un montón de condiciones.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;Your pop was a major project and always a  work in progress. "C" never approached anything linearly, life never  proceeded in a straight line. He never went A... B.... C.... D. It was always  A... J.... C.... Z... Q... I....! That was the way Clarence lived and made his  way through the world. I know that can lead to a lot of confusion and hurt, but  your father also carried a lot of love with him, and I know he loved each of  you very very dearly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Vuestro  padre era un  proyecto importante siempre en evolución. "C"  nunca se acercaba a las cosas de forma lineal, la vida  nunca transcurría en línea recta. Nunca  fue A. .. B.  ... C. ...  D. ¡Siempre fue A.  .. J. ... C. ... Z. .. P. .. I. ...! Esa fue la forma  en que Clarence vivió e hizo su camino por el mundo. Sé que puede dar lugar a mucha confusión y dolor, pero vuestro padre también  llevaba un montón de amor en él,  y sé que él os quería mucho a todos y cada uno de vosotros.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;It took a village to take care of Clarence  Clemons. Tina, I'm so glad you're here. Thank you for taking care of my friend,  for loving him. Victoria, you've been a loving, kind and caring wife to  Clarence and you made a huge difference in his life at a time when the going  was not always easy. To all of "C's" vast support network, names too  numerous to mention, you know who you are and we thank you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Muchos se preocuparon y cuidaron de  Clarence Clemons. Tina, me alegro de que estés aquí. Gracias por cuidar de mi amigo, por amarle. Victoria,  has sido una  esposa cariñosa, amable y bondadosa para Clarence y tuviste una  gran importancia en su vida en un momento en el que las cosas no eran fáciles. A todos los que han animado a "C", demasiadas  personas para nombrarlas a todas, sabemos quiénes sois y os damos las gracias.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;Your rewards await you at the pearly gates.  My pal was a tough act but he brought things into your life that were unique  and when he turned on that love light, it illuminated your world. I was lucky  enough to stand in that light for almost 40 years, near Clarence's heart, in  the Temple of Soul.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Vuestro premio os espera a las puertas del cielo. Mi amigo era irrepetible, él trajo cosas a vuestras vidas que eran únicas y cuando encendía la luz del amor, ésta iluminaba  el mundo. Yo  tuve la suerte de estar en esa luz durante casi 40 años, cerca del corazón de Clarence, en el Templo del Alma/Soul.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;So a little bit of history: from the early  days when Clarence and I traveled together, we'd pull up to the evening's  lodgings and within minutes "C" would transform his room into a world  of his own. Out came the colored scarves to be draped over the lamps, the  scented candles, the incense, the patchouli oil, the herbs, the music, the day  would be banished, entertainment would come and go, and Clarence the Shaman  would reign and work his magic, night after night. Clarence's ability to enjoy Clarence was  incredible. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Así que  hagamos un poco de  historia: desde los primeros días, cuando  Clarence y yo viajábamos juntos, nos arrastrábamos a  nuestras habitaciones por la noche y en cuestión de minutos  "C" transformaba la suya en un  mundo propio. Sacaba pañuelos de colores  para cubrir las lámparas, velas  aromáticas, incienso, aceite de  pachulí, hierbas, música y el día era expulsado y el espectáculo empezaba,  y Clarence el Chamán  reinaba y hacía  aparecer su magia, noche tras  noche. La capacidad para  disfrutar de Clarence era  increíble.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;By 69, he'd had a good run, because he'd  already lived about 10 lives, 690 years in the life of an average man. Every  night, in every place, the magic came flying out of C's suitcase. As soon as  success allowed, his dressing room would take on the same trappings as his  hotel room until a visit there was like a trip to a sovereign nation that had  just struck huge oil reserves. "C"  always knew how to live. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="5" width="95%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 371px; height: 220px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7czlUuUrYuc/ThQc_qjuxGI/AAAAAAAAD7s/OYwNUuq6O8s/s400/1Clarenceroom.jpg" alt="Big Man's dressing room" title="Camerino de Clemons" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626153714574083170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 329px; height: 220px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9-LL-tiepME/ThQc_PG6vQI/AAAAAAAAD7k/K_BLtcW9I4w/s400/1Bruceroom.jpg" alt="Springsteen's dressing room" title="camerino de Springsteen" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626153707205475586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://the-promised-land.tumblr.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Fuente fotos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Hacia los  69 años, había recorrido un buen trecho, porque ya había  vivido cerca de 10 vidas, 690 años en la vida de un hombre corriente. Cada noche, en todo lugar, la magia salía volando de  la maleta de "C". Tan pronto como  el éxito lo permitió, su camerino  apareció con los mismos adornos que su habitación de hotel hasta el punto de  que una visita  allí era como visitar a  una nación soberana que hubiera encontrado grandes reservas de petróleo.  "C" siempre supo cómo vivir.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;Long before Prince was out of his diapers,  an air of raunchy mysticism ruled in the Big Man's world. I'd wander in from my  dressing room, which contained several fine couches and some athletic lockers,  and wonder what I was doing wrong! Somewhere along the way all of this was  christened the Temple of Soul; and "C" presided smilingly over its  secrets, and its pleasures. Being allowed admittance to the Temple's wonders  was a lovely thing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Mucho  antes de que Prince  dejara los pañales, un aire de  misticismo provocativo gobernaba el mundo de &lt;i&gt;Big Man&lt;/i&gt;. Yo me paseaba por mi camerino, que contenía unos  cuantos sofás y unas taquillas, ¡y  me preguntaba qué estaba haciendo mal! En algún momento todo esto fue bautizado como  el Templo del Alma, y "C", presidida con una sonrisa  sus secretos y sus placeres. Ser admitido en las  maravillas del Templo era una  cosa hermosa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Continuará&lt;/b&gt;... &lt;b&gt;si os gusta&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8494478571475538548?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8494478571475538548/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8494478571475538548' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8494478571475538548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8494478571475538548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/07/elogio-la-amistad.html' title='Elogio a la Amistad'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tkhuec-aJis/ThQc-Ys6HLI/AAAAAAAAD7U/BnLapk0HKv8/s72-c/1bannerClemons.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8412507235078761451</id><published>2011-07-01T10:55:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T11:30:47.145+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tiji Colour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —46</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 359px; height: 350px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jI4yKFJO-Cg/Tg2PZWJ_FRI/AAAAAAAAD7M/eX4UHQvNPHo/s400/11FridJun30.jpg" alt="bear cub" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624309175262582034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8555398/Animal-pictures-of-the-week-3-June-2011.html?image=4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Es &lt;b&gt;viernes &lt;/b&gt;y... ¡&lt;b&gt;Fin de curso&lt;/b&gt;! Lo cierto es que este es el &lt;b&gt;mejor momento&lt;/b&gt;: cuando &lt;b&gt;tienes&lt;/b&gt; una &lt;b&gt;larga fila&lt;/b&gt; de "&lt;b&gt;fines de semana&lt;/b&gt;" &lt;b&gt;por delante&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;muchas cosas&lt;/b&gt; que quieres hacer: &lt;b&gt;leer&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;descansar&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;aprender &lt;/b&gt;a manejar algunos programas, &lt;b&gt;disfrutar &lt;/b&gt;con los &lt;b&gt;amigos&lt;/b&gt;... ¡Seguro que no me aburro!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(It's Friday and... End of the school year! This is the best moment, for sure: with a long row of "weekends" ahead and many things I intend to do: reading, resting, learning to manage some new programs, enjoying friends...I won't get bored!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;A los que&lt;/b&gt; como yo &lt;b&gt;empezáis vuestras vacaciones&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;os deseo que disfrutéis&lt;/b&gt; lo mismo que yo, y &lt;b&gt;a los que&lt;/b&gt; todavía &lt;b&gt;tienen que acudir a su trabajo&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;que lleguen &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;pronto &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; vuestras  vacaciones&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(To all of you that start your holiday, like me, I wish you enjoy them as much as I, and to all those who still have to go to work, well, I wish time flies towards your holiday.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Empecemos disfrutando con esta preciosa animación llena de talento: &lt;b&gt;Coloreando el mundo o por qué los pandas están en "blanco y negro"&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Let's start enjoying this cute and talented animation movie "Coloring the world: why pandas are black and white.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ylJQ3mx_fEo?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8412507235078761451?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8412507235078761451/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8412507235078761451' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8412507235078761451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8412507235078761451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/07/es-viernes-sonrie-46.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —46'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jI4yKFJO-Cg/Tg2PZWJ_FRI/AAAAAAAAD7M/eX4UHQvNPHo/s72-c/11FridJun30.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8482517348843601804</id><published>2011-06-28T09:38:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T22:50:54.071+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ascensor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lift'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='costumbres'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elevator'/><title type='text'>Ascensores</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-34GC10N3ycM/TgmFe6HykMI/AAAAAAAAD6Y/fQoeb6HB-Dg/s800/1liftbanner.jpg" alt="lifts or elevators" title="ascensores" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623172375793275074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adinnerguest.com/wp-content/uploads/elevator-button1.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;image&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Cuando viajamos,  son los &lt;b&gt;detalles pequeños&lt;/b&gt; los que &lt;b&gt;más&lt;/b&gt; nos  &lt;b&gt;despistan&lt;/b&gt;.  Recuerdo cuando –hace siglos—tomé  por &lt;b&gt;primera vez&lt;/b&gt; un &lt;b&gt;ascensor&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;Gran Bretaña&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;pulsé&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;B&lt;/b&gt; para bajar a la &lt;b&gt;planta calle&lt;/b&gt;. Cuando se   abrieron las puertas me quedé &lt;b&gt;desorientado&lt;/b&gt; al encontrarme &lt;b&gt;en el sótano&lt;/b&gt;  (&lt;i&gt;'basement'&lt;/i&gt;). Y es que se me &lt;b&gt;había olvidado&lt;/b&gt; que para la &lt;b&gt;planta calle&lt;/b&gt; hubiera  tenido que &lt;b&gt;pulsar&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;G &lt;/b&gt;('&lt;i&gt;ground floor&lt;/i&gt;' –planta baja).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(When we  travel, sometimes little details make the difference. I remember when –ages  ago—I took a lift for the first time in Great Britain and I pressed the B  button to go to the ground floor (in Spain 'planta Baja'). When the doors opened, I was puzzled to be in  the Basement. I had completely forgotten that to go to the ground floor I had  to press the G button.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vDAiSdZ470w/TgmFe1xJ7CI/AAAAAAAAD6g/LUwWzWZWpOo/s800/1lifteuropean.jpg" alt="European lifts" title="Ascensores europeos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623172374624594978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/AccessibleElevator.JPG/604px-AccessibleElevator.JPG"&gt;British&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4194028393_f05640c979.jpg"&gt;French&lt;/a&gt;   Spanish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;También debemos &lt;b&gt;recordar&lt;/b&gt;  que los &lt;b&gt;norteamericanos&lt;/b&gt; llaman a la &lt;i&gt;planta calle&lt;/i&gt; '&lt;b&gt;primer piso&lt;/b&gt;'. Y los &lt;b&gt;franceses&lt;/b&gt;,  &lt;i&gt;Rez-de-Chaussée&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;RC/RDC&lt;/i&gt;), '&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a ras de la calzada&lt;/span&gt;'. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(We must also  remember that Americans call the ground-level floor of a building the 'first  floor', and the French, 'rez-de-chaussée' (RC/RDC), 'level- with- the-street'.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="15" width="95%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;" width="50%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--ecJ_xBm0Hs/TgmIuNhSWEI/AAAAAAAAD60/LxPwAER-KNw/s400/1liftAmerican.jpg" alt="American elevator" title="Ascensor norteamericano" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623175937233410114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tecnorantes.com/wp-content/elev.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;American lift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 173px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JgyU097LcTg/TgmIuTmYIMI/AAAAAAAAD68/f6730l8dfBw/s400/1liftChinese.jpg" alt="Chinese lift" title="Ascensor chino" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623175938865373378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Chinese lift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;En &lt;b&gt;algunos ascensores  norteamericanos&lt;/b&gt; el piso que da acceso a la calle va &lt;b&gt;señalado&lt;/b&gt; con una &lt;b&gt;estrella&lt;/b&gt;  de cinco puntas. Y, por supuesto, tanto en &lt;b&gt;Estados Unidos&lt;/b&gt; como en &lt;b&gt;Canadá&lt;/b&gt;, el &lt;b&gt;piso número 13  &lt;/b&gt; suele "faltar".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In some  American lifts  the button which indicates the ground-level floor has a five-pointed   star. And, of course, both in the United  States and Canada, the 13th floor  is "missing".)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;En los &lt;b&gt;países asiáticos&lt;/b&gt;  además del piso 13, &lt;b&gt;omiten&lt;/b&gt; cualquier &lt;b&gt;piso&lt;/b&gt; cuyo número lleve &lt;b&gt;cuatro&lt;/b&gt; (es decir, 4, 14,  24, 34, 40-49,etc) por ser la &lt;b&gt;pronunciación&lt;/b&gt; de este número muy &lt;b&gt;similar&lt;/b&gt; a la de la  &lt;b&gt;palabra&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;'muerte'&lt;/b&gt;. Por lo que es fácil que &lt;b&gt;estando en el piso 60&lt;/b&gt; de un edificio,  &lt;b&gt;en realidad&lt;/b&gt; estés en el &lt;b&gt;piso 44&lt;/b&gt;, el peor de todos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In Asia, apart  from floor 13, any number with four is skipped (eg. 4, 14, 24, 34, 40-49,  etc) because 'four' and 'death' sound alike. So you could be on a floor labeled  60, you are actually on the 44th floor, the worst ever.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Así que, si viajáis al  extranjero, prestad &lt;b&gt;atención al botón&lt;/b&gt; que pulsáis si queréis llegar al piso que  deseabais.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(So, when  travelling abroad, pay attention to the button you press if you want to reach  the floor intended.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DHgGZ3iV3SE/TgmFfFZ7m7I/AAAAAAAAD6o/hPDBiD8IVv8/s800/1tallestbuildings.jpg" alt="tallest buildings in the world" title="Edificios más altos del mundo" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623172378822155186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Y para acabar,  algo increíble.  &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Taipei 101&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; en &lt;b&gt;Taiwan&lt;/b&gt; es el segundo edificio más alto del mundo, con &lt;b&gt;101 pisos&lt;/b&gt;  y &lt;b&gt;509 metros de altura&lt;/b&gt;. Cuenta con &lt;b&gt;61 ascensores&lt;/b&gt; de los cuales &lt;b&gt;dos&lt;/b&gt; son &lt;b&gt;ultra-rápidos&lt;/b&gt;: recorren &lt;b&gt;1.010 metros por minuto&lt;/b&gt;, unos &lt;b&gt;16,83 metros por segundo&lt;/b&gt;. Ahora ya han  sido &lt;b&gt;superados&lt;/b&gt; por el &lt;b&gt;ascensor&lt;/b&gt; del &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Burj Khalifa&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; cuya velocidad asciende a &lt;b&gt;18 m/s&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(And now something amazing. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101"&gt;Taipei 101&lt;/a&gt;  in Taiwan is the second  tallest building in the world, with 101 storeys and 1,671 ft high. It has 61  lifts including two ultrahigh-speed lifts which travel 1,010 meters per minute,  about 55.22 feet per second. They have now been overcome by &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa"&gt;Burj Khalifa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;'s elevator&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; in Dubai  whose speed is 18 m /s.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xWwEPtbCKI8?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8482517348843601804?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8482517348843601804/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8482517348843601804' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8482517348843601804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8482517348843601804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/06/ascensores.html' title='Ascensores'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-34GC10N3ycM/TgmFe6HykMI/AAAAAAAAD6Y/fQoeb6HB-Dg/s72-c/1liftbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-3775457045670588336</id><published>2011-06-24T03:25:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T08:10:38.574+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pro Infirmis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cashew and Libby'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —45</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vxfA6TquhAU/TgOwBCeDa1I/AAAAAAAAD6E/1ful38NFHzM/s800/11FridJun24CashewLibby.jpg" alt="Cahew &amp;amp; Libby" title="Cashew y Libby" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621530291777792850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Dos historias conmovedoras  como las que me gustaría &lt;b&gt;leer más a menudo&lt;/b&gt; en los periódicos:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Two heartwarming stories as I would like to read  more often in newspapers:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;La primera es la historia de &lt;b&gt;Cahew&lt;/b&gt;, una &lt;b&gt;perra  labrador&lt;/b&gt; de 14 años, &lt;b&gt;ciega&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;sorda&lt;/b&gt; pero su &lt;b&gt;amiga Libby&lt;/b&gt;, una &lt;b&gt;gata&lt;/b&gt; de 7 años &lt;b&gt;la acompaña a todas partes&lt;/b&gt;,&lt;b&gt; apartándola&lt;/b&gt; de los  &lt;b&gt;obstáculos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The first one is the story of Cahew, a  14-year-old Labrador, blind and deaf, but her friend Libby, 7, has become her  guide of Cashew and goes with her everywhere, steering her friend away from  obstacles.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;La &lt;b&gt;segunda&lt;/b&gt; es esta  &lt;b&gt;campaña publicitaria&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;a href="http://www.proinfirmis.ch/fr/home.html"&gt;Pro Infirmis&lt;/a&gt;  que lleva a cabo un &lt;b&gt;experimento&lt;/b&gt;: hay&lt;b&gt; muy  pocas personas&lt;/b&gt; que&lt;b&gt; no sienten empatía&lt;/b&gt; por las &lt;b&gt;personas con deficiencias&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Sin  embargo&lt;/b&gt;, el &lt;b&gt;asiento&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;Fabian&lt;/b&gt; –el chico disfrazado —&lt;b&gt;a menudo permanece vacío&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Como dicen al final:&lt;b&gt; ¿Tenemos  que disfrazarnos para acercarnos? ¡Acércate! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The second  story is a spot of Pro Infirmis which conducts an experiment: there are only a  few people who don't have empathy with disabled people. Nevertheless, the  passenger seat in the public bus next to Fabian –the boy under the disguise—often  stays empty.&lt;br /&gt;As they ask  at the end: "Do we need to disguise ourselves to get closer?  Get closer!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zFWr-CKMWGY?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-3775457045670588336?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/3775457045670588336/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=3775457045670588336' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3775457045670588336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3775457045670588336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/06/es-viernes-sonrie-45.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —45'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vxfA6TquhAU/TgOwBCeDa1I/AAAAAAAAD6E/1ful38NFHzM/s72-c/11FridJun24CashewLibby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1512138182949946126</id><published>2011-06-20T23:19:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-20T23:29:14.119+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clarence Clemons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Springsteen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='música'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><title type='text'>Clarence Clemons, In Memoriam</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hRZjPzHWNU/Tf-6QnfgSLI/AAAAAAAAD54/QMNbUkPoTQo/s800/Clarence-and-Bruce.jpg" alt="Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen 1973-2009" title="Clarence Clemons y Bruce Springsteen" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620415654623463602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Clarence&lt;/b&gt; "&lt;b&gt;Grandote&lt;/b&gt;" &lt;b&gt;Clemons&lt;/b&gt;, el &lt;b&gt;saxofonista&lt;/b&gt; de la&lt;b&gt; E Street Band&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;Bruce &lt;a href="http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html"&gt;Springsteen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;,  &lt;b&gt;falleció&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;sábado pasado &lt;/b&gt;después de sufrir una apoplejía la semana pasada. &lt;b&gt;Desde 1973&lt;/b&gt;, he &lt;b&gt;disfrutado&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;cada&lt;/b&gt; uno de los &lt;b&gt;solos&lt;/b&gt; que ha &lt;b&gt;tocado&lt;/b&gt; y comoquiera que &lt;b&gt;muchos chavales no lo conocían&lt;/b&gt;, quiero &lt;b&gt;rendirle&lt;/b&gt; un &lt;b&gt;homenaje&lt;/b&gt; dejándoles &lt;b&gt;con&lt;/b&gt; este &lt;b&gt;vídeo de 1982 &lt;/b&gt;en el que &lt;b&gt;Clarence&lt;/b&gt;  y toda la &lt;b&gt;banda&lt;/b&gt; está en &lt;b&gt;su mejor momento&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;b&gt;Descansa en paz "Grandote"&lt;/b&gt;. Nosotros &lt;b&gt;seguiremos disfrutando de tu música&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Como ha dicho &lt;b&gt;Bruce Springsteen&lt;/b&gt; de su amigo:"&lt;b&gt;Su vida, su recuerdo y su amor seguirán vivos en nuestra banda.&lt;/b&gt;"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Clarence "Big Man" Clemons,  saxophonist of &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bruce Springsteen's&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; E Street Band, died last Saturday after suffering a stroke the previous week. Since 1973, I have enjoyed every solo he has played and as many kids did not know him, I want to honour him with this video of 1982 where he and the whole band are at their best .&lt;br /&gt; Rest in peace, "Big Man". We will keep on enjoying your music. As Bruce Springsteen said about his friend:"His life, his memory, and his love will live on in our band.")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IxuThNgl3YA?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1512138182949946126?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1512138182949946126/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1512138182949946126' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1512138182949946126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1512138182949946126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/06/clarence-clemons-in-memoriam.html' title='Clarence Clemons, In Memoriam'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hRZjPzHWNU/Tf-6QnfgSLI/AAAAAAAAD54/QMNbUkPoTQo/s72-c/Clarence-and-Bruce.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-6115864863580989202</id><published>2011-06-17T08:06:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-17T08:06:00.892+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birds of a feather'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aniboom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes y se acabó Selectividad!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4ARlrOBSfg/Tfpo9D4oY1I/AAAAAAAAD5s/yeXYY1wkeMw/s400/11FridJun17.jpg" alt="tiger cubs playing" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618918883322258258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aishagrace.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/tiger-trio.jpg?w=300&amp;amp;h=204"&gt;Foto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cansados de los exámenes&lt;/b&gt; —mis alumnos... y yo. Los &lt;b&gt;resultados&lt;/b&gt; dentro de una &lt;b&gt;semana&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Lo hecho, hecho está &lt;/b&gt;y ¡seguro que &lt;b&gt;todo sale bien&lt;/b&gt;! Mientras tanto, ¡&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;a descansar&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Exhausted -my students...and I. Results next week. What is done is done and I am sure that everything is going to be all right. Meanwhile, let's have a break!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Os dejo con esta entrañable &lt;b&gt;animación &lt;/b&gt;de &lt;b&gt;Kelli &lt;a href="http://www.etoli.net/main.html"&gt;Davis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, "Pájaros del mismo plumaje" sería la traducción literal pero, en realidad, es parte del &lt;b&gt;refrán&lt;/b&gt;: "Birds of a Feather flock together", que &lt;b&gt;equivale&lt;/b&gt; a nuestro refrán: "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dios los cría &lt;/span&gt;y ellos se juntan."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Let's enjoy this cute animation by Kelli Davis, 'Birds of a feather'.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UVGUFa5AEGQ?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-6115864863580989202?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/6115864863580989202/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=6115864863580989202' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6115864863580989202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6115864863580989202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/06/es-viernes-y-se-acabo-selectividad.html' title='¡Es viernes y se acabó Selectividad!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4ARlrOBSfg/Tfpo9D4oY1I/AAAAAAAAD5s/yeXYY1wkeMw/s72-c/11FridJun17.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-6352591796727987303</id><published>2011-06-13T01:48:00.018+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T02:55:53.446+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='selectividad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='educación'/><title type='text'>Selectividad 2011: ¡A por ella!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c6KStZieakY/TfVS1NDkwmI/AAAAAAAAD3c/hymvyNEKyHw/s800/1bannerselectividad2.jpg" alt="University Entrance Tests 2011" title="University Entrance Tests 2011: ¡Go for it!" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617487184205759074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mañana &lt;/b&gt;empieza la &lt;b&gt; Selectividad &lt;/b&gt;y, como ya hice una entrada con &lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/2009/06/examenes-finales-y-selectividad.html"&gt;consejos&lt;/a&gt;  para la prueba de inglés, he pensado dejaros &lt;b&gt;algo para relajaros&lt;/b&gt;: unas cuantas  respuestas "ingeniosas" a preguntas de examen sacadas del libro de  Richard Benson: &lt;i&gt;Suspenso en los exámenes: las mejores meteduras de pata en los  exámenes&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13414156@N08/page5/"&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Tomorrow, Selectividad  (University entrance Tests) starts and as I already wrote a post with tips for  the English test, I offer you something lighter to relax: a few "clever"  answers to examination questions taken from Richard  Benson’s book: F In Exams: The Best Test Paper Blunders.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Si pasas el &lt;b&gt;cursor &lt;/b&gt;del  ratón por la &lt;b&gt;imagen &lt;/b&gt;tendrás la &lt;b&gt;traducción al español&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt; &lt;i&gt;(If you  move the cursor of the mouse over the picture you will have the translation  into Spanish.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img onmouseover="this.src=' http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8YPTUbD0sqY/TfVS2okjfsI/AAAAAAAAD38/s34Hq2d-XZg/s400/2usdeclarationES.jpg '" onmouseout="this.src=' http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R_WknLpw-Rg/TfVS2EnLYvI/AAAAAAAAD30/SVlHwWDu0eM/s400/2usdeclaration.jpg '" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R_WknLpw-Rg/TfVS2EnLYvI/AAAAAAAAD30/SVlHwWDu0eM/s400/2usdeclaration.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img onmouseover="this.src=' http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xcceLNBbQ5o/TfVS1oFpcPI/AAAAAAAAD3s/mR9vafIpC28/s400/1hedgerowES.jpg '" onmouseout="this.src=' http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ziBTw8Mav04/TfVS1C21sXI/AAAAAAAAD3k/wvCk3kRFnOM/s400/1hedgerow.jpg '" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ziBTw8Mav04/TfVS1C21sXI/AAAAAAAAD3k/wvCk3kRFnOM/s400/1hedgerow.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img onmouseover="this.src=' http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BBixwqv9mvA/TfVW4IGM6wI/AAAAAAAAD4g/Zn-2SB9wrOQ/s400/4namesES.jpg '" onmouseout="this.src=' http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pG_Bk0xURmQ/TfVW3j79kEI/AAAAAAAAD4Y/UTeQZAvE5NM/s400/4names.jpg '" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pG_Bk0xURmQ/TfVW3j79kEI/AAAAAAAAD4Y/UTeQZAvE5NM/s400/4names.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img onmouseover="this.src=' http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0lSPAjX768c/TfVW3TJe7GI/AAAAAAAAD4Q/aXyZTBMAiYY/s400/3romansES.jpg '" onmouseout="this.src=' http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Si2bMXaFUb4/TfVW3HCjbgI/AAAAAAAAD4I/rHEfb9-XYXM/s400/3romans.jpg '" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Si2bMXaFUb4/TfVW3HCjbgI/AAAAAAAAD4I/rHEfb9-XYXM/s400/3romans.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bontips.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img onmouseover="this.src=' http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xJDIjt_odbc/TfVYPzc1MnI/AAAAAAAAD40/-H6lx0alrIw/s400/5romeoES.jpg '" onmouseout="this.src=' http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PCKK4uPsjiU/TfVW4ArwcVI/AAAAAAAAD4o/wlj74F4yUSA/s400/5romeo.jpg '" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PCKK4uPsjiU/TfVW4ArwcVI/AAAAAAAAD4o/wlj74F4yUSA/s400/5romeo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="40%"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 222px; height: 151px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oy2D1kyiwtk/TfVYQDHvL7I/AAAAAAAAD48/vJZS5MYbOas/s400/6copiar1.jpg" alt="cheating1" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617493142953471922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td rowspan="2" width="20%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qaD3fwc5DsA/TfVazZKYxJI/AAAAAAAAD5g/mpbl33e3UmU/s400/6copiar4.jpg" alt="cheating4" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617495949188842642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 219px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bANpodW4ABc/TfVYQrMBE-I/AAAAAAAAD5E/G2BDavKKBRo/s400/6copiar2.jpg" alt="cheating2" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617493153708839906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="40%"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 207px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9CJe-eadMXA/TfVYQ6AqL5I/AAAAAAAAD5M/7mpBgeOVK-Q/s400/6copiar3.jpg" alt="cheating3" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617493157687734162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 222px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fKge1eipHVA/TfVYRSgeiFI/AAAAAAAAD5U/E01Zu3DVWUw/s400/6copiar5.jpg" alt="cheating6" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617493164263639122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Podéis &lt;b&gt;elegir&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;forma &lt;/b&gt;de &lt;b&gt;aprobar, &lt;/b&gt;pero recordad que &lt;b&gt;si estáis en el examen, es porque&lt;/b&gt; nosotros, &lt;b&gt;vuestros profesores&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;sabemos que estáis preparados para aprobar sin dificultad&lt;/b&gt;. ¡&lt;b&gt;Ánimo&lt;/b&gt;! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(You can choose how to pass, but remember that if you are taking this test, it is because we, your  teachers, we know that you are ready to pass without difficulty. Go for it! &lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-6352591796727987303?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/6352591796727987303/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=6352591796727987303' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6352591796727987303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6352591796727987303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/06/selectividad-2011-por-ella.html' title='Selectividad 2011: ¡A por ella!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c6KStZieakY/TfVS1NDkwmI/AAAAAAAAD3c/hymvyNEKyHw/s72-c/1bannerselectividad2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-72689490423550221</id><published>2011-06-10T10:15:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-10T11:20:30.709+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Brave Bull'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —43</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-drlaTrjmLkU/TfHdi4xZB-I/AAAAAAAAD3Q/q95sGU1xojo/s800/fieldmarshallbull.jpg" alt="Britain's biggest bull" title="El toro más grande de gran Bretaña" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616513801732556770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Field Marshall (Mariscal de Campo) el toro más grande de Gran Bretaña, en Weston-Super-Mare, Inglaterra. Mide 1,98 de alto y pesa 1,5 toneladas. Se jubila en su granja de Somerset.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(Field Marshall, Britain's biggest bull, in Weston-Super-Mare, England. Standing at six foot five inches and weighing in  1.5 tonnes, Field Marshall is settling into retirement on this Somerset farm.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392792/What-load-bull-Britains-biggest-bull-retires--spared-going-mincer.html"&gt;Via&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reuniones&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;evaluaciones&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;notas&lt;/b&gt;...¡Estamos todos &lt;b&gt;saturados&lt;/b&gt;! Y la &lt;b&gt;semana que viene&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Selectividad&lt;/b&gt;: por &lt;b&gt;25&lt;/b&gt;º año consecutivo &lt;b&gt;intentaré "aprobarla"&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Espero&lt;/b&gt; que, como todos los años, lo hagamos &lt;b&gt;todos&lt;/b&gt;. Mientras tanto &lt;b&gt;relajémonos&lt;/b&gt; con esta animación &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;El toro Bravo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (Fantasía taurina) de &lt;b&gt;Alejandra Perez &lt;a href="http://www.aniboom.com/animator-account/pereza"&gt;González&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Meetings, evaluations, grades... We are all saturated! And next week, 'Selectividad' (University Access Tests): for the 25th consecutive year I will attempt to pass it. And I hope that, as every year, we &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;all &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;will. Meanwhile, just relax with this short animated movie, Brave Bull (A Bullfighting Fantasy), by Alejandra Perez Gonzalez.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AXe5EFGIHAI?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-72689490423550221?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/72689490423550221/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=72689490423550221' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/72689490423550221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/72689490423550221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/06/es-viernes-sonrie-43.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —43'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-drlaTrjmLkU/TfHdi4xZB-I/AAAAAAAAD3Q/q95sGU1xojo/s72-c/fieldmarshallbull.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-6570682838144668983</id><published>2011-06-03T08:35:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-03T08:43:08.189+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ninja Love Story'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —42</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v37RrHMowxM/TeiBRlPcHwI/AAAAAAAAD20/iOdSRanst74/s800/PAPERWORK.jpg" alt="Mouse lost drowning under heaps of papers" title="¡Cuánto trabajo!" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613879074571951874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Montones de&lt;b&gt; exámenes por  corregir&lt;/b&gt; para el lunes y poner &lt;b&gt;notas&lt;/b&gt;. No obstante, tengo que&lt;b&gt; compartir &lt;/b&gt;este  corto de animación lleno de talento, "Una historia de amor ninja" por Les &lt;a href="http://www.lesdangereux.com/"&gt;Dangereux&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Heaps of  papers to mark. Nevertheless, I want to share this talented short animation,  "A ninja Love Story" by les Dangereux.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Nc20T_krZgc?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="349"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin  de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice  weekend!) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-6570682838144668983?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/6570682838144668983/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=6570682838144668983' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6570682838144668983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6570682838144668983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/06/es-viernes-sonrie-42.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —42'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v37RrHMowxM/TeiBRlPcHwI/AAAAAAAAD20/iOdSRanst74/s72-c/PAPERWORK.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1801474120988370668</id><published>2011-05-31T08:05:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-31T17:11:44.166+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='costumbres'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black cabs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Londres'/><title type='text'>Los taxis londinenses</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_hBDNUatE9A/TeP0kby7dEI/AAAAAAAAD1M/OGfvEJ4MyCw/s800/1bannerlondontaxi.jpg" alt="London Black Cabs" title="taxis londinenses" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612598467407606850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Si decimos  "&lt;b&gt;taxi&lt;/b&gt;" y "&lt;b&gt;Londres&lt;/b&gt;", ¿quién no imagina al instante   este &lt;b&gt;famoso icono inglés&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b&gt;el taxi negro&lt;/b&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(If we say  "taxi" and "London", who does not instantly picture this famous English icon: the black cab?)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;De hecho, son &lt;b&gt;los únicos&lt;/b&gt;  que pueden &lt;b&gt;recoger pasajeros en las calles&lt;/b&gt;, ya que el otro tipo de "taxis",  los '&lt;b&gt;mini taxis&lt;/b&gt;' deben ser &lt;b&gt;alquilados previamente por teléfono&lt;/b&gt; o en una de &lt;b&gt;sus  oficinas&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In fact,  they are the only ones which can pick up passengers on the street, as the other  type of "taxis", minicabs, must be booked in advance by phone or in  any of their offices.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pbdEqVWrgvw/TeP5BOYBIfI/AAAAAAAAD1Y/qquLFFdfv-c/s400/1hackney1646.jpg" alt="Hackney coach 1646" title="coche Hackney 1646" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612603360067789298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Hackney coach about 1646 - Engraving by W. Hollar. In &lt;a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/5800/Hackney-carriage-detail-of-an-engraving-by-W-Hollar-1646"&gt;Encyclopædia&lt;/a&gt; Britannica. )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;En &lt;b&gt;1635&lt;/b&gt;, la &lt;b&gt;Ley sobre  coches de alquiler Hackney&lt;/b&gt; fue la &lt;b&gt;primera legislación&lt;/b&gt; sobre taxis &lt;b&gt;en Londres&lt;/b&gt;.  Parece ser que el &lt;b&gt;nombre&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;'Hackney'&lt;/i&gt; deriva de  la &lt;b&gt;raza de caballos&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;'haquenée'&lt;/i&gt;, que tiraban de los coches. En &lt;b&gt;1625&lt;/b&gt; ya había unos  &lt;b&gt;20 coches&lt;/b&gt; de alquiler. Hacia &lt;b&gt;1654&lt;/b&gt; eran &lt;b&gt;300&lt;/b&gt; con licencia en Londres y sus  alrededores, y hacia &lt;b&gt;1832&lt;/b&gt;, unos &lt;b&gt;1.200&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Hoy&lt;/b&gt; día, son unos &lt;b&gt;24.000&lt;/b&gt; –en &lt;b&gt;Zaragoza&lt;/b&gt;,  mi ciudad, hay unos &lt;b&gt;1.800&lt;/b&gt; taxis. El término '&lt;b&gt;coche Hackney&lt;/b&gt;' &lt;b&gt;sigue siendo el término  oficial&lt;/b&gt; para referirse a los &lt;b&gt;taxis londinenses&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In 1635,  the Hackney Carriage Act was the first taxi cab legislation in London. It seems  that the name 'Hackney' comes from the breed of the horse, 'haquenée', which  drew carriages. In 1625 there were already about 20 hackney coaches plying for  hire. By 1654 there were 300 licensed hackney coaches allowed in London and its  environs, and by 1832 there were about 1,200. Today they are about 24,000 –in  Zaragoza, my city, there are about 1,800 taxi cabs. 'Hackney carriage' is still the  official term used to describe London taxis.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table style="width: 645px; height: 261px;" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="15"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;" width="50%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 207px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s6n-Irfg4QI/TeP5Bc2_fTI/AAAAAAAAD1o/oIQOxBvIlsI/s400/2london-cab-19thc.jpg" alt="Taxi cab 19th century" title="coche de alquiler, siglo XIX" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612603363955801394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/gailcarriger/pic/000t0h71/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9O-q_q9nYHA/TeP5BLMEJZI/AAAAAAAAD1g/Av2AXhcW_SE/s400/1old-taximeter-1930s.jpg" alt="1930 taximeter" title="taxímetro 1930" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612603359212348818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.catsvintagetaxi.co.uk/thomas.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Cuando se empezaron a  utilizar los &lt;b&gt;cabriolés&lt;/b&gt;, coches de dos ruedas franceses, a &lt;b&gt;principios del siglo  XIX&lt;/b&gt;, se empezaron a conocer como "&lt;b&gt;cabs&lt;/b&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;Y cuando &lt;b&gt;Wilhem Bruhn&lt;/b&gt;  inventa el &lt;b&gt;taxímetro&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;1891&lt;/b&gt;, nace el término de '&lt;b&gt;taxi&lt;/b&gt;'. Como su nombre indica  (del francés &lt;i&gt;taxe&lt;/i&gt;, 'precio', y del  griego  &lt;i&gt;metron&lt;/i&gt;, 'medida'), el &lt;b&gt;taxímetro mide la distancia recorrida y el tiempo  transcurrido en el viaje&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;calculando la tarifa&lt;/b&gt; precisa &lt;b&gt;que se ha de cobrar&lt;/b&gt;. Por  cierto esta &lt;b&gt;tarifa&lt;/b&gt; seguía siendo &lt;b&gt;fijada&lt;/b&gt; por el &lt;b&gt;Parlamento&lt;/b&gt; hasta el año &lt;b&gt;2000 &lt;/b&gt;cuando la &lt;b&gt;Oficina de Transporte Para Londres&lt;/b&gt; empezó a &lt;b&gt;controlar&lt;/b&gt; las &lt;b&gt;leyes&lt;/b&gt; que  rigen el &lt;b&gt;negocio&lt;/b&gt; de los &lt;b&gt;taxis londinenses&lt;/b&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(When the  drivers began using lighter cabriolets, two-wheeled vehicles from France, at  the beginning of the 19th Century, they became known as 'cabs'. Likewise, when Wilhelm  Bruhn invented the taximeter in 1891, the term 'taxi' was born. As its name  says (from French taxe, 'price, and  Greek metron,  'measure')the taximeter measures the distance travelled and time taken of all  journeys, allowing an accurate fare to be charged. By the way, the fares were still  set by Parliament as they have always been until 2000 when Transport For London  took in charge the laws governing London's taxi trade.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Todos los taxis londinenses&lt;/b&gt;  tienen que &lt;b&gt;aprobar&lt;/b&gt; las "&lt;b&gt;Condiciones de Capacidad&lt;/b&gt;". Esto significa que  tienen que tener un &lt;b&gt;círculo de giro&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;7,6 m&lt;/b&gt; (25 pies) —pueden dar la vuelta completa para salir de una fila central en ese espacio; el &lt;b&gt;compartimento&lt;/b&gt;  de los &lt;b&gt;pasajeros&lt;/b&gt; tiene que ser lo &lt;b&gt;suficientemente alto&lt;/b&gt; para que se pueda &lt;b&gt;ir&lt;/b&gt;  cómodamente &lt;b&gt;sentado con un sombrero de copa &lt;/b&gt;en la cabeza y, la  &lt;b&gt;altura del nivel del suelo&lt;/b&gt; no puede ser superior a &lt;b&gt;38 cm&lt;/b&gt; (15 pulgadas). También  deben ser &lt;b&gt;accesibles&lt;/b&gt; para &lt;b&gt;sillas de ruedas&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(All black  taxis have to pass the 'Conditions of Fitness'. This means that they must have  a 25 ft (7.6 m) &lt;a href="http://www.whatcar.com/car-advice/glossary/T/turning-circle/3160059+"&gt;turning circle&lt;/a&gt;  so the cab can U-turn off a central rank, that the passenger compartment must  be high enough that a top-hatted passenger can sit in comfort, and that the  entrance must not be above 15 in (38 cm) from ground level. Cabs must also all be wheelchair accessible.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width="95%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="15"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;" width="50%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 153px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0-NT7y7wwBU/TeP5BnGLy4I/AAAAAAAAD1w/OT0970cI9J0/s400/3greenbadge.jpg" alt="Green Badge" title="Insignia verde" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612603366703876994" border="0" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.ltmcollection.org/images/webmax/1v/i0000h1v.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 379px; height: 170px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qNM_CX8GIz0/TeP5CBl5VcI/AAAAAAAAD14/kY4mDlCoY1w/s400/3London-Taxi.jpg" alt="London black cab" title="taxi londinense" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612603373816206786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hoy día&lt;/b&gt;, los &lt;b&gt;aspirantes&lt;/b&gt;   todavía tienen que &lt;b&gt;superar estrictos exámenes&lt;/b&gt; antes de poder &lt;b&gt;convertirse en  taxistas&lt;/b&gt; en Londres. Deben ser &lt;b&gt;mayores de 21 años&lt;/b&gt; y tener un &lt;b&gt;minucioso  conocimiento&lt;/b&gt; de la parte de &lt;b&gt;Londres&lt;/b&gt; en la que quieren trabajar: a  esto se le llama "&lt;b&gt;El Conocimiento&lt;/b&gt;".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Today, applicants still have to pass strict tests before they could become London taxi  drivers. Drivers must be over 21 and have a thorough knowledge of London: this is 'The Knowledge'.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"&lt;b&gt;El Conocimiento de  Londres&lt;/b&gt;" fue &lt;b&gt;instituido&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;1851&lt;/b&gt; por &lt;b&gt;Sir Richard Mayne&lt;/b&gt;, jefe de la policía  metropolitana de Londres de 1829 a 1868, &lt;b&gt;después&lt;/b&gt; de que algunos &lt;b&gt;clientes se  quejaran&lt;/b&gt; de que l&lt;b&gt;os taxistas no sabían adonde iban&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Aprobar&lt;/b&gt; El Conocimiento &lt;b&gt;supone recordar al detalle 320 rutas&lt;/b&gt; (o "carreras") con las &lt;b&gt;25.000 calles&lt;/b&gt; existentes dentro del &lt;b&gt;radio de 6 millas&lt;/b&gt; (10 km) a partir de la &lt;b&gt;estación de Charing Cross&lt;/b&gt;.  Deben saber también el &lt;b&gt;emplazamiento&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;clubes&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;hospitales&lt;/b&gt;,  &lt;b&gt;hoteles&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;estaciones&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;parques&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;teatros&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;restaurantes&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;escuelas&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;conservatorios&lt;/b&gt;,  &lt;b&gt;edificios gubernamentales&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;lugares de culto: cualquier punto conocido&lt;/b&gt; en el &lt;b&gt;recorrido más corto&lt;/b&gt; de un punto a otro. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The  'Knowledge of London' was introduced in 1851 by Sir Richard Mayne, head of the  London metropolitan Police from 1829 to 1868, after some customers complained  that cab drivers did not know where they were going. Passing the Knowledge  involves detailed recall of 320 routes (or "runs") with the 25,000 streets within a six-mile radius of Charing  Cross station. The locations of clubs, hospitals, hotels, railway stations,  parks, theatres, restaurants, colleges, government buildings and places of  worship are also required: any landmark along the shortest journey.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Se puede &lt;b&gt;tardar&lt;/b&gt; entre &lt;b&gt;dos&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;cuatro años&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;aprobar&lt;/b&gt; el examen. De hecho, sólo &lt;b&gt;tres&lt;/b&gt; de cada &lt;b&gt;diez personas&lt;/b&gt; que empiezan el "Conocimiento" &lt;b&gt;acaban&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;reciben&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;insignia verde&lt;/b&gt; que los &lt;b&gt;acredita&lt;/b&gt; como &lt;b&gt;conductores&lt;/b&gt; de un taxi londinense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(It can take between two and four years to pass the  test. In fact, only three out of ten people who begin the Knowledge finish and  receive the green badge which entitles them to drive a London black cab.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Aunque los taxis de  Londres son &lt;b&gt;tradicionalmente  negros&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;hoy  día&lt;/b&gt; a menudo &lt;b&gt;exhiben coloridas publicidades&lt;/b&gt; en su carrocería.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Although  London's taxis are traditionally black, nowadays they often display colourful  adverts on their bodywork.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width="95%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="15"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;" width="50%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 210px; height: 130px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U3rjl6SgMjw/TeP9PIigrXI/AAAAAAAAD2E/ScG8O9PrJSA/s400/4london-taxi-colour.jpg" alt="colourful London taxi cab 1" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612607997065866610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loqu.com/london-taxi/photos/dark_cherub-763343"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 237px; height: 130px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xK0S-4qgjG8/TeP9PRohaAI/AAAAAAAAD2M/rRD92Hd7MCE/s400/4london-taxi-colour-2.jpg" alt="colourful London taxi cab 2" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612607999506999298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loqu.com/london-taxi/photos/bgibbs-732010"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 241px; height: 130px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wuyFwiedhc0/TeP9PlDMnWI/AAAAAAAAD2U/aIjJlegtyLk/s400/4london-taxi-colour-3.jpg" alt="colourful London taxi cab 3" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612608004719156578" border="0" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.taxi.name/photo.gallery/fotot/galeria/plot/galeria-489745772.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 235px; height: 151px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L53wckdO-no/TeP9Pn3ROqI/AAAAAAAAD2c/sn8J40v4RjM/s400/4london-taxi-colour-4.jpg" alt="colourful London taxi cab 4" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612608005474433698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mefoley.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/what-colour-are-londons-black-cabs/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="600" height="400" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;noautoplay=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feat=flashalbum&amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fbontips%2Falbumid%2F5610388399616669729%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Así que la &lt;b&gt;próxima vez que cojáis un taxi&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;Londres&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;disfrutad&lt;/b&gt; de estar en tan &lt;b&gt;expertas manos&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;ser parte&lt;/b&gt; de tan &lt;b&gt;antigua tradición&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(So the next time you take a taxi in London, enjoy being in such capable hands and taking part of such an ancient tradition.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fuentes:  London Transport  &lt;a href="http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/"&gt;Museum&lt;/a&gt;, London Taxi  &lt;a href="http://www.london-taxis.com/"&gt;Company&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1801474120988370668?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1801474120988370668/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1801474120988370668' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1801474120988370668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1801474120988370668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/05/los-taxis-londinenses.html' title='Los taxis londinenses'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_hBDNUatE9A/TeP0kby7dEI/AAAAAAAAD1M/OGfvEJ4MyCw/s72-c/1bannerlondontaxi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-3660022083258298355</id><published>2011-05-27T08:02:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T08:02:00.107+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun theory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —41</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W_FawzD2-z4/Td7ASX83isI/AAAAAAAAD04/BiPCVKrfk9Y/s400/11FridMay27.jpg" alt="Seal laughing" title="foca feliz" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611133607649708738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://i.imgur.com/64b2B.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;La &lt;a href="http://www.thefuntheory.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Teoría de la diversión&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: "El &lt;b&gt;modo&lt;/b&gt; más &lt;b&gt;fácil&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;cambiar el  comportamiento de las personas para mejor&lt;/b&gt; es hacer &lt;b&gt;que resulte divertido&lt;/b&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The Fun Theory: "The  easiest way to change people's behaviour for the better is by making it fun to  do.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Aquí&lt;/b&gt; vemos cómo &lt;b&gt;se  consigue&lt;/b&gt; que la &lt;b&gt;gente prefiera utilizar las escaleras&lt;/b&gt; en vez de las escaleras  mecánicas, &lt;b&gt;convirtiendo &lt;/b&gt;los &lt;b&gt;peldaños en&lt;/b&gt; las &lt;b&gt;teclas de&lt;/b&gt; un &lt;b&gt;piano&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Here we  can see how to get people prefer to use the stairs instead of the escalators, turning  the steps into the keys of a piano.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Ojalá &lt;b&gt;supiera lograr algo parecido&lt;/b&gt; en  mis &lt;b&gt;clases&lt;/b&gt;, también.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(I wish I  could achieve something like that in my classes, too.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2lXh2n0aPyw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="349"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-3660022083258298355?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/3660022083258298355/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=3660022083258298355' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3660022083258298355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3660022083258298355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/05/es-viernes-sonrie-41.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —41'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W_FawzD2-z4/Td7ASX83isI/AAAAAAAAD04/BiPCVKrfk9Y/s72-c/11FridMay27.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-4507434861748329147</id><published>2011-05-20T01:44:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T00:34:40.007+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Duke of Edinburg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prince Philip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Evan Longoria'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —40</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Qpu0hGtcMU/TdWw7uASoOI/AAAAAAAADx8/_-xJ_bcUzzM/s400/11FridMay20banner.jpg" alt="Grey seal" title="Foca gris típica de las costas irlandesas" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608583450967843042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Ahora que la reina &lt;b&gt;Isabel  II&lt;/b&gt; de Inglaterra está de &lt;b&gt;visita&lt;/b&gt; por &lt;b&gt;Irlanda&lt;/b&gt;, me pregunto si su famoso consorte,  el príncipe &lt;b&gt;Felipe&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;duque de Edimburgo&lt;/b&gt;, volverá a &lt;b&gt;meter la pata &lt;/b&gt;como ha sido su  &lt;b&gt;costumbre&lt;/b&gt; a lo largo de estos &lt;b&gt;64 años&lt;/b&gt;, aunque "&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;No creo que sea nunca  su intención ofender&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;", dice Ben Pimlott, un historiado y biógrafo real:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Now that Queen Elizabeth II is visiting  Ireland, I wonder if her famous consort, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will  make another of his accustomed gaffes as he has done throughout the last 64 years, although  "I don't think he ever means offense," said Ben Pimlott, a historian  and royal biographer.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GnhI1HzT6z4/TdWw8I1ErVI/AAAAAAAADyE/RCZs7NrGJ1M/s400/QEII-and-Duke-of-Edinburg.jpg" alt="Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburg" title="Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608583458168548690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• Durante la recesión de  1981:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;b&gt;Todo el mundo decía que teníamos que  tener más ocio. Ahora se quejan de que están en el paro.&lt;/b&gt;" &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(During the 1981  recession:  "Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are  unemployed.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• En 1984, en Kenia, a una  mujer nativa que le presentaba un regalo:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;b&gt;Es usted una mujer,  ¿verdad?&lt;/b&gt;" &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In 1984, in Kenya, to  a native woman who had presented him with a small gift:  "You are a woman,  aren't you?")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• En 1986 en un encuentro  del Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;b&gt;Si tiene cuatro  patas y no es una silla, si tiene dos alas y vuela y no es un avión, si nada y  no es un submarino, los cantoneses se lo comerán&lt;/b&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(At a 1986 World  Wildlife Fund meeting:  "If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if  it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and  it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." )&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• En 1991, en Tailandia,  después de aceptar un premio por la protección del medio ambiente:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;b&gt;Su país es uno de  los centros de tráfico de especies en peligro de extinción más famoso del mundo&lt;/b&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In 1991, in Thailand,  after accepting a conservation award:   "Your country is one of the most  notorious centres of trading in endangered species in the world.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• En 1992 en Australia,  cuando le ofrecieron acariciar un koala:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;b&gt;¡Oh, no! Podría  contagiarme alguna enfermedad horrible&lt;/b&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In 1992 in Australia, when asked to stroke  a Koala bear:   "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• En 1994 a un lugareño de  las Islas Caimán:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;b&gt;¿No son la mayoría  de ustedes descendientes de piratas?&lt;/b&gt;"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In 1994, to an  islander in the Cayman Islands:   "Aren't most of you descended from  pirates?")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• En 1998, a un estudiante  que había estado haciendo senderismo en Papúa Nueva Guinea:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;b&gt;Se las ha arreglado  para que no le coman, ¿eh?&lt;/b&gt;"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In 1998, to a student  who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea:  "You managed not to get eaten,  then?")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• En 1999 a un grupo de  jóvenes sordos, refiriéndose a la banda de percusión del colegio:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;b&gt;¿Sordos? Si estáis  cerca de allí, no es extraño que estéis sordos.&lt;/b&gt;" &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In 1999, to young deaf people in Cardiff,  referring to a school's steel band:  "Deaf? If you are near there, no  wonder you are deaf.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• Pregunta a un aborigen  australiano durante una visita en marzo de 2002:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;b&gt;¿Todavía  arrojáis lanzas?&lt;/b&gt;"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Question put to an Australian Aborigine  during a visit in March 2002:   "Still throwing spears?")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;• La &lt;b&gt;última&lt;/b&gt; fue durante la  &lt;b&gt;visita del Papa&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;septiembre 2010&lt;/b&gt; cuando, después de admirar la corbata que  llevaba el líder del Partido Laborista Iain Gray –de una tela escocesa de  cuadros azules y verdes especialmente  diseñada para la visita del Papa—le &lt;b&gt;preguntó&lt;/b&gt; a &lt;b&gt;la líder&lt;/b&gt; escocesa del Partido  Conservador, &lt;b&gt;Annabel &lt;/b&gt;Goldie:"&lt;b&gt;¿También lleva bragas de esa tela?&lt;/b&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;A lo cual le &lt;b&gt;contestó&lt;/b&gt; la  sexagenaria soltera muy británicamente:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;b&gt;No puedo contestar.  Pero incluso si así fuera, no podría enseñarlas&lt;/b&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The last  one was made during the Papal visit in September 2010 when, after admiring the  tie worn by the leader of the Labour Party, Mr. Iain Gray –in a blue-green  tartan specially designed for the Pope's visit—he asked Miss Annabel Goldie,  the Tory leader:  "Do you have any knickers in that material?"&lt;br /&gt;To which  the 60-year-old spinster responded in her British impassiveness: "I couldn’t  comment. But even if I did, I couldn’t possibly exhibit them.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Tengo que &lt;b&gt;compartir&lt;/b&gt; este  vídeo —aunque sea parte de un anuncio de publicidad que quieren que creamos que es real— en el que &lt;b&gt;Evan &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Longoria"&gt;Longoria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; de  los Tampa Bay Rays &lt;b&gt;salva&lt;/b&gt; a una &lt;b&gt;reportera&lt;/b&gt; de sufrir una grave &lt;b&gt;conmoción cerebral&lt;/b&gt;  al &lt;b&gt;interceptar&lt;/b&gt; una &lt;b&gt;pelota&lt;/b&gt; de baseball a &lt;b&gt;mano desnuda&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(I must share with you this video&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; —even if it is a fake— &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; with Evan &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Longoria"&gt; Longoria &lt;/a&gt;from the Tampa Bay Rays saving a reporter from getting a serious  concussion by catching a stray baseball with his bare hands.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tMujgAAyH-I?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;(¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Enjoy a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-4507434861748329147?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/4507434861748329147/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=4507434861748329147' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4507434861748329147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4507434861748329147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/05/es-viernes-sonrie-40.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —40'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Qpu0hGtcMU/TdWw7uASoOI/AAAAAAAADx8/_-xJ_bcUzzM/s72-c/11FridMay20banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-6336308489896230944</id><published>2011-05-17T22:47:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T21:13:10.253+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dickens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='firma'/><title type='text'>¿Qué dice nuestra firma?</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sco97z1gGoc/TdLfiEtoxTI/AAAAAAAADwg/ChpX3p7q9H0/s800/1signaturebanner.jpg" alt="What's in a signature?" title="¿Qué dice una firma?" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607790262503392562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Nuestra &lt;b&gt;firma representa  &lt;/b&gt;nuestra &lt;b&gt;imagen pública&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;no&lt;/b&gt; nuestra &lt;b&gt;personalidad real&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Sin embargo&lt;/b&gt;, hay algunas  &lt;b&gt;pistas&lt;/b&gt; que pueden &lt;b&gt;revelar &lt;/b&gt;partes de esa &lt;b&gt;personalidad&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Our  signature represents our public image, what we want to show, not our actual  personality. Nevertheless there are some clues which can reveal parts of that  personality)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;nombre&lt;/b&gt; es el &lt;b&gt;ego  individual&lt;/b&gt;. Si es &lt;b&gt;mayor que&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;apellido&lt;/b&gt;, esto sugiere que &lt;b&gt;estamos orgullosos&lt;/b&gt; de  nuestras &lt;b&gt;propias dotes&lt;/b&gt;. Sin embargo, &lt;b&gt;cuanto mayor&lt;/b&gt; sea el nombre, &lt;b&gt;mayor&lt;/b&gt; es el  &lt;b&gt;deseo de resaltar &lt;/b&gt;nuestra importancia, y esto &lt;b&gt;puede ser &lt;/b&gt;señal de &lt;b&gt;baja auto-estima&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The first  name relates to individual ego. If the first name is larger than the family  name, it suggests that we are proud of our own accomplishments. However, the  larger the first name, the larger the desire to appear important and this can  also indicate a low self-esteem.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 70px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UOfwGhU_JOc/TdLgRFRVtJI/AAAAAAAADws/4d0puFPH5Do/s400/1surname.jpg" alt="Abraham Lincoln Signature" title="Abraham Lincoln" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607791070106989714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;apellido&lt;/b&gt; muestra  nuestro &lt;b&gt;estatus social&lt;/b&gt;...nuestra&lt;b&gt; imagen en sociedad&lt;/b&gt;. Si el &lt;b&gt;apellido&lt;/b&gt; es &lt;b&gt;mayor&lt;/b&gt;  que el nombre, significa que siente un &lt;b&gt;gran orgullo&lt;/b&gt; por los logros de la  &lt;b&gt;familia&lt;/b&gt; y su reputación, más que de nuestros propios éxitos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The family  name projects social status...your image in society. If your family name is  larger than your first name, you take great pride in family achievements and  reputation, rather than in your own accomplishments.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;¿La firma es ilegible o clara?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Is the signature is illegible or legible?)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 167px; height: 70px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KrbPdF6jnDA/TdLgRAsKglI/AAAAAAAADw0/0yM7TguOl3k/s400/2-illegible.jpg" alt="illegible signature" title="firma ilegible" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607791068877324882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Una &lt;b&gt;firma ilegible&lt;/b&gt; suele  significar que el &lt;b&gt;firmante&lt;/b&gt; tiende a ser &lt;b&gt;cauteloso&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;reservado&lt;/b&gt; antes de conceder  su confianza a los demás&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(An  illegible signature usually means that the writer tends to be cautious and  reserved before placing his/her trust in others.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Significado de la rúbrica&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Significance of your signature underscore)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 106px; height: 70px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jI3za4yuabY/TdLgRmb7gqI/AAAAAAAADw8/hb6_EIBbAF4/s400/3_underlined.jpg" alt="Stephen Hawking signature" title="Stephen Hawking" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607791079009780386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Un &lt;b&gt;simple raya recta&lt;/b&gt;  bajo la firma subraya el nombre y &lt;b&gt;demuestra&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;fuerza de carácter&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;auto confianza&lt;/b&gt; e  &lt;b&gt;independencia&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A simple straight  line under the signature emphasizes the name of the writer and shows strength  of character, self-confidence, and self reliance.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 70px; height: 70px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AetlMPmc6a0/TdLgR5yxyHI/AAAAAAAADxE/Atz-pYrF-sI/s400/4_Michel-Jackson.jpg" alt="Michael Jackson signature" title="Michael Jackson" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607791084205885554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Si la &lt;b&gt;firma&lt;/b&gt; está  &lt;b&gt;encerrada&lt;/b&gt; en un &lt;b&gt;círculo&lt;/b&gt;, la &lt;b&gt;persona&lt;/b&gt; está intentando &lt;b&gt;protegerse del mundo&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(If the  signature is circled, the writer is trying to shield themselves from the  world.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 70px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r5QF0crZuyk/TdLgSC-egnI/AAAAAAAADxM/oqv9cSbhGhA/s400/5_Benjamin-Franklin.jpg" alt=" Benjamin Franklin signature" title="Benjamin Franklin" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607791086670873202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Cuando el &lt;b&gt;subrayado&lt;/b&gt; es &lt;b&gt;vistoso&lt;/b&gt;  y con &lt;b&gt;floritura&lt;/b&gt;, demuestra que al &lt;b&gt;firmante&lt;/b&gt; le encanta &lt;b&gt;atraer la atención&lt;/b&gt; de  los demás.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(When the underline  is showy and a bit curly, it shows that the writer loves to seek attention.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 139px; height: 70px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lMT5A3xFPbQ/TdLi75Ar6lI/AAAAAAAADxY/yDe3sNtVHSk/s400/6_eddie-cochran.jpg" alt="Eddie Cochran signature" title="Eddie Cochran" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607794004573547090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Un &lt;b&gt;zigzag&lt;/b&gt; debajo de la  firma es un &lt;b&gt;rasgo&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;incertidumbre&lt;/b&gt; ante sus &lt;b&gt;propia capacidad&lt;/b&gt;. El &lt;b&gt;lado derecho&lt;/b&gt;  del zigzag muestra la &lt;b&gt;confianza en sí&lt;/b&gt;,  el &lt;b&gt;izquierdo&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;incertidumbre&lt;/b&gt;. Cuanto mayor el  zigzag, más inseguro se siente de su capacidad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A zigzag  line under the signature reveals the trait of uncertainty in the writer's abilities.  The rightwards part of the zigzag means self reliance, the left part shows the  uncertainty. The longer the zigzag line, the unsure the writer is about his/her  ability.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;¿Qué indica el tamaño de la firma?&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(What does the Size of the Signature indicate?)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;tamaño&lt;/b&gt; de la firma &lt;b&gt;con  respecto al texto&lt;/b&gt; muestra el &lt;b&gt;mayor o menor deseo &lt;/b&gt;de que los &lt;b&gt;demás se fijen en uno&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The size of the signature as compared to the handwriting mainly points out the writer’s wish to be noticed.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 109px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bbTEqU0cf-M/TdLi8IHT5XI/AAAAAAAADxg/Jcv5R1tSBJ4/s400/7_BoogeymanSignedLetter.jpg" alt="Boogey Man signature" title="Boogey Man" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607794008627864946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Si es &lt;b&gt;exageradamente  grande&lt;/b&gt;, el escritor &lt;b&gt;reclama ser reconocido&lt;/b&gt; y es muy &lt;b&gt;audaz&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;seguro de sí mismo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(If a signature is extremely large, it shows that the writer craves to be noticed, and is very bold and confident.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 70px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-et6-GXKPD-s/TdLi8fjUtRI/AAAAAAAADxo/_F4AvXggmOg/s400/8_florence-nightingale-sign.jpg" alt="Florence Nightengale signature" title="Florence Nightengale" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607794014919374098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;La firma del &lt;b&gt;mismo tamaño&lt;/b&gt;  que el&lt;b&gt; resto del escrito&lt;/b&gt;, muestra una &lt;b&gt;persona equilibrada&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Same size signature as the body of handwriting shows a well balanced person.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 187px; height: 100px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I_VVgbhC60c/TdLi9LTL_DI/AAAAAAAADxw/L5Or6HOYg6o/s400/9_jfk-smaller.jpg" alt="JFK signature" title="John F. Kennedy" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607794026662853682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Una firma &lt;b&gt;más pequeña&lt;/b&gt;,  por el contrario, muestra el &lt;b&gt;deseo de no llamar la atención&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Smaller size signature  indicates that the writer doesn't want to call attention.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Evidentemente &lt;b&gt;nuestra  firma cambia&lt;/b&gt; a lo largo de los años, y si no, &lt;b&gt;veamos&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;variedad de firmas&lt;/b&gt;  que &lt;b&gt;Charles &lt;a href="http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/d/dickens.htm"&gt;Dickens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; utilizó  a lo largo de su vida.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Obviously  our signature will change over the years. Let's see the variety of them that  Charles &lt;a href="http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/"&gt;Dickens&lt;/a&gt; used  throughout his life.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;amp;noautoplay=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feat=flashalbum&amp;amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;amp;feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fbontips%2Falbumid%2F5607780782276173521%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="400" height="267"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-6336308489896230944?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/6336308489896230944/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=6336308489896230944' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6336308489896230944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/6336308489896230944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/05/que-dice-nuestra-firma.html' title='¿Qué dice nuestra firma?'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sco97z1gGoc/TdLfiEtoxTI/AAAAAAAADwg/ChpX3p7q9H0/s72-c/1signaturebanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1503835419269933294</id><published>2011-05-13T18:43:00.011+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-13T21:10:23.379+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bear'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='golf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —39</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C9cexbSwk38/Tc1-ejGDpLI/AAAAAAAADuk/qhBtooxYknM/s800/11FridMay13.jpg" alt="cute donkeys" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606276174427956402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://img.izismile.com/img/img4/20110128/640/cuteness_640_25.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;vía&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;golf&lt;/b&gt; y la &lt;b&gt;vida&lt;/b&gt; se  &lt;b&gt;parecen&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;tres cosas&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Golf and Life are very much alike in three things:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. Aunque sabemos lo que  tenemos que hacer y sabemos, más o menos, cómo hacerlo, aún así es muy fácil meter  la pata&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Even  though we know what to do and we know, more of less, how to do it, it is still  very easy to screw it up.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Seguimos cometiendo  los mismos errores una y otra vez&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(We keep  making the same mistakes over and over.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Es más fácil ver los  errores que otros cometen que ver los que nosotros cometemos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(It's  easier to see the mistakes that other people are making than it is to see the  ones that you are making.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/a%20href=%22http://www.mrgolf.com/3ways.html%22"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fuente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;En &lt;b&gt;homenaje&lt;/b&gt; a &lt;b&gt;Severiano  &lt;a href="http://www.seveballesteros.com/seve_biografia.php?lang=1"&gt;Ballesteros&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (Pedreña,  9 abril 1957 - 7 mayo 2011).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In tribute  to Severiano &lt;a href="http://www.seveballesteros.com/seve_biografia.php?lang=2"&gt;Ballesteros  &lt;/a&gt;[Pedreña,  9 April 1957- 7 May 2011].)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rGOaA3zEF6U?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Debido a problemas técnicos de Blogger —ya resueltos, afortunadamente— llego un poco tarde, pero quería desearos...¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;(Due to some technical issues in Blogger —already fixed, fortunately— I am a bit late but I wanted to wish you ... a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1503835419269933294?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1503835419269933294/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1503835419269933294' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1503835419269933294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1503835419269933294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/05/es-viernes-sonrie-39_13.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —39'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C9cexbSwk38/Tc1-ejGDpLI/AAAAAAAADuk/qhBtooxYknM/s72-c/11FridMay13.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-3021368639678227242</id><published>2011-05-11T01:29:00.022+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T21:13:55.242+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='escritura'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curiosidades'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><title type='text'>Lo que nuestra letra revela...</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rV_IWlAubB8/TcnLpV2-IJI/AAAAAAAADsw/WGr_nNSmHaA/s800/1_Abannerhandwriting.jpg" alt="What your handwriting says" title="Lo que dice tu escritura de tí" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605235122342076562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;La &lt;b&gt;grafología&lt;/b&gt; es una  &lt;b&gt;técnica&lt;/b&gt; que permite el &lt;b&gt;estudio&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;análisis&lt;/b&gt;  de la &lt;b&gt;escritura&lt;/b&gt;  sobre todo &lt;b&gt;en relación&lt;/b&gt; con la &lt;b&gt;psicología&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;No&lt;/b&gt; debe &lt;b&gt;confundir&lt;/b&gt;se &lt;b&gt;con&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peritaje_caligr%C3%A1fico"&gt;&lt;b&gt;peritaje  caligráfico&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; que es una  &lt;b&gt;disciplina&lt;/b&gt; basada en &lt;b&gt;métodos científicos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Graphology  is the pseudoscientific study and analysis of handwriting especially in  relation to human psychology. The term is sometimes incorrectly used to refer  to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questioned_document_examination"&gt;forensic document examination&lt;/a&gt;  which is a discipline based on scientific methods).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Teniendo en cuenta que  es el &lt;b&gt;cerebro&lt;/b&gt; el que &lt;b&gt;dirige&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;mano&lt;/b&gt; cuando escribimos, podemos aceptar que  &lt;b&gt;nuestra escritura&lt;/b&gt; muestra, hasta cierto punto, &lt;b&gt;nuestra personalidad&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;nuestro  estado de ánimo&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Bearing in  mind that it is our brain which directs our hand when we write, we can accept  that our handwriting shows, to some extent, our personality and mood.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Para analizar un escrito se tienen en cuenta varios &lt;b&gt;parámetros&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(To analyse a piece of handwriting we have to look at some parameters:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;PRESIÓN EJERCIDA AL ESCRIBIR&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Pressure of the writing)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B3XnAO2G9rU/TcnLpXnZWfI/AAAAAAAADs4/wnn9a9PLMf8/s800/1a_heavy-pressurehandwritin.jpg" alt="Heavy pressure of handwriting" title="Fuerte pressión al escribir" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605235122813622770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.graphology.it/learning/graphology_course/graphic_pressure"&gt;vía&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;La &lt;b&gt;presión&lt;/b&gt; ejercida al  escribir &lt;b&gt;muestra&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;nivel de compromiso&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;hasta qué punto se toman las cosas en  serio&lt;/b&gt;. Si la &lt;b&gt;presión&lt;/b&gt; es &lt;b&gt;exageradamente fuerte&lt;/b&gt;, puede ser señal de una  &lt;b&gt;personalidad&lt;/b&gt; que &lt;b&gt;reacciona primero y pregunta después&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Pressure  indicates commitment and taking things seriously. If the pressure is  excessively heavy, it may be the sign of a person who reacts first and asks  questions afterwards.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pDbrZNBtgNg/TcnLpykvyDI/AAAAAAAADtA/xfosIhlh0m0/s800/1b_pressurelighthandwritin.jpg" alt="Light pressure" title="Escritura ligera" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605235130050267186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.graphology.it/learning/graphology_course/graphic_pressure"&gt;vía&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Por el contrario, si la  &lt;b&gt;escritura&lt;/b&gt; es &lt;b&gt;ligera&lt;/b&gt; es señal de &lt;b&gt;sensibilidad&lt;/b&gt; hacia el &lt;b&gt;entorno&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;empatía&lt;/b&gt; hacia  la gente, aunque si la presión es &lt;b&gt;irregular&lt;/b&gt;, puede ser señal de &lt;b&gt;falta de  vitalidad&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Light  pressure shows sensitivity to atmosphere and empathy to people, but can also,  if the pressure is uneven, show lack of vitality.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TAMAÑO DE LAS LETRAS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Size of the letters)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L1omo72sSQY/TcnLp0czuLI/AAAAAAAADtI/rUaWDWhELLs/s800/2_size.jpg" alt="size of letters" title="tamaño de las letras" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605235130553841842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;El tamaño de la  letra está &lt;b&gt;relacionado&lt;/b&gt; con el &lt;b&gt;nivel de autoestima &lt;/b&gt;de la persona. Cuanto  &lt;b&gt;mayores&lt;/b&gt; las letras, &lt;b&gt;mayor&lt;/b&gt; ese nivel de &lt;b&gt;autoestima&lt;/b&gt;. O de que se fijen en tí. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The size of the letters is  related to self-esteem: the bigger the letters are, the more self-esteem. Or the need to be noticed.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;INCLINACIÓN DE LAS LETRAS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Slant in letters) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kXz2Orp1oew/TcnPmrCFefI/AAAAAAAADtU/sOAMcjHvCRU/s800/3_slant.jpg" alt="slant of the letters" title="inclinación de las letras" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605239474532743666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/handwriting-101-00000000015886/page2.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;vía&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;La inclinación de las  letras &lt;b&gt;muestra&lt;/b&gt; nuestra &lt;b&gt;actitud hacia los demás&lt;/b&gt;. Si se inclinan &lt;b&gt;a la izquierda&lt;/b&gt;,  indica &lt;b&gt;introversión&lt;/b&gt;; si se inclinan a la &lt;b&gt;derecha&lt;/b&gt;, somos &lt;b&gt;extrovertidos&lt;/b&gt;; si las  letras aparecen &lt;b&gt;rectas&lt;/b&gt;, entonces somos &lt;b&gt;independientes&lt;/b&gt;. Si la escritura &lt;b&gt;oscila&lt;/b&gt;  entre ambas direcciones, es signo de &lt;b&gt;inmadurez&lt;/b&gt; o &lt;b&gt;cansancio&lt;/b&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The slant  of the letters shows our attitude toward the others. If  they slant to the left, we are introvert; if they slant to the right then we  are extrovert; if the letters are straight up and down then we are independent. If the handwriting slants in all different  directions, it means immaturity or stress.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;LONGITUD DE LOS BUCLES SUPERIORES DE LAS LETRAS&lt;/b&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Length of upper loops in the letters) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aw0XIER6XSY/TcnPmyryoPI/AAAAAAAADtc/pdv7fNOoAo8/s800/4_loops-upper.jpg" alt="length of upper loops" title="Longitud de los bucles superiores" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605239476586717426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anksimage.com/handwriting/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/letter-d-anksimage-e1300273020961.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;vía&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Cuánto  &lt;b&gt;más altos&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;más propensos &lt;/b&gt; a las &lt;b&gt;palabras&lt;/b&gt; que a la &lt;b&gt;acción&lt;/b&gt;. Cuánto &lt;b&gt;más pequeños&lt;/b&gt;,  más proclives a &lt;b&gt;llevar a cabo las cosas&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The taller the upper loops, the more the person is all talk but no  action. Short upper loops mean, this person is all about getting things done.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;LOS BUCLES INFERIORES DE LAS LETRAS &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Lower loops in the letters)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v3JZU1nWOLE/TcnPm2n2lCI/AAAAAAAADtk/k56OBMesH98/s800/5_loops-low.jpg" alt="length of lower loops of letters" title="longitud de los bucles inferiores de las letras" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605239477643940898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Cuánto &lt;b&gt;más pequeño&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;más sincera&lt;/b&gt; es la persona. Cuánto &lt;b&gt;mayor&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;más llena  de energía&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The  smaller, then the more this person says what he/she feels. The larger, the more  energy.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;LA BARRA DE LA 'T'&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The 't' bar) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SYO4HUh9Yjc/TcnTqGxsloI/AAAAAAAADuA/SBPLkLVoOZk/s800/1_t-bar.jpg" alt="t-bar" title="la barra de la t" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605243931566315138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;La &lt;b&gt;posición&lt;/b&gt; de la &lt;b&gt;barra&lt;/b&gt; de la '&lt;b&gt;t&lt;/b&gt;' muestra  tu &lt;b&gt;firmeza&lt;/b&gt;. Cuánto &lt;b&gt;más alta&lt;/b&gt; la barra,  &lt;b&gt;más autoritario&lt;/b&gt; eres; cuanto &lt;b&gt;más baja&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;más sumiso&lt;/b&gt;. La &lt;b&gt;barra ascendente&lt;/b&gt; indica  &lt;b&gt;oposición a la autoridad&lt;/b&gt;; la &lt;b&gt;descendente&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;intolerancia&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;terquedad&lt;/b&gt;. Si es  &lt;b&gt;larga&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;impaciencia&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;audacia&lt;/b&gt;; si es &lt;b&gt;corta&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;sensibilidad&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;timidez&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The position of the t-bar shows your assertiveness. The higher its  position, the more authoritative you are; the lower, the more submissive. If the bar is  upwards, you oppose authority; downwards, you are intolerant and stubborn; if  long, impatient and bold; if short, sensitive and shy.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;EL PUNTO DE LA 'I' &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Dotting the 'i') &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5fFzZNQbTrU/TcnTqZFsErI/AAAAAAAADuI/pGLQG3N_RQg/s800/7_dotting-the-i.jpg" alt="dotting the i" title="el punto sobre la i" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605243936482005682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Poner el punto en la 'i'  es la &lt;b&gt;señal&lt;/b&gt; de alguien &lt;b&gt;meticuloso&lt;/b&gt; y&lt;b&gt; pendiente de los detalles&lt;/b&gt;. Cuánto &lt;b&gt;más cerca&lt;/b&gt;  esté el punto de la 'i', &lt;b&gt;más propenso&lt;/b&gt; a &lt;b&gt;comprobar&lt;/b&gt; y confirmar todo &lt;b&gt;una y otra  vez&lt;/b&gt;. Cuánto &lt;b&gt;más alejado &lt;/b&gt;esté el punto, &lt;b&gt;más descuidado&lt;/b&gt; y propenso a &lt;b&gt;cometer  errores&lt;/b&gt;. La &lt;b&gt;ausencia&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;punto&lt;/b&gt; significa que se trata de alguien &lt;b&gt;distraído&lt;/b&gt; o  incluso &lt;b&gt;irresponsable&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Dotting  the 'i' is considered the sign of someone who is meticulous and detail  oriented. The closer the dot is to the body of the i, the more inclined to  re-check and re-confirm everything. The farther the dot is, the more careless  and prone to make mistakes. Missing dots means someone absent minded or even  irresponsible. )&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Hay &lt;b&gt;más parámetros&lt;/b&gt;  para los profesionales, pero podemos observar  que las &lt;b&gt;deducciones&lt;/b&gt; tienen bastante que ver con el &lt;b&gt;sentido común&lt;/b&gt;. Lo curioso  era ver a grafólogos expertos en acción, y por eso he elegido estas dos muestras  de &lt;b&gt;dos personajes de actualidad &lt;/b&gt;–populares por muy distintas razones,  afortunadamente:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(There are  more parameters for professionals but we can see that the deductions are quite  common sense. I was curious to see expert graphologists in action and that is  why I have chosen these samples of today's two popular people –popular  for very different reasons, fortunately):&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Escritura de Osama Bin Laden&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Osama Bin Laden Handwriting)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8GUG9J_Ssq4/TcnTqacUDZI/AAAAAAAADuY/3CvBaO3m35U/s800/9_bin-laden-handwriting.jpg" alt="bin Laden handwriting" title="letra de Bin Laden" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605243936845335954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;primera línea:&lt;b&gt;Tu hermano en el Islam&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;segunda línea: &lt;b&gt;Usama bin Mohammed  bin Laden&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tercera  línea:  &lt;b&gt;[su firma]&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(First line: Your  brother in Islam / Second  line: Usama  bin Mohammed bin Laden /Third line: [his signature])&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Analizar&lt;/b&gt; los rasgos de una &lt;b&gt;personalidad&lt;/b&gt; a través de la &lt;b&gt;escritura árabe&lt;/b&gt; es &lt;b&gt;difícil&lt;/b&gt; para un &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;europeo&lt;/span&gt;, pero &lt;a href="http://www.annakoren.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anna  Koren&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;b&gt;grafóloga israelí,&lt;/b&gt; hizo este análisis de la  escritura de Osama Bin Laden por el año 2008:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(To analyze  someone's personality through the Arabic handwriting is difficult for a  European but Anna Koren, an Israeli graphologist,  made ​​this analysis of the writing of Osama Bin Laden in 2008:)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; " align="justify"&gt;"Both the handwriting and signature are very  slow in a way that seems almost unreasonable. They are more drawn or painted  rather than written and express a personality that is full of anxieties on one  hand, yet the writer has a strong drive to prove himself on the other hand."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Tanto la escritura como  la firma están muy marcadas de un modo casi excesivo. Parecen más pintadas o  dibujadas que escritas y expresan una personalidad llena de preocupación por  una parte, aunque el escritor tiene un fuerte necesidad de demostrar lo que  vale." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"This creates a conflict that makes it very difficult for  the writer to deal with reality. It creates a very frustrated man with  difficulty to feel content from his achievements and a need for constant  attention."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Esto crea un conflicto que hace que le  sea difícil al que escribe enfrentarse a la realidad. Le convierte en una  persona frustrada con dificultad para sentir satisfacción por sus logros y la  necesidad de una constante atención."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"The size of the writing indicates a  megalomaniac tendency: As long as he is noticed, he feels a temporary relief  from his seeded and tremendous urge to prove himself."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"El tamaño de la escritura  indica una tendencia a la &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaloman%C3%ADa"&gt;megalomanía&lt;/a&gt;:  siempre y cuando se fijen en ella, esta persona siente un alivio pasajero en su  enfermizo y tremenda necesidad de hacerse de valer."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"He is protective and at the same time  domineering with a strong need to rule. He constantly fears others taking over  his place and as a result he keeps his guard and is continuously under a great  deal of pressure."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Es protector y al mismo  tiempo dominante con una fuerte necesidad de controlar. Constantemente teme que los demás le quiten el sitio y como consecuencia mantiene la guardia y está  continuamente bajo una gran presión."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"He is very prudent, fears failure and  avoids risks. Lacking improvising skills, he carefully calculates his steps and  tries to avoid uncertain situations."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Es muy prudente, teme el  fracaso y evita los riesgos. Falto de habilidad para improvisar, planea  cuidadosamente sus acciones e intenta evitar situaciones inciertas."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"He aspires for perfection at what he does  and is often obsessive about his unwillingness to accept any form of  mediocrity."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Aspira a la perfección en  lo que hace y a menudo se muestra obsesivo en su incapacidad para aceptar  cualquier forma de mediocridad."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"Every action he takes is carefully examined  and he advances only after every detail has been meticulously planned and taken  into account. This significantly slows down his activity, but at the same time,  makes his actions thorough and prudent."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Cada decisión que toma es  examinada cuidadosamente y sigue adelante sólo cuando cada detalle ha sido  meticulosamente preparado y tenido en cuenta. Esto ralentiza de forma  considerable su actividad, pero al mismo tiempo, hace que sus acciones sean  prudentes y minuciosas."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0px auto;width:80%; text-align:justify; padding:10px; border-top: hidden; border-bottom: hidden; border-right:hidden; border-left:  4px solid #999999; "&gt;"His personality expresses a double  standard, as if he is two individuals. This can also be seen in the signature,  which shows two circles: black and white. In actuality, the writer is an  individual without gray areas, agility or compromises."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;"Su personalidad expresa  una doble moral, como si se tratara de dos personas. Esto  también se ve en la firma con los dos  círculos. En realidad el escritor es una persona sin zonas grises, agilidad ni transigencia."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Escritura de Barrack Obama&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Barack Obama Handwriting)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kkoeO57obdY/TcnTqSex0dI/AAAAAAAADuQ/1_Z7ehqmjBM/s800/8_barackobama_handwriting.jpg" alt="Barack Obama Handwriting analysed" title="Análisis de la escritura de Barack Obama" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605243934708191698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Mente fluida&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;resolución&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Bucle amplio de la 'h':  mente &lt;b&gt;abierta&lt;/b&gt; a distintas filosofías.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Prudencia&lt;/b&gt;; &lt;b&gt;resiste&lt;/b&gt; las  &lt;b&gt;reacciones impulsivas emocionales&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Trazo corto de la  línea de la 'd': &lt;b&gt;ideas independientes&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. La 'g' en forma de 8:&lt;b&gt; orador&lt;/b&gt; y mente &lt;b&gt;flexible&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. La 'n' puntiagudas:  mente &lt;b&gt;rápida&lt;/b&gt;, pensador &lt;b&gt;analítico&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;ingenio&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. La barra de la 't':  &lt;b&gt;autoestima&lt;/b&gt; media, tiene &lt;b&gt;algo que demostrar&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. La 'o' claramente  trazada: &lt;b&gt;honesto&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;franco&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Mayúsculas grandes en  la firma: ego saludable. &lt;b&gt;Confianza&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Perseverancia&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Agresividad&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;La &lt;b&gt;semana que viene&lt;/b&gt; a ver si puedo añadir algo interesante con &lt;b&gt;firmas&lt;/b&gt; de personajes &lt;b&gt;famosos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Next week I will try to find something interesting about famous signatures.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-3021368639678227242?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/3021368639678227242/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=3021368639678227242' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3021368639678227242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3021368639678227242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/05/lo-que-nuestra-letra-revela.html' title='Lo que nuestra letra revela...'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rV_IWlAubB8/TcnLpV2-IJI/AAAAAAAADsw/WGr_nNSmHaA/s72-c/1_Abannerhandwriting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-4860237557863421221</id><published>2011-05-06T01:54:00.013+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-06T02:18:33.175+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='música'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music Painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —38</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 352px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d9JM6oY4rl4/TcM8kCMsj3I/AAAAAAAADsk/fUuSAoZVh68/s400/11FridMay06_otter.jpg" alt="otter" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603388951142109042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://blog.kohan-studio.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Muy &lt;b&gt;cansado&lt;/b&gt;, pero deseoso de  &lt;b&gt;compartir&lt;/b&gt; la &lt;b&gt;alegría&lt;/b&gt; del &lt;b&gt;fin de semana&lt;/b&gt; y este &lt;b&gt;precioso vídeo&lt;/b&gt; con &lt;b&gt;música&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;Matteo  &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/matteonegrin"&gt;Negrin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;ilustrada&lt;/b&gt; por &lt;b&gt;Alice Ninni&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;i&gt;Las lágrimas de Julieta&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Really tired but eager to share my  happiness for the coming weekend with this beautiful video, music by Matteo  Negrin illustrated by Alice Ninni: Juliet's tears.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MAY1UoQYMHk?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="349"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Enjoy a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-4860237557863421221?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/4860237557863421221/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=4860237557863421221' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4860237557863421221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4860237557863421221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/05/es-viernes-sonrie-39.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —38'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d9JM6oY4rl4/TcM8kCMsj3I/AAAAAAAADsk/fUuSAoZVh68/s72-c/11FridMay06_otter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1543026471007088471</id><published>2011-04-29T07:50:00.011+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-30T23:19:01.036+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='general knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Royal Shield'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brisish coins'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —37</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l_z1Lxlkptw/TbnUuX-zNXI/AAAAAAAADrs/tE-yTkeTHI8/s400/1FridAp29banner.jpg" alt="one billion dollar by Michael Marcovici" title="one billion dollar by Michael Marcovici" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600741504788411762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;1000 millones de dólares de &lt;a href="http://www.artmarcovici.com/one-billion"&gt;Michael Marcovici&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(One billion dollars by Michael Marcovici)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;En &lt;b&gt;abril de 2008&lt;/b&gt; La  Fábrica  Real de la Moneda británica &lt;b&gt;eligió nuevos diseños &lt;/b&gt;para el &lt;b&gt;reverso&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;monedas&lt;/b&gt; británicas de &lt;b&gt;1&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;2&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;5&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;10&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;20&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;50 peniques&lt;/b&gt;  y  de &lt;b&gt;1 libra&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(In April  2008 the Royal Mint chose new designs for the reverse of Britain’s coins worth 1 penny, 2 pence, 5 pence, 10 pence,  20 pence, 50 pence  and 1 pound. )&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Se sacó a concurso el  diseño de las monedas y &lt;b&gt;Matthew Dent&lt;/b&gt;,  un joven &lt;b&gt;diseñador gráfico&lt;/b&gt; de  Bango, Gales del Norte, fue el &lt;b&gt;ganador&lt;/b&gt; entre 4000 participantes con una &lt;b&gt;idea  original&lt;/b&gt;: las &lt;b&gt;seis monedas forman el contorno del escudo  de armas real&lt;/b&gt;, que &lt;b&gt;aparece&lt;/b&gt; al &lt;b&gt;completo&lt;/b&gt; en la moneda de &lt;b&gt;1 libra&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A public  competition was launched to redesign the coins and Matthew Dent, 26, a graphic  designer from Bangor, North Wales, successfully emerged from a field of 4,000  entrants with an original idea: the six coins can be arranged to form the  outline of the royal shield of arms, which is embossed in full on the £1 coin.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;A &lt;b&gt;Dent&lt;/b&gt; le pagaron unas &lt;b&gt;35.000 libras&lt;/b&gt; por sus diseños, pero no recibirá ningún derecho de autor por la  reproducción de éstos. Actualmente hay más de 27 millones de monedas en el  Reino Unido aunque yo no he visto ninguna de estas. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Dent was  paid around £35,000 for his designs, but he will not receive any royalties from  their reproduction. There are currently more than 27 billion coins in the UK...although I have never seen one of these.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="25%"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8PZwNzeB4SU/TbnUungI3_I/AAAAAAAADr8/tOUokZ_AV74/s400/1-british-pound-sterling-1.jpg" alt="1 pound sterling reverse" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600741508954775538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;td&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Por cierto los &lt;b&gt;cuadrantes&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;1&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;4&lt;/b&gt; representan &lt;b&gt;Inglaterra&lt;/b&gt; y son tres leones leopardados ("&lt;b&gt;leopardado&lt;/b&gt;" significa con la &lt;b&gt;pata derecha levantada&lt;/b&gt; y la &lt;b&gt;cabeza  mirándonos&lt;/b&gt;), el &lt;b&gt;cuadrante 2&lt;/b&gt;, el &lt;b&gt;león rampante&lt;/b&gt;   de &lt;b&gt;Escocia&lt;/b&gt; ("&lt;b&gt;rampante&lt;/b&gt;" significa &lt;b&gt;de perfil erecto con las  garras adelantadas&lt;/b&gt;) y el &lt;b&gt;cuadrante 3&lt;/b&gt;,representa a &lt;b&gt;Irlanda&lt;/b&gt; con el &lt;b&gt;arpa&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;El &lt;b&gt;Principado de Gales&lt;/b&gt; parece no  estar representado en el escudo pero es que &lt;b&gt;está incluido&lt;/b&gt; en el de &lt;b&gt;Inglaterra&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(By the way, the first and fourth quadrants represent England and contain three   lions passant ("passant" means with their right forepaws raised and  their heads facing the viewer); the second quadrant represents Scotland  contains a  lion rampant ("rampant" means depicted in profile  standing erect with forepaws raised); the third quadrant represents Ireland and  contains the  harp. The Principality of Wales seems not to be represented  in the Royal Arms because it is included in the Royal Arms of England.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f4I26bnReR4/TbnVtLQqMuI/AAAAAAAADsQ/nQDQVBNQo48/s400/1-british-pound-sterling2.jpg" alt="1 pound sterling obverse" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600742583705416418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Todas&lt;/b&gt; las &lt;b&gt;monedas&lt;/b&gt; en  curso &lt;b&gt;llevan&lt;/b&gt; en el anverso una inscripción latina que aparece abreviada como:  "ELIZABETH II DG REG FD que significa: "Elizabeth II, por la Gracia  de Dios, Reina y Defensora de la Fe" (&lt;i&gt;Elizabeth  II dei gratia regina fidei defensor&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(All  current coins carry on the obverse a Latin inscription which appears  abbreviated form: ELIZABETH II D G REG F D. meaning "Elizabeth II, by the  grace of God, Queen and Defender of the Faith" [Elizabeth II dei gratia  regina fidei defensor])&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wbBbUZNQzbk/TbnVtelWfAI/AAAAAAAADsY/_tOhRhBH300/s400/britishcoinsshield.jpg" alt="British coins make the Royal Shield" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600742588892478466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Y como todos los viernes quiero &lt;b&gt;compartir&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;talento&lt;/b&gt; de un joven animador con este corto "&lt;b&gt;Conocimientos generales&lt;/b&gt;" de &lt;b&gt;Aniket Dilip &lt;a href="http://animatoratheart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Natekar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(As every Friday I 'd like to share the talent of a young animator with his short animation movie "General Knowledge" by Aniket Dilip Natekar.) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/us-JGKBvPjc" allowfullscreen="" width="425" frameborder="0" height="349"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fuentes  &lt;a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3666992.ece"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.royalmint.com/Corporate/facts/coins/"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1543026471007088471?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1543026471007088471/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1543026471007088471' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1543026471007088471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1543026471007088471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/04/es-viernes-sonrie-37.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —37'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l_z1Lxlkptw/TbnUuX-zNXI/AAAAAAAADrs/tE-yTkeTHI8/s72-c/1FridAp29banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-4685825394197734157</id><published>2011-04-22T12:17:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-30T23:20:05.069+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes... Santo!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GxTBPTp_aL8/TbFX7iC-XfI/AAAAAAAADrg/HHfH8tstdN4/s400/1gorilla-reading.jpg" alt="Gorila Reading" title="Leer es un placer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598352492061416946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/pugbug/Silly%20stuff/gorilla-reading10628.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;fuente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Este &lt;b&gt;sábado &lt;/b&gt;es el &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://portal.unesco.org/culture/es/ev.php-URL_ID=5125&amp;amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"&gt;día  Internacional del libro&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(This next Saturday is &lt;a href="http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5125&amp;amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"&gt;World Book Day&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Leer&lt;/b&gt; es &lt;b&gt;fomentar el poder  de la imaginación,&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;poder de aprender&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;compartir ideas&lt;/b&gt; que &lt;b&gt;pueden cambiarte &lt;/b&gt;y c&lt;b&gt;ambiar el mundo&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Leer&lt;/b&gt; por &lt;b&gt;placer&lt;/b&gt;, leer &lt;b&gt;lo que nos interesa&lt;/b&gt; –no lo que nos  dicen: &lt;b&gt;revistas&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;cómics&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;mangas&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;novelas gráficas&lt;/b&gt;... y &lt;b&gt;libros&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Lo que queramos&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Reading is  to promote the power of imagination, the power to learn and share ideas that  can change ourselves and change the world. Reading for pleasure, reading what  we want—not what are we told: magazines, comics, Manga books, graphic novels  ... and books. Anything we want.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Leer&lt;/b&gt; es el &lt;b&gt;acto más  subversivo&lt;/b&gt; que conozco, el &lt;b&gt;más individualista&lt;/b&gt; y el más &lt;b&gt;generoso&lt;/b&gt;, también: por  eso lo primero que hacen todos &lt;b&gt;los tiranos &lt;/b&gt;es &lt;b&gt;quemar libros&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Reading is  the most subversive act I know, the most individualistic and the most generous  too; that is the reason why the first thing that all tyrants do is to set books  on fire.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Sé tú mismo: lee&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Be  yourself: Read!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;Como siempre un  corto animado. Me &lt;b&gt;fascina&lt;/b&gt; ver el &lt;b&gt;talento en acción&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(As usual a short animation clip. Talent in action captivates me.)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kJtpxNIK0KE?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de Semana Santa&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Enjoy a nice Easter weekend!) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-4685825394197734157?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/4685825394197734157/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=4685825394197734157' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4685825394197734157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/4685825394197734157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/04/es-viernes-santo.html' title='¡Es viernes... Santo!'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GxTBPTp_aL8/TbFX7iC-XfI/AAAAAAAADrg/HHfH8tstdN4/s72-c/1gorilla-reading.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8464663250175395167</id><published>2011-04-19T12:30:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-30T23:19:40.420+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vídeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='España'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cultura'/><title type='text'>El patrimonio de España</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W20yfNLIChk/Ta1lWaMNllI/AAAAAAAADrU/Te2Z_N5CWtw/s1600/1Spainbanner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W20yfNLIChk/Ta1lWaMNllI/AAAAAAAADrU/Te2Z_N5CWtw/s800/1Spainbanner.jpg" alt="Spain's Heritage" title="El patrimonio de España" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597241347553465938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0px auto; width: 80%; text-align: justify; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; padding: 10px; border-width: medium medium medium 4px; border-style: hidden hidden hidden solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;"Estuvimos cinco días  en el centro de España, una región llena de historia y cultura. Los godos, los  romanos, los moros dejaron su marca aquí. Es aquí donde Don Quijote luchó  contra los molinos. El Greco, Diego de Velázquez y Francisco de Goya tuvieron  su casa aquí." — &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/22080133"&gt;Ben&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;("We were for five days in central Spain, a  region full of history and culture. The Goths, the Romans, the Moorish left  their mark here. This is where Don Quijote fought against the windmills. El Greco, Diego de Velazquez and Francisco de Goya  had their home here.")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;He dado con este "&lt;b&gt;time lapse&lt;/b&gt;"   (secuencia de vídeo acelerada) sobre  España y quería compartirlo. El autor, &lt;b&gt;Ben&lt;/b&gt;, no tiene datos en su perfil de  Vimeo, pero &lt;b&gt;apostaría&lt;/b&gt; que se trata de un &lt;b&gt;británico&lt;/b&gt; no  sólo de &lt;b&gt;aficionado&lt;/b&gt; a la &lt;b&gt;fotografía&lt;/b&gt; sino a la &lt;b&gt;cultura&lt;/b&gt; también.&lt;br /&gt;Es &lt;b&gt;reconfortante&lt;/b&gt; ver que  se &lt;b&gt;conoce&lt;/b&gt; a &lt;b&gt;España&lt;/b&gt; no sólo por la crisis sino &lt;b&gt;por lo mejor que tiene&lt;/b&gt;, su  &lt;b&gt;cultura&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(I have  come across this time lapse film about Central Spain and I wanted to share it  with you. Its author, Ben, has not any data in his profile but I bet that he  must be a Briton not only keen on photography but on culture as well. It's  cheering to see that Spain is not known only for its crisis but for the best it  has got: its culture.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;La &lt;b&gt;música&lt;/b&gt; del DJ &lt;a href="http://www.john00fleming.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;John 00 Fleming&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,  "&lt;b&gt;La zarzamora&lt;/b&gt;", está también muy bien elegida con sus &lt;b&gt;reminiscencias moriscas&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The music  by DJ John 00 Fleming, The Dewberry Tree, is beautifully chosen with its Moorish   reminiscences) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22080133?byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=cc0033" width="400" frameborder="0" height="225"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Espero que lo &lt;b&gt;disfrutéis&lt;/b&gt; y puesto que tenemos unos &lt;b&gt;días de vacaciones&lt;/b&gt;, ¿por qué no &lt;b&gt;visitar&lt;/b&gt; algunos de &lt;b&gt;estos sitios&lt;/b&gt;, o cualquiera parecido a estos cerca de donde vives?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Enjoy it and as we have a few days off, why not visit some of these sites or any like these near you?)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8464663250175395167?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8464663250175395167/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8464663250175395167' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8464663250175395167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8464663250175395167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/04/el-patrimonio-de-espana.html' title='El patrimonio de España'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W20yfNLIChk/Ta1lWaMNllI/AAAAAAAADrU/Te2Z_N5CWtw/s72-c/1Spainbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-3721650620269782349</id><published>2011-04-15T00:47:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T01:47:04.262+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='words'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video subtitulado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe! —35</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iA59gb5ImA0/Tad6vnjo9lI/AAAAAAAADrI/UEzTz_JZAv8/s400/Kriba-and-baby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595576020522038866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.animal-space.net/2011/03/animal-photos-of-month-25-photos.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Foto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Quería &lt;b&gt;compartir&lt;/b&gt; este  vídeo. Como &lt;b&gt;filólogo&lt;/b&gt; ('Filología: &lt;b&gt;ciencia&lt;/b&gt; que estudia una  &lt;b&gt;cultura&lt;/b&gt; tal como &lt;b&gt;se manifiesta&lt;/b&gt; en su &lt;b&gt;lengua&lt;/b&gt; y en su &lt;b&gt;literatura&lt;/b&gt;, principalmente a  través de los textos escritos' –definición de la &lt;b&gt;RAE&lt;/b&gt;) me &lt;b&gt;apasionan&lt;/b&gt; las  &lt;b&gt;palabras&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b&gt;admiro&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;temo&lt;/b&gt; su &lt;b&gt;poder&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;disfruto&lt;/b&gt; sus &lt;b&gt;matices,&lt;/b&gt; en &lt;b&gt;tres idiomas&lt;/b&gt; además —&lt;b&gt;no&lt;/b&gt; lo digo  &lt;b&gt;para alardear&lt;/b&gt;, sino para &lt;b&gt;expresar&lt;/b&gt; el grado de mi &lt;b&gt;entusiasmo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Por mucho que se  diga que "&lt;b&gt;Una imagen vale por mil palabras&lt;/b&gt;", no olvidemos que  &lt;b&gt;pensamos&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;nos entendemos&lt;/b&gt; con y por las &lt;b&gt;palabras&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;no&lt;/b&gt; las &lt;b&gt;imágenes&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Por eso  cada día que pasa y me hago mayor, &lt;b&gt;mido más mi palabras&lt;/b&gt; (ahora entiendo por qué  mi padre hablaba tan poco, pero tan acertadamente). A ver si es verdad que, &lt;b&gt;a  través de las palabras podemos, de veras, cambiar el mundo&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(I just want to share this video. As a philologist ('philology: the study of human speech especially as the vehicle of literature  and as a field of study that sheds light on cultural history' -Merriam-Webster definition)  I have a passion for words,  I admire and fear their power,  I enjoy their nuances, in three languages​​ –I  do not intend to brag, but just to express the extent  of my enthusiasm. Although it is said that "A picture  is worth a thousand words",  we must not forget that we think and we communicate  with and thanks to words,  not images.&lt;br /&gt;So, as I grow  older, I measure my words more and more (I understand now why my father talked  so little, but so soundly). Let's see if it is true that through words we can  really change the world.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://dotsub.com/media/ce01a37f-c98c-4530-a6ca-ce4c8634ba0e/e/m" frameborder="0" height="347" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;He &lt;b&gt;transcrito&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;traducido&lt;/b&gt; al &lt;b&gt;español&lt;/b&gt; las pocas palabras que se dicen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(As usual I have transcibed and translated into Spanish the few words spoken in the video.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;... &lt;b&gt;lleno de palabras y gestos bonitos&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend... full of sweet words and nice gestures!) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-3721650620269782349?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/3721650620269782349/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=3721650620269782349' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3721650620269782349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/3721650620269782349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/04/es-viernes-sonrie-35.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe! —35'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iA59gb5ImA0/Tad6vnjo9lI/AAAAAAAADrI/UEzTz_JZAv8/s72-c/Kriba-and-baby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-1562465184407703067</id><published>2011-04-08T01:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-08T01:16:56.335+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aniboom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fetch'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —34</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JGwKhTQb8qo/TZ5DuKE2_kI/AAAAAAAADq8/DqwYpv4P2eU/s800/1polar-bear-rest.jpg" border="0" alt="Polar bear resting" title="Need some rest!"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592982247498513986" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Cuando pensabas que no podías &lt;b&gt;estar más cansado&lt;/b&gt;... te superas. Me &lt;b&gt;siento&lt;/b&gt; como &lt;b&gt;Cumberland&lt;/b&gt;,el perro de este corto: "¡&lt;b&gt;Tráelo&lt;/b&gt;!".&lt;br /&gt;Menos mal que &lt;b&gt;la semana que viene vuelvo &lt;/b&gt;a mi &lt;b&gt;horario normal&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;espero&lt;/b&gt; que con &lt;b&gt;más tiempo&lt;/b&gt; para ir haciendo algo y compartirlo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt; (When you thought that you could not get more tired ... you surpass your expectations. I feel like Cumberland, the dog of this short animation movie: "Fetch!". Thankfully, next week I return to my normal schedule and, I hope, with more time to manage to write something and share it with you.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u76Tpi7PFGo?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have a nice weekend!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-1562465184407703067?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/1562465184407703067/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=1562465184407703067' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1562465184407703067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/1562465184407703067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/04/es-viernes-sonrie-34.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —34'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JGwKhTQb8qo/TZ5DuKE2_kI/AAAAAAAADq8/DqwYpv4P2eU/s72-c/1polar-bear-rest.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-7392254827128999213</id><published>2011-04-01T01:29:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-08T01:15:52.317+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animación'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viernes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jumpstart'/><title type='text'>¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —33</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wpsy4N1hV3g/TZUR5Qvis9I/AAAAAAAADqw/tYdUqhSzzQ8/s400/11FridAp01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590394187894928338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://img57.exs.cx/img57/7907/1058977642_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;imágen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Esta semana,  &lt;b&gt;además &lt;/b&gt;de mis &lt;b&gt;clases&lt;/b&gt;, estoy &lt;b&gt;haciendo&lt;/b&gt; un &lt;b&gt;curso&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;Aula 2.0&lt;/b&gt;. Pero, &lt;b&gt;ya es viernes&lt;/b&gt;  y tengo un &lt;b&gt;descanso&lt;/b&gt; para &lt;b&gt;volver&lt;/b&gt; a la &lt;b&gt;vida real&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(This  week, apart from my classes, doing a course on Classroom 2.0. Thank Lord, it's  Friday and I have a break to go back to real life.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Disfrutemos de  este &lt;b&gt;corto&lt;/b&gt; de animación de &lt;b&gt;Simon &lt;a href="http://www.simonchristen.com/"&gt;Christen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;—"&lt;b&gt;Arranque empujando&lt;/b&gt;"— con una &lt;b&gt;nueva interpretación&lt;/b&gt; a la fábula de "&lt;b&gt;La liebre y la tortuga&lt;/b&gt;".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Let's enjoy  this animated short by Simon Christen —"Jump-start"— with a new interpretation of the fable  "The Tortoise and the Hare".)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2RiAN3IKGSM?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;¡&lt;b&gt;Feliz fin de  semana&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Have a nice weekend!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-7392254827128999213?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/7392254827128999213/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=7392254827128999213' title='1 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/7392254827128999213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/7392254827128999213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/04/es-viernes-sonrie-33.html' title='¡Es viernes! ¡Sonríe!  —33'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wpsy4N1hV3g/TZUR5Qvis9I/AAAAAAAADqw/tYdUqhSzzQ8/s72-c/11FridAp01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-8333428575363331158</id><published>2011-03-29T20:45:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T20:54:34.417+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='desayuno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='costumbres'/><title type='text'>Desayuno</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-08HUmYnBOZw/TZIWYIs3XfI/AAAAAAAADqM/I58V2yBJx9I/s400/1Breakfastbanner.jpg" alt="Bill Ewing oil -Continental Breakfast" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589554691428539890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bill  Ewing - Continental Breakfast - &lt;a href="http://pixdaus.com/pics/1224961021erF4fil.jpg"&gt;Oil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"&gt;"&lt;b&gt;Desayuna  como un rey, almuerza como un príncipe y cena como un pobre&lt;/b&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Eat  breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;La palabra  "&lt;b&gt;desayuno&lt;/b&gt;" literalmente significa "&lt;b&gt;des&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;b&gt;ayunar&lt;/b&gt;",  "&lt;b&gt;romper&lt;/b&gt; el &lt;b&gt;ayuno&lt;/b&gt;".  Puesto  que  &lt;b&gt;ayunar&lt;/b&gt; consiste en &lt;b&gt;no comer durante  un periodo de tiempo&lt;/b&gt;, es lo que hacemos al estar dormidos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Entre&lt;/b&gt; el  &lt;b&gt;desayuno&lt;/b&gt; y la &lt;b&gt;comida&lt;/b&gt; no suelen pasar más de&lt;b&gt; 5 &lt;/b&gt;o &lt;b&gt;6 horas&lt;/b&gt;, y &lt;b&gt;lo mismo entre&lt;/b&gt; la  &lt;b&gt;comida&lt;/b&gt; y la &lt;b&gt;cena&lt;/b&gt;. Sin contar los &lt;b&gt;aperitivos&lt;/b&gt; o &lt;b&gt;tentempiés&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;media mañana&lt;/b&gt; o la  &lt;b&gt;merienda&lt;/b&gt;. Sin embargo, &lt;b&gt;entre la cena&lt;/b&gt; y el &lt;b&gt;desayuno&lt;/b&gt; a veces pasan &lt;b&gt;10 horas&lt;/b&gt; –sin  bocado.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The  word "breakfast" literally means to "break — fast". As  fasting is the act of not eating over a period of time, that is exactly what we  do while we sleep. Between breakfast and lunch there is a gap of about 5 to 6  hours, the same occurs between lunch and dinner, not counting midmorning or  mid-afternoon snacks. However between dinner and breakfast the gap is of over 10  hours—without a bite to eat.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Un &lt;a href="http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/cishe/pages/projects/breakfast.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;estudio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; llevado a cabo por la &lt;b&gt;Facultad de psicología de la universidad de Cardiff&lt;/b&gt;  conducido por el catedrático &lt;b&gt;Andrew Smith&lt;/b&gt;  ha &lt;b&gt;demostrado&lt;/b&gt; que &lt;b&gt;desayunar ayuda&lt;/b&gt; a los &lt;b&gt;niños&lt;/b&gt; a &lt;b&gt;trabajar mejor&lt;/b&gt; en el colegio  que aquellos que se saltan la primera comida del día. Los niños &lt;b&gt;se angustian  menos&lt;/b&gt;, se &lt;b&gt;cansan menos &lt;/b&gt;y están &lt;b&gt;menos nerviosos&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Research  done by the Cardiff University School of Psychology, led by Professor Andrew  Smith has shown that eating breakfast helps children function better in school  than those who skip the first meal of the day. Dr. Smith says that it is clear  that starting the day with cereal enhances mental, cognitive and physical  ability.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;estudio&lt;/b&gt; se  realizó entre &lt;b&gt;213 niños&lt;/b&gt; de entre &lt;b&gt;4 &lt;/b&gt;y &lt;b&gt;11 años&lt;/b&gt; y los &lt;b&gt;resultados&lt;/b&gt; demostraron que  los que &lt;b&gt;empiezan el día desayunando&lt;/b&gt; están:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;un&lt;b&gt; 9% más  atentos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;un &lt;b&gt;11% menos  angustiados&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;13% menos  cansados&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;17% menos nerviosos  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; y son un &lt;b&gt;10% menos propensos a sufrir déficit  de atención &lt;/b&gt;o de memoria &lt;b&gt;que los que no desayunan&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(The  study examined 213 children from 4 to 11 years old and the results revealed  children who start the day with breakfast are:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;9  percent more alert&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;11  percent less emotionally distressed&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;13  percent less tired&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;17  percent less anxious&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;10  percent less likely to suffer memory and attention span difficulties, than  those that have no breakfast.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;De los &lt;b&gt;huevos  rancheros&lt;/b&gt; mejicanos a los &lt;b&gt;cereales de chocolate&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;cada país tiene su propia  visión&lt;/b&gt; sobre la &lt;b&gt;forma de empezar bien el día&lt;/b&gt; con la c&lt;b&gt;omida más importante&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(From  Huevos Rancheros (literally "ranch eggs") to chocolate cereals, every  country has its own take on how to start the day right with the most important  meal. )&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;En general,  aquí en &lt;b&gt;Europa&lt;/b&gt; tenemos &lt;b&gt;dos tipos&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;desayunos&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M1mYrlweSaE/TZIWYf9CcoI/AAAAAAAADqU/euwugmGtqw8/s400/1continentalbreakfast.jpg" alt="Continental breakfast" title="Continental breakfast" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589554697670390402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;desayuno  continental&lt;/b&gt; basado en la &lt;b&gt;tradición mediterránea&lt;/b&gt;. Es una &lt;b&gt;comida ligera&lt;/b&gt; compuesta  por &lt;b&gt;café con leche&lt;/b&gt; o &lt;b&gt;chocolate&lt;/b&gt; a la taza con una variedad de dulces como  &lt;b&gt;galletas&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;tortitas&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;bollos&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;cruasanes&lt;/b&gt;, acompañados de &lt;b&gt;mermelada&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;mantequilla&lt;/b&gt;.  A menudo también se sirve &lt;b&gt;zumo de frutas&lt;/b&gt;. También puede incluir &lt;b&gt;embutido&lt;/b&gt;, como  el &lt;b&gt;jamón&lt;/b&gt; o el &lt;b&gt;salami&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;yogur&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;cereales&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;aceite de oliva&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Continental  breakfast is a meal based on Mediterranean traditions. It is a light meal which  consists of coffee and milk or hot chocolate with a variety of sweet cakes such  as waffles, pancakes, brioche and pastries such as croissants, with a sweet jam  and butter. It is often served with juice. The continental breakfast may also  include sliced cold meats, such as salami or ham, yogurt, cereal and olive  oil.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1JGacjpBbtE/TZIWYSx5E8I/AAAAAAAADqc/3xouRAhFxXA/s400/1-full_english_breakfast.jpg" alt="Full English breakfast" title="Full English breakfast" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589554694133978050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;El &lt;b&gt;desayuno  inglés completo&lt;/b&gt;, por su parte, se compone de &lt;b&gt;huevos&lt;/b&gt; (fritos o revueltos), &lt;b&gt;salchichas&lt;/b&gt;,  &lt;b&gt;beicon&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;judías&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;tomate frito&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;setas&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;pan frito &lt;/b&gt;o &lt;b&gt;tostadas&lt;/b&gt;, con &lt;b&gt;té&lt;/b&gt; o &lt;b&gt;café&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Si se siente  &lt;b&gt;especialmente hambriento&lt;/b&gt; puede añadir &lt;b&gt;patatas&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;carne picada frita&lt;/b&gt; con &lt;b&gt;patata&lt;/b&gt; y  &lt;b&gt;col&lt;/b&gt; o  &lt;b&gt;croquetas&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;patata&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;cebolla&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A  full English breakfast consists of egg (fried or scrambled), sausage, bacon,  baked beans, fried tomato, mushrooms and fried bread or toast, along with a cup of tea.&lt;br /&gt;Chips,  bubble and squeak or hash browns can be added if you're feeling particularly  ravenous. )&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;¿Entonces, &lt;b&gt;en qué  consiste un desayuno saludable&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(So,  what is a healthy breakfast?)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img  style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left;  cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rFeApJEq0vQ/TZIWYhP8e-I/AAAAAAAADqk/F5JbOafOvEY/s400/1desayunosaludable.jpg" alt="healthy breakfast" title="Healthy breakfast" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589554698018126818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;Debe ser un  &lt;b&gt;conjunto equilibrado&lt;/b&gt; de &lt;b&gt;carbohidratos&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;proteínas&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;grasas&lt;/b&gt;. La &lt;b&gt;fibra&lt;/b&gt; también es  muy importante:&lt;br /&gt;—las &lt;b&gt;proteínas&lt;/b&gt;  y la &lt;b&gt;grasa&lt;/b&gt; pueden ser &lt;b&gt;carne&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;huevos&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;leche&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;queso&lt;/b&gt; o alimentos de soja.&lt;br /&gt;—la &lt;b&gt;fibra&lt;/b&gt;  y los &lt;b&gt;carbohidratos&lt;/b&gt; se encuentra en los  &lt;b&gt;cereales&lt;/b&gt; integrales, los &lt;b&gt;granos&lt;/b&gt; y en las &lt;b&gt;frutas&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(A  healthy breakfast should be a balance of carbohydrates, protein and fats. Fiber  is also very important. The protein and fat can come from meat, eggs, milk,  cheese or soy products. Fiber and carbohydrates can be found in whole grain  cereals, grains and in fruits.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Evita&lt;/b&gt; las  &lt;b&gt;galletas&lt;/b&gt;, las &lt;b&gt;tortitas&lt;/b&gt; o las &lt;b&gt;pastas&lt;/b&gt;, al menos &lt;b&gt;a diario&lt;/b&gt;, así como los cereales  con alto contenido en azúcar y el &lt;b&gt;pan blanco&lt;/b&gt;. Este tipo de alimentos se  digieren rápidamente y te dejan hambriento y cansado en apenas unas horas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Biscuits,  pancakes or pastries should be avoided, at least on a daily basis, along with  sugary cereals and white breads. Those sorts of foods are digested quickly and  will leave you hungry and tired in a just a couple of hours.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt; Así que ya sabes, a &lt;b&gt;disfrutar&lt;/b&gt; de un &lt;b&gt;buen desayuno&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(So, enjoy a hearty breakfast!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;amp;captions=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feat=flashalbum&amp;amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;amp;feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fbontips%2Falbumid%2F5589234540664934465%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="267" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7190939279874140916-8333428575363331158?l=bontips.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/feeds/8333428575363331158/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7190939279874140916&amp;postID=8333428575363331158' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8333428575363331158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7190939279874140916/posts/default/8333428575363331158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bontips.blogspot.com/2011/03/desayuno.html' title='Desayuno'/><author><name>Bon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16036449386303333145</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9Owd3U97W7g/SVtxlwSltxI/AAAAAAAAACc/CxOW1lmossM/S220/bthappy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-08HUmYnBOZw/TZIWYIs3XfI/AAAAAAAADqM/I58V2yBJx9I/s72-c/1Breakfastbanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190939279874140916.post-7227827813867687268</id><published>2011-03-25T00:46:00.017+01:00</published><updated>
