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Work

 

The past:

1)      I have worked in my holidays for two to four weeks a couple of times. The purpose of this was to earn some extra money because I am still a student. When my grandparents were my age they already had a job because they had to earn their livings. My grandmother on my father’s side already had two children so she stayed at home with them and my grandfather went to work. They also just had survived a World War so they needed to work in order to earn some money with which they could by some food, clothes and so on.

2)      I’m not sure whether this really answers the question but I think, fifty years ago, people still remembered the war and the years that followed and they just wanted to earn enough money and social harmony. They were happy when they had a job and they would do the same work until they retired. Today this is different. People still want to earn as much money as possible but they want to have a job where they get satisfied. Moreover, you don’t work for one company anymore but if you don’t like your work anymore you just search for something new to do. Yet another thing is that you are required to do further training every now and then if you want to keep your job.

3)      Fifty years ago, people worked in about the same professions as today. The difference is that there were more craftsmen than today and people didn’t have so many possibilities to study.

4)      I think today there are fewer jobs in the primary sector than fifty years ago because many workers have been replaced by machines. Today most people work in any kind of offices.

 

Globalisation and the future:

5)      Globalisation has affected the world of work in many ways. Most Western European and American companies, for example, now produce their goods in Eastern Europe, Asian or African countries because this is much cheaper. Due to technology, I can send an e-mail around the world and the addressee can read it in the next moment. That has made everything faster and it requires more flexibility of anyone who is working.

6)      I think that the work of translators/interpreters will be even more influenced by technology than today. Translators, for example, might be replaced by translation machines which do the translator’s work and they only have to proofread the finished text.

 

Technology and the future:

7)      One of the things Andrew McAfee mentioned is that it always needed a translator or interpreter to translate something from one language to another one. Now there are automatic translation services which are for free and can even be used on a Smartphone. These programmes are not perfect yet but in a couple of years they will and then people might think twice whether to pay someone to translate their texts or to just use one of these programmes.

He also says that when it comes to digital technology, we are standing at the beginning of a very big revolution and nobody can say what is yet to come. Considering this, I think that technology will affect both our work and our private lives in many different ways. I also think that translators and interpreters will not be able to work without any kind of devices that may help them to do their work better. In fact, this is already the case but as Mr. McAfee said, we don’t know what the future holds for us.

 

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Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:10:00 -0800 Give multiculturalism in Europe another chance! http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/give-multiculturalism-in-europe-another-chanc http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/give-multiculturalism-in-europe-another-chanc

http://www.google.at/imgres?q=multiculturalism&um=1&hl=de&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&biw=1146&bih=556&tbm=isch&tbnid=2S2YuluKNfQu6M:&imgrefurl=http://www.biculturalmom.com/2011/03/06/multiculturalism-its-for-everyone/&docid=Q8cZ4v-_d7rTIM&imgurl=http://www.biculturalmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/multiculturalism-freedom-equality.jpg&w=314&h=320&ei=vAGYULyrLMjXsgb5qIGwBQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=433&sig=117936740281131270292&page=1&tbnh=131&tbnw=115&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:71&tx=91&ty=61

“Multiculturalism” is one of our favourite words these days, does it work as a concept, though? Angela Merkel does not think so. I don't share her opinion because it is a concept that has to be lived by the people, so there is still hope. In fact, migrants who manage to integrate into a foreign society seem to be invisible. In my kickboxing-club, for example, there are many Austrians with some migration background but we usually don't notice that. Moreover, people who come for economic reasons intend to stay and therefore learn our languages and try to get into contact with our cultures. The reason for this is that if you want a job, you need to know important things about the nation's culture. Most people, though, do not come here voluntarily, they often don't have another choice and don't care where they might end up as long as they find some peace. They need to familiarise with our culture before they can integrate. So, multiculturalism always requires two participants: the one who arrives and the one who was there before. Only when they interact can people overcome cultural differences.

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Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:06:00 -0700 "Red State. Blue State. Me State. You State." - my personal reaction http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/red-state-blue-state-me-state-you-state-my-pe http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/red-state-blue-state-me-state-you-state-my-pe

It is fairly obvious that these two videos are biased. One is saying people in Blue States are evil and a threat to America, while the other says exactly the opposite. Their message is the same: We are the good and you should think as your parents do and don't be friends with the others.

So is that really everything the videos wants to tell us? No, after taking a closer look, it becomes clear that they are quite sarcastic and the extreme positions they take have a purpose. It made me think whether it's right to reduce people to a few simple statements in terms of politics. This is actually what the parties do in order to keep their voters. They just divide the whole country into blue and red and make people choose between either one of these two colours. However, there has to be another choice. Life consists of more than just red and blue, there are so many other colours. We just need to open our eyes, start thinking critically and make up our own opinion. It may be a mixture of red and blue or it may be a completely different colour but it would be what we believe and not what others want us to think.

In my opinion this is what the video really wants to tell us: People may think or believe whatever they want but at the end of the day we are all just human beings and should be more open-minded. Maybe we should just give it a try as the two children in the videos do and don't care too much about the other's political convictions. Eventually, it will make it easier to leave our fears behind and live together without suspecting anyone else of being a traitor.

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Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:59:00 -0700 Believe in yourself http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/believe-in-yourself-94176 http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/believe-in-yourself-94176

" Believe in yourself, be strong, never give up no matter what the circumstances are. You are a champion and will overcome the dreaded obstacles. Champions take failure as a learning opportunity, so take in all you can, and run with it. Be your best and don't ever give up." - Brad Gerrard

 

Searching for an inspiring quote about learning, I stumbled over this one. Well, it's not exactly about learning only but can also be applied to anything else in life.

I like this quote because it says “believe in yourself … no matter what the circumstances are”. Life can’t be easy all the time, especially when you have to study but actually want to do something else. ;) This “believe in yourself…” actually tells us that we must not need to forget to focus.

However, what I found more inspiring was line: “You are a champion and will overcome the dreaded obstacles.” These are encouraging words when you have lost your motivation somewhere along the way again. I believe that every obstacle is just another test that we have to pass.

And of course our failures and mistakes are an opportunity to learn from them. Everybody makes mistakes so there’s no need to give up when you don’t overcome an obstacle at the first try. :)

 

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Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:34:00 -0700 Common mistakes – Innovations page 74/4 http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/common-mistakes-innovations-page-744 http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/common-mistakes-innovations-page-744

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Hey guys, I have been studying for PC1 today and when I worked on the common mistakes, I thought, why not posting this and learn together?

So here are the sentences and my suggestions for correct sentences as well as explanations taken from our Innovations book:

 

  •  The dentist said I'll probably have to take a tooth out.

I would say: The dentist said I would probably have to take out a tooth. → In reporting speech, the modal verb “will” becomes “would” when the verb in the reporting clause (The dentist said …) is a past tense word.

  • I wish I wouldn't be so fat!

I wish I wasn't so fat! → When we talk about things we feel bad or disappointed about now (in the present), we use “wish + past simple verb. (see G12)

  • It would cause a riot if they would do that here.

It would cause a riot if they did that here. → We use second conditionals to talk about ways in which we imagine the present or future could be different. The result part of the sentence can use “would” to talk about things we imagine as likely results, “might” and “could” to talk about possible results “could” to talk about results that someone was able to do and “wouldn't” to talk about things we imagine as very unlikely results. (see G13)

  • He's quite shifty. He's never giving a straight answer.

He's quite shifty. He would never give a straight answer. → We use “wouldn't” to talk about the repeated refusal of people or things to do what we want them to do. (see G3)

  • His car mustn't have been that expensive, because he doesn't exactly earn a fortune, does he?

His car can't have been that expensive, because he doesn't exactly earn a fortune, does he? → We often speculate/guess about things based on the evidence available to us. When we say “must” we are talking about things we're 95% sure are true, “can't” to talk about things we're 95% sure aren't true and “might” to talk about things we think are possibly true.

To make a guess in the present, we use must/can't/might + the base form of the verb or be + -ing.

To make a guess in the past, we use must/can't/might + have + past participle or been+-ing. (see G10)

  • I was disappointed bitterly with the result.

I was bitterly disappointed with the result. → When we add an adverb before an adjective to modify its meaning, we have to remember that these adverb + adjective constructions are collocations which are quite fixed. “Bitterly disappointed” is one of them. (see G8)

 

Feel free to add better solutions and/or explanations. :)

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Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:23:00 -0800 What makes an English breakfast http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/what-makes-an-english-breakfast http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/what-makes-an-english-breakfast

The English are famous for their breakfast but what is so special about it? First of all, a breakfast usually consists of fruit juice, tea, cereals and toast (normally with marmalade). Additionally, it includes several fried foods like bacon and eggs. Variations of the full breakfast include the full English breakfast, the full Scottish breakfast , the full Welsh breakfast , the full Irish breakfast and the Ulster fry.

 

Common foods and dishes

The full breakfast is often served with brown sauce or ketchup only the ingredients can vary according to region and taste.

Here are some examples of what can be part of a full breakfast:

  • fried or grilled bacon
  • baked beans
  • fried bread, soda bread
  • black pudding, white pudding
  • chips
  • eggs (either fried, poached, scrambled or in a basket)
  • French toast
  • kidneys
  • fried mushrooms
  • oatcakes
  • pancakes (in the northern USA, Ireland and Canada)
  • sausages, sliced sausages
  • tomatoes
  • potato bread, potato waffles, potato cakes
  • etc.

 

Regional variants

Index
Full English breakfast

The ingredients of a full English breakfast include bacon, poached or fried eggs, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, fried bread or toast with butter and sausages as well as baked beans and hash browns. It is served with a mug of tea. In some regions black pudding and mashed potatoes also belong to the breakfast. Fried or grilled oatcakes can replace fried bread in the North Midlands

They also call it a “fry-up” because nearly everything is fried in this meal. If an English breakfast should contain all of the ingredients listed above it is referred to as a Full English or a Full Monty.

 

Full Irish breakfast

The most common ingredients of an Irish breakfast are bacon, rashers, sausages, fried eggs, black and white pudding, toast, fried tomatoes and Irish breakfast tea. Sometimes it also includes sautéed mushrooms as well as baked beans, liver and brown soda bread. Instead of brown soda bread they also serve fried potato bread or boxty.

 

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Ulster Fry

The Ulster Fry is similar to the Irish breakfast. It contains bacon, rashers, eggs, sausage, vegetable rolls, black and white pudding or lamb's kidney, fried tomatoes, the farl form of soda bread, boxty or potato bread, wheaten farl, mushrooms, pancakes or beans. It can be either fried or grilled and is usually served with strong tea.

 

Full Scottish breakfast

Scottish breakfast consists of eggs, bacon, link sausage, toast, baked beans and tea or coffee. What is special about this type of breakfast is the Scottish style black pudding, sliced sausage and tattie scones. In addition to this it contains fried or grilled tomato and/or mushrooms and sometimes haggis, white pudding, fruit pudding, oatcakes and porridge.

 

Full Welsh breakfast

The Welsh breakfast includes (in addition to the ingredients already listed above) cockles and laverbread, a seaweed purée which is mixed with oatmeal, formed into patties and fried in bacon fat.

 

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Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:27:00 -0800 Sunday Bloody Sunday http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/sunday-bloody-sunday http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/sunday-bloody-sunday

 

 

On 30 January 1972, 26 unarmed civil-rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland.

 

40 years later, the conflict is still there and people don't know if there can really be peace one day.

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Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:19:00 -0800 Gift from Ireland :) http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/gift-from-ireland http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/gift-from-ireland

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I was just googling and found that picture of the former Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen giving a present to US-president Barack Obama. Obama apparently does not know what to do with it.

 

Here is another one:

Obama-congratulates-cameron

 

And a last one:

Giraffe-panhandling

 

If you want to see some more of these funny pictures, here is the link:

http://www.superpoop.com/archives/2010/Apr/

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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:47:00 -0800 Raw Video: Obama Sings Al Green http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/raw-video-obama-sings-al-green http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/raw-video-obama-sings-al-green

During a speech at a fundraising event in New York Thursday night, President Barack Obama sang while thanking Al Green, who performed earlier at the same event. (Jan. 20)

 

I just stumbled over this video and I think it's funny. Especially if you imagine the Austrian President, Prime Minister or another of our politicians singing during a speech... ;) That would be just too funny (;

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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:04:00 -0800 What I'm going to do over the break for my English http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/what-im-going-to-do-over-the-break-for-my-eng http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/what-im-going-to-do-over-the-break-for-my-eng

Learning

The last progress check this semester is over, the semester break is not far and I'm already looking forward to it. However, I know it's not going to be a holiday because I will have to work and to study. So what am I going to do for my English? I'm going to revise the vocabulary that I've learned this semester because I'm quite sure that I need to look at it one more time. But I'm also going to have one more look at the culture topics because in the last few weeks I've forgotten some things about the Irish culture (and I think that's a pity). In addition to that I'm going to read one or two English books, that depends on how much time I have ;) and I will watch some movies. I think that is the best I can do in order not to forget what I have learned over the last couple of months.

 

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Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:04:00 -0800 What to do with problems? http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/what-to-do-with-problems http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/what-to-do-with-problems

"Expect problems and eat them for breakfast. "
(Alfred A. Montapert)

Problems

We all have our problems and often we do not know what to do in order to find a solution. Of course you cannot take this quote literally because we can't “eat” our problems. I think it says that we should try to look at our problems instead of running away from it even if it is not very pleasant because then it is easier to solve them and at the end of the day we can say: “At least I've tried to do something about it.” and we will be more satisfied. Even if it doesn't work out.

As always this is just my point of view. If you have any other suggestions, please let me know :)

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Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:39:00 -0800 Michele Bachmann quits the presidential campaign http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/michele-bachmann-quits-the-presidential-campa http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/michele-bachmann-quits-the-presidential-campa

Republicanpartylogo

Michele Bachmann has ended her presidential campaign after the Iowa primary elections. She got no more than 5% of the votes. This is why she decided “to stand aside.”

Now there are six Republicans left to challenge Barack Obama for the White House this November. The favourite to win the primary election in South Carolina is the former Massachusetts Senator Mitt Romney who won in Iowa by eight votes over Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.

Mitt Romney is spending a huge amount of money on TV ads in New Hampshire and South Carolina as well as in Florida which is the key swing state.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16418975

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Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:13:00 -0800 15 year old teenager climbed the "Seven summits" http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/15-year-old-teenager-climbed-the-seven-summit http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/15-year-old-teenager-climbed-the-seven-summit

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The Seven summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. Jordan Romero, who is now 15, began with his quest six years ago. By climbing the summit of Vinson Massif in Antarctica he completed the seven summits on Saturday. At the age of 13 he already climbed Mt Everest.

 

Jordan beat the record held by George Atkinson, a British climber who was 16 years old when he completed the seven highest mountains of the continents in May.

 

I don't know what you guys think about it, but this boy definitely has my respect although you need to be a little bit crazy to climb such high mountains at his age. But aren't we all a little bit crazy?

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Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:45:00 -0800 Christmas gifts http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/christmas-gifts http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/christmas-gifts

Christmas_quote

“Christmas gift suggestions: to your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.”

(Oren Arnold)

 

This is just a thought about Christmas and I think we should consider it every day. Merry Christmas :)

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Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:46:00 -0800 Crashed Santa plans among odd requests to councils http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/crashed-santa-plans-among-odd-requests-to-cou http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/crashed-santa-plans-among-odd-requests-to-cou

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Every year, people send hundreds of thousands of bizarre “Freedom of Information Requests” to City Councils in England and Wales. This year, almost 200,000 requests were made.

Some asked how they would help Santa and his reindeer if they crashed or what percentage of Hampshire County Council's drawing pins were actually stuck in pin boards. Others asked about their County's readiness for a zombie attack or how much money they had paid to exorcists.

The Freedom of Information Act gives the public the right to access information by public authorities. Some of those requests waste authorities' time.


Here are five odd requests that were made this year:

  • What preparations has the council made for an emergency landing of Santa's sleigh this Christmas? Who would be responsible for rescuing Santa? Who would be responsible for rounding up the reindeer, and who would have to tidy the crash site? (Cheltenham Borough Council)
  • How does the council plan to help the brave soldiers of our infantry if and when Napoleon and his marauding hordes invade the district? (West Devon District Council)
  • What plans are in place to deal with an alien invasion? (Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service)
  • How many drawing pins are in the building and what percentage are currently stuck in a pin board? (Hampshire County Council)
  • How many holes in privacy walls between toilet cubicles have been found in public lavatories and council buildings? (Cornwall Council)

(from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16302375)

I would really like to know what you think about this because in my opinion these requests are more than just strange or unnecessary ;)

 

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Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:36:00 -0800 New EU-wide treaty without the agreement of David Cameron http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/new-eu-wide-treaty-without-the-agreement-of-d http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/new-eu-wide-treaty-without-the-agreement-of-d

Gtbritainred

 

At a EU-summit the prime ministers of the 27 states of the European Union decided whether or not to change the Lisbon Treaty concerning automatic sanctions for those states who have a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, a requirement to submit their national budgets to the European Commission and a commitment to “balanced budgets” for eurozone-countries.

David Cameron was the only one who did not agree with these changes ignoring warnings that the UK probably will be isolated in future. He insists on having done “the right thing” for his country and added: "We were offered a treaty that didn't have proper safeguards for Britain and I decided it was not right to sign that treaty."

 

On the one hand, I can understand that Mr Cameron wants to have some safeguards for his own country. Who does not want them?? However, on the other hand, I think as a member of the European Union the UK could do a little bit more for the community which includes not always trying to get as much advantages as possible for signing a treaty.

What's your opinion on this topic?

 

 

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Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:01:00 -0800 The Iron Lady http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/the-iron-lady http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/the-iron-lady

In this movie, Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The biography showing her struggling with dementia is told in flashbacks and deals with her rise and fall from power.

 

 

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Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:52:00 -0800 Ancient Ireland - First draft http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/ancient-ireland-first-draft http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/ancient-ireland-first-draft

I am posting this here because I hope that you'll give me feedback. Please tell me whether you find it logic or not and tell me also if you would change something. (:

 

 

Ancient Ireland

 

 

  • 8000 B.C. → The Middle Stone Age (Hunters and gatherers only)

  • 4000 B.C. → The New Stone Age (First farmers)

  • 2000 B.C. → The Bronze Age (First metal users)

  • 500 B.C. → The Iron Age (The Celts)

 

 

The Middle Stone Age

People first arrived in Ireland about 8000 B.C., during the Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age. They had not yet learned to make and use metals, so their weapons and tools were made from stone. Mesolithic people were hunters and gatherers.

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The New Stone Age

The first farmers arrived in Ireland about 4000 B.C. They were called the Neolithic or New Stone Age people. They sometimes settled on upland areas with light soils because these places were less forested and easier to till.

Neolithic people were more advanced than Mesolithic people:

  • They hunted with polished (smoothed) axes, which were of better quality than earlier axes. But they did not use any metal yet.

  • They built large megalithic (“great stone”) tombs.

  • They made pottery and used it for cooking, storing food and in burial ceremonies.

  • They grew wheat and barley and kept cattle, sheep and pigs.

  • They lived in permanent settlements and so they built stronger houses than people before them.

New_stone_age

Neolithic tombs

Neolithic people believed in live after death, so they built megalithic tombs for important people who died. There are three different types of Neolithic tombs: court cairns, portal dolmens and passage graves.

Court cairns

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They had an open area (“court”) at the entrance of the burial chamber, bodies were cremated there. The remains were then placed in a chamber which was built of standing stones and covered with a cairn.

Portal dolmens

Portal_dolmen
These tombs had two or three upright stones (“portals”) and on top there was a large capstone. The cremated remains of a body were placed under the capstone and covered with a pile of smaller stones.

 

Passage graves

These graves (which were found for example at Newgrange [picture], Dowth and Knowth) are covered by a huge circular mound. Through the mound runs a passage which leads to a chamber. Each year, on Midwinter Day (21 December), the rising sun shines through the dark passage and briefly lights up the chamber. (More information below.)

Newgrange

Newgrange

Newgrange is a prehistoric passage grave on the eastern side of Ireland. It was built about 3200 B.C. That makes it older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Giza. It is one monument within the “Brú na Bóinne” complex of passage graves and as such is a part of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site.

There is no certainty about what it was used for but it has been speculated that it had some religious significance because on the winter solstice, the light of the rising sun floods the stone room with light. They began studying it as a prehistoric monument in the seventeenth century AD and in the 1970s, Newgrange was restored. Nowadays, it is a very popular tourist site and widely recognised as one of the most important megalithic structures in Europe.

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The Bronze Age

About 2000 B.C. people came to Ireland who had discovered how to make sharp weapons and tools out of bronze (a mixture of copper and tin). They also made weapons out of gold but as gold was too soft to be used for weapons or tools, they made necklaces and bracelets (torcs → picture) of gold.

 

The Ogham [/ˈoʊ.əm/] Script

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The origin of the Ogham script remains a mystery until the present day. It is certain though that Ogham, similar to Runes, is a Celtic Tree Alphabet. This means that each letter is named after a different tree. The climax of its use was in the 5th and 6th century. About 400 years afterwards the Irish started using the Roman alphabet and the Ogham script lost its importance. Stones on with ogham inscriptions are called “Ogham stones” and are at least one foot high. Those stones were used to mark boundaries, territories and changes in ownership but experts claim that it was more common to write on pieces of wood and trees.

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Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:26:00 -0800 Hospital robots win health award http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/hospital-robots-win-health-award http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/hospital-robots-win-health-award

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In central Scotland there is a hospital that has robots which do the laundry and cleaning. It is the first hospital in the UK that uses robots. Thanks to these robots the staff has less work to do. The robots use a network of corridors which is separate from those used by staff, patients and visitors. Now this hospital has won “estate management category in the Building Better Healthcare awards”.

 

I think it is good if we use modern technologies, especially if they do the cleaning. ;)

However, I also think that we need to consider if it really makes sense when we let robots clean buildings like hospitals because it will cost cleaning staff their jobs.

I'd really like to know what you think about this. :)

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Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:57:00 -0800 Thanksgiving http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/thanksgiving http://angelikaschmidt.posterous.com/thanksgiving

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At Thanksgiving Day people mainly in the US and Canada are giving thanks to God for blessings received during the year and there are many parades. In the United States Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November whereas in Canada they celebrate it on the second Monday of October. Thanksgiving in North America is a mixture of European harvest festivals and the harvest festival of Native Americans. Thanksgiving has its origins in a celebration in Plymouth which was held in 1621 although there is also evidence for an earlier celebration by Spanish explorers in 1598. However the practice of an annual harvest festival was not regular until the late 1660ies.

 

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