4. Artist Bio(:

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born in Barranquila, Columbia.  She is Columbian and produces hispanic and american music, gives everybody kind of the best of both worlds.  Shakira has been around since 2003 but I haven't heard of her until 2006 when she came out with "Hips Don't Lie."  He music is fun to listen to when you're looking for a little pop with a twist to it, she has really good music (:

3. West Side Story-- Remake!

I believe that other races have to try harder to fit in.  But you just have to find the people that will except change and new people, there are just some people who will never accept anything new unless it benefits them, truth be told they will probably go no where in life.  This shows what other races have to think about when the thought of  moving to America is raised.  I'm embarrassed that human beings, just like whites, have to be thought of so differently when the only difference is the color of their skin.  People need to grow up and realize we arn't set back in the 60's anymore, diversity is the new thing and we just need to acccept it and move on with our life.

2. Current Events

Stirring Up A Bloom Off Patagonia

They say art comes from people and animals, but that is not always the case.  Two different ocean currents stirred up a different nutrients and microscopic plants just in time for the summer solstice.  The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured the picture when the massive phytoplankton bloom exploded off the Atlantic coast of Patagonia on December 21, 2010.  Using seven different colors of spectral bands, scientists were able to highlight the differences in the plankton communities across the ocean.

Out of the mix of warmer, saltier coastal waters from the suntropics and the colder, fresher waters from the south, explodes this creamy, milky green-blue mixture.  When the currents collide they pull up nutrients from the deep ocean bottom.  Mix in some sun and there is a vast amounts of phytoplankton (food) for everything, from fish to whales.

1. Expectations

For Spanish II I would like to learn how to write and soeak more fluently, really to just make it easier to learn.  It seems like Spanish is one of those languages in which you either know it or you don't.  I would really like to learn how to conversate and write more in depth things.  In Spanish I we played alot of games and talked about it alot, I enjoyed playing with the white out boards because that made me think and actually learn the words.  I am a more of a hands-on learner, so anything to do besides picking up a book and reading I can really benefit from.