Swine influenza virus

Swine influenza virus (referred to as SIV) refers to influenza cases that are caused by Orthomyxoviruses that are endemic to pig populations. SIV strains isolated to date have been classified either as Influenzavirus C or one of the various subtypes of the genus Influenzavirus.

Signs and symptoms.

The CDC have stated that the symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of other strains of human flu, including fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A few patients have reported that they also suffered from diarrhea and vomiting.

Calling the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the United States a "public health emergency of international concern," the World Health Organization asked countries around the world Saturday to step up their reporting and surveillance of influenza.
The move signals that the WHO fears the outbreak could spread to other countries and is calling for a co-ordinated international response to contain it.
CBC News has learned that students in Nova Scotia are among the first suspected Canadian cases of the virus. Nose and throat swabs collected from them have been sent to the national laboratory in Winnipeg for testing.

The Magic of Potter

The british writer Joanne Kathleen Rowling has become famous by her series of novels dedicated to Harry Potter's adventures. Which one has ternud into one of the major literary phenomena of the history.

J. K. Rowling was born in England in 1965. From a young age, she knew she wanted to be a writer. When she was 6, she wrote her first story - about a rabbit that gets sick.

She worked as a secretary. But she didn't give up her dream. Them in 1990, on a train trip to Londom, she got the idea for the boy wizard.

She kept working on the story while she was teaching English in Portugal, where she merried, had her first child, and divorced a year later.

The writer Joanne completed her first book in 1995 "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" It was published in 1997 and became an unexpected bestseller.

Now she is internationally famous and earns around $40 million a year.

A MOVIE REVIEW

I saw the movie "Forest Gump" I liked that movie. It's a Drama. The movie tells the history of a simple man a long his life. When he was a child had had problems wiht his legs. Forest manages to be a star of the American Football and turns into a hero during the war of Vietnam. His persevarance , together wiht several stronkes of luck, will lead him to great fortune, thought the only thing that he wishes is to be in jenny's arms , his only one and real love.

It's a fantastic history. Really that I like to myself.

INVENTED HISTORY

Two policemen.

This history is brings over of two friendly policemen who always were fighting against the evil. They were looking for the criminals wing to take them jail. Both friends it liked to eat "pizza" they were very compatible. When they were opposite the criminals they were swooping down to death witout measuring the danger. These policemen were idols of the children admirable.

¿Qué es un Blog y para que nos sirve?
Un blog, o en español también una bitácora, es un sitio web periódicamente actualizado que recopila cronológicamente textos o artículos de uno o varios autores, apareciendo primero el más reciente, donde el autor conserva siempre la libertad de dejar publicado lo que crea pertinente. El término weblog proviene de las palabras web y log ('log' en inglés = diario).

Y esto para nosotros como profesores de idiomas es de gran importancia, ya que podemos comunicarnos con nuestros estudiantes por este medio, se pueden compartir experiencias de prácticas profesionales e incluso donde pude buscar solución a un tema al exponerlo en la web.

MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY

I think is the absolute best time of the year. Christmas!Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love the lights, the music, the friendship and the food (especially the food!). I would like to share with you a few of my favorites things (as the song goes) about my favorite holiday. Always I remember this nice date.