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MUSIC
SPORTS
GADGETS
NIGHTLIFE
BOOKS
ETC
Welcome to the very first
edition of:
As any academia project which is devoted to
promoting and fostering events in the teaching,
learning, use and exchanging of the language,
campus Tlalpan presents its community with a
new publication entirely planned and designed for
everyone who is interested in keeping their language
alive, in this case the English language.
“B yourself” is the name our magazine uses in
order to make headway in this important area of
communicating what both teachers and students
are doing within the academic frame, but more
interestingly beyond the limit that the classroom
supposes.
“B yourself” has different kinds of sections where we
all can contribute to with the writing of articles, essays,
reviews, reflective considerations, games, analysis,
pieces of news, poetry, narration, recipies and much
more. The idea is to have fun and learn while sharing
our own conception of life, movies, plays, books,
virtual reality, communications, teaching and learning
approaches, etc. With this openness of editorial
responsibility what are you waiting to interact with
a vast range of thinking that characterizes Tlalpan
campus contemporary reality?
We are looking forward to reading to your ideas.
The Editors
contents
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A selection of jokes
and comics
listen
Gwen Stefani’s new album:
The Sweet Escape
team
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read now
Marvel Comics’ CIVIL WAR.
You can’t miss this event!
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More on the Iraq war
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meet
yourselves
7
Sandra Bour Czaplewski
and Ricardo Meraz Thomas
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the english
tongue
All about English
14
sports
An in-depth history of the
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Dallas Cowboys
16
leisure
Going out? Let us
recommend....
17
gadgets
HD-DVD Laptops we love
18 etc... 16
César Morales Hernández
UVM President
Guadalupe Zúñiga Vázquez
Mexico City Region Rector
Miguel ángel Hernández Segoviano
Tlalpan Campus Director
Sheila Moreno Rojas
English Coordinator
Juan Manuel Pérez Vargas
Editor in Chief
Jordi Castells
Designer in Chief
Javier Murillo González
Adjoint editor
Lourdes Amescua &
Marcela Ezquenazi
English Academy Presidents
Pilar Borja
Marianela Mijangos
Rocío López Cureses
Ana Laura Jiménez
Mireya Hernández
Content edition team
on the cover
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Sandra Bour Czaplewski
Photo : Juan Manuel Pérez Vargas

laughs!
A frog calls a psychic
Recently, the Psychic Hotline and Psychic Friends
Network have launched hotlines for frogs. Here is the
story of one frog and his discussing with his psychic.
A frog telephones the Psychic Hotline and is told, “You
are going to meet a beautiful young girl who will want
to know everything about you.”
The frog says, “This is great! Will I meet her at a party,
a night club, or what?”
“No,” says the psychic. “You will meet her next semester
in her biology class.”
why we love children
A little girl goes to the barber shop with her father. She
stands next to the barber chair, while her dad gets his
hair cut, eating a snack cake. The barber says to her,
“Sweetheart, you’re gonna get hair on your Twinkie.”
She says, “Yes, I know, and I’m gonna get boobs too.”
A kindergarten pupil told
his teacher he’d found a
cat, but it was dead.
“How do you know that
the cat was dead?” she
asked her pupil.
“Because I pissed in its
ear and it didn’t move,”
answered the child innocently.
You did WHAT ? ! ?” the
teacher exclaimed in
surprise. “You know,” explained
the boy, “I leaned
over and went ‘Pssst!’ and
it didn’t move.”
joke of the month!
A
Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to
thaw out during a particularly icy winter...
They planned to stay at the same hotel where
they spent their honeymoon 20 years before. Because
of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate
their travel schedules. So, the husband
left Minneapolis and flew to Florida on Thursday,
with his wife flying down the following day.
The husband checked into the hotel, and unlike
years ago, there was a computer in his room, so he
decided to send an email to his wife. However, he
accidentally left out one letter in her e-mail address,
and without noticing his error, sent the email.
Meanwhile...somewhere in Houston, a widow had just
returned home from her husband’s funeral. He was a
minister who died from a heart attack. The widow decided
to check her email, expecting messages from
relatives and friends. After reading the first message,
wrong email adress
You Know You Are Living In 2007 When...
1. You accidentally enter your password on the
microwave.
2. You forgot how to play solitaire with real cards.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your
family of three.
4. You e-mail the person sitting at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends
and family is that they don’t have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell
phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in
the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at
the bottom of the screen.
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which
you didn’t have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your
life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to
go to get it.
10. You get up in the
morning and go online
before getting your
coffee.
11. You start tilting your
head sideways to smile. : )
12. You’re reading
this and nodding and
laughing.
14. You know perfectly
just who you’re going to
she screamed and fainted. The widow’s son rushed
into the room, found his mother on the floor, and
they glanced up and saw the computer screen which
read:
To:My Loving Wife
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2004
Subject: I have Arrived!
Dearest Love:
I know you are surprised to hear from
me. They have computers here now, and you are allowed
to send emails to your loved ones. I have just
arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything
has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow,
and look forward to seeing you then.
Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
P.S. Sure is freaking hot down here!!
...and now you
are laughing
at yourself!
CALVIN AND HOBBES
A very insulting parrot
This elderly lady, recently widowed, decides to see
if a pet will ease her loneliness and goes to the pet
store. She decides against puppies, kitties, etc., and is
about to leave the store when she hears a voice saying,
“My, do you look lovely this afternoon, madam.”
She turns around quickly to see who has spoken, but
there is no one. All she sees is a big green parrot, resting
on his perch in his cage.
“Did you say that?” she asks.
“Why, yes, I did!” he replies. “And may I add, that
dress is a very nice color for you.”
The lady suddenly realizes how nice it would be to
not only have a talking parrot, but one that paid such
nice compliments. So she pays for him and takes him
home.
On the way, she says, “You know, I am so proud of
you that I believe I’ll take you out for dinner! Would
you like that?”
The parrot says, “Why yes, that would be delightful.
I know a charming place on 7th Street.”
So they arrive home and the lady progresses upstairs
to her room to change for dinner, bringing the
parrot along, of course. When the woman enters the
building, the parrot begins complaining, swearing,
and even bit her once.
Well, the woman is flabbergasted! She grabs the
parrot by the throat, marches down the stairs into
the basement, and stuffs the parrot in the freezer.
She leaves him there in the freezer for five long minutes
before taking him back out. The parrot is very
cold.
She says, “Well? Have you learned your lesson? I
will not tolerate such language in my house!”
The parrot says, “Okay, okay, I promise it won’t happen
again. I am deeply sorry.”
Within five minutes, he is cursing again and bit
her once on the arm and once on the finger.
The lady is absolutely stunned. She rips the parrot
laughs!
BILL WATERSON
out of his cage, goes down the stairs, into the cellar,
and into the freezer. This time, she leaves him in
there for fifteen minutes.
When she finally takes him out, the parrot is one
step away from death. He is shivering and has light
frost on the beak. “I swear it will never ever happen
again! I will never insult you again! I promise!” As he
thaws, he looks up at the lady and says, “I do have
one question though. That turkey in there, what’d
he do, attack you?”
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MARVEL COMICS’
read now!
Gwen’s
By: John Robb
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www.playlouder.com
Gwen Sefani is a thoroughly modern
pop star, the splendid queen
of the kooky parading among the
dour teenage princesses lined up
on MTV’s never-ending conveyor
belt. For she does it with a twist
that puts the trouble into bubblegum
- most of her new album ‘The
Sweet Escape’ may be pop, but it’s
more experimental and original
than 10 Radiohead records.
This might partly be down to Stefani’s
own persona, as well as the
team of producers such as Akon,
Swizz Beatz and The Neptunes
who sat behind the desk during
the ‘The Sweet Escape’ sessions.
Since the beginning of her solo
adventure, Stefani has always swivelled
on her massive platforms to
take in hip hop pop, neo R&B and
big bright bubblegum pop. From
her delicious and feminine debut
‘Love Angel Music Baby’, via
second big hit ‘Rich Girl’, Stefani’s
swashbuckling 3D explosion of
pop has seen off many of her competitors,
who’ve scuttled away like
the hermit crabs they really are.
So what do you do next? Well,
more of the same. Her new single
‘Wind It Up’ dares to ride roughshod
over a sample from The Sound Of
Music and turns it into a grinning
slab of bubblegum that staggers
down the demented pop fun.
In fact, this album oozes wackiness.
It’s the quirky larger than
life pop that sets the tone for ‘The
Sweet Escape’, the catchy hooks of
‘Don’t Get It Twisted’ and ‘Now That
Photo by BLENDER Magazine
You Got It’ stomping past the banker
ballads, presumably included in
case we get bored of sci-fi Stefani.
Don’t worry, that will never
happen. !
“The Sweet Escape”
Gwen Stefani
Interscope Records, 2006
The comic book event of the decade?
If you’re a comic book fan then
you have probably already heard of
Marvel Comic’s latest big event: Civil
War. If you’re not, then you might be
thinking “why should I be reading
this now? Why should I even care?”
Well, the answer is pretty straightforward.
Comic books have been a
part of pop culture since the early
decades of the 20 th century, and
the most successful genre thus far
has been superhero comics. Two
companies, DC and Marvel, have
dominated said genre. DC is the
birthplace of two of the world’s
most recognizable icons Superman
and Batman. Marvel comics, by way
of genius and legend Stan Lee, has
given us Spiderman, The Fantastic
Four, Hulk and the X-Men. All of the
characters mentioned have as of
now been portrayed in big Hollywood
blockbusters, and are recognized
by both children and adults
all over the western world.
Nonetheless, the actual comics
upon which these movies are based
are still stigmatized as being only
for kids or geeks. The mainstream
has yet to accept comics as a mature
medium, a way of visual and
literary storytelling, which has been
around for centuries. Cable network
E! Entertainment Television ran a
segment on their news show about
the fact that Spiderman unmasked
in Issue 3 of Civil War. But believe
me, this is not the only reason you
should be interested in this miniseries.
The story relies heavily on actual
events and political climate in
the US, and delivers a striking social
commentary on the dangers of having
civil liberties monitored, be you
a super powered vigilante or not.
The story starts with a terrible
tragedy, as semi-novice heroes The
New Warriors prepare to take down
a cell of fugitive super villains living
undercover in a suburb of Stanford,
Massachusetts. The evil-doers
prove to be too mucho for the inexperienced
heroes to handle, and in
a shocking scene, the villainous Nitro
unleashes his explosive power
while fleeing from Nomorita near
an elementary school, killing everyone
in a two block radius.
By: Jordi Castells
This prompts superhero/billionaire
industrialist Tony Stark AKA
Iron Man to propose a Superhero
Registration Act. The main idea of
this proposal is that all super powered
people register to the US Government,
make their secret identities
known, and be monitored by
a governmental agency to prevent
tragedies like Stanford. The bill is
passed, but it drives a wedge between
the superhero community,
mainly because a group known as
The Secret Avengers, headed by
Captain America, refuse to register.
Other heroes, such as Spiderman
are torn between being considered
outlaws or putting their families
and friends in danger by unmasking.
Entire families, like the Fantastic
Four, are separated by the ethical
implications of the brewing war.
Benjamin Franklin once said “He
who sacrifices liberty for protection
deserves neither.” And in comparison,
The Superhero Registration
Act is only a pale reflection of The
Patriot Act in effect right now. The
series, superbly written by Mark Millar
and beautifully drawn by Steve
McNiven, will surely make you think
about the state of the world right
now, as well as take you on a rollercoaster
of action and emotion.
Civil War No. 7 (of 7) will be
released by Marvel Comics the
first wednesday of March, 2007
Captain America, Spiderman, Iron Man.
© Marvel Comics. Art by Steve
McNiven, from Civil War No. 2

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BLAIR REJECTS
“BETRAYAL” OF IRAQ
Photo from AP
By: Jo Wiltshire
MPs want to debate the role of
British troops in Iraq. Pulling out of
Iraq now would be a “betrayal” of
the sacrifices already made by UK
troops, Tony Blair has said.
He sidestepped growing calls
for a full Commons debate on Iraq,
saying he was happy to talk about
it “at any time”.
And he told MPs the strategy of
only withdrawing troops when the
Iraqis can “handle” security would
not change.
“To do anything else would be a
complete betrayal, not only of the
Iraqi people but of all the sacrifices
our armed forces have made,” he
said.
Speaking at prime minister’s
questions in the Commons, Mr
Blair said the Iraqi people had the
“chance of a proper functioning
democracy and we should stick by
them”.
Those who are part of the problem
must be part of the solution.
Defence Minister Adam Ingram
Senior MPs from all parties have
called for a full Commons debate
on Iraq in the wake of continuing
violence and comments by army
head General Sir Richard Dannatt.
Ex-Tory foreign secretary Sir
Malcolm Rifkind’s motion calling
for a debate has been backed by
SNP leader Alex Salmond, ex-Tory
ministers Ken Clarke and Douglas
Hogg, Lib Dems Michael Moore
and Nick Harvey and former Labour
minister - now independent-
Clare Short.
They are pushing for an all day
debate on Iraq - the first for two
years.
It follows similar calls from Lib
Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell
- who wants a vote on whether
troops should pull out - and
shadow foreign secretary William
Hague.
A separate motion from Conservative
MP, John Baron, says a
debate is vital following warnings
by Army chief General Sir Richard
Dannatt, that the presence of British
troops was exacerbating security
problems in Iraq.
His motion is signed by former
Labour ministers Frank Field and
Kate Hoey along with Conservative
and Lib Dem MPs.
With mounting pressure in the UK
and US for a reappraisal of tactics in
Iraq, Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price did
secure a debate on on the issue, but
that was in Westminster Hall, and not
the main Commons chamber.
BUSH TEAM DEFENDS
U.S. IRAQ PLANS
The US wants Iraqi security forces
to take charge of security duties.
Top members of the Bush administration
have been speaking out
to try to convince US public opinion
that success can be achieved
in Iraq.
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
was among several officials
defending the government’s Iraq
policy as adaptable, as US midterm
elections approach.
The US envoy to Iraq earlier said
Iraq could be stabilised, despite
setbacks.
A top Republican has meanwhile
joined Democrats in criticising
Mr Bush in a month when 90
US troops died in Iraq.
That is the highest toll since November
2004.
Three hundred Iraqi troops have
also died in October, and some estimates
say sectarian attacks now
claim an average of 40 Iraqi lives
every day.
According to the BBC’s Justin Webb
in Washington, the Bush administration
is trying its best to suggest it has
a plan to end the violence.
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www.brag.army.mil
Photo from AP
OLDER EGGS = FERTILITY RISK
By: Julie Wheldon
around!
www.countaway.harvard.edu
www.dailymail.co.uk
Eggs from older mothers may
lead to infertility in daughters, a
new study says.
Women who delay starting a
family may be putting their daughters
at risk of fertility problems, say
US researchers.
A study of women at a fertility
clinic found that those who failed
to become pregnant after treatment
had older mothers than
those who were successful.
The researchers from Atlanta,
warned that postponing childbirth
had considerable implications for
future generations.
The results were presented at the
American Society for Reproductive
Medicine meeting in New Orleans.
Researchers asked 74 women
under the age of 35 years who
were undergoing fertility treatment
what age their mothers were
when they gave birth to them
and when they went through the
menopause.
This seems to me that first piece
of evidence that there are subtle
things going on
Women who became pregnant
after IVF treatment had younger
mothers, whose average age was
25, compared with those for whom
IVF was not successful, whose
mothers were aged, on average,
28.
The researchers also found that
the average time span between
the age at which the mothers gave
birth to their daughters and the
menopause was almost 25 years
in those whose daughters had successful
fertility treatment.
But this fell to 20 years on average
in the mothers of women who
failed to conceive, meaning the
‘ovary age’ was five years older.
Fathers of the women who failed
to conceive were also older when
they were born at 32 years compared
with 28 years in those who
got pregnant.
Dr Peter Nagy, a fertility specialist,
told delegates at the conference
that the decline in quality of
a women’s eggs as she gets older
could be passed on into the reproductive
cells that eventually become
her daughters eggs.
He added that most of his parents
generation were young when
they had their children, as were the
mothers in the study.
But with women increasingly delaying
childbirth, fertility in future
generations could become even
more problematic.
Professor Bill Ledger, professor
of obstetrics and gynaecology at
the University of Sheffield said: “It
needs to be looked at in more detail
because more and more women
are putting off having children
until they’re older and we know
there are more risks to that such as
the chance of having a baby with
Down’s syndrome.
“If she gets pregnant at 35 or 40
the eggs have been sitting in the
ovaries for many years.”
But he added it was difficult to
pick out the causes of more subtle
effects of delaying motherhood.
“The problem is we have to separate
out the social trends - having
a mum who is 45, they’re likely to
be more wealthy, less engaged in
physical activity.
“This seems to me that first piece
of evidence that there are subtle
things going on.”
He advised that the peak age for
fertility for women was between
20 and 35 years.
“If possible when people are making
a life plan it should be part of the plan
to take time out to have children.”
Professor Bill Ledger, Stock
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meet yourselves meet yourselves!
“...no one can
tell you that
you can’t
do it!”
Sandra
BOUR CZAPLEWSKI
Nationality: Mexican
Studies: Communication Sciences 6 th semester
Height: 1.68cm
Eyes: Green
Age: 22 years old
Birthday: December 10. Sagittarius
Favorite food: Loves sea food, Italian food.
Favorite movies: Crash, Meet Joe Black
Favorite drink: Malibu
Favorite music: Luis Miguel, The
Cranberries, The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hobbies: Singing, dancing.
She is single and defines herself as a
very friendly person.
“I am an honest person, I am loyal, responsible
and I like to go out a lot with
my friends to restaurants, bars, concerts,
wherever I can have fun. Also,
when possible, I love to go to the
beach.”
“The most important thing
is peace, I don’t like wars, I
hope they all end. People
should have more values
in order to stop corruption,
crime, and all those
problems affecting us.”
“I worry about the future,
unemployment, the people
I love. I really like what
I am studying. I would like
to work on television producing
or directing”.
Sandy’s message:
You have to make your
biggest effort to accomplish
your goals and no
one can tell you that you
can’t do it !
Ricardo Arturo
MERAZ THOMAS
Nationality: Mexican
Studies: International Commerce
7 th semester
Height 1.78cm
Eyes: Brown
Age: 21 years old
Birthday: December 11. Sagittarius
Favorite food: Seafood
Fav orite drink: Whisky
Favorite music: Chillout, ambient, house, deep
house, electronic.
Hobbies: Basically reading and I like to
run, to go to art expositions, going to car races,
to the stadium.
He is single.
“I am studying International Commerce because
I think it’s an important base for our country’s
economy and an important aspect in this
globalized world. Additionally, I like the
diversity of this major.”
“I think there are friends for every situation
and I have very good friends.I like to
practice extreme sports like
bungee jumping and kayak.
I like to go to Habitat a
lounge bar, or Velvet.”
“I believe that if people
receive a decent education
and work well
on their consciousness
as well as on good
principles and values,
extreme poverty and
other problems affecting
us could decrease.”
Arturo’s message:
To walk a 1000 kilometer
trip you have
to start with the
first step. You
should set your
goals and try hard
to reach them !
“...try
hard to
reach
them!”

the english tongue!
On The English Language
We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
But the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t the plural of both be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim. !
Some reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English:
•The bandage was wound around the wound.
•The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
•We must polish the Polish furniture.
•He could lead if he would get the
lead out.
•The soldier decided to desert his
dessert in the desert.
•At the army base, a bass was painted
on the head of a bass drum.
•When shot at, the dove dove into
the bushes.
•I did not object to the object.
•There was a row among the oarsmen
about how to row.
•They were too close to the door to
close it.
•Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present
the present.
•A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
•To help with planting, the farmer taught
his sow to sow.
•The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
•After a number of Novocain injections,
my jaw got number.
•Upon seeing the tear in the painting
I shed a tear.
Let’s face it – English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant
nor ham in hamburger; neither apple
nor pine in pineapple.
We take English for granted, but
if we explore its paradoxes, we find
that quicksand can work slowly,
boxing rings are square and a guinea
pig is neither from Guinea nor is
it a pig.
And why is it that writers write
but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t
groce and hammers don’t ham?
Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can
make amends but no one amend?
If you have a bunch of odds and
ends and get rid of all but one of
them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn’t
preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks
who grew up speaking English
should be committed to an asylum
for the verbally insane.
In what other language do people
recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo
by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that
smell? How can a slim chance and a
fat chance be the same, while a wise
man and a wiseguy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique
lunacy of a language in which your
house can burn up as it burns down,
in which you fill in a form by filling it
out and in which an alarm goes off
by going on.
If Dad is Pop, how come Mom
isn’t Mop? !
To all my most articulate friends… and
former teachers… and to my friends for
whom English is a learned language…
How do we ever learn the English language,
never mind teach it ??????
Our Lingua Franca
AND CROSS WORDS
OVER ITS GLOBAL RISE
A lot has been said by futurologists
and language scholars about
the present, and more interestingly,
about the future of the English
language; for some it is quite clear
that a gloomy turnoff of historical
events will happen changing the
whole course of recent and modern
Babel-like society we live in.
Other more think the foreseable
trend is downrooted in today’s
importance of English as a logical
consequence of economic and
political ties it has worldwide. And
perhaps are the later who have a
sharp understanding of such linguistic
phenomenon.
So let’s take a look at the following
factual data:
•One third of the world’s population
speaks fluent English as a result
of the influence of Hollywood,
the Internet and international business,
researchers have claimed.
•This means that about 1.9 billion
people now hold a conversation,
read or write capably in English.
•Around one billion people speak
the next most popular language
on earth, Mandarin Chinese.
Despite its huge popularity, only
about 350 million English speakers,
from the US to the UK, Australia
to South Africa, actually live
in a country where it is the native
language. For many countries it is
their second language, from European
financial workers to India call
centers answering telephones to
British customers.
However, in his book “Language
in Danger”, Andrew Dalby claims
at least one world language is being
lost ever fortnight and others,
By: Javier Murillo González
EL Teacher
such Gaelic, are similarly at risk. Mr.
Dalby claimed it was difficult to
estimate exactly how many people
could speak fluent English
since many did not use it as
their first language.
The Dutch, for instance, are so fluent
in English that there are calls
to make it the language of choice
for further education curses in the
country. He also said: “The number
of people speaking English is growing
enormously every year. They
get English speaking programs on
satellite TV, they watch Hollywood
films in English and they read English
media. Although there are
pages on the Internet in every language
on earth, but English speaking
ones get the most attention.
Examples of how readily foreigners
speak English is evident in the
World Cup”. If, for instance, a French
journalist is interviewing a Spanish
player, the interview will be done
in English. On a different level, 16
of the 24 entries in this years Eurovision
Song Contest were sung in
English and seven of the eight others
had English phrases. Only the
French did not.
Mr. Dalby said: “ Lack of diversity
of language leads to a lack of
diversity of cultures. And I believe
a lack of diversity of any kind is a
bad thing. It is bad for the future of
English too”. He went on saying that
“our language borrows from lots
of other languages. If those other
languages do not exist, we have no
one to borrow from”. He also thinks
that it may be easy for us if every-
the english tounge!
one speaks English, but it will also
make us lazy and not willing to
learn another language.
Professor Mike MacMahon, an
expert in linguistics, phonetics and
pronunciation at Glasgow University,
disagreed with Mr. Dalby’s
rather pessimistic view on English.
“Languages evolve over centuries
and with an increase in some, inevitably
others will be lost. English
itself has been exported since the
17th century, having been magnified
from a very small base. In addition,
what is termed a language
may in fact be a neighboring dialect
of another language, said Professor
MacMahon.
For him, Mr.Dalby’s theory suggests
that English will not change.
“This is wrong. All language changes
via a process of natural evolution.
Look how English has altered
since Shakespeare’s day, for instance”
said Professor MacMahon.
Mr. MacMahon said his fears for
language were in terms of indigenous
cultures, many of which were
dying out through generations.
“Some languages, particularly in
“One third of the world’s population speaks
fluent English as a resulto of the influence of
Hollywood, the Internet, and business”
Africa, and South Africa, have only
a handful of speakers left”, he said.
“We have not got around to analyzing
their speech yet and may
never have the opportunity. That
would be a very sad loss indeed”,
he concluded.
As we see the dichotomy set
among specialists on the topic, not
only helps us to understand English
beyond its importance, but to
broad our own willingness to learn
other languages.!
Based on Hill Stevenson’s
research in The Scotsman.
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In 1960, the Dallas Cowboys
became the NFL’s first successful
new team since the collapse of the
All-America Football Conference
10 years earlier. Clint Murchison
Jr. was the new team’s majority
owner and his first order of
business was to hire Tex Schramm
as general manager, Tom Landry
as head coach and Gil Brandt as
player personnel director.
This trio was destined for almost
unprecedented success in the
pro football world but the “glory
years” didn’t come easily. Playing
in the storied Cotton Bowl, the
1960 Cowboys had to settle for
one tie in 12 games and Dallas
didn’t break even until its sixth
season in 1965. But in 1966, the
Cowboys began an NFL-record
streak of 20 consecutive winning
seasons. That streak included 18
years in the playoffs, 13 divisional
championships, five trips to the
Super Bowl and victories in Super
Bowls VI and XII.
Dallas won its first two divisional
championships in 1966 and 1967
but lost to the Green Bay Packers in
the NFL championship game each
year. Similar playoff losses the next
seasons were followed by a 16-13
last-second loss to Baltimore in
Super Bowl V following the 1970
season. The Cowboys were typified
as “a good team that couldn’t win
the big games.”
But they dispelled such thought
for good the very next year with a
24-3 win over the Miami Dolphins
in Super Bowl VI. The Cowboys were
THE DALLAS COWBOYS
A History
One of the most beloved NFL teams worldwide.
We explore their history and how they got to
be where they are today.
Super Bowl-bound three more
times from 1975 to 1978. They
lost to Pittsburgh in extremely
competitive games in Super
Bowls X and XIII but defeated the
Denver Broncos 27-10 in Super
Bowl XII. During their big years of
the 1970s, the Cowboys were led
by such future Pro Football Hall
of Fame members as quarterback
Roger Staubach, tackle Rayfield
Wright, defensive tackles Bob Lilly
and Randy White, defensive back
Mel Renfro and running back Tony
Dorsett.
In 1967, Murchison announced
that the Cowboys would build
their own stadium in suburban
Irving, Texas. A new Dallas pro
football era began on October
24, 1971, when 65,024-seat Texas
Stadium was opened.
The Cowboys of the 1970s
and early 1980s were known as
“America’s Team,” an outfit that was
just a step ahead of almost every
other club when it came to imageenhancing
promotions such as
The Dallas Cowboys Newsweekly
with a circulation of 100,000, sales
of Cowboys souvenirs and apparel
and the famous Dallas Cowboys
cheerleaders.
The Cowboys suffered their first
losing season in two decades in
1986 and fell all the way to 3-13
in 1988. H. R. “Bum” Bright, who
had purchased the Cowboys
from Murchison in 1984, sold the
team to Jerry Jones in 1989. Jones
named former University of Miami
coach Jimmy Johnson to replace
Landry, who finished his career
with 270 victories, third most by
any coach in history.
Johnson’s first team won
only once in 16 games but
some daring trades and shrewd
selections in the annual NFL
draft - that included Hall of
“...the NFL’s first successful
new team since the
collapse of the AAFC...”
Fame quarterback Troy Aikman
- quickly returned the Cowboys
to championship status in Super
Bowl XXVII in the fourth season
of the Jerry Jones regime. They
followed with a second straight
world title in Super Bowl XXVIII. In
March 1994, college coach Barry
Switzer replaced Johnson as the
Cowboys third head coach. The
winning continued under Switzer,
as the “Team of the Nineties” won
its third Super Bowl in four years
with a 27-17 victory over the
Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl
XXX. In 1998, Chan Gailey replaced
Switzer as the Cowboys’ head
coach followed two years later by
Dave Campo. In 2003, Bill Parcells
became only the sixth head coach
in team history, and the Cowboys
are loved everywhere
sports
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Ronaldinho top world player
From: FIFA
www.fifa.com
Ronaldinho has been voted
Player of the Season for 2005/06
by FIFPro, the worldwide organisation
representing all professional
players’ associations.
The Brazilian forward’s contribution
to FC Barcelona’s twin UEFA
Champions League and Primera
División triumphs did not go unrecognised
by his fellow players,
with Ronaldinho winning the poll
of some 43,000 footballers from
across the globe. He claimed the
same accolade last year.
‘A huge honour’
The 26-year-old, who scored 19
goals in 29 league games last term,
and also helped Brazil to the FIFA
World Cup quarter-finals in Germany,
said: “This is a huge honour
and also provides important motivation
to keep striving for future
progress.” Ronaldinho’s Barcelona
team-mate Lionel Messi, the 19-
year-old Argentinian international
forward, landed the Young Players’
Player award while the Manchester
United FC and Portugal winger
Cristiano Ronaldo collected the
Young Player Fan award. Another
Camp Nou talent, Cameroon striker
Samuel Eto’o, picked up a merit
award for his positive contribution
to the sport.
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leisure gadgets!
By: Julio Trujillo, English V
Hi, my name is Julio and I
would like to recommend
some places if you go out to
have fun at night.
For example if you like something
to chill out, have some
fun, have some drinks and a
little dinner you could go to
Trastevere or Papa Bill’s. Here
you can buy different kinds of
combos like a bottle of Rum
with a kilo of Arrachera, and
others.
If you want something with
more action you could go to
a night club. Here you could
find a lot of girls and dance
all night. One of these could
be Bar Bar. This one is one of
the most important places in
Mexico and one of the most
expensive and private places.
Cafeina is another bar. A
place to dance, to have fun
and meet a lot of people.
I hope my suggestions
come in handy! Write to
zuperkenzo@gmail.com and
tell us YOUR fave Hot-Spots !
Info Trastevere
http://www.eg.com.mx/g2/nvo/rest/
rest_detail.asp?restID=4977&Ciudad
ID=2
Info Papa Bill’s
http://www.papabills.com.mx/
Info Bar Bar
http://www.eg.com.mx/
g2/nvo/bar/bar_detail.
asp?barID=76&CiudadID=2
Info Cafeina
http://www.eg.com.mx/g2/nvo/bar/
bar_detail.asp?barID=1102&CiudadI
D=2
A look at mexico City’s best bars, clubs and more...
HD-DVD Laptops we Love
By: Cisco Cheng
“Get a living room
The battle between the leading
high definition video formats—HD-DVD
and Blu-ray—
keeps getting hotter, and with
more and more titles being released
each month, the quest
to quench your high-definition
thirst can now be satisfied by
a laptop. Imagine being able
to watch some of your favorite
high-definition movies in your
office, in your dorm room, or
on the go. In a scenario where
space is of the utmost importance,
why not combine a powerful
laptop with your living
room experience? You can allocate
all that money you’re saving
for an HDTV to something
more meaningful, like that new
leather office chair. Furthermore,
these HD screens are not
married to your entertainment
system or nailed to a wall. If you
feel like taking it to another location,
well, you can.
As far as Blu-ray laptops go,
the Sony VAIO VGN-AR190G
is the only one on the market.
STUDENT GADGET PICKS
HD-DVD laptops, on the other
hand, are more readily available,
thanks to vendors like HP, Acer,
Toshiba and Asus—all big proponents
of integrated HD-DVD
drives in laptops. While they
won’t replace your plasma television—HD
laptops are laptops
first—you’ll find they’re a great
tool for things like gaming, 3D
design, video and photo editing,
and watching HD DVD movies.
They even have video output
ports (HDMI or DVI-D), so you
can treat your laptop like a settop
player and view those HD-
DVD movies onto your 50-inch
plasma screen. The HP Pavilion
dv9000t is probably your best
experience from a
laptop with a high
definition notebook.”
bet if you’re looking for a reasonably
priced HD-DVD laptop
($2,395). It integrates an Intel
Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB
of RAM for optimized movie
playback. HP even developed its
own playback software, Quick-
Play 2.3, which lets you play your
HD-DVD titles without booting
Windows. The Toshiba Qosmio
G35-AV650 gives you a comprehensive
set of AV features and a
gorgeous 1920-by-1200 resolution
screen. It’s currently the only
HD-DVD laptop that can support
1080i and 1080p formats.
Both the Toshiba and HP have
brightly-lit 17 inch-screens, but
let’s say that’s not enough. The
Acer Aspire 9805 offers a gorgeous
20-inch, CrystalBrite display—though
at 17.1 pounds,
you might want to ask for help
before moving it.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT...
Sometimes double rainbows can form. In
a single rainbow, red is always at the top
and violet at the bottom. In the second
fainter bow, the colours are always the
other way round.
Out of all the fish caught in the world,
about three quaters are eaten as food.
The other quarter is used to make such
things as glue, soap, margarine, pet food
and fertiliser.
The first animals tamed and kept for
milk and meat were goats and sheep.
Bones of these animals have been
found with human remains in Iraq and
Iran dating back to 8,500 BC.
In Iceland there are 61 people on
average for each hospital bed. In
Bangladesh there are 4,586 people per
bed, 75 times as many people for each
bed as there are in Iceland.
Ice made of salt water does not contain
any salt. That is the biggest relief for
people like the Eskimos, who live in icy
regions and are surrounded by ice all year
long. All they have to do is melt the ice,
and their fresh drinking water is ready.
Photo by Michael Dougherty from www.washington.edu
The sperm whale has the heaviest mammal
brain. Its brain weights up to 9 kg (20 lb),
six times heavier than a human brain.
The whale has a very large head, about a
third of its body length, so there is plenty
of room for its big brain.
The Vatican City, the smallest country
in the world, has a population the size
of a small village - 1,000 people. One
hundred of these are Swiss Guards;
their uniforms were designed by
Michelangelo in the 15th century.
The pink colouring of flamingos depends
on the food they eat. In the wild, they
filter shrimps and algae from water. In
captivity, they are often fed on carrot
juice to prevent their feathers fading to
dull grey.
Photo: www.romanturismo.it