folding cars solves problems

The New Urban Car Problem Solver?

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120613-folding-cars-offer-city-solution

Today we all want to go by car to work, to shop or to even bring our children to school. We commute alot and therfore the space to park and drive becomes less. Now there is an new car that should get commuters out of their car. The VE. This is a car espessially designed to fit the life of a commuter. This car weighs less that 500kg and in some countries you would not even need a licence to drive it.
this car is very small. It wheels can rotate 60% so side parking is like childsplay. When you get out of the car, at the front, the car will fold itself so you can put three and a half VE on one parking place.

The car is not designed for the highway. It can only drive up to 50km per hour and a distance of 75km. Recharcing would only cost 15 minutes. There is no steering wheel but a yoke. To drive you puch the yoke forwards, to break backwards and to go to the left you push left vice versa.
The goal is to use the cars just like bikke-sharing systems. Now it should be a car sharing system where you can lend a car ot go to work with.


I would love to have a car like that if I should work in the city center. I would ride my bike to the nearest charching post and drive to work. Or when I needed to go to buy myself a new outfit. Drive in my mini-mini car to the shops park where I want and no problems parking. How wonderfull would that be!!!
I am concerned about the nature too ofcourse and this would be a great oppertunity to reduse gas emissions also. Less CO2 producing cars, healtier air to breath who would not want this. The oil industry perhaps...well if we go on like this there will not be anything left in a couple of years. I would realy use this future car to commute. I believe it is a step forward to a better and healtier world for all of us.

Missed abortion

Dear students,

The title above is not a title of an article but what happend to me this vacation. I wanted to led you all know what happend and I chose this way. Last Thursday is had an appointment with my gynaecologist and during the ultrasound it showed that there was no longer any heartactivity. I was under the impression that I was 10 weeks pregnant however measuring the baby it showed it died when I was 8 weeks pregnant. The official term is missed abortion.

Yesterday (may 5th) I gave birth to this baby. We buried this baby in our garden. We bought butterflies and a beautiful plant to grow above it. Harry, my childeren and I are very sad this happend. I do not know what to write any more I hope to see you all soon.

Daniëlle :-(

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee (Speaker's corner)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17701477

Summary

This article is about the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elisabeth. Her sixtieth anniversary is something the Britons take pride in. This jubilee is not the first to be held in Great-Britain. Queen Victoria reigned for 64 years.

Also in other countries there have been jubilees of the same kind. In 2006 the King of Thailand marked his sixtieth anniversary and in 1986 the Japanese Emperor Hirohito celebrated 60 years on what is termed the Chrysanthemum Throne.

Queen Victoria had the grandest pageant of them all. She believed she was the grandest lady ever and the public felt the same according to Victoria. Although during the festivities the general mood was fine not everyone shared her opinion.

Now this year Queen Elisabeth reigns over Britain for the sixth decade. During her reign she has seen her monarchy and nation downsize. Britain is no longer an empire. Queen Elisabeth is looking forward to another ten years of reigning over Britain and to have her Platinum Jubilee.

Opinion

My opinion about the Queen’s reign is that I believe she should step down. Although in the article is said that the Briton have a senses of relieve to them that Queen Elisabeth still reigns. She reigned for sixty years now and I believe one should step aside and let a younger person take over. That is why I believe that Beatrix should step down too. Why don’t they?? Does QE believe Prince Charles is not the man to take the job…Maybe not! I don’t see why he should become king. I like to see Prince William as a king and reign over Britain. He comes across more as an adult than his father Britain’s court fool. Should QE wait until William is settled enough with Kate? But when is it enough? In my heart I believe QE will never step down and just like her father die reigning over Britain. I hope Charles has grown up by than or is senile and therefore not fit to become the next king and therefore William has to be Britain’s next king. Hopefully he and Kate have had three or more children and had some time to cherish their time “alone” so they can be the new king and queen of Britain.

earworms

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120411-why-do-songs-stick-in-our-heads/1
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120411-why-do-songs-stick-in-our-heads/2

This article is all about Music that gets stuck into your head.  “Neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote in his book Musicophilia that earworms are a clear sign of "the overwhelming, and at times, helpless, sensitivity of our brains to music".”

This article presents facts about what earworms are and why they are so hard to get rid off. Another thing the article presents is how you can get rid off this horrible tune that will not leave your mind. How nice there is a solution for this earworm problem!

Opinion:

Every now and then I have this earworm in my ear or head what ever you like to say. But most of the time I do not mind. A new song of my favorite artist, that catchy tune from the radio make me feel happy. Some times I like to hum a nursery rhyme that give me a feeling of nostalgia. The only time I dislike to have a song in my head is when it is sinterklaas time of Christmas time or when that new catchy tune is a dreadful song in my eyes. It is good to know there is a solution for when it is a problem.