My favourite  monument is:
               
                                            The Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of thePalace of Westminster in London,^[1] and often extended to refer to the clock and theclock tower.^[2] The tower is officially known as the Elizabeth Tower (prior to being renamed in 2012 it was known as simply "Clock Tower") to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower.^[3] The tower was completed in 1858 and had its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009,^[4] during which celebratory events took place.^[5][6] The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and is often in the establishing shot of films set in London.

Clock:The clock and dials were designed by Augustus Pugin. The clock dials are set in an iron frame 23 feet (7.0 m) in diameter, supporting 312 pieces of opal glass, rather like a stained-glass window. Some of the glass pieces may be removed for inspection of the hands. The surround of the dials is gilded. At the base of each clock dial in gilt letters is the Latin inscription:

                        

“

DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM PRIMAM

”

The origin of the nickname Big Ben is the subject of some debate. The nickname was applied first to the Great Bell; it may have been named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw the installation of the Great Bell, or after boxing's English Heavyweight Champion Benjamin Caunt.^[1][33][35] Now Big Ben is often used, by extension, to refer to the clock, the tower and the bell collectively, although the nickname is not universally accepted as referring to the clock and tower.^{[2][45][46][47]} Some authors of works about the tower, clock and bell sidestep the issue by using the words Big Ben first in the title, then going on to clarify that the subject of the book is the clock and tower as well as the bell.^[48][49]

What is the name George?

George was the most famous name of England.In fact also the next Prince of England,son of Kate Middleton and Prince William,is called George!

But,when we nominated the name George we immediately think to the most famous actor named George:George Clooney!

George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards—one for acting and the other for producing. Clooney is also noted for his political activism and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008.

                                                   

He bacame also a good director with his movie:The Monuments Men,a film about the Word War II where the allied group  the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, tasked with finding and saving pieces of art and other culturally important items before their destruction by Hitler during World War II.

                                                                                

ST.GEORGE'S DAY
St. George's Day is on 23 April. It is England's national day.
St. George is the patron saint of England. His emblem, a red cross on a white background, is the flag of England, and part of the British flag. St George's emblem was adopted by Richard The Lion Heart and brought to England in the 12th century. The king's soldiers wore it on their tunics to avoid confusion in battle.
St George was a brave Roman soldier who protested against the Romans' torture of Christians and died for his beliefs. The popularity of St George in England stems from the time of the early Crusades when it is said that the Normans saw him in a vision and were victorious.
One of the best-known stories about Saint George is his fight with a dragon. But it is highly unlikely that he ever fought a dragon, and even more unlikely that he ever actually visited England. Despite this, St George is known throughout the world as the dragon-slaying patron saint of England.

By tradition, 23 April is the day for a red rose in the button hole, the national flower. However, unlike other countries, England does not celebrate it like Americans celebrate 4 July with fireworks. In fact, you are more likely to see big St Patrick parades in England celebrating Ireland's National Day, more than you would see any sign of St Georges Day being celebrated.

For most people in England St George's Day is just another ordinary working day.

                             

                    The food of our life

The history of the sandwich

The sandwich is 250 years old this weekend and residents in the English town of Sandwich, where the bread meal was first eaten, are celebrating their culinary history. According to the town’s records the English nobleman Earl, John Montague first ordered a sandwich in 1762. It is reported he was playing cards with friends and wanted something he could eat without a knife and fork. He requested slices of beef between two pieces of bread, and so the sandwich was born.

The negative and positive sides of the food that we eat every day

• Energy drinks and sports drinks cause irreversible damages for teeth.
• Youngs or adults assume this drinks to improve their sports performances and energy levels
• 30 to 50 per cent of American teenagers regularly consume sports and energy drinks, with as many as 62 per cent drinking at least one sports drink a day.
• The doctors recommended people chew sugar-free chewing gum and rinse the mouth with water after drinking the drinks.
• According to a research the coffee drinkers live longer. The study looked at the coffee-drinking habits of over 400,000 people over a 15-year period.
• 
  

 

                      President's Day

Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States.

It is also a state holiday in most states where it is known by a variety of names includingPresidents Day and Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday and officially celebrates, depending upon the state, Washington alone, Washington and Lincoln, or some other combination of U.S. presidents.^[1] Some states celebrate Washington and the third president Thomas Jefferson but not Lincoln.^[1]

Colloquially, the holiday is widely known as "Presidents Day" and is often an occasion to celebrate, or at least remember, all presidents and not just George Washington andAbraham Lincoln.^[1] Both Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays are in February.^[2] Inhistorical rankings of Presidents of the United States both Lincoln and Washington are frequently, but not always, the top two presidents.^{[citation needed][3]}

In Washington's adopted hometown of Alexandria, Virginia, celebrations are held throughout the month of February.^[4]

The federal holiday honoring George Washington was originally implemented by an Act of Congress in 1879 for government offices in Washington (20 Stat. 277) and expanded in 1885 to include all federal offices (23 Stat. 516). As the first federal holiday to honor an American President, the holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday, February 22.^[5] On January 1, 1971, the federal holiday was shifted to the third Monday in February by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.^[6] This date places it between February 15 and 21, which makes the name "Washington's Birthday" in some sense a misnomer, since it never occurs on Washington's actual birthday, either February 11 (Old Style), or February 22 (New Style).

The first attempt to create a Presidents Day occurred in 1951 when the "President's Day National Committee" was formed by Harold Stone Bridge Fischer of Compton, California, who became its National Executive Director for the next two decades. The purpose was not to honor any particular President but to honor the office of the Presidency. It was first thought that March 4, the original inauguration day, should be deemed Presidents Day. However, the bill recognizing the March 4 date was stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee (which had authority over federal holidays). That committee felt that, because of its proximity to Lincoln's and Washington's Birthdays, three holidays so close together would be unduly burdensome.^{[citation needed]} During this time, however, the Governors of a majority of the individual states issued proclamations declaring March 4 to be Presidents' Day in their respective jurisdictions.

An early draft of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act would have renamed the holiday to "Presidents' Day" to honor the birthdays of bothWashington and Lincoln, which would explain why the chosen date falls between the two, but this proposal failed in committee, and the bill as voted on and signed into law on June 28, 1968, kept the name Washington's Birthday.

By the mid-1980s, with a push from advertisers, the term "Presidents' Day" began its public appearance.ù

Not only in the U.S.A President's Day is an official celebration,but also in other states:

• President's Day in Alaska, Idaho, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming
• Presidents' Day in Hawaii, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Vermont
• Presidents Day in Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, and Oregon
• Washington's Birthday/President's Day in Maine
• Lincoln/Washington/Presidents' Day in Arizona
• Lincoln's and Washington's Birthday in Montana
• Washington and Lincoln Day in Utah
• Washington–Lincoln Day in Colorado ^[9]
• Recognition of the birthday of George Washington in North Dakota
• George Washington Day in Virginia
• George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day in Arkansas.

LESSON WITH SPEAK UP
-TO DISCONNECT OR NOT TO DISCONNECT?

WHO:
Jenna Wortham(author of this article)

WHAT:
To disconnect or not to disconnect

WHEN:
In 2010

WHERE:
Costarica

WHY:
Jenna Wortham is an author,that went to Costarica,where she discovered that she was isolated from the social networks,discovering also that the disconnection had also his positive sides.At the first,this was a very shock for her,that when discovered the thing,disappointed,put away her phone,but with the pass of the time,understood that to be disconnected for a few time can provide an healthy break.When she backed to New York,she was proud of the fact that she'd been reformed,reconditioned to no longer evaluate her experiences by the numbers of the likes and shares on Facebook.But she didn't forget the freedom that she had in Costarica.


HOW:
The new technologies are useful and funny,but usually or often a break from the technlogical world is very good above all for own health.


PERSONAL OPINION:
I think that the new social networks and technologies are useful,but often it keep away the young people from the real world!