Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll naci en 1977 en Colombia y desde los aos 1990 en Latinoamrica, y desde los 2000 en los Estados Unidos se ha convertido en una gran figura de la msica latina con estilo oriental que la destaca entre los dems artistas.

Ella es una exitosa cantante, escritora, instrumentalista, productora de discos y bailarina la cual ha logrado atraer los odos y corazones de la millones de jvenes y no tan jvenes que disfrutan de su msica original, creativa y rebelde.

Sus lricos son originales ya que escribe poesas inusuales en las cuales incluye frases como”Tu mordiste la manzana y renunciaste al paraso, y condenaste a una serpiente, siendo tu el que as lo quiso.”

Logra producir rimas de una forma nica que solo ella conoce y a su vez en sus versiones en ingles que comenz en el 2001, logro adaptar su propio estilo sin problema de idioma.

Su primer disco en ingles se llama “Laundry Service” Servicio de Lavanderia convirtindose en un hit impresionante con el cual gano la mayora de sus 10 Grammys ganados hasta ahora. Las canciones mas conocidas de aquel disco don “Underneath Your Clothes” debajo de tu ropa y “Whenever, Wherever” Suerte fueron los mas populares. Su msica incluye tiene un estilo de Pop con Oriental, Tango, Latino y otros nuevos ritmos originales.

Fijacin Oral Vol 1 and 2, fue su siguiente lbum que saco con Alejandro Sanz la cancin “Tortura”, con Wyclef Jean “Hips don’t Lie” y luego con Vellones “Beautiful Lie” otro gran xito.

Shakira tiene un origen descendiente cataln-Italiano mezclado con catlico Libans, la cual la caracteriza por tener un estilo oriental, latino que ha logrado obtener a lo largo de su popularidad que la diferencia de cualquier otro artista.

Shakira escribi su primer poema llamado “La Rosa de Cristal” a los cuatro aos y sigui escribiendo poemas que luego se convirtieron en canciones. A la edad de 8 cuando su hermano fue matado en un accidente de motocicleta Shakira escribi su primera cancin llamada “Tus Gafas Oscuras”.

Su personalidad por su puesto es expresada en sus lricos y poemas, as es como tambin polticamente mantiene opiniones bastante polmicas como comentarios “anti-israeles” salidos en alguna entrevista en la radio resaltando su origen libans frente al conflicto en medio oriente.

Tu actual novio, futuro marido es Antonio de La Rua, hijo del previo Presidente de la Republica Argentina, quien no es exactamente querido por la poblacin Argentina. A pesar de sus decisiones personales, su xito como cantante y bailarina sigue siendo un hit y aplaudido por Sudamrica, Estados Unidos, Espaa y dems pases.

Su estilo puede ser comparado al de Alanis Morisette, pero con una sensualidad y habilidad de bailar Belly Dance, que la destaca de las dems cantantes. Lo que la ha ayudado a despegar en el mundo Internacional fue cuando saco su disco MTV Unplugged, “Donde Estn los Ladrones” en 1999 el cual llego a las casas de millones de jvenes en Estados Unidos e Europa.

Cuando empec a escribir este articulo, pens en como pase el ultimo mes sin necesidad de un compaero y aun as, muy entretenida. Es importante clarificar que sea la razn que sea que te encuentras sola o solo, mejor as que mal acompaado! Y que no hay por que avergonzarse! Una vez teniendo eso claro ya llega mi lista de recomendaciones, entretenimientos para ti.

Datos tiles para ayudarte a conectarte con ti misma

1 Si eres miembro de un DVD club cerca de tu casa, mejor. Sino, hazte miembro! Pelculas que valen la pena para una noche que buscas un poco de accin The Man Inside con Live Owen y Denzel Washington, Blood Diamonds Con Leonardo Di Caprio, Babel Con Brad Pitt entre otras.

2 Si estas con amigas y quieren algo romntico, Prime con Uma Thurman, In her Shoes Cameron Dias, The Hollyday, Cameron Dias, Kate Winslet.

3 Si buscas reirte con algo simple y un poco ridculo te recomiendo My Super Ex Girlfriend Uma Thurman, Just Married, Monster in Law, y The Devil wears Prada.

4 Hablando de satisfaccin culinaria, puedes averigua de buenos restaurantes delivery, en Sushi, Pizza, Pasta, Chino, Japons, cualquiera sea que te guste mas. Si no estas en el humor de ordenar comida y disfrutas de cocinar es una buena opcin!

5 Para descargar toda la mala energa o para refrescar tu mente reincorporarte en el deporte que mas disfrutes. Patinaje, Yoga, bicicleta, Gimnasio, etc. Te ayudara a sacar todas las preocupaciones y retomar energas. Si es un da soleado aprovecha una buena caminata o corrida con tu I-pod y reljate!

6 Si disfrutas leer, la literatura tambin es un buen mtodo para ti. Autores como Pablo Cohelo, cuentos de Harry Potter, Gabriel Garca Marques, son mis preferidos para desconectarte de la realidad y pasar al mundo de lo imaginario.

7 Juegos en Linea son una gran opcin si disfrutas juegos de azar o de mesa. Puedes jugar gratis o por dinero al Black Jack al Pquer mientras chateas con otros jugadores en lnea.

8 La msica es un acompaante esencial para muchas actividades. En el Jazz, Bossa Nova, Blues, y Soul mis recomendados son Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Maxwell, Jewel, Sting, Sade, Bilberto Gil y Tony Bennet.

Sin duda hay un sin fin de entretenimientos y cosas para disfruta de una noche o da sin compaero y aun as utilizar el tiempo de la mejor manera posible. Pelculas de accin, libros de fantasa deportes, msica, buena comida, pueden ahora ser tus buenos amigos.

The British Broadcasting Corporation also known as the BBC is a public broadcasting corporation. Therefore, it allows itself to ban materials that deviate from certain standards of civility. During the years, many singles that were seen as too explicit, distasteful or bear the potential for offending the British public were banned from BBC airplay. Here you can read about some of them.

In 1977, when England was celebrating the Queens Jubilee, the Sex Pistols had released their second single titled God Save the Queen. The single includes controversial lyrics that rhyme the national anthem title with fascist regime. Moreover, the record cover displayed a picture of the Queen with a safety pin stuck in her nose.

The single was found to offensive to be air played by the BBC, but it did not stop it from reaching number two on the BBC official singles chart. According to the myth, God Save the Queen was the top selling single in the UK at the time, but it was held back of number one to avoid controversies.

Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin scandalous duet Je TAime … Moi Non Plus, translated I love you… me neither, was the first ever number one hit to be banned by the BBC. Although at the time of its release, in 1969, the sexual revolution was celebrated, the British radio still was not able to cope with such explicit lyrics, not to mention Birkins moans and groans.

The BBC ban and The Vatican denounce, did not stop Je TAime … Moi Non Plus from being a top selling single in the UK and worldwide. In October 7, 1969, the single reached number one in the BBC official singles chart. At the same time, it had reached number 69 at the US singles chart.

Je TAime … Moi Non Plus was a major influence on another BBC banned single, Donna Summers disco pioneer from 1976 titled Love to Love You Baby. After counting 23 faked orgasms performed by Summer in Love to Love You Baby, the British Broadcasting Corporation banned the song. However, it did not stop it from becoming a massive hit. Love to Love You Baby reached number four on the UK single charts but peaked to number two on the Billboard pop chart.

Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood is one of the most controversial singles as well as commercially successful singles in history. The BBC did not only ban the song it also did not stop BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read to publicly express his feelings of disgust from the single’s explicit lyrics. In 1984, Relax stayed in the UK singles charts for 42 weeks. In five of them, it stayed in number one. By the end of 1984, embarrassed Auntie Beeb removed the ban. Relax is still very popular worldwide and it is one of the most recognized symbols of the era. The arguments on whether it gained such a huge success despite the BBC ban or the BBC ban helped promoting it have not been settled yet.

Paul McCartney and the Wings response to the 1972 Bloody Sunday events titled Give Ireland Back to the Irish, was banned by every media resource in the UK. It was forbidden from being broadcast by the BBC, Radio Luxembourg and the Independent Television Authority. In addition, the song title was not allowed to be pronounced on the air, so when it arrived to the BBC Radio 1 chart show it was presented as a record by the group Wings. However, Give Ireland Back to the Irish hit the top of the Irish singles charts.

Shakespeare once said, If music be the food of love, play on. The power of music over the human mind is enormous, and thats putting it lightly. Music therapy is the use of music for therapeutic purposes by a trained professional. The idea of using music as a healing influence dates back to the time of Plato and Aristotle. In the modern world, music for therapy came to the fore when musicians played for war veterans to cure them of physical and emotional trauma. Since many of the patients responded well, nurses and doctors began requesting the services of musicians for therapy.

Soon, music therapy became recognized as an effective and scientifically-backed mode of treatment. The first music therapy degree program ever was established in 1944 in the State of Michigan, U.S.

A trained music therapist gauges the emotional well-being, physical health, social functioning and cognitive skills through the patients responses to music. Once the assessment is complete, the practitioner designs music session for individuals or groups. The therapeutic music is prepared based on client needs and uses music improvisation, song writing, lyric discussion, imagery and musical performances.

Using music for therapy can be a very powerful way to reach children and adolescents. Elderly people and people with developmental and learning disabilities, people suffering from Alzheimers disease and age related problems and people in acute pain also benefit from music therapy. Music therapy is a powerful way to help people express their feelings.

Professional music therapists are usually found in rehabilitative facilities, psychiatric hospitals, medical hospitals, drug and alcohol programs, nursing homes, correctional facilities, schools and private practice.

Some people mistakenly believe that a patient needs to have some particular musical ability to benefit from therapy. There is no one particular style of music that is more therapeutic than the rest. Any style of music can be equally effective. Any person can be a patient. The patients background, needs and history help determine the type of music used.

Even healthy people can make use of the healing powers of music. Listening to or making music, playing or drumming can greatly reduce stress and improve productivity. Research shows that music is a vital support for physical exercise. Music therapy is even said to assist labor and delivery.

In hospitals, music therapy is used to alleviate pain and is often used in conjunction with anesthesia or pain medication. A question that is often raised is why use music if anesthesia does the same thing? Music helps because it dissolves emotional barriers and elevates the patients mood. Music also counteracts depression, calms and even sedates patients. In a nutshell, music helps reduce muscle tension and brings on a deep and satisfying relaxation.

Since 1994 music therapy has been identified as a reimbursable service in the U.S. Music therapy is considered active treatment when it meets the following criteria

- Is prescribed by a physician
- Is reasonably necessary for the treatment of the injury or condition
- Is based on a documented treatment plan
- Is showing some sort of result in the patient

The future of music therapy is indeed very promising as more and more research supports the effectiveness of music against diseases like Alzheimers and chronic pain.