2012 London Olympic games! &After it,which city will be the next???

As everybody knows the 2012 summer OLYMPIC GAMES are due to take place in LONDON (United Kingdom, from the 27July to 12 August 2012).
London will become the first city to host the Olympic games "three times", having previously done in 1908 and 1948!.
Madrid was supposed to be a favourite place for these Olympic games and competed with other cities such as "London, New York, Paris and Moscow".However, LONDON won!!!.
And now, we are in the same situation as some years ago!!!. The Olympic committee announced that Chicago (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)and Madrid (Spain)are on the short list of cities bidding to host the 2016 Olympic Games!.
So, Which city will host the next 2016 Olympic games????. we´ll know quite soon!!!.
Well, in the end RIO DE JANEIRO WON THIS MATCH!!! now the Olympic Spanish hopes are lost!.
But we have to take into account that "in order to win we first have to learn to lose"!.

No FISH & CHIPS...CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA?

Did you know...? CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA is now a true British national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences. Chicken Tikka is an Indian dish. The Massala sauce was added to satisfy the desire of British people to have their meat served in gravy. ”
Now I´m going to write about the history of this peculiar food???
Britain's obsession with curry began with the "raj1" in India, resulting in the first known (but short lived) British curry house opening in Marylebone in 1809 to serve food to returning sevants of the East India Company who had aquired the taste. This interest was reinforced by post war immigration from the sub-continent, which turned curry into a £3 billion a year industry (2005). In the early days "a curry" was something to eat after the pubs closed (see Keith Floyds account) but things have now gladly matured and most restaurants offer good food to customers looking for more than some "grub" after the "pub". Indeed "Chicken Tikka Masala" a British curry, has overtaken fish and chips as the nations favourite meal and curry accounts for 2/3rds of all eating out.

21 ACCENTS!

As you know DIALECTS are linguistic varieties which differ in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.However dialects are distinguished from ACCENTS because these refer only to pronunciation. Have you ever thought about all these differences in pronunciation?. Well, now you have the chance to listen to "Amy Walker" which does a little tour of "21" different accents! (From the Uk to Ireland, North America, Italy and so on...)