You can improve your way of studying

The study technics are a set of tools that help us improve performance, and make more easy the process of memorization and study. It is a methodology, a system that organizes a series of structured tools.
Underline and Schemes
Underline  is to locate the main ideas and secondary keywords and relevant details.
The scheme is suggested to develop after making the underline. It consists of a graphic expression of the main ideas of a text and its structure. Each scheme starts with the topic title, each main idea start a paragraph, then follow with the secondary ideas and details. The text will be brief with short sentences.
Notes and Summary
An essential aspect of the study is taking notes.
The main function of summary is to select the essential  of a text, explain it simply, briefly condense and therefore should be accurate, clear, brief and concise.

Time Allocation
Establish a schedule helps us to create a habit of studying, avoiding unnecessary waste time.
must consider everything we do: extracurricular activities, recreational, cultural and sporting activities.
Collate study time and rest.
The schedule should be flexible and realistic.
Study time should be divided into periods of forty-five minutes or an hour, with breaks of five to ten minutes during which we can stretch our legs and drink water.
In conclusion, it is recommended that in addition to the application of the techniques described, do not abandon the practice of physical exercise, the ability to relax and produce welfare, besides maintaining a healthy and balanced diet.

This is my interpretation of the song: "Life for rent" by Dido

When the singer mentions that she has not  a place to call home, is because they are not attached to anything

She apologized for not being in love, because usually in our society, we fall in love, and if not then we are abnormal

To say that life is for rent, means that one is not living his own life

We are so used to want so many things that we feeling own everything we have, when really everything in this life is temporary, nothing is forever

When we are afraid we can hardly achieve our dreams.

About the song "Affirmation" by Savage Garden, these are my comments:

I think is true what the author says, often we place our happiness in others. However, a very few people or nobody takes the happiness as something purely personal. Our happiness is our responsibility.

I believe that junk food is skillfully presented. It is cheaper because the raw material is cheap too. His process is a few developed, hence it is served very quickly and this makes it attractive for people who have little time for cooking or preparing food. The restaurant is decorated with colors and nice designs, resulting appealing to both adults and children. However, these foods are loaded with saturated fat, but don´t contain fiber, and is therefore extremely harmful to our health.

It is very easy to blame our parents for things that today we grieve, but we don´t know what circumstances they lived during our rearing.

Anything that keeps us from our true being, hurt us. Our outward appearance isn´t our true being. Our true being is immaterial is incorruptible

Understand what love is difficult in a society like ours. We have been taught to associate the word love with misconceptions. In some mystical philosophies like Buddhism for example, love is understood as a state of enlightenment, where only you are necessary, no more, you feel love all around you: the trees, our fellowman, the stars.

I understand karma as the law of cause and effect. If the universe is seen as a whole, where nothing is separated from the rest, then it makes sense to believe in karma.

When you feel hurt by something someone did, is because we have not accepted the reality. True love can´t hurt anyone.

usually we see greener the grass on the neighbor's yard. This means that we're envious of the good fortune of others We should feel fortunate to have what we have.

We are so asleep thinking about the past and the future that will never pay attention to our present. Only when our present becomes the past, but it's too late

The heart covers a part of reality, that the intellect does not understand. The heart is intuition, creativity. The soul is your soul

Begetting and raising children is something that requires love. Money is useful to cover our basic needs, like food or clothing, but money can´t give us love.

Forgiveness is like dying and then resurrected, because when you forgive, you forget completely an unpleasant experience. The unhappiness of the people is due in part to the lack of forgiveness towards others and themselves.

Most TV evangelists are only interested in collecting large amounts of money, so God can never agree with that

Failure on the Border

In Saturday's editorial, The New York Times said that Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, should eliminate the costly and inefficient "virtual fence", called (SBInet ) that the federal government has been trying to erect on the border with Mexico.

The program SBInet (Secure Border Initiative Network), consisting of towers with radar and cameras to curb illegal immigration alog the 2000 miles border, "is a costly failure" and now is time to "disconnect the virtual fence," said the New York daily.

The project, initially estimated at 7, 600 billion ($7.600.000.000) was supported in 2006 by George Bush and continued by his successor, Barack Obama, but has been plagued by software defects.

Today over $1 billion ($1.000.000.000) already has been spent, and have covered only 50 miles of border. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) adds critical reports, which question the failure to meet deadlines and established.

Napolitano, who this year halted new works of SBInet, and diverted 50 million of its funds to other programs, should delete "once and for all" the the contract with Boeing signature,  when ends next month, said.

The GAO also criticized Boeing for providing evaluation data "incomplete and anomalous", leaving Homeland Security unable to hold the company to standards for controlling costs and meeting deadlines., said The New York Times.

Said the virtual fence was a misconceived idea based on the false premise that immigration control is achieved by closing the border, with more sensors and fences " As long as the demand for cheap labor, the need for better jobs and legal impediments to enter the country, people will continue to seek ways of crossing the border, the newspaper said. Urged a comprehensive immigration reform that allows for greater border security.

According to my calculations:

 $ 7.6 billion/2000 miles = $ 3.800.000/milla

$ 1 billon/50 miles = $ 20.000.000/milla

That is, the real cost is 20 / 3.8 = 5.26 times the estimated cost

Thus the real cost would total $ 40 billons on 2000 miles

In ¢ / m = ($ 20,000,000) * (507.09) /1609 = ¢6,300,000 / m

My opinion is that the American lifestyle is based on consumerism.  Imagine building a luxurious home in the midst of slum, you know what would happen.