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Your health is your life, and your wealth represents the fruits of your labor. I assume you don’t want to be wasteful with either of them. Here’s how to save both at the same time:

So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health. - A.J. Reb Materi

Reduce Your Consumption of Drugs – That includes alcohol, cigarettes, over the counter, prescription and otherwise. Drugs are a huge financial drain, and in most cases, unhealthy for the human body. A significant portion of the global population abuses the crap out of them on a daily basis, legally and illegally.
Learn to Cook and Prepare Healthy Food – People who eat every meal out tend to have lighter wallets and heavier rear ends. With the exception of pricey, upscale dining establishments, you’ll find that most restaurants use lower-grade ingredients and employ sketchy sanitary practices that fall well below the standards you embrace in your own kitchen. So when you eat out, you’re either spending more cash or eating low-grade product. Regardless, you lose. The ability to cook and prepare healthy meals is a vital skill everyone should know how to do.
Brown Bag the Leftovers for Lunch – Always cook enough at dinnertime so you can enjoy lunchtime leftovers the following day. Leftovers are faster, easier, cheaper and healthier than anything you’ll find at the local fast food eatery.
Avoid Overpriced, Unproven Supplements – Most people assume that FDA approved nutritional supplements are proven products. Wrong! Do you really think the FDA has enough resources to precisely verify every new dietary supplement proposed to hit the market? I assure you, they don’t and there is no feasible way they ever will. Remember, the FDA concentrates its efforts on drugs, not supplements. Under the active Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act, producers of dietary supplements do not have to verify that their product is effective, safe or at all healthy prior to placing it on store shelves. Sometimes someone has to become dreadfully ill from a dietary supplement before it even becomes a “blip” on the FDA’s radar.
Drink Filtered Tap Water – I’ve said it before, people go to work and trade priceless hours of their lives for dollars and then waste the dollars buying something that’s already free. A Brita water filter is an inexpensive investment that makes free tap water as healthy and pure as the bottled water for sale at the local supermarket. Since a penny saved is a penny earned, you’ll be making money every time you take a sip. Also, substituting beverages like soda for filtered tap water is another healthy way to save.
Stop Driving Like a Maniac – The faster you accelerate your vehicle, the more gas you will burn. People who are heavy on the pedal use up to 37% more gas during every mile of city driving. At $4 a gallon, that’s a lot of wasted money. Also, the faster you drive, the less time you have to react to hazardous road conditions. Bottom line: Drive responsibly at or below the speed limit.
Brew Your Own Coffee – Is coffee perfectly healthy for you? It’s hard to say for sure. There is a good deal of medical research to validate both sides of the argument (see here and here). However, one point remains certain: millions of people across the globe drink coffee every single morning. Many of them wasting significant amounts of money on fatty, sugar and cream packed coffee beverages from Starbucks-style coffeehouses. So the real question is: How do you make the coffee drinking habit healthier and less expensive? The answer is simple. Brew your own coffee. If you like, add a dash of low fat milk and a single packet of sugar. It’s quick, fairly healthy and way cheaper than Starbucks. We have a Cuisinart Two-to-Go Coffeemaker and absolutely love it.
Wear Helmets and Protective Body Gear – How many motorcyclists, bicyclists, skateboarders, etc. do see foolishly blazing around without wearing any form of protective body gear? It’s your life. A quality bicycle helmet will cost you $40 and 2 seconds of your time to put it on before you ride. If you don’t wear one and end up crashing and cracking your head open, it could cost you thousands of dollars in medical bills and take months, if not years, for your body to fully recover.
Stay In and Hang Out – Your home is your haven. It’s the safest, most comfortable environment to relax and socialize in. It also happens to be a far cheaper alternative to the local bars, pubs and clubs. You can save money on gas and entertainment costs while avoiding a lungful of secondhand smoke. So login to eBay, sell some stuff you don’t use, buy yourself a Wii and invite over a few of your favorite people. Don’t forget to crank-up the tunes.
Buy Healthy, Generic Brand Food – When it comes to the bare essentials on your grocery list, generic brands can provide the same food quality at a significantly reduced cost. U.S. food manufacturers are forced to follow a set of standards which basically guarantees the quality of the food they produce. Many large-scale grocery chains purchase name brand products directly from the manufacturer and simply slap their own generic brand label on the packaging. You should always compare the generic brand’s list of ingredients to a name brand product just to make sure everything matches up.
Eat Fresh Produce that is In Season – Based on abundant crops and excessive supplies, produce that is in season is fresher, more nutritious and cheaper than produce that is out of season. Take a quick look around the produce isle. The fresh, seasonal produce will be piled high and priced low. The fluctuations in price can be quite significant. For instance, an ear of corn will cost about 10 cents in the summer and nearly a dollar in the wintertime.
Play Sports with Your Friends – Racquetball, tennis, kickball, basketball… Honestly, it doesn’t matter what you play, so long as it’s an active sport that you enjoy. When you play sports with your friends you’re basically hitting 3 birds with 1 stone. You’re getting healthy exercise and quality social time without spending a dime.
Walk a Mile Everyday – Most medical professionals agree that walking is the healthiest form of exercise. Studies have shown that overweight twenty-somethings spend significantly more on medical bills over the course of their lives. Adding a 1 mile walk into your daily routine is a quick way to get some exercise and lose a couple pounds without spending money on a gym membership. My colleagues and I walk a mile everyday after lunch. We walk, we talk and we come back to the office feeling refreshed.
Do Some Weekly Meal Planning – A little meal planning can reduce the cost of preparing a meal by preventing you from overspending on ingredients you don’t need. It’s also much less stressful to prepare a meal without running around at the last second trying to figure out what ingredients you have so you know what you can cook. This scenario is exactly why most people give up and waste their money at unhealthy fast food restaurants.
Buy in Bulk, Cook in Bulk – Join a discount shopping club like Costco. Even though there’s a membership fee, discount clubs can be extremely cost-effective if you purchase the majority of your groceries in bulk. Buying and cooking food in bulk is a great way to save money and maintain a healthy diet. If you cook a week’s worth of healthy food in bulk, you’ll probably end up eating healthier all week long than you would have otherwise. Angel and I usually cook in bulk for the entire week on Sunday evenings. Having our food already prepared when we return home from work is a huge time saver and stress reducer on busy week nights.
Eat Slow to Eat Less – By eating slow you give yourself enough time to properly chew your food, which is much healthier for your digestive system. It also gives you enough time (usually 20 minutes is needed) to realize you’re full. Many people eat so fast that they continue stuffing their faces long after their stomachs are at capacity. The slower you eat, the less you will eat. The less you eat, the less money you will spend on food.
Reduce Consumption of Sugar-Loaded Deserts – Consuming a sugary snack on occasion is fine for you, but not when you habitually fix one onto the end of every single meal you eat. Most sugar-loaded deserts have little nutritional value and simply empty your wallet and make your jeans 2 sizes too small.
Get Annual Medical Check-Ups – If you think that scheduling medical check-ups when you’re healthy is a waste of your time and money, think again. The exact opposite is actually true. Annual medical check-ups are the best form of severe illness prevention, and prevention is greatest cure of all. Regular medical check-ups can detect potential health issues before they get out of control, allowing you to treat the condition before it becomes an expensive, time consuming drain on your life.
Wash Your Hands Before Eating – Washing your hands takes two seconds and kills thousands of germs that could potentially lead to illness. When you catch a cold, what do you do? You buy expensive over the counter medications. Do you want to stay healthier and wealthier? Wash your hands before you eat, EVERY SINGLE TIME you eat! If you can’t wash your hands, use a quality hand sanitizer.
Brush and Floss Your Teeth Every Night – I know so many people who brush their teeth every morning to kill bad breath, but get lazy and forget to brush and floss their teeth before bedtime. The bacterium that causes tooth decay can multiply 30 times during the course of the night while you sleep. If you only want to brush and floss your teeth once a day, do it before bedtime. It is the most effective time for maintaining a healthy set of teeth. Remember, dentistry is painfully expensive, so be proactive and take care of your teeth.

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toefllearning — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:44:50 GMT

Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language.

Slang is sometimes regional in that it is used only in a particular territory, but slang terms are frequently particular to a certain subculture, such as musicians, and members of minority groups. Nevertheless, usage of slang expressions can spread outside their original areas to become commonly used, such as "cool" and "jive". While some words eventually lose their status as slang, others continue to be considered as such by most speakers. When slang spreads beyond the group or subculture that originally uses it, its original users often replace it with other, less-recognized terms to maintain group identity.

One use of slang is to circumvent social taboos, as mainstream language tends to shy away from evoking certain realities. For this reason, slang vocabularies are particularly rich in certain domains, such as violence, crime and drugs and sex. Alternatively, slang can grow out of mere familiarity with the things described. Among wine connoisseurs, Cabernet Sauvignon might be known as "Cab Sav", Chardonnay as "Chard" and so on;^[1] this means that naming the different wines expends less superfluous effort. It also serves as a shared code among connoisseurs.

Even within a single language community, slang tends to vary widely across social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata. Slang sometimes grows more and more common until it becomes the dominant way of saying something, at which time it is regarded as mainstream, acceptable language (e.g. the Spanish word caballo), while at other times it may fall into disuse. Numerous slang terms pass into informal mainstream speech, and sometimes into formal speech, though this may involve a change in meaning or usage.

Slang very often involves the creation of novel meanings for existing words. It is very common for such novel meanings to diverge significantly from the standard meaning. Thus, "cool" and "hot" can both mean "very good", "impressive" or "good looking".

Slang terms are often known only within a clique or ingroup. For example, Leet ("Leetspeak" or "1337"), was originally popular only among certain Internet sub-cultures, such as crackers (malicious "hackers") and online video gamers. During the 1990s and 2000s, however, Leet became increasingly more commonplace on the Internet, and has even spread outside of Internet-based communication and into spoken languages.^[2] Another type of slang, with roots in Internet culture, is texting language (txt or chatspeak), which is widely used in instant messaging on the Internet (AOL speak) and mobile phones (SMS language).

Certain dialects may be viewed by some people as slang, such as Hawaiian Creole English and Black Vernacular English (Ebonics).

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toefllearning — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:29:50 GMT

سلام دوستان گلم شرمنده بابت اینکه دیر آپ کردم نظرات همتونو خوندم مرسی بابت نظرات گرمتون جواب همه ی نظرات رو خواهم داد.توی این پست چند تا لینک مفید برای آموزش زبان انگلیسی براتون گذاشتم امیدوارم براتون مفید باشن. البته تمام مطالب سایت به زبان انگلیسی هستش.

http://www.englishclub.com/

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/

http://www.teachinternational.com/

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/methodology/how-to-books/how-to-teach-english.html

toefllearning — Fri, 26 May 2006 20:41:18 GMT

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I'm certainly ......... you on that.

(a) on
(b) with
(c) by
(d) to

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I'm of a ......... mind on that, too.

(a) same
(b) identical
(c) parallel
(d) like

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Yes, we definitely see eye ......... eye on that one.

(a) for
(b) over
(c) to
(d) of

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In that respect we are of ......... mind on that.

(a) one
(b) single
(c) target
(d) absolute

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I can't ......... with that.

(a) question
(b) talk
(c) speak
(d) argue

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Let's ......... on that.

(a) control
(b) shake
(c) handle
(d) wave

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There's only one word I can use now to show my agreement and that's — ..........

(a) follow
(b) execute
(c) deal
(d) hold

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I'll ......... that in writing to show my acceptance.

(a) confirm
(b) establish
(c) ground
(d) found

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There's absolutely no doubt ......... that you're right.

(a) howsoever
(b) whatsoever
(c) whosoever
(d) whichever

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The ......... seem eminently suitable to me.

(a) tendencies
(b) actualities
(c) events
(d) terms

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(a) did
(b) have been
(c) were
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That programme is so boring that it's like watching paint ..........

(a) dries
(b) dried
(c) dry
(d) has dried

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By the end of this year I realize I ......... writing tests for three years now.

(a) shall be
(b) shall have been
(c) will be
(d) shall have

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Do you mind ......... the door as I find it very hot in here?

(a) to open
(b) opened
(c) opens
(d) opening

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I honestly think that the time ......... come when we should celebrate our success.

(a) has
(b) had
(c) will
(d) having

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How anyone ......... to live in those conditions in the 18th century is difficult to imagine.

(a) manages
(b) will manage
(c) managed
(d) is managing

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......... ever heard of this writer before?

(a) Did you
(b) Have you
(c) Do you
(d) Will you

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That stupid dog ......... all day long.

(a) does always bark
(b) always is barking
(c) had always barked
(d) is always barking

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They were eating dinner when the lights ......... out.

(a) go
(b) are going
(c) went
(d) goes

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No-one ......... believe your story when you tell them.

(a) will
(b) did
(c) has
(d) is

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An eagle, if pressed for food, might ......... a small baby that had been left in the open unprotected, but such an opportunity must occur very rarely.

(a) carry off
(b) carry through
(c) carry on with
(d) carry out

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Finland and the Finnish upper secondary education system constitute a good example of the fact that it is possible to ......... very extensive readjustments with a view to making a system more flexible and adapted to individualized learning.

(a) carry off
(b) carry through
(c) carry on with
(d) carry away

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India and Iran will continue to deepen ties and ......... bilateral projects, including the tri-nation pipeline and a multi-billion dollar gas deal.

(a) carry off
(b) carry through
(c) carry on with
(d) carry away

esl test: idioms with the phrasal verb carry (questions) english language proficiency test, advanced level

The liver regulates most chemical levels in the blood and excretes a product called bile, which helps ......... waste products from the liver.

(a) carry away
(b) carry through
(c) carry on with
(d) carry over

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China's cultural industry was given a boost last week after the government announced its plan to ......... cultural reform in more than 20 provincial areas.

(a) carry away
(b) carry through
(c) carry off
(d) carry out

esl test: idioms with the phrasal verb carry (questions) english language proficiency test, advanced level

Items such as pointed scissors and ice skates are examples of articles that are not permitted in your ......... baggage when boarding an aircraft.

(a) carry off
(b) carry on
(c) carry on with
(d) carry away

esl test: idioms with the phrasal verb carry (questions) english language proficiency test, advanced level

An employee with 400 accrued sick leave hours at the end of the fiscal year will ......... into the new fiscal year 360 hours of sick leave and 8 hours of additional annual leave.

(a) carry over
(b) carry on
(c) carry off
(d) carry out

esl test: idioms with the phrasal verb carry (questions) english language proficiency test, advanced level

When irrigation has no ......... system, the evaporating water deposits a gradual build-up of salinization, which is eventually damaging to plant life.

(a) carry over
(b) carry on
(c) carry off
(d) carry out

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The Scottish Parliament has appointed Mr. Maley to ......... an assessment of the current cost estimate and likely completion date of a new information technology project.

(a) carry over
(b) carry on
(c) carry off
(d) carry out

esl test: idioms with the phrasal verb carry (questions) english language proficiency test, advanced level

Animals and humans use the evaporation of water to ......... heat that is absorbed from the sun or generated by metabolic activity and exercise.

(a) carry away
(b) carry through
(c) carry off
(d) carry out

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All I can say at the moment is: Long ......... the company!

(a) live
(b) lives
(c) lived
(d) living

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(a) know
(b) known
(c) knew
(d) knows

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And at other times I'm glad I ......... know what the future holds.

(a) didn't
(b) doesn't
(c) hadn't
(d) don't

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(a) going
(b) gone
(c) go
(d) goes

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Try ......... the door really hard if you want to open it.

(a) pushing
(b) push
(c) pushes
(d) pushed

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Try ......... these irregular verbs by next week.

(a) learned
(b) to learn
(c) learns
(d) learning

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I really appreciate your ......... me at this difficult time.

(a) helps
(b) help
(c) helped
(d) helping

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I'll finish now and I look forward to ......... you again soon.

(a) seeing
(b) see
(c) seen
(d) having seen

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Please come back soon and ......... the work you started two weeks ago.

(a) finished
(b) finishing
(c) finish
(d) finishes

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of belly dancers, exotic spices and ......... drink.

(a) incriminating
(b) intimidating
(c) intoxicating
(d) instigating

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Thai cuisine is one of the most romantic of the Asian cuisines as it still ......... an element of mystery and exoticism.

(a) remains
(b) retains
(c) refrains
(d) regains

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Modern Asian restaurants in Jakarta have an ......... history.

(a) extended
(b) external
(c) extracted
(d) exude

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Indonesia has an ......... range of Japanese restaurants as Japan has long been the biggest investor in the country

(a) ecliptic
(b) ecstatic
(c) eclectic
(d) eccentric

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International restaurants in Singapore are ......... adept at simultaneously perfecting both eastern and western dishes on their menues

(a) partially
(b) particularity
(c) partly
(d) particularly

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Hong Kong has to be one of the few places on the planet where you can enjoy ......... cuisine and service at relatively reasonable prices.

(a) exquisite
(b) explicit
(c) expletive
(d) explosive

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European cuisine always ......... a sense of nostalgia and romance, like running into an old flame.

(a) evolves
(b) evinces
(c) evokes
(d) evicts

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America is ......... at the front of the race to become the world's most obese country.

(a) undecidedly
(b) undeniably
(c) underbelly
(d) underling

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Many people drink wine, but many wine consumers know little about wine ......... or wine and food pairing because they are intimidated or put off by the pretensions often associated with wine.

(a) appropriation
(b) appreciation
(c) apportion
(d) apprehension

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One of the most beautiful things about Jakarta is its ......... wealth from both within the archipelago and around the world.

(a) cursory
(b) cautionary
(c) coronary
(d) culinary

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Shakira
Shakira

Shakira performing at the palace of Versailles outside Paris, France.

Origin Barranquilla, Colombia

Years active 1991–present
Genre(s)
Latin pop, rock

Label(s)
Sony

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia; better known as Shakira) is a Latin pop singer and songwriter.
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Biography
Shakira was born to a mother of Spanish and Italian descent & an American-born father of Lebanese heritage. Shakira is also fluent in many languages including English, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese and French.
She is of Roman Catholic faith.
[edit]
Beginnings
Shakira began writing and composing music at the age of nine. One of the first songs she had written was "Tus Gafas Oscuras", and its lyrical message revolved around her father and his grief over a son who had passed away due to a car accident. At the age of ten, Shakira applied for her school choir, but she was rejected because her voice had been noted as "too strong." Friends teased her by saying she sounded like a goat. Shakira was deeply hurt and considered giving up on singing, but instead of that she started looking for other singing opportunities. She decided to compete in a weekly television singing competition for children, Vivan Los Niños. Shakira won the contest.
Between the ages of ten to thirteen, Shakira was invited to various events in Barranquilla, and became a local celebrity. At that time she met local theatre producer Monica Ariza, who was impressed with Shakira and helped to make her known outside Barranquilla. During a flight from Barranquilla to Bogotá, Ariza happened to be sitting next to Sony Colombia executive Ciro Vargas. Vargas agreed to hold an audition for Shakira, which took place a few weeks later in a hotel lobby. Vargas was impressed and returned to the Sony office and gave Shakira's cassette to the song and artist director, but he was not excited at all, and thought Shakira was "a lost cause."
Vargas was convinced that Shakira had talent, and set up a surprise audition in Bogotá. He tricked the Sony Colombia executives to this bar, and around midnight he announced he had a suprise: Shakira. She sang three songs, and her performance was a hit. Shakira was subsequently signed to write and record three albums.
[edit]
1991–1994: Magia & Peligro
In June 1991, Shakira's debut album Magia (English: Magic) was released on the Sony label. The album launch was in the Teatro Amira de la Rosa, the biggest theatre in Barranquilla. The first single was the title track, a song she wrote for her first boyfriend, Óscar Pardo. The album, however, was not a commercial success, selling only one thousand copies.
In 1993, Sony rushed the recording of a poorly produced album Peligro (English: Danger) (produced by Eduardo Pazz), which was another flop. Shakira did not support the album and did not promote the album either. Although the ballad "Tú Seras La Historia De Mi Vida" was played on local radio stations, the dismal sales resulted in a quick disappearence of Shakira from the music scene.
Following the failures of her first two albums, Shakira turned to acting and played a role in a Colombian telenovela El Oasis, for which she also sung the theme song "Lo Mío". She did not have any acting experience and was not good at it, but it was enough to enhance her popularity and widen her network of contacts in the entertainment business. During this time, she also met Patricia Téllez, the Director of Special Projects for Caracol Television, making Shakira the channel's exclusive artist.
[edit]
1995–2000: Spanish market success
Shakira returned to the music business in 1995 with the album Pies Descalzos (English: Bare Feet), which established her commercial success. The album The Remixes was subsequently recorded and features remixes from the songs on Pies Descalzos, with some songs re-recorded in Portuguese.
Following the release of The Remixes, Shakira became acquianted with Emilio Estefan, Jr., who ended up working as an executive producer on Shakira's fourth studio album, ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones? (English: Where Are the Thieves?) It was an expensive production, costing approximately $3 million. Singles from the album include "Ciega Sordomuda", "Moscas en la Casa", "No Creo", "Inevitable", "Tu", and the worldwide success "Ojos Así." The album's blend of rock and Latin soundscapes made it a big success. Shakira also produced Shakira MTV Unplugged, a live album based on the singles from ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones? In March 2000, she started her three-month long "Tour Anfibio" through Latin America and the United States starting in Panama and ending in Argentina upon popular request.
[edit]
2001–2003: English market crossover
Upon the success of ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?, Shakira began working on a crossover album to the English language. Collaborating with Gloria Estefan, Shakira wrote and recorded English versions of the tracks from ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?, and new songs were also composed to create Laundry Service. Although it was aimed at the English language market, the rock and Spanish dance-influenced album also features four Spanish songs, including "Que Me Quedes Tú". Some critics claimed that Shakira's English skills were too weak for her to write in it (she was satirized in a MAD TV sketch), but Laundry Service was a success, yielding the worldwide hit "Whenever, Wherever" and singles "Underneath Your Clothes" (a Canadian number-one), "Objection (Tango)", and "The One". The album and its singles established Shakira's musical presence in the mainstream North American market.
In 2002, Shakira also released the Spanish greatest hits volume Grandes éxitos. A DVD and ten-track compilation album called Live & Off the Record, was released in 2004 commemorating Shakira's 2002-2003 world tour, the "Tour of the Mongoose". The name of the tour was derived from the fact that mongoose can defeat a cobra without being killed by its poison. The concerts were interspersed with visuals of a mongoose fighting a cobra.
[edit]
2005–2006: Fijación Oral/Oral Fixation
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Fijación Oral Vol. 1

Shakira on the cover of her sixth album Fijacion Oral Vol. 1.
Fijación Oral Vol. 1, Shakira's first Spanish language album since ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?, was released on June 6, 2005 in Europe and on June 7, 2005 in North America and Australia. The lead single "La Tortura" (The Torture, featuring Alejandro Sanz) became one of the only Spanish songs to debut on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100; though it took time, it eventually reached number twenty-three on the chart, the highest position for a Spanish song in the United States. In Canada, "La Tortura" also became the highest-charting Spanish song when it debuted and peaked at number twenty-one. Its success across the rest of the world was widespread and it managed to peak within the top ten of the majority of the charts it entered; it reached number four in Germany and number two in Switzerland. In the U.S., "La Tortura" spent a still-record twenty-five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, making it the most successful Latin single ever.
The video for "La Tortura" made its debut on MTV's Total Request Live at number nine, and was the second Spanish music video ever to be included in the countdown. It reached a peak position of number four on the countdown, setting a record for highest Spanish position ever on the chart; it also achieved some success on VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown.
Fijación Oral Vol. 1 was simultaneously released in Latin America and charted at number one in almost all of its countries. It debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and is currently the best-selling Spanish first-week sales album (157,000 copies), breaking Ricky Martin's self-titled album (number twelve, selling 60,000 copies). It was also well-received in non-Spanish speaking countries such as Italy and Germany, where it reached number one, Austria, where it reached number three, and Canada, where it reached number seven.
The second single from Fijación Oral Vol. 1, "No" (English: No), was released in September 2005. It failed to match the international chart success of "La Tortura", however peaked at number one in Colombia for fourteen non-consecutive weeks. It also reached number one in Spain and many other LatinAmerica countries like Chile, Ecuador and Mexico.
Shakira, who performed at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards in Miami, Florida on August 28, 2005, was nominated for three MTV Video Music Awards: Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, and Viewers Choice for "La Tortura". Her performance at the awards ceremony made history as being the first performance ever that was sung completely in Spanish.
On December 8, 2005, Shakira was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Latin Rock Album for Fijación Oral Vol. 1.
[edit]
Oral Fixation Vol. 2

Shakira on the cover of her seventh album Oral Fixation Vol. 2.

The cover of Oral Fixation Vol. 2 was altered in the Middle East to avoid controversy.
Shakira's second English album, Oral Fixation Vol. 2, was released on November 29, 2005 in North America and Australia. "Don't Bother" has been well-received by music-critics as the album's lead single, but thus far has failed to peak within the U.S. top forty, reaching number forty-two.
On October 30, 2005 at the Hackney Empire in Hackney, East London, England, Shakira presented her new album Oral Fixation Vol. 2 to more than two hundred and fifty competition winners and selected members of the British press. The concert (at which Shakira performed four tracks from the album as well as previous work) was hosted by MTV and was featured in the MTV 5 Star campaign following her performance. Shakira is one of the first artists to be featured for the campaign.
Oral Fixation Vol. 2 was placed in pre-order status weeks before its release at the iTunes Music Store. Under this status, it gave a pre-order song which would not be available after its release date. The remix of "Don't Bother" was available in the other stores as a purchaseable song, which was the pre-order song in the United States. The album is included with a digital version of the booklet.
Recently the media has reported that Oral Fixation Vol. 2 has been censored in Egypt, the Middle East. Many Muslim nations have banned the song "How Do You Do" because of its lyrical content in which Shakira questions God. The song has been taken out of the album, and the cover has also been altered. Shakira appears behind a bush and is covered from her shoulders down, whereas her stomach is exposed in the North American and European LP cover editions. "Timor" is a political song relating to social issues.
The UK division of Sony BMG were reprimanded by Shakira's PR agency for incorrectly promoting the album in time for its worldwide release, resulting in the UK release date being postponed to February 27, 2006. To help promotion in the UK, which has always been a difficult area for Shakira, a DualDisc version of Oral Fixation Vol. 2 will be released worldwide.
Shakira has recently confirmed that she will embark on her second worldwide tour in April 2006; she has also confirmed interest in beginning a family with her fiancé, as well as in taking a more relaxed approach to music.