DESCRIPTION

I am who I am thanks to most important person in my life, my mum. My mum is middle-aged and she's medium height. She has short brown hair and unlike me very straight. Her eyes are also brown and her nose is small. One of my favourite things things is her mouth, she has a perfect theeth and she looks beautiful when she smiles. About her personality she's very intelligent, friendly and outgoing but I have always admired her for being the hardest working woman I know. She has struggled for me and my sisters alone without any help and I will always be grateful, that's why I hope I become half the woman she is someda. I'm very proud of her and definetly she's my heroine.

FINAL REFLECTION

I had compared my first oral presentation with the last one and I have noticed differences and progress. In my first oral presentation I look very nervous that it's normal but I'm like a bit lost and was like a regurgitation of facts. However in the last oral presentation I spoke more fluently and more relaxed, maybe because the last one was my research project and it's a topic to which I have devoted much time and I mastered, but was easier for me. Also I noticed a more extensive vocabulary in the last oral presentation and greater comfort. Once compared it's satisfactory see how eventually you get on in an oral presentation and the vocabulary you have learned. So for me, my best presentation was the last one, about my great grandfather, the only inconvenient it's the pronunciation that I haven't notticed an improvement, I think it will improve when I have to speak english coercible.

Ellen DeGeneres, against Mississippi law that discriminates against gays

The presenter Ellen DeGeneres joins the discourse that opposes the laws against gay rights in the United States.
Mississippi has passed a law that allows deny gay marriage, adoption, health services and even fire them, not hire them and deny them the rental or purchase of a house...Some celebrities even Barack and Michelle Obama have gone to Ellen's program to protest.

"I am not a person involved in political issues," he explains in his emotional speech. "But this is not politics, are human rights and this law is the exact definition of discrimination."  That program joins to the Hollywood industry which last March joined to protest a similar law passed in Georgia.

With her speech apart fromdenounce the situation, the program sent a message of support to all gay people that lives in States. If Mississippi continues like that, could be effective the law which also prohibits transsexuals to change sex. Finally Ellen left a message "I think it's important to remember that seem to us more than we differ and we all want the same things:.. Love, acceptance, kindness So I advocate less hate and more love. less marginalization and work together. less sit and more dancing. "

My18!!!!!!!

Yestarday was my birthday, a very special birthday because I did the expected 18 and I think I'll always remember that day. It was not as I expected, I got sick and that gave anger beacuse I don't usually get ill and casually happens on my birthday. I woke up perfectly and excited but in class I started to feel ache in my tummy so I had to go home... In fact I spent the whole afternoon in bed and at night I had my party. I had a great time with all my friends but I couldn't enjoy it as I would have liked. Even so I'm very thankful to my friends, they did a video for me with which I began to cry! and I will share it with all of you :)
Now I strat a new stage of my life. I propose to be more responsable and independent, can't wait to see what awaits me this year!!! I'm sure it will be unforgettable.

"Hunger still has not healed because it is not contagious"

I chose this article because I consider it a serious global issue that we should consider to kill it.

http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/10/16/planeta_futuro/1413479684_284062.html

The text talks about the hunger that spend more than 800 million people worldwide. The author is totally opposed to the idea that a country spends an awful lot of money on military spending, while an awful lot of people die from hunger.

The fact that the planet produces more than you need, let us clear the global injustice idea, and the author affirms that many reasons are perverse. The rising price at the moment that humble farmers can afford food and start living better, is a clear example of this argument given.

The author cites a message from Kennedy which says that we can end this scar, but not solidarity but by intelligent selfishness, since the negative consequences as possible diseases affect rich countries.

Slavery levels in UK 'higher than thought'

There could be between 10,000 and 13,000 victims of slavery in the UK.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30255084

This concept includes women forced into prostitution, "imprisoned" domestic staff and workers in fields, factories and fishing boats. The most prevalent countries of people trafficked are Albania, Nigeria, Vietnam and Romania. Some countries are taking measures to protect people who are trafficke into the countries and held against their will, like the British embassy develop local initiatives abroad.. It's a hidden crime and we have to find the perpetrators and we haven't make people acknowledge it's wrong because everybody knows it's wrong.

 VOCABULARY:
Embassy: the official residence or offices of an ambassador.
Acknowledge: accept or admit the existence or truth of.

Rape and murder of Dalit woman highlights persistence of caste, gender-based violence

http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/rape-and-murder-of-dalit-woman-highlights-persistence-of-caste-gender-based-violence

Authorities in the south Indian state of Kerala must ensure an investigation into allegations of police inaction in a case involving the rape and murder of a 30 year old Dalit woman in Vattolippadi, Kerala. On 28 April, the law student was found dead at home by her mother. Media reports said that she had 38 wounds on the woman’s body and signs of rape. Also her intestines had been removed. Three men have been detained and the Kerala government will give 100,000 INR as compensation to the family. There the police don't act in front of violence against women and that's frustrating. The victim’s sister said, “We have complained earlier against certain individuals who used to threaten us, but the police did not take any action.” It has been found that two years ago her sister complains that his neighbour had been harassing and threatening the family and faced with this situation the police did nothing. Finally “Dalit women face multiple levels of discrimination- from the community and often from the police. The Kerala government must hold the police accountable for any inaction on their part,” said Rekha Raj.

VOCABULARY:
Harassing: acoso
Threatening: amenaza
Complains: quejarse

WATER FOR ELEFANTS

Last week, I saw that film, it's a romantic drama film and it liked me so much, I recommend that film to everybody! Overall the film talks about how difficult it can become life, with their impossible loves and its unexpected turns, also making an allusion to the mistreatment of animals.

The film begins in 2003, with the old man Jacob (94 years) going to visit a circus, but comes in the night and the circus is closed. Then, he starts talking with the circus owner, and tells the story of his life. In 1931, during the War he was a 23 year-old-boy studying veterinary medicine at Cornell University in the United States. Just the day was to give his final exam, he reported that his parents have died in a car accident. Then learns that his parents had no money, they had invested everything (including the house in which they lived) in their education. Since he wasn't working, he must leave everything and go, he had nothing else to do there. Jacob walks every day, until one night he jumped on a train passing by, was the Benzini circus train. So he does have a small job as a veterinarian. Jacob hires him the circus owner, August, Marlena Rosenbluth whose wife was the rider of the main circus show. She loved the circus animals. When became very popular with the money they earned, they bought a 53 year-old-elephant (Rosie). And it born a difficult love story between Marlena and Jacob, with a lot of problems...

Argentina

Today I'm going to talks about Argentina because is a country that I've been travelling since I was little, and I love all from there. Argentina is a wonderful country with many virtues, I love their people everybody is very open and friendly but what I really like is the accent it's as if they speak you always happy, it has a special grace. I like also the food from Argentina like the "Dulce de leche", the roast, the patties, "alfajores"...

Everything is delicious! An other virtue from Argentina are landscapes, there are many beautiful natural places like endless lakes, awesome mountains, beaches... but a site that I'm really interested to visit, is a place on the South of the country where you can see whales, it have to be amazing and very impressive. In short, for me Argentina it's a place that you have to visit!

My favorite trip

The most thing that I like is travel and I will explain my favourite place I have been, Croatia.
Croatia it's the most beautiful place I have seen for the moment, crystal water, lovely beaches...
When I was there with my family we visit and did a lot of things. One of the awesome places that we were was Plitvice.
Plitvice it's a natural park wich you can stroll around awesome waterfalls and beautiful vegetation, it can last till 2 hours walking approximately. Swim was forbidden, at least that day and that was the downside.
Was a nice familiar trip and interesting to met new places, I would like to return...
So I recommend everyone this country , really worth knowing !

human rights

Humans rights are moral principles which describe certain standards of human behavior and are regulary protected as legal rights. They are inherent in all human beings regardless of their nation, location, language, religion, ethnic origin or any other status. In other words, they are universal. They require empathy and the rule of law and impose an obligation on persons to respect the human rights of others.

One theory is that human rights were developed during the early Modern period but the ideas of rights and liberty have existed in some form for much of human history.Many of the basic ideas that animated the human rights movement developed in the aftermath of the Second Wrold War and the atrocities of The holocaust. 

The division of Human Rights is based in three genrations conceived at first time by Karel Vasak in 1979 and those are: 

• Rights of first generation: They are civil and political rights , linked to the principle of freedom.
• Rights of second generation: They are economic, social and cultural rights , which are linked with the principle of equality.
• Rights of third genartion: It is linked with solidarity

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Dog disease babesiosis could spread, vet warns

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-35794126

This new talks about babesiosis a dog disease. A vet warned that a tick-borne disease that is often fatal in dogs is likely to spread around the UK. Babesiosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease transmitted by ticks, it causes the immune system to destroy its own blood cells. Symptoms include fever, weight loss, fast breathing...It is very rare in humans but is quite common in mammals

Four dogs were diagnosed with babesiosis in Harlow, who were all exercised on the same patch of land. This desease has never been recorded before in the UK, according to the vet. All four survived but were "seriously ill" and two needed blood transfusions. The ticks were founded in an area just south of the town centre.
They are doing everything they can but every tick will make up to 1000 eggs and 
it's not just Harlow that needs to be concerned, in time it will spread to the rest of the country. Until 2011 was compulsory to treated imported dogs for tiks before entering in UK.

PERSONAL OPINION:
I found it interesting this new because we are not accustomed to hear about animals and their problems. They also must be attended and cared, so it feels good to know that they take measures. I hope they find solutions because it could be worst if ticks make up that awesome quantity...

VOCABULARY:
Babesiosis, tick

More about Germanwings

Today I've seen on the news  more information that hadn't still published aboout the ase of germanwings. This theme was very shocked for me, I was everyday watching the news waiting to know more about it. Today after nearly a year, it has been known that a doctor recommended to intern Lubitz two weeks before the accident. Thanks to this I hope that autorities control more pilots and change rules to know when to break medical confidentiality. Beside I can't imagine teh impotence of the family to known that could have been avoided if if there were no medical secrets, and to know they can not do anything.

The children who just want to go home

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35783692

This new  was posted today on March 13 published and talks about the current terrible war in Syria, it gives us some cases of affected children. The war in Syria has forced more than half of the population to flee their homes and has created a generation of children with physical and psychological scars. Many families are tryning to escaope from unimaginable horros. Despite the trauma some of those guys are quite strong and receive you with a big smile.

The first one Ibrahim, who is 12, lives in a rehabilitation center with others child wounded. He so nice and polite and he asks the reporter if she's brave enough to see his leg which lost because of a blitz. In that blitz also he lost his mother, two sister three brother, uncles, aunts... Ibrahim wants to come back to Syria as soon as posible and be a war reporter, he says "The outside world doesn't know the half of what's going on there".

The second is called Rouaa, who is 5. She says that if she could, she will come back to Syria tomorrow, to find her doll which hid at home before fleeing. 

Jordan the thrid one lost his both legs, one eye and his hand in a landmine explosion. He just says that he wants to look forwards not backwards.

The last on is Mustafa, who also had to learn to walk again after a barrel bomb hit his family house on the outskirts of Aleppo. Both of his parents were killed and he spent a year in hospital.

PERSONAL OPINION:
This topic makes me sick, how many families have to go though such a dramatic situation. I seem contradictory that to establish peace, weapons are used. I think that other countries turn their back  to issues like this when they should help in some way and show the world what really happens.

VOCABULARY:
Landmine explosion, blitz

LONDON

My favourite day was the third, was a full day. First of all we went to Camdem town, and it was amazing. It was a different neighborhood, there were people everywhere, the streets were decorated, everything was exaggerated, full of colors and above all there was very good atmosphere. We spent four hours going around and visiting a lot of cute shops. Definitely was a good tourist neighborhood.

At lunch time we went to a market full of food stalls from all countries, you could find all possible meals and each one of them were luscious. We tested two meals, we bought phat thai a Thai food that I love, and also a delicious Turkish crepe. I loved all those markets food in London, I wish they were here. 

Eventually we went to the theater to see Charlie the chocolate factory that was definitely what I liked most. It was very funny beacuse we had to sit behind all, in the last row of all the theater and besides in a corner, we had really bad luck... but even so we really enjoyed it. I had never seen such a real play, it seemed like I was watching a movie. Was amazing the staging, how the actors sang and acted especially the protagonist a very talented child. If I lived there I would go to the theater every weekend, the inconvenient is the price which is a bit expensive but I don't regret having spent that money, it was worth it...

Obesity

Obesity in America is considered an epidemic. Previously in school, one or two children from each class suffered from obesity and overweight, currently are 8 or 9 each class. In 2014 more people died of obesity than hunger. The Gobern in the US have made their citizens believe that overweight or obesity was his fault because of lack of exercise or poor diet. In 1953 the sport was considered a taboo subject, the doctors said that it caused heart attacks and decreased sexual desire, but Dr. Jean Mayer obesity expert Americana conducted an experiment with mice, it was the revolution sport in America. People started going to the gym, began sports programs on television ... Between 1980 and 2000 the number of gyms doubled but the number of obese too. All this led to the concern of the population and their health Gobern did a study on the food, it realized that not all calories are the same route in the body. Multinationals have strategies to camouflage sugar labels, if he can call in many ways: sucrose, fructose, glucose, dextrose, lactose, maltose, invert sugar, sugar known as the turbines and corn syrup high fructose. All these names mean the same sugar. According to another experiment with mice, the sugar is eight times more addictive than cocaine.
However, the World Health Organization made a reports on the percentage of sugar which was recommended in a balanced diet, which is more or less 10%. So the food industry repressed because Washington didn't give this information.

Why dating at work should terrify you?

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20160226-why-dating-at-work-should-terrify-you

This new published on February 29, talks about office romance which is not surprising considering how much time we spend at work these days. Nearly 40% of workers in the US have dated a colleague at some point in their career, and one-third of those relationships end in marriage.In Germany, the numbers are even higher where 60% of workers admit having been involved with a colleague, intead in Japan, the numbers are much lower. 

One third of workers who have had an office romance kept their relationship a secret at work, according to the CareerBuilder survey. "Whether or not you choose to keep it a secret, it is important to be discreet, professional and treat each other as colleagues at the office, and not as romantic partners," said Chicago-based Rosemary Haefner.
"While work might be the place you met your true love, the business day is the time to work on work not on your relationship."
Transferring is one option. "If you fall in love, think seriously about transferring to a different department or even another company," she said. "Don’t damage your own career, that of your mentor and colleagues in the process." Also a big problem is if you broke up, there are people who are on an emotional roller coaster because of office romance heartbreak. 

PERSONAL OPINION: 
I think that i'ts natural on totally posible to fall in love at work, but for me everyone is free to chose if they want to do it public or not. However, if some day it happened to me the worst will be the break up. Some people become depressed and physically absent because they couldn’t face seeing the person they had broken up with at work. For me it isn't something bad but we should Assure that will not affect our performance at work, and try to have a professionally relationship.

VOABULARY:
Emotional roller coaster

My research project: Alejandro Agustín Lanusse

The object of this work is the research of my great grandfather, the choice was the result of an unresolved personal uncertainty. I have always been interested to know in detail about this story and now I've been able to find information with ease thanks to my family, I decided to solve these doubts. The fact of seeking an ancestor has been my main motivation to carry out this work. Was a search very personal, intimate and unpublished. The objectives were to relate the role played by my grandfather in his country, Argentina, and his role with my family. Throughout this work I will try to intertwined history and family life. For get information in my research project, I had focused in family stories and documents found on the Internet, along with books written by my own great grandfather: My testimony protagonist. With these books, I learned their ideologies and their views when he had to preside over Argentina in 1971.

Chiara Ferragni

Chiara Ferragni is a blogger and law student in Milan. His blog, The Blonde Salad, has about 110 thousand visitors per day.
She started hanging on their each oufit and a bit of his life, tips, etc. .. and now has become famous thanks to his blog, and travels often to go to fashion shows,as Fashion Week, or events very exclusive. I knew of the existence of this blog, because Noa talked about it to me, from that day I can't stop looking chiara puts everything on the blog. Her success started on 2009 and the growth of her blog was so great that today has a team of about six people who help maintain the site. At first it has a more urban look and the blond hair. Now, their outfits are becoming ever more sophisticated, which claimed many of his followers, and has darker hair.

Chiara work, beyond doing the blog, is to travel around the world, campaigns, visit the most important fashion weeks....In Italy he became a celebrity and is representative of many brands of their country. Also had much success her relationship with her boyfriend, Chiara announced their separation through Instagram. However, he remains his photographer and continues to follow in her travels and making photos.

Hang Mioku

Hang Mioku is an Asiatic woman who became addicted to plastic surgery.
She started by going to different doctors to get silicon injected in to her face, but when doctors started to notice that she had a problem with addiction, they didn't want to operate on her. 
Even though noone wanted to operate on her, she was abble to get her hands on to a needle and silicon and she started to do it herself. her adicttion became worse when all of her silicon finished and she started to use ordinary kitchen oil.
Now her face is completly disfigurised and she has more than 500g of material in her face. She has started a charity to be abble to get some money to have all the cilicon and oil removed. She has had an operation and has removed 200g of material, but she still has a lot of work to be done if she wants to have a normal face again.

DANNA, my new puppy!

Three weks ago a new member came into the family. It name is danna and we are talking about a puppy! It has three months and it's a mix of races, it's son of  labrador and sharpey. We taked from a guy that was in a train station with seven of them in a bag, he wanted to gives them away and I couldn't resist to take one. 

Dogs are my favourite animal and I think that it's important to not buy them, there are many dogs in the kennel and they also deserve an opportunity. Most of the dogs that are in the kennel are slaughtered while pedigree dogs are sold at an exorbitant price. From 6 to 8 million is the number of dogs in shelters that every year are waiting for adoption. Tha's a big injustice and it feels great to know you saved a life.

Can technology make a better world?

Our grandparents were a generation which lived without technology, how would be our lives if we had to go back in time and live without that comfort?

Perhaps technology has caused us some problems and has changed society, furthermore it has become a barrie between people. We had lost proximity, we are used to talk by social media before face to face.

Besides has affected to the ecosystem, because technology is produced by industry and industry uses technology. It's everywhere we go and this generates toxic gas which goes to environment.
Plus it's true that we're surrounded by technology airwaves and these causes diseases in our health that we haven't discovered yet.

Finally it has improved our life quality but we think that techonolgy should become healthier for humans and environment.

My research project oral presentation!

NEWS

Venice Wants to Outlaw Your Rolling Suitcase

If you plan on visiting Venice in the future you shouldn't wear a rolling suitcase. The new law introduced on the 20 of november say that the tourists with rolling suitcase will be fined up to 620 euros beginning in May. Apparently the noise of the wheels on the italian soil is a "noise pollution" for the Venetians and do not let them sleep.

My opinion it's that I don't agree because Venice is a tourist attraction and I think that nobody likes having to carry baggage weight when traveling. Although I understand that the noise disturbs neighbors. But there must be many places that also are annoyed and it's not necessary to apply this law.

VOCABULARY:
 Noise pollution:  annoying levels of noise, as from airplanes, industry, etc..