NEWS: MAN WRITES A LETTER TO ISIS IN HONOR OF HIS WIFE MURDERED IN PARIS ATTACKS

Last Friday, in Paris, many terrorist attacks took place in the most popular places of the city centre. A hundred and twenty-nine people lost their lives. One of those victims was a 35 years old woman called Hélène Muyal-Leiris who was wife and mother of a family. 

Her husband has written a letter in facebook addressed to those terrorists who committed that terrible success. 

In the letter he says that terrorists have not succed in stripping him of his sense of security and freedom "at home". This is how he reffers to this country. Of course, he admits being devastated by this pain. Moreover, he can not imagine the moment when he as a father will have to explain his son the way his mother died. Leires goes further saying that he won't grow up his son with hatred. Instead, he will educate his son with happiness, freedom and respect. Leires states: "The terrorists will not win our hatred".

My opinion:
I would like you to think of Leires words and imagine what would you do if you had lost a family member in a terrorist attack. I state that Leires is a very strong man and he had had lots of courage to write this letter. 

 

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THE ROLES OF WOMEN

The roles of women have changed a lot in our society in the last 100 years.  Before they couldn't do anything and nowadays women can do things like man like work. However, although they do the same job the salary is not the same. There isn't a real gendes equality.This happens in the developed countries where women can work because in the underdeveloped countries the roles of women are the same like 100 years ago. Unfortunately there are countries where women are not value as they deserve. 

In the book we can see that women normally must stay at home looking after their husband. In the 21th centuary this also happens but not like a husband years ago. Women aren't a decorative sex like in the book say, I think that women have the same importance as the men and that they can do the same things like study, teach and more. 

YOUR-SAY: MY NEXT YEAR

Next year I'm going to start my studies at university. I really wish to finish this High school year because it's the worst in my life. When my oldest friends told me that 2nd batxillerat was the most difficult school year I couldn't believe them but now I'm realizing that it's true. We have lots of works, exams and moreover the Research Project. 

I'm going study at the university of Girona because I really like the city. I think that if I went to study in Barcelona I would be very stressed. I would like to take an economic degree like "Comptablitat i finances" because I really like this world. I will share a flat with some more students, some of them are my close friends. I think that this option is better than taking the train every day. 

Staying in a flat in Girona will allow me to have more time to study and iy will help me to follow a routine. Moreover, I will have the opportunity to live by myself which will make me grow and become more independent. However, I will try to turn uo at home so that my family don't worry to much for me. 

NEWS: US FIREFIGHTER HAS WORLD'S MOST EXTENSIVE FACE TRANSPLANT

The volunteer firefighter Patrick Hardison, who is 41 years old, has been under surgeon for 26 hours to have a new face. The operation took place last August. 

The donor was a 26 year old boy called David Rodebaugh who died in a cycling accident. Patrick had third degree burns of his entire face and scalp. He had waited for more than a year to have the surgery done. The operation cost one million dollars. Mr. Hardison will have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of his life. 

The doctor gave a press conference and he said that the amount of tissue transplanted in Patrick had not been done before. He also said the patient is doing really well though it had been a difficult operation. However, Mr. Hardison will need more surgery in a few months time. Mr. Hardison states that he is very pleased with the results. He says: "They have given me a new life". 

My opinion: 
It's difficult to believe that surgery can do these miracles. Medicine has improved a lot in the recent years. I admire what doctors can do with people who have had a terrible accident. 

(This is Patrick before and after the surgery)

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YOUR-SAY: THE EARTHQUAKES IN L'ALT EMPORDÀ

Last Thursday, 29th of October there was an 4,3 grates earthquake with the epicentre in the Roses gulf. One month ago, there had been a smaller one in the same place but the last one was noticed in more towns. 

The latest earthquake was far more stronger than the previous one. It took place at two o'clock in the morning. At that time people were peacefully sleeping in bed as usual and they were woken up by the sudden movement and walls creaking. They felt terrified because they didn't know what was that noise. 

I didn't notice the earthquake and when I went to school my classmates told me about what was happened. In fact, although they told me that was a frightened moment I would have liked realize.  

My grandfather, who lives in Roses, tolm me that when he was a child, people used to say that under the Mediterranean sea close to Cap de Creus there were dorment volcanoes and now could be that those volcanoes were waking up. 

(The picture shows us where was the epicentre of the earthquake was)

NEWS: ONE IN FIVE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS "EXPERIENCED SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN FIRST WEEK"

Nearly one in five students had sexaul harassment during their first week at university. The poll aimed to find out which students had either been victims of or witnesses to sexual harassment. 

The majority of these incidents happend at social events or night clubs while a third happened in halls of residence. A sexual comment about people's body it's also a form of harassment. 

In recent years, in many university campuses students have had a conference about sexism, sexual harassment and assault as commonplace.

The officer Susuana Amoah of the NUS said that "it's extremely worrying but not surprising". NUS has been working on this topic over the last five years as they consider it a very important field. 

Sometimes sexual harassment is not visible to students and this needs to change. Some students will be supporting this research and will try to help students to report it any time they suffer from sexual harassment.

My opinion:

Nowadays sexual harassment is a worrying problem in the majority of the universities and I think that conferences should be given to our future students to make that they will aware about this field. 

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NEWS: ORIONID METEOR SHOWER 2015

Every year, between the 21st ans 22nd of October the Orionid Meteor Shower lights up the sky offering everyone the chance to catch nature at its best. 

What's the Orionid Meteor Shower?

This meteor is made up of ice and dust fragments from the Halley's Comet. 

The name comes from the Orian constellation, one of the most visible constellation in the sky. 

When can I watch it?

The newspaper recomends that the best day to see the meteor shower will be on Tuesday morning just before dawn.

Where can I watch it? 

The best areas are the ones which usually have little light pollution, not the best news for city dwellers. However, there are a number of sites around the UK when the night sky is not affected too badly by light pollution.

What will I need?

You only need your eyes yo see the Orian Meteor Shower and staring peacefully at the sky. 

My opinion:

I believe that I've never seen a meteor on live with my own eyes. I have just seen it on TV or on the computer. I would like to see it one live at least once in my life.

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YOUR-SAY: APPLE PIE

Once I met a woman who loves cooking. In fact, she loves baking cakes. She showed me how to make a traditional English cake called "Apple Pie". She told me that when she used to have one of those days she was feeling a bit depressed, she just went into the kitchen and started preparing something sweet. I find this bake very easy to prepare. 

Here, you will find the recipe: 

Ingredients:

• 180 gr flour
• 80 gr sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 envolope baking soda
• a pinch of salt
• 2 Granny Smith apples cut into small pieces
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
• 1 coffeespoon of nutmeg

Preheat the oven to 200ºC. In a bolw, pour the flour, the eggs, the sugar, the butter, the lemon juice and the nutmeg. Blend it for 5 minutes until the mixture is soft. Then, add the apple, cut into small pieces, and finally add the baking soda. Then, mix the batter mixture with a spatule until everything is well mixed. Pour the batter into a greased pan and bake it for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and remove it from the pan. 

If you prefer you can serve it with some vainilla cream. Enjoy it!

NEWS: 11 SURPRISING HEALTH BENEFITS OF SLEEP

Sleep makes you feel better. Adequate sleep is a key part of a healthy lifestyle, and can benefit your heart, weight, mind and more. These are the 11 benefits you get if you have a good slep.

• Improve memory: During sleep you can strenghten memories or "practice" skills learned while you were awake (it's a process called consolidation).
• Live longer?: Sleep too much or too little is associated with a shortes lifespan. Sleep also affects quality of live. If you sleep better, you can certainly live better. 
• Curb inflamation: People who sleep less than six or fewer hours a night have higher blood levels of inflammatory proteins than those who get more hours sleep. 
• Spur creativity: People seem to strenghten the emotional components of a memory during sleep, which may help spur the creative process. 
• Be a winner: Sleep is good to improve your performance.
• Improve your grades: Children between the ages of 10 and 16 who have sleep disordered are more likely to have problems with attention and learning, Also if you didn't get enough sleep had worse grades than those who did.
• Sharpen attention: Children between the ages of seven and eight who sleep less than eight hours a night were more likely to be hyperactive, inattentive and impulsive.
• Have a healthy weight: Dieters who sleep well loses more fat than those who don't sleep enough hours. Dieters also feel more hungry when they get less sleep.
• Lower stress: Sleep can reduce levels of stress and people can have better control of their blood presure. It's also believed that sleep effects cholesterol levels.
• Avoid accidents: Sleepiness affects reaction time and decision making. Insuficient sleep can be as detrimental to your driving ability as having an alcoholic drink. 
• Steer clear of depression: Good night's sleep can really help a moody person decrease their anxiety. You get more emotional stability with good sleep. 

My opinion:

I think that it was an interesting piece of news to read. I have learnt more about this topic and I also realised that we should give more importance the way we sleep. 

                                                                  

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NEWS: WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU: 3 REASONS I'M PROUD OF THE PAIN I'VE EXPERIENCED

This piece of news was written by a 21 year old girl. She tell us her experience in her relationship and what she learned from it. 

Falling in love is a scary and beautiful thing. When you begin in a relationship you know that one day it might finish and one of the couple might be hurt. She gave all she had in that relationship, but one day, he just ended with her. She was completely heartbroken and she cried a lot until she finally realized that he had lost more than her. She learned a few things about herself. The most important one was that she would honestly rather get hurt never again. 

1. Getting your heart broken helps you grow: All people should experience a heart break in their liver because it teaches humility to you. Once you have your heart broken you understand the pain, and you most likely won't do that to someone else. Also you will be more compassionate in future relationships. 
2. It makes me feel alive: Feeling hurt means you're able to feel. A life without feeling joy, pay or any other feelings is not the way one should live. It's like you are just existing, but you're not really living. Feeling pain makes you feel alive because it means you can feel things deeply, and you can grow from it. 
3. Feeling pain means you're vulnerable: Being vulnerable is the hardest thing to do in the world. You're opening yourself up and handing someone you heart you're trusting that person as well. 

The writer will never stop believing in love and she thinks that one day she will find the man of her dreams. 

My opinion:

I agree with what the writer says. I also think that you should experience a heart broken in your life because it makes you learn a lot about life and love. A life without love is not a good life. Moreover, sometimes is better be alone before be in a toxic relationship because the real love don't hurt.

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ORAL PRESENTATION

Here there is the oral presentation about Mr. Bean that we did with my friend Míriam for our English classroom. 

YOUR-SAY: APPLE COMPANY

Last September the 9th, the Apple Company presented its new mobile. There are two different models: One is the Iphone 6 which costs 699€ and it's the improved version from the last one. Iphone 6 is bigger too. Then, the other model is Iphone 6 Plus which is like the Iphone 6 but it's ever bigger than Iphone 6. Iphone 6 Plus costs 799€. If you want more than 16GB the price rises. 

In my opinion, I wouldn't buy this new Iphone right now because It's as new that people may not know if it works well. It may have some problems. Then, talking about its size I think that it's too big and the Iphone 6 Plus it's very bigger. 

I have got Iphone 5S and in my opinion this size is the best one. I have had this mobile for one month now. I really like IOS system. Only Iphones mobile have got this system. The camera has a better quality than the other mobiles that I used to have.

One disadvantage of this system is that you have to pay for some apps applications but there are cheap. Another disadvantage is taht in Iphones mobiles you can't put a memory card. So each Iphone model has its own memory. You can chose how many GB you want in your mobile. However, the more GB, the more expensive. 



Since they started making the first iphone in 2007, they have made 10 models until now. Last year, they created the Iphone 5C that is the improved version of the Iphone 5 but with worse material so that's why it's cheapper and people can afford it. As well, people like it because it's very colorful. Although, nowadays there are new models in the market people still buys Iphone 5C.

REVIEW: IN TIME

In time is an American film of science fictions mainly and intrigue too. The director is Andrew Niccol and the protagonists are Justin Timberlake (Will Salas) and Amanda Seyfried (Sylvia Weis). This film premiered October 28th of 2011. 

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In a future society in 2161, people can live without complications and grew up until the age of 25 years old. Then, they stop ageing and they have only a year of time to live so they have to work to earn time. All it's paid by time since luxuries until necessities. Rich people can live forever but the other people have to negotiate each minute of their life and the poor people die young. Will Salas, the main character is a poor young boy of 28 years old. In the beginning of the film her mother die because her time ends. One day, Will meet in a bar some boys who are trying to steal the time to a rich man, Will help him and this man express her gratitude giving all of this years while Will is slepping. When he wakes up he has a million of years in his counter. He go to the rich part of the city meanwhile police followed his because they think that Will has stolen that time. There, he know a rich girl and during the film Will abduct Sylvia whos is a son's rich man. First of all she is angry but at the end she fall in love for him.                                                  
I have seen this film three times that I remembered. I have chosen this film because although be an old film I really like it. I recommend you to look it if you don't see this film before. I specially like the plot because I think that's very original. The effects are very good too. 

Star Rating: * * * * *

YOUR-SAY: DOUBLE-CHECK IN WHATSAPP

First of all, I think that this new option of WhatsApp is a nonsense because before, you could know if your message had been read, looking at the last connection of the contact. As well, you can know if your message had been sent it had one check, and had been received it had double check. 

Secondly, to my mind It's useful in the WhatsApp groups because in this way you can see who has read your message and who hasn't. Before, in a group you couldn't know it. 
In the audios, the blue double-check used in the past to know if the contact had listened the audio. 

I think that this can have problems because there are people that are very obsessed looking at their whatsapp all the time and with this new option it will be more catching for them. Moreover, people can get angry if they know that their message had been read and the contact didn't answer them.

However, technician of Whatsapp are working because you can deactivate this option like you can do with deactivate the last connection. But if you decide that the other people don't know when you had read the messages you can't know if yours had been read. I personally think that you can chose activate or deactivate this option is a good idea.

                                                                  

NEWS: WHAT TO DO WITH LEFTOVER FOOD OR WINE FROM RESTAURANT?

I chose this news because when I read it in a magazine I was surprised by the topic. The magazine is Catalonia Today, number 0373, page 11. 

Summary: 
The other day a family went to a restaurant to celebrate something special. It was an expensive restaurant. The servings were very abundant and they couldn't finish the second course. Moreover, they decided to order two bottles of wine and they didn't finish the second bottle either. When they paid the bill, they talked about asking the waiter to pack the leftovers. As you may know, this is something very usual in the USA. At the end, they didn't agree so they decided to leave all the food and wine there. Does it make sense to you? Don't you think that people should ask for the leftovers and take them at home? Millions of people around the world are dying of hunger.

My opinion: 
I agree with the idea of taking at home the leftovers because you have already payed for them. Food can't be thrown away as in other countries people are dying of hunger. In my opinion we don't have to waste food. I don't know what I would do in this situation because I agree with this idea but I also think it's embarasing. 

YOUR-SAY: HOMOSEXUALITY

First of all, I think that homosexuality has to be accepted by all of the people because being homosexual isn't a bad thing and you aren't less than a heterosexual person. Everybody must have the right to be with who they want. Society has advanced a lot in matters like technology, medicine... but not in perspectives like homosexuality. There are people who have revulsion to these people. They have homophobia. 

In my view, there are most homophobic men than women. For example, in my age if I ask a boy what is his opinion about a couple of gays they normally answer that it is disgusting. And if you ask the same question to a girl, she answers that it isn't as bad, and that they have the same rights to be couple like a man and a woman. 

Now, I will talk about weddings and adoptions done by homosexuals. I will put the example of Spain because is my country. Here, weddings have been accepeted since 2005. Before a homosexual couple  couldn't get married. Nowadays, there are countries like Peru or China that don't accept it yet. Other countries like Arabia Saudi or Sudan they have a death sentence for being homosexual.

Then, talking about adoptions if it's difficult in a couple of woman and man in a homosexual couple is twice difficult. In Spain, a homosexual couple can adopt a child. Moreover, like weddings there are a lot of countries that don't accept this because they think that one child can't be grown up well without a paternal or maternal figure. 

In conclusion, I would like that in the future a homosexual couple can be accepted all around the world.

ORAL PRESENTATION: JEWISH MILESTONES

Here there is our presentation about Jewish Milestones The project is ages and stages and we talk about weddings, bar mitzvah and funerals of them.

YOUR-SAY: FIRST BATXILLERAT

First of all, I feel that this new school term is more difficult than all the ESO levels together. Last year, our homeroom teacher and my other teachers told us that batxillerat would be a very big change and that we couldn't waste our time. I personally thought that they were making it better than it was but now I completly agree with what they told us. 

For example when I came back from school I can't sit on the sofa and watch TV. I haven't got much free time like last year. 

Secondly, the exams are very different. The exams are longer and more difficult. Sometimes we don't have enought time to finish them. Te worst thing is that we have to study two lessons in each exam.

Talking about homework I think that we have got more homework to do like the last year. We have got only two hours in the week for "català" and "castellà" and normally we have got a lot of homework from this subjects. 

In my opinion, we are too many students in the class and it is very difficult to pay attention in class. Sometimes there is too many noise as well. I think that I am doing well at school year but I don't know if I will pass all the subjects because I think that some subjects are difficult.

                                                                

NEWS: 10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT LAUGHTER.

This news talk about 10 things you may not know about laughter. I choose it because I think that this news would be interesting and we can learn more about something that do everyday. 

Summary:

1. Jack Panksepp a psychologist observed laughing rats in 1990s. Rats' laugh by tickling them and he needed special equipment to hear their laugh. Rats laugh to show that they are happy similar to humans. 
2. Adults think that they laugh when somebody tell a joke but they would be wrong. A psychologist found that we laugh more when we are with other people like friends talking. 
3. Brain can tell the difference between deliberate and helpless laughter. 
4. Laughter is contagiuos and someone who response this laughter we can see if this laugh is real or forced. 
5. People find jokes funnier if they think they were told by a famous comedian and you laugh more with people that you know. 
6. Laughter burns more calories than going for a run. You burn 210-40 calories for every 10-15 minutes laughing. 
7. Laughter not only felt better immediately. If a couple used laughter and smiling thet stay together for longer.
8. Laughter requieres precise timing because like a comedians it's difficult have the confidence to leave a pause for the audience to laught and cope if they don't. 
9. Laughter is attractive more than intelligence, edutation... and it's more attractive if they laugh at our jokes. 
10. Some things make you laugh yes or yes. 

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My opinion:

I think that this news is very interesting and while I'm doing this post I'm learning about new things of laughter. The thing that impressed me more is number 9 because I didn't know that laughter will be more attractive than sexual drive for example. However, there are things that I knew about them. Like number 6 which talks about burning calories by laughting. 

YOUR-SAY: FAST FOOD

First of all, I think that fast food is good just to eat it once a week for a change, but is bad to get used to eating this food every day because is dangerous for our health. This food has advantages and disadvantages. 

Advatages: One advantage is that this food saves us time because if you go to a fast food restaurant you don't have to cook. Another reason, is the price because it this very cheap and economic. 

Disadvantages: The first problem is the illnesses we can have if we consume too much fast food. It has got a lot of calories and this produces obesity, cholesterol, it also makes the triglycerides rise. For example, United States has a lot of obese people because they are used to eating fast food. 

However, people can follow a balanced diet with fast food because this has got a lot of dishes low ion calories like salads. If you have to have lunch or dinner in a fast food restaurant because for your job or because you haven't got time to cook you can eat salads, or grilled fish instead of hamburgers. 

The most obese people are childrens because when you are a child is double important yo have a good because yo are growing up. It's this parent's fault because they heve got the responsibility to look after their children. When you are a child, you don't think of being fat. You only think that this food is more delicious than healty salads. 

In conclusion, you must follow a balanced diet and be healty because if you don't take care of yourself you will have healthy problems.