NEWS: FOSSIL REPTILE DISCOVERY "SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY"

A newly discovered 250-million-year-old fossil reptile from Brasil gives an extraordinary insight into life just before the dinosaurs appeared. The reptile named Teyujagua is the close relative of a group that gave rise to dinosaurs, crocodiles and birds. As the scientists say the fossil is "beautiful" and fills an evolutionary gap. 

Dr. Richard Butler from the University of Birmingham said the animal is a new species that hasn't been previously known. A study published in the journal Scientific Reports says: "It'svery close to the ancestry of a very important group of reptiles called archosauriforms".

This ancient reptile lived just after a mass extinction event 252 million years ago. About 90% of the species were lost, creating a place for other animals like Teyujagua. The reptile and its close relatives became the dominant animals on the land and eventually gave rise to the dinosaurs. Teyujagua was a small crocodile-like animal that probably lived at the side of lakes, feeding on fish. 

Dr. Felipe Pinheiro, from Universudade Federal do Pampa, is one of the three scientists who discovered the well-preserved fossil skull near the southern city of São Francisco de Assis. He said that the discovery was really exciting and they known that they had something extraordinary in their hands. Teyujagua is different from other fossils from the same era. 
    

My opinion:

I'm not a scientist girl, but when I read the news I consider it very interesting because talks about the beginning of the world and the origin of the dinosaurs. I didn't know that before dinosaurs there were others species. I always think that dinosaurs were the first SPECIES in the world.

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NEWS: AUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR IS WORLD'S OLDEST MAN

According to the Guinness World Records organisation a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp is now the world's oldest man. This man is called Yisrael Kristal and is 112 years old. He was born near Zarnow in Poland in 1903 and lived throught two world wars. 

When he received his Guinness World Records certificate, said: 

"I don't know the secret for long life, I believe that everything is determined from above". "There have been smarter, stronger and better looking men than me who are no longer alive" he added. 

He has a hard life. During the World War was separated from his parents. After the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in 1939, he and his family were moved into a ghetto. He lost his two children and later, he and his wife were sent to Auschwitz in 1944 after the ghetto was liquidated. His wife was murdered in Auschwitz and he was the sole survivor from his family. When he was found weighed just 37 kg. In 1950 emigrated to Israel with his second wife and their son. 

His daughter said the Holocaust had not affected her father's beliefs. The Auschwitz death camp was built in 1940. About one million Jews were killed at the camp. Victims included disabled people, homosexuals, dissidents...

My opinion:
I think that this man is a very big fighter. Not for the longest age that he has, if not for all he has lived. He has all my respects. Leave from a death camp is really difficult, the most of people die, but he can survive. Another thing is looking how your family dies, I couldn't. He is very stronger too talking about his memories because there are people who never want to talk about horrible things like this. 

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NEWS: WHATSAPP TO END BLACKBERRY OS SUPPORT

WhatsApp is to end support for a number of old operating systems such as Blackberry 10 because the company wanted to focus development on the mobile platforms that the majority of people use. WhatsApp will stop working on these old operating systems by December 2016. 

The reason for dropping support of these operating systems is that they're no longer updated or installed on new devices. The company of Blackberry said that they are actively exploring alternatives for BlackBerry users once the support of WhatsApp ends in late 2016. This operating system accounts for less than 1% of the market. To the contrary, when WhatsApp started in 2009 about 70% of smartphones sold had operating systems by BlackBerry and Nokia. 

This is the full list of operating systems that WhatsApp will stop suporting:

• Android 2.1 and Android 2.2
• Blackberrt OS 7 and earlier
• Blackberry 10
• Nokia S40
• Nokia Symbian S60
• Windows Phone 7.1

My opinion:                                                                                                                             
I don't agree with that these mobiles which work with an "old" operating system don't have the support by WhatsApp. There are people who can't buy a new next generation mobile and with their old mobiles are so happy. This is only to do business and for self-interest. 

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LONDON TASK

                                  (All of these pictures are taken by me)

NEWS: MOMENTS OF JOY "CAN DAMAGE HEART"

A Swiss study said that emotional stress that causes chest pains and breathlessness can occur in moments of joy like anger, grief and fear. Three-quarters of cases of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (a change in the shape of the heart's left ventricle, which can be fatal) are caused by stress. The University Hospital Zurich suggests about one in 20 cases is caused by joy. In the study, researchers discovered heart problems caused by:

• A birthday party
• A son's wedding
• Meeting a friend after 50 years
• Becoming a grandmother...

The study also suggested most cases were in post-menopausal women. One of the researchers said that the triggers for takotsubo syndrome can be more varied than they thought. Much more research is needed to understand how such emotional events can trigger temporary heart damage in some people. The medical director of the British Heart Fundation said that Takotsubo syndrome is a rare event. 

My opinion:

I found this news interesting because I didn't know that hearts damages can come from a moment of joy like a son's wedding. I thought that hearts damages came from bad things like fear. As everything, more research is needed.

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NEWS: GOOGLE DONATES $1M TO FIGHT ZIKA VIRUS

Google has donated $1 to Unicef to help stop the spread of the Zika virus. The virus affects to a large number of babies born with underdeveloped brains in Brazil. Last month, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus as a global public health emergency.

Google engineers are working with Unicf to analyse data, to determine how to map and anticipate the virus. They have also updated its search engine to display more information about Zika for visitors to the US and other countries. 

This virus is in the same category of importance as Ebola. The difference is that in Ebola the researchers was focused to treat patients and prevent transmission and with Zika the attention is on understanding the virus' link with microcephaly. 

My opinion:                                                                                                                         
All the illnesses are disturbing, but more if its affects on the babies born. Always appears new illnesses that we didn't know about it. This is not the main problem, because the world and the ecosystem are changing a lot and it's normal that appears new illnesses. The really problem is find a cure. 

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GET READY FOR LONDON

Near the Safestay London Holland Park we can see the Opera Holland Park, the Orangery, the Holland Park Pre-School, the Town Hall and the Kyoto Garden. 

The hostel is more or less 1hour far on foot from the center Piccadilly Circus. If you go to the center with the bus you arrive in 35 minutes and with a tube you arrive between 20 and 30 minutes.

In London, I would like to visit lots of places, but If I have to choose I pick The Coca-Cola London Eye because you can see a very amazing views from all the city. It's a major feature of London's skyline. Then, I would like to visit The Big Ben that it's the Great Bell of the clock at north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. It's the second largest four-faced chiming clock in the world. And finally, the National History Museum that it's a museum of natural history that  exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. 

The days that we are going to stay in the city, there are a lot of shows in the London theatre. I would like to see The Lion King because there is a story that I read when I was a child and I would be so happy seeing the musical of this. On Saturday night the cheapest ticket for The Lion King costs £68.00. Another musical that I would like to see is Mamma Mia! because I really like the story and when I was in the school I did our musical there. The cheapest price on Saturday night is £26.00.

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YOUR-SAY: WOULD YOU FORGIVE YOUR PARTNER IF THEY CHEATED YOU?

An important thing in a relationship is being comfortable with your partner. Sharing the same likes and dislakes, doing free time activities together, visiting different places... are very important things to do to feel good with your relationship. If all these things don't work well, then you look for another person who offers you these qualities as your couple don't provide you enough.

Forgiving or no forgiving depends on each person. Some people can forgive easily and carry on a normal life. However, there are people who can't forget. Once you have been cheated it is quite difficult to trust your partner. Although he has promised you that he made a terrible error.

I think that there are many things we must take into account before taking a decision. You should consider the pros and the cons of the relationship. Another thing to consider is if he/she will be stronger to forgive his/her couple or if it's better to break up that relation and start a new life. 

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NEWS: HOW AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY INVENTED A NEW WORD

In the small town of Copparo, in central Italy, a few weeks back, primary school teacher Margherita Aurora, was intrigued when one of her students, used an unfamiliar word in a written assignment. The student, Matteo, described a flower as "petaloso" ("full of petals". The word doesn't exist but grammatically it makes sense as a combination of "petalo" ("petal") and the suffix "-oso" ("full of").

Aurora think how could the eight-year-old Matteo have invented a new word? They wrote to the Accademia della Crusca to ask for their opinion. One of the Crusca's top linguistic experts wrote that the word is well formed and could be used in the Italian language. It's beautiful and clear. So that the word will be official a larg number of people need to use it and undertand the meaning. 

The teacher wrote on her Facebook acount the following: "this is worth more than a thousand Italian lessons" and shared pictures of the letter. She triggered a movement. Her Facebook post has been shared more than 80.000 times and on Twitter #petaloso was used almost 40.000 times. The word quickly became the trop trending topic in Italy. "Petaloso its on the way to becoming an official Italian word. 

My opinion:

When I read the tittle of the news I thought what was this new word and I wanted to read all the news. It's amazing how an eight-year-old boy invented a new word. This boy in a few years will feel proud of himself. Sometimes, children have twice imagination than adults. 

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CAN TECHNOLOGY MAKE A BETTER WORLD?

If we look through the years, we can see that our society has changed a lot, and one of the causes has been the technology. We can say that until now, technology has helped to make a better and also, an easy world, but we have to consider now, it's injuring us. 

We have to thank to technology all the progresses in comunications, in medicine... that we have achieved but we should think about the power that it has in us nowadays; most of us can't live without the latest technology, without the a phone or a computer, and this is a problem because we are becoming addicted and dependent. 

So, as a conclusion, we can say that technology has helped us make a better world but also, it has the power to make a worse society for the importance that we are giving to it. 

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YOUR-SAY: MY CARNIVAL

This year, the carnival was on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of February. I went to Rose's Carnival with a group called Scargottins. The Carnival is one of the most important festivals in this big town and one of the most beautiful displays in all Catalonia. There, this festival is really amazing and GOES on for five days, from Thursday untill Monday. In my group we dressed up as tyroleans. The costume was so cute. 

On Thursday, the first day, arrive the figure that symbolise Carnival. People go to the street with costumes from other years and they do a little display. Then, they go to the dance hall in order to continue the party. I couldn't go on the first day because in our high school we haven't got holiday next day, on Friday, such as Roses' high schools.

The second day, it's really when the Carnival starts. At nine p.m. BEGINS the real show. This year there were more than seventy carriages. My group has the number thirty-two. When the carriages finish the parade they go to the port. This year the place closed at three a.m. because the other years had lots of incidents. Then, the people who want to continue the party go to the dance hall or to the pavilion. 

On Saturday, the parade STARTS at four p.m. It's the children's moment. The route is the same that on Friday night, and when this is finished the carriages go to the port too. In the night, people who wants go to the pavilion. 

On Sunday, the display at 12 a.m. Like the two previous days, when this finish the carriages go to the port and in the night people go to the pavilion. Every day the parade begin before. When Sunday arrive people know that Carnival is finishing.

The last day, on Monday, there is a public lunch for all the carriages. Then, IN the afternoon they do "L'enterrament de la sardina" where the figure that symbolises Carnival is burned. This shows us the end of Carnival. Such as the first day, I couldn't go because I had high school. 

This was the best Carnival of my life! I only want to be on the next year to relive that experience. Next year, I am going to go to the university and I will go to the Carnival all days.

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RESEARCH PAPER ABSTRACT

Key words: sleep, dreams, sleep disorders, illness, ages

Do you know if you sleep well? Lots of people suffer from some sleep disorders and they are not aware of it. They think that disorders like insomnia are not as important as could be other illnesses. With this research paper we can state that night rest is far more important than what we think. Appart from that, the essay also reffers to different kinds of dreams which are highly related to sleep. 

ORAL PRESENTATION

Last month, I had a problem with my mobile phone. It didn't work and I had to begin again it. As a result, I lost all of my pictures, videos and more. In my gallery was my oral presentation, about my research paper, that I had to update on my blog. I'm really sorry bu't I haven't got the video. I tried to recover it but I couldn't. With this problem, I have learned that I have to keep my pictures, videos... in the iCloud so that I never have this problem again. 

I leave us here my prezi presentation in case you want to see it. My research paper talks about the sleeping disorders and dreams. Sorry again!! 

https://prezi.com/m/7nzrdnf3lxdz/untitled-prezi/

YOUR-SAY: STRESS

I will talk about a very common illness that affects many people nowadays. It's called stress. 

Many of my friends agree that they have many things to do in a normal day. Such as school homework, exams, some of duties at home.. Them admet being suffering from stress. 

How stress affects our body?

First of all, it's demostrated that stress can affect your heart. It can cause a person to breathe too fast, resulting in a loss of important carbon dioxide. Moreover, stress can affect the stomach. It can cause stomaches and problems digesting food. Stress also affects emotions. People suffering from stress often feel anxious and they may have panic attacks. People who are under stress often overreact to little problems. Moreover, long-time stress can lead to a variety of serious mentall illnesses like depression. 

How can we avoid being stressed?
We can avoid being stressed having a quiet social life. A healthy diet is another solution too. Doing outside activities like go for a walk are a good idea for relaxing yourself. If you have free time you can go to the gym to get away from your problems.  

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DIALOGUE

Characters: Kol, Flower. 

Scenario: Flower's house, we're taking a coffe and talking about life because we haven't seen since las night when we went out to the disco. 

Kol: I was thinking about last night and I think that I would like to operate my boobs. 

Flower: Why?

K: Because I think that they are too small.

F: But they are always been like that.

K: That's why, I think that I need a change. 

F: Have you thought about that? Your boobs can explote in a plane! I've seen it in the news. 

K: Oh Flower, don't be such killjoy! I never take planes, you know it. 

F: That's right, but where do you want to be operated?

K: I want to go to the USA, where the best plastic surgeons are. 

F: But this is too expensive! 

K: Don't worry, I have some savings... which with I wanted to buy a new house....

F: Really? I don't believe that you prefere having two big boobs than a good house!

TO BE CONTINUED...

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REVIEW: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

Fifty shades of Grey is a romantic film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. This film is based on the novel written by the author E.L James. The main protagonists are Jamie Dornon who plays like Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson who plays like Anastasia Steele. It was a film really waited fot the people and its premiere was on the 14th of Frebruary of 2015 in Spain. 

Synopsis: 

Anastasia Steele is a University Student in Washington. Her best friend is Katherine. She works for the collage newspaper. Katherine had to interview a famous business man called Christian Grey but unluckly she was feeling sick and instead she asked her friend Anna to do it fot her. The story starts when Anna is interviewing him and Christian gets interested in her. From now, hey start a relationship but it isn't a usual relationship. Christian is addicted to sado and he looks for a submisive person not a girlfriend. She doesn't really know where she is getting into because she is virgin and she doesn't know much about sex. However, Anna will discover a new amazing world. She will experience a different way of having sex. 

I read the book last summer. I think that the film is not as bas as people say. It's true that the book is better than the film but this always happens if you compared the film with the book. In this case, the film is lighter than the book because the film foccuses on the romantic part. However, the book foccuses on the sex part. The film can't show all it is in the book because it will be a porn film.

I am not dissappointed with the film but I prefer the book instead. I think that the book is richer than the film. I would like to point out the role Dakota plays in the film. I think that se plays the character very well. 

Star Rating: ****

NEWS: US SEX ABUSE SUSPECT DETAINED IN BRAZIL

I choose this news because when I read the tittle I wanted to read all the news. 

Summary:

A man in Brazil was detained last Friday because he was suspected of sexually assaulting young women while they were in a religious group in Minnesota. His name is Victor Barnard and he is fifty-three years old. Is accused of a different violations between 2000 and 2012. 
He used the religion to cover his assaults. He did religious campsites where there were a lot of young women. One woman says that she was sexually abused by him between the ages of 13 and 22. His sentence is maximum 30 years in prison. 

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My opinion:
I hate people like this man. I think that they aren't humans because if you do these things is because you haven't got feelings. If I make the laws, people that rape young girls without their consent don't go out from of prison in their lives. 

YOUR-SAY: SCHOOL READERS

Every year, when we start a new school term we have to buy the school books and the readers we need for that year. 

Readers are good for us because this way we read novels. Students don't read much for pleasure. Most of us prefer doing more exciting things than reading such as sailing on the net, going out with friends... When we read we increase our vocabulary and we learn new structures. 

However, I think that two or three books in batxillerat are too many books for us. Because we have got lots of homework, essays and many other things to do along the year. Then, I think that teachers sometimes choose badly. They have to choose a good and especially funny novel because if it is a boring novel, we aren't interesting in read it.  

This year, in batxillerat I don't like the books that we have to read. In my opinion, the worst is "Tirant lo Blanc" because is written in ancient Catalan and it's difficult to read. Apart from this I don't like the plot. 

YOUR-SAY: ADOLESCENTS IN PARTIES

In this essay, I would like to talk about the adolescents behaviour in the parties at night. 

First of all, I think that nowadays when you go out at night you see very young teenagers spending the night out. Every day more, teenagers start going party earlier than it used to be. I don't think that this is the main problem but they start drinking and taking drugs being very young. 

For this reason, as they don't know what they are consuming, they act in a very stupid way. If they were in normal conditions, they would have fun instead. I think that teenagers do not really know the way to enjoy and they think that getting drunk and consuming drugs is the best way. 

In conclusion, I think that they can drink alcohol but they should control themselves in order to haven't got any problem.