Compare your first written post and your last composition. Any differences?
Actually, a lot of differences. Since first batxillerat, my english got way more fluid and formal, considering that back then, sometimes to write an essay or a writting I had to spend like 10 minutes or so thinking, so I could get a coherent structure, but know, ideas come along as I read and write. Of course, the vocabulary got better too, and know the lexicon mistakes are pretty much missing.
Compare your first oral presentation with your final. Any differnce?
Mention content, structure, maturity arguments but linguistic arguments too: fluency, communication, pronunciation.
It is different too, but not as much as the written posts. Power point structure and content were always regular because I never spent too much time working on the visual matters, thus it was always power points so they were pretty simple. Individually, in one hand, fluency got better because everyday I try to speak a minimum of english so I don't get rusty, and in the other hand, communication always depended on the nervousness because when I get nervous, I tend to not look at anyone, and to communicate something you have to look at the people's eyes, and try to convince them that you know about what you're talking. Body language is the other side of communication, where I used to be a statue but know I feel free to move my hands to explain, walk around...
What's your best oral production? Justify and link post.
Link is not available but I remember that my best oral presentation was in first batxillerat when I had to expose a power point with Michel and Aaron about religious rituals. Fluency was pretty nice because I studied a lot my 3 topics, although we prepared almost everything the night before. I can recall a couple of things like ancient greek people used to put a coin under the dead one's tongue so gods could accept him/her in the other world. I used great vocabulary linked with the rituals topic and I don't know why but I wasn't nervious at all!
What's your best written production? Justify and link post
I'm stuck between 2 of them. I don't know if wether http://poeticjusticeym.blogspot.com.es/2016/03/resident-evil-4.html?m=1( Resident evil 4 post )is better or http://poeticjusticeym.blogspot.com.es/2015/03/8-mile_8.html?m=1 ( 8 Mile post ) gets the prize. I really enjoyed to do these your says, just because I talk about something of my interest. I love horror videogames just as I love rap, and the vocabulary is quite decent in both of them, so I'll call it a draw.
diumenge, 15 de maig del 2016
dijous, 12 de maig del 2016
Formal letter
15 Port Alegre
Empuriabrava
Girona
28th April 2016
Principal
INS Castelló d'Empùries
C/ del Rentador
To whom it may concern
I am writting to complain about some of the teachers whose job is to do their best so students can pass all the subjects but seem to do quite the contrary.
The problem began the same day I was treated with bad manners for no reason by a teacher who does not seem to enjoy her job. To make matters worse, I witnessed other classmates being punished by the same teacher, when we all know that punishment warns you about what you do not have to do, but not about what you actually have to do.
I would appreciate a change of attitude by whom I mentioned earlier. I suggest some sort of warning before reporting to the public education center.
I am looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely
Maurice Yuri.
Empuriabrava
Girona
28th April 2016
Principal
INS Castelló d'Empùries
C/ del Rentador
To whom it may concern
I am writting to complain about some of the teachers whose job is to do their best so students can pass all the subjects but seem to do quite the contrary.
The problem began the same day I was treated with bad manners for no reason by a teacher who does not seem to enjoy her job. To make matters worse, I witnessed other classmates being punished by the same teacher, when we all know that punishment warns you about what you do not have to do, but not about what you actually have to do.
I would appreciate a change of attitude by whom I mentioned earlier. I suggest some sort of warning before reporting to the public education center.
I am looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely
Maurice Yuri.
diumenge, 8 de maig del 2016
US election: Trump in apparent reverse on taxes for rich
Summarizing:
Trump said on his programme: "I'm allowed to change"
Mr Trump's tax plan says the wealthiest individuals would get a tax break. But he told ABC his "optimum plan" would be negotiated with Democrats, but not be approved as such.His top priorities would be lowering taxes on businesses and the middle class, not helping the rich.On the minimum wage, Mr Trump said: "I haven't decided in terms of numbers. But I think people have to get more." He has previously said he is against increasing the minimum wage.
Opinion:
Of course everyone's allowed to change, but not if you're almost finishing your campaign to be the president of one of the countries with more potential in the earth. In other words, how are people supposed to vote Trump if he doesn't even have his ideas clear? You could sneak something relatively not important, but changing taxes is a huge impact, speacially for rich people in this case. I'm still questioning his position as US's president.
Vocabulary:
-Wealthiest: Más rico
-Wage: Salario
News Link
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-36239546
Trump said on his programme: "I'm allowed to change"
Mr Trump's tax plan says the wealthiest individuals would get a tax break. But he told ABC his "optimum plan" would be negotiated with Democrats, but not be approved as such.His top priorities would be lowering taxes on businesses and the middle class, not helping the rich.On the minimum wage, Mr Trump said: "I haven't decided in terms of numbers. But I think people have to get more." He has previously said he is against increasing the minimum wage.
When asked about the change of position, the New York billionaire said: "I'm allowed to change. You need flexibility."
Opinion:
Of course everyone's allowed to change, but not if you're almost finishing your campaign to be the president of one of the countries with more potential in the earth. In other words, how are people supposed to vote Trump if he doesn't even have his ideas clear? You could sneak something relatively not important, but changing taxes is a huge impact, speacially for rich people in this case. I'm still questioning his position as US's president.
Vocabulary:
-Wealthiest: Más rico
-Wage: Salario
News Link
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-36239546
Afghanistan fuel tanker crash kills 73 in Ghazni province
Summarizing:
More than 50 people was taken to the nearest hospital, severely injured and 73 died in the accident.
All 3 vehicles got set on fire right after the collision in the highway linking Kabul to Kandahar.
It's said that accidents like this one often happen mainly because the roads are in a poor state, although the provincial traffic department tried to blame the reckless driving.
Health ministry spokesman said that almost every person who died, was completely burned.
Opinion:
Poor people. It's a shame how you can lose your life in a matter of second at any moment, I mean, none of them was expecting to crash into each other and turn everything in a fireball. Traffic department should try to fix the roads first, and then, blame people for driving too fast if accidents still hapenning.
Vocabulary:
Linking: juntando
Injured: lesionado
Reckless: temerario
News Link:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36241002
More than 50 people was taken to the nearest hospital, severely injured and 73 died in the accident.
All 3 vehicles got set on fire right after the collision in the highway linking Kabul to Kandahar.
It's said that accidents like this one often happen mainly because the roads are in a poor state, although the provincial traffic department tried to blame the reckless driving.
Health ministry spokesman said that almost every person who died, was completely burned.
Opinion:
Poor people. It's a shame how you can lose your life in a matter of second at any moment, I mean, none of them was expecting to crash into each other and turn everything in a fireball. Traffic department should try to fix the roads first, and then, blame people for driving too fast if accidents still hapenning.
Vocabulary:
Linking: juntando
Injured: lesionado
Reckless: temerario
News Link:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36241002
Human Rights
The Human Rights are the rights you have simply because you are a human being. Briefly it is the right to food, shelter, freedom of speech and education, but they were never fully respected, didn't they?
They were invented in 1945, by the United Nations in New York after WW2 to promote peace, prevent future wars and enforce inalienable rights to every human being previously mentioned.
There are a total of 30 human rights nowadays, and every single one of them are very important.
Checking the list, I realized I was not very familiar with a lot of them, obviously, but the one who got my attention was the No Torture right. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
First things first. To critizice human rights is an easy task, and if you think the contrary, try to have every world's corners under watch 24/7. Difficult ins't it? Well, that could justify some of the violations we've witnessed against these laws, but some of these violations are done pretty much by the government. " No one shall be subjected to torture" ; I know that there are plenty of terrorist being tortured by corporations per example, even though it's for the greater cause and I aprove it, this right should've been written with some specifications, because terrorists are humans afterall. Details, they are important.
Secondly, "Inhuman or degrading treatment". Tell this to the starving families in Africa, or to the homeless people who have to eat from the trash. What's the point of having written all of that if it's not going to be accomplished?
Human rights have never been fully respected, not even one of the thirty existent rights, but they still exist, for creating a good image of us I guess.
First things first. To critizice human rights is an easy task, and if you think the contrary, try to have every world's corners under watch 24/7. Difficult ins't it? Well, that could justify some of the violations we've witnessed against these laws, but some of these violations are done pretty much by the government. " No one shall be subjected to torture" ; I know that there are plenty of terrorist being tortured by corporations per example, even though it's for the greater cause and I aprove it, this right should've been written with some specifications, because terrorists are humans afterall. Details, they are important.
Secondly, "Inhuman or degrading treatment". Tell this to the starving families in Africa, or to the homeless people who have to eat from the trash. What's the point of having written all of that if it's not going to be accomplished?
Human rights have never been fully respected, not even one of the thirty existent rights, but they still exist, for creating a good image of us I guess.
Educational system effectiveness
Buildind the perfect educational system is an impossible task as perfection normally is an unreachable form. Nevertheless, we can always inspire ourselves to accomplish it or at least get close to the concept.
An utopian education would be a class where both teacher and students participate, teaching in a way that improves the capacity to think by themselves, and not only memorizing concepts to later barf them in the exam and past a few days ask what were they. Educational system will always be unfair, no matter what high charges do, because there are people who excel in more important tasks who are never required to pass studies, and then, someday you'll get to see those people frustrated, because they never succeeded against library rats who stayed the whole day before the exam, locked at home memorizing things to get a good mark, which should never be considered as a future decider. It's all about adapting and taking advantage of opportunities.
It's upseting how accurate this is.
An utopian education would be a class where both teacher and students participate, teaching in a way that improves the capacity to think by themselves, and not only memorizing concepts to later barf them in the exam and past a few days ask what were they. Educational system will always be unfair, no matter what high charges do, because there are people who excel in more important tasks who are never required to pass studies, and then, someday you'll get to see those people frustrated, because they never succeeded against library rats who stayed the whole day before the exam, locked at home memorizing things to get a good mark, which should never be considered as a future decider. It's all about adapting and taking advantage of opportunities.
It's upseting how accurate this is.
Does new generations abuse of the cellphone use?
Our generation is fully dependent on cellphones. This might happen because this device incoporates a number of indispensable apps such as gps, calculator, flashlight, whatsapp and many others. The main use of cellphones declines to everything related to comunication and social media.
As we can see, we have sustained reasons of why do we need our phones,although we are crossing the thin line of overuse. The purpose of this device, as I have said is to improve comunication but it seems like it has done quite the opposite, and it's ironic, because wherever you go, everyone will be with their eyes fixed on the screens and as a consequence, we all may lack of face to face comunication. Let images do words job.
As we can see, we have sustained reasons of why do we need our phones,although we are crossing the thin line of overuse. The purpose of this device, as I have said is to improve comunication but it seems like it has done quite the opposite, and it's ironic, because wherever you go, everyone will be with their eyes fixed on the screens and as a consequence, we all may lack of face to face comunication. Let images do words job.
Future role of computers in education
Schools are debating wether the use of computer in class would be beneficial for students or a simple distraction. I'll try to analyse it from 3 different points of view: in the classroom, for teachers and towards learning,
One computer and a projector in every classroom is essencial, as in one hand, every school now use their own websites to control attendance and on the other hand, teachers can make more interactive and dynamic classes with videos and power points. This leads teachers, who thanks to the computering, to have a small part of their job simplified and it can help to engage students to follow the class and maintain their constant attention. For learning, computers can have a bright side or a dark side. They can be a really useful tool despite the fact that any device with internet is a easy way of distraction.
In my opinion, there's no doubt that there should be one computer on every class for teacher's use to improve classes. Students, however, should keep the traditional way of learning.
One computer and a projector in every classroom is essencial, as in one hand, every school now use their own websites to control attendance and on the other hand, teachers can make more interactive and dynamic classes with videos and power points. This leads teachers, who thanks to the computering, to have a small part of their job simplified and it can help to engage students to follow the class and maintain their constant attention. For learning, computers can have a bright side or a dark side. They can be a really useful tool despite the fact that any device with internet is a easy way of distraction.
In my opinion, there's no doubt that there should be one computer on every class for teacher's use to improve classes. Students, however, should keep the traditional way of learning.
Is being a Youtuber rentable?
In the past few years youtubers have become very popular and influential items for our society, mainly to the youngest. That's the reason why more and more people are trying to fit in this world of entertainment.
The majority doesn't think that being a youtuber is a serious job although this industry should not be underestimated. A perfect example to support this argument is "Pewdiepie", the most subscribed youtuber. He has over 40 million subscribers and thanks to his gaming videos, he gains over 12 million dollars per year. In addition, recording videos is not their only source of income, knowing that they usually take into the market their own books.
To conclude with, being a youtuber is undoubtedly a rentable job, however we need to understand that it isn't an easy job and not until you don't achieve an important sum of viewers, you won't produce any benefits.
The majority doesn't think that being a youtuber is a serious job although this industry should not be underestimated. A perfect example to support this argument is "Pewdiepie", the most subscribed youtuber. He has over 40 million subscribers and thanks to his gaming videos, he gains over 12 million dollars per year. In addition, recording videos is not their only source of income, knowing that they usually take into the market their own books.
To conclude with, being a youtuber is undoubtedly a rentable job, however we need to understand that it isn't an easy job and not until you don't achieve an important sum of viewers, you won't produce any benefits.
diumenge, 13 de març del 2016
Spanish or english?
I've always handled myself with english pretty decently, although these few years living in Spain made me realize I feel more confident speaking in spanish, and that's not unusual at all, because for me, the environment makes the speaker, above everything. Putting yourself in a situation where you need to develope a language by any means makes you learn faster than going to spanish classes but living in U.K, per example.
I've always admired spanish for its variety in literature and how poetic it can be, but don't misjudge me; I'm not saying english sounds like a dirty idiom but I hate the fact that there are so many meanings and less significants. In the other hand, I'd rather write in english for the rest of my life than in spanish, but that's personal preferences but briefly:
For speaking: spanish
To writting: english.
I've always admired spanish for its variety in literature and how poetic it can be, but don't misjudge me; I'm not saying english sounds like a dirty idiom but I hate the fact that there are so many meanings and less significants. In the other hand, I'd rather write in english for the rest of my life than in spanish, but that's personal preferences but briefly:
For speaking: spanish
To writting: english.
Apple could reveal mini iPhone 5SE on March 21
Apple could reveal mini iPhone 5SE on March 21
NEW YORK
Set that calendar reminder: Apple is about to reveal some new gadgets on March 21.
The company sent invitations to the media for a special event on Thursday, with the words "Let us loop you in."
Apple is widely expected to take the covers off a mini iPhone -- a four-inch "iPhone 5SE."The smaller phone will be about the same size as the existing iPhone 5S, according to leaked images. But it will also have some of the same features as the newer iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S models, including rounded edges, a Touch ID home button and an on/off button on the right-hand side of the device.
Some other products Apple could show off? There have been reports about a possible smaller iPad Pro, new Apple watch bands and software updates for its devices.
Releasing a smaller iPhone makes a good deal of sense for Apple.
The iPhone 7 is expected to be released in the fall, when Apple would typically be expected to retire the iPhone 5S. By that point, the 5S will be three years old.
Though Apple doesn't break out sales numbers for different versions of the iPhone, Wall Street analysts believe there has been a large amount of staying power for the iPhone 5S because of its smaller size.
The iPhone 5S is the last four-inch iPhone on the market.
Personal opinion
Apple must be really confident on their marketing if they're thinking that a mix of iphone6 and iphone 5 but smaller is going to pass by as a new model. They even state "including rounded edges" because that's the top of the innovation!! And they say it like having rounded edges is an achievement...
Vocabulary:
Edges: bordes
Devices: dispositivo
Dross
DrossRotZank is a very interesting youtube channel which I highly recomend to all those people who want to have fun, and learn at the same time. Ángel David Revilla, better known as dross used to upload a lot of different things to his channel, from gameplays to Q&A sessions called "Dross contesta preguntas estúpidas", but now he mainly uploads top 7's and horror stories.
I don't blame you if at first sight you think that this is a common and boring channel, but I invite you to find out his true talent, narration.
Dross is very talented when it comes to establish a scary/dismal atmosphere to his stories, and that makes him different from the others, apart from the inusual topics of his top 7 videos, like:
Top 7 most disturbing suicides
Top 7 most weird music genres
Top 7 most horrible death penalties
Top 7 scariest places on earth, etc...
Yuri & Jere podcast
Me and Jere discussing about a few important topics, and some weird questions...
https://audioboom.com/boos/4296906-jere-and-yuri-podcast
https://audioboom.com/boos/4296906-jere-and-yuri-podcast
Resident Evil 4
General:
So, I thought it was a good idea to bring some videogame topic to this blog as a "your say", and getting it started with a childhood game wouldn't be bad. Resident Evil 4, first horror-survival game I played when I was young, and the one who introduced into the resident evil franchise as well. This game brings me back so many memories, and nightmares too! I can barely remember the day I finished it, but I felt so happy! The pain was over, because it was indeed a pain in the ass to finish it, considering that a eight-year-old boy shouldn't be playing this hehe. Jumpscares, horrifying enemies, scary atmosphere because of the soundtrack and the environment, charismatic characters and a nice plot made this game a masterpiece.
Plot:
Leon is a US agent who received a mission to rescue the president's daughter, ashley, who was kidnapped by a weird spanish religious cult, who seem to worship a god, called Saddler, created by "Las plagas", which was the virus they used to infect people. Through his campaign, Leon will go through different sscenarios, 3 in total: The spanish village with peasant zombies ( a cool detail about this game is the fact that some of the people who got infected could still preserve human habits, like talk, use weapons, work, plan ambushes, etc...but they were really violent with strangers ), The spanish castle with religious zombies dressed like monks saying "morir es vivir" and The Island with soldier zombies, to rescue Ashley and get her back home.
Most terrifying experience
1 word. REGENERATOR.
My very first encounter with him made me turn off my Ps2, because of how scared I was. Your first encounter with him is in the Island, where you enter a hospital, more exactly, in a surgery room. When you get in, you see him through a window, lying on a bed, but the door is closed so you can't get near. Once you collect a key to progress to the next part of the game, you hear the noise of the jammed door, getting open. The music starts, and you hear his asthmatic breathing. He's an obnoxious enemy because you can only kill him shooting in 3-4 specific body locations, where the virus resides, if you shoot anywhere else (arms, legs, head, stomach), it will explode, but past a few minutes, he will recover from it, in other words, Regenerate it.
So, I thought it was a good idea to bring some videogame topic to this blog as a "your say", and getting it started with a childhood game wouldn't be bad. Resident Evil 4, first horror-survival game I played when I was young, and the one who introduced into the resident evil franchise as well. This game brings me back so many memories, and nightmares too! I can barely remember the day I finished it, but I felt so happy! The pain was over, because it was indeed a pain in the ass to finish it, considering that a eight-year-old boy shouldn't be playing this hehe. Jumpscares, horrifying enemies, scary atmosphere because of the soundtrack and the environment, charismatic characters and a nice plot made this game a masterpiece.
Plot:
Leon is a US agent who received a mission to rescue the president's daughter, ashley, who was kidnapped by a weird spanish religious cult, who seem to worship a god, called Saddler, created by "Las plagas", which was the virus they used to infect people. Through his campaign, Leon will go through different sscenarios, 3 in total: The spanish village with peasant zombies ( a cool detail about this game is the fact that some of the people who got infected could still preserve human habits, like talk, use weapons, work, plan ambushes, etc...but they were really violent with strangers ), The spanish castle with religious zombies dressed like monks saying "morir es vivir" and The Island with soldier zombies, to rescue Ashley and get her back home.
Most terrifying experience
1 word. REGENERATOR.
My very first encounter with him made me turn off my Ps2, because of how scared I was. Your first encounter with him is in the Island, where you enter a hospital, more exactly, in a surgery room. When you get in, you see him through a window, lying on a bed, but the door is closed so you can't get near. Once you collect a key to progress to the next part of the game, you hear the noise of the jammed door, getting open. The music starts, and you hear his asthmatic breathing. He's an obnoxious enemy because you can only kill him shooting in 3-4 specific body locations, where the virus resides, if you shoot anywhere else (arms, legs, head, stomach), it will explode, but past a few minutes, he will recover from it, in other words, Regenerate it.
Trump: I 'should get credit, not be scorned' for tone of events
Donald Trump is pinning the blame for escalating violence and protests at his campaign events on Bernie Sanders.
The Republican presidential front-runner said in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" Sunday that he "should get credit, not be scorned" for his handling of the tension at his events.
"You had professional disruptors, thousands of them, from Sanders and to a smaller extent, Hillary (Clinton)," he said of a Friday night event in Chicago that Trump canceled after chaos broke out there.
Trump was deflecting blame after a weekend of eruptions on the campaign trail. On Friday, his campaign canceled his appearance at an event in Chicago amid security concerns. On Saturday, a man rushed the stage during one of his speeches, and Trump closed out the day by calling for the arrest of protesters at his events.
Trump said of conservatives: "We are treated so unfairly, and I'm treated very unfairly."
He fired a warning shot at Sanders, suggesting that his supporters could disrupt the Vermont senator and Democratic hopeful's events after some of the Chicago protesters brought pro-Sanders signs.
"If conservative Republicans ever went into his rally, you would see things happen that would be unbelievable," Trump said, even as he denied that a tweet he'd posted Sunday morning saying that Sanders should "be careful" was a threat.
His comments come a week after a 78-year-old Trump supporter was arrested after video showed he sucker-punched a protester who was being escorted from a Trump event in North Carolina. (On NBC's "Meet the Press," Trump on Sunday told moderator Chuck Todd that he's "instructed my people to look into" whether he could pay the man's legal bills.)
Breitbart journalist Michelle Fields, meanwhile, accused Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of grabbing her after a campaign event. Fields tweeted photos of her bruises and filed a criminal complaint alleging she'd been assaulted.
Sanders, in an interview with Tapper on "State of the Union," said his campaign "had nothing to do" with what happened in Chicago. He also called on his supporters to allow Trump's events to go forward.
"I would hope that my supporters would not disrupt meetings. To protest is one thing, to disrupt is something else," he said.
Still, Sanders said Trump carries the blame for the escalating tensions at his events.
"Even his Republican colleagues make this point: His language, his intonation, when he talks about carrying people out in stretchers ... this is a man who keeps implying violence, and then you end up getting what you seek," he said.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio also criticized Trump on "State of the Union."
"He has turned the most important election in a generation into a circus, into a complete fiasco and a carnival," he said.
Rubio suggested he's considering backing off his pledge to support the Republican nominee if Trump wins the nomination.
"It's getting harder every day to justify that statement to myself, to my children, to my family, and to the people that support me," Rubio said.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said on "State of the Union" that he, too, is tired of seeing Trump's comments designed to make people "depressed and down and angry."
"When I saw the violence in Chicago, I just had enough," Kasich said.
Personal Opinion:
Trump is really a failure of a candidate to be US's president, and he's trying so hard to convince people that he is quite the contrary. I don't support his ideology mainly because of his racist campaigns and his demagoguism, but it seems like he's getting really far in the competion thanks to all the blind people who vote him. In case he wins, let's see how much time it takes to his supporters to start complaining about him!
Vocabulary:
Bruises: Contusiones
Disrupt: interrumpir
Fiasco: fracaso
Blast in turkish capital of Ankara kills at least 27
An explosion ripped through a busy square in the Turkish capital Sunday evening, killing at least 27 people and wounding 75 others, the Ankara governor's office said.Scores of police cars, firefighters and medical personnel rushed to the scene. Security forces evacuated the area, the official Turkish news agency Anadolu reported.
Authorities haven't released details about what caused the blast.February: Kurdish militants claim deadly Ankara blast
"It's too early to talk about who carried out this attack. The investigation is ongoing," a senior Turkish official said. "Our priority right now is the wounded."The explosion apparently targeted a transportation hub where bus stops and a metro station are located in the Kizilay neighborhood, Anadolu said.A bombing that targeted military vehicles in the capital in February killed at least 28 people.
Last week, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara warned of a possible terrorist plot to strike government buildings in the capital's Bahcelievler neighborhood, which is just a few minute's drive from the square where Sunday's explosion occurred.
Personal opinion:
Wounded are always the priority, but if those terrorists keep up like this, there will be no wounded, only dead people. I've seen already 2 terrorist attacks heppening today, and they all cause between 10 and 20, plus the wounded, just keep that in mind.
Vocabulary:
rushed: apresuraron
hub: cubo
embassy: embajada
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/13/world/ankara-park-blast/index.html
Gunmen attack 3 Ivory Coast hotels
Gunmen mounted deadly attacks at three hotels in the beach resort city of Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast, shortly after noon on Sunday, according to the government.French President Francois Hollande, whose nation maintains a close relationship with Ivory Coast, said 12 civilians were killed, including at least one French citizen.
The Ivory Coast government had said 11 people -- including a child -- were victims of the attack, but did not say whether they had been injured or killed.Security forces "neutralized" six attackers, Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko said in a statement on state-run broadcaster RTI1.The statement said security sweeps were continuing.
Video from the scene -- about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the country's largest city, Abidjan -- appeared to show people fleeing from the hotel during the attack.Hollande condemned what he called a "cowardly attack" and pledged French support to find out who was responsible for the attack, which the Ivory Coast government had earlier said targeted two hotels.The U.S. Embassy in Abidjan reported that it had no evidence that U.S. citizens were targeted or harmed.
The French Embassy said it had set up a crisis unit, and asked people to limit travel in the area and stay clear of security forces. The British Foreign Office had similar advice.The identity of the gunmen was not immediately known, although jihadists have targeted hotels in West Africa before.
In the past year, two countries bordering Ivory Coast -- Mali and Burkina Faso -- have witnessed attacks on hotels popular with Westerners.
Ivory Coast itself has not been the target of terror attacks, but the threat of such an incident has risen since the country's support of France's 2013 military intervention targeting Islamic extremists in Mali, the U.S. State Department has said.
A terror group in Mali named Ivory Coast as a potential target for attacks in 2015, the State Department said.
Personal opinion:
Local police still sweeping the area trying to find the suspects who escaped, although they neutralized 6 attackers, including the terrorist who was in the mounted gun. Some people think this is a job made by jihadists because it is said that they usually attack hotels in Africa. Ivory Coast shouldn't be surprised at all, because it is known that they helped France to target some islam extremists in Mali, but for now, let's hope the security to increase, and keep those people away from harm.
Vocabulary:
fleeing: huyendo
support: apoyo
witnessed: presenciado
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/13/africa/ivory-coast-attack/index.html
diumenge, 14 de febrer del 2016
Can technology make a better world?
Knowing that technology is utterly useful and it is a powerful tool at its prime, every single object/tool that can fit in this description can be used for good or bad. I always like to highlight the way social relations went from being good to poor and generical. Why would we ask someone for locations when we have a gps? Or online maps? Why would we meet someone when you can instant message them instead? Secodly, machines are stealing people's jobs, because why would we pay a month salary to someone when we can improve our industries machines to do a human's job?
On the other hand, everything is not negative. I look forward to think that even with its flaws, it benefits us more than the harm it causes. Briefly, it makes life more easier and confortable, like using internet at home instead of going to the library to do a research, or renewable energies instead of using unrenewable ones which pollute our planet.
Obviously, it is made to do positive things, but sometimes negative things can happen, but the only one to blame is the owner, the one who gave it usage, not the technology itself.
On the other hand, everything is not negative. I look forward to think that even with its flaws, it benefits us more than the harm it causes. Briefly, it makes life more easier and confortable, like using internet at home instead of going to the library to do a research, or renewable energies instead of using unrenewable ones which pollute our planet.
Obviously, it is made to do positive things, but sometimes negative things can happen, but the only one to blame is the owner, the one who gave it usage, not the technology itself.
diumenge, 10 de gener del 2016
Informal conversation
Characters: 1.Big Moris/ 2.Lil Mich/ 3. Dj Faron
3 old friends meet at the park...
3. Sup fellas. How ya'll doin'?
1. Doin' great. I'll have a lipo next week, because of my obesity and breathing probs.
2. WOW! Now you'll be able to pass through my house door.
1. Ha-Ha fucker. At least my gf is pleased with me
3. Hey guys! Be cool!
2. Dont worry bout that. It won't last too long.
1. What do you mean?
2. I'm gonna have a penis size enlargement.
3. You kiddin' ain't ya?
2. Nope man, I mean it.
1. My prob is serious business, I can't stand guys who do stuff...
3. That's stupid!
2. Do you guys realize how insecure I feel in the bed game?
1. I can imagine, don'cha Faron?
3. Don't be a dick with'im! Don't make fun of it.
2. Well I'll think about it.
1. Dont try so hard, will ya?
3 old friends meet at the park...
3. Sup fellas. How ya'll doin'?
1. Doin' great. I'll have a lipo next week, because of my obesity and breathing probs.
2. WOW! Now you'll be able to pass through my house door.
1. Ha-Ha fucker. At least my gf is pleased with me
3. Hey guys! Be cool!
2. Dont worry bout that. It won't last too long.
1. What do you mean?
2. I'm gonna have a penis size enlargement.
3. You kiddin' ain't ya?
2. Nope man, I mean it.
1. My prob is serious business, I can't stand guys who do stuff...
3. That's stupid!
2. Do you guys realize how insecure I feel in the bed game?
1. I can imagine, don'cha Faron?
3. Don't be a dick with'im! Don't make fun of it.
2. Well I'll think about it.
1. Dont try so hard, will ya?
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