A TED TALK ON FASHION

Geena Rocero is a Philipine model who is currently living in San Francisco (EE.UU). 

She once was a boy when she was little until she realized that she wanted to become a woman and a model. In this video, basically she explains how she came out.

When she was younger, at the age of 15 she assisted to a model catwalk and she saw a man dressed as a woman and she says that she wanted to be like her because she thought that she was the most beautiful women that she has ever seen.  In that moment, the model asked Geena why she didn't participate on the catwalk and she said that she would love to but she couldn't. Then that model told Geena not to worry about anything, but she wanted her to model. 

Geena won the catwalk and then she realized that she really wanted to become a model.

Geena's mother moved to San Francisco in 2001 and told Geena to move with her but she didn't want to. A few weeks later her mother called her again to ask her one more time to move with her, and she also told Geena that she could change her indentity and her name if she move to San Francisco. 

Afterwards, Geena moved to San Francisco, changed her name and came through a plastic surgery to change her genitals. She felt so happy with herself and very lucky.

MY OPINION:

In my opinion, i think that she's very brave to tell this story and i think that she's doing a good job by sharing her story with other people like her, i mean people that want to come out but they don't have the strenght. She is helping to other people to make their mind and to fight for what they really want to become. 

Geena has relation with fashion because she's a model and she has the oportunity to share her story and help others. 

RITE OF PASSAGE - HINDU WEDDING

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JOURNALISM

I want to talk about this because i want to become a journalist in a future. I think that journalism is a very important thing in our society nowadays, because it allows us to know important things of everywhere. You can see important things on TV or internet because of the journalism, reporters study the the topic of the news that they want ton show us so we can perfectly understand what's going on in our society. 

My favorite site to know news and stuff that doesn't appear on TV is 'Playground' because they have amazing contents and very interesting news. I also usually watch 'Informativos Telecinco' everday after school. I really enjoy watching the news.

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How Pope Francis is shaking up the Vatican

Pope Francis is showing his love for outsiders again this time by turning some of them into the ultimate insiders.

He's appointing a batch of new cardinals on Saturday, reshaping the group that will someday choose the next pope. Many of the new men come from lands far distant from Rome: Three are from Africa, two from Asia, one from Oceania, and one from the Middle East. All represent places where the Catholic population is in the minority. In part, Francis has chosen men who are involved in a daily battle with poverty, violence and religious conflict. 

MY OPINION: I think that Pope Francis is doing a great job by recolecting people to be inside of the Pope Francis group. And he's doing it even better because he choose men who has been in conflicts. 

NEWS LINK: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/19/europe/pope-francis-new-cardinals/index.html

3 new words: 

OUTSIDER - http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=outsider

INSIDER - http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=insider

BATCH - http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=batch

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MAKE UP

Make up is a very important thing in girls life. It is one of my favorite things, because it enhances my own beauty and it is so entertaining to do. I only wear make up on weekends because i think that there's no need to wear it on high school days, but these are my thoughts may be an other person thinks that wearing make up on school is not big deal. 

There are a lot of types and brands of make up. There are, shadow palettes, contour palettes, blush, high light palettes, lipsticks, etc. My favorite brand currently is 'KYLIE cosmetics' because it is a 'non-expensive' brand and it has a high quality products. It is from USA but you can buy it on internet in their official shop page. 

I learnt how to apply correctly make up by watching videos on youtube. There is an amount of make up videos. I watch them all the time so i can learn new trends and products every day. 

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Syria war: Aleppo family of 6 killed in 'chemical attack'

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said reports indicated a married couple and their four children were killed in one of many airstrikes to hit the al-Sakhour neighborhood in Aleppo's besieged east. The group said chlorine gas was used in the bombardment. The Aleppo Media Center (AMC) activist group also reported that the family was killed and posted a photo of the aftermath on Twitter. 

Several major trauma hospitals were knocked out of service during recent attacks, the organization said. 

It is unclear how many children have died in the attacks, but at least four were reported killed in strikes on Wednesday. Activists said there were likely to be more children among the dead. 

MY OPINION: War is always bad news. I'm totally against wars, even more if there is children implicated on it. Kids are supposed to play and learn, they're not supposed to be in the middle of wars. Nobody is supposed to be in. 

NEWS LINK: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/20/middleeast/syria-aleppo-airstrikes/index.html

3 New words: 
AIRSTRIKE - http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=airstrike
AFTERMATH - http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=AFTERMATH
AMONG - http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=among

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FAVORITE APP TO EDIT PHOTOS 

There are a lot of apps to edit photos but the are one especifically that I really like. It works really well and it has a lot of filters and options to edit your photos and to make them look stunning. The app is VSCO CAM. It is free but much filters inside de app may cost some euros. This app is my 'go to' app because it gives a very natural and pretty touch on your pics to make them look better tan they are. A lot of users like this app very much as well. 

It is able for iOs and Android. It's one of the most used apps to edit photos all around the world. 

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Paralyzed monkeys regain control of their legs after brain implants

A new form of brain implant could help people who can't walk regain control of their legs, based on a new study proving its potential in paralyzed monkeys. Researchers at the (EPFL) in Switzerland were able to restore movement in the legs of two paralyzed monkeys within two weeks of them being injured; one regained mobility after just six days.

Paraplegia is often caused by injury in someone's spinal cord or nerves, meaning nerve signals cannot be transmitted between the brain and the rest of the body, such as the legs. The higher the injury, the worse the paralysis. 

MY OPINION: This is a big step on humanity because this experiment could work on humans as it works on monkeys. If people with paraplegia could walk, life would be amazing. 

NEWS LINK: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/09/health/paralyzed-monkeys-walking-brain-implant/index.html

3 new dictionary words:

PARAPLEGIA - http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=paraplegia

REGAIN - http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=REGAIN

RESEARCH - http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=research

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CLOTHES 

Clothes are a very important thing in our lives because we wear it everyday. Life without clothes would be so boring, because you can wear anything you like and anything that makes yourself comfortable. I really like clothing because I think that everything we wear it's because our personality, it is like our personal brand that we want to show people so they can know us a little bit better without have to talk with us. I love nude and camel colors because they are very easy to combine and anyone can wear them. 

The best season to stylize your clothes and your persoanl image it's on winter, because you can wear as much as clothes you want to; scurffs, big jackets or coats, yoga pants, warm sweaters, high socks, boots and warm globes as well. 

USA elections special

USA ELECTIONS SPECIAL

Positive things about Donald Trump's policies: He tries to protect the people of USA and the economy of the state.

Positive things about Hillary Clinton: is the first woman running for president of the USA. She respects any person without considering their nationality. She's working for a better future for their country. 

Negative things about Donald Trump: he's a racist especially with the Latin people. He doesn't know how to argument his words nor bad things he has done. He's a huge sexist and disrespectful with women. He doesn't mind the women rights.

Negative things about Hillary Clinton: She can be a liar sometimes. Because of her, 33.000 e-mails have been deleted. 

My chosen Protest song

Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff

I shot the sheriff

But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! OhI shot the sheriff

But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh
Yeah! All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy
But I say

[Verse 2]
Oh, now, now. Oh!
(I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff
(But I swear it was in self-defense.)
Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah
I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord!
(And they say it is a capital offense.)
Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!

[Verse 3]
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what, I don't know:
Every time I plant a seed
He said kill it before it grow
He said kill them before they grow
And so

[Verse 4]
Read it in the news
(I shot the sheriff.) Oh, Lord!
(But I swear it was in self-defense.)
Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh)
I say: I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self-defense. (Oo-oh) Yeah!

[Verse 5]
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah!
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down
So I shot - I shot - I shot him down and I say
If I am guilty I will pay

{Verse 6}
(I shot the sheriff,)
But I say (But I didn't shoot no deputy)
I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!
(I shot the sheriff.) I did!
But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh)
Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be:
Every day the bucket a-go a well
One day the bottom a-go drop out
One day the bottom a-go drop out

I say:
I - I - I - I shot the sheriff
Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah!
I - I (shot the sheriff) -
But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!

Bob Marley here tells a story from the point of view of a narrator who admits to having killed the local sheriff, and claims to be falsely accused of having killed the deputy, this song defends de rights of black people that are constantly accused by the police just because they're black. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XiYUYcpsT4

Protest Song

♫♫♫Tracy Chapman -Talking 'Bout A Revolution♫♫♫

Don't you know
They're talkin' bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper

[Verse ]
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion

[Hook 1]
Don't you know
They're talkin' bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Don't you know
They're talkin' bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper

Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs

[Bridge]
Don't you know
You better run, run, run, run,run,run,run,run,run,run,run
Oh I said you better run, run
Run,run,run,run,run,run,run,run,run,run

[Hook 2]
It's finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution
It's finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution oh no
Talkin' bout a revolution oh

[Verse]
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion

[Hook 1]
Don't you know
Talkin' bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
And finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution
It's finally the tables are starting to turn
Talkin' bout a revolution, oh no
Talkin' bout a revolution, oh no
Talkin' bout a revolution, oh no

It is a longing for equality, and for balance in the case for humanity.

Introducing Myself

Introducing Myself

Hello, my name is Antonia I am 16 years old and I live in Vila-Sacra near to Figueres city. I am from Colombia, concretely Medellín. I have 2 brothers and I'm actually living with my mom. My favourite subject is English, I really enjoy it. I I wasn't expecting to start 1st of Batx but I finally decided to follow my dream of being a reporter. I really hope to appear in Tv reporting news. To me studying is very important in life because knowledge is everything you need to become someone. I wish i can pass this year well and the next year too. 

Antonia Ramirez.