In the book No Logo, Naomi Klein talks about the power of the brands and the impact they have in our society.
class we read a fragment of her book, where she talks about the Cool Hunters, professionals who work on making observations and predicting the changes of the new and present trends. I think that it is a great marketing strategy because people likes to be informed of the trends and it is a good way to emphasize with the customers. But at the same time I think it would be more original to create new styles instead of going outside with a camera and taking photos of people and copying their style.
Anyway, I don't think that we shouldn't be that much dependent on the trends and we shouldn't give too much importance to the cool hunters, but we like to fit in the society and look cool so we were what is trending and we buy to the popular cloth shops, even if we know that we are being manipulated by the companies and we are becoming more and more dependent to their brands arriving at the point that we feel identified with them.
ANDRAS FORGACS, Leather and meet without killing animals.
The first video I have seen is a Andras Forgacs' talk about crating leather without killing animals.
Andras Forgacs and his father have started a company to 3D print human tissues and organs and after this they had this idea of also growing animal parts so that we don't have to sacrifice that amount of animals to obtain the products we need. He emphasizes in leather because in our society, it is wildly used, so if we can create new leather from the cells we don't have to sacrifice any animals.
In my opinion, this technique could be revolutionary because we can create any leather we want without the need of having to kill any poor animal. So I think that in a future this will be used.
DANIT PELEG, Forget shopping. Soon you'll download your new clothes.
The second video I have seen is the Danit Peleg's talk about downloading your new clothes from home. She first had this idea when she wanted to wear something new for an event, but she hadn't anything to wear, so she designed clothes on her computer and then printed them with a 3D printer. After this, she decided to try and 3D print an entire fashion collection from her home. She experimented with many materials and many machines and her real challenge was to find the right filament for clothes. A filament that is strong and flexible.
In my opinion, this is a very difficult idea, because not everybody has a 3D printer in their home so years are going to pass until we no longer need to go and shop our clothes because we can 3D print them.
JESS ARINGTON, Wearing nothing new.
The third and last video I have seen is the Jess Arington's talk about second hand clothes. Though she has admitted that she is an outfit addicted, she has also said that she never wears nothing new. She likes second hand shopping because it reduces the impact her wardrobe causes in the environment and it is less expensive. Also, because while she goes shopping she gets to meet new great people and her money will help people that really need it. And finally, because she looks unique. She explained that she only took seven pairs of underwear for the week she was going to stay at TED and she expected to be able to but all the second hand clothes that she needed.
In my opinion second hand shopping is a great idea because usually people have many clothes in their wardrobe that they don't use anymore, but it stills new so if they sell it other can buy clothes that are less expensive. And during this talk, she showed us that we don't need a lot of money to look great, because if you really believe you look beautiful probably you will, because confidence is very important.
Donald Trump's victory against Hillary Clinton left everyone surprised because anyone expected him to win. The question is how did he win?
The answer is that Clinton didn't get his base voters in the same numbers as Barack Obama did and also did had an economic plan for working-class whites. Other facts that contributed to her lost was the letter from FBI Director talking about the investigation of the private email server.
MY OPINION:
In my opinion, the main reason why Trump won is because people didn't trusted Hillary Clinton. After everything that happened with the email scandal, of Hillary using a private server outside the official system for using her email. Trump new how to use this in his favor and people started to follow him.
Inception is a science fiction thriller written, produced and directed by Christopher Nolan. It is about Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) who is a profetional thief. He espionages people by entering in their subconscious minds, using two-level "drem within a dream" so that he can extract valuable information.
This practice has permited Dom get into the dangerous world of espionage but also it has converted him into a fugitive and he had to sacrifice everything he loved. But now, Dom has the option to have his old life back but for this he and his team of especialist have to make a very difficult job. It consists on reversing the operation, insted of stealing information of someones subconscious they have to introduce information and if they get it, it would be the perfect crime.
MY OPINION:
There are many reason why it is one of my favourite movies, the first one is because I think that dreams are a fascinating topic for a movie. In a dream you can creat whatever you want. Another reason is because this movie is really unpredictable, when you feel like you know what's coming next, everything changes and this makes the movie a little bit hard to follow, also because it's really fast, many thing are happenig at the same time and you have too many information to remember and to digest. I also like the characters of this movie, I think each of them are really interesting and the fact that you don't know many things about them makes them even more interesting and mysterious.
I recomend this movie to everyone who likes science fiction but it is a little bit hard to understand because it makes you think a lot. I had to watch it twice to really know what was happening during all the movie and I still have some doubts about some facts and obiously about the amazing open end.
The best stage in life for me is young adulthood because you have the legal age and you are able to do things you couldn't when you were under eighteen.
At this stage of your life you can have your driving license and you can have your first car and go wherever you want to go whenever you want without having to ask someone to drive you. Another reason why I think this is the best stage of your life is because you finished the hard last years of high school and you are able to go to university and focus on studying something you really like and something you really enjoy doing and after this, if you are lucky, you can work on something you have studied for and something you enjoy like doing. Also at this stage of your life you can leave your parent's home and go to live near the university with your friends or with new people you meet there, because you have many new friends there, and you start living your life by yourself being independent and doing whatever you want and being responsible.
By saying this, I don't mean that other stages of your life are less important. For example, infancy and childhood are very beautiful periods of your life, but from infancy, we don't remember anything and from childhood the same, we just remember some things we have seen in photos. But anyway, those were times of your life where you just focused on living life happily and not worrying about anything.
From adolescense, I think it's also a beautiful period of your life, but it's a bit hard because you have to focus on studying, but you also want to hang out with your friends, and your parents don't trust you because you are young yet, but it's beautiful because you don't have to worry too much about problems in life, you see your friends in high school every day, you probably will have your first love, and you will experience many new beautiful feelings.
To go home from class, a group of children in China fron Auter village in Sichuan province have to carry they backpacks or other items while they have a dangerous journey because they have to climb over a mountain cliff using wooden ladders and walk almost four kilometers long
Other people of the village and even dogs travel this terrifying way and they say it makes their legs shake and they never look down because it is really scary. They want to have a safer way to get to school but they believe that a better future lies in getting education for their children.
MY OPINION:
In my opinion this shouldn't be happening in the modern world we live and this poor should have a better way to go to school without having to risk their lifes because it looks really dangerous, specially for the old and young people. China goverment has to give a solution to secure their lifes as soon as possible.
One of his major strendths that we have seen in numerous conversations between reporters and Trump is that he is able to lead a direct question into the direction he wants to. Also he knows how to talk to the anger voters without being shy and not fearing of what he says. He says what voters want to listen to even if it has risks. Another of his strengths is that he has a good business expirence and he is able to self finance his campaign.
Weaknesses:
Repeatedly he has made some extremists statements about immigrants, women and Muslims, he has been seen as egocentric and publicity hound and also he would not be taken seriously by some. Another weakness is that people is affraid of what he would do if he was in the White House because he is so impredictable. A very important weakness of his candidacy is his weak knowledge of the political terms. In some of the debates against Clinton this was a problem because he is a smart and experienced woman.
HILLARY CLINTON:
Strengths:
One of the most important strengths of Hillary Clinton is that he is a political fighter, she doesn't give up easily and she is able to defend herself against political opponents. The fact that she would be the first female president could be positive for her because it makes her candidacy truly historic because the fact that people voted a women could be a step foward for a nation where women weren't allow to vote until 1920 and where sexism remains in. The most important strength is that she has political expirence, she has been a Secretary of the State, a U.S. Senator, First Lady of the United States and First Lady of Arkansas.
Weaknesses:
One of the bi problems of her candidacy is that people don't know if they can trust her because of the way she handle her email as a secretary of the state using a private server outside the official system. Also it seems like she has been hiding information instead of taking risks and being more open.
MY OPINION:
In my opinion
Hillary Clinton would be a better president of the United States than Donald
Trump. First of all because she has much more political epirence than him and
she has been related with the White House. Also because she is a woman and this
could be positive for a country to have a female president where gender
inequality remains part of the culture of the country. And also because she
hasn't been related with extremists statements as Donald Trump.
Look up here, I'm in heaven I've got scars that can't be seen I've got drama, can't be stolen Everybody knows me now
Look up here, man, I'm in danger I've got nothing left to lose I'm so high it makes my brain whirl Dropped my cell phone down below Ain't that just like me?
By the time I got to New York I was living like a king There I'd used up all my money I was looking for your ass This way or no way You know, I'll be free Just like that bluebird Now, ain't that just like me? Oh, I'll be free Just like that bluebird Oh, I'll be free Ain't that just like me?
MY OPINION:
In my opinion, this song could be considered as a rite of passage because when David Bowie wrote it he knew he was gonna die because of a cancer. In this song he talks like he is already dead. For exemple when he says "Look up here I'm in heaven" and when he says "I've got scars that can't be seen" he is refearing to his cancer. Also, he died 3 days after the music video was released so it can be considered as a goodbye to his fans, as a rite of passage to death.
When we saw the video of elders reacting to David Bowie's video we saw that they all got sad when they saw it was David Bowie and some of them also cried because they knew he was saying goodbye and because it was sad to know that he died days after.
WHY IS DEATH A TABOO?
In our culture death is a taboo because we are too affraid of it and we are scared of talking about it. The reason why we are affraid of death is because we don't know what happens when we die and we don't know where do we go and humans are so affraid of unknowledge. This is why religious people imagine a pleace where we go when we die, heaven or hell, so that we are not that affraid of death because we can imagine what happens after life. But we don't actually know if it's true or if it's not.
On October 13, 2016, Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is the first musician to win the award and this is why it caused a controversy and people is debating about whether song lyrics, however brilliant, have the same artistic value as poetry or novels. Also he is the first American poet to win this prize. Just nine Amrican novelists and short-story writers and one dramatist have been awarded.
The Nobel citation says that they gave it to Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"
Some accuse the Swedish Academy of abandoning its high standards and succumbing to populism, even though all the prizes are very important. Some critics give another point of view at this award. It is obious that we are moving from the print culture to an audiovisual culture, but this doesn't mean that print is dying and that people don't still write novels and poems, it's just that print has lost dominance and audiovisual is becoming more and more popular. Also they say that lots of poets are writing poems to be performed and to be heard rather than to be read. So in giving the prize to Dylan, the Swedish Academy is moving with the times and changing as our society does.
Here you can listen to his song Every Grain of Sand (1981):
In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need, When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed, There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere, Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair. Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake - Like Cain I now behold this chain of events that I must break. In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.
Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. Ah, the sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way, To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay. I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame And every time I pass that way I always hear my name. Then onward in my journey I've come to understand That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand.
I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night, In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintery light, In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space, In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face. I hear the agéd footsteps like the motion of the sea, Sometimes I turn - there's someone there - other times it's only me. I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man, Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.
MY OPINION
In my opinion, Bob Dylan does deserve the Nobel prize because he is a great songwriter and also a great poet. I think that beacause he sets his lyrics with music is not a reason for not giving him this prize. In my opinion Bob Dylan's poems could stand on its own without the rhythm of the songs, but also singing them attract more audience than just a written poem in our society.
The song that I have chosen is Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution written by Tracy Chapman in 1988. Tracy Chapman -Talkin' Bout A Revolution (1988)
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 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 Dont' 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 Don't you know You better run, 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 'Cause finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' 'bout a revolution Yes, finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh no Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh 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
On this song, Tracy Chapman criticize the economical system of the United States and a lot of other countries and encourages people to make a revolution against the corrupt governments. She says that people is already talking about the revolution while they are waiting for a job on the unemployment lines.
In her opinion people is wasting time on these unemployment lines and waiting for a promotion and she wants them to act and change this system because it is the only solution to end with this situation.
She also sends a message to the capitalist class telling them that they better run because poor people are gonna rise up and the tables are gonna turn.
In my opinion, this song is clearly a protest song and Tracy Chapman defends the revolution against the economical system because it is the way to change the bad situation the poor people is living with corruption and unemployment.
This is the last post I will write on this blog because I have already finished 4th ESO.
These four years have been amazing because I made new amazing friends and I learned a lot of things. Also we had so many new adventures, I will never forget all the laughs we had, all the students and teachers I met and also the Italy trip which was unforgettable.
I can also remember the first day I went to the high school. I was very nervous because I was expecting people to be unfriendly and classes being super difficul because it was what some people told me. But then I arrived and I met new frendly people and it wasn't that hard.
I am expecting to stay here next year in bachellor but I am a bit sad because it is never gonna be the same because some are leaving and some are arriving.
So I can say that even if there were bad and stressing moments, it has been an amazing expirence.
To me, New Zeland is one of the most beautiful places in the world and one of my dreams is to visit it.
The things I love the most about it:
1.- The amazing landscapes.
Wherever you look, you see green and blue.
2.- The New Zeland national rugby team.
I've always found them really curious and funny because of the tradition of the Haka, a traditional war dance to intimimdate the enemy and, aparently it works.
3.- The 90 Mile Beach
The 90 Mile Beach is on the western coast of the north of North Island of New Zeland. Also the beach is a highway but you can go subathing, swimming, surfing... And also the beach is next to the Aupouri Forest so there's also a escape from the sun. But the most beautiful thing of this place is that when the sun sets you have the most amazing landscape you've ever seen.
4.- You're never far from the sea.
I couldn't live in a place far away from the sea, so New Zeland is perfect because the furthest away you can get is about 80 miles, but a lake is always near in case you are worried.
5.- The"Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu" hill. It's on the east coast of New Zeland's North Island and it's not a particulary amazing hill but its name is. The translation to English is"the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater', played his flute to his loved one."
6.- The Aurora Borealis.
It is my favourite thing about this country but you have to struggle to get fa enough south.
The Auroras are electrically charged particles from solar winds that enter the Earth's atmosphere and react with the gases. The colours of the aurora depend to a number of facts: the type of gas molecule, the electrical state at the time of collision, and the type of solar wind particle that the gas collides with.
The problem is that the Southern Light are not very preditable and they occur with 30 minutes of notice. Also if it's a full moon or cloudy night you won't be able to see them.
They happen all year around but the best moments are in winter (March to September) and the best places of New Zeland are the Stewart Island, the Lake Tekapo and the Aoraki Mt Cook National Park, and The Catlines.
In 4th of ESO you have to do a research project in groups and then you have to present it so the teachers can give you a mark.
I have made it with Yasmina and Ioana and we did it about daltonism which is a inability to perceive color differences. We have chosen this theme because we are in biology class and lately we have been talking about it so we wanted to know more about it and we thought that it would we a good research to see the percentage of affected population in Castelló d'Empúries.
The process was actually fun because the practice consisted on going class by class and doing the Ishihara test to some of the students, so we met new people and we also found some daltonic ones.
Doing the writing was the hardest part because we also had to deal with exams and some other projects but luckly we were three so we divided the work and it was faster.
Also, two weeks ago, we presented what we have found to the class and I think was very good because we knew about what we were talking about and none of us was nervous.
This is how the Ishihara test works. If you have a normal vision you see the number like the first one but if you have a decrased ability to see color you will see the first numer like the second or the third one, depending of your grade of daltonism.
This is how a daltonic sees the color pencils depending on how is he/she affected.
In 2014 I went to England and I stayed in Plymouth for two weeks. It was amazing because it was the first time that I travelled without my parents that far and insted I went there with some friends and others that I met there. Plymouth was a lovely and also the people of the house where I stayed.
2.- I have already gone to my favourite singer's concert.
Last year I went to Cody Simpson's concert with Anisa and it was amazing because he is not very famous in Spain so the place was very little and we were like 3 meters away from the stage. The best part was when he sang without the microphone and everyone in the place was silent.
3.- I have already jumped a cliff.
Last summer I went on vacations with my cousin to his oncle's house in Galicia. One day the Galician's cousin took us to a river and we swam there for a while. Also there was a big rock next to a profund zone so we jumped from there. At first it was scary but then we couldn't stop doing it because it was so fun.
4.- I've never flown in a hot air ballon.
One of the things I want to do in a future is to fly in a hot air ballon and watch the sunrise from the sky.
5.-I haven't studied in a Univeristy yet.
One of my goals in life is to finish high school and go to the University. Since I was young I 've always wanted to study clinical veterinary medicine but it's really difficult to have enough mark. The only thing I know is that I am gonna work as hard as I can to study one thing I really enjoy doing.
6.- I haven't been to USA yet.
One day I want to travel to USA because I think that it's a beautiful place. I want to drive the route 66 and also I want to visit so many other places like Washington, New York, Florida...
It is a romantic drama film about a man, Logan Thibault, who is a U.S.Marine serving in Iraq. One day he finds a picture of a woman just before a mortal attack destroys where he has been sitting.
After that, he returns to USA and he decides that he is going to find the woman who saved his life and he is going to thank her.
He searches the white lighthouse of the photo and he finds that she lives in a farm in a little village and her name is Beth Green. He moves there and meets the woman but he doesn't tell her the reason why he arrived. Logan asks her for work in his farm just to stay close to her and although she doesn't want to, Beth's mother hires him.
Time goes on and Beth still doesn't trust him but she will fall in love with him until she finds out the real truth about who is he.
The Wulingyuan area is in the Zhangjiajie National Park in China's Hunan Province.
I've always wanted to visit the Zhangjiajie Park because I think that this place is amazing because of the enormous sandstone pillars and peaks, many over 200 m high. Also in the park there are many caves, pools and waterfalls and two large natural bridges.
I also want to travell here because I really like the nature, and China has the most beautiful National Parks in the world. Also I like the heights.
Your love is bright as ever Even in the shadows Baby kiss me Before they turn the lights out Your heart is glowing And I'm crashing into you Baby kiss me, kiss me Before they turn the lights out Before they turn the lights out Baby love me lights out
In the darkest night hour I'll search through the crowd Your face is all that I see I'll give you everything Baby, love me lights out Baby, love me lights out
We don't have forever Baby daylight's wasting You better kiss me Before our time is run out Nobody sees what we see They're just hopelessly gazing Baby take me, take me Before they turn the lights out Before time is run out Baby love me lights out
This year, 2016, is the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death.To commemorate this special year, his plays will be performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Also everyone can visit his birthplace and explore his home or pay respects at his grave.
#stradfor-upon-avon
In Henley Street, Stradford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England is where it is believed that William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and where he lived his childhood.
#annehathaway
Anne Hathaway was Shakespeare's wife. They were married in 1582 when he was eighteen and she was twenty-six years old.
#theglobe
The original Globe Theatre was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company. It was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. The theatre was rebuilt on June 1614. #plays
The plays written by Shakespeare are divided into three genres: Tragedy (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra... ), History (Henry IV, Henry V...) and Comedy (As you like it, Cymbeline....)
#plague
Shakespeare live in the Elizabeth era when the Bubonic plague was virulent and it is a possibility that he died because of it. #1595
On 1595, William Shakespeare finished Romeo and Juliet.
#queenelisabeth
Queen Elisabeth supported Shakespeare's writing because she loved the theatrical drama. #thearmad
After the victory over the Spanish armada in 1588 Shakespeare's history plays were influenced by the new sense of English national identity.
#Shakespearequotes
"To be, or not to be. This is the question," - "Ser o no ser. Esa es la pregunta."
"The earth has music for those who listen." - "El mundo tiene musica para esos que escuchan."
"We know what we are, but we know not what we may be." - "Sabemos lo que somos, pero no sabemos lo que seremos."
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