tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74771209334929684662024-03-13T22:37:09.504-07:002btxMandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-7188713229724081622018-04-30T23:12:00.000-07:002018-04-30T23:12:07.033-07:00GENDER GAP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.es/entry/iceland-becomes-first-country-to-make-it-illegal-to-pay-men-more-than-women_uk_5a4cb50be4b06d1621bc0156">ICELAND BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY TO MAKE ITILLEGAL TO PAY MEN MORE THAN WOMEN</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Iceland has <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">passed</b>
radical <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">new legislation</b> to become
the first country in the world where companies must legally prove they are not <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">discriminating on the basis of gender</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The new law - effective from 1 January 2018 - requires
all private and public employers with more than 25 staff to obtain government
certification of their equal pay policies – or face fines and auditing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Brynhildur Heiðar- og Ómarsdóttir, the managing
director of the Icelandic Women’s Rights Association told HuffPost UK: “We are
absolutely delighted with this new legislation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Iceland already uses the Equal Pay Standard, a set of
rules and regulations which companies use to measure the gender pay gap within
their establishments. The new law means they are now mandated to undergo
certification every three years based on this standard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Heiðar- og Ómarsdóttir warned: “But of course, the
Equal Pay Standard is not a cure-all. That is, it only tackles one part of the
problem of gender pay discrimination. To completely <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">eradicate the gender pay gap</b>, we need to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tackle larger social issues</b> such as making sure that professions
which are mostly female are paid equally to professions that are mostly male,
and we need to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ensure that men and women
are equally responsible for families since today women are more likely to work
part-time or take time off work to take care of families</b>.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Iceland, which has a population of about 335,000 and
where 38 per cent of parliamentarians are female - above the global average -
including Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, wants to eradicate the gender pay
gap by 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The North Atlantic island nation was ranked first in
the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2015 Global Gender Gap Index, followed by
Norway, Finland and Sweden. But Icelandic women still earn, on average, 14% to
18% less than men. The United Kingdom ranked 18th out of 145 countries. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The WEF reported last year reported an economic gap of
58 percent between the sexes and forecast women would have to wait 217 years
before they earn as much as men and have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">equal
representation in the workplace</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Iceland is ranked as world’s most gender equal
country by (the World Economic Forum) ... Clearly Iceland is very serious about
gender equality,” former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark wrote on
Twitter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“The new law by Iceland can help change attitudes to
women in business as well as in politics, and inspire other countries to do the
same,” said Virginie Le Masson, a research fellow at the London-based Overseas
Development Institute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Ample evidence shows that women work as much as men
and are still paid less,” she added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">US independent Bernie Sanders, a leading liberal voice
in the Senate, called on the United States to follow Iceland’s example.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“We must follow the example of our brothers and
sisters in Iceland and demand equal pay for equal work now, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality
or nationality</b>,” he wrote on his Facebook page.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">News of the new law was first announced on
International Women’s Day in March 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That month, Equality and Social Affairs Minister
Thorsteinn Viglundsson said “the time is right to do something radical about
this issue”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Equal rights are human rights,’’ he said. “We need to
make sure that men and women <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">enjoy equal
opportunity in the workplace</b>. It is our responsibility to take every
measure to achieve that.’’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In October thousands of Icelandic women left work at
2.38pm and demonstrated outside parliament to protest the gender pay gap.
Women’s rights groups calculate that after that time each day, women are
working for free.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/no-the-gender-pay-gap-isnt-a-myth-and-heres-why_us_5703cb8de4b0a06d5806e03f">THE GENDERPAY GAP ISN’T A MYTH </a></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One of the
most common arguments made about the gender pay gap is that it simply doesn’t
exist. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pay gap
deniers love to dispute the claim that, on average, women in the United States
make 79 cents for every dollar a man earns, arguing that it is a misleading
oversimplification. “Few experts dispute that there is a wage gap, but
differences in the life choices of men and women — such as women tending to
leave the workforce when they have children — make it difficult to make simple
comparisons. That’s what’s so facile about repeatedly citing ‘78 cents,’”
argued a 2015 Washington Post article. (Since that piece came out, the figure
increased from 78 to 79 cents.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But the
argument that “life choices” made by women are the real reason behind the gap
is, in itself, an absurd oversimplification. Sure, many women choose to stay
home or cut back their hours after having children. But many others don’t opt
out. They’re forced out because they <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">cannot
afford child care</b>, or find a full-time job that affords them any kind of
flexibility. And, culturally, Americans remain ambivalent about women working
outside of the home. A little more than 30 percent of Americans still believe
women should stay home full-time to care for young children. These biases,
which play out both in the workplace and outside of it, affect how much
“choice” some women feel they actually have, and speaks to the types of
judgments women face for making said choices. Plus, women face a well-known
“motherhood penalty<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.” They’re less
likely to be hired for jobs once they have children</b> — unlike men, whose
prospects improve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Another
beloved means of dismissing the gender pay gap is to point out that women tend
to work in lower-paying (i.e., traditionally “female”) fields, like teaching,
nursing and social work. And yes, that’s true. “Women, as a whole, continue to
work in lower-paying occupations than men do,” Pew says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But research
has shown that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">even when women enter
traditionally “male” fields, they make less</b>. In fact, research looking at
pay changes over decades has shown that when more women enter a traditionally
male field, pay within that field begins to decline. As The New York Times
reported, when more women began working in parks or running camps, for example,
median hourly wages declined by 57 percentage points. Same goes for fields like
design, housekeeping and biology. Conversely, when more men enter a
traditionally female field, wages go up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“It’s not
that women are always picking lesser things in terms of skill and importance,”
a researcher told The New York Times. “It’s just that the employers are
deciding to pay it less.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/07/inenglish/1520413367_221769.html?rel=mas">WOMEN IN SPAIN EARN 13% LESS THAN MEN FORSIMILAR WORK, NEW STUDY SHOWS </a></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Men and women who perform similar tasks in the workplace do not earn the
same</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> in Spain. Women’s hourly earnings are 12.7% lower
than men’s, according to a study that is based on statistically adjusted EU
data from 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This figure
is lower than in 2002, the first year covered by the research, but it still
evidences “some worrisome dynamics.” The gap exists across variables such as
age, education, years of service, occupation, type of contract, length of
working day, activity and company size.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Gender pay gap deniers</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> have long claimed that these differences
in earnings stem from the fact that <b>women
tend to work fewer paid hours, have more precarious jobs, perform lower-paid
work and have fewer job responsibilities</b>. Yet this claim now appears to
have been debunked by the adjusted figures, which emerge from a research
project funded by the Foundation for Applied Economic Studies (FEDEA), and to
which EL PAÍS has had access.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The study was
headed by José Ignacio Ruiz-Conde, a Spanish economist who teaches at Madrid’s
Complutense University and is deputy director at FEDEA, a think tank that
conducts research on economic and social issues affecting Spain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The project
used data from the EU’s Structure of Earnings Survey for 2014, the most recent
available year, which show that <b>a</b> <b>woman’s hourly earnings are 14.9% lower
than a man’s.</b> But this figure is unadjusted and does not necessarily mean
that the jobs are similar, or even comparable. In order to achieve a more
homogeneous comparison, FEDEA researchers adjusted the figures according to
impact on wages caused by variables such as age, experience, contract type and
others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But
researchers note that the Eurostat survey “does not contain information about
the number of children or the socioeconomic traits of people who could have
joined the workforce but didn’t.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The result of
this research is a pay gap of nearly 13%, compared with nearly 15% in the EU
survey. If annual earnings are considered instead – and these are what really
determine a person’s quality of life – the gap reaches 23% (€20,051.58 for
women versus €25,992.76 for men).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Paying a woman less than a man for the same position has been illegal
since 1980</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. These statistical analyses do not claim that this is
happening, since the data is not detailed enough to know whether two
individuals are performing the exact same job in the same company and with the
same collective bargaining agreement. Instead, these studies “measure whether
men and women are receiving similar pay for similar tasks.” And that is where a
pay gap shows up across variables.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Worrisome
dynamics”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The FEDEA
report notes that “significant progress has been made, adjusting for all
observable characteristics, as the gap has shrunk by a third since 2002,” the
starting year for the analysis. This progress is tied to “education, experience
and average years of service.” However, the study adds that “we are still far
from gender equilibrium, and a few worrisome dynamics persist.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One of these
is the fact that “the gap increases with age.” Women under 30 earn 4.7% less,
and this percentage rises progressively to 17.2% among women over 59. <b>Maternity could be an explanation,</b> but
researchers warn that the survey does not contain information about personal
family circumstances, and so “it is not possible to estimate the effect” of
child-rearing on pay gaps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Researchers
also suggested, based on an analysis of other studies, that the pay gap could
also be influenced by the fact that “women tend to be worse negotiators than
men when they are negotiating something for themselves.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">FURTHER READING<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/13/inenglish/1518514387_016558.html?rel=mas">THE GENDER NO-PAY GAP: WOMEN IN SPAIN DO TWICEAS MUCH UNPAID WORK AS MEN</a> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/08/inenglish/1457433660_981650.html?rel=mas?rel=mas">92% OF SPANIARDS BELIEVE GENDER INEQUALITYPERSISTS, POLL FINDS</a> </span></b></div>
<br />Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-40497280543190846572012-02-02T04:40:00.003-08:002012-02-02T04:40:26.331-08:00hiHi,<br />
testing, testingMandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-10390238782233815472011-06-06T12:44:00.000-07:002011-06-06T12:44:10.927-07:00GOOD LUCK<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">You are unlikely to see this message because I suppose you must be revising for your "selectividad" exams but I just wanted to wish you <strong>GOOD</strong> <strong>LUCK</strong>.</span>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-44233089908371189652011-06-03T01:13:00.001-07:002011-06-03T01:14:05.628-07:00DISCRIMINATION IN WORKPLACES<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> </span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Discrimination exists everywhere; in school, in workplace… Even it is about white or black people, men or women,… In my opinion, discrimination seems to be indispensable for people because narcissism and individualism are the strongest points from human specie. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">First of all, women have been discriminated for years and this nightmare hasn’t finished yet. In the past, they were considered to be like an incubation machine and a “mother”, so they were displaced from workplace. Nowadays, there are some people who think that women aren’t incompetent for certain jobs and, what’s more, there are some bosses who fire their pregnant employers. However, women aren’t the only ones who are discriminated in workplace, because there are lots of businessmen who hire illegal people and <b>take advantage</b> <b>of</b> them as they pay them a little salary and make them work for many hours.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">To sum up, discrimination exists in workplace and it should be over soon, even though the expectations are negative as discrimination is a good way for bosses to make a profit of their businesses. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Marta Seoane 2n BTX A </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> (NOT CORRECTED YET)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><i><br />
</i></span></div>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-81289051032828695902011-05-26T22:56:00.000-07:002011-05-26T22:57:18.300-07:00I NEED MORE DESCRIPTIONS OF A PLACEI suppose you are very busy preparing for the selectividad exam, but you mind posting a few more descriptions of a place? I need them for the Comenius Blog.<br />
Thank youMandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-38116861455472799532011-05-24T11:58:00.001-07:002011-05-26T22:50:46.389-07:00Fornell's Bay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6o2rPR74UFw-sGYVoDmGKkj-gHgCjRVdS-K8VquWdhc-f3KXl1FrCIz_w3j-ve3_IPlXzSfZApwsXzT8JmTiMJrp4XL6dK_me0T7Ffv_iyqG2D5PYqr3jJlMHo2W9fY411tKwqoRMziI/s1600/fornells2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="251" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6o2rPR74UFw-sGYVoDmGKkj-gHgCjRVdS-K8VquWdhc-f3KXl1FrCIz_w3j-ve3_IPlXzSfZApwsXzT8JmTiMJrp4XL6dK_me0T7Ffv_iyqG2D5PYqr3jJlMHo2W9fY411tKwqoRMziI/s320/fornells2.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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The place, that I will describe now is the Fornell's Bay, situated on north coast of Menorca, it's a peaceful place and a fishing region, this bay is one of the biggest harbors in Menorca, it's 5 km long and 2km wide.<br />
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Around the bay are small beaches, like Sargantane's island.<br />
In my opinion it's one of the bests places in Menorca, I go every summer many times, sometimes I do some sport or just go for walk, other times I go with my friends and take a yacht and we do wake, an aquatic sport, Fornell's bay is the best place to do it because you have a lot of space, it has a deep sea and it's never dirty, the majority of times i've been it was crystal clear.<br />
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The Fornell's bay is a big zone where many people take advantage and do all types of aquatic sports, kayaking, diving, windsurfing, when you walk around the zone you can see so many persons practicing them.<br />
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They aren't many buildings, it's a natural place where you can enjoy the landscape, but it's a tourist place too, and if you go you can see several hotels.<br />
The advantage is that once people go, they normally come back another time, and many people who live there know each other, beacause of that it's a peaceful place, if you want peace, Fornells is your place!<br />
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When you walk near the sea you can smell the typical smells of the place, like the salt, or fish, you don't hear anything, only the sounds of the sea and the murmur of the people in the distance.<br />
Another fact to enhance Fornells is the excellent gastronomy that it has, all the restaurants are excellent quality: you can enjoy good food for a reasonable price.<br />
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In conclusion, people like Fornells for how peaceful it is, the great sights, the fabolous things you can do there, t'is an ideal place to go on holidays, you can't forget it once you go, you definitely will come back, come on, ¡Go for it! <br />
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Maria Girona Dorado 2nB.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14480310449271062448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-73305495340344189582011-05-24T00:30:00.001-07:002011-05-24T00:33:21.766-07:00SMOKING BAN<link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cmvidal%5CCONFIG%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="OLE_LINK4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPJvIqUtY9WQ0IcQA1_ho2yJuB99FLKdhKZK_CP4lJb4nKJbzLIfu4KvT8dPZF4PZ_E6TPQnuuQCFDA_pMWSTL3H-AOatLRRwTfPL5h0ygbQSKtorX1q5ZfE7KiTi5aC44Nc380l1-tcA/s1600/smoking+ban.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPJvIqUtY9WQ0IcQA1_ho2yJuB99FLKdhKZK_CP4lJb4nKJbzLIfu4KvT8dPZF4PZ_E6TPQnuuQCFDA_pMWSTL3H-AOatLRRwTfPL5h0ygbQSKtorX1q5ZfE7KiTi5aC44Nc380l1-tcA/s320/smoking+ban.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nowadays the new smoking law is being mentioned by everyone. This law is causing a lot of headaches because neither all smokers nor some non-smokers like it.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">In my opinion I’m one of those who think that this new law is stupid because the only thing that the government will achieve with it is to harm bar as well as disco owners, and all those who own places where you can’t smoke now. One of the reasons is that they are losing a lot of clients because if they can’t smoke inside a bar they won’t probably go to that bar. Another reason is that some years ago the Government passed a law with which bars had to prepare a special zone for smokers if they wanted to have smokers in their establishments. Therefore a lot of restaurants had to pay a lot of money to separate their restaurants into smokers or none smokers’ zones and now they see that all the money that they had spend has been wasted.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">In conclusion, for me, this law is a law that threatens freedom and an insult to the business.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPJvIqUtY9WQ0IcQA1_ho2yJuB99FLKdhKZK_CP4lJb4nKJbzLIfu4KvT8dPZF4PZ_E6TPQnuuQCFDA_pMWSTL3H-AOatLRRwTfPL5h0ygbQSKtorX1q5ZfE7KiTi5aC44Nc380l1-tcA/s1600/smoking+ban.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p>Ignasi Rovellada 2n BTX C</o:p></span></div>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-90559862059338016982011-05-23T11:36:00.000-07:002011-05-23T13:03:47.821-07:00Communication technologyCommunication technology is very important in your lives today. people are used to using this technology and they wouldn't know how to live without it.<br />
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</div><div>But this communication has advantages and disadvantages, one advantage is that everyone can contact with everybody and this makes jobs easier.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In my opinion, there aren't many negative aspects, i don't think to be all day speaking on the moble is good, ever for your health, they broadcast waves which can harm your brain or cause some kind of cancer.<br />
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Dani García 2n A BTX </div>Daniel Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129000714918615449noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-14822080831917687792011-05-23T11:14:00.000-07:002011-05-23T21:47:34.260-07:00champs de mars garden and the eiffel towerThe "camp de Mars" garden and the Eiffel tower are situated in the 7th district in Paris,France. During the day this place is very beautiful because of the garden, and because those Parisian symbols are situated next to the Seine river. I heard people who said that the Eiffel tower is only a lot of iron and they say that it's very ugly... I don't think so, because when you are on the top you can see one of the most beautiful citiesto 300 meters high. You can see the river, the garden and a lot of things under your feet while you are drinking a glass of French champagne which cost 10 euros only one glass (and they only fill half).<br />
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</div><div>The weather in Paris is more or less like in Spain. I went in March , so the weather was a little bit cold sometimes but in general we had fine weather. In this city, there are a lot of enormous gardens like Versailles, Champ de Mars, etc There are a lot of monuments, museums (louvre, Orsay,...) and important places which are always full of people.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The best moment to visit the Eiffel tower is, obviously at sunset and at night, because you can see a very beautiful dusk and all the city lights. Then , when you go down, you can see the tower lit too. Then, just in front you can buy cotton candy in a little Fair, which the place with this sweet smell. Also you can buy souvenirs for your family and cheaper than in shops, because just under the tower there are a lot of immigants who sell souvenirs. If you walk a bit more you go to a viewpoint, only a few minutes of the tower, where you can see the garden and the Eiffel tower perfectly, this viewpoint is ideal to take photos and buy more souvenirs. Paris is famous because it's a magic city, which a lot of people call ''the city of love'', full of monument , beautiful places and a very interesting history.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Maybe the french are not always very nice, but their city is one of the most beautiful , for that reason I think nobody should miss the oportunity of visit Paris and the huge Eiffel tower, a monument which every tourist should see. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Aroa Cortés 2nC batx</div>Aroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126562903767022203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-12034067165199660822011-05-23T10:59:00.000-07:002011-05-23T21:48:37.519-07:00change eating habits<span class="Apple-style-span">A lot of times people can't avoid eating snacks , fast food or unhealthy food because they like it, but we have to be concious that this type of food is very bad and dangerous for our body and health.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I'm not talking about eating only vegetables , I mean that wehave to get used eating healthy food, like vegetables, fish, meat, fruit, etc. and eat sweets , snacks or chocolate with less frequency. We only have to follow the food pyramid, in which we can see what is recomended to eat and how many times, it says that we have to eat mainly cereals, bread, pasta, vegetables, fruit, meat, milk... And sugar or snacks only sporadically.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Sometimes it's very difficult to follow this type of advices, but our body will thank us, because we will be more healthy and have confidence in ourselves.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Aroa Cortés 2nC batx</span></div>Aroahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126562903767022203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-24449122943576948992011-05-23T10:55:00.000-07:002011-05-23T10:55:29.741-07:00TV: COULD YOU BE WITHOUT IT?<div><span style="font-family: arial;">The TV was a great invention which everybody likes. They didn’t abuse of it, and, for this reason in the past they didn’t have problems against this machine since it was an entertainment and a mass media. Nowadays it has changed because a lot of people spend many hours in front of the television.<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Supporters of watching TV present three main arguments. Firstly, they think that TV is a fantastic way of entertainment, because if you don’t know what to do you can always turn on the television, lie down on the sofa, and watch different types of programs. Secondly, this machine offers you history, cooking, discovery programs and they have an educational purpose. Finally, the TV is an important mass media with which you can be aware of what’s going on around the world. It offers you a lot of news.<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Opponents of watching too much TV give four counterarguments. Firstly, they say that television replaces interaction between people, and this is a big problem, because there are a lot of people who can’t have a long conversation. Secondly, they argue that there are a lot of programs which aren’t appropriate for children, and all of them must be prohibited at particular times. Finally, one of the most serious problems is that it’s addictive and causes procrastination for students.<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">To conclude, I think that TV is designed to make people passive and uncritical. In my opinion, people should watch less television and if they do, they have to watch programs which contribute to their education as well as comedies or science fiction films.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Laura Wenzel 2n BTX B<br />
</span></div>Lauurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16659844026883879342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-81959593496382171282011-05-23T10:54:00.000-07:002011-05-23T10:54:25.461-07:00“ PROBLEMS OF WEIGHT AND FITNESS”Personally, I’m in favour that people have to look after themselves. Nevertheless, this doesn’t involve that the society only get worried about their body and their figure. In my opinion, the majority of our society is too obsessed with problems of weight and fitness.<br />
First of all, I think that it is very important to practice sports to be healthy, but there are some people who don’t control it, for example boys do a lot of exercise to be very strong and girls to be slim. As a result, the problem is that they only pay attention to their image. If people can’t control it, they will be ill. Since, they will end up an obsession and they won’t be able to stop it.<br />
Secondly, it is important to mention that all programs and advertisements, which are broadcasting on TV, or pictures , that come out in magazines, have influence on our society as they show people who are beautiful and they have a perfect body. However, it is unreal because a lot of pictures are retouched.<br />
To conclude, people don’t have to believe all the things that the TV or magazines show because if they want to be like the models they see on TV, they end up obsessed and they can’t live, because they are dissatisfied with their image.<br />
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Laura Wenzel 2n BTX BLauurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16659844026883879342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-48972676459616311142011-05-23T10:26:00.000-07:002011-05-23T10:49:51.809-07:00The Spanish MonarchyIn Spain, There is a democratic monarchy where there is a president and a king. In Spain, some people like the king and the Queen but other people hates to monarchy.<br />
<div>The people like to monarchy want the king, because he is a Spanish institution and he is a political balance; He represents Spain in international places. Then, There are people who think that the monarchy is good for Spain.</div><div>Other people don't like the king because he has privileges of birth . This people think that the king is an useless thing. The government pays him a lot of money. In general, they think that he doesn't represent Spanish people and the nation.</div><div>In my opinion, I think that it is indifferent thing but he shouldn't receive so money. Nevertheless, it makes me angry to he receive so money for the privileges of birth.</div><div></div><div><br />
Pau Cardona 2n BTX C (NOT CORRECTED)</div>danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725874039378120507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-18225821899740499452011-05-23T09:34:00.000-07:002011-05-23T10:48:02.918-07:00For and against: BullfightingNowaday the bull is animal in Spain because it is used in a lot of festivities, such as bullfighting although a lot of people are against this activity. However, there are arguments for and against<br />
bullfighting.<br />
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On the one hand, this is good for the country because it earns money with tourists coming to watch it. Also bullfighting is part of our culture and we want to continue with this tradition. In addition, bullfighting is an interesting entertaiment for people when they are on holiday.<br />
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On the other hand, this activity is cruel to bulls because the bullfighter has to kill the animals so as to win with honour. A lot of people don't like it and they express their disagrement in the bulling with placards and shouts.<br />
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In conclusion Bullfighting is a good option so as to visit our country to know out culture and it increases the money that we earn. In spite of th fact that they kill the bulls, it is important for our economy and we can preserve our culture with it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-36544201910824271122011-05-23T09:05:00.000-07:002011-05-23T09:32:12.354-07:00People obsessed with weightNowadays people are obsessed with things such as weight, skins, clothes and more. Television spots have a powerful influence on them. Society recieves constant messages such as "you need a beatiful and strong body, you must go to a gym" or "You aren`t a fashion victim if you don't buy the new green thin Pepe jeans". Therefore I agree society is too obsessed with problems of weight and fitness.<br /><br />Firtly, we can see a good example in eating disorders, especially in young girls, such as bulimia or anorexia. They have a bad obsession with food and Tv spots, where thin models are present new products are the truth problem. Secondly, people pay an intense course of gym or fitness to have less weight, but they start it and there could be two consequence: they start gym program but they don't go in their free time or they become obsessed and they eat less and lose too much weight and logically this ways are wrong.<br /><br />Personally I believe people want to be well with themselves but they don't know a better way to do it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-47298055455787564732011-05-23T07:01:00.000-07:002011-05-23T07:19:20.707-07:00Is out society too obsessed with problems of weight and fitness?In my opinion our society is becoming more and more obsessed with weight and fitness, why?<br />Firstly, the biggest influence is the TV, become we are used to watching adverts where the actors and models are thin. when do you seen overweight presenters, actors or models? Never! Only when an advert is about a cream to reduce fat. therefore the TV makes us think that the perfect body is thin.<br />Furthermore, in the shop the mannequins have a standard size and all the clothes look fantastic on them. But mannequins are size 34 and they do not have any fat so if you are fat you cannot expect trousers will fit you well.<br />In conclusion, you must stay in shape but not obsessed with being perfect with a size 34.<br />Tània VidalTàniaVidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16812480187309353181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-64922553343601353652011-05-22T13:16:00.000-07:002011-05-23T10:53:44.741-07:00Why people in general sleep less now than before?In my opinion people in general sleep less now than before, there are several reasons why people sleep less.<br />
One of the reasons is the tecnological advance, now there are more machines, which are invented to distract people, for example, most teenagers each evening talk between they with different interactive programes, wich we can find in the computers.<br />
There are more machines to play with in our free time, like play stations, the majority of boys between 10 and 25 years old, spend more than 2 hours every day playing with the play station.<br />
Another so common habit among students is to do their homework or study at the last moment, if you didn't study enough before the exam you have to study the night before the exam, spending the time that you would need to sleep.<br />
Going out at night can be another reason, teenagers or university people like go out partying, when you go to university, you have a period of time, between one week and one month, when you can go out every night, after that, you don't go out ebery night but the partying time increases during these years.<br />
I think this is very bad for us, because a person needs to sleep at least 8 hours every night to have a productive day, and this fact is very difficult to hide.<br />
In conclusion, I think, that people can't change that habit, or it is too difficult, I recommend to sleep enough hours, I think it will be better for you.<br />
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Maria Girona Dorado 2nB.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14480310449271062448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-33866968879713726522011-05-22T02:24:00.001-07:002011-05-22T02:24:41.774-07:00DID OSAMA BIN LANDEN DESERVE TO DIE?<link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cmvidal%5CCONFIG%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">Osama Bin Laden has been the most wanted terrorist ever. He was the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda and he has been the protagonist of many terrorist attacks like the airplane crash against the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">Twin</span></st1:placename><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><st1:placetype><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">Towers</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">In my opinion, I think he deserved to be killed. The pain and damage he had caused couldn’t be compensated for in any way, but his death was the only way to stop the frequency of his band’s terrorist attacks. But the fact that he is already dead makes it more difficult to answer many questions about the terrorist group.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">To conclude, I think that it would have been better to trap him alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">Hiten Lalwani 2n BTX A<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-76947861941717678122011-05-22T02:22:00.001-07:002011-05-22T02:22:47.149-07:00DID OSAMA BIN LANDEN DESERVE TO DIE?<link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cmvidal%5CCONFIG%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">As most people know, Osama Bin Laden, head of Al Qaeda and responsible for hundreds of deaths in terrorist attacks, such as those in New York and Madrid, was recently killed by an American armed forces unit after many years of searching. There are, obviously, many different opinions about this killing from people all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">On the one hand, there are people who are clearly glad, some even ecstatic, that this man is dead. I would say that most Americans share this point of view, because either they have had family or friends killed in these tragic acts of terrorism or they are simply very patriotic and wanted the man responsible for all these deaths to get what he deserved.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">On the other hand, there are people who don’t believe it was right to kill him. In this group we can distinguish Bin Laden’s followers who, obviously, wanted to keep him alive, and people who, even though they don’t agree with the things he has done, don’t believe that he deserved to be killed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">Either way, Osama Bin Landen was a man who had committed horrible, criminal acts of terrorism and deserved to be punished in some shape or form.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="OLE_LINK1"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">Naomi Toomey 2n BTX C</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-1640782783146676022011-05-22T02:21:00.003-07:002011-05-22T02:21:26.500-07:00IS OUR SOCIETY TOO OBSESSED WITH PROBLEMS OF WEIGHT AND FITNESS?<link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cmvidal%5CCONFIG%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">I think that in our society there are both extremes of this situation, as well as a middle ground, obviously. There are people who are completely obsessed with their weight, others who totally neglect their health and fitness and finally, some people who have reached a healthy balance in their life.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">The people who are obsessed with their weight are usually young adults and teenagers, not always with bad problems, and end up with eating disorders. Then there are people who really do have big weight problems but refuse any kind of exercise and/ or a healthier diet. They have very unfit lifestyles which can cause health problems. The people with the best mentality, in my opinion, are the ones who are aware of their weight and fitness but are not obsessed, and do exercise and eat healthily but not over the top.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">So, in conclusion, in our society there is a rather varied mix of obsession, neglect and perfect balance.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">Naomi Toomey 2n BTX C<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-63810858951343789002011-05-21T12:38:00.001-07:002011-05-21T12:38:47.339-07:00TEENAGERS<link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cmvidal%5CCONFIG%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p>Nowadays, some people think that teenagers are too immature and unprepared for grown-up life. Others believe that it is false.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">I think that it depends on the circumstances. Some, teenagers, aren't prepared to start adulthood. These teenagers are used to having childish attitudes and are pauperied by their parents. On the other hand there are some teenagers who are really prepared to live alone in a flat. There are many teenagers who have only drink, steal o commit crimes.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">In conclusion, I think that all teenagers are not equal. Some are lost cases and can never live alone, but others are really prepared to live alone and even create a family.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">RAFA BLANCO FLORIT 2ºN BATXILLER A</span></div>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-40856505887732280322011-05-21T11:53:00.001-07:002011-05-21T11:53:01.326-07:00STRESS<link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cmvidal%5CCONFIG%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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<div class="Sinespaciado" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Stress is a symptom which is usual in people. Teenagers may have stress when they start school, but, it isn’t a rule. I think that adolescents start to have the symptoms of stress in different situations.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Sinespaciado" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">In my view, teenagers can start being stressed when they have family problems, for example, if the parents are separated, the adolescents bear reberberation. And, consequently, it is a symptom which can start stress. However, also, there are adolescents who don’t worry about family problems, but, finally, they finis accept their damage.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Sinespaciado" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Furthermore, I think that the other reason for the teenagers suffer stress is society. Now a days, our society is wicked because of bad development. Therefore, there are adolescents who suffer hounding, they don’t say anything because they think that they can’t get over it. This is another symptom of stress.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Sinespaciado" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Finally, I think that teenagers begin to have stress for a lot of reasons. But they have to fight it because it can exceed them. Personally, I have had stress an a lot of different situations, and I think that each person exceed the stress in different ways.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="Sinespaciado" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Sinespaciado" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Sara Bagur 2n A BTX<o:p></o:p></span></div>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-71387529053638801472011-05-21T11:51:00.000-07:002011-05-21T11:51:01.085-07:00BINGE DRINKING<link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cmvidal%5CCONFIG%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="metricconverter" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">“Botellon” in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Spain</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"> is an actual and controversial issue. It consists of drinking in the streets or parks. This practise is prohibited by the Spanish government; however, the law isn’t obeyed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">The advantages of “botellon” are obvious. On the one hand, Spaniards like going out at night, but the alcoholic drinks that pubs and clubs serve are very expensive, for this reason, teens prefer getting drunk in the street. On the other hand, despite “botellon” is prohibited, a lot of teens do it and consequently, you can meet people.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Nevertheless, there are more arguments against. If you drink in the street or parks, you can be fined by police, however when there are a lot of people drinking, the police can’t do anything. Another argument against is that when teens finish drinking, they don’t pick up the rubbish, for this reason neighbours complain. The owners of pubs and clubs are also complaining because people don’t consume their alcoholic drinks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">In my opinion, I’m a teenager and I also think that alcohol drinks are very expensive, for this reason, I think that the best solution is to crate a special area where teens can drink.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Pol Frau Vendrell </span><st1:metricconverter productid="2ᄎC"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">2ºC</span></st1:metricconverter><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-64896943700520704232011-05-21T11:49:00.001-07:002011-05-21T11:49:34.877-07:00SMOKING BAN<link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cmvidal%5CCONFIG%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">I think that smoking in public places should not be banned, especially in bars and restaurants. That decision should be the job of the restaurant proprietor, who should decide if he allows or not smoking in his business. I think that for two important reasons: <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Firstly, I think that nobody is required to go to a place where smoking is permitted, so if smoke is annoying for you, you don’t have to go to that place. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">On the other hand, I think that there are many places where smoking should be banned, like hospitals, banks, parks and another public places where always there’s a child.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Secondly, with the economic crisis, ban smoking will decrease the money that owner’s bar collect, because the people will go to the bar less time than before.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">In conclusion, personally I think that if this law shouldn’t be approved because everyone is free to go anywhere, and anyone is forced to go to a smokers places.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Marc Zubia 2n B BTX<o:p></o:p></span></div>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477120933492968466.post-48758167706626100052011-05-21T11:48:00.000-07:002011-05-21T11:48:09.592-07:00Why do you think people in general sleep less now than before?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:HyphenationZone>21</w:HyphenationZone> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">Nowadays, people sleep less than years ago and we must sleep seven or eight hours per night if we want to protect our health.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">On the one hand, there are some reasons related to our past. One of the reasons is that in the past, people worked more than now and for this reason they were more tired. Another reason is that now, we often work until late and as a result we sleep less.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">On the other hand, at present we have modern technology such as televisions, radios, computers which entertain us. In addition, today we have electrical lighting and for this reason we usually go to bed when we want to. Also, our present society goes out and does new activities as well as going to parties, going on holiday…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial;">In conclusion, I think that people sleep less than in the past and it is worst because we should protect our health, however, we do more activities than before and we are not so bored as years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pol Frau Vendrell <span> </span>2 º BATX C.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Mandi Vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269864201667999110noreply@blogger.com1