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Link for the comic : http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/comics/T8Z0V1/

Fairtrade letter

Dear Juancha,

I’m writing to you because I recently saw in the supermarket a beneficial product called "Fairtrade", this consist in a foundation which searches for independent workers that make a product and the foundation helps them to make their products sell in the UK, this products are more expensive, but they have a guaranteed quality by having the logo. The most of the money that they earn goes to the producers, but a percent is going to the Fairtrade to finance the foundation.

After knowing this, the next time I go to the supermarket and I see a chocolate with the Fairtrade logo I will think about the people with economic problems that make effort to sell the products to maintain their families. The chocolate will be very expensive compared to the normal chocolate, but it is a good benefit to the ones who need it.

I had no idea of this foundation after I saw this logo, but then I search for more information and I got concerned about the farmers that need economical help that we can give, in what Fairtrade has its work.

 

That is why I’m waiting to you, to take care about this theme, so you help the farmers.

Take care and good health.

 

BEST REGARDS

           Joaquin Nuñez

Opinion essay sources

   Source 1: Global warming and climate change is looked at in this section of the global issues web site. Introduced are some of the effects of climate change. In addition, this section attempts to provide insights into what governments, companies, international institutions, and other organizations are attempting to do about this issue, as well as the challenges they face. Some of the major conferences in recent years are also discussed. 

The climate is changing. The earth is warming up, and there is now overwhelming scientific consensus that it is happening, and human-induced. With global warming on the increase and species and their habitats on the decrease, chances for ecosystems to adapt naturally are diminishing.

Many are agreed that climate change may be one of the greatest threats facing the planet. Recent years show increasing temperatures in various regions, and/or increasing extremities in weather patterns.

 Source : http://www.globalissues.org/issue/178/climate-change-and-global-warming

Author:  Anup Shah

Date:November 11, 2013.

Source 2: The planet is warming, from North Pole to South Pole, and everywhere in between. Globally, the mercury is already up more than 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius), and even more in sensitive polar regions. And the effects of rising temperatures aren’t waiting for some far-flung future. They’re happening right now. Signs are appearing all over, and some of them are surprising. The heat is not only melting glaciers and sea ice, it’s also shifting precipitation patterns and setting animals on the move.

Some impacts from increasing temperatures are already happening.

• Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the Earth’s poles. This includes mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice.
• Researcher Bill Fraser has tracked the decline of the Adélie penguins on Antarctica, where their numbers have fallen from 32,000 breeding pairs to 11,000 in 30 years.
• Sea level rise became faster over the last century.
• Some butterflies, foxes, and alpine plants have moved farther north or to higher, cooler areas.
• Precipitation (rain and snowfall) has increased across the globe, on average.
• Spruce bark beetles have boomed in Alaska thanks to 20 years of warm summers. The insects have chewed up 4 million acres of spruce trees.

Source:http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-effects/

Date: 2007

Author: Nacional Geographic

Source 3: 

Global warming is already having significant and costly effects on our climate, our health, and our environment.

Global warming has serious worldwide implications, though the type and magnitude of local effects varies considerably by region. This page highlights the consequences of global warming on a broad level.

Unless we take immediate action to reduce global warming emissions, these impacts will continue to intensify, grow ever more costly and damaging, and increasingly affect the entire planet — including you, your community, and your family.

Source: http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/

Date : 09/08/13

Author : Union of Concerned Scientists

moview review Invictus

Invictus (2009)

MPAA rating: PG-13

Reviewed by: Joaquin Nunez

Gener: Sports Drama

With: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Distributor: Warner Bros Pictures.

 

“Times change, we need to change as well” Francois Pieenar always used this phrase to motivate his team, when they were on a problem on the field. This movie is about rugby, in my opinion the best sport all around the world, because you learn how to play in a team, to be perseverant, and how to be friendly and unite with all your team mates. So this is the main idea of the movie, to unite the South African people was divided in 2 parts: the white and the black people. The country wasn’t united for the fault of the racism, this is called apartheid.

 

After 27 years of Mandela in the jail, he was released, the reason he went to jail was because he was in a different political party, in that times that was a crime, they had different ideas of the people when he was released, he postulate to become the South Africa president.

When Nelson Mandela become the president of the South African but, the people doesn’t want him at the lead of the country because they think that a black man who has been 27 years in jail is not appropriated for the South African country. What people don’t know was that Mandela wants a united South Africa, he don’t care much about the economy, because the first thing you need to be a stable country is the unity of the South Africans, You cannot solve the economic problems.

So Mandela used the rugby as an example for the South Africans to make the country united.

The people watch the rugby, but the south African team wasn’t good enough for the people so they don’t take care of this sport, so Mandela start a campaign to make the poorest people know this sport, this campaign consist that the south Africa team  players goes to the poor neighbors and there  teach the boys the basic rugby rules, this gives courage to the players of the team, this was hallowed for the boys and for all the country, including black and white people, watch this great team and finally win the world cup.

 

In conclusion, this movie shows how to be very friendly with your comrades and with all the people you know. This movie teaches you how you can change a country with one thing only you need to have conviction and a thing that all the people loves like in this movie, the Rugby, and not to be gloomy with people who are different with you.

I like this movie and I recommend it to all the people over 13 years, because it have very good actors and scenes, you can see very realist rugby match and you can feel what the springboks fell when they play rugby, so if you can see it, do  it to know about rugby.

opinion essay

In this essay I will be discussing the issue of global warming, this is an important topic to discuss, because it is a problem that is happening all around the world, and it will be a very important problem for future generations.

In my opinion, global warming is a problem we need to solve now or we will have very serious problems. I believe that global warming is produced by some of the factories, as they drop inorganic residuals that means serious problems to the environment. In addition, according to Anup Shah “The climate is changing. The earth is warming up, and there is now overwhelming scientific consensus that it is happening, and human-induced. With global warming on the increase and species and their habitats on the decrease."(November 11, 2013)

 

Secondly, another serious problem about global warming, is the damage it make some of the animal habitats, this can kill them, or make some animals breeds not to procreate. Other serious problem is that global warming can kill in danger species and that can finish with all the species. As national geographic said “The planet is warming, from North Pole to South Pole, and everywhere in between. Globally, the mercury is already up more than 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius), and even more in sensitive Polar Regions.” (2007)

 

On the other hand, the global warming is inevitable, because this is produced by factories, and we use the factories to produce things that we need, so if we want to reduce the global warming, we need to stop things that we need, so that is the biggest problem we have. What we can do is to reduce the contamination of the cars, the trash, and other things that contaminate. Like Union of Concerned Scientists said: “Global warming has serious worldwide implications, though the type and magnitude of local effects varies considerably by region. This page highlights the consequences of global warming on a broad level.”(09/08/13). In conclusion, I think global warming is an important problem to solve, but we can solve it if we make the earth a better place to live in for the humans and for all the species.

 

Bibliography:

Web reference:Source 1: http://www.globalissues.org/issue/178/climate-change-and-global-warming  November 11, 2013 Anup Shah, ND,retrieved

Source 2:http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-effects/, 2007,

 National Geographic,ND,retrieved

Source 3: http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/ 09/08/13

 Union of Concerned Scientists,ND,retrieved

 

World expensive signing of the season.

1.- What is your piece of news about?

I am going to talk about the expensives and important signing of the year after the FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil

2.- Select three sources of information and copy the links below.

a) http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/9378413/arsenal-complete-signing-of-chile-forward-alexis-sanchez-from-barcelona

b) http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/112769/real-sociedad-and-barcelona-finalise-e12-million-transfer-of-claudio-bravo/

c) http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11669/9383840/transfer-news-luis-suarez-completes-his-transfer-to-barcelona-to-liverpool

3.- Take note of 2 or 3 comments made by one of the people involved in the the sources you chose. Write the name of the person who said that. 

1-  Joy Farrels says: Sanchez is a world class player but Arsenal still need a goal keeper if theirs gets injured plus a striker and defender.

2- Matt Bricks says: Claudio is a good goalkeeper he made a good World Cup, but ter-stegen is very good too, so it's going to be a hard fight to be on the main squad.

3- Tim Howard says : Delighted with the signing of Suarez. With Messi, Neymar and Suarez upfront would be a joy to watch.

4.- Put together 3 ideas that you would like to include in your own news report.

1- First I'm going to talk about the signing of Alexis Sanchez to the Arsenal FC.

2- Then, the transfer of Claudio Bravo from Real Sociedad to Barcelona.

3- Finally I will talk about one of the important signing of the pre-season, Luis Suarez is moving to the Barcelona FC.

horror story

That Friday was a very dark night, I was with Patricia Plumstaff, and she was my best friend. That night we were playing poker with the other house guests, I was losing but Patricia won a lot that night and the guests were angry about that, especially Marko the big blonde guy that works in a toy factory as the boss. He was angry with Patricia for winning his month payment on the poker.

After the poker we go to the library to search for a book that Patricia was searching because he heard that was very good. I was tired that night so I go to my room and I took a shower, Patricia stayed reading there.

When I was going to the bed I remember that I  forgot my bag a the library, I go down stairs and there was Patricia when I was going to say hello y saw Mister Roby using his knife to cut Patricia’s head. I was scared about saying it to the guests, but I need to say them because they were incriminating Marko, I talked to Sherlock Holmes, the detective. I told her all the details and Marko got saved. Respect to Mister Roby, he goes to the jail and we never see him again.