Blog Experience

Learning how to write, speak and listen in other language is a hard, stunning and long path. Sometimes, if you pay a Little bit of attention in the whole process, you can notice how much you’ve grown, how you improved you skills and abilities, and it feels like al the efforts and hours invested in learning have been well spended.

The experience of learning with the blog has been amazing. I feel that,right now , im capable to go to the next level in learning and keep going on with the develop of my english. I’m very excited with the idea of start to develop other skills and improve myself. The only thing i’ll add to the blog experience, is more writing! Haha I'm definitely have something going on with writing, i just love it.

In the future, I'd like to write more about journalism related things, about funny stories of my childhood, about the movies that I like or the ones I hate… In fact, about everything! I guess that once you start writing you can’t just stop. But it’s okay, writing is a good way to keep your english improving and don’t forget the new things you learn everyday.

T.V series

T.V series are the kind of friends you don't want to lose: You enjoy their company, laugh with them, cry with them, and they fill your free hours with a lot of entertainment. The may disappoint you but they always offer a lot of options to compensate.

When I was a school girl, after I was out and arrived home I used to make something for eating while I watched t.v series like The Big Bang Theory, Friends, CSI and Criminal minds. In my free time -when I should be studying for the PSU- I watched all the seasons of “House M.D” and “Breaking Bad” (Both of them AMAZING, every minute of my life was well spent).

Nowadays, I don't watch T.V series as much as I want to, mainly because I don't have the time to sit down, make something tasty to eat and click the play button in my computer, but I've still love them a lot.

Now I watch series with short duration like “Black Mirror” and “We Bare Bears”. The last one it's a cartoon but it's so funny and adorable that it's a sin don't make a short time to watch them (Well, they last ten minutes per episode, so it's not a big deal).

Web Quest 2 :Carbon footprint and recycling

Part 1- Calculate your carbon footprint!

http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

·        Don’t forget to select English before starting the activity.

Questions:

Ø What’s your carbon footprint?

My carbon footprint is 1.87 metric tons per year.

Ø What’s the average carbon footprint of a person?

The average footprint of a person in Chile is  3.87 metric tons.

Part 2 - Take these Recycling Quizzes

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/quiz-going-green/

http://www.quizmoz.com/quizzes/Science-Quizzes/r/Recycling-Quiz.asp

Questions:

Ø Hand washing dishes can use up to 50 % more of water than using an efficient dishwasher.

Ø Only about  8% of global energy comes from renewables.

Ø True or false? Appliances that are turned off don’t use any electricity.

False, when appliances are turned off the mostly are  in “Hibernate” mode, so  they still using energy for features like for features like clocks  and remote control sensors.

Ø Can you make paper out of hemp?

Yes, you can. In fact making paper out of hemp requires less land acreage to grow, has fewer chemical byproducts, and can be recycled more frequently than tree fiber.

Part 3- Video >> Top ten tips for recycling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbSEIOUp4w

Watch the video and choose the best 3 tips in your opinion.

1. Use a "Bag for life" (tote bags)  for carrying groceries instead of bags of paper and plastic.

2. Minimize trash by using minimal packaging.

3. Delete large or bulky items in authorized places for discard.

Terrorist attack in France: Is the chilean economy safe?

During the early morning of Saturday 14th, seven terrorist attacks occurred in the city of Paris, France. A group of terrorists of ISIS terrorist organization attacked seven points of the city of lights as the Bataclan and the Stade de France. The balance of the attack is by now more than 120 killed and many injured citizens. 

In the economic area, the stock in France falls in 0.14 %, and most of the stock in Asia falls down slowly, according to the newspaper "El Pulso". In Chile,Ramiro Galeano, an analyst at Forex Chile, said that despite the global landscape "in Europe inflation is slightly positive relative to expectations as it is 0.1% and 0% predicted (...) We must be attentive to stimuli that are made by the European Central Bank", referring to the possible repercussions that the attack in France could take on the economic side.

Today, the national and international outlook is unclear. The analysts say that the economy could change and resemble the economic situation that followed the terrorist attacks in 11-S in United States and 11-M in Spain. In this case, the online newspaper "El Líbero" has made a comparision between the attacks and the repercussion they had in economy. According to this “ trend” , the stock market would go down, but after a few weeks the economy will be “regulated”. All of this because the stock market wasn’t at the down, so the conditions for the market to regulate itself are favorable.

So, with all the information of the changes that the stock is suffering right now and making a comparison between past situations, the attack will affect the chilean economy in ways we don't clearly know, but they will be negative since the stock market have a tendency to go down.

8. The impact of the paris terrorist attack in the worldwide economy.

During the early morning of Saturday 14th, seveb terrorist attacks of  occurred in the city of Paris, France. A group of terrorists of ISIS terrorist organization attacked seven points of the city of lights as the Bataclan  and the Stade de France. The balance of the attack is by now more than 120 killed and many injured citizens.

 In the economic area, the stock in France falls in 0.14 %,  and most of the stock in Asia falls down slowly, acording to the newspaper "El Pulso".

 In Chile,Ramiro Galeano, an analyst at Forex Chile, said that despite the global landscape "in Europe inflation is slightly positive relative to expectations as it is 0.1% and 0% predicted (...) We must be attentive to stimuli that are made by the European Central Bank", referring to the possible repercussions that the attack in France could take on the economic side.

Today, the national and international outlook is unclear. The analysts says that the economy could change and resemble the economic situation that followed the terrorist attacks in 11-S in United States and 11-M in Spain.

In this case, the online newspaper "El Líbero" has made a comparision between the attacks and the repercussion the had in economy, and according this, the trend of the stock market would go down. So, this may affect the economy in Chile since the country has a several number of economics agreements worldwide.

7. An expert in Journalism: María Olivia Mönckeberg

 María Olivia Mönckeberg is a titular professor at Universidad de Chile and director at Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen (ICEI). She has developed in the Investigative Journalism area. Monckeberg has worked for very important magazines as Ercilla, Hoy and Análisis.

 Análisis was a magazine characterized in opposition to the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Mönckeberg worked as general editor and subdirector in that context, risking her life because in that time being against the government meant to be prosecuted, tortured, exiled or killed.

 Her work in investigation has been stunning: she has written eight books of investigation focused in institutions related to economy, catholic religion and education. Every book has been published in a certain context -as economic collusion or catholic church scandals- setting the debate in the public agenda and encouraging the investigation in those cases.

 I like the work that Mönckeberg has done because is a clean, professional and passionate work. She raises as an magnificent example for the future journalist of this country, by encouraging the good research and the professional job.

Nieves, my Wolf-Dog

My first and the only pet I  had is a White dog called “Nieves”. Nieves is a mix of Samoiedo race and a wolf, also know as a Wolf-dog. She arrived to my house in 2003 when she was just a little puppy that an old man gave me as a present for Children’s day. My mom didn't like dogs, but she couldn't say no to the fluffy ball that came to our lives.

 At the start, Nieves was very aggressive and apathetic dog, she bit a lot of people that visited my house in Viña del Mar, but with the pass of the time she became more tamed and now she’s a less aggressive dog.

 She likes to dig holes in the grass, eat carrots and sleep in holes in the ground. So my dog it’s like a giant rabbit. She is twelve years old, but she still look younger and have the same strength like the old days.