Let's Use Drones for a Good Purpose.

Alec Momont of TU Delft's Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering ( Netherlands) designed his prototype for an ambulance drone together with the Living Tomorrow innovation platform as part of his graduation programme. When the emergency services receive a cardiac arrest call, this unmanned, autonomously navigating aeroplane can quickly deliver a defibrillator to the emergency scene.

CARDIAC ARREST = paro cardíaco
UNMANNED = no tripulado
DELIVER = entregar

A network of such drones could significantly increase the chance of survival following a cardiac arrest: from 8% to 80%!

From: http://www.tudelft.nl/

 

Jimmy Fallon, Adele & The Roots Sing "Hello"

 On Tuesday night,The Tonight Show posted a video of Monday's guest, Adele, singing her hit song  “Hello” in a small greenroom with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, using nothing but classroom instruments. 

ENJOY!

Hello, it's me

I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet

To go over everything

They say that time's supposed to heal ya

But I ain't done much healing

Hello, can you hear me?

I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be

When we were younger and free

I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet

There's such a difference between us

And a million miles

Hello from the other side

I must've called a thousand times

To tell you I'm sorry

For everything that I've done

But when I call you never

Seem to be home

Hello from the outside

At least I can say that I've tried

To tell you I'm sorry

For breaking your heart

But it don't matter, it clearly

Doesn't tear you apart anymore

Hello, how are you?

It's so typical of me to talk about myself, I'm sorry

I hope that you're well

Did you ever make it out of that town

Where nothing ever happened?

It's no secret

That the both of us

Are running out of time

So hello from the other side (other side)

I must've called a thousand times (thousand times)

To tell you I'm sorry

For everything that I've done

But when I call you never

Seem to be home

Hello from the outside (outside)

At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)

To tell you I'm sorry

For breaking your heart

But it don't matter, it clearly

Doesn't tear you apart anymore

Ooooohh, anymore

Ooooohh, anymore

Ooooohh, anymore

Anymore

Hello from the other side (other side)

I must've called a thousand times (thousand times)

To tell you I'm sorry

For everything that I've done

But when I call you never

Seem to be home

Hello from the outside (outside)

At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)

To tell you I'm sorry

For breaking your heart

But it don't matter, it clearly

Doesn't tear you apart anymore

A Little Gesture May Be a Great Help.

The nonprofit
organization Conrazones will be at IES A Sangriña next Friday morning with their Christmas Food Drive. They will welcome your donations of healthy non-perishable food for local families in need.


..............Remember: a little gesture may be a great help

............Thank you in advance, everyone!

Welcome to Happiness: Bye Bye Ebola

In 2014, the worst outbreak (=brote)  of Ebola in history hit Sierra Leone hard and thousands have died from the virus. The already weak health system could not cope with the impact of the outbreak.

What better way to celebrate a nation’s comeback from the grips of a terrible disease than with a dance move that went viral? 

Remixing Afrobeat anthem ‘Azonto,’ Block Jones and Freetown Uncut have got Sierra Leoneans back on their feet to celebrate life as an ebola-free nation. Watch schoolchildren, health care workers, faith leaders and people all across the country dance away in this video that will definitely bring a smile to your face. 

And now that Guinea’s last known ebola patient has recovered, there’s even more reason to hope for an ebola-free world by 2016. 

COMEBACK= retorno, regreso

GRIPS = garras

FAITH = fe

Bye Bye Ebola: the happiest music video of the year

PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO

SOCIAL MOBILISER = activista

ETC (Ebola Treatment Centre) STAFF =  trabajadores del ETC

ISOLATION UNIT STAFF

AMBULANCE TEAMS

NURSES

MILITARY

MEDIA

NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations) STAFF

COMMUNITIES

POLICE

117 STAFF

TRADERS = comerciantes

FISHERMEN

SURVIVORS

BURIAL TEAMS = equipos de inhumación

RELIGIOUS LEADERS

SCHOOLS

NERC (National Ebola Response Centre) STAFF

...............................................................................From:www.globalcitizen.org

UFO Clouds

Strange, crazy clouds loomed over residents of Cape Town, South Africa, who compared them to UFOs.

LOOM = acercarse, amenazar
STUNNED = anonadado, pasmado
UFO SHAPED = con forma de OVNI
FAIRLY COMMON = bastante comunes
FLOW = fluir
SURFACE = superficie
DIVERT = desviar
EDDY = remolino 

'UFO clouds' captivate onlookers
These crazy clouds loomed large over residents of Cape Town, South Africa, who compared them to UFOs and "a tornado on pause mode."
Posted by CNN on Lunes, 9 de noviembre de 2015

HUMOUR: Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton

     

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

  

..............................................Donald Trump's Phone Call with Hillary Clinton

The United States presidential election of 2016, scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Voters will select presidential electors who in turn will elect a new president andvice president through the electoral college. The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents the incumbent (= titular actual), President Barack Obama, from running for a third term.

Donald Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American businessman. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization. Much of his money was made in real estate in New York City, Las Vegas, and Atlantic City. He owns the Miss Universe pageant.

In June 2015, Trump announced that he will run for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential elections.

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. She is the wife of the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton, and was First Lady of the United States during his tenure from 1993 to 2001. Clinton subsequently served as a United States Senatorfrom New York from 2001 to 2009, and is a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 presidential election.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Syrian Refugees: A Humane Thing.

Dutch volunteer Darcia explains why she's helping refugee families landing on shores of Lesvos, Greece

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Ms. Fleur has travelled from the Netherlands to this Greek island near the coast of Turkey as a volunteer to help mothers and their children. The founder and CEO of The Urban Baby Wearer, she came here with the intent of giving away (and instructing mothers on how to use) specialized baby carriers in which the mothers wear their babies against their bodies. But the huge demand for basic services means Fleur spends her days doing everything from walking into the sea and carrying babies off the incoming rafts to fetching water and blankets.

“Yesterday I had a baby of five days old in my hands,” she says. “It came in a life jacket. Somebody handed me a life jacket and I was like, ‘Why am I getting a life jacket?’ And I looked inside, and inside was a five-day-old baby.”

GIVE AWAY = DONAR
BABY CARRIER = MOCHILA PORTA-BEBÉS
INCOMING = ENTRANTE
RAFTS = BALSAS
FETCH = IR A BUSCAR
BLANKET = MANTA
LIFE JACKET = CHALECO SALVAVIDAS

Wait and see

On this day, more than 40 boats arrive on the island. Each raft carries roughly 50 people, each who paid a smuggler approximately US$1,300 to make the short but sometimes dangerous trip from Turkey to Greece.

“I’m a mom, so what inspired me is to see other moms in need,” she says. “Because if I’m fleeing a war, with a child, I hope there is another mom saying, ‘OK, let me help you.’”

ROUGHLY = APROXIMADAMENTE
SMUGGLER = CONTRABANDISTA, TRAFICANTE
IN NEED = EN NECESIDAD
FLEE = HUIR

(...)

“I don’t see myself as doing something special,” Fleur says. She’s been here only four days and will be leaving soon. “I think we’re just doing a humane thing. That’s why I’m coming back. It feels like it’s not done.”

Take a Break from Studying and Have Some Laughs.

Top 10 Funniest Super Bowl Commercials of 2015

Turkey's Deadliest Attack in its Modern History

Two suicide bombers are believed to have caused the blasts near the city's main train station, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a televised address to the nation

The atrocity is the deadliest single terrorist attack on Turkish soil and has happened at a politically sensitive time, just three weeks before national elections.

(CNN)Though no group has claimed responsibility for the deadly weekend bombings in Ankara, the focus of the investigation is the Islamic extremist group ISIS, Turkey's Prime Minister said Monday.

Two suicide bombers are believed to have carried out Saturday's attack near Ankara's main train station, killing at least 97 people and wounding nearly 250 others, Turkey has said.

BECAS, BECAS, BECAS, BECAS, BECAS, BECAS, BECAS.

PROGRAMA DE BECAS FUNDACIÓN AMANCIO ORTEGA

80 becas dirigidas a estudiantes de centros de Galicia para estudiar Primero de Bachillerato en Canadá y Estados Unidos.

El programa de Becas de la Fundación Amancio Ortega tiene el objetivo de facilitar el aprendizaje del inglés y la inmersión en la cultura extranjera a jóvenes de institutos y colegios españoles durante un año académico. Los alumnos seleccionados convivirán con una familia de acogida y cursarán Grado 11 (nivel equivalente a 1º de Bachillerato). La beca cubre el 100% del coste del curso escolar en Canadá o Estados Unidos: viaje, tasa de escolarización, convalidación de estudios, alojamiento y manutención en una familia de acogida, seguro médico y de accidentes, y el apoyo continuado durante los diez meses de estancia.

El plazo de inscripciones está abierto desde el 5 de octubre hasta el 12 de noviembre del 2015

........................................Más info:  http://becas.faortega.org/


 FUNDACIÓN COMITÉ ESPAÑOL de los COLEGIOS del MUNDO UNIDO

Convocatoria 2016

La Fundación Comité Español de los Colegios del Mundo Unido abre la convocatoria de plazas (con beca total o parcial, o sin beca) para estudiar los dos cursos del Bachillerato Internacional en los centros de esta organización.

El número de becas convocadas podrá variar en función de los patrocinadores conseguidos al cierre de la convocatoria, que -junto con las aportaciones familiares- permiten que los alumnos españoles puedan ir a los Colegios del Mundo Unido. De la totalidad de las plazas con beca ofertadas, una de ellas se destinará a, como mínimo, un estudiante con discapacidad.

(...) En la selección de los candidatos/as se valoran especialmente criterios como la madurez personal, el compromiso social, el interés y respeto por otras culturas, la iniciativa y creatividad, junto con la capacidad para convivir y entablar amistad con alumnos de todo el mundo.

El plazo de inscripciones está abierto desde el 21 de septiembre hasta el 20 de noviembre del 2015

.............................................Más info: http://www.colegiosmundounido.es/convocatorias/

School Year 2015/16

Believe it or not, there are some good things about going back to school:

1. Seeing your long-lost friends again! “Hey, where have you been, guys!?”

2.  Making new friends who will brighten your life.

 3. Learning new things. You will be much wiser after another year at school

4. You may find new challenges or  goals in life that lead you to the life you want.

5.  It is a fresh start to do better in your classes. 

6. You may find the love of your (school)life. 


7. ... ?


Let's make it easier! Here you have some useful tips:

1. Be organized. Use your time wisely. Schedules or calendars of your regular routines can help you.

2. Be patient, relaxed, and focused. Remember: you are not alone.

3. Challenge yourself in high school, but don't overwhelm yourself

4. Never stop learning... read, grow, and expand your mind.  Don't pass-up opportunities to learn      
   and experience new things: knowledge is power.

5. Don't let doubt kill your dreams. If at first you don't succeed, try and try again.

6. Do your best. Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn't give you credit. Fight for your goals.

7. Believe in yourself! Being successful requires believing in yourself. A person who believes in him/herself will not be afraid to push him/herself to the next level and to risk the possibility of failure.Trust your heart.  Believe in yourself.  Follow your dream and you can do whatever you want to.

Smile! If you are not happy to be in class, how can you expect to learn something?

But if you still feel lazy to start the new school year, you should read this:

“In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It’s their normal life. But in other parts of the world, we are starving for education…. it's like a precious gift.  It's like a diamond.”
..................................................................................................Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize 2013
 .................................................................................................(Shot by the Taliban for campaigning for  ..................................................................................................girls' schooling)

So... remember, my dear students: 

Happy New School Year! 

It never gets easier, but you get better.

The Best Summer Homework List

A summer homework list assigned by Cesare Catà of Don Bosco High School in Fermo, a small town on the Adriatic Sea in northeastern Italy, is currently going viral across that country.

1. Sometimes, in the morning, go take a walk along the seashore completely alone: look at the way sunlight is reflected on the water and think about the things you love the most in your life; be happy.

2. Try to use some of the new words we learned together this year: the more things you manage to say, the more things you’ll manage to think; and the more things you think, the freer you’ll be.

3. Read as much as you possibly can. But not because you have to. Read because summers inspire adventures and dreams, and when you read you’ll feel like swallows in flight. Read because it’s the best form of rebellion you have (for advice on what to read, come see me).

4. Avoid things, situations and people who make you feel negative or empty: seek out stimulating situations and the companionship of friends who enrich you, who understand you and appreciate you for who you are.

5. If you feel sad or afraid, don’t worry: summer, like every marvelous thing in life, can throw the soul into confusion. Try keeping a diary as a way to talk about how you feel (in September, if you’d like, we’ll read it together).

6. Dance, shamelessly. On a dance floor near your house, or alone in your room. Summer is dance, and it’s foolish not to take part.

7. At least once, watch the sunrise. Stay silent and breathe. Close your eyes, be thankful.

8. Play a lot of sports.

9. If you meet someone you find enchanting, tell him or her as sincerely and gracefully as you can. It doesn’t matter if she or he doesn’t understand. If they don’t, she or he wasn’t meant to be; otherwise, summer 2015 will be a golden time together (if this doesn’t work out, go back to point number 8).

10. Review your notes from our class: Compare the things we read and learned to the things that happen to you.

11. Be as happy as sunlight, as untamable as the sea.

12. Don’t swear. Always be well-mannered and kind.

13. Watch films with heartbreaking dialogue (in English if you can), in order to improve your language skills and your ability to dream. Don’t let the movie end with the final credits: live it again while you’re living and experiencing your summer.

14. In sparkling sunlight or hot summer nights, dream about how your life could and should be. During the summer, always do everything you can to avoid giving up, and everything you can to pursue your dream.

15. Be good.

So... Get Off The Computer And Complete This Italian Teacher's Summer Assignment. 

You Won't Regret It!