My intel·ligent timeline by Neus Blanquet https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4 Fet amb encant en-us 2020-03-22 19:57:05 UTC 2024-12-04 10:21:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Today, March 22th nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/470013169 It's Sunday. I'm writing to you while everyone are closing at home. Houses can be jails nowadays.                         
Coronavirus disease, that emerges in China, will changes the world and people's relationship for ever. 

Social distance is very hard for people in general, but for the Spanish people it is incomprehensible. We live outside long time because the weather is hardly ever sunny. Moreover, we are extrovert and affectionate people and love touching each other. A big huge and kisses are our normal greeting.

The article, by Harry Stevens, in The Washington Post talks about what we can do in order to reduce the number of infect people for coronavirus and how to avoid the spread of the virus. Forced quarantines are difficult to carry out. Health officials recommend to avoid public spaces such as shows, libraries, schools, etc. to stay at home and to keep distance from others.
Covid-19 is dangerous and can kill. Unfortunately,  the elderly, chronic sick people as well sanitary staff are the target.


    ]]> 2020-03-22 19:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/470013169 What does life is? - 23/03 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/471464167 Life is the time between the birth and the death. A personal and unrepeatable time. Everyone decides what to do with it.

Spaniard say: "time is gold" but I not agree with this sentence. In my opinion "time is not gold, is life". Each person have to decide how want to live, how want to waste their time.

I reckon a good life is synonym that succes. And what does succes is?  
In my opinion succes is to have the opportunity to learn things, work in the job I dream, to travel a lot, to have good relationships with family and friends, to feel love and respect, play with my cat, sunbathe at beach, pick up mushrooms in the forest, walk next to the sea, make ikebana. To sum up have time to do what I love! 

Nowadays is difficult to be free and decide what you want. Society is a perverse system that place each person in an exact position; run away is complicated. There are rules, laws, etc. It is almost impossible to get the freedom. ]]> 2020-03-23 18:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/471464167 Quarantine: fors and against - 24/03 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/473301986 This morning I went shopping some food. After I was been waiting for one hour in the queue, the shop was empty. Lately (since on Saturday, March 14th., the date when started the confinement) is difficult to find a simple can of beans.
Covid-19 suddenly gave us a piece of advice: our fragility as human beings. At the same time it brings to light our worst defect; shortage of products shows us how selfish we are.
Maybe the planet has decided that is time to turn back, at the beginning.
Our society has been dominated of individualisme, the monetary power, the lack of family time dedication and discrimination. We didn't respect the nature, we polluted water, air, etc.
Currently we are closed at home and we have a lot of time to reflect, to be with ourselves and ours families. Money can't buy all things and coronavirus don't discrimine; it can affect everyone without to have in account our race or our bank savings account.
It is time to accept that death isn't the opposite of life; it is part of her.
It is time to remember that time flies, that life is short and health is priceless.

NOTE: Photo before  the coronavirus appeared.  ]]> 2020-03-24 18:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/473301986 When coronavirus goes away we will understand the hairdressers value - 25/03 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/474854187 Today is the twelve day in quarantine. I'm a little bit disconcerted with some news I read about people who didn't respect the government official alarm. I can't understand why people take an unnecessary risk.

During this days I tried to organise myself in order to have a timetable. These is difficult because I do all things at home and outside. Jordi fell down in the street and has a sprain in his right feet. He needs crutchs to walk.

I have been thinking what people need in this special time of confinement.
First at all it is important not to watch too much tv. about Covid-19. We need take care about our mental health. 

My daily routine:
In the morning, after breakfast, I do housework. Until now I couldn't do some things (to clean tiles, for exemple). I confese that I am a little obsessive recently.
I try taking a few exercise; I play with Gordo in the courtyard or I do stretches.
I alternate job an small breaks. I profite to talk with friends or family on mobile phone. Yesterday I did my first video call. 
In the afternoon I organise my stuff (notes and other papers) and study English. 

Doing a pending task list is useful. This help not to allow one's attention to wander.

Putting in order a quiet space favours concentration. Taking advantage of this opportunity for cleaning and organizing work space.

Healthy food is also a good point.

Last but not least to heard music help us to have an optimum state of mind.

]]> 2020-03-25 15:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/474854187 Homework - 26/03 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/476625317 Yesterday I saw a short film produced by the BBC.
1 - I found this adjectives:
- great
- feisty
- pretty
- clever
- sensual
- sexy
- pitchy
- thinner
- finer
- feminin
- curvy
-innocent
-delicate
- virgin

2 - They are looking for a character for a film, a leading lady. The character is a doctor in a hospital, in south London.

3 - The attitude of selection staff is very sexist and racist.

4 - There are some stereotypes, like:
- All in life is reduced to sex
- Women have to perform as a desire object
- Women with strong personality don't be useful for playing this character in the film, a black woman neither.
- A man got the job without to do anything; it means that "men are better than women". They have all things without personal effort.
The video has a scene where the observer can see two posters hang up on the wall; they show a man (Tom, the candidate as a leading lady) in "Mary Ploppins returns" and Tom again, and another man, in "Lo-Lo-London".

5 - I have never been in this situation . In my opinion it is a sarcastic video. However, castings for advertising are difficult; sometimes selection staff not explain exactly the personality traits they are looking for and that is complicated for working actors/actresses. 

28/03 I'm realising that I didn't answer the last question. I will to do it!.
Women in today society are very strong. It is not easy to be a woman because of the discrimination that exists despite the fact that society is considered egalitarian and tolerant.
In my opinion, women have the same values as men and can do everything they want. Sometimes we forget that in life we complemented, not competed. It is necessary to share the roles between both sexs.    
   



]]> 2020-03-26 14:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/476625317 Green shoots. It's spring! - 27/03 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/478242794 Since the quarantine started I have been thinking about how different countries governments have been faced 
this wordlwide problem.
To be honest I don't trush in politicians and I'm fed up to heard his speeches. I didn't understand anything said by Mr. Salvador Illa and Mr. Pedro Sánchez. At the same time Donald Trump is saying that coronavirus is not a big deal; when summer arrives the pandemic is going to exterminate. Boris Johnson remains in silence and Jair Bolsonaro thinks that Covid-19 is only a little flu ...

I'm not a doctor, I'm not a scientist or biologist but I believe I have common sense, the less common of the senses. I'm wondering why our country is not sea, air and earth border closed when we have a real big trouble with the infected people. Yesterday we had 56.000 infected people and 649 death people.

Meanwhile the nature recover its space. Covid-19 brings evidents environmental effects: clearer water, cleaner air, the birds can be heard in the cities. Maybe we should think how they feel when we put them in jails. Maybe we should slow down our rhythm, resing ourselves with less in order to obtein more.

Normally I can't stand accoustic noise. Today I recognize the restlessness of silence. In the middle of this inmense mess I realize that it's spring and my first lily has flowered.]]> 2020-03-27 12:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/478242794 Many thanks! - 28/03 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/479610588  In my opinion the confinement affects adult people, but especially the small children and the youngs.
Past night I couldn't slept. In the quietude of night I thought in all the anonymus people who hold ours lives. In this awful time there are some essentials jobs. I did a list of them:
- sanitary staff (doctors, nurses,  
  etc.)
- scientifics who are searching a 
  vaccine against Covid-19.
- farmers
- ranchers and slaughterhouse 
  workers.
- fishermans
- pharmacists
- carriers
- food sellers in markets and 
  supermarkets.
- taxi drivers, buses drivers and 
  tube lines employees.
- police
- firemans
- post office workers
- street cleaners
- dustmans
- banks staff
- vets
- people who works in radio, tv 
  or newspapers
- gravediggers and funeral 
  ceremony staff.

All this people work in dark and deserted streets and roads or in closed spaces from providing us  medecines, food, etc. Their work guarantees cities and towns proper working order.
I think we must express our gratitude to this collectives.  Many thanks!.


]]> 2020-03-28 13:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/479610588 I miss my past life - 29/03 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/480772072 The confinement isn't a new situation in my life. Recently I lived it. The neighmare started the last day of November 2017. The 14th. December I spoke with my surgeon. On 29th. December I was in the operating theatre. I hadn't time to have a previus psychological preparation.
I remained in Sant Pablo hospital for fifteen days. I came back home the 12th. January 2018. The first thing I did was to buy a stool; I couldn't have a shower on foot. The physical and psychic recovery has been slow.
When I was in the verge of getting the top roles appeared the illness. That totally knocked me.
I passed a year and half in a little confinement. Only I went out for buying food or to see doctors and psycologists and I carried on with my English classes in EOI.
Past October I started to do a few new things, like an aware moviment workshop and a dance workshop.
I used to be an active person, a totally multitasking woman, but since 16th. December 2019 I'm a total disabled person.
When I was in the hospital a very close friend gave me a present, a notebook for writing my experience. Unfortunately, during 27 months my creativity has been blocked. I have been suffering a lot because I lost my essence as a person.
I'm an optimistic and strong person. I always think than after a dark night a new day starts and the sun smiles again. 

Note: My last cinema work was
"Incierta gloria" ( 2017 ), directed by Agustí Villaronga.  A last play about Civil Spanish War.
Marcel Borrás played as a main actor.  ]]> 2020-03-29 17:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/480772072 Closed until new notice - 30/03 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/482700752 Yesterday it was a sunny day. I sunbathed in the flat roof. However, today it's a raining day and it seem to me that this week will be like that. The sadness imbues worlwide.

The news said last night than Covid-19 has infected more than 737.000 people in 192 countries. United States leads the number of infected people around the world. The most part of deaths took place in Italy, Spain and China.

Yesterday Spanish government extended the state of emergency until at least 12th. April and now only basic services are allow. It's a good decision; a little bit late in my opinion. The motto "Spain is different" is true. The politicians act late and bad. They think more about businesses than   people. The privatisation of health services in Madrid and the cutbacks in Catalonia predicted our actual situation.
There is a Spanish saying which defines perfectly this state: "de aquellos polvos vienen estos lodos" or in other words (this time in English) "a stitch in time saves nine".
]]> 2020-03-30 16:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/482700752 The homeless - 31/03 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/484806974 Barcelona is normally a crowded city but now people covered for boxes, blankets, mattress or tents stand out in the odd empty. The naked pavements and closed entrance halls shops where they sheltered to sleep in the middle of this sanitary emergency emphasise the isolation around onethousand homeless people.
Several day centers and social dining rooms for poor people have closed or reduce their timetable during the quarantine.

For the most part of infected people coronavirus causes minor or moderate symptoms like fever or dry cough. However, old people or people with previous health problems can death or suffer serious complications like pneumonia.

Authority people try to leave out of the streets the most quantity possible of homeless people, avoiding heap them together in a shelter with comunal rooms where the risk to contagion they would be still biggest. IFEMA, the big exhibition center in Madrid, has become in an improvised shelter with 150 beds. In Barcelona an old school has restructured to provide shelter 56 people and authorities promise to have more beds soon.

Everyone who sleep out in the open is agreeing: ask for money or food has non sense now, because there is no one to give to them anything.

Note: Empty beds and people without beds. Another nonsensical thing.
 ]]> 2020-03-31 15:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/484806974 Opinion essay about Spain spread of coronavirus - 1/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/487424290 The answer to spread of coronavirus is different in each country. It looks like United States and United Kingdom follow the Spaniards's methods.

Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan (China), and travelling via Iran and Italy. The response of this virus was fast and decisive in some countries like Japan or South Korea, also in Taiwan or in Shanghai (China city). In Europe maybe the best response was made by Germany.

On Thursday 26 March Spain had taking the top position of daily dead of this pandemic.

The article named "How did Spain get its coronavirus response so wrong?", by Giles Tremlett, explains the causes about Spain is having so bad response to this pandemic.
The autor said that Spaniards didn't think the virus could spread so rapidly. First at all,  Spain don't have land borders with Italy but one sport event took place in Bergamo, on 19 February. After this event Valencia football players, fans and sports journalist were the first ill people.

Secondly, Tremlett point out the weather in Spain. In late February and early March the temperatures were above 20C and the inhabitants of Madrid took advantage of the sun in the open air. Moreover, just a week before the country was closed down had celebrated The International Women's Day and others sports  and political events.

The Spanish government reacted late, creating uncertainty. Spain didn't have any essential equipment as a protective clothes for sanitary staff and enough masks, for exemple. Spanish government tried buy tests to China but them were in bad condition.
It is were not enough, old people's homes didn't take care of the elderly and the army found some people lying dead in their beds.

As a result of this wrong management Spain will go into economical recession, with its consequences: austerity, job losses and salary cuts.

To sum up, in every crisis there are people who win and others who lose. What a pity that always lose the same: workers  people!. Now Spain is fighting against the virus. All the people are in confinement since 14th March. In the future Spanish people will decide what to do with this incompetent government.  ]]> 2020-04-01 18:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/487424290 Oyster boredom produces pearls - 2/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/489821431 Twenty days at home. It's the quarantine and its consequences: isolation, fear and uncertainty. But life always is uncertainty. Life don't have a plot, we need improvising all the time. 
Perhaps it's necessary don't look for outside us and look at inside us. I'm wondering who will I be?, what will I do?. 

These days families can't say good-bye to their relatives. Only three people can go to the funeral. In this way we can avoid the contagion but the uncertainty and pain expand. On the other hand solidarity is increasing and everyday I see samples of amazing creativity. Welcom imagination!.

]]> 2020-04-02 19:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/489821431 Advanced technology - 3/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/490907438 Nowadays it's very strange to meet a person who doesn't have a mobile phone. Everyone has one mobile phone at least. People communica everyday more easily and also the equipments have new functions which make our life nicer.

The history of mobile phones goes back to the beginning of Second Word War but the first civil system of cellular phones was developed at the end of 40s in the United States. As of XXI century the mobile phones have adquired a lot of functionality which goes beyond the limit of making calls, translating or sending text messages. They have merged with different devices such PDA (personal digital assistant), photo camera, electronic appointment book, alarm clock, mathematical calculator, GPS Navegation System, or multimedia replicator to do multitude of actions connected in a small portable device which all people use in developed countries. This evolution of mobile phones is known as smart mobile.

In my opinion mobile phones are useful tools which make communication between people easier but people don't use it in an intelligent way. A lot of people put themselves at risk when are answering a call while driving, children  have mobile phones and they use them in the classroom, young people are talking nonsense during all day and their parents pay high bills, etc. Moreover, as of today , are unaware the negative results of electric waves generated by mobile phones and their bad effects in health people.

I think now people really don't know some each others. The more technology in ours lives the less face to face communication; this is the bad side of the new lifestyle. In addition mobile phones make people less free (your boss, one client, a cellular phone salesperson, etc. can call you on Friday morning or Saturday afternoon, ... ).
In conclusion mobile phones, as other new technologies, need to be use cautiously.


]]> 2020-04-03 12:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/490907438 Hello! - 3/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/491817114 Yesterday a few classmates had the second Zoom Meeting with August. I tried to connect without succes. August helped me and I could see August and he saw me, but the audio didn't work.
I bought headphones with microphone (Amazon) and I'm going to check if I can work in Zoom with my cousin.

I hope see you soon!  ]]> 2020-04-03 19:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/491817114 No man is an island - 4/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/492577612 Each person forms part a whole: a family, a country, part of the world.
Each action have consequences; there is a law cause-effect.
Since the pandemic has started some people has been a positive attitude and try to do things in order to help others. Wearing masks and gloves is to think about everyone. The solidarity is now the key.  

Spaniards in general try to be supportive with their compatriots. There are people who is sewing lab coats with plastic bags, others are doing masks, a car factory now is an improvised space where to do respirators, etc. At the same time governments have canceled the most part the earth, air and sea trips to achieve cut down the pandemic and avoid the contagion. I saw also examples of lack of solidarity between european countries. France has cut the delivery of sanitary equipment to Austria and Switzerland, for exemple.

I believe that the fast spread of Covid-19 has been the globalization result. Besides, in the worst moments people act without think anything. The self-interest is on the top position. It's  the jungle law.

On the other hand, the most important country until now: The United States is going on without interruption with their local flights. American citizens are spreading the virus inside their country. Moreover, they are having an alarming rise of unemployment rate.  Now USA is the center of pandemic and this country doesn't have a public sanitary system. The most developed armament country has the most underdeveloped health system in the world. Another illogical thing.

This "war" is against a virus and, for the moment, nobody has a eficient weapon.]]> 2020-04-04 16:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/492577612 What about third-world? - 5/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/493181508 In the pandemic course one thing is clear each country think in theirself. Don't exist one together vision. I have this impression especially with the European Union. We are living in the richest part of the world. Here we have water, soap, food, masks, medecines as well sanitary services. I'm scared thinking about the increase of infected people in countries like Brazil, India and African continent.

In Brazil there are very simple houses, made with wooden, plastic, cardboard, etc. The population is extremely poor.
India have more than thousand third hundred millions of people and they live pile as sardines into cans ... There are a lot of the people who live on the streets. The most part of the population is poor and only have NGO to help them. In African continent, except in South Africa cities, happens the same.

The relief aid is arriving late at the Western society. I'm not pessimistic but unfortunately the third-world aid won't a priority for the first world.]]> 2020-04-05 12:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/493181508 Stay positive - 6/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/495215249 I know it's difficult. For me is the same. I try to do a few things without succes. I can't stop thinking about close people who work everyday. Besides, I have several friends around the world locked up in their homes, as us. Some people work with computers or laptops but their contracts will expire soon. 

How our lives will be after this?,
Who can calculate the psychological and physical damages from keeping the population isolated and far away their loves ones?, How will affect this our immune system?, How many ill people are now more sick considering the stress level that we are bearing?, Which will be the post-traumatic syndrome related with the confinement?.

The silence isn't empty, it's full of answers.

 ]]> 2020-04-06 16:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/495215249 Lack of communication - 7/04 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/497154321 Twenty-five days locked up. 
This morning I went to shopping at supermarket. I thought that next Friday will be Easter and all food shops will be closed. A lot of people had the same idea as I. The queue was very long. In this circumstances I profite to think.
Today I did the exercise of thinking about the power of communication. This is a subject I like a lot because my art work always was based and it going to base, in the future, on the communication and their opposite: lack of communication.

I thought about the prime minister of United Kingdom, Mr. Boris Johnson. He said than Covid-19 was a little flu and two days ago he was admited in Saint Thomas hospital; yesterday he was took to the intensive care unit (ICU). On the other hand, Jair Bolsonaro is suffering a big rejection in the face of rising of infected people in Brazil.  
The European Union is not supportive neither cooperative.

Spain government has had an important lack of communication with the citizens and is going on with this attitude. Today is not still clare if it is necessary to wear mask or not. Our government bought China testers twice. The first time they had only thirty percent of reliability; the second time the sixty percent. Maybe next time ...
Meanwhile sanitary aid not arrive to sanitary staffs because there are bureaucratic problems and hundreds of the people die every day.

Informing properly is govern a country. Perhaps they are not ready for this!.
  ]]> 2020-04-07 16:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/497154321 Friends - 8/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/499164972 There are many kinds of friends. There are childhood friends, classmates friends, university friends. Some of them you met in a meetings or maybe in a travel.

There are wealthy friends, others who are broke. Introvert or extrovert friends, loyal friends and a few who aren't.

Friends who remaine on the time, who you forgot or who forgot you ... Friends who teache you; others who you choose . Those who are in the good times, those who are in the bad times.

Friends who you can see, who you can touch; others who you can write.

There are friends from a distance, friends who you miss, who you think, whose you cry.

There are man, women and animals friends. 

Crazy friends, funny friends, warm friends. Some who are smart, bright, creative, reliable, ...
There are overweight friends and others skinny, tall or short friends. Friends who call us and others who us call. Friends who we left, others who can't come ...]]> 2020-04-08 17:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/499164972 Listening: "Teleworking Tips for Federal Workers" - 8/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/500408379 Question 1 = TRUE
Question 2 = FALSE
Question 3 = TRUE
Question 4 = TRUE
Question 5 = TRUE
Question 6 = TRUE
Question 7 = TRUE
Question 8 = FALSE
Question 9 = FALSE
Question 10 = TRUE]]> 2020-04-09 12:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/500408379 Pros and Cons essay - 9/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/500431058 This morning I heard on the radio than the price of flour and leavening have go up four times since the beginning of confinement. Also that the most sell products by pharmacys are thermometers, alcohol gels and pregnancy tests. It is very interesting to know how our habits are changing. Everyone have time to make his own bread and cakes, all the people take care of their health and some people want to be parents ... or not.

The 7 April was Melissa's birthday. She is one of my bestfriends. Melissa lives in Oakland, a city next to San Francisco. I sent to her an email. I knew that this would be her worst birthday. Her answer confirm my thought. She works at home (teleworking) but her contract is going to expire the first of May.

After read the article by Martin D Gardner: " Teleworking: The Pros and Cons of Working From Home"  I think teleworking has some advantages for employees, for exemple save money in gas or to have a more flexible schedule and the posibility to obtein internet connection  anywhere. However, this kind of work has also drawbacks like don't have acces to all of the equipment at the central office and don't have personal contact with co-workers. Moreover, work at home involves to be aware of having a great level of self-discipline and a good balance between private life and job.

From company point of vue, teleworking requires some initials start-up costs (all equipment needed for remote acces, like laptops, mobile phones, etc.) although is a good inversion because reduces the need for office space, decreases employees distractions (conversations about the weekend, the kids, the sports, etc.), increases the productivity and the employee's morale. Finally, teleworking reduces the number of sick people coming into the office. This can prevent the spread of illnesses.

To sum up, teleworking is a successful business for companies but is a bad option for the employees. They need to have space for working at home, normally they work more hours than in the office and some people take care at the same time their children; that can be crazy in some cases. Maybe it is a great chance for people who live alone or for some kind of jobs such a translators or designers, for instance, or for some people who work only twice a week at home and go to the office three times a week. The middle ground could be the solution.

]]> 2020-04-09 12:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/500431058 I love art and creativity! - 10/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/501871249 Today I recommend you three things than you can do in order to entertaining and relaxing.
The first one is a creative idea made by two people who have two gerbils named Pandoro and Tiramisù. It's amazing!.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/04/gerbil-museum-quarantine-covid-19/ 

In the second place, I'm sending you a video titled "A Curated look at Working From Home  / National Gallery" . The narrator has a calm voice, very relaxing. She talks about five paintings which are related with ordinary moments and setting inside homes. It's very interesting!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Xq4qsC5ww 

Finally, a Sean Scully interview.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/arts/design/sean-scully-windows-paintings-virus.html 

I wish you enjoy! 

 
]]> 2020-04-10 11:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/501871249 Traditions - 11/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/502905822 Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of Pepe Rubianes death. I remember you Pepe. What happy moments I lived seeing you on "Rubianes solamente", in Capitol theater. Rest in peace, genius!.

I'm Christian because my parents baptised me and after, when I was seven years old, I did the first communion. I have never married. It doesn't appeal to me the idea to do it. 
I'm not churchgoer; I don't go to the churche. I believe than God for some people is a close friend, someone who they know well. However, there are others who see he as a far relative; somebody who exist but they know only a little. In my opinion, he is anywhere (lately maybe he is on holiday) and everyone can talk with he when they want. It's free connection!.

Yesterday the world amount of death people, due to coronavirus, were more than 100.000 people. I'm wondering: the Vatican, the Christian capital, what is doing?.
Only pray is not enough. Please, facts not words. 





















]]> 2020-04-11 13:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/502905822 Happy Easter - 12/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/503029504 This week (from 5 to 12th April this year) is special for Christian people. It is Holy week. Past Sunday was the Palm Sunday.
Holy week every year is in different dates because it depends that spring equinox and the first night of new Moon.

The 9 April was Holy Thursday. This date commemorate The Holy Dinner, the last Jesus dinner with his disciples, before the Judas Iscariot betrayal, and his sacrifice.
The 10 April was Holy Friday. This date commemorate the Jesus death on the cross.
Spaniards talk about Holy week in reference to all week during since Jesus went into Jerusalem until his death and resurrection. In some Spain areas (Andalucía, for example) the most important is Holy week. However, in others autonomous communities  the most celebrate is Easter.

This year all religious procession had been forbided. However, some people has been caught going to their second residences or wherever. There are anti-social people who think this is holiday time not a quarantine. They had all kind of crazy or stupid arguments; for example a man was cought, the 9 April for autonomous police (mossos), and he said: "I'm going to the vet because my pet is ill", but inside the car there wasn't any animal. Come on! stop lieying ...
Police are putting fines of 600 until 30.000 euros.]]> 2020-04-11 17:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/503029504 Health or Money? - 13/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/504696456 Spanish goverment has decided that today is time to come back to work for some people whose jobs are in non essencial activities as building sector, employees of principal industries, home employees, people who work in motorway tolls and a few office like law offices. This decision is not exempt of polemic. The World Health Organization and several pandemic studies, renowned doctors and scientifics think that it is soon yet.

Since the forced unemployment started (the 30th of March, on Spain) everyone knows than this situation brings with her a sanitary, social, financial and economical crisis. This crisis will be worldwide but in some countries, those with  structural problems, it will be worst.

Spanish freelance people, entrepreneurs and business owners do not have government help. They have to pay rents, taxes and employees salaries without have any profits. Spanish goverment do not cancel the payments, only prolong them in the time. That is like if you stop your watch and you will wait the time not pass ...

While I'm wondering, as in Joaquín Sabina song, who is robbing me the April month? I come to understand that health is essential, the money is necessary in our social system, but always love will be imperative.

Note: If we are in a sanitary crisis and the medical opinion is not the most important, that means that exist priorities beyond our lives.]]> 2020-04-13 15:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/504696456 Grandparents, important people - 14/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/506909256 Yesterday was raining all day. Fortunately today is a sunny day!. To be at home is becoming more hard. I am better if I see the sun.

I grew with my grandparents. They were my mother's parents. I have a lot of memories of them.
In my opinion, after parents grandparents are the most important people in life.

The relationship between grandparents-grandchildren is perfect because grandparents have time to enjoy with the kids  and the children have all time in the world. Time is slow when you are a child ...

Currently a lot of grandparents take care of their grandchildren. Since the confinament started the situation is very hard for grandparents and kids. They miss each others; they need each others. Furthermore, a lot of grandparents help (not only with time, also with money) their sons or daughters. They are difficult times for many families.

I can't understand why some old people have had suffer such a bad manners from their families or caregivers. Lately the elderly have been practically ignored in old's people homes.

Old people need our care and our respect. They are like "big babys", full of love and affection. Maybe they don't have a good memory or  an easy moviment but they are wises and patients.
If we don't pass away some day we will be oldest. Our soul will be the same although our physical aspect will be other.

Note: After the alarm state due to Covid-19 Catalonian governement  is going to do something for improving health service, education and the elderly attention. It should start with the elderly attention. It is priority.

]]> 2020-04-14 17:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/506909256 Fragility - 15/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/508813196 Fragility is the capacity to shatter oneself or break oneself. The fragility is full of beauty.
The planet, our residence, is full of fragility. There are fragile animals, fragile plants, fragile people.

A good example of fragility could be a butterflye or some flowers such as the opium poppy. There are also some fragile materials, like glass or porcelain. The diamond is the most hard material which exist in the nature, but it is extremely fragile.

Though also there are things which seem fragiles but they aren't. For instance, the reeds. When the wind flogs them they move right to left, even too much ... but they remain in place. They can bend but not break. That is a good lesson for fragile people!.

Note: Nowadays, we are aware of our fragility. An invisible being is treating us. All people stay at home, the isolation rise ... until
when?. 

]]> 2020-04-15 15:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/508813196 Fragility bis - 16/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/511297071 It is middle of April. Yesterday I read than Spain and Italy are the two European countries than more respect the lockdown, than the human race need more than one vaccine to faces the pandemic and than the infected people for coronavirus is Spain has increased the last 24 hours, the first work day for non essential jobs ...

On the other hand, this morning I recived a text missatge on my mobile phone. Theoretically today should I received my headphones. Now it is 20:05. It is late. They won't come.

My subject today is fragility again. I like very much Land Art. This is a trend of contemporary art. The artists create works in the nature and use materials such as sticks, stones, ice, etc. In this mix between landscape architecture and sculpture, the landscape and the art work are closely connected. On this kind of art the photography, the recordings of the process and the finished work are very importants.

Note: Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, renowned in his field, that creates temporary landscape art installations out of sticks, leaves, stones, and anything and everything else that he finds outside. His work is absolutely fragile.]]> 2020-04-16 17:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/511297071 Illness - 17/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/513019700 In general all the people thing than the disease is something wrong. Yes, it is. But at the same time, as all things in life, she has a good side. When a person suffers a process of sickness discovers several important things.

First at all, than the body is very smart. His first reaction is survive and all organs set to it.  

Secondly, when the body has a optimal state, arrives the most important thing: mental recuperation. After a hard impact exist a post-traumatic syndrome. This period is more slow and requires accompaniment.

During the process the person discovers than the illnes is like a wall crack; you can see the light through it ... Moreover, you realize the value of little things like a smile, a glance, a kind sign. The senses enlarge.  You can't do some things but you can see little things than you before didn't see. And you see all the people; their behaviour, their selfishness, their weakness ...

Illness is the best time in life to learn about oneself, to improve oneself. A person discovers the strong she/he is when go through difficults moments alone
,no in solitude.]]> 2020-04-17 14:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/513019700 I wish share with you - 18/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/513119851 A very interesting article in The Guardian, by William Hanage, titled "No matter how you crunch the numbers, this pandemic is only just getting started"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/16/number-coronavirus-pandemic

An exemple of art in quarantine:
a video, on YouTube, about the work art by Banksy, a world-renowned street artist. He strives to keep his name hidden, and publishes his books as Robin Banksy.

https://youtu.be/X4obYM3Uh7g

“Banksy's graffiti is a mirror of our time, they put a reality in front of us than is often uncomfortable for the establishment and help us to become aware of the contradictions in which we are immersed, in art and in life."
This opinion is by Montse Costas, the editor of a book:
"Banksy, el arte rompe las reglas" , the first Spanish book about this enigmatic urban artist.  
 
I wish share also a deep reflection: all the people are shareing the Earth space. We have conquered it. We thought than were the Earth's owners but really we are only they guests ...  
]]> 2020-04-17 15:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/513119851 Poetry in my computer - 19/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/514632310 I heard some bad news on the radio. I'm going to write my sumarize at the end ... Besides, I received a Melissa email. Our friend Alfonso passed away the 14th April. I met him the year 2000, in an art exhibition. This time wasn't coronavirus effect; he had kidneys problems. Rest in peace my friend!.

Today I discovered an amazing poetess named Elizabeth Bishop. She was a "rara avis" on the contemporary poetry because she only wrote just a bit more than one hundred poems. She is considered one of American poetess more relevant of the XX century. I like this poem especially. Enjoy it!.

ONE ART
The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent to be
lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art
of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last,
or next-to-last, of three loved houses went. The
art of losing isn't hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.

Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master though it may
look like (Write it!) like disaster.

Note: Meanwhile, in Catalonia from one out to every three old people in old people's homes have coronavirus. Is that negligence or lack of resources?.
Experts don't know is a Covid-19 recovered person remains immune. Moreover, 1.300.000 Spanish people have lost their job.
The culture and tourism sectors will take more time to get recover. This recuperation is will expected around the end of the year 2020.
 ]]> 2020-04-18 18:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/514632310 Arrogance - 20/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/517383009 There are a few theories about how Covid-19 emerged. I think than it isn't matter. All countries in the world need focusing his attention on people health.

The European Union has showed her lack of together view. In the end, Italy has been the only country which has accepted China help. United States and Latin America deal with the virus in an independent way. However, "L'Afrique c'est chic" ...
The African are aware than they don't have sanitarian resources, they are modest and poor people. Some African countries have decided close their borders and they have accepted China help. For example Ghana, located in the Atlantic coast, closed his borders with only a infected person. It was an intelligent decision.

Spain despite the fact that is the country with more victimes continue risking more than should. I believe than it is a  cultural deficiency.  Spaniards consider bullfighting as an art. In bullfighting people clap to the bullfighter, who put in risk his/her life. The bull, is not important; it is a show part. The bullfighter endanger his/her life, the bull get involved and finish dead.

I don't clap every day, at 20:00 o'clock. Why I should did it?.
Doctors, before the Covid-19 sanitary crisis, had put up with the rough tratment practised by the government. They have days off because the state don't pay extra hours; they have been converted on health civil servents and the GP's only prescribe medication made of a concrete laboratories ...

Note: The doctors do their work. We should clap the victims.

]]> 2020-04-20 12:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/517383009 and Sadness - 20/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/517546262 It seem to me than my mood is a mix between embarrasment and sadness. The embarrasment to see how are acting Spanish government faceing up to the sanitary crisis and sadness to see how citizens are answering. It is no a new thing under the sun. It is more from the same ... Here nobody claim, nobody complaint, no one call a strike. We live too much good. Nobody stands up unless somebody takes off our sofa ...
But this time is worst; this time a lot of people is dying in a country which is supposed has one of the best public health service around the world.

The political, economical and financial interest get the first position on this macabre race. While the majority of people are confined in the seventeen autonomies and the two autonomus cities: Ceuta and Melilla, the Spanish government has bought 10'5 millions of masks ( Spanish population is nearly 47 millions people ). However, Catalan government has bought 14 milions of masks (Catalonia has more than 7'5 millions people). It's a joke, isn't?.

Note: The 21th April 2020. I carry on not understanding anything.]]> 2020-04-20 13:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/517546262 HOMEWORK - 20/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/517700453 Reading comprehension:
Part 1 - 4/7
Part 2 - 11/12
Part 3 - 3/10

Listening comprehension:
Alcohol abuse - 6/7
Collecting - 4/6
The future of English - 9/13

]]> 2020-04-20 14:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/517700453 Plastic seas - 21/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/520736748 It has been calculated than seas and oceans receive between 8 and 12 millions of tonnes of garbage every year. Plastics are the most abundant. This material remains for long time; its can take between several months or hundreds years to degrade.

Objects like bags, nets or strings cause damages to the sea animals (birds included) and they can cause their death. The problem is not only than they pollute the environment but than moreover they can to have a damaging effect in our health.
A lot of animals eat micro-plastics ( little fragments, lower than 5 millimeter ) and the human being eat these animals. In this way arrives the plastic to the throphic chaine.

Note: You reap what you sow.]]> 2020-04-21 16:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/520736748 Disappeared woodlands - 22/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/523653123 Forty days at home.
After four raining days today not rain. I'm wondering if we can go away to pick up snails. They are food!.
I feel impotence in front this situation. I am confused.

It is not coincidence than the forests to be call the planet lungs. The trees absorb carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and renew the air bring oxigen.

Felling trees is a process which reduce the number of vegetation
and trees in a over rhythm to the regeneration of forests; it cause deforestation. The felling trees accelerate the disappearance of different kinds of forest; provoque the species extintion and the loss of biodiversity.

Note: Who sow winds receive storms.]]> 2020-04-22 17:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/523653123 Gordo, my friend - 23/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/526237453 I like animals in general, cats especially. Sometimes I think than the more I know the people the more I love animals.

Before Gordo I had some cats. The first one, many years ago, was Úrsula, a ginger colour female cat. After arrives  Romino (a white and gray male cat), Mafalda (a small striped female) and Spoke (a big male cat, with blue eyes), the Jordi's pet. Romino and Spoke passed away on February 2018. Mafalda on 2019.

Gordo is in my life since the 23th September 2019. It has had bad luck. It lived with a family. It was the boy's pet until the boy turned seven years old. The boy had an allergy. His parents thought than it was produced by the Gordo fur. They shut Gordo in the laundry room up, a limited space. A animal protector discovered this situation and look for a person who helped the cat.
Araceli, a middle age lady, had a female white cat. She loved Gordo but Gordo didn't got used to live with a rival. Gordo can't live with others animals.

Now Gordo is a happy cat. He has a lot of space: a courtyard full of plants, a rooftop terrace to sunbathe and the stairs to go up and down. It's a warm being. It's my friend.

Note: Today it's Sant Jordi, The National Day of Catalonia. The books and roses day, symbols of culture and love.
This year we will celebrate Sant Jordi on 23th July if the virus allows us. Resignation, patience and confinement.]]> 2020-04-23 16:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/526237453 Reading a book - 24/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/528691596 I'm reading a book named "Istanbul Memories and the City" The author is Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature the year 2006. Pamuk, who was born in Istanbul and has always lived in the city, describes daily things about his life, with his family, in the 1950s. In the book there are also some photos in white and black.

I like this book because I like travelling and take photos. Many years ago I went to Istanbul with some friends and that travel marked a milestone in my life.
I was delighted with the colours, the smells and the tastes.
I discovered a new culture. I ever will remember the sensation I had looking the Bosphorus sea, from the European part of the city, and seeing the Asian land bathed by the sea. What a beautiful experience!.

Unfortunately, in the last years I couldn't travel to the others countries and in the future will be difficult ...
This lockdown offers us a perfect time to appreciate the really important things in life: our relationships, our best friends, things like one sunrise next to the sea, a full moon, a walk in the forest; those things we had and maybe not gave them its value.

Note: Never is late to read a good book. Never is late to write a poem.
Never is late to learn something or improve yourself.]]> 2020-04-24 15:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/528691596 Less is more - 25/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/529931300 Worldwide human beings are faceing a big trouble. This pandemic is putting all things all upside down: people's health, jobs, economy and finances. This situation is very hard personally and collectively. Social isolation, confinement and the uncertainty from not know when ends this threat, affect psycologically and physically everyone.

In my opinion governments should be accurate informing citizens well. I think is better one simple and short explanation. Unfortunately, governments don't do this and all people are doing what they think is better. For example: I see people wearing masks and without gloves, others wearing gloves but no masks, some people without masks neither gloves ... And also a lot of bad information (television channels, newspapers,  don't verified internet information, etc.) creates confusion.

Note: We need more than washing our hands. The world need a wash heart, mind, soul, and conscience.]]> 2020-04-25 12:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/529931300 Education, an useful tool - 26/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/531013701 Education is a process to achieve get knowledges, skills, values and habits. Normally grandparents, parents and teachers help to learn everyone. We can also learn ourselves (autodidact learning).
The education is the best investment than can do a country. It is the door which open the mind, transmits the culture and allow her evolution.

One of the most world equalitarian and quiet country, Sweden, have one the most effective  and quality education system. Continuous learning and the teachers treaning make the difference. This country is considered as a pioneering with respect to the innovative education. Furthermore, teachers are appreciate; they are considered as professionals who can transmit the knowledge. Sweden government carries out continuous changes in order to improve the state of this job and the teachers training.

Note: A country which cuts back the investment of important matters as science, health, education and justice won't have future.

Today starts the "non -confinement". Children until fourteen years old are allow go to the street, with an adult, for an hour maximum. However, two people who live together, and share the same bed, if they are in a car, it is compulsory to go one person driving and the other go on the back seat. Very coherent!.]]> 2020-04-26 11:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/531013701 Preaching with the example - 27/04 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/533217009 Since coronavirus crisis has started each government around the world has taked one particular style in order to confront this unknown pandemic. Each country is different and have unique traits, but the problem has been, and its, the same: an invisible enemy.

Each government has choosed his way to deal with this threat. In my opinion things can be made in different ways, but the style of communication, the empathy with the receivers, the ingenuity and the creativity for faceing any problem are definitive on the result. The attitude is irreplaceable.

All countries leading by women, such as Germany, Taiwan, New Zealand, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Denmark have answering better against the virus. The women answer have been fast, determined, realistic, empathycal and inclusive. They have included all the people in their countries, from the children to the youngers, the adults and old people. The pandemic involves everyone and everyone has to take care oneself and take care of others. This is the message.

The success don't arrive by chance. The law cause-effect exists. Working for the collective interest is the key.

Note: In the world there are 194 countries. Nowadays only 10 women are leaders. The things still need to change a lot.]]> 2020-04-27 11:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/533217009 Forbidden to think - 28/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/536124921 We live in a continuous visual and auditory pollution. The mass media (newspapers, magazines, television channels, internet, radio, etc.) bombard us daily with too much information. It is very difficult distinguish what news are truth and what are fake news. All media are bought by powerful big companies; a lot of advertisements try to focus our attention only in the part than interest ... besides, our stressed lives not allow us get time for ourselves.

In coronavirus time we are learning stop doing things from to think. Thinking is a huge effort; generally everyone prefers to judge. In adittion, to think can be an rebelliousness act.

How much do you know about Spanish coronavirus pandemic?
The number of infected people, the number of death people, the number of recover people and the number of tested people. That is all! ... However, we don't  know if the figures are or not corrects. The information is not transparent, simple, concise.

Note: In the information society we are more uninformed than ever. It is a paradox!.

]]> 2020-04-28 12:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/536124921 Perfect Future? - 28/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/537119386 This is not a normal year.
Spring has dissapeared between the void.
Everyone is closed at home.
Wild animals on the streets of the cities.
The noise of silence disturbing me.
I would like choose my luck.
I can't forget the pain of isolation.
Fighting against the unknown.
Starting the trip towards none part.
The time is dripping between ours fingers and
the dreams have been frozen.

Neus - 28/04/2020]]> 2020-04-28 17:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/537119386 Hidden professions - 29/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/539375720 The day before yesterday we did an opinion essay, named "The most/least trusted professions" and shared it with August in the Writing folder, on Drive.

Yesterday I thought about some hidden professions, such as scientist or inventor. Since coronavirus pandemic has started a lot of worldwide scientists are working every day in order to discover a vaccine or a few medecines to treat the illness. Frequently they work in laboratories, earning scarce money, but they have a huge vocation. Their job is slow, it includes a lot of animals proofs and human trials. It's a hidden job but not less important; it is extremely important!.

On the other hand, the inventors are also "raras avis". They normally have a scientific brain and never get tired; they try achieveing their dreams. Thanks them the human beings life has gone progressing along the history.

Note: It is not the job, it is the person who works in it who make his/her work reliable.

This morning I did a small trip. I went to my doctor appointment. I drove my car. I saw some people on the streets, too little traffic.

I know that with the new government rules I will go to the church before than the cinema and that I will move from Blanes to Puigcerdà, for example, but not from Blanes to Malgrat de Mar (there is eight kilometres distance between this towns). Moreover, if all things go well, will arrive a "new normality" at the start of July. 
To be continued ...
 ]]> 2020-04-29 14:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/539375720 Travelling - 30/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/541706671 I like travelling. Where? is not important; all places have interesting people, buildings, parks, museums or natural beauty. When I travel I take photos; this is another activity I like. The people, the places and the memories are essentials to me.

In my opinion there are a lot of ways to travel, as many as people and vital moments. The photography helps me to remember moments, places, anecdotes, etc. I photography the world as I see it. The same place suggest a unique glance according to the person who is lookeing it and exactly for that reason why photos always are differents. 

When you use the curiosity as a compass you can discover amazing things in your city, in your neighbourhood and even at home. When the look becomes innocence insignificants things gets presence.


]]> 2020-04-30 12:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/541706671 Climate change - 01/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/544252193 Daily routines such as use a plastic toothbrush, drink a capsule coffee or driving a gas car, contribute to increase the climate crisis; a phenomenon which go in an irreversible path.

We are going towards an increase of three degree Celsius of the global temperature, beyond the climate agreement of París, on 2016. The heat waves are every time more frequents, lengthy and hardest.

Spain Mediterranean area is very vulnerable to the climate change, just like other Mediterranean countries, the Central American zone, the Amazon, the australian south-east, the big coral barrier and the tibetan plain. Without forget cities next to deltes, rivers or seas, like New Orleans, Dacca, Tokyo, Bombay, London, Amsterdam and Alexandria. 

The climate change don't know borders and although affects more the poor people, the women and the children, it is a global and cross-wise phenomenon that will be arriving all the people.

Air pollution, water shortage and rain scarcity are also consequences of the climate change. The pollution remains in the atmosphere and allergies and the breathing problems, such as asthma, make worse.

Here and in Australia, the climate change make difficult our well-being in basic things like health, food and economy. Next to the climate change the loss of biodiversity is another dramatical consequence of the present environmental crisis. If governments don't take urgents mesures, a million animals and plants species could dissapear in a few decades.]]> 2020-05-01 15:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/544252193 Climate change bis - 02/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/545564209 Past 22th April was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
I have the feeling than Covid-19 pandemic is a reminder than our existence on Earth is fragile.
World mustn't forget "deeper emergency". 

There are some solutions, beginning for descarbonization our energetic model. This involve brave political decisions. Meanwhile, we can do small gestures, habits changes. There are some so simply as drink tap water, use public transport or change our plastic toothbrush for one of bamboo. In addition, we need to think fewer in short-term, a less plane use (it is the most pollution transport), consum food grown close and of the season, bet on renewable energies like sun energie, use heating home moderately, avoid air conditioning and do a water and electrical appliances rational use. Other positive things could be to recycle more paper, plastic, oil and glass, buy less clothes or eat less meat, etc.

Planting trees is a good idea to help to reduce the global warming effects.

The links between climate change and the coronavirus have also been highlighted by many observers and experts in the field. Degraded environments and pollution make us more likely to encounter novel viruses and to be more vulnerable to those viruses when they start to circulate.

Note: After fifty days at home, today we can walk on the street. I'm going to do it everyday. I can't stand the feeling of lack freedom. 

United States are on the top of dead and infected people, followed by United Kingdom, Italy and Spain.
Brazil and Ecuador are the two countries more afected by coronavirus in Latin America. 


]]> 2020-05-02 13:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/545564209 Ikebana - 03/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/547064772 Ikebanas are the Japanese flowers arrangements; a way to get ready flowers with a beautiful and espiritual sense, related with traditional Japanese concepts. It is an old art which emerges of the respect to the nature deepy rooted in the Japanese culture, like others things: the handwriting, the tea ceremony and the poetry (haiku). It is a philosophy.

The arrangements with flowers, branches, leaves, fruits and seeds, have a beautiful purpose although it is used also as a meditation method because is connected with the seasons and the life cycles. 
Ikebanas are a momentary art works due to the material which they are made; that convert Ikebana into on an act of reflection around how time flies.
There are eight styles of Ikebana: Rikka Shofutai, Rikka Shimputai, Shoka, Shinka, Kakubana, Morimono, Nageire and Free style.

I started to make Ikebana many years ago, in 2000. I like very much because I love plants and specially flowers. I practiced four styles: Rikka Shimputai, Shoka, Nageire and Free style. In my case is a way of meditation, somehow it is a good solution to cut down the stress and enjoy of the here and now.

Lately I had been started again with Ikebana activity but with the lockdown is difficult buy flowers. Patience ...  ]]> 2020-05-03 15:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/547064772 Personal reflection - 04/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/549939430 Yesterday I went to walk at half past eight on the afternoon. I saw a lot of people without masks. I counted one hundred people on the opposite direction myself and stop doing it. I was angry.
This pandemic isn't a happy situation; we aren't on holiday. There are a lot of people dieying worldwide. 
Spain has just started the first stage of de-escalation. I believe we can't  take this current state in a lightweight. In my opinion Covid-19 came to remain between us. 
I have two chronic illnesses.
I don't scary but I have respect to coronavirus. To be honest, I think it is important to be aware of our life and others lives. Moreover, we should think about all the sanitary staff who work a lot of houres, in bad conditions, for protecting our health.

I'm a little bit stressed. I try focus in some activities without too much success. I can't concentrate. I'm worried about people who work, for this absurd time we are living, for the lack of prevention government. I'm perplexed and a little depressed. I know that because I need sleep more than normal.
It isn't nice to live the isolation. I'm introvert but I need people too for interacting ... and I don't know how much time will lasts this awful imprisonment. ]]> 2020-05-04 16:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/549939430 TED Talks - 04/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/550064356 "How to Talk Like a Native Speaker | Marc Green | TEDxHeidelberg"
https://youtu.be/Ti_gFEe1XNY

"The secrets of learning a new language | Lýdia Machová"
https://youtu.be/o_XVt5rdpFY

"How to learn any language easily | Matthew Youlden | TEDxClapham"
https://youtu.be/Yr_poW-KK1Q 

"4 reasons to learn a new language | John McWhorter"
https://youtu.be/VQRjouwKDlU
]]> 2020-05-04 17:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/550064356 Ikigai - 05/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/553013780 Japanese people think than all people have an "ikigai". Ikigai is like a "raison d'être" (reason to exist). Having an ikigai clearly defined, a big passion, provide us satisfaction, happyness and life sense.
Some studies about longevity suggest than community life and to have a clear ikigai are as much important or more than the healthy Japanese diet.

In Okinawa island ( Japan) work and passion find each other. The ikigai and work life tend to be the same one. As Confucio said: "Choose a job than you like and you won't work not a one day in your life".

There are ten keys for living your ikigai with success:

- Keeping yourself always active, 
  never retire yourself.    
- Taking a calm yourself life.
- Not eat to get full.
- Having good relationships.
- Being in a good shape. Exercise
  segregates happyness 
  hormones.
- To smile.
- Connecting yourself with 
  nature.
- Giveing tank you all dayly 
  things.
- Following your ikigai
- Living the present moment.]]> 2020-05-05 19:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/553013780 Personal Initiative - 06/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/555541050 Yesterday I went to the city center. I bought some medecines in a dietetics shop. I did part of the route on feet and the other part by public transport. I saw all Paseo de Gracia shops closed. What a pity!.

Today on the morning I have been shopping food. Fortunately, there are less people on the queues.

Since quarantine have been started all days are the same. Today just a  bit different. I heard a news about a little American boy (five years old).
Yesterday he drove a van in order to buy a Lamborghini toy. He had  three dollars in his pocked. Before his trip he argued with his mother because she didn't want to buy he the toy. 
The police man who stoped the car (50 kilometres speed) was asthonished. 
I like people with personal initiative. In this case that is more than personal initiative. What will do this boy at fifteen years old?]]> 2020-05-06 18:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/555541050 Small space - 07/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/559734142 I'm a fortunate person. I live in a little house, with a courtyard and rooftop terrace. I can sunbathe, I have some plants and I have space to play with Gordo. Nowadays, on quarantine time, is important to have space.

However, I have some inconvenients. My house is old; was built in 1936, and need a remodelation. I started it twice; the first time I left it in order to preserve my health, on 2018. The second time I had to stop for the pandemic. I hope start with the work soon ...

I lived in this house, with my parents and my brother, from 14 to 18 years old. I inherited it on 2011.

Note: Small greenhouses as restaurants, on Holland.
https://youtu.be/c_Ebilt53mA]]> 2020-05-08 13:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/559734142 Kinds of space - 08/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/560190236 I'm thinking about how many kinds of space there are. I believe there are four groups:

1_Physically space (proximity,
    environment)
    . geographic space
    . astronomical space (time,
       relativity theory)
    . physiological space
    . biological space
    . geometric-mathematical
       space (logical)

2_Representation space (from
    distant to closeness)
    . two-dimensional (pictorial,
       graphic, ... )
    . three-dimensional(sculpture)
    . architectural space (inside,
      outside, light, decoration, ... )
   . scenographyc space (dance,
      theatre, music, ... )
    . iconic space (cinema,
      photography, video, ... )

3_Quotidian space (close
     experience, environment)
    . urban space (daily routes)
    . underground space (ascend-
       descend)
     . close space versus open
       space (small-big)
     . domestic space
     . green space (urban-rural)

4_Imaginary space (particular 
     experience) 
      . imagined space
      . oneiric space
      . inside space (awareness)
      . path space (trip as a path of 
        knowledge) 
     

 ]]> 2020-05-08 16:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/560190236 Opinion essay - 09/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/561628554 Spain coronavirus lockdown is one of the most strict in Europe together with Italy. These countries are similar regarding social behavior.

The answer to coronavirus has been different on other European countries. The opposition parties, on the majority of European countries, have been helping the governments to face this sanitary crisis. However, in Spain the opposition parties: Partido Popular (PP), Vox, Catalan Republican Left party, etc. are using Covid-19 as a throwing weapon. Specially People's party (PP) which are useing as well the victims. 

In my opinion, Spanish government had a slow reaction facing the pandemic. Mr. Pedro Sánchez and his group are useing lack of communication and continously are disorienting population with contradictory news. Moreover, they did not bought on time the sanitary equipments and their distribution had disastrous. If that were not enough, after 56 days of confinement sanitary staff can not test to discover infected people ...
The article "Spain's path out of Covid lockdown complicated by polarised politics", by Sam Jones in "The Guardian" of date Tue 5 May 2020, reflect the non supportive attitude of all political parties. Each political party works only having as a goal their own political interest. 

The big Spain confinement (more strict and long) brings severe economical and financial consequences. It would be intelligent join efforts for the well common.

To sum up, I am apolitical. I do not believe on politicians because when people have power abuse on it and work only to earn money without thinking about citizens necessities. It is my opinion. Nevertheless, in the Covid-19 crisis I prefer a long lockdown because it is better rest at home than rest in peace!

Note: On right ad in a stop bus,
in London.]]> 2020-05-09 16:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/561628554 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/561743775 2020-05-09 18:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/561743775 Original version - 10/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/563000753 I have had a few different ikigai along my life. In my case the ikigai have been changing with my age. I like several things. If it were me ... I would have dedicated myself to so many things. There are many jobs that I like and I consider very interestings.

I need to reinvent myself. Not only I. This time everyone is will be to have imagination, from facing "new normality"; this involves live with a virus as a companion ... All things will be differents; our old habits won't useful. We need "resilencia". "La resilencia" is the human beings's ability for addapting positively to the bad situations. Now we must have tonnes of creativity, discipline and hard work. The next years won't be easy.

It is time to TRY ( Time to Reinvent Yourself).

Note: Today is the 75th anniversary of the Mauthausen liberation. On this Nazi concentration camp, where people were used as a slaves, they were more than 7000 Spanish people. A Catalan photographer: Francesc Boix i Campo was one of them. I know very well his story because I performed his life on theatre.

Note: Coronavirus is a negative situation but if we had a look to the past we can find worse things.

 ]]> 2020-05-10 16:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/563000753 HOMEWORK - 10/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/563126535 2020-05-10 17:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/563126535 Odd time - 11/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/565459006 I feel than this time is odd; I have a lot of spare time but I can't take advantage of it. My time is like dead time. I'm feeling inside a big pause. In no time at all life changed and I can't get used to living with this uncertainty. The "new normality" is not normal to me.

One more day I have the same sensation: I'm happy to be safe and healthy despite my personal circumstances. 
Today is a sunny day and on the afternoon I will have my second online class of aware movement.

On the other hand, today starts the first phase of de-escalation on Tarragona, Tierras del Ebro and Valle de Arán.
From tomorrow dead people will be accompany by their relatives and friends on funerals.   

The bad new is than domestic wastes have increase 17%, sanitary wastes 300% and plastic wastes 14% during quarantine.





 ]]> 2020-05-11 16:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/565459006 Message - 12/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/568648341 I'm a survivor. After a big storm I arrived to the coast. I couldn't preserve some material things, I couldn't preserve some relations  neither. When life's winds blow hard it is hardly impossible keeping yourself on feet.

There are three kinds of stress:
- physical stress - result of an
  accident, a bone break, etc.
- chemical stress - consequence
  of bacterias or viruses attacks
  (as the current coronavirus)
- emotional stress - result of a
  relatives's loss ( divorce, death,
  etc ).

Since 2011 I have been living all kinds of stress. I started with emotional stress because my mother passed away on August 2011. My father passed away the day of my birthday, on 2013.
I lived and I looked after him during a year and a half.  I had to clean and empty all family objects in my parents's houses.
I did this from 2013 until 2016.
On 2017 I had to face an awful illness and I lost a body organ.
Today still I haven't the medical discharge.
Since past March all world is involved in a pandemic, me too.

I think than the things which don't kill you will make you strong. In my case probably I'm the Incredible Hulk ...
Sometimes life is hard; sometimes too much.
I'm tired. I need a rest.

Note:
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]]> 2020-05-12 20:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/568648341 Mass media - 13/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/570784250 If you have search for the Morse code, on Internet, to discover the content of my yesterday note you have just answered how mass media expect everyday.
All mass media are biased and politicised. Big interests and companies are behind them.

Talking about newspapers, for example, they need catch your attention with impressive headlines; articles contents maybe is not interesting at all ...Television channels sometimes are disgusting. Their boreing programmes works as a sleep-inducings. Some of them introduce contestants with a low human quality ... Internet need constant advertisements, etc.

Social system is a big "Big brother"; there are a lot of survey, often manipulated, falsified, ...
Currently we have a lot of information but is very difficult know the true. A lot of fake news are appearing from minute to minute, on real time.

Everyone lives with a enormous quantity continuous stunning news. ]]> 2020-05-13 17:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/570784250 Organization of a wolf pack - 14/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/572510426 In a wolf pack the first three wolves are the oldest or sickest, they lead the way for the pack. If it were the other way, they would leave them behind and lose contact with the group and in the event of an ambush they would be sacrificed.

Then come the five strongest, experienced warriors, powerful defenders of the pack.

In the middle is the wealth and the future of the group: eleven fertile female wolves. They are followed by five more warrior wolves. They ensure the group's defense from behind.

The one who goes last goes alone, it is the Alpha wolf. He coordinates and commands the group.

The group move according to the step of the elders, they help each other, they take care each other.

Note: Let's trust that one day human society will be similar to the wolf society.

]]> 2020-05-14 12:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/572510426 Prevention - 15/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/574656942 In my opinion human being have bad memory, unfortunately. I think than when we will have a medecin which can prevent coronavirus, and people won't pass away due to Covid-19, all people will come back to the old habits. We will forget this pandemic and its consequences.

All countries in the world should invest on science, elderly people health, human and animal health in general, environmental health, education and justice to prevent future illnesses. We need change our life rhythm, our mentality. We need do prevention about future diseases.

On the past we had Ebola (1976), HIV (1981), SARS - 1 (2002), MERS (2012). Past year we had, and we still have, SARS - 2 (2019). In the future can will emerge SARS - 3 or other illnesses if the conditions are favourables. 

We should bet for the global health, which is human being health, animal health, environmental health, globalization and global warming. We need do a mix with all this things in order to achive a complete development. We need put strength and awareness in order to change our life style.]]> 2020-05-15 09:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/574656942 Looking for lost dream - 16/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/576792343 Human being is very lazy.
We have to do so many important things but we don't have urgency. Since we have born we live in a instructed society ...

Many years ago Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, renowned by the tv serie "El hombre y la tierra", and David Attenborough (a British scientist; one of the more well-known educational naturalista) spoke about the damage which human beings did, and still are doing, to the planet and to the beings which live in it: fauna and flora.

Last years we have the example of a young Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, who has converted in a climate activist.

Doesn't matter. Nothing is important, nothing. Human being don't change. We have only ten years to remake our Earth, our "home" but we are lazy people ...

Meanwhile, the  calls to the psychologist are riseing; more than 300%. Anxiety is riseing; a lot of people have scary to the contagion, the cases of depression and uncertainty are bigger.

Moreover, the prices of food have increased a 4%. Fresh products a 7%
(the stronger increas since the year 1974). During past April fish, potatoes and pulses were the products which most go up their prices. However, fuel price has decreased a 18%.

Yesterday was the 20th. anniversary of Vilaweb, the digital Catalan newspaper. The most old in the European continent.
Today is the 25th. anniversary of Lola Flores death. In fifteen days will be the 25th. anniversary of Antonio Flores death.

Note: Life isn't easy. Life is beautiful and she is in hurry!.







]]> 2020-05-16 15:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/576792343 Justice - 17/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/577990762 Justice is a beatiful name. I like it.
In my career ladder I had some problems with a few enterprises. It's normal when you work for private companies. The point of view of employee and the employer isn't the same.

When I worked on graphic design and printing wasn't easy. Printing is a men world and normaly bosses men, in this sector, don't be very clever, they have scarce formation and, in general, a low human quality. Four times I went in trial and on four times I won the cases. Maybe I had reasons to inform against those companies ...

However, I think than Spanish justice is slow,  politicise and outdated. As in other areas as science, health, education, Spain should invest more money and update spaces and tecnological devices.  

On the future it is possible I will have another trial. This time will be related to my health. To be honest, I believe I have reason again. It's not my blame if GP doctor didn't do anything to prevent my health. In my opinion this person can't work as a doctor because it's possible she will destroy others lives. I won't create social alarm but I need create social awareness.  ]]> 2020-05-17 15:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/577990762 D vitamine - 18/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/580068211 From my point of view it is very werd than a country where there are a lot of sun hours their population have deficiency of D vitamin.

Human body produces D vitamine when we sunbathe. It is enough 10 or 15 minutes three times a week to cover the body necessities. However, there are people who need to turn to diet and food supplements.

The main sources of D vitamin on food are:
. Fatty fish as tuna, salmon and
  mackerel which contain big
  quantities of D vitamine.
. Liver oils fish, milk, eggs and
  butter.
. Meats.
. Champignon mushrooms.

D vitamin is necessary for remain health and strong bones. This vitamin helps to the body to absorb calcium from food and supplements. Besides, muscles need this vitamine for the movement. For example, nerves need D vitamine to transmit messages between the brain and every part of the body, and the immune system uses D vitamine to fight viruses and bacterias which invade it.

Other this:
Yesterday Spain had  87 death people and 421 inffected people to coronavirus.
Mr. Pedro Sánchez wants prolonger a month the condition of alarme, from 25th May to 25 June.
Schools are looking for adapteing solutions to start their activities on September.

]]> 2020-05-18 14:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/580068211 Maslow's pyramid - 19/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/583057192 Maslow's pyramid is a theory which try to explain the necessities that motivate the human behaviour. The name of this pyramid is due to his author, a humanist North American psychologist named Abraham Maslow. He wrote "A Theory of Human Motivation", one of the most well-known motivation theorys.

This visual theory explain the human behaviour according to our necessities. On the pyramid basis are our physiological necessities. One time we have covered this necessities, we look for satisfying our immediately upper necessities. We can't arrive to the top step if we haven't cover before below steps; or in other words, as soon as we going satisfed our basis necessities, we develop necessities and higher wishes.

The five levels of Maslow's pyramide are:
1_ Basic necessities or    physiological. They are
unique and inherent every person; they are basics for individual survival. Breathe, eat, drink, wearing clothes, etc.
2_ Security necessities: physic security (health), economical security (income), home necessity, etc.
3_ Social necessities: They involve the belonging sentiment a social group: family, friends, couple, workmates, etc.
4_ Esteem or recognition: such as confidence, personal independence, reputation or financial goals.
5_ Self-development. This level is the sensation of achieveing the personal success.

One of the fields where is most used the Maslow's pyramid is on marketing. The companyies adapt their product, their message and their comunication to the necessities level which they believe they can cover and satisfy.

Nowadays we have also a previous necessity (zero level): WIFY. On lockdown time is important have this technology that gets the wireless interconnection of electrical devices. In fact, before wifi, we need BATTERY.
    ]]> 2020-05-19 17:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/583057192 Water: liquid gold - 20/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/584699780 Life depends of water and water is a resource in a bad danger. In form of ice, vapour or liquid, water guarantees the biosphere  and humanity survival.
There're two kinds of aquatic environments: salty water zones and fresh water areas.

The biggest areas of salty water are the oceans. They cover around 71% earth surface and they are very important in order to preserve all earth life. The oceans have an important job on the hidrological cycle (rains are formed from evaporated oceanic water) and the regulation of terrestrial climate. They're the life environment for 250.000 species of plants and marine animals. Unfortunately, they also are human wastes dumping sites (polluted water).

The coast zone is only the 10% of oceans environment, but contents 90% of all marine species. They are estuaries, coast wetlands and swamps.
The coast wetlands are covered lands of salty water all year or during a part of the year. They are especially important because protect the coast lands of floods and damages and erosions caused by storms. Examples: bay and lagoons.
The swamps help to protect the litoral of the erosion. They're the life environment of 2000 fish, birds and plants species.

Open seas content only 10% of all marine species. He has three areas: "eufótica" zone, "bática" zone and "abisal" zone.
"Eufótica" zone is the ocean upper part, where are the productors species of oxigen.
"Bática" zone is bad illuminated and the "abisal" zone is very dark. In this area the water is too cold and the levels of dissolved oxigen are very low. There are biggest levels nutrients which manteing many species who life in open sea.
In the ocean bottom there are a lot of species than descompose on nutrients the organic materia of dead ocean organisms.

Today news:
This morning I heard on the radio a programme which told about emotional management. A doctor told audience about attempts to committe suicide and oneself injuries have raised 70%.
Confinement acts as a big anxiety productor because there is uncertainty about work and a lot of people are in a grief process.
On the other hand, 50% of sanitary staff  (8 from 10) have post-traumatic stress. They are exhausted and burned due to over the top work.
Youngers and teenagers also are suffering the pandemic consequences and lawyers will have a lot of work soon because will have many divorces solicitations.   


]]> 2020-05-20 12:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/584699780 Water: liquid gold bis - 21/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/587922991 Fresh water areas are waters with a concentration of  dissolved salts lower to 1%. There are two kinds of fresh water: fresh water fixed bodys, like lakes, ponds and interior wetlands and fresh water mobiles bodys, such as rivers and streams.

Only a 1% of terrestrial surface is coverted of fresh water. However, about the 41% of all known fish species live in fresh water.

Lakes and ponds are bigs and naturals bodys of fixed water. They are feeded principally by rain water and the melts snow. The first life area in fresh water lakes is the litoral zone, close to the edge. In this area we can find floating plants, surface plants, submerged plants and phytoplankton. Also there are big quantities of decomposers and some animal species such as frogs, fish and insects.
Under the litoral zone is  the "límnica" area. This area contents   phyto- and zooplancton, and several fish species. Under this zone we have the deep life zone; it is the deep and dark water which can't to be reached by the penetrating sun light. In this area we only can find some fish. Finally, in the bottom there is another zone, named "béntica", inhabited by descomposers and insect larvas.

On the other hand, rivers and streams are catchment rain water. This water flows towards the see.    

The wish the human race to live close to the coast brings aquatic life deterioration. The people dryed wetlands and other coast areas, with the object to get land for the human develop.
The majority of water reserves now are polluted ( pesticides, heavy metals), because we have been pouring sewages in them for long time. We didn't payed attention about damaging in water quality. ]]> 2020-05-21 21:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/587922991 Take a moment - 22/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/588808743 Today I'm writing about things I like doing to get relax. Nobody can operate correctly without a little peace time and silence time to time.

I recognize my personality is stressed. Maybe I wanted to do more things than I really could. I don't know. Here and now I believe I need a rest.

Things than I like very much: 
Walking close to the sea, on the sand, and collect wood and other natural materials wastes which arriving to the seashore and shells. 

Walking on the forest, to pick mushroooms or practise hicking.

Activities related with water, like swiming, do exercices into water (aguagym, for example), take myself a bath of smelling salts in bathtub.

Passive exercises, tai chi, Swedish gymnastics, practising aware moviment, etc. 

Making ikebana, take photos, make collage, make sculptures or installations, draw, paint, dreaming awaken, ...

Sunbhating, go to the health ressort and receive a back massage, heard good music on silence, read a good book, ...

Performing interesting roles in cinema, theatre, tv series or in advertisement, go to the cinema or theatre, a good dance show, go to the museus, parks, some awesome buildings, etc.

Play bowling, play darts, play chess, play pool, drive my car, play with Gordo, write poems, to meet people, places and new cultures, spent time with friends, see freedom animals , etc.

Currently some of this activities are banned. I'm feeling like a punish little girl. It is the pandemic. We need wait the new normality ... It is so much difficult to me. I respect all rules but I'm fed up!.  ]]> 2020-05-22 11:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/588808743 Happiness - 23/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/590483676 What is hapinness? It depends who answer the question. This concept is different for every person.

In my case hapinness isn't a destiny; it is the attitude with I travel in my life. To be happy we need savour, with intentioned way, the happy facts in our life.

All moments in life don't be happies but there are happies moments. It is better remember the happies moments ... the sad moments arrived or will arrive. It is sure!. If you learn to die you learn to live.

Living now and here, with carpe diem philosophy, is the best way to live. We can't change the past and the future perhaps won't arrive ...

I strongly agree with this sentence by Mahatma Gandhi:
"happiness is when the thing you thinking, the thing which you saying and the things you doing are in armony". In my opinion when a person practise this way of living get happiness because happiness is sleep without fear and wake up without anxiety.   

There are people who think: "when I get a certain professional position / a certain social position / a certain economical position / a certain physical well-being, etc. I will be happy" . I absolutely desagree. The human being when have a thing want another ... As Jean-Paul Sastre said: "essence of man is the contradiction".

Today news: United States are the center of pandemic. 
Brazil and Peru the two countries more affected in Latin America.
Africa isn't as affected as was to be expected by the experts. This is a great new!.
 

 ]]> 2020-05-23 15:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/590483676 Spanish cliches - 24/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/591302731 I love cliches. I love their immediacy and their absolute lack of nuances. Specially European people have cliches about Spanish people; sometimes this cliches only are lack of information. I noticed this living outside or shareing home with foreign people.

Spain is the country of bulls.True
So far as I know in Europe there are bullfights in Spain and in the south of France. Bullfights, running bulls and smell of wine go hand in hand.

Going to bars, watch futbol on tv and eat some tapas. True.
In general Spaniards like futbol and like watch it on bars crowded of people who yell and celebrate the good play. Normally people are gathered around a table full of beers and tapas ("bravas", ham, etc.).

Spaniards as well as Italian people or Greek people (Mediterranean people) speak loud. You can realize this on a public transport, in a bar and specially in a futbol match (a Barça-Madrid, for example). That is true.

Spain has an awful laboral timetable; a lot of people work four houres on morning and four houres on the afternoon. This is a nonsense for other European countries. In addition we are late, we are unpunctual; (we have
"schedule flexibility"). True.

We have also fame as lazy workers and fraudster people; it must be for a reason!.

On the other hand, Spain haven't on "la paella" the national dish, not all Spaniards dance "flamenco" and neither all Spaniards drink "sangria".
Spain has a very rich cultural diversity but we have selled a sun, beach, parties and souvenirs "made in Spain" tourism.

We don't speake bad other languages, in general, but we have embarrassment to do make a fool of yourselves. Spaniards are  prouds.     

European people think than Spain is a big beach and also than Spaniards love drink and parties. This things in my opinion are big cliches. Other nationalities drink more than we and love all kind of parties where in the end get drunks.

Today news:
Tomorrow Barcelona starts the first phase of de-escalation and Tarragona, Tierras del Ebro, Valle de Arán and Pirineos start the second phase. That means than if you live in Badalona, for example, you can go to Barcelona for working but no to visit your mother or another relative. Besides, you can gathering ten people at home but no the same number of people in a bar's terrasse. 
I continue without understand anything ... 

]]> 2020-05-24 13:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/591302731 Freedom - 25/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/593301005 Freedom is the ability of choose, of decide if one want to do something or not responsibly and always with respecting rights to others.

The freedom as a value involves the faculty of the people for deciding how act, what to do, what say or shut up, even, for to do the well or the wrong based on free will.

From the point of view of philosophycal, the freedom is also related with the ethical and moral values.

Freedom is a fundamental right which all the people have, without any kind of distinction. There are many sort of freedom and are protected for Human Rights.

Thinking freedom: Is the right which has all person to have and express any ideology and not to be obliged to declare about it.

Expression freedom: Is the right to express and spread in a free way ideas, opinions or informa- tion.

I strongly agree with the sentence by the writer José Luis Sampietro: "If you don't have thinking freedom, expression freedom don't be useful for nothing". ]]> 2020-05-25 16:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/593301005 Animals - 26/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/595468464 I like almost all kind of animals living free. I consider ethology as a beautiful science which brings closer life wild animals to the human being. I would like travel across Africa and discover her geography, fauna and flora. In fact there are some continents, a lot of countries and concrete natural places than I would like to visit ...

I don't like very much birds: animals with beak, feathers and two legs (except owls, parakeets, penguins and parrots). I can't stand the pigeons!. Snakes, spiders, insects and reptiles in general dislike me.

I like pets like dogs, cats, rabbits or hamsters. I like also fireflies because they have light their own.
I think there are several groups of animals: elegant animals ( like horses, panthers, tigers, lions, etc. ), curious animals (such as camaleons, kangaroos, giraffes, octopus, etc. ) , amusing animals ( like squirrels, panda bears, koalas, chimpanzees, monkeys, beavers, etc. ), beautiful animals ( butterflies, bees; I love them in spite of to be insects), dolphins
(they are also intelligents), sea stars, sea horses, etc.,  and weird animals (anteaters and duck-billed platypus, for exemple).

Only a few animals live on groups all their life. They are named social animals. Social animals are those than interact constantly with others of their same specie, I mean they don't only be together in mating time.
They are elephants, lions, ants, penguins and dolphins. 
Elephants, lions and dolphins are mammal; dolphins are marine mammals (cetaceans).
Ants are insects as bees and wasps
Penguins are birds. The only bird which don't fly; they spend a lot of time into water. 

There are wild animals and domesticated animals. Wild animals live  free, in a jungle or a forest. They don't need humans to live; they grow free, learnig hunt. However, domesticated animals are with the people, have an owner which take care of them.

When a wild animal is bring up in captivity, after will be very difficult than can survive in their natural habitat; at the same time never can behave as an domestic animal because their essence is wild.

Domestic animals to the cities are dogs, cats, canaries, fish or hamsters. 
Farm domestic animals are horses, sheeps or cows.

The main wild animals are lions, wolfs, elephants, sharks, crocodiles, giraffes, gorillas and leopards. 

There is too animals in danger of extinction, for example the mountain gorilla, polar bear, Iberian lynx, Sumatra tiger, white rhinoceros, from snows leopard, panda bear, common chimpanzee, borneo orangutan, red tuna, etc.











]]> 2020-05-26 18:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/595468464 Why English? - 27/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/597486680 I was born in Barcelona (Gràcia), in 1961. In that time Franco was the Head of State. My parents  had to baptize me as Nieves (María de las Nieves).
When I was 14 years old Franco passed away. Two years later I could use my name: Neus, of course! and I put it in my ID card

My mother tongue is Catalan, at school Spanish and French. I learned French during EGB, BUP and COU. I speak French.

I have been in London twice. At that time I didn't know any word on English language. First time I went to London I visited the National Gallery, Tate Gallery and Victorian&Albert museum. I finished very angry with myself because I couldn't understand any English explanation about art works. That frustrated me. I decided: "I need to learn English".

Second time I went to visit my best friend Helena and roamed by the city in order to take a lot of photos and visit markets (Portobello, for example), Covent Garden, parks, etc. My necessity of learning English grew ...

The circumstances in my life didn't demanded to know English, but on the year 2008 I started a labour cooperation with a Swedish company. The owners of this company said me: "it is not necessari you talk Swedish; the official language in this company is English". On October 2008 I started to learn English in a languages academy. Some years after I did my level exam to enter at EOI. 

In my opinion is not necessary understand a language to travel or visit countries or cities. My necessity is related to with my interest of meet people and understand the culture. Reading a book or watch a film in original version is the best way to capture all nuances and riches about one language.
In this sense, a key aspect should to be not translate movies to the Spanish language. Spain has a bad habit doing this!. However, nowadays we have the best conditions to improve our knowledges.

Moreover, English language is almost a new "esperanto"; wherever you go there is always someone who speaks English ... 
Technology is our better ally!. Go ahead!.         


]]> 2020-05-27 17:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/597486680 Imagination - 28/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/598950933 Imagination plays an important role on the perception than we have of reality and on the memories production, dreams and thoughts. Intelligence depends of she, just like creativity. We need to promote imagination to advance towards a healthier and wise society.

Contemporary science is discovering that imagination is a fundamental cognitive function, whichs plays a key role in all forms of mental life. Thanks to the imagination we can think beyond the confines of our immediate situation, generating vivid mental contents with which we can revalue the past or evoke a possible future.
Most ideas are born as images. In fact, etymologically, the Greek word "idea" means "vision". In this sense, to devise is to imagine. But imagination doesn't just come from images, it can also be triggered by a verbal description, when reading a novel or a poem, for example.

Without imagination there would be no language. We learn to read through imagination, which turns ink marks on paper into evocations of missing things. The transforming power of the imagination is so great that the simple reading of a written text can really touch us deeply.

Imagination is an essential ingredient of thought and intelligence. Machines can calculate wonderfully, but they have no true intelligence, among other things because they lack imagination. Imagination is life.

Not every imaginative act is creative in the deep sense, but all creativity needs imagination.
Today we live thirsty for imagination, saturated with data, figures and barcodes.
Television, video games, and sports have filled a void: our ability to imagine.

Many outdated structures around us are in decline due to their lack of imagination. The power of the imagination is essential today to renew education, politics and daily life.

]]> 2020-05-28 11:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/598950933 Sense of humor - 29/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/601044899 In my opinion the sense of humor is very important to live. This a skill  which do a person see the best part on every life problem ( the half ful glass instead of the half empty glass). 

The people with sense of humour are able get ahead, to go forward on the most delicate issues, let yourself go guide by the hope and the certainty than things can improve. They interpret the world which is around them with a happy glance. Moreover, they can detect on any situation the comicalness characteristics and reinterpret the facts in a more relaxed way. In a  certain way the sense of humor is an survival attitude.

The sense of humor, also is present in the art world. Some artists who have experimented it on his works are Quino, Groucho Marx, Charles Chaplin, Rowan Atkinson, Pepe Rubianes, Eva Hache, Lina Morgan, Rafaela Aparicio, mime artists like "Tricicle" (Paco Mir, Joan Gràcia and Carles Sans) , theatre company as "La Cubana" (Món Plans, Merçè Comas, Sílvia Alecar, etc.), Sílvia Abril and Andreu Buenafuente , etc. A good dose of anyone of them can help us to recover our wishes to live and dream. 


]]> 2020-05-29 12:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/601044899 Today news - 30/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/602602918 United States continue been the country with more infected people and dead people due to coronavirus. Moreover, The United States has another big problem with the death of a black man, named George Floyd. A white man apparently caused his death in the street, in Minnesota state.This fact has lifted a protests wave, against racism, on several areas of the country. 

Brazil already  have ahead of  the record of dead people and infected people (more than 27.000) from coronavirus. Brazil has exceed Spain and Italy.

Meanwhile, Sout Korea said few days ago to be suffering a new wave of infected people: 80 people; and today has reported  60 new cases. Schools have been closed.

Today has started the beachs opening in Costa Daurada (Tarragona) and it's will expected the tourism arrival to Spain on July. Governements of German, France and England are giveing advice to their populations: "You should not travel to Spain yet".

On the other hand next week will start the second phase of de-escalation on Spain. That involves schools opening because education authorities think than the socialization is an important value for children. However, parents have fear to the contact between children from three to six years, but authorities have said than is possible fight against pandemic without confinement. They are aware about a few cases of Covid-19 on children but with a light symptoms and think is better come back to the "normality".       
   
Note: I wish share with you and interesting video about the consequences of climate change in Kiribati, a insular country in south Pacific.

Here the link: www.youtube.com/dwdocumental/kiribati/elparaisodelpacifico

And also another interesting article about photography, and some beautiful landscapes photographies: "20 Landscape Photographers Capturing Far More Than Nature’s Beauty"
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-20-landscape-photographers-capturing-natures-beauty
]]> 2020-05-30 17:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/602602918 Peace - 31/05 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/603480673 The world peace come from Latin language "pax", "pacis".
It is the ideal situation because don't exist armed fight in a country or between countries.
Unfortunately, since the beginning of XXI century the wars have increase  on Afrique and Middle East, although we can find  wars countries in Europe and Central Asia.

I'm writing about the six conflicts which caused the biggest number of forced displacements and victims on 2019:

Yemen _ This country is the scenary af one of the worst humanitarian crisis wordwide. The conflict spreadeing around all region, economical collapse, feed insecurity and demolition of basic public services have generate than the 80% of population need humanitary help to survive.

Irak _ The Irak's conflict between armed groupes and the governemental forces on the latest years generated than on 2018 would have 1,8 million of internal displaced people in the country. The 53% of displaced people are kids.

Siria _ The Siria's war is the longest and bloody in the region. For the size and population of the country, it has generated one of the refugees crisis more seriuos after The II World War.
The country which accept the major number of Syrian refugees is Turkey.

South Sudan _ Since their independence on 2011, South Sudan has lived more war years than on peace. To the armed conflict which started on 2013 we need add an chronic economical  underdevelopment which has carry millions of the people to the misery.

Somalia _ Is on war since 1990's of past century. The most part of the country is out of control from the central government, which in the latest years has achieved get back their influence on country south after an offensive supported by the African Union.
In this country we need add the climate change impacts: drought and floods.

Afghanistan _ Lashed by the war and political violence since the 1970's of XX century, 
Afghanistan has been one of the big focus of inestability and forced displacements in Central Asia. After the exit of Soviet troops on 1989 the country starts a new inside violence stage than culminated with the NATO intervention on 2011.














]]> 2020-05-31 17:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/603480673 Rainbow - 01/06 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/604441211 A rainbow is a optic and meteorological phenomenon than consist on the appearance on the sky of an arc (sometimes two or more) with multicolored lights. It is origined by the descomposition of sun light in the visible specter, which is produced by refraction, when the sun rays go throuht little drops water which contents in the terrestrial atmosphere. It is an arc compound of concentric arcs of colours, without solution of continuity between them, with the red colour on the external part and the violet colour towards the interior. When you are on the enought altitude, for example when you travel in a plane, you can see the rainbow  in a shape complete circle. Although the rainbow is a continuous gradient of espectral colours, these can define on seven fundamental colours: red, orange, yellow, green, cian, indigo and violet, the equivalents to the especifics by the scientific Isaac Newton on 1704
(red,orange, yellow, green,blue, indigo and violet, respectively).

The flag LGBT, also named Rainbow flag, has been used  as a symbol of gay pride, lesbic, bisexual and transgender since the decade of 1970. The different colours symbolise the diversity to the collective LGBT. This flag was born on The United States but nowadays is using around the world. Gilbert Baker, an activist and designer American, was the creator of the flag LGBT on 1978.

Note: I don't have gays, lesbian, bisexuals or transgender friends.
I have friends!. Their sexual choice don't concern me.



]]> 2020-06-01 09:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/604441211 Genetics stuff - 02/06 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/607078342 According to Gen-Covid project, directed by Federico Martinón and Antonio Salas, exist super contagious people. They can spread out the coronavirus infection to several dozenes of people; to this people the investigators attributes more than a third of the spreading of the  illness.

A super contagious is a person who have the ability to transmit the virus with more efectiveness. They able to shelter a big viral cargo but they have a minor symtomathology. Even they could be asymptomatic with moderate viral cargos, who are a excellent vector for the transmission.

B3a is the name of the main coronavirus' strain on Spain. B3a came from China and hardly is find in other European countries, althought is find on some Latin American countries such as Brazil and Chile. In Oceania also it is present.

Around the world, and Spain too, the coronavirus' strain wich has triumph very much is named A2a. Draw attention than in Spain, where also there's the A2a, we have B3a than don't exist on the rest of Europe or it exist on anecdotal way.

Note:
Federico Martinón is the chief of paediatrics service of clinical hospital of Santiago university.
Antonio Salas is geneticist and professor of Santiago university. ]]> 2020-06-02 15:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/607078342 Big problems - 03/06 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/608699867 Racism determines the lives of migrant and racialized people. There are a lot of examples like stop police by racial profile, colour skin rejection or origen on media, the language racisme, Foreigner Internalment Centers, negation of acces to public and private spaces, limitation to get a dwelling, schoolar segregation, ghetification in the neighbourhoods, policial brutality, ...

George Floyd's tragic death, the 25th. May in Powderhorn (Mineápolis), have generated protests around all world against policial violence and the sistematic racisme on United States. Currently US is liveing the more serious protests since ones that happened on 1968 after the assassination of the leader for the civile rights Martin Luther King Jr. There has been street protests in more than 75 cities and in more than 40 of that have been established curfews. A lot of protests finished with riots, confrontations, lootings and arrests. The situation went to National Guard, a military force than is reserved for emergencies.

George Floyd's brutal murder was the cause of change in a context where black communities are constantly subdues to an excessive policial surveillance. Black people live with fear because they feel vulnerable on the presence of who is supposed should protect them.
Part of the answer to this situation has gone organizing througt Black Lives Matter, which started on 2013. Every time more people understand what is happening, than it is a systemic problem nor an isolated event.

In United States there are deep inequalities which affect daily life of afroamericans; such as difference on the incomes (normaly an afroamerican person earns only half than a white person), difference on the quality of education which they receive, etc.

The street protests arrive on a moment when United States has been strongly hit to the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 has produced more than 100.000 deaths and has left without job 40 million of workers. The majority of death people were afroamericans because they normally work as sanitaris, bus drivers, seller people in shops or post offices. Moreover, their health are worst than the white people. They suffer frequently chronic diseases, like diabetis or obesity.

In my opinion the pandemic has made wors the problems derivated to the structural racism because those problems affects how the people can face the disease.
On the other hand, we need add the inappropriate answer by the government. Donald Trump don't help. His answer has been provoke violence against the protests. 

 ]]> 2020-06-03 11:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/608699867 Christo Vladimirov Javacheff - 04/06 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/611022227 Christo, one of the most well-known representative of land art, passed away 31th May 2020. He was 84 years old.

Christo was born in Bulgaria (the 13th June, 1935), he escape fom the communist system on 1957 and never come back his country. First he went to Prague and after he escaped to Vienna, for move to  Geneva.   

On the year 1958 Christo went to Paris and met Jeanne-Claude Denat of Guillebon, who not only was his wife but also his associater on the creation of art works. Both went beyond of the peinture, the sculpture and the architecture with the Land Art concept.
Some of their colossal works were "Wrapped Coast in Australia" (1968-69), "Valley Curtain in Colorado" (1970-72), "Running Fencein in California" (1972-76), "Surunded Islands in Miami" (1980-83), "The Pont Neuf Wrapped in Paris" (1975-85), "The Umbrellas in Japan and California" (1984-91), "Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin" (1972-95), "The Gates in New York's Central Park" (1979-2005), "The Floating Piers at Italy's Lake Iseo" (2014-16) and "The London Mastaba in the lake Serpentine" - London (2016-18).

I like very much their philosophy as artist. Two years ago, in a visit to Miami, said: "art isn't a "profession", neither a work "from nine to five", it is something which have to do with stuff like "alcoholism", with something "without "which than you can't live" without which you can't live. It has to see with "to be", added.

I'm strongly agree with this statement.

Photo: Wrapped Reichstag in Berlin]]> 2020-06-04 13:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/611022227 Sorry August - 04/06 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/611829530 Today I did the corrections to my TOURISM essay before our meeting Zoom. After, I realized I wrote bad some answers. Twice I forgot subject in the sentence
("It is plural" are the answers).

"Can't" is used on informal English. "Cannot" is used on formal English.

Especially is used to say that something applies more to one thing than to others. Example: "I love flowers, especially lilies".
Especially cannot be used at the beginning of a sentence.

Specially is used to say that something is done for a particular purpose.Example: "He has his shirts made specially for him by a tailor".

Moreover, I didn't copy the text and I didn't put it below the original. The system didn't allow me repair my mistakes. 
So sorry. I'm a clueless person!.]]> 2020-06-04 19:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/611829530 Pros and Cons essay - 9/04 nb2502 https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/626017503 This morning I heard on the radio than the price of flour and leavening have go up four times since the beginning of confinament. Also that the most sell products by pharmacys are thermometers, alcohol gels and pregnancy tests. It is very interesting to know how our habits are changing. Everyone have time to make his own bread and cakes, all the people take care of their Health and some people want to be parents ... or not.

The 7 April was Melissa's birthday. She is one of my bestfriends. Melissa lives in Oakland, a city next to San Francisco. I sent to her an email. I knew that this would be her worst birthday. Her answer confirm my thought. She Works at home (teleworking) but her contract is going to expire the first of May.

After read the article by Martin D Gardner:
  "Teleworking: The Pros and Cons of working from Home" I think Teleworking has some advantages for employees; for exemple save Money in gas or to have a more flexible Schedule and the posibility to obtein internet connection anywhere. However, this kind of work has also drawbacks like don't have acces to all of the equipment at the central office and don't have personal contact with co-workers. Moreover, work at home involves to be aware of having a great level of self-discipline and a good balance between private life and job.
From company point of vue, teleworking requires some initials start-up costs (all equipment needed for remote acces, like laptops, mobile phones, etc.) although is a good inversion because reduces the need of office space, decreases employees distractions (conversations about the weekend, the kids, the sports, etc.), increases the productivity and the employee's morale.
Finally, teleworking reduces the number of sick people coming into the office. This can prevent the spread of illnesses.

To sum up, teleworking is a successful business for companyies but is a bad option for the employees. They need to have space for working at home, normally they work more hours than in the office and some people take care at the same time their children; that can be crazy in some cases. Maybe it is a great chance for people who live alone or for some kind of jobs, such a translàtors or designers, for instance, or for some people who work only twice a week at home and go to the office three times a week. The middle ground could be the solution. ]]> 2020-06-14 15:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/626017503 27215cam https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/1610290650 2021-06-16 15:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nb2502/a5jgyzjdopk4/wish/1610290650