Adidas stops sale of 'sexual' Brazil World Cup T-shirts

Sports giant Adidas is suspending the sale of World Cup T-shirts after Brazil's authorities complained they sexualised the country's image.

Five words I didn't know:

Giant: gegant
Scantily: Escassament
Board: comitè o consell
Provider: proveïdor
Sex-appeal: Atractiu sexual

Summary:

Adidas, a giant sport brand, had to stop selling the world cup T.shirts because Brazil authorities took part in this issue, because they're against the scantily-dressed women image, Brazil tourism board is totally against giving a sexual image about the country. They want to change its national icon and distance the sex-appeal of it. The authorities think that's a teenager sexual exploitation.
They think the tourism have to change their thinking.

                                                                        Personal opinion:
Some people love Brazil, is the dream of many football players to go there and maybe start to play in the middle of the street, for them it's almost their dreams came true. But I'm totally agree with Brazilian authorities because they only want to change the national icon, divert attention far away from sexuality stereotypes and perfect women bodies, they want to change completely their external image and show to the rest of the world that they have better things, more important things, not only pretty girls and a awesome sun. If I could one day I would like to travel to Brazil for a months, to know more countries and cultures and their customs.

Credit Suisse boss tells Senate that he 'regrets' tax ploy

The boss of Swiss bank Credit Suisse has said he "deeply regrets" that some of its bankers violated US tax laws.

Five words I didn't know:

chief: principal
scattered: dispersa
taxman: persona que cobra els impostos o taxes
assets: actius
report: informe

Summary:

Mr. Dougman, the chief executive of Swiss bank Credit Suisse said that was only a scattered evidence of improper conduct in the bank.  He said before 2009 some private bankers have violated the US law and hide money and assets to avoid paying the appropriate fees to the taxman, so he deeply regret it.  The report say in 2006 the bank held 22.000 accounts from US customers.
To collect unpaid taxes they has to know people who evade tax names.

Personal Opinion

First of all, I don't know why I've chosen this news if I hate everything related on politics and economy system, sincerely I think that they're the biggest thieves in the world. They charge us tax of our money, the same money that we had to work hard to ear, they simply collect a high percentage of our money. There's no way I can agree with that, I only can see they are rich, they've more money than ever could spend, and how did they win the money, doing what? In my opinion, nothing a part of lie a lot.

Pancreatic cancer 'envy' campaigner Kerry Harvey dies

A "brave and courageous" woman who was one of the faces of a controversial pancreatic cancer campaign has died at the age of 24.

Five words I didn't know

charity: caritat
involved: involucrar
awareness: consciència
(survival) rate: taxa de supervivència
sparked: provocar

Summary:

Kerry Harvey was diagnosed in April 2013 had a pancreatic cancer and she said that she would prefered breast, or cervical cancer.  She was who star to rate awareness about this type of cancer and the survival rate is camely 3%, much lower than the others.
The charity Pancreatic Cancer Action said that Ms Harvey was dead.
The patients and familiars were involved in a campaign to rate awareness of this cancer, because it's de most deadly.

Personal Opinion:

I know that it was a short news, but when I read it I thought It was so interesting because we speak habitually about breast cancer or cervical cancer so we know a sight more about these, but in spite of this if you ask someone whats a pancreatic cancer I can bet that the vast majority won't answer right and it's important to know this type of things, so you never know what can happen in the future, we have to be aware of the danger.

Top Gun frame-by-frame tweeter shot down by lawyers

A Twitter account that was being used to tweet the film Top Gun frame by frame has been suspended following a complaint from the film sudio

Five words I didn't know:

Complaint: denúncia
Lawyers: advocats
Derided:  ridiculitzar
Notwithstanding: no obstant
Takedown: desmuntatge


Summary:

Paramount pictures lawyers have complained a twitter account which was used to tweet pictures and some information about the film "Top gun". The lawyers said that the account had broken the low, so it had to remove all. the complaint was derided by the vast majority of the media. Notwithstanding this, carried out the takedown of the account.

Personal opinion:

I can understand why paramount pictures wanted to report the twitter account, because they has to win their money with they films, so they want to keep them secret to get more hearing and in consequence, win more money, but I think that it's excessive report an account because it has uploaded some photos about the film, maybe was a fan or someone so obsessed with the film, I don't think that it has to be a crime.

Though EU smoking rules approved

Anti-smoking legislation is to be introduced across the European Union in an attempt to cut the number of smokers by 2.4 million.

Five words I didn't know:

flavoured: gust
aimed: dirigit
additives : additiu
tracking: seguiment o rastreig
endorse: endossar

Summary:
European Comission has voted a new law to forbid the market of flavoured cigarettes. There are a lot of rules for tobacco packages, some of them aimed to female population, another rule for roll-your-own tobacco packs are ban to say they hasn't additives or less harmful.
Ministers expect to endorse the new rules in March. They're tracking cigarettes to combat illegal market. There are many different opinions, in favor and against this new rules.

Personal opinion: 

Well.. It's funny because I am smoker and I disagree with this new law, because I believe that all of us have the freedom to chose what we want to ourselves. Of course, it has a good side because it will improve the health of many people and many teenagers won't start to smoke too soon, but, despite it won't be a good change for adult people who smoke only flavour cigarettes.
I think that sometimes it would be a better choice ask to population and see what they want.

Talking about internet

Nowadays internet is the essential way to communicate and to be well informed. It is something used the 24th hours a day by millions of people. At the moment it isn't just about computers, technology has evolved so much.

 

To begin with, it is important to say that internet is essential for a lot of people because they have to work with it and the great advantage is that they can have internet anywhere they like. For example for people with disabilities and big business men who work a lot it is easier for them to work in their houses.

Further more, you can communicate and do video calls with relatives or friends who are in the distance.

As you know lot of people get information from the internet and learn a lot of new things about any topic they are interested in.

 

However everything has its consequences; internet is not the exception. It has negative sides as you can't trust all the information that is uploaded and some people hide their real identity. On the other hand people don't know that the devices produces harmful waves which are damaging our health. What's more we have to be aware how do we put our personal information because there are hackers and people who steal personal data.

It is a shame that people don't know how to communicate face to face anymore because of their addiction.

 

To conclude, internet can be both good and bad and to be extrem in something is not always worth it. We have to try to mix both and our life will be better day after day

Social Classes

England is one of the most critical countries in this topic. There is so important the social class in which you belong, and we can perfectly see it in Pride and prejudice. The whole story turns around this topic,  chiefly Mrs. Bennet and Lady Katherine de Bourgh, they care about appearences and customs.

I will focus my comment in Elizabeth and Darcy, because she belongs to medium class with five sisters without the possibility of inherit the properties of its father just for being a women. On the other hand we find Mr. Darcy, he's on the upper class, with a lot of properties and an extremly big and precious mansion.

Against all forecasts in the end they accomplish to be together, against Katherine and people with many prejudices they finally they get engage and marry.