Human rights

1. What are human rights?

Human rights are "rights and freedoms to which all people are entitled. The rights can be a right as everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of people, the right of no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment....

2. When did human rights start?

Human rights were passed on the 10th of December 1948.

3. Why were they created?

Human rights were created because some countries didn't respect the human rights, for example the problems between humans races depending on the colour of your skin, or the problem with slavery...

4. How many human rights are there?

There are 30 articles of rights.

5. Which human right were you not familiar with?

I think all of the human rights are very important because they defend the moral rights and social rights of the people. I also think that some of the rights are more important than others.

6. Choose one human right and discuss:
- Watch the video of your human right
- Is it fully respected in your country today? Justify with news, comments, studies on the subject (cite the links of your information sources)
- Do you know if it has been respected in the past? Why or why not?
-Where in the world is this right not complied with?

Article 6: Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

In my opinion this right is very important and true because I think all the people have the same rights before the law. Although some people think they are superior to other people because they have a better job than other people, but they have the same right as everybody.

In the past there wasn’t this right in the world, because the slaves and the lower class people didn't have the same rights as the upper class people. Some places in Africa isn't respect this right, for the example this video reflect the right of "Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a pesron before the law": http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/what-are-human-rights/videos/you-have-rights-no-matter-where-you-go.html

7. Are Humans rights relevant in the world today? why?

Yes. The humans rights are very relevants and very important so that people can be happy. If there weren't these rights, the world would be very unfair for people.

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Electric cars

Electric cars are an innovation of 2009, these cars are created in China. The characteristics of these cars is that they work using electric energy. They are similar to other cars but the electric cars work with electric energy and the normal cars run on petrol or diesel oil. A lot of people say these cars are the cars of the future. Electric cars are ecological because they don't contaminate they run on electric, but the problem is that these cars are very expensive and they don't go fast on the other hand the advantage is that they don't cause pollution.

Nowdays electric cars are starting to be used but there are not many electric cars yet. I believe that in the future, more people will use these cars because they are ecological and economical. There will be electric motorbike, electric bikes and electric cars.

In my opinion, everybody should buy electric cars and the government should forbid the diese cars and petrol, and motorbikes, because the cause pollution.

Another invention using electric energy are the electric houses, this house have solar panels, termal allows the home to have electric energy at a cheap price. That advantage is that by using electric energy have less pollution and it is less expensive because you do not buy electric energy.

This photo is a exemple for a electric car:

Sebastian Vettel wins Formula One world championship in Abu Dhabi (news)

Sebastian Vettel today took over the title of the youngest world champion in history of Formula One following an astonishing end to one of the most dramatic seasons in the sport's 60 years. Vettel took the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi for his fifth victory of the year, and with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso a distant seventh as a number of events conspired against him, it allowed the German to make sure of his place in the record books. At 23 years and 135 days, Vettel beats the mark of Lewis Hamilton – who finished second in this race ahead of team-mate and outgoing world champion Jenson Button – by 166 days.

In my opinion this year is the most dramatic in the history of formula one, because in the championship the winner many drivers could win, Alonso, Vettel, Hamilton or Janson Button. And the most spectacular is win Sebastian Vetel the youngest driver in the histry at 23 years of age. I think the Sebastian Vettel is a very good driver and he can break more records in Formula1.

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Roger Federer misses five match points and a Paris Masters final (news)

Roger Federer, who has yet to win the Paris Masters title, will have to try again next year after losing his semi-final against the home favourite Gaël Monfils, despite holding five match points. In front of a rapt 14,500 crowd in Bercy, the 16-times grand slam champion was unable, five times, to end the challenge of Monfils at 6-5 up in the final set, making a series of forehand errors. The Frenchman eventually prevailed over the Swiss, 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (7-4). The Frenchman had lost all five of his previous meetings with world No2 Federer, but he took the first set when the top seed netted a forehand at 7-8 down in the tie-break.

I think Monfils is a very good player but he is very young, even though he is not the most important player because he has never win the finials championship, he has been fifth positions on championship. I has hope that this year he wins the championship French Open, because he has never won this championship and he is there. The big story about this player is when he was small he played tennis in the street because his family had no money, and one day a coach saw him and trained him to became a professional tennis player. In the future I believe that Gaël Monfils could be very successful as a tennis player.

Research project

The research project is a very important project because it increases by 10% the end of term mark. This project lasts for two years it must have at last fifty pages. The pupils have a teacher to help them to do the project. The pupils have to choose a topic. The project has to be handed in by 14 of December 2010, and the oral exposition will be in January. I have done the research project about unemployment; it’s a very actual topic because nearly four million people are unemployed in Spain. In other countries the figures are lower because they were prepared for the crisis much before us. In France for example they have less people on the dole because they had foreseen what was going to happen. That project is about economy and firms. For me this project is very important because I want to find a solution and have a good mark so I can go to University. Unemployment at the moment is the worst in Europe and that’s the rearon why it will take a long time to come out of the crisis many experts say that the government hasn’t done the right things to come out of it, but I think my research project is very difficult to do.

Sebastian Vettel wins Formula One world championship in Abu Dhabi (news)

Sebastian Vettel today took over the mantle of the youngest world champion in Formula One history following an astonishing end to one of the most dramatic seasons in the sport's 60 years. Vettel took the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi for his fifth victory of the year, and with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso a distant seventh as a number of events conspired against him, it allowed the German to make sure of his place in the record books. At 23 years and 135 days, Vettel beats the mark of Lewis Hamilton – who finished second in this race ahead of team-mate and outgoing world champion Jenson Button – by 166 days.

In my opinion this year be most dramatic in history of formula one, because in championship could win very drivers, Alonso, Vettel, Hamilton or Janson Button. And most espectacular is win Sebastian Vetel the driver youngest in the histry with 23 years old. I think the Sebastian Vettel is very good driver and he can make more records in Formula 1.

What are you dream?

My dream in the future is to get a scholarship at the important University in Barcelona. I would like to study ADE or economics, and then work in a big important company.

But at the moment my main objective is to pass Batxillerat with good mark, and so I have to push and focus. This objective is very difficult because this year I have to study and work a lot on my research project, exams and other projects.

Another dream which is not related to my studies is to travel around the world with my friends. I think this is possible, because I could struggle for to get my dream.

In conclusion I think that Obama was right when he said “You make your own future” because if you study a lot you will have a good future, and then you will be able to get a better job.

Playoffs

Playoffs are the last part of NBA; this league is the best league in the world and is the National Basketball League of Unite States. In this league play thirty teams in total, fifteen of west conference and fifteen of east Conference. But in the east conference are fourteen teams in Unite State and one team, Toronto Raptors that is in Toronto in Canada.

In this league first play ninety matches old of teams and the best sixteen play the playoffs, the best eight teams in the west Conference play de playoffs and the best teams in the east Conference also play the playoffs and the final of NBA play the best two teams, one of the west Conference and the other, the best of east Conference. Last year the champion of NBA was Boston Celtics that his player’s leaders are Kevin Garnet, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. This year the favourite teams for win the NBA are Los Angeles Lakers with his best players Pau Gasol, who is the best Spanish player, Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom, Boston Celtics with Garnet, Pierce and Allen, but in my opinion the best team in the NBA, with Lebron James, is Cleveland Cavaliers. The others best teams in the NBA are Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, New Orleans Hornets, Huston Rockets, Denver Nuggets…

Now, only play Lakers and Huston, Denver and Dallas, Boston and Orlando, and Cleveland and Atlanta. Cleveland and Denver win 3-0 in their series and in the others win Lakers and Orlando 2-1. I think that the winner will be Cleveland Cavaliers that in the final will play against Los Angeles Lakres.

My joke

A number twelve walks into a bar and asks the barman dor a pint of beer.
"Sorry I can't serve you" states the barman.
"Why not?!" asks the number twelve with anger showing in its voice.
"you're under eighteen", replies the barman.