Cartagena vs Paris

CAROLINA ESCALLÓN PARDO
CARTAGENA

(Formerly Cartagena de Indias), is the capital of the department of Bolivar in Colombia and the fifth city in the country in population and importance. Since 1991, Cartagena is a tourist and Cultural district. The city is located on the shores of the Caribbean Sea and is one of the epicenters tourist areas in Colombia and is the second-largest urban center in the Colombian Caribbean, after Barranquilla.
It was declared "World Heritage", and here are just some tourist sites among the many castles and churches that have.

The main entrance to the “Corralito de piedra”, as the Colombians called, the historical center is the Clock Tower or Boca Bridge, built over the wall in the nineteenth century, toward the outside wall of the tower overlooks the Getsemaní neighborhood and the Pegasos deck; inwards you can found the “Plaza de los coches” . The square is surrounded by large houses with wooden balconies and is chaired by the statue of Pedro de Heredia. Inside the city surrounded by wall, are many buildings that were made during the colonial era, as well as the “Casa del Marquéz del Premio Real”, the “Casa de la Aduana”, the church and convent of San Pedro, built in the seventeenth century by the Jesuits and where lie the remains of Peter Claver, one of the defenders of the cause of black people. There are also the current building of the Mayor and the Museum of Modern Art where there are exhibitions of Colombian artists.

Today the old city is surrounded by many sectors, such as the traditional island of "Manga", neighborhoods as "Castillogrande", "Laguito", "Bocagrande" "Pie de la Popa", "Crespo", "El bosque , "The Pozón", "Los Caracoles", "las Americas", "los Coralesr", among others where lives most of the population, or "Nelson Mandela", which is home to many of the displaced from the northern region of department of Bolivar.

PARIS

It is the capital of France. It is located in the north, bathed by the Seine. The city of Paris within their administrative boundaries has an estimated population of 2,167,994 inhabitants (January 2006). The agglomeration of Paris extends well beyond the administrative boundaries of the city and has a population of close to 9.93 million people (in 2005). The metropolitan area of Paris has a population of nearly 12 million people. The Paris region (Ile de France) is the main center of economic activity in France.

Places of interest
Champs Elysees (8th district; right bank) is a garden of the seventeenth century, converted to a large walk-avenue that connects the Concorde and the Arc de Triumph. It is one of many tourist attractions and one of the main shopping streets of Paris. This avenue has been called the "plus belle avenue du monde" (the most beautiful avenue in the world).
Avenue Montaigne (8th district), near the Champs Elysees, is home to luxury brands like Chanel, Louis Vuitton (LVMH), Dior and Givenchy.
Place de la Concorde (8th district; right bank) is located at the foot of the Champs Elysees, was built in the 'Plaza Louis XV ", cradle of the famous guillotine. In both sides of the Rue Royale, there are two stone buildings: the eastern houses the French Naval Ministry; the west, the luxurious “Hotel de Crillon”. Nearby, Place Vendome is famous for its luxury and fashionable hotels (Ritz Hotel and Plaza Vendôme) and its jewelers. Many famous fashion designers have had their salons in the square.

Black president

CAROLINA ESCALLÓN PARDO

Barack Obama



Barack Obama is on track to become the first African-American major party nominee for president of the United States. Today, the polls show that US is ready for a black president. The majority of people think that Barack Obama is the better option for the country

The top six concerns for both whites and blacks in making their presidential choice this year are exactly the same in the following order; the economy, Iraq, terrorism, health care, gas prices and Iran. All of these concerns are the things that Barack Obama wants change. Another positive aspect is that Barack win more popularity around the world, especially in Latin America.

But the negative aspect is that Baract Obama wants to benefit the middle class by raising taxes on small businesses. This is not very appropriate because small businesses are those that generate wealth and employment, for this reason he shouldn’t affect this sector of the economy

In conclusion Barack Obama is the president who has the profile to meet the expectations of Americans. And according to surveys is the actually favorite for the American society for the nomination presidential.

SAN ANDRES ISLAND VS MARGARITA ISLAND

San Andres Island (Colombia)

San Andres Island is the largest of the islands that are part of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina with an area of 26 square kilometers, belongs to Colombia since 1810.

The house is located in the Caribbean Sea, east of Nicaragua, Costa Rica northeast and 480 kilometers northwest of the coast of Colombia. Has 26 square kilometers of area making it the largest island in the department. North End (San Andres) is the largest urban center, which houses the departmental administration, commerce, banks, several hotels and the airport. In the adjacent bay of San Andres, operates the Port of The Cove. La Loma is another village, inhabited by people Raizal, is at the center of the island marked by a chain of hills (Flowers, Orange, Shingle and Lion's Hill). South of the island is San Luis, a town Raizal, which now also includes tourist establishments.

As in any Caribbean island, the atmosphere is informal and fun it is to combine activities, starting to harness the morning on the beach. The two sectors are best Sprat Bight, in front of the hotel The Islander, it extends on stretch-free buildings to the Fishermen's Wharf; and outside the urban area, Sound Bay, south of San Luis. However, the beaches are of better quality in the Keys.

San Andrés is a small mountain range, covered with coconut palms which rises to an elevation of 55 meters, crosses San Andrés running North to South. The western shore is made up of limestone deposits and white clay covered in part by coral sand carried in by the waves. The topsoil is thin and of a dark reddish color with frequent outcroppings of coral rock. The coral formation of San Andrés, and particularly the reefs along the eastern shore, gives the sea an unbelievably beautiful array of colors.

Margarita Island (Venezuela)

Margarita Island is located in the Caribbean Sea. Along with the islands of Coche and Cubagua, is the only island state of Venezuela, called "Nueva Esparta."

It is the largest of the Venezuelan Caribbean islands, is located between latitudes 10 ° 52 'and 11 ° 11' N and longitudes 63 ° 47 'and 64 ° 24' 0. It has 1071 square kilometers and is characterized by the presence of two mountain ranges together by an isthmus highlighted very low, a lagoon and a simple beachfront. The massive West is known for Macanao Peninsula and the East as Paraguachoa, although it is often called Margarita East.

The island is mainly characterized by a kind of dry weather accompanied a radiant sun, to a large extent Macanao Peninsula. There are exceptions such as the towns of San Juan Bautista and the Valley of the Holy Spirit where they can receive a mountainous type of climate because these people situated on the slopes of Cerro Copey. In mid-May rainy season begins and with it a drop in temperatures of up to 4 ° C. In this period also called winter, temperatures can fall to 12 ° C in the Cerro Copey and 36 ° C in the lower areas. A second rainy season comes in December.

Margarita Island is one of the most important tourist attractions in Venezuela. It has beautiful beaches with excellent conditions for surfing, diving and other water sports, as well as towns full of colonial history. In recent years there have foreseen the realization of several projects to boost tourism, as the Cruise Port, the Sea Port, among others. On the island are several old Spanish fortifications, which are considered national heritage.

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BLACK PRESIDENT

Barack Obama



He is an American politician born in Hawaii. He is currently a candidate for the presidency of the United States by the Democratic Party. In addition, occupies the post of junior senator in Illinois. It is the fifth African American legislator in the Senate of the United States, the third since the era of reconstruction, and the first Democrat.

On February 10, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. Throughout his campaign has put emphasis on matters relating to conclude the Iraq war, increase energy independence, provide universal health care, to identify these issues as its top priorities.

From the beginning it was an opponent of the policies of the administration of President Bush concerning Iraq. After that Bush and Congress to agree a joint resolution authorizing the war in Iraq on October 2, 2002, the state senator from Illinois, Obama, organized the first protest in high-profile opposition to the conflict with the Arab country, and expressed opposition to the imminent war situation in the plaza of the Kluczynski federal building in Chicago. On March 16, 2003, Bush issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, to leave Iraq before the American invasion of that country, and again Obama addressed a rally against the war and said the public still not too late to stop the war.

During his election campaign has said that if elected as president enacted budget cuts in the range of tens of billions of dollars, stop investing in the "unlikely" to the antimissile defense shield, would not use the space as a "potential weapon" , Would minimize the development of future combat systems, and work towards the elimination of all nuclear weapons. He has also expressed their support for finalizing the development of nuclear weapons, and has proposed reducing the existing nuclear stocks, also set a global ban on production of material hendible and seek negotiations with Russia to withdraw the high alert status of missiles intercontinental ballistic missiles.

In my opinion, I believe that if the United States has a black president does not think that will influence. Alfine and done what matters is that it be a good president and what he is going to offer a united states, people should leave so many prejudices and accept all people equally and really look at what a good person and so it is not worth it.

LINA HERNANDEZ P.

Problem essay

CAROLINA ESCALLÓN

College Dropout

Today, although a large part of the young people have access to university. Many students dropout of the college for different factors. This problem requires attention of all society, families and the government.

Most students who don’t complete the college do so because of economics problems. Many students have to work for pay their career, this activity makes some students don’t have time for their homework. Other contributing factor is that many students don’t assist to classroom and lose the subjects, because many students are going to drink beer at nearby sites of university. But the main reason is the delay in the pemsul, because majority students accumulate subjects, and they don’t have time for make the different works. All of these cause contributing to Dropout.

This problem generates different difficult for the country. In the first part, many people don’t have skills for affront the Globalize World. And the education levels go down in the country.

The things that we can do for these problems are the following: first ensure that the young people choose the better career alternative, for achieved this objective we can help the young people. Second, the young people need economic help by the government. This institution have to contribute with different political that benefits the young people.

In conclusion our society can create an education culture where we teach to the young people the best alternative of career. And the government have to generate economics helps for improve the education level.

PROBLEM SOLVE

GLOBAL WARMING
Problem solve


Primarily to understand what is the effect of global warming, the first thing we do is explain that it is global warming. Global warming is a phenomenon in the steps of the temperature that shows an average increase in temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans in recent decades. We use the names change, which means any change in climate, or anthropogenic climate change where it implicitly considers the influence of human activity.


In addition, the temperature has been rising since the mid-nineteenth century. The greenhouse effect developed by pollution, according to some theories, the cause of global warming. The theory predicts that human-induced global warming continue to do so if greenhouse gas emissions. Many of the theories of global warming are a source of controversy mainly by its economic impact.


Advocates of global warming expressed various views, is the majority position by the IPCC, which blames the industrial activity and calls for the reduction of greenhouse gases. Some scientists simply recognize the increases in temperature.

The environmental damage will have a very serious steps to be taken immediately to reduce CO2 emissions, despite the economic costs for nations. The most obvious example is the United States that produces higher emissions of greenhouse gases than any other country.

Global warming and its direct impact affects all human beings, and any type of climate change involve changes in other variables. For example, effects on health and fatal waves and the spread of disease, these conditions could also aggravate the problems of quality in the air; it also increases the potential of the geographical scope and virulence of tropical diseases.

Another consequence of global warming is heating the water and with this hurricane, for example, the hurricane season of 2005 was the most active recorded in the Atlantic and Hurricane Katrina was one of the most deadly in the history of the states united. In addition, the increase in global temperatures accelerated the melting of glaciers and ice sheets, and with it the rise in sea level, and its consequences include the loss of marshes along the coasts and islands, and increased risk flooding in coastal communities.

As a personal opinion, I think we are already seeing signs of caution as he had previously appointed, the health effects, the warming of the water, the melting of glaciers and the disruption of the ecosystem, and yet not doing anything to save our planet, because it begins to change, everyone must work together to not damage the ozone layer and saving light, energy and water.

LINA HERNANDEZ P.

OPINION ESSAY

THE COUNTRY, LIBRARIES AND READING
Opinion Essay

Introduction

Fifty years ago, Colombia was a country basically illiterate, in which knowledge was communicated orally through religious or political images. Now days, according to unesco data, 64% of the adult population are illiterate, which would imply a rate against the country's education level. Unfortunately, the situation is like this in Colombia because the rates of reading, buying books and reading comprehension of children, youth and adults are very low. In this regard it is important to understand that reading is essential to raise the educational level of people, and to improve the economic and social development of the country.

Main body

Although school enrollment has increased significantly, its quality has not improved in the same way. In general, schools do not develop the skills, in order for students to properly read the complex and autonomous texts, so that students come to adulthood with the skills and habits required to stay current in their professions and update their knowledge. Without a school in which children acquire the habit of reading, with a population able to read well, you can not achieve this competitiveness to be succesful in a world that demands ever-greater preparedness.


Improving reading skills leads to the domain of language, therefore it enriches the quality of communication, the whole basis of individual creativity and a source of fun and enchantment of creation and recreation. Read the man offers the possibility of coming contact with the most intelligent of all men, the opportunity to talk with the best companions, who have the most exciting stories, and you know the most beautiful poems, in effect it opens the door, wider to a world full of culture. Above all, it develops the ability to look critically at the world and society.

Another aspect that is affecting the development of reading levels in the population is the high cost of books. Many people are interested in reading, but the price of books does not allow them to have the desired access to good literature. Faced with this problem, the government and in particular some mayors have become aware and have opened libraries in different cities, in order to facilitate the reading to as many people as possible.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the image culture that invades the world today is a culture of persuasion and authority. It is increasingly easy to read images without the effort, and without the analysis that requires true reading. The image simplifies, strengthens and encourages reading in a critical way. No one reads without question, without thinking about the validity of what says the newspaper or the book, without stopping to think whether what is said is true or the text is well argument. While it is possible to argue with these images numb criticism and make the spectator an object of manipulation. Colombia to enter the world of reading may be entering the world of scientific thinking and reading which might not release us from violence and poverty and if we pound some form of ignorance and credibility.

LINA HERNANDEZ P.