Earthquake in the center of Italy

by Sara Cippo e Clara Mancino (Palermo)

 In the last three months Italy has been struck by a series of powerful earthquakes, that caused many victims and destruction.

On the 24^th August 2016 an earthquake of 6.0 magnitude hit the central of Italy. The epicentre was between the regions Lazio and Marche, however the tremor was felt across whole central Italy. The earthquake was followed by at least 2500 aftershocks. The villages of Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto  were destroyed, causing the death of 299 people and at least 365 people were injured, many others were pulled alive from the rubble. In addition to the loss of human lives, many historical monuments were destroyed and damaged. 

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AN IDOL IN MY LIFE: Javier Gómez Noya, five times World Champion in triathlon.

By Lucía Loureiro Cela (4th year ESO).

Javier Gómez Noya was born in Basilea (Switzerland), in March 25th, 1983, but he moved to Ferrol, Spain, when he was 3 months old.
Javier studied and started practising sports in Pontevedra.

He discovered triathlon in 1998. He made his debut in the Olympic-distance triathlon at the age of 15. Javi's evolution was extremely fast; he won practically all the triathlon contests in which he participated in his category.

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However, he has gone through more than one obstacle on his climb to the top.

Missing children: an unsolved major issue today. Diana Quer.

By Eli Tatyanova Petkova (4th year ESO)

In the United States, about half a million children disappear annually. More than 100,000 children disappear in England each year too, although some say that the figure is much higher. The former Soviet Union reports tens of thousands of missing children. In South Africa, it is said that the amount exceeds ten thousand. In Germany, it's not any better, and an estimated 100,000 children are reported missing every year, according to the data of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children. Millions of children suffer the same fate in Latin America and all over the world. The statistics about the problem can't be considered as very reliable mainly because of the lack of a common definition of 'missing child'.

    

INTA AND UAVS: New Technologies for the Future. Unmanned aircrafts.

By Pablo Rodeiro Rañales and Sergio Dopico Arnoso (4th year ESO)

(After a visit to the INTA facilities in Rozas, we're presenting the second part of the article published on June 8th 2016, called 'The Drone Industry in Galicia')

Since the taking off of the first aircraft by the end of the XIX century or beginnings of the XX until now many things have changed. The first aircrafts used to fly just a few metres from the ground, were piloted at least by a pilot and they were very little self-sufficient concerning fuel. Today, the situation is completely different and the models which are trying to get a place in the world of aviation are unmanned aircrafts, which can travel long distances and don't even need any crew on board to be piloted.

In a recent visit to the INTA installations near Lugo to investigate this new centre of development that the Xunta de Galicia, together with private enterprises, has promoted, we became aware that the future of aviation is probably in the hands of these aircrafts.

Freak Culture

By André Rey Vidal (4th year ESO)

 

In many places in the world, even in the core of this “sub-culture”, Japan, it’s impolite to go out with the T-Shirt of your favourite anime, saying you play “Dungeons and Dragons” or shout 'Avada Kedabra’ with your friends. But, let’s go back to previous times, how have we got to this almost irrational hatred?

 

THE ELECTION OF THE 45th USA PRESIDENT

by Sara Cippo e Clara Mancino (Palermo)

In the last months the whole world has been talking about the U.S.A. Presidential Election of 2016, that will take place on Tuesday the 8th of November.
The candidates are two: the Republican Donald Trump and the Democratic Hillary Clinton.

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WHEN REALITY SURPASES FICTION.

By Elisa Rodríguez Rodríguez (4th year ESO), Aïcha Mª Pato Romero (3rd year ESO, P-MAR) and Judith Vilariño Gómez (3RD year ESO) .

It's been fourteen years since the premiere of 'Lilo & Stich', fifteen since the terrorist attacks to the Twin Towers in New York. Surely, everyone remembers the movie that thrilled its young viewers as much as the adults who accompanied them to the cinema. The story of friendship recounted by Disney through cartoons is touching to everyone. The film depicts the friendship between an orphan Hawaiian girl and a blue very naughty alien. So far so good. But, before the film was released, many substantial changes were made to delete the violent scenes that the original version contained.

Sects in Spain: The Power of Persuasion and Manipulation.

By María Roca Pérez and Carla Gago Castro, 4th year ESO.

Sects in Spain

Youth are attracted to sects because the elements you can find in them fascinate young people. Youngsters believe in astrology, in UFOS, healers and so on...

According to the report prepared for the Interministerial Commission on Youth, young Spanish people disappointed by the official religion and the political and social movements, seek 'a sense of life and death' in the sects and hence their interest in the esoteric, mystical and transcendent.

 

Banksy: 'The New Generation'

  

By Bella Jasmin Kahia González, 4th year ESO.

When we think about street art, the first name that comes to our mind is the name Banksy.

There are a lot of great talents in the streets at present, but undoubtedly, this guy has marked urban art forever and he's and he will be a role model for a whole generation of young artists in the world of graffiti.

'His Hidden identity'

Banksy is an England-based graffiti artist, political activist and film director of unverified identity. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed by a distinctive stenciling technique.

His works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls and bridges of cities throughout the world. Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol uderground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians.

Observers have noted that his style is similar to Blek le Rat, who began to work with stencils in 1981 in Paris. Banksy says that he was ispired by 3D, a graffiti artist who later became a founding member of Massive Attack, an English musical group.

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Life in the Galician mountains: Ancares, Biosphere Reserve.

Ancares, in the north-west of Spain, is an amazing mountainous area located on the Galician border. It shares its territory with with three different autonomous regions: Galicia, Asturias and Castilla-León. It was declared a Biosphere Reserve on 27th Ocotber 2006 by UNESCO under the name: Os Ancares Lucenses y Montes de Cervantes, Navia y Becerreá.

Because of its isolation and location, in a complex orographic zone which mingles characteristics of both the Euro-Siberian and Mediterranean biogeographic regions, it displays an extraordinary and complex biodiversity. Its environment is well-preserved and contains some species in danger of extinction, such as bears or capercaillies.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORLD HERITAGE SITES.

By a group of participants from IES de Catabois in the project.

World Heritage Sites are patrimony of humanity. And what does that mean? It means precisely that: patrimony of all human kind, something that is important or relevant to any human being on planet Earth, something that has been inherited from our ancestors and that we must preserve. Why are there places which are catalogued like that? Its just because of their importance or relevance through history. They are usually beautiful outstanding monuments or traditions which our ancestors from different cultures have built with big effort, which have survived in good conditions to the passing of time and which deserve being preserved for future generations so that our descendants get to know what the world was like in previous times.
 

UNESCO is the international organization which is in charge of the World Heritage Sites. It belongs to the United Nations organism and its acronym means United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 195 countries form it and other 9 are associates.

SYRACUSE: MEETING POINT OF MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES.

 By the students and teachers who travelled to Sicily.

The city is a modern one today with a population of about 125,000 inhabitants, located in the south-east of Sicily and home to many different cultures since its birth about 2,700 years ago. Travelling to Syracuse from Catania is easy but the traveller will need at least two days or three days if he wants to explore the area a bit in depth. Buses depart from Catania but they are not very frequent. A return ticket costs about 10 euro and the trip takes about an hour and a half.

Home town of Archimedes, the famous Greek mathematician and philosopher, it was described as 'the most beautiful Greek city' by Cicero. It includes two parts, the one on the main island, where Neapolis and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (about 40 kms away), are located and the island of Ortygia, inhabited for around 3,000 years. They were included in the World Heritage Sites list by UNESCO in 2005. 

Sicilian coastline

by Sonia Krzykawska nad Sara Miernik
Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu


During our stay in Sicily, we were lucky to see three beaches, yet each of them was different.

Polish and Italian calendar

by Martyna Skoczylas
Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu

     My stay in Sicily, during the project, was an excellent opportunity to get interested in Italian traditions. I’ve discovered that there are many holidays in Italy which are celebrated in similar way as in Poland. However, I’ve found also some differences. I’d like to present you my personal overview of calendar and some holidays which are present in both cultures.

AIDS IN A FEW EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TODAY.

  By: Martyna Kocurek, Karol Danielczyk, Marcelina Ścierska, Martyna Skoczylas (from Poland), Emanuella Dance, Agnes Cupin, Diana Domocos, Antonia Crista, Stefania Bogdan (from Romania), Lucía Loureiro, Sergio Dopico, Víctor Sánchez, André Rey and Bella González (from Spain).

This is a research article composed by our students in Romania, Poland and Spain. We all would like to thank these students for their work.

Scala dei Turchi (Stair of the Turks)

By Robert Kovacs, Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

     The Scala dei Turchi is a rocky cliff on the coast of Realmonte, near Porto Empedocle, in the southern Sicily, Italy.

The Valley of the Temples

By Ioana Barbura, Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

Just outside Agrigento, there is The Valley of the Temples, one of Sicily’s most famous historical attractions, an archaeological area exhibiting an important interchange of human values, being one of the leading cities in the Mediterranean region with its outstanding evidence of Greek influence.

Orto botanico di Palermo

By Diana Domocoș, Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

            The Orto Botanico di Palermo (Palermo Botanical Garden) is both a botanical garden and a research and educational institution of the Department of Botany of the University of Palermo.

Sicily - natural beauty and an equally rich history

By Antonia Borsa, Coordinating teacher: Melania Egyed, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

                   I have always been impressed by the landscape of  Sicily whenever I had the occasion to see it presented on T.V or in different films. And here I am giving my own opinion after I had the opportunity of my life to visit it and to have real, vivid impressions about the place.

Experiencing Sicily

Experiencing Sicily

A valley full of ancient temples, a vivid city  with an exciting  mix of architecture, new tastes of food, fantastic European friends - all framed by beautiful green mountains and a turquoise sea. That is the Sicily we met. And here is the Swedish student´s week in pictures.

'What's New on the News?' on the air, for the 2nd year.

Last February 24th 2016, a group of students from IES de Catabois and the coordinator of the Erasmus + project 'What's new on the news?' were interviewed at the COPE radio station in Ferrol, to continue with the series started in January 2015, during the first year of the project. Now, after a year and a half involved in it, we had lots more to tell.

 

It was a live programme with Ada Romero as the interviewer again.
This radio station has shown a great interest towards our project since its very beginning and it keeps in touch with us, collaborating in the dissemination of it. We are thankful for that!
 

THE DRONE INDUSTRY IN GALICIA.

By Pablo Rodeiro Rañales.

 

The Rozas Aerodrome is a private aerodrome in the municipality of Castro de Rey, about eight kilometres from the town of Lugo in the north of Galicia, Spain.

It was opened on 4th June, 1943. It is generally intended for sports aviation. The ground where it's installed belongs to the Ministry of Defence, but the airdrome is managed by the Royal Flying Club in Lugo.

The aerodrome was built by the Germans during the Second World War, with the purpose of providing quick maintenance to the antennas of the radio beacon Consol.

Once the battle was finished, the airdrome was recognized as an exceptional place for the creation of a larger airport. It was an airbase for some time, where there was a military garrison for aviation troops. In 1949, Rozas Aerodrome became the Central Airport in Galicia and it kept this status for 2 years , while the Santiago de Compostela airport was being built.

A mysterious animal

  by Bartłomiej Blacha and Karol Danielczyk from Bieruń, Poland

On the third day of our trip to Sicily we went to a very nice beach in Mondello. We put on our swimming costumes and started taking pictures. Suddenly, we saw a strange animal lying on the sand. It was quite small, just a few centimeters long, transparent with some blue elements. We didn’t know what it was. Our teacher warned us: “You’d better not touch this animal, please, be careful”, but it was too late. We had already touched it!

Miguel Bardem films '22 Angels' in Ferrol.

By Marta Díaz Freire.

Ferrol has been chosen, once again, as the setting for a film.

Last February, Miguel Bardem, cousin of the popular Spanish actor Javier Bardem (married to Penelope Cruz), was filming his new TV movie, '22 Angels', in Galicia. 

VISIT TO IL GIORNALE DI SICILIA.

Last Thursday 7th April 2016, Il Giornale di Sicilia was visited by a large group of students and teachers from six different countries: Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Romania, Spain and Italy (the host school). The visitors are working on an Erasmus + programme KA2 project related to the media and the news.
At its offices, the guests were explained how a journal is made from its very beginning until we get them in our hands and they had the opportunity of visiting the installations as well. They got precise information about what the work in a journal is like by watching an explanatory video of its history. This is what they learnt after watching it: The history of Il Giornale di Sicilia.

The newspaper was founded in 1860 by Girolamo Ardizzone, whose bust can be seen at the conference room at the journal headquarters. The owners of the journal have been the same family since it was started, which is a unique case in Italy. The actual owner and manager is Antonio Ardizzone, one of the descendants of the founder.

A TRIP THAT CHANGED MY MIND!

By Jonathan Varela Fernández.

A few weeks ago, the long-awaited trip to Palermo (Sicily) was eventually carried out; we had been waiting for two really long years. The trip lasted seven days in total. 

                 
During the first five days, we stayed in Palermo (in the north of the island) and, for the last two days of our visit, we moved to Catania, which lies on a broad plain at the bottom of Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe and is located in the south-east of the island.

3 YEARS..

A poem by Carla Gago Castro.
Some people have the ability to communicate feelings through poems. Here is one written by a young student in 3rd year ESO which can touch you deep inside.

                                
Click on the link below to read it.
3 Years poem

Sicily: An island of contrasts.

Have you ever wondered what a trip to Sicily would be like?
This is what we found on our recent visit to the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an island full of history which wants to keep its rich cultural bakground at the same time as it is trying to meet the new requirements to fit the needs of the modern society of the 21st century we live in.

Through this series of photographs, some of them with comments, you'll discover a little bit of its history as well as some of the most important UNESCO sites on the island, together with their beautiful traditional music and astonishing landscapes and monuments.
You'll also have a look at one of the most important journals on the island: Il Giornale di Sicilia, which we visited as an important part of the project we're working on.

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The Schengen “zone” is in danger

By Dishana Thevantham

Currently, Europe is facing lots of problems and the most discussed is the Schengen agreement, which in 1990 introduced free movements of people in Europe without border checkings among its member states and allowed foreign visitors to travel throughout the area using  visa, since 1995.  But the future of the passport free-zone is now under threat. Why?

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ENNIO MORRICONE: THE MOST FAMOUS FILM COMPOSER OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Ennio Morricone, born in Rome in 1928. He is an italian composer and orchestrator . He composed soundtracks for more than 500 films and tv series.  He became famous thanks to his soundtracks made for western genre, for example  “  A Pistol For Ringo”, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly .
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Locals still eating radioactive food 30 years after Chernobyl: Greenpeace tests

In 1986, the accident occured at the 4th place of the nuclear power reactor in Chernobly city of Ukraine causing the toxic gas release in large quantities.

US scientists discover brain region linked to violence

           Scientists found the center thar determines the tendency to violence in the brain.In the experiment on the mice ,aggressive behaviors were controlled by placing the device in the center.

The Budget Kitchen in Ferrol (1891-2016)

The 'Budget Kitchen' is a charity in Ferrol, which has been offering free meals to the homeless or to people with very low incomes for more than a century now. This year, they are celebrating their 125th anniversary and we want to join their celebration by publishing an interview we carried out at their installations a few weeks ago. Through the interview, you'll get to know a little bit how it works and what its function and needs are today.

Anatolian mosaics to be presented to the world

            

                     Internet site that was established to introduce to the World of Zeugma antiqe city and archaological music .360 degrees virtual tour can be done on 8 cities. According to the written statement made by the Gaziantep Industrial Chamber website was set upto introcuce the Zeugma antiqe city mosaics.

                     Archeoloy museum and Zeugma museum,which are important part of the historical richness of Gaziantep.The site contains all kinds of written visual information about the history off Zeugma Ancient city. Zeugma ancient cities which contains a long history, a strong civilazation, a commercial center at work, a mosaic  land and many other features. In addition to Turkish, there are also photo galleries and mythological stories about mosaics made in English, German, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic.

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Mobile app to ease education for autistic children

The Autistic Children Protection and Guidance Association (ODER) has developed a mobile application that can be used exclusively on tablet computers to educate autistic children as part of the I Can Also Achieve Project. The app's developer, Tuğkan Tuğlular of the İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE), intends to ease the education process of autistic children, and told Anadolu Agency that children with autism can learn certain skills through this mobile app. He said that the app, which they called Improvement Workshop, is currently being used to educate autistic children in four selected education and rehabilitation centers in İzmir. He stressed that children using the application are very happy and added, "We observed that children are learning faster, as they enjoy completing the tasks within the application." ODER President Engin Güngör said that Improvement Workshop is the most comprehensive software in Turkish that has been designed for the education of autistic children.

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Underground city comes to surface in Cappadocia

                             There are several underground cities in the Cappadocia region in Turkey.They are at Özkonak, Mazıköy and several other places, but the most interesting ones now open to visitors are the ones South of Nevşehir at Kaymaklı and Derinkuyu.

US astronaut nearly 5cm taller after spending a year in space

NASA said Thursday that astronaut Scott Kelly had grown nearly five centimeters (1.5 inches) after spending nearly a year aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Researchers at the space agency pointed out that the growth is due to the lack of gravity in outer space, which causes the spinal disks to expand.

Kelly descended to Earth on Tuesday, landing in the Kazakhstan desert in a capsule with two Russian cosmonauts.

By the time the twins were reunited on Wednesday, the 1.5 inch (3.8 cm) increase in height Kelly experienced as a result of his spine expanding in microgravity had reversed.

The Tragedy from the ”Colectiv” Nightclub

By Ioana Barbura, Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

A huge tragedy, maybe one of the biggest tragedies in the last 20 years, happened on 30^th October 2015, at the Colectiv nightclub from Bucharest. A lot of people, more exactly 60 innocent ones, died in blaze through one of the most terrible ways of dying: burning alive. Try to imagine this appalling scene:  your friends burning in flames, everybody screaming, fighting for their lives, trying to escape the nightmarish place. A real horror movie!

A nightmare evening in Paris

By Ioana Barbura, Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga, School: Samuil Vulcan National College

       All around the year, France has been suffering multiple terrorist attacks, causing damage and victims. The first important attack was in January at Charlie Hebdo newspaper. The second one was on 14^th of November, claimed also by Islamistes due to the fact that France invaded Syria. Could this be the beginning of a new war? Should we be afraid even if we do not live in France? Maybe the answer for both of these questions is “yes”.

British Tourist Killed by Elephant

A British tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant, known as Golf, during a trek on the Thai tourist island Koh Samui. The 36 years old man, Gareth Crowe, sat on the back of the elephant with his daughter, Eilidh Hughes, when they were suddenly thrown off.  

Increased number of suspended driving licences

At the end of 2015 the Swedish transportation agency launched their statistics about the most common way Swedish citizens lost their driving license in that year. In the twelve month period, 34,726 persons got their driver’s license withdrawn and that is an increase of 1,1% compared to the statistics of 2014

Should we be feared by the beard?

Nowadays more and more men take interest for their facial hair. This uprising interest people have for beards have made scientists curious about the topic. Therefore they are making a lot of researches on whether it is good or bad for you.

Pakistan Charsadda: Deadly assault on university

Surrounded by sounds

Dagmara Blacha
Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu   
   
     Music – has been crucial to people for thousands of years. It has accompanied human civilization since the beginning, and both active creation of the music and listening to it, have been equally
important.
    We may perceive music in various ways, it may awake a range of emotions and associations, but we are all not unresponsive to music.

Visit to a Newspaper in Kungsbacka

Martyna Minik,
Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu
 
On October, 13th together with other participants of the exchange we went to premises of the newspaper "Norra Halland". The newspaper was found in 1921, when their first issue was released. Now it is published twice a week, on Monday and Friday mornings. A team of 17 people works there.

Christmas in Poland

Martyna Skoczylas

Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu

Christmas is the most charming holiday in Poland, but there is a large variety of traditions in particular parts of our country. 

The time we spent in Sweden

By Emanuela Dance, Coordinating teachers: Heredea Natalia and Popa Alina; School: Samuil Vulcan National College  

Our trip to Sweden will never be forgotten. Since the plane flew above its borders, we were amazed with how beautiful this country is. I mean, really. All we saw was forests, lakes, curvy roads and small towns here and there.  After we found the hotel in Kungsbacka, I was introduced to the family who was my host for the whole week. We drove to their lovely house, in Anneberg, a few km away from Kungsbacka. We chatted the whole day, and so I discovered more about Sweden and its people.