ALMATHNA-SAUDI ARABIA

“A pollutant is any substance that, when in an environment, poisons our air, land and water. Chemicals have poisoned all of the world, harming humans, wildlife, and plant life, on land, sea and air. Approximately 100,000 synthetic chemicals are now on the market, with one thousand new chemicals are added yearly.

Toxic pollution affects more than 200 million people worldwide, according to Pure Earth, a non-profit environmental organization. In some of the world’s worst polluted places, babies are born with birth defects, children have lost 30 to 40 IQ points, and life expectancy may be as low as 45 years because of cancers and other diseases. Read on to find out more about specific types of pollution.

Land pollution

Land can become polluted by household garbage and by industrial waste. In 2014, Americans produced about 258 million tons of solid waste, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A little over half of the waste — 136 million tons— was gathered in landfills. Only about 34 percent was recycled or composted.”

solution

We have to use less gas and more electricity. We should get the electricity from the wind and the water and the power of the sun. If we do that we will get less pollution and we can save the earth and the air so our children could live a good and healthy life .

ALMATHNA – MOHAMMED , SAUDI ARABIA

On that day, many people of EF students graduated from the school and they passed the exam. EF made a graduation party for them and these are the pictures on that day.

As well as all the students here in EF, they dream of this beautiful opportunity, which is graduation because it’s considered the joy of the final outcome of their efforts of traveling and study.

Finally, I wish all the students success and safe return home. I am waiting for my chance to graduate from the institute to complete my joy and achieve the goal that I came to do. 

By Rinka Yamada, Japan

I had an image that most people like high calories foods, because all of them are delicious and we can eat them casually like fast foods. So, I decided to search about the relation between the eating habits and health.

 First, I’ll tell you about the topic I’m interested in. It mentions about connection between our eating habits and the health of our gut.

There are over a trillion bacteria and viruses in our bodies or on the surface of bodies. They form the gut microbiome which is the rich ecosystem that plays many roles in our bodies. The bacteria breakdown the food which our bodies can’t digest, and produce important nutrients, and also regulate the immune system. They protect our bodies from germs. Actually, we can regulate the microbe’s balance in our gut by taking care of our eating habits. Eating dietary fiber is most effective way to increase many bacteria. “Short chain fatty acid” which is produced when dietary fiber is digested gives nutrition to the epithelium of gut,  and improves immune function, prevents the inflammation of the gut,  finally it keeps down the risk of cancer. On the other hand, if we continue to eat lower fiber food, the bacteria will  die and decrease the diversity of them. In a certain study, fruits ,vegetables, tea ,coffee ,red wine, and dark chocolate, it was clarified that they were connected with the increase of diversity of bacteria. Contrary to it, high calories and high butterfat foods were connected with the decrease of diversity of bacterias.

From these things, if you want to keep our health of your gut, and prevent diseases, you need to check your eating habits and try to increase good bacteria in your gut.

After I learned the above things, I asked 3 persons about following 4 questions. (All of them is difference age, teenager, middle age, senior)

Q1 What food do you think is the best for your health?

Q2 Do you eat vegetable or fruits every day?

Q3 Do you often eat fast food?

Q4 Which food do you like better, vegetable and fruits or fast food?

Incidentally, my survey was the unexpected result. All of them answered that they eat vegetables or fruits every day, and also, they like them better than fast food. But, I found that they have recognition that vegetable and fruits are most important for our health. This time, I asked only 3 person, so I think I need to ask more people about this. Maybe, I can get the difference result in the next time.

<How do our eating habits affect the health of gut.> by shilpa ravella (TED)

Lucas Michel, France

The last competition of the year is just around the corner, and the title race will end here, in Hawaii. The Brazilian, Gabriel Medina, leads the rankings, while the Australian, Julian Wilson, and the Brazilian, Felipe Toledo, can still hope to take the first place at the end of this last event, the Billabong Pipe Masters, in the legendary spot of Pipeline, Hawaii, where the titleholder is the French, Jeremy Flores.

Medina can secure his second world title if he makes it to the final. So he has to finish 1st or 2nd in the competition. If he finishes 3rd, then Toledo or Wilson have to win the competition to win the World Title. And if Medina finishes 5th or worse, one of them has to finish 1st or 2nd to claim the title, it’s that simple. We doubt that Medina can lose the title, but a surprise can quickly occur. We have already seen some.

He could already be world champion at this time. After the elimination of Julian Wilson in the quarterfinal of the Meo pro Portugal, Medina had to win the competition to be crowned, but destiny wanted it otherwise because he was eliminated at the gates of the final by Italo Ferreira.

This situation is not new for these three surfers. In 2015, this trio were in a six-surfer race for the world title, which went to Adriano de Souza. This time none of them want to miss this new chance.

At the same time, it’s another battle for Joan Duru. The Frenchie spent a difficult year with bad results and was far from the qualification for 2019, but he can hope again after his very good performance in Portugal and his 2nd place. It was his first final of his career and he is now one ranking place below the elite.

I’m really looking forward to this competition which will taking place the 8th to the 20th of December. It’s a beautiful event in a amazing place at the mythical spot of Pipeline. This competition always offers a spectacular show with a lot of surprising scenarios. We can take for example the final of last year between the Hawaiian, John John Florence, and the French, Jeremy Flores. At home, John John dominated the final until the last 10 seconds and the beautiful last wave of Jeremy which gave him the win.

By Mireia Bach – Catalonia and the city of Barcelona have a long tradition in the textile industry for centuries that allows us to talk about fashion. We have well known designers and famous brands that show all their work. That’s why the Generalitat de Catalunya trusts them to create the 080 fashion week twice every year. 

Barcelona is home to a growing fashion industry, and twice a year – January and June –  the community shows off its skills at the 080 Barcelona Fashion event. Every year, over 30 brands and designers such as Custo Barcelona, Celia Vela, Ze Garcia, etc.  occupy a new culturally important location to show each design in the catwalk shows with the looks that will be hitting the streets and the most trendy clothes and accessories. New talents combine with well-known international brands to offer to the audiance the opportunity of seeing different styles, trends and new concepts. If you have the pleasure to assist in one of the shows, you can see international famous models walking on the runway such as Ariadna Lima, Winnie Harlow, Irina Shayk, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, Miranda Kerr, John Kartajarena and many others. 

However, there is an important problem in this type of event. You can only enjoy the catwalk with an accreditation. There are three types of accreditation. You can have one if you work in the press and you want to report and write about it – Accreditation International Media or Spanish Media -. Another way to get in is by lottery. You need to enter on a web page, fill in the form with your personal information and then just upload it. If you are a lucky person, you will receive an email with your accreditation for you and one companion – Accreditation Open Area -. The last type of accreditation is the Invitations, but normally these are for important people that are involved in the fashion industry.

In my opinion, it would be better if the people who are interested in fashion could enter, at least one time, to see and enjoy the show. It’s too complicated to get in. However, I try to enter every year with any lucky. That’s the reason why one time, I decided to go around the show area to see all the fashion ambient and also celebrities. It was a great day, the opening area was full of bars and food trucks for all the people. Also there were a big entrance for all the famous audience, and you could saw them in the front door while the media press were making some questions to them. 

If you are interested and do you want to get involve in all this life style, you should go there once in a live time!

[ http://www.080barcelonafashion.cat/en/past-editions ]

Luna, Belgium

Netflix is an American media-services provider founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California. It’s basically a platform that offers a subscription that allows you to have access to multiple series and movies selected by the organization. It has become really popular over the past recent years and the Netflix&Chill Hype has taken over social media. The question is : “How did Netflix change entertainment?”

Initially, when apps and streaming weren’t a thing they sold DVDs delivered to your door. With time, it became bigger and more popular. This is when Netflix decided to start self-production: “House of Cards” was their first big break and sparked off their popularity. It was the start of a huge amount of Netflix-produced series and even movies. Because they’re only available on that platform, it attracted more people to start subscribing. This is when they decided to introduce binge-watching. By making entire series available, they allowed people to watch series without having to wait a week for the next episode. It gave consumers more control over their time because they could choose when and where they watched their favorite shows. They realized it worked a lot better than building up suspense by making the people wait between each episode.

Their algorithm is a pretty big deal in the company and every decision that is made is really thought through. Their main goal is still making money and that’s why they can’t put every single movie or series on their platform. They have to make changes and give the subscribers different options at different times. For example, during the wintertime they will make a Christmas section where people have access to all kinds of Christmas-related content. They get people excited by announcing arrivals of different feature shows weeks before so it builds up suspense. For example, three weeks ago they announced that the entire Harry Potter saga will be available on the first of November. This is just a strategy to make sure that people will come back, and it works.

To conclude, Netflix is a nice and legal way to have access to all kinds of entertainment. It brings people together and allows them to relax without worrying about catching a virus on their computer or wasting hours trying to find a good stream-site with good quality content. I personally use it and I love it a little too much. Almost every night before I go to sleep I watch an episode of my favorite series such as : Grey’s Anatomy, Vampires Diaries, Friends…