Is GMO food the solution to famine in the world?

Some people think if we could increase the production of food by modifying genetically what we cultivate, the hunger may disappear, but others don't agree with that and state the real solution is the equal distribution of the products we already have.

On the one hand, a group of scientists who investigated GMO food won a Nobel Prize because they got a higher amount of better qualified nourishment. They said that what they were producing was focused on making poor people's life better. This would be a great point to resolve this problem.

However, the real situation is the 80% of this modified products are being sold to developed countries. Even if they did it right, feeding developing countries, we couldn't assure this products won't be harmful for our health as it happened with tobacco. 

As a conclusion, we should keep investigating GMO food so we could guarantee this project to be worthwhile, ending with the unfair distribution of resources in the world.

THE GROWING NUMBER OF NATURAL DISASTERS IS FAULT OF THE HUMANKIND

It’s widely known that natural disasters have occurred since the very first moment of the existence of our planet, even when human beings weren’t on it.

However, the number of those have increased lately and the truth is that the cause of it is the human behaviour which produces the greenhouse effect, the global warming and the deterioration of the ozone layer.

Even though we are not aware of it, hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, earthquakes or floods are a consequence of every harmful action we do against our planet.

For example, the fumes released by factories or cars are the gases that produce the greenhouse effect. This means that the earth temperature increases, which leads into torrential rains and storms provoking floods, hurricanes or tornados.

To conclude, in the same way all we do has a negative effect on the nature, we can also do our best in order to make this world a better place.

New basketball season

"Should I keep trying? A change may be better..." Those were the words that had been bouncing in my mind for the last two weeks.
September had already started and so had done the new Basketball season. But I wasn't playing in any team.
On June, the coach who was going to manage the team in which I was playing was announced, and I decided that I didn't want to continue playing if he was the coach.
Since that moment, I started thinking about other posibilities.
The first two weeks of September were based on negociations. My teammates and I decided to move to another club, but we had to agree with it.
They were the most stressing days of my life. I didn't know what to do, what to say nor what to think. There were a lot of options, but choosing some of them meant to become appart. 
I was afraid of disappointing my family or friends and most importantly, myself. 
The afternoon when I made my decision, I was overwhelmed with emotions, so I couldn't think properly. I decided to have a walk alone so I could organise my ideas. 
Finally, I realised that the best option was to keep playing and doing it with my friends.
I started training at "El Candado" some days after. When a week had passed I noticed that I had made the perfect decision.
Now, I'm playing with my girls, the ones who I've been playing with for ages, my coach is a good one and he transmits me the confidence that I need, and I have regain the excitement that I had lost.
It's going to be an awesome season!

Florida 2013

Last summer I had one of the best experiences of my life. I spent a hole month living with an american family in Florida.

On July 2nd, I took my luggage, kissed my family and started my new adventure. It was the first time that I was going to spend such a long time living appart from my family. I didn't know anybody from the group of Spanish people that was coming with me to the USA except Elena, who was staying in the same house as me, so we spent the first hours of our travel together.

When we arrived, we had already been talking with almost the 21 people of the group.

My american mum was Terri and my sisters, Katie and Sydney. We also had five big dogs, four puppies, four cats, rabbits, birds and in the barn,  we had horses.

From Monday to Thursday, we went to school for a couple of hours and after that, we had an activity (going to the beach, shopping, playing minigolf...). Every Friday, we went to a theme park (Disneyland, Bush Gardens, Universal Studios and Adventure Island). I specially enjoyed Bush Gardens because there were a lot of roller coasters, which I loved, and Universal Studios, because the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter",  was amazing.

I loved to spend time with the Spanish people, because they were like my family.

We had a lot of experiences there that I will never forget. We had a car accident, a Tornado warning, my birthday...

I never felt bored there, because I was always with people.

Even though I would have learned more English if I hadn't been with Elena in the same house, I think it was worthwhile because I had a lot of fun with her and she helped me when I was homesick.

On July 31st, we left Florida. On our way to the airport, I felt like crying, because I realised that maybe, that was the last time that I was going to see those three girls. I was sure that I was going to miss them. But while we were waiting to board, we kept taking pictures, making jokes and having fun, so by the time that we had to say goodbye, I wasn't feeling sad.

However, it was an emotional farewell.

During the travel by plane, I tried to sleep, but it was a big deal, because I didn't have enough space for me and I was too excited to meet my family.

When I arrived to the airport, I had two surprises. Marina had come to pick me up and my grandmother was staying at home one more day.

We took some pictures of the group just before everybody went home, and Elena's family and mine went to have some snacks while we told them our experience.

When I arrived home, I really felt how much I was missing my american life. I was missing my american family, the group, the animals and Elena. In fact, I miss them too much.

Rihanna's Diamonds World Tour (DWT) in Barcelona

On June 1st Rihanna did her last performance in Spain on her DWT. The "Palau Sant Jordi" was full of people wearing Rihanna's t-shirts, drawing diamonds on their faces and singing Unapologetic's songs and I was walking with my sister looking at all of them.

I was amazed by all the things that were surrounding me. When the security checked my ticket and I was able to come into the building, my excitement grew.

The invited artists were playing their music and everybody was dancing and jumping. The vibrations of the loud music made me shake unconsciously. They played their music for an hour and a half and after that, they dissapeared and the audience, waited for Rihanna to appear.

It was getting late, and people couldn't wait more. We started doing waves, singing, and screaming asking Rihanna to start her concert.

Finally, the lights went down and the first chords of "Mother Mary" were listened. All the Navy (Rihanna's fans) were screaming till a figure dressed in black appeared on the stage singing. Since that moment, everything was magic.

She sang all her hits and almost all the Unapologetic's songs. She didn't stop dancing during all the show.  She left the stage to move closer to her fans and sang with them.

It was simply awesome.

Suddendly, "We found love" was played, and she sang all her dance songs, making all the stadium to get up, jump and dance, even the ones that where asking the people standing behind them to sit down a few minutes ago.

After that, she left the stage to get changed and appeared again to sing the calm songs.

The "Stay" moment was very emotional. The lights lost their bright and she sang with all her passion. People took their phones and recorded her. I remember that in that moment, my sister phoned her boyfriend so he could listen to it.

After that, a round of applause and ovation came. She talked to us, said how grateful she was and that nodoby was living the building till the last song was sang. Then, "Diamonds" started, and all the Navy put their hands up making a diamond with their fngers.

Leaving all that was left in her on the stage, she said goodbye and blew kisses to everybody.

To say that the concert was amazing would be a misunderstanding. It was more than that, and the feeling that it left in me...

I'm keen on going to another Rihanna concert. Till that day, I'll have to resing myself listening to her music with my headphones as loud as I can.

Personal Profile

Hi, my name is Marta Garcia Olmedo and I'm from Malaga. I'm seventeen and next year I'll be going to College, probably to the Architecture University.

I would like to start introducing myself answering a question that almost everybody is interested in: Which three things would you bring to a desert island? I would pick some device where I could listen to my music, an interesting boy, who I could fall in love with and my best friend or my mom, so I can talk to them.

As you can see, I love music. My favourite singer is Rihanna, but I really enjoy listening to Adele, Coldplay, Beyonce or The Fray too. In fact, I would love to attend a concert of some of them. I have already been at Rihanna's last concert in Spain, but I would like to do it again...it was an incredible experience.

I like sports, specially basketball, reading books, like J.K.Rowling or Carlos Ruiz Zafon ones, playing music and travelling.

I also like to draw. I use to search photos of famous people that I like, or my relatives and draw them.

I use to travel to Barcelona, where my cousins, aunt and uncle live, to Paris, where my sister and her boyriend used to live and to Cantabria, because it's the better place to stay in summer.

In the other hand, I would love to visit New York, Philipines and some kind of desert island where I can relax.

In the future, I would like to spend some years in a foreing country where I don't know anybody, so I can start a new live, meet new people and experience that feeling that you have when you find yourself alone in a plce that you don't know.

I like people who are able to laugh at themselves. Thruthful people, that are not afraid of telling you what they think about everything. I want my friends to be positive about the life, I want them to find something special everyday.

I don't like people who make fun of the others, feeling more important for being who they are. I don't like liars, people you don't know when to believe.

That's what I look for in my friends and that's what I'm trying to become.