Email Hello David, Long time no see! What a surprise to receive your email. How long has it been? I think I last saw you when we were backpacking in Peru. To start with, as far as I remember your Spanish was pretty good back then so what you really need to do is brush up on what you have studied in the past. You are a very sociable person and I am sure you will learn in no time once you are here, but I would recommend studying a little online beforehand. There are many websites that can help you, is just a question of surfing a lillte on the net. Providing that you have time to get out, I would also recommend finding a language learning partner to keep up you motivation. It would be a great idea to join a conversation group to get some practise. Having said that, on the internet you can also join groups of Facebook to chat to other language learners. Another thing is to make sure you are consistent. It is a great idea to do a little every day, doing things that you enjoy. So, what I would advise is to do the magic combination of a an online course, a language learning partner and also a general course book so that you can catch up with grammar structures and common vocabulary. If you need anything else, give a buzz at 65214789 and we can have a chat. Regards.

Letter - New motorway in the town Dear sir/madam, I am writing to draw your attention to the works that will begin in some months in the outskirts of our town, transforming the national route into a motorway, as the city council has announced. It seems to me that our city is not affected by traffic jams every day. It is true that in special events many cars arrive here, but it only happens a few days a year, therefore in my opinion, two extra lanes in the city access are not necessary. Doubling the route, the traffic will be also double, boosting greatly the probability of having an accident. Another serious problem is the pollution, an existing problem in that area, which could become worse with the enlargement of the route. I am convinced that the upgrade of our infrastructures is a cause of concern to the city council, but it is necessary to overcome the car-centered model and redesigning the area for people. For example, with cycle paths or spaces to improve walkability. I hope you will give this matter carefully. I look forward to hearing from you.

Should fast food adverts be banned? The consumption of fast food is strongly associated with childhood obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other kind of diseases, how can we reduce the fast food intake? Some voices propose to ban the adverts of that kind of product, but it could be an effective measure? Since fast food arrived to our lives their ads targeting children and young people, statistics says that the exposition to those adversitements are the cause of the chilhood obesity increase year by year. The population is not risk aware about diabetes and heart diseases and the publicity of junk food are not awaring us about them. Still it, fast food does not make people fat, just unhealthy. Publicity does not force anyone to eat certain products, each person is solely responsible of his choice. Talking about childre, as society we need to protect an take care of them, but instead of banning thing we could took a more proactive approach to them or spending more time with them. Controlling exposure to certains adverts could reduce the consumption of junk food and consequently improve the health status of the population but if we want to have a mature citizenship we need to spend our energy on education and giving information about the healthy and unhealthy diets.

Fil review "Her" The film “Her” stars Joaquin Phoenix who one day falls in love with his new operative system voiced by Scarlet Johansson. The film is set in Los Angeles and Shanghai, that represents the paradigm of loneliness. “Her” received several nominations and was awarded with some accolades. Jonze envisions a future where the relationships enter a new stage. People walk murmuring to their ear-gadget, we don't know if they are talking to someone physical or virtual. There are not many human contact and solitude is represented by a 40-year old man that falls in love with a voice. In a technological and dystopian future, Theo is a lonely and introverted man that works writing letters in a company. He buys a new operative system to help him organizing his emails and administrative task. The OS has a female voice, called Samantha, and over time Theo falls in love with her, fascinated by her ability to grow. Theo and Samantha have virtual sex, even they try a sex surrogate and also have ups and downs in their relationship caused by jealousy from Samantha to Theo's ex-wife. Once, Samantha goes offline and Theo panics, after that something changes and Samantha confess Theo that she is simultaneously talking with hundreds of people. Finally, Samantha goes as the rest of the operative systems. The film features a good performance from the character Theo, that is very convincing to me. The visual elements, the lights and the music are evocative and well fitted in the screen. I would recommend this film because it is something different and charming.

Obesity Obesity rates in the UK are the worst in Europe, more than a quarter of the population is obese and that number is increasing. Obese people are more likely to develop cancer and other diseases according to health experts. The World Health Organization describes obesity like a time bomb in public health. Another organization says that half of the population would be obese by 2050. Obesity is such a big problem because people eat the wrong food and they don't practice enough sports and that confuses the balance between the energy in and the energy out. During the II-WW the UK had strict rationing, when rationing was finished the population start to indulge them with food they hadn't access for years. We live in an image society, if you don't fit in that image you don't fit into society. For that reason, obesity is not just a psychical problem, but a psychological problem also, and the problem is worse the younger people are. It is necessary to act as soon as possible in prevention of that kind of problem. Local initiatives have been set up to provide the public on healthy diet and to get more people into the kitchen. Health experts agree that an active lifestyle and a healthy diet would help keep off the weight however wine and chocolate are not forbidden products, some studies show that their consumption can help to prevent some diseases

Betting houses I want to talk about betting houses that have grown increasingly in our country in recent years. Nowadays betting is easier than ever. Not only due to online bets but also for betting houses. While United Kingdom has a long history with gambling,Queen Elizabeth I introduced lotteries to England in 1569 and Today,9,128 betting shops run in the United Kingdom. In Spain the growth of this type of business has been slower. Statistics says the turnover grows ten per cent annually since the establishment of the first betting house in Spain. What are the consequences of this phenomenon? The major is the incite to pathological gambling especially among young people. Problem gambling is harmful to psychological and physical health. People who live with this addiction may experience depression, migraine, distress, intestinal disorders, and other anxiety-related problems. As with other addictions, the consequences of gambling can lead to feelings of despondency and helplessness. In some cases, this can lead to attempts at suicide. Another consequence is the quarters deterioration, bbetting houses are usually set up in vulnerable neighborhoods, in areas with high level of unemployment and social exclusion, therefore the choice of these areas is not a matter of chance. Finally, I want to share with you one reflection that I have read somewhere “Betting houses are like heroin in the 80's, devastating working-class areas”, so maybe It is time for public authorities to regulate these activities

Poster presentation (text for a poster) SOCIAL WORK IN SPANISH PRISONS: THREE DECADES OF HISTORY, NEW CHALLENGES 1. Social Workers tasks 1.1 Assistance tasks 40% of work, they are not generator of changes but they are necessaty to tackle other kind of interventions. -Administrative duties and paper work -Welfare payments -Inmates direct requests 1.2 Therapeutic tasks 15% of work, where our work should go, following the progress of change -Treatment programs: Gender-base violence, self-control, sex offenders, mental heatlh -Occupational and cultural activites 1.3 Counselling tasks 30% of work, it allows a direct contact with the inmate and consequently his permeability -Multidisciplinary teamwork -Information and advice during the period of enforcement of the sentence or information about prison life -Counsellling about multidisciplinary team proposals 1.4Social inclusion tasks 15% of work, preparing for life when inmates leave prison -Family services -Short-term releases -Labour supplies -Referal to community ressources -Social accompanying measures 2. Social Workers struggles 2.1 Burocratization 2.2 Burn out 2.3 High professional distance 2.4 Glas ceiling 2.5 Residuality or residual approach 2.6 Gender pay gap 2.7 Assitentialism 3. Social Workers challenges 3.1 Professional specialistaion and participation in treatment programs -Sex offenders -Gender-base violence -Self-control and emotional intelligence -Coaching for temporary release -Prosociality -Mental heatlh -Etc. 3.2 Training and institutional support -Specialised training -Benchmark institution in Social Work -Research 3.3 Strategic planning in social work -Unified criteria for social workers in prisons -Coordination with social care system 3.4 Breaking gender barriers - Gender pay gap - Glas ceiling 4. Social Workers working in prison, why? -To fulfill the goals of reeducation and insertion -To humanise the prison -To professionalise the running of treatment programs -To provide professional answers to human problems

Everybody in the world should have access to a library Quick and easy access are the two biggest characteristics for the information age we are living now. Some decades before people came to a library looking for the book that could help them in their issues. Are nowadays libraries needed? How important is a library for a community? And even more, how important is it for a country? On the Internet era, libraries could be a thing of the past, they are usually huge buildings filled up with books placed on never-ending shelves where silence is the best guest, for this common idea libraries could be a thing of the past. Consequently, people could think that libraries are not useful anymore and maybe the governments could forget the need to ensure the access to it. Libraries are not only about books, the real focus for every library is information and we have access to more information than ever before, huge amounts of information live on the Internet, in databases, apps and more. Unfortunately, more is not always better. Finding trustworthy information and high quality research can be a challenge. For this reason libraries are more important than ever for citizens, not only in developing countries, but much more in technologically advanced societies because access to libraries are synonym the access to freedom.