Things you can do on the street

This band began in Valencia Spain. They were the founders of a new gender call Guarrocanrol. The band was created by Iñaki Alonso in 1995 and was conformed, at the beginning, by Fede (vocals and guitar), Charly (bass and vocals), Julian (drums) and Iñaki (guitar). Throughout the years, some of the members left and new musicians came into the group.

The first official album was Precede. Its debut was in 2001, with 13 songs. Sexo en la Calle is from this album

This is a great song. It has an excellent rhythm and the lyrics are really sticky. When I heard the song for the first time, I ended up singing it for hours.

Keep in mind when you listen to it that the lyrics are somehow rude in some parts.

Alejandro Guerrero 8C

Or else we’ll shoot you

Juan Sebastián Pineda 8B

Can’t you see the danger?

In a big event, there is a potent light reflector which says on the glass:

DANGER: DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE GLASS

Pablo Monsalve 8A

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Honorable councilman

Today I was reading the newspaper “El Tiempo” and saw the new scandal  of the councilman  that generated a pursuit in Bogota. Apparently he also has 3 scandals for being drunk.

Then I read that he belongs to the Commission of Ethics in the Council of Chia. Such an honor.

Leonel Riveros 8B

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Why is Bogota’s mobility so deficient?

In Bogotá, the sale of vehicles has increased dramatically in the last years. Only in 2012, Fenalco said that 311,912 sales were recorded by the year. In this regard, the Veeduria Distrital has stated in their reports that in Bogota are circulating over 1,200,000 vehicles and expressed: “Whereas previously more than 600 thousand vehicles were circulating for near 14.500 km from length of the total of the road mesh last year, the double of the cars did it for something more about 14.800 km, when the thing to expect was that they were doing it at least in 28 thousand kilometers… “[i]

The mobility is part of one of the fundamental rights of the Political Constitution of Colombia: “Every Colombian, with the limitations of the law, has the right to move freely, throughout the country, in and out of it, and remain and reside in Colombia”[ii]. But this right is broken by the problems in the mobility in Bogotá.

Some of the reasons of the traffic in Bogota are: 1) The corruption in the adjudication (Constructions without studies and designs, without planning) and worse execution of the works in the roads infrastructure (Deficient and incomplete works, for example Transmilenio to the Airport), 2) Lack of maintenance of the roads and undue occupation of the routes between the others, the lack of information regarding the use of the new cards to the citizens over the new integrated system of public transportation.

The Veeduria Distrital has said that the increase in the traffic decreases the speed of the cars: while five years ago cars were travelling at 33 km/h, now they move at 24 km/h. The speed of the public system was also affected: the buses, busetas and taxis, before the 2010 were 53 minutes late when arriving to their destination, whereas this year it has increased in an average of 64 minutes late per arrival.

We can conclude that we are facing an absence of governmental politics to guarantee the right of free traffic, despite of the fact that the “Pico y Placa” equally contributed to the purchase of vehicles. The level of education does not exist for the efficient use of public services: Absence of a plan for the execution of the works and maintenance of the roads while respecting the public resources. Communication deficiency towards the citizens regarding the new Integrated System of Urban Transportation. This means that we need a better development in the mobility of our city and a better defense of our rights as citizens.

Leonel Riveros 8B

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[i]   Veeduría Distrital. Periódico El Espectador. Bogotá DC. 21/11/2011. Sección Bogotá.

[ii]   Constitución Política de Colombia. Editorial Legis.Vigesimo Séptima Edición. Bogotá DC. 2012. 14

BBM makes big change

Blackberry Company has revealed  that  BBM (Black Berry Messenger) will be downloadable for other devices different from Black Berry, such as Android devices and iOS 7 devices. Black Berry company also revealed that the release date of this amazing type of messaging is this next weekend. From that moment on, other electronic devices will be able to use BBM. This decision of the Black Berry company is due to the drop in sales. Nobody buys Blackberry anymore, and the company is in a bad situation.

I think it’s a really good decision, because so many people bought a Black Berry just for the Black Berry Messenger. Now everybody can use it,  so this is something good for the company. This may be very important for the communication industry. I invite you to download  BBM for your cellphones and try it out.

Read the article here

Sergio Párraga 8B