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¡Hola! Soy de Minneapolis, EEUU. Soy hablante nativo de inglés y busco compañeros para practicar español. En particular, busco personas que están disponibles en las mañanas (estoy disponible durante el día en los fines de semana aveces también, pero principalmente las mañanas) que quieren practicar regularmente. También estoy abierto a un intercambio de idioma escrito.
Soy ingeniero de software y me interesan muchas cosas: música, aviones y helicópteros, cocinar, películas, libros, idiomas (por supuesto) y mucho más. ¡Envíame un mensaje si quieres practicar!
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Hi there! I'm from Minneapolis, United States. I'm a native English speaker and I'm looking for Spanish speaking partners to practice with. In particular, I'm looking for people available in the morning (I'm available during the day on weekends sometimes too, but mainly mornings) that would like to practice regularly. I'm also open to a written language exchange.
I'm a software engineer and I'm interested in lots of things: music, planes and helicopters, cooking, movies, books, languages (naturally) and lots more. Send me a message if you'd like to practice.
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Football
Hello again!
In Latin America people likes football. Football fans from other countries couldmight be familiar with professional players from Argentina or Brazil, but this game is broadly practiced throughout this part of the continent.
One feature that makes football so popular is the fact that it doesn´t require much a large number of conditions to be played. The surface could be turf or pavement. . The ball is not necessarily thean expensive one -like professionals use- people could buy onea cheaper one, or make it from adhesive tape and some paper sheets.
According to the rules for professionals, football needs 22 players to be played, 11 per team. For Amateur football, instead one player in each team could be enough. It doesn´t even matter if there are an impair unequal number of players.
It is not obligatory to playing ion a marked court, which demarcates the areas on the surface. Establishing the minimal conditions for play just entails drawing a goal line, which, once passed through, constitutes a score. Whatever Anything works,: a stick, rocks, even jackets.Very nice!
0 votedMarch 20, 20161- La Máquina de Canicas de Wintergatan La Máquina de Canicas de Wintergatan es un laberinto de engranajes, poleas, tubos y instrumentos musicales. A primera vista, parece el resultado de un accidente espeluznante entre un reloj de pie y un trío de músicos. Sería impresionante simplemente como arte visual. Las canicas serpentean por tubos y caen en embudos pequeños; pestillos pequeños sujetan canicas hasta el momento perfecto, y entonces dejan caer las canicas a través de medio metro de aire, después de lo cual rebotan en las láminas de un vibráfono y son capturados con cuidado en los embudos. Pero lo que me llamó la atención fue la canción que toca la maquina. Es una canción que hubiera escuchado incluso si no estuviera mirando con asombro la máquina que la produce. No obstante, esa es la expectativa, supongo, de su creador, Martin Molin, que es “músico que sueña de ser ingeniero”, y no al revés. Molin, quien originariamente planeó pasar dos meses construyendo la máquina, tiene ganas de hacer más música después de pasar catorce meses construyendo y ajustando la máquina. Video de la máquina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1QMarch 13, 201682
The biggest change in my life
When I finished my degree, I had the opportunity to work inat a company where I could begin my career as an engineer. I was very lucky because many classmates didn’t find a job which had linked with their studies. I used to work very hard because I wanted to learn fast and improve my career. If my work hadn’t been linked with my studies, I wouldn’t have worked the same way. I was used to traveling a lot and I didn’t use to belive (?) in my city.
Only two years later, I had a new opportunity. Several coworkers and I set up our own company. It was a great experience where all of us began with an enormous illusionvision, workinged a lot and spentding a good lump of money. Fortunately, we had more revenues than expenses and we could pay our loans but we used to work 10 or even more hours a day and every day we had more and more worries.
Although I had a good salary, a stable job and the career I dreamed of when I finish my degree, I couldn’t get used to living in this way. There were so many worries and I didn’t have the time I needed to stay with my family and friends.
One day, my wife was ill and that was the tipping point for leaving my job and looking for another one. I began to work as a teacher for adults people and several years later I was hired to teach in a vocational training center and now I can say this was the best decision in my life. I work more hours a day than people believe, it but I love my job.0 votedFebruary 27, 20161- Volar como un pájaro Volé por primera vez en un planeador con mi abuelo, quien fue un piloto aficionado. Recuerdo un momento en que me dijo “Agarra la palanca” y quitó las manos de los controles, y yo estaba volando. “Bastante fácil, ¿no?” Me preguntó. Y así es; es bastante fácil volar en un planeador. Los desafíos son estos: encontrar las térmicas, y aterrizar. Un planeador puede volar por un rato en varias condiciones, pero si quieres quedarte en el aire, tienes que buscar térmicas. Una térmica es una columna de aire caliente ascendente. Los primeros planeadores eran bastante burdo, así que necesitaban corrientes ascendentes fuertes, como las que crean una montaña. Hoy en día, los planeadores son muy eficaces, y por eso es posible volar incluso donde vivo, un lugar muy llano. Una térmica es creado cuando el sol calienta un lugar en la tierra y la tierra en turno calienta el aire. Un piloto puede encontrar una térmica por las nubes que forman por encima de la columna de aire. Cuando encuentras una térmica, puedes volar en espiral para ganar altitud. Con esta técnica, un planeador puede quedar en el aire por muchas horas. El segundo desafío que nombré es el aterrizaje. Con un avión con motor, si intentas aterrizar pero, digamos, te sales de la pista, puedes empujar el acelerador y intentar otra vez. Pero con un planeador, eso no es posible. Tienes una única oportunidad aterrizar. Por lo tanto, tienes que planear tus maniobras de aproximación bien. Y esperar que el viento no arruine tus planes. El verano pasado, tomé un vuelo de prueba con un piloto del club con lo que volaba mi abuelo, pero no empecé lecciones de volar. Pero pienso en ello… quizás este verano puedo convertirme en piloto.February 26, 2016131
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I've been studying English since I was a child, however my English teachers didn't teach me how to speak.Traditional methods are focused on reading and writing<strike>,</strike>. This could also be ; I think it's the same in every country, and this kind of teaching spoils children's natural ability to learn languages, and even worse, these methods make children <strike>to</strike> hate English.
I am 30 years old now and I've taken my English learning very seriously, but I've had to change the approach. Surfing the web in my spare time, I found a couple of great teachers on <strike>the</strike> You Tube <strike>channel,</strike> <strike>t</strike>They talk about <strike>the</strike> "the new methods" can work, but implies the methods are well know or generally recognized by readers new methods of learning languages, focused on listening first. One of them is the Effortless English method created by A.J.Hoge, a native American In the US, "Native American" usually means indigenous people of North America. If A.J. Hoge is not indigenous, you might say "a teacher native to the US" teacher. This new approach has helped to improve my English very quickly and in a fun way.
Nowadays, I continue looking for teachers on YouTube, and I am pleased to say that I am taking classes with native speakers who are using revolutionary methods of teaching. <strike>and</strike> <strike>e</strike>Even better, I don't have to pay for their classes<strike>,</strike> (well, I have to pay the internet bill, but it's just $30 a month). Using parentheses here is what I personally would do. Not everyone would write it that way however.
This year I found a new French teacher who is using the same method, the natural method of learning. He states that this way of teaching is not used in schools although it's the most effective one. I think it's a shame that children are still struggling to learn a forei<strike>ng</strike>gn language at school, that they are stressed and frustrated and at the end they don't learn to speak, and that they never use the language in the real world.
I think online sources are great to learn languages<strike>,</strike> <strike>c</strike>Children have a natural ability to learn new languages and stuff, but they need to be exposed to real conversations and they have to have sensitive and savvy teachers, otherwise they will become adults that hate English and think they can't learn a second language.
I have learned more <strike>i</strike>on You Tube than at school or <strike>the</strike> university0 votedJanuary 30, 20163- Cuervos Son Genial Cuando se piensa de los animales más inteligentes, no se piensa de los cuervos. O, por lo menos, no pensaba de cuervos yo. Pero resulta que los cuervos son entre las más inteligentes criaturas del mundo, casi igual con los simios. El cuervo es un animal muy social, un rasgo de la mayoría de los animales inteligentes. Hay pruebas que cuervos pueden pasar conocimiento de padres a hijos, algo que es raro entre animales (muchos animales cuentan con sus instintos, que son como conocimiento horneado en los genes, y hace falta mucho tiempo cambiar). Los cuervos también pueden aprender y recordar por mucho tiempo. Hay historias de grupos de cuervos que evitan volar sobre una granja donde un solo cuervo ha sido matado por el granjero; continúan evitarla por muchos años después del incidente. Es más, los cuervos son capaz de usar herramientas para obtener comida. Incluso saben usar, por ejemplo, una herramienta pequeña para obtener una herramienta grande, con la que pueden obtener comida (la habilidad de entender ese dos paso proceso no es común entre animales). Los cuervos incluso pueden usar los seres humanos como herramientas; en algunos lugares, los cuervos tiran nueces duras en la calle para que los coches los atropellan, así rompiendo la cáscara recia. Los cuervos esperan hasta la luz cambia para que pueden recoger su premio sin peligro. Es claro que los cuervos son listos. La única pregunta que queda es «¿Cuándo va a llegar El Planeta de los Cuervos?»January 26, 201660
WhatWhich is better, making an effort to lose weight or living without worrying about it?
The New Year just beginshas just begun and a lot of people have imposed on themselves their New Year's resolutions. One of which is losing weight. However, basinged on statistical data, ninety per centpercent of them will fail. Nothing will change on ourtheir ("our" is changed to "their" here because the previous sentence, "...ninety percent of them will fail." refers to the same people using "them". If the previous sentence read "...ninety percent of us will fail", this change wouldn't be needed.) bodies but wethey will have suffered another blow against ourtheir self-esteem. Why do we have thatthis ("that" isn't incorrect, however "this" is probably better) obsession forwith being so slim? Is it an enough reason having to follow the advisce of fashion and television to reach happiness? I do not think so. We should only lose weight in case that thatif being overweight might be dangerous forto our health. Otherwise, we will be putting our image in the first place and our psychological health in the second place("in first place...in second place" could also work, however sounds a little odd). Are you really sure that this is the correct option? Do not let theym cheat you.
Do not worry so much about your body. The people who love you, do it for your character and your personality, never for your beauty. Beauty ends up tiringleaving everybody, but personal appeal (perhaps "the appeal of personality" instead of "personal appeal") lasts all a lifetime.0 votedJanuary 20, 20161The power of mind
A while ago I read an article about Emile Coué. He was born in France, and he was a pharmacist and psychologist. His work created a new subject within psychology, the placebo effect, and positive suggestion. The power of the mind affects how our body responds to medicine and anything.
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