GUADALAJARA

• FOUNDATION

Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. It is Mexico's second most populous municipality. The Guadalajara Metropolitan Area includes seven adjacent municipalities making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Mexico, behind Mexico City. The municipality is the second most densely populated one in Mexico. Guadalajara is the 10th largest city in Latin America in terms of population.

The city was established in three other places before where it is now. The first settlement in 1532 was in Mesa del Cerro, now known as Nochistlán, Zacatecas. This site was settled by Cristóbal de Oñate as commissioned by Nuño de Guzmán. This site did not last long due to the lack of water, so in 1533, it was moved to a location near Tonalá. Four years later, Guzmán ordered that the village be moved to Tlacotán. 

Guadalajara was officially founded on February 14, 1542 in the Valley of Atemajac. The settlement's name came from the Spanish hometown of Nuño de Guzmán.

• ADDED TOWNS

•TONALA

•TLAQUEPAQUE

•AJIJIC

•TEQUILA

•ZAPOPAN

• LANDMARKS

•LOS GUACHIMONTONES

•METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL

•ZAPOPAN BASILICA / GUADALAJARA CATHEDRAL

•TEQUILA EXPRESS

• DECADES AND OLD PICTURES

• 1950

• 1960

• 1970

• 1980

• 1990

• POLITICAL LIFE

Guadalajara is part of Mexico's democratic government, with elections every three years at city level and every 6 years at the state, in conjunction with federal elections. The current administration's term is from 2006 to 2012 for the state of Jalisco and from 2009 to 2012 for Guadalajara and surrounding municipalities.

Guadalajara is governed by a municipal president, who exercises executive power for three consecutive years, this office is currently occupied by Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz candidate for the PRI.

The municipality is divided into five electoral districts for the purpose of election of representatives of the city in the federal legislature. These districts are the VIII, IX, XI, XIII and XIV of the state of Jalisco.

• CURRENT LIFE

Well Guadalajara is a big city so there are many things to do and to visit. For instance you can do sports, and you can visit the museums, shopping malls, the zoo, clubs, restaurants, parks, and other places.

• EVENTS & FAMOUS DATES:

•January Events in Mexico

◘ New Year's Day - January 1st.

◘ Dia de los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day) - January 6th.

•February Events in Mexico

◘ Dia de la Candelaria - February 2nd.

◘  Dia de la Constitucion - February 5th.

•March Events in Mexico

◘ Benito Juarez' Birthday - March 21.

◘  Holy Week - The whole week from Ash Wednesday through to the week after Easter Sunday is the busiest time at all of Mexico's key attractions.

•May Events in Mexico

◘ Dial del Trabajo (Labour Day) - May 1st. A National Holiday. Businesses and Offices close, nationwide.

◘  Cinco de Mayo - May 5th.

•September Events in Mexico

◘ Dia de la Independencia (Independence Day) - September 16th

•October Events in Mexico

◘ Dia de la Raza (Columbus Day) - October 12th.

•November Events in Mexico

◘ Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) - November 1st and 2nd. 

◘ Dia de la Revolucion (Day of the Revolution) - November 20th. 

•December Events in Mexico

◘ Dia de la Asuncion de la Virgen Guadalupe (Assumption Day) 20th 

◘ Posadas de Navidad – Nine days leading up to Christmas Day. 

◘ New Year's Eve - Dec 31st. 

EXPO COMICS

Lovers of comics, manga and anime have the opportunity to access the latest news and trends in Comic Expo Guadalajara.

Apart from a wide and varied selection of publications, videos, games and products that reference the world of manga, Comic Expo Guadalajara will host costume contests, music or drawing based on Japanese culture.



Well the expo comics was about showing/presenting comics, animes, etc.
For me it was kind of weird because I don't like that stuff and all the people that were there were weird and creepy, so it was like strange being there.
I think is good that they do this type of events (expos) because a lot of people like thins things, so it is good for them.
But in my opinion I will not go again because I didn't like it.

   

• Cosplay: people that dress like a character of an anime.
• Anime: Chinese and Japanese drawings.
• Manga: Japanese word to say "comic".
• Comic: series and drawings that make a book or history.

   

    

TEXAS EXPLOSION

The fertilizer plant that blew up in Texas last week warned state and local officials but not federal agencies that it had 270 tons of highly volatile ammonium nitrate on site, according to regulatory records.

 

The April 17 fire and explosion at West Fertilizer Co. killed 14 people and devastated the small town of West, Texas. Investigators have said they're not sure how much ammonium nitrate was actually on site at the time of the explosion, however, since plant records were destroyed in the blast.

 

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The company sold ammonium nitrate and anhydrous ammonia, both commonly used as fertilizers.

It had notified state and local emergency management officials of its stock of both in its most recent declaration of hazardous chemicals, filed in February.

However, the risk management plan it filed with the federal Environmental Protection Agency in 2011 mentioned only anhydrous ammonia, which produces suffocating fumes and can cause burns if mishandled. The plan listed as a worst-case scenario "the release of the total contents of a storage tank released as a gas over 10 minutes" and did not warn of the risks of explosion.

Federal law requires any operation that holds more than a ton of fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate to report that stock to the Department of Homeland Security. Proposed new rules would cut that to 25 pounds. But Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that West Fertilizer doesn't appear to have reported its ammonium nitrate stock to federal officials, adding, "We're following up on that."

In a statement issued earlier this week, after the first lawsuit against it was filed in connection with the explosion, the company said its focus "remains on the fact finding."

"We continue to do everything we can to understand what happened to ensure nothing like this ever happens again in any community," it said. "To that end, the owners and staff of West Fertilizer Co. are working closely with investigating agencies. We have encouraged all employees to assist in the fact finding to whatever degree possible."

Among the dead was plant foreman Cody Dragoo, who was also a member of the town's volunteer fire department.The explosion happened about 20 minutes after the first report of a fire there. It registered on seismographs as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake and could be felt 50 miles away.

Town devastated by fertilizer explosion is guided by the West way

Last week's explosion damaged numerous houses, a nursing home and the town's high school and middle school, all of which were built within a few hundred feet of the plant. That's raised concern about similar facilities in other towns, both in rural communities like West and major cities like Houston, the heart of the oil industry.

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"I know there's hundreds of public schools on the fenceline or very close to these industrial plants," said Neil Carman, a former Texas Department of Environmental Quality inspector now working for the state Sierra Club. "I wouldn't be surprised if it's over 1,000."

Zoning restrictions are rare in the state, and Carman said there have been thousands of complaints from neighborhoods in areas like Houston, Beaumont and Corpus Christi, home to numerous oil refineries.

West Fertilizer had been twice cited by federal regulators twice since 2006.

In 2012, the Transportation Department's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration fined West Fertilizer $5,250 for storing anhydrous ammonia in tanks that lacked the proper warning labels. The agency originally recommended a $10,000 penalty, but it was reduced after the company took corrective action.

In 2006, the EPA fined it $2,300 owners to correct problems that included a failure to file a risk management program plan on time. The TCEQ also investigated a complaint about the lingering smell of ammonia around the plant the same year.

NEW GYM OF UNIVA

Last week, we take the time to do a survey to the high school students of UNIVA to see they thought about the new gym. We interviewed 100 people, and this was what they said:

Korean Division

The division of North Korea (The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or DPRK) and South Korea (The Republic of Korea or ROK) stems from the end of WWII. The Allies were victorious over the Axis powers in 1945, after which point the United States of America forced Japan to relinquish its 35 year rule over Korea.

Japan had controlled Korea (both North and South) since the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. 

After World War II, Korea was split between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union sponsored Communist-control of North Korea and the United States sponsored democracy in South Korea. The divide ran along the 38th parallel which is now part of the DMZ, the Demilitarized Zone separating North Korea (DPRK) and South Korea (ROK), but was occupied by US and Soviet troops at the time. 

In 1950, the United Nations was supporting the Republic of Korea (South Korea) (aided by the United States) and the People’s Republic of China was supporting the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) (aided by the Soviet Union).

The 38th Parallel, known as the DMZ has become the most heavily fortified border in the world, 151 miles wide.

SPRING BREAK

Spring Break is a break from school. It is a two week vacations.



According to wikipedia: Spring break (also known as March break, spring vacation, Mid-Term Break, study week, reading week, reading period, or Easter holidays in the United States and some parts of Canada) is a recess in early spring at universities and schools in various countries around the world.

Some people go to the beach, to the US, or to other places. For instance, me the first week i was in my house and the second week i went to the beach.

Some people use these weeks to party and other people use them to relax.

Here are some examples of how the spring brake is:

THE PERFECT RELATIONSHIP

Well we went to a conference about “the prefect relationship” with Adriana Macias.

It was not only about relationships, she started talking about the self-esteem and that we have to accept ourselves and that we need to love us. Also she told us that about some values and a lot of different things. When she told us about the anorexia and bulimia was kind of boring because since I remember they give us this talk, so I was like “I already know this”. An interesting thing was when she told us about all the different kind of relationships, because I didn’t know that there were that much of relationships.

Also she told us her experience and all the things she has been through. So with that example now I know that I have everything I need and that if know I’m not interested in someone someday I will find someone I like, also I learn that maybe we don’t find our “media naranja” but that we would find someone I will feel good with.

I like the conference, first I thought it would be boring but no I learn something about it.