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<channel><title><![CDATA[Luz Miranda Spanish - Blog]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blog]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:48:32 -0500</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[BEING A MALE TEACHER, BEING A FEMALE TEACHER]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/being-a-male-teacher-being-a-female-teacher]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/being-a-male-teacher-being-a-female-teacher#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 23:39:34 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/being-a-male-teacher-being-a-female-teacher</guid><description><![CDATA[By:&nbsp; Prof. C&eacute;sar Antonio Uribe Neyra, M.EDA letter for Teachers&acute; Day&nbsp; - July 6th.Translated from the Spanish by&nbsp;Luz Miranda-Valencia, andpublished with gracious permission of the author.         Warmest greetings to Everybody!!!!!BEING A MALE TEACHER, BEING A FEMALE TEACHER&#8203;Not long ago, I wrote: &ldquo;Daily we see many teachers crossing and walking along streets in the city, but there are also many thousands of them who do not walk along streets, instead they  [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="4"><font color="#4caac9">By</font><font color="#626262">:&nbsp; Prof. C&eacute;sar Antonio Uribe Neyra, M.ED<br />A letter for Teachers&acute; Day&nbsp; - July 6th.</font></font><br /><font size="3">Translated from the Spanish by&nbsp;<em>Luz Miranda-Valencia</em>, and</font><br /><font size="3">published with gracious permission of the author.</font></h2>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/published/download.jpg?1594684421" alt="Picture" style="width:550;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="4">Warmest greetings to Everybody!!!!!</font><br />BEING A MALE TEACHER, BEING A FEMALE TEACHER<br /><br /><font size="4" color="#626262">&#8203;Not long ago, I wrote: <em>&ldquo;Daily we see many teachers crossing and walking along streets in the city, but there are also many thousands of them who do not walk along streets, instead they navigate rivers, walk through bridle paths, and many of them after many weeks of staying in their communities go down to a city or a populated area nearby. That teacher is the teacher who understands the commitment and spirit to be above those adverse conditions and is focused on teaching, and overcomes everything to be with the students&rdquo;. </em>&hellip; Nowadays, overnight, and for little more than 100 days now,&nbsp; many things have changed, and with those changes many of our teachers are not with us anymore. They stopped navigating our Amazonian rivers, they stopped walking through bridle paths; now at home, many are working hard to bring on-line or through other remote channels their teachings to the homes of each of their students. We can also say that today many suffer from the effects of this pandemic or have been infected.</font><br /><br /><font size="4" color="#626262">In spite of this situation,&nbsp; -and I state that our teachers are valuable and very important- they possess a mystic that maintains them in their fair fights for the welfare of education, as well as for their professional and personal development. To be a teacher today is to give oneself and to &nbsp;serve others, imparting instruction that enables the growth and development of the personality of the students. Our teachers overcome material and moral adversities that jeopardize their teachings. They encourage the growth of students as persons enabling the consolidation of their personality, so that it develops in a comprehensive manner and with integrity. To be a teacher in Peru demands double strength: ethical and moral. Ethical, because the teacher should maintain a steady attitude towards reflection, which means to observe, to assimilate, to analyze reality and then to determine those aspects that should be transformed. And it is moral, because teachers perform in a set of norms inspired by values that also regulate their attitudes and professional and personal behaviors.</font><br /><br /><font size="4"><font color="#626262">Having that in mind, they prepare by acquiring an inclusive view towards cultural, linguistic and geographical diversity, and also to respond to a diversity of subjective views and perspectives from the students. The challenges of the Peruvian reality require from them a commitment to transforming our education. That is not resolved only in one unique way. Not always the problem can be reduced to the economy as only factor, we should also have a vision and a conception of education. </font><strong>Do we educate to form persons or only to instruct them? What do we educate for? Do we educate to maintain the same reality and inequity? Do we educate to forge a more human, more equal, much more fair and participative society?</strong><br /><br /><font color="#626262">As we celebrate Teachers&acute; Day soon, we cannot fail to make a stop to reflect in solidarity on the situation that thousands of teachers are going through and suffering today. Let us join them by extending our hands -extending not only our financial resources but also our pedagogical ones. May our reflection turn into actions. Yet, it is also entirely appropriate to speak out, so that authorities may benefit them. We do know about the difficult situation of our country, we are all inside this difficult situation and, of course, so are our teachers. Through ethical, serious, intelligent and fair commitment to teaching practices we can contribute to changing education. Changes are achieved with a lot of hard work, changes are achieved with changes, and we should also go through changes in our minds and hearts. I think that we, the teachers, are called to bring about and become the agents of the historical changes necessary in the Peruvian education.</font><br /><br /><font color="#626262">Hugs,</font><br /><font color="#818181">C&eacute;sar<br />--------<br />About the author: Professor at The Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, College of Education. Professor of Philosophy of Education -Theory of Education and Educational Trends, Professor of the course Socio-Emotional Skills for the Diploma majoring in Educational Orientation, Tutoring and School Coexistence &ndash; Professor at the Master of Education, of the Contemporary Curriculum Policies Seminar. Professor at Antonio Ruiz Montoya University.</font></font></h2>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SER MAESTRO, SER MAESTRA]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/ser-maestro-ser-maestra]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/ser-maestro-ser-maestra#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/ser-maestro-ser-maestra</guid><description><![CDATA[Autor: Mag. C&eacute;sar Antonio Uribe NeyraCarta por el D&iacute;a del Maestro&nbsp; -6 de julio. &#8203;Publicada con permiso del autor.&nbsp;         Con aprecio para Todas y Todos!!!!!!SER MAESTRO, SER MAESTRA &nbsp;Hace no mucho escrib&iacute;a:&nbsp;&ldquo;Diariamente vemos muchos maestros que cruzan y transitan por las calles de la ciudad, pero existen tambi&eacute;n muchos miles de ellos que no transitan por calles, sino que navegan en r&iacute;os, caminan por caminos de herradura, y muc [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="4"><font color="#4caac9">Autor</font><font color="#626262">: Mag. C&eacute;sar Antonio Uribe Neyra</font></font><br /><font color="#626262" size="4">Carta por el D&iacute;a del Maestro&nbsp; -6 de julio. <br />&#8203;Publicada con permiso del autor.&nbsp;</font></h2>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/editor/download.jpg?1594191354" alt="Picture" style="width:550;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="4"><font color="#3f3f3f">Con aprecio para Todas y Todos!!!!!!</font><br /><font color="#2a2a2a">SER MAESTRO, SER MAESTRA &nbsp;</font></font><br /><br /><font size="4" style="color:rgb(98, 98, 98)">Hace no mucho escrib&iacute;a:&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;Diariamente vemos muchos maestros que cruzan y transitan por las calles de la ciudad, pero existen tambi&eacute;n muchos miles de ellos que no transitan por calles, sino que navegan en r&iacute;os, caminan por caminos de herradura, y muchos que luego de varias semanas de estar en sus comunidades bajan a una ciudad o a un centro poblado cercano. Ese maestro, es el maestro que, con vocaci&oacute;n y compromiso, sabe elevarse por encima de aquellas condiciones desfavorables para el ejercicio docente, y superan todo por estar con sus alumnos y alumnas.&rdquo;</em>&nbsp;&hellip; Hoy inesperadamente y desde hace un poco m&aacute;s de 100 d&iacute;as, muchas cosas han cambiado y con estos cambios, muchos de nuestros maestros ya no est&aacute;n con nosotros. Ellos, dejaron de navegar por nuestros r&iacute;os amaz&oacute;nicos, dejaron de caminar por aquellos caminos de herradura, hoy muchos en sus casas est&aacute;n esforz&aacute;ndose por llevar en forma virtual u otros medios remotos, sus ense&ntilde;anzas a casa de cada uno de sus alumnos y alumnas. Tambi&eacute;n hay que decir, que hoy muchos padecen los efectos de esta pandemia o sufren contagiados.&nbsp;</font><br /><br /><font size="4" style="color:rgb(98, 98, 98)">No obstante, la situaci&oacute;n, afirmo que nuestros maestros son valiosos y muy importantes, poseen una m&iacute;stica que los mantiene en sus justas luchas por el bienestar de la educaci&oacute;n, por su desarrollo profesional y personal. Ser docentes hoy, es entregarse en el servicio a los dem&aacute;s, ejerciendo una docencia que permite el crecimiento y desarrollo de la persona de sus estudiantes. Nuestros docentes se sobreponen a las adversidades materiales y morales que atentan contra su magisterio.&nbsp;Propician el crecimiento de la persona del estudiante al lograr que su personalidad se consolide, y se desarrolle de manera integral e integra.&nbsp;Ser maestro en el Per&uacute; exige una doble fortaleza: &eacute;tica y moral. &Eacute;tica porque debe estar en una permanente actitud de reflexi&oacute;n, que significa observar, asimilar, analizar la realidad y luego determinar aquellos aspectos que deben ser transformados. Y es moral, porque el maestro se desenvuelve dentro de un conjunto de normas inspiradas sobre valores que tambi&eacute;n regulan sus actitudes y comportamientos profesionales y personales.</font><br /><br /><font size="4" style="color:rgb(98, 98, 98)">Para ello, se preparan con una mirada inclusiva para la diversidad cultural, ling&uuml;&iacute;stica, geogr&aacute;fica y tambi&eacute;n para responder a una diversidad de miradas y perspectivas subjetivas de sus alumnos y alumnas. Los desaf&iacute;os de la realidad peruana exigen de su parte un compromiso con la transformaci&oacute;n de nuestra educaci&oacute;n, y ello no solo se resuelve de una sola manera, no siempre el problema se reduce a lo econ&oacute;mico como &uacute;nico factor, tambi&eacute;n debemos tener visi&oacute;n y concepci&oacute;n de la educaci&oacute;n.&nbsp;<strong>&iquest;Educamos para formar personas o solo para instruirlas? &iquest;Para qu&eacute; educamos? &iquest;Educamos para mantener la misma realidad e inequidad? o &iquest;Educamos para forjar una sociedad m&aacute;s humana, m&aacute;s equitativa, mucho m&aacute;s justa y participativa?</strong></font><br /><br /><font size="4" style="color:rgb(98, 98, 98)">Pr&oacute;ximos a recordar su d&iacute;a, no debemos dejar de hacer un alto para reflexionar solidariamente en la situaci&oacute;n que hoy viven y sienten miles de maestras y maestros.&nbsp; Sumarnos para extender nuestras manos, extender nuestros recursos no solo econ&oacute;micos sino tambi&eacute;n pedag&oacute;gicos. Que nuestra reflexi&oacute;n se transforme en acci&oacute;n. Pero, tambi&eacute;n es muy oportuno alzar nuestra voz, para que las autoridades los beneficien, sabemos de la dif&iacute;cil situaci&oacute;n del Pa&iacute;s, pero en esta dif&iacute;cil situaci&oacute;n estamos todos y naturalmente nuestros maestros. Podemos aportar al cambio de nuestra educaci&oacute;n con nuestro compromiso &eacute;tico, serio, inteligente y justo en el ejercicio de la docencia. Los cambios se logran con mucho trabajo, los cambios se logran con cambios, tambi&eacute;n debemos experimentar cambios en nuestra mente y en el coraz&oacute;n. Pienso que los maestros y maestras, estamos llamados a propiciar y ser agentes al mismo tiempo, de los cambios hist&oacute;ricos y necesarios en la educaci&oacute;n peruana.</font><font size="4" style="color:rgb(98, 98, 98)"> &nbsp;</font><br /><br /><span style="color:rgb(98, 98, 98)"><font size="4">Abrazos</font></span><br /><font color="#888888"><span><font size="4">C&eacute;sar&nbsp;</font><br />-------<br /><font size="4">Acerca del autor: Docente de la Facultad de Educaci&oacute;n de la Pontificia Universidad Cat&oacute;lica del Per&uacute;,</font> </span></font><font color="#818181"><font size="4">Profesor del curso de Filosof&iacute;a de la Educaci&oacute;n -Teor&iacute;a de la Educaci&oacute;n y corrientes educativas</font><br /><font size="4">Profesor del curso Habilidades Socio Emocionales del diploma de Especializaci&oacute;n en Orientaci&oacute;n Educativa, Tutor&iacute;a y Convivencia Escolar - Profesor en la Maestr&iacute;a de Educaci&oacute;n del curso Seminario de Pol&iacute;ticas curriculares contempor&aacute;neas. Profesor de la&nbsp;</font></font><font color="#888888" size="4">Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya.</font></h2>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[¡Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias!]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/feliz-dia-de-accion-de-gracias-2018]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/feliz-dia-de-accion-de-gracias-2018#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:12:17 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/feliz-dia-de-accion-de-gracias-2018</guid><description><![CDATA[por: Luz Miranda-Valencia         Fotograf&iacute;a de Luz Miranda-Valencia, "Centro de mesa en noviembre".  En estos momentos, en v&iacute;speras de otro cuarto jueves de noviembre, estoy contemplando el lindo centro de mesa que tenemos en el comedor ya desde principios de noviembre. Nos estamos preparando para celebrar el D&iacute;a de Acci&oacute;n de Gracias. Entonces, r&aacute;pidamente hecho una mirada al primer D&iacute;a de Acci&oacute;n de Gracias que fue celebrado en 1621 por los pereg [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="4"><font color="#4caac9">por:</font><font color="#a1a1a1"> Luz Miranda-Valencia</font></font></h2>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/img-8093_3_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="1" color="#626262">Fotograf&iacute;a de Luz Miranda-Valencia, "Centro de mesa en noviembre".</font></h2>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font color="#626262" size="3">En estos momentos, en v&iacute;speras de otro cuarto jueves de noviembre, estoy contemplando el lindo centro de mesa que tenemos en el comedor ya desde principios de noviembre. Nos estamos preparando para celebrar el D&iacute;a de Acci&oacute;n de Gracias. Entonces, r&aacute;pidamente hecho una mirada al primer D&iacute;a de Acci&oacute;n de Gracias que fue celebrado en 1621 por los peregrinos, y que dur&oacute; tres d&iacute;as.<br /><br />Ustedes se preguntar&aacute;n c&oacute;mo habr&aacute; sido &ndash;&iexcl;excelente pregunta!<br />Bueno, fue celebrado por unos 90 nativos norteamericanos y 53 peregrinos. Cuentan que en esa primera cena cuando se sentaron a comer, comieron bayas y otras frutas, jam&oacute;n, almejas, langosta, calabaza, calabac&iacute;n, carne de venado y aves acu&aacute;ticas.<br /><br />&#8203;- Y&hellip; &iquest;el pavo?&iquest;d&oacute;nde est&aacute;?&nbsp;<br />- Me alegra que lo pregunten. En realidad, no era com&uacute;n comer pavo en esta celebraci&oacute;n, sino hasta despu&eacute;s de 1800.<br />&nbsp;<br />Hoy en d&iacute;a, el D&iacute;a de Acci&oacute;n de Gracias es un feriado nacional en los Estados Unidos. Y algunas personas hasta pueden decir: &ldquo;&iexcl;Feliz D&iacute;a del Pavo!&rdquo; &iquest;Les suena esto raro? Lo que pasa es que hay gente a la que le gusta enfatizar &ldquo;la gran cena con el pavo&rdquo;. Pero la comida var&iacute;a tambi&eacute;n de casa en casa. Por ejemplo, hay gente a la que le gusta preparar pollo en aderezo o salsa de b&uacute;falo.<br />&nbsp;<br />En estos d&iacute;as de noviembre siempre me deleito con la variedad de pays &ndash;o pies&mdash; que puedo encontrar, &iexcl;pues miren este mapa!</font></h2>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/published/img-6727_3.jpg?1543105577" alt="Picture" style="width:430;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="2"><font color="#515151">(Traducci&oacute;n del mapa: Pays o pies favoritos en el d&iacute;a de acci&oacute;n de gracias:<br />1. Sweet potato = camote, 2. blackberry = zarzamora, 3. coconut cream = crema de coco, 4. key lime = lima, 5. pecan = pecana)<br /><br />&#8203;</font></font><br /><font color="#626262" size="3">Sin embargo, en esta celebraci&oacute;n lo m&aacute;s importante es el <em>Agradecimiento;&nbsp;</em>recordar que "siempre hay algo por lo que debemos estar agradecidos y que hay razones por las que debemos regocijarnos".</font><br /><br /><strong><font color="#a1a1a1"><font size="3">&nbsp; </font><em><font size="5">&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;No se aflijan por nada,<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; m&aacute;s bien pres&eacute;ntenselo<br />&#8203;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; todo a Dios en oraci&oacute;n,<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; p&iacute;danle<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; y tambi&eacute;n denle gracias&rdquo;.</font></em><br /><em><font size="4">&#8203;</font><br /><font size="4">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </font><font size="5">Filipenses 4:6</font></em></font></strong><br /><br /><font color="#626262" size="4">&#8203;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &iexcl;Les Deseo un Muy Feliz<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; y Bendecido D&iacute;a de Acci&oacute;n de Gracias!</font><br /><font color="#a1a1a1">&#8203;----------</font><br /><strong><font color="#a1a1a1"><font size="3">LuzMirandaSpanish:</font><br /><font size="2">Translation, Language Services</font></font><br /><font size="3"><font color="#a1a1a1">"Communicating Interculturally"<br />&#8203;----------</font></font></strong></h2>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Thanksgiving Day!]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/happy]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/happy#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/happy</guid><description><![CDATA[by: Luz Miranda-Valencia         Display on my dinner table in November, by Luz Miranda-Valencia  &#8203;Right now -on the eve of another fourth Thursday of November- I&acute;m contemplating the lovely display we&acute;ve had since the beginning of November on our dinner table. We&acute;re preparing ourselves to celebrate Thanksgiving, and this gives me a peek into the first thanksgiving that was celebrated in 1621 by the pilgrims, which lasted 3 days.You may wonder how it was &ndash;excellent q [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="4"><font color="#4caac9">by: </font><font color="#818181">Luz Miranda-Valencia</font></font></h2>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/img-8093_2_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="1">Display on my dinner table in November, by Luz Miranda-Valencia</font></h2>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font color="#626262">&#8203;<font size="3">Right now -on the eve of another fourth Thursday of November- I&acute;m contemplating the lovely display we&acute;ve had since the beginning of November on our dinner table. We&acute;re preparing ourselves to celebrate Thanksgiving, and this gives me a peek into the first thanksgiving that was celebrated in 1621 by the pilgrims, which lasted 3 days.<br /><br />You may wonder how it was &ndash;excellent question! Well, it was attended by about 90 Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims. It is said that at the first thanksgiving dinner when they sat down to eat, they ate berries, fruit, ham, clams, lobster, pumpkin, squash, venison and waterfowl.<br /><br />&#8203;But -where&acute;s the turkey? I&acute;m happy you asked! Really, eating turkey for this event was uncommon until after 1800.<br />&nbsp;<br />Nowadays, Thanksgiving is a national holiday. And some people may say: &ldquo;Happy Turkey Day!&rdquo; Does this sound weird to your ears? Actually, some people want to emphasize the big meal with turkey! But meal varies from household to household -for example, some people love preparing the buffalo chicken dip.<br />&nbsp;<br />All days of November, I&acute;m always delighted by the variety of pies I can find -just see on the map below!</font></font></h2>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/published/img-6727_2.jpg?1542859588" alt="Picture" style="width:446;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font color="#626262"><font size="3">But what&acute;s important is the attitude of</font><em> <font size="4">Gratitude</font> </em><font size="3">and to remember that "there&acute;s always something to be grateful for and reasons to rejoice."</font></font><br /><font size="3">&nbsp;</font><br /><strong><em><font color="#a88d2e">&nbsp; </font><font color="#a1a1a1">&nbsp; </font></em></strong><strong><em><font color="#a1a1a1">&nbsp;</font></em></strong><strong style=""><font color="#a1a1a1"><em style="">&nbsp;<font size="4" style="">&ldquo;In nothing be anxious<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;but in everything,&nbsp;<br />&#8203;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;by prayer and petition<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; with thanksgiving,<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; let your requests&nbsp;be made to God.&rdquo;</font></em><br /><br /><font size="4" style=""><em style="">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Philippians 4:6<br />&#8203;</em></font></font><br /><font size="3" style=""><font color="#a1a1a1">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><font color="#626262"> &nbsp; </font></font><font size="3" style="" color="#626262">Wish you a very happy<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and blessed Thanksgiving!</font></strong><br /><strong><font size="3" color="#a1a1a1">----------</font><br /><font color="#a1a1a1"><font size="3">LuzMirandaSpanish:</font><br /><font size="2">Translation, Language Services</font></font><br /><font size="3"><font color="#a1a1a1">"Communicating Interculturally"</font><br /><font color="#818181">----------</font></font></strong></h2>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA["THINK the FEELING, FEEL the THOUGHT​​​,"]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/march-28th-2018]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/march-28th-2018#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/march-28th-2018</guid><description><![CDATA[by Luz Miranda-Valencia         A reflection on&nbsp; #GunControlNow&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; #World&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; #EducationForAll&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;#Politics&#8203;&#8203;  Fragment of Introduction:&#8203;On&nbsp;February 14th 2018, in Parkland, Florida, we witnessed the cruel mass shooting at a high-school made by a former student expelled from the attacked school. After mourning their classmates and teachers, the survivors of that attack were mobilized by the model &ldquo;in service [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><a href="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/march-28th-2018"><font size="4"><font color="#4caac9">by </font><font color="#a1a1a1">Luz Miranda-Valencia</font></font></a></h2>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a href='https://edsurgeindependent.com/think-the-feeling-feel-the-thought-81c007adad78' target='_blank'> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/editor/thumbnail.jpg?1522260623" alt="Picture" style="width:551;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title" style="text-align:center;"><font color="#a1a1a1">A reflection on</font><br /><em><font size="4"><font color="#a1a1a1">&nbsp; #GunControlNow&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; #World&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; #EducationForAll&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;#Politics</font><br />&#8203;</font></em><em>&#8203;</em></h2>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="4" color="#626262"><strong><em style="">Fragment of Introduction:<br />&#8203;On&nbsp;February 14th 2018</em>, <em style="">in Parkland, Florida</em>,</strong> we witnessed the cruel mass shooting at a high-school made by a former student expelled from the attacked school. After mourning their classmates and teachers, the survivors of that attack were mobilized by the model &ldquo;in service of the public good.&rdquo; At the mass shooting, three faculty members from that school gave their lives to save students. So did Peter Wang, a 15-year-old high-schooler who was a member of the junior ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) and whose dream was to attend West Point Military Academy. Peter Wang helped fellow Parkland students escape gunfire by holding a door open for fellow students to escape. This tragedy has elicited survivor students to join for a change against gun violence and for the regulation of the purchase and possession of firearms -that right now is being discussed in all the United States of America. I have been overwhelmed by both the indifference to avoid more gun violence and the brave, gifted and justice-loving high-schoolers. Do we have to wait for tragedies to turn into the innovators for a big change? How can K-12 education deal with reality to let students and society be able to override gun violence to progress?&nbsp;</font><br /><br /></h2>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title" style="text-align:center;"><em><font color="#a1a1a1">Think the feeling, feel the thought;<br />may your verses settle down in earthly nests,<br />and when they rise up in flight to the heavens<br />past the clouds not go amiss.&nbsp;<br /><font size="4">(First stanza of the poem &ldquo;Poetic Creed,&rdquo; by Miguel de Unamuno, 1907)</font></font></em><br />&nbsp;<em><font size="4">Click <a href="https://edsurgeindependent.com/think-the-feeling-feel-the-thought-81c007adad78" target="_blank"><font color="#e05c5c"><strong>here</strong></font>&nbsp;</a>to continue the complete read posted on <a href="https://edsurgeindependent.com/think-the-feeling-feel-the-thought-81c007adad78" target="_blank"><font color="#a1a1a1">MEDIUM</font></a></font></em><br /><br /></h2>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><em><font size="5"><font color="#76cae9">---------</font><br /><font color="#a1a1a1">LuzMirandaSpanish:</font></font></em><br /><font size="4" style="color:rgb(161, 161, 161)">Translation, Language Services</font><br /><font size="4" style="color:rgb(161, 161, 161)">"Communicating Interculturally</font><font size="3"><font color="#a1a1a1">"</font><br /><font color="#76cae9">-----------</font></font></h2>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[LO QUE ME MOTIVA A SER VOLUNTARIA DE TRADUCTORES SIN FRONTERAS (TWB),]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/december-09th-2017]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/december-09th-2017#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2017 01:22:51 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/december-09th-2017</guid><description><![CDATA[por Luz Miranda-Valencia         Para cultivar el talento y lograr resultados de alta calidad se necesita mucho esfuerzo. La creatividad que exige la traducci&oacute;n para ser capaz de superar barreras ling&uuml;&iacute;sticas y problemas de comunicaci&oacute;n s&oacute;lo se puede lograr con la pr&aacute;ctica constante de las habilidades de expresi&oacute;n escrita, habilidades que las herramientas TAO (Traducci&oacute;n Asistida por Ordenador) -o herramientas TAC (Traducci&oacute;n Asistida  [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><strong><font size="4"><font color="#4caac9">por</font> </font></strong><font size="4"><font color="#818181">Luz Miranda-Valencia</font></font></h2>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:100px;padding-bottom:100px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/twb-translator-5_4_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph"><font color="#626262">Para cultivar el talento y lograr resultados de alta calidad se necesita mucho esfuerzo. La creatividad que exige la traducci&oacute;n para ser capaz de superar barreras ling&uuml;&iacute;sticas y problemas de comunicaci&oacute;n s&oacute;lo se puede lograr con la pr&aacute;ctica constante de las habilidades de expresi&oacute;n escrita, habilidades que las herramientas TAO (Traducci&oacute;n Asistida por Ordenador) -o herramientas TAC (Traducci&oacute;n Asistida por Computadora)- &uacute;nicamente podr&aacute;n imitar con bajo nivel si no cuentan con el asesoramiento de un traductor profesional.<br /><br />&nbsp;<br />Para un traductor profesional los plazos tambi&eacute;n son de gran repercusi&oacute;n. Cuando hay crisis humanitaria se tiene que ser r&aacute;pido y no se debe perder ni la calma ni el profesionalismo para comunicar con claridad y eficacia.&nbsp;<br /><br /><br />Yo disfruto mucho cuando hago voluntariado para Traductores Sin Fronteras (Translators Without Borders). Traductores Sin Fronteras es para m&iacute; una herramienta que me ayuda a mejorar mi rendimiento como traductora puntual y sobria para el mundo. Como voluntaria de esta organizaci&oacute;n tengo la oportunidad de trabajar con un equipo pujante que me estimula a ser una traductora en constante crecimiento capaz de lograr resultados sobresalientes no solo como profesional que posee m&aacute;s creatividad, sino tambi&eacute;n como ser humano con m&aacute;s sensibilidad.<br /><br />&nbsp;<br />Lo que hace a&uacute;n m&aacute;s impresionante a este trabajo es que aqu&iacute; dejo de pensar en mi misma. Veo a esta organizaci&oacute;n como un engranaje de lenguas que me plantea la pregunta: <strong style="">&ldquo;&iquest;Acaso el acceso a la informaci&oacute;n en la lengua adecuada no es un derecho humano cuando hay una crisis humanitaria?&rdquo;</strong><br /><br />&nbsp;<br />Me enorgullece pertenecer a Traductores Sin Fronteras porque pertenezco al equipo permanente que traduce para que la lengua adecuada en el momento adecuado pueda salvar y restaurar poblaciones en crisis, creando una cultura de paz y tolerancia.<br /><br />&nbsp;<br />El 5 de diciembre fue el d&iacute;a en que se celebr&oacute; el <strong style="">D&iacute;a Internacional de los Voluntarios</strong>, y el lema de este a&ntilde;o es <strong style="">&ldquo;Los voluntarios: primeros en actuar. Aqu&iacute;. En todas partes&rdquo;.</strong></font><br /><br /><font color="#626262">----------</font><br /><strong><font color="#a88d2e">Traductores Sin Fronteras (TWB, por sus siglas en ingl&eacute;s)</font></strong><font color="#626262"> es una organizaci&oacute;n sin fines de lucro que busca un mundo donde la informaci&oacute;n que salva vidas no conozca barreras ling&uuml;&iacute;sticas<strong>. </strong><br /><br />https://translatorswithoutborders,org/</font><br /><font color="#626262"><font size="4">----------</font><br /><strong><font size="4">Datos de la Autora: </font>Luz Miranda-Valencia</strong><font size="4">&nbsp;</font><font size="2">estudi&oacute; la carrera de Traducci&oacute;n (espa&ntilde;ol, ingl&eacute;s y alem&aacute;n), es Profesora de Lenguas Extranjeras, Correctora de Lengua y Estilo, Int&eacute;rprete de Idiomas, Consultora y Editora de esta p&aacute;gina web <strong>luzmirandaspanish.com</strong>. A ella le encanta cocinar comida org&aacute;nica todos los d&iacute;as. Naci&oacute; en Lima, Per&uacute;, ha vivido en Munich, Alemania, y actualmente reside en Tampa, Florida (EEUU).&nbsp;</font><br /><strong><font size="4">LuzMirandaSpanish:</font><br /><font size="2">Translation, Language Services</font></strong><br /><font size="1">M&aacute;s de 29 a&ntilde;os de experiencia&nbsp;<br /><strong>"La Comunicaci&oacute;n Intercultural"</strong></font><br /><font size="4">----------</font><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"></h2>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA["WHAT MOTIVATES ME AS A VOLUNTEER AT TRANSLATORS WITHOUT BORDERS,"]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/december-08th-2017]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/december-08th-2017#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 23:08:14 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/december-08th-2017</guid><description><![CDATA[by&nbsp;Luz Miranda-Valencia         Working to the highest standards and cultivating talent demand a lot of effort. Creativity&nbsp;needed in translation to overcome language barriers and solve communication problems is &nbsp;&nbsp;only achieved through the constant practice of writing skills, skills that Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools without a professional translator can&nbsp;only imitate at a lower level.&#8203;For professional translators, also deadlines are&nbsp;crucial. In time [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="wsite-content-title"><a href="https://41843271-350185640658454697.preview.editmysite.com/editor/main.php#"><font color="#4caac9"><font size="4">by&nbsp;</font></font></a><font color="#818181" size="4">Luz Miranda-Valencia</font></h2>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-medium " style="padding-top:100px;padding-bottom:100px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:10px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/twb-translator-5_5_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph"><font color="#a1a1a1"><font size="4">Working to the highest standards and cultivating talent demand a lot of effort. Creativity&nbsp;needed in translation to overcome language barriers and solve communication problems is &nbsp;&nbsp;only achieved through the constant practice of writing skills, skills that Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools without a professional translator can&nbsp;only imitate at a lower level.<br /><br /><br />&#8203;For professional translators, also deadlines are&nbsp;crucial. In times of humanitarian crisis, translators need to be fast without losing their&nbsp; temper and&nbsp;professionalism in order to communicate clearly and effectively.<br /><br /><br />I enjoy a lot when&nbsp;volunteering for Translators Without Borders (TWB). For me TWB is a tool that has&nbsp;sharpened my outcome as a punctual and sober world translator. As a volunteer, TWB has&nbsp;also given me the opportunity to work with a thriving team that promotes myself as a&nbsp;growing world-translator able to achieve outstanding outcomes not only as a professional&nbsp;with more creativity, but also as a more sensitive human being.<br /><br /><br />At TWB, I can think beyond&nbsp;myself, which &ndash;as it is well-known-&nbsp; makes accomplishes all the more impressive. I see this&nbsp;organization as a languages gear that raises the question: <strong>&rdquo;In a crisis, isn&acute;t information in the right language a&nbsp; human right?&rdquo;</strong><br /><br /><br />I am proud of being a volunteer at Translators Without&nbsp;Borders, because I belong to the permanent team that translates so the right language at the right time can&nbsp;save and restore populations in areas of crisis, establishing a culture of tolerance and&nbsp;peace.&nbsp;<br /><br />&#8203;<br />December 5th was the day to celebrate <strong>International Volunteer Day</strong> and the&nbsp;theme for this year is <strong>`Volunteers Act First. Here. Everywhere.&acute;&nbsp;</strong></font><br />&#8203;&#8203;<br />----------<br /><strong>Translators without Borders (TWB)</strong>&nbsp;is a non-profit organization that seeks a world in which life-saving knowledge knows no language barriers.</font></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="3">&#8203;https://translatorswithoutborders.org/</font><br /></h2>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><font size="2">---------</font><br /><strong><font size="3"><font color="#818181">About the author</font>:</font></strong><font size="2">&nbsp;<strong style="color:rgb(81, 81, 81)">Luz Miranda-Valencia</strong><span style="color:rgb(81, 81, 81)">&nbsp;is a&nbsp; Translator by training (English, Spanish, German), World Languages Teacher, Proofreader, Interpreter, Consultant and editor of&nbsp;</span><strong style="color:rgb(81, 81, 81)">luzmirandaspanish.com</strong><span style="color:rgb(81, 81, 81)">. She loves cooking organic food every day.&nbsp;</span><span style="color:rgb(81, 81, 81)">Born in Lima, Peru. Lived in Munich, Germany, and now resides in Tampa, Florida, U.S.A</span></font><br /><strong style="color:rgb(81, 81, 81)"><font size="3">LuzMirandaSpanish</font><font size="2">:</font><font size="1">&nbsp;</font><br /><font size="1">Translation, Language Services</font></strong><br /><font size="1"><font style="color:rgb(81, 81, 81)">Over 29 years of experience</font></font><br /><strong style="color:rgb(81, 81, 81)"><font size="1">"Communicating Interculturally"<br />&#8203;</font></strong><font size="3">--------</font></h2>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA["MOTHER EARTH´s APPENDIX,"                                      by Luz Miranda, professional translator from  Tampa, Florida]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/mother-earths-appendix-by-luz-miranda-professional-translator-residing-in-tampa-florida]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/mother-earths-appendix-by-luz-miranda-professional-translator-residing-in-tampa-florida#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 01:52:19 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/mother-earths-appendix-by-luz-miranda-professional-translator-residing-in-tampa-florida</guid><description><![CDATA[       It is clear that the sea surrounding Florida and the Caribbean belongs to a natural recycling area for renewal of the Earth in order to achieve the stability and balance of our planet&acute;s climate. For this reason, as there are great quantities of energy spread in the area at certain times of the year, Florida should not be a place to inhabit the whole year. Of course, there are exceptional places where people can escape major damage. Areas of certain elevation with hills and mountains [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/img-4716-3_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title"><br /><br /><font color="#a1a1a1"><font size="4">It is clear that the sea surrounding Florida and the Caribbean belongs to a natural recycling area for renewal of the Earth in order to achieve the stability and balance of our planet&acute;s climate. For this reason, as there are great quantities of energy spread in the area at certain times of the year, Florida should not be a place to inhabit the <u>whole</u> year. Of course, there are exceptional places where people can escape major damage. Areas of certain elevation with hills and mountains where people can be safe in times of cyclones and hurricanes &ndash;as I see in the case of Cuba and Puerto Rico, for example. The Cuban mountains can reach up to about 6600 feet (2000 meters) above sea level, while the ones in Puerto Rico can be as high as about 4,266 feet (1300 meters) above sea level.</font><br /><font size="4">&nbsp;</font><br /><font size="4">When you read about the geography and geology of Florida, you can conclude that Florida is a &ldquo;swamp;" it is a place for only alligators, lizards, in fact, for the local flora and fauna. Florida should be exclusively a resort place for vacations and a place for ecological research in mild seasons of the year. In Tampa, Florida &ndash;where I live&mdash; the mild season is from November to May. It is very warm and hot from May on, and we depend a lot on air conditioning.</font><br /><font size="4">&nbsp;</font><br /><font size="4">People have not been properly informed about coming to live in Florida, since living and </font><u><font size="4">staying the whole year</font></u> <font size="4">in Florida can be very dangerous. There are places in Florida that remind me of some places of Lima, Peru -my homeland-, where some negligent people without municipal permit build houses on the dangerous banks of rivers although they know they are going against the local law and the laws of nature&nbsp; -so, in Lima every year or almost every year, during the rainy season landslides &ldquo;<em>huaycos</em>&rdquo; appear and destroy everything. In the case of Florida, the rulers have been intimidated and/or tempted by the money of rich land developers and knowingly have accepted the construction of whole cities. I support this idea, because geographical and geological research must have been done before permits for construction were given.<br /><br />&#8203;I have found that tropical cyclones or hurricanes are important, because they have an important function in our planet, as stated in the following:<br />&#8203;</font><font size="3">&ldquo;Though their effects on human populations are often devastating, tropical &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;cyclones can relieve&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought">drought</a>&nbsp;conditions. They also carry heat energy away from the tropics and transport it toward&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate">temperate</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude">latitudes</a>, which may play an important role in modulating regional and global&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate">climate</a>.&rdquo;<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a></font><br /><font size="4">&nbsp;</font><br /><font size="4">As I deep-dived into my thoughts, I remembered that the infinite wisdom of the Eternal &ndash;God&mdash;lovingly takes care of us and knows what to do to make creation perfect. So, that praiseworthy work that that infinite wisdom of the Eternal has done in our bodies came to my mind, and I was reminded of the appendix. The following&nbsp; might be a weird parallelism for you, however, let me explain it to you.</font><br /><br /><font size="4">When I was twelve years old, one of my beloved cousins was rushed to a clinic for emergency surgery after suffering appendicitis. When I asked why that had happened to her, because she was so young, an adult told me that there was no explanation. Likewise, when I asked what the appendix was for, since it was removed from her, they told me that the appendix was a remnant of ancient humans and indeed nobody knew what it was for, and also that during the process of evolution it had lost its real purpose.<br />&#8203;The appendix is a small organ of about 2.756 inches to 3.15 inches (7 to 8 centimeters) long and of 0.157 inch to 0.315 inch (4 to 8 millimeters) in diameter, it sits in the lower right abdomen and is a small attachment connected to the caecum that has the shape of a finger.<br /><br />&#8203;For decades, I thought that a better answer was still pending. Nevertheless, as decades went by, I was pleasantly surprised when I read in the news that they had just discovered that the appendix did actually have a function, and a crucial one. In 2007, a prestigious American university, Duke University, discovered the following about the appendix and its function:<br />&#8203;</font><font size="3">&ldquo;Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the appendix now appears to have a &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; reason to be - as a "safe house" for the beneficial bacteria living in the human gut. The gut is populated with different microbes that help the digestive system break down the foods we eat. In return, the gut provides nourishment and safety to the bacteria. Parker now believes that the immune system cells found in the appendix are there to protect, rather than harm, the good bacteria.&rdquo;<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a></font><br /><font size="4">&nbsp;</font><br /><font size="4">A catastrophe is to come to some parts of Florida this first week of September of 2017, with global warming it becomes imperative that city life be adapted and made according to what mother nature -who cries out for the reconsideration of its existence- demands. The Earth, our planet, needs to recycle itself constantly. Consistently, we see that it has its own defense mechanism to guarantee the life of future generations. Let us not forget that ancient native American proverb: &ldquo;We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." &nbsp;May the infinite wisdom of the Eternal, for its love, bless the creation always. &nbsp;</font></font><br /><br /><font size="4">&nbsp;----------</font><br /><font color="#3387a2"><a href="#_ftnref1"><font size="4">[1]</font></a><font size="4"> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone&nbsp;</font><br /><a href="#_ftnref2"><font size="4">[2]</font></a></font><font size="4"><font color="#3387a2"> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071008102334.htm</font><br /><font color="#a9e4f8">----------</font></font><br /><font color="#a1a1a1"><em><font size="5">LuzMirandaSpanish:</font></em><br /><font size="4">Translation, Language Services</font><br /><font size="4">"</font><font size="3">Communicating Interculturally"</font></font><br /><br /><strong><font color="#a9e4f8" size="4">----------</font></strong></h2>  <div class="paragraph"></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Apéndice de la Madre Tierra]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/september-08th-2017]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/september-08th-2017#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2017 05:01:16 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/blog/september-08th-2017</guid><description><![CDATA[por:&nbsp;Luz Miranda-Valencia,&nbsp;traductora profesional residente de Tampa, Florida           Foto de la bah&iacute;a de Tampa, Florida, en enero de 2017, tomada por Luz Miranda-Valencia&#8203;Simplemente este mar de Florida y del Caribe es una zona de reciclaje o de renovaci&oacute;n para el logro de la estabilidad y balance clim&aacute;tico del planeta, por lo tanto, como hay un gran despliegue de energ&iacute;a en este mar en ciertas temporadas del a&ntilde;o, en Florida no deber&iacute;a [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><strong><font color="#76cae9"><font size="4">por</font>:&nbsp;</font></strong><font color="#a1a1a1" size="4">Luz Miranda-Valencia</font><font size="5" color="#a1a1a1"><strong style="">,</strong><strong style="">&nbsp;</strong></font><font color="#a1a1a1" size="4">traductora profesional residente de Tampa, Florida</font></div>  <div class="paragraph"></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:right"> <a> <img src="https://www.luzmirandaspanish.com/uploads/4/1/8/4/41843271/fullsizerender-7_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title" style="text-align:left;"><font color="#626262"><font size="2" style="">Foto de la bah&iacute;a de Tampa, Florida, en enero de 2017, tomada por Luz Miranda-Valencia<br />&#8203;</font><br /><font size="4" style="">Simplemente este mar de Florida y del Caribe es una zona de reciclaje o de renovaci&oacute;n para el logro de la estabilidad y balance clim&aacute;tico del planeta, por lo tanto, como hay un gran despliegue de energ&iacute;a en este mar en ciertas temporadas del a&ntilde;o, en Florida no deber&iacute;a vivir la gente durante</font>&nbsp;<u style=""><font size="4">todo</font></u><font size="4" style=""> el a&ntilde;o. La excepci&oacute;n para que la gente no sufra mayores estragos es solo all&iacute; donde hay lugares de altura, con cerros y monta&ntilde;as donde la gente puede estar a salvo en &eacute;pocas de ciclones o huracanes, como veo que es el caso de Cuba y Puerto Rico, por ejemplo. Las monta&ntilde;as cubanas pueden llegar a ser de hasta 2.000 metros de altura sobre el nivel del mar y las portorrique&ntilde;as llegan a m&aacute;s de 1.300 metros sobre el nivel del mar.&nbsp;</font><br /><br /><font size="4" style="">Si se lee sobre la geograf&iacute;a y geolog&iacute;a de Florida se puede llegar a concluir que Florida es un "pantano", una zona donde solo deben vivir los lagartos, las lagartijas, en fin, la flora y la fauna designadas para este lugar. Florida deber&iacute;a ser solamente un lugar de esparcimiento para vacacionar y tambi&eacute;n un lugar de estudio ecol&oacute;gico durante las estaciones </font><u style=""><font size="3">benignas</font></u><font size="4" style=""> del a&ntilde;o. En Tampa, Florida -donde resido-, el buen tiempo es de noviembre a mayo. Hace mucho calor a partir de mayo y dependemos much&iacute;simo del aire acondicionado.</font><br /><font size="4" style="">&nbsp;</font><br /><font size="4" style="">No se ha informado adecuadamente a la gente para que venga&nbsp; a vivir a Florida porque </font><u style=""><font size="4">quedarse todo</font></u><font size="4" style=""><u>&nbsp;el a&ntilde;o</u>&nbsp;en Florida puede ser muy peligroso. Hay lugares de Florida que me recuerdan a lugares de Lima, Per&uacute; -mi tierra natal-, donde hay gente negligente que sin permiso municipal construye casas en riberas peligrosas a sabiendas de que est&aacute;n yendo contra la ley local y las leyes de la naturaleza&hellip; as&iacute;, en Lima, cada a&ntilde;o o casi todos los a&ntilde;os viene el huayco y se lleva todo. En el caso de Florida, los gobernantes se han dejado amedrentar y/o tentar por el dinero de los empresarios due&ntilde;os de constructoras, los llamados </font><em style=""><font size="4">land developers</font></em><font size="4" style="">, porque a sabiendas han dejado que construyan ciudades enteras&ndash; y digo esto porque anticipadamente tienen que haber hecho estudios geogr&aacute;ficos y geol&oacute;gicos.<br /><br />Investigando encontr&eacute; que es importante que haya estos ciclones y huracanes porque tienen una importante funci&oacute;n en nuestro planeta, como lo que dice a continuaci&oacute;n:</font><br /><font size="2" style="">&ldquo;Aunque sus efectos en las poblaciones y barcos pueden ser catastr&oacute;ficos, los ciclones tropicales pueden reducir los efectos de una&nbsp;<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequ%C3%ADa">sequ&iacute;a</a>. Adem&aacute;s, transportan el calor de los tr&oacute;picos a latitudes m&aacute;s templadas, lo que hace que sean un importante mecanismo de la&nbsp;<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulaci%C3%B3n_atmosf%C3%A9rica">circulaci&oacute;n atmosf&eacute;rica</a>&nbsp;global que mantiene en equilibrio de la&nbsp;<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposfera">troposfera</a>&nbsp;y mantiene relativamente estable y c&aacute;lida la temperatura terrestre&rdquo;. <a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a></font><br /><br /><font size="4" style="">Por otra parte, record&eacute; que la infinita sabidur&iacute;a de lo eterno -Dios- nos cuida con amor y sabe c&oacute;mo hacer para que la creaci&oacute;n siga siendo perfecta. Tambi&eacute;n vino a mi mente el gran trabajo realizado en nuestros cuerpos por esa infinita sabidur&iacute;a de lo eterno, y entonces me acord&eacute; del ap&eacute;ndice. Quiz&aacute; les parezca un paralelo extra&ntilde;o, sin embargo, perm&iacute;tanme explicarlo.</font><br /><font size="4" style="">&nbsp;</font><br /><font size="4" style="">Cuando ten&iacute;a doce a&ntilde;os una de mis queridas primas fue llevada de emergencia a una cl&iacute;nica para ser operada del ap&eacute;ndice. Cuando pregunt&eacute; por qu&eacute; le hab&iacute;a sucedido eso siendo ella tan joven, me dijeron que no hab&iacute;a explicaci&oacute;n; y cuando pregunt&eacute; para qu&eacute; serv&iacute;a el ap&eacute;ndice pues ella ya no lo ten&iacute;a debido a su apendicitis y extracci&oacute;n, me dijeron que el ap&eacute;ndice era un rezago del ser&nbsp;humano primitivo, que en realidad nadie sab&iacute;a para qu&eacute; serv&iacute;a y que durante la evoluci&oacute;n se hab&iacute;a perdido su verdadera funci&oacute;n. Como es de saber, el ap&eacute;ndice es un &oacute;rgano peque&ntilde;o de entre siete a ocho cent&iacute;metros de largo y de cuatro a ocho mil&iacute;metros de di&aacute;metro que se ubica en la parte inferior derecha del abdomen, es una prolongaci&oacute;n del ciego y tiene la forma de un dedo.<br /><br />&#8203;Por d&eacute;cadas pens&eacute; que no se me hab&iacute;a dado la mejor respuesta y que a&uacute;n estaba pendiente. No obstante, con el paso de las d&eacute;cadas, fue grata mi sorpresa cuando le&iacute; en una noticia que se acababa de descubrir que el ap&eacute;ndice, efectivamente, s&iacute; ten&iacute;a una funci&oacute;n, y de vital importancia.</font><br /><font size="4" style="">Una prestigiosa universidad estadounidense, <em>Duke University</em>, descubri&oacute;<br />-entre 2007 y 2009- lo siguiente sobre el ap&eacute;ndice:</font><br /><font size="2" style=""><strong>(&hellip;) la principal funci&oacute;n del ap&eacute;ndice es la de albergar bacterias</strong>, las cuales componen la flora intestinal y cumplen funciones fundamentales en nuestro organismo. Es decir, su funci&oacute;n principal es la de hacer posible que determinados microbios puedan crecer para controlar y estimular la acci&oacute;n de nuestra flora intestinal,&nbsp;</font><strong style=""><font size="1">permitiendo la regulaci&oacute;n de las funciones de nuestra flora intestinal</font></strong><font size="2" style="">&nbsp;ante el menor riesgo de infecci&oacute;n en nuestro colon o en nuestro intestino. Nos encontramos, por tanto,</font><font size="1" style="">&nbsp;<strong>ante un &oacute;rgano cuya funci&oacute;n principal es de tipo inmunol&oacute;gico</strong></font><font size="2" style="">. De hecho, &iquest;sab&iacute;as que forma parte de nuestro sistema linf&aacute;tico? En palabras de los investigadores,</font><font size="1" style="">&nbsp;<strong>al parecer el ap&eacute;ndice actuar&iacute;a como un refugio para bacterias buenas</strong></font><font size="2" style="">, las cuales nuestro organismo puede utilizar para &lsquo;reiniciar&rsquo; al intestino luego de un ataque de c&oacute;lera o de disenter&iacute;a</font><font size="1" style="">.<a href="#_ftn1">[2]</a></font><br /><font size="4" style="">&nbsp;</font><br /><font size="4" style="">La cat&aacute;strofe en algunas partes de Florida se avecina en esta primera semana del mes de setiembre de 2017, y con el calentamiento global es imperioso que se adecue y adapte la vida en las ciudades conforme a lo que nos exige hoy la madre naturaleza, que clama por la reconsideraci&oacute;n de su existencia. La Tierra, nuestro hogar, necesita reciclarse de manera permanente. Constantemente vemos que tiene su propio mecanismo de defensa para garantizar la vida de las pr&oacute;ximas generaciones. No olvidemos un antiguo proverbio de los pueblos nativos de Norteam&eacute;rica: &ldquo;<em style="">No heredamos la Tierra de nuestros ancestros, la prestamos de nuestros hijos</em>&rdquo;.&nbsp; Que la infinita sabidur&iacute;a de lo eterno en su amor bendiga siempre su creaci&oacute;n.</font></font><br /><br />----------<br /><font color="#626262"><font size="3"><a href="https://41843271-350185640658454697.preview.editmysite.com/editor/main.php#_ftnref1">[1]</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicl%C3%B3n_tropical">https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicl%C3%B3n_tropical</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;</font></font><br /><font size="3"><font color="#626262"><a href="#_ftnref1">[2]</a> <a href="https://www.natursan.net/para-que-sirve-el-apendice-sus-funciones-principales/">https://www.natursan.net/para-que-sirve-el-apendice-sus-funciones-principales/</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;</font><br />&#8203;----------------</font><br /><font color="#a1a1a1"><strong><font size="4">About the author:&nbsp;</font></strong><em><font size="3">Luz Miranda-Valencia</font></em></font><font size="4"><font color="#a1a1a1"> is the editor of&nbsp;luzmirandaspanish.com</font></font><strong><font color="#a1a1a1">,&nbsp;</font></strong><font size="4"><font color="#a1a1a1">her website. She&acute;s a professional Freelance Translator (Spanish, English, German) and World Languages Teacher too. Born in Lima, Peru. Lived in Munich, Germany, and now resides in Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.&nbsp;</font><br /><font color="#a1a1a1">-------------</font></font><br /><font color="#a1a1a1"><em><font size="5">LuzMirandaSpanish:</font></em><br /><font size="4">Translation, Language Services</font><br /><font size="3">"La Comunicaci&oacute;n Intercultural"</font><br /><strong><font size="4">-------------</font></strong></font></h2>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>