HARLEM SHAKE
By Amanda Garrido

It is a mad dance that you do if you're against something or if you are angry. His creator is a New Yorker called Baauer who did that for first time one year ago. The song begins " With the terrorists ... " that gives step to a choreography with a men who appears, with a mask, and he starts dancing alone and the other people stays quiet or doing normal things. Fifteen seconds later, the volume falls down and a voice in English says " Do the Harlem Shake ". And then, people turn up mad. Here is a summary of the best Harlem Shakes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCe4mt4YAOA

MAJDU'S TALES

By Majdouline Benzina


HUMMINGBRID - MAJDU AND JUDITH

CHAPTER ONE

“SUMMER”

I wake up in the morning, at 6:00. It’s my first day of class and I’m very nervous, because I was waiting all the summer to see Violett again. She’s the prettiest girl in my class and in all the world!

Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself.
My name is Ian and I’m 16 years old. I was born in a little hospital in Wyoming, USA. I live with my mum, my dad and my little sister Clea. My friends say that I’m very tall and I could be a basketball player, but I hate all sports. I’m good at sports but I never practice them after classes because it’s a big responsibility for me. I prefer staying at home and read some books who talk about fantasy and adventures.

In the past, all the girls in my class, said that I’m very handsome, that my brown hair is very shiny and when they talk about my eyes, they smile and all of them wait to meet my eyes. But now… the “bad boys” are very jealous of me, and they talk to all the class about how stupid, ill and ugly I am. But I prefer that, because now the girls take me alone and I’m very happy with my books.

Now, the only girl in my heart and mind is Violett. She is very beautiful, she’s got blond hair, brown eyes who look like honey and she’s very intelligent. She loves a little bird, a hummingbird, very much and all the days after school, she goes to a pet shop special for birds to buy all the things that her bird needs.

When I take the bus at 7:30, I’ve been waiting to see Violett, because she goes to school on the same bus that I take. But today, I haven’t been very lucky. I saw Violett, but out of the bus, she was going to school by bicycle.
On the blackboard of my new class, I can see that I’m at the back of the class and next to the windows, and on my right side, my good friend Dan. Behind me, one of the “bad boys”, Koza Anchundia, and in front of me, Aeryn. She is my best friend among the girls, because though the “bad boys” spoke badly of me, she defended me and she stayed on my side.

I wish, I can say Hello! to Violett without becoming red and doing ridiculous things. And, though I think that it’s impossible, be the better and the only best friend of Violett.
I coudn't remember why, but i thing that I saw Violett in another place when I was too young.


CHAPTER TWO

"HUMMINGBIRD"

Hi, my name is Violett, yes, with two "T". My dad was a little crazy but a very good person, he had chosen my name.
I was born in London, UK.
When I was five years old, my father died in a traffic accident.
After that, my mum, my brother Andrew and I, we went to Mills, a town next to Casper, in Wyoming, USA. The reason is because my grandmother lives there. I didn't agree to leave there, but then, I liked the idea of decorating my room.
Now, I'm 16 years old. One of the things I remember with happiness it was when I found a little hummingbird with a broken wing in my garden. I took care of him, and I named him. Since that, seven years have gone by and the bird continues in my house though her wing is cured.
Another thing I remember is my friend Ian. I met him after I came to USA. I was playing alone in the garden, when he came in chasing a beetle.
- Hello, what are you doing here all alone?- he said.
- I'm playing with the grass.
-The grass? But this is so boring! Do you want to come with me and try to catch some beetle?
- OK! My name is Violett, and yours?
- Ian.
After this, every afternoon, we went together to a little mountain next to my house. One day, i said to him that my birthday was the next day, and he said he would come. I was excited to celebrate my birthday with him, but he did not show up. He never again came back to my house.


CHAPTER THREE
“VIOLETT AND THE BAD BOYS”
I’m in the school, I’m parking my bicycle in front of the school.
Every step I do, I feel that this year will be a grate year. I don’t know why but I feel it.
I was just to enter to the classroom when the Bad boys called me to talk. I was impressed because I didn’t usually talk with them. I was curious.
- Hey Violett! – said Facundo, the boss of the Bad boys team).
- What happends? – I said.
- Nothing, I want to know what you did on holydays, after the party.
- What party?
- The party in the beach, do you remember? 24 of june!
- Mmm… I don’t remember, I have foggy memories about that day.
- Really? You don’t remember that day? The things that happened…?
Ring! The bell rang to enter classes.
I was goig to the class when Koza Anchundia, the Chinese with a sling, took my hand.
- Answer! – said Koza.
- I have to go to class! – I said
After classes I went to the cafeteria for buy lunch. I saw Ian but I was a little angry with him and I don’t say anything.
Just leaving the cafeteria, I saw Bad boys waiting for me. I was afraid.
- Answer the fucking question! – cried Koza.
He took my hand very strongly. I was very afraid.
- Don’t touch her! – said a boy.
I was surprised because when I turned around, my heart stopped.
The boy was Ian.
Ring ring! The breaking time had ended. The teachers called the Bad boysto go to class, Ian and me were alone.
- Are you okay, Violett?- said Ian.
- Y..yes- I said.
- Sure?-he took my hand gently and we went to class.


CHAPTER FOUR
“HISTORY CLASS”
When I realized it, I was holding Violett’s hand. Little by little I left the hand of Violett and we went to history class.
I was red, very red, but luckily Violett didn’t see me.
I set down in my chair, and when the teacher said Good afternoon, I slept.
I forgot how I had arribed to a tree… I saw everything foggy. I was nervous.
Suddenly I felt like gravity acted against me. I fell on the road, I listen to a mix of motors of cars and voices of humans. Little by little I reconised a sweet voice of a teenager .
Slowly I was getting my sight back. I was scared because I didn’t understand anything, I got up in the hands of a pretty girl. She had soft hands and when I rose my head to know who she was, I was surprised, the teenager was a pretty girl with honey eyes.


CHAPTER FIVE
“I DON’T UNDERSTAND”
Violett!
I felt very smell, i saw Violett very big. She had bandages in her hands and she had a worried face. She took my… my wing?! I’m not well, I hallucinating. She caressed me. What’s happening? I’m crazy? I only know that Violett is very beautiful even with a worried face. I was impressed, her eyes are very big, I can see every feeling, every thought, each tear… I saw reflected in her dreamy eyes. I can’t see Ian, I see a hummingbird with a poisoned wing. I was paralyzed, observing her lovely face, her long eyelashes that move with grace when blinking. Her white skin, soft and smoth with a few freckeles witch decorate her beautiful face. She left me in a soft jail, with large bars, underfloor newspaper and a small bowl of water. She left.
I was so tired, I slept.
Screams woke me. The screams came from a woman who she’s very angry.
- Your father died because of you! No use of you! I hate you! – said the woman.
- But mum! – said a sweet voice.
- Shut up! I’m not listening you! La la la – answered the woman.
- Mum! – cried the sweet voice, Violettt.
The silence flooded the room. Finally the silence broke with the cries of Violett. She approached me, she took me and she started to talk about her mom.
- I know that you see, but my mum is a very good person, she loves me and is very affectionate. She’s upset for the death of my father and she has to take some pills. If she doesn’t take her pills she’s very angry and sad. Forgive.
She continued crying. I can’t talk. Suddenly I knew what I had to do. I approached her cheek and I started to sing a lovely song. I didn’t know what I sang, but she raised her head and smiled with the tears down her cheek. She kissed me and said:
- This song… it’s the song that my father sang the day of my birthday, and when we come to USA, I met an important person for me, Ian, who disappeared on my birthday day. – My heart stopped. – He forgot that day… I was waiting for him to my house and to be together… I was very much in love, but he never said nothing to me. I’m a little angry with him. Today is the first day that he is taked to me. I was nervous and when he took my hand suddenly stopped.
Sorry, just saying nonsense, sorry…
She fell asleep. I was all the night observing her face and thinking about she was dreaming.


CHAPTER SIX
“FREE, IRREAL DREAM”
Now, I remember it, I was searching a beetle and when I realized I was lost between houses that I couldn’t remember. Then, I heard a voice singing a lovely song and I tried to go to the person who was singing and ask how to return to my house.
Then, I was surprised, a beautiful girl was playing with the grass and accidentally I felt in her garden.
- Hello, what are you doing here all alone? – I said.
- I’m playing with the grass. - She said.
- The grass? But is so boring! Do you want to come with me and try to catch some beetle?
- OK! My name is Violett, and yours?
- Ian. – When I heard her name, definitely I fall in love with her.
After this, every afternoon, we went together to a little mountain next to her house. One day, she said that her birthday was the next day, and I said I would come. But…
- Where are you going? Said my mum.
- To celebrate Violett’s birthday!
- Who is Violett?
- A new girl in town, she comes from Brittan and she…
- WHAT!? I prohibe you to talkwith her again! Her father was a very good person, but her mother… she’s crazy! If I know that you turned to meet Violett again, you’re going to be without dessert all your life!
Now, I know how Violett felt all this years, and why she hates me.
The days passed after my mum shouted me, and I forget those happy days, the happy days who Violett dreamed to life once again.
I woke up just before Nana, the grandmother of Violett, was entering the room.
- Now… we’re all alome my darling Ian… - said Nana. How she knows that I’m the hummingbird?
- I doesn’t like that the boys enter the rooms od the girls! Because of it, I’m going to deliver you to DINO!
Dino? Who is dino? I was very afraid! Nana is a grandmother, and the grandmothers are lovely, not?
Dino was a dinosaur!!
- I’m going to squash you like an ant! – He said before trod me.


CHAPTER SEVEN
“THE GIFT”
- Noo!! – Ian shouted in the middle of the class.
I was surprised. I never seen before, someone shouting like that. All the class started laughing at him, and the Bad boys, took advantage of that opportunity to leave him in ridiculously.
- Hello, my name is Ian and I’m sleeping on history class because I was thinking all the night with Violett! – said Facundo.
- Don’t say stupidities Facundo! – shouted Aeryn.
- Yes, you’re the only stupid here! – I said to Facundo.
Aeryn and I, shared our first time together in the hallway, and Facundo took to the principal’s room.
- Well, thank you to defend me Violett…
- Nothing, nothing. Because of the Bad boys I had a lot of troubles this week… Aeryn, can I ask you a question?
- Yes, of course!
- Are you in love with Ian?
- No… yes… I don’t know… WAIT! How did you know that?
- Because any girl in our class would have dared to stand up to Facundo, and less to defend Ian.
- You think so… I know a girl that yes. You. I’ll leave you Ian, but only because I want the best for my best friend Ian.
I could see the tears in her eyes, truing to get it out, and then, the only tinhg that I could do was, hug. She started to cry, and after, me too.
- Why are you crying? – said Aeryn between hiccups.
- And you?
And we started laughing.
After that, me and Aeryn became inseparable friends, and two days later, I found a small box in the bike basket. The box had a letter who put:
“The gift that I could never give up to you”
A beautiful hummingbird-shaped necklace was inside the box. Silent tears down my cheek.
I realized that I had to return to the little mountain next to my house. I took my bike, and I started to ran like I’ve never done.
And there it was, the reason of my happy days, probably, the most important person in my life after my dad. Ian.
- You’ve finally arrived, I was scared that you doesn’t come.
Now, the tears doesn’t stop. I couldn’t be more happier. I dropped the bike and I ran to the person who would be by my side for the rest of my life.

THE END

FUNNY FALLS
By Amanda Garrido
If you look for 'funny falls' at Youtube, probably
you will laugh a lot with all of them. Funny
falls is about people falling or doing silly things.
People collect different videos on Internet and
upload all of them together to Youtube.

Here it is the link of the funny fallings dancing: Enjoy it!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LjyU3_8MVo

TOP 5 BEST GAME SEQUELS

By Dieter Englert

NUMBER 5!
Mass Effect 2
The first Mass Effect is a great game, no question, which is why it’s so impressive that Bioware managed to top it in almost every conceivable way. Gone were the dry repetitive side-missions, replaced with more story driven and consequential affairs, that were just as compelling as the main plot.
Combat also received a massive overhaul, in the first game combat was merely tolerated in order to continue to story, not so in Mass Effect 2. Shooting felt fast and fluid, something to be enjoyed on its own merit, while offering more replay value to a game that was already bursting with reasons to visit it again and again.

NUMBER 4!
Borderlands 2

Borderlands managed to gain a good amount of fans with its first outing back in 2009, but it failed to break through into the realm of Triple A status due to a lack of variety and bland characters. Luckily Gearbox Software knew exactly this and set about addressing these issues in a major way with the follow up. Fantastic writing brought the world of Panadora to life and the huge selection of enemies to blast through, ensured the substantial 20-30 hours needed to complete the game felt far less of a drag. It didn’t quite live up to its promise of a bazillion guns but we’ll let them off, this time.

NUMBER 3!
Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption didn’t break cover until 2009, when it did the influence of certain other Rockstar franchise was clear to see. Far more than just Grand Theft Auto IV on horses though, Rockstar described Red Dead as “more ambitious than GTA IV” and “the ultimate open world game”. Whether it lived up to those bold statements is up for debate, but what isn’t questionable, is the gigantic leap made in this sequel.

NUMBER 2!
Uncharted 2
Naughty Dog’s first foray onto the PS3 raised the bar for presentation in videogames, but was criticized for lacking any new ideas of its own.

While it’s true Uncharted 2 borrowed numerous elements from other games, it managed to stitch them altogether seamlessly, creating an experience that felt unlike anything gamers had experience before. Naughty Dog had proved it is possible to be a master of all trades, producing what many people regard as the best game of the current generation.

NUMBER 1!!!

Assassin's Creed 2

The first Assassin’s Creed game was an interesting, ambitious but ultimately a flawed experience, the concept was fantastic but the unlike Altair, Ubisoft didn’t quite nail the execution. In truth the improvements necessary to take Assassin’s Creed 2 into blockbuster territory were obvious.
The first Assassin’s Creed game was an interesting, ambitious but ultimately a flawed experience, the concept was fantastic but the unlike Altair, Ubisoft didn’t quite nail the execution. In truth the improvements necessary to take Assassin’s Creed 2 into blockbuster territory were obvious.

Arguably the real star of the second game wasn’t the improved gameplay, story, or protagonist, but the time period of Renaissance Italy. Vibrant and colourful it may not have been able to sustain three outings but first time around, it was the final piece of the brilliant Assassin’s Creed 2 puzzle.


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ELECTROCITY

By Joel Suñé

Electrocity is a game created by Genesis Energy. This game is on the Internet and involves on building a city with good development and respect for the environment. It is very simple to play: you have a terrain divided in 25 parts. Some of these parts are sea, others are beaches, another is the city, while the others are mountains and meadows.

The objectives are to increase population, popularity and money, all while respecting the environment.

Population

The factors used to gain more population are tourist elements such as ski resorts, beaches, airports... And the levels of energy have to be increased. If there is not enough energy, the population becomes angry and leaves the city. The most important factor in the population increase is popularity. If this is good, the population increases, but if the popularity is not good people leave the city.

Popularity

Popularity is for me the most important factor in the good development of the city, because it has the same value as the population and, at the same time, the population depends on popularity. So its value is doubled. Popularity depends on the constructions that are near the city. Popularity increases with the construction of a stadium but decreases with that of a nuclear silo.

Money

Money is, of course, another factor in the development of the city. Everything needs money to be built, and money is produced by the population and the tourist buildings. More money can be earned with the coal and gas markets.

Environment

The last factor is the environment. The environment has a score and if it is destroyed, one must suffer the consequences. So the environment is very important too.

There is a public competition, as well as some school competitions involving finished cities. You can see the finished cities here: http://www.electrocity.co.nz/Browse/

Lego

By Nicolás Ordax

I'm sure you've all heard of this fantastic construction game: Lego. But, do you know who invented it? How did it start? How did it evolve?

The inventor of Lego was Ole Kirk Christiansen. He was born in Filskov, Denmark, on April 7th 1891.

He was the 13th son in a big family and at a young age he began learning carpentry. In 1932 he started to make wooden toys because he had lost his job. He initially made miniature houses and furniture. In 1947 he began to use plastic. After that he created the Lego company (Lego=Leg godt=Play well).

The next thing he invented was the characteristic block union system, which was an enormous succes all over the world. Nowadays Lego is one of the most important toy firms on the planet.

After his death, his son Godtfred took over the company, and after him his grandson Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen.

The company’s latest inventions are the Lego robots (Lego toys controlled by computer), Lego clothes and many other products.

There are also Lego theme parks, called Legoland. There are many of these: one in Denmark, one in England, one in the USA and one in Germany...

If you're bored with building, why not try to create something artistic? There are some genuine Lego artists, people who make sculptures out of Lego or "paintings" with Lego blocks.

For example, there is a Lego Gioconda, or a Gizeh Sphinx made of yellow, red, white, blocks. etc.

Let us hope that this great company has a good present and an even better future.

Rubik’s Cube

The Rubik’s Cube

By Pere Cases

The Rubik’s Cube is a three dimensional mechanical puzzle invented by Ernő Rubik in 1974. He was born on July 13th 1944, in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, and has always lived in this country. His father was a flight engineer and his mother was a poet. He studied architectural engineering at the Technical University of Budapest, and after that he studied sculpture and interior architecture. In 1971 he worked as an architect and later became a professor in the Budapest College of Applied Arts. He studied spatial alterations and the relationship between man and space. He thinks that a cube is the best expression of space. He invented the Rubik’s cube in 1974.

The Rubik’s Cube has six faces, divided into nine pieces printed in six different colours. The final goal is to have all the pieces on each face in the same colour. To achieve this, the faces need to be moved up or down and to the left or right. This cube is also known as the magic cube. Rubik invented it to help students to understand 3D objects. There are five hundred and nineteen quintillion possible arrangements of pieces that make up the cube (the full number is: 519.024.039.293.878.272.000.000.000.000.000).

The classic Rubik’s cube has 3x3x3 pieces but there are different ones with more pieces; 2x2x2, 4x4x4, 5x5x5, 6x6x6, 9x9x9 and so on.

In addition to the cube shape, there are other kinds of Rubik’s Cubes. One example is the one in the above photo, which is called Rubik’s Come from Hell.

When I was in Budapest, I bought a 3x3x3 classic cube and a 5x5x5 cube. Next time I go there I will buy a 7x7x7 Rubik’s cube. I can do the classic one in one and a half minutes, but the world record score is 6 seconds. I can solve the 5x5x5 cube in half an hour; to learn how to do this, I searched for clips on the YouTube website. It took me less than two weeks to learn how to solve it.

I believe that the Rubik’s Cube is a good invention.