Fandoms

Fandom is the contraction of Fanatic Kingdom which is the set of fans of science fiction, fantasy literature or communities formed on the Internet to talk about their hobbies.
The retrogaming is an extreme variant of the fandom and a group of fans of old video games. 
Some of the activities at the fandom are the cosplay, the fanfictions, the thematic conventions, the fanart or collections of merchandising and fanadvertising.

Some of the most famous fandoms are:

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• The Hunger Games: Tributes
• Harry Potter: Potterheads
• Percy Jackson: Demigods
• Divergent: Initiates
• Doctor Who: Whovians
• Lord of Rings: Ringers
• Star Wars: Jedis
• Beautiful Creatures: Casters
• The Maze Runner: Runners
• Delirium: Invalid
• Pretty Little Liars: Little Liars
• Supernatural: Hunter
• The Avengers: Avengers
• Sherlock: Sherlokians
• Jennifer Lawrence: Jenniderp
• Hush Hush: Fallen Archangel
  
  

  
  

  María Pérez y Laura García

A bit of television

 

What do you usually watch in TV?

 

 

 

TV is BOSS. | Michelle Leigh Writes  (C)

 

 

 

What is your favourite programme?

Well, when I watch TV, I like watch programs that are funny, programs that make forget my problems on a bad day. I almost never watch the news, because there is always bad news; wars, crisis...

I prefer have a good time watching cartoons or other program before have a bad time listening bad news about the world. I like the carrtoons for example: The Simpson or series how La que se avecina. I think this type of series or cartoons are funny, amused and it's a way of disconnect from the world. But in my opinion, the gossip programs era too busybody, they should must let live to the famous people. In Spain, a very famous gossip program is Sálvame.

In UK a famous soap opera is Coronation Street or BBC

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Parkour

Is a training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training.Practitioners aimto get from one point to another in a complex environment, without assistive equipment and in the fastest and most efficient way possible.


  David Belle is considered the founder of parkour.

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Movements

• Vaulting over obstacles.
• Jumping and landing accurately with the feet on small or narrow obstacles.
• Jumping and landing feet-first on a vertical surface, catching the horizontal top with the hands.
• Using a rolling motion to help absorb impacts from larger drops.
• Running towards a high wall and then jumping and pushing off the wall with a foot to reach the top of the wall.
• Moving from a position hanging from a wall-top or ledge, to standing on the top or over to the other side.
• Using a forward flip to increase distance jumped.

I really like Parkour, because you can do it anywhere and parkour for me isn't only a sport, It's a habby, it's a passion, because when you are jumping, you can feel the air around your body and you feel that you are flying and this is a feeling that gives you a lot of adrenaline and many more sensations but I can't explain it because it is indescribable.

Bartolo Peralías Valderas and Juan Fco. Fuentes Loro

 

Paper Towns

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Is an American mystery comedy-drama film, directed by Jake Schreier, and based on the 2008 novel of the same name by John Green.

This film tells the story of Quentin and his enigmatic neighbour Margo, who loves mysteries and she becomes one of them. After spending a night in their city, Margo disappears leaving clues for Quentin. He and his friends must begin an adventure with humor and sensitivity to meet again with Margo.

The cast:

• Nat Wolff as Quentin "Q" Jacobsen.
• Josiah Cerio as young Quentin.
• Cara Delevingne as Margo Roth Spiegelman.

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  Hannah Alligood as young Margo.
• Halston Sage as Lacey Pemberton.
• Austin Abrams as Ben Starling.
• Justice Smith as Marcus "Radar" Lincoln.
• Jaz Sinclair as Angela.
• Cara Buono as Mrs. Jacobsen.
• Griffin Freeman as Jason "Jase" Worthington.
• Caitlin Carver as Becca Arrington.
• Meg Crosbie as Ruthie Spiegelman.
• Susan Macke Miller as Mrs. Spiegelman.
• Tom Hillmann as Mr. Spiegelman.
• Jim Coleman as Detective Otis Warren.
• Ansel Elgort as Mason.
  

The film won the Choice Movie: Breaking Star, the Choice Summer Movie and the Choice Summer Movie Star: Female at Teen Choice Awards.

María Pérez y Laura García

LONGBOARD

A longboard is a type of sports equipment somewhat similar to a skateboard, but much longer. Often faster because of wheel size, it's commonly used for cruising, downhill racing, slalom racing, sliding, and transport.
 

There are four types of longboards:

Pintails

The pintail shape is used to prevent the wheel from coming in contact with the board while still providing ample footspace. Pintails are most commonly used with top mounted trucks. They are also good cruising boards.

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Drop-Through

Drop-Through boards, not to be confused with a double drop deck, have a cutout in the deck, allowing the baseplates of the trucks to be mounted through the deck. The lowered platform allows for greater stability at high speeds.

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Hybrid

These kind of longboards include wheel cutouts which provide room for the wheels to turn at sharper angles while avoiding wheelbite. Hybrids also tend to be shorter than other longboards, which allows the rider to be more stable.

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Cruiser

A most common deck shape, these have a somewhat similar shape to normal skateboards, in that they have a "kick-tail" on the back.

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Modalities:

  Caarving - Freeride
It involves skidding down a slope either by choice or to correctly enter the curve at the beginning freeride 
wheels 78 are used hardness forward as being tougher wheels do not stick to the asphalt. 
  Downhill
This is down as quickly as possible by steep roads.

  Cruising
It is simply getting from one place to another , for fun or as a means of transport.

  Freestyle
It consists of skateboarding tricks and other own longboard .

Bartolo Peralías Valderas and Juan Fco. Fuentes Loro 

BASKETBALL

Everybody knows what is basketball but for me, It's more than a simple sport because I have a big relationship with this sport.

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Basketball was born in Springfield (Massachussetts) by James Naismith, he was a physical education teacher who wanted to invent a sport that could be practiced in winter because when it was snowing or raining, the students couldn't practice a sport outdoors.

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It is a sport where you meet people and you can make great friends except that you exercise while having fun.

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The basketball is very famous in most countries especially in USA, there, Basketball is one of the most popular and representative sports.

 We asked several people and all of them agree that this It is a very complete and fun sport and very easy to learn.

 I love this sport because I have accompanied me throughout my life, With this sport I've met people, I had fun, I excited and sometimes I also have disappointed but generally have a lot of very goods experiences.

Bartolomé Peralías Valderas and Juan Fco. Fuentes Loro

Genital mutilation

25th November, "the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women"; a little bit long title, don't you think? We're not going to talk about this because it is a problem that we are aware of at least or we should have to know. We're going to focus on "Genital mutilation" because not everybody knows about that.

In some less developed countries in Africa, the Midlle East and some others, this practice carry on practicing. It is thouth that origin is in Egypt although it can be a religion tradition such as Islam.

Percentage aged 15–49 with FGM in the 29 countries in which it is concentrated (UNICEF 2014). (c)wikipedia.com

Genital mutilation can be male or female. We're not going to get into details but men can get castration or circuncision and women can get a female genital mutilation. Most of theme are traditions to go through infancy. 

We think that 25th November has to change that name and putting in place "the International Day against the violence" because there is violence everywhere inflicted either men, women, animals,..., and this is unbearable. 

Raúl Filigrana/Laura Franco

The famous of the month

The famous of the month of November and December is Jennifer Lawrence. Why is she the famous of the moth? As you should know the 20 of November(27 in Spain) its going to be in the cinemas, finally after a year waiting to the last film of The Hunger Games called Mockingjay (part 2), and she is one of the main characters by hand with Josh Hutcherson.

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Jennifer Lawrence was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 15, 1990.

She was the typical American girl who enjoyed practising sports, she was a cheerleader, an smart girl who wanted to be a doctor when she grow up, and she also loved acting, she used to act in short plays at church.

When she was 14 in a vacation in New York with her family she was discovered by an actress agent, he told her that the next day there were some auditions for new actresses. In the auditions she did it really good so they hired her. She had to graduate from High School two years early(with a great mark) because she needed time for acting. She started with shorts roles in TV series like The Bill Engvall Show, people saw that she was an excellent actress so she became more famous and played in important films like X-Men: First Class and The Hunger Games. She has grown as an actress with out doing any professional acting classes during her life.

For us she is an important actress who is developing in the world of acting ,talking about her personality we think that she is an extrovert person with a great personality she is very natural and of course if you don't trust us here are some awards that she has won(She is the second youngest actress nominated to an Oscar,and she had won one)

Most of her awards and nominations(thousands of them) are for being the best actress in different kind of films, and TV shows.

                                                                                           MªMercedes Blanco and MªÁngeles Vaquez

DRAFT: SHAWN MENDES

Shawn Mendes is a great and incredibly talented singer and musician who is new on the industry.
He was born in Toronto, Canada and he is seventeen.
Before his successful, Shawn was a really shy boy who, at school, was bullied because of his body. People laughed at him because he had very skinny legs.
A few years later, Shawn and his group of friends called “Magcon Boys” posted lots of funny videos and parodias on “Vine” making them known in America.
Then, his succesful started to grow when he shared on internet covers of he singing, by famous singers, playing the guitar; his faithful companion.



Now, he is a teen pop artist who has broken lots of records with his first single “Life Of The Party” which it made him more known in North America, and was included on Shawn's first EP. Also, with his studio album “Handwritten” which is amazing and has powerful songs in it.
He has opened for the great Taylor Swift during her 1898 World Tour in North America. He was a very big fan of her so at first he was really nervous but during the tour both started to know about each other and now they are really good friends!
Also, he opened on tour for young artist Austin Mahone and for Vance Joy.
Recently, he and Camila Cabello from “Fifth Harmony” released a collaboration song called “I Know What You Did Last Summer” which hit really hard on charts worldwide.



Some facts about him are that his favourite food is chinese and chocolate chip muffins and he doesn't really like junk food. He loves sports like football or longboarding, he can speak three languages and thinks that British Columbia is the best place on Earth.



- MªÁngeles Merino and Mariola Cadaval.

Blue Jeans

BLUE JEANS

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His real name's Francisco de Paula Fernandez Gonzalez, he was born in Carmona, Sevilla on 7- November and he lived in Carmona for his adolescence, at present he live in Madrid and he studied to be a journalist.

He started as a writer, writing a blog that was very successful, and he published his first book "Canciones para Paula".

 

I didn't like Reading but when I read the first book by Blue Jeans: "Buenos días princesa" I got hooked on it. This triology is composed by 3 books.

 

• "Buenos días princesa"
• "No sonrías que me enamoro"
• "¿Puedo soñar contigo?"

 

 

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In his books he tells the story of teenegers friends, who go throught the typical problems of adolescence.

 

My favourite book was: "Buenos días princesa".

I felt quite identified in lot of moments with the main carácter Valeria.

 

His last book is named "Algo tan sencillo como tuitear te quiero" is worth reading.

At present he is making a tour firms for Spain and latin America.

 

Post by: Elena Vidal Nogales and Isabel Mª Zamora Sánchez





 

 







Christmas

CHRISTMAS

Christmas is a popular holiday all over the world, Christmas holiday start on 25th December and is a religios tradition.

On 24th December night, all the families have dinner together, in our family we usually eat salad, shellfish, chicken and some other delicious food, that we prepare in the morning with our mother and brothers.

25th morning is Santa Claus day, we like this day because in our house we get up early to eat fritter and later we go to the Christmas tree to open our presents.

The last day of the year, in my town, the teenagers, the chlindren and people of all ages wear costumes.

When there are only 12 seconds left to 12, we eat one grape for each bell stroke, but the most wanted day in Spain is the 6th of January, because is the Holy Kings day.

In the morning of the 6th there're present to everyone.

For we, this are the best holiday to stay with our families and to think about the future.

One of our favourite parts of Christmas are the Christmas movies and adverts.

 

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Post by: Elena Vidal Nogales and Isabel Mª Zamora Sánchez

Taylor Swift

TAYLOR SWIFT

As we all know, Taylor Swift is a successful Singer.

She is quite good with her fans, sometimes she usually go to hospitals

to see patients with cáncer who can´t go to her concerts.

In our opinion , she makes many charities.

She has great songs almost everyone likes them, but since she is

with her famous boyfriend , Calvin Harris, her career has lost

some interest, although as in the life of all famous,

she has got a lot of discussions with others artists like Arianna Grande

or Miley Cyrus.

At present , she lives in The USA in a masion with Calvin.

Soon she is about to begin an international Tour with her new album

 "Shake it off"

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Post by: Elena Vidal Nogales and Isabel Mª Zamora Sánchez

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All Blacks

The All Blacks is a rugby national team know over the world. This team represents New Zealand.
They usually perform a dance called "The Haka" to intimidate his opponents and it's very scary!

Without going further, the All Blacks have come the Rugby World Cup final against Australia. They won the final and then, they won the Rugby World Cup. The All Blacks, is the best rugby national team in last years.

Now, we are going to talk about their tipical dance, "The Haka". It's a traditional maori dance. They always perform this dance before the matches in front of his opponents to intimidate them. 
All the team participate in the dance and it's quite difficult to do but the result is always amazing!

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Because of their cups and their dance, "The Haka", the All Blacks is considered the best rugby national team in the world.   

Alejandro García Segura and Diego Gutiérrez Valderas

Thanksgiving celebration

Thanksgiving day has arrived upon us. Thanksgiving is one of America’s most treasured holidays and traditions. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast in the early days of the American colonies almost 400 years ago. In 1620, a boat filled with more than 100 people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from England to settle in the New World. This religious group had begun to question the beliefs of the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it.
The pilgrims settled in what is now the state of Massachusetts, and their first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow any crops, and without fresh food, half the colonist died from diseases which the contracted on the voyage from England or starvation. The following spring the Indians befriended the pilgrims and taught them how to grow corn, something the colonist never had done before. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish. In the autumn of 1621, plentiful crops of corn, barley, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so they planned a feast. They invited the local Indian chief and 90 Indians. The Indians brought deer to roast with the turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists. The colonists had learned how to cook cranberries and different kinds of corn and squash dishes from the Indians. In following years, many of the original colonists celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks. After the United States became an independent country, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. Since then, all the American people travel from anywhere they are to get home with their families and celebrate a feast. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States. The traditional foodstuffs on Thanksgiving are turkey, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and cranberries. There's also a parade celebrated on Thanksgiving, it's called Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, it's located in New York and they have been celebrating this parade since 1924.

Fast facts about Thanksgiving: 

• Canadians celebrate their own Thanksgiving every October
• Abraham Lincoln declared the national day of Thanksgiving in 1863
• In the US, about 280 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebration
• Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the US, where it's the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season
• Each Thanksgiving, the president "pardons" a turkey, ensuring that the bird gets to spend the rest of its days living on  a farm in Virginia

·         Jonathan and Julia

The Scouts

1)What is Scouting?

Scouting is an educational movement for young people that is present in 165 countries, with approximately 30 million members around the world. Scouting has no distinction of social class, gender, age or religion. Scouting in all human and civic values are promoted and teaches you to see the world from another point of view different from others.

2)Who founded it?

Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Scout Movement in 1907 in the UK. This year, to test some ideas, he brought together 20 young people from different social classes in a week-long camp, beginning on 1 August on the island of Browsea position in Poole, Dorset, England. This experiment went very well and led to the grown of Scouts.

3)which is their symbol?

Its symbol is the “Lis Flower”, better known as the flower of the lily. The three leaves (or petals) recall the "three parts of the Scout Promise" as the "Three Fingers Seña Scout". Your 2 stars out of 5 points each representing the 10 laws Scouts and knot that ties them all symbolizes the worldwide brotherhood.

The Scouts Lis Flower
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4)How are they organized?

According to their age:

Beavers (6-8) Motto: "Share"

Cubs (8-11) Motto: "We will do better"

Troop (11-14) Motto: "Be Prepared"

Esculta (14-17) Motto: "Unity"

Rovers (17-21) Motto: "Serving"

Scouters (adult leaders, seniors) Motto: "Always ready to serve"

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5)Let's talk about traditions:

Scouts Promise

The Totemnization The new name is given to a person within the Scouts, this represents the animal that the person that are opting for the Totem

are identificate.

The left hand grip: This greeting means that the hearts of the two people who are waving are united.

Wood Badge: Badge that is given to the Scouters that have passed training courses.

The fraternal chain: Farewell to the Scouts represent their union as whole group

The scarf

Hymn of each section of the group

Scout salute with three fingers of his right hand together symbolizing the scout principles (self-sacrifice, loyalty and purity) and the thumb symbolizing that the strong protects the dim

I've been in the Scouts for 7 years; they are like a second family to me. With them I learned many things. I have learned to overcome my fears and also to be always ready to act and be a better person. In the Scouts I feel that I can do the impossible. Among this group of friends I have learned to be myself;

They mean everything to me. Sometimes I think about what my life would be without Scouting... Would I be the same person inside? I do not think so.

Good Hunting and Long Moons

Lynx

Carolina Bernal Marchena and María Villareal López

Scout Camp
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"Frozen" film becomes gay to children

Do you remember "Frozen"? When people hear "Frozen" the first thing they think about is "Let it go" the most popular song of the film.

As you know this film was oriented to a child audience. But Church autorities believe this film becomes "gay" to children. Let's explain why.

The song "Let it go" hide a message inside it:

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Let it go, let it go

Can't hold it back anymore

Let it go, Let it go

turn away and slam the door

I don't care

what they're going to say

Let the storm rage on

The cold never bothered me anyway.

Can't you see it yet?

Elsa was a lonely person; it means she was different and she can't wait anymore to say what she really is; supposedly a lesbian; and she doesn't care, because of this Can't hold it back anymore and the cold never bothered me anyway. But the best part is Let it go... because this invites you "to get out of the closet".

Do you see it now? No? OF COURSE NO!
These things make me think about human existence.

Raúl Filigrana Villalba/Laura Franco Recio