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Gangsters Are : Lucky Luciano and Al Capone and Will Inform You a Bout of Their Biography T een T hings INTRODUCTION We are students of Arratia BHI Secondary S chool. We are 13 - 14 years old and w e have been working very hard to do this magazine. I n th e magazine you can find a lot of i nteresting articles like : bullying, cyber bullying, black market,Islamic attacks , quizzes ... If you are looking for an article you are interested in it , you can look for it in the index. But our advice is to read all of them. We are sure you can learn a lot by reading our fantastic magazine. We hope you will like and enjoy the magazine . Here you are a photo of us: INDEX 1 - “ GU I NESS WORLD RECORDS ” BY ELENE A. AND KATTALIN 2 - “ BULLYNG ” BY NAIA AND IRAIA 3 - “ CY BERBULLYNG ” BY ELENE V. AND ENERITZ 4 - “ TV PROGRAMMES ” BY AMAIA AND INGE 5 - “ BLACK MARKET ” BY INES AND IRENE 6 - “ DRUGS ” BY DEIENE AND GARAZI 7 - “ ANIMAL CRUELTY ” BY BEÑAT AND ANDER 8 - “ RALLY ” BY IMANOL AND LANDER 9 - “ MAFIA ” BY MARKEL AND OIER 10 - “ GANGS ” BY EDORTA 11 - “ THE 7 WONDERS ” BY JUNE AND UXUE 12 - “ ISLAMIC ATTACS ” BY XABIER AND MIKEL 13 - “ THE MOST POPUL AR SONGS IN THE SUMMER 2004 - 2014 ” BY AIORA AND NIKOLE THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS The Guinness world record is a book where there are the records of the world. The author is CraingGlenday .Huhg Beaver has the idea to write the Guinness world records book , because one day he was hurting when he saw the fastest bird of Europa . He occurred that if he writes a book that it’s has got the records of the world he would probably be popular ; he and his book . Hugh Beaver published the first book of Guinness world records , on 27 August 1955 , the book was call ed : “the Guinness book of the records “. But in 1997 they change the name to “the Guinness world records of the world “. The Guinness world records have 12 categories , that are : space , planet earth , life on the earth , humans , fantastic feats , ep ic affords , today’s society , science and technology , art and culture… and it includes : less time eating three cram crackers, more meals in 3 minutes …and there are a lot of museums , TV programmers … This are six three Guinness world records of the Gu inness world records book : THE BIGGEST EYES Kin Goodman is a woman who is able to pop her eyes out of eyes sockets by 12 millimeters . THE STRETCHIEST SKIN Garry Turner is able to stretch the skin of his stomach distance length of 15.8 cm. The stomach is not only part of the body he can stretch , he can stretch all the part of his body . THE LONGEST FINGERSNAILS Lee Redmond has the longest fingernails, who started to grow them in 1979 and carefully manicured them to reach a total length os8.65m ( 28ft. 4.5 in ) as measured on the set of Lo show die record in Madrid , spain , on 23 February 2008 . lee lost her nails in an autoamovileacident in early 2009 BULLYING Bullyi ng is the use of force or threat to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. Rationalizations for such behavior sometimes include differences of social class ,race, religion , gender, sexual orientation, appearance, behavior ,body language, personality, reputation ,lineage, strength, size or hablility. If bully i ng is done by a group, it is called mobing. “targets” of bully i ng are also sometimes referred to as “victims” of bully ing. Bullying is divided into four basic types of abuse: Emotiona,(sometimes called renational) verbal, physical and cyber. It typical l y involves subtle methods of coercion, such as intimidation. One of the case: Bullyied students erich arris and Dylan klebald carried out the 1999 columbine high school massacre. Since then, bullying has been more closely linked to high school violence in general. BULLYING Suicide: 1. Even thought there is evidence that bullying increases the risk of suicide, bullying alone does not cause suicide. Depression is one of the main reasons why kids who are bullied commit suicide. It is estimated that between 15 and 25 children commit suicide every year in the UK alone because they are being bullied. There are thingsyoucan do to keepyourself and thekidsyouknowsafefrombullying: 1. TreatEveryonewithRespect: thatmeansthatyouaren’t more thantheotherpeople. 2. Look at the kid bullying you and tell him or her to stop in a calm, clear voice. 3. ProtectYourselffromCyberbullying :thatmeansthatyouhave to knowwithwho are youspeaking. 4. Stand UpforOthers :thatmeansthatyouhave to helpothers CYBERBULLYING Cyber bullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Electronic technology includes: cell phones, computers and tablets as communication tools. Examples of cyber bullying include mean text messages or emails rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles. Kids who are being cyber bullied are often bullied in person as well. Cyberbullying messages and images can be posted anonymously and distribut ed so quikly to a very wide audience. Deleting inapropiate or harassin messages, texts, and pictures is extremely difficult after they have been posted or sent. These tools can be used to hurt other people. Kids who are cyberbullyied are more likely to: - U se alcohol and drugs - Skip school - Experience in - person bullying - Be unwilling to attend school - Receive poor grades - Have lower self - esteem - Have more health problems The 2010 - 2011 School Crime Supplement indicates that 9% of students in grades 6 - 12 experienced cyberbullying. The 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey finds that 15% of high school students were electronically bullied in the past year. Cyberbullying is growing and we have to stop it. By: Elene Valdes and Eneritz de las Moras TV PROGRAMMES We ´ve choo s e n TV programmes because we like “La Que Se Avecina”,”La Voz Kids” an d “MasterChef Junior”. We think that is a very good entertainment. LA QUE SE AVECINA La que se avecina is an S panish tvprogramme that All people see, because it is very famous in all the world. Now there is a new term in telecinco every Mondays. P eop l e see it all the time but it isn’t a very good program me because itis about too many things. In the program me there are crazy people doing unusual things. There is a community of MONTEPINAR. The people who live there are very peculiar people LA VOZ KIDS “La Voz Kids” is a Spanish talent contest broadcast on Telecinco since February 6, 2014. First you have to pass the casting, then auditions blind you have to sing for the coaches will rotate, if they are rotated you enter and you have to choose one, then you go into the battle singing a trio and the coach your team has to choose one that p assed to the final. Five people go to the final and two pass followed but the other three have to return to sing to pass the final song of the auditions. In the semifinal 3 people from each team must stay and sing again to move to the end, and by the end the public choose the winner. The winner was Maria Parrado that she got one disk. In battles two twin called Jesús and Daniel Oviedo were eliminated but it wasn´t the final because they got two disks. The first disc is golden and platinum and the second being achieved double platinum. With the first disk in four weeks they were number one in sales. In “Palacios de Dep ortes” on Madrid, they hall filled it. BY: AMAIA AND INGE MASTERCHEF JUNIOR MasterChef Junior is a cooking competition television series that is airing in “La 1” on Tuesdays, at 22:30. This program me started in 2013 and it consist s of children between the ages of 8 and 13 apply to become a contestant on the series. Only fifteen elected from among the 9,000 people who showed up to the casting of the first edition, competed for the title of MasterChef. T he winner receives a prize of 100,000 euros in cash, the publication of a book with recipes and a training school Le Cordon Bleu gourmet Madrid. In the last edition the winner was Mario and the finalists; Ana Luna, Aimar and Esther. Now Aimar got a program me in Disney Channel called ¡Un, Dos, Chef!, premiered in 2014. This starring the young participant 'MasterChef Junior' he and Luis Piedrahita. Every week, both must prepare a dish with the only condition that includes the ingredient that most hate the gu est that challenges the pro gramme T heparticipants of Masterchef Junior 2 are: Victor, Aina, Marta, Martina, Ana, Lucia, Marco, Daniel, Marcos Mendicuti, Claudia, Manuel, Mauro, Teresa, Rocio, Guillermo and Lluc. But in kitchens, before beginning there was one last test where they were eliminated; Lucia, Marco and daniel This contest had six programmes in the first were eliminated; Claudia, Rocio and Teresa, and the guests were Aimar and Vicky, the winner of mast er chef 2. In the second programme were eliminated Mendicuti, Lluc and Marta, in the third program me all deleted had a second chance, and spent teresa and lluc , after the team events they went to the concert of David Bisbal. In the fifth program me they made a “tomatina” with a guest who was Jose Mot a, then they went to the cars and prepared rice to carlossainz and company. The eliminated ones were Mauro and Guille. In the last programme Manu and Martina went to the final and the winer was Manu INTRODUCTION: A black market or underground economy is a market in which goods or services are traded illegally.
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