Cyber-attack: what is ransomware?

The Cigar Makers. 51, Embajadores Street

The Royal Tobacco Factory in Madrid was originally built to house the Royal Factory of Playing Cards and Liquor, but in 1809, Joseph Bonaparte decided to turn it into a tobacco factory.
Listen to the history that took place just next door to our school!!

Fill in the gaps according to the information you hear:

1.      Women were ……………………. and better at rolling cigars.
2.      They could …………………………… their children.
3.      The women cigar makers were …………………… in the workers’ struggle in Spain.
4.      Galdos thought that women at the Tobacco Factory were the delight of the people and the …………………. of the authorities.
5.      The Tobacco Workers Union was created in ……………………
6.      Clara Campoamor and Victoria Kent …………………… on topics related to women.

7.      After 2000 the memory of the women tobacco factory workers slowly ……………………………. in the city.

Golden Buzzer moment

This is a winning performance of two young rappers against bullying on Britain's Got Talent tv show.

Being a Tiger Mother

Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Professor at Yale Law School, and NAIS Annual Conference 2012 speaker, discusses supporting your child.



Being a Tiger Mother, Part 2
Amy Chua's website

Eyes on the stars

On January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in tragedy when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. On board was physicist Ronald E. McNair, who was the second African American to enter space. But first, he was a kid with big dreams in Lake City, South Carolina.




After watching, can you answer these questions?

1.       When did the story of the library take place?
2.       What happened when he entered the library? What names was he called?
3.       How was the problem solved?
4.       How did the librarian give Ronald his book?
5.       What was special about Star trek?
6.       How did a coloured boy from South Carolina become an astronaut?
7.       How old would he be today?

Ain't Got No... I Got Life

Recording session: August 17, 1969 in Harlem, NY. Harlem Renaissance Festival  by Nina Simone, an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement.

Nina Simone: Ain't Got No/I Got Life por ninasimonemusic

Where do superstitions come from?

Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? How do you feel about the number 13? Whether or not you believe in them, you’re probably familiar with a few of these superstitions. But where did they come from?
Stuart Vyse shares the weird and specific origins of some of our favorite superstitions.

WARM-UP

·         Are you afraid of black cats?

·         Would you open an umbrella indoors?

·         How do you feel about the number 13?

How Braille was invented

How was your visit to the Thyphlogical museum? Did you learn a lot of new things?
Here is some information about Braille language, the universally accepted system of writing for the blind. It translated into almost every language in almost every country across the globe. But it didn’t actually start out as a tool for the blind. Jessica Oreck details the surprising wartime origins of Braille.  
 
 

Some people talk about New Year´s Resolution

If we were honest about New Year's Resolutions... what would we really think?

The 45th president

Trump Therapy: With Love from Abroad

Liberal Americans are distraught over Mr. Trump’s victory. So we asked eight international comedians — from Cuba to Nigeria to Saudi Arabia — how they cope with their political angst.

Alfred Hitchcock 1960 BBC TV interview

Hitch discusses his film PSYCHO with Robert Robinson on the BBC. 
I recommend visiting the exhibition on this famous film director at Fundación Telefónica, 3 Fuencarral Street

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Bleed for This

Lovers of boxing movies, delight: in this new addition to the genre, Miles Teller plays Vinny Pazienza (now Vinny Paz), a junior middleweight world champion forced to sideline his career after breaking his neck in a car accident—but only temporarily. As tales of indefatigable heroes go, Pazienza works with another underdog, a potbellied, hard-drinking trainer played by Aaron Eckhart, and training-montages his way back to victory in the ring.

Leonard Cohen's Prince of Asturias Speech

How I Got My Song, Leonard Cohen's speech at the Oct 21, 2011 Prince of Asturias Awards

Not my president!

Why are the people protesting in this video?
What does "impeach" mean?
What does Jennifer think?
And Ray?

Cincinnati zoo

Cincinnati zoo kills gorilla to save child who slipped into enclosure
Source: CNN
That was a difficult choice, don't you think?
Good luck tomorrow!

Can plants communicate?

The subject of plant communication has been hotly debated in the scientific community over the past several decades. While most scientists now agree that communication does occur, there is still considerable controversy about how to interpret these phenomena.

Does grammar matter?

It can be hard sometimes, when speaking, to remember all of the grammatical rules that guide us when we’re writing. When is it right to say “the dog and me” and when should it be “the dog and I”? Does it even matter? Andreea S. Calude dives into the age-old argument between linguistic prescriptivists and descriptivists — who have two very different opinions on the matter.
Source: Ted Talks

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.

The Queen's 90th birthday

The Queen is celebrating her 90th birthday. The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme looks back at key moments in her reign.

Pumpkin bread recipe

Now that we are dealing with food and restaurants, how about this American recipe?