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Dear students, It is time to our sixth blog session, in which we have a free or themed post. IMPORTANT: Remember! After your writing activity you must read and leave comments on my blog and on 3 of your classmates' posts. This is a 160 words post (as a minimum). Riding a bicycle without brakes sounds like a rash move, but a new wave of cyclists is eschewing traditional bikes for a stripped-down machine known as a fixed-gear. 
It is one of the most basic machines you can build with two wheels. A fixed-gear bike – or fixie – has no derailleur as it has only one gear, so as long as the wheels turn, so do the pedals. Its rider can’t freewheel and the only way to brake is to stand on the pedals.
 The fixed-gear’s renaissance supposedly stems from West Indian immigrants in New York working as cycle couriers in the Eighties. They had used them at home because they were cheap and easy to maintain, and continued using them in the US. Their popularity spread throughout the courier communit...

Dear all, Your assignment this week is writing about your favourite photograph. Please include: Who took it What it shows When it was taken Why you like it Upload it too Include any other information you'd like to mention. - Number of words: 150 - Leave comments on at least 3 of your classmates' posts + a comment in your teacher's post.  Hello everyone! Today I am writing about my favourite picture, it took me a while to choose it but I finally got it. This picture was taken by me in 2011 as far as I remember. She is my grandmother and what I love about it, is that I can feel the exact moment when I took it, I just can listen to her voice and laugh all over again. I got this photograph from my very first digital camera, in her house with her dogs and also next to her beloved chimney, which always kept her warmth during the cold winters in San Fernando. The reason she is laughing? I was telling her one of my usual jokes, so as you can see, she was laughing with me. ...