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FUNNY WORLD RECORDS ABOUT SPEED

This is the funny world records about speed.

1. Fastest 100 m on a space hopper - male

• Who: Ashrita Furman
• What: fastest 100 m on a space hopper - male
• Where: Jamaica, united states
• When: 16 Nov 2004

·         The record for the fastest time to travel 100 m on a spacehopper is 30.2 sec and was set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at flushing meadow park, New York, USA on 16 November 2004.

2. Fastest 100 m on a skateboard by a dog

•  who: Tillman
• What: fastest 100 m on a skateboard by a dog
• Where: united states
• When: 30 Jul 2009

·         Tillman the English bulldog covered a 100-m stretch of level car park in a time of 19.678 seconds during x games xv in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 30 July 2009. 

3. :Fastest mile on pogo stick whilst juggling 3 balls

• Who: Ashrita Furman
• What: fastest mile on pogo stick whilst juggling 3 balls
• Where: Jamaica, united states
• When: 26 Sep 2007

·         The fastest mile hopping on a pogo stick whilst juggling three balls is 23 min 28 sec set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Brooklyn promenade, Brooklyn, New York, USA, on 26 September 2007.

                                                     By Milton

     

FC Chelsea

Chelsea Football Club is an English football club based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1905, they  

play in the Premier League and have spent most of  their history in the top tier of English football. Their home is the 41,837-seat Stamford Bridge stadium, where they have played  since their establishment. 

By Ernest Bagautdinov                                                                                                                                             

The Smart Kid Team

In our modern times a blog is the magazine or newspaper of the future.

Our workshop is made up of a group of young bloggers. Bloggers are writers, photographers, film makers and artists with a message to share with the big wide world.

We decided to name our blog Smartkids. Each of us explored our interests. Such as sports, bees, video games, music and our countries.

Sharing our interests on our blog means that you become smarter

Today we shall share a short interview, a kick-boxing demo and a quick view of our work.

Enjoy our blog, Thank you. 

Co-editors Charlotte & Hallam

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital of Poland. It's a beautiful city.

In Warsaw there are the Palace of Culture and Science,

Old town and the Copernicus Science Center. 

                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                             Iwo

Skropiskys opinion about serials

Hello, my name, as you know, is Zippy Skropiskys. And the theme of my blog today is serials. We all watching TV, and sometimes you just think-oh God, how it’s boring! So I’m going to tell my own opinion about some serials that I watched this summer, to help you find something interesting and don’t waste your time for boring things.

The first serial that I like to tell you about is an English version of Sherlock Homes. It called “Sherlock” and I like it very much. The actors play is more than brilliant; the plot is…The unexpected! There a lot of funny moments, so it’s a great serial in every sense. All I want to say it’s-watch Sherlock, enjoy our time!

Another serial that I like you to tell about, called “Supernatural”.

If you like something strange and mystic, this serial is for you! The actors and their play are super-awesome; the plot is tightening and nail-biting! I like it! It the best one. And it hasn’t still ended-you can see the ninth season this autumn!

The third serial called “Friends”. It’s a very funny sitcom, the acting is very good, but it’s very old, so you will never see any new episodes, because it’s already finished! But if I said “old”, it doesn’t mean “bad”. So watch it!  It really nice!

The last one called “Dexter”. I don’t like it, because in this one too much blood and no sense. The acting is good, but the plot is over the top and unbelievable! Don’t watch it! You will just waste your time!!!

By Zippy Skropiskys (Maria Imas)

Kick Boxing Demo with Iwo

Hollister!

Hollister Co. is a brand by Abercrombie & Fitch Co. It was originally designed to attract customers, mainly teens, through its SoCal inspired image and clothing. They have branches around the world and they also have an online store. It was founded in 2000. Hollister is a very popular brand but quite expensive. The Hollister Headquarters is in New Albany, Ohio, US. The logo is a seagull flying with Hollister California written underneath. Many of the Hollister wear have the seagull logo on it and many have Hollister written on it to show the brand. Hollister store locations are: USA, Canada, UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, South Africa, Ireland, Sweden, Hong Kong, France, Belgium, Austria, Poland, South Korea and The Netherlands. Hollister originally aimed to attract customers aged 14-18 but ended up selling to customers aged 12-27. Hollister is my favourite shop! 

By Maddie Syndercombe - Student Host

What do we know about Bees? By Zippy Skropiskys (Maria Imas)

Hello, my name is Zippy Skropiskys, and I will tell about the greatest, most powerful animal that you’ve ever met-bees. In my article you will find the answers to questions like:

-What means zombie bee?

-How the history of humans was crossed to the bee’s history?

-Which species of bees do we have on Earth?

And all the other interesting questions. OK, let’s start!

The first thing that you must to know about bees it’s what kind of bees do we have?

The first kind is a very famous bumblebee. Bumblebees are one of the more important wild pollinators, but have declined significantly in recent decades. In the UK, 2 species have become nationally extinct during the last 75 years while others have been placed on the UK Biodiversity Action Plan as priority species in recognition of the need for conservation action. In 2006 a new charity, the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, was established to coordinate efforts to conserve remaining populations through conservation and education. In 2011, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature set up the Bumblebee Specialist Group to review the threat status of all bumblebee species world-wide uses the IUCN Red List criteria.

Next type of bees is as famous as the first-it’s a honey bee. The true honey bees (genus Apis) have arguably the most complex social behaviour among the bees. The European (or Western) honey bee, Apis mellifera, is the best known bee species and one of the best known of all insects.

And we have another one kind of bees-the last one-it’s an Africanised honey bee.  Africanized bees, also called killer bees, are a hybrid strain of Apis mellifera derived from experiments by Warwick Estevam Kerr to cross European and African honey bees. Several queen bees escaped from his laboratory in South America and have spread throughout the Americas. Africanized honey bees are more defensive than European honey bees.

And now let’s talk about the bees and humans history. Bees figure prominently in mythology and folklore and have been used by political theorists as a model for human society. Journalist Bee Wilson states that the image of a community of honey bees "occurs from ancient to modern times, in Aristotle and Plato; in Virgil and Seneca; in Erasmus and Shakespeare; Tolstoy, as well as by social theorists Bernard Mandeville and Karl Marx."[30] They are found in heraldry where they can signify industriousness as in the Manchester bee in the crest of Manchester City Council.

Despite the honey bee's painful sting and the stereotype of insects as pests, bees are generally held in high regard. This is most likely due to their usefulness as pollinators and as producers of honey, their social nature, and their reputation for diligence. Bees are one of the few insects frequently used in advertisements in a positive manner, typically for products containing honey (such as Honey Nut Cheerios).

In ancient Egypt, the bee was seen to symbolize the lands of Lower Egypt, with the Pharaoh being referred to as "He of Sedge and Bee" (the sedge representing Upper Egypt).

In North America, yellowjackets and hornets, especially when encountered as flying pests, are often misidentified as bees, despite numerous differences between them.

Although a bee sting can be deadly to those with allergies, virtually all bee species are non-aggressive if undisturbed and many cannot sting at all. Humans are often a greater danger to bees, as bees can be affected or even harmed by encounters with toxic chemicals in the environment (see also bees and toxic chemicals).

In Indonesia  bee larvae are eaten as a companion to rice, after being mixed with shredded coconut "meat", wrapped in banana leaves, and steamed.

And the question, which interested and intrigued everyone,-ZOMBIE BEES. Here is the story about them:

Honey bees were found in Washington that was acting strangely, almost as if they were drunk. Tests were conducted on collected specimens, and it was found that they had been infected by the parasitic fly Apocephalus borealis (also known as the zombie fly). Bees infected by Apocephalus borealis have been dubbed as "zombie bees," or "zombees."The infection has spread to Oregon, California, and South Dakota. Tests are being conducted on bees in several other states to determine if the bees there are infected. Bees infected with the Apocephalus borealis fly cannot spread the infection to humans!

Interview by Skropiskys

Today I’m going to ask some question to Charlotte (Ch.) to recognize her closer.

Z.S.: Where do you come from?

Ch.: I come from Bristol in England.

Z.S.: Do you have any pets? If you don’t, which one would you like?

Ch.: I have a cat called Filous.

Z.S.: Which activity is your favourite?

Ch.: I love Basketball.

Z.S.: What kind of music do you like? And which band/singer is your favourite?

Ch.: I like lots of different music and my favourite band is Coldplay.

Z.S.: Which of Marymount’s weekends and Wednesdays trips do you think was the most interesting?

Ch.: My favourite trip was Legoland.

Z.S.: And the last question is-please tell me one word, which in your mind associated with Marymount school.

Ch.: FUN!!

Z.S.: Thank you. Good bye.

By Zippy Skropiskys (Maria Imas)

Ukraine

Hello, today I want to tell you about …Ukraine! Ukraine-it is my country. I like my country very much. My country is very beautiful. And history is very unknown. Ukraine Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina, [ukrɑˈjinɑ], Ukraine is near the Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. Our federation want to be with European Union.Our flag is in top blye and yelloy. Blye is sky and yelloy like afild in outumn.Our president now is Yanycowich. He is very kind to us and he is very clever.we like him very much.becuse of him my country is very clean and kind to outhers people are not smoking and drinkining olkohol. My country have so many churches. Like cathedral of sacred Sofia; Kievo-Pecherska Lavra; athedral of sacred Pavla; olso my country have writers : Olena Pchilka ; Taras Chevchenko. They are the most famous .Taras Chevchenko write :

This is the Ukrainian President

This is the flag of Ukraine

Don't Wed

Don't wed a wealthy woman, friend,

She'll drive you from the house.

Don't wed a poor one either, friend,

Dull care will be your spouse.

Get hitched to carefree Cossack life

And share a Cossack fate:

If it be rags, let it be rags --

What comes, that's what you take.

Then you'll have nobody to nag

Or try to cheer you up,

To fuss and fret and question you

What ails you and what's up.

When two misfortune share, they say,

It's easier to weep.

Not so: it's easier to cry

When no-one's there to see.

I like his poems . His poems are : about politic , romantic , like comedy.

In Ukraine it is so many citis in Ukraine : Kiev, Lvov , Kirovograd , Zaporoje , Nikolaev . They are the biggest citis . And Ukrainian food is very tasty. Borsh okroskha pelmeny soup olivie vareniky . Isuggest them. InKiev is so many schools in Ukrainian language, but we have 3,4 schools with Russian language. In my school I study Ukrainian Russian Spanish and English mathematics PE computers. Olso we have schools only for girls and only for boys. I like study and learn something. Ithink you like my article.

This is famous Ukrainian monument

Ukraine in winter

Church

Cathedral of Sacred Sofia

By Polina

Bruchsal - My City

Bruchsal is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau, approximately 20 km northeast of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

It located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route.

Bruchsal has 40000People in his village.

It has beautiful castle and it a very nice village for a Holliday.                                                                                                                       

It has lots of beautiful places and it has a hard prison and it has really good Ice.

The people are really good and the castle is very pretty.

It is a very pretty village. In addition, Bruchal cooperates with the neigthbour communities of Forst,  Hambrücken and dorf-Neuthard in administrative  matter.  

Paul Hasbargen

SEVILLE

Seville is the capital and largest city of the autonomous of Andalusia and the province of Seville, Spain. It is situated on the plain of the river Guadalquivir.

 The Holy week and the Seville Fair, also Known as April Fair, are the two most well-known of Seville’s festivals.

The Torre de Oro was built by the Almohad dynasy as a watchtower on the river. A chain was strung through the water to prevent boats from travelling into the river port.

Jesus Garcia Mojarro

Donald Duck

Donald Duck is a funny  cartoon character. It was created in 1934 at Walt Disney and it is very famous.

He has appeared in more films than any other Disney character, listed as appearing in approximately 178 theatrical films compared to Mickey Mouse's 137, and is the fifth most published comic book character in the world after Batman, Superman and Spider-man. Donald have a hostile Gustav Goose. Gustav has ever luck. And either are in Daisy Duck fond. She is a very pretty Duck and She is so beautiful.

He is Phantomias too.  Phantomias is hero. He is rescues people and he is a Star. His friends are Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Grandma Duck She has a farm, Franz, Tick , Trick and Track  are his Grandchildren, Dussel and the last one Dagobert Duck.

Paul Hasbargen

Great Britain

Great Britain is the ninth biggest island in the world and the biggest island in Europe. It consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The capital city of England is London in the South of England, the capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh, the Capital city of Wales is Cardiff and the capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast.

There are many famous landmarks in Great Britain.

Big Ben is one of them. It is 153 years old, it is in London and it is the world’s largest 4-faced clock. You can’t actually see Big Ben but you can hear it. People confuse the bell tower with the actual bell. Big Ben isn't the tower, it is the bell inside.

Stonehenge in Cornwall is 5000 years old! It is a mysterious collection of ancient stones, arranged into a man-made structure.

The Tower of London was built more than a millennium ago is where the precious crown jewels are kept. For over 900 years, the Tower of London has been stood guarding the city.

Buckingham Palace in London is where the Queen lives. If you stand outside the gates at the right time, you may see the changing of the guard. Buckingham Palace has almost 800 rooms including 240 bedrooms and almost 80 bathrooms. There are more than 350 working clocks and watches in the palace and over 450 people work there.

The London Eye is the largest Ferris wheel in Europe; there are 32 pods which continue rotating all the time. It only stops when a disabled person wants to board. The London Eye stands at 135 meters (443 feet) high. It is the World’s highest observation wheel.

Blackpool Tower was inspired by the Eiffel Tower; it is 518 feet 9 inches (158.12 meters) high. It was opened to the public on the 14^th of May 1894.

Windsor Castle was originally built by William the Conquer, it is located in Berkshire, England and it is the largest inhabited Castle in the world.  If the British (Union) flag is flying above Windsor Castle then the Queen isn’t staying there, however if the Royal Standard is flying above Windsor Castle then the Queen is staying there.

Hadrian’s Wall is located in the North of England not far from the border of Scotland. It stretches for about 73 miles and each year attracts thousands of people each year. Many people walk a bit or all of Hadrian’s Wall. To walk the whole of Hadrian’s Wall it takes about 6 days on average. 

By Maddie Syndercombe - Student Host

Real Madrid C.F

HISTORY

Real Madrid , is a professional football Club based in Madrid, Spain.

The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s. Domestically, Real Madrid has won a record 32 league, 18 Kings cup, 9 Supercups of Spain, 1 Eva Duarte cup and 1 league cup. Internationally it has won a record nine European cup/UEFA Champions league titles and a joint record three Intercontinental Cups, as well as two UEFA Cups and one UEFA Super Cup.

 CARLO ANCELOTTI

On 25 June, Carlo Ancelloti became the manager of Real Madrid, succeeding Mourinho, by signing a three year deal. A day later, he was introduced at his first press conference for Real Madrid where it was announced that both Zinedine Zidane and Paul Clement will be his assistants.

FIRST-TEAM SQUAD

Iker Casillas (captain), Raphael Varane, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Carvajal, Sami Khedira, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Mesut Ozil, Marcelo, Xabi Alonso, Luka Modric, Isco, Illaramendi, Di Maria, and Arbeloa. 

Jesus Garcia Mojarro

Germany

Germany is a  country between France , Poland , Austria ,Switzerland, Belgium , Netherlands , Denmark and  Czech Republic . Germany has two seas. The north sea and the east sea. The capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany has 16 states for example Baden Wuerttenberg and Nord rhein Westphalen. 81,8 million people lived in Germany  in 2011. A famous musician  came from Germany . His name was Ludwig van Beethoven . Germany is a great city.

Ann-Christin Hohmann 

Bochum

Bochum is a little city in West Germany. It located in North Rhine –Westphalia. Bochum is surrounded by the cities Wattenscheid, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten, and Hattingen In the city live  365000 people. A river flow through the city . Its name is the Ruhr. An artificial lake flows into the Ruhr .Near the artificial lake you can eat lots of ice cream and you can sit on nice places. In Bochum you can eat the best curry sausage . Bochum is a great city .

Ann-Chrisstin Hohmann