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Issue 5 LFIGP LIFE February 2018 MUFTI DAY On January 15th all students of Academic City had the chance to donate to Mufti Contents Day. Mufti Day is a charity fundraising event aimed at raising access to education for children from disadvantaged countries and raising awareness of difficult living Kepler-90i 2 conditions in some parts of the world. Children donated 10 dirhams at the Edinson Cavani 2 entrance of school and wore green, yellow, purple, orange and blue. All proceeds Fastest Porsche 2 were donated to Dubai Cares. Belgium 2 Thank you to all students for this wonderful MUFTI DAY and congratulations to all Orion Nebula 3 the hard work that was put in place to make this day a success! Ed Sheran 3 Pacman 3 Muffins 3 Golden Beetle 4 Word search 4 Origami 4 Riddles 4 COLOUR ME BELOW!! HE’S done it!! By: Rayan. S Roger Federer is a 20-time Grand Slam champion after defeating Marin Cilic, in an epic Australian Open final. The man who was already considered by most as the greatest male player of all-time is now the first to that milestone. He replied to his win with “I’d like to thank everyone at Tennis Australia and everyone involved in organizing this incredible event for their hard work in providing unforgettable experiences, every year.” LFIGPPage 2LIFE of 4 School NewsletterPage 2 of 4 Kepler-90i Edinson Cavani By: Yanis By: Lucas Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around Edinson Roberto Cavani Gómez was born on the 14th of February a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling in 1987. He is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light-years from Earth. The planet striker for club Paris Saint-Germain and the Uruguay national was discovered in data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope. team. Cavani has been described as a "modern striker". He is known for his ability to score impressive goals, both in the air and The newly-discovered Kepler-90i – a sizzling hot, rocky planet with his feet. Although he primarily plays as a center-forward, he that orbits its star once every 14.4 days – was found using is capable of playing in several offensive positions, and has also machine learning from Google. Machine learning is an approach been deployed as a supporting striker or as a winger. to artificial intelligence in which computers “learn.” In this case, computers learned to identify planets by finding in Kepler data On 16 July 2013, Cavani was transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for instances where the telescope recorded signals from planets a reported €64 million. With PSG, Cavani has won three beyond our solar system, known as exoplanets. championships, four Coupes de la Ligue and three Coupes de France. He was named Player of the Year for the 2016–17 season. Inventors of Nike Fastest Porsche By: Hisham By: Maximilien Porsche has the fastest and most powerful version of its iconic The company was founded on January 25, 1964, as Blue Ribbon Sports, 911 sports car. The new 911 GT2 RS is powered by a by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, and officially became Nike, Inc. on turbocharged 700-horsepower 3.8-liter six-cylinder engine. The May 30, 1971. The company takes its name from Nike, the Greek rear-wheel-drive car can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in just goddess of victory. Nike markets its products under its own brand, as 2.7 seconds and has a top speed of 211 miles an hour. well as Nike Golf, Nike Pro, Nike+, Air Jordan and many others. Nike also owned Bauer Hockey between 1995 and 2008, and previously owned Cole Haan and Umbro. In addition to manufacturing sportswear and equipment, the company operates retail stores under the Niketown name. Nike sponsors many high-profile athletes and sports teams around the world, with the highly recognized trademarks of "Just Do It" and the Swoosh logo. The World's Most Expensive Car By: Alix BELGIUM By: Leni The Bugatti Type 41 is a large luxury car built from 1927 to 1933. Ettore Bugatti planned to build twenty-five of these cars and sell The official name of Belgium is the Kingdom of Belgium. them to royalty as the most luxurious car ever but even Belgium shares a land border with 4 countries including France, European royalty were not buying such things during the Great Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Depression, and Bugatti was able to sell only three of the seven Covering an area of just 30,528 km² Belgium is one of the most made (six still exist, one destroyed in wreck). The Bugatti Type densely populated countries in the world. 41, better known as the Royale, was intended to be the biggest, The largest city and capital of Belgium is Brussels. most luxurious, most expensive car in the world. It was to be sold The city has a population of 1.2 million and serves as the capital only to royalty. of the European Union. There are three official languages in Belgium. Dutch, spoken by just under 60% of the population. French is spoken by around 40% of the population. There is a small group of German- speakers in eastern Wallonia. LFIGP LIFE Page 3 of 4 Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Ed Sheran By: Oceane By: Rasha Ed Sheeran is a British singer-songwriter who has hit singles like Ingredients "The A Team" and "Lego House." His full name is Edward Christopher Sheeran. 4 very ripe bananas Ed was born February 17, 1991. 1/3 cup melted butter cooled 2/3 cup sugar He was born in Halifax, England but grew up in Suffolk. His father is an art curator and lecturer and his mom is a 1 egg jewelry designer. 1 teaspoon vanilla His love for music begin at a very young age, singing in the 1 teaspoon baking soda church choir at the age of 4. He learned guitar at a young A pinch of salt age as well. 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Music runs in his family - his older brother Matthew is a 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips composer of classical music. Ed Sheeran began to record his own songs at a very young Instructions age. In 2005 he released tracks: I Love You, Addicted, Misery and Moody Ballad of Ed. 1. Preheat oven to 350. Sheeran moved to London in 2008, and in 2009 he played 2. Grease your muffin tins more than 300 live shows and gigs. 3. Peel bananas and throw them in a big bowl with the melted butter and smash it all together with a fork. 4. Keep blending until the mixture is creamy and smooth, not chunky. 5. Add sugar, egg and vanilla and mix just until combined. 6. Stir in salt and baking soda. 7. Add flour and chocolate chips and mix until just combined. Do not over mix! 8. Divide into muffin tins. By: Theo 9. Bake until cake tester or toothpick pulls out Orion Nebula cleanly for about 18-20 minutes The star nursery nearest to Earth is the Orion Nebula about 1,400 light years away. It is huge, measuring up to 50 light years across and is home to thousands of young stars and protostars. On a clear night, it is visible to the naked eye in the constellation Orion. PACMAN By: Wael Pac-Man is a really cool game! It is a maze-based arcade game that was released in 1980, created by Toru Iwatani, a Japanese game designer. It was released by Midway in the United States. Pac -Man quickly gained popularity, surpassing games such as Asteroids and Space Invaders to become one of the world's all-time most famous games. In Pac-Man, the player controls the Pac-Man character - which looks like a yellow circle with a missing pie-shape piece (which represents the mouth). Pac-Man eats pac-dots as it travels through the maze. Once all the dots on the screen are eaten he moves to the next level. Pac-Man loses one of his lives if he is touched by Clyde, Inly, Pinky, or Blinky - his enemies. LFIGP LIFE Page 4 of 4 Most views of a Minecraft video Golden Tortoise Beetle By: Ryan By: Rayan.P As of the 24th of March 2016, the YouTube channel “The Diamond Minecart ”, hosted by Daniel Middleton, had The golden tortoise beetle previously known as Metriona bicolor, is a accumulated a total of 6,284,997,560 views from 1,811 videos tiny, metallic North American insect that belongs to the leaf beetle th since its launch on the 14 of July 2012. Dan’s videos register family, Chrysomelidae, which includes flea beetles, asparagus beetles an estimated 70 million hits each month. He receives fan mail and longhorn beetles. Nicknamed 'goldenbugs', golden tortoise from around the world too! “I like to think my niche is adding beetles grow to around 5 to 7 mm in length and like foods such as stories, editing tricks to enhance the game’s creativity” he sweet potato and morning glory. The golden tortoise beetle is says. common in North America and can often be found in backyards on plants such as sweet potato and morning glory. Golden tortoise beetles look similar to lady bird beetles. Tortoise beetles get their funny name from the peculiar structure of their elytra (the hardened wing covers that protect the flying wings in beetles) which have a flattened ridge outlining the body and concealing the head and legs, much like a tortoise.