The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is an annual American hot dog competitive eating competition. It is held each year on Independence Day at Nathan's Famous Corporation's original, and best-known restaurant at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in Coney Island, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The contest has gained public attention in recent years due to the stardom of Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut. The current champion is Matt Stonie. The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest has been held at the original location on Coney Island every year since about 1972 in conjunction with Independence Day.[3] According to legend, on July 4, 1916, four immigrants held a hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous stand on Coney Island to settle an argument about who was the most patriotic. A man by the name of Jim Mullen is said to have won, although accounts vary. The competitors stand on a raised platform behind a long table with drinks and Nathan's Famous hot dogs in buns. Most contestants have water on hand, but other kinds of drinks can and have been used. Condiments are allowed, but are usually not used. The hot dogs are allowed to cool slightly after grilling to prevent possible mouth burns. The contestant that consumes (and keeps down) the most hot dogs and buns (HDB) in ten minutes is declared the winner. The length of the contest has changed over the years, previously 12 minutes, and in some years, only three and a half minutes; since 2008, 10 minutes. The winner of the men's competition is given possession of the coveted international "bejeweled" mustard-yellow belt. The belt is of "unknown age and value". Sonya Thomas won the inaugural women's competition and its "bejeweled" pink belt.

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Nowhere Boy

On the morning of December 9th 1980, John Lennon vas murdered.

A deranged fan, called Mark Chapman,had ambushed John and Yoko , outside their house in N.Y.

Chapman shot John at 11 o'clock atnight.

It wasa sad day.

People heard the news on the radioat breakfast.

A cultural icon was destroyed.

John Lennon, in spirit of his image, was a iolent man.

This could have beenthe result of his difficult life.

The film 'Nowhere Boy' is about his childhood and adolescence.

The director of ths film are Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson.

Anne-Marie Duff play Julia, John's estranged mother and Kristin Scott play Mimi, his aunt.

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The origin of the name Francis

The name comes from the Latin, Franciscus, which means "Franco", "belonging to the people of the Franks".
It's a name widely used in Italy, but also in other countries.
There are many variations as Frank Francisco etc ...
Francis, besides being the patron saint of Italy, is also our present Pope.
Also it is also mentioned in the Bible.
This is also the name of many poets, emperors, kings, saints and footballers.

My school

My new school is very big.
Its name is "Galileo Galilei".
It is situated in the city centre, in front of the Ducal Palace, an old monument of my town.
In this school there are about 20 class rooms.
Also, there are a gym, a camp, an I.T. lab, an auditorioum and a lenguage lab.
There are three floors.
The courses are: Scientific Lyceum, Music Lyceum, Lenguage Lyceum and Dance Lyceum.
There are 18 students in my class.
They are very friendly and nice.
Anna sits next to me, she's 14 and she is from Mondragone.
I go in a lenguage class.
I study five lenguages: Italian, English, Spanish, Franch and Latin.
I study English because i like it.
my teacher aren't bad.


I really like this new school.

How to use Spell Check

Spell Check is a website that corrects all errors of grammar and spelling in English, using different colors for each category it is very useful if you want to check your writing production

The origins of my name

My name is Ylenia.
This name derives from Hebrew 'ilan', that mean 'plant'.
According to another interpretation results instead be a Slavic version of Elena.
Present mainly in Italian, Ylenia has considerable spread. the name is common in a wide range of variants, including Ilene, Jlenia, Hilenia, Elenia, Ilena, Ilenya and Ylenja.