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Remember how long the maths lessons at school always seemed? Well imagine having maths for 38 hours non-stop! The man who spent seven years making his own nativity scene for Christmas and, the woman with the longest hair in the Czech Republic. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
Nada Erbenova considers her hair to be her best feature - and she's decided that there's never too much of a good thing. With a mane of 187 centimetres she holds the 2003 record for longest hair in the Czech Republic. It took her twenty years to grow it and she says that she made up her mind to do so when her mum told her that her grandmother had had hair all the way down to her feet. People are entranced - especially men and children, Nada says. Of course there are disadvantages - her hair takes a whole day to dry - and it is not very practical for a businesswoman. However Nada says the decision to have it cut is really hard to make. When you've lived with it for years - it's like loosing an essential part of yourself, she says.
Remember how long the maths lesson always seemed at school? Now think about a whole day of maths, a night and day of maths - or more - without a break. With the right teacher you might just survive the ordeal. Pavla Mojzisova - a maths teacher at a Prague school is so popular with her class that they decided to set a record in the amount of time a maths lesson could go on. And the result was an amazing 38 hours and 5 minutes! We'd never have made it without support from the school and from parents, Mojzisova says. Four kids had to leave because they fell asleep or got a bad headache - and Mojzisova herself fainted from exhaustion near the end, but she and the class were determined to see it through - and they did! In fact the experiment was such a success that the kids are already talking of attempting a "40 hours of maths" record next year. It's not something you want to make a habit of, their 29 year old teacher says, but she just can't bear to disappoint them. After all what other maths teacher can boast of having a class for whom no maths lesson is long enough?
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Driving through Prague in the rush hour is generally viewed as a nightmare. The streets are jammed, drivers break the rules and they are inconsiderate. Last week a Prague auto club organized a Gentleman's race though Prague. Contestants competed in how quickly they could drive from one end of Prague to the other without breaking the speed limit or any other regulations. The event was approved by the town hall authorities. And the mayor of Prague Pavel Bem joined in himself to try and set a good example. There were surprising anti- prizes for those who broke the rules - they received a pair of crutches with the assurance that if they didn't mend their habits they'd need them sooner or later.
Frantisek Juracka is counting the days to Christmas because this year Xmas will be a very special event for his family and home town. This year Frantisek will finally be ready to present them with a breathtaking nativity scene that it took him seven years to complete. The nativity scene is made of clay and has three hundred figures in all - 80 of them mobile. And because Frantisek wanted something really original he did not stop at the figures you'd expect to see - the three kings, shepards, villagers and so on. He included figures who most certainly weren't present at the birth of Jesus - such as himself. The whole village is now eagerly awaiting its unveiling so see whether they too have not been immortalized in Mr. Jurecka's amazing work of art.
