another ad for OBAMA

An Ad for OBAMA

BANKSY : One nation under CCTV

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-559547/Graffiti-artist-
Banksy-pulls-audacious-stunt-date--despite-watched-CCTV.html

SAVE THE "PALAIS DE LA DECOUVERTE"!

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE? GREAT SCIENTIFIC STUFF.
I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE PI ROOM...

http://www.sauvonslepalaisdeladecouverte.fr/
Sign the petition!

Un moyen mnémotechnique populaire (mais peu pratique) est le poème :

Que j'aime à faire apprendre un nombre utile aux sages !

Immortel Archimède, artiste, ingénieur,

Qui de ton jugement peut priser la valeur ?

Pour moi ton problème eut de pareils avantages.

Jadis, mystérieux, un problème bloquait

Tout l'admirable procédé, l'œuvre grandiose

Que Pythagore découvrit aux anciens Grecs.

Ô quadrature ! Vieux tourment du philosophe

Insoluble rondeur, trop longtemps vous avez

Défié Pythagore et ses imitateurs.

Comment intégrer l'espace plan circulaire ?

Former un triangle auquel il équivaudra ?

Nouvelle invention : Archimède inscrira

Dedans un hexagone ; appréciera son aire

Fonction du rayon. Pas trop ne s'y tiendra :

Dédoublera chaque élément antérieur ;

Toujours de l'orbe calculée approchera ;

Définira limite ; enfin, l'arc, le limiteur

De cet inquiétant cercle, ennemi trop rebelle

Professeur, enseignez son problème avec zèle

Le nombre de lettres de chaque mot correspond à une décimale, sauf pour le chiffre "0" dont le codage correspond à un mot de 10 lettres.

En 2005, un japonais de 59 ans, Akira Haraguchi, a réussi à aligner par cœur 83 431 décimales de π en 13 heures. Il réitéra son record un an plus tard en 2006 en mémorisant et récitant publiquement 100 000 décimales pendant 16 heures. Cet exploit a été homologué par le Livre Guinness des records

The CANS Festival

http://cansfestival.com/
The CANS Festival Leake street, London
Some people are calling it the greatest stencil art show that has ever taken place in a tunnel underneath Waterloo Station

I'm watching live on cbsnews.org...

Barack Obama is speaking in Grand Rapid, Michigan with John Edwards.
Mr Edwards, another democrat, has also been competing in the democratic primaries
but he quit 4 months ago.
He didn't say who he would endorse (support).
He didn't say whether he would support Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.
He is a popular man, well-known for his honesty and his concern for poverty and health care and his determination towards peace and freedom.
Well, tonight, John Edwards is declaring that he endorses Obama.
Obama Obama OBAMA OBAMA

This week Time cover

The election of the president of the United States is very different from the French presidential election.

The American elections are MUCH MORE complicated !
The US president will be chosen next November by delegates. (indirect suffrage)
So before the "general election", each great party, organizes elections called "primaries" or "caucuses" to choose the one who will compete with the 4-year-presidential mandate which is a competition between two men... well, two human beings!

Former democratic presidents backwards: Clinton, carter, Johnson, Kennedy, Truman, Roosevelt ...
Former republican presidents onwards: ... Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, G.H.Bush, G.W.Bush
See the succession here: http://mistupid.com/history/presidents.htm

So: Right now ! The Democratic primaries are still taking place among the Democrats to select the candidate who will face the Republican candidate who has been chosen through the Republican primary elections : John McCain.

For now, Barack Obama has 1882 delegates, selected during the different elections that have been taking place successively in the different states.
See the calendar here: http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/democraticprimaries/index.html Youl'll notice that the race is soon over.
Well, it is not because Hillary Clinton has 1711 delegates and she says she can still win the primaries against Obama... She could quit but she says she can still win.
2025 delegates are needed to secure the nomination.
See the evolution of the democratic primaries here http://election.cbsnews.com/campaign2008/index.shtml

So, the next US Presidential elections in November 2008 will be a race between

EITHER Barack Obama versus John McCain

OR Hillary Clinton versus John McCain

Well, this week's Time cover believes Obama will run for president against John McCain.
And I hope they're right.
Not that I wouldn't like a woman for the US presidency, but I like Obama's vision better. And after all, Clinton has already been in the White House as a first lady...
I believe new politicians are needed. Read about his life here:
http://www.barackobama.com/learn/meet.php

Divers Find Ancient Bust Of Caesar Near Arles

and other wonderful works of art. Read about them here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/14/tech/main4094913.shtml

Agreat site to learn more English

http://www.cdlponline.org/

Listen, read, learn!!!

LEONARDO DI CAPRIO

His movie, "The 11th Hour", deals with environmental issues and our responsibility.

PANGEA DAY ...

Can your film save the world?
http://www.planete.tm.fr/dossiers/template/page.html?PAGE_ID=1372&AFF_SS_PAGE=
oui&FOLD_ID=110&PAGE_LEFT_TEMP=10&PAGE_RIGHT_TEMP=11

Here are the lyrics by David Byrne:
Like Humans Do Lyrics

For millions of years, In millions of homes
A man loved a woman, A child it was born
It learned how to hurt and it learned how to cry
Like Humans Do

Chorus:
I'm breathing in
I'm breathing out
So slip inside this funky house
Dishes in the sink
The TV's in repair
Don't look at the floor
Don't go up the stairs
I'm achin'
I'm shakin'
I'm breakin'
Like Humans Do
I'm achin'
I'm shakin'
I'm breakin'
Like Humans Do

I work and I sleep and I dance and I'm dead
I'm eatin, I'm laughin and I'm lovin myself
I never watch TV
Except when I'm stoned
Like Humans Do

[Repeat Chorus]

I'm breathing in
I'm breathing out
So slip inside this funky house
Wiggle while you work
Anybody can
The rain is pourin in on a woman and a man

I'm achin'
I'm shakin'
I'm breakin'
Like Humans Do
I'm breathing in
I'm breathing out

PANGEA DAY for WORLD PEACE

Samedi 10 mai à 20h00, première édition du "Pangea Day" en direct depuis le Caire, Kigali, Los Angeles et Rio de Janeiro.

Pour la France c’est PLANETE qui a été choisie pour participer à la diffusion de cet événement Planétaire.
Et l'on pourra le suivre sur le site même de Pangea Day. Vous pouvez d'ores et déjà y trouver des videos sur les motivations de l'organisatrice de cette initiative.
http://www.pangeaday.org