Hurricane Sandy

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/sandy-tropical-storm-threatens-east-coast-article-1.1193631

Secrets and lies

The Danish agent, the Croatian blonde and the CIA plot to get al-Awlaki - CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/15/world/al-qaeda-cia-marriage-plot/index.html

Mindfulness - Translation anyone?

A great way to begin the day. Mindfulness. In our school, M. Frédéric Pannetier introduced us to a similar technique in some of the classes. It will be great to do it again.

Room to Breathe Official Trailer from Russell Long on Vimeo.

FABULOUS MARS LANDING

Kuddos to Bard Canning, the producer of this amazing footage. I quote his comment: "Working frame-by-frame, it took me four weeks to produce this video. It was a labor of love. You can support my efforts with a donation or just let me know that you enjoyed it. I think it's wonderful that everyone on Earth has a chance to see this amazing footage from Mars :" SOOOOO TRUE! ENJOY these precious minutes.

Theresa May blocks Gary McKinnon's extradition to US

No extradition to the U.S. for Gary McKinnon, a U.K. citizen. he was investigating the UFO subject from his mother's bedroom computer when he hacked into the US department computers. It took the US some time to detect the security breach, (Gary must be some hacker!)but when they did, they immediately required his extradition. Since then, his family and many people including my proud self have been fighting to avoid extradition and after ten exacting years,the right decision was taken. Theresa May is a prominent Conservative party member and has been appointed UK's Home Secretary since May 2012. The Home Office is a Ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for immigration, security, and law and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service (MI5). It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs, counter-terrorism, and ID cards.

A testimony

Gavin Allwright Talks About Fukushima

One more great site:Self Access Corner

It's all in the title! Do it yourself! Explore, learn and practise http://www.xtec.cat/~ogodoy/sac/index.htm Looking for exercises? Go right here: http://www.xtec.cat/~ogodoy/sac/rephrasing/rephrexercises.htm

The city of London and London

Use the web to learn English

No Grammar secrets on the web! Here, many exercises to practise and improve your English... http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/ And here, an excellent piece on perfective aspect, what I call Have+Ven. My pupils should know what that is... check it here and kuddos to the British Council http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/fr/english-grammar/verbs/perfective-aspect INDEED, YOU CAN LEARN ENGLISH ONLINE AND FOR FREE! Sometimes I wonder if I make that clear enough to my pupils. Register to learnenglish! It's free http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/fr/

News in Levels

Another website for the left column of this blog, a free comprehension website that helps you improve your English! Enjoy http://www.newsinlevels.com/

More transparency needed

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201210060041