Edward Snowden on FRANCE 24

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

3'40''
 [... But what’s really changed, most dramatically from the world of 2013 to the world of today (9 sept 2019) is everybody is aware that Facebook is up to no good, that Google is up to no good... ]

4’05

[... It’s technology that’s enabling this and making it all possible for the first time. ...]

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Enjoy the whole video that was released on youtube on Sept. 9, 2019.
Time flies but those 6 years have been for the best.
Except for Julian Assange who is in Belmarsh Prison (U.K.)

I'm glad Edward Snowden is able to move more or less freely in Russia. 

The Square Palme d'Or 2017

Holiday time well spent. Hope you can afford a flick.
Went to see The Square. Here's the official trailer of that movie
running in #Reims this week at the Opera. 
Lucky to have an ...arthouse cinema here in Reims.                                                                  Just learnt a new word! Hope to talk about it with you (the movie is subtitled!) back to school.
Worth a good mark/grade I'm sure. And by the way, where are those comments anyway?

Learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9MtAfDswzQ
 Just chose to put a pic instead of the video. It is craftily preventing from allowing me to integrate it! Never mind, justwatch the link! Thanks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9MtAfDswzQ

Undersea cable: From sign language to the web.

"It's strange to think that so much effort on such a large scale is devoted to something the size of a human hair. But optic fiber allows the modern world to talk to itself."

Nice read about "How the first cable was laid across the Atlantic", back in 1858 http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-01/18/transatlantic-cables/viewall For Nerds only: A 35 mn conference about the history of it all. Nerd Nite SF: "20,000 Leagues Under the TCP: The Undersea Internet" by Chris Woodfield https://vimeo.com/29975179

BACK TO SCHOOL!

We!lcome new students.
CONTACT ME before the "Rentrée" if you feel like it. I hope yo.u will.
POST A COMMENT!
Parents or tutors, feel free to contact me too.
I will greatly enjoy reading your comments or mail. arago2311(AT)gmail.com

Contact info MUCH APPRECIATED and will allow us to communicate if necessary

Obama and Luther

APRIL 2015

Keegan-Michael Key and Obama at the White House Correspondents' Dinner - 

Obama's Anger Management. (Don't you love it? 

Who are KEY and PEELE? (wiki)

Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the show consists mainly of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors. The sketches cover a variety of societal topics, often with a focus on African-American culture and race relations.
Key & Peele won a 2013 Peabody Award and was nominated for a 2013 Writers Guild Award. The show is nominated for an NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series.

w.cc.com/shows/key-and-peele

For futher studies:

On Conan (talk show), TBS or is it Comedy Central late-night talk show starring Conan O'Brien (2010–present)

When Obama was about to be reelected in 2012:

 Keegan Michael Key on FEBRUARY 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtfCUAppExw

 Jordan Peele on Obama in SEPTEMBER 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqeeWIh7hk 

私の娘ありがとうございます

 

Great new site...

... to improve your English.
Thanks very much to its creator: Annette Porte. Fabulous job !

The idea is simple. You have a text that is recorded. You also have the script (remember it's better to listen to the audio or video several times without the script.).

Then, you have access to a pdf doc with vocabulary pertaining to the script in an exercise and then, you can fill in the blanks of the text.

I'm gonna add it below the oral comprehension label on your left. Use it!
https://tinytexts.wordpress.com/

Thrive

This film was released on April 12, 2012. Thrive means to prosper. Let's do that! That's 'the other story' my beloved sister sent me yesterday. Quite a story isn't it. So many diverse subjects, with examples and illustrations tied into one logical conclusion. It really makes sense. And the fact that it is being released on the web makes me smile and feel wonderfully optimistic. I'm sure you'll love it too. Oh I know, it's long. Two hours and twelve minutes. Make yourself episodes if you don't feel like watching it in a row. I couldn't stop watching. I'm glad to share it with you.

First site of the World Wide Web

http://info.cern.ch/

Here is what it looked like:
http://info.cern.ch/NextBrowser.html

MySpace Outage Leaves Millions Friendless

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/myspace_outage_leaves_millions