If you want to learn about languages:

http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108609

This article (above link) is a thrill.
If you're interested in languages, that is. And who isn't?!
What is the hardest language? Not English.Lucky you English learners!

ineffective spying?

Stephen Colbert 's irony vs the Patriot Act

and the spyvate sector
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258582/december-16-2009/the-word---spyvate-sector

... I'd rather play football

SPACE

Climate change, climate gate, whatever

Copenhagen Climate Summit: Polluting!
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/144782/This-hypocritical-charade-played-out-in-Copenhagen

Neil de Grasse Tyson about 2012

This great scientist is both entertaining and enlightening. For all those who would be worried about 2012, listen and relax!

MORE TROOPS

So, more U.S. troops in Afghanistan?
Listen to Rachel Maddow and find out. Excellent oral comprehension exercise about war...

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Patrick baillet,

http://www.patrick-baillet.fr/

A BIG THANK YOU to G.G.

http://rea.ccdmd.qc.ca/ri/listening/

G.G. has just sent me this link to a new great ORAL COMPREHENSION SITE,
with great oral comprehension exercises to do!
Enjoy!

Mars may well have been ...

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.074d0e3c86f338acb1e8b9dc609465ba.c81&show_article=1

OBAMA PRO-LANDMINES

As a former active member of Handicap International, I feel deeply miserable.
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/25/us-obama-rejection-mine-ban-treaty-reprehensible
So the Obama administration is not going to sign the Ottawa treaty banning landmines.
The one that G.W.Bush said he would never sign...

Well, Obama didn't abolish the patriot act either. Quite the contrary, he voted to reauthorize it.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/16/obama-seeks-patriot-act-extensions/

And as for stopping wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, here it is :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/13/obama-afghanistan-troop-deployment
and the video of a sadly unforgettable moment here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/video/2009/oct/29/obama-defence-budget
Indeed, Obama is not the president anti-war-minded people could legitimately be hoping for.

Should we keep hoping the world becomes a better place or should we give up hope?
Let's keep hoping!
Yes, always. I mean at least as long as we live... PEACE
http://www.handicap-international.org/
http://www.icbl.org/index.php/icbl/Treaties/MBT/Treaty-Basics

Talk about surveillance...

spy stuff available in retail stores near you...


Watch CBS News Videos Online

IKnowWhatISawTheMovie

IKnowWhatISawTheMovie

Mc Donald's in Asia : Potato burger with fries

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aS3rBACqZf7Q

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/prelim_water_results.html

CELL : Size and scale

A fabulous visual representation of microscopic life: from a grain of salt to an atom of carbon.
Fascinating! Move the cursor! http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

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First site of the World Wide Web

http://info.cern.ch/

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

Windmill in high-rise building

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8317211.stm