DOES SCIENCE MAKE ROOM FOR ALIENS?

RESEARCHERS ARGUE THAT NEW THEORIES BETTER THE ODDS

See the following "Fact file" and article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6826412/

Third World...

In the forum below, you’ll find a thread on the expression « Third world country ».
See the last three posts at the bottom of this page one. You’ll find examples of the use of that expression.
http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThirdWorldCountry/hbmjm/post.htm

Here, you can read the article by Alfred Sauvy, written in 1952. This is where he uses, for the first time, both expressions : « Troisième monde » and « Tiers Monde. »

http://www.homme-moderne.org/societe/demo/sauvy/3mondes.html

And here, you can read more about him

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Sauvy
http://www.bibliomonde.net/auteur/alfred-sauvy-2251.html

William Blake

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour." -William Blake




http://www.tate.org.uk/learning/worksinfocus/blake/gothic/index.html

E-TWINNING

I've just registered our high school to E-Twinning, the community for schools in Europe. It is a website dedicated to creating contacts through coopearative projects between European schools.

Oral Comprehension

Another great comprehension exercise resource:
Lots of short and varied audio documents to listen to.
REMEMBER:
IF YOU LISTEN TO A LITTLE BIT OF ENGLISH EVERYDAY,
YOU'LL IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH !
http://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?rubrique2

Books make great gifts

ET phone home ... SETI listening for ETs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/12/tech/cnettechnews/main4665555.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories

Night Owl

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Life on Mars?

http://blog.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39074/description/Martian_stairs_suggest_predictable_ancient_climate

What do Aung San Suu Kyi and Giacometti have in common?

http://www.locusnovus.com/lnprojects/suuandgiacometti/

Thanksgiving... thanks Marika!

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=282998282&blogID=450947648