David Cameron: New British Prime Minister

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Multisource political news, world news, and entertainment news analysis by Newsy.com

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/11/david-cameron-uk-prime-minister

steam on the left, magma ash on the right

Here is the best way to follow the Eyjafjallajokull volcano live!
http://eldgos.mila.is/english/eyjafjallajokull-fra-thorolfsfelli/

And a great site to get more follow-up.
http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/

I want one of those!

How to pronounce names

http://www.pronouncenames.com/

Useful site!
Here is a video link about it!
http://cbs5.com/video/?id=56429

OIL SPILL OUT OF CONTROL

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7113708.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093

CBS — 1 mai 2010 — Until last week, drilling in the Gulf of Mexico had been catastrophe-free for decades. Now, drilling opponents have new ammunition in their fight. Wyatt Andrews reports:

The leading conservative politician about UFOs

Extract from Wikepedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010

"The United Kingdom general election of 2010 will be held on 6 May[note 1] to elect one MP in each of the 650 constituencies to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The election was called on 6 April, and Parliament was dissolved on 12 April for the ensuing campaign. Voting will take place between 7.00 am and 10.00 pm. Local elections will also be held in some areas on that day.

The governing Labour Party will be looking to secure a fourth consecutive term in office and to restore support lost since 1997.[1] The Conservative Party will seek to gain a dominant position in UK politics after losses in the 1990s, and to replace Labour as the governing party. The Liberal Democrats hope to make gains from both sides; their most realistic ambition, as the campaign began, was to hold the balance of power in a hung parliament. Since the televised debates between the three leaders, their poll ratings have risen to the point where many are considering the possibility of a Liberal Democrat role in Government.

Archiving tweets?

Texting Teens

Icelandic Pronunciation

WOW!

Slow Down, Take it Easy!

AND WATCH OTHER VIDEOS FROM THE ORIGINAL SITE HERE:http://slow-n-easy.ch/

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL

CBS LONDON, April 15, 2010 Iceland Volcano Ash Grounds European Air Travel
Tens of Thousands Stranded as Airports Shut Down in Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia and France
Watch the video below the article. Some plumes of smoke...and ash
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/14/tech/main6394180.shtml
Also read about the eruption and what preceded it here:
http://www.nat.is/travelguideeng/glacier_eyjafjallajokull.htm
You can also watch here how the plume of ash travels and where it prevents airplanes from flying.
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMKDU9MT7G_index_0.html
Read about

GREAT WEBGIFT FROM DOWN UNDER

A GREAT SITE for all those who want to get to speak English fluently:

http://australianetwork.com/learningenglish/

BRAVO to the Australian Network! Kuddos Down Under;-)

They knew, We knew, Guantanamo news

TRUTH ALWAYS COMES OUT IN THE OPEN SOME DAY
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7092435.ece?print=yes&randnum=1270802329473

There was a time when the pen was mightier than the sword.

By Paul Craig Roberts
See first who he is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Craig_Roberts
Then read this
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts03242010.html
And if it's too tough for you to read in its original version here are the French subtitles from a "Le monde" blog:
http://legauloisdechaine.blog.lemonde.fr/2010/03/26/la-verite-dechue-a-entraine-la-liberte-avec-elle-paul-craig-roberts/

The Metalliers Champenois restored the Statue of Liberty Torch

And as you can see, the Metalliers Champenois
(Champenois = from the Champagne region) restored the torch prior to 9/11

Soon in the class

by the 2TBAA, an exhibition about New York City in room I 02...
your English classroom pupils!

Here: the Chrysler Building
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/chrysler2_skyscraper.html

From Ireland! Thank you Lynn!

Lynn is visiting Ireland and sends that picture from across Oscar Wilde's residence in Dublin.
Vocabulary note: the gutter:

Learning vocabulary

Revise your basic vocabulary here. Thanks to Wilson Cheung for teaching me that "forehead"
can be pronouced /'forid/ but also /for'hed/!
http://learningchocolate.com/

Spring? Ok GO!

I find those videos invigorating.
http://vimeo.com/8528144 get an idea of how it was shot http://vimeo.com/8878427
http://vimeo.com/7166047
Great spring to you all!

Imagine Peace Tower

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is composed of a tall shimmering tower of light that will appear every year and be visible from October 9th (John’s birthday) until December 8th (the anniversary of his death).In addition, the Tower will illuminate from Winter Solstice (December 21st – 28th),on
New Year’s Eve (December 31st) and the first week of spring (March 21st -28th).
It is lit from 2 hours after sunset until midnight, and until dawn on New Year’s Day.




See more pics of the Imagine Peace Tower here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yokoonoofficial/sets/72157607538726414/



Imagine peace Tower site: http://imaginepeace.com/projects/imagine-peace-tower

Oldies but goodies

Revise "Imagine" lyrics

Happy Saint Patrick's day

Even Google is featuring it!

Lousy papers / Teacher with a sense of humour

Contagious is a good word

Painting 18 hours a day

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ORIGAMI

Origami, the art of folding paper...
The video on the link below on PBS is definitely a must-see if you like art, craft, beauty and human inventivity.
So do watch this Independent Lens movie called "Between the Folds". Enjoy!
http://video.pbs.org/video/1340426590/
And there's this great site in progress: Le Crimp, a French folding group:
http://www.le-crimp.org/
Here's another video with Vincent Floderer from le crimp in English, s'il vous plait!:
At the beginning he says "I'm doing Origami since twenty years." If you send me what he should have said in the comment, I'll grant you additional points on your next paper. Be the first to correct him!
(What I would do to get just one comment :-(

Inglorious Bastards

Thank you Geoffrey, if you ever drop by!

A word a day, my favourite sites about words.

Thank you once again Anu Garg! Your site, http://wordsmith.org/ is a real treasure!
Here is a very interesting text in today's edition of Anu Garg's newsletter:

To subscribe to his newsletter and discover his precious online work:
http://wordsmith.org/words/today.html

" Recently I visited London to attend a wedding. The bride had graduated from Oxford, and among the invitees were some of her fellow graduates and a professor. During the long ceremony, we intermittently chatted about London weather, Gordon Brown, Queen Lizzie, and language.

Among other things, we talked about the differences between British and American English. I recalled reading about the inroads American English is making even in the UK, so I decided to carry out an experiment to find to what extent American English had "corrupted" English English.

I told them that sometimes the British write certain numerals (e.g. 1 and 7) differently from how they're written in the US, and asked them to write a short sentence so I could see if there were other differences in the script.

I quickly thought of a sentence for them to write:
"Her favorite flavors were in the gray catalog, she realized."

I said it aloud and the five Oxonians and the Oxford don kindly wrote it down on their napkins (serviettes). I collected the napkins and then told them about the experiment -- it had nothing to do with handwriting. In reality, that sentence had five words that could be written with American or British spellings (favorite/favourite, flavor/flavour, gray/grey, catalog/catalogue realize/realise).

Of the six people who participated in the experiment, three spelled (spelt) everything the British way. The other three had one or more words spelled in American English.

What does this experiment prove? Not much, according to my 12-year-old daughter, "Your sample size is too small."

Language, by its very definition, is a vehicle of exchange. A language means nothing in vacuum. When two people share, they give and take, though the movement is not always equal in both directions. US export of movies, television, music, books, technology, etc. includes something that goes through under the radar: Language.

Will American English take over the other Englishes? Probably not. Will the English language diverge into distinct languages just as Latin turned into French, Spanish, Italian and other languages? Hope not.

But who knows? Only time can tell, but in the meantime let's celebrate the diversity of languages by learning words English has borrowed from some of the less-known languages: Hungarian, Hebrew, Nootka, Afrikaans, and Persian. Even though they're not as well-known to most of us, they are still spoken by thousands or millions of people."

I'm way more than a little proud to be quoted in his second book, Another word a day, on page 122! Anu Garg has written three books which are all in my library! Well, on my bedside table!

http://www.amazon.com/Another-Word-Day-Limited-Gift/dp/0471778788

And Anu's site has long been in this blog's tags.

Amazing demo: SixthSense

You want to know what the future looks like?
By the way, what movie and what actor does the speaker, Pattie Maes, refer to?
This is a question of oral comprehension for my pupils ;-) Additional points in sight for any comment...

HUBBLE -IMAX

Hubble 3D Trailer
envoyé par IMAXMovies. - Regardez plus de vidéos de science.

Spying school follow-up

1984 in Philadelphia school ?

COMMENT !!! In class and right here!
The school's answer on its website:
http://www.lmsd.org/sections/schools/default.php?m=&t=hhs&p=hhs_today_anno&id=1143
And some articles
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1252234/U-S-school-child-porn-probe-revealed-laptops-used-spy-pupils-home.html

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/school-used-laptop-webcams-to-spy-on-us-pupils-at-home-14690166.html

http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/School-In-United-States-Accused-Of-Spying-On-Its-Students-Through-In-Built-Cameras-on-Laptops/Article/201002315553845?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15553845_School_In_United_States_Accused_Of_Spying_On_Its_Students_Through_In-Built_Cameras_on_Laptops

FACEBOOK FRIENDS ?

French Joke / pun / play on words

I've got an iPhone... well,indeed, " I " sounds like garlic in French!

The Robin Hood Tax

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/09/tobin-tax-nighy-curtis-film

NEWSY about JOBLESS RATES

Great NEWS SOURCE: http://www.newsy.com/

NEW YORK CITY

Here's to the 2TBAA are working on the Big Apple. Soon in your classroom!

You love the TV series Heroes...

You may enjoy Zeroes too!

ObamiPad

Obama on an ad?

Watch CBS News Videos Online

DROP HAITI'S DEBT

CLICK AND HELP !
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/haiti_cancel_the_debt_7/

Hackney Council 'clean up' Banksy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/11/29/london_life_banksy_feature.shtml

Banksy makes his movie debut at film festival

THE ABOVE WALL PAINTING IS NOT BY BANKSY, but a Banksy-influenced artist indeed!

Now, about Banksy!
Notorious though elusive street artist Banksy, whose work has decorated his home town of Bristol to Israel's West Bank barrier, has turned his hand to film-making. Exit Through The Gift Shop will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
WHO IS BANKSY?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7504132.stm
Sounds like a tabloid headline, doesn't it?
Well, since we've studied some documents about him, including some of his works, I thought you might be curious though I hope he keeps up the good job and doesn't fall into the abyss of power. For I believe fame is one of a kind.
Anyway, here you will watch the trailer of the movie Exit Through the Gift Shop
Read the article too.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8471145.stm
Youtube Banksy, watch and say what you think in the comments.
Good for your English! Do I preach in the wilderness?

How New Words Are Made

View more presentations from Mark O’Meara.

Yale Musical: " Tha's Why I Chose Yale"

http://www.yale.edu/
http://www.satellite-sightseer.com/id/1423

Two former U.S. presidents asking to give to charity for Haiti.

Blizzard in Times Square

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-7-2010/moment-of-zen---calvin-trillin-s-prediction

PARENTS and TEENS

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/07/earlyshow/main6066101.shtml

Very Interesting Hoax?

Luc Montagnier
par NosLibertes

I'm afraid not...

PEACE IN MOVEMENT FOR 2010 onwards

Happy New Year!

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-10-2009/lara-logan

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/

URGENT !! CORRESPONDANTS!

Etes-vous interessé par un correspondant américain?
Une amie collègue de français aux U.S. veut faire correspondre ses élèves avec les miens.
N'hésitez-pas! Envoyez-moi un mail à l'adresse arago2311@gmail.com avec comme sujet:
U.S. penpal.
Je me chargerai d'envoyer votre adresse mail à ma collègue qui la donnera à l'un ou l'une de ses élèves.
Merci d'avance. Mme Bilien

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

News about Gary McKinnon

ComputerWeeklydotcom's essential guide to Gary McKinnon's story with links to articles from the beginning. (2002)
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/08/28/231065/hacker-gary-mckinnon-essential-guide.htm

Gary McKinnon talks to Huw Edwards on BBC News in July 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4715612.stm
Indeed, the above link features McKinnon telling us why he is not such a good hacker since he was only doing what is called 'blank password scanning' which is not a proper computer hack.
Listen to him saying " I would be considered by a proper computer hacker, a professional, to be completely amateur."
Then listen to his answer to the broadcaster's question: "What's your case against extradition?"

And here is the latest news from TimesOnline :http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6878553.ece

What could we do to help those children?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/17/world/main5392572.shtml

Obama Okayed 13,000 More Afghan Troops

Yes we can.
But no we won't...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/13/politics/washingtonpost/main5381329.shtml?tag=stack
extract :
The request reportedly includes different options for adding troops for combat, training and support, with one option totaling about 40,000. The ability of the Army and Marine Corps to meet the request would depend on the type and number of troops McChrystal asked for, and when he wants them. A significant troop increase in Afghanistan early next year - similar to the 2007 increase in Iraq - would be difficult to sustain given the current size of the Army and Marine Corps and ongoing troop demands in Iraq, officials said.

CHECK OUT THIS GREAT WEBSITE TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH

http://www.englishmaven.org/

Explore in the above link the blue column on the left . Some labels have few lessons. Others have lots.
I suggest you begin with the "Pronouncing -ed endings" lesson.

You can do the lessons for free BUT JUST ONCE.

This site is now referenced under the label "LESSONS" on the left column of this blog. I called it MAVEN there.
Enjoy and check out the other links as well as the other labels...

Obama Nobel Peace Prize

http://www.truthout.org/101009A

The above link is an interesting comment on the picture of those 4 famous people...
Or are they that well-known?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/woodrowwilson/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/theodoreroosevelt/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

LISTEN TO GREG PATILLO !

HERE'S A PHOTO OF HIS GROUP: PROJECT TRIO
and the link to their website: http://www.whatisproject.org/index.html
I can't wait to see them in France!

We Will Not Pay To Use Facebook. We Are Gone If This Happens

Apparently if Facebook gets sold then theres a major possibility that it will turn into a "Paysite". This is just stupid! Lets all stick together on this one and let them know that we will leave Facebook if they decide to charge us to use it.

WILL YOU PAY TO USE FACEBOOK ?
I don't use it much but if this happens, I'm gone!

Colton Harris Moore

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/facebook_fan_page_for_teen_ban.html

A new oral comprehension site: Learn English Feel Good

I hope you all feel good... I knew that you would!

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/esl_movieclip9.html

It's now referenced under the label "Oral comprehension sites" on the left column of this blog. Enjoy and check out the other labels.

Mc Donald's in the U.S.

No comment !!!

One of the most important video I've ever watched...

Because the truth will ALWAYS prevail and because freedom is our most precious possession, I believe everybody should watch it. Thank you.
This is the French version but you'll easily find the English one on the web.
I hope we'll have the web for ever. But I'm not so sure about it.
http://video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=-647042342894016035#

TO ALL THOSE WHO VISIT MY BLOG

WELCOME!!!
My blog was first created for my pupils. I'm a female John Doe... (any idea how you'd call her?) but I've got to admit that few of them visit it :-(
Many of you visitors come from around the world:
Britain, Germany, Poland, Croatia, Turkey, India, Philippines, Korea, Japan, U.S., Canada, Mexico, Argentina, and so on and so forth.
Indeed, thanks to sitemeter (the free version, thank you Sitemeter!), I'm able to see where my visitors come from and it's a thrill to see these web connections.

I'd love to hear from you all. Why don't you say hello right below in the comments. I promise to reply to every single comment. Or if you wish to send me a private message, please contact me at arago2311 at gmail.com.
I'm very much interested in teaching, UFOs, science and the 9/11 truth movement.
What about you?
Thanks in advance. Enjoy every single second of your life and your world. Our wonderful world. Peace. Elisabeth

9/11 Truth Movement in NYC

http://www.nyccan.org/

Basket-Ball Crazy

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the appearance of a man

the appearance of a man

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SHOPAHOLICS

How to pronounce -ed at the end of verbs. BIG THANKS TO MONIQUE W. HEALY

Mind Control: The subject of Comic books : fiction or science?

Japan's New First Lady Claims Alien Experience

Preventing the Flu in France ou Comment dire "Hugh" en Américain!

http://www.lecielestbleu.com/html/main_pateason.htm

Great creative crazy stuff you find on the web...

A quote by Harry S. Truman, 33rd president of the United States (1945-1953) :
"The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know."
as quoted in Plain Speaking : An Oral Biography of Harry S Truman (1974) by Merle Miller, p. 26

WTC 1 and WTC 2 collapsed on the morning of 9/11/01.
Did you know that WTC 7 collapsed at 05:20 pm on the same day?


And what about that?

I MUST NOT COPY WHAT I SEE ON THE SIMPSONS

Back to school in France. We call it "la rentrée". (No such noun in English).
Anyway, it's high time I posted something new for september. Well, I went on Banksy's site again and saw his new work and I thought you should have a look.
http://www.banksy.co.uk/menu.html
Because I consider Banksy's art to be extremely worth studying, we'll go back there together in the multimedia room.
http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm
He's got nothing to sell, nothing to proselytize.
Nothing of that sort.
He is just creating a great work of art in progress, his acute lucidity is here for us to ponder on our urban world.
All those walls.
119 friendly admirative French earthly free hugs to Banksy and Welcome back to school, kids!

About Global Warming

and nature terribly off-balance.
http://thebigask.eu/
Radiohead on tour with the Big Ask