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

Limitations and creativity

The power of constraints: Phil Hansen at TEDxKC(Kansas City)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgoAFS3xu74&feature=youtu.be

Dismaland

Used to be in the U.K., will be in Calais soon.
Banksy and his artists friends remodeling idea of amusement parks.

Fighting to spread the truth

Harvey Wasserman:  

This man wants you to know the truth about Fukushima

13 minutes in:

"The fact of the matter is that Tepco like ever utility company in the U.S. has no financial liability for any of the damage that they do. 

It is not in the interest of # PG&E or any other corporation that owns a Nuclear power plant to protect the public safety because there is no money in it.”

  

On moveOn.org
http://front.moveon.org/this-man-wants-you-to-know-the-truth-about-fukushima/#.VgLnpPRdsUp

Distracted

From Jonathan Safran Foer's novel

 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Are You There?
 For the 2nd forms and all!!

SHUTDOWN:

 The California-Fukushima Connection - 

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

Doodling : vive le gribouillage!

Baccalauréat 2015

FOR MY PUPILS
Congrats to those who have passed it.
Bon courage à tous ceux qui vont au rattrapage. 
Work well and cheer up!
Following the results closely and wishing you the best!

....... Suite et fin: 

ça y est le 2ème tour est sorti. Je suis tellement heureuse pour ceux qui ont réussi à passer ce cap.

TES :

Bravo à Lorine, Mohamed, Ramzi, Meredith, Onieka et Alexandre.
Peut-être retrouvera-t-on Christophe, Mounia, Alioune et Mamadou l'an prochain?

Un an c’est vite passé…Cheer up!

TSTI

Bravo à Navid, Lisa, Baye Mor.

Désolée pour Manon, Nicolas et Fanny. See you next year in Arago ?

Charleston, South Carolina

The Guardian Dylann Roof: the cold stare of a killer with a history of drug abuse and racism http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/18/dylann-roof-south-carolina-charleston-shooting-suspect

 The Daily Beast  Everything Known About Charleston Church Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/18/everything-known-about-charleston-church-shooting-suspect-dylann-roof.html

CNN: Suboxone: What is the drug  linked to Charleston shooting suspect?

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/19/health/suboxone/index.html

Six things

6 Things Not to Say in an Interview 

 

http://info.theladders.com/career-advice/avoid-these-words-in-job-interviews?utm_source=wednesday_newsletter_email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=interview_chechecklist&utm_content=amanda_article&utm_campaign=wednesday_newsletter

 

 

Football, sponsors and responsibility!

Jon Oliver, comedian, made a promise to Budweiser: "If you pull your support and help get rid of Joseph Blatter, I will put my mouth where my mouth is."
A few days later, after Blatter's resignation, he did!
Don't you have fun with John Oliver?!

Ahead of her Time: Saheela Ibraheem

 She was accepted to Harvard College at age 15!
 https://college.harvard.edu/

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/ahead-of-her-time/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hu-twitter-general

INTEGRITY

Richard Feynman
from www.brainpickings.org
http://www.brainpickings.org/2012/06/08/richard-feynman-caltech-cargo-cult-science/
Great minds at your service!

What the lab rat experiment from 16:00 onwards. At least.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=978&v=yvfAtIJbatg

Water is Life.

New ways to see.

That new way to see is just one of many human ways to marvel at the beauty of the world.
We've got to remember that we can all be  _________ blind to something.
It doesn't make the world less fascinating.

UK general elections

http://www.theguardian.com/international

The Conservative party wins this general election.
David Cameron will remain the Prime Minister for 5 more years.
The polls announced his downfall. Polls are often wrong...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/07/exit-poll-conservatives-win-david-cameron-general-election-labour

I wonder, can a country have Stockholm Syndrome?

Requiem for the American dream

Noam Chomsky is a great thinker, scholar, linguist, writer, you name it!

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 

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