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Tomorrow's April Fool's Day The First of April, some do say Is set apart for All Fools Day But why the people call it so Not I, nor they themselves do know Here is a mini lesson on April Fool's Day and some vocabulary : April Fool jokes generally involve...
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When millions switch the light off... Earth Hour 2011 is tonight, at 08:30 PM : A QUIZ on Earth Hour here :
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Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. You can view ⇓ the most recurring Google news in... ... Argentina / Australia / Austria / Brasil / Canada / France / Germany / India...
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The 2 infographics below display various features state by state : The maps show you what the U.S.A. are worst at... but also what their best assets are :-) The data in the 'U.S.A.'s best' infographic come from history.com, 50states.com and SolarPowerRocks.com...
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On March 21, 2007 "Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey blasted off the very first tweet . What began as an experiment in "microblogging" -no more than 140 characters, please- has become a cultural landmark : Twitter now has 200 million users, including tech...
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Here are some paintings illutrating spring : The one I decided to start with was not painted by an English, American or any other English-speaking painter... yet, it is maybe the most famous allegory of the spring season in the world : can you recognise...
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In 2011 March equinox occurs tonight Image : courtesy of the N.A.S.A. March equinox will occur tonight, on March 20 in 2011. From an astronomical viewpoint, that's when spring begins in the northern hemisphere ; autumn also begins, but in the southern...
Lire la suiteSt Patrick's Day is now over... Let's see what you know about Ireland : ... and learn some more ;-)
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Some of you asked for sheets they can't find... Here they are : "Bowling for Columbine" poster : after studying the illustration, a gap fill to recap what you've found out :
Lire la suiteNHK World is a Japanese TV channel that broadcasts news and information on Japan's politics, business, culture, entertainment and more. Here the journalist explains what happened to the nuclear reactor near Fukushima. His speech is both slow rythmed ans...
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