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... non violent like Nobel Peace prizes Liu Xiaobo, or Aung San Suu Kyi (2010 and 1991), committed to social change (and a bright writer too !) like Mario Vargas Llosa... and so much more ! Click on the illustration below to find a few facts & figures...
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Above is the symbol of WPD for the next three years. World Post Day is said to "give governments and Posts an opportunity to demonstrate just how much the ever-expanding range of postal services contributes to national economic growth." (1) The Universal...
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London : the Tube workers on strike The workers in London's Tube have literally jammed the Tube system with a one-day strike. As about 3.5 million people a day use the London Tube, each day of strike costs the city £47,355,000 (=75 million dollars) the...
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From 3 to 14 October, the Commonwealth Games are held in Dehli -India A tiger is the mascot of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Here, you can see Shera on a stamp. "DELHI, Oct 3 – Prince Charles opened the 19th Commonwealth Games on Sunday at the Jawaharlal...
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TEACHERS' LOUNGE As usual, the VAMPIRES page on Michelle Henry's precious website provides you numerous resources... but not the ones I'm recommending now (I've just checked :-) : "Bloody Vampires !" displays a brief webography which includes the 5 articles...
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Lire la suiteYou've already watched a video showing what procrastination is... Let's see if you've understood the main idea : watch this alternative video and list what the man does to procrastinate ! I'll start : procrastination is doodling all around a blank sheet...
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This timeline shows social media aren't that new... Some of these "technologies that facilitate conversations" already existed 30 years ago ! Click on the illustration ^^^ to view the full-size timeline
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From the 1830's to nowadays, this graphic focuses on the cars designed and created to be powered by electricity only : click ^^^ on the picture to view the full-size graphic. Here you are shown the main steps in the history of electric cars : t heir internal...
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The Most Widely Spoken Languages in the world & the countries they are spoken in I know the illustration below looks like a map of London tube ... but actually, it shows the most widely spoken languages in the world and the countries where people speak...
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