12.17.2012

Gun culture ...


Source: an extract from the documentary Bowling for Columbine, by Mickael Moore

This cartoon was created by Trey Parker and Matt Stones, the creators of South Park.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lGYFRzf2Xww


Obama's reaction after the announcement of another shooting rampage in a Primary School in Newton, Connecticut, on December 14th, 2012:

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qpf9LcLltgg


 After a shooting in Oregon, oct 2015: Obama cannot hide his anger anymore... "Somehow this has become routine"



January 5th 2016:Can the President have the upper hand on Congress and the Gun Lobby?


 Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZJCiDrqjjz8




12.05.2012

Route 66: A mythical road



                              

 Here  is a webquest to know more about Route 66:
(This webquest was created by Camille Depezeville and Morgane Lacavelier, students in LLCE ANGLAIS Master 2, University of caen)

11.20.2012

Cloning... Genetic Modification...




Should we clone the woolly Mammoth?





Source: CBS News Talks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPzSXPTt_Fk

Utopia...or Dystopia?


Source : Sparknotes video summary of Brave New World
Read the following article to know more about the stakes of genetic engineering:
In the New York Times, How Science Can Build A Better You, November 4th, 2012



11.11.2012

INDIA a contrasted world

Bollywood movies...



source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnRorL4N5Bw

A fast-developing country

 source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqyGaT0RCt0

Poverty in India... Is there any improvement?


Gendercide in India:
. read this article from the website nydailynews. Here's the link: http://india.nydailynews.com/newsarticle/4f8ecb764dd34f751c000000/unwanted-daughters-india-battles-with-gendercide

. watch this video about the gendercide in India:


Source: ABC News, hosted by You Tube. Direct link to the video on ABC News webstite :
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/indias-deadly-secret-estimated-40-million-girls-have-gone-missing-india-2020-15126835



11.07.2012

And the winner is...


On Euronews, November 7th 2012 (Election Day) (source: http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/2012/11/07/barack-obamas-victory-speech/ )


For the full speech (22 minutes), here is the link: 



10.22.2012


1st debate Romney/ Obama ( 3/10./2012)
 

2nd debate Romney/Obama (16/10/2012)


The 5th Power

Amanda Todd's suicide: How can the Internet become an instrument of bullying?





Wikileaks (by The Anonymous )





9.23.2012

President Obama at The White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2011

Participatory Journalism
Source :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukz1HaHJrGI


The White House Correspondents'Dinner : When the Presidential Power and the Press meet


Source :
C-SPAN: President Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner 



Full script :