Electing a US President in Plain English - YouTube: "Electing a US President in Plain English"
just incase the process wasn't clear....
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Friday, February 19, 2016
Race in Nevada, Once a Hillary Clinton Firewall, Is Now Hotly Contested - The New York Times
Race in Nevada, Once a Hillary Clinton Firewall, Is Now Hotly Contested - The New York Times:
the NY Times has a lot of information about the US elections! '(Duh!)
But checkout their multimedia content... that's also excellent.
"In a storefront on this city’s heavily Latino east side, the civil rights leader Dolores Huerta rallied a dozen volunteers for Hillary Clinton on Wednesday night, relating, in Spanish, a Mexican saying about people who go near a cactus only when it is bearing fruit."
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the NY Times has a lot of information about the US elections! '(Duh!)
But checkout their multimedia content... that's also excellent.
"In a storefront on this city’s heavily Latino east side, the civil rights leader Dolores Huerta rallied a dozen volunteers for Hillary Clinton on Wednesday night, relating, in Spanish, a Mexican saying about people who go near a cactus only when it is bearing fruit."
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
What makes you happy? | Playlist | TED.com
This playlist should be interesting for Laura! what do you think?
Have a good February break!
(and a happy one!)
james
What makes you happy? | Playlist | TED.com:
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Have a good February break!
(and a happy one!)
james
What makes you happy? | Playlist | TED.com:
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Monday, February 15, 2016
Addiction
Hi everyone,
Here is a Ted Talk about drugs and addictions.
https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong
During this video, Johann Hari explains to what extend, everything we think we know about addictions (drugs or other) are wrong. In our society, addictions and more especially when it involves drugs, are considered chemicals dependencies.
Thanks to several examples (the Vietnam war, the drugs' policy in Portugal...) and experiences about addictions, he tries to show that our way of thinking and coping with addicts are wrong and tries to prove that the opposite of addiction is not sobriety but connection.
In his new conception, by stigmatizing addicts, by punishing them because of their addictions, we only make it worse.
Enjoy the video and may it change your point of view about addicts.
Here is a Ted Talk about drugs and addictions.
https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong
During this video, Johann Hari explains to what extend, everything we think we know about addictions (drugs or other) are wrong. In our society, addictions and more especially when it involves drugs, are considered chemicals dependencies.
Thanks to several examples (the Vietnam war, the drugs' policy in Portugal...) and experiences about addictions, he tries to show that our way of thinking and coping with addicts are wrong and tries to prove that the opposite of addiction is not sobriety but connection.
In his new conception, by stigmatizing addicts, by punishing them because of their addictions, we only make it worse.
Enjoy the video and may it change your point of view about addicts.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Introduction to British humour with Rowan Atkinson (unfinished)
Hello everyone!
For this Internet project, I chose to explore British Humour on screen. Why you may ask? Because today, most of foreign TV content we get in France comes from the US! Even if most of those American TV programmes are well-reviewed, I think it's a loss not to experience another kind of entertainment.
British humour, as I understand it, relies mainly on sarcasm, black humour, sharp bullying, absurd... I chose to name one of the numerous actors that can display all of these qualities on screen through the characters he portrays: the incredible Rowan Atkinson!
In France, when people talk about Rowan Atkinson, the first thing that comes into their mind is his most famous character, Mr Bean.
While his performance is remarkable, portraying a simple-minded yet sympathical man, his character is completely mute..!
This doesn't do him justice. Rowan Atkinson can be hilarious even if he doesn't shove his head into a raw turkey. The Brits are more aware of his talents, for their knowing his earlier TV shows such as Not in the Nine O'Clock News (NTNON) or the Blackadder.
NTNON was a sketch show broadcast from 1979 to 1982 on BBC2. The sketches didn't have a specific theme, people could watch for instance Jean Pierre the Pervert (and Hugo) interview or a parody of a Tory meeting.
Jean Pierre the Pervert sketch
It starts with a long-teethed woman who is not really understandable... She's a TV host and introduces us to her two new friends she met at the British Museum.
(to be continued)
For this Internet project, I chose to explore British Humour on screen. Why you may ask? Because today, most of foreign TV content we get in France comes from the US! Even if most of those American TV programmes are well-reviewed, I think it's a loss not to experience another kind of entertainment.
British humour, as I understand it, relies mainly on sarcasm, black humour, sharp bullying, absurd... I chose to name one of the numerous actors that can display all of these qualities on screen through the characters he portrays: the incredible Rowan Atkinson!
In France, when people talk about Rowan Atkinson, the first thing that comes into their mind is his most famous character, Mr Bean.
While his performance is remarkable, portraying a simple-minded yet sympathical man, his character is completely mute..!
This doesn't do him justice. Rowan Atkinson can be hilarious even if he doesn't shove his head into a raw turkey. The Brits are more aware of his talents, for their knowing his earlier TV shows such as Not in the Nine O'Clock News (NTNON) or the Blackadder.
NTNON was a sketch show broadcast from 1979 to 1982 on BBC2. The sketches didn't have a specific theme, people could watch for instance Jean Pierre the Pervert (and Hugo) interview or a parody of a Tory meeting.
Jean Pierre the Pervert sketch
It starts with a long-teethed woman who is not really understandable... She's a TV host and introduces us to her two new friends she met at the British Museum.
(to be continued)
Monday, February 1, 2016
Learning how to learn
Hi all,
I recently found this very good MOOC: "Learning how to learn" on Coursera.
This class is quite short (about 10 hours in total), but it is very interesting as it teaches us how the brain learns, and more importantly how to use this knowledge to learn more efficiently.
I'm only at the half of it right now but it explains many things, for example why regular practice is much more efficient than cramming (neural pathways are strengthened much more efficiently this way) and how to use spatial repetition to learn more efficiently. How sleeps helps us learn (by staying awake, the brain releases toxins, sleeping allows us to get rid of them), how exercise strengthens memory and creativity (they did science stuff to prove it), how procrastination works and how to use the different states of our brain to be more creative.
I found it funny that they interviewed a polyglot who gave many advices on how to learn a new language, and that the tricks he gave are the one I'm using for learning mandarin (try to speak when you can even if you make a lot of mistake, use spatial repetitions with apps such as Anki or memrise).
Overall this class is really interesting and I believe quite useful for life long students (if you are not one, you should consider becoming one).
Cheers,
Felix
I recently found this very good MOOC: "Learning how to learn" on Coursera.
This class is quite short (about 10 hours in total), but it is very interesting as it teaches us how the brain learns, and more importantly how to use this knowledge to learn more efficiently.
I'm only at the half of it right now but it explains many things, for example why regular practice is much more efficient than cramming (neural pathways are strengthened much more efficiently this way) and how to use spatial repetition to learn more efficiently. How sleeps helps us learn (by staying awake, the brain releases toxins, sleeping allows us to get rid of them), how exercise strengthens memory and creativity (they did science stuff to prove it), how procrastination works and how to use the different states of our brain to be more creative.
I found it funny that they interviewed a polyglot who gave many advices on how to learn a new language, and that the tricks he gave are the one I'm using for learning mandarin (try to speak when you can even if you make a lot of mistake, use spatial repetitions with apps such as Anki or memrise).
Overall this class is really interesting and I believe quite useful for life long students (if you are not one, you should consider becoming one).
Cheers,
Felix
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