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| Fanny | Looney Tunes |
| Richard | Guild Wars 2 |
| Lucie | Bollywood |
| Maxence | Dr House |
| Clément | Cinema |
| Antoine | Colorado |
| Céline | Cooking |
| Quentin | King of Pizzas |
| Anne | Jane Austen |
| Victor | Xtrem Sports |
| Ghiwan | Nigel Kennedy |
| Jérémy | Counter Strike |
| Alexis | Guild Wars |
| Claire-Elisabeth | Skiing |
| Dimitri | Rock 'n' Roll |
| Xavier | Japanese Lessons |
| Daphné | Chocolate |
| Valentin P | Walt Disney |
| Valentin T | NBA |
| Audrey | Girls' Website |
| Julien | American Football |
| François | Legends |
| Solène | Vancouver |
| Mary | Visiting Toronto |
| Clémence | Be a Yogi |
| Théo | Jazz |
| Timour | USSR |
| Valentin LF | Barak Obama |
| Luc | Ireland |
The London Underground
It is the oldest underground train system in the world as it is 146 years old! In 1845 Englishman Charles Pearson had the idea of a railway under London. People said he was crazy. Nevertheless the London Underground opened on 10th January 1863. The Paris metro only opened in 1900.
The London Underground is also called the "Tube" because the trains and the tunnels are in the shape of a tube. It is the longest Underground system in the world, with 402 km of track. Three million people use the underground every day.
The London Underground is a revolutionary invention of the 19th century which developed the communications in London enormously. Finally, there are more and more persons who use this means of transport: in 2007 over 1 billion passenger journeys were recorded.
Richard Paixao
The Irish Civil War
For many years, there has been a war in Ireland; it’s a war for independence but also a war between Catholics and Protestants. In the past Ireland became progressively under British control, the settlers’ majority was Protestants and the Irish were Catholics. The result was a religious war between these two factions after the appearance of tensions.
Ireland obtain its independence at the beginning of the 20th century, but inequalities remained. It was during the sixties that violence reappeared and gave Ireland a civil war climate. The IRA (Irish Republican Army) became the Catholic’s force and the Protestants created a paramilitary militia. When Great Britain refused the political prisoner status to the Irish nationalists, some of them began a hunger strike and ten died.
Finally, after years of war, we can see a peaceful issue to the fight. Indeed, the Sinn Fein, IRA’s political party, decided to concentrate its action on politics, not on resistance as before. But despite this goodwill demonstration, both armies refused to lay down their weapons.
François Ducrocq
Google is an American public corporation, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. All began in January 1996 with two students’ project at Stanford University, California, of creating a search engine that analyzed the relationships between websites to produce a better ranking. It would rank the results according to the times the search term appeared on each page and the number of links. It was called “BackRub”.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin researched funds and they succeeded in raising $1millon. Google Incorporation was launched on September 4th 1998. The word “googol”, name given to the number 1 followed by 100 zeros by Edward Kasner in 1938, inspired them. The first office was in a garage in Menlo Park.
In 2000 Google began selling advertisements which represented 99% of Google’s incomes. In 2006 the company acquired a complex in Mountain View for $319 million called “Googolplex”. Today Google Company makes $16.4 billion per year. The search engine has indexed 8 billions web pages and 1 billion images.
Valentin Pruvot
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. It was founded in 1636, 16 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, so it is the oldest university in the United States.
Initially called "New College" or "the college at New Towne". The institution was named Harvard College on March 13, 1639 after the passage of a young clergyman named John Harvard. During its early years, the College offered a classic academic course based on the English university model. In the 17th century, Harvard University established the Indian College to educate Native Americans, but it was not a success and disappeared by 1693.
Between 1830 and 1870 Harvard became "privatized". While the Federalists controlled state government, Harvard had prospered, but the 1824 defeat of the Federalist Party in Massachusetts allowed the renascent Democratic-Republicans to block state funding of private universities. In the decades immediately after the Second World War, Harvard reformed its admissions policies as it sought students from a more diverse applicant pool.
Wikipedia chosen by Jérémy Le Lay
Loch Ness Monster
Loch Ness is part of the Great Glen, in northern Scotland. It is the largest freshwater lake in Britain, 39km long and a maximum of 2.5km wide. Its maximum depth is around 230m and its average depth 137m. Because the waters are very cold and cloudy it is difficult to see underwater more than a few meters.
Monster legends are said to have started with an account of Saint Columbia in 565 AD, rescuing a swimmer from a lake creature. From then, stories of such a creature emerged periodically, but more recently in the 20th century. In 1933 with the Spicers, then H. Gray’s photo, the Surgeon’s photo (above), and then A. Grant in 1934. In 1960 it was recorded on a moving picture, in 1972 with a sonar...
In conclusion, the waters are big and deep enough to hide such a creature, but it is impossible for one to exist because there would have to be a breeding population.
Celine Laboute. Photo
Bows
Bows were invented in Prehistoric times and were used during many centuries until they were replaced by firearms. Bows were one of the most common weapons in history. They were used by many armies and tribes to hunt or for wars with other people. With the appearance of firearms, they started to be a hobby for Europeans and Americans.
There are two different sorts of bows, the first is the classic bow and the second is the compound. You have three sorts of classic bows: the classic bow (with a main part in an arc of circle), the recurve (with two side pieces curved in different directions) and the longbow (with a straight body, they are English bows). The classic bows are used in the Olympic Games.
The second sort of bow is the compound, created by Mrs Jennings in 1971. These bows have a pulley that allows its user to tighten the string with less power, so these bows are more powerful.
Quentin Leroy
New York Taxi Cabs
The taxicabs of New York City, with their distinctive yellow paint, are a widely recognized icon of the city. They are more important than in any other city in the country. They are sometimes called medallions or CPNC (Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience). Most traffic-jams in mid-town are speckled with many of the over 10,000 yellow cabs that service the city.
The act of flagging down a cab is called "hailing"; there's not much to it, just stick out your arm or go to a taxi stand. When the numbers on the roof of the cab are lit, it is available and empty so you can get in but you need to know that taxi cabs are cash only and it’s $2.50 just for getting in, $.50 for each 30 seconds stopped in traffic.
Taxi cabs are both loved and hated by New Yorkers, and we know that 241 million passengers rode in New York taxis in 1999.The private taxi companies also may run multiple businesses, such as delivery services or school buses.
Wikipedia & NY.com, chosen by Fanny Gosse. Photo
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan is the name of several organizations in the United States which advocate white supremacy. They are known for wearing conical hats, masks and white robes.
The first Klan was founded in 1865 by six veterans of the Confederate Army. The members quickly adopted violent methods such as murders or rapes specially against black people. Their first actions caused a lot of indictments even if the number of prosecutions was small. However, the first Klan has been dismantled in 1871.
In 1915 the rebirth of the KKK was marked by William J. Simmons. This time the KKK was legal. Some political men helped the KKK in secret like president Wilson. Nevertheless, KKK was forbidden in 1928.
Nowadays, there are still some groups in the United States which fight for the same things and which pretend to be part of the KKK. In fact the KKK just exists through several organizations in different states which organize themselves with skinhead and neo-nazi movements.
Xavier Cueille
Facebook is a popular free access social networking web site. It is privately owned by the Facebook company. Once they've registered, users can join networks in order to communicate with others worldwide. The original name of Facebook was "The Facebook". It refers to the paper that members of a community campus of some US colleges give to incoming students in order to get to know them. Mark Zuckerberg founded "The Facebook" in February 2004 while he was a student at Harvard University. It was located at
Claire-Elisabeth Blanc
Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building is situated in Manhattan. It was built between 1900 and 1902. It’s one of the first skyscrapers ever built and the oldest surviving building in Manhattan. It sits on a triangular intersection at 23rd Street, Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and the end of Madison Square.
The Flatiron Building was designed by Daniel Burnham in the Beaux-Arts style. The limestone facade looks like a classical column and is divided into three parts. Burnham used a steel frame that we can see from the outside. The building is 87 meters tall. New York's Flatiron is not the first flatiron building. Two buildings were built before but they are smaller than New York’s Flatiron. It’s named Flatiron because it was drawn like a clothes iron. George Wells was very impressed by the building.
Today, the Flatiron is used for commercials. It’s shown in the credits of talk shows, in Spider-Man films. The skyscraper costs $40,000,000. We can’t visit it, but we see the skyscraper from the top of the Empire State Building.
Clément Bigot (article & photo)
Christmas in New York
In New York, Christmas is called the holiday season. During the holiday season, people can see bright lights, fabulous shows and Santa Clauses everywhere. The holiday season is also the time of shopping wars. The theme of each shop’s display is a secret until December and families often come from far away to admire them.
The most famous place in New York during the holiday season is Rockefeller Center. Every year, millions of people come there to enjoy its famous Christmas Tree and ice rink. The fir is decorated with 30,000 lights. American people love Christmas trees and they go a little bit mad about having their own Christmas fir. They often go to the restaurant on Christmas Eve, where they eat ethnic food or Chinese food.
Finally, the day after Christmas is the end of the holiday season. Tourists leave the town and New Yorkers go back to work.
Mary Slomovici
High School Sports
High school sports are very important in America. Being an athletes gives you a special status: you look cool, and you are admired by the others, at least if you are very good.
A lot of teenagers belong to a school team, and mostly the girls. The most popular high school sports for girls are basketball, track and field, volleyball, softball, and soccer. And for boys, football, basketball, track and field, baseball, and soccer. High school sports are also very important in town: parents encourage their children with vigor. Athletes wear their school’s colours with pride. Some games can be held in front of 30,000 people.
Unfortunately, high school athletics is becoming more about making a profit. Some teams make thousand of dollars for each game. Because of this money, athletes are under a lot of pressure, use steroids and play while injured. But still a lot of people practice sport for fun. As the church once did, sport events are a glue that hold a social fabric together.
Solène Stephan
Burberry
Burberry is a British house, manufacturing clothing and fashion accessories. It runs a catalogue business and has a fragrance line.
Burberry was founded in 1856 by Thomas Burberry in Basingstoke. In 1880 Burberry invented gabardine which was patented in 1888. In 1891 Burberry opened a shop in the Haymarket, London, which still exists and is the site of Burberry's corporate headquarters. In 1901, the Burberry Equestrian Knight Logo was developed containing the Latin word "Prorsum", meaning "forwards", and registered as a trademark. In 1914 Burberry was commissioned by the War Office to adapt its officer's coat to suit the conditions of contemporary warfare, resulting in the "trench coat". After the war, the trench coat became popular with civilians.
In conclusion, we can say Burberry is the most famous brand of England for traditionalists because Burberry is an internationally recognized luxury brand with a worldwide distribution network and it celebrated its 150 years in 2006.
Jeremy Le Lay & Wikipedia.
Image: www.apparelsearch.com
In 1961, Russia sent Youri Gargarine into space. And it was in 1969 that America achieved the great exploit of the aerospace: sending a man on the moon.
The mission began in Cape Kennedy on 16th July 1969 at 07h00. Neil Armstrong, who commanded the mission, was accompanied by Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins. It was on 20th July at 13h46 that the descent to the Moon began. Armstrong and Aldrin were in Eagle and Collins stayed in Columbia. Armstrong succeed in landed the module at the last minute just avoiding a crash, they were now on the moon. At 22h56 a man walked for the first time on the moon. When he was on the moon, Armstrong said this famous sentence: That’s one small step for a man… one giant leap for mankind". After taking some samples, Armstrong and Aldrin left the moon and rejoined Collins in the shuttle.
With Apollo 11, the Americans fulfilled one of the greatest achievements in the conquest of space.
François Ducrocq
Apple
Apple inc. is an American multinational corporation of hardware and software products. The company was incorporated in 1977 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The two founders met Mike Markkula, a businessman who invested in Apple and appointed the first CEO of the company, Michael Scott. They launched the Apple 2, which was a big success.
During the 80's, the company had a lot of technical issues with its products and was in competition with Microsoft. In 1997, Steve Jobs became the CEO of Apple and created the "iMac" which was a success for the company. In 2001, the company diversified its products and created the first "iPod", and made a lot of improvements until now. In 2007, the company launched a real innovation, the "iPhone", which is a touch-sensitive mobile phone. The latest improvement of the « iMac » is the « Macbook Air », launched in 2008.
Lucie Havard. Image: Wikipedia
Pixar animation studios is a CGI-animation production company based in the US, which belongs to the Walt Disney Company. Pixar has a long history in relation with Disney. The project started in 1979 as the "Graphics Group", a part of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm. In 1991, Pixar and Disney had an arrangement to product three animated films: Pixar was responsible for creation and production while Disney handled marketing and distribution. But there was trouble and they broke down in 2004. Shortly afterwards, they made a new deal and became the Disney-Pixar Animations Studios which we know now. The studios are well-known for their computer-generated films which are made with the software "RealisticRenderMan". Pixar animation studios made about eight very successful feature films since 1984. Nowadays, "Finding Nemo" has the receipt record with $860 million. From now to 2012, Pixar is planning to produce 5 other animated films. Finally, we know that their studios has earned 21 Academy Awards and many other famous awards.
Fanny Gosse. Image: Wikipedia
The real name of the channel is "Cable News Network", but it's usually referred to by its initials: "CNN". CNN is an English language Television Network that was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner, but it's now owned by Time Warner.
CNN was the first station which provides 24-hour television news coverage. In terms of viewers, CNN rates as America's number one cable news network, and is ranked second in total audience.
CNN broadcasts from the CNN Centrer in Atlanta or from the Time warner Center in New York City. As of June 2008, the channel is available in over 90 million US housholds. CNN international has combined networks and services that are available to more than 1,5 billion people worldwide.
The Cable News Network was launched on June 1st, 1980. There are bureaux of CNN all over the world. CNN most famous shows are CNN Newsroom, CNN Election Center.
We can say as a conclusion that CNN is one of the most watched Television networks Worldwide.
Claire-Elisabeth Blanc
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