An internet word game has generated enough rice to feed 50,000 people for one day, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
Read the whole article on BBC website.
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11/29/2007
FreeRice : an humanitarian game
An internet word game has generated enough rice to feed 50,000 people for one day, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
Read the whole article on BBC website.
Improve your English by clicking on the image.
11/08/2007
London closer to Europe
With the new terminus Saint-Pancras railway station London will be "closer to the patisseries of Paris and to the beers of Brussels" !
Let watch this promotional but geographic clip from Eurostar to understand how these new infracstructures will draw a new area to the East of London.
Let watch this promotional but geographic clip from Eurostar to understand how these new infracstructures will draw a new area to the East of London.
10/06/2007
10/02/2007
The 10 most polluted places in the world
This map features the 10 most polluted places in the world, as voted by the Blacksmith Institute. The Blacksmith Institute, founded in 1999, is a New York City based organization supporting pollution-related environmental projects.
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To read informations about the different nominated, click on the placemarks !
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To read informations about the different nominated, click on the placemarks !
9/26/2007
EU is 50 years old !
In 1957, the treaties of Roma founded the Union between six countries : Benelux, Germany, France and Italy. Today, its counts 27 States with the East Europe enlargement.
This techno-clip sums up the main steps of European Union history and explains in which fields its contributes to make our lives better.
This techno-clip sums up the main steps of European Union history and explains in which fields its contributes to make our lives better.
9/25/2007
Auschwitz through the lens of the SS: Photos of Nazi leadership at the camp
This is the introduction of the topic covered on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website.
"In January 2007, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received a donation of a photograph album. The inscription "Auschwitz 21.6.1944" on its first page signaled the uniqueness of the album—there are very few wartime photographs of the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, which included Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi killing center. Though his name does not appear anywhere in the album, the dates of the photographs and various decorations including adjutant cords on the uniform of the album's owner, indicate that the album almost certainly belonged to and was created by SS-Obersturmführer Karl Höcker, the adjutant to the commandant of Auschwitz, SS-Sturmbannführer Richard Baer. Höcker was stationed at Auschwitz from May 1944 until the evacuation of the camp in January 1945."
Click on the first image to explore the album ! You'll discover the daily life of the SS. Many of the most remarkable photographs are taken at Solahütte, a little known SS resort some 30 km south of Auschwitz on the Sola River.
A "sing-along" during a social gathering of the SS hierarchy at Solahütte. The front row consists of (left to right): Karl Höcker, Otto Moll, Rudolf Höss, Richard Baer, Josef Kramer, Franz Hössler, and Josef Mengele. —United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #34739
The SS female auxiliaries (Helferinnen) react when it begins to rain on their day trip. —United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #34587
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website also displays the famous and terrible Auschwitz Album.
A photograph of a selection, from the Auschwitz Album. —United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #77234, courtesy of Yad Vashem
"In January 2007, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received a donation of a photograph album. The inscription "Auschwitz 21.6.1944" on its first page signaled the uniqueness of the album—there are very few wartime photographs of the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, which included Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi killing center. Though his name does not appear anywhere in the album, the dates of the photographs and various decorations including adjutant cords on the uniform of the album's owner, indicate that the album almost certainly belonged to and was created by SS-Obersturmführer Karl Höcker, the adjutant to the commandant of Auschwitz, SS-Sturmbannführer Richard Baer. Höcker was stationed at Auschwitz from May 1944 until the evacuation of the camp in January 1945."Click on the first image to explore the album ! You'll discover the daily life of the SS. Many of the most remarkable photographs are taken at Solahütte, a little known SS resort some 30 km south of Auschwitz on the Sola River.
A "sing-along" during a social gathering of the SS hierarchy at Solahütte. The front row consists of (left to right): Karl Höcker, Otto Moll, Rudolf Höss, Richard Baer, Josef Kramer, Franz Hössler, and Josef Mengele. —United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #34739
The SS female auxiliaries (Helferinnen) react when it begins to rain on their day trip. —United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #34587The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website also displays the famous and terrible Auschwitz Album.
A photograph of a selection, from the Auschwitz Album. —United States Holocaust Memorial Museum #77234, courtesy of Yad Vashem9/22/2007
The Cinematic Geography of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, is known as the capital of Cinema Industry. In the following clip, you can see the main movies shooting in different places in L.A. ! If you love Geography, History and cinema, you'll be overjoyed !
I've haven't watched all of them yet, but my favorite ones are The Big Lebowsky, L.A. Confidential and Back to the Future !
Intersection Highway are very imposing. Using satellite imaging, this clip shows the widespread area of L.A.
Click on the image below to know more about L.A. Geography (in french).
I've haven't watched all of them yet, but my favorite ones are The Big Lebowsky, L.A. Confidential and Back to the Future !
Intersection Highway are very imposing. Using satellite imaging, this clip shows the widespread area of L.A.
Click on the image below to know more about L.A. Geography (in french).
Welcome to WikiProf !
Since Friday, Eurosection students have become new WikiStudents, by logging to WikiProf, an interactive and collaborative board. If you want to know more about their school work, click on the image below.
Students have created their own pages on the wiki where they can work alone or together on different topics. We have started by the Parthenon Debate. Should the marbles go back to Greece or stay in British Museum ?
For the moment, it's just the beginning ! Pages will become richer from month to month.
Students have created their own pages on the wiki where they can work alone or together on different topics. We have started by the Parthenon Debate. Should the marbles go back to Greece or stay in British Museum ?
For the moment, it's just the beginning ! Pages will become richer from month to month.
9/15/2007
Photos of 19th and 20th America's centuries
On Shorpy, the 100 year-old photo blog, you can travel by pictures in America's space and time.
Its design copies an old newspaper. You can browse using the different galleries, like cities and streetscapes, civil war, education, factories, industry and public works, sports and recreation, World War II and many more !
These few examples will show you its interest !
"Bill Norton, the bathing beach policeman, measuring the distance between knee and bathing suit on woman in Washington, D.C. Col. Sherrell, the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that bathing suits at the Washington bathing beach must not be over six inches above the knee. Photo from the National Photo Company Collection, 1922."
"Gen. John F. Hartranft reading the death warrant to the four condemned Lincoln assassination conspirators (Mrs. Surratt, Payne, Herold, Atzerodt) on the scaffold at Fort McNair, Washington. July 7, 1865"
"Worker in bombardier nose section of a B-17F Navy bomber at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Long Beach, Calif. October 1942. The B-17F "Flying Fortress" is a later model of the B-17."
"Celebration on Wall Street upon the news of Germany's surrender in World War I. November 1918."
Thank you to this virtual collegue for the link
Its design copies an old newspaper. You can browse using the different galleries, like cities and streetscapes, civil war, education, factories, industry and public works, sports and recreation, World War II and many more !
These few examples will show you its interest !
"Bill Norton, the bathing beach policeman, measuring the distance between knee and bathing suit on woman in Washington, D.C. Col. Sherrell, the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that bathing suits at the Washington bathing beach must not be over six inches above the knee. Photo from the National Photo Company Collection, 1922."
"Gen. John F. Hartranft reading the death warrant to the four condemned Lincoln assassination conspirators (Mrs. Surratt, Payne, Herold, Atzerodt) on the scaffold at Fort McNair, Washington. July 7, 1865"
"Worker in bombardier nose section of a B-17F Navy bomber at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Long Beach, Calif. October 1942. The B-17F "Flying Fortress" is a later model of the B-17."
"Celebration on Wall Street upon the news of Germany's surrender in World War I. November 1918."
Thank you to this virtual collegue for the link
The world population growth
These two following websites show you two main features about world population. Click on the images to link.
One person represents one pixel. You'll have to scroll left and right te see how we represent a so tiny fraction of world population !
I found this resources on Geography : My Places and yours. I advice you to visit this amazing blog.
- its substantial level
One person represents one pixel. You'll have to scroll left and right te see how we represent a so tiny fraction of world population !
- its fast-growing
I found this resources on Geography : My Places and yours. I advice you to visit this amazing blog.
9/09/2007
Lesson of Geography in English
Watch this Geography lesson teached to foreigners students in Columbia University. Even if you wonn't learn a lot about Geography, it will be very usefull to know how to use the adjective superlative form, what is very current when comparing differents countries.
This is the second part of this instructive lesson. Check your knowledges at the end !
Democracy in Athens
Click on the image to enlargeAngliaCampus features interesting and easy-accessfull webpages about Ancient Greece. You'll find out many articles concerning our topic : democracy in Athens, and more about greek civilisation. (food, clothes, religion, soldiers...).
These two following diagrams sums up the lesson ! They should be very usefull !
Click on the image to enlarge
Click on the image to enlargeSource : Historia del Siglo 20.org
9/08/2007
Forest fires in Greece
Flood in England and Switzerland, forest fires in Greece (and many more places in Mediterranean area) : natural hazards stroke Western Europe this summer confirming global warming dangerous effects on population.
"This image of southern Greece shows the widespread impact that recent devastating fires have had on southern Greece. In this kind of satellite image, vegetation appears bright green and burned areas appear brick red. Numerous large burn scars sprawl along the western part of the Peloponnesus Peninsula. Other parts of the country are dotted with burned areas as well."
"This image of southern Greece shows the widespread impact that recent devastating fires have had on southern Greece. In this kind of satellite image, vegetation appears bright green and burned areas appear brick red. Numerous large burn scars sprawl along the western part of the Peloponnesus Peninsula. Other parts of the country are dotted with burned areas as well."
Source : Nasa Earth Observatory
Since June more than 3,000 fires have razed more than 200.000 hectares of forests and scrubland across the country (nearly triple last year's total), destructed dozens of village and killed 64 persons at the end of August -- according to officials.
On the following pictures, "smoke rises in ancient Olympia, close to the archaeological site in western Peloponnese. An elderly woman cries in front of her burned stable in the Platania village in Peloponnese on Sunday."
Source : CNN
8/13/2007
Who does the North Pole belong to ?
This summer, North Pole is the conflict center between bordering Artic ocean countries.On August 2nd, "Russian explorers have planted their country's flag on the seabed 4,200m (14,000ft) below the North Pole to further Moscow's claims to the Arctic."
"The rust-proof titanium metal flag was brought by explorers travelling in two mini-submarines, in what is believed to be the first expedition of its kind."
"Canada, which also claims territory in the Arctic, has criticised the mission. "This isn't the 15th Century," Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay told the CTV channel. "You can't go around the world and just plant flags and say 'We're claiming this territory', he said."
But according to Sergei Balyasnikov, from the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Institute , "It's a very important move for Russia to demonstrate its potential in the Arctic... It's like putting a flag on the Moon".
But why is it so important ?
"Russia's claim to a vast swathe of territory in the Arctic, thought to contain oil, gas and mineral reserves. Several countries with territories bordering the Arctic - including Russia, the US, Canada and Denmark - have launched competing claims to the region. The competition has intensified as melting polar ice caps have opened up the possibility of new shipping routes in the region (the famous North West Passage)."
According to US Geological Survey, 25% of world oil reserves are settled to the North of the Arctic Circle.
According to US Geological Survey, 25% of world oil reserves are settled to the North of the Arctic Circle.
What about the international law ?
"The North Pole is not currently regarded as part of any single country's territory and is therefore administered by the International Seabed Authority."
"Current laws grant countries an economic zone of 200 nautical miles beyond their land borders.
This zone can be extended where a country can prove that the structure of the continental shelf is similar to the geological structure within its territory."
That's why it's so important to the Russians to argue with scientific proof ! But others countries are now in the running : Danes expedition is on the way.
Further informations
I found the main informations in this article :
BBC News
Do you know North Pole Conquest History ?
This zone can be extended where a country can prove that the structure of the continental shelf is similar to the geological structure within its territory."
That's why it's so important to the Russians to argue with scientific proof ! But others countries are now in the running : Danes expedition is on the way.
Further informations
I found the main informations in this article :
BBC News
Do you know North Pole Conquest History ?
North Pole Wikipedia article
Do you know the IPY ?
The International Polar Year is a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009.
8/10/2007
Flood in UK
Heavy rains have caused important floods in UK this summer. On the BBC website, find out a round-up of the situation in the worst-affected areas with an interactive map.
"Has London fallen victim to the latest deluge of rain? These shocking pictures seem to suggest so but don't worry they're just images taken from a new British disaster film." Metro.co.uk
More about this movie.
Want to watch the trailer ?
8/01/2007
William III statue in Brixham harbour
William, prince of Orange, afterwards William III, king of Great Britain and Ireland, landed near this spot 5th november 1688 and issued his famous declaration "the liberties of England and the protestant religion I will maintain".
On 5th November 1688 William Prince of Orange, having sail down the English Channel with 15.000 troops, landed in Brixham. William asserted that he would stand by those who did not want the Catholic James II as king, and he was married to James daughter, Mary, who was the next protestant heir ti the English throne. Three day later William marched unopposed from Brixham to London, where he and Mary became joint monarchs whilst James II went into exile. This 1889 satue includes an inscription in Dutch.
The stone on which the Prince reputedly set foot on shore is set in a monument beyond the former Fish Market, where Queen Elizabeth II also stood in 1988, in a visit to mark the tercentanary of William's landing.
7/18/2007
Geography in danger in United States too !
My Wonderful World
National Geographic leads a campain to promote Geography in education. Could we understand and succeed in the world we're living without Geography ? Certainly Not !
In this clip, you can find out arguments.
National Geographic leads a campain to promote Geography in education. Could we understand and succeed in the world we're living without Geography ? Certainly Not !
In this clip, you can find out arguments.
7/17/2007
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