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11 août 2008

IS THIS THE END FOR POPCORN?

Cinemas ban the 'noisy, messy' snack By Liz Thomas - on 10th August 2008 Popcorn is an integral part of the cinema experience - but for how much longer? Salted, sugar-coated or dripping in butter, it has been a staple for cinema goers for decades. But...

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3 septembre 2008

AUSTRALIAN PLEA FOR 'UGLY' WOMEN

The mayor of a remote Australian mining town has come under fire after saying that female "ugly ducklings" might benefit from its shortage of women. John Molony told a newspaper last week that "with five blokes to every girl, may I suggest that beauty-disadvantaged...

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3 septembre 2008

SCORNED AS 'UGLY', OUTBACK WOMEN RAIN FURY ON AUSTRALIAN MAYOR

August 19, 2008 a signpost in Mount Isa... SYDNEY (AFP) — Scores of angry women have protested against the mayor of their outback Australian town after he said fat and unattractive females often found love and happiness in the remote mining community....

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3 septembre 2008

STILETTO WOMEN SPRINT FOR WORLD RECORD

September 2, 2008 - www.dailytelegraph.com Hundreds of glamorous women sprinted in stilettos to break a world record in Sydney on Tuesday. Wearing mandatory three-inch high-heels, 265 ladies ran an 80-metre race track at Sydney's Circular Quay to break...

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4 octobre 2008

MARJORIE BARNARD'S PAINTING

MARJORIE BARNARD'S PAINTING (Broad Ways 1ères – page 18, document 2) : Illustration showing Aborigines from 'Macquarie's World' by Marjorie Barnard Part 1: (The end of a world) In the background, we can see Aborigines standing screaming around their huts...

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3 septembre 2008

THE UGLY FACE OF OZ

A mayor in the Outback has called on 'beauty-disadvantaged' women to move to his town, where the men aren't too picky. No wonder Australia has a reputation for male chauvinism. But how sexist is it really, asks Kira Cochrane… Kira Cochrane - The Guardian...

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4 octobre 2008

PETER NICHOLSON'S CARTOON

PETER NICHOLSON'S CARTOON (document 6 – Broad Ways 1ères – page 19) On this document there are obviously two groups: on the right-hand side, we can see a well-to-do white Australian tourist (it may also be a European or even an American…) who is leaning...

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9 juillet 2008

DANGER, THIS FILM HAS SMOKING SCENES

Censors should help curb cigarettes, say doctors Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction: image is said to imply that smoking is cool Doctors’ leaders called for curbs on smoking scenes in films and in the media yesterday as they pressed for tougher government action...

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5 septembre 2008

ANTI-SMOKING HYSTERIA REACHES NEW HEIGHTS

A campaign that wants to limit media portrayals of smoking but ignores depictions of violence has lost all sense of perspective… Complaints to the BBC after Top Gear presenters lit up pipes containing herbal tobacco in a light-hearted RAF parody scene....

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3 septembre 2008

WANTED: 'BEAUTY-DISADVANTAGED' SHEILAS FOR DESPERATE OUTBACK MEN

The Times - August 19, 2008 - Sophie Tedmanson in Sydney The mayor of an Australian Outback town has infuriated local women by calling for “beauty-disadvantaged” females to move to his community to relieve the dire shortage of mates for resident men....

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3 septembre 2008

OUTBACK MAYOR UNDER ATTACK AFTER INSULTING LOCAL WOMEN

Barbara McMahon in Sydney - The Guardian - August 19 2008 John Molony, the mayor of the Australian outback mining town of Mount Isa, is a straight-talking Aussie bloke, the kind of man who calls a spade a bloody shovel. But after suggesting "beauty disadvantaged"...

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23 février 2009

Erwan's exposé

Erwan nous a envoyé son exposé oral et dit: "Cette expérience m'a non seulement permis d'apprécier les enjeux, difficultés et satisfactions d'une véritable recherche aboutie, mais surtout d'apprendre à organiser un travail." Oral_The_Wizarding_World_of_HP...

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24 octobre 2008

Australian Government's Apology to Stolen Generations

On February the 13th, 2008, the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, speaking on behalf of the Government and the Federal Parliament, said sorry to the Stolen Generations: ‘For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants...

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24 octobre 2008

Sorry Day in Australia

The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 - one year after the tabling of the report Bringing them Home which was the result of an inquiry into the removal of Aboriginal children from their families. One of the recommendations of the report...

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7 octobre 2008

IT'S 'THE END' FOR POPCORN AT THE MOVIES

A growing number of cinemas are barring the snack because it is too downmarket and messy Amelia Hill, social affairs correspondent - The Observer Popcorn has become an integral part of cinema-going. Audiences are willing to double the price of their ticket...

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4 octobre 2008

A few historical facts you need to know... in French!

En 1830, le gouvernement américain avait offert en Oklahoma "tant que le soleil brillera et que l'herbe poussera" un vaste territoire aux Cherokees, en remplacement de leurs territoires des Appalaches, où l'on venait de découvrir de l'or. Par la suite,...

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4 octobre 2008

Kathy Freeman short biography

Born in Mackay in Queensland in 1973, Kathy Freeman was the first Aboriginal sprinter to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games (1994). She then won a silver medal in the 1996 Olympic Games. Very proud of her Aboriginal background, she carried the...

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12 septembre 2008

MOCK FUNERALS GIVE 'DEARLY DEPARTED' NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE

CHUNGJU, South Korea - January 11, 2008 - www.cnn.com After solemnly reading their wills, seven perfectly healthy university students climb into caskets in a dimly lit hall. "I want to give all of you one more day to live, but it's time to be placed into...

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8 août 2008

TELE-CHUBBIES

A new study reveals that American kids are exposed to as many as 50 hours a year of TV food advertising—much of it for sugary snacks. Are the ads exacerbating the national obesity problem? Eve Conant - Newsweek Web Exclusive - Aug 21, 2007 American kids...

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10 juillet 2008

PATISSERIE IN NEED OF PROTECTION?

PATISSERIE IN NEED OF PROTECTION? By Emma Jane Kirby - BBC News, Paris Walking into Guy Savoy's kitchen is, for an adult, exactly what entering Charlie's Chocolate Factory must be like for a child. The myriad smells are completely alluring - there's the...

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9 novembre 2008

Analysis of Obama's speech of November 4, 2008

Here's what history may remember of Obama's speech of November 4, 2008: There were two important themes in Obama's speech: unity and inspiration, with two historical figures: Lincoln and Martin Luther King. These are the lines that may last: 1. "If there...

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23 février 2009

Charlie Chaplin's short movie: "The Immigrant"

"The Immigrant " (also called "Broke") is a 1917 short comedy film starring the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and befriends a young woman along...

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4 octobre 2008

Cimarron

Cimarron is the title of a novel published by popular historical fiction author Edna Ferber in 1929. The book was adapted into a film in 1931, and again in 1960. The Author: Edna Ferber Born on August 15, 1885, in Michigan, Ferber had lived through the...

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28 mars 2009

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

Here is the extract from Patricia Highsmith's novel that you must read... Strangers On A Train

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4 octobre 2008

THE RUSH TO OKLAHOMA

A photo taken at the time... The event inspired a few artists...

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