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What the Halal is going on?
I will start by quoting a great defender of human rights: “Accepter le vote des étrangers, c’est la porte ouverte au communautarisme. Nous ne voulons pas que des conseillers municipaux étrangers rendent obligatoire la nourriture halal dans les repas des...
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« The Artist » by Michel Hazanavicius: A Critique
It is probably useless to presentThe Artist, a movie which has attracted so much attention and is said to be a “revolution” in today's cinematic landscape. Here below is a picture of the movie poster that I chose because it somehow already sums up what...
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Sweet, sweet England
As many of you know the end of last (university) year has been quite harsh for me and after my mother's death I only wanted one thing: go away and take some time to think. I needed to be far from university, friends, and family and it was a great relief...
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Petit article vaguement Kikoo-LOL
Je profite d'une pause dans la préparation de mon exposé sur Translation, Rewriting, & the Manipulation of Literary Fame d'André Lefevere (peut-être ma première tarte à la crême de l'année) pour vous dire à quel point je trouve le dernier film publicitaire...
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A Sense Of Community by Cynt'H
As you all know, I reached this summer “the dark side”, and since then, I’ve made my way into this particular new lifestyle, and I discovered things that I’m sure you will be interested in. I’m certainly not talking about lesbian sex! (Sorry guys) But...
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About a birthday present.
August 9th was my birthday. So, as social conventions want us to do, I celebrated it as soon as possible with a few friends and some fellow family members. And still as social conventions tell us to do I've been offered a few presents. Family members...
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Le garçon au pyjama rayé
Je voudrais écrire au sujet du dernier film que j'ai vu qui m'a affecté avec émotion et qui je ne pourrais pas me déplacer de mes pensées pendant des semaines après que je l'ai regardé. Ce film est «le garçon au pyjama rayé». Le film a été fait en 2008...
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"I am 16 going on 17..."
During the Easter break, my friend and I went on a trip to Austria. We had two destinations in mind – Vienna of course, but more importantly Salzburg. In comparison to many other European cities, Salzburg is quite small. It doesn’t have a million famous...
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La domination du monde
Quand j'étais un petit enfant les noms comme Bill Clinton, John Howard et Jacques Chirac ne voulait rien dire pour moi. J'ai vécu dans le monde du «Spice Girls». J'ai écouté leurs chansons chaque jour et à l'école, j'ai chanté toutes les paroles et dansé...
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Un Virus en Bonne Santé?
Tout le monde connaît et aime Youtube. Vous avez probablement éprouvé la situation quand un ami t'envoie en ligne à une vidéo et vous la riez et transmettez à un autre ami. Vous contribuez à la diffusion d'une vidéo virale. Une vidéo virale est une vidéo...
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Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard ...
I'm going to talk about a theatre play I saw on March 12: “Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard”, a play written by Marivaux in the eighteen century (and first performed on January the 23rd 1730). First of all, a presentation of the characters: * M. Orgon,...
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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
For those who recognized the title, I’m obviously talking about our worst nightmare…Freddy Krueger!!! I don’t think a little part of history won’t be too much. The first opus was released on 1984 it was presented as a horror movie with a very particular...
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Organic addict!!!
ORGANIC ADDICT !!! E cology has never been so trendy than today and what if you did something for our planet? I don’t mean buying Gisele Bundchen’s tongs but something useful and efficient! It is time to think sustainable and who says sustainable says...
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Education
Education What about a degree in video game development ? That is what the University of Denver (Colorado) proposes to its students. This University is part of a growing movement among colleges in Colorado to meet students demands and it proposes to modernize...
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THE CRANBERRIES
The come back of the famous Irish band was not expected by its audience. After being separated for seven years, they have decided to make a world tour in order to play their most famous songs and some songs of the solo career of the singer, Dolores O’riordan....
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The Art of a Concert
I love going to concerts. The thrill of seeing your favourite band or artist playing live and sharing it with a room of thousands of other fans is indescribable. But I want to talk about a disturbing trend which I have noticed, which became clear to me...
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Memoirs of a Geisha I decided to talk about one of my favorite books which is Memories of a Geisha written by Arthur Golden. A film has been made about it but I’m going to tell you the story of the book because I prefer it to the film (as it is often...
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The Twin Theories (2010) par Cynt'H
Since everyone wants to be nostalgic about those two last year, I’m going to make a tribute too. Though I wanted to write about the BigMoneyMakers, a band from Paris who are really awesome. But if you want a check it: http://www.myspace.com/bigmoneymakersrock...
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Nouveaux medias ou vieux medias ?
Comme vous pouvez se rendre compte, de navigation dans un pays étranger peut être une tâche difficile. Ce peut être une expérience intimidante essayant de lire un plan qui a des noms de rue dans une langue entièrement différente. Les jours des plans ont...
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The Advent Of The Computer Or Why My Little Sister Is One Length Ahead Of Me .
Creation of the L3 civcom blog : 18th january 2010 My first entry to the blog : 9th march 2010 .. If you take a look at these two dates, you realize more than one month has passed ! The question is : Why such a long time ? Well, the answer is quite simple....
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Alice In Wonderland (2010), by Tim Burton
I think you don’t need me to present you Tim Burton, the director who grew up in front of a cemetery and created the amazing Nightmare Before Christmas. Well, has you probably know, he will come back on screen this Wednesday with his new movie; Alice...
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What are you going to do on May 15 ?
I assume that by now, lesser and lesser people have never heard of flashmobs, and even lesser never had the chance to take part into such an event. But for those who still ignore what is a flashmob I will enjoy to let you discover this very particular...
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Valentine's Day (2010) by Garry Marshall
The appropriate word to describe this movie and the way I felt during two hours would be probably the word dreadful … How could I know that a movie could be so appalling? Valentine’s Day , in a very original manner, is a movie about love and the Valentine’s...
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20th Century Boys
1969 : A group of young boys build a hideout they name their secret base, in which they and their friends can get together to share manga, stolen erotic mags and listen to rock music. Influenced by the manga and anime of the time, they daydream about...
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The more stupid the better ?
"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots." ― Albert Einstein * I wanted to share my opinion towa rd one of the lattest crazy/ scary web phenomenon that has virally spread accross t...