Le Déluge avec Michael Lonsdale

2012-04-05T17:24:53+02:00

Si vous n'avez encore jamais testé le livre audio, c'est peut-être une bonne porte d'entrée que de commencer avec le Déluge d'Henry Bauchau lu par Michael Lonsdale.

L'histoire d'un peintre et de son oeuvre difficile Le Déluge, qu'il a du mal à terminer

Michael Lonsdale, comédien bien connu, prête sa voix à une lecture insinuante qui révéle toute la force du texte.

Cela sort chez Thélème. De Marcel Proust à Victor Hugo, de Platon à Jane Austen, le choix des œuvres est guidé seulement par le rayonnement que les Éditions Thélème veulent donner à des auteurs, en rendant accessibles à tous les textes incontournables de la littérature. Promouvoir la lecture à voix haute, partager une intimité avec un auteur, et faire résonner les mots dans leur dimension vivante et moderne, tout cela est rendu possible par le talent d’acteurs tels qu’André Dussollier, Lambert Wilson, Denis Podalydès ou encore

Sous le pont Mirabeau, Marie, par Apollinaire lui-même

2012-03-24T09:09:00+01:00

Guillaume Apollinaire, il y a un peu plus d'un siècle

Cliquez sur les bannières pub, elles font vivre le blog! :-)

Page/Plant en France en 1998 (2/3)

2011-12-11T18:17:00+01:00

Bercy - 10 novembre 1998

C'est le seul des trois concerts auquel j'ai assisté et j'en garde un très bon souvenir, même si j'avoue en avoir oublié quelque peu le déroulement précis (y-avait-il une première partie ?).
Heureusement, on trouve sur Internet des fidèles qui ont soigneusement copié la setlist (voir ci-dessous), ce qui permet de constater l'extraordinaire variété des titres joués ce soir-là.

Grâce à un copain alors journaliste de rock, j'avais pu accéder à la tribune des "invités", bien placée sur le côté droit de la scène. Moins de personnalités prestigieuses qu'à la Cigale. Quelques rangs sous le mien, j'ai reconnu Guillaume Durand venu avec son fils (moins glamour que Jagger, c'est sûr...).
Ce n'est pas tous les jours qu'on est aussi placé, alors autant en profiter.

Je me souviens d'un public fervent qui a réagi au quart du tour, notamment sur les grands titres du Dirigeable. Ne suivant pas de très près la tournée de Page/Plant, je ne savais pas à l'avance ce qu'ils joueraient, mais je me souviens avoir attendu (en vain) des titres impérissables comme "Kashmir" ou "Stairway to Heaven". Qu'importe, ce fut un immense bonheur de les voir sur scène !

J'ai trouvé un enregistrement audio que je vous propose plus bas.

Setlist du concert

The Wanton Song - Heartbreaker - Ramble On - Walking Into Clarksdale - No Quarter - When the World Was Young - Going to California - Tangerine - Gallows Pole - Heart In Your Hand - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You - How Many More Times - I Can't Quit You Baby - Most High - Whole Lotta Love - Rappels : Trampled Under Foot - Rock and Roll

Format Factory, a free software for conversion of audio, video and images

2011-11-21T04:51:03+01:00

Format Factory is a free software for conversion of audio, video and images, You can convert a large number of formats, with several files at once and quickly and easily. It also has other functions such as move from CDs or DVDs to audio or video files and merge videos, The latest version of Format Factory is the 2.70. You have the details below and we provide the link for download at the end of the article.

Format Factory presents an intuitive interface, Drop-down menus are located on the left with the different formats of video, audio, image, ROM devices and advanced options. To convert a file, you just have to choose the format that we want to give in the drop-down menus and we will be a window in which we will select the file, with the possibility of cutting it and choose the output quality. Gives us the option to adjust the quality either by resolution or by size and quality. Once we accept, is added to the list, choose the destination folder and give start start the process.

One of the advantages of this program is that it allows us to select several files at once, even entire folders, and convert them all to a same format and quality, so it is easy and fast to convert multiple files. For example, you can select a whole folder of images, choose the format, quality and maximum size of all of them. We can add different types of conversions, such as images, audio and video to the list, and convert them all together to the end without having to go one by one. It supports many formats including RMVB, MP4, GIF, MKV, JPG, PCX, ICO, WMA, AAC and WAV among others.

Also has other functions, such as passing a DVDs to video files, a CD of music to audio files and convert DVDs or CDs in ISO images. We can also merge videos and audios and select turn off automatically after the completion of the conversion. It is compatible with operating systems Windows XP, Vista and 7 and is available in several languages, we have a quick and easy, converter which is really useful to convert several files at the same time.

GarageBand application free for iPod Touch and iPhone users

2011-11-03T10:11:04+01:00

We have interesting news for iPhone users, and is that the Apple company has just announced that the famous GarageBand application is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch users. But what is GarageBand? Well well. If you've never used this software, you say that it is a music application that allows the user to create authentic musical pieces. It works in Mac OS X operating system and it has been created by Apple itself. In recent times, the application also has become part of the iPad universe, with advantages added such as the ability to multi-touch to handle all the functions of this computer software in a more intuitive way and agile.

Indeed, the application is now available in Apple's App Store for iPhone and iPod for a few euros. In this way, the user can create their own songs, modify them and record through handheld devices such as the iPhone or the iPod Touch, the easiest way possible. In fact, he doesn't know musical language to be able to manage it successfully. To begin with, you can try with the Touch Instruments, musical instruments varied as keyboards, guitars, basses and batteries you will have the opportunity to play in many different styles. Professional users may also use the Smart Instruments, useful to nourish our songs with predetermined chords.

It has been Philip Schiller, Vice President of Product Marketing, responsible for justifying the release of GarageBand for iPhone and iPod, in fact, one of the leaders has without doubt been the success achieved with this application for iPad users. In this way, users will have the opportunity to create any part, simply removing the Pocket a tool - in appearance - as simple as an iPhone, which from now will also have the opportunity to create music and play it. If this were little, customers can connect instruments and use amplifiers, effects, and to record the voice through a microphone.

After making some creations through iPhone, users can submit this content to your Mac to continue working in them. In addition to share tracks with your friends for their views or simply to enjoy items more easily, as you said at the outset, you can download GarageBand 1.1 for only 4 euros if you are a new user. If you already have the application installed on your iPad, you can update for free. Otherwise, you should be aware that GarageBand is compatible with iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch series, iPad series.

Audio : ”You Shook Me”, Londres, 1968

2011-10-18T00:16:00+02:00

La toute première version enregistrée de "You Shook Me" durant les sessions de septembre-octobre 1968.
La performance vocale de Robert Plant préfigure les prouesses à venir et sa connivence avec Page est déjà présente. La rythmique est sobre mais diablement efficace.

2012 - discussion sur la fin du monde?

2011-10-10T15:55:00+02:00

Quelques pas en arrière pour mieux voir la trame d´une profession jeune prendre le virage de la maturité. C´est mon point de vue hors de la France et sur la France. Le marché continue à évoluer. En un mois les discussions sont concentrées non pas sur les technologies, non pas sur la pédiatrie, non pas sur les connaissances fondamentales. Non on parle surtout de la guerre larvée des mutuelles, des opticiens qui louchent sur la croissance du marché de l´audio, et enfin sur la 6ème école de l´audio à Cahors pour faire sortir plus de diplômés par an. Bon, parfois il est bon de voir la réalité en face, se préparer et aller au charbon quand il le faut pour défendre sa profession, ses clients, son image. En effet si on ne se prépare pas efficacement à la réalité du marché, comme disait le british bouldog " vous aurez le déshonneur et la guerre". Beaucoup d´audios voit la 6ème école comme un moyen mécanique de baisser les salaires et de remlir les corners dans toutes les rues commercantes de France. Why not? Les mutuelles et les copmplémentaires santé, logique. Mais les opticiens, c´est beaucoup plus intéressant. Grâce à Sébastien Gény, audioprothésiste et néamoins ami, je visionne la vidéo des acteurs principaux des chaînes d´audios et d´opticiens en France (Krys, Afflelou, Amplifon etc...). Passionnante vidéo qui mérite d´être visionnée, revisionnée, discustée, et analysée. Je ne coucherais mon analyse ici sur ce blog, une discussion d´audios et d´opticiens méritte d´être engagée au préalable. Monsieur Schertz (Audition Conseil & Luz) semble avoir percu le challenge de cette profession de la même facon de nombre d´audio de terrain. Une discussion sur les chiffres semble également nécessaire. Chiffre d´Affaires, ouverture de centre, salaire... Dernier point: regarder les médecins, la justice et d´autres professions. Je le répette continuellement, le vrai débat, la vraie question des acteurs de cette profession c´est à dire les audioprothésistes, c´est comment monter le niveau requis pour exercer, former un vrai corps de professionnels de santé, une certification, les Master/Doctorat doivent augmenter en nombre. Pourquoi je souligne ces points? parceque je vois les marchés à l´étranger, leur évolution dans le bon sens comme dans le mauvais, ce que les Francais ne font que rarement. Le modèle américain, certe souvent discutable et néamoins sur ce point ultra bétonné. Les opticiens aux US, ils ont tendance à vendre des lunettes, les audios? Ils sont généralement Docteur et en font plus dans le dépistage, dans l évaluations des troubles auditifs, dans l´adaptation des aides auditives (par exemple la mesure in vivo est une nécessité, ne pas la réaliser est percu comme un manque d´etique!) etc... Donc un corps de professionels de santé exigeant, pas de guéguerre entre professionnels, et monter les connaissances, autre exemple aux US: obligation de formation continue. Ouf, c´est dure, il va falloir bosser. Fermer les yeux parce que pour l´instant ca va, mais méditer aussi la citation en début de ce post. Enfinl les marché qui voient fermer les centres d´audios, il y en a.

Optique/Audio débat

Justice ”Audio, Video, Disco” - Single

2011-09-03T11:14:00+02:00

Annoncé pour le 19 septembre 2011, un peu plus d'un mois avant la sortie de l'album éponyme, le nouveau single de Justice se dévoile en entier aujourd'hui. Intitulé, vous l'aurez compris, Audio, Video, Disco, il représente à merveille le son crystallin et vintage de ce nouvel album ainsi que toutes les influences réunies de Xavier et Gaspard. Du Rock progressif des 70's à l'Électro planante de 2011, Justice pioche allégrement dans ce que la musique contemporaine a enfanté de meilleur durant ces dernières décennies pour nous pondre une épopée grandiose, digne des "singes de 2001 l'Odyssée de l'Espace autour d'un feu de camp" selon Gaspard Augé lui-même. On adhère, et on attend avec impatience le reste de l'album qui s'annonce tout bonnement relever du génie.

GM recalls 50,500 Cadillac SRXs in North America

2011-06-15T23:55:59+02:00

General Motors Co is recalling 50,500 Cadillac SRX luxury crossover vehicles because the performance of the front passenger airbag differs from the owner's manual.

The recall, announced by GM on Friday, affects 47,401 vehicles in the United States and the rest in Canada and Mexico from the 2011 model year. The U.S. automaker said it knew of no crashes, injuries or complaints related to the issue.

The SRX and the CTS sedan are the top-selling Cadillac models in the United States this year, both with more than 22,000 sales. SRX sales rose 18 percent in the first five months.

GM said the SRX air bags are programed to turn off the right side roof-rail airbag if someone sits in the front passenger seat, but the owner's manual says that airbag will deploy whether or not the seat is occupied. Because the action of the airbag and the manual do not match, that violates federal safety standards.

The repair entails only a software reprogramming, GM said. It is an issue only in North America because that is where the automatic occupant sensing system is used; exported models use a manual key to disable the passenger side airbag. The key disable system does not suppress the roof rail airbags.

(Reporting by Ben Klayman and Bernie Woodall in Detroit; editing by John Wallace);

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Prada IPO five times subscribed: source

2011-06-12T14:16:56+02:00

Italian fashion house Prada, which is seeking to raise up to $2.6 billion through a Hong Kong IPO, has generated five times demand for its offer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.

The source declined to say which institutions have committed funds to the IPO or at what price point was the book covered. The information was based on road shows up to last Thursday, the source added.

The Milan fashion house, known for its leather handbags, brightly-colored shoes and long boots, launched the retail portion of the IPO on Sunday.

It set an indicative price range of HK$36.5 ($4.69) to HK$48 ($6.17) a share for the IPO, confirming a Reuters story issued last week. That values the company between $11.4 billion and $14.6 billion.

The source declined to be indentified as the information is not public. A Prada spokesman declined to comment.

Strong demand for Prada's initial public offering comes at a time when investors have balked at some recent Hong Kong offers amid choppy stock markets.

"Despite recent market volatility, the Prada team is very optimistic (about the IPO)," Prada's Chief Executive Patrizio Bertelli told reporters via video conference link from Milan.

A successful IPO will make it the first Italian company to float in Hong Kong, adding to the growing list of consumer brands seeking to list here.

However, fragile market sentiment has weighed down on some recent offerings, with luggage maker Samsonite International SA (1910.HK) pricing its $1.25 billion IPO at the bottom of a revised price range, while startup Australian miner Resourcehouse pulling its $3.6 billion sale.

"We are not worried at all, just a little tired from the road show," said Carlo Mazzi, deputy chairman of Prada said. "We are not worried or stressed about the offering."

After scrapping several attempts to list its shares in the past, Prada is offering 16.5 percent of its enlarged capital, or 423.3 million shares. At the top end of the range, the IPO is being priced at 27 times projected 2011 earnings, higher than the average of European top luxury groups such as Tod's (TOD.MI), Burberry (BRBY.L), and LVMH (LVMH.PA).

Some investors expect the IPO to be priced at the middle of the indicative range due to skittish sentiment.

The Prada management said the IPO price range was reasonable and represents the value in the company. It did not share the view that the offer was expensive.

A successful IPO -- designed to cut Prada's debt of around 1 billion euros and fund further expansion in Asia -- would make Prada one of the most valuable luxury goods groups, but some fund managers balked at the price range.

Prada, 95 percent owned by the families of Chief Executive Bertelli and his fashion designer wife Miuccia Prada, is betting on a boom in the consumption of luxury items in China, the world's second-largest economy, to lure investors to the IPO.

China will account for 20 percent of the global luxury market by 2015, consulting firm McKinsey & Co says.

The IPO is slated to be priced on June 17 and the shares will start trading in Hong Kong on June 24 under the symbol "1913," the year the company was founded in Milan.

The 423.3 million shares are being sold by Prada and shareholders Prada Holding BV and Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI).

Prada started its business in 1913, when Mario Prada began selling leather bags, trunks and silverware to the European elite from his store in Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele.

The company has since expanded throughout Europe, the United States and Asia to include mobile phones, perfumes and eyewear.

Profit more than doubled in the year ended January 2011 to 235.6 million euros. Prada said in a Hong Kong filing on Friday it expected half-year profit to rise 46 percent.

Goldman Sachs (GS.N), Credit Agricole's (CAGR.PA) CLSA brokerage and Italian banks UniCredit SpA (CRDI.MI) and Intesa Sanpaolo's Banca IMI unit, both on Prada's board, are joint bookrunners and global coordinators of the IPO.

($1=7.778 Hong Kong dollars)

(Reporting by Denny Thomas; Editing by Hans Peters)

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State Department names new spokesperson after Wiki-flap

2011-05-30T07:12:17+02:00

The State Department on Thursday named career diplomat Victoria Nuland as its new spokesperson, filling a vacancy left when the former incumbent resigned in a flap over the soldier accused of leaking secret WikiLeaks documents.

Nuland was a national security advisor to former Vice President Dick Cheney and served as U.S. ambassador to NATO from 2005-2008. She has been the special envoy for conventional armed forces in Europe since February 2010.

Nuland, a Russia specialist, steps into a job vacant since March, when former spokesman P.J. Crowley resigned after reports that he had labeled as "ridiculous" the Pentagon's treatment of Bradley Manning, the former military intelligence analyst accused of leaking secret documents that appeared on the WikiLeaks website.

Crowley, a retired Air Force colonel who often spoke freely from the State Department podium, took responsibility for the remarks, which were made to a small group in Massachusetts and which threw new focus on Manning's case.

The Obama administration has been criticized for Manning's treatment, although the president says the Pentagon has assured him the 23-year-old soldier is not being ill-treated while he is awaiting trial.

Manning is being held during an investigation of charges involving reams of sensitive diplomatic and military documents he is accused of leaking while posted as an intelligence analyst in Iraq.

Many of the documents appeared on the WikiLeaks website, and have been a major diplomatic headache for the United States which says they were stolen government property.

U.S. military officials have not said when Manning's trial might begin, but he was transferred in April to a detention facility at Fort Leavenworth military base in Kansas after his lawyers complained he was being mistreated at a Marine brig in Virginia.

Nuland will take over from Mark Toner, who stepped in following Crowley's departure and will remain as deputy spokesperson, the department said in its announcement.

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Hong Kong kicks off big-money auction series

2011-05-29T06:59:44+02:00

A series of auctions of high-end goods from fine wine to Imperial Chinese ceramics goes into full swing this weekend in Hong Kong, as the city challenges the dominance of New York and London.

The multi-million-dollar auctions are looking to cash in on the vast wealth of China's growing number of millionaires keen to show off their newly-made cash.

Christie's six-day Spring sale kicks off Friday with more than 2,700 lots, including a rare Patek Philippe watch and several pieces of contemporary art, that the house expects to rake in about HK$2.4 billion ($308 million).

And on Tuesday rival Sotheby's will be hoping buyers will stump up as much HK$130 million for a series of paintings by famed Chinese artist Chang Dai-chien.

"This area is becoming a more and more important market for us," Christie's chief executive Steven Murphy told a press briefing Thursday, adding that Greater China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, was one of the firm's "fastest-growing markets."

Already this week, Bonhams Hong Kong said it posted a "Golden Gavel triumph" with the HK$38.3 million sale of Chinese snuff bottles on Wednesday.

But the big money should begin rolling in from Friday, when Christie's begins its sale, which includes hundreds of Chinese ceramics that may draw more than HK$1 billion and a Patek Philippe watch, which it says could fetch HK$9.5 million.

The auctioneer said its contemporary Asian and Chinese art sale will feature a self portrait of artist Zeng Fanzhi that could sell for HK$35 million.

Acker Merrall & Condit will hold a rare wine sale of 1,100 lots in the financial hub at the weekend, which it expects to take HK$80 million.

Among the rarities on offer are a wooden case of 1945 Mouton Rothschild with a HK$1.4 million high-end estimate and a trio of original wooden cases of 1988 Romane Conti in "pristine condition", which could sell for HK$960,000, the auctioneer said.

Hong Kong has seen a surge in wine auctions in the past few years with the mainland Chinese market expected to hit $870 million by 2017, about 60 percent of the total Asian wine market excluding Japan.

"Our location obviously makes it very convenient for Asian collectors, particularly those from mainland China, to take part in our auctions," Donald Tong, Hong Kong's most senior trade representative in the US, said Thursday.

In December, Christie's said its autumn sale had set a new Hong Kong auction record, raking in about $409 million as buyers snapped up everything from Chinese antiques to a pink diamond.

About 43 percent of the buyers at the sale were from the Chinese mainland, reflecting their growing wealth and increasingly sophisticated tastes.

Chinese buyers have helped Hong Kong, a former British colony, draw a string of record sales and become the world's third-largest auction hub after New York and London.

The city's rise has also boosted the profile of Chinese art with some observers saying it could soon match the demand for European works.

"Chinese art is really claiming its rightful place," Jonathan Stone, the Hong Kong-based chairman for Asian art at Christie?s, told AFP.

"Historically, records were set by European art. Now Chinese art is setting records."

Stone said mainland buyers remain key drivers of the city's surging auction market, frequently outbidding rivals from Europe and North America.

"Clearly the evolution of mainland China is a very significant factor," he said, adding that "there are still a very significant American and European collectors at the very highest levels."

Hong Kong's growing "internationalisation" with a string of new galleries and heightened focus on the art world has also boosted its profile as an auction hub, Stone said.

"Hong Kong has emerged as kind of a pillar of the Asian art market," he added.

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Brooding men, smiling women seen as sexy?

2011-05-29T05:09:36+02:00

Guys, want to look sexy and get the girl? Don't smile too much. Look brooding or show a bit of shame instead. Women, ignore that advice.

Women find happy men less sexually attractive than those with expressions that show pride or hint that they have done wrong and know it, according to Canadian researchers.

The study published online Tuesday in the American Psychological Association journal Emotion showed pictures of the opposite sex to both men and women. Participants were then asked for their initial reactions on sexual attractiveness based the expressions they saw.

"Men who smile were considered fairly unattractive by women," said Jessica Tracy, a University of British Columbia psychology professor who directed the study.

"So to the extent that men think that smiling is a good thing to do if they want to be found sexually attractive our findings suggest that's not the case," Tracy said.

The men's reaction was just the opposite.

"Women who smile are absolutely very attractive. That was by far the most attractive expression women showed," Tracy said in an interview.

The researchers admit they are not sure why men and women reacted differently to smiles. In a man, a big smile may make him appear too feminine or more desperate for sex.

The study also adds fuel to the notion that women are attracted to bad boys.

"Women are attracted to guys like James Dean, Edward the vampire. The guys who are flawed, but who know it and are tortured by it," Tracy said.

A slightly downcast expression of shame is an appeasement gesture that hints at a need for sympathy.

Men also found sexual attractiveness in women whose expressions and body language hinted at shame.

The researchers stressed they looked only at initial reactions of sexual attractiveness, and were not recommending men adopt a no-smile policy for a long-term relationship.

"When people want a long-term relationship they take much more into account than sexual attractiveness. How nice a person is, is a big thing," Tracy said.

"So we're not saying, don't be a nice guy," she said.

(Reporting Allan Dowd; editing by Rob Wilson)

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Facebook rejects ownership suit as a 'fraud'

2011-05-29T02:41:09+02:00

Facebook on Thursday dismissed as a "brazen and outrageous fraud" a lawsuit filed by a New York man who claims he is entitled to at least 50 percent of the wildly successful social network.

Paul Ceglia of Wellsville, New York, in a suit filed in June of last year, claimed that he signed a contract with Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in April 2003 to design a website called "The Face Book" or "The Page Book."

Ceglia's lawyers have produced copies of emails and a contract purportedly signed by Zuckerberg, who was then a student at Harvard University.

Zuckerberg and Facebook, in 23-page response on Thursday to Ceglia's claims, denounced his suit as a "brazen and outrageous fraud on the court" based on a "doctored contract and fabricated evidence."

"The purported contract was signed in 2003, yet plaintiff waited until 2010 to file this action -- a seven-year delay during which plaintiff remained utterly silent while Facebook grew into one of the world?s best-known companies," they said. "Plaintiff has now come out of the woodwork seeking billions in damages."

"Plaintiff is an inveterate scam artist whose misconduct extends across decades and borders," they charged.

New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo accused Ceglia, the plaintiff, in 2009 of taking more than 200,000 dollars from customers of his wood fuel pellet company and then failing to deliver any products or refunds.

Facebook said Zuckerberg had met with Ceglia in the lobby of a Boston hotel in April 2003, responding to an online job about a site called StreetFax.com, which provided a photo database of traffic intersections for insurance adjusters.

"He entered into a written agreement with StreetFax pursuant to which he agreed to perform certain limited services solely in connection with the development of an inoperable and now defunct website known as StreetFax.com," Facebook said.

"At no time did Zuckerberg enter into any agreement, written or otherwise, with plaintiff or anyone affiliated with plaintiff concerning Facebook or any similar social networking service or website," Facebook said.

Facebook's origins have been the subject of two recent books and a hit Hollywood movie, "The Social Network."

A pair of Harvard classmates, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, have been involved in a long-running dispute with Zuckerberg over Facebook, claiming he stole their idea for the social network.

The twin brothers agreed to a $65 million settlement but have been seeking to have the case reexamined. A California court this month rejected their bid and the brothers have said they plan to appeal to the US Supreme Court.

Facebook, which launched in 2004, has become the world's most popular social network with more than 500 million members. Zuckerberg's net worth was recently estimated at 6.9 billion dollars by Forbes magazine.

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Speed, Size Predict Teen Football Players' Rankings

2011-05-28T06:31:05+02:00

highly recruited" by college scouts were height, weight and sprint speed.

After analyzing the scouting data on 2,560 high school football players, the researchers found that, on average, the top-ranked players --those earning a four- to five-star ranking -- were about one inch taller and five pounds heavier than those with two- and three-star rankings. In addition, their average 40-yard sprint time was 4.76 seconds, which was 0.08 seconds faster than recruits of lower rankings.

Overall, 40-yard sprint times were important for all 10 player positions and explained almost a quarter of the variation in star rankings. Recruitment for seven of the 10 positions could be predicted by a player's height and weight. The ranking of those playing tight end was also often predicted by vertical jump height.

"Over the past three decades, football players have become bigger, faster, stronger and more powerful," study author Jamie J. Ghigiarelli, of Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., said in a news release from the journal's publisher. "The results may help strength and conditioning specialists better understand the anthropometric and physical attributes that distinguish highly recruited from recruited players, and which attributes are likely to predict higher star value scores."

More information

The American Academy of Pediatrics has information on training and specialization in young athletes.

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Pastor's sexual coercion lawsuit resolved: attorney

2011-05-27T21:21:22+02:00

A lawsuit brought by four young male members of an Atlanta megachurch who said its pastor, Eddie Long, coerced them into sex has been "resolved," their attorney said on Thursday.

B.J. Bernstein, who represented the men, gave no details of the settlement. There was no immediate comment from Long's megachurch, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church based in Lithonia, Georgia.

"Neither attorney Bernstein nor the plaintiffs themselves will be available for interview on this matter, now or in the future," a statement from Bernstein's office said.

"There is no spokesperson for the plaintiffs' team other than attorney Bernstein, and she will have no further comment on the case," it said.

Long denied the accusations made in civil lawsuits last September that he used his status as pastor to coerce the men into relationships when they were in their late teens.

"Long has a pattern and practice of singling out a select group of young male church members and using his authority as bishop over them to ultimately bring them to engage in sexual relationships," according to the lawsuits.

When the accusations were first filed, Long told his church he faced a similar situation to David when he fought Goliath.

Long built the church from just 300 members in 1987 to more than 25,000 today.

The church, set on a campus east of Atlanta, runs a global network of ministries and businesses. It hosted the funeral in 2006 of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King.

(Writing by Matthew Bigg; Editing by Jerry Norton)

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Apple Looking Into Text-to-Speech Converter for the iPhone

2011-05-15T01:28:22+02:00

when the outside noise is too loud, the phone would automatically convert the speech from the other end into text. And if a user is at a meeting, he or she would be able to type in text, which would be converted to speech and sent to the party on the other end.

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Also, in a situation where text messaging is needed but for some reason, the system could be activated on both ends, with both speakers talking into the handset and their words being converted to text and sent to the other party.

Would this feature be useful to you? Can you think of any other ways in which text-to-speech conversion and vice versa could be used? Please, share your opinions in the comments.

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Trimming the Times: Insurance Loopholes; Cell Phone Coyotes

2011-05-12T01:26:14+02:00

New York Times , you only get 20 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.

On the home page, the lead story about cash-strapped states enticing businesses withshows a return to domestic news after a week peering abroad. There's also a report onworking the Mexican-American border, and a look atto interview Osama bin Laden's former wives.

Global: Aside from the Pakistan story above, the big news is about the ongoingin Egypt over the weekend, as well as the . And breaking just this morning, we get a report on Japan'sto use nuclear energy.

U.S.: In addition to the coyotes story, there's a feature on faith-based . Most interesting, however, is this report on how a federal jury in Wichita, Kansas, came to hear ongoing arguments about alleged17 years ago.

New York: In one of those stories that's worth reading whether you live in the region or not, reporters piece together how an apparentlyallowed a 4-year-old girl to die.

Business: While the lead deals with those domestic insurance loopholes mentioned above, the real intrigue comes with this report of a Mexican effort tofor antitrust practices.

Technology: In one of the pieces of reporting the Times does best, we meet AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, and get a close look at the company's . Also, e-mails revealed in agive insight into that company.

Health: A study finds an alarminglyamong children in the South Korean city of Goyang.

Sports: Outside of game stories on theand , there's a feature on ain tornado-ravaged Georgia, and an almost disappointed-sounding account ofover Shane Mosley.

Opinion: Author and mom-blogger Dominique Browningof new additives meant to replace Bisphenal A in plastic baby bottles and cups.

Arts: One review tackles two very .

Style: Treat yourself to thisdocumenting the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala.

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Google Stops Taking Street View Pics in Germany

2011-05-03T01:05:52+02:00

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There won't be any newpics of Germany from Google. Even after the company won ain March, which ruled that it's legal in Germany to take pictures from the street even from the Street View camera's height of 10 feet, athat it has other priorities:

Our business priority is to use our Google cars to collect data such as street names and road signs to improve our basic maps for our users in a similar way that other mapping companies do.

Existing imagery of streets in the 20 cities already covered in Germany will remain.There's no further info about Google's reasons for halting its Street View photography, but we're thinking one reason could be that the company's growing weary of blurring pictures of buildings requested by German citizens, the number of which is pushing 250,000 at the moment and growing ever larger.

Google's been acting in good faith throughout this drama, negotiating with the Germans, letting them choose whether they'd like to be included in the Street Views, and facing accusations of gathering data from open Wi-Fi signals, which .

Google's been having more trouble with Street View in other countries lately as well, including France, where Google was fined $142,000 for privacy violations in March. Different countries have various privacy laws, but we're not thinking people have a reasonable expectation of privacy when they're walking down a public street. Even so, Google will let anyone in the worldif they so desire.

Tell us in the comments why you think Google has halted its Street View photography in Germany. Could Germany just be the first in a series of countries objecting to Google's ubiquitous photography?

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Hard drives stolen from Zimbabwe independent daily

2011-05-02T07:50:24+02:00

An independent daily newspaper critical of Zimbabwe's president said Wednesday thieves raided its offices and stole computer hard drives and the editor's laptop.

Raphael Khumalo, chief executive at NewsDay said components and hard drives from 11 reporters' computers were removed in the raid Monday night, along with the editor's laptop used to write a weekly column "critical of political injustices and social ills."

No other items were stolen. In large page headlines last week, the paper called on President Robert Mugabe, 87, to step down, declaring:"It's time to rest."

Khumalo stopped short of accusing security agents of carrying out the raid but said it aimed at crippling the paper's operations ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3.

He described the raid as "devastating."

"That again does not put Zimbabwe in a good light. It is going to be seen as a fight against the independence of the media," he said.

After draconian media laws were enforced in 2003, one independent daily was banned by the then ruling party of Mugabe. Its printing presses were also destroyed in a bombing using military-style explosives.

There have been no arrests in connection with that bombing.

Mugabe was forced to join a power sharing coalition with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the former opposition leader, after disputed, violent elections in 2008. The coalition deal swept aside curbs on independent media organizations and three independent daily newspapers, including NewsDay, have been licensed since then.

NewsDay appeared on the streets Wednesday.

"The thieves knew what they were doing and what they wanted," editor Brian Mangwende wrote in Wednesday's edition.

Mugabe's office said Wednesday the Zimbabwe leader is scheduled to return home Thursday from Singapore, his fifth trip there since December where he has received medical treatment. He is then scheduled to attend a summit of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.

Mugabe has called for elections this year to bring an end to the coalition. Political violence has surged and in a security clampdown several gatherings on Tsvangirai's party have been banned.

Labor leaders said Wednesday they will appeal to the Harare High Court against the banning of two processions slated for May 1 to celebrate international Workers' Day.

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, aligned to Tsvangirai's party, said police told the organization the processions "could be taken advantage of and create mayhem given the current political situation."

"It's a lame excuse. They always come up with a way to interfere with people's liberties," said Wellington Chibebe, the labor federation secretary-general.

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FAA orders air traffic control management shake-up

2011-05-02T02:40:30+02:00

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday replaced three high-level managers in the nation's air traffic control system following embarrassing incidents of controllers sleeping on the job and making potentially dangerous mistakes.

In a shake-up of the system, new managers were appointed to key positions that oversee the operation of airport towers and regional radar centers that handle planes flying at high altitudes as well as approaches and departures, the agency said in a statement. A new manager was also appointed to run a regional radar center near Cleveland. The previous managers are being reassigned.

The performance of mid-level managers is also being reassessed, the FAA said. And teams of experts are examining several of the agency's more complex facilities, including the Cleveland center and one on Long Island in New York, to ensure agency policies are being followed and professional standards upheld.

"This sends a powerful message, and it's the right message," said Gregory McGuirk, an associate professor of air traffic management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. "It's one way to shake up the culture."

But Missy Cummings, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said shuffling managers doesn't get at the root cause of many of the incidents.

The limits of human physiology necessarily mean that night shift workers in all industries, not just controllers, are going to fall asleep on the job from time to time, said Cummings, a human factors expert. Boredom is also a factor. The less activity there is to keep workers' minds engaged in the dead of night, the more likely they are to fall asleep, she said.

Earlier this month, a controller working an overnight shift at the Cleveland center was suspended for watching a DVD movie while he was supposed to be directing air traffic. In February, a supervisor at the Long Island center complained that controllers on late night shifts routinely took naps during breaks and played electronic games when traffic was light.

On Wednesday, FAA replaced the acting manager of a regional radar facility in Warrenton, Va., that handles approaches and departures for airports in Virginia and Maryland. The action came a week after a controller at the facility allowed a plane carrying first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, to fly less than three miles behind a much larger military cargo jet as the planes approached Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

FAA regulations require a separation of at least five miles when the plane in the lead is significantly larger to prevent the trailing plane from encountering dangerous wake turbulence. Controllers at Andrews also directed Obama's plane to abandon its landing and circle the air base to give the cargo jet time to get off the runway.

Also Friday, FAA named a five-member review panel composed of internal, labor, industry and academic safety experts to evaluate the agency's training of new controllers.

"This is just the beginning of the process to make sure we have the best possible team in place," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.

The changes are part of a comprehensive review that LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt promised after a series of incidents that have embarrassed the agency, made controllers the butt of jokes by late night comedians, and raised public jitters about the safety of flying.

Since late March, the FAA has disclosed five incidents of controllers sleeping on the job. Three of those controllers have been fired, while two others and a manager involved in the incidents have been suspended. In one case, a plane transporting a critically ill patient had to circle Reno-Tahoe International Airport because the pilot was unable to reach the lone controller working an overnight shift in the tower. In another, two airliners landed at Reagan National airport near Washington without control tower assistance because the lone controller on duty at midnight had fallen asleep.

The controller who watched the movie in Cleveland and a manager at that center also have been suspended. So have two controllers at an airport tower in Lubbock, Texas, who were unreachable for a period of time while working an overnight shift.

Another controller was suspended for actions that allowed a Southwest Airlines jet with 142 people aboard within about 500 feet of a small plane about 11,000 feet over central Florida.

The top FAA official overseeing air traffic operations — Hank Krakowski — resigned two weeks ago amid an uproar over the sleeping incidents.

Actions previously ordered by Babbitt to address safety concerns include the addition of a second controller on overnight shifts at 27 airports and a radar center, including Regan National and Reno-Tahoe, and changes to controllers' work schedules.

However, Babbitt and LaHood have ruled out allowing controllers to nap while on breaks during their work shifts. Scientists have recommended naps on overnight shifts during the hours when the human body naturally craves sleep as a means to help keep controllers alert when they return to their duties. FAA policies prohibit controllers from sleeping during work shifts, even during breaks.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association, the union representing FAA's 15,700 controllers, declined to comment on the management changes. Paul Rinaldi, president of the controllers' association, and Babbitt have been visiting air traffic facilities to hear from controllers and to underscore that professional standards should be maintained.

However, Rinaldi has said he intends to press FAA to implement the recommendations of a working group made up of FAA and labor officials on controllers suffering from fatigue. The working group recommended controllers be allowed to nap during breaks.

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Global Private Tutoring Market to Exceed $100 Billion by 2017, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, In

2011-04-28T18:50:50+02:00

s future through supplemental education, particularly in view of the inadequacies of the formal education system.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) April 27, 2011

Education is among the top-ranked industries in the world, and tutoring is a key constituent of the global education industry. The private tutoring industry’s growth is primarily attributed to the inability of the standard education system to address the unique needs of each student. As each student differs from the other in terms of comprehension, caliber and ability, existing education system in various countries are unable to offer the individual attention required for such students. Private tutoring has assumed enormous significance, as the approach provides an individual, innovative, and personal education system to students.

Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States accounts for a lion’s share of the revenues in the global private tutoring market, as stated by the new market research report on . Private tutoring is a thriving industry in Asia-Pacific, particularly in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, India, and China. The demand for private tuitions in several of these countries is driven by the fact that competitive entrance examinations are critical for gaining admission into leading universities and colleges. Lack of adequate funding for public schools and education systems in developing countries compel students to seek additional knowledge and competence through private tuitions. The increase in school tests and scholarship exams proves to be beneficial for small tutoring services providers. In addition, major developing countries such as Brazil and several Eastern Europe countries are witnessing rapid growth of private tutoring market.

In the United States, the growing significance of private tutoring is driven by the increasing adoption of new technologies in various educational practices and the Federal government’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act offering supplemental educational services, which contributed to enhanced spending on services such as tutoring, test preparation, educational assessment, and technology integration. Aging school infrastructure, shortage of teaching staff, and rising student enrollments are enhancing the need for additional educational services, which is being partly addressed by private tutors.

is emerging as a popular form of private tuitions for students across the world, owing to the convenience and multi-utility features of the medium. The increasing number of nuclear households and the growing proportion of dual income families implies that parents find little time to spend on their children’s education. The need for supplemental education is also rising in view of the intensifying competition faced by students in gaining entrance into schools and colleges of their choice. Online or e-tutoring allows students to use computers at home or school to login to a tutoring system. India has emerged as a key player in the outsourcing of online tutoring services, with the US emerging as a major market for outsourced online tutoring services from India.

Major players profiled in the report include Club Z! Tutoring Services, Daekyo Co. Ltd., Educomp Solutions Ltd., Huntington Learning Centers Inc., JEI Corporation, Kaplan Inc., Kids R Kids, Kumon, LearningRx, Mathnasium LLC, The Princeton Review Inc., Sylvan Learning, Tutoring Club Inc., TutorVista Global Pvt. Ltd., and Woongjin Thinkbig Co Ltd.

The research report titled “Private Tutoring: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts Inc., provides a strategic review of industry, key market trends, recent product launches, strategic corporate initiatives, and profiles of key market participants. The report provides annual sales estimates and projections for the following geographic markets - US, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of World.

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Nurse Practitioner Counsels Lifestyle Changes as Key to Heart Health

2011-04-28T16:00:50+02:00

s College of Nursing, helps counsel people who are at risk for coronary heart disease as well as those who've had a heart attack or stroke andhope to avoid another occurrence.

Many clients, she said, expect her to use drugs to deal with their risk factors. "There's a whole group of people who feel medication is the magic bullet," Braun said. "They feel the medication is going to do all the work, and they don't have to contribute to that process."

But Braun disabuses them of that notion, letting them know that they'll have to do some work to bring themselves to good health. They will have to eat right, and they will have to exercise, she says.

"Lifestyle change is really the cornerstone for prevention," Braun said. "Whether you are trying to prevent risk factors from developing in the first place, or preventing a heart attack or stroke or preventing a second, lifestyle changes are key."

Though helpful, medications tend to target one risk factor -- such as high blood pressure or elevated blood sugar. But if people "eat a heart-healthy diet and engage in a regular physical exercise program, that will improve all of their risk factors," she said. "Overall, they'll be healthier."

Such changes are not easy, however, and Braun doesn't sugarcoat it.

"Lifestyle change, when one has engaged in certain less-healthy behaviors, is often very, very difficult," she said. "One of the first things I have to do is really assess their readiness for change. I will talk to them openly about that, and ask them directly. I tell them I know if they are willing to do this, their health will improve, but they have to be willing to make that change."

Diet in particular seems to be very challenging to change. "People tend to struggle with healthy dietary habits and overeating," Braun said. "It seems as though people adapt a little bit better to exercise. They can do a various amount of exercise and still exercise. It seems to be tougher for people to change their dietary habits. There are too many temptations around them."

Many times, she said, she has to help manage expectations to keep people motivated. Losing 50 to 100 pounds can seem like an unachievable goal, but people given a goal of losing 5 or 10 pounds in a month often succeed, she said, and that success then spurs further healthy habits.

"As soon as they start, very often they just start feeling better," Braun said. "Their energy levels improve, and even if they have a lapse, they know that they've done it. The fact that they've done it will often help them resume again. And oftentimes when they have the benefit of experiencing those small changes, it will give them the confidence to pursue larger changes."

Braun also does research and currently is working on a study involving about 300 black women who are being encouraged to walk more. The women have been given pedometers and are supposed to add 3,000 extra steps to their normal amount of walking every day. Some are receiving regular encouragement through personal counseling or automated messages, and others get encouragement only through monthly group meetings.

"Walking is great exercise," Braun said. "In fact, it is the standard form of moderate intensity exercise we recommend. Everyone can do it. It doesn't cost anything. No special equipment is required."

More information

A companion article offers more onhow to live a heart-healthier life.

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Medieval Times: The Great Castles of Chicago

2011-04-14T06:01:46+02:00

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Mark Boyer, Curbed Chicago

Recently, Gary Lucido directed our attention toin Oak Brook, which the builders have been trying to sell with big "KING WANTED" billboards on the Tri-State ().

We also received word that the drawbridge at the belovedin Kenosha is nearly ready to come down.

The Chicago area has always been home to a healthy dose of castle architecture, from the Water Tower and Potter Palmer's now-demolishedin the Gold Coast to Rudy Acosta's infamousoverlooking the Kennedy Expressway.

In recent years, the blog Bright Lights Dim Beauty of Chicago has been keeping track of the , while Chicago mag's Dennis Rodkin has updated readers on thisin Schaumburg.

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Stocks leap higher as hope builds for job recovery

2011-03-05T11:07:00+01:00

Stocks rose sharply on Thursday after an unexpected drop in new applications for unemployment benefits and strong retail sales. The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest gain since Dec. 1.

The Labor Department said first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to 368,000. That's the lowest level since May 2008. Economists had expected the number of claims to rise.

Separately, the Institute for Supply Management said its measure of hiring by service companies rose to the highest level since April 2006. The index covers a broad range of industries including retail, health care and financial services.

The signs of job growth followed a report Wednesday from payroll processor ADP saying that private employers added far more jobs than analysts had expected last month. Those gains are raising hopes that Friday's jobs report from the Labor Department will show that the unemployment rate fell from its current level of 9 percent.

Retailers Limited Brands Inc., Macy's Inc. and Nordstrom Inc. all reported gains in February sales compared with the same month last year. Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. trimmed its losses in the fourth-quarter and beat analysts' revenue estimates. The stock rose 7.6 percent.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 191.40 points, or 1.6 percent, to 12,258.20. The Dow is still below where it was trading on Feb. 18, before a three-day plunge caused by a surge in oil prices as the unrest in Libya deepened.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 22.53, or 1.7 percent, to 1,330.97.

All 10 company groups that make up the S&P index rose. Industrial companies had the largest gain, with 2.4 percent. Caterpillar Inc. gained 3 percent, the largest increase among the 30 stocks that make up the Dow average.

The Nasdaq composite index gained 50.67, or 1.8 percent, to 2,798.74.

The drop in unemployment claims pushed Treasury prices lower, raising their yields. The yield on the 10-year note rose to 3.56 percent, up from 3.48 percent late Wednesday.

Oil prices eased slightly, but remained above $100 a barrel. Concerns over the impact of high oil prices on the U.S. economy have rattled markets over the past two weeks. Crude settled above $102 on Wednesday for the first time since September 2008.

Five stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Consolidated volume was 4.5 billion shares.

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Power utility BC Hydro plans C$800 million dam upgrade

2011-02-25T01:28:10+01:00

Provincial power utility BC Hydro unveiled plans on Tuesday for an C$800 million ($808 million) upgrade of an 80-year-old hydroelectric dam and generating plant in southern British Columbia.

The utility said it had applied this week to the British Columbia Utilities Commission, which regulates BC Hydro, to modernize the Ruskin Dam and Powerhouse.

BC Hydro, Canada's third biggest power utility, recently embarked on a C$6 billion, three-year capital program to renew aging power infrastructure and help meet an expected 40 percent increase in power demand in the province in the next 20 years.

The utility has proposed raising electricity rates by 10 percent in each of the next three years to help pay for the infrastructure program.

"We have deferred and put off investments for a decade and we are at a point now where we have to reinvest in our system," BC Hydro Chief Executive Dave Cobb said on a conference call.

The commission is expected to take about a year to decide on the Ruskin project upgrade, officials said.

($1=$0.99 Canadian)

(Reporting by Nicole Mordant; editing by Rob Wilson)

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Cowell courts groups, maybe Abdul for `X Factor'

2011-02-09T22:07:40+01:00

LOS ANGELES – Simon Cowell wants his new Fox talent series "The X Factor" to include controversy, vocal groups and, maybe, Paula Abdul on the judging panel.

"We've spoken to her, she knows I'm a big fan," Cowell said of his former fellow "American Idol" judge. "I've always said at some point we are going to be working together."

But, he added, "I have to take everyone's opinions into account," including the show's other producers and the network.

A decision about who will join Cowell on the four-member panel has yet to be made and won't be announced for another month or so, he said during an interview and teleconference about "The X Factor."

The show debuts this fall. Cowell exited Fox's "American Idol" last season in part to focus on the new series, which has been a successful format in several countries since its debut in Britain in 2004. Abdul quit "Idol" in 2009 over a salary dispute.

The winner of the U.S. version of "X Factor" will nab a $5 million recording contract with Syco, a joint venture between Cowell and Sony Music. Cowell said that's not a "dressed up" sum: It represents $1 million a year payment for five years, separate from the costs of recording and promotion.

Cowell, known for his sharp-tongued critiques, unsurprisingly said he favors shows on which "anything can happen."

"I rip up the rule that everybody pretends to be friends and they're all going to be pen pals for the rest of their lives, which is complete and utter nonsense," he said. "I like people who are ambitious, and with that comes controversy."

One unwelcome flap last season on the U.K. version of "X Factor" involved the revelation that the pitch-correcting software Auto-Tune was used on at least one contestant's taped audition. Cowell said Monday it was the work of sound technicians and done without his knowledge.

"Once we found out what was going on it was stopped immediately. ... The most important part was once the show went live and (viewers) could see that everyone was singing live and it was a proper, fair competition."

The "X Factor" contest is open to those 12 and older, including groups. Cowell is eager to find breakout talent such as the Black Eyed Peas or Destiny's Child.

"I'm genuinely staggered this hasn't happened. All the signs are out there, from `Glee' to `High School Musical,'" he said, advising "any group of guys, girls, family group members, get it together now. There's a massive, massive opportunity here because you don't have a lot of competition."

The hefty top prize puts pressure on Cowell as well as the winner.

"If they don't sell a single record they still get to keep the money," he said. "It is pressure, because if the wrong person wins, I'm in trouble. ... We've got to find somebody fantastic to get the money back" through record sales.

To do that, he needs to find a talented performer who has a sound work ethic, which he said is something he wants to "instill" in the competition.

"The big, big stars are the people prepared to work at it. You look at somebody like Beyonce: She is the best example of somebody who works it every hour of the day," he said.

Cowell, as "American Idol" viewers know, doesn't lack for confidence: "I believe I can find a star," he said.

He has seen only a few minutes of this season's "American Idol" and its reconstituted panel with Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson, he said. But he's been reassured by its ratings stability that viewers still have an appetite for talent shows — a good sign for "X Factor."

Fox said Monday that auditions for contestants begin March 27 in Los Angeles, with other sessions following in the Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Seattle and New York areas.

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Giffords' Astronaut Husband Says Flying in Space is 'Right Decision'

2011-02-05T06:58:42+01:00

This story was updated at 4:30 p.m. ET.

It's official: Mark Kelly, astronaut husband of wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, will keep his seat on the space shuttle Endeavour's final flight in April – a mission he will also command.

Kelly had been debating whether to go through with the mission or stay by his wife's side as she recovers. Giffords was shot in the head Jan. 8 at a constituent meeting at a Tucson, Ariz., grocery store. Since Jan. 21, she has been undergoing rehab at a hospital in Houston.

"I feel very confident that I made the right decision not only for me, but for my crew members, my family and for my wife," Kelly said during a press conference Friday (Feb. 4) to announce his choice to rejoin the mission.

He appeared at the conference wearing a blue rubber wristband with a peace sign, a heart and the word "Gabby" on it, which he said stands for "Peace, Love, Gabby."

Kelly, 46, will command the STS-134 mission of Endeavour, due to launch April 19 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. He will lead five other astronauts on a two-week mission to deliver an astrophysics experiment and new hardware to the International Space Station.

NASA expressed full confidence that Kelly would be able to handle the mission.

"We think this is a very doable thing, and it is the best thing for our mission to have Mark be the commander," said Peggy Whitson, chief of the astronaut office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Difficult decision

Kelly outlined the long process of coming to this decision. At first, after the shooting, he assumed he was not going to fly on STS-134.

"I even said, 'I'm pretty sure I'm done,' 'cause my expectation was she was going to be in an ICU for months in Tucson," Kelly said. "Things fell into place and she improved very fast, so the decision became easier over time. I obviously weighed the time that I can spend with her with what I think is in the best interest of NASA and my crew."

Kelly said the fact that Giffords now has a very busy schedule, with many hours of rehab every day, was key to making the decision. Also of utmost importance was what Giffords would have wanted.

"I know my wife very well and I know what she would want and so that makes the decision easier," Kelly said.

He said he also took into account the risk he would be taking in flying into space at this time, but determined it was worth it.

"Spaceflight is a risky business," Kelly said. "Apparently so is being a member of Congress. From my perspective I've always evaluated the risk with what the benefit is. I really value what NASA does. If something happened to me, how that would affect her – that was part of what I considered, and ultimately what I decided was the right thing for me to do was to return and fly STS-134."

Making progress

Kelly said his wife was making amazing progress in recovery, but did not go into details about her condition or prognosis, citing privacy concerns.

"She improves every day," he said. "Her rehab doctors are just incredibly impressed with her progress and the fact that the slope of that curve is really steep."

In fact, she's doing so well the plan is for her to attend her husband's liftoff in April.

"I have every intention that she'll be there for the launch," Kelly said. "I've already talked to her doctors about it. There really shouldn't be any reason that she can't go to the launch."

Back to training

Following Giffords' shooting, NASA appointed a backup commander, veteran astronaut Rick Sturckow, to train with the crew in Kelly's place. Now Kelly will take over those duties again and resume his full schedule training with the crew on Monday (Feb. 7).

"We are glad to have Mark back," Whitson said in a NASA statement released before the press conference. "He is a veteran shuttle commander and knows well the demands of the job. We are confident in his ability to successfully lead this mission, and I know I speak for all of NASA in saying 'welcome back'"

Endeavour's mission is the second-to-last space shuttle flight planned before NASA retires its three-orbiter fleet. Kelly has already flown on three previous shuttle trips.

Kelly's twin brother, Scott Kelly, is also an astronaut and is currently living in space aboard the International Space Station. The two brothers discussed the situation while Mark Kelly was weighing his decision.

"We do talk about it and we have talked about the different considerations," Scott Kelly told reporters Wednesday (Feb. 2). "I'm confident he's going to make a good decision, and whichever decision he chooses I'll support him."

Scott Kelly is due to land back on Earth March 19, a month before his brother will launch on Endeavour.

"It'll be good to have him back and he's already told me he wants to be as helpful as possible," Mark Kelly said.

Both brothers are captains in the U.S. Navy and were selected as NASA astronauts in 1996.

You can follow SPACE.com senior writer Clara Moskowitz on Twitter @ClaraMoskowitz.

Ice, snow force thousands of flight cancelations

2011-02-04T13:43:28+01:00

With ice on the runways in Dallas and a blizzard expected in Chicago, U.S. airlines are canceling thousands of flights and erasing much of their service in the middle of the country.

Flight tracking service FlightAware has logged almost 6,000 cancellations for the day. More are expected on Wednesday.

Ice shut down Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport for two hours on Tuesday morning. One runway later re-opened. But American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith says the airline is hardly operating at Dallas because high winds make it unsafe for de-icing employees to work in the bucket trucks.

Chicago O'Hare was seeing delays of more than two hours. A United Airlines spokeswoman says about 300 departures will be canceled in Chicago starting in the afternoon, when the snow is expected to pick up.

BSkyB Bid Puts Murdoch Back in Political Spotlight

2011-01-27T19:56:31+01:00

For an Australian-born U.S. citizen, Rupert Murdoch casts an extraordinarily long shadow over Britain and its politics. As the owner of four U.K. newspapers, he already has a big part in the national conversation. And now his latest bid to take full control of BSkyB, the country's biggest pay-TV station, is giving the government a headache at a time when it's already suffering through expenses scandals, falling poll ratings and public anger over budget cuts. Murdoch announced the $12.5 billion bid last June and already one minister has been stripped of his job of making a ruling on the takeover after he told undercover reporters he had "declared war" on the media tycoon.

As just about anybody in British politics will tell you, declaring war on Rupert Murdoch - the "Dirty Digger," as he has been dubbed by detractors - is not something to be undertaken lightly. This, after all, is the man prime ministers and would-be prime ministers fall over themselves to woo, most notably just before general elections, in the hope of winning the support of his media outlets.

The relationship between Murdoch and Britain's leaders is currently making headlines of its own. Reports on Wednesday revealed that Murdoch had skipped the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to fly to London while the government considers whether the bid by his News Corporation should be referred to the competition commission. The point at issue is whether, as rival media groups claim, a Murdoch-owned BSkyB - he already owns just over 30% of the company - combined with his existing ownership of four national newspapers - the tabloids the Sun and News of the World, and upmarket the Times of London and Sunday Times - would pose a threat to media plurality in the U.K.

Until Dec. 21, Business Secretary Vince Cable was tasked with deciding if the bid should be sent to the competition commission. But after Daily Telegraph reporters caught him making that combative comment, the responsibility was passed to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who immediately gave Murdoch more time to answer concerns over his bid which had been raised by the media watchdog Ofcom.

For those already concerned about what they see as Murdoch's power over the nation's decision-makers, Hunt's act of leniency appeared to be another sign that politicians are too eager to keep the news mogul on side. And all this comes as controversy continues to boil over the activities of Murdoch's News of the World and phone-hacking of celebrities, royals and politicians by its reporters. That affair saw two employees jailed in 2007, and on Jan. 21, Prime Minister David Cameron's chief spin doctor Andy Coulson, who was the paper's editor at the time of the offenses and says he knew nothing about them, quit as the row refused to die down.

But how is it Murdoch has come to be so feared and revered by Britain's politicians? Probably because some of them have learnt the hard way what his support - or lack of it - can mean.

The most famous example was the struggling Conservative government's shock election victory in 1992, after which Murdoch's Sun newspaper, which had a daily readership of around 10 million, screamed from its front page: "It's the Sun Wot Won It!" Even skeptics were forced to accept that Murdoch's decision to back the beleaguered Tory prime minister, John Major, helped carry the Conservatives to victory.

But it was actually the Sun's treatment of the then opposition Labour party leader, Neil Kinnock, that drew most attention and allowed the paper to make its flamboyant claim. On election day, it had carried a front-page picture of Kinnock's head, portrayed as a lightbulb, under the headline: "If Kinnock wins today, will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights."

Kinnock quit immediately, enraged by his treatment by the media in general and the Sun in particular - and Labour's future Prime Minister, Tony Blair, learned a powerful lesson. In July 1995, Blair and aides jetted to the Australian resort at Hayman Island for an annual conference held by Murdoch and his executives. It was there that Blair persuaded the audience that his "New Labour" Party was responsible and electable. Two years later, the Sun declared for Blair, who went on to win a landslide victory.

Rumors of secret deals between the two men persisted and in February 2009, former Blair-era spin doctor Lance Price seemed to confirm them in his book Where Powers Lies: Prime Ministers v the Media: "A deal had been done, although with nothing in writing. If Murdoch were left to pursue his business interests in peace he would give Labour a fair wind."

In the run-up to last year's general election, that wind seemed to change when the Sun threw its support behind Conservative leader David Cameron. The impact wasn't nearly as striking as it had been years before, thanks to the general decline of newspaper readership and the growth of new media. But it was still a blow to the Labour party, which was ousted from government when Britons took to the polls.

Little wonder, then, that those who fret about Murdoch's power over Britain's politicians are questioning whether Cameron too has decided to leave him to "pursue his business interests in peace."

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Travailler l'actualité en FLE : avec quels sites?

2011-01-18T10:03:00+01:00

Cette semaine, nous nous interessons à quelques sites nous permettant de travailler l'actualité en cours de français langue étrangère, et de trouver des ressources sur les événements du moment.

Je citerai certains incontournables, que beaucoup connaissent déjà, pour vous faire découvrir certains liens moins connus, mais tout aussi riches.

Les activités pédagogiques de TV5 vous sont familières, mais rappelons tout de même qu'elles sont régulières et que cette banque de données et désormais plus que fournie! Vous découvrirez 7 jours sur la planète notamment, proposant chaque semaine 3 séquences vidéo d'actualité accompagnées d'une fiche pédagogique du niveau A2 au niveau B2.

Et bien entendu en audio, le site de RFI : une mine d'informations avec certaines fiches à utiliser directement en classe. Cliquez sur l'image pour découvrir le site immédiatement! Vous y retrouverez le journal en français facile, le fait du jour, et des exercices d'écoute.

Je vous avais présenté il y a peu un site de vidéos d'actualité Voxaleadnews: idéal pour rechercher des vidéos par thèmes, et l'actualité y est partout présente : Cliquez ici

Vous trouverez sur cette page réalisée par Eléonore Degrigny quelques reportages d'actualité, qui sont exploités sous forme de compréhension orale en ligne : Voyez ici

Une autre site des plus ludiques, permettant de voir l'actualité sous un autre angle, à travailler surtout à partir du niveau B1 : L'actu en patates !

Puisque nous parlons de reportages, je suis pour ma part adepte des reportages courts de France 24. Ils sont généralement très appréciés...et diverses rubriques nous tiennent au courant de l'actualité au jour le jour, mais aussi de l'actualité culturelle, des arts de vivre etc....

Sur Canal academie, vous trouverez des reportages audio sous format MP3, souvent assez difficiles, et donc à ne proposer qu'à des niveaux avancés en français. Ils sont à recommander auprès des apprenants préparant le niveau B2 ou C1 du DELF-DALF.

En audio, Lafrancebis propose des reportages de société très actuels et tous les 15 jours un nouvel exercice d'écoute peut vous parvenir dans votre boîte mèl sous format MP3, donc facilement utilisable en classe....

J'aime utiliser également le site 1 jour 1 actu que vous pourrez retrouver en cliquant ici. Voilà u site qui permet de trouver des informations compréhensibles pour des enfants et des ados de 8 à 14 ans.

Un dernier en date Newsmap fort utile regroupant par pays l'actualité du jour. Vous n'avez qu'à

vous positionner sur le titre qui vous intéresse et vous verrez s'afficher une description rapide de l'article et sa source. Vous cliquez et l'article s'ouvre dans une autre fenêtre. Vous pourrez trouver toutes formes de supports ( texte, audio, vidéo...), ce qui est idéal pour travailler en classe diverses compétences.

Baladeurs et surdite

2011-01-16T23:53:00+01:00

Une enquete menee aupres de 1 200 jeunes adultes, par le centre de recherche du service de sante des armees, confirme les dangers de l’utilisation reguliere des casques audio. Chez pres de 20 % d’entre eux, les seuils de perception auditive etaient augmentes et la perte moyenne d’audition correspondait a 11 dB.

Musique

2010-12-21T19:52:22+01:00

Top 10 des chanteurs soul à (re)découvrir

Par Kelolo | 20 déc 2010 | découverte |

Marre des éternels Aretha, Otis, Stevie ou Marvin ? Ras le bol d’entendre pour la millième fois Respect, Superstition, Sex machine ? Pas vraiment convaincu par la nouvelle scène soul des Raphael Saadiq, John Legend ou Ben l’oncle soul ? Il vous faut du vintage ? Du moins connu ? Allez, c’est Noel avant l’heure : le top 10 des chanteurs soul à (re)découvrir.

James Carr: La plus belle voix de la soul (Otis inclu) n’avait qu’un défaut, elle était reliée à un cerveau cramée. Bipolaire, sous antidépresseurs pendant quasiment toute sa carrière, la tête de gondole (aussi au sens littéral du terme) du label Goldwax allait tout de même avoir le temps d’enregistrer la plus belle ballade de la soul musique : « The Dark End of the Street ».
Donny Hathaway: Le compagnon discographique de Roberta Flack, qui par son talent de compositeur valait bien le meilleur Stevie, s’est défenestré en 1979 sans qu’on sache trop pourquoi. Il laisse derrière lui le plus bel (quasi-) instrumental de l’histoire de la soul musique : « The Ghetto », à écouter si possible en version live.
Chris Farlowe: Il fout une branlée à Joe Cocker, qui à côté passe pour un castrat, et à Mick Jagger, en faisant du Out of Time des Stones, le numéro 1 des charts anglais en 1966. Le plus grand chanteur anglais, c’est lui Chris Farlowe, et personne d’autre, comme vous pourrez le constater en chialant sur l’incunable « Handbags and Gladrags ».
Shuggie Otis: Le fils de Johnny Otis, que les Stones draguèrent pour devenir l’un des leurs, vaut bien Marvin Gaye. Même voix de soie, même don pour les compositions éthérées mais nerveuses (écoutez le parfait « Aht Uh Mi Hed »), mais de manière fort injuste pas vraiment le même succès.
Gill Scott-Heron: Musicien et poète (pour une fois le titre n’est pas usurpé), révolutionnaire et drogué (n’y voyez aucun lien), le grand Scott-Heron mérite mieux qu’être réduit à son « tube » (le mot est sans doute un peu fort et surtout inadapté) « The Revolution Will Not Be Televised », comme le prouve son dernier album I’m New Here.
Allen Toussaint: Le son de la Nouvelle-Orleans, c’est-à-dire d’une des dix villes les plus musicales et musiciennes du monde, lui est en grande partie dû, comme le prouvent ses productions pour les Meters ou Doctor John, mais aussi ses propres enregistrements.
Joe Bataan: Le roi de la soul Latino du Spanish Harlem des années 60. Rythme chaud et entêtant, voix de velours, cuivres caressants, compos parfaites (What Good Is a Castle). Que demande le peuple ?
OV Wright: La plus poignante version du très beau gospel Motherless Child. La première et indépassable version du That’s How Strong My Love Is (repris ensuite par les Stones et Otis Redding). L’indépassable OV Wright.
Vigon: Un chanteur français dans les 10 chanteurs soul à redécouvrir ? Oui, mais pas n’importe lequel. Vigon, un des rares chanteurs non-anglophones signé sur Atlantic, est tout simplement le meilleur interprète du fantastique Harlem Shuffle.
Geno Washington:Pas la meilleure voix, pas le meilleur groupe, pas les meilleures chansons (pour celles qu’il composait), Geno Washington n’en reste pas moins une légende de la scène Mod (les Dexy’s Midnight Runner ont écrit en son hommage un très beau Geno). A écouter en live pour palper les ambiances délirantes de la Northern Soul.

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2010-12-18T16:36:17+01:00

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Fiesta Space Frogs Hot Chillie edit
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The Love You Save tracks

2010-12-17T21:45:28+01:00

The Love You Save album info:

Artist name - Joe Tex mp3
Album - The Love You Save mp3
Year - 1965
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NASA comet fly-by yields rare images from deep space

2010-11-06T17:11:43+01:00

CAPE CANAVERAL (AFP) – A NASA spacecraft made a successful fly-by of the Hartley 2 comet and within minutes began sending to Earth arresting images taken as the enormous space rock hurtled along the outer fringes of the solar system.

"The mission team and scientists have worked hard for this day," said Tim Larson, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, which is monitoring the mission that saw the EPOXI probe fly billions of miles to capture images of the comet.

"It's good to see Hartley 2 up close," Larson said.

The EPOXI -- its full name is Extrasolar Planet Observation and Deep Impact Extended Investigation -- reached the Hartley 2 after a 2.5-year journey across the solar system, a distance of some 4.6 billion kilometers (2.9 billion miles).

The EPOXI mission flew within about 435 miles (700 kilometers) of the comet at about 10 am (1400 GMT) Thursday and about an hour later began sending back its never-before-seen computer images.

"We are all holding our breath to see what discoveries await us in the observations near closest approach," said EPOXI principal investigator Michael A'Hearn of the University of Maryland, College Park, which is also tracking the course of the comet.

The flyby of Hartley 2 is only the fifth time ever that a spacecraft has come close enough to take pictures of a comet.

The peanut-shaped Hartley 2, about 2.2 kilometers (1.4 miles) long and weighing about 280 million metric tonnes, is composed of ice, carbon dioxide and silicate dust particles.

Scientists said studying the Hartley 2 comet, one of billions of frozen balls of ice, rock and dust left over from the time that the Earth was formed, can yield important information about the forming of the sun and planets more than four billion years ago.

"Comets are incredibly important. There are billions of comets, most of them sitting way beyond the orbit of Neptune... that surround the solar system," said Ed Weiler, director of scientific programs for NASA, speaking on the US space agency's television station.

"We know that way back into ancient history, four billion years ago just after the Earth formed, that the inner solar system was bombarded by comets," he said.

The EPOXI began its mission in 2005 with a scientific first by dropping a projectile on comet Tempel-1 to study the plume it lifted off its surface.

After the Deep Impact study and further astronomic observations, NASA in 2007 decided to send the spacecraft to an encounter with Hartley 2.

Since then, the EPOXI has traveled across our solar system a total of 18 astronomical units (one unit equals the Sun-Earth distance), or some 2.7 billion kilometers (1.7 billion miles).

It swung three times by the Earth for added gravitational boosts to its speed.

Hartley 2, is named after its discoverer Malcolm Hartley, who first saw it in 1986 through the Schmidt Telescope in Australia's Siding Spring observatory.

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UK invites views on Murdoch's BSkyB buyout proposal

2010-11-06T11:29:55+01:00

LONDON (Reuters) – British communications regulator Ofcom invited comments on the proposed acquisition of BSkyB by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and said it would consider how much control individuals have over the media.

Ofcom has been charged with examining whether the proposed 7.8 billion-pound ($12.6 billion) takeover would be against the British public interest. The European Union is investigating potential anti-trust issues.

The watchdog said on Friday it would consider content types, audiences, media platforms, control of media enterprises and future developments in the media landscape.

It said it also invited suggestions for remedies if it were found that media power would be excessively concentrated.

News Corp also owns newspapers in Britain including The Times and the country's best-selling tabloid, The Sun, which supported Prime Minister David Cameron during this year's election campaign.

U.S. media conglomerate News Corp has proposed to pay 700 pence per share for the 61 percent of BSkyB it does not already own. Murdoch helped build the satellite broadcaster and News Corp is keen to consolidate the asset and its cash flows.

BSkyB's independent directors have rejected the offer but said they would be prepared to support a bid of above 800 pence per share.

BSkyB shares closed up 1.2 percent at 720 pence on Friday.

(Editing by Will Waterman)

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2010-11-02T02:00:00+01:00

Entretien exclusif avec Patrice van Eersel, réalisé par François Watel.
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A la fin de l'entretien, Patrice Van Eersel évoque la distinction faite par Jean-Pierre Worms entre les créatifs culturels (2/3 féminins) adeptes de l'introspection et les alter-créatifs (plutôt masculins) qui se méfient de ces "histoires de bonnes femmes".

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Lire : Êtes-vous un créatif culturel ?

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2010-10-24T23:55:00+02:00

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Voxaleadnews est une plateforme qui indexe les documents vidéo et audio des chaînes d'informations, comme I.télé, BFM TV, France 24, LCI, etc...et de la radio Europe 1.

Cette plateforme peut s'avérer extrêmement pratique pour tous les professeurs de FLE qui travaillent beaucoup sur des supports vidéo et audio traitant de l'actualité.

Facile d'utilisation, puisque lorsqu'on entre un mot-clé dans sa barre de recherche, le logiciel retrouve aisément tous les documents dans lesquels ce mot a été prononcé. Incroyable, non?

La transcription écrite de l'extrait est enrichie de liens hypertextes permettant d'accéder à des documents connexes fort utiles. Cette technologie de reconnaissance vocale, encore loin d'être parfaite, certes, revolutionne la recherche de documents sur Inetrnet, pour les professeurs aguerris, en mal de documents récents et actuels.

Bref, je recommande ce site... idéal pour préparer quelques sujets thématiques et d'évaluer la compréhension en utilisant les multimédias.

Tester le B2 en compréhension orale

2010-06-13T10:14:00+02:00

Nos apprenants de niveau B2 ont besoin d'être testés régulièrement en compréhension orale. Il est difficile de progresser sur toutes les compétences à ce niveau, alors que toutes les compétences grammaticales ne sont pas complètement acquises de manière définitive.

On leur demande en expression orale ou écrite de donner une opinion, de se justifier, mais aussi d'argumenter, en tentant de convaincre un auditoire. Ils ne pourront guère le faire s'ils ne sont pas capables de repérer également en compréhension orale les stratégies argumentatives d'un locuteur lambda. Très souvent dans un contexte scolaire, la compétence de compréhension/réception orale n'est pas suffisamment travaillée au niveau B2.

Repérer l'information, comprendre le détail d'une interview, d'un extrait de conférence, fait partie des activités à réaliser très régulièrement.

Voici une évaluation de niveau B2, qui peut être utilisée en guise d'activité de classe : cliquez ici

Le premier exercice traite des transports publics et le deuxième s'interesse aux médias.

Voici les documents audio ci-dessous

Voici les réponses aux questions: cliquez ici

A bientôt...

Console Table de mixage Sherwood Audio Mixer System 800

2009-11-24T03:44:00+01:00

Suite à mon tweet "Je vends sur #eBay "Console Table de mixage Sherwood Audio Mixer System 800" http://tinyurl.com/y8etgh7 (RT please)" (http://twitter.com/Sky3RN/status/5996068113), je fais un billet sur ce blog pour décrire l'objet. Si vous êtes intéressé, l'achat se fera OBLIGATOIREMENT par eBay.

Console Table de mixage
Sherwood Audio Mixer System 800

1€ au prix de départ, 15€ aux frais de port par Colissimo. Le tarif des frais de port pourra être remboursé s'il est plus bas. En revanche, s'il est plus élevé, le prix final de la vente ne sera pas affecté et il restera à 15€. C'est la première fois que je vends un objet aussi gros et aussi lourd, donc j'irais me renseigner au bureau de Poste dès que la vente sera conclue.

L'objet est d'occasion.

Console - Table de mixage Sherwood Audio Mixer System 800
Console d'occasion mais qui fonctionne plutôt bien.
Motif de la vente : J'ai acheté une Behringer à la place afin d'optimiser au maximum mon son lors de mes enregistrements.
Je l'avais achetée sur une brocante et elle m'a plutôt pas mal servi.
Pour avoir un aperçu de sa qualité, j'avais enregistré ceci à l'époque où je débutais la guitare (Je jouais plutôt thrash donc avec énormément de gain sur ma pédale Logitech Death Metal.) : http://www.xlivetchat.com/Divers/Test-Sherwood-Audio.mp3
Envoi postal uniquement.

Sherwood
MODEL NO. SYSTEM 80.
AUDIO MIXER
DONG WON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
MADE IN KOREA

Serial No. : 60700283

Conditions de retour

   J'accepte le renvoi de l'objet à condition que je garde 25% du prix de la vente.

Live de mon appartement (ça marche avec tout sauf Internet Explorer)

2009-11-01T02:01:00+01:00

Je le veux (le garder) sinon je m'arrache les cheveux

2009-10-24T13:24:00+02:00

J'ai testé le casque JBL-Roxy durant quelques jours : au bureau, dans le métro, à la maison, il est constamment vissé sur mes oreilles !

Et pour cause : le son (stéréo bien évidemment) est à tomber et les couleurs acidulées égaient franchement mes journées.

Comment ça à 27 ans, c'est un peu too girly for me ? Que nenni mes jolis ! Avec Samski (autrement plus vieux que moi), qui lui, a opté pour le AKG K518, on a THE bureau 2.0.

Alors, si vous aussi, vous voulez un casque 2.0, vous savez ce qu'il vous reste à faire ?

Seul petit bémol : le fil un peu trop court, si bien qu'au bureau, quand je me penche pour farfouiller dans mon sac, ça coince...

Le prix ? 75 euros environ pour le JBL-Roxy et 99 euros environ pour le AKG de Samski.

On le trouve où ? Dans les magasins Roxy.

Ndlb : tout ce pourquoi je m'arrache les cheveux d'autres ici.

B. Hauchecorne, S. Baruk et B. Rittaud sur France Culture

2009-09-06T16:32:00+02:00

La marche des sciences, la toute nouvelle émission scientifique sur France Culture, est diffusée chaque jeudi entre 14 heures et 15 heures. La productrice, Aurélie Luneau, avait choisi d'honorer la Reine des sciences puisque la première, le 3 septembre dernier, avait pour thème " Histoire des mathématiques et diffusion des savoirs ".

Avec comme fil conducteur les équations polynomiales, Stella Baruk et Bertrand Hauchecorne ont échangé sur le rôle des mathématiques à différentes époques. A travers l'évocation de mathématiciens de différentes époques comme Diophante, Al Khwarizmi, Tartaglia Cardan, Abel et Galois, ce fut l'occasion d'aborder la place des mathématiques au cours de l'histoire.

Benoît Rittaud, chargé de présenter l'actualité mathématique a expliqué le rôle du mathématicien à notre époque ; il a montré que certaines recherches sont interdisciplinaires et a pris comme exemple un travail sur l'entropie dans la langue espagnole.

De gauche à droite : Aurélie Luneau, Bertrand Hauchecorne, Stella Baruk et Benoit Ritaud.

Le podcast et l'écoute de l'émission sont possibles, en se rendant directement sur le site de La Marche des Sciences.

Bonne écoute.

Nouveautés Livres Jeunesse - Pour les petits

2009-08-08T10:53:00+02:00

Voici quelques nouveautés "Jeunesse" acquises à la Bibliothèque. N'hésitez pas à donner votre avis.

* Crocolou aime la nature (Ophélie Texier)
Album jeunesse dès 3 ans

Mot de l'éditeur : Dans les champs, dans les prés, c’est la liberté ! Crocolou aime se régaler, alors il grimpe aux arbres fruitiers. La rivière, on peut s’y baigner ou lancer des petits cailloux qui font des ronds dans l’eau. Avec bonheur, Crocolou écoute le chant des oiseaux. En rentrant chez lui, il a son panier bien rempli de jolies fleurs pour sa maman chérie.

* C'est à moi, ça ! (Michel Van Zeveren)
Album jeunesse dès 3 ans

Mot de l'éditeur : "Dans la jungle, terrible jungle..." L'album débute sur cet air bien connu. Mais ici, ce n'est pas un lion mais une toute petite grenouille qui apparaît et trouve un oeuf. "C'est à moi, ça !" s'exclame-t-elle alors. Oui mais voilà, le serpent, l'aigle et le varan revendique aussi cette apartenance. Heureusement pour la petite grenouille, grâce à un éléphant, tout va s'arranger. Enfin, c'est ce qu'on pourrait croire...

* La cuillère amoureuse (René Gouichoux & Catherine Proteaux)
Album éveil dès la naissance

Mot de l'éditeur : Ce matin, au petit déjeuner, Marine confie à son papa qu'elle est amoureuse. Mais son papa ne lui répondant pas, c'est la petite cuillère qui le fait : elle aussi est amoureuse, mais elle ne sait pas de qui. Alors Marine va l'aider à trouver son amoureux : est-ce le bol, le sucre, le verre ?

* Le spectacle (Audrey Poussier)
Album éveil dès la naissance

Mot de l'éditeur : Ce n’est déjà pas facile de faire un spectacle devant plein de spectateurs, mais quand ceux-ci se mettent à rire alors que ce n’est pas drôle, le petit loup se met à pleurer…

* Pacôme le fantôme / Pâcome et la fée colorette (Jacques Duquennoy)
Album jeunesse dès 3 ans

Mot de l'éditeur : La fée Colorette est transparente grâce à des surfaces en acétate, elle change de couleur selon les pièces du château.
Quelle joie pour Pacôme le fantôme de jongler ainsi avec les couleurs de l’arc-en-ciel, et de s’initier aux combinaisons de couleurs !

Auteur-illustrateur, de renom, Jacques Duquennoy vit à Amiens et est le créateur des « Fantômes », célèbres personnages de la collection
« Zéphyr », ainsi que la série des livres de Camille, la girafe.
Dans la série « Pacôme le fantôme », il a déjà publié : « Comment devenir un vrai fantôme en 4 leçons » - « Le chevalier du château » -
« La princesse des jouets ».

* Lulu Vroumette / L'arche de Lulu (Daniel Picouly & Frédéric Pillot)
Album jeunesse dès 3 ans

Mot de l'éditeur : Lulu Vroumette est de retour… Aujourd’hui cela fait 40 jours qu’il pleut et Lulu Vroumette est inquiète… La rivière déborde et elle se demande bien comment faire pour sauver ses amis de l’inondation ! Soudain, Lulu a une idée : elle prend sa carapace et se lance sur la rivière déchaînée…

* Les enfants de la rivière (Jae-Hong Kim)
Album jeunesse

Mot de l'éditeur : Doni et Souni attendent le retour de leur maman au bord de la rivière. Comme le temps leur semble long ! Mais voilà que les rochers de la rivière prennent vie et que l’attente se transforme en aventure… Toi aussi, avec Doni et Souni, découvre l’Oiseau Géant, le Petit Ours et toutes les images cachées dans les rochers de la rivière !
Un album qui est aussi un jeu, par Kim Jae-hong, l’illustrateur de L’Ecole des Chats et l’auteur de Dans les bois.

* Le loup vert (René Gouichoux & Eric Gasté)
Album jeunesse

Mot de l'éditeur : Raoul est un loup vert. Et dans un monde où les loups sont gris, il a bien du mal à se faire accepter. Alors, il essaie toutes les ruses : s'habiller de gris, se rouler dans la cendre, se peindre en gris... Mais, à chaque fois, il est démasqué, et les loups se moquent de lui. Jusqu'au jour où il rencontre une jolie fée qui va l'aider... à s'accepter.

* Un mercredi à Brooklyn (Emily Jenkins & Lauren Castillo)
Album jeunesse dès 6 ans

Mot de l'éditeur : Connais-tu Brooklyn ? C'est le quartier où j'habite, à New York. Aujourd'hui, c'est mercredi. Ouvre ce livre, je vais te raconter...

* Timioche, le petit poisson qui racontait des histoires (Julia Donaldson)
Album jeunesse dès 3 ans

Mot de l'éditeur : Même le plus petit des poissons peut raconter de grosses histoires...
- Excusez mon retard, Mademoiselle. Je suis parti très tôt ce matin, mais sur le chemin de l'école, j'ai été enlevé par un calamar. Je me suis battu et débattu jusqu au moment où une tortue est venue à mon secours.
- On, non, ce n est pas vrai !
- SI, SI, C'EST VRAI.
Et vous, est-ce que vous y croyez, à l'histoire Je Timioche, le petit poisson ?

NE PAS CREER SON REVE N'IMPORTE OU

2009-06-16T08:19:00+02:00

Kookidoo PRINCESSE

Voici pour te répondre à ce que tu me dis souvent au sujet de se créer son rêve,

et avec lequel je suis souvent assez d’accord avec toi, sauf sur un point,

« « « l’endroit » » » où on le crée ???,

car pour moi dans le TEMPS l’Homme (hommes et femmes de même et donc moi et toi aussi) n’y est pas à sa JUSTE PLACE, alors pourquoi donc là y créer nos rêves ????,

cette petite audio (à écouter donc), est tirée de

la LIGNE de TRANSFORMATION

http://sd-1.archive-host.com/membres/up/182078650241973505/2HEX1mP3.mp3

le traitYin à la base

de l’hexagramme N°2 du YI KING de la SIMPLICITE SUBVERSIVE

( http://yiking.hautetfort.com/archive/2008/06/07/yi-king-de-la-simplicite-subversive.html )

Essaye d'écouter ceci, sur de BONNES ENCEINTES et ou au casque dans un moment hyper tranquille, receptive.

Changer avec Pascal Neveu

2009-06-05T13:59:00+02:00

Changer ? Moi, jamais ! est un ouvrage qui traite de notre envie de changer l'autre. De notre conviction que nous ne pouvons nous changer nous-même et encore moins les autres - de manière intentionnelle. Il traite de nos blocages qui rendent difficile le changement. Au fond, nous ne voulons pas changer car nous avons peur de perdre quelque chose. Pour changer, le deuil est donc nécessaire.

Pascal Neveu, l’auteur, psychanalyste et psychothérapeute, intervient sur différentes questions de psychologie fondamentale auprès du personnel hospitalier et de cadres en entreprises. Il exerce en cabinet et enseigne à Paris. Spécialiste du deuil, il anime également une cellule psychologique pour les orphelins et les veuves de sapeurs-pompiers.

Qui sommes-nous en vérité ? Avons-nous un noyau dur au fond de notre être, l’âme, l’esprit, que sais-je, immuable qui est déterminé à la naissance (les gènes ou encore la création divine), dans l’enfance (éducation, milieu) ?

Nous croyons pour la plupart d’entre nous que nous changeons en surface, mais jamais en profondeur à part dans des rares cas d’accidents graves par exemple.

Voici un montage audio (4min50) d'extraits d'une émission de radio avec Pascal Neveu sur ce thème (télécharger le fichier audio mp3):

Changer soi-même, changer les autres

LA PHYSIQUE PAR LES OBJETS QUOTIDIENS

2009-05-15T08:47:11+02:00

Bonjour

Voici un lien vers une conférence donnée à l'Académie des sciences sur

LA PHYSIQUE PAR LES OBJETS QUOTIDIENS

Bonne écoute

La physique par les objets quotidiens

avec Cédric Ray, lauréat du prix Roberval 2009

Comment fonctionne votre four à micro-ondes, l’écran à cristaux liquides de votre réveil ou encore votre gps ? Voici quelques exemples de questions auxquelles Cédric Ray apporte des réponses dans son livre La physique par les objets quotidiens. Il a reçu le prix Roberval 2009 dans la catégorie Grand public.

Emission proposée par : Elodie Courtejoie
Référence :

foc519

Adresse directe du fichier MP3 : http://www.canalacademie.com/emissions/foc519.mp3
Adresse de cet article : http://www.canalacademie.com/La-physique-par-les-objets.html
Date de mise en ligne :

1er février 2009

Réfrigérateur, plaques électriques, GPS, ou encore échographie médicale, Cédrix Ray passe en revue 16 objets de notre vie quotidienne et nous révèle de manière simple et astucieuse leur focntionnement. Avec plusieurs niveaux de lecture, chacun trouve matière à intérêt. Les explications synthétiques des auteurs sont en effet enrichies de nombreuses illustrations, d’encadrés physiques pour approfondir ses connaissances, d’analogies pour saisir l’esprit des phénomènes les plus abstraits, et d’une "foire aux questions" pour satisfaire sa curiosité.

Pour illustrer ses propos, Cédric Ray développe pour nous le principe du four à micro-ondes.
Découvrez par exemple pourquoi un liquide chauffe plus vite qu’un solide, pourquoi les micro-ondes sont incompatibles avec le métal que vous pourriez introduire dans votre four ou encore pourquoi un glaçon dans un four micro-ondes ne fond pas totalement... !

Ecoutez Cédric Ray, maître de conférences à l’Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Il a créé en 2004 un cours sur la physique des objets quotidiens de niveau licence, à l’origine de ce premier livre.

Canal Académie est partenaire de l’évènement du prix Roberval dont la remise des distinctions a eu le lieu le 21 janvier 2009.

En savoir plus

Cédric Ray, La physique par les objets quotidiens, éditions Belin, 2007

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Console Table de mixage
Sherwood Audio Mixer System 800