The American dream of knowledge in one click

The American dream of knowledge in one click

This is a Christmas story to the U.S. . Hal Plotkin , a small Californian penniless, became adviser to President Barack Obama, is inventing post- MOOC . With him, the massive open online course ( massive online education), we thought the educational horizon, is already in the past .

Teenager, Mr. Plotkin leaves the school. "My mother raised us alone, my sister and me. The 707.15 dollars monthly bills to pay for the house were too much for his salary , " he says . Direction pizza bar next door and $ 1.75 Hourly for young Plotkin and sister.

Controversy surrounding the art schools , accused of tolerating sexist practices

Controversy surrounding the art schools , accused of tolerating sexist practices

Art schools they tolerate sexist behavior , homophobic or sexist ? The question gives rise to a skirmish between the National Association of forty-six graduate schools of art ( Andea ) and Senator (PCF) Brigitte Gonthier -Maurin . In its report on the role of women in the field of culture, presented in October to the Minister of Culture , Aurélie Filippetti , parliamentary denounced " an outrageous seemingly widespread practice : the trivialization of sexist behavior " in art schools . On 16 December, the Andea replied in a statement: " One of the challenges of our association is to take the measure to promote greater equality between the sexes, to ensure parity. "

The Andea however, has not always defended this position. Thus, in 2012, the association had supported the director of the Ecole Supérieure d'Art d'Avignon , Jean- Marc Ferrari, challenged by fifteen students and endorsed by three complaints , one for harassment

Middleweight Sport-Touring Shootout

We pit the BMW F800GT against the Ducati Hyperstrada and KTM SM-T in a battle of middleweight sport-touring motorcycles.

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Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks

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Amazing T-Rex Illusion!

I created the song in this video. A download link for the song will be available shortly.

You can visit my profile on iTunes for other songs I've created.

Song name: The last sun.

Thank you to my friend Kath for creating the T-rex design!

I've included a link for you to print out your own. The trick looks best through a camera. If you close one eye and move back and forth it works pretty good too.

GreenT-Rex image

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Red T-rex

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Blue T-rex

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Pungesti the Romanian village that resists shale gas

Pungesti the Romanian village that resists shale gas

 At the end of the fence surrounding the farm Constantin Spiridon at Pungesti , white and red flag flutters in the wind : " Stop Chevron " proclaims the banner installed by the former mayor of the village. Since October, the town, located 200 km north -east of Bucharest, the rhythm of the resistance against shale gas .

Nothing predisposed hamlet lost in the rolling hills of Moldova Romanian an uphill struggle against the American giant that tries to install a platform drilling . However, the images of its inhabitants - including many seniors - standing up to the police in riot gear have toured the Romanian Internet .

" The Wolf of Wall Street ' splendor and misery brokers

" The Wolf of Wall Street ' splendor and misery brokers

Hear ye, hear ye ! The great Scorsese is back! This is "the" good news of the end of this year: the director as remarkable as film Mean Streets , Goodfellas and Casino has not finished with his uncompromising exploration of the American dream . The Wolf of Wall Street, his new album is in its way a sort of quintessence of obsessions " scorsesiennes ." It contains most of his favorite themes : money , sex and drugs, but also more hidden than usual , suffering , sin and death.