SEQUENCE 1 - Mrs Dubuisson Wild Wild West A million ways to die in the west Trailer - English Trailer - English...with subtitles in French! The Wild Wild West A modern version of the Wild Wild West with Will Smith! The Wild Wild West (intro) The Wild Wild West (the film) Lesson 1 : Plains Indians - Habits ACTION 1 = present a character of the American Far West - When your oral is finished, do exercises 3, 4, 5 and 6 on Connect Website : Lesson 2 : Description - Tintin in America... PRESENT EN BE + ING: décrire / une action en déroulement Explications: Avec vidéo: Exercices: Lesson 3 : Sitting Bull Lesson 4 : Before / Now - the end of an era Used to / not.... anymore / not ....any longer / no more / no longer Voix passive: Lesson 5 : Lewis & Clark Reading Activity with the audio document (very interesting, though quite long (animated movie with script and audi comments - EXCELLENT!) More information about the Lewis & Clark expedition, do exercise 7 on Connect Website : Lesson 6 : Dances with Wolves Dances with Wolves (TRAILER)
Inside Sun Noodle, the Secret Weapon of America's Best Ramen Shops - Eater Features There were only about three or four ramen shops on Oahu when Hidehito Uki founded Sun Noodle in 1981. Ramen in America was pretty much just a cup of noodles you cook in the microwave. Uki — who had come to Hawaii from Japan to make and sell fresh ramen noodles — wondered how he could ever be successful. Now, ramen shops have proliferated in cities from Los Angeles and New York to DC, Chicago, and even Milwaukee. People stand in line for ramen. Behind the scenes of the so-called ramen boom of recent years is Sun Noodle. Sun Noodle's success runs parallel to the rise of ramen in America, sometimes fueling the ramen craze and always being fueled by the ramen craze. Sun Noodle Begins A trip to Hawaii was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to an 19-year-old Hidehito Uki. Hidehito arrived in Honolulu in 1981. There were about 20 noodle manufacturers on the island of Oahu at the time, mostly churning out saimin noodles. Getting that first customer did turn out to be a challenge. Ramen Goes Boom
Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies Oh boy, do we love Cookies here at our house! The kids are always asking to make a treat with me, so cookies are usually the “go-to” dessert (especially THIS recipe). I love baking with them and don’t mind it at all, especially because we know plenty of people who will help take extra sweets off of our hands. In fact, it’s become tradition to keep a plate of cookies for ourselves and then make the rest to take to neighbors or friends in need. Can’t go wrong making memories with your kids in the kitchen AND serving others too. If you’re a cookie lover like we are, then I highly suggest trying this recipe. Good for days Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients 1 cup butter (at room temp) ¾ cup brown sugar ¾ cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 TB hot water 2½ cups all purpose flour ¾-1 cup quick cooking oats 1 cup milk chocolate chips 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips Instructions With a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugars until smooth. Check out those chips!
BBC One - Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale UC's Napolitano throws cold water on the online education craze - LA Times University of California President Janet Napolitano struck a rare blow for rational education practice this week by pushing back strongly against the craze for online learning courses. Online education isn't a panacea, she said; it's not for everyone, it's not cheap, and if it's done right it may not even save money. Are you listening, Gov. Napolitano, who took over at UC in September, made her remarks Monday during an appearance sponsored by the Public Policy Institute of California. Asked by PPIC President Mark Baldassare about UC initiatives in the online space, Napolitano moved promptly to separate fact from fantasy. For higher education, she said, "It's not a silver bullet, the way it was originally portrayed to be. As for preparing the courses, "if they're really going to be top-quality, that's an investment as well." That might come as a real disappointment for Gov. A good example is Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Obamacare success stories you haven't read
From The Kitchen: Lemon Cheesecake Tart with Lemon Curd Lemon tart is my absolute favourite dessert for so many reasons - and as you can see I got a leeeetle bit carried away taking the pics! In my defence, these days I don't get much of a chance to shoot something purely for the blog, so I thought I may as well keep playing! This is my latest incarnation of a lemon tart - a combination with lemon cheesecake/tart filling topped with extra zingy home-made lemon curd. If you want a classic (albeit very deep) lemon tart recipe check out this one here, but currently this one has nudged out that one at the top of my list - probably only because I have been nibbling at it for the past two days! Pastry: 130g butter, out of the fridge for 20 minutes, softened 1/3 cup icing sugar1 1/2 cups plain flour2 tsp lemon juicefinely grated zest of 1 lemon You will need a 25cm round tart tin with a removable base for this recipe. Remove the pastry from the fridge, sit for 5 minutes, then roll out between two pieces of baking paper. Filling: 1 tbsp custard powder
21 Images That Show How Smartphones Are Taking Over Our Lives - 9GAG How Chocolate Might Save The Planet : Krulwich Wonders... When you unwrap it, break off a piece and stick it in your mouth, it doesn't remind you of the pyramids, a suspension bridge or a skyscraper; but chocolate, says materials scientist Mark Miodownik, "is one of our greatest engineering creations." True, it begins with a cocoa bean plucked from a tree. But no one would eat a raw cocoa bean. Robert Krulwich/NPR But cut it, leave it, roast it, tinker with it for a couple of centuries (and add sugar) ... ... and cocoa beans can be totally transformed. Chocolate's Secret Chocolate bars have a circus trick, an "Oh, my" moment: They're solid when you unwrap them. The secret ingredient is cocoa butter, stored in the form of large molecules called triglycerides that come with three (thus the "tri") prongs. ... or more tightly, like this ... ... or ( I'm redrawing this from Mark's book) more richly intermeshed, like this: The denser the package, the harder the chocolate. Is Chocolate Better Than Kissing? People (it's no secret) really like chocolate.
Chocolate, Date and Fresh Ginger Torte (gf) Recipe by Claire Aldous • Photography by Claire Aldous • Published in Recipes, Cake, Salted Caramel, Sauce, Indulgent, Friday Baking 200 grams dried dates, pitted½ cup orange juice or water¼ cup Marsala wine or brandy or use another ¼ cup orange juice or water75 grams butter at room temperature75 ml rice bran oil300 grams dark chocolate, 68% cocoa, chopped2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger6 x #7 eggs (large)¼ teaspoon sea salt½ teaspoon ground mixed spice¼ cup caster sugar Grease a 24cm spring form cake tin and line the base and sides with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 160°C fan bake Put the dates, juice and Marsala in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Melt the butter, rice bran oil and chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally. Separate the eggs and whisk the yolks, salt and the mixed spice into the chocolate mixture. Put the whites in a separate bowl and whisk until foamy. Tip into the cake tin and gently smooth the top. Salted Caramel Sauce
Advice on writing CVs Interviewer: LearnEnglish Professionals is talking to John Woodrow, who works in the Human Resources department of a large UK-based company. John, tell us about your work ... John Woodrow: I work on recruitment, especially – so I’m the person who reads the hundreds of CVs we get sent each year! Interviewer: Do you accept CVs as part of your recruitment process? John Woodrow: When we advertise for a particular post, we send out our own application form, which is tailored to our company, and we can use it to make sure we find exactly what we’re looking for ... Interviewer: So a CV is useless? John Woodrow: No! Interviewer: So we should be sending you our CVs? John Woodrow: Yes, absolutely, yes! Interviewer: What advice can you give us on writing a CV? John Woodrow: Keep it short, keep it simple, keep it relevant. Interviewer: So we’re going to look at a couple of CVs now ... John Woodrow: Yes – these are a couple that arrived just this morning, so let’s take a look ...
Calling Me a Terrorist Is Not Flirting The author Karaoke night used to be my jam. Back in the day, my best friend and I used go to the only bar in my small hometown in the San Francisco Bay Area and watch the regulars slur along to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “The First Cut Is the Deepest.” One night, after hours of watching an older man named Victor sway and scream into a microphone, we went next door to a late night diner to decompress over grilled cheese. We had just started eating our food when two guys in cowboy hats came over to talk to us. They had a Southern twang, but insisted they were Californians. The quieter one started chatting with me and asked where I was originally from. It was a combination of his blatant ignorance and his crater face under the fluorescent lighting, but I realized I’d had enough. Every single girl knows what it’s like to be creeped on. Flirty racism has been around since the dawn of time, when asshole cavemen tried to offend their potential mates all the way into the bedroom.
Fresh Pear, Spice and Chocolate Loaf Recipe by Claire Aldous • Photography by Claire Aldous • Published in Recipes 225 grams butter, very soft but not melted½ cup caster sugar¼ cup packed brown sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 eggs, lightly beaten2 tablespoons milk2 cups plain flour1 teaspoon baking powderpinch salt2 teaspoons ground mixed spice2 tablespoons glace mixed peel, finely chopped*4 medium, firm but ripe pears125 grams dark chocolate, roughly chopped2 tablespoons raw sugar Grease a 6 cup capacity loaf tin and fully line with baking paper. My tin is 25cm x 13cm x 8cm deep. Preheat the oven to 160°C fan bake Beat the butter for 2 minutes until pale then add both sugars and the vanilla and beat again until very light and pale. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and mixed spice in a bowl. Stir in the mixed peel until it’s all coated in the flour and not clumped together then gently beat into the butter mixture. Peel, quarter and core two of the pears and cut into 1cm pieces. Bake for 25 minutes.
Book World Signpost Our Book World Signpost is great for displaying above a reading nook. It’s based on a signpost we created out of cardboard, that we printed and used as a stencil. We took it a step further by creating the wooden signs and a coloured version too. We’ve also added blank signposts so you can add your own fantasy worlds. Places included: Mordor Narnia Hogwarts Wonderland Land of Oz Neverland District 12 The Capitol Baker Street 100 Acre Wood File type: Zip File size: 17.9 MB Suitable for: KS1/KS2 Downloads: 2,400 Download
Conservative Christian Rewrites Harry Potter So Her Kids Won’t Turn Into Witches While our friends in the world of right-wing politics and their allies on hillbilly television like Phil Robertson spend their time spouting off Jesus fan fiction, one woman has taken a different approach toward indoctrinating her children into a deluded, self-serving, hateful worldview: Harry F@#$ing Potter. “Grace Ann,” who has thus far completed six chapters of her own version of Harry Potter, explained her motivation: her children want to read Harry Potter, but she doesn’t want them “turning into witches.” “Hello, friends! My name is Grace Ann. I’m new to this whole fanfiction thing; but recently, I’ve encountered a problem that I believe this is the solution to. My little ones have been asking to read the Harry Potter books; and of course I’m happy for them to be reading; but I don’t want them turning into witches! Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Harry Potter who lived under the stairs in a house on Privet Drive with his aunt and uncle. Hagrid beamed widely.