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• Postal service won't reissue Maya Angelou stamp (NY Times)

  09 avril 2015 ( #bird, #Maya Angelou, #quotation, #stamp, #the USA )

  WASHINGTON — The Postal Servicesaid Wednesday that it had no plans to reissue a stamp honoring Maya Angelou that features a quotation from a book by another author. The quotation — “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has...

• The US prison system is broken. So why is the UK imitating it? (The Guardian)

  22 janvier 2015 ( #inmates, #jails, #prisons, #the USA, #UK )

  America now has the biggest prison population in the world. The majority of those behind bars are non-violent offenders, two thirds are African American or Latino. It is a failing system. The UK should pay attention, argues investigative journalist and...

• Dublin man gets six years for damaging Monet painting

  08 décembre 2014 ( #damage, #Monet, #painting, #prison, #sentence )

  Andrew Shannon (aged 49) of Willians Way, Ongar had pleaded not guilty to damaging the Claude Monet painting entitled Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sail Boat (1874) at the National Gallery of Ireland on Clare Street on June 29, 2012. A jury of seven...

• In the mood for .... rapping

  29 octobre 2014 ( #Blackalicious, #Daniel Radcliffe, #Jimmy Fallon, #lyrics, #rap )

  Sing along BLACKALICIOUS "Alphabet Aerobics" (Now it's time for our wrap upLet's give it everything we've gotReady? Begin) Artificial amateurs, aren't at all amazingAnalytically, I assault, animate thingsBroken barriers bounded by the bomb beatBuildings...

• Scotland said "no" to independence

  20 septembre 2014 ( #independence, #no, #Salmond, #Scotland, #the UK )

  BACKGROUND Alex Salmond declared he will stand down as Scotland's first minister and the leader of the Scottish National party after failing to secure a majority for independence, as the country's vote to remain in the United Kingdom foreshadowed months...

• Banksy removed from a wall in Clacton (England)

  03 octobre 2014 ( #Banksy, #council decision, #denounce, #racism, #removal )

  It must say something about the swirling currents of prejudice, fear and anger in modern Britain that even Banksy cannot predict their next bizarre lurch. From Bristol to New York, this street artist has made his reputation by wittily mocking power and...

• In NYC’s Underground Art Museum, Works to Delight the Passerby

  30 janvier 2015 ( #arts, #museum, #NY, #subaway, #underground )

  Millions of New Yorkers and visitors ride the New York City subway and commuter trains each day. Along the way, they encounter one of the most far-flung public art collections in the world. VOA’s Carolyn Weaver has more. Words in This Story subway – n....

• Halloween Pumpkin Pie | Fleur & Mike

  29 octobre 2014 ( #cooking, #Fleur, #Halloween, #Mike, #pumpkin pie )

  PECAN TOPPED PUMPKIN PIE Serves 8 Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 1 hour 45 minutes Ready in 2 hours 5 minutes Cals: 330 Fat: 20 sat Fat: 5.1Sugar: 26.1 salt 0.45 For the pie: 200g short crust pastry 400g pumpkin, seeds removed and cut into wedge 2 large...

• Man armed with a banana tries to rob store

  18 septembre 2014 ( #banana, #man suspect, #rob, #robbery, #the USA )

  By David Millward, US Correspondent, video source Philadelphia Police 1:43PM BST 18 Sep 2014 As cheeky thefts go, the hold-up in a small grocery store in Philadelphia was in a league of its own. The robber not only stole a banana but then used it to demand...

• Australia, 1979. On Multicutural Society

  14 novembre 2014 ( #Australia, #friends, #friendship, #muticultural, #society )

  From the Film Australia Collection. Made by Film Australia 1979. Directed by James Ricketson. Roslyn and Blagica have been friends since they met in third class four years ago. Their warmth, closeness and affection are obvious to all. Inseparable during...

• Give up TV?

  23 septembre 2014 ( #give up, #series, #society, #TV, #TV shows )

  If only, argue cheerless health professionals at Nice, the British public could stop lying on the sofa jamming its collective face with stale pizza and iced gems while watching TV tripe for just one day a week, then maybe, just maybe, we might have a...

• Six Artists from Beirut (from The New York Times)

  07 juillet 2014 ( #artists, #Beirut, #Lebanon, #NYT, #painting )

  Since opening last year, Taymour Grahne Gallery has been a boon to New York, which has few other outlets for contemporary art from the Middle East. Its current show offers an instant education in new painting from, or about, Beirut, the cosmopolitan but...

• Duchess expecting second child (fromThe Guardian)

  09 septembre 2014 ( #baby, #Duchess, #Kate Middleton, #Prince Williams, #Royals )

  Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child, the royal family said on Monday morning. The announcement was made from Clarence House on Twitter. "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that the Duchess...

• Nadine Gordimer

  21 juillet 2014 ( #death, #Nadine Gordimer, #novelist, #obituary, #South Africa )

  Nadine Gordimer Born: 20 November 1923, Springs, South Africa Died: 13 July 2014, Johannesburg, South Africa Residence at the time of the award: South Africa Prize motivation: "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel...

• Maya Angelou, Lyrical Witness of the Jim Crow South, Dies at 86 (NY Times)

  28 mai 2014 ( #activitst, #death, #Maya Angelou, #poet, #the USA )

  It began: A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon, The dinosaur, who left dried tokens Of their sojourn here On our planet floor, Any broad alarm of their hastening doom Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages....

• Pharrell Williams, "Happy"

  11 mars 2014 ( #Happy, #lyrics, #Pharrel Williams, #sing, #song )

  Lyrics [Verse 1:] It might seem crazy what I’m about to saySunshine she’s here, you can take a breakI’m a hot air balloon that could go to spaceWith the air, like I don’t care baby by the way [Hook:] Because I’m happyClap along if you feel like a room...

• Forget NY, it's in the local parades you see the real Irishness! (from the Irish Times)

  17 mars 2014 ( #Belfast, #Dublin, #Ireland, #parades, #St Patrick's day )

  All going well, Joe Cribbin will spend quite a bit of his St Patrick’s Day running down the combined main streets of Lanesboro and Ballyleague, disguised as Ciaran Mullooly, demanding that Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Justice Alan Shatter apologise...

• Ain't Got No, I Got Life - Nina Simone

  19 février 2014 ( #arts, #music, #Nina Simone, #singer, #song )

  I ain't got no home, ain't got no shoesAin't got no money, Ain't got no classAin't got no skirts, Ain't got no sweaterAin't got no perfume Ain't got no bedAin't got no mind, Ain't got no mother Ain't got no cultureAin't got no friends, aint got no schoolin'Ain't...

• Super Bowl commercials : Pepsi

  01 février 2014 ( #ads, #American Football, #commercials, #sports, #the USA )

  Le Super Bowl, ce super évènement planétaire attendu par la quasi-totalité des américains, revient évidement cette année pour son opus version 2014 ! Le Super Bowl, c’est un enjeu majeur pour le marché économique américain, car il permet de faire marcher...

• Sergey Bubka's pole vault record broken by Renaud Lavillenie (from BBC Sports)

  16 février 2014 ( #pole vault, #Renaud Lavillenie, #Sergei Bubka, #sports, #world record )

  The Frenchman, 27, cleared the height on his first attempt to go one centimetre higher than the record Bubka set indoors in February 1993. Former Olympic champion Bubka also held the world outdoor record of 6.14m, achieved in Italy in 1994. Marks set...

• From Hunger to Fame, With a Shoestring Menu (from the NY Times)

  18 janvier 2014 ( #austerity, #blog, #mom, #mother, #poverty )

  (suite) Ms. Monroe, who left school at 16, has more than 31,000 followers on Twitter and now writes a weekly food column for the newspaper The Guardian, featuring recipes costing less than one pound ($1.64) a person. Her austerity cookbook is due out...

• Black Friday

  29 novembre 2013 ( #Black Friday, #holiday, #shopping, #Thanksgiving, #the USA )

  Millions of Americans have been heading to the shops on Black Friday, a crucial event for US retailers. Many stores opened their doors overnight, hoping to entice customers with cut-price bargains. Black Friday - the day after the Thanksgiving public...

• Sing Along - Metronomy "Love Letters"

  07 mai 2014 ( #Love Letters, #lyrics, #Metronomy, #sing along, #song )

  LYRICS Love lettersLove lettersLove lettersLove letters Love letters, all I seeOn every day I readThe bits of yellow paperAddressed from you to me And every day it showsInside a book of stampsTo tell you what I'm up toAnd say just how I feel You've got...

• Britain's hottest toys for the next holidays (Reuters) (+ transcript)

  18 novembre 2013 ( #children, #Christmas, #gifts, #presents, #toys )

  TRANSCRIPT REPORTER: Just in time for the holidays, the top ten toys for the Christmas season in the UK is out. A panel of toy experts has named those gadgets and games most likely to show up on Britain's girls' and boys' wish lists. Over half of them...

• Doris Lessing

  17 novembre 2013 ( #books, #Doris Lessing, #Literature, #Nobel Prize, #reading )

  Doris Lessing, the Nobel prize-winning author of The Golden Notebook and The Grass is Singing, among more than 50 other novels ranging from political to science fiction, has died aged 94. Twitter reacted quickly to the news, a shock to many despite her...