The Queen has finally watched « The Crown » and here is her verdict…
See it here
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May 8th 1902…8:02am
On May 8th, 1902, at 8:02am, Mount Pelée exploded, vomited pyroclastic flows, killed 30000 people, destroyed the city of Saint Pierre, sank 40 boats, entered history, gave its name to a type of volcanism, even helped to understand Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD…Today, the sleeping giant is under constant oversight. Saint Pierre got rebuilt in the middle of its ruins…
As to the pyroclastic flows…When, after Mount Vesuvius’ eruption, Plini the Younger described the phenomenon in his Letters, no one wanted to believe him…Mount Pelée tragically proved he was right. The pyroclastic flows can be 1000 to 3000 meters high, with a temperature up to 1000 degrees C, and their speed can reach 800 km/h. As they can even run on water, nothing can resist them…
I am a Caribbean Writer
These were his words in a 2012 interview…
One of the greatest writers of the Caribbean passed away… Highly acclaimed Nobel Prize winner Sir Derek Walcott, from Saint Lucia, died on March 17 2017 at 87…
From London…from a bus
Beautiful photos of London and Londoners were taken from a bus…They are on the BBC website
18000
18000, c’est le nombre d’images libres de droit mises à disposition par la Bibliothèque Publique de New York qui, par la même occasion, encourage les futurs utilisateurs à faire preuve de créativité…
Lesson plans
Lesson plans introduced by Sandy Millin on her wordpress blog.
A visual history of Social Dance in 25 moves
An American choregrapher and educator, Camille A. Brown explores the roots of African American Social Dances and their expression as an affirmation of Identity.
Check here the article and video from Ted.
Brexit
Pour ou contre la sortie du Royaume Uni de l’Union Européenne? A quelques heures du vote historique, le site 20 minutes a collecté et mis en parallèle les arguments des deux camps…
The Greatest
Born Cassius Clay in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1942, Muhammad Ali became an Olympic gold medalist in 1960 and the world heavyweight boxing champion in 1964. Following his suspension for refusing military service, Ali reclaimed the heavyweight title two more times during the 1970s, winning famed bouts against Joe Frazier and George Foreman along the way. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1984, Ali devoted much of his time to philanthropy, earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. He died on June 3, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona.
An advocate for Civil Rights, he became famous for standing against the US establishment. His words are inspirational for many…