Nothing Is Bigger Than Life

Unit 1 The sky is the limit Ouverture (p. 22-23) Au cours de cette unité, les élèves feront connaissance avec des aventuriers et explorateurs, célèbres ou non, du passé ou contemporains, mais ayant tous un point en commun : la découverte d’horizons lointains et le dépassement de soi, dans un but personnel ou scientifique. Les documents proposés permettront aux élèves de mieux connaître les motivations, les réussites et les difficultés rencontrées par ces personnages hors du commun, en leur

d’Amerique Both films highlight the themes of identity and exile but in different ways and to different degrees. Nomadism is a recurring theme throughout both films and is of primary importance in pointing to the challenges facing individuals both in exile and in search of identity. Another central element in the two films which ties to problems of exile and identity is the depiction of Jews and the Diaspora of Eastern European Jews who exiled from their native countries to the west to avoid

bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. | Mieux vaut un que deux tu l'auras. | A blithe heart makes a bloomy visage. | À cœur joyeux visage radieux. | Absolute power corrupts absolutely. | La loi dit ce que le roi veut. / Si veult le Roy, si veult la Loi. | Absence makes the heart grow fonder. | Loin des yeux, près du cœur. | A carpenter is known by his chips. | À l'œuvre on connaît l'ouvrier. | A cat may look at a king. | Un chien regarde bien un évêque. | A chain is only as strong

organized crime but there is nothing to do with ordinary crime. What do you know about your own country ? Criminal law : Providing safety Actus reus (the physical act of the crime/objective part of the crime) and mens rea (the intention/subjective part of the crime), preemptive law ? If we think about causality, condition sinequanone, where should we look (far away or closer cause – causa proxima theory) ? There is different way to solve the problem. Ex : attempt is forbidden. In Netherlands

lamp has been constructed from an old turnable, a piece of carboard and a lamp. The holes are carefully cut in the cardboard and it is made to a cylinder, that is mounted on the turnable. They are placed so that the Dreamachine flashes at a 8-13 Hz, which envokes the alpha waves in the human brain and allows you to see patterns of colours and light. The Dreamachine is viewed with the eyes closed: the flickering light stimulates the optical nerve and alters the brain's electrical oscillations, producing

Super Size Me »is an American documentary film directed by Morgan Spurlock. The journalist decides to eat only at McDonald's for a month and a survey across the United States on the harmful effects of fast food and the famous hamburger chain specialist, leading to increased obesity. More than a third of American children and adolescents have a weight problem. Two out of three adults in the United States of America are suffering from overweight or obese. How America has it become too big? The fast food

1992. 2/ Sam Mendes He is English and he is married to Kate Winslet. He made American Beauty. He adapted the novel Revolutionary Road into a film in 2008. 3/ Quick summary of the story April Wheeler is a beautiful woman, married to Franck Wheeler. They have two kids and they live in a beautiful and big house. They met 10 years before the action takes place, and by the time they were willing to live an extraordinary life. But 10 years after, April finds her life too calm, and too boring.

que ses produits à destination du marché professionnel (hôtels, compagnies aériennes, hôpitaux, etc.).  Leading a corporate giant, Howard D. Schultz is thinking more like a manager and less like an entrepreneur. By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Published: March 12, 2011 Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg News A Changed Starbucks. A Changed C.E.O. Starbucks is expanding in new directions, with ventures like instant coffee. Some Starbucks locations, including one in downtown Seattle, have been updated. New stores

Prime Minister, is quoted as saying "Anyone who thinks that my being PM [Prime Minister] is inevitable knows nothing whatever about politics." But, less than a year later, the subject of The Making of Julia Gillard is just that — the holder of the highest political office in the land, and the first woman to take the position. "First woman, maybe first redhead," the 48-year-old foreign-born lawyer joked with reporters after being sworn in on June 24. Her personal life won't stir enthusiasm

way Nigeria is; you are only advised to read if you desire a better nation. At independence, the dreams of our past leaders were to build a great and united nation devoid of ethnic and religious strives; an egalitarian and prosperous society that would be respected in the comity of nations; a land where everyone would be his brother’s keeper regardless of the inherent differences and a people who would respect the laws of the land. Fifty years on, we are farther from these dreams than we were at independence