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Weekly roundup – week 2

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In the news

Traditional thanksgiving presidential duty – pardoning a turkey!

How JR Ewing Made TV Safe For Evil

Interesting

why junk food is addictive

your brain on alcohol: you think very clearly about almost nothing

Check out these great tricks

Funny

Once more children – full moon… 😀

Michael Buble singing a txt message

the spirit of thanksgiving

What we celebrated this month

Thanksgiving

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Gore Vidal’s new book – I told you so

Telegraph – read the article – here

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Weekly roundup – week 1

wk/c – 12/11/2012

What we celebrated in November

              Diwali  – read post

             Guy Fawkes Day – read  post

 ‘Angolódj Rá

The much awaited workshop has been launched,

don’t miss out!details and how to apply

In the news

                Licensce for Smokers – read post

                US Election – see articles and videos

Interesting facts

                Body Language – see video

Funny pictures

                A Toddler’s Rules of Possesion

For kids

               Nursery Rhymes

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Body language – It shapes who you are

Motivational speech… tear jerker alert!

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

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fundraising for Children In Need

children in need

BBC website for children in need 2012

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A license for smokers

Would you apply for one? Do you think it would be a good idea? Would it be affective?

BBC News- Read about it – here

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Happy Diwali!

Today they celebrate the festival
of lights, the Diwali.

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I have asked my friend Ari what he will do this year.
Ari lives in St Albans, Hertfordshire UK

me: Ari, as you celebrate this Hindu holiday, can you tell us about it?

Ari : If you have been recently greeted by the phrase Happy Diwali then it must be Diwali. This phrase is heard around this time of year and is the greeting by Hindus during the Hindu festival of Diwali (aka Deepawali).
It signifies a 5 day festival with Dewali being the 3rd day, this year it falls on Tuesday 13th November.
It is a festival generally known as the festival of lights, spiritually it is Light winning over Dark, or Good over Evil. It’s Knowledge over Ignorance. The celebration of inner light. It also signified the Hindu New year and is harvest time in many regions of India. Each region has its variations to how they celebrate the festival. But they all have sweets, fire crackers and little oil lamps (known as Diyas) that are lit.

Gifts are exchanged between family and friends to wish each other a happy, wealthy and peaceful Diwali.

It’s the dedication to Saraswati, the goddess of Knowledge;the ultimate wealth as it can not be stolen from you and it overcomes ignorance.

me: Does your whole family celebrate it?

Ari: Yes the whole family celebrates it….we share sweets and light lamps
We pass sweets to everyone we know.
It’s also a celebration to Lakshmi,goddess of wealth who visits homes on this day.
So to welcome Her into our homes the doorstep is decorated with a floor painting,known as a Rangoli design. Various designs are done.

me: Thank you, Ari! Happy Diwali from us here!

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Happy Diwali

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Toddlers rules of possession

Anyone thinks this is very accurate?

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How to win at scrabble – video

A short video on how to win at scrabble, tips from a champion.

How to win at scrabble – BBC News

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Prince Charles speaks Pidgin English in Papua New Guinea

A short video from the BBC : Prince Charles visiting Papua New Guinea and greeting the people in Pidgin English

Prince Charles speaks Pidgin English in Papua New Guinea – Telegraph

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Jimmy Savile

BBC in turmoil

People suspected – nobody talked. Why? – Telegraph

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Guy Fawkes Day Poem

Guy Fawkes Day Poem

Traditional British

Remember, remember, the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot ;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
‘Twas his intent.
To blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below.
Poor old England to overthrow.
By God’s providence he was catch’d,
With a dark lantern and burning match

Holloa boys, Holloa boys, let the bells ring
Holloa boys, Holloa boys, God save the King!

Hip hip Hoorah !
Hip hip Hoorah !

A penny loaf to feed ol’Pope,
A farthing cheese to choke him.
A pint of beer to rinse it down,
A faggot of sticks to burn him.
Burn him in a tub of tar,’
Burn him like a blazing star.
Burn his body from his head,
Then we’ll say: ol’Pope is dead.

 

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US Election in the news

Papers asses election in the US

Final pre-election day – BBC News

Obama or Romney neither should expect to get much done in the Congress – Telegraph

BBC News – Storm Sandy: Barack Obama warns of long road to recovery.

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BBC News – Amazon boss on new Kindle Fire HD

The future of books.

Have you got an e-reader? What do you think of them, would you get one? Do you already have one? Will books ever be obsolete?

 

BBC News – Amazon boss on new Kindle Fire HD.

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BBC News – Leaving our mark: Fossils of the future

Interesting article about the new “Human Epoch” – new geological time period in the Earth’s history?

BBC News – Leaving our mark: Fossils of the future.

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