Maybe not flying cars and domestic robots, but the future gadgets do seem interesting, which one is your favourite? The bendable phone? 3D printing? Clever robots?
A 10 minute video and an article from the BBC – view here
Innovative way to tackle rhino poachers
Poison, dye and GPS to stop poachers killing rhinos
read the article – here
Pottermore…and more and more
If you are a Harry Potter fan, this site is a must
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200 answers to 200 questions
To mark the 200th instalment of Five Minutes With – in which the BBC’s Matthew Stadlen interviews a famous face against the clock – here are 200 of their questions and answers.
Actors, directors, musicians, politicians, writers, sportsmen and women, artists, scientists, historians and comedians have all been questioned for the allotted five minutes.
Read the article here – BBC
Rare cat filmed up close in Borneo
Watch the video and read an article about the Sunda clouded leopard of Malaysia
Workplace discrimination prompts ‘whitened’ job applications
The report found ethnic minority women faced “persistent barriers to employment”
Asbos for couple terrorising residents
Tough action has been promised against neighbours causing upset after claims that a couple “terrorised” residents.
50 reasons London is the world’s greatest city
Read the article why London is the greatest city in the world – here
Have you been? Do you agree? Share your comments with us!
Hospital security blunder as Kate’s nurse falls for hoax call
The hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge is being treated for severe pregnancy sickness has admitted one of its nurses gave out confidential details of her treatment after falling victim to a hoax call from an Australian radio station.
Read the article from the Telegraph
Have you ever done a prank call? Do you think they are funny or annoying?
Listen to the actual prank call – here
Follow up:
Prince Charles joking about the prank call and gives his reaction to the news – see video here
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
Happy Diwali!
Today they celebrate the festival
of lights, the Diwali.
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!
Tanulni együtt jó! Tanulni úgy jó, hogy elfelejtjük, hogy tanulunk, azt csináljuk, amit szeretünk, es közben “ránk ragad” egy csomó hasznos dolog is.