CNN :Gun control: Change is possible -- and fast

1)Obama 'Sceptical' About More Guns In Schools :The president vows to do all he can to prevent a re-occurrence of what he called the "worst day" of his presidency.Barack Obama has voiced scepticism about proposals to put armed guards in schools, following the Sandy Hook massacre of 20 children and six adults.http://news.sky.com/story/1031611/obama-sceptical-about-more-guns-in-schools

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/16/opinion/australia-gun-laws/index.html?eref=editionDecember 16, 2012 

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3)How will Newtown shootings change the US gun debate?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20742508 (Report+video)
The Connecticut school shootings have horrified America. But what impact, if any, will they have on the nation's gun laws?4)Obama's tears(Video):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP1blMoveZY

Chers élèves, je serai absente du 13/12 au 17/12 inclus pour raisons de santé . Veuillez m'en excuser et soyez assurés que je ferai tout (Si tout va bien...) pour rattraper le programme à la rentrée des vacances de Noël, en particulier pour les terminales et BTS .
A mardi j'espère ! Keep you posted.

TES1 :Google is Watching You - The Master Plan

Google Inc.  is an American multinational corporation which provides Internet-related products and services, including internet search, cloud computing, software and advertising technologies. Advertising revenues from AdWords generate almost all of the company's profits.

The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while both attended Stanford University. Together, Brin and Page own about 16 percent of the company's stake. Google was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998, and its initial public offering followed on August 19, 2004. The company's mission statement from the outset was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" and the company's unofficial slogan is "Don't be evil". In 2006, the company moved to its current headquarters in Mountain View, California.Google has been estimated to run over one million servers in data centers around the world, and process over one billion search requests and about twenty-four petabytes of user-generated data every day.

As of October 2012, Alexa listed the main U.S.-focused google.com site as the Internet's second most visited website and numerous international Google sites as being in the top hundred, as well as several other Google-owned sites such as YouTube and Blogger. Google also ranks number two in the BrandZ brand equity database. The dominant market position of Google's services has led to criticism of the company over issues including privacy, copyright, and censorship

TES1 et CFE :Teacher Fired Over Photos Posted on Facebook

Watch the 3 first minutes of the following report

2ndes7: video games

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/30236803/video-game-addiction/ et http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/xbox-marathon-boy-collapse-150928818.html
1)TEEN COLLAPSES AFTER 4-DAY VIDEO GAME SESSION

A 15-year-old Ohio boy collapsed after a four-day Xbox marathon, his parents say.

The boy was holed up in his bedroom for the majority of the weekend playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, a "first-person shooter" game.

According to NBC's Columbus affiliate, the boy collapsed several times on Tuesday, hours after emerging from his room. He was hospitalized and treated for severe dehydration.

Jessie Rawlins, the boy's mother, told WCMH-TV that he turned very pale and his lips "became a disturbing blue color."

"I was very scared," Rawlins said. "I thought he was going to die. He just fell over three times."

The boy is expected to recover, but won't be playing video games anytime soon. "The Xbox is gone," Rawlins said.

The dangers of hard-core gaming and so-called video game addiction have long been debated.

In 2007, the American Psychiatric Association considered including "video game addiction" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) but decided against it.

In 2009, an Ohio teenager was found guilty of murdering his mother and shooting his father after they would not allow him to play Halo 3. His defense team argued that he was addicted to video games.

Earlier this year, a Taiwanese teenager collapsed and died at an Internet cafe after playing Diablo III, an online video game, for 40 consecutive hours without eating, according to local media reports. A similar death was reported in South Korea in 2005.

Dr. Mike Patrick, an emergency physician at Nationwide Children's Hospital, told The Associated Press he recommends common sense when gaming: "Get plenty of food and fluids, take breaks for physical activity, and put the controller down now and then to get some decent sleep."

2)Michael Phelps' Call of Duty obsession may be destructive video-game addiction, expert says

Thu, Jul 26, 2012 4:08 PM EDThttp://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--michael-phelps--call-of-duty-obsession-may-be-destructive-video-game-addiction--expert-says.htmlLONDON – Michael Phelps is at "high risk" of developing a dangerous and potentially destructive addiction to online video games after admitting he has been playing Call of Duty for up to 30 hours per week.Phelps revealed in a recent interview with ThePostGame.com that much of his free time is taken up with the hugely popular war-based simulation where characters attempt to complete increasingly difficult missions by shooting enemy forces. 

That prompted Liz Woolley, founder of Online Gamers Anonymous, to warn the swimming superstar about the pitfalls of spending too much time in front of the screen in role-playing mode.

"Any time you get up to more than a couple of hours per day regularly, it can start to interfere with your normal life, your job, your family, your friends and your social life," Woolley said.

Michael Phelps is at "high risk" of developing a dangerous addiction to online gaming. (AP)"But it can be even more dangerous for people like [Phelps] who are highly driven and competitive, which of course elite athletes and swimmers have to be. The games can be used as an escape from the pressures of training or competition, but it has to be moderated carefully or it can have terrible repercussions.

"A lot of the people who have the worst problems with this addiction are very high achievers. A successful, motivated individual, combined with a high number of playing hours(...)For a while at least, his video game hobby will need to be placed on pause.

"I really only play Xbox," Phelps said. "I have been playing a lot of Call of Duty recently. I find myself playing like 30 hours per week. People don't know it's [me]. I just get crushed. I always find myself getting heated, trash talking. And you know it is a 10-year-old kid on the other line that just demolished me. It is so frustrating. But it is fun, I am very competitive in everything I do."

Studies conducted at London's Hammersmith Hospital in 2005 found that dopamine levels in players' brains doubled while competing in video games, which officially makes the games chemically addictive.

According to video-game-addition.org addiction to games such as Call of Duty, with its life-like game pattern and graphic violence, can have a negative impact on personal relationships. Other symptoms reported by addicts include carpal tunnel syndrome, migraines, sleep disturbances, backaches and eating irregularities.

atelier AM1: hotel booking

1)Comprehension orale et exercice lexical :http://esl-lab.com/hotelreservations/hotelreservationsrd1.htm
2)Regardez la vidéo et relevez les conseils les plus pertinents pour réserver une chambre d’hôtel au meilleur rapport qualité/prix.
http://www.wikihow.com/Book-a-Hotel-Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjffOyS-zgQ

Quelles sont les questions que l’on doit poser à l’agence de voyage  ou à la réception de l’hôtel afin de se renseigner ?

3)http://www.marriott.com/hotels/event-planning/business-meeting/lonch-london-marriott-hotel-county-hall/

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Plan Groups, Events & Meetings13 meeting rooms

6,060 sq ft of total meeting space

Largest meeting room is Parliament Suite with maximum meeting space of 1,163 sq ft and maximum seating capacity of 100

Maximum of 10 breakout meeting room(s)

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• All meeting rooms feature high-speed wireless internet access.
• Impeccable cuisine for all types of business meetings, conferences & bespoke private dining.
• Dedicated event managers will handle all details to create a dynamic, successful event
• All private dining & meeting rooms offer natural daylight and individual climate control.
• Hotel with business centre offering copy, fax, internet kiosk, airline boarding pass check-in.
• All Day Delegates enjoy complimentary access to the Club at County Hall on the day of their meeting.

  Equipment and Services

  Business Equipment

  • Computers
  • Printers

  High-speed Internet access

  Meeting Rooms:Wired, Wireless

  Business Services

  • Copy service
  • Fax service
  • Fee for each additional page of outgoing fax
  • Fee for first page of incoming fax
  • Full-service business center
  • Network/Internet printing
  • On-site Business Center is Staffed
  • Overnight delivery/pickup
  • Post/parcel
  • Secretarial service
  • Translator

  Meeting Equipment

  • 35 mm projector
  • AV equipment
  • CD player
  • Film projector
  • LCD projector
  • Microphone
  • Overhead projector
  • PA system portable
  • Rear screen projection
  • Stage: installed
  • Stage: portable
  • TV
  • Video camera

AM1 :Will Jack and Jessica have the same career opportunities?

Faites-en un compte-rendu en vous aidant de la methode donnée/ donnez votre avis
(Domaines abordés : éducation/emplois au sein de l'entreprise/Promotion et perspectives de carrière/retraite)

WORDS and expressions to remember :

Glass ceiling :  le plafond de verre qui limite l’ascension professionnelle

Discriminatory : discriminatoire / to be prejudiced against

The payroll : la masse salariale/ labour force : la main d’oeuvre

Career prospects : les perspectives d’emploi

To value : apprécier, estimer/ an assessment : une évaluation

Top jobs/positions of responsibility/decision-making positions

A clerk, an employee : employé de bureau

an increasing number of women are entering the profession : Le secteur/la profession se féminise 

largely male profession : Profession  essentiellement masculine

to retire : prendre sa retraite/ retirement age : âge de la retraite

To tackle : s’attaquer à/ to fight, struggle against/ taking legal actions against