Recipe of the tartiflette . I doubt a lot of non France resident can bake this mealbut still I'm writing it First, peel 1 kg of potatoes, dice them and fry themuntil they get gently crusty. 5 minute until the end add 5 small onions into thefrying pan. During the frying of the potatoes, split the reblochon in two half by the middle, Reblochon In a bowl, mix 500 g of fresh cream (better to use creme fraiche kind of cream, they stand the heat much better.), 2te...

New Page 1 An interesting article (as always) from NaomiKlein.  Published in The guardian (UK) (24/01/2004) Here Find more Naomi Klein's articles at her web site Here by Naomi Klein > January 22 2004 Bush's Iraq an Appointocracy “The people of Iraq are free,” declared U.S. President George W. Bush inTuesday’s State of the Union. The day before, 100,000 Iraqis begged to differ.They took to the streets of Baghdad shouting “Yes, yes to elections. No,...

Moving in Movingin   For2 weeks I have been living in my new house, actually since I came back fromChristmas holiday. Again my friends E . and Y ., who kept all mystuff at their house, helped me to move in. My new room is almost the half of myprevious accommodation, but the whole house is in much better state: it is warm(actually hot compared to what I’ve been living in), my housemate are youngand speak English (previously I was sharing with one Greek… and two Czechs o...

New Page 1   Always good to have some numbers.... Published today in "The independant" (UK).Check Here George W Bush and the real state of the Union Today the President gives his annual address. As theelection battle begins, how does his first term add up? 20 January 2004 232: Number of American combat deaths in Iraqbetween May 2003 and January 2004 501: Number of American servicemen to die in Iraqfrom the beginning of the war - so fa...

New Page 1 Fromkiller whales to labrador in 21 steps   Estimatedage ok Keiko, the six-tonne killer wale star of the free Willy films, who was buriedin a secret ceremony in Norway in mid December after dying of pneumonia   27 Numberof month Keiko – who at the age of two was captured in Iceland and put in a Mexicanwater park – spent in the wild before he died 18 Averagelife expectancy of killer whales in the wild 35 Numberof free Willy fi...

New Page 1 Building your own missile An inventor from New Zealand has been stopped building his own state of theart missile. He was easily discovered due to the publication of the diary of hisproject on the net. If you aim to build your own missile system for no more than$5000, you can check  here . Thespecification of the project are quiet interesting: Satellite-based (GPS) guidance and targeting A form of inertial (or other) backup guidance Jet-powered...

New Page 3 Few facts of living with her majesty subjects (The one Iknow are young, most of the time students and with some notable exceptions showthe same kind of behaviour.) They don't like to cook, likely because they don't know how to although the UK TV channels are full of cooking programs. A typical meal prepared and enjoyed with delight by all the English is baked bean on a toast with some butter.  Disgusting... Politeness is not something they usually con...

New Page 2 I have discover Naomie Klein with her book and best seller "NoLogo" and since I'm always very curious about her articles.   This article has been published in "The Nation" Here (8/01/2004) by Naomi Klein. Don't think and drive. That was the message sent out by the FBI to roughly 18,000 law enforcementagencies on Christmas Eve. The alert urged police pulling over drivers fortraffic violations, and conducting other routine investigations, ...

New Page 2 Clandestine Crusaders Cartoon by Mark Fiore | January 13, 2004 Published In Mother Jones Here Have Fun ! This cartoon requires Macromedia's Flash Player. I, downloadthe player here .

From truth tellers to television repeatsin 21 easy steps . % of proposals of marriage from men that takeplace over the Christmas season 31 % of men who attended a work do who confessed,in a Cosmopolitan survey to manoeuvring a female colleague under themistletoe as an excuse to kiss her 38 % of British women who wed in 1963 who chose aman six or more years younger than themselves 3 % of British women who wed in 1998 who chose aman six or more years younge...

New Page 2 In a previous post , I was talking about Christmas popchart and all the craps it tries to sell you. I was also pointing the songextract from the "Donnie Darko" soundtrack, "Mad world"performed by Michael Andrew ft. Gary Jules. It finally did number 1 and sellmore than the usual pop sellers. Check Here   The exception confirm the rules... Sometime we areliving in a real world...

New Page 1 Pronounce TOLOSE I know it's no more in the current event section, but I would like towrite about my new year's eve now as I could access a decent internet connectionbefore.  Usually, I don't try to plan new year eve until the final days. I think it can be a quiet good strategy allowing you to meet the unexpected. In general, the less you plan, the better the evening. Another important principle is to never forget to drink gradually otherwise you won't last long. ...

The father of my mother die last month. Unfortunatly I couldn`t attend the funeral as my grandmother and him were living deeply in the countryside. When I learn the news from my mother voice on the phone, I just start crying even if I wasn't surprised. He was 89 and was suffering from anaemia for the last 3 years. His condition required him to go regularly to hospital to get fresh blood. I was sad as a grandson losing his grandfather, however I wasn`t feeling devastated. Of course, to medita...

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In transit That's my current situation. In a previous post, Idescribed in the best words I could how I moved out of my house. At the moment,I'm using the hospitality of my friends E. and Y. , both Frenchmanworking in the same department as me. This situation has been lasting since thefirst of December and it's going to end soon on the 17 of December. Although I'mmore than very grateful to my friends, I'm quiet eager to go back into a houseon my own. (it will be a shared house wit...