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Photo of the day: Royal Crest

royal crest

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Reading: Nasa release images to coincide with Gravity Oscar win

After the film Gravity picked up a handful of Oscars, including for best cinematography and best visual effects, Nasa releases images of the real thing.

image 1The sun greets the International Space Station from the Russian section of the orbital outpost, photographed by one of the STS-129 crew members

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Reading: 12 Years a Slave: New York Times publishes correction 161 years later

Newspaper report in 1853 got author Solomon Northup’s surname wrong twice, misspelling it as Northrop and Northrup.

LIBRARY IMAGE OF 12 YEARS A SLAVE

The New York Times has printed a correction for misspelling 161 years ago the name of a black man who was sold into slavery and whose memoirs were turned into the Oscar-winning movie 12 Years a Slave.

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Photo of the day: Awesome Ice Formations and Glaciers Around the World

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Even if you’re fed up with winter—the snow, the sleet, the shivering—the sheer natural beauty of these eye-popping glacier formations should warm your heart.

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Oscars Night

Oscars 2014

The Winners

PICTURE

12 Years A Slave

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

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Phrasal Verbs with Look

phrasal verbs with look

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Real-life Wolf of Wall Street says his life of debauchery ‘even worse’ than in film

Jordan Belfort, who was jailed for 22 months for securities fraud, admits that the Oscar-nominated film based on his memoir had no need to exaggerate the sex and drugs.

Jordan Belfort

The controversial figure whose memoir formed the basis of Leonardo DiCaprio’s unhinged stockbroker in Martin Scorsese’sOscar-nominated black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street has revealed his debauched life of sex and drugs was «even worse» than shown in the film.

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JOKE OF THE DAY

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Tribute to Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 1947 – 26 February 2014) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and producer. A leading proponent of the New Falmenco style, he was one of the first flamenco guitarists who has also successfully crossed over into other genres of music such as classical and jazz.

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PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verbs with get2

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What Are Animals Really Thinking? Author Explores Hidden World

In her book «Animal Wise,» Virginia Morell gets inside our fellow creatures’ heads.

perro para entradaAnimals like this Belgian Malois «aren’t just robots—they truly are living, sentient beings,» says the author.

What do animals think and feel? This question, which has long intrigued science writer and author Virginia Morell, is explored in her new book Animal Wise.

Partly inspired by her 2008 National Geographic magazine article, «Animal Minds,» the book was just named a finalist for the 2013 L.A. Times Book Prize in Science and Technology. 

From ants that teach, to earthworms that make decisions, to rats that love to be tickled, Morell aims to reshape our understanding of animals and their emotions. For the book, she shadowed several innovative scientists investigating the animal psyche, focusing on well-known species such as dolphins and the domestic dog.

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Idiom of the day

IMAGEN SANGRE Y AGUA PARA IDIOM

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

 The family bond is closer than anything else.