Emmett Till's Casket donated to Smithsonian

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6987302

Hurricane Katrina - Four years later

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/katrina/

News on Jena Six

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/25/jena.to.new.york/index.html

JENA: Case Closed

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/26/louisiana.jena.6/index.html

Wien = Vienna

Veggie ≠ Wedgie!

Pandora's Legacy - A Lecture (29.4.09)

The BG/BRG Stainach community is invited to a lecture by Joey Sandrock and members of the 6th and 8th forms. The lecture will take place Wednesday, April 29, at 7:30 pm in the Media Room (2.OG) of BG/BRG Stainach.

Pandora's Legacy is an evening of theater, poetry, satire and lectures about women's status around the world, from the Greeks and Romans to modern day Afghanistan, Africa, America, Austria, China, and Iran.

Please join us for this special ENGLISH evening!

A New Blog!

Hello All!

I've been asked to write a blog in English for Die Kleine Zeitung. Please check out GASTSPIEL ("Guest Performance") at http://www.meinekleine.at/gastspiel

If there is enough interest in the blog (i.e. if there are enough "hits"), the Kleine Zeitung says it will publish my own page in the newspaper!

Thanks for your support!

Change the Conversation - 31.03.09

International Eelpout Festival

O.K., I have to admit that there are some strange festivals in Austria. But none can compare with the International Eelpout Festival in Walker, Minnesota this weekend. Don't know what an eelpout is? Take a look at the website!

http://www.eelpoutfestival.com/

A Zulu Krewe Mardi Gras

Check out this slide show!
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/02/13/travel/escapes/0213-zulu_index.html

And the article from the New York Times:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/travel/escapes/13Zulu.html

Krispy Kreme Challenge

Krispy Kreme is a brand of doughnuts in the U.S. Check out this unusual race/eating competition!

http://www.examiner.com/x-260-Seattle-Parenting-Examiner~y2009m2d7-Krispy-Kreme-challenge--Could-you-run-eat-a-dozen-donuts-and-then-run-back

Recipe has 5000 calories and 500 grams of fat!

If anyone wants to make this, please invite me!

http://www.bbqaddicts.com/bacon-explosion.html

We're off to see the Wizard!

If you REALLY want to understand American culture, then you have to see the WIZARD OF OZ. The IMDB lists over 900 popular culture references to this classic (including 23 references in the Simpsons!).

The English Film Series resumes in 2009. Please join us on

Wednesday, February 4 at 3:45 pm

in the Media Room.

Tell Joey if you want to order pizza!

Obama's Inaugural Speech (January 20, 2009)

The full text: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.politics/index.html
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnygQ02aW4

I Have a Dream - Martin Luther King Jr.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
See the video, hear the speech and read the text!

NEW! Listening Comprehension Links!

http://www.world-english.org/listening_exercises.htm

http://www.eslgold.com/listening.html (you can choose your own level)

http://www.elllo.org/