Primary Documents / Chapter Resources | Naomi Klein
Primary Documents / Chapter Resources | Naomi Klein Naomi Klein puts all the R &D for her book, The Shock Doctrine online. Lots of useful information you may or may not want to know.
An ad hoc collection of websites for English learners/teachers.
Primary Documents / Chapter Resources | Naomi Klein Naomi Klein puts all the R &D for her book, The Shock Doctrine online. Lots of useful information you may or may not want to know.
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Labels: books, documentary, naomi klein, news, politics, reference
Useful ESL Web Sites - QualityTime-ESL Many more web sites from the QualityTime ESL links page--thanks to Sophie Pietrucci.
dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language. A user-based subtitling site--loads of video subtitled in dozens of languages by everybody and his brother.
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Labels: film, subtitling, video
Cool Hunting: video The coolest weekly podcast site I know--art, sculpture, nugroove, roller derby...
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englishsup wiki A wiki for English teachers in France to air their laundry.
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Download Free Political Documentaries And Watch Many Interesting, Controversial Free Documentary Films On That You Wont Find On The TV! Not sure about the legality of this, but it's a .org, so who knows.
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Labels: cinema, documentary, film
The Hub: "Welcome to the beta of the Hub for human rights media and action! The Hub is a place for you to see and upload human rights-related media, and to take action on what you see."
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Canal-U - Producteurs FYI, there are loads of graduate educational channels in French here.
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QualityTime-ESL : QualityTime-ESL Podcasts Podcasts for English grammar review.
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Messages From Our Troops To The Families They Can Barely Remember | The Onion - America's Finest News Source You love the paper and the audio podcast--here's their video podcast. Very very funny.
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Jamendo : Open your ears On jamendo, artists allow everyone to download and share their music. It's free, legal and unlimited.
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Superfund365: "Superfund365, A Site-A-Day, is an online data visualization application with an accompanying RSS-feed and email alert system. Each day for a year, starting on September 1, 2007, Superfund365 will visit one toxic site currently active in the Superfund program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We begin the journey in the New York City area and work our way across the country, ending the year in Hawaii. (We will need a beach vacation by then!) In the end, the archive will consist of 365 visualizations of some of the worst toxic sites in the U.S., roughly a quarter of the total number on the Superfund's National Priorities List (NPL). Along the way, we will conduct video interviews with people involved with or impacted by Superfund. "
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Labels: environment, pollution
The ESP Game: Labeling the WebVey cool game to label things with a partner.
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NMAAHC - Home PageNational Museum of African American History and Culture has gone virtual. Great site.
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LibriVox A user-based audiobooks site with thousands? of books. You can listen or add to the collection by reading a book.
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Labels: archive, audiobooks, books
National Priorities Project - Cost of War An interesting cost comparison to things like children's health, public education, etc.
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Labels: information, politics
Spell with flickrGet names or sayings spelled out in photos from Flickr--soooo cool!
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Robert Greenwald's Brave New FilmsA pioneer in 21st century activism, Brave New Films are the centerpieces for guerilla campaigns designed to break through noisy news cycles. Utilizing the latest technologies, unique distribution strategies, and a growing network of dedicated volunteer field producers, we are producing entertaining and engaging films, blogs, television shows, and short videos while building the essential distribution infrastructure needed for long-term social change.
Voices from the Gulf : "Two years after Katrina, the Gulf Coast is still recovering, and thousands of personal stories remain unheard. Experience them here. Tell us yours."
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List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations
Now, we'll know what they realy think...
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SMITH Magazine: Everyone Has A Story - Personal Stories Magazine, Your Stories, Brushes With Fame, Diaries: "SMITH explores storytelling in all its forms. We're personal and participatory. Read a story. Write a story. Come in."
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PlayerXing.com / Published Allen's website.
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Wal-Mart Subsidy Watch - brought to you by Good Jobs First: "A secret behind Wal-Mart’s rapid expansion in the United States has been its extensive use of public money. This includes more than $1.2 billion in tax breaks, free land, infrastructure assistance, low-cost financing and outright grants from state and local governments around the country. In addition, taxpayers indirectly subsidize the company by paying the healthcare costs of Wal-Mart employees who don’t receive coverage on the job and instead turn to public programs such as Medicaid. This website brings together available information on both kinds of subsidies involved in Wal-Mart’s “double-dipping.” In the future we will add data on other ways Wal-Mart relies on taxpayers to finance its growth."
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Eyes On Darfur: "Amnesty International USA's unprecedented Eyes On Darfur project leverages the power of high-resolution satellite imagery to provide unimpeachable evidence of the atrocities being committed in Darfur - enabling action by private citizens, policy makers and international courts. Eyes On Darfur also breaks new ground in protecting human rights by allowing people around the world to literally 'watch over' and protect twelve intact, but highly vulnerable, villages using commercially available satellite imagery."
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Labels: humanrights, politics, video
Project Gutenberg A site where volunteers have scanned over 20,000 free books.
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Listen and draw Flore, Pierre-Emmanuel and Adrien's site full of their comic art and musical choices.
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Justin.tv/ijustineAnd of course, the female version. At least she doesn't sleep till noon every day.
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Current TV // The TV Network Created By The People Who Watch It Lots of nice podcasts and VC2 (Viewer Created Content)
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Social Innovation Conversations Podcasts from Stanford University's Center for Social Innovation.
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Bill Gates and Steve Jobs | D5 | AllThingsD:
D5 is the WSJ's 5th Executive Conference called "All things digital" that just ended in Carlsbad California.
Lots of online video interviews of leading IT figures... Larry Page of Google, and even Bill and Steve together... with the video and a transcript!
... An interesting interview!! enjoy
james
"To create a new standard, it takes something that’s not just a little bit different, it takes something that’s really new and really captures people’s imagination and the Macintosh, of all the machines I’ve ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.”
–Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 1984"
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In Domestic Tension, viewers can log onto the internet to contact, or shoot, Bilal with paintball guns. Bilal’s objective is to raise awareness of virtual war and privacy, or lack thereof, in the digital age. During the course of the exhibition, Bilal will confine himself to the gallery space. During the installation, people will have 24-hour virtual access to the space via the Internet. They will have the ability to watch Bilal and interact with him through a live web-cam and chat room. Should they choose to do so, viewers will also have the option to shoot Bilal with a paintball gun, transforming the virtual experience into a very physical one. Bilal’s self imposed confinement is designed to raise awareness about the life of the Iraqi people and the home confinement they face due to the both the violent and the virtual war they face on a daily basis.
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The Living Room CandidatePresidential campaign commercials since the beginning of TV.
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Labels: commercials, podcasts, politics
Museum of the Moving ImageThe Museum of the Moving Image advances the public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique and technology of film, television, and digital media. It does so by collecting, preserving, and providing access to moving-image related artifacts; screening significant films and other moving-image works; presenting exhibitions of artifacts, artworks, and interactive experiences; and offering educational and interpretive programs to students, teachers, and the general public.
Famous Quotes and Quotations at BrainyQuote A gazillion quotes by topic, author or type.
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Prelinger Library: "Prelinger Library Digital Collections Page
-- currently 2,141 fully downloadable digital books --"
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Prelinger Library Blog: " Name: Prelinger Library
Location: San Francisco, California, US
An appropriation-friendly, image-rich, experimental research library. Independent and open to the public."
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Million Dollar Documentary: "An online documentary about one guy's year-long journey across America to see if he can convince One Million different people to each give him a buck."
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Labels: art, cinema, documentary, film, video
About Us | DeSmogBlog: "DeSmogBlog exists to clear the PR pollution that is clouding the science on climate change.
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Interviewing Success: "The interview levels the playing field. No matter where you went to school, no matter what your GPA is, no matter how much experience you have, no matter who you know--if you aren't able to interview successfully, you won't get the job. Following are some insights designed to help you successfully interview and get the job you want--and then negotiate the very best job offer!"
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nau - not just another outdoor company Worth checking out their website as well as their business model.
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It’s JerryTime! Geez, it's Jerry--freaking weirdo....you gotta love him.
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mediabistro.com: TVNewser The news about the news?
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We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sepandar Kamvar The continuum of our hearts from love to hate...
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Labels: jonathan harris, love, play, web
trackingtransience.net
If Big Brother wanted proof of your coordinates, why not surveil yourself? After Hasan Elahi was taken for a terrorist, he implanted a GPS-enabled device in his cellphone, art and life merged. Several times a day, the artist inputs his location into the phone and his computer records the data (he hopes to incorporate a live GPS tracker soon).
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The Literature Network: Online classic literature, poems, and quotes. Essays & Summaries: "We offer searchable online literature for the student, educator, or enthusiast. To find the work you're looking for start by looking through the author index. We currently have over 1900 full books and over 3000 short stories and poems by over 250 authors. Our quotations database has over 8500 quotes." There's also a reader forum to answer questions regarding literature.
Bibliomania - Free Online Literature and Study Guides Free Online Literature with more than 2000 Classic Texts
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this is almost everything I've created Jason Nelson's Net Art/Digital Poetics
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Labels: art, games, jason nelson, poetry
Art of the Animal Galleries Art of the Animal Net Exhibition--check this out, you, animal, you!
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Selections 2.0: 24 media files Hyperpoetry, song and pandemonium from Christopher Funkhouser
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Labels: art, funkhouser, poetry, song
WordChamp - Lecteur Web "Choose a website (or paste in some text) and see pop-up definitions just by pointing at words!"
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Labels: dictionary, pop-up words
Amazon Interactive Unesco's game on ecotourism.
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Labels: ecology, environment, games, tourism
CorpWatch�:�About CorpWatch: "CorpWatch investigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world. We work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations. "
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About ENN Media - Environmental News Network: "ENN's editorial team selects news stories from a variety of sources, including major wire services (Reuters, Associated Press, Knight Ridder/Tribune), and also features content from partner publishers, freelance journalists, and on-going research.
In addition, ENN provides a platform for organizations and companies with environmental interests through our Network News Program, which offers ENN readers diverse views on current environmental issues, public policy developments, sustainable business news, and more"
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Labels: ecology, environment, news
Nieman Watchdog
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University
"Questions the press should ask..."
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Labels: journalism, media, news
Street Scenes DC Perhaps we all need a wish tree in our yard, but especially in Washington...
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Thousands of newspapers on the Net Direct links to the world of rags.
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Hightower Download: What Color is your Steak? Right on, Jim!
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Remember Segregation
An incredibly emotional walk through the segregation period of the US.
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Labels: humanrights, museum, politics
WORDCOUNT / Tracking the Way We Use Language
WordCount presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. The larger the word, the more we use it. The smaller the word, the more uncommon it is.
WordCount was designed with a minimalist aesthetic, to let the information speak for itself. The interface is clean, basic and intuitive. The goal is for the user to feel embedded in the language, sifting through words like an archaeologist through sand, awaiting the unexpected find. Observing closely ranked words tells us a great deal about our culture. For instance, “God” is one word from “began”, two words from “start”, and six words from “war”. Another sequence is "america ensure oil opportunity". Conspiracists unite! As ever, the more one explores, the more is revealed.
And, of course, Querycount tracks the use of WordCount... Ourobouros?
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Universe / by Jonathan Harris Cyber constellations defining the signs of the times: a game, a reflection, another universe?
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LOVELINES : From Love to Hate, in Words and PicturesLovelines presents a stark white screen, bounded on the bottom by a slider running from “Love” to “Hate”, with a draggable heart that becomes scratched out to the point of illegibility as the heart approaches “Hate”. As the slider is pulled through Love, Like, Want, Indifference, Dislike, and Hate, words and pictures appear above to represent the chosen state of desire or despair.
Lovelines is structured around three movements: “Words”, “Pictures”, and “Superlatives”. Words and Pictures iteratively present individual examples of human desire, while Superlatives provides a daily zeitgeist of the most loved, wanted, liked, and hated things. Interactive timelines represent the changing magnitude of love and hate over time, and allow navigation into the past.
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Labels: art, jonathan harris, words
10x10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time / by Jonathan J. Harris Everchanging images of our world at any given moment--clicking on images gives rise to articles related to them--well, you have to see it, you'll understand
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BBC - Food - Back to basics - Back to basics A great glossary on everything related to food.
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Labels: dictionary, food
Global Voices Online
Global Voices seeks to amplify, curate and aggregate the global conversation online - with a focus on countries and communities outside the U.S. and Western Europe. We are committed to developing tools, institutions and relationships that will help all voices everywhere to be heard.
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YouTube Awards
In case you were wondering, here they are...
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E-nike Generator
This somehow feels like vindication against branding--take that you nike...
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Labels: art
Urban Dictionary: Define Your World Super cool dictionary of neo-slang and acronyms. New words of the day every day, etc.
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Apple - iPhone - Hello
hello... this is a pretty cute ad!
(james)
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The RU Sirius Show Part of the crazy MondoGlobo Network, R.U. Sirius podcastificates on literature, music, sex, conspiracy theories and more...
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Indian Country Today - The Nations' Leading Native American Indian News Source
Since 1981, Indian Country Today has been a persuasive voice in American Indian journalism, leading the way with accurate and timely reporting, incisive analysis and pointed commentary. Indian Country Today publishes more original journalistic content on American Indian issues than any other news source
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Labels: native american, news, podcasts, politics, video
Alive In Baghdad: "Alive in Baghdad was formed to counter the sound-bite driven,--Live From-- news model. Through the work of a team of Americans and Iraqi correspondents on the ground, Alive in Baghdad shows the occupation through the voices of Iraqis. Alive in Baghdad brings testimonies from individual Iraqis, footage of daily life in Iraq, and short news segments from Iraq to you."
Fire on the Prairie -- A radio show presented by In These Times magazine: "Fire on the Prairie is a radio forum exploring politics and ideas with progressive writers, thinkers and activists, sponsored by In These Times. Fire on the Prairie features interviews, commentary and reporting on local and national issues, including foreign policy, labor, activism, the environment and the media." You can either stream or download their archives.
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Eyeteeth: A journal of incisive ideas.
A Minnesota blogger who analyzes current news events.
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In These Times
In These Times is dedicated to informing and analyzing popular movements for social, environmental and economic justice; to providing a forum for discussing the politics that shape our lives; and to producing a magazine that is read by the broadest and most diverse audience possible. The online version of the 35-year-old US print magazine.
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safe2pee - mapping gender neutral bathrooms, unisex restrooms, accessible toilets
For people with gender issues and/or bathroom issues, a neat map in the form of a city cloud to be added to for when you've got to GO!
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africam
Depending on the time of the day or night, wild animals come to the watering
hole to drink.
The streaming camera is live and shows what happens around the pond 24/7.
Hear the birds, the sounds of the jungle.
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Global Voices Online � About : "Global Voices Online is a non-profit global citizens%u2019 media project, sponsored by and launched from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School.
How Global Voices Works:
A growing number of bloggers around the world are emerging as %u201Cbridge bloggers:%u201D people who are talking about their country or region to a global audience. Global Voices is your guide to the most interesting conversations, information, and ideas appearing around the world on various forms of participatory media such as blogs, podcasts, photo sharing sites, and videoblogs."
Iranian Prospect: "Omid Memarian, an Iranian Journalist, devotes this weblog to the exploration of democracy and civil society, with emphasis on social issues in Iran and the Middle East; included are discussions on daily events & personal experiences." Go, man!
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Labels: iran, middle east, news, politics
*Radio Diaries*
Since 1996, the Teenage Diaries series has been giving tape recorders to young people around the country to report on their own lives. They conduct interviews, keep an audio journal and record the sounds of daily life—usually collecting more than 40 hours of raw tape over the course of a year.
We work with each diarist to edit all the material into documentaries for National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
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Labels: diaries, documentary, podcasts, radio
Scoop - New Zealand News
Scoop is a “fiercely independent” press release driven Internet news agency accredited to the New Zealand Parliament Press Gallery and also fed by a multitude of Business, Non-Government-Organisation, Regional Government and Public Relations communication professionals.
Scoop also publishes a variety of raw, unedited material from national and international commentators while producing its own editorial content on important current issues — often giving voice to perspectives not being addressed through “traditional media” sources.
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Labels: media, new zealand, news, politics
Mix Magazine | Pro Audio, Live Sound, Music Recording and Live Post for Audio Pros A professional audio and music production on-line mag
Lots of articles on how feature film sound was created.
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Labels: audiobooks, cinema, film, music, sound
Film Sound Theory A fun Swedish sound theory site in English with lots of vocabulary and analyses of various feature films.
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Voltaire Network
An international "non-aligned" news network translated into many languages.
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