Mr. Picassohead

Mr. Picassohead A great drawing site for the Picassos among us.

The Young Turks: All about The Young Turks

The Young Turks: All about The Young Turks: "All about The Young Turks Young Turk (n), 1. Young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party. 2. Young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations. (American Heritage Dictionary)

The Young Turks, the first nationwide liberal talk show and first live, daily internet TV show, is a funny, smart, irreverent and entertaining look at politics, sex, news, pop culture, current affairs and personal stories."

Variety - Slanguage Dictionary

Variety - Slanguage Dictionary: "Almost from its launch in 1905, Variety has used its own, distinctive slanguage in headlines and stories, words like ankle, which refers to someone leaving (say, walking away from) a job, or whammo, which refers to something terrific, especially box office performance. In part it was a device to fit long words into small headlines, but it was also to create a clubby feel among the paper's entertainment industry readers."

About Us | StoryCorps

About Us | StoryCorps: "StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another%u2019s lives through listening.By recording the stories of our lives with the people we care about, we experience our history, hopes, and humanity. Since 2003, tens of thousands of everyday people have interviewed family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to take home and share, and is archived for generations to come at the Library of Congress. Millions listen to our award-winning broadcasts on public radio and the Internet. StoryCorps is the largest oral history project of its kind, creating a growing portrait of who we really are as Americans."

weneedgirlfriends.tv

weneedgirlfriends.tvweneedgirlfriends.tv“We Need Girlfriends” ("WNG") is an independent online webseries produced by Ragtag Productions. WNG chronicles the adventures of Tom (Patrick Cohen), Henry (Seth Kirschner) and Rod (Evan Bass), recent college graduates struggling to understand the complex world of the New York City dating scene after all three are simultaneously dumped by their long-term college girlfriends.

Frozen Grand Central at Improv Everywhere

Frozen Grand Central at Improv Everywhere: "AboutImprov Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 70 missions involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City."

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… � The Best Music Websites For Learning English

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… � The Best Music Websites For Learning English

Hubdub - Home

Hubdub - Home: "Hubdub forecasts how news stories will turn out. Use it to track the stories you care about and compete with others by making predictions yourself."

Kiva.org - Loans that change lives

Kiva.org - Loans that change livesKiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur in the developing world empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty.

Audio Production for Movies, TV | Film / TV - Music Sound Effects, Dialogue, audio for tv, movies, film

Audio Production for Movies, TV | Film / TV - Music Sound Effects, Dialogue, audio for tv, movies, film: "Distributed in 94 countries, Mix is the world's leading magazine for the professional recording and sound production technology industry. Mix covers a wide range of topics including: recording, live sound and production, broadcast production, audio for film and video, and music technology."

American Civil Liberties Union : Close Guantanamo

American Civil Liberties Union : Close Guantanamo: "JANUARY 11, 2008, is the six-year anniversary of the first arrival of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

On January 11, we are calling on everyone opposed to torture and indefinite detention to WEAR ORANGE to symbolize their sadness and disgust with the national shame that is Guantanamo Bay.
Download the CLOSE GUANTaNAMO Toolkit now to find out how you can organize for January 11 at home, in your office, on campus, in your community, and online."

Exonerated, Freed, and What Happened Then - The New York Times

Exonerated, Freed, and What Happened Then - The New York Times Since 1989, more than 200 prisoners have been exonerated by DNA evidence in teh United States. The NY Times interviewed 137 of them since leaving prison.

Primary Documents / Chapter Resources | Naomi Klein

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Useful ESL Web Sites - QualityTime-ESL

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.

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.

Cool Hunting: video

Cool Hunting: video The coolest weekly podcast site I know--art, sculpture, nugroove, roller derby...

englishsup wiki

englishsup wiki A wiki for English teachers in France to air their laundry.

Download Free Political Documentaries And Watch Many Interesting, Controversial Free Documentary Films On That You Wont Find On The TV!

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.

The Hub

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."

Canal-U - Producteurs

Canal-U - Producteurs FYI, there are loads of graduate educational channels in French here.