The Washington Post: Amy Winehouse’s death at 27 highlights a troubled, young talent
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/amy-winehouses-death-at-27-highlights-a-troubled-young-talent/2011/07/24/gIQAoS6GXI_story.html?wprss=rss_entertainment
Forbes: Amy Winehouse Joins the '27 Club'
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kiriblakeley/2011/07/23/amy-winehouse-joins-unfortunate-27-club/?utm_source=allactivity&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20110723
CNN: The Unexplined '27 Club'
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2011/07/27/shubert.winehouse.27.club.cnn
Nirvana Interview 1993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC7FPvdwe_8
Rape Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpHJyubWp20&feature=related
Janis Joplin In Concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caiBo_wTxrY&playnext=1&list=PL38709803597CC0D7
Hello, my name is Alex. I am an English learner and teacher. I created this blog as a space where I can share ideas about English learning and useful resources for helping other learners.
quarta-feira, 17 de agosto de 2011
quarta-feira, 3 de agosto de 2011
Prime Communication: Landmarks
NPR: China Opens World's Longest Bridge: Would You Cross If You Came To It?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/30/137520889/china-opens-worlds-longest-bridge-would-you-cross-if-you-came-to-it
Mount Rushmore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFlbWT0Ynmg
The Statue of Liberty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP0gvylsRM
The White House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FH7OSKVIgI&feature=related
HostelWorld.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/hostelworld
10 Things About Rio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3fDjNZTjAA
10 Things About Paris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzCD1sKjbzE
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/30/137520889/china-opens-worlds-longest-bridge-would-you-cross-if-you-came-to-it
Mount Rushmore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFlbWT0Ynmg
The Statue of Liberty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP0gvylsRM
The White House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FH7OSKVIgI&feature=related
HostelWorld.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/hostelworld
10 Things About Rio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3fDjNZTjAA
10 Things About Paris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzCD1sKjbzE
quarta-feira, 22 de junho de 2011
Legal English: Financial Crisis
The documentary 'Inside Job' discusses the 2008 financial crisis. The end of part 2 (12'52'') and the begining of part 3 expain how the new mortgage system was a time bomb...
part 2/8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfU1H4q5lT8&feature=related
part 3/8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCPjGIW8_Bc&feature=related
Video: PBS Frontline - The Warning
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/warning/view/?autoplay
"We didn't truly know the dangers of the market, because it was a dark market," says Brooksley Born, the head of an obscure federal regulatory agency -- the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] -- who not only warned of the potential for economic meltdown in the late 1990s, but also tried to convince the country's key economic powerbrokers to take actions that could have helped avert the crisis. "They were totally opposed to it," Born says. "That puzzled me. What was it that was in this market that had to be hidden?" (more »)
Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/warning/view/?autoplay#ixzz1Q3TAXuXF
part 2/8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfU1H4q5lT8&feature=related
part 3/8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCPjGIW8_Bc&feature=related
Video: PBS Frontline - The Warning
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/warning/view/?autoplay
"We didn't truly know the dangers of the market, because it was a dark market," says Brooksley Born, the head of an obscure federal regulatory agency -- the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] -- who not only warned of the potential for economic meltdown in the late 1990s, but also tried to convince the country's key economic powerbrokers to take actions that could have helped avert the crisis. "They were totally opposed to it," Born says. "That puzzled me. What was it that was in this market that had to be hidden?" (more »)
Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/warning/view/?autoplay#ixzz1Q3TAXuXF
quinta-feira, 16 de junho de 2011
Prime 4: Risk-taking
Human Physiology : Why Do Humans Have Adrenaline? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OgVUaNZQtw&feature=related
Adrenaline: Fight or Flight Response
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g25d7_Afmc&NR=1
Wingsuit Base Jumping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4U6T_BB1N8&feature=related
Adrenaline: Fight or Flight Response
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g25d7_Afmc&NR=1
Wingsuit Base Jumping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4U6T_BB1N8&feature=related
sábado, 11 de junho de 2011
Legal English: Weiner / Disciplinary Action
Expulsion and Censure:
http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Expulsion_and_censure
List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_expelled,_censured,_or_reprimanded
Anthony Weiner Photo Scandal Survivable, Political History Shows
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/10/anthony-weiner-photos-scandal-polls_n_875154.html
Congressman Weiner Ethics Violation? [ABC: 6-08-2011]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KnAh_0AHuw
WIVB.com: Hochul speaks on Weiner ethics probe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsETdlHd2c
http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Expulsion_and_censure
List of United States Representatives expelled, censured, or reprimanded
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_expelled,_censured,_or_reprimanded
Anthony Weiner Photo Scandal Survivable, Political History Shows
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/10/anthony-weiner-photos-scandal-polls_n_875154.html
Congressman Weiner Ethics Violation? [ABC: 6-08-2011]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KnAh_0AHuw
WIVB.com: Hochul speaks on Weiner ethics probe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsETdlHd2c
quarta-feira, 8 de junho de 2011
Legal English: Mergers and Acquisitions
PBS Newshour
How Will Consumers Fare in T-Mobile, AT&T Merger?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9nXwi0VWTw
In NBC-Comcast Merger, Concerns Linger Over Concentration of Media Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cK_97ztRKI
Mergers and Acquisitions Due Diligence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaBD8aBzOok
How Will Consumers Fare in T-Mobile, AT&T Merger?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9nXwi0VWTw
In NBC-Comcast Merger, Concerns Linger Over Concentration of Media Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cK_97ztRKI
Mergers and Acquisitions Due Diligence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaBD8aBzOok
domingo, 5 de junho de 2011
Legal English: American Needle v. NFL (2)
Visit the original posting on this topic from last year
http://alexctjblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/legal-english-american-needle-v-nfl.html
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FTC Video: A Brief History of the Birth of the Federal Trade Commission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NssfPApe5iQ&feature=related
Cornell Law: Antitrust
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Antitrust
FTC Files Joint Amicus Brief with U.S. Department of Justice in Matter of American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/09/nfl.shtm
The Brief: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/09/090925nflbrief.pdf
"Supreme Court Reaffirms Application of Rule of Reason to Joint Venture Conduct"
from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
http://www.skadden.com/Index.cfm?contentID=51&itemID=2089
PBS Newshour Video: Supreme Court Watch: NFL Merchandise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sj39fzSEkk&feature=related
Video: Sports Illustrated's Michael McCann "NFL Antitrust Ruling"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjkZohzi86I
http://alexctjblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/legal-english-american-needle-v-nfl.html
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FTC Video: A Brief History of the Birth of the Federal Trade Commission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NssfPApe5iQ&feature=related
Cornell Law: Antitrust
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Antitrust
FTC Files Joint Amicus Brief with U.S. Department of Justice in Matter of American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/09/nfl.shtm
The Brief: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/09/090925nflbrief.pdf
"Supreme Court Reaffirms Application of Rule of Reason to Joint Venture Conduct"
from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
http://www.skadden.com/Index.cfm?contentID=51&itemID=2089
PBS Newshour Video: Supreme Court Watch: NFL Merchandise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sj39fzSEkk&feature=related
Video: Sports Illustrated's Michael McCann "NFL Antitrust Ruling"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjkZohzi86I
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