Here is the song, Mariah Carrey:
http://www.youclubvideo.com/video/96136/mariah-carey-feat-ne-yo-angels-cry-official-video-2010
And... can you spot the "lightning" reference in this song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHso4hSCp8U
Iowa Lottery Win Bittersweet / April 28, 2010 6:30 AM:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6440049n
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.
sábado, 28 de agosto de 2010
quinta-feira, 26 de agosto de 2010
Legal English: Ontario v. Quon
Here is the Supreme Court Ruling: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1332.pdf
Additional material on this case:
http://onthedocket.org/cases/2009/ontario-v-quon
Radio report: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125998549
Newshour report: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june10/scotus_06-17.html
Here is a link to The National Law Journal, and incidentally, they have this very interesting labor sex-discrimination class action against Walmart. Maybe we should look at this case at some point. http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202471070193&WalMart_appeals_sex_discrimination_classaction_to_high_court&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1
Additional material on this case:
http://onthedocket.org/cases/2009/ontario-v-quon
Radio report: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125998549
Newshour report: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june10/scotus_06-17.html
Here is a link to The National Law Journal, and incidentally, they have this very interesting labor sex-discrimination class action against Walmart. Maybe we should look at this case at some point. http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202471070193&WalMart_appeals_sex_discrimination_classaction_to_high_court&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1
sábado, 21 de agosto de 2010
Prime 6: Make a change
Here is Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror"
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0keS8XJchU
Lyrics: http://www.lyrics007.com/Michael%20Jackson%20Lyrics/Man%20In%20The%20Mirror%20Lyrics.html
Here is "Are You Being Served:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5yghL1_Uq4
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0keS8XJchU
Lyrics: http://www.lyrics007.com/Michael%20Jackson%20Lyrics/Man%20In%20The%20Mirror%20Lyrics.html
Here is "Are You Being Served:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5yghL1_Uq4
quinta-feira, 19 de agosto de 2010
Legal English: APELLANT
From http://www.law.com/ dictionary:
appellant
n. the party who appeals a trial court decision he/she/it has lost.
appellant
n. the party who appeals a trial court decision he/she/it has lost.
sábado, 14 de agosto de 2010
Lenny Kravits / Etta James
Here is the Lenny Kravitz interview on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113971966
Here is the link to "Are You Gonna Go My Way" video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLhpHjmxNw8
Here is the link to the Etta James tribute video with Beyonce:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx_AhWeFcOU
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113971966
Here is the link to "Are You Gonna Go My Way" video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLhpHjmxNw8
Here is the link to the Etta James tribute video with Beyonce:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx_AhWeFcOU
quarta-feira, 11 de agosto de 2010
Legal English: Forms of Business Ownership
American types of business organization: http://corporationformers.com/
Here is the "college" video on forms of business ownership:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPVkG9krOMI
What's a Delaware LLC all about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Je_66jwtY&feature=related
Here is official information on setting up a Massachusetts LLC:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/corpweb/corllc/llcinf.htm
Here is the "college" video on forms of business ownership:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPVkG9krOMI
What's a Delaware LLC all about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Je_66jwtY&feature=related
Here is official information on setting up a Massachusetts LLC:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/corpweb/corllc/llcinf.htm
segunda-feira, 9 de agosto de 2010
Legal English: Financial
Financial crisis humor/ Bird and Fortune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJmTCYmo9g
Inside Financial Reform VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90iDNbPUWLM
H.R.4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act:
http://www.sec.gov/about/laws/wallstreetreform-cpa.pdf
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4173/show
(3)ReedSmith Teleseminar:
http://www.reedsmith.com/events/search_events.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=28639
The Wells Notice:
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/wells_notice
http://www.seclaw.com/docs/wellsnotice.htm
(2) Legal Blog on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act:
http://www.globalregulatoryenforcementlawblog.com/2010/08/articles/public-policy-infrastructure/financial-regulatory-reform-weve-only-just-begun/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GlobalRegulatoryEnforcementLawBlog+%28Global+Regulatory+Enforcement+Law+Blog%29
(1)Political Background PBS Newshour:
(1)http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june10/dodd_03-15.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module_byid.html?s=news01n38b7q87f
(1a)A PBS Newshour Primer on Financial Reform:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july-dec10/reform_07-16.html
Here is a http://www.npr.org/ page on coverage of the Countrywide settlement:
http://www.npr.org/search/index.php?searchinput=countrywide
SEC Fraud Complaint against Countrywide:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2009/comp21068.pdf
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iteRiORi-yg
NYT Topics: Mozilo http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/angelo_r_mozilo/index.html
Moody's Says It Received Wells Notice From SEC:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37042826/Moody_s_Says_It_Received_Wells_Notice_From_SEC
Here are links to http://www.npr.org/ coverage of Obama's financial reform:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122793558
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128674318
Inside Financial Reform VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90iDNbPUWLM
H.R.4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act:
http://www.sec.gov/about/laws/wallstreetreform-cpa.pdf
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4173/show
(3)ReedSmith Teleseminar:
http://www.reedsmith.com/events/search_events.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=28639
The Wells Notice:
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/wells_notice
http://www.seclaw.com/docs/wellsnotice.htm
(2) Legal Blog on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act:
http://www.globalregulatoryenforcementlawblog.com/2010/08/articles/public-policy-infrastructure/financial-regulatory-reform-weve-only-just-begun/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GlobalRegulatoryEnforcementLawBlog+%28Global+Regulatory+Enforcement+Law+Blog%29
(1)Political Background PBS Newshour:
(1)http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june10/dodd_03-15.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module_byid.html?s=news01n38b7q87f
(1a)A PBS Newshour Primer on Financial Reform:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/july-dec10/reform_07-16.html
Here is a http://www.npr.org/ page on coverage of the Countrywide settlement:
http://www.npr.org/search/index.php?searchinput=countrywide
SEC Fraud Complaint against Countrywide:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2009/comp21068.pdf
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iteRiORi-yg
NYT Topics: Mozilo http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/angelo_r_mozilo/index.html
Moody's Says It Received Wells Notice From SEC:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37042826/Moody_s_Says_It_Received_Wells_Notice_From_SEC
Here are links to http://www.npr.org/ coverage of Obama's financial reform:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122793558
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128674318
Inventions and Gadgets
Here is a link to Time Magazine's list of the 50 best inventions of 2009:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1934027,00.html
Here is a link to a Youtube video about some of the inventions on Time's 2009 list:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7uvcBvWqrE
Here a Youtube video about Time's list of inventions for 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l53gGkvuyoE
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1934027,00.html
Here is a link to a Youtube video about some of the inventions on Time's 2009 list:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7uvcBvWqrE
Here a Youtube video about Time's list of inventions for 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l53gGkvuyoE
domingo, 8 de agosto de 2010
More Stories: Haunted House
Here is a Youtube video about a haunted house in Vaughan, Canada, where houses were built near or over an old indian burial ground:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaLwoMK9rNQ
And here are some news articles on the case:
http://www.powwows.com/gathering/native-issues/28560-bodies-found-vaughan-ont-may-belong-aboriginal-burial-ground.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaLwoMK9rNQ
And here are some news articles on the case:
http://www.powwows.com/gathering/native-issues/28560-bodies-found-vaughan-ont-may-belong-aboriginal-burial-ground.html
Legal English: California Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
San Francisco Chronical/ SFGate
on Standing to defend Prop. 8:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/17/MN541EVBEP.DTL
on stay imposed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Walker's ruling:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/17/MNEE1EUOIF.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Here is a link to Judge Walker's ruling:
https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/files/09cv2292-ORDER.pdf
This is the United Sates Code (USC) Title 42 § 1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/1983.html
Here is a link to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) Rule 52:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule52.htm
Here is a link to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) Rule 58:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule58.htm
Here is Newshour coverage and discussion on the rulling:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module_byid.html?s=news01s420eqf2f
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec10/gaymarriage2_08-05.html
on Standing to defend Prop. 8:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/17/MN541EVBEP.DTL
on stay imposed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Walker's ruling:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/17/MNEE1EUOIF.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea
Here is a link to Judge Walker's ruling:
https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/files/09cv2292-ORDER.pdf
This is the United Sates Code (USC) Title 42 § 1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/1983.html
Here is a link to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) Rule 52:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule52.htm
Here is a link to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) Rule 58:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule58.htm
Here is Newshour coverage and discussion on the rulling:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module_byid.html?s=news01s420eqf2f
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec10/gaymarriage2_08-05.html
Legal English - US Court System
Here is a link to a general description of both federal and state court systems in the US:
http://www.uscourts.gov/EducationalResources/FederalCourtBasics/CourtStructure/UnderstandingFederalAndStateCourts.aspx
MAP: http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/images/CircuitMap.pdf
Here is a link to descriptions of the court systems in different states:
http://www.ncsconline.org/d_research/csp/2003_Files/2003_SCCS_Charts1.pdf
Department of Justice: Structure/Agencies
http://www.justice.gov/agencies/index-org.html#OSG
http://www.uscourts.gov/EducationalResources/FederalCourtBasics/CourtStructure/UnderstandingFederalAndStateCourts.aspx
MAP: http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/images/CircuitMap.pdf
Here is a link to descriptions of the court systems in different states:
http://www.ncsconline.org/d_research/csp/2003_Files/2003_SCCS_Charts1.pdf
Department of Justice: Structure/Agencies
http://www.justice.gov/agencies/index-org.html#OSG
sábado, 7 de agosto de 2010
Prime 6 - Stress Management
Stressed Out? 10 Natural Ways to Mellow Out
http://www.aolhealth.com/condition-center/depression/natural-ways-to-mellow-out?icid=maing%7Cmaing6%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk1%7C45067
Here are links to some reading on stress management:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress-management/MY00435
http://helpguide.org/mental/stress_management_relief_coping.htm
Here are links to stress management videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgeOaygSgIY
This one is VERY FUNNY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tffN2d_qU-k
Yoga for stress management: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/yoga/MM00650
http://www.aolhealth.com/condition-center/depression/natural-ways-to-mellow-out?icid=maing%7Cmaing6%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk1%7C45067
Here are links to some reading on stress management:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress-management/MY00435
http://helpguide.org/mental/stress_management_relief_coping.htm
Here are links to stress management videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgeOaygSgIY
This one is VERY FUNNY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tffN2d_qU-k
Yoga for stress management: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/yoga/MM00650
quarta-feira, 4 de agosto de 2010
Legal English: Arizona SB 1070/Immigration Law
Arizona Case / Judge Bolton's ruling: http://www.azd.uscourts.gov/azd/courtinfo.nsf/983700DFEE44B56B0725776E005D6CCB/$file/10-1413-87.pdf?openelement
The Justice Department's Complaint: http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/az-complaint.pdf
New York Times Arizona Immigration Law:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration-and-emigration/arizona-immigration-law-sb-1070/index.html?scp=2&sq=law%20arizona&st=cse
PBS News Hour / Arizona Case:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec10/immigration2_07-28.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYn14rVJwsc
CBS News: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnJbBQCHi4
@katiecouric: Ariz. Immigration Law: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H6WXrvLP2Q
Penn State Law Professor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xfnON3aj14
American Lawyer Magazine Dictionary: http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=633
American Lawyer: http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/index.jsp
Jurist News and Research: http://jurist.org/
New York Law Journal: http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/index.jsp
The Justice Department's Complaint: http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/az-complaint.pdf
New York Times Arizona Immigration Law:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration-and-emigration/arizona-immigration-law-sb-1070/index.html?scp=2&sq=law%20arizona&st=cse
PBS News Hour / Arizona Case:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec10/immigration2_07-28.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYn14rVJwsc
CBS News: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnJbBQCHi4
@katiecouric: Ariz. Immigration Law: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H6WXrvLP2Q
Penn State Law Professor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xfnON3aj14
American Lawyer Magazine Dictionary: http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=633
American Lawyer: http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/index.jsp
Jurist News and Research: http://jurist.org/
New York Law Journal: http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/index.jsp
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