Jan 30, 2014

Pete Seeger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger
http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/30/pete-seeger-arlo-guthrie/?iid=ent-main-lead
http://news.radio.com/2014/01/29/bruce-springsteen-john-mellencamp-neil-young-remember-pete-seeger/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/28/pete-seeger-quotes_n_4680597.html
http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/28/pete-seeger-best-songs/
http://www.theguardian.com/music/pete-seeger
https://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=&oq=pete+seeger&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGHP_enCA460CA460&q=pete+seeger+songs&gs_l=hp..1.0i3l3j0l2.0.0.1.55302...........0.eiOg4XRFKSE
http://peteseeger.net/wp/?page_id=630
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/10601115/Pete-Seeger-10-great-songs.html
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/01/31/what-it-means-to-lose-pete-seeger/

Controversy
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/01/30/pete-seeger-a-dissenting-view/
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/pete-seeger-symphony-bad-ideas-article-1.1595845
 http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/humberto-fontova/pete-seeger-commie-lover-till-the-end/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=d41b897f65-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag&utm_term=0_57e32c1dad-d41b897f65-156482935

Beach Art


http://www.viralnova.com/beach-art/

Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP0O4Yu0kYE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmWt7011zkk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvo6s1fjXTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqR2Cjr96yg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EXVE_KqX-c

Jan 28, 2014

Financial Literacy for the Young


http://moneyandyouth.cfee.org/en/
 http://talkwithourkidsaboutmoney.com/school-program/
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/surveyLiteracy.html
http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/financialLiteracy/
http://www.npr.org/series/136275928/money-counts-young-adults-and-financial-literacy
http://www.nber.org/papers/w15352

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/financial-road-map/advmanulife/advmanulifearchives/financial-literacy-starts-young/article4505793/
http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2013/01/84-young-people-get-no-financial-education-thats-not-real-problem
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amyrosen/2013/02/19/financial-literacy-for-all-young-americans/
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101321152

The Cumbia, Colombia's National Dance


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbia
http://www.heritageinstitute.com/danceinfo/descriptions/cumbia.htm
http://www.npr.org/blogs/altlatino/2013/09/30/227834004/cumbia-the-musical-backbone-of-latin-America
http://discovercolombia.com/cumbia-the-rhythm-of-colombia/
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/munoz/AboutMe/ColombianMusic/NaturalRegions/Caribe/English_Cumbia.html


Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlYl30Dqfc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lglU5hF22Io
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APClGgOha_8&list=PL29E732016F0933E2
http://www.indiana.edu/~libarchm/index.php/outreach/podcasts/cumbia-the-construction-of-a-musical-genre-in-the-mid-twentieth-century.html

Richard Sherman


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sherman_(American_football)
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/richard-sherman-keeps-low-profile-upon-super-bowl-arrival-1.2512563

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545368/Erin-Andrews-says-controversial-interview-Richard-Sherman-awesome-hes-one-favorite-football-players.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tommytomlinson/2014/01/19/22-brief-thoughts-about-that-richard-sherman-interview/
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24419304/seahawks-cb-richard-sherman-fined-7875-for-nfc-title-taunting
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/01/29/richard-sherman-in-full-spin-control-mode-regrets-attacking-michael-crabtree/
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/warren-sapp-chides-richard-sherman-calling-michael-crabtree-202757938--nfl.html

Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkTq__jd4I4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXp7wl2beaU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4HeXt78uE0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbQGlO0B5nY

The Joropo, Venezuela's National Dance


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joropo
http://venworld.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/joropo-the-soul-of-venezuela/
http://www.academia.edu/2167543/Joropo_in_Venezuela_and_Colombia
http://www.howlingearth.com/musical-genres/joropo-music.shtml
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/munoz/AboutMe/ColombianMusic/NaturalRegions/Llanos/English_Llanera.html

Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YM9bifEN6E

Jan 27, 2014

Archeaology in India


http://india.gov.in/topics/art-culture/archaeology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Indian_archaeology
http://www.archaeologyonline.net/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/the-mystery-of-indias-other-golden-temple-archaeologists-begin-hunt-for-fabled-hoard-of-treasure-8887403.html
http://archaeology.about.com/od/india/

Origins of Semitic Language Family in Africa?

http://historum.com/ancient-history/41308-origin-semitic-language-group.html
http://books.google.ca/books?id=iXh42PoLZIIC&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&dq=proto+semitic+origin+in+Africa&source=bl&ots=FEaEjoK96-&sig=GIkoe5i0xXi3q4BJMsCTjA9ckd4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2BrmUo7HEqHNsQSx74DwDg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=proto%20semitic%20origin%20in%20Africa&f=false
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/276/1668/2703.full
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Semitic_language
http://exploring-africa.blogspot.ca/2009/01/renaming-afro-asiatic-and-its-semitic.html
http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/the-semitic-speakers-of-africa/
http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=003919
http://www.kaa-umati.co.uk/ancient_egyptian_and_bantu.htm
http://raciality.blogspot.ca/2010/09/debunking-racial-myths-origins-of-proto.html
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/ethiopia/TH6CLG3UDMSB2T1DL
http://dispatchesfromturtleisland.blogspot.ca/2013/01/genetic-data-disfavor-levant-origin-for.html

Jan 26, 2014

Dieudonné and La Quenelle

Acceptable Racism?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieudonn%C3%A9_M'bala_M'bala
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/01/economist-explains-quenelle-anelka-dieudonne
http://www2.macleans.ca/2014/01/10/comic-dieudonne-mbala-mbala-and-the-outlawed-quenelle/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537011/Anti-semitic-French-comic-invented-quenelle-hand-gesture-banned-performing-hours-show.html
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/01/04/todays-letters-dieudonnes-friends-know-the-meaning-of-la-quenelle/
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/paxmans-holocaust-denier-interview-dieudonnes-quenelle-report-condemned-1431713
http://news.sky.com/story/1199869/exclusive-dieudonne-breaks-silence-on-quenelle
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2531376/Tony-Parker-apologises-performing-quenelle-salute-Dieudonn-Mbala-Mbala.html
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d4c2e070-850c-11e3-8968-00144feab7de.html
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-move-to-muzzle-dieudonne-mbala-mbala-the-bete-noire-of-the-french-establishment/5366249
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/01/24/blasphemy-in-secular-france/

A Tourist's Experience in North Korea

foreign tourism banned

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_4_12_9.jsp

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/North+Korea+place+tourists/9399504/story.html
http://www.vancouversun.com/mobile/travel/top-stories/North+Korea+place+tourists/9399504/story.html

Videos
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/2221371765001
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/2225734697001

Of Interest
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/tourist-01242014112548.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/20/pyongyang-north-korea-tourism/4655879/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wait-but-why/visiting-north-korea_b_4256519.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/02/travel/north-korea-tourist-protocol/
http://www.policymic.com/articles/77211/even-the-most-hardcore-travelers-should-not-visit-north-korea-here-s-why
http://www.explorenorthkorea.com/?gclid=CKiW-J6gnLwCFa9FMgodfjsABw
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/9855706/Inside-North-Korea-tourist-photos-of-Pyongyang-and-the-surrounding-area.html

Of Special Interest
http://www.vagabondish.com/travel-activities-trouble-abroad/
http://facts.randomhistory.com/facts-about-north-korea.html

Olivia Chow

Photo - Olivia Chow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Chow
https://twitter.com/oliviachow
https://www.facebook.com/OliviaChowMP
http://www.oliviachow.ca/
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Olivia-Chow(20816)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/my-journey-olivia-chows-memoir-waffles-between-the-personal-and-political/article16491154/
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/olivia-chow-s-memoir-lays-bare-her-life-s-most-painful-moments-1.1650010
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/01/17/christie-blatchford-olivia-chows-my-journey-an-exhausting-attempt-at-legacy-building/
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Olivia+Chow+recounts+abusive+upbringing+memoir/9401858/story.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/01/20/olivia_chows_new_book_my_journey_is_a_political_blueprint_tim_harper.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/olivia-chow-ponders-her-options-in-politics/article16425147/
http://o.canada.com/news/olivia-chow-makes-no-mayoral-moves-during-toronto-book-launch/

Jan 25, 2014

Diaries of British Soldiers in WWI

A photograph of sapper John French beside his medals and handwritten diaries which described truces in the trenches for moments of name-callinghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25716569
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/01/23/264532419/from-the-trenches-to-the-web-british-wwi-diaries-digitized
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/first-world-war-diaries-available-online-100-years-later-1.1645942
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/war-diaries-ww1.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223549/WWI-soldiers-diary-reveals-trench-truce-day-calling-mans-land.html

Ackee and Saltfish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackee_and_saltfish
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Jamaica-s-Ackee-and-Saltfish--2-among-world-s-best-National-Dishes
http://www.jamaica-no-problem.com/ackee-and-saltfish.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Ackee-and-Saltfish
http://caribbeanpot.com/tag/jamaican-ackee-and-saltfish/
http://www.jamaicatravelandculture.com/food_and_drink/ackee_and_saltfish.htm
http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/602624

Contraception

birth control immoral catholic church

http://www.catholic.com/tracts/birth-control
http://www.davidlgray.info/blog/2011/07/four-reasons-why-artificial-birth-control-is-immoral-and-unnecessa/
http://www.ewtn.com/library/marriage/cclbc.txt
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html
http://www.christophersmith-op.com/2013/04/01/the-impact-of-artificial-birth-control-on-society/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/christianethics/contraception_1.shtml
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/05/catholic-church-vatican-bishops-birth-control
http://www.hprweb.com/2013/07/humanae-vitae-and-sacred-scripture-a-missed-opportunity/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_control
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_views_on_contraception
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_birth_control
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/peopleevents/e_church.html
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/las-17-el-salvador-women-prison-abortion-miscarriage

Controversy
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/german-theologians-critique-church-teachings-propose-new-sexual-understanding

Obamacare
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/11/under-obamacare-nearly-thrice-as-many-women-are-getting-free-birth-control-pills/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/free-contraception-for-women-provision-of-obama-health-care-law-starts-today/
http://www.refinery29.com/2013/09/54124/obamacare-facts
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2014/01/breaking-supreme-court-grants-temporary-reprieve-to-little-sisters-of-the-poor/

Of Interest
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/21/not-your-grandmas-march-for-life-six-surprising-changes-to-the-anti-abortion-protest/comment-page-10/
http://time.com/3674155/pope-francis-contraception-catholic-rabbits-comment/
http://taylormarshall.com/2015/01/thoughts-pope-francis-rabbits-external-papacy.html
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/19/the-myth-of-pope-francis/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/07/09/the-radical-popes-reactionary-vision-for-women/

The Wall Street Bailout

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/secret-and-lies-of-the-bailout-20130104
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/business/21qanda.html?_r=0
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/08-0
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/09/econ-s20.html
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/arnold-ahlert/obamas-economy-wall-street-thrives-main-street-dies/
http://www.classbrain.com/artteensb/publish/wall_street_bailout.shtml
http://www.debate.org/opinions/have-government-bailouts-proven-to-be-beneficial-economically

Chanda Kochar


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanda_Kochhar
http://www.icicibank.com/aboutus/board-of-directors-chanda-kochhar.html
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/keyword/chanda-kochhar
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1128655&ticker=IBN
http://www.firstpost.com/topic/organization/icici-bank-limited-cnbc-heart-of-business-interview-with-chanda-kochhar-par-video-a2yOBfhKatI-25630-8.html

Jan 20, 2014

Oxfam on the Widening Wealth Gap


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/17/oxfam-bus-wealth_n_4616103.html
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/blogs/2014/01/rigged-rules-mean-economic-growth-is-increasingly-winner-takes-all-for-rich-elites
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/oxfam-warns-davos-of-pernicious-impact-of-the-widening-wealth-gap-9070714.html
http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2014-01-20/rigged-rules-mean-economic-growth-increasingly-winner-takes-all-for-rich-elites
http://money.aol.co.uk/2014/01/20/wealthy-grabbing-power-says-oxfam/
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/01/201312061337695543.html
http://www.news24.co.ke/Business/News/Laws-favour-the-rich-Oxfam-20140120
http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/oxfam-says-world-39-rich-threaten-democracy-010015989.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4071043.stm

The Quarterback Race Myth

Footballpanelhttp://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2011/05/donovan_mcnabb_wristband_report_intelligence_of_black_quarterbacks_still_debated.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/black-quarterbacks
http://www.theshadowleague.com/articles/the-black-quarterback-is-dead
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76mperspective.phtml
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19890105&id=sDEyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DeYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6620,796243
http://old.nationalreview.com/flashback/chapman200310020955.asp
http://thestartingfive.net/2011/01/07/friday-fire-is-there-a-future-in-the-nfl-for-black-quarterbacks/
http://boards.atlantafalcons.com/topic/3351161-the-black-quarterback-myth-low-on-intelligence-and-high-on-athleticism/


Of Interest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_sports
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/25/michael_johnsons_gold_medal_in_ignorance/
http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/32/5/819.extract
http://www.amazon.com/Dreadful-Deceit-Colonial-Obama%C2%92s-America/dp/0465036708