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Top 10 Censored News Stories You Must Read
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Have you ever read a news story on the internet and wondered why it wasn’t being broadcasted on any of the numerous news stations, magazines, newspapers, or journals in your area of the world. A story that has cultural and international impact, but instead Paris Hilton being released from prison is the lead story of the evening. It is no secret that local governments have control over what gets broadcasted on national television in all areas of the world. I have collected a list of 10 recent news stories that managed to get overlooked by the national media in many nations.

10. Ecuador Challenges Legitimacy of Foreign Debt

In November 2008, Ecuador became the first country ever to undertake an examination of the legitimacy and structure of its foreign debt. In the 1970s Ecuador became victim to unscrupulous international lending, which encouraged borrowing at low interest
rates. In over thirty years the country’s debt has grown from $1.174 billion in 1970, to over $14.250 billion in 2006, a twelve fold increase. This was due in large part to interest rates that rose at the discretion of US banks and Federal Reserve from 6% in 1979 to 21% in 1981. An independent debt audit commissioned by the government of Ecuador documented hundreds of allegations of irregularity, illegality, and illegitimacy in contracts of debt to predatory international lenders. The loans, according to the
report, violated Ecuador’s domestic laws, US Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, and general principles of international law.

It was revealed that Salomon Smith Barney, now part of Citigroup Inc., issued unauthorized restructuring of Ecuador’s debt in 2000 that lead to exorbitant interest rates, which, combined with extensive borrowing by former dictators, has damaged the country. Over the years, Equator has made debt payments that far exceed the principal it borrowed. Every dollar spent on international credit means less is available for fighting poverty. Under the World Bank system, which oversees investment treaties, there is no public accountability, no standard judicial ethics rules, and no appeals process for illegitimate international debt. Ecuador has asked for a review of international norms on the regulation of the foreign debt market. In June 2009, Ecuador announced that it
had reached an agreement with 91% of creditors to buy back its debt for 35 cents on the dollar. This is an interesting story that was not reported anywhere in the mainstream media.

9. Hurricane Katrina Aftermath

2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the area of New Orleans and the storm surge led to 53 levee breaches in the federally built levee system protecting metro New Orleans and the failure of the 40 Arpent Canal levee flooding 80% of the city. Chaos ensued in the city as the over 300,000 residents tried to evacuate. The disaster was one of the biggest news stories of the year, but few people learned about the true problems in the city of New Orleans on the day the levee’s broke. A race war was fought in the streets.

During the disaster the National Guard designated the Algiers Point ferry landing an official evacuation site, where flood victims were to be loaded onto buses headed for safety in Texas. Algiers Point is a predominantly white area of the city, while the rest of Algiers is predominantly black citizens. People were looting stores, stealing cars, and performing random assaults all over the area. They began to target individuals of the other race. Numerous white vigilante groups were formed and patrolled the streets of New Orleans. They are estimated to have killed a total of 11 African American victims. Local gangs were formed and they armed themselves for battle. White individuals were also murdered during the days following the flooding of New Orleans. The local police have never conducted investigations into these crimes.

8. The Death of Mike Connell

One of the most mysterious and under reported deaths in recent history is that of Mike Connell. Mike Connell was Karl Rove’s chief IT consultant who died in a private plane crash in 2008. At the time of his death Mike Connell was facing a subpoena in
connection with 2004 Presidential election fraud in Ohio. Connell was allegedly the central figure in a longstanding plot to electronically flip votes to Republicans in the 2004 U.S. election. In July 2008, Connell was named as a key witness in the case,
which was filed against Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth J. Blackwell on August 31, 2006. It charged Blackwell with racially discriminatory practices, including the selective purging of voters from the election rolls and the unequal allocation of voting
machines to various districts. Blackwell also faced charges of depriving the plaintiffs of their voting rights, including the right to have their votes successfully cast without intimidation, dilution, cancellation or reversal by voting machine or ballot tampering.

The ultimate accusation was that the Bush campaign electronically stole the Ohio 2004 election. Connell was an experienced pilot. His plane had been recently serviced. He had been in the nation’s capital on still-unknown business before his single engine plane
crashed December 22, 2008 on the way home, just three miles short of the runway in Akron, Ohio. The cause of the crash remains unknown. At the time of his death, the only mainstream news outlet in the U.S. to even mention Connell’s death and the controversies surrounding his involvement in electronic voting was a single CBS/AP story. The extreme vulnerability of electronic voting systems is a major issue in the U.S. The case against the state of Ohio fizzled after the death of Connell.

7. U.S. Companies Have Overseas Tax Havens

A 2008 study done by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that 83 of the top publicly held US companies have operations in tax havens like the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and the Virgin Islands. This means that these companies put billions of dollars in overseas banking organizations in order to avoid U.S. tax. Fourteen of these companies, including AIG, Bank of America, and Citigroup, received money from the government bailout. According to the Department of Justice Swiss banking giant UBS has enabled wealthy Americans to use tax schemes, some of which are illegal, to cheat the IRS out of billions of dollars in recent years. Some of the most rich and powerful people in the world have connections and can build relationships with individuals who can help them avoid U.S. taxes. The major international locations for hiding funds include Austria, Luxembourg, the Channel Islands, Singapore, Hong Kong, Andorra, Monaco, and Gibraltar. In the Caribbean, the established havens are the Bahamas, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands.

In December 2008, the bank holding company Goldman Sachs reported its first quarterly loss. On the heels of this announcement, Goldman Sachs issued a statement confirming that its tax rate was dropping from 34.1% to 1%. They cited “changes in geographic
earnings mix.” This means that the company moved almost all of its money shares out of the U.S. in order to gain a better tax rate in a different country. Goldman Sachs, which got $10 billion and debt guarantees from the US government in October 2008,
expects to pay only $14 million in taxes worldwide for 2008, compared with $6 billion in 2007. The problem is much larger than Goldman Sachs. It is being studied and resolved as thousands of US taxpayers with Swiss bank accounts face the prospect of
IRS examination of their bank documents. These individuals could face prosecution and/or civil litigation.

6. Oil and Gas Companies Move Into the Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon Rainforest is the largest, species-rich, biodiverse rainforest on earth. Recently, vast areas of the Amazon Rainforest have been opened for oil and gas exploration, putting some of the planet’s most pristine forests at risk. Many areas could someday be filled with oilrigs and pipelines. Multi-international oil and gas companies use numerous zoned areas for exploration and development when searching for oil. These zones now cover the Amazon in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and western

Brazil.

The western Amazon is also home to many indigenous ethnic groups, including some of the world’s last uncontacted people living in voluntary isolation. The last true examples
of biological and cultural diversity could be disturbed by oil companies. Environmental scientists refer to these groups as the lungs of the planet. The real concern is when exploration is successful and a zone moves into the development phase, because that’s when the roads, drilling and pipelines come in. Oil and gas blocks now cover more than 700,000 square kilometers in the western Amazon. Growing global demand are stimulating unprecedented levels of new oil and gas exploration, even in the untamed Amazon Rainforest.

5. European Environmental and Consumer Safety Bill

The various forms of cancer in the world are easily the leading cause of death among humans. While the cause of cancer can often be directly linked with smoking, drugs, or bad health, what about those people that just get cancer? Is an unknown external factor causing this disease?

In recent years a European model has been proposed that insist on environmental and consumer safety in all produced sellable goods. It is a European-led revolution in chemical regulation that requires that thousands of chemicals finally be assessed for
their potentially toxic effects on human beings and put an end to the American industry’s ability to withhold critical data from the public. US deregulation of toxic substances, such as lead in lipsticks, mercury in electronics, and phthalates (endocrine
disruptors) in baby toys, may not only pose disastrous consequences to America’s health, but also to its economic and political status in the world. Europe has launched stringent new regulations that require companies seeking access to their lucrative
markets eliminate toxic substances and manufacture safer electronics, automobiles, toys and cosmetics.

Numerous dangerous chemicals have been identified via the European Union’s 2007 Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals law. Hundreds of companies located in the US produce or import hundreds of chemicals designated as
dangerous by the European Union. Large amounts of these chemicals are being produced in 37 U.S. states. According to the Environmental Protection Agency only 5% of all chemicals in the US have undergone even minimal testing for their toxicity or
environmental impact. It is a true worldwide problem that needs to be addressed and adapted to.

4. The Shearon Harris Nuclear Generating Station

The Shearon Harris Nuclear Generating Station is one of the largest nuclear power plant’s in the United States. It is located in New Hill, North Carolina about 20 miles
southwest of Raleigh. The plant contains the largest radioactive waste storage pools in the country. It is not just a nuclear-power-generating station, but also a repository for highly radioactive spent fuel rods from two other nuclear plants, thus creating some of
the most lethal patches of ground in the world. The spent fuel rods are transported by rail and stored in four densely packed pools filled with circulating cold water from
Harris Lake to keep the waste from heating. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has marked Shearon Harris as one of the most vulnerable terrorist targets in the nation.

However, a threat exists without a terrorist attack. Should the cooling system malfunction, the resulting fire would be virtually unquenchable and could trigger a nuclear meltdown, putting more than 200 million residents of this rapidly growing section of North Carolina in extreme peril. Labs have conducted studies that estimate that a pool fire could cause 140,000 cancers, contaminate thousands of square miles of land, and cause over $500 billion in off-site property damages.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has estimated that there is a 1:100 chance of pool fire happening under the best of scenarios. In 1999, the plant experienced four emergency shutdowns. A few months later, in April 2000, the plant’s safety monitoring system, designed to provide early warning of a serious emergency failed. In the spring of 2003 there were four emergency shutdowns of the plant, including three over a four-day period. One of the incidents occurred when the reactor core failed to cool
down during a refueling operation while the reactor dome was off of the plant, a potentially catastrophic series of circumstances. The plant has undergone some advances and has not had any reported problems for a while.

3. U.S. Schools Are Segregated
According to a new Civil Rights report published at the University of California, Los
Angeles, schools in the U.S. are more segregated today then in the 1950’s. 44% of all
children in the U.S. education program are non-white. Minority groups are rapidly
emerging as the majority in the public school systems. Latinos and blacks, the two
largest minority groups, attend schools more segregated today than during the civil
rights movement forty years ago, two of every five students attend intensely segregated
schools. The Civil Rights Study showed that the most severe segregation in public
schools is in the western states, including California, not in the south, as many people
believe. Most non-Caucasian schools are segregated by poverty as well as race. They
are highly unequal in terms of funding, qualified teachers, and curriculum.

The report indicates that schools with high levels of poverty have weaker staffs, fewer
high-achieving peers, health and nutrition problems, residential instability, single-parent
households, and a high exposure to crime and gangs. Low-income campuses are more
likely to be ignored by college and job market recruiters. This is leading to large
numbers of virtually unemployable young people of color. 85% of the nation’s teachers
are white. This spiraling trend is a direct threat to the economic and social future of the
general population. Of 8.3 million rural white students, 73% attend schools that are 80
to100 percent white. This trend needs to be reversed or the U.S. will just be diminishing
its common potential. A parent in the U.S. will tell you that the number one concern
after their child’s health is getting them into a good school. Families often relocate for
this single purpose.

2. U.S. Government Greatly Influenced by Finance Industry
Information has come to light that suggests that the Unites States Government is being heavily
influenced by a small sector of the finance industry. In 2008, at the height of the mortgage crisis
the U.S. Government created a bailout program titled the Troubled Assets Relief Program
(TARP). It allowed the United States Department of the Treasury to purchase or insure up to
$700 billion of "troubled" assets. The money was to be given to the struggling Wall Street and the
financial sector. It created much debate and criticism in congress and among the American
people. One might question why the U.S. government was being so generous to the financial
institutions. It could have something to do with the fact that lawmakers and high-ranking officials
of the U.S. Government receive millions of dollars in campaign contributions from these
investment-banking firms annually. Some of the top recipients of contributions from companies
receiving Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) money are the same members of congress
who chair committees charged with regulating the financial sector and overseeing the effectiveness
of this unprecedented government program. You could say that the finance industry got their
money’s worth by supporting members of Congress during their personal campaigns.

We have not even reached the truly shocking aspects of this story. In 2009, a new series of
government operations have been invented to inject money into the economy. You won’t hear
about these programs on your national news station. On a much larger scale then the TARP the
Federal Reserve has quietly been pumping not billions, but trillions of dollars into the hands of
private financial companies. The new activity by the Federal Reserve completely eclipses the
TARP program in terms of its influence on the economy. No one knows who’s getting that
money or exactly how much of it is disappearing. Many have the fear that this action is leading to
a gradual takeover of the government by a small class of connected insiders, who use money to
control elections, buy influence and systematically weaken financial regulations. The heads of the
U.S. Government have been busy passing bills and bailing out the financial sector, while receiving
fundraising from the same companies. Where do you think the money involved with the bailouts
is coming from? It is weakening our economy and raising your federal taxes. Since this story
was released these major financial institutions have scaled back their overall giving in the first
quarter of 2009.

1. Nuclear Waste is being Dumped in the Waters of Somalia
In 1991, the government of Somalia collapsed. Foreign nations seized the opportunity
to begin looting the country’s food supply and using the country’s unguarded waters as
a dumping ground for nuclear and other toxic waste. Yes dumping nuclear waste
directly into the ocean. According to the High Seas Task Force (HSTF), there were over
800 IUU fishing vessels in Somali waters at one time in 2005, taking advantage of
Somalia’s inability to police and control its own waters and fishing grounds. Poaching
in these waters has become a serious problem. Unidentified vessels poach an estimated
$450 million in seafood from Somali waters annually. In so doing, they steal an
invaluable protein source from some of the world’s poorest people and ruin the
livelihoods of legitimate fishermen.
Allegations of the dumping of toxic waste in the waters had been rumored for years. It
was confirmed after the 2004 tsunami hit the coast of Somalia and washed up a plethora
of rusting containers of toxic waste. The barrels were smashed open by the force of the
tsunami. Many different kinds of waste were revealed. There was uranium radioactive
waste, lead, and heavy metals like cadmium and mercury, also industrial wastes, hospital
wastes, chemical wastes, you name it. Since the containers came ashore, hundreds of
residents have fallen ill, suffering from mouth and abdominal bleeding, skin infections
and other ailments. The practice helps fuel the eighteen-year-old civil war in Somalia,
as companies pay Somali government ministers and/or militia leaders to dump their
waste.

Unfortunately, the UN and the region’s maritime authorities are ignoring the violations.
One of the biggest mainstream media stories of the year in the U.S. was the kidnapping
of American captain Richard Phillips by the “Somali Pirates.” Nothing is mentioned of
the current poaching and nuclear waste problems in the waters. In fact the “Somali
Pirates” are known as the Volunteer Coast Guard of Somalia in that area of the world
and are attempting to protect their own waters. Over 70% of the Somali citizens support
their efforts, although kidnapping and murder are still international crimes that are and
should be punishable.

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Top Ten Pickup lines for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?
Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?
Come on up and see me urchins.
Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.
I'd love to drop anchor in your lagoon.
Pardon me, but would ya mind if fired me cannon through your porthole?
How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?
Ya know, darlin’, I’m 97 percent chum free.
Well blow me down?
Prepare to be boarded.
They don’t call me Long John because my head is so big.
You’re drinking a Salty Dog? How’d you like to try the real thing?
Wanna shiver me timbers?
I’ve sailed the seven seas, and you’re the sleekest schooner I’ve ever sighted.
Brwaack! Polly want a cracker? … Oh, wait. That’s for Talk Like a PARROT Day.
That’s the finest pirate booty I’ve ever laid eyes on.
Let's get together and haul some keel.
That’s some treasure chest you’ve got there.

Top Ten Pickup Lines for the Lady Pirates
What are YOU doing here?
Is that a belayin' pin in yer britches, or are ye ... (this one is never completed)
Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!
So, tell me, why do they call ye, "Cap'n Feathersword?"
That's quite a cutlass ye got thar, what ye need is a good scabbard!
Aye, I guarantee ye, I've had a twenty percent decrease in me "lice ratio!"
I've crushed seventeen men's skulls between me thighs!
C'mon, lad, shiver me timbers!

The Difference Between Rich/Poor People

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"

"It was great, Dad."

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

"Oh yeah," said the son.

"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered:

"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.

We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.

We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.

We buy our food, but they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing?

Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.
Author Unknown
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My opinion of this

It does not sound like a child said this, a child unless they were the reincarnated Dali Lama would not be so poetic. The dog reference sure a child would notice that, but the rest not likely.

It is a very touching story though even if it's a lie. The father should have taken the kid to the projects there he would have experienced real poverty and the humiliation of buying food with food-stamps and driving a car with a knocking overheating engine, broken windshield, seat belts that don't work, window's that won't roll up or down or their stuck were the rain comes in so they are covered in plastic and no radio because it got stolen. Hell even I would love to live on a farm, because that is not true poverty today hell they get so many government subs. that they are good to go in most cases and smart enough to grow their own food and can it to use later. Though the new government bill is putting a stop to that. They have security in the family business of farming while in the projects the parents have to worry about if their kids will get hooked on drugs, get put in jail or juivey or and must bed them to graduate from high school. The good news is that many in these poverty situations are getting sick of it and seeking out their G.E.D or college opportunities, of course then they get a addicted to the easy to get student loans and build up more debt, but hopefully with their new education they can find a job to pay for that later as the payments are very low. Poverty is rough, I am currently dragging myself up myself, but there is hope for those that find themselves there and that must come from their own desire for change, because the government has provided so many opportunities for you to get your butt out of it so use them.

-Cynthia Y.

Good sites to learn Hebrew and about the Jewish Faith.

A Neat Hebrew Keyboard you can use to type a message and then copy paste or just send via email
http://www.mikledet.com/

List of the Gods Names
http://www.ldolphin.org/Names.html

Teaching the Ancient Biblical Hebrew Language of the Bible
Through the Study of the Ancient Hebrew Alphabet, Culture and Thought.

History and More
http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/

Listen to Hebrew Audio
http://www.sidduraudio.com/

7 English Words and their Biblical Roots
http://www.cultcase.com/2009/04/7-english-words-and-their-biblical.html

About Judaism
http://www.akhlah.com/

Learn Hebrew Verbs
http://www.hebrew-verbs.co.il/

Greetings and Saying Goodbye in Hebrew
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/greeting-and-saying-goodbye-in-

~Greetings~

Shalom. (shah-lohm; Hello; peace.)

Mah Ha'Inyanim? (mah hah-in-yah-neem; How are things?)

Mah Nishmah? (mah neesh-mah ; What's up?)

Mah Shlomcha? (mah sh-lohm-chah; How are you? Literally: How is your welfare?) (Masculine)

Mah Shlomech? (mah sh-loh-mehch; How are you? Literally: How is your welfare?) (Feminine)

Mah Shlom'chem? (mah sh-lohm-chehm; How are you?) (Masculine Plural/ Feminine Plural)

~Reply to a Greeting~

Shlomi Tov. (sh-loh-mee tohv; My welfare is good.)

Etzli B'seder Gamur. (ehtz-lee buh-seh-dehr gah-moohr; With me, things are completely okay.)

B'seder. (beh-seh-dehr; Okay.)

Mamash Tov. (mah-mahsh tohv; Really good.)

Lo Kol-Kach Tov. (loh kohl-kahch tohv; Not so good.)

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Youtube Learn to Speak Hebrew Videos
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=learn+to+speak+hebrew&search_type=&aq=f

Hebrew for Christians
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/

Foundation Stone - Free Software - I have not tried it yet
http://foundationstone.com.au/FoundationStone.html?./

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Judaism

Early Jewish Writings
http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/

Authentic Jewish Mysticism and Thought
http://www.inner.org/

Jewish Website
http://www.chabad.org/

Jewish Magazine
http://www.jewishmag.com/

Jewcy.com - News
http://www.jewcy.com/

JIDF - Jewish Internet Defense Force

Fun Song -20 Things To Do With Matzah - Matzah Song
http://matzahsong.com/

More Fun Sites or Pages
http://www.jewishrobot.com/
http://myjewfro.com/

Shopping
http://www.jewishsource.com/

I hope this will help you in your studies, I will post more as I come across them.

-Cynthia Y.

Unrest in Iran, unrest in Honduras, the people are rising up during this bad economic time, they are tired of their crooked leaders. World change coming? If this starts in the U.S or U.K then they would enact even more laws to limit rights and freedoms. More unnecessary laws. My view is that if noone knows when I am breaking a law then the law should not exist. If it causes harm against someone sure there should be a law against it, but not for BS reasons that is only so that the government can further control the population and retain power.

It's always about Power with the government, the less you have the better for them, so they reduce us little by little till we are under a dictatorship and scared to act.

Power corrupts absolutely. It is clear by the cries of the Iranian people that they do not want to go to war and that is where A was taking them with his selfishness, just as Kim Jong IL has no regard for his people in N. Korea. They are both selfish bastards, and will be replaced by what will become another selfish bastard, there is only the lesser of two evils when it comes to politics. CY

Iran braces for another mass opposition protest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran_election;_ylt=Asvnj_FpL81mvl5OGpHCTot0fNdF

My Thoughts on Atoms and Their Decision Making:

I have been watching the History Channel's special on the universe, and it got me thinking about atoms. I think that atoms choose what they will become on their own. For instance, in a cloud, and atom can chose to become part of a rain drop or part of the cloud, it can choose to become part of the air we breathe or part of anything it wants by choice not necessity, unless of course atoms act like ants, and have their own hierarchy. There is for instance the split screen experiment involving a proton that shows that protons make a choice to do what they do. So can atoms do the same thing I wonder, choose what they will become and do? - by Cynthia Yildirim June 16, 2009

Gitmo Budget is Bullshit

It should not take billions to move the prisoners at Gitmo, it is BS we are being triple charged for more lies to take our tax dollars.

Cubans use to come here illegally, they didn't need billions, why does Gitmo, Obama, and Congress want billions to move them? It's BS!

Free Education Resources

by Cynthia Yildirim

Now possible to get a free education online. Various universities and websites are setup for this very thing. Prestigious colleges such as Yale, M.I.T and Berkeley offer very impressive courses on almost every subject.

Education Sources

Yale Free Courses
http://oyc.yale.edu/

Berkeley Free Courses
http://www.openculture.com/2007/03/25_uc_berkeley_.html

M.I.T Free Courses
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Open Learning Initiative-Free Courses
http://tinyurl.com/dxqu28

Fathom
http://www.fathom.com/

Learn Business: Move up faster in your job

Management/Business
http://www.hrworld.com/features/top-100-management-blogs-061008/

Free Powerpoint Presentations
http://www.tutor2u.net/presentations.asp

CEO Refresher
http://www.refresher.com/archives.html

Building Your Influence
http://www.bnet.com/2410-13069_23-68755.html

Employee Engagement
http://bx.businessweek.com/employee-engagement/

Management Quotes
http://www.bizzia.com/slackermanager/21-great-management-quotes/

Stock Investor Competition- Free to play, pick stocks based on actual stock prices.
http://invest.phatinvestor.com/

Resume Tips

Resume Tips
http://www.resumebear.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/03/15-resume-blunders-to-avoid/

Not Hired: Cover Letters - What not to do
http://nothired.com/category/cover-letters/

Free Ebooks:

Free Ebooks and Documents
http://www.scribd.com/

Free Ebooks
http://tinyurl.com/76tc9h

Search Ebooks
http://www.ebookprovider.co.cc/

10 Places to get Free Ebooks
http://www.listfied.com/10-places-to-get-free-ebooks

20 Best Sites to get Free Ebooks
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/

GutenBerg Project
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:About

10 Open Source Books Worth Downloading
http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=4491

To open PDF files you will need Adobe Reader also make sure that your Shockwave Player and Adobe Flash are up to date.

These are free also:
Adobe Reader/Adobe Flash/Adobe Air
http://www.adobe.com/

Shockwave Player
http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/

If you use Mozilla Firefox Browser then the Stumbleupon Toolbar addon is awesome for discovering unique cool sites.

Mozilla Firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

Stumbleupon Toolbar
http://www.stumbleupon.com

Other Sites I like for Fun, Information and News:

News: Wikileaks
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks

Newsr: Read Less, Know More
http://www.newsr.com

Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The Liberty Papers
http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/04/12/homeland-security-document-targets-most-conservatives-and-libertarians-in-the-country/

Gaming

Can You Run It? See if you computer can run a certain game
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

Physics Game
http://fantasticcontraption.com/

Photography

50 Great Photographers You Should Know
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/50-great-photographers-you-should-know/

Flickr Has the best photos
http://www.flickr.com/

Science

Watch NOVA Science Programs
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/

Spacvidcast
http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/27/chris-and-blair-from-nasa-edge-213-bad-audio/

Space Wallpaper
http://www.spacewallpapers.net/wallpapers/thumbnails.php?album=4

NASA
http://www.NASA.gov

Twitter Resources

Twitter
http://www.Twitter.com

My Twitter CynthiaY29
http://www.Twitter.com/CynthiaY29

Tweet Grid
http://tweetgrid.com/grid?l=5

Twitter Search
http://search.twitter.com/

Twitter Grader
http://twitter.grader.com/

Buzzom.com
http://www.buzzom.com/Default.aspx

Twitter Analyzer
http://twitteranalyzer.com/

ReTweetability Index
http://www.retweetability.com/index.php?p=7

I hope that you enjoy my list, this not all of my collection of sites, but some of the best. Good Luck with your endeavors.

Thanks,

Cynthia Yildirim

Free Education Resources

by Cynthia Yildirim

Now possible to get a free education online. Various universities and websites are setup for this very thing. Pretigious colleges such as Yale, M.I.T and Berkeley offer very impressive courses on almost every subject.

Education Sources

Yale Free Courses
http://oyc.yale.edu/

Berkeley Free Courses
http://www.openculture.com/2007/03/25_uc_berkeley_.html

M.I.T Free Courses
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Open Learning Initiative-Free Courses
http://tinyurl.com/dxqu28

Fathom
http://www.fathom.com/

Learn Business: Move up faster in your job

Management/Business
http://www.hrworld.com/features/top-100-management-blogs-061008/

Free Powerpoint Presentations
http://www.tutor2u.net/presentations.asp

CEO Refresher
http://www.refresher.com/archives.html

Building Your Influence
http://www.bnet.com/2410-13069_23-68755.html

Employee Engagement
http://bx.businessweek.com/employee-engagement/

Management Quotes
http://www.bizzia.com/slackermanager/21-great-management-quotes/

Stock Investor Competition- Free to play, pick stocks based on actual stock prices.
http://invest.phatinvestor.com/

Resume Tips

Resume Tips
http://www.resumebear.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/03/15-resume-blunders-to-avoid/

Not Hired: Cover Letters - What not to do
http://nothired.com/category/cover-letters/

Free Ebooks:

Free Ebooks and Documents
http://www.scribd.com/

Free Ebooks
http://tinyurl.com/76tc9h

Search Ebooks
http://www.ebookprovider.co.cc/

10 Places to get Free Ebooks
http://www.listfied.com/10-places-to-get-free-ebooks

20 Best Sites to get Free Ebooks
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/

GutenBerg Project
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:About

10 Open Source Books Worth Downloading
http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=4491

To open PDF files you will need Adobe Reader also make sure that your Shockwave Player and Adobe Flash are up to date.

These are free also:
Adobe Reader/Adobe Flash/Adobe Air
http://www.adobe.com/

Shockwave Player
http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/

If you use Mozilla Firefox Browser then the Stumbleupon Toolbar addon is awesome for discovering unique cool sites.

Mozilla Firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

Stumbleupon Toolbar
http://www.stumbleupon.com

Other Sites I like for Fun, Information and News:

News: Wikileaks
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks

Newsr: Read Less, Know More
http://www.newsr.com

Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The Liberty Papers
http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/04/12/homeland-security-document-targets-most-conservatives-and-libertarians-in-the-country/

Gaming

Can You Run It? See if you computer can run a certain game
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

Physics Game
http://fantasticcontraption.com/

Photography

50 Great Photographers You Should Know
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/50-great-photographers-you-should-know/

Flickr Has the best photos
http://www.flickr.com/

Science

Watch NOVA Science Programs
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/

Spacvidcast
http://www.spacevidcast.com/2009/04/27/chris-and-blair-from-nasa-edge-213-bad-audio/

Space Wallpaper
http://www.spacewallpapers.net/wallpapers/thumbnails.php?album=4

NASA
http://www.NASA.gov

Twitter Resources

Twitter
http://www.Twitter.com

My Twitter CynthiaY29
http://www.Twitter.com/CynthiaY29

Tweet Grid
http://tweetgrid.com/grid?l=5

Twitter Search
http://search.twitter.com/

Twitter Grader
http://twitter.grader.com/

Buzzom.com
http://www.buzzom.com/Default.aspx

Twitter Analyzer
http://twitteranalyzer.com/

ReTweetability Index
http://www.retweetability.com/index.php?p=7

I hope that you enjoy my list, this not all of my collection of sites, but some of the best. Good Luck with your endevors.

Thanks,

Cynthia Yildirim