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Research - Crap detector - 3 views

Great post! Thanks for adding! Howard Rheingold is a great person to follow for tips and knowledge in these areas. If you are on Twitter, look him up! I read a couple of his books last year and the...

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Paula Beck

'Stop already, Sir Bob': Geldof's Band Aid 30 song unpopular among Africans - 5 views

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    language culture
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Street Photography: The Mysterious Story of Vivian Maier - 0 views

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    trailer and story about the random discovery of a fantastic artistic photographer, after her death!
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Noel Pearson's eulogy for Gough Whitlam praised as one for the ages - 2 views

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    Extremely powerful speech delivered at Gough Whitlam's memorial. Wide ranging in subject matter and providing a good history of cultural changes over the past 50 years in Australia as a result of political decision making.
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    He is a great orator. Defintely one more to add to the great Australian political speeches.
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Cate Blanchett Made It SUPER Uncomfortable For Tony Abbott At Gough Whitlam's Memorial ... - 0 views

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    Cate Blanchett speaking at Gough Whitlam's funeral. The story/transcript summarises, but the speech is actually more powerful and detailed in full.
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The 22 Rules to Perfect Storytelling, According to Pixar - Mic - 1 views

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    tips for developing storytelling
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What Students Really Need to Hear | affectiveliving - 0 views

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    Article about the role of school and education - and that the academic learning is not what school is about. (Tertiary students - this is just as applicable for you as it is for younger students).
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[Video] Monica Lewinsky Addresses Her Infamous Scandal, Thanks Rappers For Notoriety | ... - 1 views

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    Monica as first viral subject matter. Bullying. Reputation. etc.
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    This was very moving. I shall try not to forget the Oscar Wilde quote she closed her speech with.
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Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and Whether It Was Intentional | Mental Floss - 0 views

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    A kid surveyed famous writers on symbolism in their work, this is their responses.
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Why are people mad Apple gave them a free U2 album? | For The Win - 2 views

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    Apple giving iTunes users free U2 album
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Dear Mom Judging Me For My iPhone - 0 views

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    Contrast text
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Dear Mom on the iPhone: You're Doing Fine | Jennifer Hicks - 0 views

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    contrast text
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Dear mom on the iPhone: Let me tell you what you don't see | Deseret News - 0 views

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    contrast text
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Leading Questions - Yes Prime Minister - YouTube - 0 views

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    Language manipulation
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Using PowerPoint | UNSW Current Students - 1 views

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    Guide to powerpoint for presentations.
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Real Estate - Modernist Australia - 0 views

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    Modernist style house. Real estate ad with interesting use of language and persuasion. Would be interesting to look at in conjunction with the pocast on modernism vs postmodernism... or for architecture or construction students.
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What Harry Potter Is Actually About. Childhood Ruined. - 2 views

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    Language is not neutral example: interesting interpretation of Harry Potter with references to other primary texts.
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