Useful URLs: October 19-26, 2009
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FOR “DISNEY’S BIG DEAL,” P. 3
- Disney Swoops Into Action, Buying Marvel for $4 Billion
nytimes.com/2009/09/01/business/media/01disney.html - Speculating on the Disney-Marvel Merger (S)
news.gotgame.com/speculating-on-the-disney-marvel-merger/35712 - Stan Lee Thinks the Disney-Marvel Deal Is Just Great (S)
mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/stan-lee-thinks-the-disneymarvel-deal-isjust-great - What Marvel/Disney Merger Means to Comic Book Shops (T/P)
newsarama.com/comics/090901-marvel-disney-retailers.html - When, Where, and How: Marvel Characters in Disney Theme Parks (S)
travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/marvel-disney-theme--5317
- The Health Benefits of Taking a Nap (T/S)
associatedcontent.com/article/1849049/the_health_benefits_of_taking_a_nap.html - Nap Time—with bar graphs (T/P/S)
pewresearch.org/pubs/1296/americans-napping-habits - To Nap, Perchance to Dream (T/P)
nytimes.com/2009/08/05/opinion/05wed4.html
- Afghan Election Fraud Dispute Does Obama No Good (T/S)
reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSL9270936 - Afghanistan Election: Hamid Karzai Admits Officials Were “Partial” Towards Him (T/S)
telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6203183/Afghanistan-election-Hamid-Karzai-admits-officials-were-partial-towards-him.html - Disputed Afgan Vote Complicates U.S. Mis sion (T/S)
google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5glzVCFBkHCHZnkwUO0Oqwvbkkuvg - Hamid Karzai Accused by Rival Candidate of Rigging Afghanistan Election (T/S)
timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6807248.ece - Karzai Unlikely to Claim Afghan Election Victory Soon (T/S)
csmonitor.com/2009/0917/p02s04-usfp.html - Obama, Legislators Hear of Afghan Progres s (T/S)
boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/09/17/obama_legislators_hear_of_afghan_progress - Probe Puts Afghan Election Results in Limbo (T/S)
philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20090903_Probe_puts_Afghan_election_results_in_limbo.html - Recounts Ordered in Afghan Vote (T/S)
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8243276.stm - U.S. Says Legitimate Election Vital to Future Partnership With Afghanistan (T/S)
voanews.com/english/2009-09-08-voa59.cfm
FOR “BAN CIRCUS ANIMALS?,” P. 4
- Amazing Animals: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (T/P/S)
ringling.com/TopLanding.aspx?id=11586 - Bolivia Bans Circus Animals (T/S)
greenmuze.com/animals/wild/1378-bolivia-bans-circus-animals.html - Circus Myths: Humane Society of the United States (T/P)
hsus.org/wildlife/issues_facing_wildlife/circuses/circus_myths.html - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (T/P)
peta.org - These Days, the Circus Animals Sneak Into Town (T/P/S)
nytimes.com/1995/02/19/us/these-days-the-circus-animals-sneak-into-town.html
FOR “BIGGEST, FASTEST, GROSSEST,” P. 5
- Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Daniel Radcliffe, Twilight, Star Trek, and More Top List (S)
reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS70781+14-Sep-2009+PRN20090914 - Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, “Twilight,” & Miley Cyrus Enter the Guinness Book of World Records (S)
hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2009/09/16/daniel-radcliffe-emma-watson-twilight-miley-cyrusenter-the-guiness-book-of-world-records - The Guinness Book of World Records Editor Answers Your Questions (T)
freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/the-guinness-book-of-world-records-editoranswers-your-questions - Guinness Crowns World’s Tallest Man (S)
nbcwashington.com/news/weird/NATLGuinness-Crowns-Worlds-Tallest-Man-59612377.html - Guinness World Records (S)
guinnessworldrecords.com - How Do I Become a Guinness World Record Holder? (S)
guinnessworldrecords.com/member/how_to_become_a_record_breaker.aspx - A Life in the Day: Craig Glenday (T/S)
timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article583513.ece - Paul Kenny & Craig Glenday—interview (T/S/P)
community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_Guinness-World-Records-2010-Paul-Kenny-Craig-Glenday/video/786681/7691.html - World Records Revealed: From Tallest Teen to Most Smurfs (S)
edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/09/17/guinness.world.records.2010
FOR “CHINA: THE NEXT GENERATION,” PP. 6-9
- Academic Disengagement More Common for U.S. Teens Than Chinese (T)
redorbit.com/news/health/1721039/academic_disengagement_more_common_for_us_teens_than_chinese - China Limits Online Game Time for Teens (T/S)
usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007-07-17-china-limits-teen-game-time_N.htm - China’s Environmental Crisis—interactive map (S)
nytimes.com/interactive/2007/08/26/world/asia/20070826_CHINA_GRAPHIC.html - China’s Youth: Shaping the Future (T/S)
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1001366.stm - China Youth Culture 2009 Study (T)
reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS29590+10-Feb-2009+BW20090210 - Chinese Youth Culture—photo essay (T/S)
usnews.com/usnews/photography/global/global1.htm - Choking on Growth—a 10-part series (T/S)
nytimes.com/interactive/2007/08/26/world/asia/choking_on_growth.html - “I Titanicked”: Chinese Teens Say This Instead of “I Failed My Test” (T/S)
hartford-hwp.com/archives/55/392.html - Pollution Eats the Fruits of China’s Growth (T/S)
internationalrivers.org/en/blog/peter-bosshard/pollution-eats-fruits-china’s-growth - Post-Tiananmen Youth—news video clip (T/S)
cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/china.post.tiananmen.generation/#cnnSTCVideo - Shanghai Urges “Two-Child Policy” (T/S)
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8166413.stm - Youth Culture Shanghai: An Introduction—slide show (T/S)
slideshare.net/miriamrayman/chinese-youth-culture-for-va-global-cities-series-may-2008
FOR “AMELIA,” PP. 10-13
- Amelia—official site of the film (T/P/S)
foxsearchlight.com/amelia - Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
ameliaearhartmuseum.org - Amelia Earhart Official Site (T/S)
ameliaearhart.com - Amelia Earhart Photo Gallery (T/P/S)
hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/aviation-photos/1930-1939/amelia-earhart - Atchison Girl Frist to Fly Atlantic—1928 news article (T/S)
ameliaearhartmuseum.org/AmeliaEarhart/NewsClips/clip280618.htm - Early Female Pilots—photo gallery (T/S)
http://digital.hagley.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=women&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=%2Fp268001coll33 - George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers (T)
www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/aearhart - Howland Island (T/S)
geography.about.com/library/cia/blchowland.htm - Lammot du Pont Jr. Aeronautical Collection—photo gallery (T/S)
digital.hagley.org/cdm4/index_p268001coll33.php?CISOROOT=/p268001coll33
[Click on “Amelia Earhart,” “Charles Lindbergh,” and “Women flyers.] - Pioneer Woman Aviator (T/S)
acepilots.com/earhart.html - Rediscovering a Legend (T/S)
ameliaflight.com/amelia.po - U.S. Navy Records on Earhart (T)
history.navy.mil/faqs/faq3-1.htm
