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Planet Funk, These boots are made for walking

2011-12-21T19:26:00.003+01:00

You keep saying you've got something for me
something you call love, but confess
You've been messing where you shouldn't have been a messing
and now someone else is getting all your best.

These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
one of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.

You keep lying, when you ought to be truthing
and you keep losing when you ought not to bet.
You keep saming when you ought to be changing
Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet.

These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.

You keep playing where you shouldn't be playing
and you keep thinking that you´ll never get burnt.
Ha! I just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah
and what he knows you ain't had time to learn.

Are you ready boots? Start walkin'!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FMoTrPY-cP0

Elizabeth Warren - US Senate candidate on OWS

2011-11-28T15:00:00.001+01:00

Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren, who is running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts as a Democrat, revealed that she was a Republican until the 1980s, and she came out in strong support of the Occupy Wall Street protests

Thw Wasington Post on Zuccotti Park

2011-11-28T14:40:00.000+01:00

Zuccotti Park was cleared of Occupy Wall Street protesters overnight by the order of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

While there are plenty of livestream videos and reports on the scene now (see Melissa Bell’s liveblog here), that wasn’t the case a few hours ago. Continuous firsthand media accounts of the process during the park’s clear out were largely lacking. If you read carefully, you can see a 3 1/2 hour gap in the timeline from the AP’s report otherwise

Declaration of the Occupation of New York

2011-11-23T13:52:00.002+01:00

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members

http://www.nycga.net/resources/declaration/

Occupy Wall Street (OWS)

2011-11-23T13:43:00.002+01:00

Today an Occupy Wall Street initiative called ‘Occupy the Highway’ arrives in Washington DC, having marched from New York City. Two weeks ago, Occupy Wall Street participants in Manhattan embarked on the epic journey. Their goals were to make the new movement visible in more communities, to connect with other occupations along the way, and to further a national dialogue about how to reclaim our democracy.

http://occupywallst.org/

Wish you were here

2011-11-07T14:09:00.004+01:00

http://www.guitar-tube.com/watch/wish_you_were_here.html

So, so you think you can tell

Heaven from Hell,

Blue skys from pain.

Can you tell a green field

From a cold steel rail?

A smile from a veil?

Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade

Your heros for ghosts?

Hot ashes for trees?

Hot air for a cool breeze?

Cold comfort for change?

And did you exchange

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.

We're just two lost souls

Swimming in a fish bowl,

Year after year,

Running over the same old ground.

What have we found?

The same old fears.

Wish you were here.

The Queen visits Ireland, Croke Park

2011-06-07T00:49:00.000+02:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13434653

The Queen visits Ireland

2011-06-07T00:46:00.000+02:00

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/may/17/queen-visits-ireland-in-pictures#/?picture=374711041&index=15

Jill Abramson, 1st Lady of the 'Gray Lady'

2011-06-04T23:14:00.000+02:00

Jill Abramson is the 1st woman to direct the New York Times (called the Gray Lady) in its 160 years of history. Watch the interview on CNN.

Bob Kennedy on GNP, ethics in economy

2011-05-27T19:09:00.001+02:00

Robert F. Kennedy
University of Kansas
March 18, 1968

"Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National Product, now, is over $800 billion dollars a year, but that Gross National Product - if we judge the United States of America by that - that Gross National Product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and counts nuclear warheads and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children. Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it can tell us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans."

Trinity exams results

2011-05-03T20:36:00.000+02:00

Congratulations!
The great majority of the students managed to pass the Trinity exams, a few with merit too.
Results are on display at the student's office.
Let me remind you to use the certification to get your school credits.
Contact the teacher in charge of your as soon as possible.

Trinity Exams 2-3 may 2011

2011-04-16T13:48:00.000+02:00

Le date fissate per gli esami trinity sono lunedì 2 e martedì 3 maggio 2011.

Heart of darkness

2011-04-16T13:39:00.000+02:00

"I was thinking of very old times, when the Romans first came here, nineteen hundred years ago... Imagine the feelings of a commander of a fine trireme in the Mediterranean, ordered suddenly to the north;
There's no initiation either into such mysteries. He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable. And it has a fascination, too, that goes to work upon him. The fascination of the abomination—you know Imagine the growing regrets, the longing to escape, the powerless disgust, the surrender, the hate.”

“Mind, none of us would feel exactly like this. What saves us is efficiency—the devotion to efficiency. But these chaps were not much account, really. They were no colonists; their administration was merely a squeeze, and nothing more, I suspect. They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force—nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others. They grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got. It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind—as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it; not a sentimental pretense but an idea; and an unselfish belief in the idea—something you can set up, and bow down before, and offer a sacrifice to. . .”

Bloody Sunday

2011-04-07T13:03:00.000+02:00

Ireland

2011-03-19T13:02:00.002+01:00

Irish election on the Financial Times

2011-03-19T13:01:00.000+01:00

St Patrick's Day

2011-03-19T08:04:00.000+01:00

The 250th parade in New York

1984, War is Peace

2010-12-04T11:35:00.000+01:00

1984

2010-12-04T11:21:00.001+01:00

After the Atomic War the world is divided into three states. London is the capital of Oceania, ruled by a party which has total control of over its citizens.
Winston Smith is a Party worker. He works in the records Department of the Ministry of Truth - the section charged with modifying historical news archives and rewriting history. When by chance Winston uncovers proof that the Party is lying, he embarks on a journey of self-questioning. In doing so, he becomes a thought-criminal.
Winston begins to notice that a young party member, Julia, is watching him. He fears that she is an informant. However, to his surprise, she reveals herself as a subversive and they embark on an illicit and dangerous relationship. They try to escape Big Brother's listening and viewing devices, but, of course, nobody can really escape.

Trinty

2010-11-26T22:02:00.000+01:00

Sono aperte le iscrizioni agli esami Delf (francese) e Trinity (inglese).
Sono entrambe certificazioni che attestano il livello di conoscenza della lingua in base al Quadro Comune Europeo di Riferimento (Qcer) e sono riconosciute a livello internazionale.
I moduli per l'iscrizione e i bollettini prestampati si possono richiedere a tutte le insegnanti di lingue.
La circolare con le indicazioni e i moduli di iscrizione sono inoltre pubblicati sul sito della scuola.
Per ulteriori informazioni sulle certificazioni del Trinity College, seguite il link posto in alto, su questo sito.

Bankers without borders

2010-11-26T21:52:00.001+01:00

The Grameen Bank, the first microcredit bank financing poor people in poor countries, founded 'Bankers without borders' relying on volunteers' willingness to help with their time and skills: "utilizing private-sector resources—people who can contribute a few hours a week or a few months of their lives—to make a difference helping the poorest of the poor".
Visit their website by clicking on the title.

John Peter Sloan - Inglese Essenziale - Lezione 3

2010-11-16T12:44:00.001+01:00

John Peter Sloan - Inglese Essenziale - Lezione 2

2010-11-16T12:41:00.002+01:00

John Peter Sloan - Inglese Essenziale - Lezione 1

2010-11-16T12:36:00.002+01:00

Welcome back

2010-09-06T19:07:00.000+02:00

Hello everybody!
I hope you enjoyed your holidays and are ready to start school again.
See you there on the 13th.

Trinity Exams - official results

2010-06-30T19:43:00.000+02:00

We have received today from Triniy College of London the official results of the Gese exams held in may.
The certificates will be included in the students' personal file at school.

World Cup Tourism

2010-06-21T22:09:00.001+02:00

Financial Time's article on prespectives for the tournament.

III A Igea Summer Homework

2010-06-09T09:09:00.000+02:00

Studiare la geografia politica degli Usa (localizzazione dei 50 Stati).
Leggere La capanna dello zio Tom.
Leggere e tradurre la poesia e il brano di Scott Momaday già analizzati in classe.
Brano da House made of dawn
Poesia To a child running with outstretched arms in Canyon de Chelly

III A Geometri Summer Homework

2010-06-09T09:06:00.000+02:00

Lettura e traduzione del racconto di Oscar Wilde The nightingale and the rose.
Ripasso grammaticale: past progressive, comparativi, pronomi relativi (e frasi da essi introdotte).

I A Summer Homework

2010-06-09T08:59:00.000+02:00

Ripasso grammaticale sul Grammar Files
File 11 present simple/ continuous pp.92-101
File 18 past simple, pp.144-153
File 19 past simple/ past progressive pp.154-163
Esercizi di traduzione: file 11 p.383, file 18 p.385, file 19 p.386

II A Summer Homework

2010-06-08T22:29:00.001+02:00

Lettura, traduzione ed analisi del racconto di Oscar Wilde The Nightingale and the rose
Esercizi sul Grammar Files, Capitolo sull'uso dell'articolo determinativo e indeterminativo

IV Igea summer homework

2010-06-08T22:17:00.001+02:00

George Orwell, 1984, in italiano
George Orwell, Animal farm, in English
Ripasso di grammatica e struttura della lettera commerciale
Creare un account gmail e inviarlo per essere inseriti come autori sul blog.
Per chiarimenti scrivere o chiedere ad Ilaria che l'ha già fatto.

Esami di stato

2010-06-08T21:53:00.002+02:00

Ricordo che per la terza prova scritta sono previste tre domande aperte, per ciascuna delle quali sono previste 10 righe di risposta.
Nel programma sul libro di testo gli argomenti sono:
cap.3 Banking
cap.9 Marketing and advertising
cap.10 E-commerce
Per quanto riguarda il Sudafrica, sono da considerare i materiali consegnati durante l'anno, riguardanti la simbologia della nuova bandiera, le leggi segregazioniste, il movimento anti-apartheid, Nelson Mandela e Steve Biko,la Freedom Charter e la nuova costituzione.
Controllate la vostra mail e per chiarimenti scrivete a trinity.sesto@gmail.com.

5°A IGEA 2010/2011

2010-06-08T10:20:00.001+02:00

Ragazzi collegatevi al blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

More on European CV

2010-05-29T19:54:00.000+02:00

Find instructions and model CVs on Europass website - Europass CV

European CV

2010-05-29T19:19:00.001+02:00

Link a Europass - CV Template, l'impaginazione europea standard per il curriculum.
Scaricate il modello di file compilatelo (English version, of course)e inviatelo come file allegato via mail trinity.sesto@gmail.com

Esami di Stato

2010-05-16T16:52:00.001+02:00

La tesina non è obbligatoria.
Consiglio comunque un percorso per integrare le discipline.
I candidati esterni possono chiamare Tatiana presso la segreteria didattica e concordare un colloquio con i docenti. Io sarò a scuola martedì pomeriggio.
Se l'argomento della tesina fosse economico, la parte di lingua inglese possono essere articoli del Financial Times (o altri inerenti).

2010-04-29T14:05:00.002+02:00

Stage in Galles

2010-03-15T17:49:00.000+01:00

A causa del ritiro della candidatura da parte di un numero di studenti tale da non consentire il mantenimento delle tariffe concordate con la Conlan School, il nostro istituto rinuncia per quest'anno ad organizzare lo stage.
Coloro che hanno versato la quota di anticipo possono richiedere il rimborso compilando il modulo approntato dalla segrteria e allegando copia del bollettino.

Stage in Galles

2010-03-05T18:12:00.001+01:00

A seguito della riunione svoltasi oggi pomeriggio, ricordo a tutti coloro che hanno presentato domanda di partecipazione che:
1. tutti gli studenti delle classi seconda, terza e quarta sono stati ammessi a partecipare;
2. i partecipanti devono versare la quota di anticipo di 200 euro entro il 10 marzo;
3. gli studenti delle classi prime verranno ammessi in caso di rinuncia da parte degli studenti delle classi più alte (o acquisiscono priorità di accesso per l'anno successivo);
4. le cifre di spesa preventivate sono di 460 euro per la scuola e 280 per il viaggio aereo;
5. i voli sono: dom 19 sett Malpensa h 19:50 - Manchester h 21:05
dom 26 sett Manchester h 15:55 - Malpensa h:19:15
6. la seconda tranche di pagamento è prevista per la fine delle attività didattiche (5 maggio) e la terza per settembre;
7. le condizioni previste dalla scuola sono elencate nel post precedente.

Stage in Gran Bretagna - programma e condizioni

2010-03-01T20:31:00.004+01:00

Il soggiorno si svolgerà presso il centro di Conlan School ad Abergele nel Galles del Nord. Abergele si trova nella Contea di Conwy, ha una popolazione di 12.000 abitanti, è situata sulla costa nel Galles del Nord, distante 56 chilometri da Chester e circa 100 chilometri da Manchester e Liverpool. La splendida posizione offre agli studenti la possibilità di usufruire delle varie attrazioni che la costa, la campagna e le “rotonde” colline Gallese offrono. Conwy è conosciuta in tutto il mondo per il suo splendido Castello Medievale, considerato World Heritage Site.

Il programma di una settimana prevede:
- Programma didattico di 20 lezioni settimanali di 45 min ciascuna – in gruppi studio massimo 15 studenti ciascuno
- Sistemazione in famiglia (2 studenti per famiglia) con pensione completa (packed lunch per il pranzo)
- Materiale didattico
- Certificato di fine corso
- 2 gite di mezza giornata con nostro accompagnatore: alcune destinazioni sono: la località balneare Llandudno, il castello e la cittadina di Conwy, la città romana Chester, il castello di Bodelwyddan, ed altre similari)
- 1 gita di una giornata intera con nostro accompagnatore: Liverpool, Manchester, Snowdonia National Park, Salford Quays
- utilizzo gratuito di e-mail e internet presso “Itaca…”, nuovo Internet Café e Bistro situato al piano terra di Conlan
- abbonamento mezzi pubblici per la durata di tutto il periodo
- trasferta andata e ritorno dall’aeroporto di Liverpool o di Manchester

Recesso
- Qualora, per motivi di forza maggiore, il gruppo di studenti non intendesse più usufruire del servizio prenotato, con la accettazione della presente offerta, la Società Conlan LtD avrà diritto di ritenere, senza altra comunicazione, la caparra confirmatoria versata con la accettazione della presente offerta; e qualora la rinuncia venga espressa entro il 30° giorno antecedente la data di partenza prevista, ricevere una ulteriore penale pari al 20% del prezzo complessivo.
- In caso di recesso parziale, di uno o più studenti, la presente offerta rimane valida per un numero non inferiore a 10 studenti. In questa ipotesi sara comunque dovuta una penale pari al prezzo per ogni mancato partecipante dedotto il solo costo della Host family, pari ad euro 150,00 per settimana di permanenza.

Contatti internet
Sul sito della Conlan School è possibile trovare ulteriori informazioni ed immagini della città e della zona circostante.
Anche su Facebook è possibile consultare la pagina Conlan School Students and Friends, utilizzata dagli studenti che hanno già frequentato i corsi.

Conlan School

2010-02-25T23:11:00.002+01:00

Collegamento al sito web della Conlan School, in italiano. Oltre alle informazioni sulla scuola, sono presenti anche video della città di Abergele e della provincia (county) di Conwy.

Mandela is free

2010-02-12T20:18:00.003+01:00

Financial Times' comment on 11 Feb celebrations

2010-02-12T20:10:00.000+01:00

Financial Times' disenchanted comment South Africa's political situation 20 years after the release of Nelson Mandela and the end of apartheid system.

[...] even fervent loyalists are finding it hard to deny the depth of party divisions, with squabbling between the leadership and the radical Youth League, along with its allies in the Communist party and the trade union movement, becoming an almost daily occurrence. [...]

To complicate matters, Jacob Zuma, the president and the man whose charisma and popularity had brought the various factions together to remove Thabo Mbeki from office 18 months ago, is bedevilled by sexual scandal. [...]

The ANC’s leftwing allies in the Communist party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions want a looser fiscal and monetary stance to create jobs. They criticise the way in which black economic empowerment policies have enriched a small group of businessmen who have political connections.

Nelson Mandela's speech in Durban, Natal

2010-02-12T19:49:00.000+01:00

25 February 1990

Friends, comrades, and the people of Natal, I greet you all. I do so in the name of peace, the peace that is so desperately and urgently needed in this region.

In Natal, apartheid is a deadly cancer in our midst, setting house against house, and eating away at the precious ties that bound us together. This strife among ourselves wastes our energy and destroys our unity. My message to those of you involved in this battle of brother against brother is this: take your guns, your knives, and your pangas, and throw them into the sea. Close down the death factories. End this war now! [...]

In 1906, at the time when Bambatha led sections of Africans in a war to destroy the Poll Tax, our brothers who originated from India, led by Mahatma Gandhi, fought against the oppression of the British Government. In 1913, we see Indian workers striking in the sugar-cane plantations and in the coal mines. These actions show the oppressed of South Africa waging a struggle to end exploitation and oppression, mounting an important challenge to the repressive British rule. [...]

We have already waited for our freedom for far too long. We can wait no longer. Join forces, Indians, Coloureds, Africans and freedom-loving Whites, to give apartheid its final blow. In the process, let us develop active democracy. Democratic structures which serve the people must be established in every school, township, village, factory and farm.

Since my release, I have become more convinced than ever that the real makers of history are the ordinary men and women of our country; their participation in every decision about the future is the only guarantee of true democracy and freedom. [...]

Nelson Mandela's speech after his release

2010-02-12T19:32:00.002+01:00

NELSON MANDELA'S ADDRESS TO RALLY IN CAPE TOWN ON HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON
11 February 1990

Friends, comrades and fellow South Africans.
I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.
I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.[...]

In conclusion I wish to quote my own words during my trial in 1964. They are true today as they were then:
'I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.'

Nelson Mandela on BBC

2010-02-12T19:11:00.003+01:00

Watch the videos on BBC website

South Africa honours Nelson Mandela's walk to freedom | World news | The Guardian

2010-02-12T09:29:00.001+01:00

South Africa honours Nelson Mandela's walk to freedom | World news | The Guardian
Celebrations for Mandela's release on the British press.

Nelson Mandela - 20 years of freedom

2010-02-12T09:22:00.001+01:00

Read the articles and watch the video of Nelson Mandela's release and the end of the apartheid system in South Africa on the 20th anniversary (11th february 1990 - 11th february 2010).

Advertisement, Mini Cooper

2010-02-04T13:56:00.002+01:00

Students of 5th igea, please comment the ad

Advertisement, Royal Mail

2010-02-04T13:52:00.000+01:00

Students of 5th igea, please comment the ad

Advertisement, Cadbury's gorilla

2010-02-04T13:48:00.003+01:00

Students of 5th igea, please comment the ad

Advertisement, Haiti

2010-02-04T13:45:00.001+01:00

Students of 5th igea, please comment the ad

Arts and Crafts Movement

2010-02-01T20:56:00.000+01:00

By 1860 a vocal minority had become profoundly disturbed by the level to which style, craftsmanship, and public taste had sunk in the wake of the Industrial Revolution and its mass-produced and banal decorative arts...

See the page on Encyclopaedia Britannica

William Morris - decorative arts

2010-02-01T20:42:00.000+01:00

See William Morris' original designs for furniture, wallpaper and tapestry, still produced today.

Solar thermal industry - 5th Igea

2010-02-01T17:26:00.000+01:00

This is rhe link to Estif website

Trinity - intractive task grades 7 and 8

2010-01-31T18:34:00.000+01:00

Trinity - topic form grade 6

2010-01-31T18:32:00.002+01:00

Trinity - topic form grade 5

2010-01-31T18:31:00.002+01:00

Trinity - topic form grade 4

2010-01-31T18:29:00.000+01:00

Trinity examinations - topic preparation

2010-01-31T18:24:00.002+01:00

Trinity examinations - video

2010-01-31T18:19:00.000+01:00

Trinity examinations - programmes

2010-01-31T18:12:00.001+01:00

William Morris, News from nowhere

2010-01-24T23:02:00.001+01:00

Watch the first edition of this remarkable book

Suffragettes

2010-01-23T17:13:00.003+01:00

Click on the title to read a short article about the movement in favour of women's right to vote. More articles can be found on BBC's website.

UK facts and figures

2010-01-14T06:41:00.002+01:00

Fill the blanks in the text 'UK Factfile' on page 306 using the words listed below
1. western; 2. Wales; 3. northern; 4. Atlantic; 5. 244,820; 6. 60,776,238; 7. 92; 8. 8; 9. London; 10. constitutional; 11. Queen Elizabeth II; 12. 1952; 13. 54.

Union Jack

2010-01-12T18:32:00.003+01:00

Uniting 3 flags in one. Just click above!

Terza Geometri - studenti all'estero

2010-01-10T11:19:00.000+01:00

La terza geometri ha già cominciato a correggere la traduzione del primo capitolo dal libro 'Brick in the Wall', ovvero Earth. Attendo la consegna del lavoro da parte degli studenti all'estero, quanto prima...

Simple past, past continuous, past perfect

2009-12-10T14:20:00.003+01:00

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Past tenses

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10th Cosatu National Congress - September 2009

2009-12-10T14:14:00.001+01:00

Present simple and progressive

2009-12-03T14:49:00.001+01:00

Basics Of English Grammar

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2009-12-03T14:48:00.001+01:00

Movies by Michael Moore

2009-11-26T16:09:00.001+01:00

Roger & Me
Moore first became famous for his 1989 film, Roger & Me, a documentary about what happened to Flint, Michigan after General Motors closed its factories and opened new ones in Mexico, where the workers were paid much less. Since then Moore has been known as a critic of the neoliberal view of globalization. "Roger" is Roger B. Smith, former CEO and president of General Motors.

Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint
(1992) is a short (23-minute) documentary film that was aired on PBS. It is based on the feature-length film Roger & Me (1989) by Michael Moore. The film's title refers to Rhonda Britton, a Flint, Michigan, resident featured in both the 1989 and 1992 films who sells rabbits as either pets or meat.[citation needed]

Canadian Bacon
In 1995, Moore released a satirical film, Canadian Bacon, which features a fictional US president (played by Alan Alda) engineering a fake war with Canada in order to boost his popularity. It is noted for containing a number of Canadian and American stereotypes, and for being Moore's only non-documentary film. The film is also one of the last featuring Canadian-born actor John Candy, and also features a number of cameos by other Canadian actors. In the film, several potential enemies for America's next great campaign are discussed by the president and his cabinet. (The scene was strongly influenced by the Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove.) The President comments that declaring war on Canada was as ridiculous as declaring war on international terrorism. His military adviser, played by Rip Torn, quickly rebuffs this idea, saying that no one would care about "... a bunch of guys driving around blowing up rent-a-cars."

The Big One
In 1997, Moore directed The Big One, which documents the tour publicizing his book Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American, in which he criticizes mass layoffs despite record corporate profits. Among others, he targets Nike for outsourcing shoe production to Indonesia.

Bowling for Columbine
Moore's 2002 film, Bowling for Columbine, probes the culture of guns and violence in the United States, taking as a starting point the Columbine High School massacre of 1999. Bowling for Columbine won the Anniversary Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival[22] and France's Cesar Award as the Best Foreign Film. In the United States, it won the 2002 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. It also enjoyed great commercial and critical success for a film of its type and became, at the time, the highest-grossing mainstream-released documentary (a record now held by Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11). It was praised by some for illuminating a subject slighted by the mainstream media, but it was attacked by others who considered it inaccurate and misleading in its presentations and suggested interpretations of events.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11 examines America in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, particularly the record of the Bush administration and alleged links between the families of George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden. Fahrenheit was awarded the Palme d'Or, the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival; it was the first documentary film to win the prize since 1956. Moore later announced that Fahrenheit 9/11 would not be in consideration for the 2005 Academy Award for Documentary Feature, but instead for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He stated he wanted the movie to be seen by a few million more people, preferably on television, by election day. Since November 2 was less than nine months after the film's release, it would be disqualified for the Documentary Oscar.[clarification needed] Moore also said he wanted to be supportive of his "teammates in non-fiction film." However, Fahrenheit received no Oscar nomination for Best Picture. The title of the film alludes to the classic book Fahrenheit 451 about a future totalitarian state in which books are banned; according to the book, paper begins to burn at 451 degrees Fahrenheit. The pre-release subtitle of the film confirms the allusion: "The temperature at which freedom burns." At the box office, Fahrenheit 9/11 remains the highest-grossing documentary of all time, taking in over US$200 million worldwide, including United States box office revenue of almost US$120 million.[3]
Sicko
Moore directed this film about the American health care system, focusing particularly on the managed-care and pharmaceutical industries. At least four major pharmaceutical companies—Pfizer, Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, and GlaxoSmithKline—ordered their employees not to grant any interviews to Moore.[23][24][25] According to Moore on a letter at his website, "roads that often surprise us and lead us to new ideas – and challenge us to reconsider the ones we began with have caused some minor delays." The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2007, receiving a lengthy standing ovation, and was released in the U.S. and Canada on 29 June 2007.[26] The film was the subject of some controversy when it became known that Moore went to Cuba with chronically ill September 11th rescue workers to shoot parts of the film. The United States is looking into whether this violates the trade embargo. The film is currently ranked the third highest grossing documentary of all time[3] and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.[27]
Captain Mike Across America
[28] Moore takes a look at the politics of college students in what he calls "Bush Administration America" with this film shot during Moore's 60-city college campus tour in the months leading up to the 2004 election.[29][30] The film was later re-edited by Moore into Slacker Uprising.

Capitalism: A Love Story
On September 23, 2009, Moore released a new movie titled Capitalism: A Love Story, which looks at the financial crisis of 2007–2009 and the U.S. economy during the transition between the incoming Obama Administration and the outgoing Bush Administration. Addressing a press conference at its release, Moore said, "Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy. So Obama will rise or fall based not so much on what he does but on what we do to support him."

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I have a dream, Martin Luther King, Jr

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal.
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right there in Alabama little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the south. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that one day we will be free.
This will be the day this will be the day when all God's children will be able to sing with new meaning "My country, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my father’s died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring. " And if America is to become a great nation this must become true.
So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped peaks of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California. Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!
And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all God's children, black men and white men Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of an old black spiritual: "At last we are free! At last we are free! Thank God almighty we are free at last!"

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