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President Patrick E. White welcomed the men of the Wabash College Class of 2016 and their families, and charged the students to take their lives seriously and pursue with rigor their highest ambitions and dreams.
Over 260 men sat in the balcony of the Pioneer Chapel Saturday as the President issued his charge. Using the hand bell that once belonged to Wabash's first teacher, Caleb Mills, Dr. White — quoting Shakespeare — rang in the class, which marks the official beginning of the students' lives as Wabash men.
"If you are ready to take up this challenge — to take on the responsibility embedded in your dreams, to take on the care for your own lives and that of your brothers and all the men and women of Wabash; to set as your goal the wise, virtuous, and generous life embodied in the Gentleman's Rule and the Wabash mission to think critically, act responsibly, lead effectively, and live humanely. If you are ready, stand with pride so that I might continue the tradition that harks back to the first professor of Wabash College, Caleb Mills, and using his bell, ring you into the company of Wabash men."
And as he has done with each of the seven classes he has rung in, President White invited the students, who were seated in the balcony, to stand as he said, "I want to take a moment to introduce you to some of your greatest teachers: Please shake the hands of the men on your right and on your left; introduce yourselves. Yes, your fellow freshmen, these men of the Class of 2016, will be your teachers. The names you are hearing now, perhaps for the first time, will become ever more important to you as time goes on."
In his remarks, the President encouraged the students to take responsibility for their lives at Wabash and seize the opportunities the College provides.
"I urge you, as I urge myself, to move ahead each day with confidence—even with courage—to learn, to grow, and to imagine new possibilities for yourself, your classmates, and now Wabash, your College," said the President.
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Steve Klein served as emcee of the ceremony, and formally introduced the class using some impressive numbers.
"You found your way to Crawfordsville from 21 states and five foreign countries," he said, "and more important than all of your luggage, you bring a wide range of religious, cultural, and racial backgrounds to this campus.
"I note this, not because it reads well in a college guide, but because it is an integral part of the Wabash experience. As we strive to best prepare you for an increasingly diverse society, the characteristics of our student body becomes an ever more important part of your education."
Dean Klein explained that the College received over 1,500 applications for the Class of 2016 and just 260 students have the honor of standing tall as Wabash men. Among the freshmen are 52 legacies, including 21 whose fathers attended Wabash and 17 whose brothers are presently enrolled or have attended the College.
In keeping with tradition, Dean Klein reeled off some of the intriguing attributes of this year's freshmen. "Being a Wabash man goes beyond academic achievement," the Dean said. "It requires character, competitiveness, balance, a pioneering spirit, and a drive to impact society."
There are 25 Eagle Scouts in the Class of 2016, 31 men who participated in Boys State, 55 student government officers, and 38 men who acted and performed in high school and community theaters.
A member of the Class of 2016 was a circus performer, another traveled internationally to Europe to play in an orchestra, and one man competes in equestrian events across the country (still another freshman trains race horses).
One Little Giant founded a sign language club, another worked as a television weather man, and a member of the class even modeled for Hollister.
The class includes a man who built an electrostatic ozone generator that purifies water, and another built a parabolic solar reflector that cooks hot dogs using only sunlight. At least one man has taken the Polar Bear Plunge, another has published a short story in an international literary review, and the class includes a decorated cadet commander for the Civil Air Patrol.
Greg Castanias '87, the President of the National Association of Wabash Men, welcomed the students and their families to the Wabash community.
"Today is the day that you really become men," Castanias said. "Today is the day you become Wabash men. This is the first chapter of your lives as a grown-up. But you won't just be writing the first chapter of your adult lives today; you'll be authoring the next chapter of Wabash history, and Wabash traditions."
Castanias, an attorney and partner in the Washington office of Jones Day, described a bit of Wabash's history and explained the College's love of traditions. He also described attributes of all Wabash men.
"There are common threads that run through the Wabash man," he said. "Wabash men are, above all, passionate. Our wives and partners often remind us that we are also probably more opinionated than we need to be, but sometimes, that's just the price of being passionate about things.
"Wabash men are men of honor. They stand up for what they believe to be right, even when that may be an unpopular view….
"Wabash men are tenacious. Fierce. That's where 'Wabash Always Fights!' comes from."
Castanias said the things that make up Wabash men and Wabash culture can be summed up in the motto, Scientiae et Virtuti. He recalled how his freshman advisor, the late English Professor Don Baker, explained that the motto called men to start thinking and deciding for themselves — to start making their own lives. He quoted Baker, saying, "That's what the motto of the College implies. Scientiae et Virtuti. Knowledge and manhood. Know-how and guts. Wisdom and moral courage."
"Simply put, the Wabash College culture will make you into a man," said Castanias. "A good and learned man; a better man; the kind of man that the 21st century world needs lots of, and will surely have too few of."
President White made sure the new students understood that it was their responsibility to share their time at Wabash with their families.
"Gentlemen of the Class of 2016, I urge you to share your experience with your family. Let them know what you are learning, how you are changing; let them be a good part of your experience here. They want to be a part of this adventure with you."
And to the parents, he said, "You all will come to know and love this College as much as any alumnus because you, like an alumnus of the College, will see the good work of Wabash reflected in the growth and accomplishment of your son for the rest of his life.
"Remember too, and I mean this with all my heart, you have not lost a son, you have gained a college."'
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31 May, 2012
Sometimes, loyalty to a big boss is everything when one needs to make a mammoth step in his or her career. This rule is 100% applicable in the promotional case of Igor Holmanskih – a regular foreman of Uralvagonzavod Plant in the Urals of Russia before the 21st of May of 2012. His story resembles very much the one of Cinderella. And the role of the fairy was brilliantly performed by President Putin himself.
Holmanskih, a middle-level employee of the engineering plant in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia received an offer he could not resist. He was proposed by the newly elected president Vladimir Putin to become his Plenipotentiary in the Ural federal district. (The Russian Federation is divided into 8 federal districts with the President's Plenipotentiary in each). On the 21st of May Mr. Holmanskih already hosted the first press-conference in his new status. The news of one of the first post-inauguration appointments was certainly sensational. From rags to riches in a twinkle of an eye! From the levers of a regular machine to the levers of state management in just two shakes of a lamb's tail!
On the 18th of May Igor
How could this happen? Very easily, in fact! At the height of the massive public protests against the regime, in winter, Holmanskih was the one to strongly and ardently support Mr. Putin. During the space bridge with the then prime-minister and the presidential candidate Vladimir Putin he announced from the shop floor of his native plant: 'I want to tell you about all these meetings. If our police cannot work and cannot cope with the ongoing situation, my men and me can march out [to Moscow] and defend our stability, within the framework of the functioning law of course'. This is exactly what he had said loudly and confidently. By 'stability' he meant the regular job and regular wages at his plant which became possible, according to his words, after Putin's visit to Uralvagonzavod. This space bridge was transmitted by the nationwide Rossiya TV-channel and made the plant and its employee very-well known in the country. This kind of fame cannot last forever though. After the presidential elections people forgot about the Uralvagonzavod story and about Holmanskih. But not President Putin! It is very likely that he was grateful to the foreman for the support, seeming really sincere in his words and actions. And immediately after the presidential inauguration Putin granted a loyal workman from Urals with a very high position in the Russian political system. Presidential Plenipotentiary in the federal district represents the head of state on the territory of this district and reports directly to the bug guy. To demonstrate the weight of this kind of post, it is enough to say that such influential members of Putin's team as Dmitry Kozak and Alexander Hloponin hold similar positions.
Mr. Holmanskih definitely looks as a white crow on the list of Putin's plenipotentiaries. His political future is funnily vague. The newly-hatched boss will probably be rapidly and silently replaced when the PR-effect of this appointment exhausts itself. The contrary could happen too by the way – he might hold the post for a long time to come, reigning but not ruling, like the English Queen does. This will become clear and known in a little while. But the main lesson given as a result of the incident is pretty obvious: loyalty can be much more important to Putin than proficiency when choosing people to run a certain high-level office. That's what he clearly meant by this Uralvagonzavod move. Meanwhile, the new Russia — if there is any at all — is waiting for the wise, knowledgeable, competent and independent-minded civil servants to get to the helm of the nation .
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And that's a very sad piece of moral to be fed to the Russian people and to have the entire country swallow it. We think Russia needs new type of national leaders to get to the helm of the country and lead it in compliance with internationally acknowledged rules and regulations, not forgetting of course the importance of national feelings and peculiarities. Time for this kind of administrative style is hopefully not too far away – it must be just around the corner, emerging slowly but surely. Part of me says that the abominable communistic method of choosing and placing the cadres will soon be dead and gone in Russia. Amen!


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The Norwich Crown Court jury has returned verdicts on some of the charges involving members of a West Norfolk family and have cleared one man of all offences
The jury hearing the long-running trial involving members of a West Norfolk family, who are accused of kidnapping and beating a man and his pregnant partner, have returned some guilty verdicts in the case but cleared one man of all charges he faced.
Norwich Crown Court has heard how trouble flared after the death of Gertrude Frankham, in December 2012, at her home, in Walpole St Andrew.
It is alleged the woman, who was heavily pregnant, and her partner were kidnapped on separate occasions and assaulted so she made a false confession that her partner had smothered the grandmother with a pillow and had been stealing from her.
The jury which has been out considering verdicts in the case, have not reached any decision on all the charges faced by defendants but cleared Jason Chilton, 27, of Dades Lane, Wisbech, of the two remaining charges he faced of kidnap and false imprisonment. He earlier had been cleared on direction of the judge of two wounding charges he also faced.
The jury also found Eddie Dolan, jnr, 18 of Flower Farm Bungalow, Walpole, guilty of kidnapping and false imprisonment of the male victim and Diane Evans, 18, of Cherry Road, Wisbech, was found guilty of the one charge she faced of false imprisonment.
Vanessa Frankham, 48, of Wisbech Road, Walpole St Andrew, was convicted of kidnapping the female victim but the jury are still to reach verdicts on other charges of blackmail, wounding with intent and robbery, she also faces.
A 17 year-old youth who cannot be named for legal reasons was convicted of kidnap and false imprisonment of the woman.
The jury has now been sent home for the weekend and will return on Monday to carry on with their deliberations.
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Healing Troubled Waters
The documentary "Healing Troubled Waters" documents the work of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Trust. The Trust was started in 2002, as the implementing agency for the Govt of tamil Nadu and UNDP-GEF project "Conservation and Sustainable use of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve's Coastal Biodiversity". The focus of the project is to empower local communities to manage the coastal ecosystem and wild resources in partnership with Government and other stakeholders, making all accountable. The film highlights the importance of the project in the light of the rich biodiversity of the region and the threats which it faces due to fishing practices. It brings out the successful interventions of the project in relation to protection, research and livelihood options.


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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has officially fired a district chief whose brief marriage to a teenager triggered public outcry in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
Aceng Fikri, chief of Garut district in West Java province, took a 17-year-old as his second wife in July, but quickly divorced her via a short text message, arguing she was not a virgin. He said he spent about $26,000 on the wedding.
Officials said the president signed Fikri's dismissal letter on Wednesday. The local council in Garut had recommended Fikri's dismissal following protests by students and rights activists, and the Supreme Court approved it last month.
Some Muslims believe that men can end a marriage by simply telling their wives they are divorcing them. However, divorce by text message is uncommon.


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On May 26, the highly anticipated winners of the Belle Coco Republic Interior Design Awards 2017 were announced at the Coco Republic flagship store in Alexandria, NSW. The awards are all about celebrating and rewarding excellence in design and decoration, as well as supporting creativity and innovation of the interior design industry across residential, hospitality and commercial.
For the first time, Luxaflex was proud to be a part of this prestigious award, sponsoring the 'Best Residential Interior' category. The winner of the award category receives a $3,000 voucher from Luxaflex as part of the prize package.
From an outstanding array of entries showcasing the best in the interior design industry, this year's winner of the 'Best Residential Interior' is William Smart of William Smart Design for Indigo Slam in Sydney's Chippendale.
The brief was for Indigo Slam to last 100 years. With this brief, materials and fittings were selected to last, where operable elements used were mechanically operated rather than digitally operated. William says that "Spaces are large but not ostentatious. Internal finishes are modest and pared-back: floors are brick-paved, walls are set render, fittings are simple". Also named 'Best Kitchen Interior' and 'Best Bathroom Interior' for Indigo Slam, it is "a piece of sculpture to be lived in".
Luxaflex would like to extend our deepest congratulations to William Smart for his outstanding performance. For more information on the winners, pick up a copy of the June/July issue of Belle magazine.
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Legal solutions are what a startup needs the most while starting up a new company. It is the time when the business owners and company developers need a helping hand to design all the legal documents. Definitely a common person is not aware of all complications and legal processes that are required to be followed in devising such documents. this is the best time to register a company for its structure development. In such a case the company needs to develop the employment agreement for the betterment of the company as well as for the company employees to save time and keep all things away from any complication in the future.
A company requires a legal partnership agreement for the legal partners that will be there to share all operations and financial benefits. These documents are very important and should be devised in a way that there is no flaw left behind.
In addition to the partnership agreement a company also needs a heads of agreement to ensure all liabilities and possible issues within the partnership setup. It will benefit the company in the long run.
It is also better for the shareholder to have a well defined shareholders agreement. For the better, the agreement should be designed in a balanced way and keep the shareholders away from possible complexities in all aspects.
In addition to all these agreements and other legal documentation processes, there should also be a non-disclosure agreement that will not only make the company secure and also each partner feel easy to deal with all processes.
In Australia, you can find various companies and legal advisory services that can easily help startups to develop the whole legal infrastructure of the company. It is better to get a professional help to avoid any loopholes and devise the whole setup in a perfect manner and develop all legal documents in a hassle free and easy manner.


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The University of Auckland graduation ceremony we attended was for optometry and science degrees for people with surnames in the last half of the alphabet.
If appearance and names could be relied on as a guide, a sprinkling of the graduands were Maori or Pacific; more than a third were Pakeha and nearly half were Asian.
That was three years ago and it sounds like there still aren't many Pacific students opting for science.
A Pacific community leader has warned of a "Pasifika uprising" if the Government goes through with a threat to force Auckland University to take more engineering students, which may cause redundancies in other faculties.
Rev Uesifili UNasa, the university's chaplain and head of Auckland Council's Pacific Peoples Advisory Panel, said the move threatened Pacific participation in the university, which was concentrated in faculties such as arts and education. . .
The strategy he is attacking is designed to encourage more students in disciplines with skills shortages.
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce told a Herald series on job/skill mismatches, which began yesterday, that he would direct the university to take more engineering and science students if it did not do so voluntarily in response to funding changes.
This year's Budget lifted funding for engineering by $42 million, or 8.8 per cent, and for science by $17 million (2 per cent), while funding for all other subjects was frozen.
Funding disciplines in need of graduates is sensible policy which makes best use of scarce public funds.
The chaplain would be serving his students better if he dropped the rhetoric and put his energy into dealing with whatever stops all but a few considering science or engineering which are far more likely to lead to job opportunities.


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The original Star Wars had a huge impact on pop culture. As a child, nothing in the film had more impact on me than the cantina scene -- and judging from the changes in dance music and imitations that followed I wasn't alone. What better occasion to reflect on the film's impact than May the Fourth, also celebrated as Star Wars Day.
Star Wars was released on 25 May 1977. I was probably three years old when I saw it in the theater because my fourth birthday followed a couple of weeks later and there were Star Wars dolls* emerging from the middle of a birthday bundt cake. After The Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas would increasingly strain to appeal directly to children by introducing cuddly aliens and increasingly relying on cartoonish CGI but for me and many other children, Star Wars was already deeply appealing, dark and sometimes frightening as it was.
For comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell, the cantina scene was the "threshold crossing" in the "hero's journey." For me it was a bit like viewing an ethnographic bestiary -- or a Halloween party (in the 1970s, Halloween hadn't yet been hijacked by adults and turned into streetwalker cosplay). One of the cheif appeals of Star Wars was its mystery and world building -- something which the expansion of the franchise would later explain away with banal backstories -- but on full display in the cantina. Of all the characters,
only Greedo was addressed by a name. The rest of the assembled wore no pageant sashes, name tags, or hash tags and aside from the viewers' understandings of evolution there were few clues as to the conditions of their home worlds.
The Star Wars cantina was what I wish Encounter in LAX's Theme Building had been, and what it will be if they get it right when it's re-opened. What the cantina wasn't was every lame, uninspired hive of pretense and conformity which bills itself (despite having a liquor license) as a "speakeasy." It wasn't illuminated by Edison bulbs, the wines weren't listed on a chalk board, there was no unfinished wooden sign on the building's exterior describing it as an apothecary, and it was probably cash only. The bartender wasn't a lumbersexual and he didn't spend twenty minutes rubbing herbs on a mason jar in the name of "mixology."


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As the tax deadline approaches, you start to sweat trying to find your tax documents and all of the receipts from the prior year. Lucky for you the deadline has been pushed back to April 17th this year, but will those two days actually help you. It really comes down to who you choose to help with your taxes.
The online, do-it-yourself computer software programs such as Turbo Tax are being advertised all over the place this year, telling you how simple it is. Then you have your neighborhood CPA and any other number of people who put a sign outside of there door advertising tax services. Finally you have the well known and all they do is taxes, H & R Block.
After experiencing Turbo Tax, I will have to say there is nothing easy or fun about it, and the results were iffy at best. The problem with the CPA or other tax preparer is how do you know if they are up to date on the latest changes in the tax laws. That brings us to H & R Block. There is something to be said for doing just one thing, you tend to get it right, and that is an accurate statement when it comes to H & R Block.
H & R Block really throws the gauntlet down by offering a free second look at your previous years taxes. They will take a look at your previous year tax return to make sure there are no mistakes and you received the biggest refund you are entitled to. Amazingly they find errors in 2-out-of-3 returns that they look at. You might think catching a small mistake might not be that important and sometimes you might see a very small change, but there are occasions when they can find an error that will net you a few thousand dollars. You just never know, but it certainly is a nice extra benefit for going with H & R Block. What really sets H & R Block apart from everyone else is that they have to spend so many hours per year keeping up on the tax changes.
H & R Block district manager Eileen Brown came up with a list of some of the most common mistakes or omissions that people make on their tax return. Simple math errors are at the top of the list, so computing your numbers with some type of program such as excel to check your math is very important. A few of the other items people might not think of include the qualifying relative exemption, if you take care of a parent or grandchild, education benefits and job search expenses. She also said amazingly that 20% of people eligible to claim the Earned Income Credit fail to take this credit. Also she said a number of people fail to realize that you have to pay tax if you collect unemployment. If you are having serious issues, H & R Block will help you get a free extension beginning April 1st all the way up to the tax deadline.
"Most people think it should be simple, but if you don't know the tax laws, you can skip things," Eileen stated. "You really need to find someone that knows the new tax laws."
H & R Block has made it even easier for you this year as they have H & R Block Online, where you can use the tax pro-finder to help you get the perfect tax specialist to suit your needs. In addition the last day of tax season H & R Block offices will be open the final 24 hours leading up to the tax filing deadline.
If you are worried about time, getting to an H & R Block office or doing taxes yourself, Block Live will allow you to work with a tax professional right from your own home or office. You can scan all of your personal documents and email them to H & R Block and when you meet with your tax professional they will be ready for you. You can even use your smartphone to upload your tax documents. You can do a very simple video chat or you can do a meeting over the phone, but either way they walk you through the entire process and make sure that all of your questions are answered. When you are finished you will leave feeling just as good as if you met your tax professional in their office and shook their hand.
This year when you do your taxes, you only want to do them once and you want that one time to be right. Picking the right tax professional is the most important thing you can do to make sure that you get the biggest refund check that you have coming and that you don't wind up having to worry if any mistakes might catch up with you down the road.
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Benedict (Papadopoulos) of Jerusalem
His Beatitude Benedict of Jerusalem was the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Church of Jerusalem from 1957 to 1980.
Patr. Benedict was born in 1892. He was elected patriarch on January 29, 1957, succeeding Patr. Timotheos who had died over a year earlier. With his election the Jordanian government approved a law establishing new regulations concerning relations between the Confraternity of the Holy Sepulchre (Brotherhood of the Sepulchre - Hagiotaphites Brotherhood) and the indigenous Arab community of the Orthodox Church. While the rules gave the Arab laity a role in the financial affairs of the Patriarchate, and required that the candidates for the offices of the patriarchate be citizens of Jordan, lobbying by the patriarchate with the Jordanians soon resulted in the death of the reforms.
Following his election, Patr. Benedict actively pursued a rehabilitation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Starting in 1961, the structure was completely rehabilitated, including repair of the foundations, and cisterns, and restoration of the interior and exterior walls. Thousand of stones were replaced including removal of old and injection of new mortar. Columns were replaced and new capitals added where needed. However, on December 11, 1980, as the rotunda dome was finished, further restoration of the church came to a halt with the death of Patr. Benedict.
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Katherine Heigl became a mom for the first time last year when she and husband Josh Kelley adopted their beautiful daughter Naleigh from Korea. And at Thursday night's ShoWest Awards in Las Vegas, where she was honored as Female Star of the Year, she told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush that motherhood has completely changed her life.
"It's a life altering experience," Katherine told Billy, who hosted the ShoWest Awards, of parenthood. "Everyone says that, you know, sort of intellectually, but you just don't know emotionally until you hold that kid in your arms and you go. 'Oh my God! I am responsible for you, for everything — to keep you safe, to keep you healthy, to keep you loved and sheltered.
"It's changed everything, it's changed my perspective on life and work and love and marriage and family," she added.
Katherine, who took time off of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" last year after adopting Naleigh, said her time off was absolutely the right thing to do.
"I took three months off for family leave, which was the best thing I could have ever done for my family," she said. "And it changed how I was able to balance [work and home life] better."
The actress has a host of movies on the way including "Killers," which co-stars Ashton Kutcher and is due out on June 4, and "Life As We Know It," which pairs her opposite Josh Duhamel, and will be released on December 22, but Billy made sure to ask if she plans to continue on television as well.
"Your film career is on fire. Any more TV or is it all film from here on out?" Billy asked, referring to the rumors that surfaced last week that Katherine is done with "Grey's."
"Um, I don't know," she said. "I'm still on TV, still doing it, still enjoying it. And, yeah, it's just two totally different formats in terms of scheduling, timing, what it takes."
One thing Katherine is already scheduling is her preparation for the role of Stephanie Plum, the protagonist in a series of novels from Janet Evanovich, which she will bring to life on the big screen. And earlier this month, she revealed her first step in her Stephanie transformation by changing her blonde locks to a deep, dark, brown.
"Yes, the hair… I actually did it just sort of spontaneously for a role that is kind of in the future," Katherine, told Billy. "I don't know when we're going to start this movie, but it's based on the Janet Evanovich novels, that are [these] massive million best selling books, 15 of them…. and the character is a brunette.
"I'm attached and we were going to do this movie, but I just wanted the fans to know [how committed I am], because blonde Katie Heigl probably wasn't people's idea of Stephanie Plum from New Jersey," Katherine added.
Katherine said she wanted to go brunette early to get into the role of a bounty hunter with attitude from Trenton, N.J. and to make the fans of the series know she is committed.
"I just thought that I wanted to get them on board now; I can do this. I'm committing to her," Katherine told Billy. "I want you to know that I am not going to disappoint, or I'm going to try not to."
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Business & Economics
Business & Economics
- Doing Business – about and ranking of regulations relevant to doing business
- Economic Indicators.gov – 'timely access" to key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the US Census Bureau.
- Export.gov – helping companies doing business abroad
- Liber8 – economic information portal
Fine Arts
Fine Arts
- American Museum of Photography – taken from collection of photo-historian William B.Becker, site contains works 1860s to WW I.
- Archives of American Art – Smithsonian repository of digitalized primary materials relevant to the study of visual art in America
- ArtLex – dictionary provides basic definitions of art terms, numerous illustrations, quotations, pronunciation notes and links to other Web resource
- Global Gateway – World Cultures and Resources – information from virtually every country, region, national, ethnic and religious group, from the International Collection of the Library of Congress
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History
- Mother of All Art and Art History Links – maintained by University of Michigan, site is useful as a gateway to more than 400 academic, museum, commercial and studio sites
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- Common Errors in English Usage – name of book and website maintained by Paul Brians at Washington State University – fun and enlightening
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- HealthFinder – Consumer health information site maintained by National Health Information Center. Directory of hand-selected organizational websites. Also in Spanish.
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- Medical Images on the Web – Excellant portal to online image collections: Anatomy and Histology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Embriology, Neurology, Pathology, Pediatrics and ENT . Note: Google Images is another good image resource.
- MedLine Plus – Excellent resource for nursing students. Also available in Spanish. Brings together information from various agencies, provides medical encyclopedia, current health news, drug and herbal supplement information and superior interactive tutorials.
- National Institute of Mental Health – Site presents research on mental illness and behavioral issues
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Movies and Music
- allmusic – resource for music chronologies, history, biographical information and criticism
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- Database of Recorded American Music – non-subscribers may search the catalog and read liner notes
- The Internet Movie Database – most complete movie guide ever, with movie news, filmakers bios, detailed indexing of every film and TV show
- Metacritic – searchable database of individual reviews of film, video/DVD, television, music, books and games
- Native Networks – online information about film, video and radio produced by indigenous people of the Americas and Hawaii
- PsychScholar – collection of web resources for both psychological scholars and beginning student; emphasis on course-related information, tutorials and study aids for the latter.
- Climate Change – Offers comprehensive information about climate change isues in all parts of society. Organized under seven main categories but links to popular topics under 'Quick Finder.'
- Climate Impacts Group (CIG) – interdisciplinary research group studying impacts of natioanl climate variability and change on the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Focus on water resources, aquatic ecosystems, forests and coasts.
- Encyclopedia of Earth – electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society; free, searchable collection of articles written by scholars
- National Weather Service – detailed weather, marine and avaition forcasts for cities, counties and states in U.S.
- SciVee – video sharing site from Public Library of Science, National Science Foundation and San Diego Computer Center. Researchers post short videos or podcasts explaining techniques
- Visual Elements Periodic Table – provides html and Flash versions of the table; historical background and useful link to Site Overview page for related resources
- Encyclopedia of Life – ambitous project by an international team of scientists to catalog all knowledge about every species on the planet; work in progress
- How Stuff Works – starting point for unfamiliar technologies
- Structurae – Princeton University's Department of Civil Engineering created the site to showcase works and art of structural engineering from around the world


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JMH issues statement on Donte Stallworth
NFL wide receiver, girlfriend suffer burns in hot-air balloon accident
MIAMI – Jackson Memorial Hospital issued a statement regarding NFL wide receiver Donte Stallworth and his girlfriend, who suffered burns during a hot-air balloon accident Saturday.
Stallworth and Soleil Guerrero are in stable condition after receiving second-degree burns in the accident.
Both are being treated at the burn center in Jackson Memorial Hospital.
"As they are dealing with the effects of their injuries, the couple would like to thank the doctors and nurses for the compassionate care they are receiving as they are focusing on making a full recovery," read the statement.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.
Stallworth played in one game last season for the New England Patriots, then went on injured reserve with an ankle injury. He has 35 career touchdown catches.
Stallworth was suspended for the 2009 season after a car he was driving hit and killed 59-year-old Mario Reyes with his Bentley on the MacArthur Causeway on March 14. He spent 24 days in jail for a DUI manslaughter conviction.
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The University of Mary Washington began constructing a new state-of-the-art turf field on the University's "D" field (previously the field hockey/women's lacrosse field) in the summer of 2011. The new lighted turf field will be worthy of hosting national championship competitions, and serve as home to UMW field hockey, men's lacrosse, and women's lacrosse.
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An internship is the best way to gain experience and create a network of contacts in the world of sports. The Houston Astros Internship Program proves to be a once in a lifetime experience that offers insight and exposure to various aspects of the sports industry. The goal of the program is to provide an educational experience, knowledge, tools, and tangible skills that an intern can immediately apply and reference in their future professional pursuits. Our program is intended to challenge and reward a select group of college students and recent graduates from across the country with an opportunity to learn from a nationally recognized professional staff in a world-class facility. In addition to the opportunity to experience the various departments with the Astros, the internship program facilitates intern involvement in the community, special events, and media coverage.
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Letter, [Hiram Hill] to Dear Wife
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Date: May 7, 1855
Hiram Hill of Williamsburgh, Massachusetts wrote to his wife while traveling up the Missouri River from St. Louis to Kansas City. Hill was a free soil sympathizer evidentially traveling with a company of like-minded settlers, for he wrote that some steamboat passengers viewed the company with "rather suspitious eyes." Hill told his wife not to worry although one family had cholera and, on another boat, fifteen had died the previous week. The letter, written hastily in pencil, is not signed.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Hiram Hill Collection, #382, Box 1, Folder 4
Item Number: 101863 Number of images: 2
Keywords: Diseases; Hill, Hiram; Missouri River; Sickness (see Illness); Steamboats; Transportation; Travel; Water transportation
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The lengths Anthony Shadid went to in order to catch Packer games probably seems extraordinary to most. Of course if you're a big-time Packer fan it may simply make sense to you. Read here from PFT. And then click here to read a piece from jsonline that Shadid wrote last year.
Either way, sad to see such a young, accomplished writer die – especially one of "us".


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Next Stop: Grenada
You've seen the Caribbean's hot spots. Now it's time to explore an overlooked island with a surprising flavor all its own.
The Little Dipper's seven patio tables overlook a twinkling Caribbean. Tonight, the chef―who's also waiter and hostess―prepares Creole fish with vegetables. Although the small restaurant is one of the best in Grenada, it's the vista that stands out. Sailboats sway at anchor on Clarkes Court Bay, and lights blink on against dark green hills. The island's hidden treasure is its views―and not just from quaint seaside cafés.
Take the nearby resort of Laluna, on Portici Bay. With 16 hillside cottages huddled around a private cove beach, it overflows with scenic panoramas. Founded by a former fashion consultant from Italy, Laluna is chic, but not pretentious―a stylish retreat on one of the Caribbean's quietest islands. Eco-inspired rooms feature fabric-draped four-poster beds from Bali, individual plunge pools, and bamboo-topped verandas.
The most distant cottage sits 150 feet from the beach, making the resort a barefoot, lounging kind of place. Ultracasual dress code aside, Laluna takes meals seriously. Dinner comes prepared by an Italian chef who mingles his home country's techniques with Caribbean flavors. You can start with octopus salad with potatoes and chickpeas, then make your way down the menu to pappardelle with a nutmeg cream sauce.
It won't be the last time you see nutmeg on a menu here. Grenada provides a third of the world's supply of the spice, which can be sampled as a powder, syrup, or jam. Almost every visitor brings some home, usually in a small basket also packed with cloves, cinnamon, mace, bay leaves, and ginger. The country may not claim flashy casinos or high-rise resorts, but Grenada grows more spices per square mile than any other place on the globe.
It takes a lush climate, such as the rain forest at Grenada's center, to produce these flavors. Grand Etang National Park preserves the island's tropical flora and fauna. Visitors can book guides to lead them through terraced banana farms and forests of giant gommier trees, teak, and wild orchids. From a mountain peak, 90 percent of the island is visible, vivid green after a midday rain.
As one might expect, the cities here move at a sleepy, island pace. But the township of Gouyave on Grenada's western coast jumps to life on Fish Fridays, which are part street-food festival, part outdoor concert, and part extended-family gathering. Beginning late afternoon, the fishing village's streets and side passages fill with tables of seafood. Vendors sell sample-size servings of everything from lobster to jerked marlin to deep-fried fish cakes. Music lifts the spirit, as do the enthusiastic greetings of friends and relatives.
Visitors to Gouyave are a little reluctant to leave. But eventually they'll head back to Laluna, along a cliffside road illuminated by stars on a cloudless night―yet another unforgettable view.
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Most of us are all too aware of what calories are. We tend to define them in one of two categories — high calorie foods are bad and low calorie foods are good, right?
Is it really that simple? If so, then surely a 198 calorie pop tart is superior to a 289 calorie avocado.
To muddle matters even more, there's a grave shortage of accurate or even helpful nutritional information. One source may say, "everything in moderation." Another says, "nothing is safe!"
What's the truth?
In future newsletters, we'll dig into more specifics regarding how to support our overall health and immune system with nutrition. This is vital information as many of us with chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, arthritis, and autoimmune conditions deal with nutrient deficiencies that contribute to our ongoing symptoms.
This article focuses on the way in which a body processes calories and why this key principle can help to point you in the right direction.
As you can imagine, how we metabolize our foods is a bit more complicated than "calories in / calories out." To better illustrate this concern, let's view the metabolism as if it were a bank account. I hear this analogy all the time, but often those descriptions fall short of creating a clear picture. I intend to demonstrate a version here that comes closer to fact than to fiction.
To begin, let's look at Simple Math. This is where simple deposits and simple withdrawals are made. The math is easy. Let's say you make a $40 deposit and then a $20 withdrawal. You're still left with $20. That's your balance – your bottom line.
Next is Compound Math. The math gets a bit more difficult here, but it also gets very exciting. That same $40 deposit and $20 withdrawal can turn your $20 balance into $200 or $2,000 (and more) over time when compound interest is applied. In this example, it's not just what you deposit and withdraw – it's the interest rate that adds the punch. Over time, even small deposits can, and do, make a big difference.
The Principles of Metabolism Math
Now let's look at what I call, Metabolism Math. This is where things get interesting. In this example, Simple Math applies as well as Compound Math. So far, so good. But here's the twist. What if the rate of interest constantly changes? This fluctuation in rate could depend on the amount of the transactions, the type of transactions, the time of day they're made, and even who makes them. The fluctuations, therefore, are unique to each and every person's banking habits.
If this sounds complicated, you're right! But you can clearly see that by using a bit of strategic banking habits, your dividends could add up exponentially.
Now, back to the metabolism. Simply counting calories (adding what you consume and subtracting what you burn) is like the Simple Math example above. If this were true, our weight would be easy to predict. It would be a matter of Simple Math. It's obvious then, that things just don't add up. We all know people who consume large amounts of calories and never gain weight while others consume very little, yet pack on the unwanted pounds. Our bodies are not basic, rudimentary Simple Math machines.
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Relating our metabolism to the example in the Compound Math scenario comes a bit closer. That not only takes into account the amount of calories you consume and burn, but also how often you do so each day. It shows that your behavior – over time – has an effect on your "bottom line."
But yet, this illustration still needs a few more tweaks.
The Metabolism Math explanation demonstrates that many factors relate to your bottom line balance. To begin with, not only are the calories you consume important, but so are the types of calories. For example, healthy fats and fiber have a direct effect on how fast or slow calories are processed (as well as how they're stored). There's a measurable difference between how the body metabolizes a sugary, empty-nutrient food such as a pop tart and a nutrient-dense and fiber-rich food such as an avocado. (HINT: Choose the avocado.)
Metabolism Math takes into account many other factors, too. Factors such as the overall health of the body (and of the digestive system in particular), the specific health of the immune, hormonal, and adrenal systems, the time of day, a person's stress and anxiety load, how the foods and nutrients are combined, the hydration levels of the body, the accumulative effects of a nutrient-poor diet, a person's ancestry/genetic makeup, and much, much more.
Applying Metabolism Math – The First Steps
As you can see, the metabolism is a complicated topic, but here's the good news – eating well is not! Use simple concepts when planning your meals. Look for whole, natural, nutrient dense foods. Look for packaged foods that list a few ingredients on the label. Better yet, look for non-packaged foods with no labels at all (i.e., fresh produce).
You may feel that these simple changes couldn't possibly make a difference. But do the math. Little changes result in great dividends down the line when Metabolism Math is considered.
Here's how this probably relates to you. A body dealing with chronic illness is already compromised. Among other things, the inflammation we experience affects our ability to process, absorb, and put the nutrients we consume to use. Because of this, many of us are (unknowingly) malnourished. Due to an unhealthy digestive system, we may not be able to efficiently absorb the healing nutrients we need. This contributes to a cascade of systemic (throughout the body) problems including immune system dysfunction, hormonal dysfunction, and an inability to effectively eliminate toxins from the body.
I remark in my book, FibroWHYalgia, that fibromyalgia should be referred to as "Systems Gone Berserk Syndrome." While I was poking fun at the inability to define our condition in just one word, the fact is that fibromyalgia does affect every part of the body. The fibromyalgia body reveals significant imbalances within each body system. Restoring balance is therefore not easy, but oh-so worth it.
The good thing is that simple actions can provide all-over benefits. Proper hydration is a great example of this. Here are just a few of the many benefits of drinking adequate amounts of water:
- Improved digestion
- Improved blood flow (assisting with cardiac health)
- Improved removal of toxins from the body (detoxification)
- Pain relief – both joints and muscles
- Improved cognitive function (mental clarity)
- Improved skin health
- Helps to regulate body temperature
As mentioned, we'll dive into more nutritional topics in the future – especially about how foods can support your health goals. But for now, just take a few small steps toward improved health. Include drinking clean, pure, filtered water into your daily habits. Make fresh and unprocessed foods a larger part of your meals. Keep it simple.
Considering that May features Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, isn't it a great time to increase your awareness of how your actions can improve your overall health? Now is a perfect time for a healthy beginning. Eating, after all, is the one consistent activity that you do each and every day.
So … what's on your fork? Your healthy future begins today and is important enough to make every bite count!
Sue Ingebretson (www.RebuildingWellness.com) is an author, speaker, certified holistic health care practitioner and the director of program development for the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Center at California State University, Fullerton. She is also a Patient Advocate/Fibromyalgia Expert for the Alliance Health website and a Fibromyalgia editor for the ProHealth website community.
Her #1 Amazon best-selling chronic illness book, FibroWHYalgia, details her own journey from chronic illness to chronic wellness. She is also the creator of the FibroFrog™– a therapeutic stress-relieving tool which provides powerful healing benefits with fun and whimsy.


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text: Coastline Tattoo Seeks Grant to Support Community Art Coastline Tattoo is involved in a co-owned gallery space called Helltown Workshop, also in Provincetown at 237 Commercial street inside Whaler's Wharf. Kris Smith, the owner of Coastline, works with four other local artists to bring art from the community that doesn't necessarily get shown in the other more traditional galleries that line the main strip... As Provincetown is one of the oldest artists colonies in the states they offer a venue for artwork that spans a multitude of mediums and styles that are reflective and complimentary to subculture art-street art, tattoo art, outsider art, etc. The artists from Coastline Tattoo often curate shows that feature their traditional styles as well as styles that have developed outside of their tattooing work. Coastline believes that a sense of community is not just belonging to a community, or owning a business in a community, but also giving back to the community. More often than not tattooing is overlooked as an art form by mainstream media, even though the artists as Coastline are versed in a host of mediums; watercolors, sculpture, illustration, graphic design, to name a few. Kris is hoping to get a silk-screening class in the works in an effort to expose the youth of the Outer Cape to a form of DIY, hands-on art. Thus providing a skill set that can potentially be used to generate a source of income for the kids further down the road,coupling art and commerce in a fun environment. The workshops would focus specifically on youth that are becoming displaced from the Provincetown community due to the high cost of living in a tourist centric town. Most recently, Provincetown is closing down its only school and next school year the children have to be bussed an hour away to attend a public school outside of their local community. The grant comes in to be able to fund these classes as well as bring in other artists to widen the breadth of art the kids can learn about and learn to do. Additionally, the classes would be offered year-round, not just in high season. Giving back to the community provides a platform for these kids to explore and discover their artistic abilities and these classes will ensure they have this opportunity despite the increasing costs due to tourism. This also exposes them to different forms of art, silk-screening enabling them to cultivate their own ideas and share them by printing that design on a variety of fabrics. That is pretty much the gist of applying for the grant. For more info please visit: http://coastlinetattoo.com/home.html


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Peripheral frame was a departure from the norm many years ago and it's still the foundation of our gear hauling packs. A wire frame runs along the outside of the backpanel directly connecting the upper load lifters and the central core of the pack to the hipbelt to transition and spread the load. Allowing natural torsional movement, effective adjustable torsos, and different load range and backpanel builds makes this suspension design truly innovative.
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• Start at the iliac crest, which is the top of the hipbones on the side of your body. These act like a shelf for supporting a pack hipbelt.
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• A properly fitted hipbelt rides centered over the hipbones and needs to be very snug.
• The padded portion should wrap well around your hips, leaving a gap of 3 to 6 inches between the tips of the both hip pads when securely tightened.
• Refer to the Hipbelt size info above to help determine your ideal pack size, but again, your torso length is what should determine your pack size, NOT the hipbelt.
ALL MIGHTY GUARANTEE - Osprey's Lifetime Warranty
When Osprey celebrated their 35th anniversary in 2009 they launched The Osprey All Mighty Guarantee. What that means to you is ANY Osprey product purchased at ANY time is covered. Any product, any reason, any era - the all encompassing Osprey lifetime warranty ensures their dedication to superior design, craftsmanship and quality of their products is backed up by their actions to replace or repair a pack so it lasts a lifetime. Or two.
Here are some details.... Osprey will repair for any reason, free of charge, any damage or defect in their products, whether it was purchased back in 1974, or ordered right now from this site. If they are unable to perform a functional repair on your pack, they will happily replace it. Osprey proudly stands behind the All Mighty Guarantee, so much so that it bears the signature of company founder and head designer, Mike Pfotenhauer.
Some Osprey All Mighty Guarantee FAQs:
What do I do if my Osprey pack needs to be repaired?
If you live in the United States and need a repair done on your Osprey pack, you will first need to obtain a Return Authorization number. You can do this by reaching their Returns Department at 866-314-3130, or using the information that is provided with a new Osprey pack.
What do I do if I just need a replacement pack part like a buckle?
Give Osprey a call at 866-314-3130 and they will take care of you.
How long will it take?
You can tell Osprey you need the pack returned by a certain date when you request a Return Authorization number, and they will do their absolute best to meet that deadline.
What if my pack is super dirty and stinks?
Clean it before you send it to Osprey to get repaired. The real reason is that there is a law that says if your gear is too dirty or odiferous (smelly), Osprey is not allowed to repair it and will just return it to you.
Do I have to pay for shipping?
A little bit. You are responsible for the cost of shipping the pack to Osprey, and they will pay shipping to return the pack via UPS or FedEx. Osprey cannot be held responsible if packages get lost in transit, so make sure you get a tracking number when you ship your pack out. Also, if you use expedited shipping be sure to let Osprey know (866-314-3130). They, in turn, will give your pack priority processing and return it using a similar expedited shipping method.
Do I have to register my pack to take advantage of this incredible guarantee, and/or need to be the original owner of my Osprey pack?
No! Osprey's All Mighty Guarantee is truly ALL MIGHTY. If you own an Osprey pack that needs to be repaired they will repair or replace it.
JUST A HEADS UP: If your Osprey product is not repairable and is replaced, the original product will not be returned to you. They will try really really hard to repair your pack, but if they are unable to make a functional repair, they will replace it. For products that are no longer in production you will be contacted by Osprey to discuss replacement options.
All good answers. So what is NOT covered?
• Osprey program packs or any Osprey pack used by outdoor programs are ONLY covered under Osprey's Program Pack Warranty, NOT AMG.
• Size and/or fit issues. Make sure you buy a pack that fits. Check out the size guide on Osprey product pages for more info.
• Personal preferences like colors you don't like, style of the pack, or not enough/too much room in your pack. Check the product description, features, specifications, and size guide to make sure you are ordering the right pack for you.
• Third party Repairs or replacements. Send your Osprey pack to Osprey and Osprey only to get fixed. Easy as that. And don't try fixing things yourself.
• Cosmetic wear and tear including any reasonable aging of your pack that affects only the appearance and not the function of your pack. Be proud of those scars!
• B.A.M.G. (Before All Mighty Guarantee) Repair Work. The All Mighty Guarantee applies only to repairs requested on or after January 1, 2009.
• A Osprey Hydraulics reservoir is covered by a limited 1-year warranty, which is the reasonable lifespan of a reservoir. Pouring and storing of warm/hot or boiling water in your reservoir WILL VOID your warranty, so don't do that. Reservoirs are NOT designed to contain or handle liquids at temperature.


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Best U.S. History Web Sites
Library of Congress
An outstanding and invaluable site for American history and general studies. Contains primary and secondary documents, exhibits, map collections, prints and photographs, sound recordings and motion pictures. The Library of Congress American Memory Historical Collections, a must-see, contains the bulk of digitalized materials, but the Exhibitions Gallery is enticing and informative as well. The Library of Congress also offers a Learning Page that provides activities, tools, ideas, and features for educators and students.
- The Library of Congress American Memory in particular is an outstanding resource for American history and general studies. Included are multimedia collections of photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and digitized text. Use the Teachers section to explore primary set collections and themed resources. Teachers can get updates on new tools, professional development opportunities, and Library programs, events and services.
- The Library of Congress: Teachers
The new Library of Congress Teachers page provides tools and resources for using Library of Congress primary source documents in the classroom and include excellent lesson plans, document analysis tools, online and offline activities, timelines, presentations and professional development resources.
Center for History and New Media: History Matters
A production of the American Social History Project/Center of Media and Learning, City of University New York, and the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, History Matters is a wonderful online resource for history teachers and students. Among the many digital resources are lesson plans, syllabi, links, and exhibits. The Center for History and New Media's resources include a list of "best" web sites, links to syllabi and lesson plans, essays on history and new media, a link to their excellent History Matters web site for U.S. History, and more. The CHNM History News Network is a weekly web-based magazine that features articles by various historians. Resources are designed to benefit professional historians, high school teachers, and students of history.
Teaching American History
This is a wonderful collection of thoughtful and thorough lesson plans and other resources on teaching American history. Each project was created by teachers in Virginia at a Center for History and New Media workshop. All projects include a variety of lesson plans and resources, and some even offer instructional videos on source analysis. The lesson plans cover a range of topics in American history and utilize interesting and engaging sources, activities, discussion questions, and assessments. Take your time browsing—there are many to choose from.
National Archives and Records Administration
The NARA offers federal archives, exhibits, classroom resources, census records, Hot Topics, and more. In addition to its paper holdings (which would circle the Earth 57 times) it has more than 3.5 billion electronic records. Users can research people, places, events and other popular topics of interest, as well as ancestry and military records. There are also features exhibits drawing from many of the NARA's popular sources. Among the most requested holdings are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, WWII photos, and the Bill of Rights.
- The National Archives: Teachers' Resources
The National Archives Lesson Plans section contains incorporates U.S. primary documents and its excellent teaching activities correlate to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government. Lessons are organized by chronological era, from 1754 to the present.
- Digital Vaults
The National Archives Experience: Digital Vaults is an interactive exploration of history that examines thousands of documents, photographs, and pieces of history that have been integrated in a digital format. Upon entering the homepage, the user is given eight random archives to choose from. Clicking on one will give a description and a brief history of that archive, as well as displays a large variety of similar archives. The user has the ability to shuffle, rearrange, collect, and explore archives, as well as search for specific points in history using a keyword search. Although a lack of initial organization or index might seem overwhelming, Digital Vaults is a wonderfully imaginative resource for exploring history in a digitally compiled way.
- Teach Docs
With DocsTeach, educators can create interactive history activities that incorporate more than 3,000 primary-source materials in a variety of media from the National Archives. Tools on the site are designed to teach critical thinking skills and integrate interactive elements such as puzzles, maps, and charts.
- Our Documents
Offers 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings, that chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965. Features a teacher's toolbox and competitions for students and teachers.
PBS Online
A great source for information on a myriad of historical events and personalities. PBS's assorted and diverse web exhibits supplement their television series and generally include a summary of each episode, interviews (often with sound bites), a timeline, primary sources, a glossary, photos, maps, and links to relevant sites. PBS productions include American Experience, Frontline and People's Century. Go to the PBS Teacher Source for lessons and activities — arranged by topic.
- PBS Teacher Source
Go to the PBS Teacher Source for lessons and activities — arranged by topic and grade level — and sign up for their newsletter. Categories include American History, World History, History on Television, and Biographies. Many lessons incorporate primary sources. Some lessons require viewing PBS video, but many do not.
Smithsonian Education
The Smithsonian Education site is divided simply into three main categories: Educators, Families, and Students. The Educators section is keyword searchable and features lesson plans — many pertaining to history. The Students section features an interactive "Secrets of the Smithsonian" that teaches about the special collections at the Smithsonian.
- The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
This Smithsonian website skillfully integrates Flash video and text to examine armed conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. Each conflict contains a brief video clip, statistical information, and a set of artifacts. There is also a Civil War mystery, an exhibition self-guide, and a teacher's guide. The New American Roles (1899-present) section contains an introductory movie and short essay on the conflict as well as historic images and artifacts.
Edsitement — The Best of the Humanities on the Web
EDSITEment is a partnership among the National Endowment for the Humanities, Verizon Foundation, and the National Trust for the Humanities. All websites linked to EDSITEment have been reviewed for content, design, and educational impact in the classroom. This impressive site features reviewed links to top sites, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and search engines. You can search lesson plans by subcategory and grade level; middle school lessons are the most numerous.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
There is much quality material for art students, educators, and enthusiasts at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art web site. Start with the Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History, a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world. Each timeline page includes representative art from the Museum's collection, a chart of time periods, a map of the region, an overview, and a list of key events. The timelines – accompanied by world, regional, and sub-regional maps – provide a linear outline of art history, and allow visitors to compare and contrast art from around the globe at any time in history. There is plenty more here apart from the Timeline: "Just for Fun" has interactive activities for kids, "A Closer Look" examines the "hows and whys" behind Met objects (such as George Washington Crossing the Delaware), "Artist" enables visitors to access biographical materials on a selection of artists as well as general information about their work, and "Themes and Cultures" presents past and present cultures with special features on the Met's collections and exhibitions.
C-SPAN in the Classroom
Access C-SPAN's complete program archives including all videos. C-SPAN in the Classroom is a free membership service that offers information and resources to assist educators in their use of primary source, public affairs video from C-SPAN television. You do not have to be a member to use C-SPAN online resources in your classroom, but membership includes access to teaching ideas, activities and classroom tools.
Digital History
This impressive site from Steven Mintz at the University of Houston includes an up-to-date U.S. history textbook; annotated primary sources on United States, Mexican American, and Native American history, and slavery; and succinct essays on the history of ethnicity and immigration, film, private life, and science and technology. Visual histories of Lincoln's America and America's Reconstruction contain text by Eric Foner and Olivia Mahoney. The Doing History feature lets users reconstruct the past through the voices of children, gravestones, advertising, and other primary sources. Reference resources include classroom handouts, chronologies, encyclopedia articles, glossaries, and an audio-visual archive including speeches, book talks and e-lectures by historians, and historical maps, music, newspaper articles, and images. The site's Ask the HyperHistorian feature allows users to pose questions to professional historians.
Civil Rights Special Collection
The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is produced by WGBH Boston, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. Materials are free but you have to sign up. Features an impressive array of audio, video, and text sources from Frontline and American Experience shows, Eyes on the Prize, and other sources. Also offers an interactive Civil Rights movement timeline and four lesson plans: Campaigns for Economic Freedom/Re-Examining Brown/Taking a Stand/Understanding White Supremacy.
Science and Technology of World War II
Some of the most impressive technology advancements of the modern era occurred during World War II and the National World War II Memorial has 8000 objects directly related to science and technology. This impressive exhibit contains an animated timeline, activities (such as sending encrypted messages), expert audio responses to science and technology questions, lesson plans, a quiz, essays, and more. An impressive presentation.
Voting America: United States Politics, 1840-2008
Voting America examines long-term patterns in presidential election politics in the United States from the 1840s to today as well as some patterns in recent congressional election politics. The project offers a wide spectrum of animated and interactive visualizations of how Americans voted in elections over the past 168 years. The visualizations can be used to explore individual elections beyond the state level down to individual counties, which allows for more sophisticated analysis. The interactive maps highlight just how important third parties have played in American political history. You can also find expert analysis and commentary videos that discuss some of the most interesting and significant trends in American political history.
Do History: Martha Ballard
DoHistory invites you to explore the process of piecing together the lives of ordinary people in the past. It is an experimental, interactive case study based on the research that went into the book and PBS film A Midwife's Tale, which were both based upon the remarkable 200 year old diary of midwife/healer Martha Ballard. There are thousands of downloadable pages from original documents: diaries, letters, maps, court records, town records, and more as well as a searchable copy of the twenty-seven year diary of Martha Ballard. DoHistory engages users interactively with historical documents and artifacts from the past and introduces visitors to the pivotal questions and issues raised when "doing" history. DoHistory was developed and maintained by the Film Study Center at Harvard University and is hosted and maintained by the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University.
The Valley of the Shadows
The Valley of the Shadow depicts two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the experience of the American Civil War. The project focuses on Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and it presents a hypermedia archive of thousands of sources that creates a social history of the coming, fighting, and aftermath of the Civil War. Those sources include newspapers, letters, diaries, photographs, maps, church records, population census, agricultural census, and military records. Students can explore the conflict and write their own histories or reconstruct the life stories of women, African Americans, farmers, politicians, soldiers, and families. The project is intended for secondary schools, community colleges, libraries, and universities.
Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704
The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association/Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, Massachusetts has launched a rich and impressive website that focuses on the 1704 raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, with the goal of commemorating and reinterpreting the event from the perspectives of all the cultural groups who were present – Mohawk, Abenaki, Huron, French, and English. The website brings together many resources – historical scenes, stories of people's lives, historical artifacts and documents, essays, voices and songs, historical maps, and a timeline – to illuminate broad and competing perspectives on this dramatic event.
Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition
The Missouri Historical Society has developed an extensive award-winning web site and web-based curriculum developed to complement their Lewis and Clark, The National Bicentinnal Exhibiton. Written for grades 4-12, the units focus on nine major themes of the exhibit and feature hundreds of primary sources from the exhibit. The curriculum uses the Lewis and Clark expedition as case studies for larger themes such as Diplomacy, Mapping, Animals, Language, and Trade and Property. It presents both the Euro-American perspective and a particular Native American perspective. The online exhibit has two sections. One is a thematic approach that highlights the content from the main galleries of the exhibit. The other is a map-based journey that follows the expedition and introduces primary sources along the way, including interviews with present-day Native Americans.
The Sport of Life and Death
The Sport of Life and Death was voted Best Overall Site for 2002 by Museums and the Web and has won a slew of other web awards. The site is based on a traveling exhibition now showing at the Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey and bills itself as "an online journey into the ancient spectacle of athletes and gods." The Sport of Life and Death features dazzling special effects courtesy of Macromedia Flash technology and its overall layout and organization are superb. There are helpful interactive maps, timelines, and samples of artwork in the Explore the Mesoamerican World section. The focus of the site, however, is the Mesoamerican ballgame, the oldest organized sport in history. The sport is explained through a beautiful and engaging combination of images, text, expert commentary, and video. Visitors can even compete in a contest!
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
A first-rate exhibition created by the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University. There are two major parts: the history of Chicago in the 19th century, and how the Chicago Fire has been remembered over time. Included are essays, galleries, and sources.
Technology in the U.S. History in the Classroom
Here are some creative, engaging and technology-infused lessons & web sites on U.S. History:
"Day in Life of Hobo" podcast
This interdisciplinary creative writing/historical simulation activity incorporates blogging and podcasting and calls on students to research the plight of homeless teenagers during the Great Depression and then create their own fictionalized account of a day in the life of a Hobo. This project will be featured in the spring edition of Social Education, published by the National Council of Social Studies.
"Telling Their Stories" – Oral History Archive Project of the Urban School
Visit "Telling Their Stories" and read, watch, and listen to perhaps the best student-created oral history project in the country. High School students at the Urban School of San Francisco have produced three impressive oral history interviews featured at this site: Holocaust Survivors and Refugees, World War II Camp Liberators, and Japanese-American Internees. Urban school students conducted, filmed, and transcribed interviews, created hundreds of movie files associated with each transcript, and then posted the full-text, full-video interviews on this public website. The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) has recognized Urban School's Telling Their Stories project with a Leading Edge Recognition award for excellence in technology integration. Teachers interested in conducting an oral history project can contact Urban School technology director Howard Levin and should consider attending his summer teacher workshop.
Student News Action Network
This student-produced current events journal features contributions from around the world and is led by five student-bureaus: The American School of Doha, Bishops Diocesan College, International School Bangkok, International School of Luxembourg, and Washington International School. The students have cleverly adopted the free Ning platform and far-flung students work collaboratively to create an interactive, multimedia-rich, and student-driven online newspaper.
"Great Debate of 2008"
Tom Daccord created a wiki and a private online social network for the "Great Debate of 2008" project, a student exploration and discussion of issues and candidates surrounding the 2008 presidential election. The project connected students around the country in a wiki and a private online social network to share information and ideas related to the 2008 presidential election. Students post information on campaign issues to the wiki and partake in online discussions and survey with other students in the private online social network.
The Flat Classroom Project
The award-winning Flat Classroom project brings together high school and middle school students from around the world to explore the ideas presented in Thomas Friedman's book The World is Flat. These collaborative projects harness the most powerful Web 2.0 tools available including wikis, online social networks, digital storytelling, podcasts, social bookmarking, and more.