tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67372502024-02-18T21:09:00.366-05:00Linkin' Blog!Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-81184763337080237372018-05-23T06:06:00.001-04:002018-05-23T06:10:04.832-04:00INTRODUCING The Encyclopedia of Play and Playgrounds!
https://www.pgpedia.com/
The Play and Playground Encyclopedia is a dynamic resource of over 600 listings that relate to issues involving children’s play, playgrounds, health issues, and safety as well as the people, organizations, and companies who have contributed to children’s play and wellbeing.
Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-484530147817305692018-04-24T03:03:00.003-04:002018-04-28T18:08:22.270-04:00names, Names, NAMES!
Check out Names.org
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I received an email regarding a website that's concerned with children's safety on the Internet.They found me from a little bit I did on Federal Resources for Educational Excellence, now retired * I thought I'd resurrect this old blog to give a shoutout to AllConnect , and their article, Keeping Your Kids Safe OnLine
Thanks for sending it along, and thanks for bringing Linkin' Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-32358490734215256742017-05-15T08:38:00.001-04:002017-05-15T08:49:01.505-04:0025 Ways Nanotechnology is Revolutionizing Medicine
25 Ways Nanotechnology is Revolutionizing Medicine
Nanotechnology is especially important to medicine because the medical field deals with things on the smallest of levels. Additionally, the small nano devices that are being developed right now can enter the body and look around in ways that large humans can only dream of. Here are 25 ways that nanotechnology is revolutionizing Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-31138187312512788792009-11-21T10:59:00.006-05:002009-11-21T14:53:38.955-05:00LEPROSY!Leprosy has tormented humans throughout recorded history. The earliest possible account of a disease that many scholars believe is leprosy appears in an Egyptian Papyrus document written around 1550 B.C. Around 600 B.C. Indian writings describe a disease that resembles leprosy. In Europe, leprosy first appeared in the records of ancient Greece after the army of Alexander the Great came Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-33504596955238570292008-04-09T06:41:00.004-04:002008-04-09T12:24:50.294-04:00The FDA says a cherry is a drugOver at Natural News, you'll find a story about the ongoing campaign of the Food and Drug Administration against using a dietary response against disease. If you'd like to take a stand against the FDA and challenge this censorship, Truth Publishing will gladly provide global coverage to your story through articles, phone interviews and even video interviews Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-44042624813300839242007-05-01T01:36:00.000-04:002007-05-01T02:26:04.215-04:00From Medical News Daily and Science DailyMultiple Sclerosis Is Increasingly Becoming A Woman's DiseaseOver time, more women are developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than men, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 59th Annual Meeting. In 1940, the ratio of women to men with MS in the United States was approximately two to one. By 2000, that ratio had Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-53736247397016700452007-04-29T14:05:00.000-04:002007-05-03T15:05:52.890-04:00Update: RelatedWally Schirra, One of America's First Astronauts, DiesScotty Finally Gets Beamed UpFrom IT Wire 'Scotty' and 'Gordo' reach space and return Stephen Withers 29 APR 2007A rocket carrying a portion of the remains of actor James Doohan (Star Trek's Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, l.), real life astronaut Gordon "Gordo" Cooper (r.) and over 200 others made a successful sub-orbital Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-30988503289907436202007-04-18T12:55:00.000-04:002007-04-18T13:22:31.125-04:00Rick Dees Enters Hall of FameFrom Radio InkLegendary radio personality Rick Dees was inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame Tuesday during the NAB 2007 Radio Luncheon. The affable Dees, who currently handles mornings at Emmis KMVN Los Angeles and who for years held down the same shift at Clear Channel's KIIS-FM Los Angeles, gushed about the honor of being welcomed into a fraternity that Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-65595611505751496752007-04-16T00:47:00.000-04:002007-04-16T00:52:12.319-04:00COMPETITION V. DISCRIMINATION How Jackie Robinson Desegregated America Perhaps the least-learned lesson of the saga of Jackie Robinson is that competition can transform self-interest into an engine for racial fairness. by STEVE SAILER [This was the cover story of the April 8, 1996 issue of National Review.] FIFTY years ago, on April 18, 1946, Jackie Robinson broke organized Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-49964352029605184272007-04-09T12:03:00.000-04:002007-04-09T12:17:57.129-04:00Hope you all had a nice Easter or Passover... I did!Stuff on my CatI hate cats, and I usually find "cat sites" to be silly beyond words.But this site is actually cute.Now, if they were to take suggestions...Just kidding!Hat tip: Cool Site of the DayFrank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-54969149654964308182007-04-03T20:41:00.000-04:002007-04-03T21:00:04.544-04:00The USS Monitor CenterThe Mariners’ Museum and its partners the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration are undergoing a major effort to restore the USS Monitor , which was lost at sea during the Civil War. The USS Monitor Center will be one of the nation’s foremost Civil War attractions.Hat Tip: WSJ.com's Opinion JournalFrank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-19320773053375728592007-04-01T23:53:00.000-04:002007-04-02T00:02:31.131-04:00From Nutrition.govIt's National Nutrition MonthCatch it! Diet Myths Meal Myths Physical Activity Myth Food Myths Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-82093999489918095962007-03-27T12:30:00.000-04:002007-03-27T12:49:44.522-04:00Monster ToadCrikey! This monster cane toad has been captured in Australia. His body is as big as a football, and he weighs two pounds.Hat Tip: Sky NewsFrank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-31147232287083317892007-03-22T23:46:00.000-04:002007-03-22T23:58:37.836-04:00From the Things I Know a Little Something About Dep'tFrom PhysicsWeb.orgPhysicists control light at the nanoscale 22 March 2007Physicists in Europe have unveiled a new technique that can control the intensity distribution of laser pulses at dimensions that are much smaller than the wavelength of the laser light.The experimental set-up, including a graphical representation of the silver disks thatFrank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-35277413614116743122007-03-22T11:53:00.000-04:002007-03-22T12:16:20.554-04:00From Gary Price's Resource ShelfGuide to World War I MaterialsIncludes photos, essays, primary documents, films, and sound recordings related to World War I. Read news accounts of the war, including in The Stars and Stripes, a newspaper written by and for American soldiers at the war front.Guide to Harlem Renaissance MaterialsFeatures writing, music, and art of Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-58246537223839503532007-03-20T13:28:00.000-04:002007-03-20T14:24:49.384-04:00War of the Worlds: Truth or Reality In 1938, the Martians landed in New Jersey. A humped shape is rising out of the pit. I can make out a small beam of light against a mirror. What's that? There's a jet of flame springing from the mirror, and it leaps right at the advancing men. It strikes them head on! Good Lord, they're turning into flame...Eyewitness at Grovers Mill, NJ, October 30, 1938For Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-22124550193529265682007-03-19T21:01:00.000-04:002007-03-19T21:09:11.548-04:00See The WebAt Ditto.comDitto announces 500 million new pictures in our "Image Search"Including Aishwarya Rai =>Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-1937716199821522432007-03-18T10:54:00.000-04:002007-03-18T11:10:43.359-04:00Ice on MarsNew measurements of Mars' south polar region indicate extensive frozen water. The polar region contains enough frozen water to cover the whole planet in a liquid layer approximately 11 meters (36 feet) deep. A joint NASA-Italian Space Agency instrument on the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft provided these data.Woo hoo! Mars on Ice!Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-20455951638356546142007-03-17T09:48:00.000-04:002007-03-17T10:08:19.258-04:00American Women Through TimeEach section includes a timeline that links specific events with relevant online sources, such as diaries and letters, photograph collections, and lectures by historians.Each section also includes a guide to research sources that are appropriate for the specified time period. Examples of categories include Advertising, Advice Lit., Clothing, Historical Statistics, Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-27043955270881038842007-03-15T23:03:00.000-04:002007-03-15T23:12:03.659-04:00Shush, Shush, Sweet LibrarianLibrarians are protesting a new "action figure" being released by Archie McPhee and Co. of Seattle, Wash. The $8.95 doll, complete with "amazing push-button shushing action!", is "a lovely idea and a lovely tribute to my chosen profession," says librarian Nancy Pearl, 58, whom the doll is modeled after. But other librarians don't like it one bit. "The shushing thing Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-68858286109589812152007-03-10T18:00:00.000-05:002007-03-10T18:06:44.165-05:00Frog in a RockThis mummified corpse of a frog was found in a hollow flint 'geode' which was cracked open in 1899 by workmen in a quarry in England. There have been many reports of frogs found inside rocks; some still living in a kind of stupor but which revived once exposed to the air. In 1910 a living toad was found when a piece of coal was broken open; another wasfound in 1906 six feet (2 m) Frank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-25489842669545059062007-03-06T12:13:00.000-05:002007-03-06T12:37:21.715-05:00THE MYTH OF 'IMPLOSION'Did you know that only a small percentage of explosive demolition jobs are true 'building implosions'? Webster’s Dictionary defines implosion as "a violent collapse inward". In the demolition industry, a blaster is usually trying to pull a structure away from adjacent exposures andFrank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-12786026019790779582007-03-06T07:46:00.000-05:002007-03-06T07:54:25.571-05:00Have you heard about Pandia Search Central?Now you have ...Hat Tip to ResearchbuzzFrank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737250.post-9223825729563856792007-03-06T07:13:00.000-05:002007-03-06T07:20:46.370-05:00Cold Case, CSI and... Global Warming?Yes, that's right. Read this!If you have even a passing interest in climate / weather, you should subscribe to Realclimate.orgFrank_Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14745916189435722953noreply@blogger.com0