The Web Research Group has a really cool web site. Most of the info is about the US Pacific Northwest, but it's all beautiful.
Do check it out
January 18, 2005
"I do solemnly swear..."
It's Inauguration Day on Thursday, and, of course, the US Dep't of Education has quite a package of information and resources. It's a collection of 400 items from 62 inaugurations. It includes diaries and letters, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, inaugural tickets and programs, and photos, from the Library of Congress.
President Lincoln delivering his inaugural address on the
east portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1865.
Photographer: Alexander Gardner (courtesy Library of Congress)
Update:
Interesting fact: Which President wore a ring to his inauguration that contained a lock of hair cut from Lincoln's head after he was shot?
The answer is here, along with hundreds of other speeches, photographs, and other documents related to this year's Inauguration, and Inaugurations past. All at Federal Resources For Educational Excellence, of course
It's Inauguration Day on Thursday, and, of course, the US Dep't of Education has quite a package of information and resources. It's a collection of 400 items from 62 inaugurations. It includes diaries and letters, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, inaugural tickets and programs, and photos, from the Library of Congress.
President Lincoln delivering his inaugural address on the
east portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1865.
Photographer: Alexander Gardner (courtesy Library of Congress)
Update:
Interesting fact: Which President wore a ring to his inauguration that contained a lock of hair cut from Lincoln's head after he was shot?
The answer is here, along with hundreds of other speeches, photographs, and other documents related to this year's Inauguration, and Inaugurations past. All at Federal Resources For Educational Excellence, of course
January 08, 2005
Warning Label on Children's Scooter: "This product moves when used"
Associated Press
David N. Goodman
Jan 7 2005
The Wacky Warning Label Contest, now in it's eighth year, is conducted by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, M-LAW, to reveal how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for common sense warnings [like the one above] on products.
Another winner was a label on an electric hand blender promoted for use in "blending, whipping, chopping and dicing," that warns: "Never remove food or other items from the blades while the product is operating."
America -- what a country!
Associated Press
David N. Goodman
Jan 7 2005
The Wacky Warning Label Contest, now in it's eighth year, is conducted by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, M-LAW, to reveal how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for common sense warnings [like the one above] on products.
Another winner was a label on an electric hand blender promoted for use in "blending, whipping, chopping and dicing," that warns: "Never remove food or other items from the blades while the product is operating."
America -- what a country!
January 06, 2005
Über, "You're fired!", ... and More!LSSU accepts nominations for the List of Banished Words throughout the year. To submit your nomination for the 2006 list, go to www.lssu.edu/banished.
Tired of hearing about Carbs, 'Izzle' - Speak, Wardrobe malfunctions,
and Erectile Dysfunction? I know I am. And the people at Lake
Superior State University have made up another list of
banished words for 2005.
LSSU has been compiling the list since 1976, choosing from nominations sent
from around the world. This year, words and phrases were pulled from more than
2,000 nominations.
January 03, 2005
Check out The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog at
http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/
for information about the Indian Ocean disaster, and what you might do to help.
I just heard about a new product from the SearchMeister, Gary Price, called DocuTicker, and focuses on newly released reports and documents, from governments, think tanks, universities, and other organizations.
Rock on Rock on: Not at all what you think!
Have you heard about the Proposed New C & T Calendar? Well, hurry up, or you might miss a "Newton Week."
And while we're on the subject, Anthony Aveni has written a new book: "The Book of the Year - A History of Our Holidays," Aveni explores the myths and customs of New Year's Day as well as the various dates on which the holiday has been celebrated through the millenniums. Some highlights:
* The Celts divided their year in two, the first half for cattle herding, the other for sedentary winter activity. The half-New Year's Days became May 1 and Nov. 1, days that live on as May Day and Halloween (All Souls' Day).
* New Year's Day came on the shortest day of the year for the Inca of Peru (June 21 in the Southern Hemisphere).
* In France, Sept. 22, the autumnal equinox, became New Year's Day following the French Revolution of 1789. That date lasted only 14 years and was abolished by Napoleon.
* In 153 B.C., a Roman emperor established January as the beginning of the year. It was determined by the first sighting of the crescent moon in the west after sunset following the winter solstice. Citizens reveled in the return of the "Unconquered Sun" by eating and drinking to excess.
* Because the Romans had initiated the custom of eating and drinking to excess on this date in January, England and her colonies continued to designate New Year's Day as March 25, refusing to adopt Jan. 1 until 1752.
More details and ordering info here
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