tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60923122011-04-21T13:55:35.916-07:00This blog will offer links to high-quality web sites, services and resources within the James G. Boswell Library at The Thacher School.Library Directornoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092312.post-1161990297087581252006-10-27T16:03:00.000-07:002006-10-27T16:10:35.656-07:00

Cloaking may not be just for Harry Potter. Scientists have made an object invisible. Not to the human eye, just invisible to some kinds of electromagnetic radiation. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6352040&sc=emaf

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Learn more about our speaker, Alephosion Deng, his family and the other "lost boys of Sudan" at the following links: They Poured Fire on Us From the SkySave Darfur - direct action you can takeInternational Rescue Committeesend me good sites you have found

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For more information Learn more at a variety of sites, and follow their links for more information:National Eating Disorders AssociationNational Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated DisordersColumbia University's student health answersfrom Advocates for Youth - Body Image Issues for Women of ColorA website on eating disorders dedicated to raising awareness that eating disorders are not

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December 1 is World AIDS Day. Reports National Public Radio: "In sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS has not lessened its grip: The latest numbers from the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS indicate that region is home to more than 60 percent of all people living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS." Learn more at a variety of sites, and follow their links for more information:World's AIDS Day

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So many people have said -- "I just don't understand poetry ... but I want to"One approach is to read some every day. Here are a few excellent sites to do just that. Enjoy!Poetry 180  Writer's Almanac  Poem a Day from Borzoi  Academy of American Poets  do you know others?

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Resources for statistics, help, links and information about sexual assault and harassment:National Center on Domestic and Sexual ViolenceNational Sexual Violence Resource CenterThis site provides law, criminal justice, advocacy, and social service professionals with up-to-date information on interventions to stop violence against women--a cooperative project of Office on Violence Against Women,

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FaganFinder An easy, comprehensive "portal" to the many ways you can search the Internet, not a one-size-fits-all approach. Try it! "Fagan Finder is a website designed as a tool, to help people find things, and it is meant to be a gateway to the Internet, a quality home page. Compare this to several websites. Like a search engine, we have searching capability, but we have many different

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So cool...see the front pages of over 300 newspapers from around the world. Most have links to the webpage of the paper which you can read, search. Newseum

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