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Games: BBC History
An educational resource provided by BBC, these games allow you to quiz yourself on and participate in British history. Games such as the code breaking Spying Game and the treasure hunting Diving Game, will be fun for all. While made for children, some games celebrate the more violent end of British history, such as Viking Quest, in which the player sacks a monastery. Three of the games focus specifically on Scottish history.
Orwell's Animal Farm on the Way?
Canine write-in candidate in Florida congressional race has many up in arms, others wondering what will come next.
Philosophy and Western Mysticism Resources
This page has hundreds of links to sources about Western and non-Western mysticism. It includes links to original texts, theory and criticism, and other Web directories.
Home Gardening (USDA)
This site from the USDA has a lot to say about every aspect of gardening. Soil testing, growing wetland plants, and organic gardening are just a few of the hundreds of topics.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
If you feel like you've been out of touch for the last, oh, three hundred years, this is a great (and enormous) Web site for you. Use the links on the left of the page, and you'll quickly arrive at sites dealing with everything from the Enlightenment to 19th century Latin America to Absolutism. At the top of the page are links to other sourcebooks, including ones about Islamic, Jewish, LGBT, and women's history.
Chronic Wasting Disease and Wisconsin Deer
Chronic wasting disease has appeared in the deer of Wisconsin and several other states in recent months. Here, the Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources explains the basics of the disease, and provides all kinds of information, from audio recordings to maps, about how the state is dealing with it. For those who are not in Wisconsin, links are provided to resources in other states and provinces.
All Eyes Are On You
This very timely article in Popular Science takes you through the day of a graphic designer in Chicago, showing how and how often his actions are being tracked and his privacy invaded. A must-read for anyone concerned at all about our rapidly-disappearing privacy.
The Bellydancing Librarian
For those of you who just returned from this year's American Librarian Association conference and are seeking out new interests groups, here is a start. For non-librarians out there, this site will change your opinions of librarianship forever.
Planning Digitization Projects
This is a short but excellent bibliography of online resources about starting digitization projects.