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Is there any way to place the widget on my site twice?
I've added it to my header section, but I also want to add it to the footer section, but it has disappeared from the widget list.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Is there any way to place the widget on my site twice?
I've added it to my header section, but I also want to add it to the footer section, but it has disappeared from the widget list.
Any ideas? Thanks!
should just be able to grab another one...hmmmmm not sure why only one is being allowed for you.
would much appreaciate if someone could explain how to add the same widget more than once. I'm making a website which runs in 6 different languages, so I need to have 6 different widgets.
Hi I have the same issue... did you ever solve this?
When I wrote the plugin I designed it in a way so that it would only support one instance of the widget being used (foolish of me).
I have since wrote the code ready to allow Mail Subscribe List widget to be displayed on multiple widget areas but the problem I have is that if I change the code it will mess up sites that currently use the widget as the new widget code works completely different.
Thanks for fast reply.
Couldn't you release it as a second "separate" widget and promote all new users to use that one?
I am yet to launch my site so it would be no issue for me
Yes would it be possible to release a "multi-widget" version please? I use the Studiopress themes which have a lot of widgetized areas, some homepage only, therefore need the option to add at least two widgets for this plugin?
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I need a solution for this too!
Yes, me too - I installed this wonderful plugin today, tested it with one of my sidebars, changed the configuration and played around ... when it had the perfect look I wanted to insert the widget in my other sidebars, but it wasn't possible!
I had to deactivate the plugin and am looking for another solution now. However, I'd be glad to use this one any time.
Thanks for the great work anyway. It's an awesome plugin.
Just installed this last night and will un-installing it just as fast.
Without supporting multiple widgets it is limited from being able to appear on custom home pages, and custom footers.. you can place it on a blog page widget and that's it.
"Simple Subscribe Mail" allows multiple placement of subscribe forms so looks like I will have to use that.
I have solved this problem as follows:
One. I edited "mail-subscribe-list/sml.php" as I wanted.
Two. For the page I wanted to have widget "Subscribers" we introduced [smlsubform] in a text widget.
The result was exactly like the set in single widget.
Here's the proof!
Richard Leishman, can you please just release the code or another plugin and let people with the other version use that if they want. This is a feature that many people want and I think it would be better to have the ability to display multiple widgets rather than just the one. If you don't want to submit another plugin can you just put the new sml.php page up so those who want it can use it?
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What is the best pattern to get a GPU efficiently calculate 'anti-functional' routines, that usually depend on positioned memory writes instead of reads? Eg. like calculating a histogram, sorting, dividing a number by percentages, merging data of differing size into lists etc. etc.
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The established terms are gather reads and scatter writes
gather reads
This means that your program will write to a fixed position (like the target fragment position of a fragment shader), but has fast access to arbitrary data sources (textures, uniforms, etc.)
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This means, that a program receives a stream of input data which it cannot arbitarily address, but can do fast writes to arbitrary memory locations.
Clearly the shader architecture of OpenGL is a gather system. Latest OpenGL-4 also allows some scatter writes in the fragment shader, but they're slow.
So what is the most efficient way, these days, to emulate "scattering" with OpenGL. So far this is using a vertex shader operating on pixel sized points. You send in as many points as you have data-points to process and scatter them in target memory by setting their positions accordingly. You can use geometry and tesselation shaders to yield the points processed in the vertex unit. You can use texture buffers and UBOs for data input, using the vertex/point index for addressing.
GPU's are built with multiple memory types. One type is the DDRx RAM that is accessible to the host CPU and the GPU. In OpenCL and CUDA this called 'global' memory. For GPUs data in global memory must be transferred between the GPU and Host. It's usually arranged in banks to allow for pipelined memory access. So random reads/writes to 'global' memory are comparatively slow. The best way to access 'global' memory is sequentially.
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It guarantees that you are speculating based on the ramblings of the self proclaimed mind reader on IV forum.
Doesn't common sense tell you if the jury thought Rambus's claim was nonsense - they would have answered no to question 1 and gone home by now...
There are 12 people and they all have their opinions. Im sure not everyone is going to agree right away.Theory would have it, that the more time spend would be due to the warranted or actual damages.4b is what Rambus is asking and a reasonable amount the jury believes, is why there was a trail.
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The setting: The year is 3274 and planet Earth is filled with humans and anthros alike. The planet has gone through an electronical apocalypse. After a meteor the size of a foot ball field impacted in North Dakota and set off a powerful magnetic pulse, electronics went hay-wire. Even the simplest of electronics literally grew minds of their own. Watches launched their hands out and stuck into people, empty cars rammed into pedestrians and cars that had people in them. The already intelligent military super computers launched nukes on their own accord. The human race was forced to move under ground. After many years, the humans developed a steam punk way of life. Vehicles, both military and civilian ran on steam. Robotic suits capable of stopping a charging dump truck were developed, and after 36 years of exile, they went back to the surface, ready to take back what was theirs and to learn about the world that the machines have created. The machines have no defined leader, but do attack in groups on some occasions. If near a larger, seemingly more intelligent machine, they will star a process of "machine see, machine do." It is unclear as to how the electronics know where things are.
You will be playing as a soldier in the war, whether it is a sniper, steam suit (basically a giant robot suit powered by steam) wearer, steam tank driver or just a plain old soldier it doesn't matter. I will be the acting as the leader of the Organic Locatio (Organic Entente in English), or the OL for short, as well as my own character. You will be starting at Fort Homeland, the first fort between the over and under worlds.
The story will be played out on a chapter/mission styled basis. If you miss 1-2 missions/chapters, you will be warned. If you miss a third, you will be booted (depending on how long the chapters/missions are.)
Soldier - Self explanatory (five spots)
sniper - self explanatory (2 spots)
Custos 3600 Artillery operator - You drive and fire the cannon on a modified steam tank that fires napalm rounds and regular shells up to 8 miles (2 spots)
Steam suit operator - You control a big, steam powered metal suit that has cuncussion rifles on the arms and is moved by a series of levers and switches in the cockpit. (2spots)
Steam tank driver/gun operator - you drive or fire the primary weapon of the steam tank, which does use tracks and can go as fast as 30 MPH and fires standard explosive shells. (2 spots)
General - You get to choose what type of units you control and what they do. You can have an all NPC squad, or a fellow RPer in their midst if they are of the correct position themselves. (1 spot)
Briefing (Rules)
1. Violence is to be kept to pg-13
2. Romance is accepted, but no more than kissing
3. Destroy your XBox (optional)
4. Follow all PC rules and regulations
5. Destroy all remaining electronics in your home (optional)
6. No bunnying unless told to do so explicitly
7. Remember, nothing in this RP uses electronics.
8. Don't try taming the electronics. You'll wound up getting stabbed or run over
9. Have fun in the over world
Race: Human or Anthro?
Position: One of the positions above
Weapons: Remember, nothing elctrical
My SU:
Name: Nomti Shystell
Age: 15
Gender: male
Position: Steam tank driver
Personality: Nomti is typically quiet around most people, but out going with his two best friend and Danniel, his girlfriend. He is can be very sneaky when he needs to be and a good strategist.
Appearance: Nomti has black fur and brown eyes. His ears, which aren't the little ears that most anthro's have, but full on Jackal ears. Every hoodie he owns, no matter the color, has a golden Sheppard's cross on the front. He is always wearing a pair of blue jeans. He stands at around 6'4" including his ears and weighs about 130 lbs.
History: Nomti hadn't been alive when the meteor hit, but his parents had been. They had moved into the remains of a five star hotel with two other families and after a few weeks, heard about an underground city being built not to far away and that already had a complete housing district. When Nomti was 12 years, old his parents told him about the machines and when he was 15, Nomti gladly joined the Armor Division, which his dad had helped to create.
Weapons: Pressure modified M4 Carbine Sopmod assault rifle with a grenade launcher and two Egyptian styled, tempered steel cycles
Other: Due to his heritage, he is extremely heat resistant.
Important people:
William Davis (human) - Leader of the OL
Nina Stanton (tiger anthro) - Home front nurse
Tyler Stanton (Panther anthro) - Head field doctor
Micheal Shystell (Jackal anthro) - Armor division scientist
Landon Grove (human) - Squad captain
Jackson Ellis (human) - Steam suit squad captain
Over world - The surface of the Earth. Barely intact. Machines roam freely and mindlessly through out, attacking any thing that is living and moves on sight. Every once and a while, groups of vehicles can be seen traveling in packs or being destroyed by larger vehicles.
Hostile unit names:
car - collectively called "Fords," no matter what it actually is
Bus - London
Anything related to construction - Claw
Anything military related - Uncle Sams
Anything that can fly - MIG's, collectively
Anything that was previously a house hold device - Homers
If it is conjoined, like a fighter jet, it would be "Uncle Sam MIG's"
Under world - This refers to any under ground city were humans and anthros live. Factories, homes, office buildings, shops and everything from beaches to parks have been constructed. The cities are lit by massive towers lit with bonfires at regular intervals as well as torches. The way out is one long tunnel with one tunnel on either side leading to the forts that are hidden within the walls.
Forts (in order from closest to the over world):
Fort Homeland - The first fort to the under world, last fort out of it.
Fort Marquis - Where most of the armor is located
Fort Night Runner - The main armory
Fort Empire - Where soldiers typically stay and are trained
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, Volume 40, Issue 2, pp 371-395
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What students learn in problem-based learning: a process analysis
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This study aimed to provide an account of how learning takes place in problem-based learning (PBL), and to identify the relationships between the learning-oriented activities of students with their learning outcomes. First, the verbal interactions and computer resources studied by nine students for an entire PBL cycle were recorded. The relevant concepts articulated and studied individually while working on the problem-at-hand were identified as units of analysis and counted to demonstrate the growth in concepts acquired over the PBL cycle. We identified two distinct phases in the process—an initial concept articulation, and a later concept repetition phase. To overcome the sample-size limitations of the first study, we analyzed the verbal interactions of, and resources studied, by another 35 students in an entire PBL cycle using structural equation modeling. Results show that students' verbal contributions during the problem analysis phase strongly influenced their verbal contributions during self-directed learning and reporting phases. Verbal contributions and individual study influenced similarly the contributions during the reporting phase. Increased verbalizations of concepts during the reporting phase also led to higher achievement. We found that collaborative learning is significant in the PBL process, and may be more important than individual study in determining students' achievement.
KeywordsLearning processes Problem-based learning Small-group collaboration Self-directed study Verbal interaction
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- What students learn in problem-based learning: a process analysis
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Volume 40, Issue 2 , pp 371-395
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- 2012-03
- 10.1007/s11251-011-9181-6
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The SkullTwenty-two bones form the human skull. Many of the skull bones are either flat bones or irregular bones. All of the bones of the skull are part of the axial skeleton. These various bones fuse together by sutures to form a protective case for the brain, also known as the skull. A suture, an immovable joint, holds bones together. Eight major bones contribute to the formation of the skull: the frontal, two parietal, occipital, temporal, sphenoid, ethmoid, mandible, maxilla, and palatine bones. The skull also contains sinus cavities. The frontal bone, a flat bone, forms the front of the humans' skull and houses two sinuses. Sinuses, air pockets, make the skull lighter, thus allowing our necks to support them. There are two parietal bones. The occipital bone is found as the base of the skull; its occipital condyles allow for nodding and the hole at the bottom allows the spinal cord through. The temporal bone, irregular shaped, contains three major projections: the zygomatic process, the styloid process, and the mastoid process. The sphenoid bone resembles the shape of a bat and protects the spinal cord as well as housing two sinuses. The sphenoid bone is called the key stone of the human skull. The ethmoid is irregularly cuboidally shaped and contains two sinuses. The mandible or the lower jaw serves as the biggest strongest facial bone. The mandible has one special feature; it is the only bone in the skull that can move. The mandible bone allows for movements such as chewing and speech. The maxillae or upper jaw makes up part of the hard palate, provides sockets for teeth, and contains two maxillary sinuses. Two L-shaped palatine bones located deeply within the skull contribute to one third of the hard palate.
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Mama, I'll Give You the World (Paperback)
Exquisite artwork and an exceptionally tender text showcase the special bond between a mother and her daughter. Every day after school, Luisa goes to Walter's World of Beauty to watch her mama work cutting, coloring, and curling customers' hair. Before they go home, Mama puts her tip money in a special envelope for Luisa for college. She wants to give Luisa the world But Luisa has a plan of her own. For Mama's birthday, Luisa wants to give Mama the world. . . . This touching story of a loving child and a single, hard-working mother is sure to be a favorite of families everywhere.
About the Author
I was born in New York City and lived in an apartment building called The House of Joyful Living. On the roof there was an outdoor shower, a goldfish pond, some potted trees, a handball court, and a hawk s eye view of the buildings around us including the Empire State Building. With a mama and a papa all to myself, it seemed that we lived in paradise. Then my two sisters were born and we moved to an apartment in Brooklyn no goldfish pond, but from the six-story roof I could see the Statue of Liberty lifting its torch to me and the tall, gray smokestack of the nearby Pilgrim Laundry. When I was nine, my parents brought out a wooden puzzle map of the United States and tried to show my sisters and I where we were moving. They couldn t because the tiniest piece was missing Rhode Island.
I grew up in Rhode Island, enjoying my new backyard where we grew one of everything a pea plant, a tomato plant, a gladiolus, etc. I loved being only minutes away from the ocean. Eating Johnny cakes and clams.
I was always terribly shy and spent a great deal of time observing people and the beauty around me, storing it up, for I never guessed that I d end up being a writer.
Now that I m an adult and a writer, I still feel like a child. In fact, I often feel like someone impersonating a grownup, so it s far easier for me to write for children than to write for adults.
Life is full of so many wonderful things happy, sad, amazing, puzzling, beautiful and ugly things. Writing helps me to figure out the world. I love the power of words and how powerful I feel when I use them the right way. I intensely value imagination and worry that many children have it knocked out of them as they grow up and are exposed to life, mass culture, and the media. I love using my imagination when I write. I feel I am speaking very directly to my children. To me, children are the best!
Roni Schotter's many acclaimed books for children include "The Boy Who Loved Words," "Dreamland," "Captain Snap and the Children of Vinegar Lane" (a Parents' Choice Award winner) and "Hanukkah!" (recipient of the National Jewish Book Award). The author lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.
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Poll: Americans think standing for principle is more important than bipartisan compromise.
On Christmas Eve, Washington Post columnist David Broder published a "pox-on-both-their-houses" column, lamenting that the health care reform package that was about to pass the Senate didn't have any "signs" of "bipartisan support." But the new Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll out today indicates that the public doesn't agree with Broder's concern about bipartisanship. Asked what actions elected officials could undertake to increase trust in them, a majority said that "making a stronger effort to stand up for principle" would help "a lot" while only 35 percent said more focus "on compromising with members of the opposite political party" would help "a lot":


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The most absurd greenwashing ad in history
When you watch this staggering piece of deception, just remember:
- McCain's old climate bill with Lieberman has no bearing whatsoever on the fact that he is the Senate's leading greenwasher with a record that is as strongly anti-renewable as that of global warming denier Senator James Inhofe. McCain voted with Inhofe and against clean energy a staggering 42 out of 44 times in the past two decades.
- McCain's climate plan from a few months ago is infinitely weaker than the McCain-Lieberman bill Obama is seen endorsing in the ad footage (see "McCain's reliance on unlimited offsets = Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic").
- It now appears McCain won't regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Fortunately, the ad seems so desperate I can't actually see it winning any votes. Indeed, it shows bipartisanship on the part of Obama.
And on the very positive side, it helps make clear that whoever wins the presidency has a genuine mandate to take regulatory action on climate.
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In relation to this topic, I thought you might be interested in the below event hosted by Shell on November 19th:
"The concept of 'sustainability', the use of the term by corporate organisations, and issues around communication have all recently been the subject of debate. Bjorn Edlund's Webchat will discuss, amongst other things, what Shell means by 'sustainability', whether companies are trying to hijack the issues, and if advertising claims hold water. We are looking for a broad and informed debate and as such would welcome your participation.
To see the introductory video which explores the topic in more detail, to register to participate, and to see more of our work, please visit http://www.shell.com/dialogues."


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I thought I might balance Nighthawk618's travel page. It sounds to me as if Nighthawk probably lives here and is tired of Mt. V. However the truth is, for a city of approximately 16,500 people, Mt. Vernon has some very nice things going for it. Tourists can find several attractions to enjoy. We have a first-rate museum with an 80 acre sculpture park. A interesting Historical Village, near the museum. A couple of local wineries, several decent antique dealers, great hunting and fishing and several really good golf courses.
Mt. Vernon has several national hotel chains (Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, Comfort Inn, Drury Inn, etc.) and restaurant chains (both fast food and sit-down; such as Chili's, Applebee's, Lonestar Steakhouse, Cracker Barrel, Bob Evan's, Denny's, Pasta House, etc.) immediately off the Interstate 57-64. We also have a pretty decent mall about a half mile east into town with JCPenney and Sears as anchors.
Twenty minutes south of us is the Rend Lake recreation area (the state's 2nd largest lake) with all kinds of camping, resort and hotel complexes, stables, shooting complex, not to mention the regular "lake" stuff. Rend Lake does not have as many dining choices or as many hotel rooms as Mt. Vernon. The resorts book early.
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A mine deep in the heart of the Nocturnus Mountains. The heat from the lava produces lots of different metals and diamonds.
A guard goes to blow open a new hole, while 2 slaves dig for diamonds and silver.
A guard stands by with a whip and a slave scrounges the mould off the rock to eat.
A view of the water trough, reserved for the guards, and the crane lowering supplies to the mine.
The Great Walkway
A path directly to the capital it feeds the crushing of the western resistence. Refugees escape towards the city while cargo is shipped across the swamp to put down the rebellion.
A husband and wife and their son make their way from the war torn west to find solace in the capital.
A cart full of the deadly new gun powder, more commonly known as "boom dust", travels towards the war. The old toll collector is too stiff and tired to pester the cart for a tax.
The rickity bridge is closed off to travellers, despite it being a more direct route. It has grown too old and weak for people to walk on it. A woman and her young child take the risk. An orc mariner, in need of food, sees the boy's lunch, and chases him. The whole scene attracts the interest of the young teenager.
Orcs obviously haven't perfected the perfect setup for guns.
Bird's eye.
Without figs.
A Small Walkway
A Kaliphan merchant passes the stone indicating the one mile left towards the capital.
Watch your step
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Cool, but you need to dust your pieces. A lot.
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Nice view of every day Nocturnian life! :D
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Cervical Cancer Health Center
Cervical Cancer - What Happens
Cervical cancer happens when abnormal cells on the cervix grow out of control. Cervical cancer can often be successfully treated when it's found early. It is usually found at a very early stage through a Pap test.
If cervical cancer isn't treated, it may spread from the cervix to the vagina, and then into deeper tissue layers of connective tissue around the uterus. As it progresses, it may spread to the pelvic lymph nodes and other pelvic organs. Advanced-stage cancer may spread to lymph nodes; to other organs in the pelvis, causing problems with kidney and bowel function; or to other organs in the body, such as the liver and lungs.
Recommended Related to Cervical Cancer
Understanding Cervical Cancer -- Prevention
Since infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most important risk factor for cervical cancer and precancers, it is important to avoid genital HPV infection. This may mean delaying sex, limiting the number of sex partners, and avoiding a sex partner who has had several other partners. Condoms are important to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, but they can't give full protection against HPV since there may be skin-to-skin contact of exposed areas which can transmit the virus...
Read the Understanding Cervical Cancer -- Prevention article > >
Treatment of cervical cancer depends on the stage of your cancer and if it has spread.
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Internet Sites for Kids, Parents, Teachers, Librarians, and the Young at Heart
now, there are innumerable sites that are explicitly dedicated to Internet
hypertext links for children. For this page, we periodically travel down
some of these digital paths (we actually go to the sites and get a feel
for what they're like) and we try to highlight landmarks in a handful of
areas. The newest links are at the bottom of each category. We try to test
the links regularly; but, if you find a "dead" link, please let
the ODL Web Team know.
We encourage you to treat this page as your point of departure for a journey. As intrepid travelers (please see our Internet Policy), have fun, and don't forget to bookmark your new discoveries.
Artby and for children
The Open Directory Project has a page of links to websites by and about childern's book illustrators, including some collections. (Find out about the Open Directory Project.)
Young Composers is a site dedicated to aspiring young (39 years of age or younger) composers of music. Kids can send their music to this site, where listeners can download the tunes for free. There is brief biography of the composer, and several ways to access the music. The musical styles listed range from Baroque/Classical to World Music.
The Museum of Science has a wonderful online exhibit about the genius Leonardo da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor, Artist, complete with a well-written and easy to read biography (worth the trip by itself).
The Web Museum, Paris is a commercial-free, Internet-only art museum. This site doesn't appear to have been updated for years; however the content remains important, particularly the special exhibits and a collection of "famous paintings." The paintings can be viewed both as thumbnails and as full screen images.
The National Gallery of Art, "created in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress," has a handsome site NGAkids just for kids, full of activities and projects.
Here is an introductory sampling of other interesting locations:
Global Children's Art Gallery
Stonesoup Magazinean international magazine, written and illustrated by young people ages 8 to 13.
Art Projects for Kids—Kathy Barbro has posted over 600 "classroom-tested" art projects on her blog.
KinderArt®—another promising site dedicated to arts and crafts activities and education, including free art lesson plans for teachers and parents.
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Booksreading and writing
The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) strives to "specifically address the needs of children as readers." The ICDL is a library with worldwide participation, and "an international collection that reflects both the diversity and quality of children's literature." There are some intreguing and innovative ideas here. There is at least one qualification, the Library's striking and singular bookreaders are proprietary software programs that will need to install on your computer's harddrive (it uses 510MB of disk space [about 1/2 GB] and Java Virtual Machine). ICDL does have a note that says, "NOTE: By summer of 2003 we plan to offer a version of ICDL with minimal technical requirements that will run on any Internet-enabled computer. " For the time being, if you have the room on your computer, and no particular aversion to adding new programs, this looks interesting.
The Internet Archive also hosts a Children's Library with books in a few different formats, including pdfs.
You might want to check out A Century of Children's Books, an annotated list of classics and favorites compiled by Oklahoma City Children's Librarian Sally Epp.
Birmingham (England) Libraries has as site, Stories from the Web, dedicated to reading and writing and geared to children, where one "can read stories, e-mail authors, write reviews and even write your own stories."
Kay E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page focuses primarily on children's literature. Kay Vandergrift is a professor and dean at Rutgers University, and has published several books on the subject of children, young adults, and books.
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi ("one of North America's leading research centers in the field of children's literature") has a selection of web pages that spotlight their collected writers and illustrators.
You can find Internet pages honoring innumerable authorsfamous and not
so famousby using a good search engine such as those on Google,
Bing, or IXQuick. (If you need
help using search engines, try Teaching
Library Internet Workshops: University of California, BerkeleySearching
the World Wide Web.) As examples, here are a handful of the pages we found:
Author pages such as those for Judy Blume and Roald Dahl.
Pages dedicated to famous books and their characters, for example Seussville, and The Peter Rabbit Homepage.
Open Directory Project searches yeilding even more links to information on children's literature .
Quite a few classic books can be found in full-text versions on the Internet. Just a few examples are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (part of the wonderful Project Gutenberg which includes e-reader files), Anne of Green Gables, the Velveteen Rabbit (the original "Toy Story"), and the Wizard of Oz series of books.
If you want to look for other books online, try the Online Books Page search engine.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Sitea collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
Award-Winners for all time:
Association for Library Service to Children's Newbery, and Caldecott Awards, and
Sequoyah Book Award, the "third oldest state book award,"
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' Golden Kite Award.
The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, has created a websiteBookHivethat offers reviews of children's books by more than 50 children's librarians from the library system's 22 branches. The site was constructed based on "market research and lots input from children throughout the county."
Internet Public Library (an "educational initiative" of the University of Michigan School of Information) highlights its Youth and Teen Divisions. (The Teen pages are especially attractivewithout being distracting.) This group has an impressively thoughtful, definite mission statement that emphasizes the concept of using the skills of trained librarians to organize the Internet's vast resources. (The statement begins with the sentence, "The Internet is a mess." Few veteran Web surfers would debate this point.)
Bookreporter.com has two sites dedicated to childrenBookworm at kidsreads.com (ages 6-12) and teenreads.com. Similar to their parent site, these pages promote reading with reviews, author interviews, and excerpts.
Scholastic (a publishing and media company producing educational materials to "assist and inspire students," since 1920see their web pages for a number of authors whose series are particularly popular with school-aged children; series include Harry Potter, Goosebumps, The Babysitter's Club, and Animorphs.
Children's Book Resources (a web page of The Purple Crayon: A Children's Book Editor's Site) is a listing of hyperlinks to literature for children. The links lead to electronic versions of various public domain books suitable for children.
The Children's Book Council site has a number of interesting web pages.
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Fun and Gamesweb sites for fun as well as education
PBS Kids has links to some of its children shows: Barney, Mister Rogers, Sesame Street, and Teletubbies (to name only the best known). The site also has a number of interesting childrens' initiatives, such as Don't Buy It.
The FBI (yesthe Federal Bureau of Investigation) has a interactive version of a Matching Game (sometimes known as Concentration), part of their Kids Page.
If you don't mind a dose of promotion with your entertainment, you'll love the Official Star Wars Site. Created to promote the Star Wars series of films, the pages feature art and design from all of the movies, story background, film information, and even some animated comic books based on Star Wars characters.
The US Forest Service has a colorful and fun pageSmokey the Bear's Home Pagewith activities, games, and fire prevention information.
KidsCom is a educational game site that seems especially sensitive to parental concerns. The site includes a word game that reinforces ten Internet safety rules for children (such as "4. Don't give out personal information like your address, telephone number or school name to anyone unless you have permission from your parents.") Advertisements are clearly marked by a cartoon character. There is a companion site dedicated to parental informationParentsTalk: Because You're Always a Parent - Advice, Recipes, Family Fun, Child Care Experts.
Some special museum web sites may have appeal to children and adults:
The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Le Grand Louvre young people's pages
The Smithsonian Institution Home Page
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Museum Kids
The Disney Company site is highly rated, and appears on many recommended lists. It is of course commercial and promotes Disney products.
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Safety & Other Assistance
What to Teach Kids About Strangers, "information about the differences between strangers kids should look out for and strangers kids can trust," from the National Crime Prevention Council—home of McGruff the Crime Dog®.
GetNetWise is a site with the explicit goal of making it easier for parents to find resources to guide their children's Internet use.
The Natural Child Project is dedicated to the idea that "all children behave as well as they are treated."
Child Safety on the Information Highway provides information and advice to help parents and children travel the net safely. The article was written by Larry Magid and has been reproduced on many web pages. Also check out Larry's Safe Kids Online site.
Spark Action is an information, and action center for adults. It intends to be "a cyber-community for adultson behalf of kidsthat helps jump-start real communities to act on behalf of children."
The American Library Association's Great Web Sites for Kids is a "cybercollection" of special web pages.
US Dept. of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement paper entitled "Helping Your Child Use The Library." Chapters include "Getting Children Interested," "When You Visit the Library Alone," and Library Services for Preschoolers, for School-Aged Children, and for Teenagers.
Health and Safety—Birth to 2 years—Safety Measures Around the Home from WebMD, covers common areas of concern from baby products to risks of choking and suffocation.
Medicine Safety and Children at Medline Plus, where the National Institute of Health's National Library of Medicine cover medicine use, accident prevention, and first aid for medicine accidents.
Travel Safety Tips for traveling with children on airplanes or in cars, from American Academy of Pediatrics
Kid's Net has listings of educational, museum, and fun sites suitable for children. In Fall 2010, the Temple University Libraries acquired the collection.
Ignite Spot is an accounting firm that, as a service or a public relations outreach, has put together a page on "Financial Literacy for Kids." The page includes numerous hyperlinks to other pages on the subject and related issues.
Another source for helping kids with the subject of money is Financial Literacy for Kids and Teens: Saving, Budgeting, Investing & Beyond—there are many useful links. The page is hosted by US Insurance Agents, an insurance comparison website.
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Factmonster.com is " a fun and informative destination with unbeatable resources," "unique in combining essential reference materials, fun facts and features, and individualized homework help for kids." Content is "categorized so that kids can quickly locate just the right facts (for homework or curious browsing) on topics ranging from science to sports to people in the news." The site has advertising, however, it is clearly marked.
HomeworkSpot is a section of pages devoted to helping students find information on various subjects (organized by school gradeselementary, middle school, etc., as well as subject matter). Parent company StartSpot's mission states a "desire to improve people's ability to quickly and easily find the best and most useful information on the Web." Needless to say, there's a lot going on heremany link suggestions. (This is, of course, a mixed blessing; sometimes it's a challenge to choose a direction.) There is a useful column or feature here on Evaluating Resources dealing with the challenge of accuracy and reliability of information available on the Web.
Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids is a service of the Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office. Organized by school grades (with a Parent/Teacher area), the site is colorful and seems well designed. The subject matter resembles a good civics course. The higher grades include documents, and even a section on citizenship (many adults might appreciate this too). Ben is Ben Franklin, by the way.
The Enchanted Learning company has a website called Zoom School. The site is designed to be "an on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities." Subjects within these categories include classic crowd-pleasers like sharks, dinosaurs, & space.
KidsClick! is a search engine for children "created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites." Subject categories include "Weird & Mysterious," and "Health & Well-Being." The section on Fine Arts includes subcategories from Architecture to Theater, with Comic Books and Jazz in between.
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Science and Maththey're alive!
An Overview of Simple Machines is a webpage for children, created by a kid, that explores "six different machine principals, considered to be the simplest and most basic, that are incorporated into modern-day machinery."
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a notably rich site with a number of interesting web pagesand many tangents to pursue. For example, there is beautiful photo gallery with "more than 16,000 public domain photosanimals, reefs, coastal scenes and much more." A section on coral reefs looks particularly interestingeducational and well-designed. Other Interesting areas include a section devoted to the neary 200-year history of NOAA. As we implied above, one might want to spend some time at NOAA for fun and insight about the world's oceans and weather. (Speaking of weather, check out U.S. Climate at a Glance.)
Thirteen/WNET New York produced a television program for PBS called Savage Seas. The website that accompanied that program explores a cornucopia of ocean-related facts and illustrative animations.
The Marine Mammal Center has a relatively comprehensive section of its website that contains educational articles and essays on marine mammals such as seals, sea lions, whales, and polar bears.
Just a reminderwhen it comes to a subject as vast as fish, there are a myriad of websites which contain useful information. Some of these websites have specific interests (such as those focusing on sharks or dolphins or whales), and others are more generalized. To find the right sites for you, try using a reliable search engine such as Google. Search engines are generally sophisticated enough to make thoughtful queries quite productive. Need help with searching techniques? Try Search Engine Watch's "Power Searching for Anyone or the helpful tips available on most search engine web pages.
While tracking down a lead, we found ARKive—a site who's mission is "promoting the conservation of the world's threatened species, through the power of wildlife imagery." With brilliant wildlife photography, this site is for all ages—of special interest to children might be the games and holiday e-cards.
Several aquariums in our country have web pages (you can find your favorite ones in a good search engine such as Google). Many of these are primarily promotional tools with too little web content; however, the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has some introductions to their exhibits, as does the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
CASMEO's Family Adventures in Math and Science (FAMES) has a website dedicated to introducing your child to math and science with special learning kits designed for hands-on, practical learning thats engaging and fun.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a set of kids pages that present space and related subjects in a child-friendly format. Actually, all of the NASA pages might prove interesting to older childrencovering subjects such as Space Science, Earth Science, and Aerospace Technology. The section for students can also help to focus your efforts, or uncover new resourcessuch as Astronomy Picture of the Day, highlighting a single image collected by scientists (there is an archive as well).
Teachers from Lakeside Middle School in Evans, Georgia, have volunteered their time to create and maintain an informative website called StarChild. A service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) (within the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics at NASA/GSFC), the StarChild site is designed to teach young people about astronomy. SubjectsThe Solar System, The Universe, and Space Stuffare presented on two Levels (presumably the second level is more sophisticated). The site is colorful with lots of pictures.
Hubble Space Telescope site is an enormously interesting and often beautiful experience. These pages contain a number of photographs made using the Hubble telescopecomplete with extensive notes or explanation (found under the link marked "caption"). There are links to a number of different pagesall lead to new sights (pun intended).
Astronomy for Kids is dedicated to making the subject astronomy more interesting, less boringincludes word puzzles.
Astronomy magazine's website Astronomy.com has some interesting articles and photographs. Stories are organized by topics (such as"Today's News," and "Featured Story") which are in turn broken into the subtopics: "Science" and "Hobby." The science half of the topic seems to relate to the facts, and the hobby part reports on how people are exploring the subject (for example: "eclipse chasers"). This is a commercial site with a fair amount of advertising, but advertising is easily distinguished from the content.
The U.S. Government Information division of ODL has a page of links to federal government websites for kids. These links offer access to a variety of issues from science to geography to bike safety. Some websites are already represented on this page, but there are also new forks in the road.
The British Science Museum (part of the National Museum of Science and Industry) has a vibrant website with a number of online exhibits.
The US Bureau of Engraving and Printingresponsible for printing paper money and stamps (but not coins). The US Mint (where coins are made) has a first-class children's page, H.I.P. Pocket Change.
The Boston Museum of Science has a number of online exhibits.
This site could fall within all of our categories. The Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection provides exhibits "inspired by Video Series from Annenberg/CPB." The interactive site features high-quality multimedia presentations on such subjects as Cinema: what goes on behind the scenes, and Personality: What makes us who we are. One particularly intriguing subject is Amusement Park Physics What are the forces behind the fun?
San Francisco's Exploratorium has a handsome and substantial website, with interactive web exhibits. There is section on faultlines and earthquakes, including a captivating account of the infamous 1906 San Francisco earthquake, illustrated with photographs. In addition to the exhibits, there is the museum's rooftop web cam, with a 360 degree view of San Francisco (including the Golden Gate bridge and the Wharf).
PBS's Nature series has companion web pages that use video clips, puzzles, and text to consider whether animals are "intelligent," and if they are, what they think about. Another PBS series has another companion web presence: Savage Earth. The program covers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanos; the website has photographs and web movies. While you're in this neighborhood, you might want to check the PBS website for other programs' websitesthey generally have several features.
The Electronic Zoo is a huge collection of links on all kinds of animals (from cows to ferrets) hosted by NetVet, a veterinary resource hosted by Washington University of St. Louis, Missouri. Be sure to scroll down the page (or click on any image on the globe)there's more here than first meets the eye.
Science U is a site for people who like science. They use interactive exhibits, and "engaging multimedia articles and activities" to make science fun.
The Internet Public Library has a page of educational resource links for teachers and parents.
The Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon, has an extensive list of hyperlinks on Mathematics. There are an overwhelming number of links, so some are undoubtedly better than others. We liked the Ask Dr. Math (Swarthmore College) and Web Math sites.
Nick Walker, a national TV meteorologist, has developed a page that is dedicated to children's information and links about weather.
Introduction to The Nine Planets"a collection of information about our Solar System intended for a general audience with little technical background."
Volcano World includes such things as maps of currently erupting volcanoes, video clips of active volcanoes, and Ask a Volcanologist.
Bill Nye the Science Guy's Nye Labs Online is an interesting web site that seems to use activity to stimulate interest (just like the television show).
Check out The Froggy Page for some light hearted zoology.
Kids.gov has several interesting sections for understanding government and how it works. Kids.gov is "a service from the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, part of the U.S. General Services Administration."
iCivics is a non-profit organization founded and led by Justice Sandra Dey O'Conner with the goal of "reinvigorating civic learning through interactive and engaging learning resources." The site provides "students with the tools they need for active participation and democratic action, and teachers with the materials and support to achieve this." An example is Government and the Market: Lesson Plans. There are educational games, too.
The Central Intelligence Agency has Kids Zone, and some interesting educational pages on their website, for example, Understanding Government Systems Around the World.
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History, & Adventurepeople and places
The Geography Site is "committed to providing the best quality Internet resources for geography teachers, geography students and anyone with an interest in geography and how our amazing planet works." Judging by the location of this website, this may have been a project of the British government; otherwise, it is hard to determine the entity or organization behind this venture (there is no "about us" page).
Pirates! Fact and Legend, on-line since 1996, is maintained as a free resource for pirate information with a variety of contributing authors. With a clean and clear design, Pirates! Fact and Legend includes sections on the History of Piracy. One of the things we like most about this site is it not just a collection of links (like this page). It is however a "wiki" (as is Wikipedia), and kids might want to check the information with another source when accuracy is important.
America's Library (a handsome website created specifically for children and their families) draws from American historical collections of the Library of Congress. Stories use photographs, maps, prints, manuscripts, and audio/video recordings. Sections including Jump Back In Time and Explore the States are filled with interactive elements.
An Internet guide book, the Florence Art Guide links to illustrated narratives about famous landmarks of Florence, Italy. It includes such world-famous sights as the Cathedral (Duomo) of Florence and the Piazza della Signoria. The Art Guide is part of larger commercial site, Firenze by Net, which provides maps of the city, and entertainment information (practice your Italian firstEnglish is not the rule here).
Sponsored by the Library of Congress, the American Memory pages offer over forty different collections of oral histories, maps, papers, videos, and photography. This site is hard to navigate (sections are not thoroughly identified), but the richness of its catalog may make up for it.
The Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection provides exhibits "inspired by Video Series from Annenberg/CPB." The interactive site features high-quality multimedia presentations on many different subjects for example, Collapse: Why do civilizations fall?
HyperHistory Online is a site built around a massive timeline project covering 3,000 years. To access the timeline: first, pick a broad categoryPeople, History, Events or Maps; next choose a time frame1000-1500 or 1500-1999. Subjects covered on the timeline range from Art to War. The timeline is scrollable, and includes a good number of hyperlinks leading to detailed narratives. For a full perspective on history, this site looks like it's hard to beat.
Latin America is a collaborative project of the Brooklyn Public Library, the Brooklyn museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Children's Museum, this site is a springboard to discussions to ancient and modern Latin American cultures, history, and animals.
Some sites about the American West:
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum has a website (with a handful of exhibits represented).
Hanksville.org (a "homemade" site) has a categorized list of Native American Resources.
CyberRodeo (a promotional site for a couple of Dallas/Ft. Worth restaurants) has an extensive collection of Western links that branch off in a number of intriguing directions.
A selection of Movie "Cowboys and Indians"Official Hopalong Cassidy Web site, Official Roy Rogers - Dale Evans Web Site. (Please note: several of these sites are commercial and primarily designed for selling merchandise.)
A good reference source for geography and exploration is the About.Com Guide to Geography. It includes a world atlas, a weekly quiz, geography humor, and all kinds of resources.
Lonely Planet (a publisher of "practical, reliable and no-nonsense travel information") has provided a well-designed travel and geography website. A good place to start is the Lonely Planet—Destinations page where a colorful map links travelers to worldwide locations. Ultimately, most people will want to visit a country or continent's Optic Nervea collection of slides.
The United Nations has a educational site for children called the United Nations CyberSchoolBus, which includes games such as Flag Tag, a quick geography quiz, and even a "model UN" discussion group.
The Internet Public Library invites kids of all ages to "join Olivia Owl & Parsifal Penguin on their worldwide tour!" at Culture Quest.
The Library of Congress offers Country Studies, a continuing series of books prepared under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. This online series presently contains studies of 85 countries.
The National Geographic Society has an attractive children's website, National Geographic Kids that uses moving pictures and sound, and includes a Pen Pal page as well as exploration and education.
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Twitter's Facebook-style timeline could arrive next week
Buzzfeed claims Twitter will launch an algorithmically-sorted feed very soon.
Samsung may launch its own phone upgrade program
Spoiler: it sounds a lot like Apple's.
'Simpsons' creator Matt Groening is in talks with Netflix
The rumor mill says Netflix is close to a two season deal for a new animated series.
Is Renault facing its own emissions scandal? (updated)
Reports claim the firm was raided by anti-fraud authorities on suspicion of emissions foul play.
The US wants self-driving cars, and fast
Reports claim that Anthony Foxx will launch a new initiative in Detroit on Thursday.
Apple is reportedly making premium wireless earbuds for the next iPhone
With no 3.5mm headphone jack, owners will need a new solution.
Yeah, there's another rumor about Apple and an OLED iPhone
This claim says not to expect to see the technology in an iPhone until 2018.
Best Buy knocks $100 off all its Apple Watches
Fueling speculation that it's clearing house in preparation for the Watch 2 next year.
CBS exec says Apple's streaming TV plans are 'on hold'
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The 55 year old actor joined Chris Martin and co. on stage in New Jersey to perform 'Earth Angel' and 'Johnny B. Goode'.
Bjork Digital comes to London's Somerset House in September, along with a single live show at the Royal Albert Hall.
Kim Kardashian released an audio excerpt from a phone call between Kanye and Taylor Swift over the lyrics of 'Famous' - but if it was recorded...
There's very much a strength of conviction in remaining what you were, but arguably more so in becoming what you want to be.
The BBC drama starring Aidan Turner returns to BBC One on September 4th.
Guns N' Roses were detained at the Canadian border last week for gun possession but they're adamant the weapon didn't belong to them.