Hi All,
Upon reflection yesterdays' post was a bit serious. I want to go in the opposite direction with todays' post. I'm going to make it a bit light-hearted and more fun. Aka - less serious!
So...you have some time off from work or you are on a vacation or something like that....what about trying a museum? Long Island has lots of museums - click here for a link (from Newsday) to some of the more popular ones on LI!
Notice the links on the left side of the page to 'Our 10 Favorite Museums', 'Best Museums For Kids', 'Nautical Museums', 'Niche Museums on Long Island'. Cool stuff - great for a rainy day or just to break up the monotony of a spring day (or summer for that matter).
Okay, so you might not be able to visit all of these offbeat museums, but click on this link to find a link to '10 Weirdest U.S. Museums' In particular the Pez Museum and the Devil's Rope Museum look like cool places to visit if you are in the area (my thoughts at least)
Click here for a link - from Firstwivesworld.com (a community support website for divorced women) - entitled '5 Wacky Museums Worth Visiting' - my choice here would be the Mustard Museum in Wisconsin - you can never have enough mustard I always say!
And since we are talking about museums, click on this link to find the movie 'Night at the Museum' starring Ben Stiller - yes, we own two copies of the move at the library!
Finally, click on this link to find books at the library that deal with 'murders in museums' - I did the search in the card catalog and these were the results - and I sorted them chronologically so the newer titles will appear at the top of the list!
Enjoy your time at the museums! (and at the library)
Stu
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
USDA - Food Safety and Food Inspection Service
Hi All,
Would you like to know the genesis of this blog entry? Yep - I thought you would. I'm trying to eat a bit healthier lately so I just ate two oranges. And boy oh boy they were delicious. As I was eating them I was thinking that it tasted at least as good as a good cookie or a piece of chocolate.
Fast forward a few minutes and I'm working at the reference desk thinking of ideas for a blog post (this one in particular)....then I got a whif of my hands - which of course smelled like oranges'. And then my brain got churning...blog post, spring, oranges, healthy, nutrition. BAM...'write a blog entry about food safety. BAM...I went to the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) website and did a bit of searching...and so a blog post was born.
And what did I find you might ask? Here it goes!
Believe it or not, there is a department within the USDA called the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Click here for the link. Click on this link for the FSIS Mission Statement; which, in part, does the following... 'responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and package'.
So basically they help keep our meat, poultry, chicken and egg products safe!
Click here for specific links to the FSIS Fact Sheets that deal with Safe Food Handling - this is darn good stuff!
Kitchen Companion - note that this is a 47 page pdf document - you might want to print it out and keep it in your kitchen!
Cooking For Groups: A Volunteer's Guide to Food Safety
Freezing and Food Safety - more sub links follow on topics as varied as 'What can you freeze?', 'Is Frozen Food Safe?', 'Freezer Burn', 'Safe Thawing' and much, much more.
Handling Food Safely on the Road - especially during vacations
Molds on food: Are They Dangerous? - topics include 'What Are Molds?', 'Where Are Molds Found?', 'How Can You Minimize Mold Growth?' and again, much, much more.
Click here for Fact Sheets regarding food for At-Risk Populations! Three of the more helpful links on this part of the site are:
1. Be Food Safe - a pdf document - has a great chart to tell users what the minimum temperature should be used for various foods (ham, pork, beef, casseroles, etc)
2. Keep Hands Clean - another very helpful pdf document
3. Food Safety For Older Adults - yet another pdf document for you!
Click here for information regarding Meat Preparation! Specifically, click on this link for more information for a link entitled, 'Color of Cooked Ground Beer As It Relates To Doneness'
Click here for information regarding Poultry Preparation! Got chicken? With these links you'll want to go to the store and buy lots of chicken for the rest of the week! Yum!
Note that I listed only SOME of the more useful links on the site. Your own interests and likes/dislikes might very well take you to different parts of the FSIS website that I didn't cover.
Click on this link to get to the FSIS site A to Z Index. Note that these are index terms so you might need to search a second time if your initial search didn't come up with the results you were expecting.
5 more links and I'l be done - promise.
Other neat links on the FSIS site include:
1. Food Safety Education - I like the video that discusses 'Let's Talk About Ham'!
2. Science
3. Regulations and Policies
4. FSIS Recalls
5. Food Defense & Emergency Response
Sigh...so many great links and so little time!
Enjoy the site and I hope you get to use the valuable information found at the FSIS!
Stu
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Would you like to know the genesis of this blog entry? Yep - I thought you would. I'm trying to eat a bit healthier lately so I just ate two oranges. And boy oh boy they were delicious. As I was eating them I was thinking that it tasted at least as good as a good cookie or a piece of chocolate.
Fast forward a few minutes and I'm working at the reference desk thinking of ideas for a blog post (this one in particular)....then I got a whif of my hands - which of course smelled like oranges'. And then my brain got churning...blog post, spring, oranges, healthy, nutrition. BAM...'write a blog entry about food safety. BAM...I went to the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) website and did a bit of searching...and so a blog post was born.
And what did I find you might ask? Here it goes!
Believe it or not, there is a department within the USDA called the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Click here for the link. Click on this link for the FSIS Mission Statement; which, in part, does the following... 'responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and package'.
So basically they help keep our meat, poultry, chicken and egg products safe!
Click here for specific links to the FSIS Fact Sheets that deal with Safe Food Handling - this is darn good stuff!
Kitchen Companion - note that this is a 47 page pdf document - you might want to print it out and keep it in your kitchen!
Cooking For Groups: A Volunteer's Guide to Food Safety
Freezing and Food Safety - more sub links follow on topics as varied as 'What can you freeze?', 'Is Frozen Food Safe?', 'Freezer Burn', 'Safe Thawing' and much, much more.
Handling Food Safely on the Road - especially during vacations
Molds on food: Are They Dangerous? - topics include 'What Are Molds?', 'Where Are Molds Found?', 'How Can You Minimize Mold Growth?' and again, much, much more.
Click here for Fact Sheets regarding food for At-Risk Populations! Three of the more helpful links on this part of the site are:
1. Be Food Safe - a pdf document - has a great chart to tell users what the minimum temperature should be used for various foods (ham, pork, beef, casseroles, etc)
2. Keep Hands Clean - another very helpful pdf document
3. Food Safety For Older Adults - yet another pdf document for you!
Click here for information regarding Meat Preparation! Specifically, click on this link for more information for a link entitled, 'Color of Cooked Ground Beer As It Relates To Doneness'
Click here for information regarding Poultry Preparation! Got chicken? With these links you'll want to go to the store and buy lots of chicken for the rest of the week! Yum!
Note that I listed only SOME of the more useful links on the site. Your own interests and likes/dislikes might very well take you to different parts of the FSIS website that I didn't cover.
Click on this link to get to the FSIS site A to Z Index. Note that these are index terms so you might need to search a second time if your initial search didn't come up with the results you were expecting.
5 more links and I'l be done - promise.
Other neat links on the FSIS site include:
1. Food Safety Education - I like the video that discusses 'Let's Talk About Ham'!
2. Science
3. Regulations and Policies
4. FSIS Recalls
5. Food Defense & Emergency Response
Sigh...so many great links and so little time!
Enjoy the site and I hope you get to use the valuable information found at the FSIS!
Stu
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Spring Home Maintenance
Hi All,
Attention home owners, attention home owners. Spring is here - heck after the winter we had it is a very, very good thing that spring is here already! Enough of that wintry, rainy, cloudy, cold weather. Be gone with you bad weather!
That being said, homeowners should be constantly vigilant about home maintenance at any time of the year; but spring especially is known for maintenance. What with rain, wind and the thawing of rivers, streams and canals it is a good time to take a once over look at your house.
So, without further ado a few good websites (and some comments and narrative about the sites) about spring maintenance for a single family dwelling (aka a house).
Straight from Consumer Reports is this link -and any time you can get something free from CR its a good day. Click here for the link entitled "Spring Checklist For the Home: Don't Let Problems Around the House Turn Into Money Drains'. The article talks about dirty air conditioners, hazardous decks, foundation fissures, faulty garage-door openers, clogged gutters,
leaky roofs', weakened trees, and cracked pavement. Good basic stuff for the homeowner.
Next on our list is a site from HGTV entitled, 'The Slackers Guide to Spring Home Maintenance'. This is my kind of article!
The article talks about diverting water, retaining the roof, checking the paint job on the exterior of the house, cutting shrubs and trees, lawn maintenance, maintaining windows and doors (an interior issue), pest control, plumbing issues (leaky and or sweaty pipes) and tile maintenance in the kitchen and the bathroom (check that grout!)
From a website by the name of Handyman Matters comes this site - click here. What's so good about this site you might ask? Indeed, good question!
For starters the site has a checklists for each of the four seasons - its a simple list but very handy if I might say so myself! What else does the site have? Click here for a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) section that has some Tips and Tricks on various home repair projects. Each tip is a sentence or two in length but combined they are darn useful. There is also a section of DIY videos which you can view by clicking on this link.
Finally, since we reopened the remodeled library we have created a separate section for home repair and home maintenance books. We thought that this would be a great way to help our patrons find material (think books and DVD's) on home repair and maintenance more easily.
Note that the material is down the first aisle next to the Children's Room in the library. Also, don't forget that the books and DVD's in this collection are further broken down into sub-sections like gardening, fireplaces, plumbing, landscaping, plants, trees/shrubs, home repair, home organization, furniture, storage, kitchen, home improvement, indoor structures and outdoor structures and probably a few others that I've mistakenly forgotten.
Enjoy the sites and the home maintenance advice - hope you don't need it!
Stu
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Attention home owners, attention home owners. Spring is here - heck after the winter we had it is a very, very good thing that spring is here already! Enough of that wintry, rainy, cloudy, cold weather. Be gone with you bad weather!
That being said, homeowners should be constantly vigilant about home maintenance at any time of the year; but spring especially is known for maintenance. What with rain, wind and the thawing of rivers, streams and canals it is a good time to take a once over look at your house.
So, without further ado a few good websites (and some comments and narrative about the sites) about spring maintenance for a single family dwelling (aka a house).
Straight from Consumer Reports is this link -and any time you can get something free from CR its a good day. Click here for the link entitled "Spring Checklist For the Home: Don't Let Problems Around the House Turn Into Money Drains'. The article talks about dirty air conditioners, hazardous decks, foundation fissures, faulty garage-door openers, clogged gutters,
leaky roofs', weakened trees, and cracked pavement. Good basic stuff for the homeowner.
Next on our list is a site from HGTV entitled, 'The Slackers Guide to Spring Home Maintenance'. This is my kind of article!
The article talks about diverting water, retaining the roof, checking the paint job on the exterior of the house, cutting shrubs and trees, lawn maintenance, maintaining windows and doors (an interior issue), pest control, plumbing issues (leaky and or sweaty pipes) and tile maintenance in the kitchen and the bathroom (check that grout!)
From a website by the name of Handyman Matters comes this site - click here. What's so good about this site you might ask? Indeed, good question!
For starters the site has a checklists for each of the four seasons - its a simple list but very handy if I might say so myself! What else does the site have? Click here for a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) section that has some Tips and Tricks on various home repair projects. Each tip is a sentence or two in length but combined they are darn useful. There is also a section of DIY videos which you can view by clicking on this link.
Finally, since we reopened the remodeled library we have created a separate section for home repair and home maintenance books. We thought that this would be a great way to help our patrons find material (think books and DVD's) on home repair and maintenance more easily.
Note that the material is down the first aisle next to the Children's Room in the library. Also, don't forget that the books and DVD's in this collection are further broken down into sub-sections like gardening, fireplaces, plumbing, landscaping, plants, trees/shrubs, home repair, home organization, furniture, storage, kitchen, home improvement, indoor structures and outdoor structures and probably a few others that I've mistakenly forgotten.
Enjoy the sites and the home maintenance advice - hope you don't need it!
Stu
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Calling All Biscuit Lovers...Hockey Playoffs 2011
Hi All,
Just wanted to write a brief post on the current hockey playoffs. Want some inside dirt on the hockey playoffs? Check out the NHL website at this link. Click here for news, video, statistics, top headlines, scores, tickets and much more.
Other great hockey sites are ESPN's hockey link - click here for the site. Okay, on the same note - but a bit different is the CBS Sports site - click here for it. What do the last two sites have in common you ask? Indeed - they are both designed by professional organizations so the site layout is intuitive and very easy to use. The graphics are great, the links always work, and the writing is really, really excellent since it is written by real reporters. The downside? It is pretty mainstream writing - that is to say the info isn't that unique or rare and, while the articles sometimes try to be 'controversial', they really aren't.
That being said, let's look at a few hockey blogs where, just like in a hockey fight the gloves come off. The hockey blogs' mentioned here are controversial, opinionated and pretty darn funny in some cases. So let me drop that puck and start the list!
1. Puck Update - written by a fellow New Yorker - he lives in Queens, New York - this is a darn long-running hockey blog (since September 2002) and he's been mentioned by other sources as having a really interesting blog (USA Hockey and ESPN2's SportsNation among others). Again, stats, articles and, on the right side of the blog is a blogroll of other hockey blogs. Egads...you can visit PuckUpdate and get all your hockey needs filled at this one site...for example...click on
2. QuantHockey.com - not so much a blog as it is a repository of all sorts of hockey statistics -and sorted by player birth year, nationality, player age, country of birth, birth state and/or birth province and much, much more. Incredible how much time and effort the designer put into the site!
3. NHL Digest.com On the site you can find an NHL Player Birthday calendar (aw, how cute), links to hockey interviews and NHL Business. Cool stuff.
4. Hockey-Blog-in-Canada.com Yes, I know about the title. But it is still hockey. Oh, and don't forget to look at the links on the right side of the page. There are links to other hockey related websites, history of the nhl trophies and a link to highly clicked articles...note that I didn't link the sites since you have to use a drop down menu to go to the various choices.
So there you have it - 4 pretty cool hockey blogs that will help you get your share of puck fun for these wild and woolly playoffs. Enjoy!
Stu
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Just wanted to write a brief post on the current hockey playoffs. Want some inside dirt on the hockey playoffs? Check out the NHL website at this link. Click here for news, video, statistics, top headlines, scores, tickets and much more.
Other great hockey sites are ESPN's hockey link - click here for the site. Okay, on the same note - but a bit different is the CBS Sports site - click here for it. What do the last two sites have in common you ask? Indeed - they are both designed by professional organizations so the site layout is intuitive and very easy to use. The graphics are great, the links always work, and the writing is really, really excellent since it is written by real reporters. The downside? It is pretty mainstream writing - that is to say the info isn't that unique or rare and, while the articles sometimes try to be 'controversial', they really aren't.
That being said, let's look at a few hockey blogs where, just like in a hockey fight the gloves come off. The hockey blogs' mentioned here are controversial, opinionated and pretty darn funny in some cases. So let me drop that puck and start the list!
1. Puck Update - written by a fellow New Yorker - he lives in Queens, New York - this is a darn long-running hockey blog (since September 2002) and he's been mentioned by other sources as having a really interesting blog (USA Hockey and ESPN2's SportsNation among others). Again, stats, articles and, on the right side of the blog is a blogroll of other hockey blogs. Egads...you can visit PuckUpdate and get all your hockey needs filled at this one site...for example...click on
2. QuantHockey.com - not so much a blog as it is a repository of all sorts of hockey statistics -and sorted by player birth year, nationality, player age, country of birth, birth state and/or birth province and much, much more. Incredible how much time and effort the designer put into the site!
3. NHL Digest.com On the site you can find an NHL Player Birthday calendar (aw, how cute), links to hockey interviews and NHL Business. Cool stuff.
4. Hockey-Blog-in-Canada.com Yes, I know about the title. But it is still hockey. Oh, and don't forget to look at the links on the right side of the page. There are links to other hockey related websites, history of the nhl trophies and a link to highly clicked articles...note that I didn't link the sites since you have to use a drop down menu to go to the various choices.
So there you have it - 4 pretty cool hockey blogs that will help you get your share of puck fun for these wild and woolly playoffs. Enjoy!
Stu
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
A Rose of Galaxies
Hi All,
I find science and technology type topics pretty interesting so when I found this link I immediately thought about blogging the link.
Check out the link to the article entitled, 'A Rose of Galaxies? NASA Rings in Hubble's 21st Birthday. '
What really caught my attention was the photo attached to the article - click here for the link to a totally cool photo of a really, really big GALAXY!
Check out this site for more amazing photos of stars, planets, nebulae, galaxies, suns, etc...from Astronomy.com. Note that this is the link to the multimedia portion of the site where you can find computer wallpaper, videos, and the picture of the day! Great stuff to put on your computer tabletop!
Regards,
Stu
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I find science and technology type topics pretty interesting so when I found this link I immediately thought about blogging the link.
Check out the link to the article entitled, 'A Rose of Galaxies? NASA Rings in Hubble's 21st Birthday. '
What really caught my attention was the photo attached to the article - click here for the link to a totally cool photo of a really, really big GALAXY!
Check out this site for more amazing photos of stars, planets, nebulae, galaxies, suns, etc...from Astronomy.com. Note that this is the link to the multimedia portion of the site where you can find computer wallpaper, videos, and the picture of the day! Great stuff to put on your computer tabletop!
Regards,
Stu
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Sleep Deprivation - What It Can Do and Why It Stinks
Hi All, Forgive me if this post doesn't make that much sense - I've been sleepless in Farmingdale for a few days...which is better than Sleepless in Seattle...sorry about that second kind-of-sort-of joke... Okay, now on to the post itself. What is sleep deprivation? Click here for a link to a long and pretty extensive discussion of what sleep deprivation from Wikipedia. If you notice the index at the top of the entry, you'll find that sleep deprivation can affect the brain, growth, healing processes, attention, memory, weight loss and more. Ugh. Get those zzzzz'.s Finally, you might want to read more about sleep deprivation by looking at this book the library owns. The title is 'Frequently Asked Questions About Sleep and Sleep Deprivation'. Click here for 7 Signs and Symptoms of Sleep Deprivation - interesting stuff and it could definitely help you recognize when you will need to get more sleep. Click on this link for the opposite problem...Ways to Fall Alseep. Newsweek wrote a long article about sleep deprivation back in June 2010. To read the article - entitled 'The Surprising Toll of Sleep Deprivation' (How Skimping on Rest Affects Your Brain, Your Hormones, and Your Heart) click on this link. Interesting stuff and when a major magazine gloms on to a topic like this you know it has become a mainstream issue! Okay, one last punny thing (get it?): I hope this blog entry didn't put you asleep - it was certainly entertaining to put together and I hope you learned one or two things about sleeping and sleep deprivation. Regards, Stu Friend us on Facebook by clicking here. Follow us on Twitter by clicking here.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Going Geek - Talking About Mashups
Hi All,
In todays' post I'm going to go a little geek on you. I'm not sure if this term has become mainstream or not, but today's post deals with 'mashups'.
Click here for a concise definition of what a mashup actually is.
Click here for another - alternative - definition of a mashup.
Finally, click here for a video description - from ZDNet - of what a mashup exactly is...
Simply put a mashup is the use of computer software on content (or data, pictures, etc) on two distinct sources of information. The sources of information are 'mashed up' and the output is a new, distinct set of data that combines the two original sets of data. Are you still with me?
Excellent...if you are still interested - and how can you not be :) keep reading.
For more on mashups, click here for the Programmable Web - a comprehensive list of mashups on the internet.
Click this link for yet another article on mashups - this time the article is from About.com and is a bit more sophisticated - without losing the general reader...
Click on this link from About.com which is entitled, 10 Best Web Mashups. Why is this so interesting? Because readers can fully understand what mashups can actually accomplish -and do for you - by visiting each of the 10 mashups presented. Cool stuff.
'nuff geekiness going on here today. I'll stop now. Promise.
Regards,
Hope your mashups are all they can be!
Stu
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In todays' post I'm going to go a little geek on you. I'm not sure if this term has become mainstream or not, but today's post deals with 'mashups'.
Click here for a concise definition of what a mashup actually is.
Click here for another - alternative - definition of a mashup.
Finally, click here for a video description - from ZDNet - of what a mashup exactly is...
Simply put a mashup is the use of computer software on content (or data, pictures, etc) on two distinct sources of information. The sources of information are 'mashed up' and the output is a new, distinct set of data that combines the two original sets of data. Are you still with me?
Excellent...if you are still interested - and how can you not be :) keep reading.
For more on mashups, click here for the Programmable Web - a comprehensive list of mashups on the internet.
Click this link for yet another article on mashups - this time the article is from About.com and is a bit more sophisticated - without losing the general reader...
Click on this link from About.com which is entitled, 10 Best Web Mashups. Why is this so interesting? Because readers can fully understand what mashups can actually accomplish -and do for you - by visiting each of the 10 mashups presented. Cool stuff.
'nuff geekiness going on here today. I'll stop now. Promise.
Regards,
Hope your mashups are all they can be!
Stu
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
The Highbrow Post
Hi All,
Since I know that this might be considered the 'highbrow post', I wanted to make it short and sweet.
Arts & Letters Daily (from the Chronicle of Higher Education) can be found by clicking on this link.
What is it you ask? Indeed, good question. As the masthead of the website proclaims, 'philosophy, aesthetics, literature, language, ideas, criticism, culture, history, music, art, trends, breakthroughs, disputes, gossip' - it is all here on the site.
Basically it is lots of current events and news on a very, very wide variety of topics.
ALD is set up to read like a traditional newspaper - hence the section on 'Articles of Note', 'New Books', and 'Essays and Opinion'. There are also many links to other world famous newspapers and magazines like American Heritage, American Journal Review, Atlantic Monthly, First Things, Foreign Affairs, History Today, The Humanist, National Journal, National Review, New York Times, Newsweek, Der Spiegel, Utne Reader, WSJ Opinion and many more.
If you are looking for a website that covers the world of ideas, thought and commentary, then this site is for you! Note that there is no overriding bias to the site. Conservatives, liberals and centerists alike can find something to like and dislike on the site.
Finally, if you are looking for a website that is graphics intensive (think lots of pictures) you have come to the wrong site. ALD has - for the most part - very few pictures. Much of the site is text, text, and more text. If you are looking for words and ideas then you've come to the right place!
Enjoy!
Stu
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Since I know that this might be considered the 'highbrow post', I wanted to make it short and sweet.
Arts & Letters Daily (from the Chronicle of Higher Education) can be found by clicking on this link.
What is it you ask? Indeed, good question. As the masthead of the website proclaims, 'philosophy, aesthetics, literature, language, ideas, criticism, culture, history, music, art, trends, breakthroughs, disputes, gossip' - it is all here on the site.
Basically it is lots of current events and news on a very, very wide variety of topics.
ALD is set up to read like a traditional newspaper - hence the section on 'Articles of Note', 'New Books', and 'Essays and Opinion'. There are also many links to other world famous newspapers and magazines like American Heritage, American Journal Review, Atlantic Monthly, First Things, Foreign Affairs, History Today, The Humanist, National Journal, National Review, New York Times, Newsweek, Der Spiegel, Utne Reader, WSJ Opinion and many more.
If you are looking for a website that covers the world of ideas, thought and commentary, then this site is for you! Note that there is no overriding bias to the site. Conservatives, liberals and centerists alike can find something to like and dislike on the site.
Finally, if you are looking for a website that is graphics intensive (think lots of pictures) you have come to the wrong site. ALD has - for the most part - very few pictures. Much of the site is text, text, and more text. If you are looking for words and ideas then you've come to the right place!
Enjoy!
Stu
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Government Websites - OMG There Are a Lot of Them!
Hi All,
Don't know if you know this or not, but the United States government has many, many different websites. Let me explain...
I imagine that you know there are different branches of government, right? For example, there is the executive branch, and the legislative branch, and the judicial branch of government...(click on any of the highlighted and underlined links to visit that particular branch of government).
Well, the federal government has gotten very smart - they created a website called USA.gov where users can type in the name of an agency, department or organizations in the government. Essentially this is 'the go to site' to find almost anything related to government - whether or not it is federal, state or local government.
Why such a good site? Well, there is a link to the National Debt, National Parks, the American Civil War, a super helpful link to contacting government and a link to 'Getting it Done Online'.
OMG! I haven't event touched upon the specifics of each department yet! For example, I'll start with the Department of Health and Human Services - if for no other reason than we are all concerned with health related topics...click here for the direct link to the HHS (Department of Health and Human Services).
Once you navigate your way to the site you are faced with a very easy to read, easy to navigate, clear website with many, many choices. For example, there are links to HHS News, HHS Jobs, HHS Grants/Funding, HHS Families, HHS Prevention, HHS Diseases, HHS Regulations, HHS Preparedness, and more. Whew - what a mouthful.
On the lower half of the first page of the HHS site, users will find links to the Secretary's Key Initiative Sites - including Healthcare.gov, StopBullying.gov, StopMedicareFraud.gov, FoodSafety.gov, InsureKidsNow.gov, FLU.gov, and Let's Move (there are other categories on this part of the page, but at this point, I suspect that get the idea...)
So, now that you get a basic idea of what the HHS site covers, imagine the vast amount of information that the federal government produces for all of its myriad other departments (Education, Defense, Agriculture, Energy, Commerce, Veteran's Affairs, and many, many others...)
Can you say information overload? Can you also say, 'thank you federal government for making all this information readily available on the USA.gov website?' I thought so.
Regards,
Stu
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Don't know if you know this or not, but the United States government has many, many different websites. Let me explain...
I imagine that you know there are different branches of government, right? For example, there is the executive branch, and the legislative branch, and the judicial branch of government...(click on any of the highlighted and underlined links to visit that particular branch of government).
Well, the federal government has gotten very smart - they created a website called USA.gov where users can type in the name of an agency, department or organizations in the government. Essentially this is 'the go to site' to find almost anything related to government - whether or not it is federal, state or local government.
Why such a good site? Well, there is a link to the National Debt, National Parks, the American Civil War, a super helpful link to contacting government and a link to 'Getting it Done Online'.
OMG! I haven't event touched upon the specifics of each department yet! For example, I'll start with the Department of Health and Human Services - if for no other reason than we are all concerned with health related topics...click here for the direct link to the HHS (Department of Health and Human Services).
Once you navigate your way to the site you are faced with a very easy to read, easy to navigate, clear website with many, many choices. For example, there are links to HHS News, HHS Jobs, HHS Grants/Funding, HHS Families, HHS Prevention, HHS Diseases, HHS Regulations, HHS Preparedness, and more. Whew - what a mouthful.
On the lower half of the first page of the HHS site, users will find links to the Secretary's Key Initiative Sites - including Healthcare.gov, StopBullying.gov, StopMedicareFraud.gov, FoodSafety.gov, InsureKidsNow.gov, FLU.gov, and Let's Move (there are other categories on this part of the page, but at this point, I suspect that get the idea...)
So, now that you get a basic idea of what the HHS site covers, imagine the vast amount of information that the federal government produces for all of its myriad other departments (Education, Defense, Agriculture, Energy, Commerce, Veteran's Affairs, and many, many others...)
Can you say information overload? Can you also say, 'thank you federal government for making all this information readily available on the USA.gov website?' I thought so.
Regards,
Stu
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
7 Wonders of the Ancient and the Modern World
Hi All,
You might have heard the phrase, 'The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World', but have you ever thought about what exactly the 7 wonders actually were? Click on this link to get a quick overview of the 7 wonders from Wikipedia. Neat stuff.
By the way, the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World were:
1. Great Pyramid of Giza
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
5. Mausoleum of Halicarnussus
6. Colossus of Rhodes
7. Lighthouse of Alexandria
What made a wonder of the ancient world? How did a particular statue, temple or object qualify for this title? Great question - click here for the quick and dirty answer - and yes, the answer came from Wikipedia - a really quite useful reference tool (but not the end all to be all in reference mind you!)
If you would like a students perspective - and description - of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, click on this link. Simple, accurate and totally cool.
Also, if you want images of what the 7 Wonders supposedly looked like, click the following link.
Click here for lots of images of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World - courtesy of a Google search.
Now, fast forward a few thousand years and arrive in the 21st century...
What are the modern day equivalents of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World? Well, that depends on who you ask. In other words, there are many different lists (compiled by various people) that claim to have the 'ultimate list of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World'. Go figure - people are arguing over even this topic.
Without further ado - and I'll list a few different lists - the 7 Wonders of the Modern World (from various sources of course). Click on this link to find the entry in - yes, again - Wikipedia.
What are the 7 Wonders of the Modern World you ask?
1. Chichen Itza - Yucatan, Mexico
2. Christ the Redeemer - statue - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3. Colosseum - Rome, Italy
4. Great Wall of China - People's Republic of China
5. Machu Picchu - Cuzco Region, Peru
6. Petra - Ma'an Governorate, Jordan
7. Taj Mahal - Agra, India
Enjoy the sites.
Stu
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You might have heard the phrase, 'The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World', but have you ever thought about what exactly the 7 wonders actually were? Click on this link to get a quick overview of the 7 wonders from Wikipedia. Neat stuff.
By the way, the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World were:
1. Great Pyramid of Giza
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
5. Mausoleum of Halicarnussus
6. Colossus of Rhodes
7. Lighthouse of Alexandria
What made a wonder of the ancient world? How did a particular statue, temple or object qualify for this title? Great question - click here for the quick and dirty answer - and yes, the answer came from Wikipedia - a really quite useful reference tool (but not the end all to be all in reference mind you!)
If you would like a students perspective - and description - of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, click on this link. Simple, accurate and totally cool.
Also, if you want images of what the 7 Wonders supposedly looked like, click the following link.
Click here for lots of images of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World - courtesy of a Google search.
Now, fast forward a few thousand years and arrive in the 21st century...
What are the modern day equivalents of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World? Well, that depends on who you ask. In other words, there are many different lists (compiled by various people) that claim to have the 'ultimate list of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World'. Go figure - people are arguing over even this topic.
Without further ado - and I'll list a few different lists - the 7 Wonders of the Modern World (from various sources of course). Click on this link to find the entry in - yes, again - Wikipedia.
What are the 7 Wonders of the Modern World you ask?
1. Chichen Itza - Yucatan, Mexico
2. Christ the Redeemer - statue - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3. Colosseum - Rome, Italy
4. Great Wall of China - People's Republic of China
5. Machu Picchu - Cuzco Region, Peru
6. Petra - Ma'an Governorate, Jordan
7. Taj Mahal - Agra, India
Enjoy the sites.
Stu
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Money, Money, Money.
Hi All,
Over the last 8 months since I' started this blog, I've yet to delve into one of the most popular topics on the internet: money and investing. After 150 posts and nearly 8 months of posting, I think it is time to broach the subject.
There are a few issues I'd like to straighten out first though. This blog entry will NOT be:
1. I am not giving any advice on stocks, bonds, mutual funds or any other type of investment.
2. I am not an investment professional. Quite the contrary: I am a librarian - I like research.
3. Note that websites and links change very quickly on the internet. Caveat emptor. (Click here for a definition of what caveat emptor means...:) ) So what I write about today, might possibly not exist in a day, week or month from now...
Okay, now that we've got this posts ground rules out of the way, onto the main event.
Forthwith a list of 2 very mainstream financial and investing websites for investors.
1. Yahoo! Finance - one of the oldest, most recognized names on the internet with regards to investing and finance. What makes the site so good? Ease of use, it is remarkably comprehensive (with links to stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options, etf's and news) and it is constantly updated. Click on this link to get to Yahoo! Finance directly.
Okay, okay, don't forget these direct links to: Yahoo! Personal Finance, a link to Investing Ideas, and Investor Education. Users will also find that the site has links to topics relating to Commodities, Currencies and much, much more. It can almost be endless when you are visiting the site - amazing stuff for an investor who needs information.
Also note that Yahoo!Finance is pretty much an agregator type website. In other words, you'll see articles and links from other sources like AP, CNBC, The Motley Fool, Investopedia and Zacks and many, many others.
2. Bankrate.com is a different type finance website - which is one of the reasons why I want to mention it in this blog entry. It doesn't have typical news stories or stock prices or links to commodities, mutual funds or etf's. Bankrate.com has more focused - think more detailed - information than Yahoo! Finance. Bankrate's coverage includes Mortgage information, Mortgage Refinancing, Home Equity Loans, CD's and Investments, Checking and Savings Account information, Auto Loans, Credit Card Information, Debt Management information, Insurance information, College Financing information and Retirement information.
Bankrate.com has lots of charts and tools that will help users make better finance related decisions for themself and for their families. Good stuff - and the site is unbiased and updated very frequently. For an example of how the site works, click here for the rates on the current 30 year fixed mortgage.
When I originally came up for the idea of this post, I wanted to cover 4 different finance related websites. Since this post is already a bit lengthy, I'm going to cover the other two sites that I wanted to cover (MarketGuide and TheStreet.com) in my next finance related post. Look for that entry some time in May or June of this year!
Regards and I hope you find the sites I mentioned helpful and educational.
Stu
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Over the last 8 months since I' started this blog, I've yet to delve into one of the most popular topics on the internet: money and investing. After 150 posts and nearly 8 months of posting, I think it is time to broach the subject.
There are a few issues I'd like to straighten out first though. This blog entry will NOT be:
1. I am not giving any advice on stocks, bonds, mutual funds or any other type of investment.
2. I am not an investment professional. Quite the contrary: I am a librarian - I like research.
3. Note that websites and links change very quickly on the internet. Caveat emptor. (Click here for a definition of what caveat emptor means...:) ) So what I write about today, might possibly not exist in a day, week or month from now...
Okay, now that we've got this posts ground rules out of the way, onto the main event.
Forthwith a list of 2 very mainstream financial and investing websites for investors.
1. Yahoo! Finance - one of the oldest, most recognized names on the internet with regards to investing and finance. What makes the site so good? Ease of use, it is remarkably comprehensive (with links to stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options, etf's and news) and it is constantly updated. Click on this link to get to Yahoo! Finance directly.
Okay, okay, don't forget these direct links to: Yahoo! Personal Finance, a link to Investing Ideas, and Investor Education. Users will also find that the site has links to topics relating to Commodities, Currencies and much, much more. It can almost be endless when you are visiting the site - amazing stuff for an investor who needs information.
Also note that Yahoo!Finance is pretty much an agregator type website. In other words, you'll see articles and links from other sources like AP, CNBC, The Motley Fool, Investopedia and Zacks and many, many others.
2. Bankrate.com is a different type finance website - which is one of the reasons why I want to mention it in this blog entry. It doesn't have typical news stories or stock prices or links to commodities, mutual funds or etf's. Bankrate.com has more focused - think more detailed - information than Yahoo! Finance. Bankrate's coverage includes Mortgage information, Mortgage Refinancing, Home Equity Loans, CD's and Investments, Checking and Savings Account information, Auto Loans, Credit Card Information, Debt Management information, Insurance information, College Financing information and Retirement information.
Bankrate.com has lots of charts and tools that will help users make better finance related decisions for themself and for their families. Good stuff - and the site is unbiased and updated very frequently. For an example of how the site works, click here for the rates on the current 30 year fixed mortgage.
When I originally came up for the idea of this post, I wanted to cover 4 different finance related websites. Since this post is already a bit lengthy, I'm going to cover the other two sites that I wanted to cover (MarketGuide and TheStreet.com) in my next finance related post. Look for that entry some time in May or June of this year!
Regards and I hope you find the sites I mentioned helpful and educational.
Stu
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Famous Parks in Nassau County
Hi All, You wouldn't know it from the weather outside right now (it is dreary with fog, a bit of rain and very, very cloudy skies), but spring has just sprung... And what better way to spend a spring day than at a local park. Long Island has 26 state parks. Click here for a list of these 26 parks. This page has a map to get to each of the parks along with the telephone number and the town each park is located in. Click here for the 'official' Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Museums website. You'll find all sorts of news about the various parks. Click on this link to find out much more about the parks and museums. This link is almost a 'highlights' page since it discusses the various parks and their facilities and resources. Note that the information is more background type material but is still interesting for the casual user. Parks mentioned on this page include Eisenhower Park, Cantiague Park, Christopher Morley Park, Grant Park, Cedar Creek park and Mitchel Athletic Complex among others. Click here to find a page that links to Bay Park, Christopher Morley, Eisenhower, and North Woodmore Park. Here is a very interesting from the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation & Museums: a 'where to go' link that divides the various parks into categories like Active Parks, Passive Parks, Recreational Parks, Preserves, Museums, and Campgrounds. Who knew that Nassau County was so blessed with so many wonderful, exciting, beautiful natural resources in the form of a parks, musuems, preserves, and campgrounds. Well, now we all know! Regards and enjoy the parks. Stu Our Facebook page - great for linking and friending... Our Twitter stream - great for following...
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Adorable Baby Photos
Hi All,
A few weeks ago I blogged about Adorable Pets. I posted links to website for absolutely adorable pictures of cats, dogs, hamsters and birds.
And do you know what? The blog got so many darn hits! Way cool. Oh, and I was able to bring lots of smiles to a lot of people just by posting the links to these picture websites. Talk about satisfaction!
So...with thoughts of that very popular entry in mind, I began to get a bit creative...and I came up with...Adorable Baby Photos.
As I am musing to myself, I'm thinking about how to divided these photos up.
The only fair way is to post these photos by subject ... And so a blog post is borne. Forthwith several links to adorable baby photos. Enjoy the babies!
Starting out with a very generic - but adorable, that is the key here - Google search for 'baby pictures' you'll find this link. OMG! These little guys and gals are just too cute for words! Click here for the link.
How can anybody refuse a smiling baby? Indeed, one would be hard pressed to refuse one of these little gems. Click here for smiling baby pictures. Note that you can rate the picture - use the 'Next' icon on the page to see the next baby picture on the site.
(Sidenote: Just got detoured...if you want to learn how to take your own pictures of smiling babies, click on this link...from Ehow.)
Now, back to the regularly scheduling blog programming...
Somewhat similar to Flickr (I'll get to that in a minute - or, more likely, in another blog post), Photobucket is another photo sharing website. Click here for a bunch more photos of smiling babies. Awwww...how cute.
What can possibly be more adorable than a website full of babies in the bath? Think about it, they are clean (or about to be), pink and rosy cheeked, and of course, smiling. Check this out and you'll be giggling the next time that you take a shower and think about these photos!
Finally, check out these photos of babies in the great outdoors and sitting and laying in grass in the nice warm sunshine - too cute for words, eh?
Enjoy!
Stu
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A few weeks ago I blogged about Adorable Pets. I posted links to website for absolutely adorable pictures of cats, dogs, hamsters and birds.
And do you know what? The blog got so many darn hits! Way cool. Oh, and I was able to bring lots of smiles to a lot of people just by posting the links to these picture websites. Talk about satisfaction!
So...with thoughts of that very popular entry in mind, I began to get a bit creative...and I came up with...Adorable Baby Photos.
As I am musing to myself, I'm thinking about how to divided these photos up.
The only fair way is to post these photos by subject ... And so a blog post is borne. Forthwith several links to adorable baby photos. Enjoy the babies!
Starting out with a very generic - but adorable, that is the key here - Google search for 'baby pictures' you'll find this link. OMG! These little guys and gals are just too cute for words! Click here for the link.
How can anybody refuse a smiling baby? Indeed, one would be hard pressed to refuse one of these little gems. Click here for smiling baby pictures. Note that you can rate the picture - use the 'Next' icon on the page to see the next baby picture on the site.
(Sidenote: Just got detoured...if you want to learn how to take your own pictures of smiling babies, click on this link...from Ehow.)
Now, back to the regularly scheduling blog programming...
Somewhat similar to Flickr (I'll get to that in a minute - or, more likely, in another blog post), Photobucket is another photo sharing website. Click here for a bunch more photos of smiling babies. Awwww...how cute.
What can possibly be more adorable than a website full of babies in the bath? Think about it, they are clean (or about to be), pink and rosy cheeked, and of course, smiling. Check this out and you'll be giggling the next time that you take a shower and think about these photos!
Finally, check out these photos of babies in the great outdoors and sitting and laying in grass in the nice warm sunshine - too cute for words, eh?
Enjoy!
Stu
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Monday, April 4, 2011
Clouds - Everything Related to Them
Hi All,
I decided to a blog entry on a whimsical topic today...clouds. I am going to talk all about 'things related to clouds'. Why clouds you ask? Well, now that spring seems to have finally sprung, the dark snow and rain clouds of winter are passing and are now slowly becoming...April rain showers.
Which are much, much better than snow showers. Wouldn't you agree?
I originally thought of this blog entry by thinking about the different shapes of clouds. You might remember when you were a child and you looked at clouds and came up with different descriptions of various shapes of clouds, right? Click here for a link where you can express your creativity and look at clouds and their shapes...cool stuff.
Click on this link to ScienceRay and you'll find 10 Amazing Cloud Shapes.
Okay, also click on this link from Flickr that has some impressive photos of clouds. Of course the title of the page is 'Shapes in the Clouds'. The pictures are darn pretty in their own right!
Now...the real reason why I generated this blog entry was to talk about the different types of clouds - like cumulus, cumulonimbus, cumulus humilis, stratocumulus and more...
Click here for a great - and interesting (really!) discussion of the different types of clouds from Wikipedia. Click on this link from the NOAA regarding cloud classification and characteristics. You will definitely like the graphics on this page that's for sure! And the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is very, very educational and very authoritative!!
This would make for a great school assignment website...or a place where a student can go to get information to help write a paper on clouds or the atmosphere...
Finally, to end this whimsical blog entry, here is a link to a very popular term lately: cloud computing. Click here to find a brief discussion about just exactly what cloud computing is. Link is from About.com so it is not super complicated. However, it is pretty darn interesting if you like technology, computer and the internet.
Okay, okay, you talked me into it: here is another link - this time from Wikipedia - discussing what cloud computing is...
Enjoy!
Stu
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I decided to a blog entry on a whimsical topic today...clouds. I am going to talk all about 'things related to clouds'. Why clouds you ask? Well, now that spring seems to have finally sprung, the dark snow and rain clouds of winter are passing and are now slowly becoming...April rain showers.
Which are much, much better than snow showers. Wouldn't you agree?
I originally thought of this blog entry by thinking about the different shapes of clouds. You might remember when you were a child and you looked at clouds and came up with different descriptions of various shapes of clouds, right? Click here for a link where you can express your creativity and look at clouds and their shapes...cool stuff.
Click on this link to ScienceRay and you'll find 10 Amazing Cloud Shapes.
Okay, also click on this link from Flickr that has some impressive photos of clouds. Of course the title of the page is 'Shapes in the Clouds'. The pictures are darn pretty in their own right!
Now...the real reason why I generated this blog entry was to talk about the different types of clouds - like cumulus, cumulonimbus, cumulus humilis, stratocumulus and more...
Click here for a great - and interesting (really!) discussion of the different types of clouds from Wikipedia. Click on this link from the NOAA regarding cloud classification and characteristics. You will definitely like the graphics on this page that's for sure! And the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is very, very educational and very authoritative!!
This would make for a great school assignment website...or a place where a student can go to get information to help write a paper on clouds or the atmosphere...
Finally, to end this whimsical blog entry, here is a link to a very popular term lately: cloud computing. Click here to find a brief discussion about just exactly what cloud computing is. Link is from About.com so it is not super complicated. However, it is pretty darn interesting if you like technology, computer and the internet.
Okay, okay, you talked me into it: here is another link - this time from Wikipedia - discussing what cloud computing is...
Enjoy!
Stu
Friend us on Facebook - there are tens of thousands of reasons why you should do this! (Why hundreds of thousands - because that is the the very, very rough number of items - books, cd's, dvd's, books on tape and more - that we have in the library!)
Follow us on Twitter because well, the library is cool. Didn't you know that it is the place where everybody goes to get things done?
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Grocery Delivery Services
Hi All,
It is something that we all do...whether or not we are single, married or dating...what am I talking about? Food shopping. It is one of the essential things that we all must do in life. A girls' gotta eat - and so do guys. Of course we can always order in - but that can get might expensive night after night. That being said, click here for a link to the '10 Best Delivery Restaurants on Long Island'
Click here for a somewhat brief article about why home delivery of groceries is such a good idea for busy people. (Hint: it is very time-effective!)
Click here though for a link to the 'Top 10 Grocery Delivery Services' Notice that Peapod is at the top of the list...click here for a direct link to Peapod.
Friend the library on Facebook by clicking here.
Follow us on Twitter by clicking here.
Click here for another link of interest for grocery home delivery: Fresh Direct.
Finally, click here for an article discussign Wal-Mart's initial foray into the online grocery delivery market. Interesting stuff - especially because of Wal-Mart's size and importance in the grocery industry!
Regards and happy deliveries.
Stu
It is something that we all do...whether or not we are single, married or dating...what am I talking about? Food shopping. It is one of the essential things that we all must do in life. A girls' gotta eat - and so do guys. Of course we can always order in - but that can get might expensive night after night. That being said, click here for a link to the '10 Best Delivery Restaurants on Long Island'
Click here for a somewhat brief article about why home delivery of groceries is such a good idea for busy people. (Hint: it is very time-effective!)
Click here though for a link to the 'Top 10 Grocery Delivery Services' Notice that Peapod is at the top of the list...click here for a direct link to Peapod.
Friend the library on Facebook by clicking here.
Follow us on Twitter by clicking here.
Click here for another link of interest for grocery home delivery: Fresh Direct.
Finally, click here for an article discussign Wal-Mart's initial foray into the online grocery delivery market. Interesting stuff - especially because of Wal-Mart's size and importance in the grocery industry!
Regards and happy deliveries.
Stu
Friday, April 1, 2011
Gotta Love Them - Gotta Have Them!
Hi All, Welcome to another edition of the Farmingdale PL blog called Reference and You...today we are going to discuss lots and lots of adorable pet pictures. Click here for a great link to LOLCats - lots of adorable, funny photos of cats and kittens in various funny, humorous and entertaining poses. Are you more of a dog person? Well, we've got you covered also - click here for a similar site to LOLCats, but this deals with dogs, puppies and pooches! Are you one of the many folks who love hamsters? Hammies are a great way for young children to learn about the responsibility of owning a pet. Click here for some great hammy pictures. Are you a bird lover? Click here for some truly astonishing photos of birds in all their glory. Note that the photos came from National Geographic - a very well known nature oriented organization. Also note that the page is organized by topic: birds of prey, waterfowl photos, bird wallpapers, waterbird photos, flightless bird photos, shorebird photos and much more. Finally, just to make this an even more educational post, you might want to visit the National Wildlife Federation or the National Audubon Society or the Sierra Club in order to support nature, animals and our environment. Enjoy the photos! stu Five reason to Friend the library on Facebook? 1. books on festivals 2. books on food 3. books on football 4. books on Fellowships 5. books on Fantasy (like science fiction)...(notice that all the reasons began with the letter 'F'? Ten reasons to follow us on Twitter? (did you notice that all the examples begin with the letter 'T'? 1. books on tennis 2. tv's in the library - news is educational! 3. tea - we have coffee and tea at our concession stand now (located in the rotunda) 4. our Teacher's Center - full of lesson plans for teachers 5. telecommunications - what? I'm making this up as I go along and I thought that I could substitute 'internet' for 'telecommunications'. Yes, we have a wifi connection all throughout the first floor in the librrary 6. tax forms - we've got reproducible tax forms in spades at the reference desk 7. Tai Chi classes - we've got them for patrons - see our newsletter for registration dates 8. Teen Scene Room - we now have a dedicated teen room located on the first floor of the library. We have board games, computers and an ultra-comfortable table for teens to use to study or 'hang out' in. 9. We have a large collection of books on iTunes for patrons to borrow. 10. Tutor.com - a fantastic online solution for students who need to get homework help in subjects as varied as math, science, social studies, english and more.
Body Language
Hi All,
Just had a brilliant - just brilliant - idea for a blog post. I'm working here at the reference desk and I just realized that I get to see patrons in their very natural condition. Patrons walk in from the parking lot and well, 'act normally' in their environment.
I like to learn - and I like to learn about people. I also like to learn how people think, behave and why they act the way they do...
So, with that somewhat vague (but hopefully intriguing)...what is the subject of todays' blog entry?
Body Language! Also known as 'non-verbal communication', body language is a subtle way to 'read' into people thoughts and communications...
Click here to read an article from About.com on 'Understanding Body Language'.
Okay, so if people can read body language when just talking to people; what about using body language to ones' advantage in business and in job interviews? Hmmmm.
Click here for a brief article entitled, 'Inside the Office' from (again) About.com. What about using body language to help you present (and to read the interviewer) at an job interview?
Click here for an article on just that very same subject from CareerBuilder.com entitled, 'The Job Interview: Body Language Do's and Don'ts. Click here for another article (this time from Fortune magazine) entitled, "Is Your Body Betraying You in Job Interviews?"
If you can understand what people are really thinking in a job interview, could you use body language in the area of love and romance? You bet, click here for a somewhat generic article on body language. Click here for another article - entitled Romance and Signs of Attraction.
Finally, click here for one last article from Wikihow entitled, 'How To Read Women's Body Language for Flirting'. Not to be sexist...here is an article entitled, "How Men Flirt - is He Really Interested'.
Okay, one last set of links...We have a very good collection of books that might help you decipher other peoples' body language! Finally, if all these articles have you itching to learn more about the topic of body language and non-verbal communication, click here to see the various books that we have on the topic of body language at the Farmingdale Public Library.
Enjoy!
Stu
Just had a brilliant - just brilliant - idea for a blog post. I'm working here at the reference desk and I just realized that I get to see patrons in their very natural condition. Patrons walk in from the parking lot and well, 'act normally' in their environment.
I like to learn - and I like to learn about people. I also like to learn how people think, behave and why they act the way they do...
So, with that somewhat vague (but hopefully intriguing)...what is the subject of todays' blog entry?
Body Language! Also known as 'non-verbal communication', body language is a subtle way to 'read' into people thoughts and communications...
The following blurb comes directly from About.com since their description is written so well.
"Does crossing your arms indicate that you're feeling defensive? Do shifty eyes mean that someone is telling a lie? The things we communicate without words can carry as much meaning as any verbal expression...
Body language refers to the nonverbal signals that we use to communicate. According to experts, these nonverbal signals make up a huge part of daily communication. From our facial expressions to our body movements, the things we don't say can still convey a tremendous amount of information."
Click here for a link to a comprehensive description of what 'body language' is and more from About.com!Click here to read an article from About.com on 'Understanding Body Language'.
Okay, so if people can read body language when just talking to people; what about using body language to ones' advantage in business and in job interviews? Hmmmm.
Click here for a brief article entitled, 'Inside the Office' from (again) About.com. What about using body language to help you present (and to read the interviewer) at an job interview?
Click here for an article on just that very same subject from CareerBuilder.com entitled, 'The Job Interview: Body Language Do's and Don'ts. Click here for another article (this time from Fortune magazine) entitled, "Is Your Body Betraying You in Job Interviews?"
If you can understand what people are really thinking in a job interview, could you use body language in the area of love and romance? You bet, click here for a somewhat generic article on body language. Click here for another article - entitled Romance and Signs of Attraction.
Finally, click here for one last article from Wikihow entitled, 'How To Read Women's Body Language for Flirting'. Not to be sexist...here is an article entitled, "How Men Flirt - is He Really Interested'.
Okay, one last set of links...We have a very good collection of books that might help you decipher other peoples' body language! Finally, if all these articles have you itching to learn more about the topic of body language and non-verbal communication, click here to see the various books that we have on the topic of body language at the Farmingdale Public Library.
Enjoy!
Stu
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