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Adult Book Blog Staff book reviews, fiction and non-fiction.

Astronomer's blog for celestial events.

Children's Books as seen by the Wordweaver

The Couponing Librarian will teach you how to make a change for very little change by using coupons to get items at deep discounts or for free that you can donate to organizations that help others.

The Edge: A blog about Occult philosophy, depth psychology, ancient times, future times and the frontiers of science.

Farnsworth's blog features news and reviews in the world of sci-fi.

The Hob: A blog about teen books, sports, video games and other awesome stuff.

Internet Search and Web Tools and ebook technologies, brought to you by mrweaver.

It's a Mystery is a blog about the Mystery genre and its many subgenres.

Just the Facts. In Reference, we learn something new every day. What we find, we share with you.

Local History narrated by librarian Zac Springer

LuvzComics writes about comics/graphic novels/manga for kids.

Miss Jamie's Bookshelf features picture books and easy readers.

Music Musings on Monday features music news, releases, and everyday musings..

Pass the Popcorn is about family- and kid-friendly movie and TV news, reviews and more!

The Sports Section covers the world of sports, from alpine skiing to yachting.

WordWeaver is so excited.....

to share with you a book you won't want to put down. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by David Selznick is a blockbuster of a book. I know the word blockbuster usually refers to movies but, guess what? This book is partially just like watching a movie! I'm not kidding.

Think of opening a big thick book and the first 10 or so pages are illustrations....not text but pictures. Furthermore they tell the opening of this fascinating story and guide you to the text part. Throughout the book there are sections of illustrations and old photos that help tell the story of the history of movie making.

Astronomer: Fun with GPS

I've been having fun with a new "toy." A nice little handheld GPS (global positioning system) receiver bought at a bargain price at a local big box store. Following my progress on the scrolling map image during a morning commute made the trip a lot more fun.
Photo: Magellan eXplorist 210 product shot.

Surprising to me was how quickly the GPS was able to update and display my travel speed as I drove. After all, the little palm-sized unit was receiving signals from several orbiting satellites a little more than 12,000 miles high, comparing their time signals, calculating my position in three dimensions and its rate of change, and displaying it on a little LCD screen, all with only a couple of seconds lag time! And, optimally, to within about 10 feet of my exact location. Following travel progress on the unit's built-in map was fun (for map geeks like me) but a little too distracting if you're driving. I'm looking forward to my next stint as a passenger!

We're Just Wild About Harry!!

The end is coming!

After July 21, the world will know the fate of Harry, Ron, Hermione and the rest of the gang when "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" hits the stands.

Sales are unbelievable; hundreds of thousands of pre-orders have been made and people worldwide will be waiting at their mailboxes and outside stores for their very own copy of this last book in the series.

And of course, speculation is running wild. What will happen to Harry? Will he survive? Who will be killed? Will Snape get his just desserts?

Pathways to Parenting 5/11/07

May Happenings:

Happy Mother's Day! Moms, enjoy the day doing something special for yourself!

Discover Ohio Week is May 12-20. Check the website for special events. Discover Ohio

More informative Ohio sites include Buckeye Trail Association, Buckeye Trail Association

and Ohio State Parks, At a Park

World War II digital library

Historic Government Publications from World War II is a digital library that contains scanned images of actual documents from World War II.

The images can be viewed on the site, or downloaded.

One can browse through the collection, or search by keyword.

Click here to see a digitized booklet on 4-H.

Rollyo--"Roll Your Own Search Engine"

Rollyo enables you to build your own search engine.

How it works:
Build a "searchroll."
A searchroll is a list of sites that you trust. Add all of the Websites on a given topic that you want to the roll. You can assign a general category for the roll, and apply "tags" to describe the topic.

Share searchrolls with others
Other people can search your searchrolls, and you can search theirs to discover new Websites about topics that are important to you.

Astronomer: Encyclopedia of Life is born

Many of the world's leading scientific institutions announced the May 9 launch of the Encyclopedia of Life, an unprecedented global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms of life on Earth. For the first time in the history of the planet, scientists, students, and citizens will have multi-media access to all known living species, even those that have just been discovered.

"The Encyclopedia of Life will provide valuable biodiversity and conservation information to anyone, anywhere, at any time," said Dr. James Edwards, currently Executive Secretary of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Pathways to Parenting 5/1/07

"I want a pet!" can be a constant request in some households. Is yours one of them? If so, think carefully before bringing your little fluff-ball (or scaly beast) home. The ASPCA recommends never buying on impulse or choosing a pet for a birthday present. Instead, wrap some pet supplies, then pick out the pet as a family after considering the following:

  • How much care will the pet require?

Dover Center School

About 1870 in Dover Township, the 1839 frame school house on Dover Center Road south of Center Ridge was replaced by a two story building on the west side of the road. Because of its central location, the upstairs room became a school for advanced learning for the young people living in the area. Here students prepared for college entrance, for teachers’ examinations, or for positions as bookkeepers. The teacher, R. T. Elliott, was well-versed on all subjects. The two-story building was tall and narrow, with a ladder from the second story into the belfry. It is said that on Halloween, some of the boys in Dover would push and pull a neighborhood goat up into that belfry. The Dover Center School served as a center for advanced learning until the Red Brick School was built at the turn of the century.

Pathways to Parenting 4/23/07

Happy 442nd Birthday today to William Shakespeare!! If you or your kids would like to learn about how he lived, try this site:
Stratford-Upon-Avon

Also, this week is TV Turnoff Week! If you'd like to view alternatives to television, a related site is:
TV Turnoff

Happy Spring (finally!). Until next time....