from Librarians’ Internet Index: New This Week
Website for this organization “dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism.” Features material about organization’s activities and policies, and background about autism including how to cope, how to grow with it, and video clips “to help parents and professionals learn more [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 31, 2007
Autism Speaks
October 31, 2007
Vampires Do Not Exist
Cinema Fiction vs. Physics Reality
Ghosts, Vampires, and Zombies
Two physicists examine certain features of popular myths regarding ghosts, vampires, and zombies as they appear in film and folklore. link
October 30, 2007
Quick Facts on Registered Nurses (RNs)
Quick Facts on Registered Nurses (RNs)
from Docuticker by Shirl Kennedy
Quick Facts on Registered Nurses (RNs)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
+ Registered nurses (RNs), regardless of specialty or work setting, perform basic duties that include treating patients, educating patients and the public about various medical conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to [...]
October 30, 2007
Latest Del.icio.us Links
my del.icio.us
# Archives of Dead Web Pages: Wayback, Cache, and More
# ResourceShelf ยป Resources of the Week: Audio Books for Free
# Melissa DATA: Lookups
# Howstuffworks “light sabers”
# NYPL, Nietzsche Research Guide
# U.S. GAO – Summary
# BBC – Radio 4 – In Our Time – Greatest Philosopher
# EABA : Articles : A Brief History of Billiards [...]
October 30, 2007
WikiPediaVision
Watch real time edits of English version of Wikipedia
“With WikiPediaVision you can watch realtime English Wikipedia edits on a Google Map. It was inspired by Twittervision and Flickrvision (Radar post). The site combines Wikipedia’s Recent Changes page with “Google Maps API, hostip.info and GoNew’s IP to country service.” You can learn more about the service [...]
