Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Drozd: Mr. Drozd's favorite web sites

Drozd: Mr. Drozd's favorite web sites

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New York City Reaches a Milestone in Effort to Improve Quality of Care through Information Technology

New York City Reaches a Milestone in Effort to Improve Quality of Care through Information Technology

June 22, 2010 – The Health Department today announced that it has exceeded its goal of bringing 2,000 doctors into the digital age through the Primary Care Information Project, a groundbreaking effort to improve preventive health care by introducing electronic health records into community-based medical practice. For the more than 1.5 million New York City patients treated by these doctors, advanced technology offers customized alerts for overdue preventive screenings and potential drug interactions, as well as best-practice guidelines for treatment. Doctors enrolled in the Primary Care Information Project can also give patients online access to their medical histories and print visit summaries to remind them of at-home instructions.

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Social Studies for Kids---archaeology, paleontology, and earth sciences

Social Studies for Kids

Welcome to dig™ magazine's website. dig™ brings the excitement, mystery, wonder, and fun of archaeology, paleontology, and earth sciences to children ages 9 and older in a style that both entertains and educates its young readers.  Visit http://www.dighungate.com/  The Hungate excavation is the biggest ever archaeological dig in York city centre. The archaeologists will be uncovering 2000 years in the life of York until the end of 2011.   Archaeologists try to learn who lived in the past, where they lived, what they ate, what they believed and the effect they had on their environment. Archaeologists learn this through looking at the physical remains left by people. Artefacts, such as pottery, tools, weapons and jewellery, help archaeologists create a picture of the past. Buildings, evidence of farming and plant remains are also useful for understanding how our ancestors lived.


"This site will help you find the scholarship and enjoyment in studying Social Studies. A dual focus will consist of topics for information purposes and topics for help with homework, papers, etc. After all, history is not just dates, economics is not just numbers, geography is not just maps, government is not just laws, and culture is not just 'over there.' These are vibrant disciplines that tell us where we've been, how we afforded to get where we are, where our future will take us, how we can get there peacefully, and how we can share that future with other peoples." David White

SITES FOR TEACHERS


TeAch-nology - The Art and Science of Teaching with Technology® - represents a vision of teaching in a world driven by technology. Our mission to provide services designed to support educators' in effectively incorporating technology in teaching and learning. Our goal is two-fold: to provide a reservoir of online resources for educators to access at any time and to provide effective tools for designing instruction that are time and energy saving.

Teachnology Incorporated developed in response to the challenges associated with Twenty-First Century Learners: The Net-Generation. To meet these challenges, the company first developed a method for individuals to access free on-line resources that support classroom instruction, www.teach-nology.com.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

AddThis - The #1 Bookmarking & Sharing Service

AddThis - The #1 Bookmarking & Sharing Service

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Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life

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Gasland: A film by Josh Fox

Gasland: A film by Josh Fox

HBO Documentary Films: Gasland Trailer (HBO)

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Mars cave, shrouded in mystery, discovered by a group of seventh-graders - CSMonitor.com

Mars cave, shrouded in mystery, discovered by a group of seventh-graders - CSMonitor.com

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NASA Hosts Virginia Scholars During Three Weeklong Academies

The Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS) program is an interactive, on-line science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning experience that offers selected students workforce experience as well as college credit. This year is the program's third year and because of its success a third weeklong academy was added to the schedule this year to allow more students to participate. The academies will be held June 26-July 2, July 10-16 and July 24-30.
While at NASA, scholars will use what they learned on-line by designing and implementing plans for a human journey to Mars. They will also tour various facilities, build and test robots and talk with NASA scientists, engineers and technologists.
The Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars program is modeled after a distance-learning program designed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. The Virginia program is managed by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium.

Langley Research Center

Johnson Space Center

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Monday, June 21, 2010

10 Questions that Count: Your Anecdotal Census

10 Questions that Count: Your Anecdotal Census

How has your community changed in the past 10 years? We need your stories to create a people's history of the New York City area since 2000. Follow the links and start participating!

Your Anecdotal Census: The Schedule

http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/bl/series/10-questions-count-your-anecdotal-census/

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Monday, June 7, 2010

More Sleep Could Improve Athletics, Academics

More Sleep Could Improve Athletics, Academics

New research adds to a growing body of evidence showing the perks of a good night's sleep.


sleep sound bite

Want To Get Faster, Smarter? Sleep 10 Hours A Night

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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Drilling Around the Law Report hydrofracturing

Fracking: Live chat with EWG & 'Gasland' director Josh Fox

Josh Fox's new documentary "Gasland" looks at negative results for communities from drilling for natural gas. He dreamed up the project after his family was offered some $100,000 by a company to prospect on their land in Northeastern Pa.

The film focuses on the health and environmental dangers involved in drilling for natural gas. It's the work of director Josh Fox, who started the project after his family in Northeastern Pennsylvania was offered nearly $100,000 from an energy company to take their 19.5 acres of land for hydraulic fracturing. Fox traveled to towns across America where land, water, animals and people have been negatively impacted by natural gas drilling.





http://m.npr.org/programs/all/46/127113870 Drilling Around the Law Report

Debunking GasLand
For other documentaries on this subject, check out: Gas Odyssey http://www.gasodyssey.com/ and Haynesville http://www.haynesvillemovie.com/

There's another side to the story. You should check out debunking GasLand here, http://www.energyindepth.org/2010/06/debunking-gasland/
Energy In Depth Video
Drilling for Natural Gas
http://md.water.usgs.gov/publications/fs-2009-3032/fs-2009-3032.pdf
Hydrofracturing

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Wu-Tang Way | new book---“The Tao of Wu.” - On Point with Tom Ashbrook

The Wu-Tang Way WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook

His new book,  “The Tao of Wu.”



RZA and the Wu-Tang Way
We’re rebroadcasting our show with producer, pioneering hip-hop artist, and Wu Tang Clan founder The RZA.

The RZA joins us from New York. Rapper, producer, and composer, he’s the driving force behind the hugely influential, martial-arts inspired hip-hop empire The Wu-Tang Clan. Born Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, he’s had success as a solo artist under several names – Prince Rakeem, Bobby Digital, the Rzarector. He’s scored movies, including Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” and the anime series “Afro Samurai.” His 2005 book “The Wu-Tang Manual” explained the history and mythology of The Wu-Tang Clan. His new book, out yesterday, is “The Tao of Wu.”

The Nation of Gods and Earths

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