Thursday, July 31, 2008

New Links on our web for the week of July 31, 2008 Arts and Humanities Sheldon Harris Sheet Music Collection "Sheldon Harris was an avid record collector, and he began his collection as a young man growing up in Brooklyn. During his life, he also served as the blues editor of "Jazz & Pop Magazine", and also found time to publish an important biographical dictionary of blues singers and an oral history of jazz as told by jazz trombonist and blues singer, Clyde E.B. Bernhardt. This particular digital sheet music collection pays tribute to his work, and it was created by The University of Mississippi Department of Archives and Special Collections. Visitors can browse the sheet music at their leisure, and the holdings are particularly strong in the blues and early minstrel numbers. There are a number of ways to complete searches, as users can browse the selections by creator, decade, publisher, or geographic region. Items of note in the collection include "Jazzin' the Blues Away", "I'm Saving Up The Means To Get To New Orleans" and the W.C. Handy-penned classic "Memphis Blues". "(SR) Business Career Matrix.com "a local job board based out of Grand Rapids serving the Michigan market." Leisure A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff "Annotated list of "general interest sites that give quality instruction on all sorts of fun and useful projects. Including, sometimes, how to build a deck or bake a cake." Includes links to sites such as Instructables, eHow, and About.com. From ReadWriteWeb, a blog that provides Web technology news, reviews, and analysis." (LII) Food, Nutrition & Health: Canning & Food Preservation "This collection of documents on canning and food preservation covers foods such as apples, cantaloupe, garlic, nuts, olives, oranges, peppers, strawberries, and tomatoes. Also includes guides to safely cutting and storing venison and safe canning. A few documents are fee-based, but most are available for free download. From University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources." (LII) How Do I? ... Freeze "Extensive list of freezing recommendations for specific foods, such as meat, fish, poultry, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, fresh herbs, and prepared foods. The list includes a step-by-step presentation on freezing strawberries and freezing information for less commonly covered foods, such as chayote squash and mayhaw juice. From the National Center for Home Food Preservation at the University of Georgia." (LII) Science NASA Eclipse Web Site "Describes forthcoming and past solar and lunar eclipses. Features charts, maps, and the "Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses," which provides historical information as well as eclipse predictions into the 30th century. Includes material such as a live webcast of the August 1, 2008, total eclipse of the sun. Also includes material about planetary transits across the sun and links to related sites. From the Planetary Systems Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center." (LII) SEMS, Sun, Earth, Moon Systems: Eclipses, Transits and Phases "This site features webcasts of solar and lunar eclipses and planetary transits, including for the August 1, 2008, total solar eclipse over China. Also includes information and a blog about an expedition to view and film the eclipse in China, background about solar and lunar eclipses and moon phases, and material about webcasting. From the University of South Dakota Department of Computer Science." (LII) 12:43:25 PM     Book Reviews from participants in the Pollinate Your Mind Summer Reading Club Too little too late by Victoria Christopher Murray: Jasmine Larson is a character from Victoria's other two novels, "Temptation" and "A sin and a shame", she returns in this book "Too Little, Too Late", as the same untrustworthy, conniving liar, who will cross anyone to get what she wants, only in this novel playing the Christian role. Thong on Fire by Noire: This urban erotic book was hot main character made me angry throughout the book but I kept reading hoping for a happy ending for her which never happened by the two characters who did deserve it got one in the end. Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates: I found this book very course, gritty even, in language and in content. However cleverly disguised it may seem, the story is still a Cinderella story, rags to riches -a "Pretty Woman" story if you will. Secrets can destroy a person in real life as in this book. It may have been written by a famous, well known writer-a person of unlimited language and writing skills-I feel her talent, her gift, was wasted in writing this book. Did the author make me feel human emotions? Of course-well then maybe she feels she did her job. The author has a gift with the written word. I hope she will put it to better use in writing her next book/novel. I would not recommend this book. 6th Target by James Patterson: It was an awesome crime story. The Quickie by James Patterson: This book reminds me of Patterson's early books-keeps you interested and wondering. Born in Shame by Nora Roberts: Great. 9:57:52 AM

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