Wear Red on Friday!

National Wear Red Day - February 1, 2008 - is a day when Americans nationwide will wear red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness. This observance promotes the Red Dress symbol and provides an opportunity for everyone to unite in this life-saving awareness movement by showing off a favorite red dress, shirt, or tie, or Red Dress Pin.

Candidates and issues matrix

Candidates + issues matrix Take a look at all the presidential canadidates and see how they stand on issues such as the economy, energy, health care, immigration, and the Iraq War.

Source includes videos of spreechs, links to newspaper articles, and political websites.

A GREAT source from msnbc.

Ask not what your country can do for you...

Have you heard those famous words from John F. Kennedy? Well, this post IS about what your country has already developed for you! Gov gab is a blog from your public servants, the federal government. Find all kinds of information, including how to buy a car, financing college, getting prepared for the baby that is about to turn your life upside down, interviewing for that first new job, even building a compost pile (green, brown, water).
It's like having Mom and Dad right here to answer all your questions--wait! YOU can wow Mom and Dad with what you learn at gov gab.
Check it out: http://blog.usa.gov/roller/

Easy & del.icio.us

Do you participate in social bookmarking?

If you haven't tried using del.icio.us or other social bookmarking or tagging tools yet... this video may help change your mind!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU

Social bookmarking is easy and it allows you to access and share your favorite websites from anywhere you have an internet connection. Let us know what you think of del.icio.us, furl, simply, or other social bookmarking tools.

Think before you party....drink?

College parties that boast drinking games or sexualized themes or costumes may encourage students to drink to a particularly excessive degree, a new study suggests. Instead of surveys, research assistants actually went to dozens of college parties and witnessed the goings-on themselves. They also conducted breath-tests on party-goers for blood alcohol concentrations. What they found was that students who played drinking games tended to imbibe more, as did women at "theme" parties -- especially those with sexualized themes.

Read more at:
http://wwwPublish Post.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSHAR96733820080109

What do you think of the recent UFO sightings?

It’s been all over the news… area residents seeing mysterious objects in the sky. Whether you believe they’re real or not, the idea of UFOs has fascinated people for decades. Explore some of our UFO resources and decide for yourself!

We currently have a display of UFO videos and books available for check-out at the circulation desk.

Books & videos available at Dick Smith Library
Title: Area 51 : [videorecording] : the alien interview / Larry Finch, Jeff Broadstreet, producers ; Jeff Broadstreet, director.
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - BF2050 .A73 1997 (VIDEO- AV)

Title: The best UFO video of the '90s [videorecording].
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - TL789 .B47 2002 (VIDEO- AV)

Title: Billion dollar secret [videorecording].
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - TL671.7 .B55 1999 (VIDEO-AV)

Title: Flying saucers : a modern myth of things seen in the skies / C. G. Jung ; translated by R. F. C. Hull.
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - TL789.J813 1978 (BOOK-STACKS)

Title: Flying saucers are real [videorecording] / produced by Curley & Company.
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - TL789 .F59 1993 (VIDEO-AV)

Title: Flying saucers, serious business.
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - TL789.E3 (BOOK-STACKS)

Title: Kecksburg UFO crash [videorecording] : what really happened at Kecksburg? / produced by Grizzly Adams Productions, Inc.
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - TL789 .K42 2000 (VIDEO- AV)

Title: Paranormal phenomena : opposing viewpoints / Mary E. Williams, book editor.
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - BF1031 .P334 2003 (BOOK-STACKS)

Title: Roswell [videorecording] : final declassification /produced by Indigo Films for The History Channel ; A & E Television Networks.
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - TL789.5.N6 R67 2002 (VIDEO-AV)

Title: Roswell UFO crash [videorecording] : what really happened at Roswell? / produced by Grizzly Adams Production, Inc., a Charles E. Sellier production in association with the Total Living Network.
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - TL789.5.N6 R67 2000 (VIDEO- AV)

Title: Secret NASA transmissions [videorecording] : [the smoking gun]
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - QB54 .S4 2000 (VIDEO-AV)

Title: UFO [videorecording] : the untold stories continue / Independent Television News/Castle Home Video.
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - TL789 .U345 1996 (VIDEO- AV)

Title: UFO's [videorecording] : secrets of the black world / a film by Michael Hesemann ; 2000 Film Productions.
DICK-SMITH CALL NUMBER - TL789.5.N3 U345 V. 1 (VIDEO- AV)

Database articles
Replicating the Real Thing: UFOs, Photographs, and the Burdon of Proof. Randi, James Skeptic 2004, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p6-8 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=13943511&site=ehost-live

The Art of Imagining UFOs. Cuoghi, Diego,Loxton, Daniel Skeptic 2004, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p43-51 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=13943546&site=ehost-live

Orbs, Blobs, and Glows: Astronauts, UFOs, and Photography. Marsching, Jane D. Art Journal Fall2003, Vol. 62 Issue 3, p56-65 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=11998988&site=ehost-live

UFOs over Russia and Eastern Europe. Ramet, Sabrina P. 1 Journal of Popular Culture Winter98, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p81 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=1883333&site=ehost-live

Panel says some UFO reports worthy of study. Kestenbaum, David Science 07/03/98, Vol. 281 Issue 5373, p21 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=813626&site=ehost-live

`Experts' declare UFOs need closer look. Skeptic 1998, Vol. 6 Issue 3, p12 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=1317899&site=ehost-live

Good Aliens, Bad Aliens. Journal of Religion & Psychical Research Jul93, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p171 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=8635835&site=ehost-live