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- Classification of Insects (Bug Club - Pitts)
Provides an online program to help children (and adults) identify the classification and name of insects, based on physical characteristics.
- Dolphins - Facts (The Whale Club)
Provides basic interesting facts. 1-00
- Astronomy Clubs and Organizations (Sky and Telescope)
Provides information about "nearly 3,000 museums, planetariums, observatories, astronomy clubs, and societies." 1-01
- Environmental Advocacy (Sierra Club)
Provides information about projects of the Sierra Club, an environmental advocacy group. 2-01
- Energy Conservation Tips (Sierra Club)
Provides suggestions for reducing use of electricity, gas, and water in the home. 2-01
- Reduce Global Warming - Ten Things You Can Do (Sierra Club)
Provides 10 suggestions for reducing use of fossil fuels and increasing the number of trees to reduce global warming. 2-01
- Redstone, Sumner (Executives Club)
Provides a short biography of the media businessman, Chariman and CEO of Viacom. 6-01
- Golf Carts (Club Car)
Describes the products. Awesome Library does not endorse these products, but only provides them as examples.
- Bugs as Pets (Bug Club)
Provides information for keeping bugs as pets. 11-01
- Clean Air News (Sierra Club)
Provides news related to pollution of the air. 11-02
- Coal Power Plants and Pollution (Sierra Club)
"In the US today, coal is the number one source of electricity produced (54%), followed by nuclear sources (21%), hydropower (16%), natural gas (9%), oil (2%), and other non-renewables (3%)." "Out of the entire electric industry, coal-fired power plants contribute 96% of sulfur dioxide emissions, 93% of nitrogen oxide emissions, 88% of carbon dioxide emissions, and 99% of mercury emissions." 11-02
- Policies to Reduce Pollution (Sierra Club)
Provides policies to support for reducing air pollution. 11-02
- Essay in Response to the Bush Energy Plan (Sierra Club)
"President Bush's energy plan won't work, because it makes the wrong choices. The Bush Administration energy plan ignores high-tech, energy-efficient solutions in favor of increased oil, gas, coal, and nuclear production, while his budget proposal slashes funding for renewable energy and efficiency by a third." 11-02
- Morrison, Toni (African American Literature Book Club)
"Toni Morrison born 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, is perhaps the most celebrated contemporary American novelist. Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, Morrison powerfully evokes in her fiction the legacies of displacement and slavery that have been bequeathed to the African-American community. Morrison was born in Ohio, educated at Howard University and Cornell University, and is now a member of the faculty of Princeton University. Her most widely read novel is perhaps Beloved (1987), which won the Pulitzer Prize and was recently adapted for film. Song of Solomon (1977), which won the 1978 National Book Critics Award for fiction, is perhaps the most lyrical of her novels." 12-05
- Air Purifiers - Comparison (Allergy Buyers Club)
Reviews types of air purifiers. 09-06
- Air Purifiers - Ratings (Allergy Buyers Club)
Rates models of air purifiers and includes a variety of types. 09-06
- Portland - Community Policing (Portland City Club)
Provides a basis for evaluating community policing in Portland, Oregon. 5-04
- A Girl's World Clubhouse (Willson)
- Civitan Clubs (Civitan International)
The mission of Civitan International is "to build good citizenship by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities" 07-06
- Kids Magazine (Club-Z)
Provides articles and activities for kids. 2-00
- Curling Lessons (Web World Curling Club)
Provides lessons on each portion of curling. 1-01
- Chess Club (International Chess Club)
Provides online chess opportunities. Awesome Library does not endorse this service, but provides it as an example. 10-02
- Images of Insects (Colorado State University)
"The Gillette Entomology Club at Colorado State University offers a large collection of insect slides for sale, including comprehensive lists of insects that are pests for particular commodities." 10-09
- Thematic - Where in Time is Carmen Santiego (PBS)
Teachers can order a free guide that will provide "ideas for creating a fan club for a historical figure, role-playing debates from the past, staging your own version of the game show, and more."
- Bicycles and Bike Training (About.com - Weiss)
Provides information on bicycles, bike training, bike carriers, bicycle clubs, and more. 11-01
- Himes, Gregory (USAToday.com - Artz)
"Gregory Hines, the greatest tap dancer of his generation who transcended the stage with a successful screen career that included starring roles in White Nights and The Cotton Club, has died at 57." 5-02
- 09-13-03 U.S. Losing Iraq's Youth -- and Opportunity for Peace (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Allam)
"With more than half of Iraq's 24 million residents younger than 25, cultivating youth support is key for the U.S. administration's long-term goals to shape the country into a model for Middle East democracy."
Yet many young, middle-class Iraqis -- future leaders of the country -- say they are losing admiration for the America they glimpse through action movies, raunchy music videos and the soldiers their age who patrol the streets. For many, thinking of themselves as Arab and Iraqi has taken on new importance since the American soldiers arrived."
" 'Before the war, I didn't care about politics,' said Monica Mohsin, 18, whose wealthy Christian family initially welcomed Saddam's ouster. 'I could go to clubs and parties. Now, my life is within four walls because my parents are too scared to let me go out. I swear, I never rejected Americans until they came to Iraq and opened a wide door for thieves and terrorists.' " 9-03
- Issue - Environmental Protection Positions of Candidates (CNN News - Collins)
Collins notes that "little has been said about which Democrat has the best chance of appealing to environmentalists. Green groups like the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace have voiced strong opposition to White House policies on the environment. And the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), Washington's green political machine, says eco-issues may not always be the most important subjects to voters, but they're still influential in crucial swing states." She gives a summary of the views (available on Web sites) of presidential candidates, including George W. Bush. 12-03
- Dogs - Salukis (SalukiForum.Homestead.com)
Provides breeders and clubs. 2-04
- -01-12-05 Wealthy Nations Agree to Delay Debt Payments (CNN News)
"Meanwhile, the world's wealthiest nations have agreed to a moratorium on debt repayment by Indonesia and Sri Lanka, the two countries hardest hit by last month's tsunamis."
"The Paris Club of 19 creditor nations, said it was willing to freeze payments until the end of 2005, depending on assessments from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which would monitor the countries to make sure that the money was being used for tsunami relief."
"The Paris Club comprises Austria, Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States."
"Finance ministers from the wealthy G7 nations have already agreed to a debt freeze for all tsunami nations."
"As for more immediate needs, the United Nations says it has $717 million -- more than 70 percent of the $977 million it requested -- to use immediately for tsunami relief." 01-05
- Winfrey, Oprah (Achievement.org)
Provides an extended biography.
"Oprah Winfrey was named one of the 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century by Time Magazine, and in 1998 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Her influence extended to the publishing industry when she began an on-air book club. Oprah Book Club selections became instant bestsellers, and in 1999 she was presented with the National Book Foundation's 50th anniversary gold medal for her service to books and authors." 1-05
- Winfrey, Oprah (GaleGroup.com)
Provides an extended biography.
"One of the most influential projects Winfrey has tackled is literacy. The on-air reading club she started in September 1996, 'Oprah's Book Club,' boosted book sales so dramatically that Winfrey quickly became the most important book marketer in any communications medium." 1-05
- Essay - 10 Steps to Better Elections (SierraClub.org)
"We don't have to quietly accept the status quo. Here are ten ways we could dramatically improve our electoral system. None is officially endorsed by the Sierra Club, but all are worthy of bipartisan consideration. Some could be implemented at county or state levels, and some are more readily achievable than others. All have the same end: to expand the franchise, and make sure that every vote is counted." 5-05
- Cheapest Gasoline Prices (Money.CNN.com)
"U.S. drivers will have another tool available in their pursuit of low-priced gasoline this Memorial Day weekend when AAA members Thursday gain access via AAA club Web sites to retail prices at individual service stations." 5-05
- Caving - Basic Equipment (CavingIntro.net)
"Caving is one of the less expensive outdoor activities that one can get involved in, particularly for the beginner who can probably rent or borrow the basic equipment from a caving club or trip leader. There is, however, a minimal level of personal equipment that every caver should have with them, regardless of the type of cave or trip and that is what this section focuses on." 6-05
- Interviewing Heroes (MyHero.com)
"The purpose of this lesson is to "teach fourth- and fifth-grade students participating in an after-school journalism club how to identify and effectively tell someone else's story using a newspaper article-type format." 7-05
- -08-19-05 Senator Frist Remarks on Intelligent Design (MSNBC News)
"Frist, a Republican from Tennessee, spoke to a Rotary Club meeting Friday and told reporters afterward that students need to be exposed to different ideas, including intelligent design."
"The theory of intelligent design says life on earth is too complex to have developed through evolution, implying that a higher power must have had a hand in creation. Nearly all scientists dismiss it as a scientific theory, and critics say it's nothing more than religion masquerading as science." 8-05
- -12-08-05 Probe into Iraq News Coverage Widens (USA Today)
"A U.S. investigation into allegations that the American military is buying positive coverage in the Iraqi media has expanded to examine a press club founded and financed by the U.S. Army."
"The administration has expressed concerns about the allegations. Even if reporting is true, 'it's got to be done in a way that reinforces a free media, not undermines it,' national security adviser Stephen Hadley has said."
"It's not uncommon for Iraqi journalists to accept gifts or cash in exchange for favorable stories, said Emad al-Sharr, a reporter for Radio Dijla in Iraq. Cash or gifts such as watches and pens are often handed out following press conferences or on trips with Iraqi officials, he said. 'The problem is you have poor journalists who will accept anything: $100, $50, $20 to publish articles under their names,' al-Hamdani said. 'They don't think it's wrong.' Most monthly salaries in Iraq are under $300." 12-05
- Factor Four (Weizsacker)
"We can quadruple resource productivity using existing technological knowledge. That would allow the world to double well-being while at the same time halving resource consumption. A new Report to the Club of Rome1 features fifty examples for quadrupling resource productivity." 02-06
- -04-10-06 Students Sue for Support to Not Tolerate (LATimes)
"The religious right aims to overturn a broad range of common tolerance programs: diversity training that promotes acceptance of gays and lesbians, speech codes that ban harsh words against homosexuality, anti-discrimination policies that require college clubs to open their membership to all."
"Legal analysts agree that the ministry, as a private organization, has every right to exclude gays; the Supreme Court affirmed that principle in a case involving the Boy Scouts in 2000. At issue is whether the university must grant official recognition to a student group that discriminates." 04-06
- Kids for Our Troops (KidsforOurTroops.org)
"Homes for Our Troops has created this website to help parents, children, teachers, students, club leaders and civic organizations find out how they can get involved in our effort to provide specially adapted homes for our most severely wounded soldiers." 06-06
- -11-23-06 Sharpton: Richards' Apology Not Enough (CNN News)
"IThe Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday he refused to accept an apology from actor Michael Richards, who spouted a racist rant at a comedy club last week." 11-06
- -11-27-06 Bloomberg "Disturbed" by Police Shooting (MSNBC News)
"Mayor Michael Bloomberg weighed in on the uproar over a deadly police shooting Monday, saying bluntly that officers appeared to use excessive force when they fired 50 shots at an unarmed man in a confrontation outside a strip club hours before his wedding." 11-06
- The Internal Stress of Golf (New York Times)
"On the eve of the United States Open at Oakmont Country Club, considered by many the most difficult course to be host to golf’s national championship, players talked about the mental stresses of a game in which physical execution is a fraction of the chore and every swing is dependent on the individual golfer."
- Cosby, Bill (Wikipedia.org)
"William Henry 'Bill' Cosby, Jr., Ed.D. (born July 12, 1937) is an American actor, comedian, television producer, and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a vanguard role in the 1960s action show I Spy. He later starred in his own series, The Bill Cosby Show, in the late 1960s. He was one of the major characters on the children's television show for its first two seasons, and created the humorous educational cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in the city. Cosby also acted in numerous films, although none has received the acclaim of his television work." 1-05
- -04-05-08 New Websites for Kids Growing Fast (US News)
"Maybe it's the desire to protect our children from the ravages of unfettered Web surfing. Or maybe it's the $350 million that Disney paid last year to buy Club Penguin, a site popular with the preteen set. Whatever the motive, online sites and services aimed at tweens and younger are bouncing up faster than a 6-year-old on a sugar high." 04-08
- "The Most Amazing Display of Athletic, Mental Power" (NBC Sports)
Tiger Woods "kept an East Coast television audience and a sellout crowd at Torrey Pines in suspense when his left knee buckled and he nearly dropped to the ground from the sheer pain, limping along with his club as a cane. The drama came on the last six holes, when he turned a five-shot deficit into a one-shot lead."
"First came Woods’ 70-foot eagle putt on the 13th to get back in the game. Then it was a chip that he struck too hard, only to bow his head and laugh when it one-hopped into the hole for birdie on the 17th. Woods ended one of his most exciting rounds in a major with a 30-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole for a 1-under 70 and a one-shot lead over Lee Westwood."
" 'It’s just the most amazing display of athletic, mental power that there is, there ever was,' said Mediate, who had a three-shot lead early on the back nine until a four-hole meltdown." 06-08
- Olympics Tennis 2008 (NY Times)
"Nadal earned the ranking [of number 1] by becoming the first man in 28 years to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same season, ending Federer’s five-year run of victories at the All England Club in a five-set classic that is already being referred to in hushed tones." 08-08
- Newman, Paul (Wikipedia.org)
Paul Newman died on September 26, 2008 at age 83. "Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008)[1][2] was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, race car driver, racing team owner and humanitarian. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy award, along with many honorary awards. He won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing and his race teams won several championships in open wheel Indy Car racing. He was also the founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all profits and royalties to charity.[3] As of May 2007, these donations have exceeded US$220 million.[3] Newman died at his long-time home in Westport, Connecticut after a battle with lung cancer." 09-08
- Winfrey, Oprah Gail (People Magazine)
Now worth more than a billion dollars, Winfrey has succeeded on many fronts – as an Oscar-nominated actress (The Color Purple), activist, magazine editor, producer, book club sponsor and radio host."
"She has raised and personally donated millions of dollars to victims of poverty and disease and openly speaks about her own experience with sexual abuse as a child, the baby she had at 14 who did not survive, and of her drug use as a young adult. But, according to Winfrey, none of her achievements make her more proud than the two schools she opened for South Africa's neediest girls." 09-08
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