TimeGlider

[Steve's note: Free registration required]

http://timeglider.com/index.php

TimeGlider is a data-driven interactive timeline application built on the (Adobe) Flash platform. You can "grab" the timeline and drag it left and right, and zoom in and out to view centuries at a time or just hours. TimeGlider allows you to create event-spans so that you can see durations and how they overlap. Being web-based, TimeGlider lets you collaborate and share easily.

You can create timelines about the last year of your family, the last century of world events, or about pre-historical (bce/bc) times. Currently, one can zoom out to a scope of millenia: In 2009, we plan to improve the breadth of our zooming capability to include the Big Bang.

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Make Your Thanksgiving Less Racist

http://resistracism.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/once-a-year/

Resist Racism is a blog that routinely challenges my ideas and preconceptions. As we move into the United States' Thanksgiving holiday, take a look at this blog post. It not only details some ways to avoid your Thanksgiving being racist, but also provides links to sites with more information.

Kids Eat Free

[Steve's note: While only for a limited number of cities right now on the front page, you can search and find listings for many other cities and towns at the second URL listed.]

http://www.kidseatfor.com/

http://www.kidseatfor.com/browse/

KidsEatFor.com is the authoritative source on Kids Eat Free and other kids dining specials in the United States. Our collection is updated daily. From adding new kids eat free deals to deleting expiring deals, this selection of awesome kids meal deals is updated continuously.

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National Day of Listening - 27 November

http://www.nationaldayoflistening.org/

On the day after Thanksgiving, set aside one hour to record a conversation with someone important to you. You can interview anyone you choose: an older relative, a friend, a teacher, or someone from the neighborhood.

You can preserve the interview using recording equipment readily available in most homes, such as cell phones, tape recorders, computers, or even pen and paper. Our free Do-It-Yourself Instruction Guide is easy to use and will prepare you and your interview partner to record a memorable conversation, no matter which recording method you choose.

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To the Nth Dimension!

http://www.newscientist.com/special/beyond-space-and-time
We don't have any trouble coping with three dimensions – or four at a pinch. The 3D world of solid objects and limitless space is something we accept with scarcely a second thought. Time, the fourth dimension, gets a little trickier. But it's when we start to explore worlds that embody more – or indeed fewer – dimensions that things get really tough.

These exotic worlds might be daunting, but they matter. String theory, our best guess yet at a theory of everything, doesn't seem to work with fewer than 10 dimensions. Some strange and useful properties of solids, such as superconductivity, are best explained using theories in two, one or even no dimensions at all.

Prepare your mind for boggling as we explore the how, why and where of dimensions.

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