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For over 55 years Santa has been tracked in the US.  Now there is a web site, noradsanta.org. which shows where Santa is located beginning in the morning of Christmas Eve.  As I write this Santa has been to Australia and his next stop is Fuji Japan.  The site also has information about Santa  - [...]

Hanukkah is here and Christmas and Kwanzaa coming. The celebrations all involve lots of food. At the same time, childhood obesity is a major problem, affecting one third of the children in the United States. Forty percent of the children in the Hispanic and African American communities are obese and overweight. First Lady Michelle Obama [...]

SpotScout.com is a concept similar to e-Bay but specifically for parking spots.  At the present time the site accepts requests only in Boston.  Searching is by address for parking in commercial garages, or in a private driveway or garage   Entering an in and out date,  time and the walking distance from the spot (5-30 minutes) [...]

Credo Reference has a number of publisher collections which feature the titles from an individual publisher.  They are available for purchase or subscription in Credo, but are generally not part of the Credo General Reference collection.  Credo just announced a new collection from Marshall Cavendish - 9 titles/70 volumes.  Here is more from the press [...]

RUSA/CODES Reference Publishing Discussion Forum: Life after the Statistical Abstract. What will the proposed demise of the Statistical Abstract mean for reference librarians and library users?  Now in its 130th annual edition, Statistical Abstract has played a central role in guiding users to statistics since before we were born.   Since finding statistics can be challenging [...]

Have you always wanted to do scientific research but thought that you had to be Einstein to do it? Fear not, the good people at Scientific American have opportunities for you. Just go to www.scientificamerican.com/education and you will find projects for both children and adults. Bring Science Home offers a new project for children ages [...]

For football fanatics that plan Sunday around what games are televised where, The506.com/nflmaps is a unique aid.  By midweek, prior to Sunday games,  a US map is published showing what channels are broadcasting what games and who the commentators are.  There is an update on Friday with blackout information.  Explanation of the NFL TV Rules [...]

The holidays are upon us. Both your e-mail and snail-mail boxes are full of appeals from ostensibly worthy causes in need of funding. You are thinking about helping those in need as well as about possible tax breaks. How do you know where to put your hard-earned dollars? Which charities are real and which ones [...]

Skyandtelescope.com is the web site for the magazine of the same name which has been published since 1941. The web site has "This Week's Sky at a Glance" which is a good resource to discover what you may see in the clear night sky.  On Saturday of this week (December 10) there will be a [...]