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"The Cove" Study Guides

Study guides and more information on the destruction of dolphins and the impact of global mercury poisoning based on the award-winning movie, The Cove.

http://www.thecovemovie.com/educate.htm

Algebra I Class

The Algebra One course begins with a fast-paced review of the previous year. The beauty, clarity, and utility of algebraic reasoning are explored through practical and not so practical challenges. We conclude with a study of the quadratic formula, and introduce formal logical reasoning.

http://www.ronliskey.com/content/algebra-i-class

Conservation and Musical Instrument Making

Good information on using sustainably harvested wood and avoiding the overuse of endangered species.

http://www.art-robb.co.uk/cons.html

DemocracyNow!

Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television (DISH network: Free Speech TV ch. 9415 and Link TV ch. 9410; DIRECTV: Link TV ch. 375); and on the internet. DN!’s podcast is one of the most popular on the web.

http://www.democracynow.org/

Division and Its Discontents

There’s a narrative line that runs through arithmetic, but many of us missed it in the haze of long division and common denominators. It’s the story of the quest for ever-more versatile numbers...

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/division-and-its-discontents/

Dolan Guitars

Custom guitar builder and fine instrument repair.

http://www.dolanguitars.com/index.htm

Drupal Camp LA2009 Case Study

One of the best case studies I've seen on how to setup a complex drupal-based site.

http://drupal.org/node/519100

Guild of American Luthiers

Since 1972, the Guild of American Luthiers has been the foremost source of information for makers, repairers, and restorers of all kinds of string instruments. The guild is a non-profit educational membership organization whose purpose is to facilitate learning about the art, craft and science of lutherie.

http://www.luth.org/

How to tune a guitar

Data Sheet 45, from the Guild of American Luthiers, explains how to tune a guitar using the fifth and twelfth frets for full octave harmonics and avoiding the seventh fret harmonics, which are not quite perfect fifths.

http://www.luth.org/downloads/ds45.pdf

Im Westen

Family site.

http://www.imwesten.net

Incompetech Graph Paper

Online site for printing graph paper.

http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007 (AR4)

Global research on the evidence of global warming and its impact.

http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.htm

Judge For Yourself

John Judge is a researcher, activist and public speaker. His primary focus of research has been into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He is a co-founder of the Coalition on Political Assassinations (COPA), and organizes COPA's annual conference in Dallas. With other members and a network of researchers, he continues to pursue outstanding questions relating to the assassinations of the Malcolm X and many others.
Another area of his investigavie research is the background and details of the attacks of September 11, 2001. He worked with family members of the victims to push for a federal investigation, monitored the work of the 9/11 Commission and is writing a critique the 9/11 Commission Final Report for the 9/11 Research Center. John is also a co-founder of CHOICES, an organization engaged since 1985 in countering military recruitment in DC area high schools and to educate young people about their options with regard to the military. John is a life-long anti-war activist and supporter of active duty soldiers and veterans.
From 2005 to 2007 John served as Special Projects Assistant to Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. One of his many undertakings in Congress was to advocate on behalf of active duty soldiers who received harsh sentences for declaring themselves conscientious objectors and others who claimed to being tortured in military brigs. He helped write the Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush which Rep. McKinney introduced in December 2006, before leaving office.
John Judge's future plans include founding a Hidden History Museum and research center in Washington, DC, to educate a new generation about covert operations and to support the work of investigative researchers looking into the National Security State and the rise of secrecy, plans for extra-Constitutional government in emergencies, and threats to civil liberties and international relations, especially since the end of WWII. These efforts are all part of his Real Democracy Project which depends on public donations and support.

http://judgeforyourself.us

KPFA Radio

Founded in 1949 by Lewis Hill, a pacifist, poet, and journalist, KPFA was the first community supported radio station in the USA. KPFA broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, California. Their signal reaches one third of the state of California.

http://www.kpfa.org/

Luthier's Mercantile

A mecca for guitar building supplies.

http://www.lmii.com/

MIMForum Links

Hundreds of woodworking related links.

http://www.mimf.com/link2.htm#wood

Stewart MacDonald

Major supplier of guitar building supplies.

http://www.stewmac.com/

Stone Bridge School

Stone Bridge School is a unique public school, an independent charter school, that offers an educational program more typically found in a smaller, private school setting.

http://www.stonebridgeschool.org

Surfer Math

A local service created and staffed by Napa Valley educators offering tutoring, homework support, and test prep.

http://surfermath.com/

Top 10 Stupidest Joomla! Administrator Tricks

I wrote this tongue-in-cheek post late one night after a particularly long day of answering the same questions for the umpteenth time on the Joomla! Security Forums. It hit a nerve with the Joomla! community, even after several years remains relevant.

http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?p=582826

Toxic Woods

A list of toxic woods.

http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/arthazards/wood2.html

TruthOut

Truthout works to broaden and diversify the political discussion by introducing independent voices and focusing on undercovered issues and unconventional thinking. Harnessing the ever-expanding power of the Internet, we work to spread reliable information, peaceful thought and progressive ideas throughout the world. We are devoted to the principles of equality, democracy, human rights, accountability and social justice. We believe ardently in the power of free speech, and understand that democratic journalism can make the world a better place for all of us.

http://www.truthout.org/

It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.

— Alec Bourne