0511WarmUp

Something interesting happened to me the other night. I was looking at a document in Spanish, pushed a button and, instantly, was looking at the same document in English. All via the wonders of Google.

Check out these Google translation tools:

http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#

http://translate.google.com/translate_s?hl=en&layout=1&eotf=1&source=translation_tab

http://translate.google.com/translate_tools?hl=en

http://translate.google.com/toolkit/list?hl=en#translations/active

Check out these other translation sites:

http://www.onlinedoctranslator.com/

http://www.onlinedoctranslator.com/

http://translate.google.com/toolkit/list?hl=en#translations/active

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0510WarmUp

Did you know that there is a new supreme court justice in the making?

Check it out @ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703338004575230861354862330.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories

What is the supreme court and what does it do?

Check it out @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

Who are the other supreme court justices?

Check it out @ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36322586/ns/politics-supreme_court

Who is Elena Kagan?

Check it out @ http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2010/05/09/bolduan.scotus.kagan.profile.cnn?hpt=T1

and

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/feature?section=news&id=7432406

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0507WarmUp

Strapped into the one-man flyer cruising the net, I bumped into these interesting sites:

http://www.ge.com/visualization/appliances_energyuse/index.html

http://www.thedailyriff.com/2010/05/einstein.php

http://www.qwertyed.com/q_pages/q6_fun_pages/analogies.html

http://www.infographicworld.com/how-americans-see-europe.html

http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1005/targeted-books/flash.html

http://kindle.amazon.com/popular_highlights

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0506WarmUp

One of the worst oil spills since the Exxon Valdez is turning out to be an environmental disaster for the United States.

What happened? How will they fix it?

Check it out @:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2010/apr/30/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-wildlife

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2010/05/02/GR2010050200340.html

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/qa-2-strategies-for-containing-oil/?scp=2&sq=containment%20for%20oil%20spill&st=cse

http://www.visualeconomics.com/cost-effects-of-the-bp-oil-spill_2010-05-05/

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2010/05/aerial-images-of-the-oil-spill.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/05/05/us/20100506-ALASKA.html?ref=multimedia


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0505WarmUp

Hoy es cinco de mayo: Today is Cinco de Mayo.

What does the holiday signify?

Check it out @ http://home.howstuffworks.com/holidays/cinco-de-mayo.htm

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/holidays/cincodemayo1.htm

http://www.elcivics.com/cinco-de-mayo-lesson-1.html

http://www2.ocregister.com/ocregister/sections/multimedia/?graphic=/5demayo/main.swf

http://www.history.com/topics/cinco-de-mayo

http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/05/05/cinco-de-mayo-3/

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/cinco_de_mayo/bio1.html

http://www.sunset.com/food-wine/holidays-occasions/cinco-de-mayo-special-00400000012401/

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/elibrary/mexico-the-country.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30557543/

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1895667,00.html?xid=rss-photoessays

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0504WarmUp

Ever feel like you need to share your story with everyone?

Now you can. Check it out @ http://runt.ly/

How about http://www.kontain.com/?

Or http://home.onsugar.com/

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0503WarmUp

Know how to change a tire, throw a spiral or survive a flood?

Check out the 100 skills everyone should know @ http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4284709.html?page=1

Browse the 100 essential skills then take the quiz @ http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4279507.html.

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