The embassy of Italy in London This is the Web site of the Embassy of Italy in London. It acts as a portal to Web resources dealing with various aspects of Italian culture and life and provides up-to-date information for Italians living in the United Kingdom. It also details Italian activities that are taking place in the UK and allows users to search for current exhibitions and events in Italy. As well as providing practical information for travelling in Italy, the site makes available information on Italy's government, institutions, regions, and cities. It contains links to numerous Web resources, for example, region From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Cultura Toscana Cultura Toscana is a Web site that provides extensive information on all aspects of culture in relation to Tuscany. Sections deal with areas including: museums; theatre; art; architecture; libraries; and archives. Information is provided on the financing and laws governing museums in the region and users can download documents relating to museum collections. Virtual exhibitions are made available, as is information on memorial houses in Tuscany. Links to the homepages of cultural institutions are provided and users can run a combined search of library catalogues in Tuscany. A list of the lates From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Guaraldi This is the Web site of the Italian publishing house Guaraldi, which makes available information and downloads on various aspects of Italian literature. There are also sections dedicated to the director Federico Fellini and Italian poetry, where users can read and listen to poems via Real Player. Professor Paolo Fabbri also includes a section dedicated to semiotics, which comprises articles, interviews, and information on related texts. This site allows users to download selected critical works and provides links to other relevant Web resources. Based in Florence, Guaraldi was established in 1 From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Spiegel online This is the Web site of the German news magazine Der Spiegel, which makes available a selection of articles from the print edition alongside regularly updated articles. It contains articles relating to: politics; economy; culture; literature; and current affairs. Users can also search the magazine's archive of over 300,000 articles but must pay a fee to consult the full text. A search facility allows users to locate current articles. The site contains some small advertisements. Der Spiegel was founded in 1946 and has a weekly distribution of a million copies. It is regarded as one of Germ From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Vorleser.net Vorleser.net is a Web site that makes available audio presentations of a wide range of literature in German. Users can listen to full texts or extracts read aloud, downloadbable in mp3 format. Some texts are also available to read online. Some of the authors featured include: Theodor Fontane; Franz Kafka; Theodor Storm; Goethe; Heinrich Heine; and Rainer Maria Rilke. There are also short biographies of authors. Users can subscribe to a newsletter to receive updates and participate in a forum. Help pages cover technical issues. The site contains some small advertisements, which do not however d From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Die Reichstagsprotokolle Die Reichstagsprotokolle is a Web site in German provided by the Bayerische StaatsBibliothek (Bavarian State Library). It makes available transcripts of proceedings of the Reichstag, Germany's parliament, for the periods 1867-1895 and 1919-1939. Users can search records or browse an index and view material as facsimiles or in PDF format. Each volume of proceedings contains a table of contents and details of members. Users should note that this site forms part of a larger Web site. This resource would be of value to anyone interested in German politics and history, particularly in relation From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
The Nanking atrocities The Nanking Atrocities is an online 'documentary' written by Masoto Kajimoto, a graduate student at The University of Missouri-Columbia, focussing on the invasion of Nanking by the Japanese in 1937, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War. Containing eight text-based sections, the resource focuses on the events of the invasion of Nanking, testimonies of soldiers and missionaries, and the impact and importance of Japanese atrocities in the years after the Anti-Japanese war. Although the Web site concentrates on a relatively short period, it contains a great deal of primary resource From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Graduate journal of Asia-Pacific studies The Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies is an online, inter-disciplinary peer-refereed journal that introduces the work of graduate students. The journal is freely accessible, and features original articles on: East, Southeast and Northeast Asia; Australasia; the Pacific Islands; and the American West Coast. Users can download individual articles or entire issues in pdf format. The special edition on 'Theorising Japanese History' would be of interest to East Asian Studies scholars, while there are also articles on: gender in martial arts cinema; Chinese in Malaysia and Indonesia From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Inter finitimos This Web site makes available indices for all volumes of Inter Finitimos, a journal of Polish-German relations, from 1992 to the present. The journal is mainly in German with a few articles in Polish or English. Articles deal with the combined history and politics of Germany and Poland, as well as topics such as the position of women and Jews in society and national identity. Many focus on the Second World War period. A few of the book reviews in the journals are available to read in PDF format. Guidelines for submissions to the journal are also given. This resource would be a useful source of From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
BIS der Universität Oldenburg: Retrodigitalisierungsprojekt This Web resource makes available over 350 digitised historic children books from the University Library of Oldenburg, Germany. Most of the books date from the nineteenth century and have colour illustrations. Users can search for books by author, title, or theme, or browse indices. It is possible to print or save the images. This site also includes links to online journals and magazines covering a range of humanities' subjects; many of these are freely available, whilst others have restricted access. This resource would be of value to scholars of children's literature, in particular From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Road to East Asia Road To East Asia is an online journal written by undergraduate students from York University, Canada, which covers East Asian literature in English translation. The main page features the latest edition of the journal, which comprises reviews of Web resources and print publications on East Asian diasporas in America and Europe. Archived issues are themed, and feature reviews of the works of East Asian writers, including: Gao Xingjian; Kazuo Ishiguro; Amy Tan; Wang Anyi; and Kenzaburo Oe. Themed issues cover: Liu Binyan; Chinese writers after Tiananmen; East Asian's women's literatur From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
600 years of urban planning and development in and around Tianjin 1404-2004 The online companion to the Cornell University Library exhibition, 600 Years of Urban Planning and Development in and Around Tianjin, displays photographs and maps of the city in the early twentieth century, introduces important personalities, and explains Tianjin's colonial history. The original 2004 exhibition celebrated the architectural diversity of Tianjin before the Communist takeover, when the collapse of the Qing dynasty meant that the city was split into nine foreign concession areas. Sections of the Web site cover: Chinese and foreign styles of architecture; city and palace maps From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Visual art as cultural memory in modern china The online exhibition, Picturing Power: Posters of the Cultural Revolution, presents images from the University of Westminster's Chinese propaganda poster archive as they appeared as a travelling exhibit at Ohio State University. Easily reached via a link from the main page, the exhibition is divided into four periods, spanning from 1963 to 1979. By clicking on thumbnail images in the task bar, users can browse larger versions of the posters annotated with title, date and artist information, or can see the posters as full-page images. Posters cover: model heroes; agriculture; military ima From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Story 'Story' is the website which grew out of the success of 'Save our Short Story Campaign' and aims to promote the short story as 'one of the most exciting and important literary forms'. In order to increase the profile and recognition of the short story, the site addresses readers and writers at all levels, as well as literature professionals in libraries, schools and reading groups. The site combines the promotion and the enjoyment of the short story form. It includes information on the campaign's projects, but also has short stories which may be freely downlo From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
Writersservices 'WritersServices' is an internet resource offering a wealth of information for writers at all levels of experience. The range of resources and links is very broad, from basic information on submitting work to complicated legal issues. Section headings include 'WritersForum', 'WritersShowcase', 'Help', 'Free Resources', WritersBookstall', 'Editorial Services', 'Web How-to' and 'What New Writers Need', among others. Within each of these are numerous subheadings, covering everything from plotting a first novel to From New Humbul Resources on October 29, 2005 at 10:30 p.m..
TEAR Australia Accredited with AusAID, TEAR Australia works with some of the most disadvantaged communities in the world. Their website includes the World's Most Useful Gift Catalogue of items such as school supplies, drinking water, a goat and health care, encouraging such donations rather than Christmas or birthday presents. From Recent Items on October 29, 2005 at 8:30 p.m..
Optics for Kids The colorful and lively interactive site here is an an introduction by true experts to some basics of optics. It is an educational project of the Optical Society of America. Physics From Golden Swamp on October 29, 2005 at 7:30 p.m..
Sudanese Refugee Life History Project To disseminate psychological profiles, photographs and personal histories of Sudanese refugees generated by Save The Children to those to whom they refer, and to add to the already existing database and archive which documents personal experiences of Sudanese refugees. From Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX) Newest on October 29, 2005 at 2:30 p.m..
the julian proxy Posted By Julian Thomson on Oct 28th 10:52AM: Music by thejulianproxy, kaleidoscopic electronica. This song is yellow. Baby chicks are yellow. Roadway markings are often yellow. This song is blue. Julian's sailor suit is blue. The open sea is blue. This song is red. An apple is red. The redline is the maximum speed an engine and its components can run. Blue and yellow make green. A fat frog is green. Green also symbolizes go because of its use in traffic signals, railway signals and ship signals. It is also the color of informational and directional signs. Fire escape exit signs are gre From Common Content: Newest Items on October 29, 2005 at 12:30 p.m..
tumblezone Posted By Giuliano Perticara on Oct 27th 3:36AM: a tumblelog From Common Content: Newest Items on October 29, 2005 at 12:30 p.m..
Enterprise Training and Learning Solutions Symposium National Training Day 2005, on 18th November is a day to mark the key contribution training and learning professionals make in helping businesses develop and succeed. In celebrating National Training Day 2005 the symposium is centred on the theme of Technology-Based Training and Learning Solutions. The Symposium is regarded as a premier professional learning event, geared towards professionals who are charged with the planning, delivery and funding of workforce training and education programs. From EdNA Online on October 29, 2005 at 3:31 a.m..
EUCLID - The Geometry Wizard An interactive tool to create and display geometrical 3D objects like points, vectors, lines, planes, circles, triangles and relations between them (points of intersections, etc.) Developed with Macromedia Flash and ActionScript programming language. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 29, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science The quality of science laboratory experiences is poor for most U.S. high school students, but educators can improve these experiences by following four key principles of effective instruction, says a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council. The shift would make lab activities more likely to help students reach important goals of science education, including cultivating an interest in science, developing scientific reasoning skills, and mastering science subjects. The committee that wrote the report conducted a comprehensive review of research on how U.S. high sch From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 29, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
The Development of Scientific Reasoning Skills The goal of this article is to provide an integrative review of research that has been conducted on the development of childrenÂ’s scientific reasoning. Scientific reasoning (SR), broadly defined, includes the thinking skills involved in inquiry, experimentation, evidence evaluation, inference and argumentation that are done in the service of conceptual change or scientific understanding. Therefore, the focus is on the thinking and reasoning skills that support the formation and modification of concepts and theories about the natural and social world. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 29, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
Chemical Equation Balancer An interactive tool to balance any chemical equation. Developed with Macromedia Flash and ActionScript programming language. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 29, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
OrganicBuilder - A Program that Shows the Molecular Structure of an Organic Compound This program shows the molecular structure (ball-and-stick model) of an organic compound given the name of the organic compound. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 29, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
GAUSS - A Graphic Calculator A free, interactive tool to graph any mathematical function. Developed with Macromedia Flash and Action Script programming language. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 29, 2005 at 12:30 a.m..
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