September 24−October 1, 2011
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States. Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. In 2011, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; National Coalition Against Censorship; National Council of Teachers of English; and PEN American Center also signed on as sponsors.
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm?gclid=CNDEsY-IuKsCFUJo5QodJlJPgQ

The state tree of Ohio, but native to much of the central eastern United States, the Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra) bears flowers with both male and female organs on the same tree. It is a monoecious species -- there are not separate male or female trees. http://www.ehow.com/facts_7800215_ohio-buckeye-male-plant-seeds.html

Why do we say an hour rather than a hour? Because the H is silent, meaning the word starts with a vowel sound. Other examples are honor and honest. We also say an SUV. in this case because the acronym starts with an EH sound.

What is an article? Basically, an article is an adjective. Like adjectives, articles modify nouns. English has two articles: the and a/an. The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite article and a/an the indefinite article. Find rules for articles, when to omit the, and count/noncount nouns at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/

The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) or the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers. The war was the result of the political American Revolution, which galvanized around the dispute between the Parliament of Great Britain and colonists opposed to the Stamp Act of 1765, which the Americans protested as unconstitutional. The Parliament insisted on its right to tax colonists; the Americans claimed their rights as Englishmen to no taxation without representation. The Americans formed a unifying Continental Congress and a shadow government in each colony. The American boycott of British tea led to the Boston Tea Party in 1773. London responded by ending self government in Massachusetts and putting it under the control of the army with General Thomas Gage as governor. In April of 1775, Gage sent a contingent of troops out of Boston to seize rebel arms. Local militia, known as 'minutemen,' confronted the British troops and nearly destroyed the British column. The Battles of Lexington and Concord ignited the war. Any chance of a compromise ended when the colonies declared independence and formed a new nation, the United States of America on July 4, 1776. France, Spain and the Dutch Republic all secretly provided supplies, ammunition and weapons to the revolutionaries starting early in 1776. A British invasion from Canada ended in the capture of the British army at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. That American victory persuaded France to enter the war openly in early 1778, balancing the two sides' military strength. Spain and the Dutch Republic—French allies—also went to war with Britain over the next two years, threatening an invasion of Great Britain and severely testing British military strength with campaigns in Europe. Spain's involvement culminated in the expulsion of British armies from West Florida, securing the American southern flank. French involvement proved decisive yet expensive as it ruined France's economy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War

Quotes
Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold
weather becomes frozen: even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian painter, sculptor, inventor

Innovative university buildings illustrate that architecture can contribute immeasurably to creating an environment and culture of inquiry. It should also be true, then, that architecture can make learning spaces that realize that inquiry metaphor in educational settings as well. That this is happening now around the world, with innovative and exciting new architectures in both university and primary/secondary education, is incredibly exciting. These new buildings include the new →science building at Columbia University, designed by Pritzker-winning Rafel Moneo; the spectacular new →Collaborative Research Center which bridges two existing academic and laboratory buildings at Rockefeller University; and the new →California Stem Cell Institute Research Building at the University of California San Francisco. See fantastic pictures at: http://reparametrization.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/reimagining-science-and-education-through-architecture/

Why are most PDF documents found through Web searches magnified to about 200% ? You have to change that to 100% to read easily. I saw one this morning from The Toledo Museum of Art that was magnified to over 300%.