Welcome to My Search Portal!
When I first started this site, it was intended primarily for my own use. I wanted a single location
for all of my favorite Internet resources, that would be easily accessible from any computer.
Since then, I have added a ton of extra stuff in order to make it useful for others.
I hope you’ll find it of value.
-- JD
Willa Cather
[19 May 2012 at 12:00am]
 Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke. Discuss
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Aristotle
[18 May 2012 at 12:00am]
 Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
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Ambrose Bierce
[17 May 2012 at 12:00am]
 Habit, n.: A shackle for the free.
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fabricate
[19 May 2012 at 12:00am]
Definition: (verb) Make up something artificial or untrue.
Synonyms: cook up, invent, manufacture.
Usage: Did Harold really wrestle a bear, or did he fabricate the story to impress us?
Discuss
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infest
[18 May 2012 at 12:00am]
Definition: (verb) To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious.
Synonyms: overrun.
Usage: During the year that followed, Clayton was several times attacked by the great apes which now seemed to continually infest the vicinity of the cabin.
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denude
[17 May 2012 at 12:00am]
Definition: (verb) To divest of covering; make bare.
Synonyms: strip.
Usage: Rake in hand, Flora set out to denude her lawn of fallen leaves.
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Featured Government Sites
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Education
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by
the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s
premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. The ERIC online system provides the
public with a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1
million citations going back to 1966. More than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004),
previously available through fee-based services only, are now available for free. ERIC is moving forward
with its modernization program, and has begun adding materials to the database.
Literacy
The National Institute for Literacy’s activities to strengthen
literacy across the lifespan are authorized by the U.S. Congress under two laws, the Adult Education
and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) in the Workforce Investment Act and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
The AEFLA directs the Institute to provide national leadership regarding literacy, coordinate literacy
services and policy, and serve as a national resource for adult education and literacy programs. The
NCLB law directs the Institute to disseminate information on scientifically based reading research
pertaining to children, youth, and adults as well as information about development and implementation
of classroom reading programs based on the research.
Volunteering
AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national
service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s
critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members serve with more
than 3,000 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based and community organizations. Since 1994, more than
400,000 men and women have provided needed assistance to millions of Americans across the nation through their
AmeriCorps service.
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Featured Non-profit Sites
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Adult Literacy
ProLiteracy Worldwide is a nonprofit international literacy
organization based in Syracuse, NY, that was formed by the 2002 merger of Laubach Literacy International
and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. ProLiteracy Worldwide is now the oldest and largest nongovernmental
literacy organization in the world and pursues a mission of sponsoring educational programs that help adults
and their families acquire the literacy practices and skills they need to function more effectively in their
daily lives.
Child Literacy
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. prepares and motivates children to read by
delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most.
Founded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest children’s and family nonprofit literacy organization
in the United States. RIF’s highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8. Through
community volunteers in every state and U.S. territory, RIF provides 4.5 million children with 16 million
new, free books and literacy resources each year.
All RIF programs combine three essential elements to foster children’s literacy: reading motivation,
family and community involvement, and the excitement of choosing free books to keep.
Family Literacy
The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) was established in 1989
with a grant from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. Founded by current president Sharon Darling,
NCFL began with a simple but ambitious mission: To help parents and children achieve their greatest potential
together through quality literacy programs.
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Saturday
May 19, 2012
Week: 20 • Day: 140
04:32:25 PM CDT
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Imagine by John Lennon
Imagine there’s no heaven,
It’s easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there’s no countries,
It isn’t hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I’m a dreamer,
but I’m not the only one,
I hope some day you’ll join us,
And the world will live as one.
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If you can help others, do it, but if you cannot,
restrain yourself and at least do not harm anyone.
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