Today's Homeowner DIY Series on DVD

Thinking of remodeling a kitchen or bath?
Converting a carport or garage?
Doing something with driveways? decks? room additions?

From flooring to roofing, over 20 episodes of Today's Homeowner series, hosted by Danny Lipford, are now available to borrow from the Warrenton Library.

For more detailed information, here is a list of titles:
Today's Homeowner DVD Series

National Geographic Bee State Finals on Friday

State Level competitions for the National Geographic Bee will be held on March 31.

Winners will go on to compete nationwide this year from May 23-24 in Washington DC.
Awards on the National Level are scholarships ranging from $10,000 to $25,000.

Students and homeschoolers from grades 4-8 are eligible to enter, with some qualifying rounds.
The annual registration deadline is October 15.

There is also a World Championship held every two years.
In Summer 2005, the event was held in Budapest, Hungary, with Alex Trebek moderating.

Start preparing now for next year's Bee by checking out some recent additions to the
children's collection:


Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: Country Facts that helped me win the National Geographic Bee

National Geographic Bee Official Study Guide

For registration requirements, sample questions and FAQ's about the Bee, go to

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/index.html

Weather or not

March 23 is proclaimed World Meteorological Day by the United Nations.

If you've ever wondered
what is that weatherman talking about, here are a few guides:

Meterology Demystified

Extreme Weather: a guide and record book

Skywatch West: the complete weather guide

The National Weather Service site is
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

Some other useful sites are

UM (Univ. of Michigan) Weather Underground
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/
UN World Weather
http://www.worldweather.org/
Weather 101: A resource for Teachers and Students
http://ggweather.com/101.htm

Albert Einstein's Birthday

March 14 , 1879 the future Nobel Prize Winner and genius was born at Ulm, Germany.

To learn more about the man and his theories, consider these resources:

Einstein for Dummies

Einstein's Cosmos: How Einstein's vision transformed our understanding of space and time

Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the world through the language of mathematics

Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution (video)

An essay written by Einstein, from the American Institute of Physics site:
The World as I see it

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