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"In addition to the ten winning titles, the Alex Award committee also publishes its official nomination list. The following titles were official nominees for the 2012 award."

"The Internet is a fantastic source of facts, but also a source of dubious claims and misinformation. Here we offer our observations on which sites are generally reliable and unbiased, and which are not." Links to Federal government, NGOs and advocacy groups We've sorted the sites into three baskets: * The Official Word - Sites where you can find government statistics and official reports and documents. * Policy Wonks - Sites of non-governmental organizations that study issues, though not always from a neutral point of view. * For the Cause - Sites that offer information while also advocating a particular stance on a policy matter. We've indicated some of our favorites with a , and put a by some that we think you should be wary of."

"The U.S. was isolationist in the 1930s - a sentiment F.D.R. struggled to overcome. After war broke out, he helped the Allies when he could, but the U.S. officially remained on the sidelines until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941"

This page is from the lexiblog and describes the idea behind an online social dictionary.

A great TED series talk on how our use of the dictionary is antiquated and is bound to change.

Well, we're pleased to announce that we now have tables in presentations, which can be useful for organizing data that matters to your audience.