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2007 Notable Books for Children

These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger Readers…

Hawking, Stephen William

(Encyclopedia) Hawking, Stephen William, 1942–2018, British theoretical physicist, b. Oxford, England, grad. University College, Oxford, 1962, Ph.D. Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1966. In 1962 Hawking was…

NCAA Basketball Tournament 2000

NCAA Tournament Preview 2000 A closer look at this year's Madness by Gerry Brown Marcus Fizer, the Big 12 Player of the Year, looks to guide the surprising Iowa State Cyclones…

West, Kanye Omari

(Encyclopedia) West, Kanye Omari, 1977- , African American rapper, b. Atlanta (some sources give Douglasville), Al. West’s father, Ray, was a…

Kundla, John Albert

(Encyclopedia) Kundla, John Albert, 1916–, American basketball coach, b. Star Junction, Pa. A star player at the Univ. of Minnesota, he served in the navy during World War II, then coached (1946–47)…

Carving the Perfect Turkey

Six steps to serving the perfect Thanksgiving bird by Gerry Brown Related Links Thanksgiving Day FeaturesTurkey HistoryThanksgiving MoviesThanksgiving Day Football Many beautiful…

Ursa Major and Ursa Minor

(Encyclopedia) Ursa MajorUrsa Majorûrˈsə [key] and Ursa Minor [Lat.,=the great bear; the little bear], two conspicuous northern constellations. Known to many peoples from ancient times, these…

ocher

(Encyclopedia) ocherocherōˈkər [key], mixture of varying proportions of iron oxide and clay, used as a pigment. It occurs naturally as yellow ocher (yellow or yellow-brown in color), the iron oxide…

Sioux Falls

(Encyclopedia) Sioux Falls, city (1990 pop. 100,814), seat of Minnehaha co., SE S.Dak., on the Big Sioux River; settled 1856, inc. as a village 1877, as a city 1883. Settlers abandoned the site in…