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Near the end of a long season, fourteen-year-old baseball pitcher Ben Hyman approached his father with disappointing, if not surprising, news: his pitching shoulder was tired. With each throw to home plate, he felt a twinge in his still maturing arm. Any doctor would have advised the young boy to take off the rest of the season. Author Mark Hyman sent his son out to pitch the next game. After all, it was play-off time. Stories like these are not uncommon. Over the last seventy-five years, adults have staged a hostile takeover of kids’ sports. In 2003 alone, more than 3.5 million children under age fifteen required medical treatment for sports injuries, nearly half of which were the result of simple overuse. The quest to turn children into tomorrow’s superstar athletes has often led adults to push them beyond physical and emotional limits. In Until It Hurts , journalist, coach, and sports dad Mark Hyman explores how youth sports reached this problematic state. His investigation takes h...

This month is the 40th year of Apollo 11's mission to the moon. Relive one of the defining moments in human history. Thanks to NASA for the use of the image. CNN: Astronaut Armstrong recalls moon landing , The 10-year-old who helped Apollo 11, 40 years later Google: Apollo 11 Images , Land on the Moon in the new Google Earth (see astronaut footprints, and watch Apollo footage) LIFE: Up Close with Apollo 11 Families NASA: Apollo 40th Anniversary NASA has complied stunning images and interactive features, including real time mission audio and moonwalk video . National Geographic: MOON LANDING FACTS: Apollo 11 at 40 POPSCI: Ten Things You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing TIME: Watching the Apollo 11 Liftoff We Chose the Moon (multimedia presentation)

And learn a little something about how it all got started. Access HotSpot web sites, eBooks and print books on Independence Day, all available in COM Library. USA.gov: Fourth of July is Independence Day (website) The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution (COM Only eBook) The Fourth of July : and the founding of America (book) E286 .A266 2007 Get more Independence Day HotSpots .

Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Friedman mapped the level economic playing field created by digital technology and global free-market capitalism in The World Is Flat (2005). He now adds two crucial elements to his galvanizing analysis of the state of the world: climate change and the population explosion. We’re trapped in a catastrophic vicious circle: burning fossil fuels accelerates global warming as the human population increases and the global economy grows, so, too, does oil consumption. Add the malevolence of mega-rich “petrodictatorships” and America’s precipitous decline, and the need for change is urgent. Backed by flotillas of facts and observations gathered on his investigative journeys to the Middle East, China, India, and beyond, Friedman is lashing in his critique of America’s failure to face energy and climate realities. Yet his belief in America’s capacity for innovation inspires his c...

The Leisure Collection contains popular and recently released books that can be checked out primarily for entertainment, whether you are looking for something to take along on a trip or simply for a break from course readings. The collection reflects a wide variety of reading interests, to meet the various tastes of our students, staff and faculty. The focus of the collection is fiction best-sellers and popular fiction genres, such as mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, adventure, and historical fiction. The books are arranged in alphabetical order by titles. Check out our Leisure Collection on GoodReads or come on in and pick up a good story! You are welcome to offer suggestions for additions to this collection. A suggestion box is located on the Circulation Desk. Please provide the title of the book, the author's name, and any additional information you have that would help us identify the book and its publisher. Though it is not possible to acquire every book suggested ...

COM Library is offering two workshops this week, How to Survive Office 2007 from our student series, and Pix to Go in our community series: How to Survive Office 2007 Learn some basics about Office 2007. The emphasis will be on Word and cover hanging indents, changing margins, header & footer, double spacing, inserting images and more as time permits. COM Library's student series of workshops. June 24, Wed: 10 am, 1 pm, 6pm June 25, Thurs: 10 am, 1 pm, 6pm Next Student Workshop: How to Survive with EZ Citation Pix to Go: Flickr, Picasa Learn the basics of how to use these free photo sharing sites. June 26, Fri 10 am Next Community Workshop: Email to Go: Gmail, hotmail, Yahoo! Mail Find out more about our workshops.

COM students, learn about free tools you can use to make your life easier like citation builders, free office software, document storage and more! How to Survive with Free Tools is the first in COM Library's student series of workshops: June 17, Wed: 10am, 1 pm, 6pm June 18, Thurs: 10am, 1 pm, 6pm Upcoming Student Workshops How to Survive Office 2007 How to Survive with EZ Citation Find out more about these workshops or our Community Series of workshops.