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Kids in Mind


This site provides fairly exacting descriptions of the sexual, violent, and profane content of movies, while being as careful as possible to not give away plot points. Handy way to judge if some movie is over the line or not when watching with younger viewers. Drug use is not well covered, however.

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Exhibit of Optical Toys


Optical toys (some too delicate for children) invented or popularized in the nineteenth century. From the magic lantern to the kinora, twelve exhibits at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

dead link: http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/opticaltoys.htm

Crazy Horse Memorial


Started in the 1940s as a one-man project, this museum memorial is still a work in progress, carving a mountain into a representation of Crazy Horse on his steed. (Crazy Horse never allowed his picture to be taken, so it is not his likeness.) The 'Carving a Mountain' section is informative on this uncommon medium.

dead link: http://www.crazyhorse.org/

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