[donspatch] 2005-07-01
- From: "Don Crowder" <guitarman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Don's Patch" <donspatch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:04:18 -0500
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My son-in-law recently came close to loosing his eyesight due to
the side effects of a dietary supplement he was taking. Here's a
few articles on dangerous dietary supplements.
http://snipurl.com/fwmi
http://www.gssiweb.com/reflib/refs/568/ssert48.cfm?pid=96
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/nutrition/supplements/
http://www.nurseweek.com/features/00-04/herbs.html
http://snipurl.com/fwmn
http://snipurl.com/fwmw
http://www.thomasjmoore.com/pages/dietary_part7.html
http://www.therubins.com/health/StJohn4.htm
The search for articles on dangerous dietary supplements
yielded some interesting sites to explore.
http://www.gssiweb.com/index.cfm
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/nutrition/index.php
http://snipurl.com/fwmq
http://www.discovernursing.com/
http://www.helpguide.org/index.htm
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/
http://www.therubins.com/
http://www.thomasjmoore.com/index.shtml
http://www.yourlawyer.com/
http://www.foodlaw.org/
http://www.foodlaw.org/
http://www.foodrisk.org/index.cfm
http://www.citizen.org/
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/index.html
http://www.center4research.org/
http://www.reason.com/ (one pop-up)
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/
http://www.herbalgram.org/default.asp
LaTeX is a document preparation system.
http://www.latex-project.org/
http://tex.loria.fr/
A very interesting site that's all about one particular postage
stamp. http://home.comcast.net/~3cent1851/index.htm
A different take on time. http://www.dbeat.com/28/
What's a "401k"?
http://www.psca.org/401k.html
http://www.401khelpcenter.com/
A full belly. http://www.afullbelly.com/
I mentioned these site a couple of months ago but they're
very cool, and worth another mention.
http://www.aphotoaday.org/
http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/
The American Bar Association. http://www.abanet.org/
Folks who're into walking. http://www.americanhiking.org/
Biography of the day. http://www.anb.org/biooftheday.html
The website of the Biological Modeling and Visualization research
group in the Department of Computer Science at the University
of Calgary. http://algorithmicbotany.org/
You name it, there's likely to be someone,
somewhere, who collects it.
http://traincollectors.org/
http://www.roadmaps.org/
http://atcaonline.com/
http://www.mwtca.org/
http://www.swtca.org/
http://www.alpca.org/
http://www.collinsradio.org/
http://www.coinopclub.org/
http://www.reamers.org/
http://www.tubecollectors.org/
http://www.fancollectors.org/
http://typewriter.rydia.net/etcetera.htm
http://www.paperweight.org/
http://scouttrader.org/
http://www.hrca.net/
http://www.garandcollector.org/
http://www.amica.org/
http://www.coltcollectorsassoc.com/
http://www.winchestercollector.org/
http://www.hlcca.org/
http://hometown.aol.com/machood/swordsociety1.html
http://www.lcsmith.org/
http://www.tias.com/mags/cjca/
http://www.meteoritecollectors.org/
http://www.rockhounds.com/icca/
http://www.orcaonline.org/
http://rrca.diskery.com/
http://www.hartparroliver.org/
http://www.modelengine.org/
http://www.midwestdecoy.org/
http://www.bamca.org/
http://www.pgcaglassclub.com/
http://cpica.ca/
http://www.quackin.com/ccaa/
http://www.antiquebottles.com/
http://www.nemca.com/
http://www.alca-online.org/
http://www.ford-fordson.org/
http://members.aol.com/cigpack/
http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/aeca/home.php
http://www.ytmag.com/
ArtsconvergeTM is a multi-media player that integrates and times
the presentation of text, translations and fixed image material to
either pre-recorded (mp3) or live-concert vocal music.
http://www.artsconverge.com/ac/
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Ashrita Furman has set 93 official Guinness Records.
http://www.ashrita.com/
The world's largest federation of amateur astronomers.
http://www.astroleague.org/index.html
Some interesting reading on "Persuasion and Influence" by
professor Steve Booth-Butterfield of West Virginia University.
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~sbb/comm221/primer.htm
A forum for singers. http://www.audiomoka.net/forum/
These two sites form a sort of yin yang pair.
http://www.beliefnet.com/
http://disbelief.humanists.net/
This Christian site seemed a little eclectic to me.
http://godrules.net/
A role playing game (RPG) site. http://www.1km1kt.net/
The Bilby Awards are Queensland's children's choice awards from
the Children's Book Council of Australia (Queensland Branch).
http://www.pa.ash.org.au/cbc/bilbyawards/default.asp
The Blue Brain Project. http://bluebrainproject.epfl.ch/
Blue Gene is an IBM Research project dedicated to exploring the
frontiers in supercomputing. http://www.research.ibm.com/bluegene/
Although the full moon occurring Saturday, July 31, 2004, will look like
an ordinary full moon, it will actually be a bit extraordinary; a blue moon.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bluemoon1.html
Atlas of Canada. http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/index.html
Canadian Encyclopedia. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
Canada Aviation Museum. http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/
The Blue Ocean Institute. http://www.blueoceaninstitute.org/
An award winning not-for-profit organization dedicated to facilitating
projects and expeditions that enhance global marine conservation
and research. http://www.blueventures.org/
BlueVoice.org is about saving dolphins and whales, and protecting
the oceans. http://www.bluevoice.org/
This site is about modern (mainly rock) music.
http://brainwashed.com/
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. http://plato.stanford.edu/
5 A Day for Better Health
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/5aday/
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.cdc.gov/
CDex is an interesting and Open Source audio tool.
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/features.php
Lesson plans, created by teachers , from the Columbia Education
Center. http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
Forums on every imaginable subject. http://cellar.org/
Classical guitar songs in midi format.
http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/
Classical midi files for the classical midi fan who's not afraid
of Bartók. http://midiworld.com/DavidSiu/
Council of Europe portal. http://www.coe.int/DefaultEN.asp
A web search guide for students. http://cybersleuth-kids.com/
David Levine's economic and game theory page.
http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/
"The Day in Photos". A gallery from the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/photo/dayinphotos/
A Day in the Life of Africa. http://www.ditlafrica.com/
Discovery School. http://school.discovery.com/
The Dog of the Day. http://dogoftheday.com/
The Cat of the Day. http://catoftheday.com/
The Pet of the Day. http://petoftheday.com/
Most of us type on what is called a "Qwerty" keyboard. The name
refers to the row of keys above the left-hand home row (have a look,
the word "qwerty" is spelled out there). There's another way to lay
out a computer keyboard that's gaining popularity. It's called Dvorak.
http://www.gigliwood.com/abcd/abcd.html
http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/
http://www.theworldofstuff.com/dvorak/
http://dvzine.org/zine/index.html
An Early Day Motion, or EDM, is a motion put down ("tabled") by
Members of Parliament (UK) calling for a debate on a particular
subject. http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/Default.aspx
National Center for Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/
"Science Myths" in K-6 textbooks and popular culture.
http://amasci.com/miscon/miscon.html
The European Space Agency. http://www.esa.int/esaCP/
Estuaries are places where rivers meet the sea.
http://www.estuaries.gov/
The Euro. http://europa.eu.int/euro/entry.html
European Environment Agency.
http://www.eea.eu.int/main_html
The information network on education in Europe.
http://www.eurydice.org/accueil_menu/en/frameset_menu.html
A portal to the European Union. http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
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This issue's collection of news/magazine/informational sites
(these are chosen for maximum diversity regardless of "spin" ).
http://www.bear-left.com/
http://www.iht.com/
http://newsmine.org/
http://www.pifmagazine.com/
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/default.htm
http://www.tabaret.ca/index_e.html
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/or/or_eng/index.html
http://www.usatoday.com/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
http://www.racecar.co.uk/motorsportnews.asp
http://www.rodeoattitude.com/main/index.htm
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Fact Monster; an educational resource. http://www.factmonster.com/
Family First is a portal site. http://www.familyfirst.com/
Forums, puzzles and web tools/toys. http://www.flooble.com/
Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations.
http://www.fao.org/
The Food Museum. http://www.foodmuseum.com/
"Codec" is an acronym for compressor/decompressor and is a
tool used in viewing video on computers. Different video formats
require different codecs. http://www.free-codecs.com/index.htm
Online education without cost. http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/
Costless applications. http://www.freewarehome.com/index.html
An informational resource on fire hydrants.
http://www.firehydrant.org/]
Yusuf Islam was once known as Cat Stevens.
http://www.yusufislam.org.uk/
The Proceedings of the Friesian School. http://www.friesian.com/
Martin Ward's tribute to G. K. Chesterton.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/martin.ward/gkc/
Gandhi. http://www.mkgandhi.org/index.htm
National Human Genome Research Institute.
http://www.genome.gov/
Geography Network. http://www.geographynetwork.com/
Bio of George Eastman. http://snipurl.com/fx8v
Bio of George Orwell. http://www.k-1.com/Orwell/]
History of Global Plate Motions.
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/platetec/plhist94.htm
A Listserv-based discussion forum about government information
and the Federal Depository Library program.
http://docs.lib.duke.edu/federal/govdoc-l/
Government of Alberta. http://www.gov.ab.ca/home/index.cfm
Government of Ontario. http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/index.html
Bonnie Burton is an interesting young woman.
http://www.grrl.com/newhome.html
A network of young adults whose lives have been affected by cancer.
http://www.hya.org/
Do it yourself home-improvement data.
http://alsnetbiz.com/homeimprovement/howto.html
Restaurant reviews and information. http://www.hungrymonster.com/
International Atomic Energy Agency. http://www.iaea.org/
Draw yourself a picture. http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage
Yoko Ono Lennon has given Amnesty International a wonderful and
generous gift: the rights to use her late husband's song "Imagine" in
a campaign for human rights. http://www.amnestyusa.org/imagine/
I don't like about.com sites because they're filled with ads and navigation
is a "bring your lunch" proposition because they have tens of thousands
of pages. That being said, this page contains, or (sigh) leads to, some
interesting reading. http://inventors.about.com/
"Imagine Mars". http://imaginemars.jpl.nasa.gov/index2.html
Imagine the Universe. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
Imagine New York. http://www.imaginenewyork.org/index.html
Scholarly Internet Resource Collections. http://infomine.ucr.edu/
International Civil Aviation Organization. http://www.icao.int/
Institute of International Education. http://www.iie.org/
Internet4Classrooms: Helping teachers use the internet effectively.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/index.htm
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A community of individuals who love to skip. http://www.iskip.com/
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
http://www.knightfdn.org/default.asp
The K-12Linux Project. http://www.k12ltsp.org/
K-3D features a robust, object oriented plugin architecture, designed
to scale to the needs of professional artists, and is designed from the
ground up to generate motion picture quality animation using
RenderMan compliant render engines. http://k3d.sourceforge.net/
A quizzing resource. http://www.kcircle.com/
A Digital Library for K-12 students.
http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/
Education & healthcare information for parents and children.
http://www.kidsource.com/ (one pop-up)
The Koran. http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/koran/
Where trade unionists start their day on the net.
http://www.labourstart.org/
375,000 bibliographic records for the years 1969 to 2001, with
12,500 new records added each year.
http://www.annee-philologique.com/aph/
The U.S. National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Lunar Photo of the Day. http://www.lpod.org/
The blog of a soldier who's serving in Iraq.
http://strengthandhonor.typepad.com/captaink/
Malin Space Science Systems. http://www.msss.com/
The Math Forum. http://www.mathforum.org/
MathMol (Mathematics and Molecules) is designed to serve as an
introductory starting point for those interested in the field of
molecular modeling. http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/
Virtual Museum of Measuring Engines.
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~rjp0i/museum/engines.html
Published from 1800 to 1872; an anthology of works for children,
and an eccentric collection of works for adults.
http://www.merrycoz.org/
Midi music collections. http://www.mfiles.co.uk/midi-files.htm
The Gallery Of "Misused" Quotation Marks.
http://www.juvalamu.com/qmarks/
The MIT $50K entrepreneurship competition. http://50k.mit.edu/
The National Academies Press. http://www.nap.edu/
A yin yang pair.
http://www.nationaldayofreason.org/
http://www.nationaldayofprayer.org/
The UK's National Poetry Day is October 6th.
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/npd/npdindex.htm
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. http://www.nato.int/
American online newspaper columnist and commentators index.
http://www.blueagle.com/
Newspapers and technology. http://www.newsandtech.com/
An online hangout for teenagers. http://www.niceattitude.com/
A few goodies from Nirsoft. http://www.nirsoft.net/
Official Statistics.
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/
News from the Paris Observatory.
http://www.obspm.fr/obsparis.en.shtml
Kids stuff from PBS. http://pbskids.org/go/
The Points of Light Foundation. http://www.pointsoflight.org/
Public safety job opportunities. http://www.theblueline.com/
The web site that tells where the dead politicians are buried.
http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/
Positive Quote of the Day. http://www.positivepress.com/
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Pre-K Now. http://www.preknow.org/
Pre-K Smarties. http://www.preksmarties.com/
The largest known examples of certain types of dense clusters
of prime numbers. http://www.ltkz.demon.co.uk/ktuplets.htm
Ad supported online games and quizzes. http://www.quizland.com/
Quotes of the day. Each time you refresh this page you'll get a new,
randomly selected, quotation. http://www.qotd.org/
Ramón Pajares Box's classical music files. http://www.rpajares.net/
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation.
http://www.actsofkindness.org/
Images of genuine cross-breed animals.
http://www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/crossesa.htm
Recipes for every occasion. http://recipe.com/index.htm (one pop-up)
Salli Vates' New York food page. http://www.sallivates.com/
SANS' Information Security reading room. http://www.sans.org/rr/
A kids site from Scholastic.com. http://www.scholastic.com/kids/
Screen magnifiers and other resources for persons who're vision
impaired. http://www.magnifiers.org/
There are a few interesting things to read on the homepage of Carnagie
Mellon's School of Computer Science. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/
The Henry L. Stimson Center. http://www.stimson.org/home.cfm
Learn how to take great pictures. http://snipurl.com/8pro
September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
http://www.yarr.org.uk/
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Websites Everyone Should Know About.
These aren't sponsors, they're the best of Internet
publications and I highly recommend them all.
http://askTCL.com
http://www.langa.com
http://www.tourbus.com
http://www.lockergnome.com
http://www.neatnettricks.com
http://www.scotsnewsletter.com
http://www.tricksandtrinkets.com
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
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Here's three sites sent in by regular contributor
John Lepse. Of the first, a file sharing utility, John
says "As far as I can determine it's all legal. It offers
music, movies, hobbies, and more."
http://grouper.com/
John describes the next site as a "scary people
finder" because it "purports to find people even if they
have unlisted numbers"; a disquieting claim which he
has reason to suspect is true. http://www.zabasearch.com/
Lastly, here's a Metasearch engine John likes to use "on
those occasions when Google doesn't satisfy".
http://mrsapo.com/
Here's a cute one from my long-time friend, reader, and
web sibling Vinette DePhillipe.
http://www.chezmaya.com/applet/valentin.htm
On a far more serious note, Vi sent this like to a page on
the Lifetime TV network site where your input could help end
"drive through mastectomies".
http://www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/bc/pledges/bc_mast_pledge.html
Note: The only information required on the petition (above) is your
name, state and zip code. Lisa and I both signed it.
By the way, women, in particular, may find a great deal more of
interest on the site. http://www.lifetimetv.com/
My friend Peter Ekkerman likes (and actually bought me a copy of)
Easy GIF Animator http://www.blumentals.net/egifan/
which is a very inexpensive shareware. I told him I'd try it but, under
normal circumstances, economic necessity forces me to seek out
costless apps like Unfreez. http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/
Thanks John, Vi, and Peter.
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Thank you gentle readers for your continued support and welcome
commentary. See you next time.
Don Crowder - Thursday, June 30, 2005
12:00 PM CST - Tow, TX, USA
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