Table of Contents

A.  Maps
B.  Meteorological (Weather) Data
C.  Contacts: Environmental Orgs, Congress, Phone Numbers
D.  Reference Sources
E.  Scientific Journals and Environmental Information
F.  Computer Information: Hardware, Software, Virus Software, & Help
G.  News, Music, Book, Search Engine, & General Information Websites
H.  Travel Sites

Maps

1. PC World Review of Best Mapping Sites
2. Mapquest
3. Google Maps
4. Google Earth
5. Microsoft
   1. Terra Server
   2. Virtual Earth
6. Maps Ask (Aerial)
7. Yahoo.com (Data by GeoEye)
8. Info space (by MS)
9. NBCi- click on Maps/Directions (by Mapquest)
10. Concierge (by Mapquest)
11. Lycos - (by Map Blast)
12. Excite Travel - (by Map Blast)
13. Maps.com (Maps on Us)
14. Info Please state maps - major cities (by maps.com)
15. Rand McNally
16. Amazon A9 - Maps and Photos of US
17. Pages Jaunes - Maps and photos of France
18. Topo Zone - Make a topo map
19. MyTopo - Make a topo map
20. NC DOT's Traveler Information Management System - Maps and Road Problems
21. Wake County and the City of Raleigh's Online Mapping Service
22. Population and Household Data - 1970-2002 (RealEstateCenter)
23. Old Maps
    1. www.sochistdisc.org
    2. www.hakluyt.com
    3. www.philaprintshop.com/cook.html
    4. coombs.anu.edu.au/~cookproj/home.html
    5. www.WalkingTree.com
    6. www.mercatormag.com
    7. www.geography.wisc.edu/histcart
    8. www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/mellon
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Meteorological Data

1. Understanding your weather forecast
2. The Foliage Network - Leaves Changing
3. Atmospheric Optics - Rays & Shadows - Water Droplets - Rainbows - Ice Halos
4. Several Weather Sites
   1. Today in Raleigh - Set of several maps and info on one page
   2. NOAA - Local Weather
      1. North Carolina NOAA Weather Discussion
      2. Cary forecast
      3. Cary Radar
      4. Raleigh, NC Forecast Discussion
      5. Raleigh Area Weather Discussion
      6. Graphical weather forecast table
      7. Current weather conditions at Raleigh Airport
      8. NWS Weather Cam in Raleigh on NC State Campus
      9. Raleigh Forecast Suite
      10. Site map
      11. NexLab NC
      12. Raleigh Short Term Forecast Discussion
      13. Raleigh Area Forecast Discussion
   3. Raleigh, North Carolina - WRAL TV
      1. Raleigh/Wake Co Radar
   4. Weather Channel
      1. Radar at Weather.com
      2. Satellite at Weather.com
   5. Triangle Weather
   6. Bob's Weather Page - Links for NC
   7. Wunderground.com - The Weather Underground
   8. Weather Matrix
   9. Hurricane Data
      1. National Hurricane Center
      2. Central Florida Hurricane Center - Other Hurricane Links
      3. See UNISYS below
      4. Weather Underground Hurricane Forecast
      5. Hurricaneville
      6. Links to other hurricane web sites
   10. College of DuPage Next Generation Weather Lab
   11. UNISYS Weather - Satellite Images- Surface, Upper Air and Radar Data - Forecasts Models -10 day forecasts - Local Weather - Hurricane Data and History of all hurricanes - USGS Maps
       1. Temperature
       2. Radar
       3. 24 hour forecast
5. NOAA
   1. The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is the world's largest active archive of weather data
   2. Weather, Warnings, Forecasts, Model Products, Climate information, Facsimile Charts, Observations, links to government web sites, documentation on meteorology, meteorological standards, Telecommunication protocols, WMO Abbreviated Headings, NWS organization, NESDIS Imagery, hydrometeorologic, hydrologic.
   3. Weather and Climate Sites
   4. NOAA Degree Day Statistics
   5. The Weather Calculator
   6. Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
   7. Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN) interfaces: Animated Graphics
      1. Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN) interfaces: Animated Graphics version (High speed Internet connections)
      2. Not Animated
   8. National Weather Service Homepages
   9. OSEI - Operational Significant Event Imagery team produces high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data - Includes Fires
6. NASA
   1. Geostationary Satellite Server
   2. TOMS Aerosol Hot Spots Page
7. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Weather Data Source
   1. Computer Model Forecasts (and Discussions)
   2. USA Weather
   3. 700 Weather Cams
   4. Weather Maps
   5. Radar & Satellite
   6. Travel Cities Weather page! From here, forecasts, current conditions, color satellite imagery, and radar are available for over 30 cities
   7. Numerous Links to other weather sites
8. Penn State Real-Time Weather
9. Forest Service - Stagnation maps
10. World Wide Web Weather Interface (W-4), created and maintained by meteorologist Eric Luebehusen.
11. Guidance on the Use of Models and Other Analyses in Attainment Demonstrations for the 8-hour Ozone NAAQS (PDF)
12. Wind data at North Carolina - National Weather Service Meteorological Data Sets
13. NC Meteorological Links - Satellite, Trajectories and other weather sites
14. WRPLOT View
15. Atmospheric Optics - Atmospheric refraction - Views of the Sky - Rays/Shadows - Water Droplets - Rainbows - Ice Halos - Aurorae - Clouds Links to others
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Contacts: Environmental Orgs, Congress, Phone Numbers

1. Environmental Associations And Organizations
   1. Environmental Protection Agency
   2. Directions to EPA's Research Triangle Campus
   3. Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA)
      1. Allegheny Mountain Section
   4. Clean Air World. Learn about air pollution, find the latest news and information on important air topics and link to governmental air pollution control agencies around the world
   5. State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators and the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials (STAPPA/ALAPCO)
   6. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
   7. Earth Share AND Conservation & Preservation Charities Federation and Member Organizations
   8. Sierra Club
   9. North Carolina
   10. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
   11. North Carolina Public Interest Research Group (NCPIRG) - advocate for the public interest
2. Congress (108)
   1. Representatives
      1. Representatives Listed by State
      2. Representative Listed by Name with link to their web site
      3. At Large States: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming
      4. by State then County
      5. by State then District with Counties
      6. by State then County - Draft
      7. by State then District with Counties and C/MSAs - Draft
      8. by State, C/MSA then County - Draft
      9. Databases (Zip) - Draft
   2. Maps
      1. National Map of Congressional Districts
      2. Maps of Congressional Districts by State (View and Print)
   3. Senators Listed by Name
   4. Detail Data on Members of Congress - Biographies, Office Listings, and District Descriptions
3. Phone Numbers of Public, Yellow Pages
   1. How to get a live person at 500 major companies' phone menus at small-scale companies
   2. FREE411.com 1-800-FREE411 is a free, nationwide directory assistance service. Catch - you get an ad which generally runs around 15 seconds.
   3. Bell South
   4. YellowBook.com
   5. Google Local (yellow pages)
   6. Superpages.com . GTE Yellow Pages and City Guide
   7. Companies Online
   8. Yahoo People Search
   9. Yahoo Yellow Pages
   10. AT&T AnyWho People Search
   11. Federal Phone Directory
   12. Infospace White and Yellow Pages
   13. Infospace Reverse Phone Lookup and Address Lookup
   14. phonespell.org - What does your phone number spell?
   15. phonetic.com - What does your phone number spell?
4. Other Contacts
   1. Medicare (1-800-633-4277)
   2. Social Security (1-800-772-1213)
   3. Fed World
   4. Credit report (lost or stolen credit cards
      1. Free Annual Credit Reports (NC in Sept 2005) - If you ask for a report from a different company every 4 months, you can get them throughout the year for free.
      2. Equifax 1-800 525-6285
      3. Experian (TRW) 1-800-301-7195
      4. Trans Union 1-800-680-7289
   5. Conference Call Services - Free or $0.10 per minute w/ 800 number
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Reference Sources

1. Reference Desk - (The biggest and best I have ever seen)
2. Financial Calculators
3. Unit Conversion.org
4. Online Conversion
5. Reference Librarians' Index to the Internet
6. Marylaine Book Dealers and Reference
7. St Ambrose Univ - Best Info On Net (Their title)
8. This file lists all counties and equivalent areas in the United States defined as of January 1, 1990, alphabetically by State with related codes. There are several codes shown: FIPS MSA/CMSA/NECMA code, PMSA, FIPS State and County, then State and County Name
   1. If not on census site
   2. Fips state and county codes only
   3. All Counties and CMSAs (FIPS Codes) with 1999 MSAs (with C/MSA codes not approved by Census, etc)
9. State Abbreviations
10. Acronyms and Abbreviations
    1. Air Programs
    2. Enhanced Monitoring
    3. From Blue Book
    4. DOE Ames Lab
11. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is replacing the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system
12. ZIP Code look up
13. Area Code look up
14. US Postal Rates, Postage Calculator, Domestic Rates, Fees
15. The Internet Public Library
16. Calculator - Scientific, Finance, many others.
17. Metric Conversions
18. Time
    1. US Naval Observatory EST Clock (If clock stops, enter Control- F5 to refresh)
    2. National Institute of Standards and Technology CLOCK - TIME Clock using Java Clock without Java (In Netscape do View, Reload to update clock) Clock using Internet Explorer Another Clock Time Zone Conversion
    3. Time in Raleigh, NC (link to all other cities)
    4. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
19. Decimal to Minutes-Seconds Converter and Latitude And Longitude Lookup
20. Univ. of Michigan Reference - Census etc
21. 107 Congress - House Of Representatives
22. 107 - Congress Senate
23. Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
24. Bartleby Library - Great Books Online
25. 435 Mystery Audio CDs at Wake County Library, North Carolina as of Jan 16, 2006
26. The Free Dictionary.com - English, Medical, Legal, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine
27. Ask Dr. Dictionary!
28. Thesaurus
29. Grammar Book
30. An Elementary English Grammar
31. text analysis tool
32. Encyclopedia.com
33. Meanings and Origins of Phrases, Sayings and Idioms
34. Info Please Almanacs http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/frameset.php?frame1=talk
35. Text to Speech - enter text, select a language and hear it spoken
36. Translation
    1. Google language translation
    2. Translation.net - Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese.
    3. Free Translation - Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese.
    4. Travlang's Translating Dictionaries (many languages)
    5. Freedict.com - Translator for Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish
    6. Balel Fish - Altavista
    7. SYSTRAN
37. Currency Converter
38. Barcode - Ultimate Product Search Engine
39. True Cost of Driving
40. Cost of Driving
41. Military Alphabet
42. How many people have your name?
43. Check out Rumors to see if Truth or Fiction Urban Legends (Scopes.com)
44. Tax valuation guide for goods donated to charity Salvation Army Fun With Taxes.com
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Scientific Journals and Environmental Information

1. Harvey Jeffries - information of interest on photochemistry
2. Scientific Journals
3. National Journal's Greenwire, The Environmental News Daily
4. Large List of Environmental Web Sites
5. World Resources Institute
6. Earth Trends - World Resources Institute
7. NC Green Power (improve North Carolina’s environment through voluntary contributions toward renewable energy)
8. The Power Scorecard is a rating mechanism that assesses the environmental impact of different types of electric generation.
9. Green-e.org lists energy providers certified to meet certain environmental and consumer protection standards
10. Research green power programs at this Department of Energy Web
11. Piedmont Biofuels
12. Wake Co, NC, TRASH TAKERS online directory
13. NC Swat-A-Litterbug Program 856-5700 or 1-877-DOT-4YOU (1-877-368-4968)
14. Earth911 - Recycling Services
15. Sierra Club in Raleigh
16. Clean Air Visibility Rule - Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART)
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Computer Information: Hardware, Software, Virus Software, & Help

1. Information about Virus Hoaxes from:
   1. Virus Hoaxes by CIAC - Computer Incident Advisory Capability for DOE
   2. Symantec
   3. McAfee
   4. Vmyths
   5. Urban Myths
   6. Break the Chain - Stop junk e-mail and misinformation!
2. Anti-Virus Programs
   1. Expensive but Good
   2. PC World Reviews of Antivirus Software
   3. independent comparatives of Anti-Virus software
   4. Symantec Virus List Test Security and Virus Check Free Intelligent Updater PC World 2nd place (I use this one)
   5. McAfee Virus Recent Threats Virus Glossary Test Security and Virus Check Free
   6. PC World number 1
   7. Zone Alarm (2006 C/Net Award)
   8. NOD32 Antivirus Software
   9. 1 Month Free
   10. Panda Antivirus 2007
   11. Norton - Symantec
   12. McAfee VirusScan Plus
   13. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0.2.621
   14. BitDefender
   15. NOD32 Antivirus Software
   16. On line Scan
   17. McAfee FreeScan
   18. Symantec Security Check
   19. Choose PandaTotal Scan
   20. BitDefender Online Scanner
   21. Trend Micro's FREE online virus scanner
   22. Virustotal analyzes suspicious files - free
   23. Free Program (I recommend buying a good AntiVirus program and firewall)
   24. List of free anti-virus software, spyware, firewalls etc
   25. PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 3.1.2
   26. Avast Free Home Edition 4.7.1001 (not rated anywhere as good as Symantec, McAfee, etc)
   27. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition AVG (not rated anywhere as good as Symantec, McAfee, etc)
   28. BitDefender 8 Free Edition (not rated anywhere as good as Symantec, McAfee, etc)
3. Message Labs Virus Information
4. Security Watch Newsletters by PC Magazine
5. Eraser (free) - good for deleting files from an old computer before giving it away.
6. SpyBot Search and Destroy (finds protection against ad-serving software, Trojan horses, and other means of tracking your surfing habits) Free
7. How to read email headers - learn who sender really is
8. Robtex - see if host name, URL, is black listed
9. AntiSpyware
   1. Ad Aware (antiTracking software) Free
   2. Spy Sweeper (Webroot) $30    
   3. Spy audit (Free)   
   4. Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) Free for now
   5. Spyware and Adware Removal Help
   6. Anti-Spyware Guide
   7. List of Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
   8. Is Sony's invasive DRM software running on your Windows PC? Choose Run from the Start menu, then type cmd /k sc querry $sys$aries If the response is STATE:4 RUNNING, you have the software running. If you see The specified service does not exist as an installed service, then the software is not running. If the XCP software is running, use your antivirus software to remove it.
   9. See your Internet Protocol address: ippages showipaddress plotip webyield
10. Anti-Rootkit
    1. Rootkit Revealer - free
    2. Sophos Anti-Rootkit - free
    3. Panda AntiRootkit - Free
11. Strider GhostBuster by Microsoft
12. Bandwidth Speed Test CNET Speakeasy Toast.net Time Warner/Road Runner Speed test by OoKla - can save results Visualware (good comparison to others) - can save results
13. DLL - Lost a DLL file? . Find it here
14. Web-based PC vulnerability tests:  Shields Up   PC Flank   Sygate Online System Robtex - find you IP address, check if you are blacklisted (will be in red)
15. Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
16. Online storage and file delivery services
    1. You Send It - send 100 MB files free
17. PC Decrapifier attempts to remove all of the crap on your new PC that you never asked for or wanted
18. Startup Applications - What's running on your PC
    1. AnswersThatWork
    2. pacs-portal
    3. Startup Applications List
    4. ProcessLibrary.com: Free Process Information
    5. What Process
    6. Startup Application Knowledge Base
    7. WinTasks Process Library - The WinTasks Process Library contains information about all common Windows processes and is continuously updated with new information. On this page you can find a subset of the most popular processes listed in WinTasks Process Library. The categories available online are: Security Risks, System Processes, and Applications.
19. Online Tech Support Services
    1. 5 Star Support
    2. Tech Support Guy
    3. Ask Me Help Desk
    4. Protonic
    5. PC Magazine Review of tech support sites
20. Microsoft Web site that offers the same downloads that are available from Windows Update
21. Build a Web Page
    1. W3Schools - Web-building tutorials HTML
    2. Google's ranking algorithm (the method by which the search engine orders results)
    3. WebImage icon library
    4. Create a Graphic Email address for your web page to help keep spam down. (Used by webmasters - You do not need this if you don't have a webpage)
    5. EPA's Web Guide
22. NY Times - David Pogue on Computers etc
23. WSJ - Walt Mossberg's Personal Technology, and buying guide
24. Wiki program and site - create your own Wiki
25. Software (suggested by PC Magazine, PC World, or newspaper)
    1. Adobe Reader for Windows XP - Adobe Reader is a MUST HAVE program on your PC. It lets you read Adobe PDF files that most companies and the government uses to distribute documents that will print correctly on your printer. If you do not have Windows XP, click on "Choose a different version". (Unless you need them, I would suggest you uncheck Adobe Yahoo! Toolbar and Adobe Photoshop® Album Starter Edition.)
    2. XnView - view and convert graphic files, 400 graphics formats - free (I have never use it)
    3. IrfanView - graphic viewer - free (I have never use it)
    4. 101 Fabulous Freebies (PC World)
    5. yCopy - a utility that helps you copy files from one place to another.
    6. Unlocker - solves problem with Cannot delete file: Access is denied
    7. Recase - folder and filename case-conversion tool - Highlight one or all of the files--whether upper-, lower-, or mixed case--and Recase will change them to the case that's just right for you. Cute PDF - Creates PDF file Free
    8. IBM Symphony - Free word processor, spreadsheet, presentation
    9. HP Smart Web Printing - Free - improves upon IE's ability to print what you see on the Web page, combine pages, saves paper
    10. IE7 Open Last Closed Tab is a plug-in for Internet Explorer 7 that reopens the closed tabs
    11. Older Word, Excel and Power Point can open Word etc 2007 documents with Microsoft's Compatibility Pack
    12. Audacity is free software for recording and editing sounds. On-Line help
26. Hardware
27. Software
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1. News, Music, Book, Search Engine, & General Information Websites

   This is for my personal use only and is not a sales pitch for any web site.

   1. Meta-Search sites: Debriefing Dogpile Metacrawler Savvy Search
   2. Search: Google Experimental search Google Cheat Sheet (help) Yahoo Dogpile MSN Several Search Engines with Descriptions of Uses About Ask LookSmart
   3. Search for Best Prices: Bottom Dollar Price Scan Shopzilla Shopper Shopping
   4. Discount Coupons: Current Codes Deal Taker ebates Gotta Deal
   5. Find the title of a Song: at Yahoo at Find Me a Tune
   6. News: Drudge Report NY Times LA Times Washington Post CNN Scientific American Environmental News Network
   7. Medical Kosmix health search site
   8. Web Cams
   9. PC Magazine Good Sites
   10. Buy Stamps on line from USPS Cost of stamp + $1.00 shipping (saves a trip to the post office) USPS Household (stamps calculate postage etc)
   11. Lightning Safety
   12. Digital Photography Review Digital Camera Resource
   13. Publish a Book: Blurb Picaboo SharedInk Lulu
   14. Greener Choices (Consumer Reports) Buying cleaner products and recycling
   15. National Do Not Call Registry
   16. Identity Theft
       1. FTC ID Theft If not available on FTC site
       2. Another FTC Identity Theft site
       3. Ric Edelman's suggestions If not available on Ric's site
       4. Michigan State
       5. World Privacy Forum - responses to medical identity theft
       6. Identity Theft 911
   17. MIB will provide consumers with health record disclosure once annually without charge
   18. Public Health Service COA Foundation
   19. Retirement
   20. Valuation Guide - determine an estimated value of donated items (Salvation Army)
   21. Advanced Directives - Living Will etc
       1. North Carolina Advance Health Care Directive Registry - forms Advance Health Care Directives and Organ Donor Card
       2. How you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and unable to speak for yourself
       3. AARP
       4. US Living Will Registry
       5. Amer Bar - choose Health Care Decisionmaking
   22. Rocky Top Tennessee Mark Easley The Classical Station WXYC 89.3 FM is the non-commercial student-run radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
   23. The Writer's Almanac Poetry
   24. Under Milk Wood (Dylan Thomas)
   25. Jokes
   26. Health Info
   27. National Association of State Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans (NASCHIP) - state governments to serve the medically "uninsurable" population.
   28. NeedyMeds is a 501(3)(c) non-profit with the mission of helping people who cannot afford medicine or healthcare costs
   29. RxAssist can help you learn about ways to use pharmaceutical company programs and other resources to help reduce your medication costs
   30. 4,500 photographs documenting natural environments, ecologies, and plant communities
   31. Vintage Music (free)
       1. Digital Archive of Cylinder Recordings
       2. The Roots Music Listening Room
       3. Library of Congress
       4. The Virtual Gramophone: Canadian Historical Sound Recordings
   32. You Tube type Videos - art, culture, research, how-to, lectures
       1. FORA.tv delivers discourse, discussions and debates on the world's most interesting political, social and cultural issues, and enables viewers to join the conversation.
       2. ResearchChannel - Remarkable speakers, researchers and professors present revolutionary thoughts and discoveries on ResearchChannel.
       3. University Channel makes videos of academic lectures and events from all over the world available to the public
       4. Research-TV produces cutting-edge research news stories on behalf of universities and research organizations.
       5. Traditional Fine Arts Organization - a comprehensive catalogue of online full motion videos streamed free to viewers - art oriented videos
       6. TotalVid allows you to select from thousands of videos in over 50 categories, for as little as $1.99. Browse through our library of hard-to-find videos in categories like action sports, martial arts, how-to, anime, travel, etc (not free)
       7. Energy Policy TV - video of leaders in energy and the environment as they propose and implement policies and market responses.
       8. uVu is a video sharing website and companion digital broadcast channel powered by WPBT Channel 2, South Florida ’s PBS station. - art and culture
       9. Technology, Entertainment, Design - the best talks and performances from the TED Conferences available to the public, for free.
       10. PBS
       11. Teacher Tube
       12. blip.tv Stage6 Brightcove Veoh MSN Soapbox YouTube Vimeo Jumpcut MySpace
   33. Google Images Scholarly papers and books To see a definition for a word or phrase, simply type the word "define," then a space, and then the word(s) you want defined.
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