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Check back each week for a new site!
- 21 December 2005:
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Cooking.com
- Cooking.com provides recipes to delight your family and guests during the holiday
season.
- 15 December 2005:
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America Supports You
- To demonstrate support for our military members and their families, visit these links from
America Supports You.
- 8 December 2005:
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Podcast.net
Yahoo! Podcasts
- If you are interested in podcasts, you're in for a treat. You can find sports, comedy,
movies, food, politics, music, books, speeches, whatever, you name the topic and you'll find
podcasts about it. Not only do you have incredible choice, you can listen whenever and wherever
on a computer or with an mp3 device. Podcast.net and Yahoo podcasts are two
widely used podcast indexes.
- 30 November 2005:
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MyPlan.com
- MyPlan.com is dedicated to providing accurate and up-to-date information about
colleges, careers and majors.
- 23 November 2005:
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Holiday Shopping Tips
- The Federal Trade Commission provides tips for safe holiday shopping.
- 16 November 2005:
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Quit To Live
- ABC’s World News Tonight, the Center for Disease Control, The National Cancer
Institute and the North American Quitline Consortium provide information regarding smoking
related illnesses and deaths.
- 11 November 2005:
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Veterans Day
- All Americans should take a few moments to remember the sacrifices of the men and women who
have served in uniform.
- 2 November 2005:
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National Atlas
- The U.S. Department of Interior provides National Atlas of the United States of
America, which allows you to make your own interactive maps.
- 26 October 2005:
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Science and Photography Through the Microscope
- Science and Photography Through the Microscope provides a safe and fascinating way
to get an up-close look of over 1500 micrographs of scientific and biological subjects as
seen through an electron microscope.
- 19 October 2005:
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National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.
- The National Breast Cancer Foundation mission is to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer through education.
- 12 October 2005:
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The National Center for Infectious Diseases of the U. S. Centers for Disease Control provides the "Flu Fact Sheet", which contains prevention information
as well as other key facts regarding influenza viruses.
- 5 October 2005:
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National Archives
- The National Archives provides this list of web sites regarding the care and recovery of
common family materials damaged by natural disasters or other accidents.
- 28 September 2005:
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College Pays
- The Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation provides financial information regarding
post-secondary educational opportunities to Tennessee residents and other students who have established eligibility in accordance with program guidelines.
- 21 September 2005:
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Objectgraph Dictionary
- Objectgraph Dictionary is a free online dictionary and thesaurus that suggests words and phrases as you type in the search box.
- 14 September 2005:
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The Charters of Freedom
- Constitution Day is celebrated annually in September to “perpetuate the Constitution,
and promote the simultaneous recitation of the preamble in American schools, from sea to shining sea.”
- 8 September 2005:
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The CDC provides fact sheets on hurricane readiness, recovery, protecting pets, reentering property as well as links for cleanup workers and health professionals.
- 31 August 2005:
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Salvation Army
Red Cross
United Methodist committee on Relief
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Episcopal Relief Fund
Catholic Charities
- These organizations are helping with relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
- 24 August 2005:
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Study Guides and Strategies
- Study Guides and Strategies is developed directly from educational research
to provide guides to help learners help themselves.
- 17 August 2005:
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Public Agenda
- Provides unbiased research that bridges the gap between government leadership and actual public opinion about issues such as education, foreign policy, immigration and religion. Click on “issue guides” for a quick start to hot issues.
- 12 August 2005:
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Educator's Reference Desk
- The Educator's Reference Desk provides access to over 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues, including Internet sites, educational organizations, and electronic discussion groups.
- 3 August 2005:
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Library Spot
- The Library Spot is a free virtual library resource center useful for exploring
the Web for valuable research information.
- 1 June 2005:
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AnnualCreditReport.com
- Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act) consumers can request and obtain a free credit report once every 12 months from each of the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies. AnnualCreditReport.com provides consumers with the secure means to do so. Residents of the southeast will have the opportunity to acquire their first FREE report June 1, 2005.
- 25 May 2005:
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Digital History
- DigitalHistory is an impressive site hosted by the University of Houston.
Reference sources abound as well as an audio/visual archive of speeches and
e-lectures. Take the time to browse through this history curriculum by visiting the DigitalHistory Home link after you take this humbling 8th grade exam from 1895.
- 18 May 2005:
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Travel Channel Ideas
- The Travel Channel hosts this site which lists some of the top destinations and events for family vacations.
- 4 May 2005:
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This Old House
- If you are planning summer home improvements, visit This Old House for calculators to figure the amount of materials you need for your project.
- 27 April 2005:
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Ecological Footprint Quiz
- Have you ever wondered how much "nature" your lifestyle requires? Answer 14 questions provided by “Earthday Network” to compute your “ecological footprint” on the planet.
- 20 April 2005:
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Graduation Watch
- If you want to know the graduation rates of universities you are considering to further your education, visit “Destination U”.
- 13 April 2005:
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Bartleby.com Verse
- In honor of “National Poetry Month”, visit Bartleby.com verse
to access this searchable collection containing thousands of poems.
- 6 April 2005:
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National Public Health Week
- In continued support of “National Public Health Week”, The American Public Health Association provides this extensive list of links to health related organizations.
- 30 March 2005:
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AnySoldier.com
- Any Soldier Inc. started as a simple family effort in 2003 to provide care packages to members of the military. There are approximately 2,915 military contacts that take requests and distribute needed items to more than 104,000 soldiers in harms way. Select “Where to Send”, and read the email requests.
- 23 March 2005:
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What Tennesseans Need to Know About Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
- The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, provide health care directives information and documents that allow you to prepare instructions regarding the type of health care you want to receive in the event you are unable to speak for yourself.
- 17 March 2005:
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NYPL Digital Gallery
- The New York Public Library Digital Gallery provides over 275,000 digital images of historical drawings, photos, manuscripts, maps, posters, rare illustrated books and much more. The goal of the NYPL is to make 500,000 images accessible and continue their mission to select, collect, preserve and make accessible the accumulated wisdom of the world.
- 2 March 2005:
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Identity Theft Resource Center
- The Identity Theft Resource Center is a national nonprofit organization that focuses on victim assistance. Take this test to evaluate your risk and visit links to additional resources.
- 23 February 2005:
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Internal Revenue Service
- The roots of the IRS go back to the Civil War when President Lincoln and Congress created the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and enacted an income tax to pay war expenses in 1862. Love it or hate it, the IRS site provides forms, instructions and updates.
- 16 February 2005:
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StudentUniverse
- StudentUniverse is an online travel service that enables students to travel for less by negotiating with major airlines to provide discounted airfares. StudentUniverse was founded in 1992 and launched its online service in 2002.
- 9 February 2005:
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Black History Month
- The history department at Tennessee Tech provides this extensive directory of links to sites honoring Black History Month.
- 2 February 2005:
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LifeOrganizers.com
- If “clutter transfer” is consuming too much of your time at work and home,
visit lifeorganizers.com (a member of NAPO, the National Association of Professional Organizers) for tips and ideas to improve your organization and reduce clutter.
- 26 January 2005:
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American Journeys
- Read eyewitness accounts of early North American exploration from the diaries
of explorers, missionaries, traders, settlers and Native Americans.
- 19 January 2005:
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
- The King Center and Stanford University presents the King Papers Project to promote and preserve the legacy of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement.
- 12 January 2005:
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Project Gutenberg
- Whether you want to browse the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, read Treasure Island, The Odyssey, or Sherlock Holmes, Project Gutenberg provides this collection of more than 13,000 older literary works in e-book format for you to freely read or download to a personal device.
- 5 January 2005:
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Give.org
- The Better Business Bureau recommends you investigate before you donate. The Wise Giving Alliance collects and distributes information on hundreds of nonprofit organizations that solicit nationally or have national or international program services.
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