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World Wildlife Fund

Here is the web site of the World Wildlife Fund, a great conservation organization and well worth supporting. Check out their featured "Critter of the Day" and explore the links on their extensive web site. If you join now, you can get a free tee-shirt.

Canadian Landscapes

Want to see what a tombolo looks like? Or Perhaps a pingo? These are just two of the geologic formations featured on this web site illustrating the great diversity of Canadian scenery.

Bad Astronomy

A web site devoted to airing out myths and misconceptions about astronomy and related topics. The site is designed and maintained by Phil Plait who teaches astronomy.

The "Exoscience" Web Site

This is a comprehensive web site dedicated to the most recent advances in space and science technology.

American Horticultural Society

This is the web site of the American Horticultural Society, the most comprehensive source for information about gardening on the web. There are hundreds of useful hyperlinks to other gardening organizations at this web site. Every gardener should have this link on his or her "Favorites" list.

Sierra Club

This is the home web site of the conservation organization, The Sierra Club. I highly recommend supporting this group--our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will thank us for doing so.

Friends of the National Zoo (Washington, DC)

This is a great site for kids...and adults who are interested in wildlife world-wide.

Newest Hubble Space Telescope Images

This site posts the most spectacular recent images of deep sky objects viewed by the Hubble Space Telescope. With a high quality printer, you can make excellent reproductions of the Hubble images. Try clicking on "Star Birth in Trifid Nebula" for a striking start.

census.gov

A great place to get the current U.S. and world populations...and much more (including maps). This web site has some interesting statistical data about populations in the U.S. and worldwide. There's lots to explore here--you can easily spend a few hours at this site!

whale.wheelock.edu

This is the "Whale Net" site managed by Wheelock College in Boston, MA. It has maps tracking the migration of various sea creatures and loads of other interesting stuff. Worth a hit!

cccturtle.org

This web site tracks the movements of sea turtles using satellites and GPS technology. There's lots more to see here...well worth a visit.

rodney.com

Jokester Rodney Dangerfield's web site. Has a great new joke every day! Laughter is a great medicine, so we all need to laugh! I try to hit this site at least once a week.

komando.com

The web site of America's "Digital Goddess," Kim Komando. There isn't anything she doesn't know about computers. Also, try to catch her show on a "Talk-Radio" network station every Saturday afternoon. It's well-worth a listen.

mapquest.com

A web site for downloading maps from any address or place in the United States; very helpful if you're interested in travel.

travelocity.com

This is a great place to buy airline tickets, book hotel reservations, or rent a car if you're going on a trip. The best thing about using the internet for this purpose is that you can check all the flight and airline availability from a variety of different airports before you book.

MODIS Images from Space by NASA

This is a collection of hundreds of striking photographs of the earth taken my NASA's MODIS satellite. There is something at this site for everyone.

A Link Consolidating ALL Government Web Sites

Here is THE "one-stop" internet site that is ultimately linked to over 20,000 government web sites...and some 27 million web pages! Whew! You can track your social security benefits, apply for a federal student loan, reserve a National Park campsite, or find the nearest veterans hospital from this site. And it just came on line in mid September, 2000.

mountainlight.com

A web site maintained by Galen and Barbara Rowell for their stock photo agency, "Mountain Light." They have over 350,000 images and many of them are featured on this site. You can order photos you like. Spectacular photography!

The General Sutter Inn, Lititz, PA

This is the web site of the historic General Sutter Inn just off the square in Lititz, PA where I grew up. The current innkeepers are Ed and Dolores Brophy--check out their dinner menu and stop in for a visit soon.

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

This is the official web site of the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. If you live in or near eastern/central Pennsylvania, you should take a Saturday or Sunday afternoon and visit the Sanctuary in person. The web site has lots of interesting facts and other information about raptors and their migration.

The Exploratorium

The Exploratorium is a science museum extraordinaire located at 3601 Lyon St., San Francisco, CA 94123. Visiting the Exploratorium's web site is next best thing to seeing it in person.

Jane Goodall Institute Web Site

Hit this web site to celebrate 40 years of wild chimpanzee research at Gombe, Tanzania, by primate scientist Dr. Jane Goodall.

Nobel Prize Web Site

I never thought I'd meet a Nobel laureate, but if you click on this hyperlink, you can read about one of my friends from the Juniata College tennis team, Bill Phillips, who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1997. No one could be more deserving of this award than Bill...in addition to being an outstanding scientist, he is also a wonderful, down-to-earth person. When you get to the site, click on "Autobiography" under Bill's name to read about his early life while growing up in Pennsylvania.

Internet Learning Network

Want to know how smart your kid is? Then check out this free web site with quizzes based on questions from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). Compare his or her test results with other examinees from the U.S. and around the world.

NatureServe Database

This web site contains a 25-year collection of field data on 50,000 species of plants and animals of the U.S. and Canada with information on their endangered status, distribution, life history, and references.

Manatee Conservation

Good things DO sometimes come in big packages! Florida manatees are a remarkable but endangered species of the U.S.'s natural world. Visit this web site to learn more about these "gentle giants" and find out how you can help save them.

EarthCam

One of the most unusual URL's on the web "Where the world watches the world!": you can see live video images 24/365 of almost anywhere in the world from the Golden Gate Bridge, S.F. to the scenic Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps near Zermatt, Switzerland! Wow! How about a live satellite view of the entire earth from space or a live view of the eastern United States. It doesn't get any better than this for high tech--can you see yourself in the picture?

News Bulletin about Space/Astronomy

This web site is great for space/astronomy buffs and has interesting links to other space science web sites.

National Wildlife Federation

This is the official web site of the National Wildlife Federation. It changes regularly and even has information telling you how to build your own Backyard Wildlife Habitat.

Lititz, PA

The web site of my home town, Lititz, PA....both the town and the web site are well-worth a visit.

The Tax Foundation

This web site of the The Tax Foundation has hundreds of vital facts on governmental taxes that affect you and I. Moreover, the Foundation is nonprofit and nonpartisan so the information is free from any political bias. Check out their tax table summarizing the amounts each of us from various income brackets pays to support the government every year.

Darwin Awards

A whacky web site that celebrates Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by commemorating the remains and stories of those who improved our gene pool by removing themselves from it.

Primate Information Network

Learn more about chimps, gorillas, monkeys, gibbons, lemurs, and their kin at this web site maintained by the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center in Madison, WI. This site is a great resource for both scientists and the general public. CHECK IT OUT!

Mid Atlantic Surgical Services

The web site of my surgical practice.

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