Environment: Beaches

It's summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime, so the EPA has been moved to offer consumers info on the environmental status of beaches. Topics include water quality and pollution (sewer overflows, farm animal feeding, trash), health and safety, beach advisories and closings, and the like, plus details about EPA projects related to beach protection. It's not as bad as the days of hypodermics in the surf, but it's not a pretty picture, either. <http://www.epa.gov/beaches/>

Health: Latest Research

"patientINFORM is a free online service that provides patients and their caregivers access to some of the most up-to-date, reliable and important research available about the diagnosis and treatment of specific diseases (initially the focus is on cancer, heart disease and diabetes)." -- from the website. <http://www.patientinform.org/PI/home.jsp>

Foreign Affairs: Organization of American States

In 1948, 21 nations in the Western hemisphere signed the OAS Charter, nominally to affirm their commitment to common goals and their respect for each other's sovereignty. Today, the members of the OAS continue to attempt to work together to protect human rights, strengthen security throughout the region, and fight corruption. On this site, scholars and civilians can access such online resources as audio archives of OAS Radio, detailed background on the OAS's governing bodies, annual reports, online exhibits from the Art Museum of the Americas, and The Children's Corner (with material on the culture, history, art, and folklore of South, Central and North America). <http://www.oas.org/>

Resource: Preople

Preople professes to project how propular you are on the net: <http://www.preople.com/>

Tools: Tiki CMS/Groupware

Here's a application useful for organizing collaborative projects at a distance. Tiki CMS/Groupware is an open-source content management system that can be used to create a range of web applications, sites, portals, and intranets. Additionally, the major features include newsletters, blogs, image galleries, and quizzes. <http://tikiwiki.org/>

Idealism: International Council for Science

The International Council for Science brings together the best and the brightest in the fields of science in the hope of benefiting society. The site presents the outfit's programs, reports on such topics as energy and sustainable societies, and press releases. The organization also offers materials on the relationship between science and the development of the so-called "Information Society." <http://www.icsu.org/>

Viral Marketing: About all those cool websites you've gotten lately...

Turns out they were all pranks in a contest to see who could get the most hits by being passed on through email. The award-winner -- ForgetMeNotPanties.com -- certainly deserves the prize, but you gotta love Crying While Eating and Blogebrity, too. <http://showdown.contagiousmedia.org/>

Good Eatin': History of Mediterranean Food

"I am passionate about the authentic cuisines of the Mediterranean....As you explore the recipes and culinary history on my web site I believe you will be inspired to find your way to the kitchen and cook dishes as evocative as the ones you could eat in the Mediterranean....I hope you find wonderful recipes and enjoy the culture and history that regional Mediterranean cuisines rest upon." -- from the website. <http://www.cliffordawright.com/history/>

Pencil Sharpening: ClickRed

In this game, all you need to do to advance to the next level is click on the red box. If you fail to do so, you go to the previous level. Another deceptively simple game that turns out to be diabolically addictive: <http://blog.outer-court.com/clickred/>

Law: Animal Legal & Historical Web Center

This is a helpful, easily navigable doorway for the public and the legal community into the legal issues involving animals. There may be more here than you'll ever care to know -- check out the overview of French animal law, for instance -- but material on animal rules in the different jurisdictions, especially the full text of dog laws for all 50 states, along with a basic overview of state leash regulations, will be useful to anyone trying to limit the worst preditations of the fidolators.

See: Dogs Gone: Keep the Beaches Canine-Free at Impractical Proposals Santa Monica

Environment: International Fund for Animal Welfare

The International Fund for Animal Welfare began as an effort to stop a hunt for white-coat harp seals on the eastern coast of Canada. In the three decades since, the IFAW has become increasingly sophisticated in its analysis of the shared interests and the need for coexistence between human and animals. The site affords visitors the opportunity to learn about the organization's work, read its annual reports, and find out more about its various campaigns around the world. For specifics on the problem, browse the list of endangered animals in the "Save Animals" section. <http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx>

Astronomy: Clear Sky Clock

North American sky watching conditions

"...an attempt to show at a glance when, in the next 48 hours, we might expect clear and dark skies for one of many observing sites....It's is specifically intended for amateur astronomers. The forecast data comes from a numerical weather model run by those very cool guys at the Canadian Meteorological Centre....Are there Clocks for other locations? Yes, hundreds. The coverage area is Canada, USA and parts of Mexico." -- from the website. <http://cleardarksky.com/csk/>

Good Eatin': The World's Healthiest Foods List From A to Z (well, V)

Profiles by the George Mateljan Foundation of several dozen foods selected on the basis of their nutrient density ("a measure of the amount of nutrients a food contains in comparison to thenumber of calories") and for being whole, familiar, readily available, affordable and, best of all, good-tasting. <http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php>

The Arts: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz

This site from the Smithsonian has an illustrated overview of the life of the Queen of Salsa, including her move from Cuba to the States in 1961, images of album covers and posters, music and video clips, a discography, and images of some of her costumes.
<http://americanhistory.si.edu/celiacruz/>

Music: WOXY Vintage

WOXY Vintage is a new 24/7 streaming channel from WOXY.com in Cincinnatti, dedicated to the history of modern rock, alternative and punk, from The Velvet Underground in the 1960s to The Clash, Talking Heads, The Smiths and Depeche Mode in the 70s and 80s through Grunge and Britpop of the 1990s. WOXY.com was named “Internet Radio Station of The Year” in the Independent Media Category at the 2005 Plug Independent Music Awards. <http://www.woxy.com/>

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