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• America Rebuilds: A Year At Ground Zero   < www.pbs.org/americarebuilds/ >
  Designed as a supplement to a 2002 PBS program, America Rebuilds focuses on the continuing efforts to reclaim the WTC site. It includes a detailed analysis of the engineering efforts, profiles of key individuals interviewed for the program, photographs of various artifacts recovered from the site, video clips, and discussions on future plans for the site itself.

  
  

• Best Medical Help Online  < www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_09-19-2004/featured_2 >
  This WebLinks feature of Parade Magazine links to various resources that are most frequently used by doctors. In addition, it has a "When Your Insurance Won't Pay" resource for advice in dealing with reluctant insurance companies and includes a template for appeal letters and various forms for medical history, medication lists, and information releases.

  
  

• BibBuilder1.3   < jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic/bib_builder/index.html >
  Did you ever have problems with the proper MLA format for a bibliography? Dennis G. Jerz of Seton Hill University has the answer! He created BibBuilder1.3, a "fill-in-the-blank" web site that produces MLA formatted citations for books, journals, and WWW sources.

  
  

• Card Games   < www.pagat.com/alpha.html >
  The British spend hours playing the game, "Patience." We, Americans, re-shuffle the deck and refer to it as "Solitaire." Card Games provides you with the official rules for this and hundreds of other popular card games.

  
  

• Chocolocate Search Engine < www.chocolatesearchengine.com/ >
  Are you a confirmed "chocaholic?" Personally, I have a well known aversion to that evil, dark colored treat. But for the countless legions of choco-freaks out there, Chocolocate is the heaven-sent answer to their nightly prayers.

  
  

• Choose to Save   < www.choosetosave.org/tools/index.htm >
  Sponsored by the American Savings Education Council and the Employee Benefits Research Institute, this resource provides information sheets, savings tools, and budget calculators for various age groups including youth and young adults, 20 - 39 year olds, 40 - 59 year olds, and adults aged 60 and over.

  
  

• Christmas-Cookies.com   < www.christmas-cookies.com >
  This resource lists over 300 different recipes for Christmas cookies and is searchable by country of origin and type of cookie.

  
  

• Christmas Plants   < www.fernlea.com/xmas/xmas.htm >
  Fernlea Flowers has information for maintaining the most popular plants of the season including the Christmas cactus, cyclamen, and the poinsettia.

  
  

• The Cook's Thesaurus   < foodsubs.com/ >
  Did you know that "pressed tofu" absorbs marinade sauces better than firm tofu does? Until I discovered The Cook's Thesaurus, I knew very little about tofu. This web-based cooking encyclopedia contains information on "thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools." It also has excellent photographs, brief definitions, pronunciations, and other useful culinary information.

  
  

• Cornyation [ April 22 - 24, 2008 ]   < www.cornyation.org/ >
  True to its motto as “the raunchiest, cheapest event of Fiesta,” Cornyation is a fun-filled “roast” of many of San Antonio’s politicos and other prominent citizens that has quickly become one of the most popular events

  
  

• Cowboy Photographer: Erwin Smith   < www.cartermuseum.org/collections/smith/ >
  The Amon Carter Museum explores the world of the Western cowboy through an extensive exhibit of one of America's premier photographers. The black and white photographs taken between 1905 and 1912 at various ranches in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, highlight the cowhand's clothing and equipment, Wild West Shows, rodeos, trail rides, etc. and portray the American cowboy in his actual work environment.

  
  

• Crafts:   Invitations & Gift Wrapping  
  < www.diynetwork.com/diy/pa_invitations_wrapping/0,2024,DIY_14157,00.html >
  The Do It Yourself Network has compiled easy to follow instructions for handmade crafts that add a special personal touch to holiday gift giving.

  
  

• Crazyfads.com   < www.crazyfads.com/ >
  Do you remember using a "mood ring" to check how you were feeling? Or have you ever copied a newspaper cartoon with "silly putty?" If these things "don't ring a bell," then perhaps you should surf over to Crazyfads.com.   Crazyfads gives you a sampling of American fads from the 1920's to the 2000's.

  
  

• dMarie Time Capsule < www.dmarie.com/timecap/ >
  If you were born between 1800 and 2001, you can find major news headlines, cost of various products, hit songs, top television shows, academy award winners, best-selling books, etc. for your birth date.

  
  

• e-Democracy  < www.e-democracy.org/us/ >
  With a goal of increasing "citizen participation in elections and public discourse through the use of information and communication technologies," e-Democracy includes general information for voters, links to discussion groups, and various media sources for news on elections.

  
  

• eHow.com:   How To Do Just About Everything  < www.ehow.com/ >
  Have you ever wondered how those paper mache pinatas are made? Or do you need tips on how to dig a flower bed ? Or maybe your child needs pointers on how to control a soccer ball when kicking it. eHow.com will give you these answers and hundreds of other "do-it-yourself" tips.

  
  

• Fiesta 2008  < http://www.fiesta-sa.org/ >
  As the official website of The Fiesta San Antonio Commission, it includes information on scheduled events, a printable master schedule, ticket sales, travel tips, etc. on this 9-day city-wide celebration.

  
  

• Fiesta Arts Fair [ April 19 - 20, 2008 ]   < www.swschool.org/fiesta_arts_fair.php >
  Named as one of America’s Top Ten Fairs and Festivals, this two-day family oriented event has the works of top artists, a children’s Art Garden, live music, and a variety of foods.

  
  

• Fiesta Flambeau Parade [ April 26, 2008 ]   < www.fiestaflambeau.org/ >
  Often called America’s largest illuminated night parade, the Fiesta Flambeau Parade boasts fifty floats, forty marching bands, horseback mounted groups, Fiesta Royalty, clowns, and so much more.

  
  

• Fifties Web < www.fiftiesweb.com/search.htm >
  Do remember the tag line: "Hey kids, what time is it?" Or perhaps you laughed with your parents at the antics of Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Imogene Coca, and Sid Caesar. Do shows like "Death Valley Days" and "Sky King" ring a vague bell? If so, you are probably a child of the 50s who will enjoy the memories searched through the Fifties Web.

  
  

• Free Online Typing Course   < www.goodtyping.com/ >
  Although registration is required for access, this remains a free easy to use, step-by-step tutorial for learning touch typing. It includes programmed exercises with graded score sheets, and has a Spanish language companion version Curso de Mecanografia Gratis por Internet.

  
  

• FreeTranslation.com < www.freetranslation.com >
  Do you need a quick translation of a English phrases / sentences into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish and vice versa? FreeTranslation.com provides literal translations that can easily be applied to daily conversation.

  
  

• Having Surgery?   What You Need to Know  < www.ahrq.gov/consumer/surgery/surgery.htm >
  For the millions of Americans who undergo elective surgery each year, this Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality resource identifies key questions for which patients should receive answers before a planned surgical procedure is performed.

  
  

• Holiday Ideas  < www.hgtv.com/hgtv/pac_ctnt_988/text/0,,HGTV_22056_53732,00.html >
  HGTV's web site focuses on winter holiday entertaining with information on home decorating, arts and crafts "how to" instructions, and other ideas on celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.

  
  

• Holiday Traditions  
  < www.msichicago.org/scrapbook/scrapbook_exhibits/catw2004/holiday_traditions.html >
  Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry profiles common holiday traditions from some 50 countries throughout the world.

  
  

• Holiday Watch   < holiday.icsc.org/ >
  The International Council of Shopping Centers provides "what's hot" listings of gifts, retail business forecasts, trends for "traditional" holiday spending, and fun facts about the Christmas season.

  
  

• Holidays - Christmas  
  < www.marthastewart.com/christmas?lnc=a489cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD&rsc=leftnav _holiday_holiday >
  MarthaStewart.com covers the full range of holiday season topics such as recipes, decorations, gifts, parties, etc. and includes instructions for do-it-yourself holiday arts & crafts.

  
  

• Job-Interview.net   < www.job-interview.net/ >
  This web site has mock practice interviews, sample questions, an interview question bank, interview etiquette, resume information, and other resources for both the first time job seeker and the experienced worker who is changing jobs.

  
  

• Merry Christmas   < christmas.howstuffworks.com/ >
  HowStuffWorks.com celebrates the season with Christmas crafts, customs, decorations, recipes, songs, stories, and much, much more.

  
  

• National Christmas Tree Association   < www.christmastree.org/home.cfm >
  The NCTA has released a consumer guide to identifying, selecting, caring for, recycling, etc. Christmas trees.

  
  

• A Night in Old San Antonio ( NIOSA ) [ April 22 - 25, 2008 ]   < www.niosa.org/ >
  This four-night event celebrates San Antonio's diverse heritage with 250 food booths and various ethnic areas such as French Quarter, Irish Flats, South of the Border, etc. These areas focus on the tastes, sights, and sounds of the cultures that blend to form San Antonio’s unique character.

  
  

• Patently Silly   < www.patentlysilly.com/index.php >
  Browsing through the thousands of patents issued each week by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, the webmasters select those patents granted by the USPTO that "are usually a) really weird, b) really cool, c)really scary."

  
  

• Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: Baseball Cards  
  < lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/bbcardshtml/bbcardsabt.html>
  Accessing a Library of Congress treasure trove for the true baseball historian, this site contains some 2,100 baseball cards (dated 1887 to 1914) and provides color images of the individual cards.

  
  

• Project Vote Smart   < www.votesmart.org/index.htm >
  Founded as an independent, nonpartisan, non-profit informational resource, Project Vote Smart focuses on the various candidates and elected officials, and includes biographical profiles, summaries of key issues, voting records, campaign funding data, etc.
  
  
• Rating America's Nursing Homes  < content.gannettonline.com/gns/nursinghomes/# >
  This special report of the Gannett News Service provides ratings for some 16,000 nursing homes across the United States. The database is searchable by state, county, and city. With an inspections history from 1999 to 2003, Rating America's Nursing Homes provides quality care ratings from the most current inspection, and summarizes deficiencies found in earlier years.

  
  

• Recognized Physicians Directory   < recognition. www.ncqa.org/ >
  As part of its mission to "improve the quality of health care delivered to people everywhere," the National Committee For Quality Assurance has created a database that "recognizes physicians and physician practices who meet standards of care established by each program." Searchable by state, city, practice and physician name, the directory is intended to assist patients in locating physicians "who have demonstrated that they meet important standards of care."

  
  

• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome [ SARS ]   < www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/index.htm >
  As a response to the current international SARS health alert, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention compiled an all-in-one web resource with a disease fact sheet, frequently asked questions, travel advisories, guidelines / recommendations, and a listing of other SARS-related internet sources.

  
  

• SnowCrystals.com   < www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/class/class.htm >
  Did you ever wonder if the old adage that "no two snowflakes are alike" is true? Billed as an "online guide to snowflakes, snow crystals, and other ice phenomena " this CalTech page discusses what snowflakes are, snowflake physics, geometric patterns, and links to various snowflake photograph collections.

  
  

• Tejano Explosion [ April 17 - 26, 2008 ]   < tejanoexplosion2008.com/ >
  Also billed as the CATTLEMAN'S TEJANO EXPLOSION, this event has an all-star lineup of Tejano music artists, traditional foods, local crafts, etc.

  
  

• Texas Cavaliers’ River Parade [ April 21, 2008 ]   < www.texascavaliers.org/home.aspx >
  Held on the lovely San Antonio River, this unique parade floats through the heart of the city with motorized barges festooned with festive lights and featuring colorful participants and lively music.

  
  

• timeanddate.com   < http:www.timeanddate.com/ >
  Designed for the world traveling businessman or the mildly curious, this source provides a world clock, time zone converter, world time search box, monthly calendars, a calendar generator, and a calendar countdown function for major events.

  
  

• Tips for Safe and Happy Holidays   < www.ncpc.org/cms/cms-upload/ncpc/files/holiday04.pdf >
  The National Crime Prevention Council has released a quick and easy guide for preventing theft and burglaries during the holiday season.

  
  

• USA TechGuide: Guide to Wheel Chairs and Assistive Technology   < www.usatechguide.org/ >
  Funded by the United Spinal Association, this online guide focuses on "wheelchair and assistive technology choices, wheelchair views and reviews, and related information and articles." Its goal is to foster "user involvement in the selection of appropriate assistive technology." The guide accesses some 1300 web-based wheelchair related entries and over 1500 assistive technology sources.