Heart attack rate dives after public smoking ban "..the city banned smoking in workplaces, bars and restaurants in 2002. Instantly the number of attacks among Helena's townspeople plummeted by more than 40 per cent". Indexed under SMOKING.
A Toxic Cover-up? 60 Minutes special on a toxic coal slurry spill in Appalachia which was 25 times the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska. Indexed under ENVIRONMENTAL.
San Antonio Tops List of Drunken Cities "an estimated one third of adult men are binge drinkers". Found by Irma Sanchez. Indexed under SAN ANTONIO.
Stop the Pledge! anti-pledge site complains that it was written by a socialist and closely resembles the Nazi pledge. Indexed under CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.
Orbitron download for free a satellite tracking system... shows the positions of all satellites at any given moment (in real or simulated time). Indexed under ASTRONOMY.
Bushiad and the Idyossey two epic poems - "The blood lust that overtakes the minds and bodies of men on a periodic basis continues unabated in our modern age. In The Bushiad, and The Idyossey the Greek gods of old are supplanted by contemporary corporate gods, also immortal and with insatiable needs for increased wealth and power. Like Homer's Greek gods they do all they can to make sure the outcome is fixed." Found by Mary-Ellen Jacobs. Indexed under READING LIFE.
International Trafficking In Women To The United States: A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime (PDF) report concludes that as many as 50,000 women and children are trafficed into the US from Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe each year for prostitution or to serve as servants or laborers. Indexed under HUMAN RIGHTS.
The Goony "The essential nature of George W. Bush captured in a high-quality comemerative coin. With Latin and heraldic symbols, hobo signs, and just plain English, the Goony describes W. to a T". Indexed under BUSH.
Jolly Roger devoted to discussion of the great books. Indexed under READING LIFE.
Shoelaces Ian's site gives fast ways to tie shoelaces, solutions for slipping shoelace knots, many other interesting things. Indexed under SHOELACES.
Teaching With Historic Places "uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects". Indexed under AMERICAN HISTORY.
Black Ships and Samurai about Commodore Perry forcing himself on the Japanese - a wealth of rarely seen graphics from both sides of this historic encounter, and original textual commentaries by Professor Dower. Indexed under AMERICAN HISTORY.
Ceramics and Pottery, Information for Teachers. Indexed under The ARTS.
B-Movie Central your home for the best in classic B-movie reviews, information and more. Indexed under MOVIES.
Cities Collection photography of cities taken during spaceflight. Indexed under ASTRONOMY.
Great American Mutt Contest nationwide competition to find the most special and unique group of mixed breed dogs in America that have been adopted or rescued. Indexed under DOGS.
Wolfram Functions Site functions and formulae for mathematics, natural sciences, engineering, and other fields, includes constants, Bessel, Airy and Struve functions, integer functions, Polynomials, gamma, beta, erf, hypergeometric functions, elliptic integrals and functions, zeta functions, polylogarithms, Mathieu functions, complex components, number theory functions, and generalized functions. Indexed under SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, ENGINEERING, and MATH.
Microvision "a system that projects lasers onto the retina, allowing users to view images on top of their normal field of vision". Indexed under TECHNOLOGY.
Hamilton, Alexander: The Man Who Made Modern America. Indexed under AMERICAN HISTORY.
Fact Sheet on Malpractice "Insurance Industry Admits Tort Reform Will Not Lower Premiums". Indexed under TORT REFORM.
Eggcorns instead of acorns. Collection of misspellings of this type. Indexed under ENGLISH.