http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Welcome to How Stuff Works. Great explanations of how stuff
works.
http://www.thehungersite.com
Hunger site donation. Visit every day to donate some food to the
poor.
They have a bunch of related sites, such as http://www.therainforestsite.com
and others.
http://www.webreleaf.com
another site to click and help plant trees.
American Library Association http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=oif
page on intellectual freedom
The Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global
Change http://www.co2science.org/
argues against global warming. See a report Public Comment to the
Environmental Protection Agency http://www.co2science.org/education/reports/reportarch.php
which says that the increasing CO2 in the atmoshpere will have a
benign effect on earth's climate and will also produce a lot of
benefits.
Also see this project. Research Review of Global Warming
Evidence, http://www.oism.org/pproject/
But see here for some data http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/trends/temp/jonescru/jones.html
If you want to know how to do surveys, observations, research
interviews, how to present research data, see this site
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/
links to free resources.
If you want to know how the world has changed in the last several
decades, see some global social change reports here
http://gsociology.icaap.org/reports.html
Both of the above are part of the global social change research project
http://gsociology.icaap.org/
Some traffic data on the pubinfo site
http://www.alexa.com/browse/general?catid=192&mode=general&order=traffic&page=5
says this site is 10th most popular consumer info site, on May 13, 2004.
http://www.alexa.com/search?q=fire.prohosting.com%2Fpubinfo
shows an average rating of five stars for this site.
this site sells hats, aprons, mudflaps, other stuff, with boys on them
instead of girls.
http://www.thetruckerboy.com/
Social statistics
http://postyour.info/
"Open database of statistics filling up with voluntary users from
around the world". This site is kind of a bunch of on line survey
questions that anyone who visits can answer, and then you can get some
statistics from the site or download the data.
Politics
Fox news story
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,81148,00.html
Ex-CIA Accuse Bush of Manipulating Iraq Evidence. Monday, March 17, 2003
The group described in the above story also has a
letter on a congressional page,
http://www.house.gov/mcdermott/IS_080818.html
and the co-founder, Ray McGovern, spoke here
http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r108:H15JY3-0013:
These stories also quote McGovern on the same or similar topics.
Analyst: Cheney Pressured CIA on Iraq Arms Intelligence
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1337947
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Ray McGovern,
a
retired CIA analyst and member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals
for Sanity (VIPS). McGovern says Vice President Dick Cheney put
pressure on the intelligence community, and in particular, the CIA, to
produce evidence that Saddam Hussein was developing or had acquired
material for making nuclear weapons.
Veteran Intelligence Professional Ray McGovern: Bush administration
slanted intelligence info prior to Iraq war
http://www.pacifica.org/programs/peacewatch/030702_peacewatch.html
Intelligent design
Michael J. Behe, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry, Department of
Biological Sciences, Lehigh University
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inbios/faculty/behe.html
says "Many molecular systems in the cell require multiple
components in order to function. I have dubbed such systems
"irreducibly complex." ... I have proposed that a better explanation is
that such systems were deliberately designed by an intelligent agent."
But just to note, the Department Position on
Evolution and "Intelligent Design"
http://www.lehigh.edu/bio/news/evolution.htm
says "The department faculty, then, are unequivocal in their support of
evolutionary theory, which has its roots in the seminal work of Charles
Darwin and has been supported by findings accumulated over 140 years.
The sole dissenter from this position, Prof. Michael Behe, is a
well-known proponent of "intelligent design." While we respect Prof.
Behe's right to express his views, they are his alone and are in no way
endorsed by the department. It is our collective position that
intelligent design has no basis in science, has not been tested
experimentally, and should not be regarded as scientific."
Donald Simanek has some info about Intelligent Design
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/philosop/creation.htm
including listings of the ID leaders.
James F. McGrath, Assistant Professor of Religion at Butler University,
Indianapolis
http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/
has a whole bunch of links, but also says "And so historical study of
Jesus raises issues and questions that historical study itself cannot
answer. ...
The Evolution Controversy
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/conlaw/evolution.htm
Some history, some links, kind of from the legal perspective.
Intelligent Design on trial
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/
from pbs, including a video of the show. Also see pbs's evolution
page
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/
with more info
Talk.origins
http://www.talkorigins.org/
is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to the discussion and debate of
biological and physical origins.
The Clergy Letter Project
http://www.butler.edu/clergyproject/rel_evol_sun.htm
The Clergy Letter Project is an endeavor designed to demonstrate that
religion and science can be compatible and to elevate the quality of
the debate of this issue.
I'v recently
found this interesting site Church
of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
See more info here
about this interesting creationism theory.
TV, movies, other just
entertainment stuff.
Just something for fun ...
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0iYgedpUmQ&feature=related
this version is with the actors from the radio show. This is the
first part, and, well, used to link to each successive part. This
part had a
lot of actual dialog from the book and radio show. Here are some
other parts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPa1P63Bwas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H11e-CvPoP4
introduction to ford prefect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPa1P63Bwas&feature=related
starting when arthur and ford are captured by the vogons,
poetry,
but includes a summary of the story so far, including background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So62xIrlfPk
vogon poetry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyYS-GzBSIg
babal fish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcncPpQ8loA&feature=related
also the babel fish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFg6Y7zbRg4&feature=related
dolphins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ4Xb1CjnEg
infinite improbability drive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4P3pvKmbsg
marvin calls zaphod at the restaurant at the end of the universe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucNYLsjKaTQ
arriving at the restaurant at the end of the universe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boo9llCz4CM
pan galactica gargle blaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Dmn87-mDE
The universe (some information to live in it)
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6KWnVh-JDs&feature=related
this is the more recent movie. A lot missing from the book and radio
show, and a completely different ending.
TVLand also has some full episodes
http://www.tvland.com/fullepisodes/
although only a few shows I like
Hulu
http://www.hulu.com/
also has episodes of recent tv shows, such as
Firefly,
http://www.hulu.com/firefly
Hulu also has Stargate SG-1
http://www.hulu.com/stargate-sg-1
And hulu has this very interesting news report
http://www.hulu.com/watch/74200/sesame-street-anderson-cooper-reports
Hulu is from
NBC
http://www.america.gov/st/econ-english/2008/October/20081023172056saikceinawz5.115908e-02.html
developed in 2008
AOL
http://video.aol.com/
some movies, tv shows. Some of the movies are actually from Hulu.
TV.com also has shows
http://www.tv.com
various full episodes, etc
Dylan and Baez, blowin in the wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlM3RqMx5XM&feature=related
from a 1976 concert
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMIlP4zB0EM
from a documentary
And another version, sort of,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg
Pay close attention to the lyrics.
Bob Dylan sings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n16fQdQUiRg
It ain't me babe.
but see John Jacob Niles singing Go 'Way From My Window
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpaAeqBhwrM
starts with the same words. He wrote this is 1908. About
3/4ths of the way through, there is part of an interview with Bob Dylan.
This story mentions influences of Dylan, including
Niles
http://www.current.org/music/music0514dylan.shtml
This story too
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/25/AR2005092501249.html
and Niles is mentioned in Dylan's autobiography
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/bob-dylan/chronicle-excerpts-of-chapter-5-river-of-ice/575/
No Direction Home, documentary on Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxkFnLzpoHo&feature=PlayList&p=1B15AB948B3A47C4&index=0
in 18 parts
Alice's Restaurant, Arlo Guthrie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GguFmYRryz8&feature=related
just the sound, this version is 30 years later.
last updated 10/29/09