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AFL-CIO Executive Pay Watch
-- Interesting information on who gets paid how much for laying
off how many people who are paid how much less.
Art online
New York Public Library - Hundreds of thousands of digital images -- photographs and art -- online, free, and well-indexed. Let the games begin.
Astronomical
info
Britannica Online Civil rights -- Southern
Poverty Law Center
Cool
Librarians of Fact and Fiction
Consumer Concerns - Anticonsumerism.com contains all the consumerism links formerly stashed here. Note especially the 1,000 links to anticonsumerism sites and 100 ways to beat consumerism. The section named "Resources" concerns a course on the Church against Consumerism presented in the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest beginning in the Spring, 2005. You could use these resources to design your own course on the subject.
Copyright
Copyright on Campus - Guidelines prepared by the Copyright Clearance Center for good policies concerning copyright for academic institutions.
Courses to take online
| Barnes
and Noble University Free online courses
(probably associated with books you might buy) on a wide array
of subjects ranging from how to use particular kinds of software
to Party Planning for the Festively Impaired, including literature,
business and such. The list is limited, but probably growing
fast. Go for it. |
Blackboard
CourseSites An enormous array of courses
offered, many for credit at accredited institutions. |
Blackboard
Resources - Lists books, web-resources, and other
forms of information. Includes some full-text resources. |
Economic Justice
| Nickel and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich's bestselling report on the poverty of minimum-wage workers has now been turned into a play of the same name by Joan Holden. This page brings together people concerned with the issues raised. |
The Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) - A nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank committed to improving public policies and private practices to better the economic and social conditions of low- and moderate-income Texans. The center pursues this mission through independent research, policy analysis and development, public education, advocacy, and technical assistance.
The center neither supports nor opposes any political party or candidate for office. It focuses solely on evaluating public policy as it affects low- and moderate-income Texans. |
Economic Policy Institute - Provides research and education to promote a prosperouos, fair and sustainable economy. The Institute has a concern for the living standards of working people, and makes its findings available to the general public, the media and policy makers. |
| Texas AFL-CIO - Advocates for working people -- union and non-union alike -- in the political and legislative arenas. |
Coalition of Labor Union Women - America's only national organization for union women. These women lobby for better national policies for working women, not just in Congress but also in their own unions. |
Texas Low Income Housing Information Service - A nonprofit which supports low-income Texans' efforts to obtain a decent, affordable home. |
| Employee Benefit Research Institute - Concentrates on employee benefits and the laws related to them. |
Women's Economic Agenda Project - A national organization which works for a world in which all women and their families have the skills, shelter and nourishment they need to enjoy happy, healthy and productive lives. |
Minimum Wage - Questions and answers about the minimum wage (presently $5.15/hour) from the U.S. Department of Labor. |
Education
bibliography Search the enormous,
fabulous ERIC database, concerned with everything related to education.
Electric Library
Electronic
resources, Citations Bedford/St.Martin's Press site on
how to document electronic sources.
Employment
FedEx
First
Call for Help This United Way webpage lists contact information
for Austin area social services conveniently accessible by multiple
search keys.
Greek Mythology
Links
Greeting cards by e-mail
Free, customizable cards, with visual and auditory effects.
Health Care and Maintenance |
Your Health Connection - Sponsored by Consumer Health Interactive (CHI), a great deal of information is provided which may be helpful, but as is the case with much information on the web, we have no knowledge about the reliability of this site.
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National Osteoporosis Foundation - Provides general health information as well as help on osteoporosis. |
House insurance. Compare
prices.
Merchandise of any kind at
auction online - Also know as E-Bay
Money Machines --
Find out where the nearest ATM machine will be found.
Northern Light
Search for articles on anything and get an abstract free. For
$1 to $4, get a copy of the article. Articles and essays not available
in print.
Pacifism - An informative web site about Gandhi, who led the successful non-violent campaign for de-colonization of India..
Peace Groups -- See
Peace Groups under LUSTRE / Charities and Advocacy Groups
Philosophy,
Non-duality -- A page created and maintained by Dr.
Gregory Goode.
PhoneSpell
Input your phone number and find out what it spells in letters.
Photos, Digital
| New York Public Library - Hundreds of thousands of digital images -- photographs and art -- online, free, and well-indexed. Let the games begin. |
| Snapfish - Upload and store your photos, ordering prints and sharing online access to them with your friends. |
Ofoto - Services similar to those of Snapfish, but with a capability for providing larger prints (11 x 17", etc.) |
Poetry,
American. The works of many American poets are accessible
here, including for example, the complete works of Emily Dickinson.
Satellite
pictures Bill Gates bought the Russian satellite photos
of the whole world and provides them free for downloading, printing,
etc. You can find a satellite picture of your own house, taken
in 1995.
Science
-- For recent developments, look at Discover magazine online.
Social Services. See First Call for Help
above.
Time
Tells you what time it is now by every means of reckoning time
ever devised including the Jewish calendar and the Mayan Calendar.
More fascinating information about time than you ever wanted,
with hotlinks to astronomical sky images and much more.
Translations from/to various languages
| Babel
-- Translates your text from or to English, Spanish,
French, Italian, German,Portuguese or Russian |
WorldLingo
-- In addition to these languages, this site translates Chinese
(both traditional and simplified), Japanese, Korean, and modern
Greek as well. |
Travel and Transportation
Typing
-- Free online software which teaches you how to type. You will
have to download some software to make it run.
Videos
Words
-- Etymology -- Lists
several hundred words with interesting sources. The classic comprehensive
list of word-sources is the Oxford English Dictionary.
Writing Aids
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