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Religion, Philosophy and Literature
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This excellent site contains (and links to) a comprehensive collection of public domain books and documents pertaining to the Christian Church. Books range from the early church fathers to the present day. |
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Miscellaneous information, readings and links related to Secular Humanism |
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| The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | An outstanding, diverse searchable collection of entries ranging from Plato to game theory. |
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A most comprehensive collection of links for a huge number of topics related to philosophy. Includes links to on-line public domain texts, guides, biographies, courses, associations, journals, etc. |
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Provides links to a variety of Utilitarian-oriented pages including readings, PDF files and biographies. |
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Generally light and non-scholarly reading with a focus on skepticism pertinent to religion, UFOs, paranormal phenomena and other issues typically touted in supermarket tabloids and early-evening television. |
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The web site for the publisher of Free Inquiry . |
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University of Tennessee Martin Encyclopedia of Philosophy with links to numerous sites. Good starting point for quick answers to questions. |
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The text of the Qur'an maintained at the University of Michigan. |
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Texts of the Old and New Testaments |
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Perhaps the most ambitious effort to make available public domain classics, books and other materails available for free over the web. This page provides thousands of texts no longer covered by copyright restrictions. See also http://www.promo.net/pg/ . |
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An excellent compendium of web-based resources for the world's religions |
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Athletics |
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Recent MLB results and stories along with links to current stats, standings and much more. Links to other sports as well. |
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Excellent source for online and downloadable historical baseball data, including an encyclopedia and many articles and other features. |
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Contains lifetime statistics for baseball
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Provides the best coverage of bicycle racing coverage. Minute-by-minute coverage of the Tour de France. |
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The English version of the Tour de France web site |
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| Steephill.tv | Live coverage of the Tour de France and many other sporting events. |
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Register on-line for bicycle races |
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Calendar of upcoming international, North American and regional bicycle races. |
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USCF site |
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Steve Pyle's triathlon and cycling tips, links and stories |
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From Connecticut Vehicle Code |
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Sponsors sanctioned long-distance bicycle events |
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Race Across America (RAAM) |
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Links to Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary, Do It Yourself Tips, various bicycle links and a lot of other bicycle-related stuff |
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Discusses materials, aerodynamics and other issues related to cycling |
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| Bike Web Site Bicycle Repair Guide | A beginner's bicycle repair guide |
Juggling
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Nice site which provides beginning through advanced juggling technique. Other useful information as well; in fact, what site could possibly be more useful than this one? |
Skiing
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Provides reviews of resorts from all over the world |
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The closest mountain to NYC. |
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The closest reasonably large mountain to NYC. |
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Probably the largest ski resort within driving distance to NYC. |
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Links to accommodations, transportation and shop around Killington |
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Links to accommodations near Mt. Snow, the closest Vermont ski resort to NYC |
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Most political "progress" occurs during meetings. Larger meetings are often conducted according to sets of rules with which few are familiar. This book consists of the most commonly followed set of rules, and, hence, contains all that you need to know to disrupt "progress" in formal meetings "run by the rules." |
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Contains links to a large number of newspapers from around the world. |
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A somewhat liberal or Democratic leaning on politics, news and issues. |
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Mathematics |
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Free online textbooks in Math |
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| Khan Academy | Over 3,000 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 312 practice exercises |
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Produces hexadecimal random numbers generated by the radioactive decay of krypton 85. Provides a nice non-technical description of radioactive decay. |
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Provides useful links to everything you've always wanted to know about pi, including a link to its first one million digits, how to compute its first billion digits, its history, hints on how to memorize digits, etc. The perfect site for those of us with slow social lives. |
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Provides links to on-line calculus courses and reviews, software, shareware and freeware, hypertext books |
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Indexes mathematics topics, problems, theorems, puzzles and solutions. Nice site. |
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A nice introductory on-line text |
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Brief, but very readable introductions to Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Differential Equations, Complex Variables and Matrix Algebra. |
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Travel
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The travel agency for the Council on International Educational Exchange. This agency is a very reliable consolidator and provider of travel services for students and faculty. Students can often obtain the best fares through this agency. |
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Other
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Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and other interesting stuff from the Hubble and NASA |
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An extensive and varied collection of maps from the Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas Library. |
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From the San Francisco Museum
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| Horology Zone |
Provides details on mechanical time
pieces, including history and repair. |
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Repairing and maintaining vintage watches |
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Watch information |
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Watch information |
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updated 11/22/20