TerraFly: Virtual 'Fly' Over the Entire U.S. - This site by the School of Computer Science at Florida International University, allows users to view Geographic Information Systems images either by place (longitude/latitude) or street address. A unique feature of this service allows users to view the images continuously and seamlessly, giving the user a feeling of 'flying over' the photographed land areas.
Omniglot: A Guide to Writing Systems -This website provides a guide to over 150 different alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems including a few you will find nowhere else. It also contains details of many of the languages written with those writing systems and links to a wide range of language-related resources, such as fonts, online dictionaries and online language courses.
A Brillant Madness - From the PBS series program, American Experience: "A Brilliant Madness: The story of Nobel Prize winning mathematician John Nash." Mr. Nash is the scientist whose story was used to make the recently released film, A Beautiful Mind. The show will be broadcast by PBS on Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 9:00PM Eastern.
Finding Court Opinions on the Web - Adapted from the book, The Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web, by Robert J. Ambrogi, this site charts the various online sources for finding those opinions, including Supreme Court findings and the various District, Circuit or Bankruptcy Courts throughout the nation.
Managing Prescription Drug Costs - In the United States, it's the elderly who most use prescription drugs. More than a third of them, on any given day, have no insurance to pay for those medications. So many seniors turn to discount drug programs. There are scores of these drug cards, and now, some drugmakers are offering big savings on their own medications. But using the discount cards can be confusing and the benefits are limited. This site by National Public Radio provides helpful information on prescription drug discount cards.
Calculate Your Body Mass Index (BMI) - This site by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, allows you to calculate your body mass index (BMI). To calculate your body mass index at this site, insert your weight in pounds and select your height. Click on the Compute button to see your body mass index. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight and one 30 or above is considered obese. Site also provides BMI tables.
Radio-Locator - Site provides a search engine for radion stations on the internet with links to over 10,000 radio station Web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.
Herblock's History - From the stock market crash in 1929 through the new millennium beginning in the year 2000, editorial cartoonist Herb Block has chronicled the nation's political history, caricaturing twelve American presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton. This Library of Congress site provides biographical information along with many samples of his work.
