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Religion, Philosophy and Literature

Christian Classics Ethereal Library   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.
The Secular Web    Miscellaneous information, readings and links related to Secular Humanism
Guide to Philosophy on the Internet   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.
Utilitarian Resource Page   Provides links to a variety of Utilitarian-oriented pages including readings, PDF files and biographies.
University of Virginia E-Text Library   This site provides about 1200 on-line public domain texts from literature and philosophy.
Skeptic.com   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.
Holy Smoke Creationism Pages   Various links concerning and debunking the myths of "Creation Science."
The Council for Secular Humanism   The web site for the publisher of Free Inquiry .
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy   University of Tennessee Martin Encyclopedia of Philosophy with links to numerous sites. Good starting point for quick answers to questions.
The Qur'an   The text of the Qur'an maintained at the University of Michigan.
The Christian Bible
Texts of the Old and New Testaments
Project Gutenberg Web Site   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.
Virtual Religion Index   An excellent compendium of web-based resources for the world's religions
Adherents.com   Provides a huge number of statistics concerning the world's various religions
 
History and Genealogy

Genealogical Library of the Church of the Latter Day Saints   Very extensive listing of genealogies in large part collected by individual families. While extensive, this data base is poorly edited and contains many errors.
Genealogy.com   Contains links, search engines, chat rooms and articles related to genealogy.
Flavius Josephus Home Page   Home page for the writings of First Century historian Josephus, including discussion of Testimonium Flavium.
Search Beat History Search Guide   Provides links to a variety of history-related web pages.
Athletics
 Baseball

Yahoo MLB Scores and Stats   Recent MLB results and stories along with links to current stats, standings and much more. Links to other sports as well.
The Baseball Archive   Excellent source for online and downloadable historical baseball data, including an encyclopedia and many articles and other features.
Baseball Almanac
Contains lifetime statistics for baseball players
  Cycling 

Velo News   Provides the best coverage of bicycle racing coverage. Minute-by-minute coverage of the Tour de France.
Tour de France Page   The English version of the Tour de France web site
Bike Reg.com
Register on-line for bicycle races
Velo News Calendar    Calendar of upcoming international, North American and regional bicycle races.
USA Cycling   USCF site
Tri e-coach   Steve Pyle's triathlon and cycling tips, links and stories
New York State Bicycle Laws   From NYS Vehicle Code
Connecticut State Bicycle Laws   From Connecticut Vehicle Code
MassBike Online   Nice collection of links maintained by the Bicycle Coalition of Massachusetts. A lot of law and safety links as well as links to touring and other links pages.
GVH Bikes.com   On-line bicycle shop
Carpe Diem Racing   Bethel Training Series Info
Randonneurs USA
Sponsors sanctioned long-distance bicycle events
Race Across America
Race Across America (RAAM)
Sheldon Brown's Home Page
Links to Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary, Do It Yourself Tips, various bicycle links and a lot of other bicycle-related stuff
Exploritorium: The Science of Cycling
Discusses materials, aerodynamics and other issues related to cycling
  Juggling

All About Juggling   A 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

Skiing.com   Provides reviews of resorts from all over the world
Thunder Ridge
The closest mountain to NYC.
Hunter Mountain
The closest reasonably large mountain to NYC.
Killington
Probably the largest ski resort within driving distance to NYC.
Killington Links
Links to accommodations, transportation and shop around Killington
Mt. Snow Accommodation Links
Links to accommodations near Mt. Snow, the closest Vermont ski resort to NYC
Politics, Current Events and Economics

Robert's Rules of Order   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."
All Newspapers.com   Contains links to a large number of newspapers from around the world.
Slate Magazine.com   A somewhat liberal or Democratic leaning on politics, news and issues.
Mathematics

Georgia Tech Online Textbooks   Free online textbooks in Math
Hotbits Random Number Generator   Produces hexadecimal random numbers generated by the radioactive decay of krypton 85. Provides a nice non-technical description of radioactive decay.
The Joy of Pi Links   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.
Math Archives Calculus Resources On-Line   Provides links to on-line calculus courses and reviews, software, shareware and freeware, hypertext books
Wolfram: World of Mathematics   Indexes mathematics topics, problems, theorems, puzzles and solutions. Nice site.
FinMath.com @ Chicago   Indexes books and journals in financial mathematics along with workshops and conferences. Has numerous relevant links.
Professor Kleitman's Calculus On-line textbook
A nice introductory on-line text
EquMath.net

Brief, but very readable introductions to Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Differential Equations, Complex Variables and Matrix Algebra.
Travel

Travelocity.com   Major fare finder and reservation service for airlines, hotels and car rentals
Council Travel   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.  
City Search   Provides extensive listings of recreation, entertainment and amusement opportunities in approximately 40 U.S. cities and a few non-U.S. cities.
Fodor's   Links to the on-line version of Fodor's travel guidebooks
MapQuest   Provides maps and directions for locations all over the world
Travlang   Provides free language dictionaries as well as a variety of other travel services
Other

Planetary Position Calculator   This site enables the user to enter his current location and obtain location coordinates for the other planets of our solar system. More general astronomical calculators are found here .
Astro Web links   This site provides links to a variety of astronomy/astro physics sites. This site is provided by  the Flexible Image Transport System [FITS], whose archives can be found here .
Astronomy.com   A comprehensive site for amateur astronomy with an excellent overview for beginners.
The Space Telescope Science Institute   Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and other interesting stuff from the Hubble and NASA
On-Line Maps from the University of Texas   An extensive and varied collection of maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas Library.
American Memory Collection of On-line Maps   Library of Congress American Memories online map collection
Exploritorium

http://www.sing365.com/
Lyrics to Rock Songs
The Watch Guy
Repairing and maintaining vintage watches
Chronocentric.com
Watch information
Elgin Watch Site
Watch information
 

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