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Useful, Interesting Links!
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interesting business,
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Newspapers and
periodicals:
Advertising Age
online magazine
Animation World -
magazine for professional animators and artists
AP - Associated Press
Newswire
Arkansas Gazette
Online
Assembly Magazine
- a publication dedicated to industrial assembly operations
ASC - American Society of
Cinematographers site and magazine
Atlanta
Journal newspaper
Baltimore Sun
Newspaper, Baltimore, MD
Boxoffice Magazine
- online trade magazine of motion picture exhibition and theater owners
Canada Online - news,
weather, sports, features
Career Magazine
Online - a free/good/large source of business articles, resume bank, job
listings, and much more
Chicago Sun
Times newspaper on the web
Contentious
Web-Zine for online writers, editors, and others who create CONTENT for
online media
EE.TIMES.COM - the
technology site for engineers and technical management
Excite! News /
Weather / Sports / Reference / Search
Home &
Away Magazine online - published by AAA about travel and scenic beauty in
the Midwest
Japan Times
Newspaper (in English) online
Magazine Rack
listing of more free online magazines
Morningstar -
stock and investment news, tools, and reference materials
Motley Fool stock
news,
money, investment site
PC Magazine Online
for current news regarding personal computers and networks
Purchasing
Magazine
- the magazine of total supply chain management
Rockford Register Star
- newspaper - Web Site of Illinois' Rock River Valley
Sharp Healthcare - of
San Diego; health and medicine e-magazine
Women.com - web magazine
and site for women's issues
TechWeb - the
Information Technology network
Television Listings
- "Ultimate TV" online, info similar to TV Guide
The Hindu
- India's National Newspaper
The Record -
newspaper, New Jersey
Yahoo! News / Weather
/ Sports / Reference / Search
ZD Net news of:
software / computers / electronics
Useful software; free use, download,
or trial:
Anyday.com - free,
universal appointment, scheduling, and calendar service
Image Viewing Software -
trial version of the popular universal image viewer, "Vueprint," with 300 features
www.JMPdiscovery.com
- SAS Institute Inc. - free demo of "Black Belt" statistical quality
software
StarOffice
- a complete office software suite similar to the $300 Microsoft Office, but FREE from Sun Microsystems! Read all
about how to download!
Text-to-Speech Software - FREE high
quality text reading voice for your computer: "ReadPlease2000"
www.ultrahal.com
- Zabaware website offers a free chat robot program for your personal PC, or the
deluxe version for a fee on CD-ROM
More links in alphabetical
order:
1st Spot - a news and
reference page with a very large number of links to thousands of subjects
A2LA - American
Association of Accredited Labs
AAA - American Automobile Association
AAS - American Astronomical Society
ABA - American Bar
Association
ABC - American
Broadcasting Company
ACLU - American Civil
Liberties Union
AIA - American
Institute of Architects
AIAG - Automotive
Industry Action Group
Airline, Car
Rental, and Hotel prices and reservations through "Travelocity,"
the successor to "EasySabre."
Alimed - a supplier of ergonomic and
medical equipment for the workplace
AMA - American Management Association
AMA - American Marketing Association
AMA - American Medical Association
AMPAS - Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences
AMTRAK - home page for U.S.
passenger rail
APICS - The Educational Society for
Resource Management
ASCE - American
Society of Civil Engineers
ASHRAE - American
Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Engineers
ASM International - Society of
Materials Engineers
ASQ National
Headquarters - American Society for Quality in Milwaukee, WI
ASQ
Rockford Section 1205 American Society for Quality: online newsletter The
Quality Messenger
ASTM - American Society for Testing and
Materials
Audio Visual
Planet - video production hardware, software, services
Barber-Colman
Company - aerospace products, environmental control, power handling,
industrial instruments
BBC
- British Broadcasting Company
Books - book
lists, book resources and links
broadcast.com by
Yahoo - links to radio TV audio and video
Borg-Warner Automotive
- supplier of highly-engineered components for vehicles
Business Humor -
website and humorous business merchandise catalog
CBS - television
network
CNET.com - excellent
technology and computer news and downloads
CNN - text, audio,
video news
Community of Science - promoting
visibility and funding of science research
Critic's Choice Video
- direct-seller of over 35,000 different movie and video titles, with a
searchable database
DeLorme maps,
atlases and online cybermaps
Dictionary - from
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary -
with thesaurus and enhancements
DOT - Department of Transportation
Economagic -
free data series for forecasters
EIKI -
makers of high-grade business video and home theater projectors
Elevators - Otis
Elevator Company
Encyclopedia -
online 14,000 articles
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FASB - Financial
Accounting Standards Board
FBI - Federal Bureau of
Investigation
FCC - Federal
Communications Commission
Frank
Lloyd Wright visitor center in Spring Green, Wisconsin -- home of Taliesen
Architects
Gourmet -
recipes, food, dining
Grainger online
catalog of MRO supplies for industry
Guide Horse
Foundation - an organization dedicated to the use of miniature horses as
long-life, high-reliability helpers for the visually impaired
Hoover Dam
official site with "The Whole Dam Story" -- and a "virtual
tour!"
Imaging Science
Foundation - experts at HDTV, video, and PC-monitor clarity and resolution
Invensys - a
global engineering and automation company with 100,000 employees
IOMA - The Institute
of Management and Administration
ISO -
International Organization for Standardization
Juran Institute - premier
consultants in Quality
Kerasotes Theatres,
Inc. - rapidly expanding regionally with over 500 screens
Library -
portal of library resources online
Mayo Clinic &
Foundation for Medical Research and Education
McMaster-Carr online
catalog of MRO supplies for industry
MCSi - media
consultants, audio-video systems integrators
Money
and Currency - an amazing site with more than you ever imagined about
exchange rates, cash, currency, and even the history of money
Monticello, IL Railway Museum -
purchase by appointment a 60-minute hands-on lesson in running a real, full-size
locomotive
NAB - National
Association of Broadcasters
NAFTA
information from Mexico Online
NAM - National
Association of Manufacturers
NASA home page including
launch information
NAPM - National Association of Purchasing Managers
NBC - National
Broadcasting Company
NERC - North American
Electric Reliability Council - info on our power station and grid conditions
netLibrary.com -
read books online, borrow, or buy them
Net This TV -
source of streamed video content
NIST - National Institute of Standards
and Technology
NIU - Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL
NLRB - National Labor
Relations Board
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
NOVA -
science online
NPR - National Public
Radio
NRC - Nuclear
Regulatory Commission
NSF - National Science
Foundation
NTSB - National
Transportation Safety Board
NWS - National
Weather Service live forecasts and graphics
NYSE - New York Stock
Exchange
Offshore Group
- leading providers of Mexico manufacturing facilities, industrial parks,
"shelter operations" for two decades
Oliver Wight Companies - premier
consultants in supply chains, scheduling, MRP, etc.
OSHA -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PBS Online - home page
of PBS Television
Reference Desk -
one of the single largest sources of facts and links on thousands of subjects
Robotbooks.com
- your source for robot movies, books, kits, etc.
Rockford
Powertrain - products for the transmission and control of torque and rotary
motion
Rockford
Systems - supplier of machine safeguarding products and services
RUNCO - maker of
premium home theater projection equipment
RVC - Rock Valley College, Rockford,
IL
Rx List - drug
database
SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers
Salary
Master - an
unusual page of anecdotes from a company that helps employees get the most
salary
Salary Surveys -
a page full of more links to large amounts of free salary information
Screen Digest
- global intelligence on all "screen media"
Search Engines
- most of the internet search engines on one page
"Shields
Up!" - internet security - tells how to prevent internet access to your
hard drive - highly recommended
Shore Village
Museum - North America's largest collection of lighthouse lenses and
mechanicals
SME - Society of
Manufacturing Engineers
Sony home page
SPE - Society of Plastics Engineers
State
Farm Insurance - "USA's Largest Insurer" - a large and interesting
site
Telephone and
People Search - a page of links to residential & business numbers, and
"people finders"
Thomas Register of American
Manufacturers online
Travel - trips,
destinations, transportation comprehensive site
U.S. Geological
Service - mineral and magnetic info about North America
UWM - University of Wisconsin, Madison
UWW - University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
White House - official web page of
the President of the United States; includes e-mail address and FAX
Yestermusic.com
- a source of vintage and nostalgia music, organized by decade, performer, and
genre -- and searchable!
Zeller Corporation -
driveline products for a wide variety of vehicle applications
Zero-Knowledge
Systems - a do-not-miss website by a company passionate about online privacy
and excellent working environments
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