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Plan Your Train Travel. A great trip starts with good planning, so start here for some helpful tips. Whether you’re traveling alone, with your family or with a large group
  • ACP Rail International – “ACP Rail offers Eurail passes, BritRail, Amtrak, Japan Rail, Australia rail passes and more. Train tickets for Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Norway and other countries.”
  • Amtrak – “Get your train and bus tickets or other Thruway services on Amtrak.com to travel over 500 destinations via 30 plus train routes in the USA and Canada.”
  • Rail Europe – “A Single Stop for European Rail Travel. We combine the maps, schedules and fares for over 50 different train companies across Europe, creating one stop to plan and book your European rail travel.”

Worldwide News Sites

Get the latest international news, features and analysis from Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and South Asia and India.
  1. Age, The (Melbourne)
  2. Asahi (Japan)
  3. BBC News
  4. CNN – World News
  5. Canadian Online Explorer
  6. China Daily
  7. Hong Kong Standard
  8. International Herald Tribune
  9. Irish Times
  10. Japan Times
  11. Jerusalem Post
  12. Johannesburg Star
  13. Korea Herald
  14. Le Monde (French)
  15. London Telegraph
  16. London Times
  17. msnbc.com
  18. PlanetSun – Canada
  19. Russia Today
  20. St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
  21. South China Morning Post
  22. Times of India
  23. Toronto Star
  24. USA Today World

Weather Resources

Enthusiasts who are passionate about weather, water, and climate science can Enthusiasts who are passionate about weather, water, and climate science can increase their knowledge with these links. Educational Resources for Learning about the Weather and Climate.
  1. AccuWeather
  2. Advanced Designs Corporation
  3. Aerospace & Marine International
  4. Agricultural Weather Information Service (AWIS)
  5. Arkansas Red River Forecast Center – Radar images of Tornado Alley
  6. Automated Weather Source – Localized real-time weather forecasts.
  7. BBC Weather Centre
  8. CNN Weather Page
  9. Canada Atmospheric Center – Latest weather information specific to Canada.
  10. Climate Finder – “Pick a set of climate criteria like temperature, humdity and air quality and find cities that match.”
  11. Centre for Atmospheric Science – European Weather and Satellite Imagery
  12. CIMSS Tropical Cyclones – images and movies
  13. Climate Diagnostics Center – purpose of this site is to identify the nature and causes of climate variations, on time scales ranging from a month to centuries to predict future climate.
  14. Climate for Me – “Browse and compare climates of locations all over the world. Search locations or pick them from the map. Use charts and tables to check temperature.”
  15. Climate Visualization System – CLIMVIS
  16. Cloud Boutique – Images and descriptions of the different types of clouds such as cirrus, cumulus, stratus, fog, and others.
  17. Colorado State Univ. – Atmospheric Science Dept.
  18. El Nino Theme Page – NOAA site accessing distributed information related to El Nino
  19. Florida Explores
  20. Fox Weather
  21. France Weather – Meteo-France
  22. Franklin’s Forecast – Information for students about various weather phenomenon and forecasting.There is a simple experiment that demonstrates the causes of El Nino, instructions for building a weather station, and has links to related science projects to do either at home or online.
  23. Global Climate Change: Research Explorer – At this site produced by The Exploratorium, you can explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. You’ll also get a sense of how scientists study natural phenomena – how researchers gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions.
  24. Green Lane, The – Current weather conditions and forecasts for Canada.
  25. Hazardous Weather: USA Today – Links on this page take you to the official hazardous weather text alerts and graphics produced by the National Weather Service when severe weather threatens the USA.
  26. Historical Hurricane Tracks – This Historical Hurricane Tracking tool by NOAA is an interactive mapping application that allows you to easily search and display 150 years of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone data.
  27. Holiday Weather – “Holiday-weather.com was launched in 2003 to offer an accurate and comprehensive weather report for major worldwide holiday destinations and cities around the world.One of the unique features of this website is the Holiday Weather Planner, which allows customers who are not sure of their destination, to search the average temperature, month of travel and area of travel, so that they plan their holiday based on the temperature of the holiday destination.”
  28. Historical Weather Database – Washington Post – search through more than 2000 cities to find monthly historical weather data.
  29. Home Town Locator – Current weather and forecast weather for all local communities in the US and major ones in Canada. Airport weather for 6,000 airports in 200 countries. Local times for sunrise and sunset.
  30. iWeatherNet – “iWeatherNet.com is a division of Robbins Meteorological Consulting. We provide atmospheric data analyses and weather forecasts for high-impact events across portions of the South, particularly North Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth) and northern Georgia (Atlanta metro).”
  31. Intellicast
  32. Lightning Explorer – “Vaisala’s National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN), the leading lightning information system, tracking cloud-to-ground lightning activity across the continental United States”
  33. Live Weather Images
  34. Meteorology FAQ’s
  35. My-Cast Personal Weather Forecasting – “My-Cast is neighborhood-level weather intelligence, tailored for hobbies, sports and lifestyles. With nation-wide coverage, it is available on the Web, email, and coming soon to wireless devices.”
  36. Natural Hazard Statistics – The U.S. Natural Hazard Statistics provide statistical information on fatalities, injuries and damages caused by weather related hazards. These statistics are compiled by the Office of Services and the National Climatic Data Center from information contained in Storm Data, a report comprising data from NWS forecast offices in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
  37. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – Archives snow and ice data, maintains information about snow cover; avalanches; glaciers; ice sheets; floating, ground and atmospheric ice; permafrost; ice breakup; freezing and thawing indices; paleoglaciology and ice cores.
  38. National Weather Association
  39. National Weather Service – Home Page
  40. NOAA’s Home Page
  41. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Photo Collection – collection of more thann1000 photographs is grouped in four categories: The National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) Collection, ThenNational Undersea Research Program (NURP) Collection,nThe NOAA Historical Photo Collection, and the General Collection.
  42. NRL Monterey Satellite Meteorological Applications
  43. Ohio State University – Atmospheric Science Program Weather Server
  44. Penn State Meteorology Home Page
  45. Plymouth State Weather Center
  46. SkyMetWeather.com – “Weather Forecast for India, weather news and temperature in major cities across the world. Live weather News and Updates about weather from India and across the world.”
  47. Spaceflight Meteorology Group
  48. SpaceWeather.com – News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids.
  49. Space Weather Resources
  50. Stormer Site – “We capture hail reports from around the United States”
  51. Stormpulse – “Professional weather-tracking from the makers of Riskpulse Sunrise.”
  52. Tornadoes: NOAA
  53. Tropical Storms Worldwide
  54. Unisys Weather – “The intent of this weather site is to provide a complete source of graphical weather information. This is intended to satisfy the needs of the weather professional but can be a tool for the casual user as well.”
  55. University of Hawaii Meteorology Home Page
  56. U.S. Drought Monitor – “The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced in partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.”
  57. U.S. Doppler Radar Precipitation Map
  58. Ventusky – “Animated wind, rain and temperature maps, detailed forecast for your place, data from the best weather forecast models such as GFS, ICON, GEM.”
  59. WeatherBell Analytics – “WeatherBELL Analytics LLC is a meteorological consulting firm that provides customized weather forecasts, data services, and weather intelligence tools to entities exposed to the weather. Our forecasting team is led by two meteorologists, Joe Bastardi and Joe D’Aleo, both of whom are widely acknowledged for their skill in short, medium, and long term weather forecasting. Their proprietary techniques and combined experience of more than 80 years provide a distinct competitive advantage to WeatherBELL Analytics’ clients.”
  60. Weather Channel Home Page
  61. Weather Glossary – WeatherPost
  62. Weather History: CityRating.com – Weather history is one of the most important factors to take into consideration when looking for the best places to live. CityRating.com offers a wide variety of historical weather data that includes temperature, relative humidity, precipitation and cloudiness.
  63. Weather History: The Old Farmer’s Almanac – Was it raining in Boston on Thanksgiving? From this page from The Old Farmer’s Almanac you can find out what the weather was like for any of 1,500 locations around the United States or Canada on any date from 1994 to the present.
  64. WeatherNet – “Over 380 weather links – Univ. of Michigan”
  65. WeatherNet4 – WRC-TV (Washington, DC)
  66. Weather Network Online – Canada’s 24 hour a day weather channel is now moving onto the web.
  67. WeatherOnline! – local forecasts, storm warnings and watches, current satellite images, maps
  68. Weather Planner – Long-range forecast predicts weather up to a year in advance – so you can choose the date for a wedding, an event, or a trip based on the best predicted weather conditions.
  69. WeatherPost – Washington Post
  70. Weather Underground
  71. Weather Warehouse: Historical Monthly Weather Data – Get historical monthly weather data – totals, means and extremes – for over 18,000+ current and former United States weather stations for every year that each station reported.
  72. Webcams in the World – “Here one of best webcam portal to view in real-time the images of the many webcams around the world.”
  73. WeatherSpark – “WeatherSpark: beautiful weather graphs and maps making in-depth weather information easily accessible.”
  74. What’s Up With the Weather? – The overwhelming majority of scientists agree: earth’s temperature has risen during the past century. But is it due to man’s use of fossil fuel energy? And if so, how can we prevent the catastrophic results that some scientists predict if global warming continues? In “What’s Up with the Weather?” the PBS series Nova and Frontline join forces to investigate the science and politics of one of the most controversial issues of the 21st century: the truth about global warming. This is the companion web site to this special.
  75. Windchill Chart
  76. WorldClimate.com – over 85,000 records on weather, rainfall, and temperature data
  77. World Meteorological Organization
  78. World Weather Information Service – This pilot web site presents OFFICIAL weather forecasts and climatological information for selected cities supplied by National Meteorological Services worldwide. By 19 September 2003, 997 cities from 153 WMO Members have their climatological data presented in this web site.
  79. WXnation.com – Your gateway to nearly 8,000 weather radars, live webcam images, weather warnings, traffic & current conditions, plus your local weather forecast.
  80. WxUSA – weather links for over 1295 US Cities
  81. Yahoo Weather

UPDATES:

Climate of 2003 – This site by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center provides 2003 weather in historical perspective.

Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001 – Site produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration presents economic and other societal impacts related to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, lightning, and other U.S. weather phenomena.

GOES – Realtime Images – University of Wisconsin

Lightning Map – Real Time

National Climatic Data Center

Rain or Shine

Temperature World – contains news, links & resources on a subject that affects every aspect of our daily lives.

Weatherbase – site offers highs, lows, averages, precipitation information (up to 70 datapoints) and more for more than 16,000 places worldwide.



Women’s Issues

Sexism, reproductive health, gender-based violence—these are a few topics that often come up under the subject of women’s issues
  1. A Forum for Women’s Health
  2. Advancing Women
  3. Drug Rehab Centers for Women – “Drug Rehab Centers for Women offer gender-specific treatment for women struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, trauma and relationship difficulties. Eliminating substance abuse is the first step toward healing from past issues and returning to a healthy lifestyle.”
  4. American Association of University Women – “Advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.”
  5. American Medical Women’s Association – “The American Medical Women’s Association is an organization which functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health. We achieve this by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances.”
  6. BebezClub – “Child development from the first days of life. Clear recommendations on child education and development for parents and educators.”
  7. Between Friends – “Site offers household hints, parenting tips, time management advice, ideas for organization, self improvememt, money management, career issues, self employment and more.”
  8. Birthright International – “Birthright is a non-profit charitable organization that has been providing love and support for over 45 years to women facing unplanned pregnancies. We have chapters across Canada, the United States, and Africa, as well as a 24/7 North American toll-free Helpline. Birthright is supported by devoted volunteers and private donations.”
  9. Bust – “With an attitude that is fierce, funny, and proud to be female, BUST provides an uncensored view on the female experience. BUST tells the truth about women’s lives and presents a female perspective on pop culture. BUSTing stereotypes about women since 1993.”
  10. Distinguished Women of Past and Present – “Welcome! This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others.”
  11. HELOGUIDE.org: Domestic Violence – “Are you or someone you care about in an abusive relationship? Learn about domestic abuse, including the more subtle signs.”
  12. Emily’s List – “Emily’s List is committed to driving progressive change throughout our country by winning elections that put pro-choice Democratic women into office.”
  13. Feminist.com – “Feminist.com is an online community and nonprofit organization fostering awareness, education and activism.”
  14. Feminists For Life of America – “Feminists for Life of America recognizes that abortion is a reflection that our society has failed to meet the needs of women. We are dedicated to systematically eliminating the root causes that drive women to abortion – primarily lack of practical resources and support – through holistic, woman-centered solutions. Women deserve better than abortion.”
  15. Feminist Majority Foundation – “The Feminist Majority Foundation works for social and political and economic equality for women by using research and education to reduce violence against women, promote abortion rights and birth control access, global women’s rights. The Feminist Majority Foundation Online features daily feminist news, issues of sex discrimination, abortion and birth control, domestic violence, sexual assault, pay equity, women’s equality in jobs, women’s and girls’ equality education, and women’s and girls’ equality in sports, a feminist career center.”
  16. Gifts of Speech: Women’s Speeches From Around the World – “GoS is an archive of full-text speeches by influential, contemporary women.”
  17. HealthyWomen – “HealthyWomen.org provides free, unbiased health information on a variety of women’s health topics including pregnancy, menopause, breast cancer, birth control pills, mental health and more. Learn more about women’s health problems, conditions and treatment.”
  18. HomeWorkingMom.com – “HomeWorkingMom.com has Work at Home Jobs, Freelance and Home Business Information, Online Job and Business Ideas And Opportunities Especially For Moms. The hardest part about becoming a home working mom is knowing how to begin. HomeWorkingMom.com will help you by providing valuable, inside information and lots of ideas to get you started and help you succeed online.”
  19. Independent Women’s Forum – “Independent Women’s Forum’s mission is to improve the lives of Americans by increasing the number of women who value free markets and personal liberty. Sister organization of Independent Women’s Voice.”
  20. International Center for Research on Women – “The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) works to make women in developing countries an integral part of alleviating global poverty.”
  21. Mayo Clinic: Menopause – “Menopause is defined as occurring 12 months after your last menstrual period and marks the end of menstrual cycles. Menopause can happen in your 40s or 50s, but the average age is 51 in the United States.” Visiting: https://maternityathome.com/
  22. Maternity at Home – Everything you need to know about pregnancy and maternity. Visiting: https://www.mwhomecare.com/best-free-senior-caregiving-tools/
  23. Minute Women Home Care – “Over 50 great senior caregiving tools online, including tools for home care, assisted living, nursing facilities, rehab centers, and adult day care.”
  24. MoneyMakingMommy.com -“Whether you’re looking for actual employment or simple ways to make money from home, our site offers real, up-to-date answers.”
  25. Museum of Menstruation and Women’s Health – “Discover the rich history of menstruation and women’s health on this Web site devoted to menstruation and selected topics of women’s health.”
  26. The National Museum of Women in the Arts – “Founded in 1987, NMWA is the only major museum in the world solely dedicated to recognizing women’s creative contributions. By bringing to light remarkable women artists of the past while also promoting the best women artists working today, the museum directly addresses the gender imbalance in the presentation of art in the U.S. and abroad, thus assuring great women artists a place of honor now and into the future.”
  27. National Museum of Women’s History – “The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) is dedicated to reclaiming the missing half of history – women’s history. Featuring Online Exhibits, women’s biographies, and other women’s history facts.”
  28. National Organization for Women – “As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights. NOW is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States, with hundreds of thousands of contributing members and more than 500 local and campus affiliates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.”
  29. National Right to Life – “Founded in 1968, National Right to Life is the nation’s oldest and largest pro-life organization. National Right to Life is the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters. Through education and legislation, National Right to Life is working to restore legal protection to the most defenseless members of our society who are threatened by abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.”
  30. National Women’s Hall of Fame – “Visit the National Women’s Hall of Fame – the home of inspiration, innovation and imagination to learn more about great American women. Discover the stories of NWHF Inductees by browsing the Women of the Hall section. With your help, we can continue to honor great women of yesterday and today, while shaping the leaders of tomorrow. Thank you for helping us carry our mission of ‘Showcasing great women…Inspiring all!’ from Seneca Falls to the world.”
  31. National Women’s History Project – “The National Women’s History Project, founded in 1980, is a non-profit educational organization committed to recognizing and celebrating the diverse and significant historical accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.”
  32. OBGYN.net – “Online community for medical professionals focused on women’s health, featuring news and commentary on Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as active forums.”
  33. Nurturing Network, The – “The Nurturing Network is an international charitable organization that responds to the immediate and comprehensive needs of a woman facing the crisis of an unplanned pregnancy.”
  34. NPS.gov: Places Where Women Made History – “Introduces travelers, researchers, historians, preservationists, and anyone interested in American history to the wide range of historic places associated with the many varied aspects of women’s history. The itinerary highlights 74 historic properties in Massachusetts and New York that are listed in the National Register, America’s official list of places important in our history and worthy of preservation.”
  35. Planned Parenthood – “Planned Parenthood has been providing trusted health care for nearly 100 years. Learn about pregnancy.”
  36. SeniorWomen.com – “Senior Women Web enjoys the contributions of women who bring original content to this site. We have a monthly Culture Watch feature with reviewers Julia Sneden and our charter reviewer and colleague, Emily Mitchell. Reviewers Joan L. Cannon, Jill Norgren, Nicola Gutgold and John Malone are now aboard. Art reviewer Val Castronovo has taken us to art shows through her writing that we cannot reach but yearn to see. We think you will enjoy the reviews of books and art that will appeal particularly to women (and men) of our age.”
  37. Sixty and Me – ” When I started Sixty and Me, I had a single goal in mind – I wanted to help women all around the world to live happy, healthy and financially secure lives. What began as a blog has now turned into a community of over 50,000 women from all over the world. I am so happy and proud to be a part of this dynamic group of baby boomer women! At the same time, as our community has grown, so too have the costs to maintain Sixty and Me. Over the last 2 years, I have written 100’s of articles and produced over 100 free videos for our community members. I also have to pay for website, hosting, newsletter service, filming, video editing and even for the beautiful pictures that I use on the website.”
  38. United Nations: Statistics and indicators on women and men – “This web site provides the latest statistics and indicators on women and men in six specific fields of concern: – Population – Health – Women and men in families – Education – Work – Political decision making The statistics and indicators refer to the latest year for which sex-disaggregated data are available. The data have been compiled from official national sources as well as international sources.”
  39. National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House – “Home & artifacts of Susan B. Anthony in Rochester, NY. Museum and National Historic Landmark of the champion of suffrage, abolition, temperance and equal rights. The 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote was credited to her efforts.”
  40. Women and Performance – “Women & Performance was founded in 1983 by graduate students in the Department of Performance Studies at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. The journal publishes interdisciplinary feminist scholarship on performance, broadly construed. Since its inception the journal has operated as a feminist collective. Faculty and graduate students from a variety of disciplines volunteer their time and collectively edit each issue of Women & Performance. After self-publishing for 23 years, Women & Performance was acquired by Routledge, Taylor & Francis. With each issue we continue our mission of extending and reformulating notions of gender and performance.”
  41. Women in Technology – “WITI’s Web site provides visitors with news, career opportunities, articles and info to empower women through technology.”
  42. Women’s Health.gov – “The Office on Women’s Health provides information, tools, calculators, and statistics on women’s health topics as well as information for health professionals.”
  43. Women’s International Center – “Women’s International Center was founded in 1982 as a non-profit education and service foundation [501c3] with the mission to ‘Acknowledge, Honor, Encourage and Educate Women’. For nearly thirty years at our Living Legacy Awards ceremonies, we have brought hundreds of people together to celebrate the accomplishments and lasting contributions of women. Many now know, understand, appreciate, and hopefully incorporate, the gifts women have given to improve our world. We have gathered some of civilization’s great women and men whose deeds have genuinely benefitted humanity.”
  44. Women Living Today – “Woman Living Today features stories about women from all walks of everyday life, overcoming life’s challenges, inspiring other women to believe in themselves, and winning respect and love as unique individual women.”
  45. Women Nobel Prize Laureates – “In 1903, only two years after the Nobel Foundation was established, a Nobel Prize was awarded to a woman, Marie Curie, for the first time. Women have been winning Nobel Prizes ever since, but in very small numbers compared to their male colleagues. It took 40 years from its inception for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences to be awarded to a woman, Elinor Ostrom. This is despite the fact that one woman, Bertha von Suttner was influential in convincing Alfred Nobel to establish a Prize for Peace.”
  46. Women Online Worldwide – “Women Online Worldwide, the online hot spot for women with chat, message boards, and much more.”
  47. Women’s Studies Programs, Departments, and Research Centers – “Frequently-updated listing of more than 900 women’s studies programs, departments, and research centers around the world, including both graduate and undergraduate programs. Programs outside the United States are listed separately for ease in finding.”

ALSO:

DatingAdvice.com: Domestic Violence Resources Directory – “DatingAdvice.com’s Domestic Violence Resources Directory features hundreds of hotlines, shelters, non-profit organizations and more for those seeking help and those who are trained to give it.”

Gender-Related Electronic Forums – “Site is an annotated, award-winning listing of publicly-accessible e-mail discussion forums (also known as “lists” or “listservs”) related to women or to women-focused gender issues. (If you’re new to e-mail lists and would like some basic information about what they are and how you can join one, check out this page.) – an annotated listing of approximately 300 women and gender related E-mail ists.”

Library of Congress: Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II – “The women featured in this exhibit were chosen because of the strength and variety of their collections in the Library of Congress. Like their colleagues, the women followed various paths to their wartime assignments.”

NARAL – “We are made up of pro-choice women and men across the United States. Together, we protect a woman’s right to choose.”

TargetWoman – “Learn to make simple changes to your cooking methods and substitute high fat ingredients with low fat ones. Watch how a little creativity can help you whip up tasty low fat food.”

WAHM.com – “WAHM.com is the number one resource for work at home moms. Find work at home jobs, information on how to start a home business, join the WAHM forum to share your stories on everything from childcare and parenting, to working at home.”