Friday's List: My Favorite Websites this Week

Europa (main link) and Europa: Gateway to the European Union (English link)

On January 2^nd, 2002 the Euro became the official currency of 12 nations in the so called Eurozone. 30 days later one Euro cost 86 US cents. Today one Euro cost $1.39 and the trend is upward in value against the US dollar. This reality suggests that we should be paying attention to the resurging influence of Europe in the world. One excellent way to do this is by viewing Europa: Gateway to the European Union. Europa provides information about the organizations, activities, documents, news and offers it in over twenty languages. This is an invaluable site for those interested in Europe in the 21^st century.

Perseus

Begun in the 80s as a site for the classics it has grown to include a variety of offerings including the Classics, Papyri, The Renaissance, the Boyle Collection of London, California, Chicago, and the Chesapeake. This was one of the first sites to demonstrate the real power of the web as an educational and research tool and it is still ranks of a favorite.

National Atlas.Gov

Here is another exceptional example of your tax dollars at work. The site is phenomenal! I recommend you take twenty minutes of uninterrupted time to experience what you can learn, then set a bookmark for this page. As they describe it, it is like no map you have ever used before.

UNESCO World Heritage

From the web site “Our cultural and natural heritage . . . unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s heritage.” It is a special site for this universally important effort.

The Center for Public Integrity

If you get your news form any media source you should spend some time on this site. This is a different take on news: award winning, import, investigative reporting that we should demand from all media sources.