Weekend update: Other things found this week:

I guess it's time to reiterate that, although I don't acknowledge the source of each of these links, they mostly come from the blogroll at left: many are from Resourceshelf or Docuticker; been finding good stuff at Depth Reporting lately; some come from compiliations like Boing Boing and Metafilter. Thanks to the folks who keep up these wonderful resources.


The other links:

Reference:

New Scientist articles on this year's hurricanes

National Priorities Project has added a database of military recruiting, which has local data.

Resources on the Medicare drug benefit program from Kaiser Family Fund.

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator from HHS.

Large collection of avian flu links from Resourceshelf.

Nursery Rhymes lyrics and origins.

Dictionary of Baby Names, Meanings and Origins

The Envelope database of all award winners in entertainment: Oscars, Emmys, Grammies, etc. from LA Times. Goes back to 1916.

Medline Plus: man-made disasters with health resources, news links, etc, from National Library of Medicine.

Medline Plus: natural disasters

Between the Global and the Local: Islamism, the Middle East, and Indonesia, Brookings report.

Measuring the economic impact of Wal-Mart on the U.S. Economy, from Global Insight. Shows lowering of household costs.

News:

In Their Eyes: St. Pete Times photogs on covering Katrina.

Tools:

Books for Understanding helps you find the best books to research a topic.

Kayak searches for best air fares across airline, travel sites. Check the 'Buzz' to see the cheapest fares others are finding.

MegaConverter: convert anything to anything.

FactBites: do a search, get a definition or description.

Google Print After all the hoopla, it's here. Search a broad range of public domain books (this will be increasing). You'll need a Google account (Gmail or the like) to see full text pages.

Statistics:

Population Profile of the U.S. is now available in dynamic, constantly-updated format from the Census.

STD Surveillance, 2004, latest stats from CDC.

Civil Justice statistics from Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Hot Wheels 2005, most-stolen cars from Natl Insurance Crime Bureau.

People:

Judy's Book is a new local social networking site. (They call it "Your Friends' Yellow Pages.) Here's the Miami Judy's Book; Fort Lauderdale.

Business:

ABC Reader Profile: a quick way to get the latest circulation figures for the 150 biggest newspapers from Audit Bureau of Circulation.


Fun/Entertainment:

Wonderful 20s-30s travel poster collection at L.A. Public Library.

On the effectiveness of aluminum-foil helmets: 4 MIT students study whether they really keep out government-mind-control radio waves. Bad news: they make them worse.