Children
- 1996 Kids Count National Profiles -- The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual state-by-state assessment
of conditions facing America's children. Compare Florida with any other state.
Drugs/alcohol
Elderly
Film
Food
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans -- Released by the USDA in January 1996, this is the version that tells us we're no longer allowed to gain weight as we get older.
- The New Food Label -- The USDA's May 1995 description of food labeling in excruciating detail, including a clickable image of the label that helps explain each part.
- Seafood information and resources -- Also from the USDA, this site offers the Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia, which helps consumers and officials figure out if a less-expensive fish is being labeled as something else (a rockfish instead of a snapper, perhaps?). Photographs will be included soon.
Garden
- Florida Wildflower Page -- A FAMU journalism professor runs this site, which features photographs of over 200 wildflowers, organized by scientific name. To search by common name, use the "find" feature of Netscape's "edit" menu.
- Time Life Complete Gardener Encyclopedia -- Descriptions, pictures and tips for growing 3,000 plants, trees and shrubs.
Health/medicine
Music
- Billboard U.S. Top 20 -- Weekly charts for the nation's best-selling music as they appear in next week's issue of
Billboard magazine.
- CDnow -- Find an artist, album, song or record label by filling out a simple form.
People-finding
Television/radio
- Parrot Media Network Directories -- Find addresses, phone numbers, market data and key people for TV and radio stations, and cable systems. Search by market, time zone or affiliation.
- TVNet -- Links to nearly 1,000 programs. Index searchable by title, keyword, genre.
Religion
- The Bible Gateway -- Search several different versions of the Bible by passage or word(s).
Travel
- Embassy Home Page -- Why sit on hold when you can get answers on visa requirements, customs and tourism online?
- State Department Travel Warnings -- This site also has Consular Information Sheets, which give information on immigration, health conditions, minor political disturbances and crime.
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Last Modified: April 21, 1997