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Websites for Women
Books, Magazines & Library
• gigcat.midhudson.org Online catalog serves Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam and Ulster counties. Newsletter, event calendar, list of member libraries, and online catalog.
• www.abebooks.com – used book resource
Cooking
• www.AllRecipes.com Complete resource for recipes, cooking tips and food. All recipes can be rated, reviewed and cooked by home cooks worldwide.
• www.Cooks.com Recipe search engine covers many categories within a large database. Features a Mastercook recipe export capability.
Coupons/Shopping
• www.bfads.net Black Friday sale listings.
Education
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www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia's articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional information. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. Anyone with internet access can make changes to Wikipedia articles.• www.ehow.com eHow is an online knowledge resource with articles and videos offering step-by-step instructions on "how to do just about everything". eHow content is created by both professional experts and amateur members and covers a wide variety of topics organized into a hierarchy of categories.
• www.LearnThat.com Free online courses and free tutorials in a variety of computer, certification, business, lifestyle, and fun topics.
• www.customguide.com Free quick references on popular computer programs.• Mail.Yahoo.com free web-based email from Yahoo! Access email from anywhere, enjoy unlimited storage space and RSS news feeds, SMS texting and instant messaging.
• www.Gmail.com - Free Email Service Gmail is the Google approach to email and chat. Practically unlimited free online storage allows you to collect all your messages, and Gmail's simple but very smart interface lets you find them precisely and see them in context without effort. POP and powerful IMAP access bring Gmail to any email program or device. Gmail puts contextual advertising next to the emails you read.
Entertainment
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Movies: Online database of movie listings, reviews and trailers• www.IMDB.com The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information related to movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, video games, and most recently, fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media.
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Local Entertainment Calendars:• Broadway: Online database of Broadway and live theater listings, discounts, reviews and news
o www.Playbill.com
Family
• www.kids-in-mind.com/ Determine whether a movie is appropriate for you and your children
• counties.cce.cornell.edu/putnam/
• www.dltk-kids.com – printable crafts for kids
Finance - Business
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Article on Grants for Womenhomebiztools.com/women-business-grants.htm
• Finding Funding For Women-Owned Businesses
www.womensnet.net
• NYS Professional/Occupational Licenses www.dos.state.ny.us/lcns/listoflncs.htm
• www.sbliusa.com/womenHealth
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www.my-calorie-counter.com/ • www.myfooddiary.com/Maps/Directions
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Maps.google.com • www.Mapblast.comMedical Information
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www.cdc.gov The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.News
• www.LoHud.com Journal News
Other cool sites:
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www.PhoneZoo.com Make free ringtones and share them with others. Turn the music you already own into custom ringtones and get them on your phone. You can also explore the ringtones other members of the Phonezoo community have created and rate them, comment on them and get them for yourself.• www.etymonline.com free dictionary of word origins
• www.web-friend.com/help/lingo/chatslang.html Chat, E-Mail, Web, and chat room slang and acronyms
• www.hallmark.com – free ecardsSocial Networking
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www.Facebook.com Facebook is a free-access social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves.• www.myspace.com MySpace is a social networking website with an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally.
• www.Twitter.com Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others' updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to other users - known as followers - who have subscribed to them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications. The service is free over the Internet, but using SMS may incur phone service provider fees.Telephone Listings
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www.Switchboard.com Yellow Pages, White Pages, Maps, and more • www.YellowPages.comTravel
• www.Sidestep.com - lowest prices pulled from 600 airlines across 200 sites.
• autos.msn.com/everyday/trafficreport.aspx?city=New+York - NY traffic
• autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=12563 - gas prices
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