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The Atomic Clock
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| Check the time on the U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock. You can click the appropriate button to get the correct time in any time zone or check the time on your computer against the Master Clock. |
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Today's Calendar and Clock Page
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| Find out everything you wanted to know about today, and more. See what day and hour of the year it is or where we are on the Buddhist or Chinese Calendar, for instance. This unbelievable site offers more calendars and clocks than you can imagine ever existed. From Stardate, the Cherokee Moon Calendar, religious and countdown calendars, and so much more, you will find it here. A very interesting site! |
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The Calendar Zone
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| This is another wonderful site that connects you with many kinds of calendars. It even lists interactive web calendars for you to investigate. You can also look into our approaching the year 2000. This is a very nice site. |
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One Look Dictionary
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| This dictionary is worth 715767 words! One hit of a button searches all of the 415 dictionaries indexed. You can also search special subjects or look at spelling lists. |
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Hypertext Webster's Interface
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| This is a quick and easy to use dictionary. The system will even offer alternate suggestions for words you misspell as you type in an entry. |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| Originally published in 1913, this updated version of Webster's finest is an excellent source of information. |
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Roget's Internet Thesaurus
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| Bring more variety and precision to your language with this wonderful writing tool. This is an excellent, easy to use reference. |
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Netlingo
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| This site offers a great little online dictionary with clear, easy to understand definitions and explanations of Internet terms. It also offers a variety of other dictionaries and lists that can be helpful. |
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B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
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| This is a more than thorough reference site. It is a comprehensive, organized listing of useful tools. Though this was much easier to use before it joined the Discovery Channel site, it is very useful. |
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William Strunk, Jr.'s Elements of Style
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| This reference is designed to guide in the essentials of writing plain English. This is a useful tool for students and teachers. |
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The King's English by H.W. Fowler
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| If you have a question about English usage, check what is considered to be the ultimate source. Now online, this site will be a great resource to those who desire perfection in their speaking and writing. |
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
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| How wonderful to have this great resource on the Internet! The authors are listed in an index and there is a search feature to help you find quotes relevant to your topic of interest. |
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American Sign Language Browser
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| This amazing site gives written descriptions as well as repeating video instructions on making the requested words in American Sign Language. This is a fun site to visit! |
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Color Landform Atlas of the United States
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| You can find relief maps, political maps, sectional closeups and more at this location. The maps that are pulled up are unlabeled, but are very well done maps. |
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Acronym Finder
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| What a handy online reference! This site can help clear up the confusing acronyms and abbreviations you find when reading, surfing, emailing, and chatting on the web. |
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Latitude and Longitude Look-up for the USA
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| If you want to know the longitude and latitude for a city in the United States, this is the site for you. This is a quick and easy to use reference. |
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I believe the stone background on this page came from Badger.Org. The green wooden bars and the green planks used for the TLO banners and buttons on this page came from Four Bees. The first grader font used to make these banner and buttons was found at Surf Madison File Libraries (no longer available).
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