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Hot, hot, hot

The temperatures are going down right now, but may bounce back up. These sites may help you know how to deal with the heat.

The CDC's facts on heat related illness
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/faq.asp

NOAH's heat index chart and explanation
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/heat.php

Dehydration and heat among children
http://www.nata.org/publicinformation/files/parentandcoachesguide.pdf

Heat stress and the elderly
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/elderlyheat.asp

Extreme Heat Prevention tips
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/heat_guide.asp

A friend recently lost a pet to a flower arrangement. The lilies were poisonous to the cat and she passed away. So in honour of a beloved pet, a list of health sites for pets


Merck's Veterinary Manual Online (2002 edition. 2005 is in print)
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp

ASPCA's animal poison control page (there is a fee for contacting the experts, but there are some helpful lists, like the poison safety kit.)
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=apcc

AMVA's Care for Pets page
http://www.avma.org/care4pets/

Vetinfo focuses on cats and dogs
http://www.vetinfo.com/

Thanks to Librarian's Index to the Internet for the links
http://lii.org

I remember the stir it made when Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court. All sorts of predictions about where on the political spectrum she lay in her opinions. Comments about her being the token woman. She joined the court in 1981 and now in an era far removed she is leaving the court.

This might be a good time to look at some pages dedicated to the Court

The Supreme Court's Page
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

The Supreme Court Historical Society
http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/02.html

Landmark Supreme Court Cases
http://www.landmarkcases.org/

Oyez
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

Supreme Court Collection from Cornell
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html

The American Film Institute has released their top 100 film quotes, so I thought it might be time to look at film pages

AFI's quotes
http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx#list

Internet Movie Database - find all the stars of your favourite films and reviews
http://us.imdb.com/

Museum of the Moving Image
http://www.ammi.org/site/site.php

Masters of Cinema
http://www.mastersofcinema.org/

All Movie Guide
http://www.allmovie.com/

NY Times Film Reviews
http://movies.nytimes.com/ref/movies/reviews/

Rotten Tomatoes
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Roger Ebert's film page
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

Librarian's Index to the Internet's film links
http://lii.org/search/file/film