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DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES •
DISEASES •
DISSECTION •
DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE •
DOGS •
DREAMS •
DRUGS •
DRUNK DRIVING •
DURHAM REGION
Sociology of Death and Dying
is a large archive of articles and links relating to death.
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/death.html
ACT Debating Union On-line
provides extensive information and links to other related sites. This site has a particulary good section on debating skills including logical argument and logical fallacies.
www.actdu.org.au
Stephen's Guide to Logical Fallacies
describe the known logical fallacies. The point of an argument is to give reasons in support of some conclusion. An argument commits a fallacy when the reasons offered do not support the conclusion.
http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/welcome.htm
The Fallacy Zoo
is a fine collection of classic fallacies known for their error throughout the ages.
www.goodart.org/fallazoo.htm
Depression Central
is a clearinghouse for information on all types of depressive disorders and on the most effective treatments for individuals suffering from Major Depression, Manic-Depression (Bipolar Disorder), Cyclothymia, Dysthymia and other mood disorders.
www.psycom.net/depression.central.html
Major Depressive Disorder
is an extensive information page prepared by the Internet Mental Health Web Site, with many links to related information sites. This page includes: description, diagnosis, treatment, research, stories of recovery and personal experiences, booklets and magazine articles.
www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-md01.html
Fact Sheet on Depression
and related research, provided by the U.S. National Institute of Health.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm
Depression : Frequently Asked Questions
attempts to impart an understanding of depression including its causes; its symptoms; its medication and treatments--including professional treatments as well as things you can do to help yourself. Links are provided to other Depression FAQ's.
http://depressionfaq.com
Wings of Madness
is one of the oldest depression pages on the web. This web page is about clinical depression. It addresses not the "down" mood which we all get from time to time and which leads us to say, "I'm depressed," but the often debilitating illness which affects one in five people, children as well as adults.
www.wingofmadness.com/index.htm
Adolescent Depression
a fact sheet prepared by Maurice Blackman, MB, FRCPC.
Clinical professor and director, division of child and adolescent psychiatry, University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, Alberta.
www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p51-dp01.html
The Brejcha Personal and Disability Resource Site
offers help and inspiration to people with disabilities -- and their families -- by providing a range of resources and information including a page with linked listings of disability magazines; a feedback page; and a page with hundreds of categorized, described, and linked web sites (leading to a couple of thousand other sites) for internet disability resources including products, services and organizations for all manner of disabilities and health conditions.
www.netreach.net/~abrejcha
DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
Internet Resources for Disaster Studies
contains a very extensive list of Internet resources about disasters.
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/disasters/internet.htm
FEMA for Kids
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) helps people who have been in a disaster. They also teach people what to do during a disaster and what to do BEFORE a disaster happens. Their web site contains lots of information on many different kinds of disasters.
www.fema.gov/kids
Ice Storm 98
is the Environment Canada web site provided detailed information on the disasterous ice storm of 1998. While freezing rain is not an uncommon Canadian experience, the ice storm that hit eastern Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick was exceptional. Environment Canada senior climatologist and resident climate expert, David Phillips, provides us with his analysis of how Ice Storm'98 stacks up in the record books.
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/media/icestorm98/index_e.cfm
RMS Empress of Ireland:
MAY 29, 1914...this proud ocean liner collides in fog with the Norwegian collier Storstad and sinks in fourteen minutes in the St. Lawrence River, taking 1,012 passengers and crew with her in the worst maritime disaster in Canadian history. This site has lots of information as well as links to other sources.
http://www.northernatlanticdive.com/emp_report_mainbody.htm
E. Coli in Drinking Water:
In reaction to the food borne illness outbreaks across the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released this factsheet on Escherichia coli. The factsheet offers information on recent outbreaks of E. coli, questions & answers about the bacteria, and links to related resources.
www.epa.gov/safewater/ecoli.html
Health Canada Information on E.Coli
an emerging cause of foodborne illness. The infection is usually acquired by eating undercooked, contaminated ground beef. Person-to-person contact in families and child care centres is an important route of transmission. Infection can also occur after drinking raw milk, and after swimming in or drinking sewage-contaminated water.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/ill-intox/ecoli/index_e.html
E.Coli information
in the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration's Bad Bug Book (Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook).
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap15.html
Centres For Disease Control (CDC)
official web site, where you can find fact sheets and other information on almost any disease, for example: typhoid fever.
www.cdc.gov
Public Health Agency of Canada
with public health information on diseases in Canada as well as travel precautions and vaccinations.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/new_e.html
Merck Manual: Home Edition
is an all-new publication is based on The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, commonly referred to as The Merck Manual, the textbook of medicine most widely used by health care professionals in the U.S. and worldwide. The Home Edition transforms the language of the professionals' version into commonly used English while retaining the vital information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home
Flu Watch:
The Division of Respiratory Diseases, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, produces weekly or biweekly FluWatch reports, summarizing influenza surveillance activities in Canada during the influenza season (October - May). Influenza surveillance is a collaborative effort between provincial and territorial ministries of health, participating laboratories, the College of Family Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, sentinel physicians, and the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/fluwatch/index.html
The Bad Bug Book
(Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook) provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
All the Virology on the WWW
seeks to be the best single site for Virology information on the Internet. We have collected all the virology related Web sites that might be of interest to our fellow virologists, and others interested in learning more about viruses.
www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/garryfavweb.html
The Big Picture Book of Viruses
is intended to serve as both a catalog of virus pictures on the WWW and as an educational resource to those seeking more information about viruses.
www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/Big_Virology/BVHomePage.html
World Health Organization
provides extensive information on diseases and their outbreaks around the world.
www.who.int
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
This interactive program is part of the "Whole Frog" project. The program allows interactive dissection of a frog, and includes the capability to make on-the-fly movies. A browser that supports forms and sensitive images is needed. The dissection kit is available in a number of languages.
http://froggy.lbl.gov/virtual/
DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE
Gateway to Diversity
is a website featuring discussion and resources
on workplace equal opportunity.
A component of the Government of Ontario's
Equal Opportunity Plan.
www.equalopportunity.on.ca
Diversity at Work
is the world's first virtual diversity community dedicated to the exchange of vital information concerning diversity as a business issue. In contrast to other general diversity sites, Diversity At Work provides users with a comprehensive resource to organize and priortize the overwhelming amount of diversity information in the field. This site also provides a Diversity Multicultural Calendar a source of accurate dates and information for the holidays and festivals of major religions.
www.diversityatwork.com
Dogs in Canada
is your guide to nearly 190 pure-bred dogs and 2800 breeders. Set up by Dogs in Canada magazine, this site features an informative index of dog breeds, as well as a breeders directory featuring links to their web sites.
www.dogsincanada.com
Dreams and Dreaming
where you can read about ancient Egyptian Theories, Roman Ideas, Biblical Visions, and Middle Eastern Ideas about dreaming, read why we dream, dream interpretation, lucid dreaming, dream occurences, creative dreaming, FAQ's and more.
http://library.thinkquest.org/11189
Dream Central
for information on dreams, dreaming and dream analysis! Among the topics covered in extensive detail are: Nightmares, dream induction, remembrance, why we dream, altering mental states to induce more vivid dreaming and much much more! You may also wish to check out the dream dictionary a big project that is growing all the time!
www.sleeps.com/dreams.html
Build a Dream Catcher
provides detailed instructions and diagrams for making a dream catcher. According to legend, dreams are messages from sacred spirits. It is said that the hole in the center of the web allows the good dreams through while bad dreams are trapped in the web until they disappear in the morning sun. Dream Catchers are believed to bless the "sleeping one" with pleasant dreams, good luck and harmony throughout their lives.
http://web.onramp.ca/rivernen/build_dc.htm
Pharmaceutical Information on the Internet
(Pharmweb) is a high-volume pharmaceutical information resource on the Internet World Wide Web, It serves as a recognized entry point to access high-quality independent assessments of therapeutics and advances in new drug development.
www.pharmweb.net
RxList - The Internet Drug Index
is an index to a set of pharmaceutical monographs giving action, use, contraindications, and side-effects for 4000+ US drugs. Use the Search for Drug Name option for best results.
***** The RxList Database Consists Primarily of Products Currently on the US Market or close to approval. Every Attempt has Been Made to Assure The Accuracy of RxList. RxList Does Not Offer Any Guarantees Regarding the Accuracy or Completeness of This Data. Use RxList, Therefore, at Your Own Risk!
www.rxlist.com
MADD stands for Mothers Against Drunk Driving
and MADD Canada's aim is to heighten awareness about the dangers of impaired driving, offer aid and counselling to its victims, and save lives.
www.madd.ca
The Canadian Impaired Driver Information Page
provides extensive information and links to other related sites.
www.lawyers.ca/impaired/index.htm
Regional Municipality of Durham
offical web site, with demographics and services directory.
www.region.durham.on.ca
Durham News
is Durham Region's online newspaper with links to other region newspapers.
www.durhamregion.com
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