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TYPE	URL	DESCRIPTION
	http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade	The Dowbrigade Weblog: A collection of topical links, news, opinion and just plain weird internet flotsam and jetsam
	http://www.esloop.org/	ESL Loop - A WebRing of related ESL sites -wide variety of quality and topics
	http://202.23.150.181/users/kkitao/ class/material/quiz/	On-line quizzes: Vocabulary, TOEFL, TOEIC
	http://www.iste.org/	The International Society for Technology in Education
	http://iteslj.org/links/	An excellect collection of links maintained by the Internet TESL Journal
	http://www.explorersweb.com/	Explorer's Web - Expeditions to the furthest reaches of the globe
	http://humanities.uchicago.edu/ forms_unrest/ROGET.html	Easy to use Roget search form at the University of Chicago
	http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/themes.html	OPPortunities in ESL - Theme-based pages, excellent for topic projects
	http://www.davidrumsey.com/	Interesting collection of historical maps
	http://www.eduventures.com/research/ industry_research_resources/EQIR.cfm	The Education Investor tracks investments in the education industry from venture capital and private equity firms.
	http://boingboing.net/	BoingBoing - A Directory of Wonderful Things - the current #1 Blog in America
	http://www.pbs.org/pov/	Public Broadcasting's Point of View film series
	http://a4esl.org/	A wide variety of Activities for ESL Students
	http://esl.miningco.com/	All you need to Know about ESL (according to the mining company)
	http://www.lyricsh.com/search/	Most complete lyrics search by artist, song, or just by phrases from the lyrics
	http://www.hamrick.com/names/	Enter a surname (last name) and you get a map of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United States.
	http://www.bu.edu/mfeldman/TOEFL	Michael Feldman's TOEFL Prep site, with ETS links, practice tests, exercises and al things TOEFL
	http://publishing.cambridge.org/elt/	Cambridge University Press's English Language Teaching site with a wide range of information and resources for ELT professionals
	http://www.internationalliving.com/	Start planning that Ex-Pat Retirement NOW!! Check out real estate prices.....
	http://www.banknotes.com/images.htm	World Paper Money Gallery - Good with business classes
	http://www.e-learninghub.com/articles/index.html	A collection of articles on e-learning
	http://www.queendom.com/tests/index.html	An astonishing collection of on-line psychological evaluations in areas such as IQ, personality type, career, relationships and health
	http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/flonta/PHRASEOLOGY/	PHRASEOLOGY - A Catalogue of Multilingual Resources on the Internet, from the UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA
	http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/academic/edu_home.jhtml	Harvard Business School Online for Educators
	http://www.thaitesol.org/	The Thai TESOL Organization
	http://home.bluemarble.net/~langmin/	Language Miniatures - Mini-essays about human language in its endless kaleidoscope of aspects, such as the social, the mental, the historical, the structural.
	http://www.archives.gov/	The National Archives of the United States, including fascinating photos and e-copies of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Emancipation Proclamation, etc.
	http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/	The best collection I have found of digital copies of famous artworks, arranged by artist.  Hundreds of artists and thousands of works are included.
	http://www.webcamsearch.com/	Huge list of live web-cams all around the world.  Students can usually find a camera close to their home area.
	http://moolist.yeehaw.net/edu.html	MOO's are Multi-user Object oriented environments; virtual spaces filled with words and toys, great for teaching
	http://www.caslt.org/research/esllinks.htm	Excellent Canadian site with lots of ESL articles, sites, exercises, quizzes, complete lessons and other teaching resources
	http://labs.google.com/gviewer.html	An experimental form of google in which you get to see each page in the results lists.  You can set it up like a slide show to flash search results in order, each for a few seconds.
	http://www.bu.edu/mfeldman	My main web page, with links to my class pages, my Student Activity Sites, my on-line CV, Instructional Solutions (my consulting company) and back to the dowbrigade
	http://eslcafe.com/	The irrepressable Dave Sperling continues to maintain his sprawling site with a variety of materials and services for teachers and students.