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SITE OF THE DAY ARCHIVE
"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,
or we know where we can find information upon it."
- Samuel Johnson

APR 2023

Previous Archives

DATE SITE OF THE DAY

4/1/23    Moon Phases Calendar
   This moon phases calendar tool or moon schedule is an easy way to find out the lunar phase for any given month.

4/2/23    HealthGrades.com
   "Healthgrades is the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals."

4/3/23    National Park Foundation: Trail Talk Blog
   Ever wonder about the best hikes, sites and activities in America's national parks? Are you unsure about where to plan your next park adventure or what you should pack? NPF's blog, Trail Talk, is a great place to find all the answers!

4/4/23    BookLending.com
   BookLending.com instantly matches people who want to borrow and lend Kindle books. Always free of charge. Come borrow a book today.

4/5/23    NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Asteroid Watch
   "Breaking news on asteroids, meteors, comets and other near-Earth objects tracked by JPL spacecraft and NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office."

4/6/23    WhistleOut: Compare Cell Plans
   "Compare Cell Phones and Cell Phone Plans, Tablets and Tablet Plans with our hand built technology. WhistleOut is comprehensive, fast, free and easy so you can get the right deal and buy happy."

4/7/23    Science Daily
   "Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution - the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate and environment, computers, engineering, health and medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more - from the world's leading universities and research organizations."

4/8/23    USA.gov: Filing a Consumer Complaint
   "Find out what steps to take and who you should contact if you need to file a complaint against a company."

4/9/23    Detailed Elevation Map
   Oilslick ia a color elevation map layer designed to highlight the fine detail in terrain, and perform equally well throughout the entire range of Earth's elevation.

4/10/23    Gastro Obscura
   We are a global community of explorers, who have together created a comprehensive database of the world’s most wondrous places and foods —24,207 of them contributed by our community so far, and more every day, from a secret apartment atop the Eiffel Tower to bridges built out of living roots, from a temple shaped like a chicken to an island ruled by cats, from a fruit that tastes like chocolate pudding to a spicy chutney made out of red ants.

4/11/23    Nat Geo Map Maker
   Empower your learners to explore Earth's interconnected systems through a collection of curated basemaps, data layers, and annotation tools.

4/12/23    PublicFanRadio.com
   PublicRadioFan.com features schedule listings for thousands of public radio stations and programs around the world. Follow the audio links to hear your favorite programs and discover new ones.

4/13/23    Surname Maps in Europe
   From this website you can access to surname maps generators of main european countries.

4/14/23    Inflation, explained by eggs
   There’s a lot of chatter around exactly why inflation is relatively high, not only in the United States but globally. Some people blame the pandemic, others the supply chain, others government spending, others corporate greed. The truth of the matter is that there is a mix of factors in play, and there’s no one simple answer to how we got here — or solution to how to get out of this. To the average person, the whole thing can feel confusing. So we figured we’d take a crack at it by deciphering the case of the egg.

4/15/23    Moon Phases Calendar
   This moon phases calendar tool or moon schedule is an easy way to find out the lunar phase for any given month. Simply select a month and year, and click "Go", and it will show you what the moon will look like for any day that month. The internal phase calculator is very accurate, but the images are approximations. Moon calculations are based on your time zone as specified by your computer.

4/16/23    Ghost Towns of America
   Ghost towns: once thriving communities that have dwindled over the decades. Some vanished entirely or were absorbed into newer settlements, but many of these towns still stand, at least in part, allowing us glimpses of what these now-abandoned places once were. Where are America’s ghost towns, and how do they look today? Scroll down to find out.

4/17/23    Free Court Case Records Search
   judyrecords is a 100% free nationwide search engine that lets you instantly search hundreds of millions of United States court cases and lawsuits.

4/18/23    Gas Prices Around the World
   The average price of gasoline around the world is 1.32 U.S. Dollar per litre. However, there is substantial difference in these prices among countries. As a general rule, richer countries have higher prices while poorer countries and the countries that produce and export oil have significantly lower prices.

4/19/23    Hey What's That
   You hike to the top of a mountain or pull off at a scenic overlook. You see mountains in the distance. Which mountains are they? HeyWhatsThat will tell you, providing a 360° panoramic sketch labeled with the names of the peaks you're looking at from almost anywhere in the world.

4/20/23    What's my place in the world population? How long will I live?
   opulation.io, brought to you by World Data Lab, aims to make demography – the study of human populations – accessible to a broader audience. We believe that demographic data can play an essential role in understanding our time's social and economic developments. We hope that people from all walks of life, of all ages, and across all countries will explore a new perspective of their own lives and find their place in the world of today and tomorrow.

4/21/23    Mapping Global Restoration Projects
   Restor is accelerating the global restoration movement by connecting everyone to local restoration. Restor connects people to scientific data, supply chains, funding, and each other to increase restoration efforts' impact, scale, and sustainability. We believe that anyone can be a restoration champion, including you.

4/22/23    Solutions Story Tracker
   Search a curated database of rigorous reporting on responses to social problems: 12,900 stories produced by 6,000 journalists and 1,600 news outlets from 187 countries, growing every day.

4/23/23    CMS.gov No Surprise Medical Bills
   The 2022 “No Surprises” US federal law that went into force in January 2022 protecting all Americans from unexpected emergency medical bills. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offers a summary of these protections, and ways for consumers and providers to file complaints if they are not provided the protections the law assures them.

4/24/23    Smithsonian Open Access
   Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

4/25/23    Post-Retirement Calculator: Will My Money Survive Early Retirement? Visualizing Longevity Risk
   One of the key issues with retiring is the question of outliving your money. This is also known as Longevity Risk and is especially important if you want to retire early, since your retirement could be 50 years long (or more). This interactive post-retirement calculation and visualization looks at the question of whether your retirement savings can last long enough to support your retirement spending and combines it with average US life expectancy values to get a fuller picture of the likelihood of running out of money before you die.

4/26/23    The Conservation Fund: Google Trekker
   Through a recent collaboration with Google Street View Trekker, we had the unique opportunity to explore the places we conserve by using state-of-the art mapping equipment that allows us to share these sites with the world. We are using technology for good—to give virtual access to a few of the special places we have worked hard to protect for their natural, historical and human values. Join us as we explore spectacular views, roaring waterfalls, and some of the places where our history was shaped as a nation.

4/27/23    REI: Wildest Ideas Worth Living
   Conversations with people who took the path less traveled and brought their wildest ideas to life.

4/28/23    Travel with Rick Steves
   Travel with Rick Steves is a free collection of radio hours that captures what the travel guru does best—sparking fun conversation with experts and callers that goes beyond the surface of places around the world.

4/29/23    The Lonely Hour
   While technically about loneliness, the podcast is just as much about solitude and how certain thoughts and feelings take on a different—and often more heightened—effect when you’re by yourself.

4/30/23    The Outdoor Photography Experience
   Photographer Chris Burkard leads a Creative Live class on how to take better adventure photos.

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2021

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Jun 2021 May 2021 Apr 2021 Mar 2021 Feb 2021 Jan 2021

2022

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Jun 2022 May 2022 Apr 2022 Mar 2022 Feb 2022 Jan 2022

2023

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Jun 2023 May 2023 Apr 2023 Mar 2023 Feb 2023 Jan 2023

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DATE	SITE OF THE DAY
4/1/23	Moon Phases Calendar This moon phases calendar tool or moon schedule is an easy way to find out the lunar phase for any given month.
4/2/23	HealthGrades.com "Healthgrades is the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals."
4/3/23	National Park Foundation: Trail Talk Blog Ever wonder about the best hikes, sites and activities in America's national parks? Are you unsure about where to plan your next park adventure or what you should pack? NPF's blog, Trail Talk, is a great place to find all the answers!
4/4/23	BookLending.com BookLending.com instantly matches people who want to borrow and lend Kindle books. Always free of charge. Come borrow a book today.
4/5/23	NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Asteroid Watch "Breaking news on asteroids, meteors, comets and other near-Earth objects tracked by JPL spacecraft and NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office."
4/6/23	WhistleOut: Compare Cell Plans "Compare Cell Phones and Cell Phone Plans, Tablets and Tablet Plans with our hand built technology. WhistleOut is comprehensive, fast, free and easy so you can get the right deal and buy happy."
4/7/23	Science Daily "Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution - the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate and environment, computers, engineering, health and medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more - from the world's leading universities and research organizations."
4/8/23	USA.gov: Filing a Consumer Complaint "Find out what steps to take and who you should contact if you need to file a complaint against a company."
4/9/23	Detailed Elevation Map Oilslick ia a color elevation map layer designed to highlight the fine detail in terrain, and perform equally well throughout the entire range of Earth's elevation.
4/10/23	Gastro Obscura We are a global community of explorers, who have together created a comprehensive database of the world’s most wondrous places and foods —24,207 of them contributed by our community so far, and more every day, from a secret apartment atop the Eiffel Tower to bridges built out of living roots, from a temple shaped like a chicken to an island ruled by cats, from a fruit that tastes like chocolate pudding to a spicy chutney made out of red ants.
4/11/23	Nat Geo Map Maker Empower your learners to explore Earth's interconnected systems through a collection of curated basemaps, data layers, and annotation tools.
4/12/23	PublicFanRadio.com PublicRadioFan.com features schedule listings for thousands of public radio stations and programs around the world. Follow the audio links to hear your favorite programs and discover new ones.
4/13/23	Surname Maps in Europe From this website you can access to surname maps generators of main european countries.
4/14/23	Inflation, explained by eggs There’s a lot of chatter around exactly why inflation is relatively high, not only in the United States but globally. Some people blame the pandemic, others the supply chain, others government spending, others corporate greed. The truth of the matter is that there is a mix of factors in play, and there’s no one simple answer to how we got here — or solution to how to get out of this. To the average person, the whole thing can feel confusing. So we figured we’d take a crack at it by deciphering the case of the egg.
4/15/23	Moon Phases Calendar This moon phases calendar tool or moon schedule is an easy way to find out the lunar phase for any given month. Simply select a month and year, and click "Go", and it will show you what the moon will look like for any day that month. The internal phase calculator is very accurate, but the images are approximations. Moon calculations are based on your time zone as specified by your computer.
4/16/23	Ghost Towns of America Ghost towns: once thriving communities that have dwindled over the decades. Some vanished entirely or were absorbed into newer settlements, but many of these towns still stand, at least in part, allowing us glimpses of what these now-abandoned places once were. Where are America’s ghost towns, and how do they look today? Scroll down to find out.
4/17/23	Free Court Case Records Search judyrecords is a 100% free nationwide search engine that lets you instantly search hundreds of millions of United States court cases and lawsuits.
4/18/23	Gas Prices Around the World The average price of gasoline around the world is 1.32 U.S. Dollar per litre. However, there is substantial difference in these prices among countries. As a general rule, richer countries have higher prices while poorer countries and the countries that produce and export oil have significantly lower prices.
4/19/23	Hey What's That You hike to the top of a mountain or pull off at a scenic overlook. You see mountains in the distance. Which mountains are they? HeyWhatsThat will tell you, providing a 360° panoramic sketch labeled with the names of the peaks you're looking at from almost anywhere in the world.
4/20/23	What's my place in the world population? How long will I live? opulation.io, brought to you by World Data Lab, aims to make demography – the study of human populations – accessible to a broader audience. We believe that demographic data can play an essential role in understanding our time's social and economic developments. We hope that people from all walks of life, of all ages, and across all countries will explore a new perspective of their own lives and find their place in the world of today and tomorrow.
4/21/23	Mapping Global Restoration Projects Restor is accelerating the global restoration movement by connecting everyone to local restoration. Restor connects people to scientific data, supply chains, funding, and each other to increase restoration efforts' impact, scale, and sustainability. We believe that anyone can be a restoration champion, including you.
4/22/23	Solutions Story Tracker Search a curated database of rigorous reporting on responses to social problems: 12,900 stories produced by 6,000 journalists and 1,600 news outlets from 187 countries, growing every day.
4/23/23	CMS.gov No Surprise Medical Bills The 2022 “No Surprises” US federal law that went into force in January 2022 protecting all Americans from unexpected emergency medical bills. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offers a summary of these protections, and ways for consumers and providers to file complaints if they are not provided the protections the law assures them.
4/24/23	Smithsonian Open Access Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
4/25/23	Post-Retirement Calculator: Will My Money Survive Early Retirement? Visualizing Longevity Risk One of the key issues with retiring is the question of outliving your money. This is also known as Longevity Risk and is especially important if you want to retire early, since your retirement could be 50 years long (or more). This interactive post-retirement calculation and visualization looks at the question of whether your retirement savings can last long enough to support your retirement spending and combines it with average US life expectancy values to get a fuller picture of the likelihood of running out of money before you die.
4/26/23	The Conservation Fund: Google Trekker Through a recent collaboration with Google Street View Trekker, we had the unique opportunity to explore the places we conserve by using state-of-the art mapping equipment that allows us to share these sites with the world. We are using technology for good—to give virtual access to a few of the special places we have worked hard to protect for their natural, historical and human values. Join us as we explore spectacular views, roaring waterfalls, and some of the places where our history was shaped as a nation.
4/27/23	REI: Wildest Ideas Worth Living Conversations with people who took the path less traveled and brought their wildest ideas to life.
4/28/23	Travel with Rick Steves Travel with Rick Steves is a free collection of radio hours that captures what the travel guru does best—sparking fun conversation with experts and callers that goes beyond the surface of places around the world.
4/29/23	The Lonely Hour While technically about loneliness, the podcast is just as much about solitude and how certain thoughts and feelings take on a different—and often more heightened—effect when you’re by yourself.
4/30/23	The Outdoor Photography Experience Photographer Chris Burkard leads a Creative Live class on how to take better adventure photos.

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