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SAMPLE WEB SITES TO LOOK OVER
These sites are informative on a variety of subjects and show many useful examples of web design that can easily be copied.

NEWS, CITIES, WEATHER, etc.

Portland, Maine -- Portland Press Herald etc.
http://www.portland.com
Boston, Mass. -- Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com
Washington, D.C. -- Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Cleveland Plain Dealer
http://www.cleveland.com
WGME-TV, local weather, etc.
http://www.wgme.com/weather.html
Weather Underground (world-wide, from Univ. of Michigan)
http://www.wunderground.com

SPORTS AND RECREATION

Boston Red Sox
http://redsox.com
Donita's Figure Skating Pages
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/4065
Fly Fishing in Maine
http://www.tnt-web.com/maine_ff

TOURISM, MAPS, TRIP PLANNING

Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau
http://www.visit.hawaii.org
Polynesian Cultural Center -- Beautifully designed site, with nice background graphic, alternating GIF images, movie clips to download, and much more!
http://www.polynesia.com
Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
http://www.nps.gov/havo
Eiffel Tower, Paris
http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/eiffel/eiffel.html
Acadia National Park (official site)
http://www.nps.gov/acad
Acadia National Park Information (independent web site)
http://www.acadia.net/anp/w95026aa.html
Maine Turnpike (includes traffic web cams, road widening, etc.)
http://www.maineturnpike.com
Discover Vermont
http://www.discover-vermont.com
Mapquest
http://www.mapquest.com
Rand McNally
http://www.randmcnally.com

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, etc.

Restaurant Report (expensive ones)
http://www.restaurantreport.com/bestofbest
Uglesich's Restaurant, New Orleans
http://www.yatcom.com/neworl/dining/uglesich/uglesichreview_ed.html
Hilton Hotels
http://www.hilton.com
Sheraton San Marcos, Phoenix, AZ
http://www.sanmarcosresort.com

MUSIC, ART, etc.

The Blue Highway (All about Blues music, incl. audio clips)
http://www.thebluehighway.com
Joni Mitchell (Versions with & without frames; incl. audio clips)
http://www.jonimitchell.com
Tower Records (You can order them over the Internet)
http://www.towerrecords.com
MusicNet (Lots of audio selections)
http://musicnet.com
Beethoven.com (classical music)
http://www.beethoven.com
WQXR (classical music)
http://www.wqxr.com
Maine Public Radio
http://www.mainepublicradio.org

RETAIL SALES

L.L. Bean
http://www.llbean.com
Dillard's
http://www.dillards.com
Gloria Jean's Coffee
http://www.gloriajeans.com
Krispy Kreme Donuts (Nice use of tables, graphics, etc.)
http://www.krispykreme.com
Delaney's antique clocks
http://www.delaneyantiqueclocks.com
Howard Miller clocks
http://www.howardmiller.com
Amazon.com (books, etc.)
http://www.amazon.com
Barnes & Noble (books)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com
E-Bay (on-line auction)
http://www.ebay.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Human Genome Project
http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/home.html
American Museum of Natural History (N.Y.)
http://www.amnh.org
Acacemy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia)
http://www.acnatsci.org
U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov
National Space Society
http://www.nss.org

MISCELLANEOUS

American Library Association's 700 Amazing Sites for Children
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
Net Mom -- Sites especially for children
http://www.netmom.com
World Wildlife Fund -- Excellent web design, featuring tables, graphics, and lots of JavaScript
http://www.panda.org
Darwin Awards (humor, also good use of frames)
http://www.DarwinAwards.com
Seafax (for companies doing business in seafood, etc.)
http://www.seafax.com
Cartoons from New Yorker magazine
http://www.cartoonbank.com
Animated GIF files
http://animationcreations.com/animated/gifs_index4.htm
Federal Express (track your shipment, etc.)
http://www.fedex.com