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164 Currencies Converter


http://www.oanda.com/cgi-bin/ncc
Select the currencies or precious metals you'd like converted, and provide date (if other than yesterday - which is the default). Includes retrospective data back to Jan. 1990.

The Salary Calculator


http://www.homefair.com:80/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html
Compares cost of living between cities in U.S. and the world. User selects cities and provides sample salary level. Calculator provides matching salary for destination.

Mortgage Calculator


http://www.ibc.wustl.edu/ibc/mort.html
Determines mortgage payments (not including taxes or insurance). User fills in the dialog boxes for: principal loan balance, annual interest rate, amortization (years), start date, etc. and calculator provides monthly payment amounts, total interest, yearly balances, etc. Also calculates required incomes.

How Far Is It?


http://www.indo.com/distance/
Provides distance (as the crow flies) between two locations. Also provides population, elevation, driving Directions, and map locations.

Conversion of Units


http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/general/units.html
Performs conversion of units and temperatures. Instructions in English or German.

Weights and Measures


gopher://library.berkeley.edu:70/00/resdbs/chem/weights
Lists equivalents, mathematical power, metric system.

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Morse Code & Phonetic Alphabets


http://www.soton.ac.uk/~scp93ch/refer/alphabet2.html
Table converts letters to morse code and phonetic equivalents in 8 phonetic alphabets, e.g. U.S. military, police; NATO; Italian, German.

Access 20/20


http://www.access2020.com/
Includes the English Braille alphabet. The Internet Braille Wizard provides Braille equivalents for any words or phrases.

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Pulitzer Prizes


http://www.pulitzer.org
Provides names of the winners and finalists; photographs, cartoons, jurors. Includes current year, past winners, and historical information.

Book Awards and Prizes


http://www.books.com/scripts/awards.exe
Current and past awards and prizes, e.g. Newbery, Nebula, Pulitzer, Poetry, National Book, Hugo, Lambda, Book Critic's Circle, and more.

Nobel Peace Prize


http://www.nobel.no/indexen.html
Includes list of laureates from 1901 to the present; background/history of Alfred Bernhard Nobel and the prize; text of the announcements from the last two years.