Welcome to John C. Pezzullo's Home Page
(updated 04/04/2005)
Welcome to my web site! Until my
retirement, in March of 2003, I was an Associate Professor in the Departments
of Pharmacology and Biostatistics at Georgetown University, in Washington,
DC. (I'm still on the adjunct faculty there, in the School of Nursing and
Health Studies.) My wife, Betty and I now live in Kissimmee, Florida.
Altogether we have four children, ten grandchildren, and
one great-grandchild!
AirNinja.com shows budget airlines
that are not found on most booking engines (about 100 exist).
Check several booking engines with only a few clicks. Provides a more complete
picture of available flight options.
AirNinja.com does not sell tickets; it provides information on where to find
the best flight.
AllPages.com -- a very comprehensive
and very well-organized Yellow Pages / business directory.
Check the speed of your
Internet connection
Free faxing of text-only
messages to most places in the US, and many places overseas
Find the best airfares with SideStep,
which searches all of the usual travel websites, plus the airlines websites,
including special "Internet-only deals".
Create an atlas-style
map of anywhere
on earth, using National Geographic's computerized map-maker.
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Make your way around the Web:
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Master Directory that
lets you:
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Find People by Phone Number and Lookup their Name and Street Address,
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Lookup Street Addresses to Find People and Lookup their Name and Telephone
Number,
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Find People by Name and Lookup their Phone Number and Street Address,
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Lookup Area Codes and Find Zip Codes for every City and State,
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Find a Company Name and Search by Business Type.
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AllPages.com -- a very comprehensive
and very well-organized Yellow Pages / business directory.
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Look up the 9-digit ZIP code for any
street address in the U.S.
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Track the
minute-by-minute progress
of a plane in flight
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Get detailed street maps and point-to-point driving instructions for any
location in the US: Maps On Us (one
of the best),
Infospace,
MapQuest and
Tiger Map Server
(from the US Census Bureau).
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Make your own travel arrangements (best airfares, car rentals, hotels) through
Travelocity,
TravelWeb,
EZTrip, or
Expedia, or the
United Kingdom Expedia Website - Hotels,
Flights & Car Hire
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(New)
AirNinja.com shows budget airlines
that are not found on most booking engines (about 100 exist). Check several
booking engines with only a few clicks. Provides a more complete picture
of available flight options. AirNinja.com does not sell tickets; it provides
information on where to find the best flight.
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Find the best airfares with SideStep,
which searches all of the usual travel websites, plus the airlines websites,
including special "Internet-only deals".
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TerraServer -- a massive
collection of maps and satellite images
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Automatically translate text between
English and French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish
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The Exact Time (from the
US Naval Observatory)
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Listen to the news from over 100 live
broadcasts worldwide (requires Real Audio browser plug-in, or equivalent)
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Current weather: nationwide or
local
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What movies are showing in your neighborhood,
where, and when
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Send (and track) a package via
FedEx,
Airborne Express,
UPS,
U.S. Postal Service
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Track the progress
of a plane in flight
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View the Earth from any position,
with day/night shading and country borders. Also lists current times and
national holidays.
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View the Earth and/or
Moon from any position, at any magnification, and any date/time (with
current cloud cover, if you'd like)
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Online Encyclopedia - Browse
articles in all areas of topics within Earth & Environment, History,
Literature & Arts, Health & Medicine, People, Philosophy & Religion,
Places, Plants & Animals, Science & Technology, Social Science, Law,
Sports, Everyday Life, and more.
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A single web page that matches almost any
desk reference you could
buy
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Another great Reference Desk
page
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The Science and Technology Daily
Home Page
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Online Encyclopedias:
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HyperDictionaries -- these pages search multiple dictionaries for a word
you type in:
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Medical Dictionaries -- located in the Medicine and
Health section
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Automatically translate text between
English and French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish
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The Tree of Life
-- an ambitious project to create an organized set of pages about all living
organisms (plants, animals, bacteria). When (if) it is completed, it will
will contain a page for every species on earth.
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Web pages that are
actual working
calculators (general-purpose and specialized)
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Various statistical calculators, and an
Online Statistics
Textbook
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MEDLINEplus Health
Information -- One of the best sources of reliable information on hundreds
of topics
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Healthopedia -- a medical and
health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased
information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500
health topics, 70 focussed health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and
medications. Major sections of this web site include: News Center, Health
Centers, Medical Encyclopedia, Drugs & Medications, Diseases & Conditions
, Medical Symptoms, Medical Tests & Exams, Surgery & Procedures ,
Injuries & Wounds, Diet & Nutrition, Special Topics, and Pictures
& Images.
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The Integrated Medical Curriculum --
an impressive collection of online books images, databases, and other resources
aimed at medical student
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Online Medical Dictionaries:
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from the Gray Laboratory (UK)
-- over 46,000 brief definitions of terms related to "biochemistry, cell
biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology,
radiobiology, science and technology (© Academic Medical Publishing
& CancerWEB 1997-98)
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from
MedicineNet
-- another very extensive collection
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The Merck Manual of Diagnosis
and Therapy, and portions of
The Merck Manual
of Medical Information (Home Edition)
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Large collections of health and medical information from
MedMatrix,
Healthtouch,
and the Mayo Clinic
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Learn about health scams (including, unfortunately, some "NIH-approved" nonsense)
at QuackWatch
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Shape Up America -- for info on healthy
weight management
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Info on prescription and over-the-counter medications from
RxList,
Clinical Pharmacology Online,
MedicineNet,
Healthtouch,and
The Mayo Clinic
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Free MEDLINE searching of the medical literature:
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From the National Library of Medicine:
Grateful Med and
PubMed (MEDLINE, AIDSLINE, HealthSTAR, AIDSDRUGS, AIDSTRIALS, DIRLINE,
HISTLINE, HSRPROJ, OLDMEDLINE, and SIDILINE
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Other free MEDLINE searching (and other medical information) from
Medscape
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Toys: etoys,
FAO Schwartz,
Toys-R-Us,
Wal-Mart
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Clothes: Lands End,
Eddie Bauer,
the GAP, J
Crew
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Food: Balducci,
Cooking,
Dean-DeLuca,
Friedas,
GourmetFoodMall,
iGourmet
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Jewelry: Fortunoff,
Zales,
Ross-Simons,
Wal-Mart,
J C Penney
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Electronics: BuyCom,
Computer Discount Warehouse
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Computers, accessories, software:
DIGICONCEPTS,
PC Warehouse,
PC Connection or
Mac Connection, and
PC Zone or
Mac Zone
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Software: BeyondCom,
Egghead
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Tickets: Ticket Master,
Culture Finder,
ProTix
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Books and Music: Amazon,
Advanced Book Exchange,
Politics-Prose
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Arts and Crafts: Museum of Modern Art
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Decorations: Christmas People,
Brite Star,
Christmas Depot
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Other: Sharper Image,
Spencer Gifts,
SilverWarehouse
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Auction: EBAY -- the online auction center
-- bid on collectibles, toys, computers, software, and more
Automatic Comparison Shopping...
These services automatically compare prices from lots of vendors, so you
can easily find the best deal...
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BestBookBuys -- Compares several dozen
online bookstores and ranks them by price, for any book title you type in
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AddAll -- Search and Compare among
40+ sites, 20,000 sellers, millions of books!
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DealPilot -- Compares 25 online
bookstores (also compares delivery costs and shipping time)
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BuyingGuide -- Computers, software,
printers, and other peripherals
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CompareNet -- Automobiles, appliances,
electronics, home-office products, and sports equipment (also side-by-side
comparison of products and their features)
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ConsumerWorld -- links to retailers
and to other price comparison websites for products and services
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Jango -- Comparisons and reviews on cameras,
computers, electronics, flowers, food, games, movies, sports equipment, software,
and home/garden products
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Quotesmith -- Life Insurance, Annuity,
and Medicare Supplementary policy quotes (compares 300 companies)
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ShopFind -- price listings (unranked)
for a wide variety of items
Get the real price of a new car (dealer invoice price) at the
Kelly Blue Book website.
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The Arts and Letters Daily Home
Page (possibly the most thought-provoking page on the entire Web!)
and its scientific counterpart: The
Science and Technology Daily Home Page
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The complete works of
Shakespeare
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The world's greatest Paintings
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Foto Search Image Library -- 1,300,000
keyword-searchable images, including Art, photography, clipart,
illustrations, footage, and maps you can view free of charge. It is the digital,
online equivalent of a conventional art museum. Browsing through the world-class
photography and art library is free, and there are no access charges,
registration requirements, or usage limits.
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Classic Works
of Literature
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The Bible
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The Culture Finder
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The Smithsonian Institution
Almost all of the links on my home page point to websites that are free,
but the links in this section are to things whose "freeness" is the very
essence of the site...
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Free dial-up Internet access is available from:
NetZero and from
Juno. These services provide
local dial-in numbers in most major cities. While connected you'll see a
small advertisement banner on your screen.
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Receive faxes from anyone, anywhere, anytime
through your e-mail account
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(New) Free
faxing of text-only messages to most places in the US, and many places
overseas
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Free Voice-Mail, Faxing, and Long-Distance
Calling from uReach.com (gives you your own unique toll-free number),
and an e-mail system that integrates regular e-mail, voice-mail, and fax.
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A simpler system, with fewer features, from
OneBox.com
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Free e-mail accounts, accessible world-wide via Internet using any Web browser,
from Rocket Mail,
Hotmail,
NetAddress, and
MailCity
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ForRealFree.com -- a master list
of web sites with free stuff
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A web-based electronic briefcase, accessible
from anywhere you can get to a browser. Contains a phone list, calendar,
e-mail, and web bookmarks. You can also upload copies of your own files
(documents, spreadsheets, etc.) so you can access them from anywhere.
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Free web site hosting, with a very easy way to build web pages, from
Homestead
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A website consisting entirely of links to
Totally Free Stuff, conveniently
organized by categories
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Download free software (and get other support) from
Softseek,
Shareware,
Jumbo,
MacWorld,
HotFiles,
PCWorld,
PCWeek or
MacWeek)
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Download free consumer information
pamphlets from that place in Pueblo, CO
Here are some links that just don't fit into any of the other categories:
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