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The following links are referenced in the Introduction and Articles sections of the 2005 Urban Almanac.
LOOK UP

Norman Davidson's books can be obtained through Lindisfarne Press. www.lindisfarne.org

Developing the Weather Eye and Doc Weather's 2005 Pretty Good General Weather Forecast are developed by Dennis Klocek. Further information is available at www.docweather.com.

LOOK OUT

Phenology information and inspiration are available from the UK Phenology Network. Cosmo will be developing further U.S. Resources in the next few months.

More rat details can be gleaned from www.enature.com.

LOOK IN

Christopher Bamford's books can be obtained through Lindisfarne Press. www.lindisfarne.org


The following links are referenced in the Calendar section of the 2005 Urban Almanac.

Left-hand page weather quotes, top: www.docweather.com and www.bossenova.com

Left-hand page heart quotes, bottom: www.heartquotes.net and www.bossenova.com

Monthly Sky Charts created by Michael Bader. See www.bbcommunication.ch

JANUARY

For more information on the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, see www.stjohndivine.org

For more information about Elvis Presley, see www.elvis.com

For more information on Pharrell Williams, see www.online-shrine.com/pharrell-williams

For more information about Martin Luther King, Jr., see www.thekingcenter.com

For more information about Benjamin Franklin, see www.pbs.org/benfranklin/

More information about the Detroit Mosque is available at www.bacon-ochs.mit.edu

For more information about the Saint Paul Winter Carnival in St. Paul, Minnesota, see www.winter-carnival.com


FEBRUARY

For more information on Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil, see www.groundhog.org

For more information on Jane Jacobs, click here

For more information on Chinese New Year celebrations, see www.chinapage.com/newyear.html

For more information on Magazine Street in New Orleans, see www.cityofNO.com

For more information on the Tattered Cover bookstore in Denver, see www.tatteredcover.com

For more information on Youth Speaks, see www.youthspeaks.org


MARCH

For more information on Dr. Seuss, see www.seussville.com

For more information on Domino Park in Miami, see icuban.com/3guys/domino.html

For a description and map of Franklin Canyon, see click here. Or read a quick history of the area at click here

For more on Jack Kerouac, click here

For information on the Capistrano Swallows, see www.missionsjc.com/swallows.html and www.capovalley.com/swallows/

For more information on William Morris, see www.morrissociety.org and also www.lbwf.gov.uk/wmg/about.htm


APRIL

For more information on Billie Holiday, see www.cmgww.com/music/holiday/

For more information on eclipses and astronomy, see www.skyandtelescope.com

For more on time dollars, including how to get involved with a program in your neighborhood, click here or visit www.accessfoundation.org.

For more information about the American Visionary Art Museum, see www.avam.org

For more information on giving an Earth Dinner, see www.earthdinner.org

For more information on urban farming or to find an urban farming project in your area, see:
Denver Urban Gardens: www.dug.org
Austin's Sustainable Food Center: www.sustainablefoodcenter.org
Chicago's City Farm: www.resourcecenterchicago.org
Portland's Growing Gardens: www.growinggardens.org
Minneapolis' Youth Farm & Market Project: www.youthfarm.net

Find your state's Arbor Day organizers through the National Arbor Day Foundation at www.arborday.org


MAY

For more information on Cinco de Mayo, see www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm

For more information on Edward Lear, see www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm

For more information on L. Frank Baum and the Wizard of Oz, see thewizardofoz.warnerbros.com/

For more information on Studs Terkel, see www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp

For more on the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, see www.frogtown.org

For more information on the Transcendentalist Movement, see www.transcendentalists.com

For more information on Isadora Duncan, see www.isadoraduncan.org

For more information on Walt Whitman, see www.whitmanarchive.org


JUNE

For more information on Prince, click here

For more on the 12 Steps, see www.alcoholics-anonymous.org

For more information on William Butler Yeats, see www.poets.org/exh/wbyea/

For more information on Aqeela Sherrills, see www.globalcitizenscircle.org

For more information on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico, see www.santafenow.com

For more information on Helen Keller, see www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/

  JULY

For more on the bikini, see www.bikiniscience.com

For more on the Walden Pond State Reservation, click here

For more information on Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), see www.catstevens.com

For more information on Mr. Whitekeys' Fly By Night Club, see www.flybynightclub.com


AUGUST

For more information on the International Dark-Sky Association, see www.darksky.org

For more on the Slow movement, see www.slowfood.com

For more information on Barton Springs in Austin, Texas, see www.texasoutside.com/bartonpool.htm Also see www.tec.org/bartonsprings/

For more information on Aubrey Beardsley, see www.victorianweb.org

For more information on Clear Creek, see www.clearcreekcounty.org


SEPTEMBER

For more information on Rudolf Steiner's work, see www.rudolfsteinerpress.com

For more information on Literacy Day, click here

For more information on the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden in Minneapolis, see www.minneapolisparks.org

For more information on BirchBark Books, see www.birchbarkbooks.com

For more information on Farmers' Markets, see www.farmersmarkets.net

For more information on Bruce Springsteen, see www.brucespringsteen.net


OCTOBER

For more information on Mahatma Gandhi, see www.mkgandhi.org

For more information about Ramadan, see www.holidays.net/ramadan/

For more information on John Lennon, see www.thebeatles.com

For Dr. Meadows' complete Village of 1,000, click here; for updated statistics, click here

For more on Citizen Wisdom Councils and similar innovations, see www.wisedemocracy.org, and www.co-intelligence.org

For more information on Alice Waters, see www.chezpanisse.com

For more information about the United Nations Treaty, click here

For more information on The Fremont Troll, see www.roadsideamerica.com


NOVEMBER

For more information on Sadie Hawkins, L'il Abner, and Al Capp, see http://www.lil-abner.com

Further information on Joni Mitchell, see www.jonimitchell.com

For more information on Earl Blumenauer, see blumenauer.house.gov

For more information on the Gettysburg Address, see www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/

Further information about the Perimeter Trail in Vancouver, BC is available at www.out-there.com/seymour.htm

For more information on Mark Twain, see www.pbs.org/marktwain/


DECEMBER

For more information about Las Vegas, click here

For more information on James Thurber, see www.thurberhouse.org/

For more information about Emily Dickinson, see www.emilydickinson.org

For more information on St. Lucia and Luciadagen, see www.umkc.edu/imc/stlucia.htm

For more information on the White Dog Café, see www.whitedog.com

For more information on midwinter and solstice, click here

For more information on Christmas and the other Winter Holidays, see www.holidays.net

For more information about Hannukah, see www.hannukah.org


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