PWPL Hot Links for 2011



 
December 25, 2011
Michigan Protection & Advocacy Services
MPAS advocates and protects the legal rights of persons with disabilities, mandated by federal and state law. The cases in this report are indicative of a statewide failure to provide quality nursing care and protect nursing facility residents from harm – without exception.
December 5, 2011
Pure Michigan Talent Connection
The State of Michigan has launched a new web portal which seeks to place job creators, job seekers and entrepreneurs within the same agency, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for one stop shopping for Business, Talent, Jobs and Economic Growth.
November 28, 2011
Old Farmer's Almanac
This website tool allows one to find weather conditions going back to 1946 for more than 1,300 stations across the United States and Canada. General searches are free of charge; however there is a fee to develop a customized historical search ability 
November 21, 2011
Crimereports.com
Crime Reports works with thousands of law-enforcement agencies to help reduce, prevent, and solve crime by enabling officials to easily open and manage a controlled dialog with citizens. The site offers a public crime map, alert messaging, anonymous tipping and data analytics. 
November 7, 2011
Superior Watershed
Shoreline Viewer is an imagery tool used to view professional color photography of the coastline in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Originally conceived as a land-use decision tool for local governmental units, it is now used by numerous groups such as tourism and habit protection.

October 24, 2011
Washfunders.org
Washfunders.org provides funders with “one stop shopping” for the data and information needed to improve water access, sanitation and hygiene around the world. It features an interactive mapping application that shows where foundation grants are going, and for what purpose.
October 10, 2011
GoodReads.com
By signing up for a free account an avid reader can rate the current book they are reading from the start of the book and continue updating through the reading experience.  Readers can also search for similar authors and titles based on the reviews written by other users of the site. 
October 3, 2011
Detroit Publishing Co.
Detroit Publishing Company aka. Detroit Photographic Co obtained the exclusive rights tot the Swiss "Photochrom" process for converting black-and-white photographs to color images and printing them by photolithography.  Searching this collection for Marquette Michigan brings up  historical photos like  “Superior Hotel” and “Harlow’s Wooden Man” and “Peter White Library” 

September 19, 2011
HIP Michigan
Residents of Michigan who are uninsured and considered high-risk may be eligible for a new program that will provide affordable coverage. Health Insurance Program or HIP covers eligible citizens of Michigan with pre-existing conditions such as Cancer, Diabetes or Heart Disease.
September 12, 2011
Internet Crime
Internet Crime Complaint Center is a collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center to receive Internet related criminal complaints & refer criminal complaints to federal, state, local, or international law enforcement for investigation  
September 5, 2011
Nerd Wallet
Nerd Wallet allows one to search and compare credit card ratings and services. Rated as Money Magazine’s Best Credit Card site for 2010, Nerd Wallet allows you to compare and contrast credit card programs free of charge.

August 1, 2011
Family Search
FamilySearch.org, provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, consists of genealogical resources and historical records - free to the public. Discover more about your family history with basic genealogy classes  and new databases added monthly. 
August 8, 2011
Pure Michigan
www.michigan.org Highlights the state of Michigan and what it has to offer tourists and residents. In a state where traveling is the norm, Pure Michigan guides everyone to unspoiled nature and authentic character that can revive our spirits. 
August 15, 2011
EPA Superfund
Superfund was established by the Environmental Protection Agency to address hazardous waste
 sites and enforce laws to get them cleaned up.  Michigan falls within region 5 and clean up such as the Cliff Dow Dump site information is available for viewing.
August 22, 2011
Iron Ore Mining
The Northern Michigan University Archives was awarded a Digitizing Historical Records Grant  in early 2010, resulting indigitized mining records from ore mining companies in the Lake Superior district (Cleveland Iron Company) and its corporate successor.
August 29, 2011
Map the Night Sky
This interactive night sky map (Astro Viewer) is well suited to beginning astronomers. It allows you to locate the stars in your area and provides the capability of printing out a map of names and locations of the stars within that domain.