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Charity Navigator - Learn about the non-profits you give to. CharityNavigator is a super resource to find out about the charities that you donate to (you do donate to charities, dont you?) Go here to learn that the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society uses an astonishing 98% of its revenue to actually protect wildlife! Another similar site is the GuideStar. This site used to be good, but now everything one really wants to see requires a very expensive subscription.

[] [] The Excellence Series and 21st Century Leadership were designed to help people produce excellence in their lives. These series of courses have been the most important thing I have done in my life (strong words, I know.) Their history and who is now offering them is a bit complex. Originally a man named Randy Revell, possesing of an amazing insight into human behavior, created The Excellence Series. This set of courses was offered for many years, but in the late '90's Randy decided stop presenting these classes. Instead, he created 21st Century Leadership, a class which combined and revamped the ideas from the Excellence Series.

A group of graduates from Excellence Series decided that they wanted to see the earlier courses continue, so they incorporated The Excellence Foundation, purchased the material from Context Associated, and resumed the teaching of the original Excellence Series.

Sadly, in 2004, Randy Revell died. After Randy's death, Phil Holcomb, co-creater of 21st Century Leadership continued the teaching of the course through a new group: Extraordinary Learning. Though the web site for Context Associated still exists, 21st Century Leadership is now offered by Extraordinary Learning.

Having attended both Excellence Series and 21st Century Leadership, I can say with all honesty that they are extraordinary programs which can produce incredible value in people's lives, regardless of what entity is offering the classes.

[] The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has been called the "Earth First of the oceans." Sea Shepherd actively defends the defenseless creatures of the sea. Their activities are not for the faint of heart, but are an important step in saving what is left.

[] ClickFacts - One of the biggest problems facing the internet today is "click fraud" - scammers taking advantage of the current internet advertise ring model to steal money from advertisers. One of the reason that there is so much great, free content on the internet today is that advertisers have realized what a great medium it is for reaching their customers. If greedy scammers are allowed to destroy internet advertising, much of the most valuable free content on the web will go away. ClickFacts provides solutions that allow advertisers to track real vs. fraudulent click traffic.

[] Celebrations Of The Heart - My friend Robert is a non-denominational minister who does customized wedding and commitment ceremonies. Check out his site Celebrations Of The Heart (which I helped him create) for your next event.

[] My friend who likes to be known as "Jake Von Slatt" has been doing some truly amazing projects in his garage. Everything from attaching an old AT&T Bell Telephone handset to a cell phone, to creating a wild looking "steampunk" keyboard for his computer, to building his own steam powered car.  He has two sites to tickle your curiosity: www.VonSlatt.com and www.SteamPunkWorkshop.com.

[] Josh Boughey - Spread across several web sites Josh presents his muscle car project, various bands and music projects, and a cool new midi interface device called the Stribe. www.UltraJosh.com, www.SoundWidgets.com, www.BlindKingMusic.com, and www.PhineusMusic.com.

[] Albert Kaufman - Musician, Extrovert, Statesman, Activist, Albert does it all. One of the nicest guys in Portland has catalogued his life on the web.

[] David "ZipCodeMan" Rosdeitcher - Genuinely mind boggling. David is a performer in Boulder, Colorado, who has memorized every zip code in the United States, and many foreign countries. He's also memorized the Zagat restaurant guides for the US, and has basically traveled everywhere. He does an astounding show in which he asks people their ZIP code and then tells them where they live, what restaurants are near their home, and on and on, frequently with astounding details. For foreigners, he has learned a plethora of languages and based on their postal code converses with them in their native language. It is an amazing demonstration of human potential. Lately I have been helping him develop his web site.

[] KMO - KMO (aka my friend Kevin) is an artist, thinker, and finder of great quotes. His Quote Of The Day mailing list has kept me fascinated for years. Be sure to check out his long running comic strip, which is nothing less than thought-provoking.

[] Linus Gelber's "Home Office Records" - Linus and I went to that wacky "H" college together years and years ago. Once upon a time we were the voices of "The deGelb and Mr. Andrew show" on WHRB. Now he's running a New York record label, and drinking lots of micro-brewed beer. Check it out.

[] My other web sites: FarawayBeach.com, TripTalk.com, OSADiary.com.

[] Solutek Corporation - My father's photographic chemical company finally goes online.