(11 Nov. 2011)

NEWS: Ralph & Vitalija plan to move to the Hebden Bridge area in Calderdale / West Yorkshire in September 2012

Computer

The Gift of Life - a wake up call and inspirational message

• "INTERNET ARCHIVE WayBackMachine" - archived copies of original old web pages since 1996: www.archive.org/ (very useful to proof Internet fraud!)
• CLEANING UP YOUR COMPUTER - PC Tips
• Google search: www.google.co.uk
• Wikipedia - the free ecyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (with nearly 2 million articles)

• "My Virgin Media": my.virginmedia.com/home
• Check, manage & spam filter your *@ntlworld.com or *@virgin.net or *@blueyonder.co.uk e-mail directly on the server from any computer: www.virginmedia.com/customers (your user name is the bit before the "@")
• Yahoo e-mail UK: http://uk.yahoo.com/
• 'Google Earth': satellite images of every spot on this planet: http://earth.google.com/
• Not only for computer users - an uplifting presentation: http://positivepause.com
• Health risks of mobile phones

Transport

• Transport Direct UK (door to door with public or private transport) www.transportdirect.info/
• UK Travel Line (bus, coach or train): www.traveline.org.uk
• UK Travel Line East Anglia (bus, coach or train): http://194.75.238.42
• Getting around Cambridgeshire: Walking - Cycling - Buses - Trains - Community speedwatch - Taxis - Park & ride - Parking - Cambridge city centre access - Community transport www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around
• train connections - National Rail www.nationalrail.co.uk
  TheTrainline.com - cheap tickets! (currently NOT from Cambridge available) TheTrainline.com
  Cambridge Train LIVE board DEPARTURE Times: www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/sumdep.aspx?T=CBG&R=1
  Cambridge Train LIVE board ARRIVAL Times: www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/sumarr.aspx?T=CBG&R=1
• London Tube (=> weekend work): www.tfl.gov.uk
• TAXIS in Cambridge: AAA Airport Cars of Cambridge 01954 26 0800 www.aaaairportcars.co.uk - Diamond Taxis: 01223 715715 - Panther Taxis 01223 523 523 - 2Blue: 01223 24 1111 - Andy Cabs: 01223 57 11 44 - Cabco United Taxis: 01223 31 31 31 -

  Coaches / Busses:

• Stagecoach Cambridge local & Express busses: www.stagecoachbus.com
  Cambridge & Cambridgeshire bus maps: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around/buses/busroutes.htm
• Go Whippet busses: www.go-whippet.co.uk
• National Express busses: www.nationalexpress.com
• X5 Bus Cambridge - Oxford www.stagecoachx5.com (every 30 minutes via St. Neots, Bedford, Milton Keynes...)
• Roads and Transport - Cambridgeshire Bus Timetables & A-Z village names www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/bus_timetables
• Cambridge Area Bus Online Timetable Information http://docpats.members.beeb.net/transport/busdatabases.htm#COUNCIL

  cheap Flights:

• Ryan Air: www.ryanair.ie
• Skyscanner www.skyscanner.net/ - European flight search engine for low cost flights, shows price overview:
• "Lowcostplanet" http://www.lowcostplanet.com/ - international
• www.mixfly.com - search engine for european low cost flights incl. combination flights with different airlines (without price)
• England Listings for Cheap Flights: http://www.local.co.uk/england/Cheap_Flights
• EasyJet: http://www.easyjet.com
• German Wings http://www.germanwings.com/en/
• Air-Berlin www.airberlin.com
• British Europe: http://www.flybe.com
• Monarch Airways: www.monarch.co.uk/
• www.AirNinja.com - International budget & discount airlines that are not found on most booking engines
• ebookers www.ebookers.com
• http://flightresource.co.uk/
• Farebase World of Travel http://fbwot.farebase.ne
• Travel Select www.travelselect.com
• CheapSeek - cheap travel offers to every country www.CheapSeek.co.uk
• Stansted Airport web site: www.baa.co.uk/main/airports/stansted
• Luton Airport web site: www.london-luton.co.uk/
• Marshall's Cambridge City Airport website: www.cambridgecityairport.com/ (private flights & May - Sept '04 charter flights to Jersey with Aurigny airline)

  Mail & Phone:

• Cardboard Fish SMS via computer www.fishtext.com (free SMS from your computer - or only 2-3p/message)
  
• Royal Mail www.royalmail.com - UK Postcode Finder: www.royalmail.com/postcode-finder
  - All current postage costs listed: http://c435158.r58.cf3.rackcdn.com/pricing_made_easy.pdf
• PhonepayPlus www.phonepayplus.org.uk - the organisation that regulates phone-paid services in the UK (check for phone scams!)
• STOP junk mail via Royal mail & register with "The Mailing preference Service" www.mpsonline.org.uk
• FAX Removal UK www.faxremoval.co.uk stops junk faxes

  cheap international phone calls:

• Ratebuster (from any landline): www.ratebuster.co.uk
  eg: UK national, Ireland, Australia, USA, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Italy, Spain, Singapore, Moscow = 1p / min. (access no.: 08447 202020)
  Latvia = 5p/min (dial 08444 959595), UK mobile=4p/min: 0844 735 0000 + all other countries cheap access number
• "RebTel" - any mobile phone cheap / free international calls - see www.rebtel.com/en/How-it-works/ (for free: 10 international calls a month - Talk for as long as you like - No contract, open to all)

• Visa Requirements & Embassy Information http://visaforu.com - Entry Visa Requirements , Embassy, Travel & country Information for all countries.

Cambridge City                           top of page

• Cambridge Centre Hotels http://cambridgecentrehotels.com - choose your accommodation by using our Cambridge Centre hotel map and book securely online by list, location or hot Cambridge hotel rates.
• Local Cambridge bulletin board http://groups.google.co.uk/group/cam.misc
• Mill Road, Winter Fair & Romsey on the web: Mill-Road.com
• Cambridge Community Radio www.209radio.co.uk
• Cambridge Online city: www.colc.co.uk
• InfoCam - local organisations directory (A-Z): www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/cambscc/infocam/cid.nsf/old_index.htm
• Cambridge Citizen's Guide (by Cambridge Evening News) http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/citizensguide/
• Cambridge Search Engine: http://network.camcity.co.uk
• Cambridge County Council www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk
• Cambridge City Council www.cambridge.gov.uk/cambridge.htm
• Cambridge Libraries: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/library
• Cambridge University: www.cam.ac.uk
• Cambridge University: 'Find an Expert' www.cam.ac.uk/mediaguide/
• Cambridge University Local Area (A-Z information & links): www.cam.ac.uk/cambarea
• Cambridge University registered Societies: www.cam.ac.uk/societies
• Cambridge maps: www.colc.co.uk/about/maps.html
• Cambridge Postcode finder A - Z (& Polling Districts) www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/cambridgeuk/streets.htm
• Cambridge International School:www.abelards.com/ NEW: in Cherry Hinton Park from end of 2007 (formerly at Brookside)
• Streetmap UK: www.streetmap.co.uk = = > click here to see map of Cambridge (you can zoom in or out on the bottom right corner)
• Cambridge Citizens Advice Bureau (72-74 Newmarket Road): www.cambridgecab.org.uk/
• Cambridge Independent Advice Centre (41 Mill Road): www.ciac.org.uk
• Arts Picturehouse Cambridge (38 St Andrew's Street): www.picturehouses.co.uk/site/cinemas/Cambridge/local.htm
• Vue Cinema (Grafton Centre): www.myvue.com
• Cineworld (Cambridge Leisure, Cliffton Road off Cherry Hinton Road): www.cineworld.co.uk/cinemas/cambridge.phtml
• What's On - by 'Local Secrets' (good listings with links): http://www.localsecrets.com/whatson.cfm
• Cambridge Evening News: www.cambridge-news.co.uk
• Mysterious Worlds - paranormal investigation & research www.mysterious-worlds.com (incl. Royston Cave, Sawston Hall, Wandlebury Hill Fort...)
• Cambridge Shopping Guide: Organic & Health Food
• Buddhist Groups in Cambridge
• Spiritual / Religious Groups and Connections around Cambridge
• Special Events around Cambridge
• German in Cambridge
• "We're All Neighbours" - Cambridge Events listings www.wereallneighbours.co.uk

Miscellaneous                           top of page

• Weather:
  - BBC forecast for East Anglia animated map: http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/324
  - Met Office East Anglia 5 day forecast: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ee/cambridge_forecast_weather.html
  - Netweather.tv 7 day forecast for Cambridge www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=uk7dayx6;page=1;type=free;ct=5159~Cambridgeshire;sess=#forecast
  - MSN 10 day forecast for Cambridge http://weather.uk.msn.com/hourly.aspx?wealocations=wc:UKXX0028
• Cambridge live Web Cams: www.colc.co.uk/about/maps.html#Webcams
  - University Library tower towards east, Kings College & Cambridge city www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/webcams/cambridge_uni_tower_webcam.shtml
  - Market Square & Great St Mary's: www.camplus.co.uk/webcam.htm
• Cambridge Server for Rainbow Network: Cambridge FreeNet: www.cam.net.uk
• Dangers of using microwaves for food preparation
• Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum http://www.cecf.co.uk/
• Black, Asian and Chinese artists and promoters Cambridgeshire: www.diversityprogramme-pace.org.uk
• Hire a Hall: Bharat Bhavan (Old Library, Mill Road / railway bridge, Cambridge): www.rainbow-cambridge.org.uk/icca
• All about Recycling (& map) in Cambridge www.cambridge.gov.uk/env/recyclemap.htm
• Cambridge Environmental Health & Waste strategy (incl. plastic bottle recycling) www.cambridge.gov.uk/env/index.htm

• County Map of England: www.picturesofengland.com/mapofengland/counties-map.html

Connections with Germany (Ralph is from Germany)                       top of page

• Holiday flats / Ferienwohnungen in Berlin: www.berlin-da-muss-ich-hin.de (run by Ralph's family)
• Holiday flats on the sunny Fehmarn island in the Baltic Sea - Ferienwohnungen auf der Sonneninsel Fehmarn:
  www.sonneninsel-fehmarn.net/ (run by Ralph's family)

Connections with Latvia (Vitalija is from Latvia)                       top of page

• Who wants to start a "Latvians in Cambridge" Meetup group on the web? just visit http://expatlatvia.meetup.com/
• Latvian Internet Radio and Online News Radio listing: cwww.multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-latvian.html
• Ryan Air is flying to Riga www.ryanair.ie
• Riga International Airport www.riga-airport.com
• Cheap Hostals To Stay in Riga, Latvia: www.hostelworld.com/ryanair/findabed.php
• Hotels in Riga: http://uk.wwte4.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=htfv
• Since March '06: Russian / Latvian / Baltic shop "SIMAVON", 9 Tredgold Lane (in Cobbles Yard, Napier Street next to the Grafton Centre), Cambridge CB1 1HN tel: 01223 509730 (low cost quality food - Mon-Fri 10-20, Sat/Sun 10-21).
• airBaltic - Latvian Airline: www.airbaltic.com
• Latvia travel information for everyone with lots of links: www.budgettravel.com/latvia.htm
• Baltics News www.balticsww.com
• Internet resources on Latvia: www.ssees.ac.uk/latvia.htm
• Weather in Riga: www.intellicast.com/
• Latvia & Riga Directory: www.maxpages.com/europe/Riga

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