From: The Weekly Bookmark [info@weeklyb.com] Sent: Martes 8 de Diciembre de 1998 10:02 PM To: List Member Subject: The Weekly Bookmark-Cool Site Reviews The Weekly Bookmark - http://www.weeklyb.com THE WEEKLY BOOKMARK ISSN 1091-6202 December 6, 1998 - Vol. 4, No. 28 IN THIS ISSUE The Weekly Bookmark presents reviews of what's new and cool on the Web in over fifteen categories. Readers submit sites and the editor makes final selections. Your submissions are welcome and are carefully reviewed. Subscribers to this free newsletter will receive each issue first. Issues will subsequently be made available online. http://www.weeklyb.com ON MY END - KEEP YOUR SUBMISSIONS COMING VIA E-MAIL! If you submitted a worthy site and you haven't seen it featured, it's quite possible we haven't had a chance to review it yet - but we will! We receive over 200 submissions each day from submission forms. Many people use automated submissions, and it clogs up the in-basket. Here's a tip - send your submissions via e-mail to Mailto:info@weeklyb.com with a catchy description in the subject field - all caps is best! Skip the submission form for now to get our priority attention. We're happy to observe that many of you are following our advice, and your reviews now dominate each issue. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This issue is sponsored by American Teen Publishing Teen Girls Can't Wait to Get This as a Gift! Just the coolest club 4 girls, 12-16 in cyberspace. All right here! Hot fashions, beauty guides, school tips, fitness articles, dating 411 + more! Win CDs + fashions. Written + edited by a mom + teens. Membership details + preview at http://www.zup4teens.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTS AND HUMANITIES Art Historian's Guide to the Movies http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~eliason/ahgttm.htm The Art Historians' Guide to the Movies is a record of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies. It is intended to be a source for teachers of art history who are considering showing clips or entire films as part of their presentation of the traditional arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Submitted By: G.L. Global Children's Art Gallery - The Natural Child Project http://www.naturalchild.com/gallery/ Children's art from around the world. Submitted By: C.L. ------------------- BOOKS AND MUSIC All About Jazz - A Magazine By Jazz Fans for Jazz Fans http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ Jazz reviews, interviews and more. Submitted By: Michael Ricci Custom Disc http://www.customdisc.com Build your own CD, one song at a time. Submitted By: P. Wentzel ------------------- BUSINESS AND FINANCE E-Line Financials http://www.financials.com/ An all-under-one-roof source of financial and investment information, for the individual investor. Annual reports, stock quotes, company profiles, portfolio management and much more. All resources are free. Submitted By: J. Deveen Gebbie Press http://www.gebbieinc.com/ For PR and publicity professionals, the Gebbie Press website offers a wealth of hard media data, much of which is available at no cost. Visitors may download Gebbie's entire Weekly newspaper and TV station databases! If you have WORD software, you'll be printing labels in just minutes. If you are looking for links to media sites, you won't be disappointed. There are thousands of links to Radio sites, Daily paper sites, Weekly paper sites, TV sites and Magazine sites...plus State Press Associations, major magazine publishers and more. Submitted By: Mark Gebbie ------------------- COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY PC Lube and Tune http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/ The PCLT objective is to supply usable introductions, tutorials, and education on technical subjects to the large audience of computer users. The method is to supply system independent hypertext files through the Internet and World Wide Web. Submitted By: Stuart Wilson ------------------- EDUCATION The Soundry http://hyperion.advanced.org/19537/ The Soundry is an exciting, interactive, and educational web site about sound. Covering everything from the most basic concepts of what sound actually is to the specifics of how humans perceive it, The Soundry aims to promote enthusiasm and knowledge of sound. Submitted By: Alex Kulesza The Yuckiest Site on the Internet http://www.yucky.com/ Yucky combines the power of learning and the value of entertainment in a safe environment where kids ages 8-15 can "laugh and learn." Tapping into kids' natural interest in all that is gross, Yucky provides a unique and educational way for them to explore the world around and inside them. Submitted By: C. Lussow The Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins http://artemis.austinc.edu/acad/cml/rcape/vcrc/index.html Devoted to helping students and teachers learn more about ancient Roman coins. These pages contain images and descriptions of coins from the Early Republic through the end of the 4th century AD and the formal division of the Roman Empire into east and west. Submitted By: C. Lussow ------------------- ENTERTAINMENT Gametropolis - Where the Fun Never Sleeps http://gametropolis.com/ Come seek the challenges of downtown competition and social interaction at the new GameTropolis! Play some games, chat with your friends and win some super cool prizes. We offer multi-player or individual game play, and you can also jump in and be a spectator at games in process. Submitted By: webmaster Encylopaedia Brittanica Presents Toys Through Time http://toys.eb.com/ The history of toys from the 1500's to present. Submitted By: C. Masters ------------------- GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Digital Governance - Using the Internet to Reshape Government http://www.govnetworks.com/ Digital Governance is the global guide to reshaping governance with the Internet. We feature the latest news and ideas on the intersection of the Information Age and citizenship, politics and government. DG helps government leaders understand 21st Century governance today and it shows how the new paradigm might work. Submitted By: Warren Slocum Center for Responsive Politics http://www.crp.org/ The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that specializes in the study of Congress and particularly the role that money plays in its elections and actions. Submitted By: P. Hoff ------------------- HEALTH AND MEDICINE Online Surgery - Plastic Surgery Network http://www.onlinesurgery.com/ Online Surgery will broadcast LIVE surgery over the internet, using the latest techniques and technology. Our next broadcast surgery is Wednesday, December 9th. You may currently view the past surgical procedures in the Surgical Archives. Online Surgery's is currently focus on Cosmetic Surgery, but is expanding to cover all forms of procedures including child birth and orthopedic procedures. Submitted By: editor The Nursing Network http://www.nursingnetwork.com/ A one stop professional mall for nurses and other healthcare workers. Submitted By: Jo Ann Klein ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This issue is sponsored by American Teen Publishing Teen Girls Can't Wait to Get This as a Gift! Just the coolest club 4 girls, 12-16 in cyberspace. All right here! Hot fashions, beauty guides, school tips, fitness articles, dating 411 + more! Win CDs + fashions. Written + edited by a mom + teens. Membership details + preview at http://www.zup4teens.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ INTERNET AND WEB Internet Info for Real People http://www.thebee.com/bweb/brand.htm All things Internet: e-mail, hackers, Real Audio G2, Questions in Plain English to Web TV. Easy to read and understand. New article weekly. Give it a try! Submitted By: Bob Brand ------------------- NEWS AND INFORMATION Canoe - Canada Sports, Entertainment, Finance and Business News - Canadian Online Explorer http://www.canoe.ca/ Canada's leading news and information site. Staffed around the clock, CANOE provides news and information, including photos and data from Canada and around the world. It's information you can't get elsewhere, and best of all it's put together by Canadians for Canadians. Submitted By: Jack K. Guthrie Bowron - Colour Your World http://www.guthriebowron.co.nz/ Painting and home decorating tips from a New Zealand home decorating retailer. Submitted By: P. Grainger ------------------- ORGANIZATIONS PEAC - Parrot Education and Adoption Center http://www.peac.org/ Parrot Education & Adoption Center (PEAC) is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to educating current and potential bird owners on the proper care of pet birds. Unwanted or found parrots are accepted at PEAC. They are cared for until adopted to qualified applicants. Submitted By: Kathy Johns Celebrate Christmas with Volunteer's of America's Sidewalk Santa http://www.sidewalksanta.org/ For 95 years, Volunteers of America's Sidewalk Santas have been taking to the sidewalks, ringing their bells to help those in need during the holiday season. At one time, there were legions of Volunteers of America Sidewalk Santas, By the 1980s, the last bona fide Sidewalk Santas were found only in New York City, where it just wouldn't be Christmas without them. But now, Sidewalk Santa is again reaching out nationally, through the Sidewalk Santa Web site. Submitted By: Steve Abbott ------------------- RECREATION AND SPORTS Blur: The Skater's Online Magazine http://www.skating.com/ Inline skating news, reviews and events. Submitted By: M. Shafran AllSports - For the Fans, By the Fans http://www.allsports.com/ AllSports is a web site dedicated to one thing - SPORTS. We will be bringing you the finest and most unique coverage in sports today - coverage by the FANS. This site is a collection of the finest fan sites from around the world, developed For The Fans! By The Fans! Each team is covered by a Fan Reporter who has a loyalty to that team that most people can only imagine and they want to prove it to you. Submitted By: Victor ------------------- SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY Space and Flight - Chuck Fiterman's Launchpad http://www.spaceandflight.com/ Join us here for a fascinating journey through the solar system as well as taking to the skies for a friendly flight. This site is designed to give you the latest news and informational sites related to the topics of Space Exploration, Astronomy, and Aviation right at your fingertips. Submitted By: Chuck Fiterman Astrophysics in Cyberspace http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/www_info/webstars.html This list of astronomical resource sites has been created by the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. It is intended as a resource for users who have a general interest in astronomical topics. Submitted By: Holly Braman Institute and Museum of History of Science - Florence http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/ Virtual science museum and gallery. Submitted By: Holly Braman Heathrow Express http://www.heathrowexpress.com/ Transportation site promoting the new Heathrow-London high speed rail service. Submitted By: NAJ ------------------- SOCIETY AND CULTURE Razor Magazine http://www.razormag.com/ Covering arts, entertainment, culture, politics and much more. Submitted By: C. Masters BenTurner.com http://www.benturner.com/ This site is me, I am the site, and whatever I put here is an expression of what I think and feel. I believe in the Internet, and I want the Web to succeed as a place where individuals can compete with the big boys. I welcome individuals contributing their thoughts and opinions, free of high commercial barriers. Submitted By: Ben Turner Victory City - City of the Future http://www.victorycities.com/ A 75-year-old millionaire in Cincinnati unveiled to the world a detailed collection of sketches, drawings, and administration guidelines for a futuristic city that he calls "Victory City", a compact, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly urban utopia that inventor spent 38 years designing. Submitted By: Orville Simpson II Feed Magazine http://www.feedmag.com/ You should think of FEED as a guide to to all the news feeds, data feeds, and live feeds, a way of sorting signal from noise, wisdom from raw information. From the beginning it has been FEED's house style to avoid straightforward product reviews or "thumbs-up/thumbs-down"-style cultural criticism. The site is divided into four major sections: Classic FEED, Media and Culture, Technology, and our discussion forum, The Loop. Submitted By: Chris The Bead Fairies Page http://www.mcs.net/~simone/beadfairies.html If you love beads, this is the place to surf! Hundreds of bead sources; listings of worldwide bead shops, retail and wholesale catalogs, books, magazine, videos, bead societies, plus lots of beads tips, including patterns, a glossary, a dictionary, and an area to share your innermost bead fantasies with other cyberbeadoholics! Submitted By: Holly Braman ------------------- TRAVEL AND REGIONAL Green Travel Network Adventure Guide to the Caribbean http://www.greentravel.com/caribbean.htm Biking in Guadeloupe, trekking in the rain forest of St. Lucia, swimming with dolphins in the Bahamas and a lot more adventure vacations in the Caribbean have suddenly become far more accessible to travelers. The Green Travel Network (GTN) has just launched an online Adventure Guide to the Caribbean that offers descriptions of these and other options and all the help needed to plan the trip. Submitted By: Dave Olson Maximov Online - Window on Russia and the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union http://www.maximov.com/ Regional features, news, links and market information. Submitted By: C. Masters ------------------ The Weekly Bookmark - http://www.weeklyb.com Comments, Suggestions: mailto:info@weeklyb.com Copyright (c) 1998 by The Weekly Bookmark, Chicago, IL - All Rights Reserved No portion of this work may be republished in any form, including on a website, without prior written permission of the copyright holder. Disclaimer: Due to the incredible amount of time involved with putting together each issue of the Weekly Bookmark, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, suitability, quality, or decency of the material that we provide. Each of the site's descriptions is written by the listed submitter and is only briefly verified by the editor. While we do our best to weed out most of the material that may offend, occasionally a site may slip by. 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