THE WEEKLY BOOKMARK ISSN 1091-6202 May 10, 1998 - Vol 4, No. 03 IN THIS ISSUE The Weekly Bookmark presents a compilation of what's new and newsworthy on the Web in over fifteen categories. Sites are submitted by readers and final selections are made by the editor. Your submissions are welcome. Subscribers to this free newsletter will receive each issue first. Issues will subsequently be made available online. http://www.weeklyb.com ON MY END Greetings and welcome back to The Weekly Bookmark. This is the first issue since January '98. New issues will be arriving weekly. My name is John Schick and I am serving as the new editor and publisher. I'll be presenting some personal background information online. For now, it's time to get to the subject at hand - what's new, newsworthy and interesting on the Web. The Weekly Bookmark has been published since 1995 and we intend to maintain the same rythm and focus. We are still catching up on coverage of submissions and you can expect upcoming issues to be packed with great information. mailto:info@weeklyb.com OUR SPONSOR This issue is sponsored by Ad Resource. Ad Resource offers nano-reviews of 500 top web advertising & marketing resources and in-depth articles on web advertising and promotion designed to help you attract more visitors to your web site. http://www.adresource.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTS AND HUMANITIES Apogee Photo Magazine http://www.apogeephoto.com The Web's Premier Online Photography Magazine. Articles and columns by top pros, discussion forums and chat rooms, FREE classifieds, book sources, instructional videos, photo workshops, schools, tours and seminars. Submitted By: Michael Fulks Gabriel Becker Photography http://village.cyberbrain.com/musee/gaab/defaulteng.htm Gallery of professional photographs and personal work on Asia, France, holidays and weekendsportraits...etc. Submitted By: gab Interactive Genetic Modernism: Abstract Visual Compositions http://www.albedo.co.uk/geneart/ Interactive Genetic Modernism: abstract visual compositions that evolve on the Web. Submitted By: Fin Fahey Black Information Link http://www.blink.org.uk Arts and culture. business, campaigns, disability, education, Europe, Finance, health, human rights, legal matters, links, News, organisations, publications, reports, technology, youth Submitted By: John Adams New York Skyscrapers - One Hundred Years Of High-rises http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3366/nyc.html Study on the history of New York's skyscrapers, complete with skyscraper related info, images, building location maps and links. Submitted By: Erkki Dankwa The Writer's Place http://www.awoc.com The Writer's Place is home to "Writing for Dollars!". "Writing for Dollars!" is delivered FREE by e-mail every month. The Writer's Place features a searchable Writer's Guidelines database of paying markets. Other attractions in The Writer's Place are "Tips for making money as a writer", Back issues of "Writing for DOLLARS!", Resource links for writers. Submitted By: Susan Case The Ultimate Tom Swift Collector's Guide http://pw2.netcom.com/~raven43/pers2.htm The world wide web's most comprehensive and authoritative source of information on the classic and collectable Tom Swift series for young adults. This site offers a fascinating look at one of the cornerstones of children's literature during the past century. Submitted By: Thomas Ippolito Public Illumination Magazine http://www.mondorondo.com/pim/ The place: New York. The year: 1979. The magazine: PIM (Public Illumination Magazine), the world's smallest magazine of its kind (7x11 cm.), is born. Originally non- weekly, later non- monthly, now non- biannual, PIM offers its readers tasty tidbits in words and pictures on a given topic each issue. 45 issues and nearly 20 years later, PIM is proud to offer its pages to you electronically free of charge. Our entire list of back issues will come on-line as we get around to it. Submitted By: Prof. Dr. Zagreus Bowery -------------------- BOOKS AND MUSIC The Official Big Block 454 Non-Ironic Web Site http://www.bigblock454.mcmail.com The site features bizarre music, art, mathematics, food, ley lines and anything else we find stimulating. Big Block 454 are from Manchester, England and are influenced by The Residents, Faust, Captain Beefheart, Syd Barrett and so on. Submitted By: Colin Robinson Rolls-Royce and Bentley - Photos, Reports and Books http://www.rrab.com Rolls-Royce and Bentley - Photos, Reports and Books -Everything about Rolls-Royce and Bentley Submitted By: Uli Schwaderlap -------------------- COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY MacUpdate http://www.macupdate.com/ MacUpdate.com is the largest Macintosh-only site where you can search and browse through thousands of Mac software, feeware, demos, shareware, and updaters. Weekly reviews and giveaways make the site particularly exclusive. (Updated at least 3 times/day). Submitted By: Joel Mueller VERSIONS! http://www.versions.com This popular WWW service keeps computer users up-to-date about software, shareware, and operating system upgrades. Users can track over 40,000 shareware and software product upgrades in addition to all major operating systems and be notified via email of new developments. Basic services are free of charge, but are limited to tracking only 3 products. Submitted By: Jeff Lunz -------------------- EDUCATION A Science Odyssey - PBS http://www.pbs.org/aso Companion to new public television series covers 20th century scientists, discoveries through entertaining, interactive features. Submitted By: Julie Benyo The NODE: Interactivity Online Forums http://node.on.ca/tfl/forums The NODE is pleased to announce online forums in NODE's "technologies for learning" series. Participation and collaboration are important elements of online teaching and learning; however, the nature of online interaction is multi-faceted and difficult to define. Submitted By: Leslie Fournier Imsat: Beautiful Satellite Images Of The United States http://www.imsat.com/texte/en/gallery.html Imsat, the ultimate pictures of United States of America. Discover every town from the Top from Europe to USA, and zoom on your town. Submitted By: Didier Salzmann Day Trader's Diary http://www.concentric.net/~asfarley Day trading charts and examples using fibonacci retracements and other advanced technical analysis. Featuring the Trader's Toolbox, full of tips and techniques and Trader's Briefs, detailed pattern analysis of highly volatile stocks of interest to short term traders. Submitted By: Alan Farley -------------------- ENTERTAINMENT Vegas Deluxe - Las Vegas City Guides & News http://www.vegasdeluxe.com/ Las Vegas' largest Web site, Vegas Deluxe is the only source for information on casinos, gambling, conventions, trade shows, entertainment, travel restaurants, news, weather, business, sports, and jobs. Submitted By: Kevin Knuhtsen

Starbase 261 http://www.serve.com/starbase261 A Star Trek related website using Adobe Photoshop created images. Most of the content on this site probably cannot be found on other Star Trek related sites such as exclusive photos. Submitted By: Ryan Samiley -------------------- GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS American Greencard Lottery Assistance http://www.us-immigration.org Information and application assistance to the annual US-Greencard Lottery Submitted By: Dan Schacht Citizens Against Government Waste http://www.cagw.org Citizens Against Government Waste is a 600,000 member organization dedicated to the elimination of waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. Submitted By: Shawn Rychling FedForce - The Online Service For Federal Employees http://www.fedforce.com Online service for Federal government employees focused on workplace policies, procedures, pay and benefits. Membership is free. Sections include News, Reference, Events, Catalogs, Forums, and Members Services. Submitted By: Scott Thompson -------------------- HEALTH AND MEDICINE Sick.com http://sick.com Sick.com -Complete listing of the best medical reference sites on the Internet. It's one stop shopping for medical information at Sick.com. Submitted By: Bob Kerstein Pure-Food.com - Food Irradiation and Pesticide Alert http://www.pure-food.com Food irradiation and pesticide alert - Information regarding the degradation of our food supply, and what we can do about it. Submitted By: Mitch Williams Power Surge Guest Transcript Library http://www.dearest.com/library.htm The Power Surge Guest Transcript Library houses transcripts of the celebrated guests in the area of women's health who've visited Power Surge on AOL (keyword: powersurge@thrive). It's but a small part of the entire Web site at: www.dearest.com. Submitted By: Alice Stamm Hope And Healing webChronicles http://www.hopeandhealing.com Spiritual journeys and personal transformations possible for the family affected by alcoholism. Comprehensive directory of extensively reviewed resources, original and feature articles, daily reflections, interactive activities information, sobriety, family & friends, on behalf of children, wellness and spirituality areas. Submitted By: Dalene Entenmann -------------------- INTERNET AND THE WEB WM Central http://www.wmcentral.com This site supplies webmasters with the latest web news, articles on various topics, order books from amazon.com, tools, dhtml resources & demos, and a free monthly email newsletter. Submitted By: Randy Ksar The 401kWire http://www.401kwire.com The 401kWire is the premier website providing market intelligence for 401(k) plan professionals. Topics covered include: hiring The 401kWire is the premier website providing market intelligence for 401(k) plan professionals. Topics covered include: hirings and firings, new products, new technologies, and analyses of market trends. Submitted By: Sean hanna The Free Site http://www.thefreesite.com The Free Site is a helpful, one-stop resource for finding the vast number of freebies that are scattered across the Internet. The site offers listings and reviews of the latest, most useful freeware, free services and product samples. Plenty of free goodies for both Web surfers and Web authors. Submitted By: Marc McDonald Really Big http://www.reallybig.com The Complete Resource For All Web Builders. This site is really big, with more than 1000 links for web builders including free clipart, counters, html, java, animation, backgrounds, icons, wysiwyg editors, buttons, photographs, site promotion. It is the Complete Resource for ANYONE who wants to develop pages on the net, from beginner to experienced website developer. Make sure you check out our own Totally Killer Site Award as well as informative, timely articles which appear here from time to time. Submitted By: Jeff Singer 3d ARK http://www.3dark.com 3d ARK is one of the Internet's leading resources for 3D CGI and Animation enthusiasts. The 3d ARK is dedicated to bringing you 3d CGI related information and tools, such as the first general, all-purpose 3D CGI mailing list of its kind, informative articles, and resources relating to Careers in 3D, 3D Education, Digital Animation, Character Animation, Digital Cinematography, Production Design, Post Production, Texturing & Surfacing, Modeling, and more. Submitted By: Zero Z. Batzell Dean Australian Business Guide http://www.kreations.com.au/business/ A Business Guide focusing mainly on the Australian and Asian Economies. Offers tips, advice, utilities etc. Submitted By: Kenny Lee FreeImages http://www.freeimages.com freeimages.com is an all original, all free clipart resource of backgrounds, buttons, clipart, icons, bars, and digital art. Use our original graphics free of charge, royalty-free, and obligation free for your web-page Submitted By: Ian Greant Learning Fountains Magazine http://www.learningfountain.com LEARNING FOUNTAINS is a very different type of magazine. Most people on the Net believe that the Internet is an information highway. This magazine is based on the assumption that it is not. The Internet is a network of Learning Fountains. A Learning Fountain is a website that influence visitors by helping them learn. The motto of this magazine is "Master the Internet through Community, LEARNING, and cooperation. Submitted By: Paul "the soarING" Siegel -------------------- NEWS SERVICES Las Vegas SUN http://www.lasvegassun.com/ The Las Vegas SUN newspaper online brings you the latest local news, business, weather,classifieds, jobs, sports, photos, video, and more. Use our free searchable library of news stories from the past two years for Vegas research Submitted By: Kevin Knuhtsen IBM's OtherVoices - Central/Eastern Europe Business http://www.ibm.com/OtherVoices/CEE/resources.phtml Central/Eastern Europe, IBM's regional business Web site. Journalists, entrepreneurs, and people on the scene comment on this dynamic area. Links and information by country: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia and more. Submitted By: Cynthia Fishel -------------------- ORGANIZATIONS Canadian Red Cross http://www.redcross.ca/ The Canadian Red Cross provides emergency relief and humanitarian service to the public through its international,emergency, safety, community-based health programs and social services. Submitted By: Guy Tessier Canadian Council of Montessori Administrators http://www.ccma.ca/ccma/ CCMA supports Montessori school administrators. We offer expertise in Montessori school administration and the Montessori Method of Education. Our Website contains information about our services, our Montessori program standards, and our member schools. It has links to other Montessori resources on the Web. Submitted By: Don Chisholm Florida Legal Net http://www.fllaw.net Florida law, lawyers, statutes, legal resources. Submitted By: David Berowitz Equine Advocates Inc. - Rescue, Protect & Prevent Abuse Of Horses http://www.dojo.ie/realgood/equineadvocates/ A national non-profit equine protection organization based in NYC. Our mission is to protect, rescue and prevent the abuse of equines through education, and investigation. Submitted By: denise cox SAAN: Southern Alternative Agriculture Network, Thailand http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7813/ SAAN promotes alternative agriculture, indigenous knowledge and farmers' rights in southern Thailand, and supports the work of many other social justice NGOs. The site includes a bi-weekly newsletter. Submitted By: Dave Patterson Delong Foreign Exchange - Spot Currency Trading http://www.fx-trading.com Provides detailed information about the spot currency market. Also offers historically profitable trading systems. Submitted By: Dean Hoffman The National Trust http://www.tnt.org The National Trust for the Development of African-American Men is a national, non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, that addresses the development, needs and challenges of African-Americans, especially males, in the areas of health, leadership training, economic development, education, and crime prevention from an African view of the world. Submitted By: Garry A. Mendez Jr. -------------------- RECREATION AND SPORTS The Guide To Skiing the Northeast http://home.ptd.net/~thunder/ This site has links to all the ski areas in the northeast, equipment manufacturers, and much more. All the information you need for skiing in the Northeast can be found here. Submitted By: Steve Mertz Dirt Northwest http://www.dirtnw.com A mountain biking site. The stories are insightful (recent article on women and mountain biking), the reviews helpful, rich resources such as race calendars, message boards, bike shop search and good site design. Submitted By: troy hopwood Redwing's Pad http://www.newnorth.net/~aylhome/drw.html The best Redwings site on the net with all you need to know about the Detroit Redwings Submitted By: Brett UltraLightNews http://www.ultralightnews.com Premier site for information on ultralight, microlight, experimental, homebuilt, amateur built aircraft. Including information on Full Lotus Floats, IVO props, BRS parachutes, Rotax engines, flyins, air shows, classified ads, alert bulletins, communication Submitted By: Dave Loveman -------------------- REFERENCE Straw Poll Picks Top 25 Public Speakers http://www.lectureagent.com/fr_feat.html This is an annual straw poll to speakers bureaus, and agents that asks a simple question:"who do you feel is the "top-best public speaker Submitted By: phillip knowlton -------------------- SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY Encyclopedia Galactica http://village.cyberbrain.com/musee/foto/galactica/index.html Encyclopedia Galactica is a space site database. All you want to know about our solar system, blackholes, wormholes, robotic laws, lunar prospector mission, mars. Visit our space gallery: spaceships, landscape, robots. (Editor's Note: Home page of this French origin, English language "community" site was returning a "file not found" although all sections are present, you might also try http://www.cyberbrain.com/cgi-bin/village/bat2.asp?bat=musee&url=foto) Submitted By: orion ------------------- SOCIETY AND CULTURE AAJ Magazine http://www.aajmag.com AAJ Magazine is a premier Indian oriented magazine that focuses on the needs of South Asians. AAJ Magazine will consider all issues that South Asians across North America feel are important. India East Gujurati Hindu Sikh Submitted By: Mayur Jobanputra Philippines1 - The Phillipines Online http://www.philippines1.com Your online resource to the Philippines and all things Filipino. Includes a free weekly newsletter, and an online webzine. Submitted By: Lorraine Garcia Barte Pet Planet Cats http://www.petplanet.nl Cat Fanciers site with almost a 1000 breeders, hundreds of kittens and studs to choose from, a European Show diary, chat box, links to other cat-related sites, lots of pictures, and much more. Submitted By: Peter R. Beck -------------------- TRAVEL AND REGIONAL Old Madison Indiana http://www.oldmadison.com A comprehensive informational guide and index to Madison, her business interest, and her unsurpassed surrounding beauties, and wonder in nature. Submitted By: Jeffery Burleson Jerez de la Frontera - Spain http://www.surnet.es/phpjer1.html The wine and equestrian capital and home to Flamenco singing. It is situated between the sea and the mountains and is of great historical wealth. It is an important commercial centre and its bodegas (wineries) are famous world wide. Submitted By: f.arias Elkhorn, Wisconsin - Chamber of Commerce http://www.elkhorn-wi.org/ Living in Harmony - Elkhorn Chamber of Commerce site offers a history of and highly detailed demographic statistics for Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Submitted By: Jerry Wheeler --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 are written by the listed submitter and are only briefly verified by the editor. 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