From: The Weekly Bookmark [info@weeklyb.com] Sent: Miércoles 18 de Noviembre de 1998 03:22 PM To: List Member Subject: The Weekly Bookmark The Weekly Bookmark - http://www.weeklyb.com THE WEEKLY BOOKMARK ISSN 1091-6202 November 15, 1998 - Vol. 4, No. 25 IN THIS ISSUE The Weekly Bookmark presents reviews of what's new and newsworthy 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 - SPECIAL TIP FOR SUBMITTING YOUR REVIEWS - IT'S WORKING 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! 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 welcome! 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- KISS SEARCH ENGINES GOODBYE Run the GAMUT. Access 2400 quality URLs, spread across 45 categories. Gamut is a vast resource for the whole family. Includes extensive sections on Web construction, E-commerce, the Internet, science + youth. Save time, energy, sanity and money. Just $10. http://www.mysticalnotion.com/gamut.htm/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARTS AND HUMANITIES Strix http://www.webflex.nl/strix/ Strix: the site' mainly contains a portfolio selection from Davor van Eijk. Now studying Interaction Design at the Utrecht School of Arts his work includes a wide range of design directions. Submitted By: Davor van Eijk Film Experts Answer Your Questions http://members.tripod.com/~olnot/index-4.html/ REA Film has established a team of U.S. and International FILM EXPERTS who wish to share their expertise by answering your questions ranging from the HISTORY OF FILM to the workings of the MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY. Our experts have written and produced films and have also distributed them. Submitted By: Rene Ash ------------------- BOOKS AND MUSIC Ken Follett - International Best Selling Author http://www.ken-follett.com/ Masterclass in book writing from the best selling author. Submitted By: H. Praul Tubular Bells III - Mike Oldfield http://www.tubularbells.com/ Samples from Mike Oldfields latest CD. Submitted By: G. Lee -------------------- BUSINESS AND FINANCE NorthernLight Special Edition - The Global Financial Crisis http://special.northernlight.com/ Exhaustive compendium of organized links explaining the global financial crisis. Submitted By: C. Masters ------------------- COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY Malysia Y2K Site http://www.silicon.net.my/y2k/ Year 2000 website is user-friendly with lots of Y2k information, suitable for those who are new and those who are knowledgeable about the year 2000 bug problem. Submitted By: TG Lee ------------------- EDUCATION How To Love Your Dog - For Kids http://www.geocities.com/~kidsanddogs/ It's nonprofit, educational, and interactive. 'How To Love Your Dog' teaches kids about compassion, commitment, and responsibility. It's educational focus is on language arts, specifically reading and writing. Kids have the opportunity to write poetry, stories, anecdotes, and riddles and read the same written by children from around the world. Over 1000 children from 50 countries have sent in their work to be published online. Submitted By: Jan and Rick PBS's Digital TV Web Site Explains It All http://www.pbs.org/digitaltv/ The first consumer-friendly Web site explaining the ins and outs of digital television (DTV) to the public. Visitors to the site will be able to learn what digital television is and how it works, see the educational uses of DTV and understand what steps local PBS stations are taking to convert to digital broadcasting. Submitted By: Kevin Dando College Admissions - The Mining Company http://collegeapps.miningco.com/ A college admissions site linking to excellent sources of admissions, scholarship, applications and all related topics. Bulletin board, Chat and feature articles. Submitted By: Dr. T.H. Newman Children's Software Review - Reviews of Educational Software http://www2.childrenssoftware.com/childrenssoftware/ Children's Software Revue provides parents, schools, libraries, and software producers with reviews and other information to help them more effectively use computers with children. CSR is written by educators, with input from parents, teachers and children. Submitted By: K. Lussow ------------------- GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS ACLU - National Debate On Civic Morality http://www.aclu.org/morality/ ACLU's web based campaign on civic morality. Submitted By: C. Baynes Office of the Clerk Information Center - U.S. House of Representatives http://clerkweb.house.gov/ At this site, you can obtain copies of bills and House documents, find historical information and biographies about the House of Representatives, and learn how to review documents the Clerk makes available as part of our public disclosure responsibilities. Submitted By: D. Slattery The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/ From the leading weekly newspaper of its time, HarpWeek presents exclusive online access to Harper's Weekly coverage of the historic 1868 Johnson Impeachment - with over 200 excerpts from 1865-1869. Submitted By: Editor ------------------- HEALTH AND MEDICINE Healthscout - Watching the World For Medical News About You http://www.healthscout.com/ Personalized health news for you and your family. Submitted By: Editor ------------------- INTERNET AND WEB Official Netscape Guide to Internet Research http://www.coppersky.com/ongir/ The site has tips, tricks, and articles on how to make the most of your Internet research. You don't have to have the book or use Navigator to make the most of these articles (past articles have included topics like using AltaVista's special syntax searching, finding news archives online, and kid-safe search engines.) For real research heads, the News part of the site provides information on new and changed Internet research resources, updated just about every business day. That section is also available as a free weekly newsletter. Submitted By: Tara Calishain NewsTrawler - Parallel News Search Engine http://www.newstrawler.com/ A parallel search engine that retrieves the summaries of articles from the archives of hundreds of online information sources around the world like newspapers, journals and magazines. Currently, NewsTrawler's collection includes over 300 information sources spread across 25 countries. NewsTrawler is very easily scalable, so visitors are welcome to suggest any news, magazine or journal type resource for inclusion. Submitted By: Ravi Srinivasan ------------------- ORGANIZATIONS National Association of Attorneys General http://www.naag.org/ Working with and for state attorneys general. Submitted By: LuAnn ------------------- SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY J-Track Satellite Tracking http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/ Keep track of your favorite orbiting objects in real-time 3D. Submitted By: C. Masters Leonids Live - Webcasts of the 1998 Meteor Storm From NASA http://www.leonidslive.com/ The historic 1998 Leonid Meteor Shower occurred on Tuesday, November 17th, when bits and pieces of comet Tempel-Tuttle hit Earth's atmosphere at a sizzling 158,000 mph. Science@NASA broadcast the event in real time and saved many clips. Transmissions took place from a helium-filled weather balloon in the stratosphere above Alabama, from a mountaintop location in California, and from NASA aircraft flying above the East China Sea. Submitted By: C. Masters ------------------- SOCIETY AND CULTURE RoadWizards - Experience the Art of Discovery http://www.roadwizards.com/ RoadWizards features the best resources for travel, technology and the arts, and provides you with incentives for searching the 'Net. If you are willing to explore beyond the obvious you will discover much more than you had anticipated. Submitted By: Sunny Rhodes Faith Evangelical Church http://www.faithepc.org/ Faith Evangelical Church a congregation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, located in Loveland, Colorado. Submitted By: Jeffery Powell Martha Stewart Living http://www.marthastewart.com/ When America wants to learn how to make the perfect pie crust, plant an herb garden, create a beautiful flower arrangement, or fix a broken windowpane, they turn to Martha Stewart. Tour Martha's existing and planned studio kitchens, among other adventures. Submitted By: N.L. ------------------- TRAVEL AND REGIONAL For Historic Truth: Charles E. Duryea http://duryea.ssi.net/ The Peoria, Illinois, history of automobile pioneer Charles Duryea, his Duryea automobiles, and the Duryea Manufacturing Co. Submitted By: Duryea --------------------------------------------------------------------- KISS SEARCH ENGINES GOODBYE Run the GAMUT. Access 2400 quality URLs, spread across 45 categories. Gamut is a vast resource for the whole family. Includes extensive sections on Web construction, E-commerce, the Internet, science + youth. Save time, energy, sanity and money. Just $10. http://www.mysticalnotion.com/gamut.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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