From: The Weekly Bookmark [info@weeklyb.com] Sent: Martes 1 de Diciembre de 1998 03:48 PM To: List Member Subject: The Weekly Bookmark The Weekly Bookmark - http://www.weeklyb.com THE WEEKLY BOOKMARK ISSN 1091-6202 November 29, 1998 - Vol. 4, No. 27 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 Beso - Painting for Peace http://www.beso4peace.com Beso hails from The Republic of Georgia where he survived that country's bloody civil war. He began painting at the age of four. Just after turning eleven, Beso held an exhibit at a prestigious gallery in London to overwhelming acclaim. Submitted By: C.L. Mediaboy.net http://www.mediaboy.net/ Java applet artwork. Submitted By: Chris Russian Museums http://www.museum.ru/defengl.htm Museum news and links to Russian museum sites. Submitted By: Max L. ------------------- BOOKS AND MUSIC Journal of Student's Writing http://www.writeworks.net/ Writing generated through the artist in residence programs sponsored by the Minnesota State Arts Board and COMPAS. Submitted By: Amanda James McIntyre - The Cheese Poet - Canada's Worst Poet http://www.inforamp.net/~ihooker/ James McIntyre (1827-1906) was born in Forres, Scotland and immigrated to Canada at the age of fourteen, in 1841. He later established a furniture factory in Ingersoll, Ontario. This town of 5000 in Oxford County was the very heart of the dairy and cheese making country. It was here that McIntyre found his inner muse. He published two volumes of his collected poems: Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884) and Poems of James McIntyre (1889). McIntyre's poems ranged over a great variety of topics: patriotic themes, Canadian authors, Ontario towns, farming and rural life, foreign wars, poets and philosophers, and moral and reflective topics, to name but a few. Submitted By: C.L. Classic Short Stories http://www.bnl.com/shorts/ This Web site is dedicated to the short story and to those who love reading light prose. Submitted By: Gary Lindquist The World of Gertrude Stein http://www.ionet.net/~jellenc/gstein1.html Biography of an early twentieth century author and legend. Submitted By: J. Ellen The International Lyrics Server - Find Your Favorite Song Lyrics http://www.lyrics.ch/ Find lyrics to over 100,000 songs! Submitted By: Marc Z. ------------------- BUSINESS AND FINANCE Financenter - Personal Finance and Calculators http://www.financenter.com/indexjs.html You can quickly find the critical information you need to make smart financial decisions independently and confidently. Submitted By: editor ------------------- COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY Free Computing Resources http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/6926/index.html Offers links to computing resources that are truly free. Submitted By: C. Masters Reviewed Shareware http://planmagic.com/thebest/ We'll save you time not having to search for the best shareware. Submitted By: webmaster Freeware Files.com http://www.freewarefiles.com/ Freeware for Windows 95/98/NT. Submitted By: ------------------- EDUCATION The American Experience -U.S. History for Kids http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/ The American Experience Online rolls out WayBack, the premiere issue of a US history webzine targeted to kids age 9 to 13. Loaded with fun, funky features, each issue will examine a specific topic or theme. Now playing is technology, turn-of-the-century-style, with a debate over horse versus horseless carriage, surprising facts about the first telephone operators (clue: they would rather wrestle than work!, and a look at the first "music videos" from the 90s--that's the 1890s! Submitted By: Daphne Noyes Discovery Online - The Unkindest Cut - The Panama Canal http://www.discovery.com/stories/history/panama/panama.html Some said it couldn't be done. But in 1870, scientists, engineers, explorers and, of course, politicians set out to prove it could. They plunged into the single largest and costliest engineering effort since the Egyptians constructed the pyramids. So began the Panama Canal. During the next 40 years, an amazing human drama would play out that propelled some people and nations into the spotlight and ruined the reputations of others. But the story began long before the first shovel of dirt was dug. Travel through time to witness the hardships, nightmares, and successes of the people who labored to make the Panama Canal a reality. Submitted By: C.L. ------------------- ENTERTAINMENT PAW - The Pit of Advertising Wonders http://www.kkcltd.com/thepit.html "For all your advertising parody, satire, comedy, humor and podiatric veterinarial needs." Submitted By: KKC Love Canal Brain Trust http://grumpa.fortunecity.com/ After nearly 35 years, I've started drawing cartoons again and have a small following. They are all clean subjects and run 6 days per week with some Sunday specials. Submitted By: grumpa UselessKnowledge - Trivia, Quotes, Imponderables http://www.uselessknowledge.com/ Welcome to the most useful site on the Net for useless knowledge! Submitted By: Tammi ------------------- HEALTH AND MEDICINE Women's Health - Mining Company http://womenshealth.miningco.com/mbody.htm Spotlight on women's health. Submitted By: Tracee Comforth MediConsult - The Virtual Medical Center http://www.mediconsult.com/ The medical web destination patients use most. Submitted By: John Sparks The Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research http://www.virtualtrials.com/musella/ Dedicated to improving the quality of life and survival times for brain tumor patients. Submitted By: Al Musella ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 BrowserTune 98 - Windows Mag./Fred Langa http://www.browsertune.com/bt98/ The world's best free browser test and tune-up site. Submitted By: L.F. ------------------- ORGANIZATIONS ParoleWatch - Tracking Parole Eligibility of Violent Felons http://www.parolewatch.org/welcome.htm Giving you a voice in the parole of violent felons. Submitted By: John Waters ------------------- RECREATION AND SPORTS GORP - Downhill and Cross Country Skiing and Other Snowsports http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/skiing.htm Great outdoor recreation pages. Submitted By: Sean M. The Alps - Skiing and Snowboarding Guide to the Alps http://www.thealps.com/ The guide to ski resorts around the world. Submitted By: M. Broman ------------------- SOCIETY AND CULTURE Arts and Letters Daily http://www.cybereditions.com/aldaily/ Literature, criticism, philosophy, theory, books, aesthetics, culture, history, music. Submitted By: Deb R. The Household Cyclopedia http://members.xoom.com/mspong/ A book written in 1881 containing a library of information on the "domestic arts". One day while wandering through the Saturday markets in Glebe, Sydney, I spotted an interesting book on one of the stalls. Bound in decaying leather, with loose pages spilling from within, and "The Household Cyclopedia" in faded gold on the frayed spine. The text inside was small, but quite legible. It was soon evident that this was no ordinary book. It was the sort of book a pioneer of the old west would have packed carefully into his covered wagon before heading off for a boondock town. It was a book for people who need to be able, if the circumstances demand, to amputate a limb, grow their own fibre for material, take care of their horses, give birth to children, and build houses, concoct medicines, all with the minimum of help from others. (Editor's Note: A Xoom site, please be patient for loading) Submitted By: Matthew Spong A Top Ten Christmas at Peggie's Place! http://www.peggiesplace.com/Christmas.htm A fun way to surf the Christmas Web--and remember the REAL meaning of Christmas! Submitted By: Peggy Bohanon ------------------- TRAVEL AND REGIONAL DesertUSA Magazine http://www.desertusa.com/index.html Guide to U.S deserts. Submitted By: A.F. ------------------ 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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