The author of The Atlantic's Word Court column often receives letters from people wanting to know whether there's a word for something or other. Even while they haven't a clue what their word might be, they feel that it must exist, or it should. See America's 10 most wanted words, or propose new ones.
Future Technology Processors
Want to know the names of 21 companies that are adding from 402,722 to 14,100 pounds of polutants per year into Tulsa County? Want to know the names of 20 poluting chemicals where from 267,391 to 18,110 pounds were added to our environment, and the Human Health Hazards, Hazard Rankings, Chemical Use Profile, Profile of Environmental Release and Waste Generation, Regulatory Coverage. Basic Testing to Identify Chemical Hazards, and Information Needed for Safety Assessment? Do you care that we were 6th in the list of Oklahoma Counties with a total of 1,473,233 pounds released in 1996, and would you like to know the five counties that were worse that Tulsa County? Rogers tops the list with 4,313,167 pounds.
HTML Editors, HTML Guides, Art Tools, Art Sites, etc.
Ever wonder what's lurking within the dark corners, nooks and crannies of your computer? Is some gremlin responsible for all those crashes---you know, the ones that happen when you are trying to save that critical document you've been working on so diligently for the past three hours? The authors of this site wondered too, so they took a look to see what we could find. And guess what? When they put the computer chips under the microscope they found some very interesting creatures hiding there.
Their search has led to a new collection of photomicrographs (photographs taken through a microscope) featuring many of the interesting silicon creatures and other doodling scribbled onto integrated circuits by engineers when they were designing computer chip masks. The tiny creatures are far too small to be seen with the naked eye, so we have provided high-magnification photomicrographs to share these mysterious wonders with our visitors. Engineers designing modern computer chips have a very rich sense of humor as you will discover when you visit our Silicon Creatures Gallery that they keep corralled in the Silicon Zoo.
Who is the New Homemaker? She is the person who has discovered that having both partners in the work world is not "having it all." Children, elders and the community have been sacrificed for a generation to the crazy notion that households can run themselves.
Unexpectedly at home, she now finds herself completely unprepared to run that household, with few resources to turn to. Skills and knowledge housekeepers took for granted for centuries have been lost in just 50 years' time. Traditional women's magazines are filled not with solid homemaking advice and resources, but with diets, celebrity interviews, horoscopes, romance quizzes, fashion spreads and the like. Where help is available it's frequently packaged with religious advice to "submit to your husband" that may be appropriate for some women but hardly all.
Hard-core, Practical Advice
TNH will provide the hard-core, practical advice and resources that will further the rebirth of the household arts--the Domestic Renaissance as we like to think of it. We do this not because we're experts. Quite the opposite. We do this because this is a resource we need ourselves, a resource many of you can help us build so that we can all help each other as we re-establish the hearth fires that have very nearly burned out across this country, to its detriment.
TNH will be unabashedly non-traditional. We like cloth diapers not paper, breastmilk not formula, natural not chemical, thrift not convenience, equality not submission; we make our biases clear from the get-go. Mainstream resources are everywhere. TNH is for the rest of us, though we will never lecture; we know that we all do the best with what we have. We hope you will join us in making TNH a home for homemakers on the Internet.
Providing efficient access to the best medical journals on the Web, WebMedLit currently tracks 22 medical journals on a wide range of subjects, including AIDS, cancer,women's health and cardiology. Updated on a regular basis and comprehensive in the coverage of the latest medical advances and research, WebMedLit also allows you to create a bookmarked query to do repreated researchon a specific topic or subject. The site may not have the flashy eye-catching graphics of other sites, but it more than makes up for this with an impressive amount of medical information and insight available at the click of a mouse
Billing itself as "the world's most intelligent shopping agent", mySimon does exactly what YOU say in helping you find exactly what it is your shopping for on the Web. Browse through a huge number of product categories covering everything from gourmet foods to sporting goods. After you've selected a category, mySimon offers a customized search form that allows you to choose the variety from a drop-down list and type in a specific company name or product. The site also lists merchants selling the product you've selected and gives you a price or price range. A few clicks will present you with a list sorted alpabetically by merchant, brand, product, price or availability. Select the specific product of your choice and mySimon presents you with complete product information.
If you're a parent searching for fun places on the Web for your kids to experience interactive computing along with educational activities, you know that most of the sites you run across are fairly sophisticated and are geared mainly toward the over 10 age group. Not so here. Kids Domain was built primarily for the 8 and under age group and has everything the big sites do with an easy to navigate interface that youngsters will enjoy. Kids can enter fun contests to win great prizes online and there are a ton of activities, reviews, and downloads to keep them busy for hours. Even parents can get some help here, with tips on other Kid-tested, Parent-approved sites.
If you're the type who has to be on the cutting edge and wants the newest programs, upgrades, add-ons, plug-ins, drivers and tweaks before they come out to the general public, you'll absolutely love BetaNews. Covering everything from new chat and online pager upgrades to the latest beta versions of your favorite browser, BetaNews organizes a comprehensive library of files, patches, and programs in several ways - allowing you to search for that special something in any one of several parameters. The Hotlist is also a handy tool, showing you the downloads that are the most popular and have received the most attention from site visitors in descending order. There is also a great discussion area where you can compare notes with others and a detailed links page for other great beta-driven sites on the Internet.
Allernet offers a photo gallery of aeroallergen plants to avoid, a faq file, allergy forecasts, allergy specialist referrals and more.
We work all through most of adulthood to prepare us for the time when we can retire and finally take life easy - but after most retirees settle into the lifestyle they become depressed and listless, claiming they have nothing to do. This retired couple has written a very well thought out and informative essay on preventing this syndrome, and they speak from real life experience. This excellent website geared for seniors is text-based and contains large type to make reading easier, with limited graphics so pages load quickly.
For folks who want to take the math and the mystery out of questions like: "Am I better off buying a no- load fund with yearly expenses of 1.75%, or a fund with a front-end sales charge of 3.5% and yearly expenses of 0.90%?" there's the new SEC Mutual Fund Cost Calculator. This easy-to-use tool details how expenses could take a big bite out of earnings and this area of the SEC site also includes a direct link to the agency's Financial Facts Tool Kit.
Courtesy of Boy Scout Troop 9, Billings, MT. About a dozen kinds of knots, with explanations of their particular usefulness, and animated sketches of the process for each.
The University of California at Santa Barbara Life Sciences Labs present "The Bioluminescence Web Pages." An ongoing study of the light produced by a chemical reaction originating from an organism, primarily deep sea creatures, there is a ton of information available about this occurrence at this website. A wide variety of photos and artwork display and attempt to explain this wonder of nature, and common myths and fallacies are laid to rest along with interesting studies detailing just how these "illuminating" creatures produce and use this light for both defense and locating prey.
An interactive detailed exhibit of the process from screenwriting through final cut.
Able to provide users with free information on as many as ten different companies each day, Company Sleuth checks more than a dozen sources including Internet newsgroups, patent applications, job postings, SEC filings, analyst recommendations, and press releases for inside information on the company or companies you select. It gathers all this info and then sends you an e-mail summary of its findings. A great service for prospective employees or those analyzing their stock holdings, Company Sleuth can you get the scoop on many company activities. Additional subscriptions for more companies cost extra and registration is required before receiving e-mail reports, but the service is definitely worth the price.
The title for the site may be kind of creepy, but kids and adults alike will find this little "age-guessing" tool to be both fun and fascinating in its ability. The Grim Reaper's Age Guesser, created by Web Virtuoso Dan Zen, asks for a few key facts like when your most embarrassing moment was, what's on your mind right now, your favorite food, how old you think "middle age" is, etc., and then it guesses your age based on mathematical data and a fairly complicated formula. The system deduces mental age, so kids who test out as older will bask in their maturity, while adults who test out as lower in age will revel in their youthfulness.
Pictures of a wide variety of historic aircraft (with links to models and art prints you can buy), bios of early airmen, information on construction and theory, and links to related sites.
The Federal Emergency Management Administration is ready for floods, hurricanes, wildfires and tornadoes. Are you? Check out these helpful brochures on how to prepare for the worst, available in pdf format.
With the advent of recordable CD-ROM drives, the MP3 music format and other advances in computer audio technology, more and more users are diving into creating their own audio CDs, DATs, MIDI compositions and more. But how many of us are actually schooled in the process of recording and mixing audio tracks for optimum sound? At this great site you can learn all the "ins and outs" of home recording and get tips on creating your own CDs and tapes with "monster sound."
A complete archive of over 1400 transcripts of a radio program that " tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity." Topics are wide-ranging, including discussions of skyscrapers, the circus, the "worst airplanes," Frere Jacques; the treatments are brief, interesting, and readily understandable for older children and adults alike.
Provides good, understandable advice for novices and advanced designers alike, with a focus on ease of use.
Check here for free music for your programs or web sites.
The Zillions Education Center wants to prove that you may never be too young to be an educated consumer. Helping kids eight and up to see through the hype with lessons and projects.
Addresses the basic limitation of the net, i.e., too much garbage, by linking in 32 excellent subject gateway sites, such as SciCentral, Psychweb, EdWeb, within which to conduct searches.
University in the United Kingdom, who also produces the Internet Resources Newsletter
Give that RealPlayer plug-in a workout at a site that's likely to become a popular destination for techies. Big Thinkers lets you hear directly from the pioneers plotting our high-tech future.
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