My Favorite Sites.Slate.com THIS is one of my favorites My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. . This is a weekly magazine, sort of on the irreverently ir·rev·er·ent adj. 1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful. 2. Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical: irreverent humor. liberal side of things. What I really like about it is a daily e-mail they send out called "today's papers." They do a comparison of how the daily news is covered by the five top newspapers in the country: The New York Times, The New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , The Washington Post, The Washington Post, The Morning daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the dominant paper in the U.S. capital and one of the nation's leading newspapers. Established in 1877 as a Democratic Party organ, it changed orientation and ownership several times and faced Wall Street Journal and USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. . What they'll do is pick the important story of the day and compare how that story is covered by each of these newspapers. It's almost like a daily critique. And they also have links to each of these newspapers' sites. For instance, today (April 20) they discuss the fact that the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times and Los Angeles Times led with a story about the pharmaceutical industry and ADS drugs. And they contrast that with the Washington Post, which led with a President Bush announcing he will sign an international treaty to protect the environment against dangerous chemicals. And then USA Today leads with an abortion story. These are the kinds of comparisons they make. And then they'll say things like, "in case you're wondering what groups can still be safely stereotyped by newspapers, please turn to the (L.A. Times) editorial about today's trade talks in Canada. The one headlined reads 'A free trade role-model, eh.'" Space.com My 5-year-old son is fascinated by space right now, so we go to this site and check things out. We've watched space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. launches and space walks on this site. We use it really, to talk a lot about space and the planets and why people are out in space and what we hope to find out there. The cool thing about the site is it has all these video archives of launches and space walks. They also have computer images of what other planets might look like. So for him, it's very educational. Powdermag.com This is a skiing site. I use it personally, but I also use it with my son. Again, we watch a bunch of videos online. There are guys snowborading halfpipes. He's into snowboarding right now. But you can also check ski reports with mountain cameras. They have real-time cameras on the slopes. And people who make ski movies put their trailers on there You can also use it to plan trips. They have links to some mountain (Web) sites. And you can look at their print edition online. The order in which the sites are listed does not necessarily reflect the subject's preferences or frequency of use. |
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