PLUGGED IN : WEB LINKS.CELEBRATE LIFE: The creative minds at Time Warner's Pathfinder's site have done it again. Put up for Black History Month this year, the Pathfinder Celebrates Black History page is sophisticated and elegantly produced. You'll find it at http://pathfinder.com/pathfinder/features/blackhistory. In particular, don't miss the poll of the most influential African-Americans of the 20th century. The top five: Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X Malcolm X, 1925–65, militant black leader in the United States, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, b. Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb. He was introduced to the Black Muslims while serving a prison term and became a Muslim minister upon his release in 1952. , Rosa Parks Noun 1. Rosa Parks - United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) Parks , Thurgood Marshall For people and institutions etc. named after Thurgood Marshall, see . Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. and W.E.B. Du Bois. The poll page offers links to the Encyclopedia Britannica On-Line for background about the winners as well as links to photographs of them. NEWS BYTES HEALTHFUL health·ful adj. 1. Conducive to good health; salutary. 2. Healthy. health  ful·ness n. TIPS:A few of the Web sites and newsgroups This is a list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history.As of October 2002, there are about 100,000 Usenet newsgroups, of which approximately a fifth are active. mentioned in Health Online: Psych psych also psyche Informal v. psyched, psych·ing, psyches v.tr. 1. a. To put into the right psychological frame of mind: Central: Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page is a comprehensive guide to psychology, support and mental health issues. Features live interactive chats every Wednesday. Address is http://www.coil.com/grohol/ The Recovery Home Page has information about Twelve Step groups. Address is http//:www.shore.net/tcfraser/recovery.htm OncoLink is a useful site for people with cancer and their friends and family. Includes research articles and information on the emotional aspects of cancer. Address is http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/ RANDOM ACCESS AROUND THE WORLD: For a comprehensive listing of foreign on-line newspapers, check out a site called the NeWo News Resource (http://newo.com/news). It contains dozens of links, organized by continents and countries. Here's a look at some of the different countries and the English-language news that they offer to the world: United Kingdom: Since the London Times is owned by Rupert Murdoch's multimedia-savvy News Corp., this site is as slick-looking as anything you will find on the Internet. Address: http://www.the-times.co.uk France: The Internetational Herald Tribune of Paris - for the time being - has taken only baby steps with its Web site. There are no on-line stories from its daily pages, although the site promises to add those in the coming weeks. What you will find there today, however, are stories and pictures from the recent Paris fashion shows. Alas, both the Givenchy and Versace shows evidently were disappointments. Address: http://www.iht.com. CD CLASSICS: ``Goldilocks gold·i·locks pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A European plant (Aster linosyris) having narrow sessile leaves and dense corymbs of small, bright yellow, discoid flower heads. and the Three Bears'' and ``Little Red Riding Hood'' are two new interactive adaptations of the famous Brothers Grimm stories, from Packard Bell Interactive. These animated storybooks can help develop an early love for reading and an array of other important skills. Designed for children ages 4-9, the CD-ROMs have hundreds of animated areas allowing your child to interact by using the computer mouse. Each includes an original musical score with sing-along features. Estimated selling price, manufacturer: $49.99 each CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). ; Packard Bell Interactive. |
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