Very Cool Sites Half Edition

THIS IS THE “Half-edition” of the VeryCoolSites.com book There are fewer than 100 sites listed here, but it’s a start. The “Half Edition” shows you the organization of the book but lists only 3 percent of the final target of 3000 sites.

ADVICEBYYASMINE.COM AHOUSEOFTROPHIES.NET ARTIFACTSEEKER.COM BADNOSEREPAIR.COM BETTERLIVINGTIPS.NET BRIDEPRICE.NET BUILDINGINTERNATIONALBRIDGES.ORG CHEFSOLOCHEK.COM CRUISETALKS.NET DOGANDCATTEACHER.COM DOGTEACHER.COM DRKURTWAGNER.COM EDUCATIONALEXCELLENCE.NET EVERYONEISHERE.COM FIX-YOUR-NOSE.COM FIXYOURNOSE.NET FREEENGLISHLESSONS.COM GAIGLOBAL.ORG GORILLAJUNK.COM GORILLATRASH.COM GRANDMOTHERSAYS.COM HELPFUL-TIPS.NET JKMCCREA.NET JOHNCORLETTE.COM KMLTRAVELS.COM LONGTERMCAPITALCOMPANY.COM LOOKFORPATTERNS.COM MATHFORARTISTS.COM MCCREAMARKETING.COM MYAIGLON.COM RANDOM-TIPS.COM RANDOMTIPS.NET RESOLVETOHEAL.COM ROADLOVERS.COM SEE-THROUGH-THE-DARK.COM SEVENISLES.COM STEVEMCCREA.COM STREETJUDO.COM SWISSCHEESEBUSINESSENGLISH.COM

TEACHERSTOTEACHERS.COM VERYCOOLSITES.COM VISUALANDACTIVE.COM VISUALMOODS.NET

My top five Sites.google.com is the easiest way I know to put a website on the Internet. It’s like having a piece of real estate… just invest ten minutes and you will have it. If you don’t know how, call me and I’ll create a page for you. Email me the content and I’ll create a page for you. I have a youtube.com account that helps you understand the steps behind making a Sites.Google.com web page. Go to www.youtube.com/theebookman and look for the video. 2) www.Zamzar.com Now you can snag that favorite youtube.com video. If you want to show it to a friend when you are not on the Internet, if you want to mail a group of videos to your friends in Africa (who might have a difficult time getting on the Internet), if you want to put a youtube video on your iphone or an mp4 file on your iPod or mp4 player, this is the website to start with. 3) www.Snaggit.com

Grab any photo on a screen.

4) www.Scribd.com This is where you found this book. (well, this “half edition”). I’ve found excellent books in pdf and txt formats. Explore, you can build a library. 5) www.Gutenberg.org 6) www.WeFeelFine.org

Another great place A beautiful place to visit.

Well, I gave you six sites in my top five. We can call this next list the “Top Ten” and give you 50 more sites: www.snopes.com The ultimate in mythbusting. www.WeirdThings.com Andrew Mayne (see Magic) is a debunker extraordinaire and a clear thinker. Watch this guy. Follow his web creations. www.longbets.org/predictions Are you a long-range thinker? You are going to LOVE this website.

Any more good websites? Tell me about them! [email protected] or write to [email protected] or call me if you are too lazy to email me 954 646 8246 or talk to me on Skype SteveEnglishTeacher (I am usually on skype on weekends). ============ Here is the structure of the book

A Abortion See also Controversy Abuse Services See also Psychology Accident Reconstruction See Cosmetic Surgery Accountants Acupuncture Adhesives See Glue Adoption Advertisements (see classified ads) Advetrtising

Advice

www.Grandmothersays.com a website created by the words of Kay Latona, speaking as if her mother were alive today, using that same strong voice to remind lazy and forgetful children to do what is right. Architecture http://architecture.about.com/cs/buildyourhouse/a/costs.htm What’s the ballpark estimate for a home’s cost per square foot? I turn to www.About.com for general questions. The http://esl.about.com site is good for ESOL teaching topics. Attorneys See also Law

Automobiles www.revaindia.com Cute one-door car manufactured in Bangalore. Brilliant, simple and not for sale in the USA (in 2009). Darn it.

B Bali It should be under Indonesia, but it is a destination by itself. Search for “Wayan Merta Tours” and you will get www.bali-paradise.com/see-bali/index.html -- He is Mr. SeeBali. We met Wayan in 1998 and he’s still giving his special tours. Send him an email message: [email protected]

Blogs An easy site to use to set up a blog is www.blogspot.com. Otheres include The phrase, “So Many Sites, So Little Time” appears in this blog: http://maddogmedia.wordpress.com/so-many-websites-so-little-time Books see also Publishing and Ebooks

Why not get used books? www.Allibris.com I bought a $26 book for less than $5 – okay, it was used and I paid another $3.99 in shipping, but still, it was a deal. www.bn.com and click on “used books”

Books for Children www.mychildtheauthor.com My schoolmate Barbara Wyatt organized this book (recommended by Nicholas Coddington).

Books on the Internet Books.Google.com Brain Health See also Puzzles It’s a misnomer. Not much can be done to the brain to stop the onset of senility, but there appears to be something to be said for doing a crossword puzzle a day. I just like the names of some of these websites: www.happy-neuron.com The free pages are fun and I hope my mother subscribes to the paid pages. (Add something to your “jumble” puzzle).

Brazil Pororoca (a wave on a river) Search yotujbe.com for Iguazu Falls

Business Magazines

[email protected] Subscribe to www.investopedia.com (there is a useful “word a day” feature – subscribe and learn more). www.fastcompany.com Excellent articles about creativity and free enterprise.

C Car Rental Sites www.budget.com I’ve had good success with this website. Nothing fancy, good maps, and they remember me.

Carbon Storage See Climate Change

Chess www.Chesscube.com an excellent site for playing the great game.

Children’s Books See Books – Children Classified Ads www.craigslist.com An amazing collection of ads. Climate Change See also Tree Planting www.climatechange.net www.climatechange.com www.climatecrisis.net www.algore.com www.takepart.com Suggested by Novin in Iran.

Colombia www.Colombiaespasion.com Suggested by Hector. Controversy Pro and Con For and Against by Alexander, a book that is avaialbe on Scribd.com, recommended by Jair in Florianopolis. Creative People www.fastcompany.com/100/mcp.html A list of 100 creative people. Nice idea. Similar to this Very Cool Sites idea – choose some sites or creative people based on criteria and then publish the list. www.DanPink.com He wrote A Whole New Mind and Free Agent Nation and other useful books. A quote about design appears in this book. I’m a big fan. www.creativetampabay.com CreativeTampaBay serves as a catalyst for economic and social development in the Tampa Bay region by promoting principles of the creative economy and developing creative industry. We believe that business, economic development, arts, culture, social and environmental principles must work together to create vibrant, sustainable communities. PRINCIPLES: 1. Cultivate and reward creativity. 2. Invest in the infrastructure that fosters creativity. 3. Embrace diversity. 4. Support the connectors. 5. Value risk-taking. 6. Be authentic. 7. Invest in and build on quality of place. 8. Remove barriers to creativity, such as mediocrity. 9. Take personal responsibility for change in your community. 10. Honor the creativity in every person.

Crime http://criminalsearches.com/neighborhood/watch.aspx?addr=&city=midland&st ate=TX&zip= hmmm. An interesting search engine about crime. Suggested by John Vornle

Culture

D

Design

Downloading Software -- see also Youtube software

E Ebooks www.Gutenberg.org the place where free ebooks started. Michael Hart is behind this effort. Applaud this guy. Send him a donation. $30 gets you the DVD with 9000 books. He also has a CD with 600 ebooks. Search “University of Michigan ebooks” and you’ll find a huge collection that is waiting for your download requests. Education Small schools: www.bigpicture.org tells you the theories behind the small school movement. Find out where to find a good small school. www.Findasmallschool.com is Steve McCrea’s effort to combine the works of Howard Gardner, Bill Gates, Dennis Littky and Lois Hedland in one site www.Cindyrushton.com has some good articles for homeschoolers Education (books) (on pdfcoke.com) The Get Ahead Booklet. Steve McCrea, a teacher and tutor since 1981, shares tips with you. Free day, no school? The learning continues… www.pdfcoke.com/doc/15637212/Get-Ahead-Booklet-by-Steve-McCrea In Praise of Small Schools Compiled by Steve McCrea, education consultant. Key words: Education Bill Gates small schools dennis littky steve mccrea findaasmallschool.com dan pink. www.pdfcoke.com/doc/15636953/In-Praise-of-Small-Schools-in-24-pages “A” School The Untold Story of Downtown Academy How to Create an AwardWinning Small Charter School Steve McCrea FindaSmallSchool.com “A” ...

www.pdfcoke.com/doc/15636702/A-Small-School-in-FloridaFindASmallSchoolcom Environmental Groups www.Greenpeace.org When you lace up your favorite pair of shoes, you could unknowingly be unraveling the Amazon rainforest. It turns out leather coming from the Amazon rainforest is being used to make a number of consumer products, perhaps even the Nike, Adidas, Timberland, or Reebok shoes you're wearing right now. (Well, it’s dramatic, isn’t it?) www.Sierraclub.org www.edf.org

Etiquette see also Advice Search “Miss Manners”

F Films See Movies Food Food -- Shopping Olive Oil www.thompsonimports.com Noel, a schoolmate, imports Sicilian olive oil – and some of the bottle have cloudy oil because it’s not filtered. Look for Campobello Doro oil. Or order from his website.

Football (known as “soccer” in the USA). If you are a fan of touchdowns, you are looking for “US Football.” www.FIFA.com Freebies www.wisebuys.us is a site for freebies a signup list to get email daily about freebies http://topica.com/f/?b1dkRM.aFdJsy.anNvbG9j.c another freebie site http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=E3X0O&m=1ZCfhBHorJyANL&b=ea7GtMQnL00CSz luuG9NpA Here’s a very good freebie site www.freelancebyu.com (selected by Jeff)

Freelancers See Software Developers

G Games www.Betagam.gamesshot.net Hints for beating the complicated parts of digital games. Suggested by Dong.

Games – make a game! Here is something teachers and students will enjoy. It will allow you to create a program or game using Java without having to do any coding: www.netbeans.org -- by the way, it is completely free. If you do a search on Youtube or msn.com for “netbeans how to videos,” they have a lot of them plus you can get some tutorials from www.sun.com (submitted by Jeff).

Gastronomy

Big word. Look for topics under Food. Global Warming See Climate Change

Glue

H Health see also medical sites www.Health.com JK’s favorite source of data about the body I Ideas www.positivedeviantnetwork.com What an idea. What do you call the end of the bell curve? It’s “deviant” behavior, but why not look at the positive deviance? Marshall Thurber is the guy behind this website and his workshops are well-researched and implemented with passion. Internet Article Submission http://www.pdfcoke.com/doc/2880412/50-Free-Article-Submission-Websites Here is a list of sites that will accept many articles. Get your idea out there. My favorite is a moderated site called www.ExineArticles.com.

Internet tips www.computing.net/howtos/list/1.html A collection of tips (selected by Jeff).

Iran en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran :::. this is a link to the wikipedia :::. from this link you

can find information about Iran but it is long and boring (takes a long time to get it...) www.bestirantravel.com/ (www.bestirantravel.com/sights/sights.html) With this site you are able to travel anywhere you want ... it's great .. seriously, check it out ! http://ict-club.schoolnet.ir/lovevoice/iran/ :::. this link gives you a summery about Iran. About Iran history: About Iran Tourists centers: http://www.itto.org/ http://www.key2persia.com/ I'll put my photos from Iran in my weblog: http://www.my.opera.com/novin

J Jobs see Work

K Kenya Learn some Swahili and Kikuyu and words in other languages of Kenya. If you hear “Simba!” or “nya=nya” or “barabara,” you might want to Here is an example Manuru is a Kikuyu nickname for a handsome fat boy. Cheers! Steven [email protected]

L Languages www.babbel.com Learn a language. Free.

M Magazines see also business magazines, science magazines Magazines -- Geographical www.nationalgeographic.com Great photos. Have you hard of the origins of the Black Sea? Did you know that Peter Ballard led an expedition looking for evidence of Noah’s flood (in 1999)? Magazines -- News www.Time.com www.Newsweek.com

Medical Sites www.webMD.com Rather basic. Not JK’s favorite medical site. www.medline.com Sometimes useful. Minerals See Vitamins, Nutrition

Movies www.snagfilms.com/ suggested by John Vornle www.tinyentertainment.com

Music see also youtube software www.Zamzar.com for downloading videos and music from youtube.com Music Videos Just to have fun, sometimes I like to watch some videos or series on www.mtv.com.
 Nanda from Brazil.

N News I love the cnn.(www.cnn.com). It´s so useful to know about the news around the world. Actually, cnn is my homepage, so every time that I enter the Internet, I read the news in English.
 Another site that is amazing is www.natgeo.com
. Suggested by Nanda from Brazil.

Nutrition See also Vitamins Amino acids Acetyl L carnitine delays the onset of senility. Omega-3 capsules are useful.

O

Olive Oil Museum: www.museodellolivo.com We went here in 1994 and we look forward to returning someday. What an extraordinary museum. www.italymag.co.uk/forums/do-see/6445-olive-oil-museum-imperia.html See also Food – Shopping

P Part-time Work see Work

Photos

Snaggit a program that allows you to grab anything that you see on the screen. Recommended by Kay Latona.

Predictions www.longbets.org/predictions A Very Clever Concept! This gets into the Top Ten for originality. The following appears on the website: Minimum period of Predictions and Bets is 2 years. The subject of the Prediction or Bet must be societally or scientifically important. Predictors and Bettors must provide an argument explaining why the subject of their prediction is important and why they think they will be proved right. The fee to publish a Prediction is $50. Any Prediction can become a Bet. Bettors provide the name of a charity to receive the winnings if they win. Recommended by John Vornle, one of the planet’s leading Cassandras (whose accurate observations were fated to be ignored by most).

Psychology A Guide to the Subconscious Mind www.pdfcoke.com/doc/15636831/PocketThought-Dial-By-Sydney-Omarr- and-Steve-McCrea

Publishing Search “Just in time printing” or “print on demand” www.Ebookscrossroads.com Do you need a literary agent? It is a good place to start.

Puzzles Do something daily for your mental health. See also Brain Health.

Q Quotations / Quotes

R

Real Estate www.BuyFromDeveloper.com You can buy direct and save. Suggested by Gokhan (Turkey).

Russia www.mosday.ru How about some photos of Moscow? You can also try www.photo.ru.

S Schools (see also Education) www.Cofradiaschool.com school in Honduras that will receive support from this ebook effort. For every $4 that is paid for this book, Cofradia gets $1

Shopping, Online Shopping -- Shoes

Shopping -- Women’s Wear

Sports See also Football, US football, and other titles

Science Magazines Discover.com PsychologyToday.com Science Topics www.snopes.com The ultimate in mythbusting. This is on the top ten list. www.WeirdThings.com Andrew Mayne (see Magic) is a debunker extraordinaire and a clear thinker. Watch this guy. Follow his web creations.

Social Networking www.Cyworld.com Popular in South Korea. www.vKontkte.ru Popular in Russia.

Software See specific uses, such as “Photo Software” Software Developers www.getafreelancer.com If you ever had an idea for an application but thought it would cost thousands of dollars to get someone to create it, here is a site where you can get it done cheaply. I just paid $35 for an aplication that would have cost a few hundred in the states.

Speeches, Great Search “Steve Jobs Speech” on youtube.com

Switzerland -- Zurich www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cove/8661 (Geocities is going to be suspended). Many of my students are proud of their country.

T Technology See specific types of technology, such as “Solar Energy” Telecommunications See also Video Conferencing

Towels Cool towels. Steve’s brother worked with a company in the 1980s that tried to market a ROUND towel (so you could rotate on a beach, following the sun). www.alibaba.com/showroom/Round_Towel.html www.theotowel.com It’ round with a six-foot diameter (1.8 meters). Toys Translation Software and Sites Babelfish www.babelfish.com A different layout of the same idea as babelfish from Yahoo. http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt from Yahoo and Altavista.

Trash Removal www.GorillaJunk.com Get rid of your junk and have it recycled. Travel See also modes of transportation (bus, airline, car, etc.) www.Farecompare.com for good deals www.Wegolo.com compares airfares in Europe www.BudgetTravel.com for advice www.Tripster.ru You can choose a place and see who has visited that place. You can then post questions on the page and you might get some replies. Suggested by Igor.

Travel Gear Start with www.Magellan.com Here is a sample email: Click http://image.magellans.com/mitcus/Images/email/E1598_dvt_jun2009.html to view this email in html format. --Reduce Your Risk of DVT! Hours of sitting in a cramped airplane seat can lead to blood clot conditions like Deep Vein Thrombosis. Buy 2 or more pairs of the same style compression socks and SAVE 20%! http://email.magellans.com/cgi-bin8/DM/y/elpq0I13SG0LCB0zMYk0Gb Read tips to help you avoid DVT! http://email.magellans.com/cgi-bin8/DM/y/elpq0I13SG0LCB0zMYl0Gc *********************************************** If you prefer to speak directly to a Travel Gear Specialist, call toll-free 1-800-962-4943 Magellans inspired JK to start her travel store: www.Roadlovers.com, click on the left side on “travel store.”

Tree Planting www.Plant-Trees.org I like the low cost of planting trees. www.treeswaterpeople.org I like this organization’s mixed approach: solar ovens and tree planting.

Turkey Türkiye'deki Müzeler (Museums of Turkey), 
MAVİ YAZILARIN ÜZERİNE TIKLAYIN, GEZİN: (CLICK ON THE NAMES OF MUSEUMS)

Abana , Adana , Afyon , Ahlat , Akdamar , Aksaray , Alacahöyük , Alanya ve Side , Amasra , Amasya , Anamur , Ani , Ankara , Anıt Kabir , Ankarada Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi , Antakya , Antakya müze , Antalya , Termessos , Perge , Artvin , Assos

, Ayvalik, Ballıca Mağarası , Balıkesir , Bergama , Birecik , Bitlis , Bodrum , Boğazkale , Boyabat , Bursa , Çanakkale , Çayeli , Cappadocia - içinde özel galeriler kiliseler ve şehirler var , Çorum , Dalyan , Didyma, Divriği , Diyarbakiır , Doğubeyazit , Edirne , Efes , Erzincan , Eğirdir, Erzurum , Eskişehir , Fethiye , Gaziantep, Göreme , Harran , Hasankeyf , Ihlara, Inebolu , Isparta , Istanbul 1 , Istanbul 2 , Istanbul 3 , Istanbul Levent , Istanbul Yedinci Tepe , Istanbul Pera , Istanbul dolaşı , Istanbul Üsküdar , Istanbul Boğazı , Istanbul Aya Sofia , Istanbul Kariye Müzesi , Istanbul Top Kapı Saray , Istanbul Arkeoloji Müzesi , Istanbul Çinili Kösk Müzesi , Istanbul Asker ve Deniz Müzesi , Istanbul Dolmabahçe Saray , Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi , Izmir , Izmit, Iznik , Kahramanmaraş , Karaman, , Kars, Ani ve Hopa ile , Kaş ve Patara , Kasaba, Kastamonu , Kayseri, Knidos , Konya , Kütahya, Malatya , Mardin , Mersin , Midyat , Milas , Miletus ve Priene , Muğla , Muş , Mustafapasha , Niğde , Niksar , Ordu, Ortahisar , Pamukkale, Hierapolis ve Aphrodisias ile , Samsun , Ş;anlıurfa , Sardis / Sart , Selşuk , Siirt , Silifke, Sinop , Sivas , Tarsus , Taşköprü ve Kale Kapı , Tekkiraz ve Akkuş , Tercan, Tire , Tokat , Trabzon, Turhal ve Zile , Uçhisar , Ünye , Urfa , Ürgüp , Üsküdar , Van , Yalvaç and Antioch Pisidian , Yazılıkaya , Zile ve Turhal 


U US Football

V Video Conferencing Skype.com MSN for TinyChat.com recommended by Andrew Mayne. 12 participants at the same time is reported.

Vitamins See also Nutrition Vitamin D

W Website Directories www.LinkNinja.com.br Monique from Brazil like the visual features of this directory. You don’t read, you click on images. I have adopted some of the categories in LinkNinja to the organization of this book (some of the topics are listed here using LinkNinja’s system). Windows Are you looking for hurricane protection? We bought Pittsburgh glass and had these people install the windows: Pompano. ????

Wine Magito.com Steve’s schoolmate Tom Meadowcroft created this site. Hey, it’s beautiful. Women’s Apparel See also Shopping, Shoes, Accessories

Women’s Organizations Woodworking Word Processing Services

Work www.WAHM.com is a source for work at home jobs and all the support and advice a work-at- home-mom (or dad, or anyone) could ask for. The site discusses a wide range of topics, including childcare and parenting to home business information. Writers

Writers Association

X X-ray pictures

Y Yachts Yarn

Yoga

Youtube Software See also Music

Z

INVITATION (From the Introduction of the book) =======================

We’re collecting a lot of cool web sites in a collection called VeryCoolSites.com. We say, "Parents -- here are some educational sites that your kids might want to look at..." and "Wow! That's funny” and “Wow! That’s amazing” and “Yuck! That’s disgusting." Photos that appear in this collection are intended to engage your attention. I believe in the “vook”: a visual book. We learn visually, so some of the photos will entice you to visit other pages (Hey, reader: check out zamzar under “Youtube software”). Tell us if you have suggestions for “directional topics” (headings that direct the reader to another topic, such as “Downloading Software -- see also Youtube software” and “Music -- see also youtube software” to direct people to zamzar.com). If you recommend a site, you will get a free copy of the “full version 1.0” of the electronic book. The book will also be available in print from iUniverse. My hope is that at least 3,000 copies will be purchased (does anyone know Oprah?) and that activity will attract the attention of a publisher. (“Hey, Partners Pub Group? Teacher Created Materials Inc.? Jamsa Press? Are you interested?” They published collections of 1001 sites in 1995 and 2004).

======================= END NOTE The reasons for this book are many a) There hasn’t been a book in print that lists 1001 web sites since 2004. b) I love zamzar.com and snaggit.com, so I thought the best way to tell others about these programs is to share them with you in this way. c) Knowledge is power. You can decide how to use these sites. I thin the world will be a more flexible and interesting place if we can use materials on the Internet more often. d) I want to share my wife’s photos with more people. The photos in this book were taken by her or with her coaching. e) Quotations guide us in our lives. The book will include some great quotes for the next generation. f) I’m concerned that the current batch of young people don’t have enough positive inputs. This book, especially the free version that will eventually go on pdfcoke.com, is one way to provide positive avenues for all that youthful energy. If you see other reasons to put together a list of recommended sites from A to Z, tell me.

Thank you for your input. This “half-edition” is really less than 5 percent of the finished book. It’s up to you and your friends to recommend more sites.

Donation: $4 Where will your donation go? -------------------------------------------------------------$2 to the Gordon Dyke Education Fund (to support school fees for students in Africa – the current focus is in Kenya in a program organized by NewDawn-Association.org). The fund will be an endowment with income from the principal being used for school fees and to assist students with the cost of going to school. This income will remove obstacles to education. $1 to the Cofradiaschool.com in Honduras. Ben Udy is the principal and he can tell you what he plans to do with the money. The goal is to meet current expenses for the coming two years (until 2011) and then establish an endowment fund to provide income to the school in the future. 50 cents to the building fund at Aiglon.ch (I have a plan for putting a lot of quotations around the classrooms and the money spent there will help support the building fund – each quote will cost $900, enough to pay for 1 square meter of the building). 50 cents to the Gordon Dyke Art Prize (the name of the prize is still being worked out). The goal is to raise about $10,000 to create a perpetual fund for generating $40 in prize money each year. If you can afford only $1, okay, send it to Steve McCrea, c/o Embassy School, 301 East Las Olas Blvd., Sixth Floor, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Or you can find one of my students at www.TeacherstoTeachers.com and give the $4 to that person. They’ll pass it on to me. If you can’t afford $4, then send $1 and the split will be 50 cents, 25 cents and 12.5 cents to the two smaller funds. THE HOPE: If 20,000 people participate, we will accumulate $80,000, divided as follows: New Dawn's GD Education Fund $40,000 Cofradia School $20,000 Quotations $10,000 (which might purchase about 10 square feet of a sports center) Art Prize $10,000

Questions? Write to Steve at [email protected] and please pass on this information. Share this “half-edition” with more people.

Quotes (to be sprinked through the book)

Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all small stuff.

Why We Have Two Hands Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm. As you get older, you must remember that you have a second hand. The first one is to help yourself; the second one is to help others. Written to Audrey Hepburn by a writer that she admired. Read by Sean (her son) at her funeral on 20 January 1993

Minimum period of Predictions and Bets is 2 years. The subject of the Prediction or Bet must be societally or scientifically important. Predictors and Bettors must provide an argument explaining why the subject of their prediction is important and why they think they will be proved right. The fee to publish a Prediction is $50. Any Prediction can become a Bet. Bettors provide the name of a charity to receive the winnings if they win.

PROMOTIONAL on ezine and other websites for article submission Keywords charity,websites,interesting,internet,sites Get a free ebook by submitting your favorite web sites (and help three charities, too) Think about a great web site that you use at least once a month. How did you discover that site? Many of us find good sites on the internet by listening to the advice of friends and colleagues. Word of mouth is the key. What web sites do you think are amazing and useful and fun? I am compiling a directory of thousands of good links. Tell us about your favorite links. The reason for this book are many: a) there hasn’t been a book in print that lists 1001 web sites since 2004. b) We love zamzar.com and snaggit.com, so I thought the best way to tell others about these programs is to share them with you in this way. c) Knowledge is Power. You can decide how to use these sites. I thin the world will be a more flexible and interesting place if we can use materials on the Internet more often. d) We want to share interesting photos with more people. The photos in this book were taken by her or with her coaching. e) Quotations guide us in our lives. The book will include some great quotes for the next generation. f) We are concerned that the current batch of young people don’t have enough positive inputs. This book, especially the free version that will eventually go on pdfcoke.com, is one way to provide positive avenues for all that youthful energy. If you see other reasons to put together a list of recommended sites from A to Z, tell me. Thank you for your input. This “half-edition” is really less than 5 percent of the finished book. It’s up to you and your friends to recommend more sites. Three charities will benefit from the release of this ebook.

Abstract There hasn't been a website directory published since 2004 by a major publisher. the effort described here is a way of identifying useful and amazing websites that might go under the radar of most Internet users. Sites like Zamzar.com and Scribd.com are profiled.