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July 17 - Celts
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Encyclopedia of the Celts
This encyclopedia gives access to Celtic literature including "mythology, legend, fiction and history." From Aarlardin to Zodiac... browse, or use the site's search engine to find your way.
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July 17 - Manuscripts
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Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
So maybe I can't make a connection to translation with this site - but it is interesting;- These are "digital facsimiles of complete manuscripts, scanned directly from the originals." View ancient papyri, Celtic manuscripts, and other medieval manuscripts. Fascinating!
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July 17 - Languages
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Languages on the Web
Saturday is a good day for curiosity, with more time to spend surfing - and that is what has prompted this selection. Billed as the "one and only web site to learn foreign languages," they feature 30,000 languages links. See for yourself; maybe you can go off in new directions!
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July 16 - Human Development
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Human Development Report 1998
Here is the 1998 UN Human Development Report, with an overview in English, French, Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish. The report includes the Human Development Index, the Gender-Related Development Index, and the Gender Empowerment Index.
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July 16 - Hotspots
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Stratfor.com
Stratfor "delivers news at the speed of television with the depth of print." Recently featured in the Scout Report, Stratfor provides the latest news and commentary on global hotspots. Regions covered include the Middle East and Africa, CIS and Eastern Europe, and Asia. One page is devoted to hotspots. Another interesting feature is a Global Intelligence Update available on the site or by e-mail.
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July 16 - Weather
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NOAA El Niņo Page
Since everyone is blaming El Niņo for everything strange going on these days, here is what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has to say about it. La Niņa has her own page here.
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July 15 - Invisible Searching
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Lycos Invisible Web Catalog
Lycos calls it "The World's Largest Directory of Searchable Information Sources on the Internet!" covering information not available through traditional search engines. Browse through the categories, or search directly in the "invisible web" of "thousands of searchable databases, archives and other information sources delivering highly targeted information."
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July 15 - Heraldry
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Heraldica
Billed as "a site devoted to heraldry (the study of coats of arms) in all forms and in all places," it features a 6 language illustrated glossary and atlas. Enter a word for its translation, or browse through the atlas to find the name of an object in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, or Dutch. Also links to related sites.
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July 15 - Medical Searching
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Medbot
This collection of nine medical search engines includes medline, imagefinder, practice guidelines, drug info/interactions, abbreviation translator, and more. Note - it does not work with Opera, check it in Netscape or IE.
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July 14 - French
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French Studies Web
14 July seems like a good day to feature a French site - and this one provides "annotated links to scholarly web resources." It covers "France, and the francophone regions in Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, North Africa, Sub Saharan Africa, North America and the Caribbean." Categories include French directories and search engines from the various countries, newspapers, linguistic sources, and a special section on French language computing.
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July 14 - Searching
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Surf Searcher Pro
Time for a second look at Surf Searcher Pro: the first time I reviewed this collection of search engines, I found it was missing a few of my favorites - particularly Northern Light. Not only has NL been added, but others that I find particularly useful (see my Effective Searching page) for translators, including Jeeves, Inference Find, and Google. This is now a fine one-stop search page without being overwhelmed by hundreds (thousands?) of choices. While there, check out Surf Searcher Select, which has a nice collection of search engines and other functions including currency converter, newsgroups, maps, encyclopedia, dictionary, computer terms, and more. Useful!
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July 14 - Russia
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Russia on the Net
Billed as "the original Russian web directory," this subject index is organized in categories including News and Media, Science and Education, Reference, and more. Searchable in both English and Russian.
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July 13 - Occupational Health
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Teaching Resources in
Occupational & Environmental Health
This is "an Alphabetical Index of WWW Teaching Resources in Occupational and Environmental Health and Medicine produced by the University of Edinburgh." Be prepared to do a lot of surfing... From Air Pollution to Work-related Health (Zoonoses is in preparation), there is much information available here.
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July 13 - Bible
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Bible Gateway
For that biblical quote, visit the Bible Gateway. Try its full search facilities, with multiple versions in seven languages - and more languages in planning.
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July 13 - Protection
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Nobo
Last winter, shortly after my hard drive was trashed by someone coming in through the Back Orifice worm and planting the Anthrax virus, I learned about Nobo. Read the FAQ to learn more. Of course, your virus protection is up-to-date, right? And your files are backed up? I suppose it's the fact that Defcon ("an annual computer underground party for hackers held in Las Vegas, Nevada") just took place that is making me think of this. Oh yes - I thought it would never happen to me...
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July 12 - Environment
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Envirofacts
Billed as a "single point access to select U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data," the Envirofacts Warehouse provides direct access to EPA databases on Air, Chemicals, Facility Information, Grants/Funding, Hazardous Waste, Risk Management Plans, Superfund, Toxic Releases, and Water Permits and Drinking Water. Good terminology harvesting - good information.
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July 12 - Time Zones
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World Clock Customizer
Translators often need to keep track of various time zones, and what better way than to customize your own "world clock" to keep track of times in various locations around the world? There is also a Fixed Time World Clock where you can enter the time in one location to find out what time it is in others.
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July 11 - International Trade/Commercial Law
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Lex Mercatoria
This joint effort by the University of Tromsoe in Norway and Pace University School of Law in New York is a metasite of law, trade, and commercial links.
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July 11 - Intellectual Property: Intro and Myths
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A brief intro to copyright
Ten myths about copyright explained
Companion articles by Brad Templeton about copyright explained in plain English, with links to source information and other copyright articles on the Web. It is always worth expanding the knowledge base of this recurrent topic.
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July 11 - Searching
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The Electric Monk
Ask the Electric Monk questions in plain English, and the answers seem to be fairly accurate. While this is fairly limiting for translators (English only), it could still have its place in the arsenal - give it a try!
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Finding Images on the Web
From Boston University's library, this site explains in detail how to find images on the Web. Topics include copyright issues, downloading, how to search for images using standard search engines, as well as dedicated image search engines. You never know when a picture could be worth a thousand words...
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