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August 28 - Education
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Lecturesonline.org
It's "back to school" time, and why not see what resources the educators themselves are making available to share with their colleagues? The idea is for Lecturesonline.org to "eventually become a giant searchable database of thousands of digitized academic lectures, educational pages, graphs, figures, charts, and research papers." Divided into Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences.
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August 28 - International
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The World Bank Group: Regions and Countries
The world bank presents its activities in "over 100 developing economies, bringing a mix of finance and ideas to improve living standards and eliminate the worst forms of poverty." Extensive economic data, with programs highlighted in countries such as Bangladesh, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, and more.
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August 27 - Languages?
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Sounds of the Worlds' Languages
Day to day, we take languages seriously - we have to; it's our job. Loosen up a little, and study just what sounds the animals make in different languages. For example, take the bee: in Danish and Estonian, the bee says "summm-summm," while in Bengali it says "bhonbhon," and "bunbun" in Japanese. Didn't know that, did you?
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August 27 - Humo(u)r
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Computer Songs and Poems
A little Friday humor; these are sure to become new favorites: from Yellow Subroutine to I've Been Working on a Kernel, or why not These are a Few of Our Favorite Machines...
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August 27 - Translation?
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The Dialiectizer
Enter text and have it translated to dialects such as "Redneck," "Jive," "Swedish Chef," "Elmer Fudd," "Moron," or "Pig Latin." May be just the ticket for that next boring translation project...
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August 26 - International
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InternationalAffairs.com
Billed as a "one-stop shop for international affairs," this site offers information for competitive intelligence uses. Essentially, it features high powered links to information about countries, governments, organizations, topics (economics, politics, international relations, sociala, industrial), news, numbers, and more.
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August 25 - Government
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Federal Science & Technology Web Sites
"This guide to federal and national Internet sites was born out of a real need to efficiently access the wealth of federal scientific information now available electronically." Organized by subject, branch of government, libraries and scholarly resources, and general sources.
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August 24 - EU
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What's new on EUROPA?
Stay on top of the latest publications from the EU. New documents are entered, along with the languages in which they are available. There is also a link to key issues, with information available in eleven languages.
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August 24 - Language
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Language Today
Language Today is an online magazine " for everyone working in applied languages - translators, interpreters, terminologists, lexicographers and technical writers."
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August 23 - French E-zine
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Point Com
This is an online E-zine for "l'Association des Anciens Elèves de l'Ecole Supérieure d'Interprètes et de Traducteurs de l'Université de Paris." For the French translators amongst us; can't tell you much more, I'm afraid;-
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August 23 - Dictionary
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Oxford Dictionary of English
The New Oxford Dictionary of English is available online; the site also features a "foreign word of the day," "word of the day," and "quote of the day."
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August 23 - Translation
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Peter's Translation Links
Danish to German translator Peter Spitz has just launched a wonderful page of bookmarks for translators. Many oldies but goodies - but also quite a few newfound treasures. Thanks, Peter!
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August 22 - Quotations
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Creative Quotations
Intrigued by the very URL of this site (www.bemorecreative.com), I had to check it out. One of the largest quotation sites on the Web, you can search by nationality and profession for quotes from famous people. All quotes are linked to :one of five components of creativity: Foraging, Reflecting, Adopting, Nurturing, and Knuckling down." Food for thought. (NB: not all buttons on the page work using the Opera browser; check Netscape or IE as well.)
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August 22 - Reference
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Encyclozine
"EncycloZine is a hybrid portal / concise encyclopedia, with fun interactivities for learning and exercising the mind." Daily articles, forums, links to sites for further study, even puzzles and games - all to expand your universe.
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