New sites we've found while web-surfing the last week or so. Try them out!
68th Annual Academy Awards® - Nominations by category for the 1996 Awards. Who was nominated for Best Actor and Actress? Which films were nominated for Best Picture? Who won? Find out here. (Movies Page)
1996 Pulitzer Prize Winners - Announced on April 9th, the site tells you about this year's winners. Have you read any of the works so honored? (Writer's Page)
Boston Marathon: 100th Running - Multimedia celebration of the famous run. This year's tour will be on Monday, April 15, 1996. (Sports Page)
A Calendar of Women of Achievement and Herstory - This calendar shows the diversity and broad range of women's achievements. It is representative, not comprehensive. The most famous women born on a particular day are not always noted if an event or a lesser known women serves to show the broadness of women's interests and accomplishments. (History Page)
Disney Com - Everything you wanted to know about the family movie company. (Movies Page)
FreeWare Central - It's new to me! A most popular site: where to download free software on the 'Net. (Computer Page)
Income Tax Information in Internet - "My goal is to mention ALL income tax educational assets that are in the Internet. I will usually only use this subsection to list what I think are the major Income Tax educational additions to the WORLD WIDE WEB and Internet." - web-author, Frank McNeil. (Business Page)
Keep California Beautiful - April is Keep California Beautiful Month. Thousands of volunteers across the state will be taking part in over 200 cleanup activities all around California. There will be cleanup activities in state and federal parks, along our rivers and creeks, at city parks and country lakes. And I need you to help us clean up our state and make California Beautiful. (California Page)
Mount Everest Expedition - Online reports on the attempts by a group of South Africians to climb the famous Mountain. Follow their exploits daily! (Sports Page)
The Museum of Jurassic Technology - What would it have been like to have lived during the Jurassic period? This Museum attempts to provide you with the information about the technology of that time. (Science Page)
Oakland A's Web Site - New year, new manager, many new players... what does the season portend? Where will the A's finish? (Sports Page)
San Francisco Giants - Must be baseball season. The Season has started! The Giants can hit; can they pitch? Where will they finish? (Sports Page)
Spongiform Encephalopathies - Information about the "Mad-Cow Disease" that is prevelant amongst Great Britian's cattle herds; what is it and how can it be stopped. (Health & Medicine Page)
Unabomber's Manifesto - In the news recently with the arrest of a suspect in the case, this site presents the manifesto arranged by a table of contents. Leaf through the printing or jump to a particular section using the HTML contents list. (History Page)
World War I: Trenches on the Web - An Unofficial History of The Great War, with info such as timelines, biographies, photos, weapons, counties involved, assasinations, and more. (History Page)
WWWomen - Search for information of all women's issues; "...The Premier Search Directory for Women Online!" Also contains menus with links on topics from Art and Athletes to Working Women. (Subject Page)
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