Date: 09-16-96 (02:11)

Here's the latest email installment of Yahoo!'s Picks of the
Week. Thank you for your interest in our feature. As always you can
access these picks online at:

 http://www.yahoo.com/picks/

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Welcome to this week's selection of Picks, where we have a little
piece of wisdom we'd like to share with you. A while ago (say for
argument's sake 1983, when the movie Arthur was a big hit) this gem
may have been like music to your ears. But we figured we'd remind you
anyway. See, it turns out that if you get caught between the moon and
New York City, there's nothing that you can do, really nothing that
you can do. The best that you can do, as it happens, is fall in
love. We know it's crazy, but it's true.  This, according to
Christopher Cross. If you follow.

 http://www.christophercross.com/
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The above mentioned is such a truism we've heard that in the next
couple of weeks Geraldo Rivera will be dedicating several shows to the
topic. We believe the series will be called, "Lunatics in Love: Is My
Husband the Man in the Moon?" Or something like that. We also heard
that his producers proposed a few others. Here they are: "Moon over
Manhattan: Is There No Escape?", "My Lover is Cheesey But That's
Amore" and "Mary Jo and Joey Buttafuoco: It's Just a Phase." Or
something like that.

 http://www.geraldo.com/
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You're skeptical. Of course! Who wouldn't be? But we know what we're
talking about. Afterall, we read it in line at the grocery
store. Geez, it all over the National Enquirer. We wanted to know!

 http://www.nationalenquirer.com/
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We're making up stories here, but that's just because we want to be
featured in StoryWeb, the "gateway to original entertainment content
on the internet." StoryWeb reviews, rates and collects online
narratives.  They're presented nicely by genre, which includes Horror,
Adventure, Romance, Real World and Sci-fi. Whether you're interested
in the ratings or not, it's the place to visit if you're in the mood
for online "Once upon a time..." Alas, we saw no place for totally
cheesey.

 http://www.storyweb.com/
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Don't like online stories? You'd rather make your own Homemade Casket?
Fine. Go ahead. Sure, it "doubles as fine furniture until needed." No
doubt. And it is certainly a way to "simplify with dignity and
economy."  But remember: you dig your own grave. End of sermon.

 http://www.volcano.net/~johnstone/caskhome.html
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More on digging graves: a group of archaeologists are on an expedition
in the high Andes attempting to find and unearth frozen Inca mummies
sacrificed more than 500 years ago. You can follow the group at Ice
Mummies of the Inca, which includes frequent news updates,
photographs, mummy backgrounders, reports on the history and culture
of the Inca people and more. Recently the crew discovered female shawl
pins that appear to be linked to sacrificial mummies. The site
accompanies a current NOVA/PBS television special on the expedition.

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/nova/peru/
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We hope that whatever artifacts the crew of archaeologists finds don't
make their way into the oh so very unofficial Los Angeles County
Coroner's Gift Shop. That would be wrong.

 http://home.earthlink.net/~rusty/www.coroner.com/index.html
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The other PBS television show everyone is talking about also has a web
site. THE WEST, an eight-part documentary series by Ken Burns and
Stephen Ives (of Civil War fame), tells an epic tale of the American
West. Ergo the name. This site complements the show and includes an
interactive timeline of events in The West, an impressive clickable
map, a guide to the series, links and more. More indeed; perhaps one
of the greatest features here is that you can search the site for
documents used in the show.  Documentary documents, so to speak. A
number of our searches returned fascinating and worthwhile results. We
never thought we'd be saying it, but we're saying it: go West,
etc. etc. (If you're interested, Gary Kamiya's Shame and Glory, a
review of THE WEST series, appears in Salon Magazine.)

 http://www.pbs.org/thewest/

 http://www.salon1999.com/weekly/west960909.html
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Finally, a few words (from the newest frontier) about Web Pages That
Suck.  Conventional wisdom has it that one way to learn how do
something well is to study what is done badly. If you agree, go
here. Vincent Flanders has put together a series of, uhm, examples of
what doesn't work with the purpose of helping "people design effective
and aesthetically pleasing web pages."  His philosophy: "if a person
is exposed to bad web page design they'll be less likely to use these
techniques in the pages they create." Which leaves us hesitantly
suggesting only this: it's time to take your pick(s).

 http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com
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(Our contest: We have one hundred Yahoo! t-shirts to be given away in
some kind of Picks contest. These last two weeks we asked you to email
us your ideas. You did. They're great. We'd love to see more. Again,
if we use your idea, you'll get the first shirt. Email
dumb-contest@yahoo.com.  Thanks!  This will probably be the last week
of idea taking.)

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The following sites were featured recently in our daily update, Yahoo!
for the Day:
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Suzanne Vega - includes lyrics, sound and video clips from her new
album, nine objects of desire.

 http://www.vega.net
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Captain Morgan Rum - yo ho ho and a voyage to the bottom of the web
aboard the Cybership 2.

 http://www.rum.com
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the GIST - subscribe for free personalized tv listings.

 http://www.theGIST.com
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London's Philharmonia Orchestra - web site for two pianos and
orchestra in E flat Major. Or something like that.

 http://www.philharmonia.co.uk
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Go, girl! - bi-weekly magazine dedicated to getting women involved in
sports.

 http://www.gogirlmag.com
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babyonline - information service for parents and childcare
professionals.  Includes online Q&A about pregnancy and childbirth,
childcare facility listings, archives, consumer advice and more.

 http://www.babyonline.com
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Newsweek International - business resource center from Newsweek.

 http://www.newsweek-int.com
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Good Morning Silicon Valley - daily tech and computer reports and
updates from Mercury Center.

 http://www.sjmercury.com/gmsv/
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Eddie Bauer - you look casual, yet outdoorsy. How nice.

 http://www.ebauer.com
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TABASCO - the one and only. Includes recipes, history, music,
photographs and... hot stuff.

 http://www.tabasco.com
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Bohemia AfterDark - alternative goth rap punk hiphop rockabilly from
Warner Bros.

 http://www.bohemiaafterdark.com
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Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - a whole bunch of hot
air in New Mexico.

 http://www.aibf.org
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United States Civil War - helping to bring Civil War history to life.

 http://www.uscivilwar.com
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Witness: Roads to Refuge - features the stories of those who survived
the war in Bosnia as they attempt to put their lives back together and
find their way home.

 http://www.worldmedia.fr/witness/
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The Mary Rose Virtual Museum - a British warship raised after more
than 400 years on the ocean floor.

 http://www.synergy.net/homeport.html
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Richard Dawkins - unofficial page dedicated to the zoologist, author
and first holder of the "Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding
of Science at Oxford University".

 http://www.spacelab.net/~catalj/
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Jolly Time Pop Corn - they've spent an awfully large amount of time
thinking about pop corn and want to share. With you.

 http://www.jollytime.com
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Harvard-Square.Com - a local guide.

 http://Harvard-Square.Com
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Liz Claiborne: Curve - follow Jack and Shelley on their road trip
around the country.

 http://www.taponline.com/curve/
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Roadside America - this land is my land? this land is your land?

 http://www.roadsideamerica.com
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National Onion Association - was that really a recipe for "Ultra Moist
Secret Chocolate Cake with Fudge Icing"?

 http://www.onions-usa.org
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Nihon Sumo Kyokai - the Japanese Sumo Association. Can you say
Akebono?

 http://www.sumo.or.jp/index_e.html
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Dallas Cowboys - yeah, yeah, yeah.

 http://www.dallascowboys.com
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Astrodienst Atlas Database - find the longitude, latitude and time
zone of cities around the world.

 http://www.astro.ch/atlas/

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