From: yahoo-picks-request@yahoo.com
Subj: Yahoo!'s Picks of the Week (September 2, 1996)

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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Here goes. Sing with us. Maaa-carena, Macarena, Macarena, Macarena!
(Pause. Take breath). Macarena, Macarena, Macarena, Macarena. Heeeey,
Macarena! (One site with how-to images). Again. MMMMMMacarena,
Macarena, Macarena, Macarena. Heeeey, Macarena! (Another one with
(Time=238), (H)elp, More(Y/N/NS)? nshow-to text). In case you don't already know, the Macarena is a dance,
a craze, an Electric Slide of these here times. And this is the latest
selection of Picks.  Welcome.

 http://www.lewebcafe.com/pages/macarena.htm

 http://www.ambassdj.com/page25.html
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You can call the Macarena a Can-Can of sorts, but can you can? The
reason we ask is, Home Canning Online makes it so you can can. At
home, no less.  Provided by the folks at Bernardin, Ltd. (they make
home canning products) the site also preserves a fairly large amount
of free information. Here, you'll find a searchable collection of
recipes, a large number of useful tips and a home canning forum. Now
we'd like to say something about keeping a lid on it and getting into
a jam, but we won't. That would be a canned response.

 http://www.home-canning.com/
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Speaking of canned responses, do you know what to do the next time you
get one of those unsolicited solicitations while eating dinner? The
Anti-Telemarketer Source, in its own words, is dedicated to "providing
the public with a humorous, and informative way of battling unwanted
telephone sales calls." The VinMan has put together a collection of
facts you should know if you'd like to be out of the sales loop, so to
speak, as well as rather interesting personal tactics (pick the one
you're most comfortable with) and a list of sometimes hilarious
links. (See Telemarketer Fun).

 http://www.izzy.net/~vnestico/t-market.html
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Here's an idea that really takes the cake. Manfred and Gordon's
Virtual Patisserie is kind of, sort of, maybe a cross between Like
Water for Chocolate and Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, with a
dose of dessert porn thrown in for good measure. We have no idea what
dessert porn is, but thought we'd say that anyway. It's hard to
explain Red's Revenge, or Bogart's Folly, much less to explain a
collection of links that include x-ray images of cakes and pies. But
we like it. At yeast it rises to the occasion. Further obligatory
puns: it frosts our cupcakes. They can have their cake and eat it,
too. Let them eat cake. The proof is in the pudding. (Don't email any
others, we'll have our telemarketers call you.)

 http://www.imb-jena.de/www_sbx/virtpat/virtpat.html
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Okay, time to get serious. Just the facts. As it happens, just the
FAQs is what you'll get at FAQ Finder, a plethora of links to FAQs
(Frequently Asked Questions) online, organized into appropriate and
thoroughly useful categories. Developed by Philip Kallerman and Ras
Jarborg of Stockholm, Sweden, the database also offers you the chance
to add more. Here we learned that domestic pet ferrets are otherwise
known as Mustela furo, but sometimes called Mustela putorius furo. How
about that? There's a lot of facts to FAQs

 http://ps.superb.net/FAQ/
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From the fact or fiction department, we have Musee Imaginaire, an
Italian site exhibiting legal fakes of art masterpieces. Take a
virtual tour of the museum and peruse their selection, which includes
reproduced Renoir, kopied Klimpt, pretend Picasso and Pissarro, make
believe Monet, Magritte, Modigliani and a slew of other pilfered
paintings and painters.

 http://www.museeimaginaire.it/
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Don't like fake masterpieces? What? You want to see Dave's Wonderful
World of Yo-Yos instead? Fine. Go ahead. Just remember: you've thrown
us for a loop (de-loop). The site has its ups and downs. Many.

 http://www.nmia.com/~whistler/yo-yos.html
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Richard Lederer likes language. He's a veritable verbivore. He has a
penchant for puns. He points out that English "is the only language in
which you drive in a parkway and park in a driveway and night falls
but never breaks and day breaks but never falls." He points out a
whole bunch else, too. Sometimes he points it out in Salon
Magazine. Which is to say, in other words (plenty of other words),
Richard Lederer's site is Pun Central. (Note: the last sentence of
this paragraph was meant to be something funny about Richard Lederer's
site. But we couldn't come up with anything, and hey, why pun-ish
ourselves and you?)

 http://www.tiac.net/users/rlederer/
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Finally, an unrelated, fascinating story. The short version: In
December, 1994, a Chinese university student named ZHU Ling became
gravely ill. The symptoms of her disease were peculiar and proved
difficult (if not impossible) to diagnose. You can read about them in
detail at this site.  In March, 1995, ZHU Ling was hospitalized and
shortly thereafter fell into a coma. Tests, treatments and
consultations by a number of specialists and doctors were inconclusive
and did not cure her. In April of the same year, BEI Zhicheng, a
student at Beijing University, "sent an SOS e-mail message through the
Internet", documenting the case and asking for help. The longer
version of this amazing tale, including what happened next is at First
International Telemedicine Trial. We suggest you stop there when you
take your pick(s).

 http://www.radsci.ucla.edu/telemed/zhuling/
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(Also: we've been given one hundred Yahoo! t-shirts for a Picks of the
Week contest.  We'd like you to email us suggestions, thoughts,
amazing plans for this contest.  Send your ideas to
dumb-contest@yahoo.com.  If we use yours, there'll only be 99 t-shirts
to give away.)

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The following sites were featured recently in our daily update, Yahoo!
for the Day:
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The Ultimate Band List - a labor of love formerly known as Web Wide
World of Music gets a makeover and becomes...

 http://www.ubl.com/
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BigFoot 4x4 - a monster, no doubt, but not to be mistaken with
Sasquatch, the other Bigfoot.

 http://www.bigfoot4x4.com/
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The Three Stooges Collectors Showcase - everything you ever wanted to
know about Stooge collectibles, but had absolutely no idea who to ask.
And more.

 http://www.3-stooges.com/
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BreathAsure - because your friends will like you for it. Try the
breath test.

 http://www.breathasure.com/
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Design i/O - Bill Chin's an insomniac. He likes to spend his nights
laboring over royalty free clip art for you.

 http://www.designio.com/
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Current Population Survey - a monthly survey of about 50,000
households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.

 http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/cpsmain.htm
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International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - published in March,
1996, a report by the U.S. State Department on the worldwide drug
trade, and then some.

 http://www.usis.usemb.se/drugs/index.htm
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Shambhala Publications - the magic, craft, and business of books.

 http://www.shambhala.com/
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Better Homes and Gardens - don't just make your home better, make your
garden better, too.

 http://www.betterhomesandgardens.com/
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Astrology.Net - Jupiter is in the house. Or something like that.

 http://astrology.net/
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Hearst Castle - the magnificent historic estate in San Simeon, built
by William Randolph Hearst.

 http://www.hearstcastle.org/
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Sears, Roebuck and Co. - the softer site of Sears. Sign up to win a
$100 gift certificate.

 http://www.sears.com/
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HBO Taxicab Confessions - stories from a New York City taxi at night.
Enter to win $5000.

 http://www.hbo.com/Taxi/
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Buffalowings.com - Frank & Teressa's original sauce from the Anchor
Bar, New York, undisputed home of the Buffalo Chicken Wing.

 http://www.buffalowings.com/
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Cool Site of the Year 1996 - from the place that began the cool site
craze. The nominees are...

 http://cool.infi.net/votenf.html
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Children's Institute International - private, non-profit organization
specializing in the treatment and prevention of child abuse and
neglect.

 http://www.childrensinstitute.org/
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NASD Regulation, Inc. - regulating the securities industry and the
Nasdaq Stock Market.

 http://www.nasdr.com/
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Moet & Chandon - take a trip to Epernay and the champagne region of
France. Careful with the cork.

 http://www.moet.com/
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National Automotive Parts Association (NAPA) - parts is parts.

 http://www.napaonline.com/
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Feeling Minnesota (the movie) - feeling. Nothing but feeling.

 http://www.flf.com/fm/index.html
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - "to assure the development of the means
to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life
for those with the disease."

 http://www.cff.org/

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