Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Wikipedia, the online free content encyclopedia, has several sister projects. All Wiki's are work in progress with varying degree of completion, but quality should constantly improve over time. All sites are free:

  • Wikiquote: a online compendium of quotations

  • Wiktionary: a multilingual dictionary

  • Wikibooks: dedicated to developing and disseminating open content textbooks



  • Snippets:
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    CD: George Winston: Autumn (1980). Piano solo. Beautiful and relaxing.
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    Lyonel Feininger: Exhibition at the 'Hamburger Kunsthalle' in Hamburg, Germany. Before becoming an artist, Feininger was a caricaturist for the Chicago Tribune. Later, he became renowned through cubist paintings of medieval churches and ships.
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    Web Site: Nation Master: Statisitcal information about each country compiled from various sources. Many categories. Incredible resource!
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    Video: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939). 116 min. w/ Charles Laughton (Quasimodo) and Maureen O'Hara (Esmeralda). Directed by William Dieterle. Probably the best and most memorable version of the Victor Hugo classic. Gripping.
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    Katabatic winds = winds that flow from the high elevations of mountains, plateaus, and hills down their slopes to the valleys or planes below. E.g., Foehn.
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