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"The More You Learn The More You Are"

Issue #5 - November 24, 1999


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1. Review - PallasLearning.com
2. New Courses and Learning Resources
3. Feedback Contest Winner
4. Extra - One Tough Word Game


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Review - PallasLearning.com
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PallasLearning.com
http://www.pallaslearning.com/
With such delectable titles as "Mind Archaeology 
- Ten Techniques for Digging Out New Ideas", "Seven 
Principles of Leonardo da Vinci Every Woman Can Use" 
and "The Art of Branding - Create a Lasting Passion 
for Your Services and Products", entering this site 
is like opening a box of gourmet chocolates!

I'm delighted to introduce you to PallasLearning.com, 
a delicious new continuing education resource for 
women featuring online courses, tutorials, workshops, 
seminars and lectures.

Course selections are divided into 11 categories or 
Learning Branches:

Entrepreneurship
Career Flash
Online Investing
The Creative Process
The Eclectic Mind
Parenting
The Writer's Life
Voluntary Simplicity
The Artist's Life
Cyber Careers/Ecommerce
Personal Development

The career-minded will want to try the Career Flash 
Certificate Programs which includes the Certificate 
in Facilitation and Certificate in Internet Research,
both enrolling now for a January 2000 start date.

Or start your own "Learning Pilgrimage" with a 
mind-mapping workshop where you'll learn how to design 
your life-long learning plan, how to develop your 
personal learning method, how to become an expert 
in any field, how to visualize your future and how 
to plan your life's knowledge.

Learning at PallasLearning.com is enhanced with a 
variety of interactivity and community features 
like discussion boards, chat rooms, contests and 
learning tools.

You'll find the tuition palatable as well, with 
unlimited courses included in your monthly 
membership fee of $9.95. This is a great site 
and I hope you enjoy your visit there as much 
as I have!


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New Courses and Learning Resources
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Click to Traffic School
Have moving violations got you and your car grounded? 
Too many points on your license? Have you been ordered 
to go to Traffic School by your local court? Well, 
now you don't have to waste your whole Saturday 
sitting in some dreary classroom - visit these sites 
to take the Traffic School course online:

     Web Traffic School
     http://www.webtrafficschool.com/

     Traffic School To Go
     http://trafficschooltogo.com/

     Traffic School Online
     http://www.onlinetrafficschool.com/

Entrepreneurship A to Z
http://www.altosnet.com/EntrepreneurshipAtoZ/Welcome.html
This free online course introduces potential 
entrepreneurs to the full process of the start-up 
and will expose you to all the factors that are 
involved in becoming an entrepreneur - or intrapreneur. 
Each of us is different, so some areas will be more 
applicable to you than others . Based on the information 
in this course, students can then select appropriate 
avenues for further study or go ahead and "take the 
plunge" - start that dreamed-of venture.

Online Certificate in Fund Raising
http://www.fundwell.com/
The Online Certificate in Fund Raising is designed 
for nonprofit executives, board members, and volunteers, 
and those seeking careers in nonprofit arts, education, 
and social service organizations. The program consists 
of four modules: a Prologue, Proposal Writing, 
The Annual Fund, and Major Gifts. Each of the four 
modules is built around the fund development basics 
of cultivation, solicitation, and acknowledgment/
accountability and draws upon the vast knowledge 
base of respected professionals in the fund raising 
community. The online course gives participants 
access to "hands-on" experiences in those specialized 
tasks associated with planning and managing a fund 
development office for a nonprofit. Presented entirely 
online, the course gives adult learners the opportunity 
to learn the tasks necessary for successful fund raising.

Continuing Education for Accounting Professionals
http://www.yipinet.com/
Online continuing education for professionals in 
regulated industries such as accounting, financial 
services, healthcare and law. Earn credit towards 
your CPE online. Free demos of all courses are offered.

Where in the World Travel
http://www.whereintheworld.co.uk/
Here's a unique directory just for the thrillseeker 
and adventurer! Check out these unusual holidays and 
travel adventures: mountain biking in the Bolivian 
Andes, swimming with great white sharks, the world's
toughest challenges, great train journeys, dog sledding 
in the Arctic or maybe take a trip into space. And if 
you're tired of the same old summer vacation camping 
trip then don't miss the "Diverting Detours" section 
where you can read about such events as The Great Tomato 
Fight in Spain - 20,000 people and 240,000 ripe tomatoes 
get together on a sunny afternoon in August of each year!

Learn Dutch
http://www.learndutch.org/
As Dutch is a difficult language to learn, you can 
try the crash course to learn a few words and determine 
if you want to continue on to the full Dutch course. 
60 online lessons enhanced with audio, plus vocabulary 
building exercises, glossary and chat room.

Learn Basic French
http://www.jump-gate.com/languages/french/
This online French course will help you understand 
written French with lessons in pronunciation guidelines, 
articles and genders, pronouns and verbs, sentence 
structure and more.

A Guide to Intermediate French
http://www.frenchlesson.com/
A complete guide to French conjugations with 
interactive practice implemented through Java applets. 
And learn the gender of nouns -- the rules and the 
exceptions with interactive practice, plus an overview 
of aspects of French grammar in which gender must be 
kept in mind.

EnglishPractice.com
http://www.englishpractice.com/
A free website for learning English with 1000's of 
online lessons with new lessons added weekly. Chats, 
crossword puzzles, games and contests too.

BitLaw: A Resource on Technology Law
http://www.bitlaw.com/index.html
BitLaw is a comprehensive Internet resource on 
technology law, containing over 1,800 pages on 
patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal
issues. 

Cram Session
http://www.cramsession.com/
If you are an IT professional or just thinking about 
becoming one, you'll definitely want to bookmark this 
site. Cram Session is everything you need to know about 
computer certification. Free study guides, free exam 
practice questions, free information on IT topics, free 
weekly technical education newsletter, IT news and 
articles, study tips, discussions and jobs.

Did You Know?
http://www.didyouknow.com/
Did you know that Peter the Great taxed people for 
growing beards? And did you know that the Bank of 
America started as the Bank of Italy? Or did you 
know that Budweiser Beer is named after a Czech town? 
At didyouknow.com you'll find fascinating facts, 
amazing stories, interesting animals, what happened 
in what year, what's new in the world and a lot more.

Hazardous Waste Management for Generators
http://www.ies.ncsu.edu/conted/public/cfusion/rcraonline.cfm
Learn the fundamentals of hazardous waste management 
in this interactive online training course. Providing 
a comprehensive review of the field of hazardous waste 
management, you'll learn how to identify hazardous waste, 
how to properly manage hazardous waste onsite, and how to 
prepare hazardous waste for offsite disposal. The duration 
of this ongoing course is 7 seven weeks and includes a
certificate of completion.

Online Courses in Global Sustainability
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/index.html
The University of California offers these three 
online credit courses:

State of the World - An in-depth interdisciplinary 
examination of global issues important into the 21st 
century of water, pollution, habitat transformations, 
biological transformations, food, waste, energy, health,
and communities.

Biological Conservation - A biological perspective on 
the current environmental crisis including: the origin, 
evolution, and value of biological diversity; extinction 
and depletion caused by over exploitation, habitat loss, 
exotic introductions and pollution; special problems and 
solutions in selected habitats; and conservation through 
habitat preservation and restoration, captive breeding, 
and reintroduction. 

Sustainable Oceans and Coastal Zones - This course 
examines the major physical and biogeochemical processes 
in the world's oceans, with an emphasis on tropical and 
sub-tropical coastal zones.


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Feedback Contest Winner
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Congratulations to the FeedBack Contest
Winner:

Lewhong

Lewhong will enjoy a course of his choosing at 
Tutorials.com!

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Extra - One Tough Word Game
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The Toughest Word Game on the Web
http://www.etymologic.com/
If you think you're good with words then here's a 
game to test your knowledge. Etymologic is played 
by choosing the correct origin or definition for a 
selected word or phrase. There's ten questions in 
each game - how many can you get right?



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