Paul's Bookmarks

I'm your Webmaster Paul Sank, the Chief Clerk of NTR. I have a large, organized collection of bookmarks online. Here's a selection of the ones I find most useful, interesting, or fun. All of the links below were tested in January 2012; one failed and was repaired. One was added.

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    Life-Net News & Radio
    My main site, covering poverty widely since 1998. The radio show ended, but some episodes can still be played.
    Camden Youth Soccer Club
    Somebody else maintains it now, but I built the site from almost the beginning, and it still has plenty of my work in it.
    Love Lab
    Agape, that is. As in 1 Corinthians chapter 13. This section of my main site is a huge work-up on this topic, also known as love, charity, divine love, social affection, ....
    Review Memory Verses
    Scriptures I've memorized.
    Think On These Things: 25 Lexical Fields of Virtue
    I, like many folks I'm sure, am fascinated by all the many words that represent virtues, from love to patience to fortitude.
    Stratificational Grammar
    Part of Glottopedia, a collection of terms used in stratificational grammar, also known as neurocognitive linguistics.
    J Paul Sank's Glossary of Linguistics
    Sometimes I read a term and want to know what it means. So why not write 'em down a bit more formally and arrange them alphabetically for future reference?
    FruitNJ Twitter Updates
    Here I try to present a varied and interesting feed of things Christian. Note: I don't preach.
    LingFan1's Twitter Updates
    In which I present items pertaining to linguistics, the scientific study of language.
    NetMan3's Twitter Updates
    A small campaign to get more anti-malarial mosquito nets sent to people who can't afford them.

    Practical Stuff

    Time.gov
    Tap this link and you'll know exactly what time it is in the Eastern Time Zone. This is the official US time.
    Yahoo Mail
    I've used this service since 1998.
    NJ Transit
    I use this site mostly for downloading bus schedules. And I receive their email alerts.

    Weather

    The Weather Channel Hourly Forecast
    When I'm looking less than a day ahead, this is my preferred service.
    National Weather Service Detailed 7-Day Forecast
    When I'm planning my week ahead, I go here.
    Records and Normals for Philadelphia
    To keep your own eye on climate change, compare daily data to this plain, handy chart.

    Reference

    Dictionary of Affixes
    Much fun to browse, this source tells you the meanings of all sorts of prefixes and suffixes used in English words.
    WordNet
    "WordNet® is a large lexical database of English, developed under the direction of George A. Miller (Emeritus). Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept."
    Metacritic
    Enter a movie title and get back a big-picture view of what many critics wrote about it.
    Universal Currency Converter
    A handy, quick converter that has, so far at least, always had the conversion I needed.

    Health

    The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies
    This site has saved me from a few medical bills.
    Sound Sleeping
    Like a wave machine, but it has a whole menu of sounds arranged like a mixing board. You can mix your own customized relaxation soundscape.
    When to Call Out Sick
    Help reduce "presenteeism"!
    Your Personal Guide to Fasting and Prayer
    A Christian angle on the dual discipline.
    Pranayama Infocenter
    Who knew there was so much to know about breathing exercises?

    Fun

    Paleo-Future
    Started by Matt Novak, who "has since become an accidental expert on past visions of the future, and has amassed an enormous library of media related to the study of retro-futurism."
    Apollo 11 Video Library
    I first saw this site on the 40th anniversary of the mission.
    NASA Image of the Day
    Spectacular space pictures!
    Getjar
    When I got my first smartphone, I wanted to stuff it with free programs, most of them from here.

    Spirituality

    Textweek
    A guide to the Common Lectionary, from which many denominations draw their Scripture readings.
    Torah Readings
    I like to know what the Jewish readings are, too.
    Chapter-by-Chapter MP3 Recordings of the Hebrew Bible
    And they need take up very little memory.
    Sankta Biblio
    The Bible in Esperanto, a language so simple, you can already make good guesses what much of it means.
    The Paris Psalter
    The Psalms in parallel Latin and Old English.
    Wordproject Audio Bible
    Hear the New Testament in a number of familiar tongues.
    Dead Sea Scrolls: Texts
    You've heard about them. Now you can read them.
    Early Church Fathers
    One of my favorite sources ever. An essential help in understanding the New Testament.
    120 Wise Sayings of the Desert Fathers
    Take a walk on the Orthodox side.
    Convent of Pater Noster
    The Lord's Prayer in more languages than I've ever seen sampled in one place.
    Islamicity: The Holy Quran
    A useful site about a fascinating book.
    True Near-Death Experiences
    A large selection of near-death accounts.
    Church For All
    It's like church, but online.
    Traditional Hymns, MIDIs, and Scores
    The best hymns collection I know.
    The Ecole Initiative
    This site isn't maintained anymore, it says, but it's still a handy source for Christian history and biographies.
    WTMR
    The radio station that used to air my Life-Net Radio series.

    Linguistics

    Speculative Grammarian
    The journal of satirical linguistics.
    X-SAMPA
    Optimized for by me for simple cell phone browsers, the X-SAMPA system for representing speech sounds.
    The International Phonetic Alphabet: Audio Illustrations
    Just tap the symbol and hear the sound.
    The Vikings: Write Your Name in Runes
    A basic guide to one of the early Germanic alphabets.
    Omniglot: Writing Systems and Languages of the World
    An impressive compendium of knowledge about world languages.
    Wulfila Project: Browse the Gothic Bible
    Did you know there was a Gothic language? Have a look at it here.
    Biblical Hebrew E-Magazine
    A great way to wade into Hebrew.
    Free Online Dictionaries
    Dictionaries for a number of languages from Afrikaans to Swedish.

    Neurocognitive Linguistics

    Language and Reality
    Because it's a preview, some of the pages are missing. But there's still plenty here of the essential writings of Sydney M Lamb.
    A Stratificational Approach to Making Macaroni and Cheese
    I think the guy who made this meant to make fun of my favorite form of linguistics.
    LangBrain
    The official website of neurocognitive linguistics.

    Music

    Musinumworld Cell Friendly
    The music of Timothy Doyle, who programs computers to generate music. This site can't be beat for handy background music.
    Tune Toys
    At this site, you can easily do your own experiments in computer-generated music.
    Classical Musical MIDI Page
    Many composers, all for free. The MIDI format means you spend less time downloading and more time listening.
    The Qatsi Trilogy
    The trilogy of movies by Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass.

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