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"Ten Things You Can Do on the Net This Week:" http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/tenthings.htm

1. Consult the I-Ching: http://www.iching.com/

2. Visit Virtual Jamestown: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/

3. Convert your text to speech: http://www.research.att.com/~mjm/cgi-bin/ttsdemo

4. Take the movie quote quiz: http://www.uselessknowledge.com/uselessknowledgecgi/quiz/quiz.cgi?quiz=Movie_Quotes

5. Hear rare Dylan concert recordings: http://bobdylan.com/performances/

6. See the PacBell Park webcam: http://eye.hooked.net/WebCam/

7. Discover how hypnosis works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/hypnosis.htm

8. Find America's safest and most dangerous cities: http://www.morganquitno.com/cit01pop.htm

9. Follow Marco Polo's travels through China: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0106/feature2/index.html

10. Listen to great speeches by John F. Kennedy: http://database.library.northwestern.edu/hpol/master.asp?t=browse&s=speaker&id=5

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