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E-Groups: A great way to interact
If you have an email address, listen up.  E-Groups is a great web service that allows people to share ideas over email, absolutely free.  People subscribe to the group just like any other online service, and then you are instantly linked to a group of poeple with the same interests.  Teen Link has just made a Teen Link Book Club group that we hope you will join.  Any member of the group can send an email to the group address, and then E-Groups automatically distributes the email to all of the members upon approval of the Teen Link Moderator.  If you would like to sign up, so you can receive email from us and other teens, about books and other issues, follow these simple steps:

1- Send an email to [email protected]  and leave the body and subject of the email blank.  You can type something in their if you really want to, but all you need to do is send a blank email to that address.
2- You will receive a confirmation letter from E-Groups about a minute after you send the subscription email to us.  In the confirmation email, you will be asked to verify your subscription.  If you really want to join, simply reply to the email.
3- Once you have replied, your request will be sent to the Teen Link Moderator.  Your email address will be reviewed, and then accepted.  This process could take a few days; please be patient.  After the Teen Link Moderator has approved you, you will receive a welcome message from him.  In it will be links to the E-Group, as well as further subscription instructions. 
4- Now you can just sit back and relax; any group mail will be automatically  sent to you.  If you would like to send mail to the group, for any reason,  just send the email to [email protected]  and  wait.  Your message will be read by the Teen Link Moderator, which just  so happens to be a teen.  If the message looks okay, he will approve it,  and it will be sent out to all the Teen Link Book Club Members.  Enjoy!

Also--By joining E-Groups, you get access to the Teen Link Book Club file archive, contact list, chat room, polling booth, and much more!

Links for Teens:   Get Great Services FREE!

Tellme.com
Dial 1-800-555-TELL for FREE movie times, restaurants, stock quotes, horoscopes, and even make FREE 2 minute phone calls!  This service is accessible free from pay phones, so you can call home for a ride without using change.  The system works on voice recognition, so just say the simple word of what you want.  For example, to make a call, just say PHONE BOOTH.  Or, for movie showtimes, say MOVIES. a friend in California that you have been dying to talk to, but you don't wanna fork up the money for the phone bill?  Now you can make free long distance calls right from your home computer!  All you need to You can talk as long as you want.  You need the following things: a computer with an Internet connection, Java capabilities, a microphone plugged into your computer, and speakers.  This service is great!

Real.com
Ever wanted to watch TV on your computer?  Do you wish you had cable?  Now you can get some of those cable channels right over the Internet, free!  Just go to real.com and download their software for free.  Then, customize your "channels" with the content they provide.  Click the channel you want, and begin viewing!  Note: a faster modem is recommended for this, as the faster the modem, the faster the connection.

Napster.com
Music can be expensive these days, so why pay for music that you can't try first?  Just go to napster.com to download their free software.  Then, you can search a database of millions of computers for songs that you like.  You can download the songs, and then play them right on your computer with an MP3 software.  MP3 software can be found for free at winamp.com.  To do all of this legally, you are only supposed to sample the music.  It is unlawful to save the song on your computer for more than 24 hours, unless you own the album.

Excite.com
One of my personal favorites, this site is much more than a search engine!  Customize your start page with your custom colors, pictures, background, and content!  This web portal has MORE content than any other portal I've seen, and I've been using the Internet for a long time.  Get things like Quotes, Weather, Sunrise/Sunset, News, New Movies, Top Music Sales, TV Listings, Stocks, and Email, all on one page when you first sign on to your web browser.  And of course, it's all free.

M-W.com
Whether you are doing homework, or just curious about certain words, m-w.com is a great place for learning.  They have a very large online dictionary and thesaurus, to help you with all of your school vocabulary words.  If you have a teacher that gives you words and expects you to write down the definitions, you can make it easier on yourself with m-w.com.  Just type in the word, copy the definition, and paste it in a text editor.  This allows you to save work by cutting out the flipping through pages, and writing it all down.  And, m-w.com can be fun too.  They have many different word games to keep you entertained when you are bored.

Babel Fish
For students, foreign language can be tough.  You may feel like you are the  only one who doesn't understand the teacher when she/he starts rattling  off in another language.  And, your homework in these foreign language clases  can become difficult.  With Babel Fish, you get great homework help!  Babel  Fish can translate English to one of 5 languages, or it can translate from  one of the 5 languages to English.  But, be careful.  This cannot do a report  or other homework for you.  It gets confused on some words, and doesn't  translate them right.  Save yourself some embarassment; read over the paper  to make sure everything is correct.  For example, if you type in "boot",  the computer translates it to Spanish as a computer boot, not a hiking boot.   You may end up looking foolish in front of your class talking about your  hiking expedition if you haven't checked for errors.  Make sure that you  know what you are saying, in case a teacher is impressed and asks you a  question about what you just said.