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The Tower Tip Sheet
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The Tower Tipsheet
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Apr 17, 2004 23:10 PDT
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THE TOWER TIPSHEET
April 18, 2004
#422
Published by:
The Tower of English
http://towerofenglish.com
Welcome to this issue of the Tower Tipsheet.
This issue of the Tower Tipsheet is sponsored by AutoProfits News.
Learn marketing from the pros.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Today's Cool Websites
2. Today's Idiom
3. Today's Joke
4. Today's Riddle
5. Contest
6. Feedback
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TODAY'S COOL WEBSITE
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We are continueing our review of the websites that
are featured on The Tower of English. I hope you
enjoy today's selections.
Cool Website #1 -Beach n' Billboard -
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http://www.towerofenglish.com/beachnbillboard.html
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A billboard is a big sign that advertises something.
Here's are some very different kinds of billboards
that you can see on beaches!
Your Turn:
Take a look at the pictures on this page and in the
Picture Gallery. Then try to guess the answers to
these questions:
1) Where are these billboards?
2) How do they make the billboards?
3) How many billboards do they make for each company?
4) How long do the billboards last each day?
5) Do you think this is a good idea? Why or why not?
Check your answers at the following link.
http://www.towerofenglish.com/beachnbillboardanswers.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Middle Sponsor~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Your 3-4 line ad here, only $3.95 per issue.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Visit This Month's Sponsor~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Looking for creative, innovative web design and graphic
design, e-solutions, web hosting or database design?
Be amazed by kanturagroup.com and get that website up
and running - or even update a tired old site!
http://www.kanturagroup.com
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ATTENTION ESL TEACHERS
Did you know that word search puzzles are a great way to
reinforce new vocabulary? Now you can make your own word
search puzzles. Enter your list of words, click a button
and then print. It's easy, fun, and it's FREE.
http://www.johnsesl.com/wordsearch/searchcreate.shtml
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Cool Website #2 -Animal News Center-
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http://www.towerofenglish.com/ancorg.html
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Are you an animal lover? At this site, you can read about
bullfights, pit bulls, and cloned sheep. In fact, you'll
find lots of short news stories about animals. There are
stories about pets, wildlife animals, farm animals, and
lab animals. The stories have links where you can find more
information about the subject.
Your Turn:
Make your own animal news notebook. Look at newspapers and
magazines and try to find articles about animals. Put the
most interesting ones into a notebook. Add new stories
whenever you find them. Be sure to check any vocabulary
you're not sure about.
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-Today's Idiom -
Couch potato
Couch potato - n. - A person who enjoys sitting on the couch
watching TV all day.
Kim wanted nothing more than to be a couch potato all weekend,
after working so hard all week.
Get more idioms at John's ESL Community
http://www.johnsesl.com/cgi-bin/hints.pl
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ATTENTION ESL TEACHERS
FREE printable materials at John's ESL Community.
http://www.johnsesl.com/templates/teachers/
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- Today's Joke-
Why is it?
Why is it that no matter what color of bubble bath
you use the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day when mattresses are NOT on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator
with the hopes that something new to eat will have
materialized?
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times
with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up,
examine it, then put it down to give their vacuum one
more chance?
Why is it that no plastic garbage bag will open from
the end you first try?
How do those dead bugs get into closed light fixtures?
Considering all the lint you get in your dryer, if you
kept drying your clothes would they eventually just
disappear?
When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle
with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do
we say 'Its all right'? It isn't all right, so why don't
we say, 'That hurt, you moron'?
Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale
and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is
placed?
In winter, why do we try to keep the house as warm as it
was in summer when we complained about the heat?
Why are the needy only thought of during the holidays?
Aren't they just as needy throughout the rest of the year?
How come we never hear any father-in-law jokes?
Shouldn't all married men forget their mistakes? After all
there's no sense in two people remembering the same things.
Is the real reason women live longer than men because they
don't have to live with women?
More jokes and humor at http://www.lolhumor.com/
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- Riddle of the Day -
I am the center of gravity
I am the center of gravity, hold a capital situation in
Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed
by all to be invaluable. Though I am invisible, I am clearly
seen in the midst of a river. I could name three who are in
love with me and have three associates in vice. It is vain
that you seek me for I have long been in heaven yet even now
lie embalmed in the grave.
What am I?
Click the following link to learn the answer.
http://www.lolhumor.com/getcontent.php?catid=33&cat=&id=4050&ans=yes
=========================Contest!==================================
The winner of last month's contest was
Janet <jane-@......com>
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Let's do it again!!! The first person to respond to
webma-@towerofenglish.com?subject=contest with the correct answer to
the following question will win a ad. Your ad will be
placed in the middle sponsor position and will be published
in the next issue of the Tower Tip Sheet Newsletter.
This month there are two questions. You have to answer both
to get a free ad.
Here's the first question.
As you know, I get the jokes and riddles for the Tower Tip Sheet
from LOLHumor. <http://www.lolhumor.com> On the website, how many
categories are there under the heading of Where to?
Here's the second question.
Kantura has just become the Corporate sponsor for whom?
Visit the middle sponsor's website to find the answer.
Send your answers to webma-@towerofenglish.com?subject=contest.
The first correct answer will win a free ad.
=======================Feedback===================================
I really am interested in what you have to say and what you think
of the Tower Tip Sheet and the websites I use to provide material
for our newsletter. So, please send your feedback to
webma-@towerofenglish.com?subject=feedback
I had a few people respond with feedback last month. Here is
what they had to say.
Nellie wrote,
I didn't like "tower's" newsletter. It was too commercial for
my taste. Just my take... Have a great Easter Spring break.
And keep sharing...
Sorry Nellie. I know some people are turned off to ads in
the newsletter, but the web isn't free and the ads help offset
the cost of hosting and other expenses.
Olga wrote in to say,
Hi,
I think the Tower Tipsheet is great!!!!Keep up the good work. I ,
especially like the the sayings ,grammar & jokes.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Please, let me know what you think of the Tower Tip Sheet.
Send feedback to webma-@towerofenglish.com?subject=feedback
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and teachers to unique and useful Internet resources.
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April 18, 2004 issue #422
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