Welcome to the 125th issue of Cool Tricks and Trinkets offering weekly insights into new, cool, useful, fun, unusual and interesting sites on the
Internet.

In this issue:

- Classic Films
- Alternative Medicine
- Canadian World Domination
- Short Takes
- Online Reference Desk
- Literary Getaway
- Going in Style
- Academic Resource
- Super Bowl History
- Subscribers' Sites


Classic Films

On the Waterfront, The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, and The Goldrush,
define Hollywood's Golden era. From the 1920's through the 1950's, movie
moguls reigned supreme and ruled the industry with an iron fist. These entrepreneurs created an industry and an art form that would remain as timeless as the films they produced.

The Palace is a site devoted to Hollywood's Golden era and the great classic films it produced. In operation since 1995, it is one of the most respected and visited sites of its kind. Browse through hundreds of images, numerous audio clips and comprehensive bibliographies, and you'll be transported back to some of tinsel town's greatest moments.

http://www.moderntimes.com

Alternative Medicine

If you're interested in finding in-depth alternative treatment information for those conditions that conventional medicine doesn't seem able to reverse, check out this University of Pittsburgh Alternative Medicine site. It offers links to information on acupressure, homeopathy, bioenergetics, biofeedback, deep tissue body work, focusing, and hypnotherapy.

This comprehensive site is divided into categories including diet and nutrition, diseases and conditions, quackery, mind body control and herbs. It also contains links to Government Resources, Mailing Lists, Newsgroups and related resources.

http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/internet.html

Canadian World Domination

With President elect Bush poised to take office, he has begun to map out a strategy for our nation's foreign policy. Still, there may be one country
threatening our national security that the President elect has overlooked. Canada. That's right, our quiet, unassuming, cordial neighbors to the north have been conspiring against us all along!

The General Headquarters of the Campaign for Canadian World Domination is a
hilarious trip into the world of two Canadian chicks bent on taking over the world and re-designing it to suit their aims.

Generals Claire and Jenny have meticulously mapped out a five part plan including everything from troop deployment to the reorganization of society. Check out the cartography section to see which countries are in immediate danger!

http://www.standonguard.com/

SHORT TAKES:

Snowman Fun Time

If you long for the experience of building a snowman and live where it's too warm or cold, this site is for you. Snowman Fun Time combines some nice artwork, amusing sounds and a drag and drop format to help users create the ultimate snowman. Don't forget to accessorize!

http://www.vml.com/snowman/

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Paycheck City

Do you cringe each time you look at your paycheck and see all the deductions going to the government? Paycheck City has five useful payroll calculators designed to assist you in making sure you're receiving the correct pay as well as verify your withholdings.

http://www.paycheckcity.com/

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Toon Tracker

If you're nostalgic for your favorite cartoon themes, check out the Toon Tracker. It features many of the cartoons from the 60s complete with history, pictures, audio, and real player video.

http://ftp.wi.net/~rkurer/index.htm

Online Reference Desk

Refdesk.com is GREAT information resource for all things Internet. The site is brilliantly organized for finding facts on almost any subject you can imagine.

It contains links to an Area Code Finder, Contacting Congress, Finding Ancestors, Holidays Worldwide, Learn to do Anything, Prescription List, Postage Rates, How Far Is It? etc.

It is amazing how many useful links have been crammed on one page. A Bookmark Special!

http://www.refdesk.com/

Literary Getaway

Bloomsbury Magazine is the ultimate literary getaway. It contains reading groups, impeccable literary commentary, a bookstore, a handy summation of last year's literary highlights, and much more. Avid readers will want to put down their books to browse through this site.

Be sure to check out their short story competition, the winner will receive 1000 pounds (British currency) in books, lunch with the Bloomsbury editor and a chance to be published!

http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/

Going in Style

Fashion TV has launched a content rich, happening site featuring the latest fashion trends from around the world. The site includes online runway shows (cut into three to four minute segments), worldwide fashion magazines, a designer database (where you can read about and see slides of their collections), bios and pictures of the world's top models and much more.

http://www.ftv.fr/

Academic Resource

Sometimes we need something explained to us in a slightly different way before we can understand it. When it comes to academics, an entire semester may go by in which a student is confused about a topic, until a friend sums up the principle in a sentence or two.

The High School Hub is an excellent resource for students in subjects including english, math, social studies, science, language, arts and technology. It features interactive learning tools and a detailed reference collection.

Be sure to check out "David's Whizzy Periodic Table, for an interesting visual on atomic structure.

http://www.highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm

Super Bowl History

For the past 34 years, Super Bowl Sunday has captured the attention of sports fans worldwide. If you're interested in catching up with some Super Bowl history including stats, teams, players, game summaries and coaches don't fumble this one.

The Swami says. Baltimore 16 Giants 10

http://www.superbowlhistory.com/

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SUBSCRIBERS' SITES - Many of our subscribers have fascinating on-line projects. This weekly section will introduce you to some of these sites. Please let me know about your project so that I might mention it in this section. Write me at info@tricksandtrinkets.com

~Mile Marker Zero Personal Finance - A GREAT personal finance site.

~Body Techniques - A private personal training studio.

~The Panda Pages - Loads of great freebies and other links!


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Have a great weekend.

Charles Kessler