Greetings,

Welcome to the anniversary issue of CT&T. A year ago I mailed the first newsletter to 270 friends and associates and have watched it grow to over 59,000 readers. Thank you all for your support.

In this issue:

- All that Glitters
- Cool Color Cards
- Click Marks the Spot
- Short Takes
- Virtual Explorations
- Computer Yoga
- Surfing Delight
- A Picture is Worth
- Men, Women and Children
- Subscribers' Sites

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Sought out since the dawn of time, semi-precious stones have marked humanity's history and legends. This beautifully designed site demonstrates a thoughtful balance between information and self-promotion. It is fun to visit no matter how you feel about jewelry.

SEMI PRECIOUS - Cartier


A subscriber sent me in this site to review and as luck would have it I was in need of some new business cards. In less than 20 minutes I created and ordered three sets of cards. You can view them at http://www.tricksandtrinkets.com/business_cards.htm

The site offers a wide variety of backgrounds to fit most any profession. If you're in the market for a really outrageous business card, check it out.

COLOR CARDS - Make a Cool Card


As peacekeepers, the United Nations maintains an extensive collection of highly detailed maps. A pull down menu offers peacekeeping and general maps displayed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader format with excellent clarity and zoom functionality. A great resource!

ONLINE MAPS - United Nations Cartographic Section


SHORT TAKES:

If your job is too stressful, this site will help you find your dream job. This comprehensive site lets you search the major job listing sites from one single Web form.

JOB FINDER

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If you're in need of some humor check out Jester. It uses statistical techniques (collaborative filtering) to recommend jokes based on your ratings of a set of sample jokes.

FUNNY BONE - Jester

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If you're a sports fan you will really enjoy this service. Sports Sleuth promises to track the latest news and info from hundreds of top sports sources. Sign up and get a free daily email about your favorite team.

TEAM TRACKER - Sports Sleuth


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All of us would like to be world travelers and explore the earth's most exotic places. If your job, family obligations or lack of money is keeping you from your traveling adventure, fear not.

This site offers comprehensive tours from all over the world. They are currently featuring tours of Malaysia, Moscow, Iceland and the Bahamas.

VIRTUAL TOURS - Geographia.com


Spending long hours online I long to find sites like TAKEABREAK.com or REMEMBERTOBREATHE.com (both still fictional) for respite from the high levels of concentration. If you need a healing break, check out.

USEFUL SITE - Keyboard Yoga

Here you can unwind in the comfort of your own home or office as Meg, the resident yogi, takes you through basic yoga postures and self-massage techniques you can do right at your keyboard.

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Tired of typing the same phrases over and over? Why not let your computer do the work. Type paragraphs, sayings, addresses, URLs or email addresses with one key.

PERFECT KEYBOARD LITE ($19.00) Free 30-day trial

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This site ranks with the best I have visited this year. Whether you ride into the future on the "prediction train", race around the world on the blimp or check out what the oracle has to say at Webouija, it is pure fun.

MIND GAMES - DanZen.com


Grain Magazine is dedicated to fine art and documentary photography from all over the world. It is published every six months and strives to convey the human side of disasters, conflicts and life on our planet.

PHOTO ZINE - Grain


FOR MEN (and women) Men are supposed to be experts in the realm of fixing things and knowing "how to". If you find yourself not knowing how to do something, this site may have the answer.

It was created to give people a fast and easy way to find out how to do a variety of real-world activities, provide ways to accomplish them, and join a community of like-minded people who share a passion for getting things done.

EHOW

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FOR WOMEN (and men) This site is dedicated to enhancing the health of women in midlife, physically and emotionally, by offering a broad array of pharmaceutical and self care products, educational programs and support systems that help women manage the transition through midlife.

WOMEN FIRST

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FOR CHILDREN This highly interactive and colorful site features online puzzles and games parents and children can play together. The games are designed to help children with thinking skills, deductive reasoning, and also just to have some fun!

KIDS PHYSCH


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.

~ Health Pearls - A very popular weekly alternative health newsletter. - Dr. Michael Teplisky <MTeplisky@worldnet.att.net>

~ We-Blocker - Free software protects your family from objectionable material. Kim Mershon <k.mershon@we-web.com>

~ FLASHER - The Flasher offers safety at night for people and their. Chas Richardson <Chas.Richardson@FlasherWeb.com>

~SOARING EAGLES - Morning Song's Spirit Page
Louise Wilson <Loumw@aol.com>

~ Gifart.com's CD-ROM
Robert Gillen <rgillen@email.msn.com>

~ Video Greetings - Greeting Cards for Corporate communications
Tim Derian
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