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Welcome to the 423rd issue of the Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter
offering weekly insights into new, cool, useful, fun, unusual and
interesting sites on the Internet.

- A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
- Stupid Security
- Mystery of the Mega Volcano
- Short Takes
- MakeZine
- Jay is Games
- Americans Living Abroad
- Digital Library For Earth Science Education
- Interactive Dig Black Sea: The Pisa Wreck
- Subscribers' Sites

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A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

The Holocaust, by its very nature, is a very sensitive and challenging
subject to teach to students. This site, produced by the Florida Center
for Instructional Technology at the University of South Florida, acts as a
guide for teachers to use when teaching this difficult topic to students of
different ages.

The website is divided into several sections, including "Timeline",
"People", and "The Arts", and is essentially an overview of the people and
events related to the Holocaust Period. Visitors will find photographs,
documents, music, movies, literature, and art from this painful period in
human history, as well as guidelines for teaching and studying that are in
cooperation with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/default.htm
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Stupid Security

While we all want to have strong homeland security at our airports and
throughout our country, some of the measures regularly taken seem to be
more beaurocratic than preventative. StupidSecurity.Com is a quirky site
that pokes fun at places where security is being provided in a "needless or
counterproductive" manner.

Read the recent posts, which are random stories of stupid security acts,
and then browse the site's archives. Scroll through Stupid Security's
discussions, journals, topics, and RSS feeds to learn more about how "false
security" is preventing real safety measures from being put into place to
protect our country and its citizens from potential threats.

http://stupidsecurity.com/
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Mystery of the Mega Volcano

Welcome to the official website of televisions show "Mystery of the Mega
Volcano", a fascinating series from Nova/PBS. The show explores the
history of the "Supervolcano", the source of the greatest volcanic eruption
of the past 100,000 years.

Visitors will find a ton of cool features, including "Blasts from the Past"
(a map of supereruptions that have occurred throughout history), "A
Supersized Volcano", and the "Next Big One" (a preview of what a modern
supereruption would look like today). Be sure to check out a preview of
the show, which features researchers exploring myriad from Greenland to
Indonesia, attempting to unearth clues to the greatest volcanic eruption of
the past one hundred centuries.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/megavolcano/
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SHORT TAKES

Google Book Search

"The Great Gatsby" is widely considered one of the greatest classic novels
of all time, so why do some people want to ban it and other great
books? Google Book Search is a cool website that raises awareness about
great novels, and those who have attempted to ban them from libraries and
school curriculums around the country.

http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/

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User Friendly

For almost a decade, the online comic strip "User Friendly" has been making
people smile on a daily basis. Check out the latest strip, send a UF
postcard, and read about the author of this popular cartoon.

http://userfriendly.org/

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Ad-Ware Man

Meet the unlikely Internet anti-hero Adware-Man, created by Paper
Ghost. He is the star of this cool animation/music video, which was made
out of cut scenes from the game "Half Life".

http://adwareman.ytmnd.com/
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MakeZine

DIY buffs will want to bookmark the cool online magazine and blog called
Makezine.Com. With the motto "Technology on your time", the website is a
fun open platform that inspires readers to start new technology projects in
their own home.

The magazine explores the world of backyard technology, with unique
projects including a videocam rocket, head-mounted water cannon, two-can
Sterling engine, and tips on how to freeze and revive a garden
snail. Additionally, subscribers can read interviews with accomplished
crafsters, check out the "Make" blog, and review the many creative kits for
cool DIY projects.

http://makezine.com/
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Jay is Games

This site is a great resource for casual online game players of all
different styles. JayIsGames.Com is chock-full of enough gaming news,
reviews, and free downloads to keep casual gamers happy for years.

Peruse the blog section of the website to learn about the latest games and
read the expert reviews provided by the editors, or search for a specific
game in the site's vast library. Highlights include a game for the
mechanically-inclined called "Weight", a puzzle-game called "Liquid
Colors", and a hybrid art-game project called "The Museum of Broken Memories".

http://jayisgames.com/
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Americans Living Abroad

Americans who are traveling, working or living overseas will definitely
want to bookmark this useful site. "Americans Living Abroad", part of the
official United States government's website FirstGov.Com, is a helpful
guide to dealing with logistical, medical, professional and personal issues
while you are outside of the U.S.

Simply browse the site's intuitive, alphabetical index to find a wealth of
information on a variety of serious topics. The A-Z guide covers
everything from Adoptions and Avian Flu to Visas and Voting while in a
foreign country.

http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Americans_Abroad.shtml


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Digital Library For Earth Science Education

Unless you are an astronaut, you will probably spend every day of your life
on Earth. But how much do you really know about this amazing p***t that
you call home? Welcome to the Digital Library for Earth Science (DLESE),
an extensive online resource dedicated to improving the quality of teaching
and learning about the Earth.

Educators, students, and scientists work through DLESE to provide access to
online collections of educational resources, Earth data sets and imagery,
support services and much more to the Earth system academic
community. Click on the different sections of the site, which include
"Educational Resources", "People and Groups", "News and Opportunities", as
well as specific areas for educators and developers.

http://dlese.org/library/index.jsp
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Interactive Dig Black Sea: The Pisa Wreck

You can join an intrepid team of dedicated divers exploring the depths of
the Black Sea, without even getting wet! Archaeology.Org presents the 2006
Black Sea Shipwrecks Research Project's interactive dig entitled The Pisa
Wreck.

Visitors can click on the section "From the Field" and track the progress
of the expedition by viewing photographs, journal entries, and
site-relevant historical information. Then ask the archaeologist a
question, meet the team of students and professors diving in Black Sea, and
check out a Map of the location of the dig.

www.archaeology.org/interactive/blacksea/index.html
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projects. This weekly section will introduce you to some of these sites.
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