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Northwest Biodiesel Network
The website for this organization promoting the use of biodiesel ("renewable fuel made which is primarily made from any vegetable or animal oil source") provides general resources about the fuel and information specific to using biodiesel in the Pacific Northwest. Features a list of filling stations and producers, sources for locating a biodiesel-compatible vehicle, Northwest businesses that use biodiesel in their vehicles, and links to news about biodiesel. Web Sudoku
"The rules of Sudoku are simple. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square."This site features billions of interactive games with easy, medium, hard, and evil levels of difficulty (users can receive hints). The site also supplies puzzles for newspapers, magazines, and other media for a fee. Sudan: A Nation Divided
BBC's in-depth reporting on Sudan includes news, analysis, profiles of militia and rebels, and features on refugees, rape, and the humanitarian crisis. Links lead to key stories and the BBC's Country Profile of Sudan. From the British Broadcasting Corporation. From Noah Websterto Merriam-Webster: Celebrating 200 Year of Dictionar
In 2006 "Merriam-Webster celebrates the bicentennial anniversary of America's first dictionary, Noah Webster's A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1806."The site features a timeline, a list of words appearing for the first time in Webster's 1806 dictionary, and brief background about Noah Webster's spelling reforms. Also includes listings of associated spelling bee events for children and adults. From Merriam-Webster. Partners in Preservation: San Francisco Initiative
Website for the 2006 American Express Partners in Preservation initiative which focuses on the San Francisco Bay Area as part of a "$10 million, five-year commitment to historic preservation that seeks to increase public awareness of the importance of historic preservation in the United States and around the world."Features photos and background about nominated properties and how to vote for the site that will receive funding. Acoustic 3-D Imaging Unveils Swimming Behavior Of Microscopic Ocean Pl
Below the ocean's surface, currents sweep microscopic animals called zooplankton into patches or clusters. The survival of predatory ocean animals like fish and whales--as well as the success of human fishers--can depend on finding those clusters of zooplankton and the larger animals that feed on them. Scientists long have suspected that the clusters form when zooplankton swim against ocean currents, but researchers have never had a way to track the motions of these miniscule sea creatures. Iron Ore Statistics and Information
Statistical publications on iron ore, "a mineral substance which, when heated in the presence of a reductant, will yield metallic iron (Fe). ... Iron ore is the source of primary iron for the world's iron and steel industries."Includes links to statistics about iron and steel scrap (recycled into new steel and cast-iron products) and slag (nonmetallic byproducts of iron and steel manufacturing). From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Disparate Mole-rats: Underground Soap Opera Brings New Science To Ligh
This is all underground, and naked mole-rats prefer it that way: Momma naked mole-rat is the only one having babies, and she's got several naked mole-rat boyfriends. Were it human, the family would argue it out on a national talk show. As it is, the social behavior of these tiny rodents has scientists intrigued, right down to their naked mole-rat molecules. A New Turn-on For Genes: Scientists Find Structure Relevant To Cell Gr
Researchers discovered a special type of molecular structure that helps keep genes properly turned off until the structure is ejected from those genes in a regulated manner to help turn the genes on. The discovery by researchers at the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute is relevant to normal cell growth and cancer. Jan. 24, 1848: Gold!
Fortune seekers transform California but, as with the dot-com "gold rush" a century and a half later, most get nothing. Compiled by Tony Long.
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