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Best
of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that
contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as
well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans,
history teacher guides, history activities, history games,
history quizzes, and more. 1/17/06
GasBuddy.com
can help you find cheap gas prices in your city. It is a
network of more than 173+ gas price information web sites
that helps you find low gasoline prices. 2/2/06
The
mission of the Emergency
Email Network is "Provide notification to citizens
of local, regional, national and international emergencies
utilizing the Internet and electronic mail (email) in a
secure and expedient manner" 2/27/06
The
mission of the Emergency
Email Network is "Provide notification to citizens
of local, regional, national and international emergencies
utilizing the Internet and electronic mail (email) in a
secure and expedient manner" 3/20/06
If you've ever wondered how things are made -
products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if
you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like
forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to
the right place. AIM
has developed an introductory website for kids and adults
showing how various items are made. It covers over 40
different products and manufacturing processes, and includes
almost 4 hours of manufacturing video. It is targeted
towards non-engineers and engineers alike. Think of it as
your own private online factory tour, or a virtual factory
tour, if you wish. 04/18/06
EdRef™
College Search Directory provides free detailed
information on thousands of US colleges, universities, and
post-secondary trade schools. School info includes admission
requirements, degrees & majors, contact info, test
scores, student diversity, religious affiliations,
athletics, tuition expenses, etc. 05/17/06
Completing
a Life offers a rich resource for people who are living
with advanced illness. With over a hundred separate topic
pages linked by easy-to-use navigation tools, it allows
anyone to chart a personal pathway through the content.
Users can find the information they need most whenever they
need it. 6/12/06
The sole purpose of Hard
To Find 800 Numbers is to help customers reach companies
whose numbers are often buried deep within a large corporate
site. 7/11/06
Money
hasn't always looked like it does today. Explore the Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco's American
Currency Exhibit online and watch history come alive as
you step back in time to our nation's beginning. Learn how
our country's rich history is closely tied with our
currency. Discover the role the Federal Reserve has
played--and continues to play--in that history. 8/2/06
The
National
Toy Hall of Fame® was established in 1998 by A.C.
Gilbert’s Discovery Village, a children’s museum in
Salem, Oregon, to recognize toys that have achieved
longevity and national significance in the world of play and
imagination. 8/14/06
Welcome to Brain
Teaser Central! Here you will find some of the best
brain teasers and illusions around. Come in and browse
around. 8/28/06
Security
On Campus, Inc. is a non-profit (501(c)(3)) organization
whose mission is to prevent violence, substance abuse and
other crimes in college and university campus communities
across the United States, and to compassionately assist the
victims of these crimes. 09/18/06
Dying
Words - The last words spoken by famous people at death,
or shortly before 10/21/06
Since 1995, Refdesk
is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and
reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources.
11/13/06
Urban
legends are a specific type of folklore, and many of the
items discussed on this site do not fall under the folkloric
definition of "urban legend." Snopes.com
follows the more expansive popular (if inaccurate) use of
"urban legend" as a term that embraces not only
urban legends but also common fallacies, misinformation, old
wives' tales, strange news stories, rumors, celebrity
gossip, and similar items. 11/22/06
The
History of Thanksgiving - Ever wonder what the pilgrims
and their Native American guests really ate at the first
feast? The truth may surprise you. Contrary to popular
belief, they didn't sit down to a meal featuring turkey,
corn, cranberries, and pumpkin pie (in fact, they didn't
even have forks!). Travel back to Plymouth and discover some
of the humble origins of Thanksgiving traditions we
celebrate today and what the original celebration was
actually like! 12/04/06
Slow Food is a
non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization
that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast
life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s
dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes
from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest
of the world. 12/18/06
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