Thursday, February 23, 2006

New Links on our web for the week of February 23, 2006 Black History and African American Resources The Sonja Haynes Stone Center Library for Black Culture and History: Guide to the Web Compilation of annotated links to hundreds of websites about "African, African American, and African Diaspora history and culture. ... The topics covered range from the underground railroad to hip hop music." Other subjects include civil rights, education, health, literature, military, religion, slavery, sports, and women. From the Sonja Haynes Stone Center at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. (LII) African American Sheet Music, 1820-1920 "This digital collection from Brown University takes a look at the sheet music that reflected attitudes towards African-Americans." (SR) Business Business Know How "hundreds of articles about starting, running, marketing and managing businesses." Franchise Trade "Opportunities, Information and Resources" Leisure United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) This organization (founded in 1904) "is the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding." Its site features news and athlete rankings for snowboarding, ski jumping and aerials, and alpine, cross-country, and disabled skiing. Also includes material about international and domestic competitions, rules for each sport, team eligibility requirements, television schedules, links to the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboard Team sites, and more. (LII) Science Q And A: Dark Matter Questions and answers about this "term used to describe the mass in galaxies and clusters whose existence we infer from rotation curves and other techniques, but which has not been confirmed by observations on any electromagnetic wavelength." Topics include black holes, parallel universes, gravity, and more. Includes the related essay, "Dark Matter Mystery." From the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. (LII) 11:36:04 AM

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