http://www.nppa.org/competitions/best_of_still_photojournalism/2005/photography/winners/

Despite the vast amount of "multimedia" material floating around the world, the persuasive and emotive visual power of so-called "static" photographs remains highly compelling. The annual Best of Photojournalism awards pay tribute to a wide range of media, and this website offers the best in still photography from the year 2005. Announced throughout the month of March, visitors can view the images at their leisure in a myriad of categories, including "Sports Portfolio of the Year", "International News Picture Story", and "Portrait and Personality". Scattered throughout the site are photos of federal agents on duty on the United States-Mexico border, a Kashmiri woman outside of an immunization clinic, and a wrestler in the throes of training to qualify for the Palestinian Olympic team. [KMG]

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/silentwitness/

This small and powerful exhibition from the US Holocaust Museum tells how Lola Rein escaped the Nazis by hiding for seven months, spending the days in a 4x6-foot hole dug below a barn, with three other Jews. Rein was eight years old when she went into hiding on a summer day, wearing a dress embroidered by her mother, a talented seamstress. In 2002, Rein donated the dress to the Holocaust Museum, and told her story to curators. The Web exhibition's use of Flash animation and video allows visitors to see the dress close up, watch Rein talk about her time in hiding, and experience human memory embodied in an object. [DS]

http://www.statistics.gr/Main_eng.asp

Greece is one of the oldest countries in the world, and for those seeking current and historical information about the country in terms of a variety of statistics, this website will be quite useful. On the site, visitors can download a recent publication titled "Greece in Numbers" which is a 27-page document produced by the Statistical Service that features some basic demographic data, along with information about the country's manufacturing output and natural resources. Within the section titled "Statistical Data", visitors can also view more specialized data such as yearly information about the number of live births and the labor market. Visitors looking to learn about the new products released on the site should consult the "News" section or read through their press release section as well for various statistical indices. [KMG]

http://www.napawash.org/index.html

While the National Academy of Public Administration may conjure up images of that dreaded word "bureaucracy", this important independent non-partisan organization chartered by Congress plays a vital role in assisting federal, state, and local governments in improving their effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability. On their site, users can learn about the Academy, its mission, special initiatives, and in addition, very diverse projects, such as those for Bonneville Power, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Transit Administration. Visitors can also learn about the Academy's five centers, which include those on government performance, human resources, intergovernmental relations, and management studies. Each area provides a brief overview of each center's work and equally helpful, access to its latest publications. Finally, the site also provides a calendar of relevant conferences and events, along with a search engine. [KMG]

http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/SharedHistory/default.asp

The old college grounds and the local surroundings often bring back wistful, nostalgia-drenched memories for many alums and long-time residents. The city of Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas have grown up together in that sense, and this collection of 500 photographs of the city and the campus offer some visual perspective on this subject. The work was funded in part by the Happy Hollow Foundation, and visitors can search the collection in three ways or just browse on through the photographs at their leisure. The photographs included here include those of various churches and businesses in the community along with famous campus buildings such as Old Main or Razorback Stadium. The materials offered here were drawn from the Special Collections Picture Collection at the University and the William S. Campbell Collections. [KMG]

http://www.earth.nasa.gov/flash_top.html

NASA has a number of sites devoted to disseminating material about its various scientific expeditions and discoveries, and the Destination Earth is one of the clearinghouse-style sites that will be of great interest to the general public. From the site's homepage, visitors can choose overviews of the different epochs of NASA discovery (ranging from 1958 to 1997) or by looking through the "Today in Earth Science" section, which contains important news updates on various topics related to the earth sciences such as the discovery of new fault lines. In the "Vision For the Future" area, users can learn about upcoming NASA expeditions and also about the potential benefits of such missions. Of course, no such website would be complete without a section for young people, and the "For Kids Only", provides access to a number of educational resources designed to help them learn about the solar system and the universe. [KMG]

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/fbci/

On January 29, 2001, President George W. Bush issued two executive orders related to faith-based and community organizations. The first established a base of operations within the White House for such initiatives, and the second established centers within various cabinet- level departments, including the Department of Justice (DOJ). As the latter's website notes, "The Task Force's purpose is to promote good works by neighbors, particularly in the areas of juvenile delinquency, prisoners and their families, victims of crime, domestic violence, and drug addiction/treatment/prevention." Visitors to the site can learn about funding opportunities administered by the DOJ and also read some of its publications, such as "Moving Beyond the Walls: Faith and Justice Partnerships Working for High Risk Youth". Interested parties may also want to look at the Task Force's FAQ section and sign up to receive email updates. [KMG]