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CONTENTS:

• Inc.com Entrepreneur of the Year Contest
• Women-owned Business Stars 2005
• Eric Weisstein's World of Science

INC.COM ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR CONTEST

The deadline for entries was in September. As of the date of this review, the winner was not posted on the site, but you can still read about the nominees. You can even rate them and read others' comments. Keep refreshing the page or scroll down to the Read the Next Entry link to see more nominees. And check back for the winner, who will be featured in Inc. Magazine and on Inc.com.

The Search function, in the black bar on the left side of the page, pulls by last name, industry, city, company, state and country.

http://www.inc.com/entrepreneur/

WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS STARS 2005

According to the Web site of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, women-owned businesses employ more than 18.5 million people and generate close to $2.3 trillion in sales. The Council, an advocate of women-owned businesses, annually celebrates the contributions of women's business enterprises (WBEs) with a gala black-tie event. The honored "Stars" for 2005 are listed, showing their names, titles, photos and links to their companies' Web sites.

http://www.wbenc.org/salute2005/stars.htm

The site also maintains an archive of women they have profiled at:

http://www.wbenc.org/excellence/profiles/archive.html

ERIC WEISSTEIN'S WORLD OF SCIENCE

This site provides biographies of scientists, mostly historical, but some current. Click on Alphabetical Listing or, to browse by subject, click on Branch of Science (from Archaeologists to Sociologists), Gender/Minority Status (including Scientific Families and Teachers), Nationality or Prize Winners.

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/

Pam Patton

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