week 204 : 1 May 2008

Agriculture

Daylily Growers Of Dallas

Don Lee Farms: home of the turkey-Swiss burger

Texas Grain & Feed Association

 Attorney General

Texas Ethics Commission

Texas Lawyers for Children: "provides statewide assistance to judges and attorneys who handle child abuse and neglect cases"

 Commerce

DMA Choice: Direct Marketing Association’s (DMA) Consumer Information site

 Defense

Texas Military Forces Museum: in scenic Austin, Texas

 Education

National Science Teachers Association: 55,000 members, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia

 Energy

BoGo Light: solar-powered flashlight

MIT Energy Conference: "Solutions that Scale to Meet the Energy Challenge"

 Health and Human Services

Lake Nixon: camping in scenic Little Rock, Arkansas

 Homeland Security

Tree Top Bird Center: "is a Dallas based bird store with parrots, parrot supplies, including cages, avian vitamins, bird toys, and wild bird seed and bird houses"

 Housing and Urban Development

NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (started in 1910)

New Deal Network: "an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s"

 Interior

Forest Stewardship Council: "created to change the dialogue about and the practice of sustainable forestry worldwide"

National Drought Mitigation Center: overall, a pretty dry website

 Labor

Mugshot Du Jour: "funny and bizarre mug shots"

 State

Five Guys Burgers and Fries: in 22 states

ZamZar: "free online file conversion"

 Transportation

Parts And People: "a trade-only publication whose goal is to provide news, information, and insightful business profiles to automotive businesses with the purpose of sharing and cultivating good, ethical, and profitable business practices"

Texas Race Tracks: can you say yee-hah?

 Treasury

Ric Edelman: Barron’s has four times (2004–2007) ranked him among America’s 100 top financial advisors

 Veterans Affairs

Newseum: "The Interactive Museum of News" (Washington DC)