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It’s hard to tell exactly how many individual websites are in existence, but according to a Netcraft survey (http://news.netcraft. com), there are about 170 million. Using easy web-authoring tools and templates, almost anyone can create a website, and new ones come online at a staggering rate of more than three million per month. Within this massive collection of websites there are some that are stunningly creative, or showpieces of technology, or spiritually moving, or all of the above. The problem is finding them, which is why it’s fortunate that there are the Webby Awards.

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Some car folk have asserted, with a hint of sincerity, that the greenest car ever sold is the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. Of 38,000 Silver Shadow variants built between 1965 and 1980, some 90 percent are still registered and roadworthy.

By this measure of greenness, Aston Martins and Ferraris probably run a close second, though it’s a safe bet that more of those have been wrecked. As counterpoint to these enduring automobiles, the National Automobile Dealers Association reports that 12 million cars and trucks were scrapped in the United States in 2006. “Scrapped” in this context covers a range of possibilities, from systematically recycled to submerged in country ponds.

In a thoughtful debate on environmental impact, few will hold fast to the notion that a Silver Shadow is the greenest car. But the point is taken. With attention focused on sexy propulsion sources, considerations such as manufacturing, duty cycle and disposal get lost in the roar. Does anyone really know what the most ecologically friendly car is?

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Leading Web design, vehicle inventory management, marketing and intelligence solution provider DataOne/XIGroup, a division of Dominion Enterprises, today announced the launch of a new behavioral marketing platform and Web site redesign for Acton Toyota Scion’s award-winning www.ActonToyota.com.

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