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The Scout Report - July 18, 1997
The Scout Report
Volume 4, Number 12
July 18, 1997
A Publication of the Internet Scout Project
Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin
A Project of the InterNIC
The Scout Report is a weekly publication offering a selection of new and
newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and
educators, the InterNIC's primary audience. However, everyone is welcome to
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In This Issue:
Research and Education
Science's Next Wave: An Electronic Network for the Next
Generation of Scientists [JavaScript]
http://www.nextwave.org/
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and
Science magazine produce Next Wave, a resource which focuses on
providing "accurate and timely information to help young scientists develop
their career prospects." Next Wave targets upper-level undergraduates,
graduate students, postdoctoral candidates, and young faculty members.
While information provided is intended primarily for those in the job
market, there are also articles written for current students, such as "What
is the Best Form of Funding for Graduate Students?" in the Going Public
section. The New Niches section, which profiles careers outside academic
research, currently features an open forum on international opportunities,
which will run through August 1, 1997. Faculty, graduate students, and
scientists are invited to contribute to both the Going Public and New
Niches forums. An archive of past Niches is also available. Users can
search the site by keyword or by concept using a local Excite search
engine. Visitors to the site must register (free) prior to use.
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Education-line (eLib)
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/
This working paper archive, part of the Electronic Libraries Programme
(eLib) (discuss
ed in the September 20, 1996 Scout Report), and managed by the British
Education Index at the University of Leeds (UK), currently contains over
200 pre-prints in the areas of education and training. Users can search the
collection by keywords, an inverted word index, or the BEI thesaurus, which
contains hypertext connections to automatically-generated searches for
broader and narrower terms, as well as the terms selected. The collection
can also be browsed (most recent Education-line documents). Full
text of each preprint is available and bibliographic information including
number of pages, abstract, level, age group, document type, and related
subjects are available for selected preprints. Although still a "pilot
service" at this time, Education-line promises to become a major
source of education and training working papers.
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Nanoworld Image Gallery
http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.html
The Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis at the University of Queensland
(Australia) provides over one hundred scanning electron microscope (SEM)
and transmission electron microscope (TEM) images in nineteen categories,
including blood, cellular ultrastructure, hair, insects, materials, pollen,
and yeast. Images are black and white .gifs, with file sizes provided.
Color enhancements of selected images are available. The site also features
a tour of the Queensland Fruit Fly.
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Peace Keeping Citation List-- Center for Defense
Information (CDI)
http://www.cdi.org/issues/pkcite/
Via email subscription:
http://mail2.cdi.org/archives/subscribe.html
Center for Defense Information
http://www.cdi.org/
Retired US Army Col. Dan Smith of the Center for Defense Information
compiles this biweekly list of recent publications on "peacekeeping and
multilateral military operations." This excellent current-awareness
resource on the topic of peacekeeping features congressional hearings and
reports, US government publications, periodical and journal articles, press
releases and speeches, organizations, and conferences. Contact information
is provided for citations, although web addresses for citations are not
hyperlinked at this time. Citation List is also available via email
subscription. The CDI site chronicles the attributes of CDI, a non-profit
research organization, and features information from seven CDI issue areas,
and other items including a military spending clock.
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The Romantic Chronology
http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/projects/pack/rom-chrono/chrono.htm
A history of the romantic period unfolds at this site created by Allen Liu
of the University of California, Santa Barbara and Laura Mandell of Miami
University of Ohio. Intended as a university-level instructional tool, the
Romantic Chronology is divided into twelve time periods, each of which
contains a number of external and internal links to short informative
pieces on significant political and literary events and personalities of
the Romantic Movement. A fairly comprehensive collection of links (some
annotated) to courses, websites, and other resources for students and
teachers of the Romantic Period, as well as to other historical and
literary times, is featured.
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Roadsign--Professional Opportunities in American
Culture Studies
http://home.dc.lsoft.com/archives/opportunities.html
Subscribers interested in the study of American culture can consult
Roadsign, a manageable site that offers a weekly index of postings from
American Studies Opportunities & News. The latter is a huge database
updated on a daily basis that contains information about the American
Studies Association, positions available, calls for papers, fellowship
notices, internships, programs for conferences and other events, book
reviews, tables of contents for relevant journals, and bibliographical and
online resources. Roadsign archives are available at the above URL.
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To subscribe send email to:
listserv@listserv.georgetown.edu
In the body of the message type:
subscribe roadsign YourName
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General Interest
EPA'S Updated Air Quality Standards For Smog (Ozone)
and Particulate Matter [.pdf]
http://ttnwww.rtpnc.epa.gov/naaqsfin/index.htm
On July 16, 1997, the US Environmental Protection Agency released "final
air quality standards for particulate matter and ozone (otherwise known as
soot and smog)." The EPA Office of Air & Radiation has made the standards,
which appear in the July 18, 1997 Federal Register, available (in
Adobe Acrobate [.pdf] format). The FR final rules are: "Final
Particulate Matter NAAQS," (National Ambient Air Quality Standards,102p.);
"Final Ozone NAAQS" (37p.); "Particulate Matter Monitoring Requirements"
(86p.); and "Supplemental Information and Request for Comments" (2p.). In
addition, there is a 16 page memorandum from President Clinton to the EPA
Administrator concerning implementation of the standards, and there are
also several fact sheets about the standards. Note that the new standards
contain two significant changes from the EPA's November 1996 proposal (discus
sed in the December 6, 1996 Scout Report). Users can see the Updated
Clean Air Standards fact sheet for these changes.
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Renewing the United Nations: A Programme for
Reform
http://www.un.org/reform/
This report, prepared by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, provides his
"recommendations for the most extensive and far-reaching reform of the
United Nations since it was founded." Major recommendations include a more
cost-effective bureaucracy, a smaller budget, and reforms in management
structure. The report is the result of a "six-month planning process."
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PubMed--National Library of Medicine's
MEDLINE
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
Press Release:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/press_releases/free_medline.html
The US National Library of Medicine has made its searchable MEDLINE
database freely available to all Americans. This site provides searchable
access to over 8.5 million MEDLINE and PreMEDLINE citations. Users can also
search molecular biology databases from the National Center for
Biotechnology Information's Entrez system. A journal browser, which allows
users to find articles based on the journals they appear in, and clinical
alert notices are also featured at PubMed.
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Forbes International Billionaires: The World's
Richest People [frames]
http://www.forbes.com/tool/toolbox/billionaires/index.asp
Forbes Digital Tool Toolbox
http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/toolbox.htm
Forbes (discuss
ed in the May 10, 1996 Scout Report) provides this web site to
complement its article, "The Global Power Elite," in the July 28, 1997
issue of the magazine. From the Sultan of Brunei ($38 billion) to Rem
Viakhirev ($1.1 billion), 200 billionaires and some not-quite-billionaires
(heavy hitters) can be searched by any of seven variables, or browsed by
net worth, country, or name. Forbes also provides the Digital Tool
Toolbox, a smorgasbord of directories, indexes, guides, and calculators,
designed to help you increase your wealth, although you probably still
won't hobnob with the Sultan.
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CNNSI [Java, JavaScript, Quicktime]
http://www.cnnsi.com/
Site map:
http://www.cnnsi.com/help/web/sitemap.html
Sports Illustrated 1997 NFL Preview
http://www.cnnsi.com/events/1997/nflpreview/
The Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated have combined their
formidable news gathering, analytic, and photographic talents to provide
this site as an enhancement to the CNNSI TV network. CNNSI offers a unique
breadth of sports coverage. In addition to covering major American sports,
it also covers the world sport scene, with categories for cricket, rugby,
cycling, soccer, and olympic sports, among others. You can also set up your
own personalized scoreboard, use CNNSI's Java based desktop scoreboard, and
view Quicktime videos of selected news stories dating back to 1980. A
highlight of the site is a selection of articles from Sports
Illustrated's Pro Football '97 Preview.
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Network Tools
ColorPicker--For online web page color testing
[frames, JavaScript]
http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/weblinks/color_picker/
ColorPicker is a convenient online aid for web page color scheme design by
Professional Web Design. Users can choose background, text, link, visited
link, and active link colors using Netscape's 216 color pallette.
ColorPicker allows for the inclusion of sample background images, as well
as font styles, names, and sizes. Once the options are set, an immediate
visual output of the unique color scheme is given in the adjacent frame.
The sample web page within the frame includes text, links, background, and
a simple table. Also given in the output is the corresponding body tag. If
you are using Internet Explorer, be aware that the Choose a Background
Image function is not supported, and you may experience a few bugs due to
IE's unstable support of JavaScript. ColorPicker is also downloadable at
the above URL in zip format.
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ADVANCED-WEB--Advanced Web Publishing Mailing
List
The ADVANCED-WEB list was created in order to discuss advanced web
publishing and design. Discussions can range anywhere from HTML to Java and
beyond. Since the "advanced" designation can be relative, it has been left
up to the subscribers to define it for themselves. Before posting a
question or comment, it is recommended that subscribers lurk about for a
week or so.
[JS]
To subscribe send email to:
LISTPROC@LISTSERVER.COM
In the body of the message type:
SUBSCRIBE ADVANCED-WEB FirstName LastName
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Where Are They Now
Volume 1, Number 12: The Scout Report for July 15,
1994
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report/archive/7-15-94.html
NSF Network News--InterNIC News
http://rs.internic.net/nic-support/nicnews/
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/
The July 15, 1994 Scout Report annotated the first web-based issue of the
NFS Network News, a bimonthly publication that contained information about
the National Information Infrastructure (NII), an InterNIC event calendar,
and reports from each of the InterNIC partners, as well as special feature
articles. NSF Network News existed between the Spring of 1993 and the Fall
of 1994. In April 1996, it was relaunched as the InterNIC News, which
covers events that affect the future Internet, provides information about
InterNIC activities, produces performance measures related to Internet
growth, and provides useful information about registering domain names. PBS
was announced as a gopher site. The gopher site is now defunct, having
metamorphosed into one of the best television-related sites available. PBS
provides a plethora of programming-related sites, including large sites
devoted to NOVA, Frontline, The American Experience, P.O.V., and the News
Hour, among many others. PBS is a great example of how the web can enhance
an already existing presence in another medium.
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