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The Scout Report
April 14, 2006
Volume 12, Number 1565
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A publication of the Internet Scout Project.
Sponsored by University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries.
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====== Research and Education ====
1.  History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
2.  The Lost Gospel of Judas
3.  British History Online
4.  American Journalism Review
5.  Environmental Impacts of Hurricane Katrina
6.  The Research Library of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

====== General Interest ====
7.  Darwin
8.  The Aaron Copland Collection
9.  Early Modern Culture: An Electronic Seminar
10. Curating the City: Wilshire Blvd
11. IT Conversations
12. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895

====== Network Tools ====
13. Magellan Metasearch 1.3.0
14. K9 Web Protection 3.0.23

====== In The News ====
15. Noted for his "bold use of simple materials", Brazilian architect is
awarded Pritzker Prize


====== Research and Education ====

1.  History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web [Real Player, pdf]
[Last reviewed on September 22, 1998]
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

Since the History Matters website was first profiled in the Scout Report
close to eight years ago, they have expanded their reach to include a host
of lovely new features.  All the while, still maintaining their key
strengths in providing access to high-quality teaching resources for high
school and college students and teachers of American history. Arriving on
the site, visitors will find three primary sections: "Many Pasts", "Making
Sense of Evidence", and "www.history". In "Many Pasts", visitors can explore
over 1000 primary documents, including photographic images and audio
interviews. "Making Sense of Evidence" provides material on how historians
approach resources as they attempt to craft intelligent and erudite
narratives. The final section, "www.history", contains brief reviews of over
800 websites that address various aspects of American history. The site also
contains a number of other gems, including "Secrets of Great History
Teachers", which features interviews with those who impart the knowledge of
the ages with wisdom and insight. [KMG]


2.  The Lost Gospel of Judas [Macromedia Flash Player]
http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/

Recently, a team of international experts in the field of archaeology came
across a rather remarkable find when they located the Gospel of Judas, which
was written on a 1700 year-old leather-bound papyrus. Part of this team
included experts from the National Geographic Society, and armed with this
material, they have created this fine website, which allows users to explore
the document at their leisure and to learn more about the potential
importance of such a find. First-time visitors to the site will want to stop
by the "About the Project" area. Here they can learn about the persons
working on this project, review a list of FAQs, and learn more about Coptic,
which is the language in which the Gospel of Judas was written. Proceeding
from there, visitors can explore the document online and they can also
download the entire work, translated into English, or in the original
Coptic. Visitors seeking additional context for understanding this piece of
writing will want to peruse the timeline offered here, which includes
background material on early Christian history and Gnosticism. The site is
rounded out by an area that contains information about the complex and
painstakingly detailed process by which the document was brought back to
life and subsequently conserved for future generations. [KMG]


3.  British History Online
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/

British history to some might be thought of as a dense thicket of county
records, complex lineages, and other such foibles that make the story of
these modestly-sized islands all the more delectable.  Fortunately for those
interested in these "histories", there is the British History Online
website. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of
Parliament Trust, the site contains a rather staggering array of material,
ranging from the journals of the House of Commons to ordnance survey maps
from across the nation. Apart from browsing through these resources,
visitors can also utilize a series of tabs running across the top of the
homepage that compartmentalize the materials here into such categories as
places and subjects. Some of the subject headings include agriculture
history, historical geography, and social history. One additional nice
feature is the "Recent Journal Entries" section, where visitors can learn
about recent and upcoming additions to the already impressive selection of
primary historical resources offered here. [KMG]


4.  American Journalism Review [pdf]
http://www.ajr.org/

Published under the careful hand of staff members at the Philip Merrill
College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, the American Journalism
Review comes out six times a year. The print magazine is available here for
the general public in an electronic format, and contains articles ranging
from the changing media landscape in the United States and to discussions
about whether newsrooms should use the names of illegal immigrants in their
reporting on various events. If visitors so desire, they may also browse the
archives of this publication all the way back to 1991. Those in the field of
journalism (or those who are just curious about the field) should browse on
over to the "Resources" area. Here they can learn about journalism
fellowships and look over a list of helpful "Reporters' Tools", which are
essentially links to like-minded sites. For those looking for a break from
the normal supply of stoic headlines, there is the "Take 2" area of the
site. With just a click of the mouse, users can read a number of funny
errors and clever headlines culled straight from the wide world of the
American media. [KMG]


5.  Environmental Impacts of Hurricane Katrina [pdf]
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/hurricane_katrina/

Over the past few months, a number of government agencies have worked
diligently to assist those affected by Hurricane Katrina, often working in
tandem with other units of government throughout the region. One agency that
is working to assess the marine environmental impacts of Katrina is the
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The site is fairly
simple to navigate, as it essentially contains a number of links to some of
the projects they are currently working on throughout the region. Some of
these projects include assessments of the marine mammal and turtle health
and monitoring the area for harmful algal blooms. Visitors may also wish to
learn about the currently deployed vessels that are out working in the area,
or they may also want to take a look at their links section. [KMG]


6.  The Research Library of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis [pdf]
http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/

Maintained by the staff at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, this
website provides a host of thoughtful papers on economic policy, along with
offering links to a wide variety of related resources, such as those dealing
with the state of global economic affairs and economic history and price
indices. From the homepage, visitors can browse through international,
national, and regional research papers that include works titled "Income
Taxes: Who Pays and How Much?" and "The United States: Still the Growth
Engine for the World Economy?" Moving down the homepage, visitors will come
to a brief listing of helpful economic indicators, such as the consumer
price index and new housing starts.  Finally, visitors can read issues of
the "Regional Economist", a quarterly publication which addresses national
and regional economic trends. [KMG]



====== General Interest ====

7.  Darwin [Real Player]
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/?src=e_f

While many may know that Charles Darwin was quite happy to keep company with
his notebooks and his telescopes, there are many more fascinating things to
learn about this remarkable scientist on this engaging and visually
appealing website created by the American Museum of Natural History.
Designed to function as an online counterpart to a recent in situ
exhibition, the site is divided into small sections that contain information
on some of his activities, including his voyage on the HMS Beagle and his
initial thoughts about a theory of natural selection. What is truly
remarkable about this site are the audio and visual features that are woven
seamlessly into the essays and photographs. Visitors can listen to a
simulated soundscape from the HMS Beagle voyage, and then view a tortoise
cam in another section (appropriately titled "Tortoise Cam").
[KMG]


8.  The Aaron Copland Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/

Along with Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland may be considered one of the
most well-known and regarded American composers of the 20th century.
Copland's accolades were many throughout his long life, and the American
Memory Project at the Library of Congress has seen fit that the web-browsing
public will be able to learn a great deal more about Copland's works and
life. Currently, this online collection contains approximately 1000 items,
including photographs of Copland at work, some of his writings, and a host
of his wonderful personal correspondences with the likes of Nadia Boulanger
and Benjamin Britten. Some brief highlights of his career may be gleaned
through perusing the timeline offered here, and even more may be learned
about the man himself by reading some of the essays written by his friends
and colleagues on the occasion of his 75th birthday in 1975. [KMG]


9.  Early Modern Culture: An Electronic Seminar
http://eserver.org/emc/default.html

As their mission statement notes, Early Modern Culture is dedicated to
creating an online space that recreates, in the virtual sense, the "active
and on-going inquiry of a good seminar." A lofty goal indeed, and their
laudable results are available here for the consideration of those who are
drawn to the milieu of dialogue and dissent as mediated through the keyboard
and the glare of a computer monitor. Edited by Crystal Bartolovich of
Syracuse University and David Siar of Winston-Salem State University, the
journal contains commentaries on early modern women and the often-lively
Electronic Seminar area, where various learned persons trade informed and
compelling remarks on their works. Visitors should also note that previous
issues of the journal are available here in the archive. [KMG]


10. Curating the City: Wilshire Blvd [Macromedia Flash Player]
http://www.curatingthecity.org/

To die-hard urbanistas, viewing the various parts of cities as discrete
objects to be examined and celebrated is as natural as breathing in and out.
There are many who like to look at a city's primary arteries, such as
Chicago's State Street, or in the case of this website, Los Angeles's
storied Wilshire Boulevard. Stretching across 16 miles and moving through
three municipalities, Wilshire Boulevard is known for such signature
landmarks as Palisades Park in Santa Monica and the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Visitors will find the interactive map of the Boulevard quite a treat, as
they are free to browse around by moving their mouse across a visually
appealing map that offers highlights of the built environment on and around
the area. Those who have their own personal memories of the Boulevard may
wish to submit them in the site's "Memory Book", which currently contains
personal memories offered by Angelenos and others. [KMG]


11. IT Conversations [Real Player]
http://www.itconversations.com

For those who might see the words "IT Conversations", and think: "Oh no. A
website dedicated to conversations about IT", think again. This delightful
website started life in June 2003, under the careful direction of Doug Kaye
and it currently contains dozens of compelling interviews, discussions, and
heated debates with a number of fascinating individuals. The first-time
visitor might want to begin by looking through some of the series listed on
the homepage. Some of the themes addressed by these sessions include social
innovation, technology development, and global security. Each interview can
also be rated, so visitors may want to listen to some of the highest rated
programs first, depending on their faith in such ratings. Of course, users
may also wish to use the search engine offered here, as they can use this
application to quickly locate different programs of interest. [KMG]


12. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895
http://www.bartleby.com/246/

Back in the salad days of the British Empire, there was a Queen named
Victoria. She defined an age in a way that few could do today, and certainly
not for sixty years. While her writings are not represented in this fine
online collection, it contains writings of many who flourished during her
long reign. Bartleby.com recently placed the complete "A Victorian
Anthology, 1837-1895" here, and visitors will be most delighted when they
browse through its contents. Edited by one Edmund Clarence Stedman, this
magnum opus contains 1274 works by 343 authors. It should be noted that the
entire work is comprised of poems, so those seeking lines from Lord Jim or
Martin Chuzzlewit may need to look elsewhere. Of course, those who are
temped by the quatrains of Yeats, Arnold, or Rossetti will want to linger
awhile. [KMG]



====== Network Tools ====

13. Magellan Metasearch 1.3.0
http://sourceforge.net/projects/magellan2/

Like the noted explorer for which this program is named, this application
demonstrates a rather impressive ability in the areas of discovery and
exploration. Truth be told, the application doesn't actually "discover" far-
off lands and such, but it will help users find the information they require
online quickly. With Magellan, visitors can query a host of search engines
all at once. Visitors can enter in complex search terms, and also take use a
number of standard boolean and proximity operators. This version of the
application is compatible with all systems running Windows 98 and newer.
[KMG]


14. K9 Web Protection 3.0.23
http://www.k9webprotection.com

Parents and those concerned about young people surfing the Internet may want
to take a close look at this particular application. With this application,
users have the ability to block adult sites and other potentially offensive
content from the eyes of children and other impressionable persons. K9 Web
Protection 3.0.23 can also be configured to stop spyware or gambling
programs. This particular version is compatible with all computers running
Windows 2000 and XP. [KMG]
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====== In The News ====

15. Noted for his "bold use of simple materials", Brazilian architect is
awarded Pritzker Prize
Paulo Mendes da Rocha Wins Pritzker Prize
http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/060411pritzker.asp

NPR: Da Rocha Receives Pritzker Prize for Architecture [Real Player]
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5331826

Humaniser of the modern megalopolis
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/46c2c0e6-c97c-11da-94ca-0000779e2340.html

The Pritzker Architecture Prize [pdf]
http://www.pritzkerprize.com/

International Architecture Database
http://www.archinform.net

Chicago Architects Oral History Project [pdf]
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/

In the past few decades, architects have increasingly garnered attention
from the mainstream media, and some have attracted quite a cult following,
including such "starchitects" as Norman Foster and Frank Gehry. The best-
known prize for outstanding achievement in this field of human endeavor is
the Pritzker Prize, established in 1979 by the Hyatt Foundation. This week,
the Foundation announced that this year's honoree was Mendes da Rocha, a
Brazilian architect known for his own creative interpretation of the
brutalist style of architecture. While some may associate this style of
architecture with the cold and seemingly distant works of Walter Netsch and
others, the citation offered by the award committee noted that his work was
"guided by a sense of responsibility toward the residents of his buildings
and the broader society."  His work does show a great fondness for the use
of concrete, as he has constructed stadiums, houses, and even a chapel of
this sometimes harsh material. Commenting on the award, Nicolai Ouroussoff,
architecture critic for The New York Times, remarked that "There's a strain
of brutalism in his work, but there's also a sense of nature and the
relationship between indoor and outdoor space, but he stayed true to those
values all the way through." [KMG]

This first link takes users to an article from this Tuesday's Architectural
Record about Rocha's architectural vision and the Pritzker Prize. The second
link leads to a piece from National Public Radio about Rocha's architectural
philosophy, offered by Edward Lifson. The third link will take users to an
article from the Financial Times, which provides some material on how
Rocha's work interacts with changing sensibilities about contemporary
urbanism. The fourth link leads to the homepage of the Pritzker Architecture
Prize. Here visitors can learn about the history of the award and read the
complete citation for this year's award. The fifth link leads to the rather
tremendous and helpful International Architecture Database, which contains
material on 14,000 different architectural projects. The final link leads to
the homepage of the Chicago Architects Oral History Project at The Art
Institute of Chicago. With a click of their mouse, visitors can read
engaging interviews with such notable Windy City architects as Carter Manny,
Bertrand Goldberg, and Stanley Tigerman. [KMG]




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==   Index for April 14, 2006     ==
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1.  History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web [Real Player, pdf]
[Last reviewed on September 22, 1998]
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

2.  The Lost Gospel of Judas [Macromedia Flash Player]
http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/

3.  British History Online
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/

4.  American Journalism Review [pdf]
http://www.ajr.org/

5.  Environmental Impacts of Hurricane Katrina [pdf]
http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/hurricane_katrina/

6.  The Research Library of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis [pdf]
http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/

7.  Darwin [Real Player]
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/?src=e_f

8.  The Aaron Copland Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/

9.  Early Modern Culture: An Electronic Seminar
http://eserver.org/emc/default.html

10. Curating the City: Wilshire Blvd [Macromedia Flash Player]
http://www.curatingthecity.org/

11. IT Conversations [Real Player]
http://www.itconversations.com

12. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895
http://www.bartleby.com/246/

13. Magellan Metasearch 1.3.0
http://sourceforge.net/projects/magellan2/

14. K9 Web Protection 3.0.23
http://www.k9webprotection.com

15. Noted for his "bold use of simple materials", Brazilian architect is
awarded Pritzker Prize
Paulo Mendes da Rocha Wins Pritzker Prize
http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/060411pritzker.asp



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