************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 11:28:50 -0500 To: scout-report@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: Internet Scout Project <scout@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: The Scout Report -- April 25, 2003 ======== The Scout Report == ======== April 25, 2003 ==== ======== Volume 9, Number 16 ====== ====== Internet Scout Project ======== ==== University of Wisconsin ======== == Department of Computer Sciences ======== == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K ======== ====== ====== == Index for April 25, 2003 == ====== ====== 1. NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology The eighth issue of the second volume of the MET Report is available. Its Topic in Depth section offers Web sites and comments about online multi-user environments. 2. Institute for the Study of International Migration http://www.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/isim/ 3. A Guide to Smart Growth and Cultural Resource Planning [.pdf] http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/histbuild/smartgrowth/SmartGrowthGuide.pdf 4. Ancient Near East.net http://www.ancientneareast.net/ 5. Holocaust Denial on Trial http://www.hdot.org/ieindex.html 6. Do Public Expenditures Improve Child Outcomes in the US?: A Comparison Across Fifty States [.pdf] http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP03-02-Harknett.pdf 7. Jainism: Jain Principles, Tradition, and Practices http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/jainhlinks.html 8. The Paul Bowles Web Site http://www.paulbowles.org/ 9. Mathematics Help Central [.pdf] http://www.mathematicshelpcentral.com/ 10. Modern Haiku http://www.modernhaiku.org/ 11. The Legacy of Genghis Khan [Flash 5] http://www.lacma.org/khan/index_flash.htm 12. The Victory Garden http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/ 13. Musicals101.com http://www.musicals101.com/ 14. Lewis and Clark as Naturalists [.pdf, Flash, Quick Time] http://web4.si.edu/lewisandclark/ 15. ThreeStooges.net [Real Player] http://threestooges.net/default.asp 16. The Handbook of Texas Online http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.html 17. SiteSucker 1.1.4 http://home.earthlink.net/~rcranisky/SiteSucker/index.html 18. NetRipper 2.0 http://www.net-ripper.com/index.php 19. Nickel to Get New Look and Design Mint to Debut New-look Nickel as Early as This Year http://www.TimesDispatch.com/news/more/MGBWIQOIXED.html Nickel's Back Side Gets Lewis-Clark Makeover http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi- bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=nickel25&date=20030425&query=nickel Nation to Get Newly Designed Nickels http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&ID=433 Cantor Introduces Legislation to Keep Monticello on the Nickel http://www.coinresource.com/news/cantor_monticello_act.htm American Numismatic Association http://www.money.org/index.shtml History of Wooden Money in the United States http://www.wooden-nickel.net/history/ ====== ==== == Subscription and Contact Information == ==== ====== To receive the electronic mail version of the Scout Report each week, join the scout-report mailing list. This is the only mail you will receive from this list. 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