The Scout Report
May 16, 2014 -- Volume 20, Number 19
A Publication of Internet Scout
Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research and Education
MIT OpenCourseWare PhysicsPlanners Web
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
HUD Handbooks, Forms and Publications
Central Pennsylvania Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Archive of Early American Images
WJEC Educational Resources
National Science Foundation: Brain Power
General Interest
Historic Baseball Resources: Library of CongressIllinois Civil War Newspapers
University of Buffalo Teaching & Learning Center
Route 66 Oral Histories
University of New Hampshire: Maps & Atlases
Physics Animations
Kalamazoo College Photographs
Daring Methods: The Prints of Mary Cassatt
Network Tools
OptimizillaOoberdocs
In the News
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http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/
The laws of physics have fascinated humans from ancient times to modern day. This OpenCourseWare compilation from MIT brings together dozens of courses that deal with nuclear physics, plasma physics, atomic physics, biophysics, and much more. First-time visitors to the site can browse through the offerings beginning with the famous "Classical Mechanics" course all the way through to "General Relativity.? Additionally, users can view the Featured Courses to explore some of the most recent additions to the site. New visitors to the world of OpenCourseWare should note that these courses include syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, and in some instances, video lectures and other multimedia materials. [KMG]
http://plannersweb.com/
Planners
Web
is
a
great
way
to
get
acquainted
with
the
field
of
urban
planning
as
it
provides
commentary
on
the
rise
of
the
"creative
class"
and
conversations
about
designing
walkable
cities.
First-time
visitors
can
check
out
the
What's
New
area
to
read
through
compelling
articles
that
include
"Ten
Things
You
Should
Know
About
Project
Opponents"
and
"Transportation
That
Works
for
All
Walks
of
Life.?
Moving
on,
visitors
can
look
over
great
sections
that
cover
American
planning
history
("A
is
for
Automobile
to
Z
is
for
Zoning?)
and
The
Secrets
of
Successful
Communities.
On
the
top
of
the
homepage,
visitors
will
find
sections
such
as
Basic
Tools,
Planning
Topics,
and
Today's
Planning
News.
Also,
visitors
may
wish
to
sign
up
for
free
email
updates.
[KMG]
http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
As
one
of
the
seven
scientific
institutes
of
the
European
Commission's
Joint
Research
Centre
(JRC),
the
Institute
for
Environment
and
Sustainability
(IES)
works
"to
provide
scientific
and
technical
support
to
European
Union
policies
for
the
protection
of
the
European
and
global
environment."
Located
in
Ispra,
Italy
its
work
brings
together
multidisciplinary
teams
to
create
data
sets,
working
papers,
and
key
briefing
documents.
In
the
Documentation
area,
visitors
can
look
over
press
releases,
presentations,
and
hundreds
of
papers
on
everything
from
tsunami
preparedness
in
the
Solomon
Islands
to
sustainable
business
partnerships.
In
the
Data
Portals
area
visitors
can
explore
a
large
number
of
portals
that
provide
information
on
marine
environments,
global
CO2
emissions,
and
much
more.
[KMG]
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/handbks_forms
The
U.S.
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
(HUD)
puts
together
hundreds
of
informative
documents
for
policymakers
and
the
general
public
every
year.
This
site
provides
access
to
grant
applications,
housing
discrimination
forms,
materials
on
Native
American
housing
programs,
and
other
helpful
information.
It
can
be
a
bit
tricky
to
navigate
the
site,
but
scrolling
down
the
site
is
a
good
way
to
get
started.
Families
seeking
housing
assistance
should
click
on
the
Homebuying
link
or
look
through
the
Rental
Assistance
area
to
get
started.
Users
can
also
click
on
the
HUD's
Client
Information
Policy
Systems
(HUDCLIPS)
area
to
quickly
search
for
items
of
interest.
[KMG]
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/digital/palandarch.html
What's the landscape of central Pennsylvania like? This standout archive from the Penn State University Library provides some answers to that query. On this site, visitors can browse the collection of over 1,000 images by location, designer, or building type. Many of the most compelling images here can be found in State College as there are hundreds of photos documenting the main campus of Penn State, along with a range of local businesses, churches, government buildings, and much more. It's a rather impressive collection and visitors can explore almost 400 photos of back yards from around the area. Visitors can create their own cache of images to return to on a future visit. [KMG]
http://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/JCB%7E1%7E1
This collection brings together thousands of images from the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University that tell the story of the colonial Americas. The images date from around 1492 to the 1820s and visitors can browse the collection by category, which include What, Where, Who, and When. The What section has some subcategories that range from the tragic (Accidental Deaths) to those that are more transit-oriented (Stagecoaches). The images here are suitable for use in the classroom and visitors who teach American history, geography, and a range of other subjects will find the materials most useful for providing visual armature to any lecture or discussion. [KMG]
http://resources.wjec.co.uk/
The WJEC site offers up a range of high quality educational resources to support teaching and learning. The resources are offered in both Welsh and English, which is a nice bonus for Welsh-speakers and those learning Welsh. Visitors to the site can scan the Latest Resources to find items that include a set of worksheets and activities related to China under Mao Zedong. The homepage also has a Quick Search that allows visitors to browse the items by subject, such as Welsh, geography, French, and geology. Art and Design is another well developed subject, with five amazing resources that look into the work of Sir Kyffin Williams and the inventive form of recycled figures and forms in sculpture.
http://www.nsf.gov/eng/special/brainpower/
The
National
Science
Foundation
(NSF)
sponsors
a
great
deal
of
research
on
neuroengineering
that
may
affect
how
we
understand
conditions
such
as
epilepsy.
This
website
explores
some
of
those
innovations
and
visitors
can
watch
videos
and
view
examples
of
how
different
technologies
are
being
used
to
understand
the
brain's
operations.
The
site
contains
five
sections,
including
Exploring
the
Neuro-realm
and
Beyond
the
Brain.
Visitors
can
learn
about
electronic
tattoos
that
can
monitor
the
brain,
heart
and
muscles,
along
with
remarkable
innovations
such
as
artificial
retinas
and
lasers
that
can
manipulate
neural
signaling.
Additionally,
the
site
includes
a
short
video
that
explores
the
complexities
and
promise
of
brain
research
through
the
insights
of
three
engineers.
The
site
is
rounded
out
by
a
clutch
of
related
websites,
including
the
NSF
Understanding
the
Brain
and
brainfacts.org.
[KMG]
General Interest
http://www.loc.gov/topics/baseball/
It's
spring
and
baseball
season
is
here.
So
why
not
see
what
the
Library
of
Congress
has
to
say
about
America's
pastime?
A
great
place
to
start
is
Baseball
History
offering
important
dates
and
facts,
complete
with
links
to
primary
documents
and
other
items
in
the
Library's
collections.
After
that,
navigate
to
the
Baseball
Cards,
1887-1914
area.
Here
you
can
look
over
2,000
cards
that
document
early
notables
in
the
game
such
as
Cy
Young
and
Ty
Cobb.
In
the
Take
Me
Out
To
the
Ball
Game
area
visitors
can
learn
about
the
history
of
this
nostalgic
anthem
and
view
the
original
sheet
music.
Teachers
can
find
a
range
of
ready-to-use
lesson
plans,
student
activities,
collection
guides
and
research
aids
in
the
aptly
titled
section,
For
Teachers.
[KMG]
http://dig.lib.niu.edu/cwnewspapers/about.html
Created
as
part
of
an
ambitious
effort
to
digitize
a
wide
range
of
documents
related
to
the
Civil
War
in
Illinois,
this
site
is
a
great
resource
for
historians
and
the
curious
public.
It's
quite
a
trove,
as
it
offers
visitors
access
to
over
1,900
documents
including
commentaries
from
Senator
Stephen
Douglas,
letters
from
soldiers
back
home,
the
draft,
and
much
more.
The
site
also
has
a
nice
search
engine
that
gives
visitors
the
ability
to
perform
a
full-text
search
across
all
of
the
articles.
Accounts
of
well
known
battles
in
places
such
as
Richmond
and
Gettysburg
can
be
read
through
the
lenses
of
small
town
newspapers
in
Illinois.
Finally,
the
site
also
has
great
links
to
the
rest
of
the
digitization
projects
at
Northern
Illinois
University.
[KMG]
http://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/BIO001
For
folks
studying
evolutionary
biology,
this
collection
from
the
University
of
Buffalo's
Teaching
and
Learning
Center
is
a
gem.
The
site
contains
materials
that
cover
sixteen
different
animals
in
a
form
that
resembles
a
digital
image
narrative.
Visitors
can
view
multiple,
fully
labeled
external
and
internal
views
and
details
of
each
animal.
These
materials
were
developed
by
Professor
Clyde
F.
Herreid
and
a
team
of
librarians,
graduate
student
assistants
and
other
staff.
Users
can
browse
around
by
subject
heading
(such
as
grasshoppers)
or
they
can
also
search
the
entire
collection.
Each
specimen
is
very
well
marked
and
it's
a
great
way
to
learn
about
the
world
of
evolutionary
biology.
[KMG]
http://digitalcollections.missouristate.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/rt66
The folks at Missouri State University have interviewed a range of business owners along the celebrated Route 66 to tell the amazing story of what life was like living along this American landmark. Visitors can read through interviews with a variety of people, including the long-time owner of the Boots Motel in Carthage, Missouri and Sheldon and Julia Chaney, owner of a popular gas station. It's the type of popular oral history that makes for excellent reading and contemplation. They plan on adding more material in the future, so curious visitors would do well to make return visits to see what's added next. [KMG]
http://www.library.unh.edu/digital/maps-atlases
From Durham to Dover, this collection of New Hampshire maps and atlases is a real find for geographers and those who love cartography in general. Items here include the 1892 Hurd Town and City Atlas of New Hampshire, an 1878 atlas of New Hampshire geology, and a remarkable 1717 Gazetter of the State of New Hampshire compiled by Eliphalet and Phinehas Merrill. The site also contains 1,100 historic USGS maps of New England and the Hurd Town and City Atlas is a great way to explore the historical development of small towns across the state. Users can browse by county and visitors can zoom in and out of items to get a closer look at roads and various improvements. [KMG]
http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/
If you would like a taste of classical mechanics in an animated form, this website is right up your alley. This site from the physics department at the University of Toronto offers up over 100 helpful animations that cover quantum mechanics, vectors, waves, relativity, and optics. Visitors can scroll through the topical headings to look for items of interest and should note the entire website is searchable as well. There are some great topical animations here, such as one on fluid mechanics that involves a theoretical dropping of a ball from the CN Tower in Toronto. Animations have also been translated into Catalan, Spanish, and Basque. [KMG]
https://cache.kzoo.edu/handle/10920/26
Photo collections are a great way to visibly document the story of colleges and universities. This collection from Kalamazoo College covers every aspect of the school's past, including ribbon cuttings and formal events. Currently, the site contains over three hundred photographs and visitors can view them by date or subject. The best way to get started is by looking over the Recent Submissions. Here, visitors will find students aboard ships as part of a classroom experience, faculty teaching, and Kalamazoo's beautiful campus. [KMG]
http://exhibitions.nypl.org/cassatt/
In 2013, the New York Public Library put on an exhibition of prints, in a variety of mediums, created by Mary Cassatt between 1878 to 1898. The show began with Cassatt's first attempts at printmaking, and "culminates with her highly accomplished and technically dazzling color prints.? The prints gathered for the exhibition can still be viewed online at this website from NYPL, although not in the same arrangement as existed in the exhibition. The exhibition brochure is available online, to recreate that arrangement and provide explanatory text, as well as a glossary of printmaking terms. [DS]
Network Tools
http://optimizilla.com/
Billed as the "ultimate image optimization tool,? Optimizilla is designed to help transform images quickly with little fuss. Visitors can upload up to 20 files in JPEG or PNG formats and then use the slider to control the compression level. It's simple and users can just click and drag files to get started. This version is compatible with all operating systems. [KMG]
http://www.ooberdocs.com/
Ooberdocs helps interested parties link their email to Dropbox seamlessly. After signing up, visitors will be able to have a copy of incoming email attachments sent directly into a corresponding Dropbox account. Also, visitors can sign up to receive alerts via text or email when these attachments have been successfully sent. This version is compatible with all operating systems. [KMG]
In the News
Google Must Delete Personal Data When Asked, European Court Says
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/13/312125549/google-must-delete-personal-data-when-asked-european-court-says
EU Court: Google Must Amend Some Search Results After E.U. Ruling
http://time.com/97272/google-results-eu-right-to-be-forgotten/
In Google case, E.U. court says people are entitled to control their own online histories
http://m.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/eu-court-people-entitled-to-control-own-online-histories/2014/05/13/8e4495d6-dabf-11e3-8009-71de85b9c527_story.html
Google: Privacy Policy
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Privacy
https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy
Disconnect
https://disconnect.me
When
it
comes
to
online
privacy,
things
got
much
more
interesting
this
Tuesday
when
the
European
Court
of
Justice
ruled
that
Google
must
delete
personal
data
when
asked
to
do
so.
The
case
was
brought
by
a
Spaniard
who
said
that
a
Google
search
of
his
name
brought
up
an
auction
notice
of
his
repossessed
home
from
16
years
ago.
In
its
decision,
the
European
court
remarked
that
people
should
be
allowed
to
erase
their
digital
footprint,
referring
to
the
decision
as
?the
right
to
be
forgotten."
Responding
to
the
matter,
Google
noted
that
they
only
rely
on
material
that's
already
freely
available
online.
However,
this
is
not
the
first
time
Google
has
had
to
modify
its
practices
in
Europe.
The
company
previously
agreed
to
modify
the
way
it
displays
search
results
as
part
of
a
deal
to
end
a
probe
by
the
European
Union's
antitrust
body.
[KMG]
The first link will take visitors to a post on this recent decision from NPR's Bill Chappell, writing for the Two-Way breaking news site. Moving on, the second link will take users to an article from Time that also reports on the court's decision. The third link will take interested parties to a fine piece from the Tech corner of the Washington Post website about the detailed findings and judgements from the court's decision. The fourth link will take visitors to Google's official privacy policy and the fifth link will take users to the Electronic Frontier Foundation's page on its own research into online privacy. The last link will take curious visitors to a helpful app that will allow them to browse without being monitored by various tracking systems.
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