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Global Passport:  Your Digital Source for 
International Education Information @ UWM
A Publication of UWM's
Center for International Education
August 14, 2006            Established February 12, 2001

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A publication of UWM's Center for International Education, Global Passport provides up-to-date information on international education programs, opportunities, and resources, including those offered by All those interested in international education are invited to subscribe.  Subscription instructions and general policies are included at the end of each newsletter.  Please send your comments and proposed contributions to: rjbeck AT uwm DOT edu.  Previous issues of Global Passport may be accessed at: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/GlobalPassport/newsletter.shtml

Accommodation of Persons with Special Needs
For all UWM Programs:  If you have special needs that require assistance, please notify the program organizer(s) in writing or by phone, reasonably in advance of the scheduled program(s).  A two-week notification is suggested.

Support the CIE
With a gift to the Center for International Education, you can help support internationally oriented research and public programming.  Your unrestricted gift allows the Director to launch special initiatives among the Center's programs.  Please make your check payable to the UWM Foundation, with the "Center for International Education" on the memo line, and mail to:

Center for International Education
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Position Announcement
Director, Science & Human Rights Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science

The AAAS Science & Human Rights Program (SHR) is seeking a director.  SHR, a unit of the AAAS Directorate for Science & Policy Programs, focuses its activities in two main areas:  (1) defending the human rights of scientists throughout the world and (2) applying scientific knowledge and methodologies to the promotion and protection of the human rights of all people.

Program staff run the AAAS Science & Human Rights Action Network, which uses e-mail to inform AAAS members and other subscribers of cases in which scientists human rights are being violated and coordinates scientists' efforts to appeal to national governments on behalf of these individuals. The Program also leads a coalition of other scientific and engineering societies working in the human rights area. Current and recent projects include an effort to apply high-resolution satellite imagery and related geospatial technologies to human rights issues; provision of scientific and technical assistance to truth commissions and other transitional justice mechanisms in countries that are seeking to consolidate democracy while confronting their pasts; a major effort to explore the intersection between traditional ecological knowledge, intellectual property, and human rights; and the development of methodologies and tools for monitoring economic, social and cultural rights, including a thesaurus of economic, cultural and social rights.

Founded in 1977, SHR receives core support from AAAS, but depends largely on funding from foundations, individuals, and other organizations, including the Ford Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; the Goldman Fund; the General Services Fund; and the John Merck, Robert Wood Johnson, and Mertz Gilmore Foundations. Reporting to the director of Science & Policy Programs, the director of SHR is responsible for program development and management; fundraising; oversight and mentoring of staff; monitoring of trends, developments, and major issues in science and human rights; financial oversight and budget management of SHR; and representation and liaison with both the human rights and scientific communities.  He or she serves as the AAAS spokesperson on human rights issues.

Candidates should have graduate-level training, preferably including a Ph.D., in a field related to science and/or human rights.  The position requires in-depth knowledge of human rights and the nexus between science and human rights; five to ten years of program management experience; a collaborative working style; and excellent written and oral communication skills.  Also needed are a proven track record in fundraising, including experience in working with foundations and charitable organizations.  Experience working in a nonprofit organization and working with NGOs, intergovernmental organizations, and government agencies would be helpful. AAAS, located in downtown Washington, DC, is the world's largest general scientific organization and publisher of the journal Science.

The position offers a competitive salary, an excellent benefits package, and a congenial working environment.  For additional information, please see the SHR web site (http://shr.aaas.org) and the Science & Policy Programs web site (http://www.aaas.org/spp), or contact Al Teich, director of Science & Policy Programs at ateich@aaas.org.
International Focus
Viewers are invited to tune in Sundays at 5 p.m. to Channel 36, WMVT, for the International Focus series hosted by Rob Ricigliano, Director of the Institute of World Affairs. 
Música del Lago
Alterra Coffee Roasters is pleased to announce the second annual Música del Lago, a six-part summer performance series that features professional-level Latin music groups primarily from the Milwaukee area.   The free, outdoor concerts will be held every other Thursday evening at 7 pm, starting on June 8.

Remaining Performance Schedule:
Música del Lago is part of an ongoing effort by Alterra to educate our customers and the public about coffee and the cultures of the many people who produce it. Over the past five years, Alterra has hosted multiple events that showcase a specific coffee-growing country or region, and this series will highlight several of the many musical traditions of Latin America. Música del Lago will complement the Florentine at the Lake series that Alterra is presenting with the Florentine Opera six times this summer.

All performances will be held at Alterra at the Lake, 1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. Limited parking is available in the lot behind the café, though attendees are strongly encouraged to park in the free, public marina parking lot across the street. In the event of inclement weather, a concert will be rescheduled either for September 7 or September 14, 2006.

Guests are welcome to enjoy their food and drinks outside, either on the patio or on the adjacent grassy area. In addition to coffee, espresso-based beverages, and baked goods, the lakefront café serves a variety of sandwiches, soups, and salads. This summer Alterra will operate an outdoor concession tent so that attendees of both Música del Lago and Florentine at the Lake do not have to go into the café to purchase refreshments.

Música del Lago is co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with additional assistance from Latino Arts, Inc, of the United Community Center.
E-Learn 2006
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education
October 13-17, 2006
Waikiki Beach (Honolulu) Hawaii
http://www.aace.org/conf/eLearn/Intro.htm

E-Learn, the premiere international, non-commercial conference in the field, spans all disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,000 attendees from over 60 countries.

E-Learn 2006 has issued its final call for participation.  Submission Deadline is tomorrow: August 15, 2006.

Organized by:  Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)  http://www.aace.org
Co-sponsored by: International Journal on E-Learning  http://www.aace.org/pubs/IJEL
ACLS Opens Competition for 2006-2007 Digital Innovation Fellowships Program
http://www.acls.org/ex-felcomp.htm

The ACLS is pleased to announce the second competition for the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This program invites applications to pursue digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Each fellowship carries a stipend of up to $55,000 towards an academic year's leave and provides for project costs of up to $25,000.

In this past year's inaugural competition, there were 115 applications, representing some 31 disciplines. Five awards were made to Fellows pursuing projects in history, history of science, linguistics, cultural studies, and Germanic languages. These projects include a web-browser tool dedicated to humanistic research, a set of development and management tools for collections used in documentary linguistics, a study of consumer GPS data, a hypermedia cultural history map of Berlin, and a database of Islamic scientific manuscripts.

For further information, please visit the ACLS Fellowship Competitions site:  http://www.acls.org/fel-comp.htm.

Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system (http://ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, September 27, 2006.

For a list of 2005-06 fellowship and grant awards, please visit New Awardees: http://www.acls.org/fel_award_links.asp.
The Second International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 2006)
http://www.cisse2006online.org              
December 4-14, 2006
Technically Co-Sponsored by:  Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE); University of Bridgeport

Conference Overview:
CISSE 2006 provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of the-art research on computers, information and systems sciences and engineering. CISSE 2006 is the second conference of the CISSE series of e-conferences. CISSE 2005 was the World's first Engineering/Computing and Systems Research E-Conference. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the internet.

The CISSE 2006 virtual conference will be conducted through the Internet using web-conferencing tools, made available by the conference. Authors will be presenting their PowerPoint, audio or video presentations using web-conferencing tools without the need for travel. Conference sessions will be broadcast to all the conference participants, where session participants can interact with the presenter during the presentation and (or) during the Q&A slot that follows the presentation. This international conference will be held entirely on-line. The accepted and presented papers will be made available after the conference both on a CD and as a book publication.

CISSE's publisher for the book proceedings is Springer.

Paper Submission:
Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers electronically in Microsoft Word format through the website of the conference at http://www.cisse2006online.org.

Accepted papers must be presented in the virtual conference by one of the authors. To submit your paper, visit http://www.cisse2006online.org.

Paper submission Deadline:  October 13, 2006  
Notification of Acceptance:  November 7, 2006
Final Manuscript and Registration:  November 24, 2006

Conference Participants:
Authors, presenters and attendees - only need an internet connection and sound available on their computers in order to be able to contribute and participate in this international ground-breaking conference. The on-line structure of this high-quality event will allow academic professionals and industry participants to contribute work and attend world-class technical presentations based on rigorously refereed submissions, live, without the need for investing significant travel funds or time out of the office.

Potential non-author conference attendees who cannot make the on-line conference dates are encouraged to register, as the entire joint conferences will be archived for future viewing.

CISSE 2005 received 255 research paper submissions and the final program included 140 accepted papers, from more  than 45 countries. The concept and format of CISSE 2005 were very exciting and ground-breaking. The PowerPoint presentations, final paper manuscripts and time schedule for live presentations over the web had been available for 3 weeks prior to the start of the conference for all registrants, so they could choose the presentations they want to attend and think about questions that they might want to ask.
The live audio presentations were also recorded and were part of the permanent CISSE archive, which also included all power point presentations and papers.

The CISSE conference audio room provided superb audio even over low speed internet connections, the ability to display PowerPoint presentations, and cross-platform compatibility (the conferencing software runs on Windows, Mac, and any other operating system that supports Java). In addition, the conferencing system allowed for an unlimited number of participants, which in turn granted us the opportunity to allow all CISSE participants to attend all presentations, as opposed to limiting the number of available seats for each session.

Four Conferences:
CISSE 2006 is composed of the following four conferences:
  • International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation (IETA 06)
    • Topics: Advanced and Distributed Control Systems, Intelligent Control Systems (NN, FL, GA, .etc), Expert Systems, Man Machine Interaction, Data Fusion, Factory Automation, Robotics, Motion Control, Machine Vision, MEMS Sensors and Actuators, Sensors Fusion, Power Electronics, High Frequency Converters, Motors and Drives, Power Converters, Power Devices and Components, Electric Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation, Process Automation, Factory Communication, Manufacturing Information System Advances in Manufacturing Systems, Industrial Applications of Multi Media, Intelligent Systems Instrumentation, Industrial Instrumentation, Modeling and Simulation, Signal Processing, Image and Data Processing, VR and Parallel systems..
  • International Conference on Telecommunications and Networking (TeNe 06)
    • Topics: Optical Networks and Switching, Computer Networks, Network architectures and Equipment, Access Technologies, Telecommunication Technology, Coding and Modulation technique, Modeling and Simulation, Spread Spectrum and CDMA Systems, OFDM technology, Space-time Coding, Ultra Wideband Communications, Medium Access Control, Spread Spectrum, Wireless LAN:  IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN, Bluetooth, Cellular Wireless Networks, Cordless Systems and Wireless Local Loop, Mobile Network Layer, Mobile Transport Layer, Support for Mobility, Conventional Encryption and Message Confidentiality, Block Ciphers Design Principles, Block Ciphers Modes of Operation,  Public-Key Cryptography and Message Authentication, Authentication Application,  Stenography, Electronic Mail Security, Web Security,  IP Security,  Firewalls, Computer Forensics.
  • International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering (SCS2 06)
    • Topics: Grid Computing, Internet-based Computing Models, Resource Discovery, Programming Models and tools, e-Science and Virtual Instrumentation, Biometric Authentication, Computers for People of Special Needs, Human Computer Interaction, Information and Knowledge Engineering, Algorithms, Parallel and Distributed processing, Modeling and Simulation, Services and Applications, Embedded Systems and Applications, Databases, Programming Languages, Signal Processing Theory and Methods, Signal Processing for Communication, Signal Processing Architectures and Implementation, Information Processing, Geographical Information Systems,Object Based Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Real Time Systems, Multiprocessing, File Systems and I/O, Kernel and OS Structures.
  • International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning (EIAE 06)
    • Topics: Instructional Design, Accreditation, Curriculum Design, Educational Tools, 2-2-2 Platforms, Teaching Capstone Design, Teaching Design at the Lower Levels, Design and Development of e-Learning tools, Assessment Methods in Engineering, Development and Implementation of E-learning tools, Economical and Social Impacts of E-learning.

Articles Sought by The Journal of International Communication 
The JIC seeks article submissions for two upcoming editions.

(1) Worlds Apart: Bridging the Global-Local Gap
New communication technology can be a bridge between communities separated by geography. It can be a bridge between different socio-economic groups. Intergovernmental, corporate and non-government institutions that operate internationally have access to both intercultural expertise and technology in communicating with each other and their publics. Are they better at communicating with themselves than with their varied publics?  To what extent do international governance structures see a need for direct contact with their publics at grassroots level in relation to democratising governance cultures through facilitating participation?

There are great cultural chasms between global, regional and national level governance structures and ordinary people in 'localities' throughout the world.  Where telecommunication bridges exist, and these are not universally available, cultural chasms often continue to discourage their effective use. How do plain folk in local communities think of global, regional and national institutions and the messages and policies that flow from them? What are the practices, strategies, structures and technologies that plain folk use to project their views at national, regional and global levels - and how effective are these?

JIC 13.2 will accept for review articles that address the issues outlined above. These issues are raised as triggers for the generation of ideas.  They are not meant to be exhaustive or exclusionary.  If a scholar is working on an area, related to the above issues, that is of interest to the multidisciplinary field of International Communication, s/he is welcome to send an abstract to Professor Chitty.

(2) Intercultural Communication
Editors: Naren Chitty & Lily A. Arasaratnam

Research in intercultural communication is more relevant to today's mobile and multicultural society than it has ever been before.
Intercultural communication is being studied from multiple research paradigms, especially in the field of communication. The more we study the subject the more we discover the complexity of the cognitive, emotional, and socio-cultural processes involved in the process of communication between individuals from different cultures.

Papers addressing the following topics and other related topics are invited for the special Intercultural Communication edition of the Journal of International Communication:JIC  will accept for review articles that address the issues outlined above. These issues are raised as triggers for the generation of ideas.
They are not meant to be exhaustive or exclusionary.  If a scholar is working on an area, related to the above issues, that is of interest to the multidisciplinary field of International Communication, s/he is welcome to send an abstract to Dr. Lily Arasaratnam at lily.arasaratnam@scmp.mq.edu.au.
For either JIC issue:  abstracts should be double-spaced and no longer than 500 words. They should be submitted to the Editor (address given below) by December 31, 2006.

Articles that are submitted for review should follow the APA style guide and must be double-spaced and no longer than 7500 words.  See http://www.mucic.mq.edu.au/jicfor style and submission guide. They must be submitted directly to JIC at the address below before the end of February 2007.   
Professor Naren Chitty
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of International Communication
c/o  Department of International Communication
Division of Society, Culture, Media & Philosophy 
Macquarie University
North Ryde, NSW 2109 AUSTRALIA
naren.chitty@mq.edu.au
Please note:  The Journal of International Communication now offers an online version in addition to its hard copy version.  To view a free issue of The Journal of International Communication, "The United Nations at 80," please see http://www.mucic.mq.edu.au/jic/
Call for Papers: The Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict
The Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict, the journal of the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, ISSN 1095-1962, publishes a variety of scholarly articles, essays, and poetry on topics such as war, peace, global cooperation, domestic violence, and interpersonal conflict resolution; including questions of military and political security, the global economy, and global environmental issues.  We wish to promote discussion of both strategic and ethical questions surrounding issues of war, peace, the environment, and justice. 

The Wisconsin Institute is committed to a balanced review of diverse perspectives.  Submissions are welcome from all disciplines.  Our intended audience includes scholars from a wide range of interests within the university community and educated members of the larger public.  The format allows the publication of original previously-unpublished works of sufficient length to give authors the opportunity to discuss a particular topic in depth.  Other forms of creative writing are invited.  Contributors should avoid submissions accessible only to specialists in their field.  The Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict may also include book reviews.  Persons interested in reviewing should contact the editor.

Submissions should be a maximum of 25 pages, double-spaced.  All manuscripts should be composed in MS Word using Bookman Old Style, 10-point font.  Citations are to be in the body of the text, e.g., (Jones, p.35), with a full bibliography at the end of the article.  Do not use footnotes.  Content notes should be placed at the end of the manuscript.  Include separately a brief bio statement with a note that includes your institution, your email and mailing addresses, and work phone number.  Be certain that you have spell-checked your manuscript prior to submission.

Submissions are accepted on a continuing basis.  Five copies of each submission should be sent to
Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Points
LRC
900 Reserve Street
Stevens Point, WI 54481
In addition, supply the manuscript electronically to wiinst@uwsp.edu.
Visit our website for more information:  http://www.wisconsin-institute.org
International Topics
Call for Graduate Student Submissions

Graduate students in Old Dominion University's Graduate Program in International Studies have published the first issue of International Topics, and are currently in the closing stages of the second issue.  International Topics solicits articles from graduate student internationally and is peer-reviewed by Ph.D.s across the nation.  Its features, including book reviews, NGOs of interests, and job profiles, are uniquely catered toward graduate students in the field of international relations and international studies.  We're off to an exciting start but need your help to make this endeavor even better. We're asking for submissions from IS/IR grad students like ourselves who are interested in getting original work published. Submissions should be sent to arulska@odu.edu.

International Topics journal publishes articles written by graduate students nationwide in several fields including, but not limited to, international studies, political science, international relations, philosophy, peace studies, and regional studies.  Several features are provided in the journal, in addition to the original research, which allow for the specially tailored journal to address the needs of graduate students.  These features include reviews of books of special interest to students in the IR/IS field, career profiles, and chosen NGOs.

Our focus on graduate students lends a unique character to the format of our journal.  As such, International Topics focuses not only on the academics, but also profiles issues of unique concern to the graduate community, such as career development, continuing research and further educational opportunities.  The journal, thus, provides a valuable resource for students in their continuing education regardless of their post-graduate goals.

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. The journal would like submissions sent to the Editor-in-Chief, Anna Rulska at arulska@odu.edu.  From this point the editorial staff facilitates proof reading and distribution to a blind peer review process. Each submission is reviewed by three members of the Academic Review Board, composed of Ph.D.s across the nation.  The Academic Review Board recommends acceptance, acceptance with suggested modification, or rejection.  Submissions accepted with modifications are returned to author for resubmission. Upon resubmission, the editorial staff will review modifications.
American Geographical Society Library Fellowships for 2007
The American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, welcomes applications for two short-term fellowship programs:

The AGS Library is one of North America’s foremost geography and map collections with strengths in geography, cartography and related historical topics.  Formerly the library and map collection of the American Geographical Society (AGS) of New York, it was transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries in 1978.  

Applications must be received by October 20, 2006.  All fellowships are tenable in 2007.  For further information, write, call or e-mail the AGS Library, P.O. Box 399, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0399, Tel. (414) 229-6282, E-mail agsl@uwm.edu. 

Web site: http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/fellowships.html

RCUK Research Fellowships
The Communication and Media Research Institute has two vacancies for Research Council UK funded Research Fellows.  These posts are designed to build on CAMRI's developing areas of strength.  One is in Arab media policy.  The other is in Chinese journalism.  Details and applications forms can be obtained at http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-850.

CAMRI has a well-established programme of research through the China Media Centre in aspects of Chinese media.  The Fellow appointed will work closely with Professor de Burgh, particularly on the relations between Chinese journalists and the global media.  We are expanding our work on media in the Arab world and the Fellow appointed will work closely with Dr Naomi Sakr on the changing Arab media scene.

RCUK Research Fellowships are five year post-doctoral positions that lead to a permanent post at the host University.  While they are primarily research posts, they involve some teaching and other duties. 

Potential applicants wishing to have informal discussions about the posts may contact Colin Sparks (sparksc@wmin.ac.uk).
Featured Web Sites
From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2006. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/  

Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa
    http://ocpa.irmo.hr/index-en.html
The Observatory of Cultural Practices in Africa (OCPA) is an independent pan-African organization designed "to enhance the development of national policies in the region and their integration in human development strategies." With substantial support from other organizations such as UNESCO and the Ford Foundation, the OCPA continues to develop this website as a place where both cultural policy experts and cultural organizations can come to find helpful resources. A good place to start is the "Activities" section of the site, as it brings together information about the OCPA's meetings, databases, and publications. While the databases are still in development, users can take a look at their archived electronic newsletters here, which are published fortnightly and extend back to 2002. The site's "Resources" section is probably one of the most helpful, as it includes cultural policy documents (including reports on the cultural policy of Botswana) along with a list of external links to the homepages of such African cultural institutions as the African Books Collective and the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe.

Global Policy Forum
    http://www.globalpolicy.org/
The United Nations has a number of policy initiatives occurring in all parts of the globe, and some might ask the question: Who evaluates the effectiveness of such programs? The United Nations does some of this work themselves, but the Global Policy Forum is also intimately concerned with monitoring their programs, along with "promoting accountability of global decisions." Visitors who know what types of material they are looking for will want to search through the headings which include such themes as globalization, international justice, and UN reform. Each one of these sections contains a brief essay on their work, along with a smattering of reports, tables, and charts that highlight their analyses, past and present.

Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/anseladams/
One might expect that the area around the Sierra Nevada Mountains might be an elegant and obvious choice for the noted photographer Ansel Adams to feature in his work, particularly given his fondness for documenting various aspects of the natural world. But, in the fall of 1943, Adams came to this area, not to document the surrounding landscape, but rather the lives of the Japanese-Americans who had been moved to the nearby Manzanar War Relocation Center. Presented by the American Memory Project, this site presents Adams' 242 original negatives from this endeavor, along with his 209 photographic prints. The collection includes a number of portraits, along with scenes of daily life, sports, and other leisure activities. Additionally, visitors can view a timeline of Adams' life, and the original book, "Born Free and Equal". Published in 1944, the work presents a selection of photographs from Adams' work, and introduces the reader "...to perhaps twenty individuals...loyal American citizens who are anxious to get back into the stream of life and contribute to our victory."

Shaping Livable Cities
    http://www.idrc.ca/uploads/user-S/11502208271CRA_WUF_ENG_FINAL.pdf
Thinking about policy solutions for urban regions is a great deal easier than actually putting them into action, and that is why this latest report from The International Development Research Centre in Canada is most welcome. This recently released 36-page report starts off with this important sentence: "They [cities] are engines of economic growth and cultural prosperity, but they are also centres of pollution and poverty." Divided into three substantive chapters, the report provides specific case studies of various urban innovations, such as Beijing's urban agriculture initiatives and a program designed to integrate agriculture into municipal planning in Kampala, Uganda. Other studies draw on experiences in Vancouver, Hyderabad, and Managua. Overall, the report is well written and may be of great interest to persons in the fields of international development as well as scholars interested in evaluating such programs.

Oil Safari
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/broadband/chi-oilsafari-html,0,7894741.htmlstory?coll=chi-homepagepromo440-fea
More and more the world is coming to face a number of inconvenient truths, and one rather vexing problem continues to be the supply of oil. A number of scholars, pundits, and other such types have taken on this question, and most recently, Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek took an investigative look into this issue. Working with his newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, Salopek traces a gallon of gasoline from its origins all the way back to a gas station in suburban Chicago. This website contains the full story in its print form, along with a marvelous documentary that features Salopek talking with a variety of key persons during his journey. Visitors can look through multimedia features for each stop on his exploration as they see fit through an interactive map, which includes stops in Nigeria, the Gulf Coast, Venezuela, and of course, South Elgin, Illinois. Finally, the site also has a ticker that counts the barrels of oil used in the US since the time the visitor first entered the site, but this device is definitely not for the faint of heart.

Letters to Sala: A Young Woman's Life in Nazi Labor Camps
    http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/sala/index.html
For those who survived the Holocaust, talking about that time can be a difficult, and, sometimes, impossible endeavor. In the early 1990s, Sala Grancraz Kirschner was preparing for a major surgery, and she decided the time was right to tell her daughter about her experiences. She gave her a red cardboard box that contains a wide range of letters written in Polish, German, and Yiddish that chronicled her experiences in seven different Nazi forced labor camps. Over a decade later, the New York Public Library created this website in order to complement an in situ exhibit at their main branch. Visitors to this site can learn about Sala's life before the war, her time at Geppersdorf (a labor camp in Germany), and the Nazi postal system. With detailed essays, interspersed with her letters and other primary documents, the site is a wonderful testimony both to her perspicacity and a fine way to learn a bit more about the experiences of a unique individual.

Mapping History
    http://www.bl.uk/learning/artimages/maphist/mappinghistory.html
Queen's tantrums? Children's puzzles? Those might not be the first things to come to mind when thinking about maps, but when one is considering the British Library’s online Mapping History exhibit, both those curious subjects and others are definitely present. Given that the Library has thousands of maps spanning the known world, this collection helps remind users "there is often more to a map than meets the eye." The collection is divided into four areas, including "Worlds at war" and "Wealth and poverty". Each section contains four to seven maps along with a brief essay that explains the importance of each document. Perhaps the most delightful section is titled "Deception, lies, and made-up lands". Here visitors can wander across a Chinese map of the world from 1644 and a map of Wellington in New Zealand from 1840 that gives the city an orderly appearance that bore only a partial resemblance to actual conditions on the ground. 
 
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