Assignment #3- A Honey Bear Gives a Tour of the UC Berkeley Campus

Link to Video

Heads in Freezers- 241543903

Marcus the Deathdealer

Fanny Wolf

TheLakeshow

Aaron Briscoe

Iron Dragon
Eva Reyes

Golem Rocks

Benny June

Assignment # 2: Information on the Internet that we never knew about

Scientific World:

Iron Dragon-
Observation image by the ASTRO-F “Akari” near- and mid-infrared image of the spiral galaxy M81 [Link]

Marcus the Deathdealer-
Military Technology: A full auto shotgun with limited recoil. It is able to fire 300 rounds per minute through a drum fed magazine. It utilizes a series of internal dampeners and shock absorbers to significantly reduce the gun's recoil. [Link]

Politically or Strategically Significant:

Aaron Briscoe-
A collection of about 100 declassified CIA documents from the MK-Ultra Project, which conducted human experiments on mind control, hypnosis, ESP, LSD, and other disturbing things during the 1950s and 60s [Link]

Cultural World:

TheLakeshow-
Webcam view for the Shrine of Al Abbas Bin Ali. Ali Abbas Bin Ali was a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (The First Prophet of the Muslim religion). His holy shrine is located in Karbala, Iraq. Millions of people go yearly to visit, get blessings and mourn in this sacred place (As seen in the live webcasting). [Link] (This link contains the webcasting, but text is in Arabic).
Ali Abbas Bin Ali was one of the prominent characters in the Islamic history. According to Alkafeel.net, he sacrificed himself to in the war of Karbala (October 10, 680 AD) to protect the principles of Islam and also played a major role in the emergence the Shite sect in Islam.
[Link] (This link contains information about the Shrine in English).

Benny June-
A web page that gives the viewer a 360 panoramic image of the tomb of Ramses IV in Valley of the Kings [Link]

Eva Reyes-
Internet Sacred Text Archive- An archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics. It has one of the largest collections of transcriptions of complete books on Native American, Pacific, African,Asian and other traditional people's religion, spiritual practices, mythology and folklore. Locked up in academic libraries for decades, sacred-texts has made them freely accessible anywhere in the world. [Link]


Natural World:

Fanny Wolf-
Watch a black bear den live. [Link]

Golem Rocks-
Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum – also known as the "glass frog" and the “see-through frog” – has transparent skin and flesh. These frogs have internal organs that are clearly visible through their flesh. In addition, these frogs are only about the size of a human fingernail. They are currently an endangered species. In this picture, the internal organs and eggs of a female can be clearly seen. Source: Animal Affairs Photography-Heidi & Hans-Jürgen Koch [Link]

Assignment # 1: What Does the Internet Know About Us?

• Five out of the eight members in our group have a publicly accessible photo of him or herself on the Internet.

• Four of the members have articles that make a reference to him or her. One member has one article that makes a reference to his or her name. Two members each have 5 such articles, and one member has 11 articles.

• Six of the members have information on the Internet that links him or her to a school or business at a given time.

• Three of the members have a current phone number or address that is findable on the Internet.

• Three of the members have past phone numbers or addresses that are findable on the Internet.