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Japan

Gaijin resources [4/15/2002]
Economic crisis [5/2/2002]
Women's issues [6/4/2002] [6/14/2002] [11/21/2002]
Education [5/29/2002] [5/31/2002] [7/12/2002]
"May disease" [5/13/2002]
Hikikomori (withdrawal) [5/29/2002]
Karoshi (death by overwork) [7/16/2002]
"Japan On Foot" [6/10/2002]
Shinichi Fujimura (archeological fraud) [5/28/2002]
Princess Aiko [4/8/2002] [11/29/2002]
Macaques [4/19/2002] [12/3/2002]
Crows in Tokyo [4/26/2002]
Cats [5/17/2002]
Dogs [8/1/2002]
Tama-chan: an Arctic bearded seal in Tokyo [8/16/2002] [8/30/2002] [9/6/2002] [9/9/2002] [9/11/2002] [9/16/2002] [9/27/2002] [3/6/2003]
Caiman loose in Tokyo [6/13/2002]
Whaling [4/25/2002] [5/23/2002]
Literature [5/29/2002]
Folklore [8/13/2002] [8/22/2002] [9/9/2002]
Haiku and other poetry [4/30/2002] [5/15/2002]
Printmaking and other visual arts [4/30/2002] [11/21/2002] [11/25/2002]
Kabuki [5/2/2002]
Noh [8/22/2002]
Japanese aircraft illustration [7/9/2002]
Umi no Hi (Marine Day) [7/23/2002]
O-bon, Higan (Days of the dead) [8/6/2002] [8/13/2002]
Food [4/4/2002] [6/6/2002] [7/12/2002] [7/31/2002] [9/5/2002]
Hot-dog eating championship won by Japanese [7/8/2002]
Doraemon [4/5/2002]
Tottoko Hamutaro (Hamtaro) [7/29/2002]
Tare Panda [10/22/2002]
Tofu Kozo (Tofu Boy) [7/16/2002]
Soccer fuurigan [6/19/2002]
Tiny electric cars [7/17/2002]
Goro-awase (number-mnemonics) [6/13/2002]
Internet character-art [8/20/2002]
Courting the Japanese tourist [11/8/2002]
Humor [10/16/2002]

The World at large

Sources of information [5/15/2002] [7/29/2002]
The utility of weblogs [5/10/2002]
The frustration of weblogs [4/16/2003]
The impact of information technology [7/31/2002]
Search engine amusements [11/4/2002]
Pragmatism and paranoia (post-9/11 studies) [5/10/2002] [5/16/2002] [5/16/2002] [5/31/2002] [5/31/2002] [6/6/2002] [6/7/2002] [6/12/2002] [6/20/2002] [7/3/2002] [7/9/2002] [7/9/2002] [7/11/2002] [7/12/2002] [7/12/2002] [7/16/2002] [9/6/2002] [9/10/2002] [11/6/2002] [11/13/2002] [12/30/2002] [1/22/2003] [2/4/2003] [4/21/2003]
Iraq [2/3/2003] [3/6/2003] [3/17/2003] [3/19/2003] [3/20/2003] [3/21/2003] [3/24/2003] [3/28/2003] [3/28/2003] [3/31/2003] [4/21/2003]
Art [5/10/2002] [5/15/2002] [5/15/2002] [5/22/2002] [5/30/2002] [5/31/2002] [6/20/2002] [7/9/2002] [7/11/2002] [7/11/2002] [8/2/2002] [8/16/2002] [8/27/2002] [9/26/2002] [11/7/2002] [11/25/2002] [11/26/2002] [1/22/2003] [2/5/2003]
Science [5/29/2002] [6/10/2002] [6/11/2002] [9/25/2002] [9/26/2002] [11/18/2002] [12/9/2002] [12/30/2002] [1/22/2003] [2/5/2003]
Wishful thinking (arcana, etc.) [6/19/2002] [7/3/2002] [7/11/2002] [8/2/2002] [8/7/2002] [8/22/2002] [9/25/2002] [11/20/2002] [12/30/2002] [3/17/2003]
Hoaxes [8/5/2002] [11/21/2002] [12/10/2002]
Life in the world [7/12/2002]
Life in America [5/10/2002] [5/29/2002] [5/31/2002] [6/6/2002] [7/8/2002] [7/16/2002]
Life in the District [4/19/2002] [5/17/2002] [5/22/2002] [6/20/2002] [7/12/2002] [7/30/2002] [7/30/2002] [11/26/2002] [12/4/2002] [12/5/2002] [12/8/2002] [3/6/2003] [3/31/2003]
Housewares [7/12/2002]
Vegetables [5/16/2002] [7/16/2002]
Movies [3/11/2003]
Hidden gardens : [3/31/2003] [4/17/2003] [4/23/2003]

Pinnipeds

Pinniped photographs online [7/3/2002]
Robot seal [4/18/2002]
Pinnipeds in poetry [1/10/2003]
Seal penis trade [4/23/2002]
Pinniped diseases [5/22/2002] [8/15/2002] [11/5/2002] [1/7/2003]
Pinniped behavior and psychology [11/1/2002] [11/13/2002]
Charismatic pinnipeds [6/20/2002] [9/27/2002] [10/8/2002] [3/13/2003]
Misplaced pinnipeds [8/16/2002] [8/30/2002] [9/6/2002] [9/9/2002] [9/11/2002] [9/27/2002] [11/18/2002] [1/7/2003] [3/6/2003]
Military pinnipeds (and also dolphins) [3/6/2003] [3/27/2003]
Pinnipeds vs. humans [3/25/2003]
Walrus bachelor parties [7/31/2002]
Walrus-hunting in Canada [8/27/2002]

Other animals

Wildlife cams [10/22/2002]
Monkey pests in Asia [4/19/2002]
Cats [5/17/2002] [7/30/2002]
Coyotes [8/7/2002]
Ted Heuvelmans vs. the world's largest bear: an urban legend [10/11/2002] [10/15/2002] [10/16/2002] [11/1/2002] [11/21/2002] [12/11/2002]
Other bears [10/22/2002] [10/22/2002]
Deer [11/5/2002]
Sheep [11/8/2002]
Search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker [5/14/2002] [6/14/2002]
Birds in the District [3/6/2003]
Birds in movies [6/13/2002]
Insects and arachnids [8/8/2002] [8/14/2002] [11/7/2002] [3/25/2003]
Molluscs [11/19/2002]
Cryptozoology [11/1/2002] [12/10/2002]
Possibly not animals: mysterious undersea sounds [6/14/2002]

Smithsonian

History [8/12/2002]
Ongoing controversy and financial woes [4/24/2002] [5/7/2002] [5/8/2002] [5/9/2002] [5/13/2002] [5/23/2002] [7/9/2002] [8/29/2002] [11/20/2002] [11/21/2002] [1/6/2003]
National Zoo scandals [5/9/2002] [12/3/2002] [3/27/2003] [3/28/2003]
Ancient controversy and conspiracy theories [10/9/2002]
SI and the President [8/14/2002] [8/16/2002]
SI and Congress [6/7/2002] [7/9/2002] [7/10/2002] [8/14/2002] [8/16/2002]
SI and security [7/3/2002] [7/12/2002]
SI and accessibility [8/15/2002]
Smithsonian Institution Science Commission [1/6/2003]
Pandas [4/4/2002] [4/11/2002] [4/19/2002] [4/23/2002] [4/25/2002] [7/23/2002]
Folklife Festival [4/4/2002] [4/24/2002] [4/28/2002] [6/20/2002]
SI Libraries [5/30/2002]
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden [5/30/2002]
Lion sculptures at the National Zoo [11/26/2002]
Butterfly Habitat Garden [8/8/2002]
Ticks [3/25/2003]
Volunteers [6/4/2002]
Forensic analysis [5/28/2002] [5/31/2002] [6/11/2002] [9/24/2002]
CT (computed tomography) scanner [8/21/2002]
NASM Googlism poetry [11/4/2002]
NASM's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center [8/1/2002]
NASM acquisitions [4/18/2003] [4/21/2003] [4/22/2003]
Enola Gay [6/17/2002]
Boeing 307 Stratoliner [6/19/2002]
Infinity Express [4/9/2002]
Explore the Universe [4/16/2002]
Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan [8/13/2002]
Dinotopia [4/24/2002]
On Miniature Wings [5/7/2002]
Auto Focus: A Way Into India [1/7/2003]
Planned September 11 exhibit and collections [5/17/2002] [6/14/2002]
July 1942: United We Stand [5/17/2002]
Star Trek [5/23/2002]
Donation of Steve Fossett's balloon [7/3/2002]
Fire, or something like it [6/12/2002]
The Smithsonian in the 2012 Olympics [7/1/2002]
Michelangelo drawing discovered in collection [7/10/2002] [7/15/2002]
Spelling errors [10/10/2002]
Fossil Cafe [5/16/2002]
NASM MacDonald's [5/23/2002]

Other museums, libraries and archives; collections issues

Link collections [4/17/2002]
Neat old stuff [5/31/2002] [6/3/2002] [7/12/2002] [8/2/2002] [8/13/2002] [1/7/2003] [1/9/2003] [2/5/2003]
Impressive online presentations [11/13/2002]
Newpaper digitization [7/30/2002]
Museum ethics [11/21/2002]
Southwest Museum makes deal with Indian casino [5/16/2002] [5/28/2002]
The Huntington Free Library argues with the Smithsonian [11/20/2002]
International Spy Museum [7/17/2002]
Haunted museums [8/22/2002]
Dime museums [11/21/2002]
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative [5/17/2002]
The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt (National Gallery of Art) [6/4/2002]
Game On (Barbican) [7/11/2002]
Confederate Currency: The Color of Money (America's Black Holocaust Museum) [8/16/2002]

Aeropace, aerospace history

Wright Brothers musical, "The Flight Brothers" [5/9/2002]
Edward Chalmers Huffaker, and "The Passing of Yanyatta" [1/9/2003]
Death of General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. [7/8/2002]
Rosie the Riveter [4/30/2002]
Lindbergh's landing: an eye-witness account [5/23/2002]
USS Intrepid (the aircraft carrier, not the starship) [8/5/2002]
Elvis Presley's private plane [8/20/2002]
Remote-controlled model planes allowed in rural Michigan [6/20/2002]
Model plane attempts trans-Atlantic flight [8/7/2002] [8/16/2002] [8/21/2002]
Planespotting [7/9/2002]
Contrails [10/22/2002] [11/5/2002]
Aircraft art [7/9/2002]
Visions of the future past [10/17/2002]
Disputed moon rock ownership [7/10/2002]
Stolen moon rocks [7/23/2002] [7/25/2002]
UFO's / Great Airship [8/7/2002]
Apollo denial [8/27/2002]
Columbia disaster [1/1/2003] [2/2/2003] [2/4/2003]

Astronomy

Asteroids, comets and minor planets [4/4/2002] [4/5/2002] [10/8/2002]
NASA's Aqua satellite [7/1/2002]
NASM's Explore the Universe exhibit [4/16/2002]
Hubble Space Telescope photos [4/30/2002] [6/7/2002] [7/3/2002] [8/7/2002] [9/5/2002] [9/24/2002] [10/18/2002]
Cassini [3/7/2003]
Photos from Earth orbit [12/9/2002]

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