From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Wed Aug 05 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!CNS.BU.EDU!cindy From: cindy@CNS.BU.EDU (Cynthia Bradford) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: BU CNS 1999 Meeting Date: 6 Aug 1998 12:03:22 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 166 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199808061843.OAA28727@retina.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net *****CALL FOR PAPERS***** THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE AND NEURAL SYSTEMS May 26-29, 1999 Sponsored by Boston University's Center for Adaptive Systems and Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems with financial support from DARPA and ONR How Does the Brain Control Behavior? How Can Technology Emulate Biological Intelligence? The conference will include invited tutorials and lectures, and contributed lectures and posters by experts on the biology and technology of how the brain and other intelligent systems adapt to a changing world. The conference is aimed at researchers and students of computational neuroscience, connectionist cognitive science, artificial neural networks, neuromorphic engineering, and artificial intelligence. A single oral or poster session enables all presented work to be highly visible. Abstract submissions encourage submissions of the latest results. Costs are kept at a minimum without compromising the quality of meeting handouts and social events. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Session Topics: * vision * spatial mapping and navigation * object recognition * neural circuit models * image understanding * neural system models * audition * mathematics of neural systems * speech and language * robotics * unsupervised learning * hybrid systems (fuzzy, evolutionary, digital) * supervised learning * neuromorphic VLSI * reinforcement and emotion * industrial applications * sensory-motor control * other * cognition, planning, and attention Contributed Abstracts must be received, in English, by January 29, 1999. Notification of acceptance will be given by February 28, 1999. A meeting registration fee of $45 for regular attendees and $30 for students must accompany each Abstract. See Registration Information for details. The fee will be returned if the Abstract is not accepted for presentation and publication in the meeting proceedings. Registration fees of accepted abstracts will be returned on request only until April 15, 1999. Each Abstract should fit on one 8.5" x 11" white page with 1" margins on all sides, single-column format, single-spaced, Times Roman or similar font of 10 points or larger, printed on one side of the page only. Fax submissions will not be accepted. Abstract title, author name(s), affiliation(s), mailing, and email address(es) should begin each Abstract. An accompanying cover letter should include: Full title of Abstract; corresponding author and presenting author name, address, telephone, fax, and email address; and a first and second choice from among the topics above, including whether it is biological (B) or technological (T) work. Example: first choice: vision (T); second choice: neural system models (B). (Talks will be 15 minutes long. Posters will be up for a full day. Overhead, slide, and VCR facilities will be available for talks.) Abstracts which do not meet these requirements or which are submitted with insufficient funds will be returned. Accepted Abstracts will be printed in the conference proceedings volume. No longer paper will be required. The original and 3 copies of each Abstract should be sent to: Cynthia Bradford, Boston University, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 677 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215. REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Early registration is recommended. To register, please fill out the registration form below. Student registrations must be accompanied by a letter of verification from a department chairperson or faculty/research advisor. If accompanied by an Abstract or if paying by check, mail to the address above. If paying by credit card, mail as above, or fax to (617) 353-7755, or email to cindy@cns.bu.edu. The registration fee will help to pay for a reception, 6 coffee breaks, and the meeting proceedings. STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS: Fellowships for PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows are available to cover meeting travel and living costs. The deadline to apply for fellowship support is January 29, 1999. Applicants will be notified by February 28, 1999. Each application should include the applicant's CV, including name; mailing address; email address; current student status; faculty or PhD research advisor's name, address, and email address; relevant courses and other educational data; and a list of research articles. A letter from the listed faculty or PhD advisor on official institutional stationery should accompany the application and summarize how the candidate may benefit from the meeting. Students who also submit an Abstract need to include the registration fee with their Abstract. Reimbursement checks will be distributed after the meeting. REGISTRATION FORM Third International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems Boston University 677 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02215 Tutorials: May 26, 1999 Meeting: May 27-29, 1999 FAX: (617) 353-7755 (Please Type or Print) Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof: _____________________________________________________ Name: ______________________________________________________________ Affiliation: _______________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ City, State, Postal Code: __________________________________________ Phone and Fax: _____________________________________________________ Email: _____________________________________________________________ The conference registration fee includes the meeting program, reception, two coffee breaks each day, and meeting proceedings. The tutorial registration fee includes tutorial notes and two coffee breaks. CHECK ONE: ( ) $70 Conference plus Tutorial (Regular) ( ) $45 Conference plus Tutorial (Student) ( ) $45 Conference Only (Regular) ( ) $30 Conference Only (Student) ( ) $25 Tutorial Only (Regular) ( ) $15 Tutorial Only (Student) METHOD OF PAYMENT (please fax or mail): [ ] Enclosed is a check made payable to "Boston University". Checks must be made payable in US dollars and issued by a US correspondent bank. Each registrant is responsible for any and all bank charges. [ ] I wish to pay my fees by credit card (MasterCard, Visa, or Discover Card only). Name as it appears on the card: _____________________________________ Type of card: _______________________________________________________ Account number: _____________________________________________________ Expiration date: ____________________________________________________ Signature: __________________________________________________________ From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Aug 07 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!rutgers!rockyd.rockefeller.edu!newsfeed.nyu.edu!news-nyc.telia.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!209.244.253.199!newsfeed.xcom.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.delphi.com!news From: rbcaldwell@delphi.com Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Final CFP -- JCIF special issue (data mining and financial news) Date: Sat, 8 Aug 98 13:13:14 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 212 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.93.4.2 ******************************************************************* F I N A L C A L L F O R P A P E R S ******************************************************************* Journal of Computational Intelligence in Finance Final Call for Papers Special Issue on "Financial News Analysis using Distributed Data Mining" The Journal of Computational Intelligence in Finance, a peer-reviewed technical journal, published by Finance & Technology Publishing, is seeking papers for review and publication on "Financial News Analysis using Distributed Data Mining". The Journal of Computational Intelligence in Finance publishes applied research and practical applications of high quality that are based on sound theoretical, empirical or quantitative analysis. For practitioners and applied researchers, JCIF serves as the journal of record on "the application of advanced computational technologies and analytical techniques for financial modeling, investing and trading, and risk management." Papers published in JCIF are eligible for the "Distinguished Essay on Computational Intelligence in Finance" award, which is selected by the Editorial Board each year. EDITORIAL BOARD Randall B. Caldwell, Editor-in-Chief Emilio Barucci - University of Florence, Italy Richard J. Bauer, Jr. - St. Mary's University, Texas Neil Burgess - London Business School Oscar Castillo - UABC University, California Jerry Connor - London Business School Eric de Bodt - Universite Catholique de Louvain, France James F. Derry - Mgmt. Engineering Productivity Systems, Ohio Athanasios Episcopos - National Bank of Greece Andrew Flitman - Monash University, Australia Susan Garavaglia - Dun and Bradstreet, New Jersey Ramo Gencay - University of Windsor, Canada Sabyasachi Ghoshray - Florida International University Lee Giles - NEC Research Institute, New Jersey Christian Haefke - University of California at San Diego Ypke Hiemstra - Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Jason Kingdon - Searchspace Limited, University College London Ralph Neuneier - Siemens AG Corporate Research Center, Germany Zoran Obradovic - Washington State University Marimuthu Palaniswami - University of Melbourne Carlos E. Pedreira - Catholic University, Rio Stuart H. Rubin - Central Michigan University David B. Skalak - IBM, New York Leon Sterling - University of Melbourne Manoel F. Tenorio - Purdue University, Indiana Halbert White - University of California at San Diego Lei Xu - The Chinese University of Hong Kong SPECIAL TOPIC Financial News Analysis using Distributed Data Mining PAPERS DUE September 15, 1998 ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION November 30, 1998 FINAL REVISED MANUSCRIPTS DUE January 15, 1999 PUBLICATION DATE March 1999 GUEST EDITORS Zoran Obradovic Stuart H. Rubin Associate Professor Associate Professor Elec. Eng. & Comp. Sci. Dept. of Comp. Sci. Washington State University Central Michigan University Pullman, WA 99164-2752, USA Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA zoran@eecs.wsu.edu rubin@cps.cmich.edu FOR THE LATEST AND MOST COMPLETE INFORMATION ON THIS CALL, SEE: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ftpub/call.htm MOTIVATION Recent technological developments, the rapid growth of the World Wide Web, and maturing corporate intranet structures have led to the rapid dissemination of huge amounts of financial news and information (newspaper articles, financial services information, corporate publications, stock exchange news, peer-reviewed financial journal articles, etc.). However, cost and time constraints prohibit an exhaustive search through or download of all potentially relevant financial news and information available on the Internet, for later analysis and processing. One possible solution is to distribute information sampling over a large number of locations in order to classify local data, construct a pool of relevant information, and generate useful rules that might be further analyzed or processed at a central location. This requires intelligent and dynamic domain decomposition, as well as flexible software agents for symbolic information processing. SCOPE All papers submitted must focus on the data mining of financial news and information, and on applications of interest to financial analysis or decision-making, investing or trading. Of particular interest are algorithms and techniques that both incorporate computational intelligence and are unique or especially relevant to financial tasks. Authors are invited to submit papers on the design of automated, scalable, distributed knowledge discovery systems for financial information mining on the Internet, to address issues related to: - search strategies - knowledge representation - reasoning mechanisms - learning algorithms Suggested topics include but are not limited to the following: - intelligent software agent structures - sampling strategies for mining the World Wide Web - distributed search algorithms for mining financial news - collaborative and heuristic search methods - statistical text mining - incremental knowledge discovery methods - financial news and information quality - dynamic domain decomposition - expert and decision-based strategies - knowledge representation issues - knowledge-base design and segmentation - communications and query issues - Knowledge Interchange Format (KIF) - Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language (KQML) - semantic nets and frames - combining natural language processing and statistical text mining - algorithms for organizing, filtering and summarizing textual information - state space methods and issues - novel learning and reasoning algorithms ABSTRACTS Submit 150 to 300 word abstract including full name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), complete mailing address and telephone numbers of all authors. Authors should provide a brief biographic sketch of themselves. Send abstracts to: Post: JCIF, P.O. Box 764, Haymarket, VA 20168 USA E-mail: ftpub@compuserve.com Fax: 1-703-753-2634 PAPERS Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. All material must be provided in the English language. Submit three copies of each paper. Papers must be formatted for 8.5x11-inch page format. Authors should provide a brief biographic sketch of themselves. Each copy submitted should include a page that contains the title of the paper, the full name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), complete mailing address and telephone numbers of all authors, and a 150 to 300 word abstract. The Journal reserves the right to edit all material to meet space requirements and to make grammatical and typographical corrections. The final text should be 4000 to 6000 words in length, contain no more than 15 references, and be provided as follows: (1) Hardcopy: printed and double-spaced, with notations for the location of graphics, mathematical equations, given thereon, as necessary, (2) Softcopy: The REQUIRED MEDIA FORMAT is IBM PC 3.5", 1.44MB. The PREFERRED FILE FORMAT is Word for Windows 3.1/95 (Word 6/7/97). Other acceptable software file formats are the following: Tex and LaTex using the required media format (Scientific Workplace 3.0 preferred, use standard features) The PREFERRED GRAPHICS formats are Windows 3.1/95 (*.bmp,*.wmf,*.eps). For other graphics formats, submit high-quality, camera-ready hardcopy, or make an inquiry. Include pseudo-code or source code in separate figures (listings). Extensive code listings may be published on the Web site because of space limitations in the journal. Text citations must use the following format: last name(s) of author(s), publication date and suffix (as necessary) in brackets. Example: (a) direct reference: Watkins and McCoy [1993a] (b) indirect reference: [Watkins and McCoy 1993a] References must be listed alphabetically by the last name of the first author according to the following formats: Journal Article: authors' names, publication date and suffix (as necessary) in brackets, article title (in double quotations), periodical title (in italics), volume and number, pages cited. Book: authors' names, publication date and suffix (as necessary) in brackets, book title (in italics), publisher, publisher location, pages cited. Chapter in Book/Proceedings: authors' names, publication date and suffix (as necessary) in brackets, chapter title (in double quotations), editors' names, book title (in italics), publisher, location, pages cited. Send all manuscripts by Post to: Editors, JCIF, P.O. Box 764, Haymarket, VA 20168 USA ******************************************************************* F I N A L C A L L F O R P A P E R S ******************************************************************* From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Aug 10 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 11 Aug 1998 02:00:10 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 233 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199808110900.CAA16548@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually and will immensely help us continue to help you. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can post or reply to messages via your Web browser as described in item #1 below. Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term. Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass this message on to your marketing or marketing communications department or other appropriate group. Please ask them to help support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. For those of you with local USENET news systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new newsgroups and recent postings. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: The BIOSCI management does NOT act on subscription/unsubscription requests that are posted improperly to the newsgroups and mailing lists. People who do this only bother everyone on the lists to no avail. Please be sure to follow the proper procedures below. Gory details are in the BIOSCI Information sheets on the Web at http://www.bio.net. Below we give an example utilizing the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list at both of our two BIOSCI sites: Users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries who use the BIOSCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ node at computer net.bio.net: ---------------------------- A) Determine the "listname" which is the <=8 character mail address ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for the group. These can be found in the BIOSCI Info. Sheet. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS group the mailing address is methods@net.bio.net. The listname is the portion of the address to the left of the @ sign, i.e., "methods". The listname is used with the "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" commands illustrated below. B) Mail all commands in the body of a mail message addressed to biosci-server@net.bio.net. Do NOT send commands to the newsgroup posting addresses! Leave the Subject: line blank, any text on it will be ignored. C) In the body of your message put one or more of the following commands with an "end" command on the last line, e.g., subscribe methods unsubscribe methods end Do NOT put your e-mail address or other text on these lines. The server only allows you to cancel your subscription if the address on your mail header matches the address on our mailing list. Please ask for help at biosci-help@net.bio.net if your address has changed, e.g., if you know you are on the list but the server tells you that you are not a member. Users in Europe, Africa, and Central Asia who use the BIOSCI node at -------------------------------------------------------------------- computer daresbury.ac.uk (also known as dl.ac.uk): ------------------------------------------------- To subscribe and unsubscribe to/from the BIOSCI lists, you need to specify the full USENET newsgroup name with "bionet-news." prepended. The USENET newsgroup names are listed in the BIOSCI Information sheet on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list the USENET newsgroup name is bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, thus the appropriate commands are sub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts unsub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts These commands are included in a message addressed to mxt@dl.ac.uk, NOT to the newsgroup mailing addresses. As usual, include the text in the body of the message as text on the Subject: line is ignored. To unsubscribe from all the lists at the UK node, use unsub bionet-news Please note that if the address in the list is different than the one in your mail message header, you will not be able to unsubscribe by this method. If you have problems, please mail biosci@daresbury.ac.uk. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please take this opportunity to add your name, address, and research interest information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Mon Aug 10 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!newsgate.duke.edu!hal.cs.duke.edu!runa From: runa@galois.cs.duke.edu (Indrani Ganguly) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: drosophila mating behaviour Date: 11 Aug 1998 16:34:30 GMT Organization: Duke University Department of Computer Science Lines: 6 Message-ID: <6qprqm$d87$2@hal.cs.duke.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: galois.cs.duke.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] does anybody have any idea how long it takes fruit flies to exhibit courtship behaviour and attempt copulation? please help! indrani ganguly igangul@unity.ncsu.edu From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Aug 15 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news.enteract.com!chippy.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news1-gui.server.ntli.net!news-feed.ntli.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!news-feed.ntli.net!usenet From: "Bryn" Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: insect - fungal interactions Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 23:48:41 +0100 Organization: NTL Internet Lines: 10 Message-ID: <6r7o7i$l8d@news5-gui.server.cableol.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kool16.nbc.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 I am writing a dissertation on the interactions between insects and fungus. (any and all interactions). If any one has any interesting references to this subject, I would be grateful if they could e-mail me direct or post them at sci.bio.entomology.misc. Thanks in advance Bryn From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Aug 21 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!webtv.net!not-for-mail From: SUOMI2@webtv.net (THOMAS PETERSON) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: MINNESOTA Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:32:34 -0500 (CDT) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 4 Message-ID: <15291-35DE11A2-42@newsd-111.bryant.webtv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhQrLxONnE+sgCbA6adzYgCsGAGbiAIVAJFyl7Sq81uyjyMp7s814SFP+xtR Does anybody out there know the population of Human Folk in the town of Princeton Minnesota. Thank You in advance Tom J P From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Sat Aug 22 23:00:00 1998 Message-ID: <35E091DA.F7067421@cadvision.com> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 16:04:11 -0600 From: Ian Mitchell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Ecological dynamics page Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: h-207-228-125-208.dial.cadvision.com X-NNTP-Posting-Host: h-207-228-125-208.dial.cadvision.com Organization: CADVision Development Corporation (http://www.cadvision.com/) Lines: 6 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: elmo.cadvision.com Path: biosci!monster.ucsd.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.idt.net!nntp.cadvision.com!news.cadvision.com!h-207-228-125-208.dial.cadvision.com I've just put up a web page on ecological dynamics. There's not a whole lot there yet, but I'm hoping to gradually improve it. If anyone has any comments, suggestions, etc., please let me know. The page is at www.cadvision.com/mitcheli/ From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 25 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!howland.erols.net!portc02.blue.aol.com!audrey03.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: wolfsave@aol.com (WolfSave) Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Re: Ecological dynamics page Lines: 5 Message-ID: <1998082612431700.IAA16580@ladder03.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder03.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 26 Aug 1998 12:43:17 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com References: <35E091DA.F7067421@cadvision.com> >I've just put up a web page on ecological dynamics. Thanks. I'll check it out. Ed Evans elevans@aol.com From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Tue Aug 25 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!howland.erols.net!worldfeed.gte.net!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!uwm.edu!newsspool.sol.net!sdd.hp.com!night.primate.wisc.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!news.cis.uab.edu!news.lsu.edu!armagnac.ucs.usl.edu!not-for-mail From: jacoby carter Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Exotic Invasives in Asia Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:42:47 -0500 Organization: The University of Southwestern Louisiana Lines: 32 Message-ID: <35E44916.250A@usl.edu> References: <35E091DA.F7067421@cadvision.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jicotea.cr.usgs.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Hello, I am trying to organize a symposium on Exotic Invasives in Asia for the next Ecological Society of America annual meeting. The meeting will be held in Spokane, Washington State, USA August 1999. I am looking for people willing to speak on the subject. If you have experience working with exotic invasives in Asia please contact me as soon as possible. This symposium is being sponsored by the Asian Ecology Section of the ESA. While we often hear about exotic invasives from Asia in the Americas, many often assume that the biotic exchange is chiefly one way. However, talking with others I have had anecdotal reports of exotic invasives from the Americas causing problems in China, Korea, Japan, and India. The pest species include fish, mammals, insects, trees, aquatic macrophytes, and grasses. If you don't think you can make it, but know somebody who is an expert that can, please have them contact me. Thanks for the assistance. Jacoby Carter, Ph.D. Secretary, Asian Ecology Section, ESA USGS-National Wetlands Research Center 700 Cajundome Blvd.. Lafayette, LA 70506 phone: 318-266-8620 fax: 318-266-8586 e-mail: jacoby_carter@usgs.gov From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Thu Aug 27 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.alaska.edu!newsfeed.acns.nwu.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!ulowell.uml.edu!news-feeder.onramp.net!news.onramp.net!not-for-mail From: "Cynthia S. Smagula" Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: BioToolKit Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:38:31 -0600 Organization: BIOTA Publications Lines: 3 Message-ID: <35E5FBFE.404C@onramp.net> Reply-To: biota@onramp.net NNTP-Posting-Host: isdn16-60.dllstx.onramp.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01-C-MACOS8 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Over 140 new analytical tools for molecular biologists have been added to the BioToolKit (http://www.biosupplynet.com/cfdocs/btk/btk.cfm) this summer. From owner-population-bio@net.bio.net Fri Aug 28 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!news.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: Richard Reis Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Tomorrow's Professor Listserve Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:36:19 -0800 Organization: Stanford University Lines: 94 Message-ID: <35E75B13.1CE0@stanford.edu> Reply-To: reis@stanford.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: reis-powermac.stanford.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.02 (Macintosh; U; PPC) CC: reis Tomorrow*s Professor Listserve Greetings: I wanted to call your attention to the Tomorrow*s Professor Listserve sent biweekly to over 1,200 graduate students, postdocs, and beginning faculty in science and engineering at U.S. and Canadian universities. It is very helpful to those individuals interested in preparing for, finding, and succeeding at academic careers in science and engineering. 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Turner") Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio Subject: Rivulus marmoratus webpage Date: 1 Sep 1998 13:29:45 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 24 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The killifish Rivulus marmoratus is the only vertebrate known to reproduce by virtually obligate self-fertilization and whose natural populations are generally comprised of homozygous clones. A webpage discussing the biology of this organism in some detail, including a review article, bibliography, faqs, and some illustrations, is now available at the following url: http://www.bsi.vt.edu/rivmar/ Comments, questions, and links from related sites are cordially invited. Apologies for duplicate mailings. ****************************************************************** Bruce J. Turner Dept. Biology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061-0406 (540)-231-7444 (V) (540)-231-9307 (F) fishgen@vt.edu vitae: http://art.biol.vt.edu/Facultypages/Turner/Turner2.html Rivulus marmoratus webpage: http://www.bsi.vt.edu/rivmar/ ******************************************************************