JOHN ROSE
Knoxville, Tennessee
rose@cs.utk.edu
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Resume
- Hobbies:
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Various sports, weightlifting
- Music:
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Anything except opera, particularly rock and jazz
- Travel and Photos:
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England, Greece, Egypt, Italy, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand,
Brazil,
Trinidad,
Costa Rica, Fiji, Venezuela, and Mexico
- Some web stuff I have worked on in some capacity:
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UTK Homepage
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UT system web site
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UTK Campus Map
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UTK Building Locator
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UTK Course Web Link page
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UTK Student Organizations
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HTML
301: Form Tags
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Intro to Database Driven Web Pages Using PHP
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PHP tutorial for Northeastern State
University
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PHP tutorial for University of
Tennessee
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Search engine tutorial
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Search Engine Optimization Introduction
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RSS tutorial
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Apache .htaccess tutorial
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Web Statistics tutorial
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AJAX Introduction to Basics
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UT Microarray Database
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Eastern Kentucky Univ. Womens
Rugby
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Costa Rica cottage
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Rugby Skills, Drills,
General Information
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Golden Gloves Boxing
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Xerces install on
Solaris 9
- Knoxville Area Links:
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Knoxville, Tennessee
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Knoxville weather
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Interesting Links
(if you find a broken link let me know)
- Deals Gap News
(The Dragon) - world famous motorcycle riding road information
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El
Nino
- Space Shuttle Photos
- The Human Heart
- Online Dictionary
- CNN News Site
- Fitness Partner
- Workout
Program Planner
- Associated Press Online
- Auto-By-Tel
- Ameritrade Online Stock Trading
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Satellite Images of Environmental Change
- Satellite Passes Over
North American Cities
- Financial Engines
Investment Advisor Financial Calculators
- Tennessee
Deferred Compensation Program - calculators
- The
World Clock
- FBI
- Phases of
Moon
- Earth Viewer (showing the day and night regions at this moment)
- What Happened On This Day in History
- Bloomberg Online:
News, etc.
- How Stuff Works
- Mortgage 101 Calculators
- Language translator
- Language translator - they offer all sorts of translation services
- What Is? (various computer topics defined)
- US Senate Statistics - interesting general info
- Infor about your Representatives, etc. - US House of Representatives
- See how your representative voted on specific bills - Office of Clerk House of Representatives
- Compare cost of living in different cities
- National Museum of Natural History
- American Red Cross -- Disaster Preparedness
- Where is
MIR currently located?
- CIA World
Factbook
- Associated Press
Up to minute update
- Pro Football Hall of
Fame
- Find out who else was born
on your birthday
- How a plane flies
- American Association of Individual
Investors
- US News and World Report
- Cyber 411 - queries 16 search
engines at a time.
- ixquick - search 14 search
engines at once
- Live shots of
bald eagles nest in Reelfoot Lake State Park
- National Wildlife Federation
- How fossils are
formed
- The latest in Science
news...
- InteliHealth
- Medical/Health information
- OnHealth
- Online health resource
- ORNL Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Program
- Tips on Saving Energy and Money at Home
- The Home Energy Saver
- Home Energy - ask questions, contractor info, etc.
- Energy Star - government program for energy efficient homes
- Mortgage rates
- All about
Time/Calendars
- How to tie useful
knots
- How Can the Moon
Affect Tides?
- How to Calculate
Distance to the Horizon!
- Historical
Journey through Supreme Court
- CBS Morning
- Guide to
Grammer and Writing
- Bodyfat
and Weight Training Calculators
- Stretching and Flexibility - Everything you never wanted to know
- Fitness Link
- Vitamins and
Minerals: What We Need and Why
- Solar Now Project - Dept. of Energy - learn about solar energy
- United States Information Agency
- Word Central dictionary,
etc.
- United Nations Population Information
Network
- Calculating windchill factor
- Calculating windchill factor - National Weather Service
- Convert a Temperature
between ° F (Fahrenheit), ° C (Celsius), and K (Kelvin)
- Smoky Mountain Field
School
- Mutual Fund cost
Calculator
- The Why Files..Science Behind the News
- Energy & Science Projects
- The Atoms Family
- Consumer Information Center
- federal government consumer site
- News you can use type site
- Wordsmyth -
dictionary/thesaurus
- Todays word
- Kodak
Picture Playground
- Seeing, Hearing, Smelling
explained
- American Dietetic Association
- nutrition and health
- United Nations Homepage -
everything you wanted to know about the UN
- Vitamins and Nutrition -
cheesy but informative
- US FDA Center for Food Safety &
Applied Nutrition
- US Food and Drug Adminstration
- How does your CPU compare?
- National Library of Medecine
- U. S. Consumer Products Safety Commission - all kinds of info about products
- Aeodynamics of golf balls, curve ball, etc.
- Career source, wages, trends, etc
- Age
with strength - why you should train with weights as you get older
- Want
to live to be 158 years old?
- Professional backgorund and
credential verification
- Fast Food Facts - fat,
cholesteral, etc. on your fav fast food
- Mayo Clinic Health Oasis -
pretty good health site
- 2000 meteor shower
calendar
- How Do rainbows
work?
- Orthopaedic info - patient
education, find a surgeon, etc.
- Investor Education and
Assistance - Securities and Exchange Commision
- Child
Safety
- Do you
snore loudly, sleepy during day? - sleep apnea web site
- National Institute on Aging
- How does aging affect your driving?
- U.S. Federal Govt
Agencies
- Ben's Guide to US Govt - for
kids but pretty good explanation how laws made etc.
- National Library of Medicine
- Reference Desk - source of info
about almost everything
- National Food Safety Database
- What is
sleep?
- US Savings Bonds - info, buy them, etc.
- Official Federal site on child and family statistics
- Sensible Home, Cut Utility Bills - content is great, web site design is criminal
- Biological things closest to
extiction
- BabyCenter - pretty comprehensive on young children
- Tax Analysts Online - current info, history of taxes, etc.
- Regional economics, demographics, and statistics
- BankRate - local rates, calculators, etc.
- Current and past mortgage rates - loans terms and conditions explained
- American Dietetic Association - Tip of the Day
- American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
- Skin cancer prevention - Federal Center for Disease Control
- Hybrid Electric Vehicle Program - Dept of Energy site. Where to buy them, etc.
- Savings Education Council
- National Severe Storms Laboratory
- Explanation of cells
- Home improvement online calculators - how much is it going to cost to sow grass, put up drywall, windows, etc.
- More home improvement related calculators
- How much your home worth, how to increase its value, etc.
- American Memory - library of congress thing
- How maps are made, etc.
- How transistors work
- Restaurant health inspection scores for Tennessee
- Retail food store health inspection scores for Tennessee - grocery stores
- Department of Health and
Human Services data and statistics - a lot of neat info
- Best money rates on most everything
- Best Places to Live - Money Magazine list
- Best Places to Retire - Money Magazine list
- Flummery Digest - examples of political correctness run amok
- Various money management info - pretty good resource on several topics
- Some thoughts on child development - jean piaget
- Smart money moves - Jane Bryant Quinn site. pretty good resource.
- Cirque du Soleil - circus acrobat show. everyone should see it in person.
- Wage tables for Tennessee - broken into geographic areas and job categories
- Track flights - you can track your friends flight. nifty.
- Another track flights web
site
- Mail Abuse Prevention System(MAPS) - attempt to prevent SPAM mail
- Find the cheapest gas prices wherever you are
- Gas pump prices - covers more than 220,000 stations in the U.S. and Canada
- Nutrition for physical fitness and athletic performance for adults - what to eat before you do
something competitive
- An updated article
on nutrition for athletic performance
- Best places
to live in USA - according to Outside magazine
- What is blood?
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network - Dept of Energy program. Alternatives to oil.
- Electricity making windmill for your home
- Tennessee Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers Association - destinations for edibles and relaxation
- Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) - free small business counseling from retired executives
- Tarahumara Children's Hospital Fund
- What is your REAL age? - site with questionaire etc that calculates your real age.
- Health Hotlines National
Library of Medicine - toll free numbers about all kinds of things
- Medlineplus - NIH encyclopedia of drugs and directories of medical professionals.
- Physiological overviews, common problems and tips on care and treatment for age related conditions
- Impact of interruptions to single-minded work - for some work even slightest interruption will cost 20 minutes
- All kinds of facts about the USA
- How to read your own gas, electric, and water meter
- History of Income Tax in United States
- State Income Taxes do not seem to have much impact
- More States with Fiscal Issues
- How does your state/local government performance rate?
- Children Learn What They Live
- Listing of cigarette tax rates per state
- Dietary Supplements information - National Institute of Health
- Triglycerides information - various q/a regarding typical triglycerides topics
- Healthy Body Calculator
- Cancer Warrior -
NOVA TV show online about Judah Folkman
- How long will it take to become a millionaire
- US and world population clocks
- US Census Bureau
- National Archives and Records Administration - all kinds of stuff, census, etc.
- What beaches are clean? - Clean Beaches Council
- Avoiding dog bites - Center for Disease Control dog bite site
- Convert a measurement to metric - you might need a calulator or pencil and
paper but useful
- Pretty nifty calculator - length, area, temperature, etc.
- LASIK eye surgery info
- FDA site with useful info
- Do It Yourself Network - how to do all sorts of things yourself
- Official U.S. time
- Bicycle Ratings - actual owners give their opinions
- Urban Sprawl - nice data source regarding proliferation of urban sprawl
- Scientific Answers - US Dept of Agriculture nice site
- Weatherkit - how to set up various home weather measures
- Why Do Leaves Change Color?
- Bureau of Labor Statistics - info most folks would find interesting and/or useful
- Consumer Price Index - probably interesting and useful to most folks
- Consumer Price Index historical and current - how the cost of living has changed from 1913 - today
- U. S. Federal Statistics - statistics for many things
- Perspective
on current events - some practical views from John Leo
- Fuel price info from around USA - AAA list prices in many metro areas
- Bureau of Economic Analysis - all
sorts of info on income, etc. per state.
- Compare crime rates - particularly useful if you moving
- Should you rent or buy? - calculator
- Rent
versus Buy calculator- should you rent or buy a home comparision
- Lung Cancer Risk Assessment - online prediction tool
- Department of Labor - all sorts of useful info for employees and employers
- Find nearest Amtrak station
- Health statistics - National Center for Health Statistics
- Aviation Accident
Database - from National Transportation Safety board
- Find right breed of dog for you
- Find a radio station - over 10000 stations and 2500 audio streams
- Traffic counts in Knoxville - how busy is your street?
- Government maintained guide to reliable health information
- Top Ten most useful health web sites - Medical Library Association
- Find newspapers, radio, and TV stations
- Local drinking water information - EPA site see if any violations by your supplier since 1993
- Ask experts about various topics - interesting site at Scientific American
- Picking best insulation for your house - nice resource if you building or remodeling
- Nursing homes ratings - from USA
- National Highway Safety Administration - useful information regarding auto safety
- Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights - watchdog group keeping eye on big governement and big business
- Facts for Features - interesting facts from US Census Bureau pertinent to special days
- Legal terms dictionary
- How Old Were You When... - how old were you when specific events occured
- Steps for Choosing An Assisted Living Facility - useful information and resources
- Find the best place for you to live, work and retire
- Sneaky uses for everyday things
- Body Mass Indicator calculator - Center for Disease Control. Depending on your body type this might not be a good indicator
- Best places to live - factors in state income taxes etc. Very thorough.
- Princeton Review Career Quiz - what sorts of job suits you besT
- Check the air quality in your hometown - American Lung Association
- Check the air pollution in your area realtime
- Check pollen in your area
- Calculate the true cost to own your car
- bee stings, bug bites,
bleeding, chiggers, sprain, splinter - how to treat at home
- Buy a safe car - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration car safety ratings
- Free legal forms - all sorts of legal tools and info
- National Missing Children Center - help find missing children
- Tennessee crime statistics - from TBI
- Get
the most from your social security - several things to consider when to retire
- Science Behind the News - explains science behind current news items
- Center for disease and Control Data and Statistics - all sorts of interesting health statistics
- What is a hurricane? - explanation from NOAA
- Prevent telemarketing phone calls - National governement 'Do Not Call' registry
- Report links urban sprawl to health problems - CNN story
- Pick the best locations to retire - compare tax burden in each state, etc.
- Relocation
information - compare median home values, average temperatures, etc.
- Compare two cities
- America's safest
and most dangerous cities - company accumulates FBI statistics
- Forecast life
expectancy - Center for Disease Control
- Longevity
Game - life expectanct calculator from Northwestern Mutual Life