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  1. SCOUT> The Scout Report -- May 3, 1996
  2. PBS> PBS PREVIEWS: May 6 - 12, 1996
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Subject: SCOUT> The Scout Report -- May 3, 1996

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~~                         The Scout Report                           ~~
                           May 3, 1996

                  A Publication of Net Scout Services
    Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin

                   A Project of the InterNIC
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The Scout Report is a weekly publication offering a selection of new and
newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and
educators, the InterNIC's primary audience. However, everyone is welcome
to subscribe to one of the mailing lists (plain text or HTML) or visit the
Web version of the Scout Report. Subscription instructions are
included at the end of each report or at the Web site.

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Send comments and contributions to [e-mail]

In This Issue:

Research and Education:
   Biology Hypertext Chapters -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   Digest of Education Statistics -- 1995 Edition
   Trace Research and Development Center -- technology and disability
   webCATS -- Library OPAC's on the World Wide Web
   Possibilities! Integrating the Internet into the Secondary Science
Classroom
   Religion and Generational Cultures Discussion List -- Generation X
   sci.archaeology.moderated -- a new Usenet newsgroup

General Interest:
   Picasso and Portraiture
   Wall St. Journal Interactive Edition
   U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library
   The Electronic Banking Resource Center
   National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) reports on U.S.
wildfires
   Theodore Tugboat -- an interactive story for young children
   Roger Ebert film reviews and two Cannes Film Festival Sites

Network Tools:
   AccessWatch
   Adobe Acrobat Access
   Netscape Atlas is now Netscape 3.0 Beta


Research and Education:
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Biology Hypertextbook Chapters, provided by the MIT Experimental Study
group, was originally intended as a study aid to an introductory biology
course at MIT, but is an excellent source of material for any introductory
biology course. It includes chapters on chemistry, large molecules, cell
biology, enzyme biochemistry, photosynthesis, genetics, DNA, and
immunology. Each chapter contains thorough explanations of the topic. One
of the strengths of the site is its extensive use of graphical models to
illustrate concepts. The chemistry review, large molecules, and cell
biology sections contain particularly graphic content. Note that Internet
visitors are asked not to participate in the self quiz exercises.
http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/chapters.html


The U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) has recently made full text of the 1995 "Digest of Education
Statistics" available via the Internet. This is the 31st in a series of
publications begun in 1962. "Its primary purpose is to provide a
compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of
American education from kindergarten through graduate school." The Digest
contains seven chapters: All Levels of Education, Elementary and Secondary
Education, Postsecondary Education, Federal Programs for Education and
Related Activities, Outcomes of Education, International Comparisons of
Education, and Learning Resources and Technology. It contains 32 figures
and 415 tables.  Tables and figures are clearly labeled under their
hypertext links, and tables are rendered as ASCII text. Tables are current
through 1992-93. This is one of the most important primary sources of
education statistics available. The gopher version of the Digest provides
the tables and figures in compressed .zip files, and provides pointers to
viewing and decompression software.
http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs/D95/
gopher://gopher.ed.gov:10000/11/publications/majorpub/digest/
gopher to: gopher.ed.gov:10000
   select:  NCES Publications and Reports/Major NCES
   Publications/Digest of Education Statistics/
   This path will also lead to full text "Digests" for 1992-1994.
For other NCES major publications:
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/stats.html
gopher://gopher.ed.gov:10000/11/publications/majorpub
gopher to: gopher.ed.gov:10000
select:  NCES Publications and Reports/Major NCES Publications/


The Trace Center, an interdisciplinary research, development and resource
center on technology and disability, housed at the Waisman Center and the
Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, has
recently established a Web site. The Trace Program Areas section details
the Center's mission and goals, provides information on computer access
and standards, and gives information on the clinical services provided by
the Center. Under Papers and Publications, you can find a catalog of Trace
publications, including "Quick Sheets," short resource lists on a variety
of topics, among others. The Designing an Accessible World section
provides a wealth of information about including access for people with
disabilities when designing Web sites, computers, consumer products,
kiosks, and telecommunications. One of the highlights of the site is a
newly released paper on "Design of HTML Pages to Increase Their
Accessibility to Users With Disabilities." Trace's Web site is an
enhancement of an already existing gopher site.
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/
gopher://trace.wisc.edu
gopher to: trace.wisc.edu
"Design of HTML Pages":
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/TEXT/GUIDELNS/HTMLGIDE/htmlgide.html
gopher://trace.wisc.edu:70/0/ftp/PUB/TEXT/CURBCUT/WORKING/HTML_DSN.TXT
gopher to: trace.wisc.edu
select: New and Spotlighted Items/Spotlighted Items/Design of HTML...


Peter Scott, the creator of HYTELNET, has collaborated with Doug Macdonald
to create webCATS, a page of library catalogs which can be searched via
the Web. webCATS is arranged for searching geographically, by type of
library, and by library catalog vendor. The webCATS page will soon have an
interactive form for adding a URL to your Web searchable library catalog,
and in the meantime an email address is provided. The site also connects
to the HYTELNET home page. HYTELNET is a computer utility which gives
users instant access to telnet accessible library catalogs, FREE-NETS,
BBSs, gophers, wais, etc.
http://library.usask.ca/hywebcat/


Possibilities! Integrating the Internet into the Secondary Science
Classroom, a Web site created by a longtime Seattle, Washington
area science and math teacher, attempts to help secondary science teachers
exploit the Internet for teaching purposes. The site is a selective list
of pointers to resources, as well as suggestions for activities organized
by function. It includes interpersonal projects, information collection
and exchange, problem solving projects, and miscellaneous projects. There
are pointers to email, listserv, and news groups, conferencing utilities,
field trips, museum tours, virtual science fairs, database creation, and
many others. There are also sections on evaluating sites, pointers to
other k-12 education sites, and a highlight page of the month.
Possibilities!, while not comprehensive, is a good place to start for
secondary science educators.
http://kendaco.telebyte.com:80/billband/Possibilities.html


What does "religion" have to do with "Generation X"? This list is designed
to support the research activities of the Center for the Study of Religion
at the Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa
Barbara. Under the direction of Wade Clark Roof, the Center is
participating in a nationwide Lilly Endowment grant project to study the
relationship between "religion"  and "generations." This list is intended
to promote wide-ranging interdisciplinary discussions on these issues.
Membership is open, but participants should be aware that this is
primarily a forum for academic discussion & debate, and information
exchange. Religious proselytization and political posturing is not
appropriate on this list.
To subscribe send email to: [e-mail]
   In the body of the message type:
      SUB SBBUST-L yourfirstname yourlastname, your institution


sci.archaeology.moderated is a new Usenet news group dedicated to the
discussion of archaeology. Articles submitted to the newsgroup are first
filtered through a panel of moderators, and may be accepted, rejected, or
sent back with suggested changes. Articles may include requests for
information, announcements of relevance, or topics for discussion.
Articles which contain personal attacks, racist comments, or ad hominem
arguments will not be approved for posting. At present, threads include
web sites of ongoing digs, algorithms for Egyptian fractions, and
Neolithic bones of the feet, among others. The moderation of this group
promises to keep the discussion at a high level.
Point your Usenet newsreader to: sci.archaeology.moderated
Welcome message to the newsgroup:
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/sam/guide.txt


General Interest:
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Picasso and Portraiture: Representation and Transformation, is an
exhibition of over 200 Picasso portraits at New York's Museum of Modern
Art (MOMA), that is taking place now through September 17, 1996. From the
Picasso Web site you can read introductions by Claude Picasso and William
Rubin, and view a selection of the portraits in the exhibition. The
virtual exhibition contains self portraits and portraits of the family,
the children, the women, the friends, and the others, over fifty images in
all. Each section is previewed with large thumbnails of all the images it
contains. Click on any thumbnail for an enlarged image. For those who
intend to view the MOMA exhibition, this site is a nice preview. For those
who cannot, it is a wonderful glimpse of what they will be missing.
http://www.clubinternet.com/picasso/
Less graphical entrance: http://www.clubinternet.com/picasso/homepage.html
More information on the MOMA exhibition:
http://www.moma.org:80/picasso.html
Museum of Modern Art:
http://www.moma.org
Less graphical: http://www.moma.org/menu.html


The Wall St. Journal has launched its Interactive Edition on the Web. Due
to be a subscription service, it will be free of charge until July 31 to
anyone who registers before May 31, 1996. It includes the content of the
print version, as well as weather and sports sections. The content can be
accessed by section or by a general index that can be found under Table of
Contents on the home page. Stories that mention companies contain
hypertext links that allow the reader to obtain more information about a
company, including latest news stories, a 20 minute delayed company stock
report, and a "briefing book" on the company which includes background
information, a financial overview, stock performance measures, previous
Wall St. Journal articles about that company, and company press releases.
Walter Mossberg's popular Personal Technology column is also available. He
now takes email questions from readers, and will answer selected ones in
his Interactive Edition columns.
http://www.wsj.com


The U.S. House of Representatives has made its Internet Law Library
available on the Web. Originally a demonstration project of the Offices of
the Law Revision Council and the Legislative Council, the purpose of the
library is to provide easy access to the law-related resources of the
Internet. The site contains links to over 4,900 law related resources in
subjects such as U.S. federal laws, state and territorial laws,
international laws, laws of all jurisdictions arranged by subject,
attorney and legal profession directories, law school library catalogs and
directories, and reviews of law books. The U.S. Code (up to date through
early 1994) and Code of Federal Regulations can also be searched from the
home page. A selected list of law related listservs and pointers can be
found on the "about this directory page."
http://law.house.gov/


The Electronic Banking Resource Center, provided by an MBA graduate
student at Ohio State University, is a one stop resource for information
about banking on the Internet. It contains pointers to explanations of
various open payment standards; a FAQ on electronic money/Internet
payment systems that discusses such issues as challenges of Internet
payment systems, electronic cash, credit cards, and checks and the Web,
and advice for merchants on the Internet, among others; a page of pointers
to examples of Internet financial transactions; and a large page of
pointers to banks on the Internet. The Resource Center also contains
pointers to other banking related sites.
http://www2.cob.ohio-state.edu/~richards/banking.htm


Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA), as part of its Disaster
Information Service, is maintaining daily reports from the National
Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) on U.S. wildfires. Each day the
report details progress made in these fires, along with size, percent
containment, estimated date of containment, and estimated losses and
costs, among other variables. In order to better understand the language
used in the reports, interested readers should look at the NICC Incident
Management Report FAQ.
The reports:
gopher://gopher.vita.org:70/11/disaster/report/domestic/forest
gopher to: gopher.vita.org
   select: Disaster Information/Disaster Situation and Status Reports/
Domestic U.S. Situations/Incident Management Forest Fires
NICC fire reports are also available via email:
   Send email to:[e-mail]
   In the body of the message type: sub fireline FirstName LastName
For information on other disaster information resources maintained
   by VITA:
http://www.vita.org/disaster/
gopher://gopher.vita.org:70/11/disaster/report
gopher to: gopher.vita.org
   select: Disaster Information/Disaster Situation and Status Reports
VITA Home Page:
http://www.vita.org/
gopher://gopher.vita.org
gopher to: gopher.vita.org


Theodore Tugboat is a Canadian TV series "about a cheerful tugboat who
likes to be friends with everyone." The Theodore Tugboat Web page,
provided by Cochrane Entertainment Incorporated, is highlighted by an
interactive story in which you and your child can decide what Theodore
does next. It also includes 6 pages from an online coloring book
(available in both .gif and .pdf formats), and an interactive postcard
that allows you to receive a real postcard with Theodore's picture on it.
The site also contains a description of all Theodore Tugboat characters,
as well as a section on "How the Big Harbour Works." Theodore Tugboat also
links to over 300 other rated children's sites, ranging from activity
centers to world travel. This is a wonderful site for parents and their
young children.
http://www.cochran.com/


The Chicago Sun Times Web site presents the Roger Ebert on Movies Web
page. Ebert, a Pulitzer Prize award winning film reviewer, writes regular
columns for the Sun Times, as well as being co-host of a nationally
syndicated film review TV program. This site presents full text of recent
reviews, a "one minute summary" of recently reviewed films with a brief
synopsis and rating, and, the highlight of the site, a completely
searchable archive of Ebert reviews going back to 1985. You can search by
movie title, the names of actors, producers, directors, or writers, date,
and rating. Be sure to read the help file on searching to use the
searching system to greatest advantage.
http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert.html

Two of the better sites for interested Internauts to follow the 49th
Cannes Film Festival are the Official Cannes Film Festival site and the Le
Monde (Paris daily newspaper) Cannes site. The Official site is a work in
progress, but at present its highlights include a searchable database of
films and awards from 1955-1995, juries from 1946-1995, and summaries
along with posters and stills from the winners from 1990-1995 (under the
History section). Under Festival 96, Press Guide, there is a listing of
the 1996 jury and films, along with short tributes to great film makers.
The Official Site is available in both French and English, but the
database query results are in French. The Le Monde site, also a work in
progress, includes the official programme, as well as articles from Le
Monde pertaining to previous Festivals. The highlight of this site will be
Le Monde's coverage of the festival as it unfolds. This site is also
available in both English and French, and short articles will be available
in both languages, but feature articles will only be available in French.
Both sites should increase their amount of content as the festival
approaches and then takes place.
Cannes official site: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/
Cannes Le Monde site can be accessed from two addresses:
http://www.lemonde.fr/Cannes96/
http://lemonde.globeonline.com/Cannes96/


Network Tools:
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AccessWatch, provided by David Maher, is a shareware utility that provides
a regularly updated summary of WWW server hits and accesses, and gives a
graphical representation of available statistics. It generates statistics
for hourly server load, page demand, accesses by domain, and accesses by
host. AccessWatch can run on Unix or Windows NT servers. The AccessWatch
page provides sample output, a FAQ, installation instructions, and the
Perl script that makes the product work. It is free for government,
non-commercial home, and academic use. See the license agreement for more
information.
http://netpressence.com/accesswatch/


Adobe Acrobat offers a beta version of its new Netscape plug-in Access for
downloading from its Web site. Acrobat Access presents an alternative view
of the open PDF document in a separate window called the Access View that
is designed to cooperate with screen reading programs. In this way, it
makes complex, rich text formatted .PDF (portable document format) files
more accessible to people with visual disabilities. Complete details about
Access are available at the Adobe Access page, along with downloading
instructions, and an Adobe White Paper concerning the accessibility of PDF
for the visually disabled. At present it is available only on Windows
platforms.
http://www.adobe.com/Acrobat/Access.html
For more information about Adobe Acrobat see the Scout Toolkit:
http://rs.internic.net/scout/toolkit/3d3.html


Netscape now offers Netscape 3.0 Beta for downloading from its home page.
3.0 is an enhancement of Netscape Atlas, which was discussed in the April
5, 1996 Scout Report. Video, phone, and enhanced Java support, among other
features, have been added.
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror/client_download.html
For more information about Netscape 3.0
http://home.mcom.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_3.0/index.html


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Date:    Sat, 4 May 1996 22:23:27 -0500
From:    Gleason Sackman <[e-mail]>
Subject: PBS> PBS PREVIEWS: May 6 - 12, 1996

Date: Sat, 04 May 1996 17:31:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail] (Cindy Johanson)
Subject: [74] PBS PREVIEWS: May 6 - 12, 1996
To: [e-mail]

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PBS PREVIEWS: May 6-12, 1996

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Welcome to PBS PREVIEWS, the weekly online newsletter of the Public
Broadcasting Service and PBS ONLINE (http://www.pbs.org/).

A more extensive version of PBS PREVIEWS is available on the Web:
http://www.pbs.org/insidepbs/thisweek.html

Tell your friends about this FREE publication -- subscription information
at the end of this email.

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In This Edition:

PBS ONLINE FEATURES
Everest Quest: The Approach March
Mothers March
Understanding and Using the Internet
Life on the Internet: Internauts

PBS NEWS
PBS and Member Stations Announce Offer of Free Air Time to Major
Presidential Candidates
PBS Probes Life's Essential Questions in Five Series on Religion, Beliefs,
Values and Society

PBS PRIMETIME TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK
Savage Skies "Fire and Rain", "Riders on the Storm", "Monsters from the
Deep" and "The Winter's Tale"
Mothers March
An Evening of Championship Skating (1995)
Mystery! "A Mind To Murder"
Understanding the Internet
The Merrow Report "What's So Special About Special Education?"
Nature "Monsoon"
Mobil Masterpiece Theatre "Signs and Wonders"

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PBS ONLINE FEATURES (http://www.pbs.org/)

EVEREST QUEST: THE APPROACH MARCH
During the month of May, tackle the thin air and unpredictable weather of
the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. From the heights of the Himalayas,
participate in this exciting, in-depth web journey. The Climb - The
Approach March, the first installment of this four week NOVA/PBS ONLINE
electronic field trip includes:

  * Photos, maps, and an animated Java/Shockwave sequence telling the story
of the formation of the Himalayas
  * Info about the Sherpa who live in the high mountain region of the
eastern Himalayas
  * The history of attempts to climb Everest between 1921-1938
  * Survival Nepalese - how to say "Please", "Thank You" and "Stop that
yak!" in Nepalese
  * Newsflash!: Reports from the base camp
  * Chats/e-mail: Talk to the Climbers
  * Music, maps, and much more . . .

      http://www2.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/nova/everest/


MOTHERS MARCH
Mothers March is the companion web site to a one-hour television program
about an emerging group of AIDS activists that every American can relate to
-- mothers. The web site and TV program profile Beverly Rotter, Demetra
Patukas, Martie Gillin and Dorothy Beam as they honor the memory of their
sons and daughters by challenging government, schools, churches and
neighbors to find better care--and perhaps a cure--for AIDS. Online
visitors will also find a list of links to HIV/AIDS related web sites.

      http://www.pbs.org/mothers/ (available on 5/7)


UNDERSTANDING AND USING THE INTERNET
Cyberspace. The Information Superhighway. The World Wide Web. Newsgroups.
Surfing the 'Net. Email. These words and phrases that were nonexistent just
a few years ago are now part of nearly everyone's vocabulary - even if
people don't really understand what the words mean. Starting May 10, PBS
presents two one-hour programs and a companion web site, Understanding the
Internet and Using the Internet. Viewers will have a chance to learn about
the key pioneers and innovators involved in the continuing evolution of the
Internet and to see how people use the Internet in their everyday lives.
Online offerings will include:

  * A beginner's guide with interactive opportunities for users to learn
how to effectively use the Internet
  * TV program overviews
  * Transcripts from each program
  * Digitized versions of each on-hour program available via
video-streaming for a one-week period after the PBS national broadcast
  * Email Feedback
  * Information about purchasing videocassettes

      http://www.pbs.org/uti/ (available after 5pm on 5/10)


LIFE ON THE INTERNET: INTERNAUTS
No one is native to cyberspace; we are all immigrants, colonizing the 'Net
in droves. But with whom, exactly, are we sharing our dual citizenship? How
are we changing the face of the Net? This week, visit Life on the Internet
to learn more about the Internauts.

      http://www.pbs.org/internet/ (available after 5pm on 5/6)


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PBS NEWS (http://www.pbs.org/insidepbs/news/)

PBS AND MEMBER STATIONS ANNOUNCE OFFER OF FREE AIR TIME TO MAJOR
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
On May 2, PBS President and CEO Ervin S. Duggan announced PBS's willingness
to provide the major 1996 presidential candidates with free, regular,
prime-time opportunities to speak directly to American voters during this
fall's election campaign. For additional information about this effort,
read the press release at:

      http://www.pbs.org/insidepbs/news/air.html


PBS PROBES LIFE'S ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS IN FIVE SERIES ON RELIGION, BELIEFS,
VALUES AND SOCIETY
Continuing its long tradition of quality television programming of substance
and significance, PBS will take a close look this year at spiritual
questions and our belief systems in five separate series: Searching For God
In America; Adventures From The Book Of Virtues; Genesis: A Living
Conversation; With God On Our Side; And The Wisdom Of Faith With Huston
Smith: A Bill Moyers Special. For additional information, read the press
release at:

      http://www.pbs.org/insidepbs/news/rev.html


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PRIMETIME TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK
(http://www.pbs.org/programs/whats_on_pbs/)

The following primetime programs are scheduled to be broadcast by many PBS
member stations this week. Please check with your local station for a
complete schedule with exact dates and times. As public broadcasting
expands its presence on the Internet, many programs have companion web
sites for users to extend their experience beyond a TV broadcast and for
international visitors to begin to experience the quality programming
associated with PBS.

**Broadcast times are in Eastern Time (ET)**
(CC) Indicates programs with closed captions
(STEREO) Indicates programs in stereo
(DVS) Indicates programs with descriptive video


* SAVAGE SKIES
"Fire and Rain"/"Riders on the Storm"
Monday, 5/6 (8-10:00 pm ET)
From tornadoes to floods to lightning, the raw power and mysterious beauty
of the Earth's weather is explored in the new series Savage Skies, four
one-hour programs airing on PBS in two-hour blocks Monday and Tuesday, May
6 and 7. Meteorologist Al Roker, from NBC News' "Today" and WNBC-TV,
narrates. "Fire and Rain" looks at the beauty of clouds and the destructive
power of rain. "Riders on the Storm" pursues tornadoes and lightning. (CC,
Stereo)

* SAVAGE SKIES
"Monsters from the Deep"/"The Winter's Tale"
Tuesday, 5/7 (8-10:00 pm ET)
"Monsters from the Deep" recounts the massive destruction caused by
Hurricane Andrew and the relationship between the mysterious Pacific Ocean
current, El Ni=F1o, and the dramatic weather phenomenon it causes all over
the world. "The Winter's Tale" focuses on snow, beginning in Oimyakon,
Siberia, the coldest town on Earth and traveling around the world to
Buffalo, New York, to investigate "lake effect snow," a unique phenomenon
in which snow is born over Lake Erie and dropped on the neighboring
metropolis. (CC, Stereo)

* MOTHERS MARCH
Tuesday, 5/7 (10-11:00 pm ET)
A profile of four mothers who have lost children to AIDS and who have
turned their pain into action. Poignant interviews, old photographs and
home movies help recreate the lives that were lost and show what drives
each mother to keep the memories of their children alive and prevent the
spread of AIDS. (CC, Stereo). Visit the Mothers March web site from PBS
ONLINE (http://www.pbs.org/) - available on 5/7.

* AN EVENING OF CHAMPIONSHIP SKATING (1995)
Wednesday, 5/8 (9-10:00 pm ET)
Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill hosts this annual figure skating
exhibition, now in its 23rd year. The program showcases the talents of
rising stars, current champions and seasoned professionals alike, and
encompasses a wide variety of skating styles. (CC, Stereo)

* MYSTERY!
"A Mind To Murder"
Thursday, 5/9 (9-11:00 pm ET)
Roy Marsden is back as Scotland Yard's Adam Dalgleish, entangled in a
complex web of political intrigue, blackmail and deceit as he leads the
inquiry into a macabre murder at an exclusive psychiatric clinic in East
Anglia. (CC, Stereo, DVS). Visit the Mystery! web site from PBS ONLINE
(http://www.pbs.org/).

* UNDERSTANDING THE INTERNET
Friday, 5/10 (9-10:00 pm ET)
This documentary examines the history and current applications of the
Internet, and explores what lies ahead for this revolutionary
communications medium. Host Robert Duncan speaks with Internet gurus who
helped make the Internet possible and visits with a variety of home page
proprietors, including a teenager who edits an online magazine, and Time
Warner, which hopes to be the first publishing entity to offer all of its
magazines online. (CC, Stereo) Visit the Understanding and Using the
Internet web site from PBS ONLINE (http://www.pbs.org/) -- available on
5/10.

* THE MERROW REPORT
"What's So Special About Special Education?"
Friday, 5/10 (10-11:00 pm ET)
More than $30 billion is spent every year to educate five million disabled
students in regular public schools across the country, which has raised
questions and controversies about the integration of disabled students into
mainstream classrooms. This program examines whether the increased cost of
special education and wider access add up to real education or whether it's
premature to declare the special education revolution a success. (CC) Visit
The Merrow Report web site from PBS ONLINE (http://www.pbs.org/).

* NATURE
"Monsoon"
Sunday, 5/12 (8-9:00 pm ET)
Normally, no rain falls for nine months on the Indian subcontinent. As the
temperature rises and water holes dry up, the hot winds hold promise of the
annual rains -- and the dreaded floods that sometimes accompany them. (CC,
Stereo, DVS). Visit the Nature web site from PBS ONLINE
(http://www.pbs.org/).

* MOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE
"Signs and Wonders"
Sunday and Monday, 5/12-13 (9-10:30 pm ET)
The Palmore family is in crisis because a favorite daughter, Claire, has
joined a religious cult in California; her father, Timothy (David Warner),
is a vicar who has lost his faith and drinks too much; her brother,
Stephen, an academic whose career is based on the works of Van Damm (Donald
Pleasance) has spent years spying on colleagues for MI5. (Part 1 of 2) (CC,
Stereo). Visit the Mobil Masterpiece Theatre web site from PBS ONLINE
(http://www.pbs.org/).

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Date:    Sat, 4 May 1996 22:24:28 -0500
From:    Gleason Sackman <[e-mail]>
Subject: STAMPER> Stamper's News Nuggets #42

Date:         Sat, 4 May 1996 21:28:34 -0400
From: Chris Stamper <[e-mail]>
Subject:      Stamper's News Nuggets #42
To: Multiple recipients of list NUGGETS <[e-mail]>

In no particular order:

__ STAMPER'S PICK OF THE WEEK is http://www.charlotte.com/ads/menuman/

__ "LIBERALISM cannot sustain our civilization on the little  it has to
offer. It is sustaining the majority of our intellectuals, but that
proves to be easier than holding together the world." --Bill Buckley (1968).

__ THE WALL STREET JOURNAL just launched a pay service called Interactive
Edition on the Web. It's free until July 31 for anyone who registers before
May 31: www.wsj.com

__ A TIP OF THE HAT GOES to the Berkeley College Republicans  who post the
Nuggets on their usenet newsgroup (ucb.org.bcr), which can be picked up
worldwide. Thanks, guys.

__ TALK RADIO GOES CYBER: Michzel Reagan has a Web site (www.reagan.com).
Bob Grant can now be heard live on the net via RealAudio. He's a louthmouth
bore whose only good points are a gift of gab and a great knack for pissing
off liberals.  Check him out to see what all the fuss is about:
http://ww2.audionet.com/pub/wor/grant/grant.htm

__ BACK TO BASICS: "Conservatives had better start asking themselves why
they even bother with politics in the first place if it's to send people
like Bob Dole to Washington.  He has no real interest in getting the
federal government under control. For this man, acting conservative is an
out-of-body experience." --"Bad Boy" Seth Williamson.

__ A CLINTON CAMPAIGN SPOOF is at www.clinton96.org

__ "THE MOST TRUBLING ASPECT OF SOCIAL POLICY toward the poor in the late
20th Century is not how much it costs, but what it has bought." --Charles
Murray in "Losing Ground."

__ RUSH LIMBAUGH is selling those loud ties at www.rushties.com

__ SOMETIMES THE OBVIOUS MUST BE PUT IN WORDS: "No society can be stable
unless there is a core of value judgments that are unthinkingly accepted by
the great bulk of its members." --Milton Friedman in "Capitalism and
Freedom."

__ THE BIZ is a one-stop source for entertainment news:
http://pathfinder.com/bizmag/

__ "THEN THERE'S OJ and his upcoming trip to Britain, arranged by the same
PR flack who brought Hugh Grant's streetwalker to the Sceptered Isle for a
bout of media titillation. Simpson will appear before the Oxford Union, the
English-speaking world's most venerable debating society, to talk about the
murders for which he was acquitted. The questioning from the audience
should be sharply pointed and one wonders why he should expose himself to
such scrutiny, especially when it will take time away from his exhaustive
search forthe real killers of his wife and her friend, whom  he apparently
thinks are golfers, since he's been seen on so many golf courses since he
was sprung." --Ron Smith,  on Baltimore's WBAL-AM (5/2/96 - see
http://wbal.com/stsdir/ststoday.htm).

__ I'M STARTING A NEW FEATURE called Left Site Of The Week, dedicated to
giving attention to the most notable <ahem> net efforts from The Other
Side. The first selection is The Workers Communist Party of Iran home page.
Obviously these guys have quite a story to tell, but do we really want to
hear it? www.wpiran.org

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__ BORING STUFF: The information provided in this document is provided "as
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assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and the use of this document.
The opinions expressed above aren't necessarily mine -- especially those of
The Workers' Communist Party of Iran. Since the net's rapidly changing, I
can't be responsible for outdated links.

__ THE OFFICIAL WWW HOME OF THE NUGGETS is Jeff Donels' Right Side Of The
Web. http://www.rtside.com/rtside/nuggets.html

__ WHAT'S ON: My CD player: "Best of Living In A Box"; My bookshelf: "The
Pyromaniac's Cookbook" (John J. Poister); My VCR: "Tank Girl" (Absolutely
awful. Why make an action movie whose heroine is a manhating lesbian? No
wonder it bombed.); My TV: "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"

   Stamper's News Nuggets is compilation-copyright 1995 Chris Stamper.

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