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HOBBIES & SPORTS
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Global Cycling Network
Gopher to: cycling.org

This is bicycling not recycling folks! Lists, links and info of all sorts
of bicycling topics including races, design and fitness oriented articles.
Check out the "Other Cycling Resources" on the Internet Menu list and link
there to find even more (and sometimes better) info. Look Ma - no hands!
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Gardening Resources
gopher to:  gopherleviathan.tamu.edu
contains the Master Gardener archives and Q&A

Web site:
http://www.olympus.net/gardens/welcome.html
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Univ. of Delaware AGINFO Gopher (Agricultural Info Gopher)
Gopher to: bluehen.ags.udel.edu

Created by the Univ of Del College of Agricultural scientists, this site
offers a wealth of information to the landscaper and gardener. This vast
archive is filled with information to help many amateur and profesiional
growers as well. The AGINFO plant database and Cooperative Extension
directories are filled with information on thousands of plant species and
provide graphics and pictures on every type of shrub and tree imaginable.
Also offered are Garden Check and The Vegetable Grower newsletters and
links to other sources of gardening and agricultural information including
lawn care and how bwst to prevent or stop fungus and diseases. Before you
start to dig the ground - get on over and dig through this archive site.
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Roses FAQ site
http://www.mc.edu/local/nettles/rofaq-top.html
FTP to: rtfm.mit.edu  in the --> /pub/usenet/news.answers/gardens/roses-faq

If you need wonderfully written and concise information on growing roses -
then look no further than this well done FAQ on rose care and growing.
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Texas A&M Horticultural Program
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/

A complete agricultural information site. Includes many links to other
agricultural sites and also has a lot of info on gardening, Cooperative
Extension Services and a disease control handbook. Links to Cornell Univ,
Virginia Tech Consumer Horticultural Information Site and many others make
this a complete and well-done site. Weed and pest control and organic
gardening issues round out a veritable gold mine of green thumb info.
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GardenNet
http://www.olympus.net/gardens/welcome.html

Has a plethora of information on gardening related subjects and links to
many Gardening Associations. Also contains links to garden catalogs with
special emphasis on flowers and roses.
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NASCAR Auto Racing pages
http://www2.msstate.edu:80/~rls3/
http://www.acpub.duke.edu/~jwcarp/nascarhome
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Sports WWW
http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/sports/

OK - sports fans! Get your fix of sports info here!
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Inline Online Skating page
http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Leisure-and-Recreation/Sports/daniel-chick/
       io_org.html

A very new offering on the web scene and almost empty of anything. Look for
this page to expand as the authors are devoted and committed to the sport.
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Vet info
http://io.com/user/tittle/ivc/homepage.html

Archives of the Internet Vet columns and "ask the vet" docs. Valuable
source of information for pet owners everywhere. Contains links to
other veternarian and pet care information and sites dealing with pet
health and nutrition.
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Doggy Page (Dog items available via WWW)
http://www.onramp.net/imagemaker

For the complete dog lover - don't leave home without this URL!
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Ferret home page
http://www.ceas.rochester.edu:8080/ee/users/rhode/index.html

Sure you wouldn't like a dog or cat?
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Tennis Server home page
http://arganet.tenagra.com/Racquet_Workshop/Tennis.html

Everything you wanted to know about tennis but were afraid to ask. Has
both current and past information including other links to tennis info.
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World-Wide Web of Sports
http://tnswww.lcs.mit.edu/cgibin/sports

Hey sports fans - you can almost feel the action from your easy chair.
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ESPN Sports Network Web Page
http://ESPNET.SportsZone.com

One of the ultimate sports pages. Check it out! ESPN has put up a terrific
web page that has great information and great links updated almost by the
minute. This is total sports for the sports afficianado.
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The Running Page
http://sunsite.unc.edu:80/drears/running/running.html

If you jog, run or walk for excercise then look no further than this page.
Everything you wanted or needed to know is here about running et al.
Marathon schedules, charity events and a geographical outlay of all the
running clubs in the US are here. Also included is a place for users to
enter their "personal best" times and marks. Contains many links to other
related information including newsgroups and print publications. If you're
into running or jogging - run don't walk to this page.
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Model Railroading page
http://www.atlasrr.com/atlasrr

All aboard! Choo Choo!  O gauge, N gauge, HO gauge and everthing else.
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Gardening Gopher (The Virginia Cooperative Extension Gopher)
Gopher to: gopher.ext.vt.edu:70/11/vce-data/hort/consumer

Horticulural info, gardening tips, pest management, ecological news, info
concerning the environment and plant fact sheets. If it grows and it's
green - chances are they have the information you'll need. From Tulips
to turnips this has it all. Fantastic!
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Agricultural Gopher (PENPAGES)
Gopher to: penpages.psu.edu

The Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences archives over 13,000 files
including newsletters, reports, bibliographies and fact sheets. Also
contains sources from many other Universities such as the Center for
Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State and Ohio State. You'll be digging
around in here for a long time - hope you "root" out what you came for!
The searchable database is sure to help you out. Happy horticulture!
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Chile-Heads Home Page
http://chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu:8000/www/chile.html

Included here is the "Chile-Heads" mailing list, a chile pepper archive,
tips on growing, harvesting, preserving and drying chiles and hot peppers
(cayennes, jalapenos,serranos and more) and also a section on the science
aspect of spiciness. Capsaicinoids are the culprits of spiciness and much
information is on this subject. There are also a few recipes and the
fantastic "Chile Gallery" where pictures and photos reside of almost every
type of hot pepper known to man including what they look like unripe and
ripe, ready for picking. If you like chiles then surf on over here!
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The Garden Gate WWW site
http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/homepage.htm

Contains an invaluable collection of gardening resources including many
pointers to other related information. Has links to subjects such as "The
Teaching Garden", Internet Resources, virtual gardens to visit and lots
more. One of the coolest "garden spots" on the internet.
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The Frisbee Page
http://raptor.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~dalewis/frisbee.html

A great group of links made by David Lewis that is a Frisbee thrower's
dream. Even has official Frisbee rules and info on the Ultimate Player's
Association. Practice your wrist action on the keyboard as you fly here.
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Sports Schedules as you like 'em
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/schedules

Sysop George Ferguson has provided all of us with schedules for American
and National Hockey leagues, Major League Baseball, National, Canadian and
Australian Football Leagues and the NBA scedules as well. A Forms-based
searching tool is provided for quick retrieval of what you want. There is
even a link to Interface Features which explains how to do a search even
if your Web browser doesn't support forms - hey I need to read this part.
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Covering NCAA College Basketball
http://www.nando.net/sports/bkb/1994/col/college.html

Complete (and I mean complete) coverage of NCAA play including women's
basketball. It takes big pipes to make this come at you fast but it's
worth the wait on a 14.4 connection. Scores, stats, Asoociated Press
articles, AP Top 25 polls, weekly scedules and lots more. Jump ball!
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The Internet Chess servers
Telnet to: ics.onenet.net 5000
Telnet to: chess.lm.com 5000   log-in as "guest" until you register
(note: on many chess servers after logging in - type "help address" and
 you will be presented with a list of other great telnet chess sites!)

Always someone on your level to play with or challenge a Grandmaster!
Keep a chessboard handy to help you visualize the play. Checkmate.
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Pete's WWW Golf Page
http://ausg.dartmouth.edu/~pete/golf/

A golfer's heaven on the Internet. More info than you can shake a stick...
er... driver at. If it's about golf - then this page has it.
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Golf Archives web page
http://dunkin.princeton.edu

There's more links here than a country full of golf courses. This is IMHO
the most complete Golf site available. Between this page and Pete's page
there isn't any divot unturned when it comes to golf info. Period.
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WWW Sports Server
http://www.nando.net/sptsserv.html

I'm sure this site is mentioned elsewhere in the BIGSurf list but it's sooo
good - that another mention won't hurt. For the complete Sports Junkie.
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Volley Ball World-Wide
http://www.cup.hp.com/~vball/

Complete history and FAQ docs and an entire listing of all Volley Ball
leagues and schedules. Voley Ball is an international sport and so the info
and links are on a global level. For Volley Ball lovers everywhere!
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J.P.'s Fishing Page
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~jsuchosk/fish/fishpage

Cast your web browsers over here to this page and you won't be let down!
All sorts of fishing info from deep sea to fly resides here. This is the
"best catch" of fishing pages out there. You'll get "hooked" on this page.
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Stanford Univ Footbag Club
http://gregorio.stanford.edu/footbag/SUFC.html

The "Hacky Sack" page devoted to this sport/recreation. And I thought that
Stanford students were busy studying...
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AIKIDO FAQ archive
http://www.ii.uib.no/~kjartan/aikido.html
also FTP to: cs.ucsd.edu  in the --> /pub/aikido

Provides an insightful and informative look into this Japanese martial art.
Both physical and mental discipline are dealy with. Aikido terminology as
well as dojo sites and other resources in your area can be found.
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SCUBA Archive
http://www.opal.com/aquanaut/pyee.html

FTP to: ames.arc.nasa.gov  in the --> /pub/SCUBA

A lot of info - in fact a TON of info but none of it seems to be well
organized. Many texts merely have the SCUBA or dive site listed and nothing
more. Experienced divers will probably dive right in but the beginner may
have a hard time of it. Plenty of reading here and if you're willing to
wade through the documents - there's a lot of good info available.
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America's Cup Online
http://www.ac95.org:80/index.html

All sorts of America's Cup info but it remains to be seen whether this page
is a fairly paermanent resource or if it will be gone by the end of this
season. Check in the future at the same address only change the "95" to the
current year (example: www.ac96.....). Also contains the history, stats and
other relevant info to the Cup. Includes info on the Louis Vuitton Cup and
a host of other sailing race info. Did you know that a budget for one team
to race in the America's Cup is $15 million minimum and that a racing yacht
can be typically $3 million and up ?  Whew... that's a lot of canvas!
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Windsurfing Resources on the WWW
http://www.dsg.cs.tcd.ie:80/dsg_people/afcondon/windsurf/windsurf_home.html

Sailboarding and other windsurf info are here in one of the best designed
pages on the WWW. Graphics of all sorts and info on world-wide places to
go are also included. Sail on over here - it's a **** four star site!
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Ask KEN! (web page)
http://www.enf.org/~andrec/ask_ken.html

From meaningful issues to the absurd - this page has it all. There are
items ranging from "fake Christemas tree or real tree" to "how do I get
the current version of Adobe Type manager?". If you have a question or
problem - give this web page a try. It's a lot of fun to read even if you
don't have a question or need a solution. Well worth the visit even if only
for the "fun factor". Who said web pages can't be fun AND informative?
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Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guide
Gopher to: gopher.enews.com
select "electronic car showroom"
then select "Edmund's Automobile Buyers Guides"

This is a well done list that is organized by car model, manufacturer,
price, or size class. Contains valuable info on prices and suggestive ways
to get the best deal on a car. Not much info on used cars but this page is
really designed with the new car buyer in mind. If you are shopping for a
new car - get on down to this page pronto!
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Learn About Antiques web page
http://www.ic.mankato.mn.us/antiques/Antiques.html

Not a great site - but a good site. This is a new page and a work that is
still very much in the process of expanding. There is info on a wide
variety of antique topics but not each topic has in-depth info. There is
also a few graphics but many are very low resolution and muddy. I hope
the authors of this site can improve it for there is a need for a web page
devoted to antique pleasures and antique info for collectors. For now, a
better place to learn and inquire about antiques is the Usenet newsgroup:
rec.antiques  Here you will find better and more relevant information.
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Internet Online Offshore Casino and Sports Book
http://www.casino.org/cc

An ongoing experiment in online gambling. Like a virtual Las Vegas!
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The Scanning FAQ (World Wide Web site)
http://www.dopig.uab.edu/dopigpages/FAQ/The-Scan-FAQ.html

Everything you wanted to know about proper scanning tecniques and more.
Jeff Bone at the Univ. of Alabama created this page. He covers four
primary categories of scanning material. Line Art, Half-tones, grayscale
and color. There is also info on address resolution and copyright issues.
The techniques have graphic examples right on the web page. If you do any
scanning whatsoever - then you need to read this page!
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Paul Corr's Tap Dance page
http://www.hahmann.edu/tap

The main site of this project has seven pages of assorted links! Included
is the complete history of tap dancing, a tap glossary, bibliography of tap
related sources, list of films that include tap dancing, theater and stage
productions with tap, Internet dancing resource links, tap trivia and more.
This is THE definitive tap dancing page on the web. Period.
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Wonderful World of Barbie
http://deepthought.armory.com/~zenugirl/barbielingo.html
http://deepthought.armory.com/~zenugirl/barbie.html

More than you ever wanted to know about that plastic fantastic girl.
Includes the Plastic Princess Collector Page and many links to other
Barbie topics. A Barbie glossary and Barbie discussion are only a few
of the Barbie related items here. For the Barbie enthusiast!
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Yucatan Underwater Caves
http://www.primenet.com/~trog/ScUbAdUdE.html

Contains many pictures of underwater caves in and off the Yucatan
penninsula area. More photos are being added as folks bring back their
scuba diving vacation and research photo albums. Scuba divers paradise!
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Paddle Information
FTP to: ftp.std.com  in the --> /nonprofits/canoe.kayak
Gopher to: ftp.std.com
in gopher select "Non-Profit Organizations" then select "Canoe, Kayak"

Dave Reichart has put together a little gem for those who like to canoe
or kayak their way through streams, lakes, rivers and oceans. Oceans?
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Appalachian Trail Home Page
http://www.fred.net/kathy/at.html

A virtual tour of the entire 2,140 mile trail. You can plan your next trek
and explore what the trail has to offer thanks to this complete electronic
guide. As you go through each state summaries of what to expect and trail
tips will keep the inveterate and well as neophyte trailblazer informed.
There is also a wealth of information on backpacking and what equipment you
will need and what you won't need. There are personal anecdotes as well as
links to other backpacking and trail information. Take a trip on over here.
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U.S. Scouting Front Door
http://iquest.com/~hyper/Scouts

A WWW central hub of scouting happenings around the US. Links to many
scouting projects and scouting information. Also included are links to
scouting facilities and scouting publications.
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