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- NetSearch: Today's Headline News Online
- by SysMom
-
- Electronic bits and bytes bring us closer together. They make the world
- smaller, and blur the lines between labels like "conservative" and "liberal."
- When you're armed with information, when you can get opinions from experts,
- when you can locate references and quickly check the facts yourself, it's
- amazing how "fuzzy" lines between labels can get.
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- Maybe it's the beginning of a new awareness and citizenship. Maybe it's just
- information overload. But whatever your politics, whatever your slant, I know
- you're as concerned about what's going on in the world as I am. Don't
- overlook this chance to broaden your horizons with the amazing and
- controversial information I've found in this month's NetSearch.
-
- And remember: If you use GEnie's automated Aladdin software, look for the
- January Go-Fer script that lets you choose among these NetSearch picks and
- automate downloading them. Let Aladdin do the "walking" for you.
-
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- Progress: The Seven Techno-Wonders of the World ........................ PF
- ──────── Page 545
- Wired Magazine's Seven Wonders of the Age of Technology has been updated
- online. Their comments on these Seven New Wonders for the New Century read
- like a Who's Who of Technology. I think you'll find it a fascinating overview
- of the new icons of humanity -- Technology and Ideas. I know I did! You'll
- learn other interesting things as well, like the fact that of the original
- Seven Wonders, only the pyramids are still standing.
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- File# 4478 WIREDWW.TXT 50,560 bytes (TEXT File)
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- White House: The President's Technology Initiative Summary ..... WHITEHOUSE
- ─────────── Page 1600
- This extensive report on President Clinton's Technology Initiative is now
- available in one handy file. Details of what the Administration has begun
- doing, and what it wishes to accomplish, are set out by chapter: Jobs,
- Futures, Trade, Manufacturing, Economy, Information, Defense, they're all
- there. And American Technology is how the Administration wants to put them to
- work for us.
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- File# 877 TECHINIT.TXT 302,976 bytes (Uncompressed Text)
- File# 876 TECHINIT.ZIP 108,288 bytes (Compressed Text)
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- Headlines: Federal Reserve Bank No Longer Federal Agency ............... PF
- ───────── Page 545
- Perhaps you read about it in the January 1993 National Geographic or another
- publication, but yes, that's right, our own FED isn't a government agency.
- They're in the business of printing and controlling our money to MAKE money
- just like any other business. Here's every citizen's guide to wheeling and
- dealing by the most powerful bank in the world. It's an eye-opener!
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- File# 4421 FEDUP.TXT 25,472 bytes (Text File)
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- Issues: Crime & Guns Interview with leading Criminologist .............. PF
- ─────── Page 545
- The headline reads, "Private Firearms Stop Crime 2.5 Million Times Each Year,
- New University Survey Confirms." The story is an interview with noted
- professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Gary Kleck, who speaks frankly
- about results of the National Self Defense Survey that surprised advocates on
- both sides of the gun control issue. I'll let you draw your own conclusions.
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- File# 4231 KLEKVIEW.TXT 21,504 bytes (Text File)
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- Controversy: Pork Barrel Spending? ................................. JERRYP
- ──────────── Page 245
- Recent examples of "Pork Barrel" spending by our Congress can be found in
- this small text file. Citing examples and their cost to taxpayers, you can
- read what the bottom line was for some pretty absurd things. The saddest part
- of this controversy is that this is apparently just an extract of many "Pork
- Projects" funded by Congress.
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- File# 983 PORK.TXT 5,248 bytes (Text File)
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- More Controversy: Loss of Privacy, Loss of Freedoms, Waco & More ....... PF
- ──────────────── Page 545
- McAlvany's Intelligence Advisor Newsletter for July, 1993, is a lengthy
- commentary on sometimes conservative, sometimes liberal, always controversial
- issues the editor feels are eroding America's basic rights. Citing everything
- from new search and seizure policies without due process, to growing concern
- over elimination of privacy though government tracking, this report discusses
- every political hot potato I can think of: Religion, Waco, Police State,
- Control, Freedom, Due Process, Rights, Cults. Highly charged opinions abound,
- but they are well documented and more than just food for thought. This is
- MAJOR controversy -- are you ready for it?
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- File 4481 MIA07.TXT 173,824 bytes (Text File)
- File 4483 MIA07.ZIP 68,096 bytes (Text File)
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- Sports: NFL Stats Every Week ....................................... SPORTS
- ────── Page 215
- My father's eyes lit up. "You can find WHAT on GEnie?" he asked. "Football
- thingies, Dad," I replied. "The Sports RoundTable is providing weekly player
- statistics directly from Computer Sports World in charts that detail stuff
- player by player, like rushes, completions, points, touch downs, and specific
- things like pass attempts, yards gained and interceptions." I still remember
- watching football on TV when I was a little girl and asking, "Are we for the
- black shirts or the white shirts this time, Daddy?" Only later did I realize
- why 'his' team switched colors and, by then, I had other things on my mind
- when it came to 'home' and 'away' games. I know now that NFL statistics
- aren't something you can find anywhere every week. "You're welcome, Dad."
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- File# 3150 CSW-13.TXT 21,888 bytes (Text File)
- [Updated every week now! Don't miss the new ones]
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- Environment: Manatees, The Last Generation? .......................... EAST
- ─────────── Page 1470
- Sea World's commitment to "Save a Species From Extinction" is detailed in
- this electronic press kit about the graceful Florida manatee. Learn what's
- being done now to help save the manatees, and what you can do. Not just Sea
- World publicity, this file will teach you something you didn't know about a
- unique American treasure.
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- File# 19 MANATEES.TXT 12,656 (Text File)
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- Environment: NASA's Mission to Planet Earth ....................... SPACERT
- ─────────── Page 460
- NASA's Mission to Planet Earth programs and activities are cataloged for
- educators in this file from the Space RoundTable Library. It's an exhaustive
- reference aimed at students of environmental studies, teachers from middle
- school to college level, and those pursuing careers or graduate studies. I'm
- not doing any of those things, and I STILL found it fascinating!
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- File# 3706 MPECAT93.ZIP 31,104 (Compressed Text File)
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- Gadgets: Recipes For Your New Bread Machine .......................... FOOD
- ─────── Page 1150
- The delicious aroma of baking bread is enough to make anyone's mouth water.
- And those new bread machines take all the mystery out of making it -- and all
- the time, too. Here are 53 recipes for breads for your latest machine; breads
- for desserts, grains, vegetables, and even some low fat specials. I've never
- made bagels in my bread machine, but that's the first recipe I plan to try
- from this collection. Yum!
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- File# 2654 MCIIABM.TXT 59,008 bytes (Text File, "Master Cook")
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- New Year: It's In The Stars ..................................... ASTROLOGY
- ──────── Page 1180
- Complete 1994 charts for every sign of the Zodiac are now at your electronic
- fingertips in the Astrology RoundTable. You DO know what your sign is, right?
- Each individual text file is about 35,000 bytes. Grab yours, and peek at your
- friends' and family's while you're at it!
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- 468 PISCES94.TXT 464 SCORP94.TXT 462 VIRGO94.TXT
- 467 AQUAR94.TXT 463 LIBRA94.TXT 461 LEO94.TXT
- 466 CAPRI94.TXT 458 TAURUS94.TXT 460 CANCER94.TXT
- 465 SAGIT94.TXT 457 ARIES94.TXT 459 GEMINI94.TXT
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- Health: Stretching Is Good For You ................................. SPORTS
- ────── Page 215
- "Stretching & Flexibility: Everything you never wanted to know" is in this
- set of text files making up a paper about, well, stretching. Active
- stretching, passive stretching, martial arts, dancing, exercise and specific
- stretches. Don't just SIT there, STRETCH!
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- File# 3140 STRETCH.ZIP 51,456 (Compressed Text File)
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- Food: FDA Press Releases, Circulars and Information Available ........ FOOD
- ──── Page 1150
- You've heard about new food labeling proposals. Well, now you can read about
- them in documents directly from the FDA. Should you diet? What about eggs,
- cholesterol, and the new Consumer Hotline? All sorts of good information
- awaits you in these FDA texts from the Food & Wine RoundTable Library.
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- File# 3098 FDA08.TXT 9,472 bytes Announcement on Food Label Changes
- File# 3099 FDA09.TXT 18,176 bytes Article on New Food Labels
- File# 3100 FDA10.TXT 10,240 bytes Speech By Dr. Kessler on Food Label
- File# 3101 FDA11.TXT 10,752 bytes FDA Article on Teen Diets.
- File# 3102 FDA12.TXT 5,120 bytes Announcement: Cholesterol Test Kit
- File# 3103 FDA13.TXT 4,096 bytes Announcement: Egg Testing Program
- File# 3104 FDA14.TXT 3,072 bytes Announcement: New Consumer Hotline
- File# 3105 FDA15.TXT 13,824 bytes Article on the Food Pyramid
- File# 3106 FDA18.TXT 28,160 bytes FDA Article on Health Claims
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- Travel: Sidetrips from Las Vegas ..................................... WEST
- ────── Page 1065
- Travel around Nevada, Arizona, and California using Las Vegas as a base, and
- this guide as your map. I'll bet you never KNEW there were so many things to
- do around Las Vegas that have nothing to do with gambling! If you have a trip
- planned to the all-night city of lights, check this file before picking your
- return date. Maybe adventure awaits you.
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- File# 2669 LASVTRIPS.TXT 34,688 bytes (Text File)
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- Movie Reviews: MovieBase Provides Instant Holiday Reviews ......... SHOWBIZ
- ───────────── Page 185
- If your holidays are anything like mine, you won't have any spare time to
- catch new movies as they are released. But once they're over, winter's here,
- and there's NOTHING like a tub of popcorn, a dark theatre, and my sweetie at
- my side. Now, which movie shall we see first?
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- File# Movie Bytes File# Movie Bytes
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- 2416 NAKED 8,832 2415 GERMINAL 11,520
- 2414 THE SNAPPER 10,624 2413 A DANGEROUS WOMAN 8,192
- 2401 WE'RE.BACK! 10,880 2361 CARLITO'S.WAY 10,624
- 2397 ADDAMS.FAMILY.VALUES 12,928 2359 REMAINS.OF.THE.DAY 14,208
- 2396 A.PERFECT.WORLD 13,184 2358 MY.LIFE 11,392
- 2395 MRS.DOUBTFIRE 10,240 2315 ROBOCOP 3 13,440
- 2370 THE.THREE.MUSKETEERS 9,984 2314 FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE 11,776
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- Information Junkies: Look What You Can Find With Your Modem!
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- A Basement of Books-by-Mail from authors SFRT1 470 7352 76,672
- Romance Exchange Authors List ROMANCE 1330 1528 41,984
- Twilight Zone Scripts by J.Michael Straczynski SFRT1 470 930 42,840
- Florida Outlet Mall Listing: Biggest Mall in USA! EAST 1470 25 5,760
- Media Contacts: Majors, Columnists, Radio/TV PF 545 4411 24,576
- Copyrights: Frequently Asked Questions DIGIPUB 1395 2014 37,888
- Hi-Tech Home News Magazine: Video/Computers MUSIC 135 3980 118,784
- ... new one every week, with Music, too! (compressed file) 3979 56,704
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