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- Members of GEnie's Virtual Community are interested in everything under the
- sky! Just look at what my Search in the nooks and crannies of our Net
- uncovered this month: In-depth reports on such newsworthy items as Gun
- Control, a Presidential Report Card, Privacy and the Clipper Chip,
- Intentional Radiation Poisoning, 800 Internet Mailing Groups, 11th Hour Tax
- Help, Detroit's New Cars, Electrical Wiring, and a brand new Role-Playing
- Game System!
-
- As you scan my notes, realize that there's no need to remember GEnie Page
- and Menu numbers. Take the easy route and concentrate on keywords instead!
- Simply type the RoundTable's keyword (shown at the far right for each entry)
- at any GEnie page prompt to move there, and then type the number 3 to enter
- the Library. A quick number 6 followed by the file number of your selection
- will start it speeding down the highway directly to you.
-
- Better yet, grab your copy of Aladdin and my Go-Fer script for April
- (available in LiveWire and Aladdin Libraries) so you can pick and choose
- from among these Headline News files for speedy, automated downloading!
-
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- Guns in America: Is the ACLU Lying to You? ............................. PF
- ═══════════════ Page 545
- The executive director of the ACLU of Southern California is promoting a
- campaign to deny that the Second Amendment to the Bill of Rights protects a
- fundamental American right to keep and bear arms. This is the text of a
- booklet by award-winning novelist and journalist, J. Neil Schulman, in which
- he provides solid documentary evidence refuting these ACLU contentions. It
- includes prefaces to the U.S. Senate Report, "The Right to Keep and Bear
- Arms," by Senators Orrin Hatch and Dennis DeConcini. The report can be found
- in its entirety in ARMS.ZIP, shown below as well.
-
- File# 4714 ACLULIES.TXT 73,728 Reply to ACLU on Second Amendment (Text)
- File# 4523 GUN-CASE.ZIP 8,832 Federal Court Cases on 2nd Amend (ZIP)
-
- Official U.S. Senate Report .......................... JERRYP
- Page 245
- File# 697 ARMS.ZIP 38,912 Senate Report on Second Amendment (ZIP)
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- More on Guns: Handgun Control Incorporated .......................... HOBBY
- ════════════ Page 180
- Handgun Control Incorporated's January 24, 1994 secret agenda outlines
- their plans to eliminate gun ownership in America completely -- a
- confidential memorandum you were never supposed to see!
-
- File# 2828 HCIAGEND.ZIP 8,576 HCI's Alleged Secret Agenda! (Zip)
-
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- Even More on Guns: Opinion/Editorial on Gun Control ................... LAW
- ═════════════════ Page 570
- J. Neil Schuman -- novelist, screenwriter, and founder/chairman of the
- Committee to Enforce the Second Amendment in Los Angeles -- penned this
- opinion/editorial for the L.A. Times.
-
- File# 367 MASSACRE.TXT 6,144 Op-Ed on Guns from LA Times (Text)
-
-
- Controversy: Clinton's First Year Environmental Report Card ............ PF
- ═══════════ Page 545
- The League of Conservation Voters gives President Clinton a grade of C+ in
- this environmental scorecard which examines specific issues, promises, and
- accomplishments during his first year in office. See if you agree.
-
- File# 4679 LCVRATE.ZIP 36,608 LCV Ratings of Clinton (ZIP)
-
-
- Technology Issues: Electronic Peeping or New Technology? ............... PF
- ═════════════════ Page 545
- George Orwell, call your office! Have them grab this section-by-section
- analysis of the 1994 draft of the Digital Telephony legislation which deals
- with the controversial Clipper Chip, and is theoretically designed "To
- ensure continued law enforcement electronic surveillance access to the
- content of wire and electronic communications and call setup information
- when authorized by law, to improve communications privacy protection, and
- for other purposes." Hmm. Will this Bill really further protection of
- privacy or, as some people think, simply legalize governmental invasion?
-
- File# 4744 EFFANAL.ZIP 9,344 EFF Analysis on Digital Telephony (ZIP)
-
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- More: WIRED's Call To Prevent Imperial Control of Cyberspace ........ SFRT1
- ════ Page 470
- "The Clipper Chip... threatens to be either the goofiest waste of federal
- dollars since President Gerald Ford's great Swine Flu program or, if
- actually deployed, a surveillance technology of profound malignancy.." says
- John Perry Barlow in his article "Jackboots on the Infobahn" in the April
- 1994 issue of WIRED magazine, released electronically on GEnie. Barlow
- describes the Clipper Chip and its implications for privacy and
- governmental snooping, now and in the future, and includes a call to
- action.
-
- 7787 WIRED204.TXT 23,296 Article from April '94 WIRED (Text)
-
-
- Scandals: Washington Begins Disclosure on Human Radiation ...... WHITEHOUSE
- ════════ Page 1600
- Take about an eye-opener! These are White House documents and transcripts
- about the administration's efforts to bring to light the nature and extent
- of government-sponsored experiments on people by intentionally exposing
- them to ionizing radiation! Reading past the politically-correct wording
- made me shiver -- especially the President's Executive Order to establish
- an Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.
-
- File# 1019 W1345.TXT 46,336 First Press Briefing (Text)
- File# 1021 W1347.TXT 31,104 Press briefing - radiation (Text)
- File# 1083 W1411.TXT 2,560 Order on Human Radiation Experiments (Text)
- File# 1243 W1564.TXT 2,944 Fed Policy for Human Test Subjects (Text)
- File# 1245 W1566.TXT 6,016 Committee on Human Radiation Experim (Text)
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- The Internet: Information at your fingertips .................. INTERNET-RT
- ════════════ Page 1405
- In the good old days, people broadened their horizons by piling in the car
- on Sunday afternoon to tour the countryside. Nowadays, we're more apt to
- cruise the Information Highway. An easy way to see if this is your
- preferred route is by joining an Internet Newsgroup through GE Mail. This
- compressed text file describes nearly 800 active mailing groups by name and
- purpose, and explains how to join as many as you like. It illustrates the
- astonishing variety of views people all over the world are discussing as
- they cruise the highways of the 90's. Just remember to add @INET# to the
- recipient's address in GE Mail to direct it to the proper lane on the
- Information Highway.
-
- File# 12662 PAML3-94.LHA 161,280 Publicly Available Mailing List (LZH)
- File# 12657 PAML3-94.ZIP 163,456 Publicly Available Mialing List (ZIP)
-
-
- Taxes: Last Minute Tax References ..................................... TAX
- ═════ Page 1040
- This handy text file lists the multitude of material available in hundreds
- of files in the new Tax RoundTable Library, so you can quickly find what
- you need by April 15th. Select among IRS publications, forms and schedules
- (some of which are Post Script-ready), and specific information on things
- like (taking a deep breath) deductions, residential, dental, medical,
- Medicare, withholding, record keeping, disasters, FUTA, IRA, investments,
- dividends, inconsistent treatment, retirement, employees, corporations,
- partnerships, co-ops, trusts, beneficiaries, debts, gifts, property,
- estates, tax preparation, dispositions, exemptions, low-income, imports,
- exports, excise tax, relocation, electronic filing, extensions,
- profit-sharing, pensions, annuities, foreign, domestic, capital gains,
- depreciation, amortization, divorce, theft, non-compliance, refunds, and --
- believe it not -- lots more!
-
- File# 1076 TAX-FILES.TXT 110,162 List of all files to date (Text)
- File# 1077 TAX-FILES.ZIP 29,420 List of all files to date (ZIP)
-
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- The World: Time Zone Map of World ................................. GERMANY
- ═════════ Page 725
- Is it tomorrow in Australia -- or yesterday? I never can remember. And what
- time is it in Germany right now? If you're like me, once you've downloaded
- this lovely 633x442 16-color GIF map showing the Standard Time Zones of the
- World (and a GIF display utility from your favorite computing RoundTable),
- YOU won't have to try to remember either. A glance at this map, with
- clearly labeled continents segmented into 24 time zones, will let you
- easily figure out what time it is anywhere in the world.
-
- File# 1447 ZONETIME.GIF 23,680 Map of time zones of the world (GIF)
-
-
- Games: TSR Releases Completely New Game Engine Online ................. TSR
- ═════ Page 125
- Ever wondered how it would feel to adventure with friend and foe in strange
- lands of yore or tomorrow? That's exactly what role-playing games are
- about. And now, with TSR's System Guide for the exciting new multi-player
- role- playing game, AMAZING ENGINE! available online, adventuring is easier
- than ever. Used with TSR Universe Books (available retail) that range from
- hard science fiction worlds to strange fantasies set on alternate Earths,
- this System Guide provides everything but the people for your adventures
- into fascinating lands.
-
- 1543 AMAZING.LHA 32,896 Amazing Engine Core Rules (LHA)
- Note: MS-DOS owners should rename the above file to AMAZING.LZH
- 1542 AMAZING.ZIP 31,232 Amazing Engine Core Rules (ZIP)
- 1537 AMAZING.TXT 89,088 Amazing Engine Core Rules (Text)
-
-
- Cars: Detroit Auto Show Synopsis of New Models ....................... AUTO
- ════ Page 755
- It doesn't get much better than this: An objective, on-the-scene report
- from the 1994 Detroit Auto Show where "upwards of 45 brand new domestic and
- imported vehicles were seen in public for the first time." Impressions,
- descriptions, and opinions are mixed with wheel base and other dimensions,
- statistics and even a few base prices. Chrysler, Ford (particularly the new
- Profile show car), General Motors (a Cadillac to kill for), and the Porsche
- 911 Carrera Coupe that goes for only $65,000+, along with imports including
- Volkswagen's Jetta III, are described in riveting detail.
-
- File# 689 AUTOSHOW.ZIP 16,000 1994 Detroit Auto Show Overview (Text)
-
-
- Windows: Sports Fans Cheer 'Big 8' Wallpaper ....................... SPORTS
- ═══════ Page 215
- Hey, sports fans! Wallpaper your Windows with colorful helmet designs from
- the Big Eight! This self-extracting file creates BIGEIGHT.BMP, a Windows
- BMP file showing all Big Eight helmet designs. Use it with Windows Desktop
- as a unique and inspirational background effect.
-
- File# 3299 BIG8WALL.EXE 20,736 Big 8 logos, Windows Wallpaper (EXE)
-
-
- Home Repairs: Frequently Asked Questions About Electrical Wiring ...... DIY
- ════════════ Page 1430
- Answers to dozens of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the ins and outs
- of electrical wiring are contained in this searchable text file from the
- Do-It-Yourself Library. Assembled using the vast resources of the Internet,
- this information is absolutely invaluable if you're considering buying or
- remodeling a house, or even building a new one! From grounding to under-
- ground wiring tips -- it's all here.
-
- File# 116 WIRING01.ZIP 34,432 Internet FAQ on Household wiring (Text)
-
-
- Your Pet: Cat Infection Can Spread to Humans .......................... PET
- ════════ Page 295
- "Toxoplasmosis and Your Cat," an electronic brochure prepared by PAWS,
- provides some startling facts about toxoplasmosis, a parasite that usually
- causes no problems for cats, but can have devastating effects on pregnant
- women and people with HIV/AIDS or other immune-compromising conditions. If
- there's a cat in your life, you need to know about toxoplasmosis.
-
- File# 1775 TOXOCATS.TXT 7,808 Toxoplasmosis and Your Cat (Text)
-