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Subject: TOURBUS -- 17 DECEMBER 1998 -- DESERT FOX / SPORTS FIGURES
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TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP(S):
News from Desert Fox / ESPN Sports Figures
TODAY'S TOURBUS ADDRESS(ES):
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/Iraq_U_S_/
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/US/Intern/
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/
http://www.tourbus.com/archives.htm
http://espnet.sportszone.com/editors/studios/sportsfigures/
http://www.ciconline.com/srchlist.htm
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On with the show ...
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News from the Arabian Desert
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To say that this has been an interesting news week would be a terrible
understatement. The US House of Representatives will meet in a few
hours to debate the possible impeachment of President Bill Clinton,
and at the same time US troops are continuing their bombing of Iraqi
targets in Operation Desert Fox.
Every major online news organization is covering both of these stories
in depth. However, once again Yahoo News has the *BEST* coverage.
You can find Yahoo News' "Desert Fox" page at
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/Iraq_U_S_/
and their "impeachment" page at
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/US/Intern/
Both of these pages are updated several times a day and offer links to
the latest related news stories from ABC, BBC, CNN, Fox News, AP,
Reuters, and others. As you would expect from Yahoo, both of these
pages also provide you with links to dozens of other related Web
sites. For example, the Desert Fox news page has links to UNSCOM's
homepage, Richard Butler's recent article in Newsweek, and information
about the tomahawk missile.
By the way, Yahoo's coverage of these stories is not unique. They
have a section called "Full Coverage" that provides this same level of
in-depth reporting for dozens of news stories around the world. You
can find Yahoo News' Full Coverage page at
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/ .
Alert TOURBUS readers will remember that we mentioned Yahoo News' Full
Coverage section during Hurricane Georges. You can still find that
post -- in fact, you can still find *ALL* of our old TOURBUS posts --
in the TOURBUS archive at
http://www.tourbus.com/archives.htm .
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A Quick Y2K Joke
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I'll assume that you already know about the Y2K problem (by the way,
the Yahoo News Full Coverage section has a *wonderful* Y2K page).
Anyway, I thought that you'd enjoy the following:
Microsoft announced earlier today that the official release date
for the new operating system "Windows 2000" will be delayed
until the second quarter of 1901.
And no, this story is *not* true. Funny, but not true.
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ESPN Sports Figures
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Our final stop is the ESPN Sports Figures site at
http://espnet.sportszone.com/editors/studios/sportsfigures/index.html .
Sports Figures is a collection of free, educational television
programs that teach basic principles of algebra, physics, general
science, and geometry, with the help of famous sports figures. For
example, Sports Figures teaches Newton's laws with the help of ice
hockey player Mike Richter (NY Rangers); velocity, acceleration, and
trigonometry with baseball player Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves); and
force, torque, and center of gravity with football player Jerome
Bettis (Pittsburgh Steelers).
The Sports Figures television programs are shown in the wee small
hours of the morning on ESPN2. The good news is that educators are
free to videotape these programs and use them in the classroom. The
bad news is that you'll have to figure out how to program your VCR to
do this. :(
Actually, there is one more piece of bad news: while the Sports
Figures Web site offers a broadcast schedule, the folks at ESPN
haven't updated that schedule in over a year. Fortunately, you can
find an updated Sports Figures schedule at
http://www.ciconline.com/srchlist.htm .
Just type in the keyword "sportsfigures" (one word), leave the other
options unchanged, and click on the "submit" button. On the next
page, ignore the word "ERROR" and click on the "SportsFigures" link.
This will take you to a page showing you the date, time, and
description of each of the Sports Figures episodes that will be shown
on ESPN2 in the next couple of weeks (the next episode will air on
Monday, December 21, from 5:30 to 6:00 AM Eastern Time on ESPN2 -- set
your VCRs!)..
So, what good is the Sports Figures Web site if you have to go to the
"Cable in the Classroom" Web site to find out the broadcast times?
Well, the Sports Figures Web site offers free lesson plans and
activity sheets for each episode (you'll need Adobe's free Acrobat
Reader to be able to view and print these files). The site also
offers short multimedia snippets from each episode (either in AVI or
QuickTime format), but they only last a few seconds. Finally, the Web
site includes information on how to contact ESPN's Cable in the
Classroom Department (I plan on contacting them later today to tell
them that if they don't update their schedule soon I will have no
choice but to "unleash the squirrels").
Seriously, though, how could anyone NOT appreciate a television
program that uses Jerome "the bus" Bettis to teach torque? :P
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UPDATE: Is There A Santa Claus?
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In my last post, we investigated the question of Santa Claus. Alert
TOURBUS rider Lee Jerger offers incontrovertible proof that answers
this question once and for all:
"No parent in their right mind would give a 6 year-old a drum
set, therefore Santa exists!!"
Sounds logical to me. :)
TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP(S):
News from Desert Fox / ESPN Sports Figures
TODAY'S TOURBUS ADDRESS(ES):
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/Iraq_U_S_/
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/US/Intern/
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/
http://www.tourbus.com/archives.htm
http://espnet.sportszone.com/editors/studios/sportsfigures/
http://www.ciconline.com/srchlist.htm
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TODAY'S SOUTHERN WORD OF THE DAY
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Today's Southern Word actually involves a short story forwarded to me by
several alert TOURBUS riders:
In a small Southern town there was a nativity scene that
indicated great skill and talent in its creation. One small
feature bothered me though. The three wise men were wearing
firemen's helmets.
Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left.
At a "Quik Stop" on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the
counter about the helmets. She exploded into a rage, yelling at
me, "You darn Yankees never do read the Bible!"
I assured her that I did, but simply couldn't recall anything
about firemen in the Bible. She jerked her Bible from behind the
counter and ruffled through some pages, and finally jabbed her
finger at a particular passage.
Sticking it in my face she said, "See, it says right here, 'The
three wise men came from afar!'"
You can find all of the old Southern Words of the day at
http://netsquirrel.com/crispen/word.html
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