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The Society for Amateur Scientists is at www.sas.org, from which you'll find the LABRats program at www.sas.org/labrats/ index.html. The executive overview is at www.sas.org/labrats/LABRats_ExecSum .htm and, if you're willing to put up with full-frontal Flash, try http://labrats.org. The references in the various presentations will guide you to more data on the educational problems we face. Those GPA numbers are from www.collegeboard.com/press/releases/ 150054.html.
Wikipedia's Hindenburg entry at http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_%28airship%29 cites Appleby's research, which appears at www.sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues/ 2004-12-17/project1/ index.html.
The American Association of Variable Star Observers is at www.aavso.org. An old view of the Table Mountain radio telescope site is at www.its.bldrdoc.gov/home/programs/tm_quiet_zone/1966/ chap3.html.
Forrest Mims describes his research at www.forrestmims.org and some of Aleta Karstad's work is at pinicola.ca/aleta.htm.
A look at the effect DHS has on amateur science is at www.wired.com/wired/archive/ 14.06/chemistry_pr.html.
Onset Computer is at www.onsetcomp .com, with its Education program at www .iscienceproject.com. Despite my frustration at their lack of Linux support, they seem to have good stuff.