Surf3D AGENT: MSNBCsearchAgent_1.xo WHAT IT DOES: Gathers web site extracts from articles from MSNBC web search located via http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp WHAT ITS GOOD FOR: Drilling into web site search engine returned news stories to get new article extracts HOW IT WORKS: Drills down into each web site search hit at MSNBC. Also puts text flags on web nodes with web page titles HOW TO SET IT UP: Save-As the providedMSNBCsearchAgent_1.xo to a new name, such as MyMSNBCsearchAgent_1.xo Type preferred text count keywords into the Metric channel lines A and B currently Key terms in Metric A=Qaeda terrorist suicide prisoner network combatant Osama Prisoner related terms in Metric B=captiv condition protest dangerous humane prisoner Geneva representatives report War action terms in Metric C=hunt fight snipe bribe bomb hiding investig track identify source discover locat control intercept arrest HOW TO USE IT: Open the Agent and run it. After it picks up the top 100 web page extracts, open the Report. HOW TO CUSTOMIZE IT: Start your Web Browser Go to this URL: http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp Type in any search terms into search window and submit The search results Report are displayed in your browser If you want to count different words than provided (about the war on terrorism), enter them now into the agent Metric lines A, B and C Go to the Surf3D main Agent window and click the GET-URL button Now click the right pointing triangle on the main Surf3D toolbar to start the agent VARIATIONS TO TRY: Browse the different view buttons #1 through #8 To see on screen captions, select Captions on the Surf3D pull down Menu Try different searches with different keywords for text extraction If you want to extract particular sentences from articles, type %TEXTanywhere in the Metric A and/or B and/or C text entry lines