SENIOR NET NEWSLETTER 04/16/2000
Easter is a time of springtime festivals. In Christian countries Easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But the celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends that are pagan in origin and have nothing to do with Christianity Scholars, accepting the derivation proposed by the 8th-century English scholar St. Bede, believe the name Easter is thought to come from the Scandinavian "Ostra" and the Teutonic "Ostern" or "Eastre," both Goddesses of mythology signifying spring and fertility whose festival was celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox Traditions associated with the festival survive in the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility, and in colored Easter eggs, originally they were painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring, and used in Easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts. The Christian celebration of Easter embodies a number of converging traditions with emphasis on the relation of Easter to the Jewish festival of Passover, or Pesach, from which is derived Pasch, another name used by Europeans for Easter. Passover is an important feast in the Jewish calendar which is celebrated for 8 days and commemorates the flight and freedom of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. The early Christians, many of whom were of Jewish origin, were brought up in the Hebrew tradition and regarded Easter as a new feature of the Passover festival, a commemoration of the advent of the Messiah as foretold by the prophets. Easter is observed by the churches of the West on the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or following the spring equinox (March 2I). So Easter became a "movable" feast which can occur as early as March 22 or as late as April 25 Christian churches in the East, which were closer to the birthplace of the new religion and in which old traditions were strong, observe Easter according to the date of the Passover festival. Easter is at the end of the Lenten season, which covers a forty-six-day period that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends with Easter. The Lenten season itself comprises forty days, as the six Sundays in Lent are not actually a part of Lent. Sundays are considered a commemoration of Easter Sunday and have always been excluded from the Lenten fast. The Lenten season is a period of penitence in preparation for the highest festival of the church year, Easter Holy Week, the last week of Lent, begins its with the observance of Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday takes its name from Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem where the crowds laid palms at his feet. Holy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper, which was held the evening before the Crucifixion. Friday in Holy Week is the anniversary of the Crucifixion, the day that Christ was crucified and died on the cross. Holy week and the Lenten season end with Easter Sunday, the day of resurrection of Jesus Christ
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE:
Tuesday 4/18/00 @9:00 AM Tuesday Newbies (sixth session of six sessions) This class is full. The next Tuesday Newbie class for beginners is scheduled to begin 4/25/00. The next Wednesday Newbies class starts April 5. There will be a $12.00 per course charges for these classes. Class size is limited. Interested participants should pre register. This is a very basic course in computer techniques for the internet. Skills taught in the beginner classes include mouse techniques like drag and drop, plus very beginner basics for email and browsing the Web. Mike Foust will provide the leadership for this class. It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it sure helps with the learning curve.
Tuesday 4/18/00 @1:00 PM CREATE WEB PAGES
A lot for you and help for KCnet but this class is not for everyone. Participants will explore Web Page Development by creating their own page, developing and maintaining the www.seniorcenter.net pages and create other pages for KCnet. The techniques used to do Home Pages require the very basic understanding of Window techniques like saving files, creating folders, copy, paste, etc. in addition to the challenges of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). This will be an extension of the techniques we were experiencing in the Wednesday Advanced Classes the past 8 or so weeks. Participants should understand and be able to perform tasks like saving files, creating folders, cut, copy, paste, etc. with a minimum of assistance. So if you have a flair for creativity, able to type, want to create a personal home page, willing to be frustrated, and want to learn and contribute labor this is the class to wander into. We had a lot of fun in the first session just catching up with loose ends from the advanced class sessions.
Tuesday 4/18/00 @5:00 PM Tuesday Evening Newbies (first session of six sessions) The next Tuesday Evening Newbie class for beginners is scheduled to start 5/30/00. There will be a $12.00 charge for this class. Class size is limited. Interested participants should pre register. This is a very basic course in computer techniques for the internet. Skills taught in the beginner classes include mouse techniques like drag and drop, plus very beginner basics for email and browsing the Web. Dave Winkleman provides the leadership for this class. It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it sure helps with the learning curve.
Wednesday 4/19/00 @9:00 AM Wednesday group of Senior Net Learners: We will devote most of the session to "An Introduction to Newsgroups." We will explore how to access, subscribe, read, post, etc. Future session topics suggested include ZIP, exploring MS Dos and creating midis. New participants are always welcome. It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it sure helps with the learning curve. Mike Foust will provide the leadership for this session. We will soon have an influx of new learners from the Intermediate Classes. Some review of past subjects may be appropriate and probably helpful to the us "oldie advanced groupies." Intermediate computer knowledge and Intermediate computer skills are necessary.
Wednesday 4/19/00 @ 1:00 PM
Wednesday Newbies (third session of six sessions) We cannot accept any new participants for this class. The next Wednesday afternoon Newbies begins is May 17, 2000. There is also a Tuesday morning Newbies Class beginning April 25. Pre registration is open for either class. There will be a $12.00 per course charge for these classes. Class size is limited so interested participants should pre register. This is a very basic course in computer techniques for the internet. Skills taught in the beginner classes include mouse techniques like drag and drop, plus very beginner basics for email and browsing the Web. Mike Foust will provide the leadership for this class. It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it sure helps with the learning curve.
Thursday 4/20/00 @ 9:00 AM Thursday Intermediates (sixth session of six sessions) In the past five weeks we had a good time learning all about the Windows Operating System, exploring the Desktop, making shortcuts, and playing with Wallpaper and Screen Savers and then we jumped into transferring files from a floppy to the hard drive and "vice-a-versie" and how to copy from a floppy to a floppy. We explored how to make and preview files and choose file views plus a bunch of other neat stuff. Remember .gif, .jpeg, .mid, .txt, .doc, .tiff, .wav, .bmp, .wmf, .dll, it seems like there are a million .stuffs. Now we learned how to make Folders and create files. We moved files from the internet to the new folders and moved files from a folder to a floppy. Last week we learned attachments for email. We sent animations and midis. What a hoot, five different songs playing at one time and as loud as the computers could play them. I did not realize that you could do dueling banjos as a three part round like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat. We are having FUN Now. We have surely learned enough to be VERY DANGEROUS. Thanks again to Tom Livingston for his assistance and BJ Miller who returned from her tour of Ireland Ask her about the fiasco with the email programs in Ireland. Registrations are being accepted for the next Intermediate Class scheduled for April 27, 2000. Sign up Now. Some topics to be addressed include: Basics of maneuvering about the Windows Operating System, copy/paste, drag/drop, editing, saving to various drives, right mouse button options, creating folders and files, uninstalling, deleting, advanced email and browser techniques involving bookmarks, address books, forwarding messages, attachments, and HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) The atmosphere is light and the learning is bodacious!! Sound like fun? Lots of demonstrating and "hands on" -- the computers. Mike Foust will provide the leadership for this session. Beginner computer knowledge and beginner computer skills are necessary.
INTERESTING SITES:
The following is a list of Easter Sites covering history to clipart. You should be able to learn everthing you ever wanted to know about Easter and some that you didn't want to know. Have fun! http://www2.aros.net/~barbaram/collage/holiday/easter/easter1.htm http://www.justsaywow.com/bunnyhop.htm http://www.night.net/easter/kjv.html-ssi http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/9288/easter.html http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/3894/easter/bunny.html http://www.eeggs.com/
Skip Frye suggested the following site. It is loaded with information. Most of it not so useless. http://www.uselessknowledge .com
This site came from Bud Casselberry. The following statement is from Bud and I concur with his feelings. "I only wish I was half as good as the guy[or gal] who did this one." This is a site with a different concept.
http://www.geocities.com/jmerz2000/where_do_i_sign_up.html
This next one was a "Site of the Day." Clip Art Searcher searches for graphics files in five different directories: Anzwers, HotBot, Lycos, Filez and 1-Click. It beats going directly to those search engines because the Searcher has already tailored the forms for art, icon, image, and animation search. It works a lot like http://www.dogpile.com http://www.webplaces.com/search/index.htm DIDJA KNOW?:
CHICKEN! NO... EGG! NO...CHICKEN! Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Well, a National Geographic study solved this problem a while back. According to the study, reptiles were laying eggs thousands of years before chickens appeared. The first chicken came from an egg laid by a bird that was not quite a chicken. Thus, the egg came first. On the same topic, the parachute came before the airplane. The first successful parachute jump was made in 1787. Jacques Gernerin of France parachuted some 3000 feet from a hot air balloon. At the time, the Wright brothers were just a twinkle in someone's eye.
YOU EAT LIKE A BIRD, YOU PIG How often do you hear that so-and-so eats like a bird? "How does he survive on that little food? I'd pass out!" Well, the truth of the matter is birds eat like pigs. Many birds eat as much as twice their weight in a day. That means that a 150-pound person would have to eat 300 pounds of food in a day. So next time you want to compliment a person's eating habits, say that they eat like a pig (which eats less than a bird).
QUOTES: There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. -- Peter F. Drucker
Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight. -- Scottish Proverb We only do well the things we like doing. -- Colette
Today is yesterday's effect and tomorrow's cause. -- Phillip Gribble The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
THIS WEEK'S CUTIES:
Letter of Recommendation - While working with Mr. Xxxxxx, I have always found him working studiously and sincerely at his table without gossiping with colleagues in the office. He seldom wastes his time on useless things. Given a job, he always finishes the given assignment in time. He is always deeply engrossed in his official work, and can never be found chitchatting in the canteen. He has absolutely no vanity in spite of his high accomplishment and profound knowledge of his field. I think he can easily be classed as outstanding, and should on no account be dispensed with. I strongly feel that Mr. Xxxxxx should be pushed to accept promotion, and a proposal to management be sent away as soon as possible. Branch Manager A second note following the report: Mr. X was present when I was writing the report mailed to you today. Kindly read only the alternate lines 1, 3, 5, 7,... for my true assessment of him. Regards, Branch Manager
Baby Boomers, Then and Now Then: Long hair Now : Longing for hair Then: A keg Now : An EKG Then: Acid rock Now : Acid reflux Then: Moving to California because it's cool. Now : Moving to California because it's hot. Then: Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your parents Now : Watching John Glenn's historic flight with your kids Then: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor Now : Trying not to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor Then: The President's struggle with Fidel Now : The President's struggle with fidelity Then: Killer weed Now : Weed killer Then: The Grateful Dead Now : Dr. Kevorkian Then: Getting out to a new, hip joint Now : Getting a new hip joint
I hope you enjoyed this communication and can attend one or more of the sessions scheduled for this week.
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