"You're At Peace" KCNET NEWSLETTER ~ 05/30/04 COMMENTS & SCHEDULE PAGE MIKE'S COMMENTARY THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE NEWS & NOTES BY SUE FOUST MIKE'S COMMENTARY AND BITS OF WISDOM: Let's be honest, how many of us think of Memorial Day as paid vacation, a chance for a three-day weekend? We look forward to going to the river, a lake, a beach or the mountains or an amusement park? Maybe we'll just chill out with the grill and the Indy. Memorial Day is more! Please remember to display your flag, not just for the day but for the entire weekend. Sometime this weekend, appropriately Monday at 3 pm, pause for a moment of remembrance and respect. "It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray-haired. But most of them were boys when they died, they gave up two lives -- the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their county, for us. All we can do is remember." Ronald Wilson Reagan Remarks at Veteran's Day ceremony Arlington National Cemetery November 11, 1985 Most Americans nowadays have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. To help Americans re-educate and remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the "National Moment of Remembrance" resolution was passed on Dec 2000 which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans "To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to 'Taps." YOU CAN ATTEND SOME MEMORIAL EVENTS SCHEDULED IN CLINTON COUNTY FOR SUNDAY MAY 30 Although Memorial Day is Monday the 31st, the Bland J. Rossman Post 1630, Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Services will again be presented at various Clinton County cemeteries. This year the events will occur on Sunday, May 25. There will be special readings by various officers and members of the local Post followed by the traditional live firing squad. Ceremonies at each site will close with "Taps". See the schedule below to make your attendance plans. Time Location 8:15 am Highland Cemetery 8:30 am St.Mary’s Cemetery 9:00 am Sunnyside Cemetery 9:30 am Cedar Hill Cemetery 10:30 am Farrandsville Cemetery 10:45 am Rest Haven Cemetery 11:15 am Veterans Park At Bridge 11:30 am Lock Haven Monument Korean War Poem Eye Of The Storm Intently, I listen and the night tells me, yes, I am quiet and I am soft. It is not too cold and I have hung out the moon, so you can see through the darkness ...a little. And the light flashing above the black hills ...you can see but not hear the booming. It is much too far. And the night tells me, do not drift into complacency, war is an insidious beast, it will kill you while you sleep. - John Kent World War II Poem The Lonely Hill Wild grow the poppies in Tunisian vale Gracing the green of a fertile land And here comes "Peace" to lay her veil On the hill of the foes last stand. . Out of the Plain reared the lonely hill Like a breast bared to the sky Its slopes clasped the fallen ever still And its bosom echoed the swallow's cry. . Small sanctuary of a fallen dream Last bastion to Enfidaville Your crumbled fort is a desolate scene Where all but the winds are still. . The winds will rise and the tall grass bend To ripple like waves of the sea And time will take the scars to mend On the lonely hill of the free. - RA Harris Civil War Poem A Message Was there ever message sweeter Than that one from Malvern Hill, From a grim old fellow,-you remember? Dying in the dark at Malvern Hill. With his rough face turned a little, On, a heap of scarlet sand, They found him, just within the thicket, With a picture in his hand, With a stained and crumpled picture Of a woman's aged face; Yet there seemed to leap a wild entreaty, Young and living-tender-from the face When they flashed the lantern on it, Gilding all the purple shade, And stooped to raise him softly, That's my mother, sir," he said. "Tell her"-but he wandered, slipping Into tangled words and cries, Something about Mac and Hooker, Something dropping through the cries About the kitten by the fire, And mother's cranberry-pies; and there The words fell, and an utter Silence brooded in the air. Just as he was drifting from them, Out into the dark, alone (Poor old mother, waiting for your message, Waiting with the kitten, all alone!), Through the hush his voice broke, Tell her Thank you, Doctor-when you can, Tell her that I kissed her picture, And wished I'd been a better man." Ah, I wonder if the red feet Of departed battle-hours May not leave for us their searching Message from those distant hours. Sisters, daughters, mothers, think you, Would your heroes now or then, Dying, kiss your pictured faces, Wishing they'd been better men? U.S. WAR CAUSALITY AND OTHER STATS WAR NUMBER SERVING WOUNDED BATTLE DEATHS Revolutionary War 217,003 6,188 4,435 War of 1812 286,730 4,505 2,260 Mexican War 78,718 4,152 1,733 Civil War (Both Sides) 3,213,363 354,805 191,963 Spanish American War 306,760 1,662 385 World War I 4,734,991 204,002 53,402 World War II 16,112,566 671,846 291,557 Korean Conflict 5,720,000 103,284 33,741 Vietnam Conflict 8,744,000 153,303 47,415 Iraq War 1990 696,778 467 293 Iraq War 2003 (5/26/4) ? 4,524 802 More stats at: http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/war_casualties.htm Department of Defense, http://web1.whs.osd.mil/MMID/CASUALTY/WCPRINCIPAL.pdf LibrarySpot. StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. Evanston, IL http://www.libraryspot.com/listwars.htm America's Wars Total* Military service during war 42,348,460 Battle deaths 651,008 Other deaths in service (theater) 13,998 Other deaths in service (non theater) 525,256 Non mortal woundings 1,431,290 Living war veterans 17,578,500 Living veterans **25,038,459 * Does not include War on Terror Incidents ** Approximately 1,065,000 veterans had service in multiple conflicts. They are counted under each conflict, but only once in the total. More stats at: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004615.html More More stats at: http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/casualties_of_war.htm Try the KCnet Community Forums: Education, Entertainment, Class Information, Trading Post, Tech Support, Chat, Polls, Support Groups, Virus Information, KCnet Announcements, and Others http://forum.kcnet.org/index.php?sid=db06cde47fce1c9f1646290918f86518 Registered Users have posted a total of 2869 articles. We have 320 registered users. 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Intermediate Windows 9x/XP 4 session course Topics include organization of windows programs, creating and organizing folders, file extensions, saving files from Internet, folder and file views, formatting floppy disks, installing programs, download programs from Internet, HTML email, uninstall vs delete, scandisk and defrag, email attachments, and more. There is always time for questions and general exploration. Advanced Windows 9x/XP 4 session course Topics include a review of the management of folders and files, an introduction to photo manipulation, introduction to web page creation, using the sound recorder, attaching recordings to emails, introduction to eyeball cams and Internet transmission, and an introduction to burning your own CDs. There is always time for questions and general exploration. KCnet Users Group: (formerly know as "Senior Net Learners" most recently called "Advanced Class"). I wanted to call this class "The Abusers Group", but Sue would not hear of that. Attendees are persistent in their search for computer knowledge. They ask great questions and present interesting challenges. The cost for this class is $0.00 for members of KCnet and $2.00 per session for non KCnet members. There is no set format for the sessions. Occasionally we will take a specific subject and do a detailed study over a period of successive weeks. Don't be afraid to ask questions. The folks that have been attending for awhile are always happy for a review and in most cases new or better ways to do things will surface. Questions stimulate in-depth exploration with the usual result being an understanding of how and why. We welcome new attendees from the Advanced sessions and our forever growing KCnet membership. This is an advanced group and we cover a lot of territory. We are kind of free flowing. You never know what will transpire. It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it sure helps with the learning curve. KCnet Advanced Class computer knowledge and Advanced Class computer skills are necessary. OTHER CLASSES: CLICK HERE FOR ORIENTATION - BEGINNERS - INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED CLICK HERE FOR SCANNING - MAC- GENEALOGY - WEB PAGE - EXCEL - WORD - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - PHOTO MANIPULATION - OTHER SPECIALTIES THIS WEEK'S CLASS SCHEDULE: Kephart Plaza Seniors Computer Lunch Bunch Tuesday June 1 -- 11:00 - 1:00 Instructor: Wayne Smith Digital Photography Fourth Session - Tuesday June 1 -- 5:30 - 7:30 Instructor: Kerry Clausen KCnet Users Group: Every Wednesday The starting time is 9:00 AM on this Wednesday June 2. We meet in Computer Lab 1 (The Big Room). Leadership is Mike Foust and anyone that wants to jump into the fray. We had another interesting session this past Wednesday. It all started with Sue Foust talking about the new KCnet venture with TelCove as the KCnet Internet Connection. She also talked about the ICDL Program starting soon. This is a computer rating program that interested participants can take classes and become computer certified. This is a Internationally recognized program and KCnet is one of the pilot programs being run in Pennsylvania. Our partners are Potter County and a select Philadelphia Area entity. Mike showed some fun sites and a couple of short movies. We looked at the latest worry to Windows XP, 2000, and NT users, Bobax. Read about it on the Technical Page of this Newsletter. We explored a utility one can register and use. It is called Snipurl. The program allows one to enter extra long internet addresses and the tool abbreviates them to 26 or less characters. It's a neat program but it met mixed feelings. Some just could not see any value but others that often use URLs in emails and web page construction saw great value. The address is http://www.snipurl.com Try it you might like it. We finished the morning with a Q & A session. We had good snacks this week again. Edna "Mouse" Young teamed up with Ivalou "Auntbea" Bartley. Mouse made a Ribbon Winning Cobbler that was covered with Auntbea's World Famous Rhubarb Sauce. Almost everyone was lickin lips with each bite. Peg Masden came in with her "Out-O-Site" Ho-Made Gingerbread Cake. Mine was covered with whipped cream. Ivalou Bartley did a double duty and brought some delicious cookies. David Glossner found another stash of those super dark pretzels that we used for an appetizer and for some it was dessert. This class often becomes idea swapping and we learn by sharing our many experiences and I'll tell you all again, that really happened this week. Other KCnet Classes Starting Soon: Orientation to KCnet One-Session Class – No Charge for KCnet Members Third Wednesday of Every Month 6:00 – 8:00 pm Instructor: Bob Fenton Genealogy New Sessions will begin in September. Instructor: David Wallace MAC User Group New Sessions will begin in September. Instructor: Clair Falls For more class details and to register visit: http://www.kcnet.org/class/ Registration can be done online, simply click on the course you are interested in and enter the information requested. Registration can be done via phone 893-8111. NEWS AND NOTES WITH SUE FOUST: What a week! The change-over from our Internet connection that we have had since 1997 to our new service was completed on Thursday. At least most of it was completed. HyperNet accelerated service refused to behave – it had to be disabled in our users’ computers for a couple of days. E-mail was troublesome. Let me explain how this happens: When we changed Internet providers, the numbers that identify us, similar to a social security number for a person, now change. Formerly, our numbers identified us as a Verizon customer; now our numbers identify us as a TelCove customer. Our server is still cub.kcnet.org, but in the hundreds of big routers in the world, the numbers that identify us have changed. It takes up to 48 hours for those numbers to get to all the routers. Thus, we go through a period where some servers in the world still think we are a Verizon customer but those numbers don’t work anymore. This problem will be in the past very shortly. But when it’s here, it’s aggravating and frustrating – especially when you are waiting for an important piece of mail. To get back to the change: This is a huge step in the life of KCnet. Speed is the thing everyone wants and we have now purchased a service that will give that to us. Everything will be faster. In addition to that, as we grow now, we can upgrade very easily by purchasing additional bandwidth. KCnet was created in 1994 through the efforts of people at Keystone Central School District, Lock Haven University, and the county. In 1997, when we changed from being connected to Lock Haven University for Internet service to being connected to a consortium of Clinton and Centre County schools for Internet service, we increased our speed and service. Now, nearly 7 years later, we have severed our connection to the Keystone Consortium Network. We are independent and full speed ahead. We no longer share our bandwidth among Keystone Central, Bald Eagle Area, State College Area, and Bellefonte Area School Districts. We are still a member of this very distinguished consortium of educational institutions, but they have their connection to the Internet and we have ours. I hope you can appreciate the whole story, now. Speaking of educational institutions – We plan to be a part of an interesting project, starting this fall. Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education and Pennsylvania Learning Network will be supporting a project to promote computer literacy. The underlying reason for this is to produce a more computer literate workforce. KCnet plans to be a part of the pilot project for this, using a program called the International Computer Driver’s License. In order to have a certificate stating your competency with a computer, you will have to pass a test, similar to the principle of passing a driver’s test before getting a driver’s license. We will be publicizing this in July, but please keep your eyes open for this announcements. We will be receiving grant money to “train and test” 250 people in the Centre/Clinton County area. We’re proud of our interns! Tim Snyder and Dan Fultz were our co-op students this year, both from Central Mountain High School. Tim graduates from High School this year and Dan will be a senior next year. Dan worked in the upstairs office with Sue, during a training period and then moved downstairs with the technicians. His career path is leading him toward business with computer skills. He has not decided whether he wants a strong computer science background or a strong business skills background, but he and his teachers at CMHS will work that out. We wish him a good summer and the best for him in his senior year. He may be back next year as a co-op student at KCnet! Click here for a pic of Dan. Graduating Tim Snyder is our new Education Coordinator. We threw him into the fire when Kerry Clausen left for a network administrator job at Faber Burner. It’s been difficult, trying to balance a last year of high school and this type of position at KCnet. Tim graduated with high honors and will begin his higher education at Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. Incidentally, among his many awards, Tim’s portfolio of his work at KCnet won him the Outstanding Co-Op Portfolio Award from Jersey Shore State Bank. Click here for a pic of Tim. 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MIKE'S COMMENTARY THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE NEWS & NOTES BY SUE FOUST
MIKE'S COMMENTARY AND BITS OF WISDOM:
Out of the Plain reared the lonely hill Like a breast bared to the sky Its slopes clasped the fallen ever still And its bosom echoed the swallow's cry. .
Small sanctuary of a fallen dream Last bastion to Enfidaville Your crumbled fort is a desolate scene Where all but the winds are still. .
The winds will rise and the tall grass bend To ripple like waves of the sea And time will take the scars to mend On the lonely hill of the free. - RA Harris
With a stained and crumpled picture Of a woman's aged face; Yet there seemed to leap a wild entreaty, Young and living-tender-from the face When they flashed the lantern on it, Gilding all the purple shade, And stooped to raise him softly, That's my mother, sir," he said.
"Tell her"-but he wandered, slipping Into tangled words and cries, Something about Mac and Hooker, Something dropping through the cries About the kitten by the fire, And mother's cranberry-pies; and there The words fell, and an utter Silence brooded in the air.
Just as he was drifting from them, Out into the dark, alone (Poor old mother, waiting for your message, Waiting with the kitten, all alone!), Through the hush his voice broke, Tell her Thank you, Doctor-when you can, Tell her that I kissed her picture, And wished I'd been a better man."
Ah, I wonder if the red feet Of departed battle-hours May not leave for us their searching Message from those distant hours. Sisters, daughters, mothers, think you, Would your heroes now or then, Dying, kiss your pictured faces, Wishing they'd been better men?
U.S. WAR CAUSALITY AND OTHER STATS
More More stats at: http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/casualties_of_war.htm
KCNET CLASSES:
Beginner Windows 9x/XP 4 session course Topics include an introduction to all parts of the computer, learning about the desktop, mouse features and operation, and features and operation of the keyboard. Also creating shortcut icons, using recycle bin, wallpaper and screen savers, toolbars and taskbars, drag and drop, using window features (minimize, maximize, resize, etc), control panel, accessing the different drives, and more. There is always time for questions and general exploration.
Intermediate Windows 9x/XP 4 session course Topics include organization of windows programs, creating and organizing folders, file extensions, saving files from Internet, folder and file views, formatting floppy disks, installing programs, download programs from Internet, HTML email, uninstall vs delete, scandisk and defrag, email attachments, and more. There is always time for questions and general exploration.
Advanced Windows 9x/XP 4 session course Topics include a review of the management of folders and files, an introduction to photo manipulation, introduction to web page creation, using the sound recorder, attaching recordings to emails, introduction to eyeball cams and Internet transmission, and an introduction to burning your own CDs. There is always time for questions and general exploration.
KCnet Users Group: (formerly know as "Senior Net Learners" most recently called "Advanced Class"). I wanted to call this class "The Abusers Group", but Sue would not hear of that. Attendees are persistent in their search for computer knowledge. They ask great questions and present interesting challenges. The cost for this class is $0.00 for members of KCnet and $2.00 per session for non KCnet members. There is no set format for the sessions. Occasionally we will take a specific subject and do a detailed study over a period of successive weeks. Don't be afraid to ask questions. The folks that have been attending for awhile are always happy for a review and in most cases new or better ways to do things will surface. Questions stimulate in-depth exploration with the usual result being an understanding of how and why. We welcome new attendees from the Advanced sessions and our forever growing KCnet membership. This is an advanced group and we cover a lot of territory. We are kind of free flowing. You never know what will transpire. It is not necessary for attendees to have their own computers but it sure helps with the learning curve. KCnet Advanced Class computer knowledge and Advanced Class computer skills are necessary.
OTHER CLASSES: CLICK HERE FOR ORIENTATION - BEGINNERS - INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED CLICK HERE FOR SCANNING - MAC- GENEALOGY - WEB PAGE - EXCEL - WORD - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - PHOTO MANIPULATION - OTHER SPECIALTIES
THIS WEEK'S CLASS SCHEDULE:
Digital Photography Fourth Session - Tuesday June 1 -- 5:30 - 7:30 Instructor: Kerry Clausen
KCnet Users Group: Every Wednesday The starting time is 9:00 AM on this Wednesday June 2. We meet in Computer Lab 1 (The Big Room). Leadership is Mike Foust and anyone that wants to jump into the fray. We had another interesting session this past Wednesday. It all started with Sue Foust talking about the new KCnet venture with TelCove as the KCnet Internet Connection. She also talked about the ICDL Program starting soon. This is a computer rating program that interested participants can take classes and become computer certified. This is a Internationally recognized program and KCnet is one of the pilot programs being run in Pennsylvania. Our partners are Potter County and a select Philadelphia Area entity. Mike showed some fun sites and a couple of short movies. We looked at the latest worry to Windows XP, 2000, and NT users, Bobax. Read about it on the Technical Page of this Newsletter. We explored a utility one can register and use. It is called Snipurl. The program allows one to enter extra long internet addresses and the tool abbreviates them to 26 or less characters. It's a neat program but it met mixed feelings. Some just could not see any value but others that often use URLs in emails and web page construction saw great value. The address is http://www.snipurl.com Try it you might like it. We finished the morning with a Q & A session.
Other KCnet Classes Starting Soon:
Genealogy New Sessions will begin in September. Instructor: David Wallace
MAC User Group New Sessions will begin in September. Instructor: Clair Falls
For more class details and to register visit: http://www.kcnet.org/class/ Registration can be done online, simply click on the course you are interested in and enter the information requested. Registration can be done via phone 893-8111.
NEWS AND NOTES WITH SUE FOUST:
Let me explain how this happens: When we changed Internet providers, the numbers that identify us, similar to a social security number for a person, now change. Formerly, our numbers identified us as a Verizon customer; now our numbers identify us as a TelCove customer. Our server is still cub.kcnet.org, but in the hundreds of big routers in the world, the numbers that identify us have changed. It takes up to 48 hours for those numbers to get to all the routers. Thus, we go through a period where some servers in the world still think we are a Verizon customer but those numbers don’t work anymore.
This problem will be in the past very shortly. But when it’s here, it’s aggravating and frustrating – especially when you are waiting for an important piece of mail.
To get back to the change: This is a huge step in the life of KCnet. Speed is the thing everyone wants and we have now purchased a service that will give that to us. Everything will be faster. In addition to that, as we grow now, we can upgrade very easily by purchasing additional bandwidth.
KCnet was created in 1994 through the efforts of people at Keystone Central School District, Lock Haven University, and the county. In 1997, when we changed from being connected to Lock Haven University for Internet service to being connected to a consortium of Clinton and Centre County schools for Internet service, we increased our speed and service.
Now, nearly 7 years later, we have severed our connection to the Keystone Consortium Network. We are independent and full speed ahead. We no longer share our bandwidth among Keystone Central, Bald Eagle Area, State College Area, and Bellefonte Area School Districts. We are still a member of this very distinguished consortium of educational institutions, but they have their connection to the Internet and we have ours.
I hope you can appreciate the whole story, now.
Speaking of educational institutions – We plan to be a part of an interesting project, starting this fall. Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education and Pennsylvania Learning Network will be supporting a project to promote computer literacy. The underlying reason for this is to produce a more computer literate workforce. KCnet plans to be a part of the pilot project for this, using a program called the International Computer Driver’s License. In order to have a certificate stating your competency with a computer, you will have to pass a test, similar to the principle of passing a driver’s test before getting a driver’s license. We will be publicizing this in July, but please keep your eyes open for this announcements. We will be receiving grant money to “train and test” 250 people in the Centre/Clinton County area.
We’re proud of our interns! Tim Snyder and Dan Fultz were our co-op students this year, both from Central Mountain High School. Tim graduates from High School this year and Dan will be a senior next year.
Dan worked in the upstairs office with Sue, during a training period and then moved downstairs with the technicians. His career path is leading him toward business with computer skills. He has not decided whether he wants a strong computer science background or a strong business skills background, but he and his teachers at CMHS will work that out. We wish him a good summer and the best for him in his senior year. He may be back next year as a co-op student at KCnet! Click here for a pic of Dan.
Graduating Tim Snyder is our new Education Coordinator. We threw him into the fire when Kerry Clausen left for a network administrator job at Faber Burner. It’s been difficult, trying to balance a last year of high school and this type of position at KCnet. Tim graduated with high honors and will begin his higher education at Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. Incidentally, among his many awards, Tim’s portfolio of his work at KCnet won him the Outstanding Co-Op Portfolio Award from Jersey Shore State Bank. Click here for a pic of Tim.
Until next week…
Ray McGill, owner of Nittany Travel, is the President of KCnet; William Raco is Vice-President; Judy Yoho is Secretary and Donald C. Miller of North Bend is Treasurer. Other members of the board are Fred Bierly, Donna Gebhardt Lannan, Earl Keen, R. Keith Kelly, Paul Korn, Amy Lapriola, Paddy O’Hara-Mays, Bob Rolley, and Rich Wykoff.
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