02/05/06
COMMENTS AND CLASS SCHEDULES
MIKE'S COMMENTARY
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
NEWS & NOTES BY SUE FOUST
MIKE'S COMMENTARY AND SOME BITS OF WISDOM
FACTS AND FIGURES
Site: Ford Field - Detroit, Mich.
Date: Feb. 5, 2006
Game time: 6 p.m. ESTOther Super Bowl host cities: New Orleans (9: Tulane Stadium 3, Louisiana Superdome 6); Miami (8 times: Orange Bowl 5, Pro Player Stadium [formerly Joe Robbie Stadium] 3); Los Angeles (7: Los Angeles Coliseum 2, Rose Bowl 5); Tampa Bay (3); San Diego (3); Atlanta (2); Houston (2); Arizona (1); Detroit (1: Pontiac Silverdome); Minneapolis (1); Stanford (1); Jacksonville (1).
Cost of Super Bowl rings: League pays for up to 150 rings at $5,000 per ring (plus adjustments for increases in gold and diamonds). League also pays for 150 pieces of jewelry for the losing team, which may not cost more than one-half the price set for the Super Bowl ring. Ford Field seating capacity for SB XL: 65,000+
NFL Headquarters: Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Media Center: GM World Headquarters
AFC Team Hotel: Detroit Marriott Pontiac at Centerpoint
AFC Practice Site: Pontiac Silverdome (tentative)
NFC Team Hotel: Hyatt Regency Dearborn
NFC Practice Site: Detroit Lions Practice Facility at Allen Park
(Note: Practices closed to public)
Home team: AFC Champion will wear its choice of jerseys.
Pregame Entertainment: TBD
National Anthem: TBD
Halftime Entertainment: Rolling StonesCost of the Vince Lombardi Trophy: $25,000
Who makes Super Bowl Trophy: Tiffany & Co. of New York.Host city economic impact: Super Bowl XXXVII generated a total economic impact on San Diego County of $367 million, according to a study by Marketing Information Masters, Inc. The $367 million economic impact on San Diego County compares to the $295 million impact on the region the last time it hosted a Super Bowl (XXXII) in 1998.
TV/Radio coverage: ABC will be televising its 7th Super Bowl. CBS Radio-Westwood One will be broadcasting its 19th consecutive Super Bowl, 32nd overall
Super Bowl XXXIX TV audience: Last year's game was watched by 133.7 million viewers. The 10 most-watched programs in TV history are all Super Bowls.
SB XL ticket distribution
AFC Champion - 17.5 percent
NFC Champion - 17.5 percent
Host Team (Lions) - 5.0 percent
Other 29 Teams - 34.8 percent
NFL - 25.2 percentFuture Super Bowl Sites
2007 (SB XLI) - Miami
2008 (SB XLII)- Arizona
2009 (SB XLIII)- Tampa
2010 (SB XLIV)- Miami
The Super Bowl just got even bigger. Taking a quick break from their "A Bigger Bang" World Tour, the legendary Rolling Stones will perform in the Sprint Super Bowl XL Halftime Show on ABC at Ford Field in Detroit on Sunday, Feb. 5.
"We are thrilled to perform for millions of fans at one of the most exciting and highly anticipated sporting events of the year," said the Rolling Stones.
"We are excited to welcome one of the greatest rock n' roll bands in history to the Super Bowl," said Steve Bornstein, the NFL's executive vice president of media and president and CEO of NFL Network. "As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Super Bowl this season, it is fitting we work with The Rolling Stones whose music has thrilled audiences around the world for years."
"Sprint's sponsorship of the Super Bowl XL Halftime show highlights our commitment to fans of the NFL and the Rolling Stones," said Steve Gaffney, Sprint's director of sports marketing. "We're looking forward to providing fans the opportunity to participate in the halftime show like never before."
Emmy Award-winning Don Mischer Productions returns as the halftime show producer, following a successful halftime show last year in Jacksonville featuring Paul McCartney. This year's Super Bowl marks the third time Don Mischer, who serves as the show's executive producer and director, has worked with the NFL. Mischer also produced Super Bowl XXVII halftime show with Radio City Music Hall Productions in 1993 featuring Michael Jackson. Among the company's vast and celebrated productions are the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, eight Emmy Award shows, the Kennedy Center Honors and the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
Ralph Langdon
A Teacher's ApplicationAfter being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: "Let me see if I've got this right?
You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning. And I'm supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits.
You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and raise their self esteem. You want me to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair play, how to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, and how to apply for a job.
I am to check their heads for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of anti-social behavior, make sure all students pass the mandatory state exams, even those who don't come to school regularly or complete any of their assignments.
Plus, I am to make sure that all of the students with handicaps get an equal education regardless of the extent of their mental or physical handicap. And I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone, newsletter and report card. All of this I am to do with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a bulletin board, a big smile AND on a starting salary that qualifies my family for food stamps!
You want me to do all of this and yet you expect me......
NOT TO PRAY???
~ Bud Casselberry Sent this one. ~
Special FebruaryOfferingsat KCnet
If you read Mike's Commentary two weeks ago you got a view into the seedy side of the Computer Blogging World designed to encourage our Middle Grade through High School students to browse and communicate by posting text and pictures. Little or no effort is made site owners to filter out young or mature predators. (http://www.seniorcenter.net/netlearnernews/archives06/srspg2_01_156.html)
The KCnet Education Committee has been studying the problem of internet predators and have designed some awareness programs for adults and kids in our user area.
KCnet is taking the lead in Internet safety for children in our user area by teaming with i-SAFE, a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping children safe while online. I-SAFE is a national organization that has worked with the FBI, the US Criminal Justice Department, educators, concerned citizens, parents, and students, to make children aware of the dangers of the Internet, and how to safely avoid them. The main goal is to bring Internet safety awareness to the community.
On Feb. 13 and 15, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm KCnet will host an informative presentation including a Q&A session about Internet Safety. Sessions will be held in the KCnet Learning Center located at 18 East Main Street in Lock Haven. KCnet encourages parents, grandparents, guardians, students, and community members to attend. All will be given information that can help them understand and deal with the situation.
This is a free event, and the public is encouraged to attend. There will be childcare available to a limited number of people, so please plan to register early if you need this service. Call KCnet at 893-8111.
Did you know that over 80% of USA kids spend at least an hour a week online, 11% spend more than 1½ hours per day online, 55% of our kids have given out personal information (age, gender, location, etc.) while online and 52% of our kids want to be alone while online. Even more astounding, 10% of our kids have met an on-line acquaintance, face-to-face.
Those are scary statistics. They become especially scary when you consider that 52% of parents think that their ability to monitor their child’s online activities is limited. 23% of our kids say that their parents have no idea what they’re doing online, or how often they are using the Internet. 92% of parents say that they have set rules for Internet usage, while 34% of our kids say they have no rules for online activity. And most scary of all is the fact that 40% of our kids say that they have never discussed Internet safety with their parents.
KCnet wants to help change those numbers in Clinton County.
Please join KCnet and i-Safe to safeguard our children’s online experience.i-SAFE America Inc. is the worldwide leader in Internet safety education. Founded in 1998 and endorsed by the U.S. Congress, i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. i-SAFE incorporates classroom curriculum with dynamic community outreach to empower students, teachers, parents, law enforcement, and concerned adults to make the Internet a safer place. http://www.isafe.org/
Later in February, KCnet will be offering a class, TechnoSavvy Computer and Internet Safety. This class is offered with either a two or four session option. The first two sessions will be on how to protect your home computer from viruses, pop-ups, spam, identity thieves, etc. The last two sessions are more focused on how to protect children by setting up an administrative account on a home computer to control access, setting up filtering software like NetNanny to block adult materials, and more. There will be an Officer from the State police to talk about Internet crimes during this set. Those who don’t have children can sign up for just set 1; those with children can sign up for either set one, set two, or both. Set One is February 27 and March 01 from 6:00 -8:00 PM. Set Two is March 06 and 08 also from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. The cost for one set is $20, or both sets for $35.
Other courses are still in the development stages so return here next week for updates.
The KCnet Help Desk is available by phone, Call 893-8111.
Monday through Thursday from 8:30 am -7:00 pm
Friday from 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am - Noon
Some things I've learned -- from kids!! You
can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
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KCNET CLASSES:
| Internet and Email
4 session course Topics include using the browser to find information on the Internet, web and email addresses, sending and receiving email, forwarding and replying to email, bookmarks, using the address book, and more. There is always time for questions and general exploration. Beginner Windows 9x/XP
Intermediate Windows 9x/XP
Advanced Windows 9x/XP
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.
OTHER CLASSES:
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| Basic Excel Class
February 07 & February 09 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Third & Final Sessions Instructor: Steve Stewart |
| KCnet Users
Group: Every Wednesday The starting time is 9:00 AM on this Wednesday, February 08. We meet in Computer Lab 1 (The Big Room). Leadership is Mike Foust and anyone that wants to jump into the fray. Quite a day this past Wednesday. We got rollin' with some pics sent by Advanced User viewers and others gleaned by Mike. We then settled into our seats and took another wild tech ride. Among the many 'puter topics covered we... ... reviewed the Kama Sutra worm. It activated February 3. It will release itself on infected computers the third of every month until all infected computers are destroyed or are cleaned of the virus. Read more in the virus section on the Tech Page of this Newsletter. ... reviewed interesting features in the BETA
Release of Internet Explorer 7. Keep in mind this is a beta so you
might want to wait a bit before downloading. Let 'em work the bugs
out.
... downloaded a dictionary that works with
Firefox. It is very small. It is a great add on, Mozilla calls
it an extension. Read about it and download it from: http://www.rjonna.com/ext/dictionarytip.php
...reviewed a program called Fat Fingers designed for eBay users. It is a dictionary of sorts except it takes your proper spelling of a search word and determines what possible misspellings folks might do. Therefore the term "Fat Fingers." I do them all the time when typing, one finger hits two keys and no editing or spell checking and the boat I want to sell gets listed as boapt on eBay. No one but a Fat Finger user will find it. http://www.fatfingers.co.uk/Download.aspx We did some other interesting stuff too, but
you had to be there...
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.
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OTHER KCNET
CLASSES STARTING SOON
Call KCnet 893-8111 to register
| Investing Class
This group is temporarily canceled Restart to be in April 2006 Group Leader: Howard "Bud" Casselberry Music Creation
Orientation to KCnet
MAC User Group
For more class details and to register visit:
http://www.kcnet.org/class/
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NEWS AND NOTES WITH SUE FOUST:
 A
generous grant of $5,000 from the Clinton County Community Foundation has
made it possible to purchase new computers for our classroom.
Recently, we have had classes in both classrooms at the same time, but only have enough computers for one class! So, 8 new computers were purchased. They will be set up in the small classroom and will be used for our new KCnet TechnoTots and KCnet TechnoKids Programs. And, if you have any interest in the safety of kids on the Internet, please plan to attend one or both of the iSafe presentations at KCnet, February 13 and 15, 6 – 8 PM. The sessions are free and if you can attend both sessions, you will have the opportunity for inter-action with the audience and with the different speakers. The Pennsylvania State Police have taken an interest in the topic and will have a representative to talk with our group. We are more nearly half way through our grant for the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) program. Our goal is 250 participants. We are at less than 10% of the goal! The regular cost of the training is almost $1,000. Due to a grant from Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, we are able to offer it for $350. Additional grants make it possible for KCnet to offer a limited number of participants another $175 off. You can take this training for fun or credit. The ICDL program has been approved by Keystone Central School District for Continuing Education Credits and has been approved by Career Link for Job Training. This is really good stuff. Seven (7) modules: Principles of Information Technology, Internet and Email, File Management, Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint. Have fun learning and receive 42 continuing education credits. You can even go the extra step and pay for 7 college credits, if you pass all 7 modules. 7 college credits for $250 extra – 7 college credits for $425! KCnet’s wireless broadband service is expanding at a good rate. New technology is being used now and “near line-of-sight” has opened up some of the areas we had trouble reaching before. We’re pleased. We have received numerous donations recently, some in the form of merchandise to sell on eBay. Think about doing the same. An item you don’t want could be worth cash to KCnet. And of course, supporting memberships are available. If you believe in KCnet and its goals, you may want to make a contribution to one or all of the programs. KCnet is a non-profit, 501 C(3) charitable corporation, therefore donations to KCnet are tax deductible. Ask for a letter from us to verify the donation. Until next week... ! KCnet Board Of Directors Officers: President Bill Raco, Vice President Bob Rolley, Secretary Jon Ahrens, Treasurer Don Miller and Past President Judy Yoho. Other members of the board: Carolyn Carl, R. Keith Kelly, Paul Korn, Donna Lannan, Amy Lapriola, Tom Livingston, Ray McGill, and Rich Wykoff. |
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