MIKE'S COMMENTARY
COMPUTER CLASSES AND COURSES
ADVANCED USERS CLASS NOTES
NEWS & NOTES BY SUE FOUST
MIKE'S COMMENTARY
COMPUTER CLASSES AND COURSES
ADVANCED USERS CLASS NOTES
NEWS & NOTES BY SUE FOUST
MIKE'S COMMENTARY AND SOME BITS OF WISDOM
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May. That will be May 28 this year. It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. After World War I, it expanded to include those who died in any war or military action. One of the longest standing traditions is the running of the Indianapolis 500, which has been held in conjunction with Memorial Day since 1911. Many people observe this holiday by visiting cemeteries and memorials. A national moment of remembrance takes place at 3 pm Washington time. Another tradition is to fly the U.S. Flag at half-staff from dawn until noon local time. Volunteers place a U.S. Flag upon each grave site located in a National Cemetery.
In addition to remembrance, Memorial Day is also a time for picnics, family gatherings, and sporting events. Some Americans view Memorial Day as the unofficial beginning of summer and Labor Day as the unofficial end of the season.
Memorial Day formerly occurred on May 30, and some, such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), advocate returning to this fixed date, although the significance of the date is tenuous. The VFW stated in a 2002 Memorial Day Address, "Changing the date merely to create three-day weekends has undermined the very meaning of the day. No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the general public's nonchalant observance of Memorial Day." Hawaii's Senator Daniel Inouye, a World War II veteran, has repeatedly introduced measures to return Memorial Day to its traditional day since 1998.
Memorial Day is currently observed by the US government as a holiday. Most financial institutions and US securities markets are also closed in observance.
"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
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, the mountains or an amusement park? Maybe we'll just chill out with the grill and the Indy.
Memorial Day deserves 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.
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."
COMPUTER CLASSES AND COURSES
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Microsoft Intermediate Excel
June 14, 21, 28, & July 5
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Cost: $45.00 (The $15 Thomson Course Technology 175-page student study book is included in the course Cost)
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The starting time is 9:00 AM and 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 these past two Wednesdays. 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... 05/09
... read and discussed a PC Magazine article about security for users of the removable flash/thumb drives. Check this article at: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2126644,00.asp ... also looked at a Google Beta program that ties land lines to the Google database for finding businesses anywhere in the US. This article is available at: http://labs.google.com/goog411/index.html Just before break, Bert Rice gave Mike a welcome
back Camo tie. She was relating to a video we watched of a "Redneck"
wedding where all participants and attendees were dressed in Camouflage
attire, even the cake depicted a hunting theme. Mike was heard to
comment "I gotta have one of those (neckties)." Bert asked her daughter
to make one from some camo material.
Digital camera tips.
05/16
... read an article from Ed Bott about Vista
and its ability to perform just dandy on low-level machines.
... looked at some sites that list programs
and utilities that are OK for Vista users to install.
... read an article that claims that 10% of
the sites on the internet are dangerous. Google is warning Web users
of the increasing threat posed by malicious software that can be dropped
onto a computer as a Web surfer visits a particular site.
... had some real fun using a special downloader for saving videos from MySpace, YouTube, Google, and some other video sites. One must have a special player, I recommend the Codec called Media Player, not to be confused with Windows Media Player which cannot play files that have the extension .flv. If you missed class there was a handout that explained the entire process. Drop me a note. mfoust@kcnet.org 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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KCnet Vice-President Bob Rolley, The Express Publisher, coordinated the Forum and KCnet Treasurer Don Miller served as one of the cameramen. Dr. Paddy O'Hara-Mays, Director of e-College at Lock Haven University and former member of the KCnet Board, was the Technical Director for the broadcast.
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President Bill Raco, Vice President Bob Rolley, Secretary Jon Ahrens,
Treasurer Don Miller and Past President Judy Yoho. Other members
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