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Friday, February 1, 2002
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KEEP YOUR BUSINESS COMPUTERS AND NETWORK SYSTEMS
EFFICIENT, UP TO DATE AND EARNING YOU MONEY
We’ll do a free evaluation of your computers,
networking, support usages and Internet usage…
Call Chris Myers, Vice President Technology
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724-567-2302
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___I N T H I S W E E K S I S S U E___
1. WHAT'S NEW IN COUNTRY HOMETOWN THIS WEEK
- CHT Kids
- CHT Sports
2. PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
3. TECH SUPPORT AND EDUCATION
- Defrag your computer
4. COOL E-ZINES - E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS
- Home Schooling
- The Globe and Mail
5. INTERNET NEWS
- Pittsburgh Has Fastest Growing Internet Population
- Computer Tax Free Week Coming This February
6. FEATURED SITE OF THE WEEK
- U.S. Supreme Court Monitor
7. COOL SITES OF THE WEEK
- Olympic Special Sites
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WHAT'S NEW IN COUNTRY HOMETOWN THIS WEEK
CHT KIDS
Kristen and Stacey Squires are two remarkable sisters. They
both are involved in many activities including volunteer work.
To read the complete story, go to:
http://www.countryhometown.com/frontpage/kids.shtml
CHT SPORTS
Check out Country HomeTown’s sports photo galleries. You
might see your school team highlighted.
http://www.countryhometown.com/ids/index.shtml
CHT is accepting sports photos from your school or
organization. Please contact Mary Gess at 724-567-2302 or by
email at gess@highvision.com for more information.
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PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
http://www.countryhometown.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
SWISS STEAK DINNER
http://www.countryhometown.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
COUNTRY CRAFT FAIR
http://www.countryhometown.com/topics/festivals.shtml?communit
y=0&county=0&category=0&.submit=Submit+Query
(cut and paste address in address bar)
MAYNARD FERGUSON BIG BAND BOP
http://www.countryhometown.com/topics/music.shtml?community=0&;
category=0&.submit=Submit+Query
(cut and paste address in address bar)
VALENTINE’S DINNER DANCE
http://www.countryhometown.com/topics/music.shtml?community=0&;
category=0&.submit=Submit+Query
(cut and paste address in address bar)
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TECH SUPPORT AND EDUCATION
Q. My computer seems to getting sluggish. What can I do?
A. Chances are that you need to DEFRAG your computer. When you
have deleted a lot of files or uninstalled programs, there are
more gaps between files and programs, leaving clutter that
will slow your computer down. It's like having a disorganized
messy file cabinet. Close the gaps and your computer will work
better. Start by closing all programs and screen savers. Begin
Defragmentation: Choose Start, Programs, then Accessories,
System Tools. In the System Tools menu click on Disk
Defragmenter. Click on OK. At this point, RELAX.
Defragmentation is a long process. Have a cup of coffee,
workout, and sleep. Just don't sit there watching the progress
meter. Defragment once a month if use your computer lightly.
If you use your computer a lot, defragment at least every
couple of weeks.
[Any Tech Support advice is at your own risk]
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COOL E-ZINES - E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS
HOMESCHOOLING.COM
http://www.edusource.com/
This site offers complete resources on home schooling, a
growing trend in our society, and a free E-mail newsletter
subscription. This is a definite "must visit" site if you are
interested in education and home schooling.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/newsletter/
This is a Canadian newspaper that offers free E-mail
newsletter subscriptions for news headlines and many
different departments. Reading THE GLOBE AND MAIL will give
you a different take on United States news.
[We recommend you check newsletters before subscribing]
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FEATURED COOL SITE OF THE WEEK
U.S. Supreme Court Monitor
http://www.law.com/us_supreme_ct/
Read news about the Supreme Court plus- "Latest decisions
issued by the U.S. Supreme Court, organized by date and
practice area. Cases accepted for review by the U.S. Supreme
Court, listed by scheduled argument date and practice area."
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INTERNET NEWS
PITTSBURGH HAS FASTEST GROWING INTERNET POPULATION
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/geographics/artic
le/0,,5911_961051,00.html
The fastest growing U.S. city in terms of its Internet
population is not New York, Seattle or San Francisco, but
Pittsburgh, according to data from Nielsen//NetRatings. The
online population in the Steel City jumped 20.4 percent from
December 2000 to December 2001, giving Pittsburgh an online
population of about 1.2 million. Olympic host Salt Lake City
took second place as its Internet population grew 20 percent
to 973,000 surfers while the surfing population of Phoenix
jumped 17 percent to 1.4 million. The Internet population of
Raleigh, N.C. grew 13.4 percent over the year, reaching
821,000 surfers. Rounding out the top five fastest growing
wired cities, Philadelphia posted a 12.8 percent increase to
nearly 3.1 million Internet surfers. "While large
metropolitan areas such as San Francisco, Seattle and New
York may have been earlier adopters of Internet technology,
we are now seeing cities in middle America post considerable
gains as those residents integrate the Web into their
everyday lives," said T.S. Kelly, director and principal
analyst at NetRatings. There's even some evidence that the
big jump in Pittsburgh's online population could be partly
attributable to its teenagers. A study by Digital Marketing
Services, Inc. for America Online found that Pittsburgh is
the top wired cities for teens in the United States based on
time spent online. The survey of more than 6,700 parents of
teens and teens (age 12 to 17) found that Pittsburgh teens
are online an average of 15.82 hours per week. The No. 10
wired city among teens is Milwaukee, where teens spend an
average of 12.85 hours per week. The nationwide average for
ages 12 to 17 is 12.28 hours per week.
COMPUTER TAX FREE HOLIDAY COMING SOON
This coming February 17-24, 2002 is the next tax-free
holiday for computer purchases. Also included this year will
be accessories, such as printers, scanners and CD-ROMs. With
computer prices plunging, this is the time to buy.
HighVision Outfitters offers systems as low as $499.00.
These are powerful computer systems at low prices. You can
check the Pennsylvania web site for further information on
the tax-free holiday at:
http://www.taxfreepc.state.pa.us/tax-freepc/site/default.asp
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C O O L S I T E S T H I S W E E K
___OLYMPIC SITES___
1. Welcome to the official sites of the International
Olympic Committee [Official site] A variety of
information involving the candidate and host cities,
events, IOC policies, international sports
federations, national Olympic committees, and Olympic
museum.
http://www.olympic.org/
2. Related Web Sites
International Olympic Sports Federations International
Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF):
http://www.iaaf.org International Baseball Association
(IBA): http://www.alpcom.it/digesu Fédération...
http://www.uwo.ca/olympic/sites.html
3. Olympic Games Web Sites
Yahoo Olympic Sites. Yahoo Sports UK - Olympics. The
Olympic Sites will open in a new window.
http://www.runnersweb.com/running/olympics.html
4. CNN.com - Canadians hint of 'risk' at other possible Olympic
sites
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/07/12/toronto.bid
5. olympic_links
Ancient Greece for Younger Students Ancient Greek
Civilizations Images of Ancient Greece The Ancient
Greek World Ancient Greece Ancient Greece-an
Introduction Electronic Passport to Ancient Greece Anc
http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/olympic/olympic.htm
6. Olympic Sites for Kids
This site is a resource for both classroom teachers
and kids as well. These links are all related to the
Olympics. There are sites for children, ideas for
classroom teachers, links to get up to date
information.
http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/resources/olympics.cfm
7. Official Olympic Sites
The Olympics Virtual Library. Official Olympic Sites.
Contents: Links to information on other Olympic
Virtual Library pages: Global Olympic Sites
http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/vl/olympic/official.htm
8. O WOW - Olympic Weightlifting On the Web
List of all of the web sites dealing with the sport of
Olympic Weightlifting.
http://www.lifttilyadie.com/
9. 2002 Olympic Games Winter Weather
Olympic Weather Support Project The current (December
13, 2001) long-range outlook from the Climate
Prediction Center for northern Utah during February
2002 is for near normal temperature.
http://www.met.utah.edu/olympics
10. Olympic News Sites
Olympic News Sites - part of the Olympics Virtual
Library including links to Sydney 2000 Olympics; Past,
Present and Future; Official Olympic Sites; Related
Issues; Bibliographies; and Pages for Kids and
Students
http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/vl/olympic/news.htm
11. Olympic Games - Britannica.com
Narrative history of the games, links to other
Britannica articles and to related web sites.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=115022
12. Corey and Laura's Olympic Site
features facts, country flags, logos, national
anthems, medal counts, NOCs, and more.
http://www.janecky.com/olympics/
13. Yahooligans-2002 Olympic Games
Related Web Sites. International Olympic Committee -
official site from the supreme authority of the
Olympic Movement offering updates on past and
upcoming.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Yahooligans/Olympics
14. Amateur athletic foundation home page
The AAF is a private non-profit foundation dedicated
to the development of youth sport. It also operates
North America's largest sports library, possessing an
exceptional collection of Olympic Games..
http://www.aafla.org/
15. U.S. Olympic Team
Official site. Includes news, athlete updates,
shopping, photo galleries, and more.
http://www.usolympicteam.com/
16. USA Gymnastics Online
The official web site of USA Gymnastics.
http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/
17. WebSwim
Information on technique, olympic swimmers, swimming
mail-order sites and links to all the latest news.
http://www.webswim.com
18. Olympics Events - The Olympics History
Links to various sports related sites from across the
world. You will find all your favorite sports related
sites links here.
http://www.sportslinks.itgo.com/theolympics.htm
19. International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
One of the oldest sports in the Olympic Games has one
of the newest sites for honoring the world's finest
athletes in gymnastics.
http://www.ighof.com
20. SWIMNEWS ONLINE
Home News Meet Results Rankings Links Magazine
http://www.swimnews.com/Homepage.html
21. Salt Lake 2002 - Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium
Site of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002
Winter Games.
http://www.saltlake2002.com/venues/olympic_stadium.html
22. Olympic Sites
OLYMPIC Sites Interesting Facts and Fun things to do
with the Olympic Games.
http://www.topendsports.com/olympics/main.htm
23. NetLink: Olympic Sites - MoneyWatchTV.com
Television is the traditional method of keeping up
with our favorite Olympians. But by jumping online you
can not only track their progress, you can get
interactive at:
http://www.moneywatchtv.com/articles/print-one-
article.cfm/444
24. Salt Lake 2002
This site requires JavaScript enabled on your browser.
http://www.saltlake2002.com/
25. Ancient Olympic games virtual museum
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/toplinks/83.html
26. Olympic Sites
Great sites for the Olympics
//olympikids@usoc.org" class="hft-urls">http://olympikids@usoc.org http://olympics.com
http://plato.ess.tntech.edu/pt3discuss/_disc2/0000006c.htm
27. Olympic Links - Sir LinksAlot.net
Peruse this resource to get links to Olympic news,
medal tables, official sites, Web guides and Games'
history.
http://www.sirlinksalot.net/olympics.html
28. iSportsDigest.com - Olympics
A directory containing to a large number of Olympic
sites. Updated regularly.
http://isportsdigest.tripod.com/olympics/main.html
29. Tickets.com - Salt Lake 2002
As the official online supplier of Olympic tickets,
this site enables you to enter the lottery and
purchase packages for the 2002 SLC Olympics.
http://www.tickets.com/olympics
30. Olympic Sites
Metasearch Engine. Search many search engines at one
time.
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~aislib/
31. Olympic web sites selection: Olympic games history
Selection of web sites on the history of the Olympic
Games provided by the Olympic and Sport Studies Center
http://blues.uab.es/olympic.studies/past.html
32. Children's Services - Olympic Resources on the Web
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/olympics.html
33. Winter Olympics History
Washington Post offers a historical timeline of the
Winter Games, with profiles of each, and selected
memorable stories.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history.htm
34. 2008 Summer Games - Beijing
Official site of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid
Committee.
http://www.beijing-2008.org/
35. Olympic Games: Information, History and Related Sites
The following links offer the best web sites dedicated
to information and history about the Olympic Games.
http://www.mypins.com/files/olympicinfo.shtml
36. Olympic sites
SALT LAKE CITY 2002.
http://www.olympic.lv/en/links/saites.htm
37. USA Softball
Official site for the USA Softball team. Includes
player bios, schedules and Olympic products.
http://www.usasoftball.org/
38. 2002 Olympics Education | Utah Education Network
http://www.uen.org/2002
39. Amateur Rowing Association
Official site of the UK Association and home of
Olympic Rowing News.
http://www.ara-rowing.org/
40. Explore the Internet with Olympics
Teachers, you can find tips for integrating the
Internet with your thematic unit on Olympics.
http://www.buddyproject.org/teach/explore/olympics
41. Digitrends.net: Microsoft Produces Olympic Sites
Microsoft will produce the official Web sites for the
Olympic Winter Games of 2002 and NBC's.
http://www.digitrends.net/ena/index_16402.html
42. Official Olympic National Park Site
http://www.nps.gov/olym/home.htm
43. Olympic web sites selection
Section compiling web sites related to various aspects
of the Olympic ames: history, bids, libraries,
National Olympic Committees, etc.
http://blues.uab.es/olympic.studies/www.html
44. Olympian Artifacts
http://www.olympics.com Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic
Winter
http://www.olympianartifacts.com/links
45. SportServer: 2002 Olympic Coverage
Complete Coverage Of The 2002 Winter Olympics
http://www.sportserver.com/olympics/story/2878p-
146913c.html
46. Roller Skating: History
A brief history of roller skating from the US Olympic
Committee site.
http://www.olympic-usa.org/usoc/sports_az/ro/az_over.html
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