Newsletter March 08, 2002

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                         Friday, March 8, 2002
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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
     2.   PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
     3.   TECH SUPPORT AND EDUCATION
          -    Ten Commandments of Searching On The Internet
     4.   COOL E-ZINES - E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS AND MAGAZINES
          -    Legal newsletters from FindLaw
          -    Christian newsletters from Place To Go
     5.   INTERNET NEWS
         -  Put a Pentium 4 In Your Lap
          -    MSN Steps up Anti-Aol Campaign
     6.   FEATURED SITE OF THE WEEK
          -    More employment help with CareerLink
     7.   COOL SITES OF THE WEEK
          -    Biography Web Sites
          -    Pennsylvania Sites
          
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               WHAT'S NEW IN COUNTRY HOMETOWN THIS WEEK
                                   
     
     GLORIA’S KITCHEN
     See what’s cookin at Gloria’s Kitchen.  To see today’s recipe,
     go to:
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/features/features.shtml?feature=recipe
     **Copy  and  paste the address in the address bar at the  top  of
     your browser.
     
     
     ALLEGHENY/HYDE PARK ELEMENTARY BOOK FAIR
     The  Allegheny Twp-Hyde Park Elementary School held a  book  fair
     with special guests attending. To see the photos, go to:
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/features/features.shtml?feature=news.A
     llegheny_Twp_Elem_Book_Fair **Copy and paste the address  in  the
     address bar at the top of your browser.
     
     
     KISKI AREA BASKETBALL STATE PLAYOFF GAME
     Kiski Valley Today Online will be video taping the Kiski  Area
     Basketball  State Playoff Game on March 9.  We  will  then  be
     rebroadcasting the game at about 5pm on Sunday. PIAA broadcast
     regulations call for a 24-hour delay on the rebroadcast of the
     game.  To view the game, go to:
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/index.html
     
     
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              Have you visited Kiski Valley Today Online?
                          www.kiskivalley.com
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                      PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
     
                 (cut and paste address in address bar)
     
     
     
     JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
     
     
     MADAM BUTTERFLY
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/topics/music.shtml?community=0&cate
     gory=0&.submit=Submit+Query  **Copy and paste the  address  in
     the address bar at the top of your browser.
     
     
     “CIRCUS” BEING PERFORMED AT THE QUAKER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/topics/theater.shtml?community=0&ca
     tegory=0&.submit=Submit+Query  **Copy and paste the address in
     the address bar at the top of your browser.
     
     
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                      TECH SUPPORT AND EDUCATION
     
             + The Ten Commandments of Internet Searching
                                   
     There  are  right  ways  -- and wrong ways  --  of  using  the
     Internet  as  a  search  resource. Newcomers  often  make  the
     mistake of thinking that "everything" can be found on the net.
     
     The Ten Commandments of Internet Searching
     
     1.  Know your search engine. Remembering that only portions of
     all  the  websites  are indexed by the best search  engines  ­
     leads right into #2.
     
     2. Use multiple search engines (or metacrawlers)
     
     3.  Don't  count on being anonymous. Don't forget about  those
     cookies!
     
     4. Search for sources and references, not just information.
     
     5. Consider the source of what you find. Just because it is in
     print,  doesn't  mean  it's  true. Information  can  be  typed
     incorrectly or copied from another source that was  wrong.  Or
     perhaps it is written just to be misleading.
     
     6.  Be  prepared  to spend some money to get the  really  good
     stuff.
     
     7.  Ask,  "Is there any reason to believe what I want  is  out
     there?" BEFORE going on-line.
     
     8. Don't use the Internet to do a database service's work.
     
     9.  Know your outcome. Searching or surfing? Searching has  an
     outcome  in mind. Surfing implies enjoying the ride ­  letting
     yourself  be  taken along where links lead you. Each  has  its
     purpose -- understand the difference.
     
     10. Buy a kitchen timer. If you don't watch yourself, you will
     spend  hours looking for something that can't be found or  you
     will end up surfing instead of searching.
     
             [Any Tech Support advice is at your own risk]
                                   
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            COOL E-ZINES - E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS AND MAGAZINES
     
                                FindLaw
                    http://newsletters.findlaw.com
     
     If  you  are a lawyer or interested in law, there  are  many,
     many  legal e-mail newsletters available on this site. Scroll
     the  page  down to see several different sets of free  e-mail
     newsletters.
     
                              PLACE TO GO
                 http://placetogo.net/mail/multinews/
                                   
     This  site  offers Christian newsletters targeted to  special
     interests  such  as  pastors, youth leaders,  music,  concert
     goers, etc. A lot to choose from.
     
         [Check newsletters and magazines before subscribing]
     
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                    FEATURED COOL SITE OF THE WEEK
                                   
                        Careerlink Pennsylvania
                 http://www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us/
                                   
                         Careerlink Pittsburgh
                  http://www.careerlinkpittsburgh.com
     
     We  use  to  stand in line for unemployment,  but  now  we  go
     online.  Are you on unemployment? If so, you’ve probably  been
     introduced to Careerlink Online (or use the phone as most do).
     If you haven’t, you really should get familiar with the online
     version. It’s more than the old unemployment bureau because it
     now offers job training, job listings and much, much more.  If
     you  are not unemployment, but are looking for work or  career
     change,  there  is  all the more reason  to  visit  Careerlink
     Online.  In  addition  to  the state web  site,  we’ve  listed
     Pittsburgh’s  Careerlink where there are some interesting  job
     offers. Check it today.
     
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                             INTERNET NEWS
     
     PUT A PENTIUM 4 IN YOUR LAP
     Intel Monday says it is now shipping its flagship chip - the
     Pentium  4  - for use in laptops and other mobile  PCs.  The
     Santa  Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant says the mobile
     Intel  Pentium 4 processor-M is great at speeding  up  video
     and  other CPU intensive processes. The chip only  uses  two
     watts  of  power, which makes it perfect for  thin-and-light
     systems.   The   processor  is  expected  to  compete   with
     Transmeta's (NASDAQ:TMTA) Crusoe chips and the Athlon 4  and
     Duron  mobile  chips  made by Advanced Micro  Devices  (AMD)
     (NYSE:AMD).  At  speeds of 1.7 and  1.6  GHz,  the  P4-M  is
     designed using Intel's new NetBurst Micro-Architecture.  The
     form  consists  of  a 400 MHz processor  system  bus,  Hyper
     Pipelined  Technology,  an  Execution  Trace  Cache,   Rapid
     Execution   Engine,  and  144  Streaming  SIMD  instructions
     (SSE2). It also includes a 512k on-die L2 cache.
     
     
     MSN STEPS UP ANTI-AOL CAMPAIGN
     Microsoft's  MSN  is upping the ante in  its  fight  against
     America  Online for Internet access subscribers, offering  a
     cool $50 to anyone willing to make the switch by the end  of
     May.  MSN said it plans to run television, print and  online
     ads promoting the offer, which is valid for both dial-up and
     broadband  subscribers.  In addition,  U.S.  Postal  Service
     trucks  in key markets -- including San Francisco,  Atlanta,
     New  York, Chicago, Boston and Detroit -- will bear versions
     of  the  MSN  ad from March 15 to May 15. Those  willing  to
     trade ISPs are encouraged in the ads to visit switch.msn.com
     for   details  on  the  offer,  which  is  paid  only  after
     subscribers  have used Redmond, Wash.-based  MSN's  Internet
     access  service for more than three months. Spending on  the
     campaign was not disclosed.
     
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                C O O L   S I T E S   T H I S   W E E K
                                   
     ___BIOGRAPHY WEBSITES___
     
     As  a  general rule, when you're looking for biographies, skip
     the  major search engines and use the specialized biographical
     databases  listed  here. Surf on and enjoy these  "nerdy"  Web
     sites.  As Longfellow said, "Lives of great men all remind  us
     we can make our lives sublime."
     
     Biography.com
     http://www.biography.com/search/index.html
     A  searchable database of 25,000 famous people, from the folks
     who produce the TV show Biography.
     
     The Biographical Dictionary
     http://www.s9.com/biography/search.html
     Biographies of more than 28,000 notable men and women who have
     shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
     
     Dead People Server
     http://dpsinfo.com/dps.html
     Search  for,  um, "dead-certain" answers to the question,  "Is
     this   person   still  alive?"  A  directory  of  "interesting
     celebrities" who are no longer with us.
     
     World Biographical Index
     http://www.biblio.tu-bs.de/acwww25u/wbi_en/
     This  site  is  based on the 7th CD ROM edition of  the  World
     Biographical   Index  containing  about  2.8   million   short
     biographical entries for "eminent individuals."
     
     Specialized Biography Search Sites
     
     Chiefs of State
     http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/
     
     People On Stamps
     http://www.philately.com/philately/biographies.htm
     
     British Royalty
     http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/gedx.html
     
     Biblical Characters
     http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/HitchcockBibleNames/
     
     Nobel Laureates
     http://www.nobel.se/
     
     Distinguished Women
     http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
     
     Prominent Anarchists
     http://flag.blackened.net/liberty/libertarians.html
     
     Classical Composers
     http://www.classical.net/music/mstrindx.html
     
     Famous Artists
     http://www.askart.com/
     
     ___PENNSYLVANIA SITES___
     
     Meet Me in PA!
     http://www.meetmeinpa.com
     
     Drought Information Center
     http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/subject/hotopics/drought/
     
     The Pitt News
     http://www.pittnews.com
     
     Butler County Chamber of Commerce
     http://butlercountychamber.com
     
     Plastics Technology Center
     http://ptdc01.bd.psu.edu
     
     Gwynedd-Mercy College
     http://www.gmc.edu
     
     GTV Almrausch
     http://www.gtvalmrausch.org
     
     Upper Saucon Volunteer Fire Department
     http://usvfd27.8m.com
     
     Lancaster Conservancy
     http://www.lancasterconservancy.org
     
     Harborcreek Township
     http://www.harborcreektownship.org
     
     Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum
     http://www.wpmrm.org
     
     Tri-County League
     http://www.tricountyleague.com
     
     Wilkes-Barre Online
     http://www.members.tripod.com/~delacour/wilkes-barre.html
     
     PhillyRoads.com
     http://www.phillyroads.com
     
     DEP Alternate and Experimental On-Line Training
     http://www.seotraining.org
     
     Central Columbia School District
     http://www.centralcolumbia.k12.pa.us/
     
     Flashback
     http://www.flashbackrocks.com
     
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