Newsletter April 12, 2002

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                        Friday, April 12, 2002
                                   
              ___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
          -     What is the “Out of Memory” Error Message?
     4.   COOL E-ZINES – E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS AND MAGAZINES
          -     Adoption Newsletters
          -     48 Free e-mail Newsletters for Women at iVillage
          -     Bottle Collecting Newsletters
     5.   INTERNET NEWS
          -    Another Free E-mail Service Bites The Dust
          -    Earthlink Co-Founder Pleads Guilty
          -    Google Moves into news weblogging
     6.   FEATURED SITE OF THE WEEK
          -     Law Library of Congress
     7.   COOL SITES OF THE WEEK
          -    Education Resource Sites
          
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               WHAT’S NEW IN COUNTRY HOMETOWN THIS WEEK
                                   
     
     
     KISKI VALLEY VIDEO SPOTS
     Look  for our video crew traveling around the Kiski Valley  doing
     on  camera  interviews.  Be sure to visit our  new  and  exciting
     Kiski  Valley Today Video Spot every day for new interviews.   To
     see the list of videos, go to:  http://www.kiskivalley.com/ .
     
     
     TODAY’S HEADLINE
     Eighteen  music  ensembles  performed at  the  PMEA  Adjudication
     Festival  that  was  held  today in the Kiski  Area  High  School
     Auditorium.  The  event was sponsored by the  Pennsylvania  Music
     Educator's Association and hosted by Mr. George Wozniak  and  Mr.
     Donald McKinney. To read more local Kiski Valley News, go to:
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/features/features.shtml?feature=news
     
     
     KISKI VALLEY SPORTS PHOTO SPOT
     The Kiski School vs Franklin Regional Varsity Tennis.  To see the
     photos, go to http://www.kiskivalley.com/index.shtml
     
     
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                          www.kiskivalley.com
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                      PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO
     
     NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK AT APOLLO MEMORIAL LIBRARY
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
     
     
     PIE/SOUP SALE
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/frontpage/announcements.shtml
     
     
     CASSANDRA WILSON AT THE PALACE THEATRE
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/topics/music.shtml?community=0&cate
     gory=0&.submit=Submit+Query  **Copy and Paste Address in
     Address Bar to access the link.
     
     
     COMEDY PERFORMANCE – “DINNER WITH FRIENDS”
     http://www.kiskivalley.com/topics/theater.shtml?community=0&ca
     tegory=0&.submit=Submit+Query **Copy and Paste Address in
     Address Bar to access the link.
     
     
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                         KISKI VALLEY INSPIRED
     Check it out: Pastor’s Interviews; Christian Youth Talk Show;
    Children’s Bible Story Time; Great Men and Women of the Bible;
        The Great Promises of God; Messages of Hope and Mercy;
      And 365 Days of Glory, a daily devotional by area pastors.
                     www.kiskivalley.com/inspired/
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                      TECH SUPPORT AND EDUCATION
     
     Q. What is the "Out of Memory" Error Message?
     
     A.  If  you receive an error message telling you that you  are
     out  of  memory, then you have too many programs open and  not
     enough memory to handle them. Closing the programs, which  you
     are  not  using, should remedy the situation, but  this  often
     doesn't  give your system all of its memory back.  It  should,
     however, give you enough memory to shut down the computer  and
     start  again.  After you restart your computer, check  on  the
     status of your resources before you begin opening programs  by
     right-clicking  the  My  Computer icon  on  your  Desktop  and
     selecting Properties. Click the Performance tab and review the
     available  system resources. If you discover that your  system
     is  low on resources and you want to use this feature, you may
     have  to  shut  down all other open programs or  upgrade  your
     computer's memory.
     
             [Any Tech Support advice is at your own risk]
                                   
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                     Bottle Collecting Newsletters
                  http://www.antiquebottles.com/poch/
     
     This  page  contains the entire series of  Bottle  Collecting
     Newsletters  from Glenn Poch. Many informative  articles  are
     included   in  these  newsletters.  Glenn  encourages   other
     collectors   to   contribute  articles  to  the   newsletter.
     Collectors may also Email their For Sale and Want to Buy  ads
     to  Glenn so he can include them in the newsletter for  free.
     Questions  may  also be submitted to Glenn for  inclusion  in
     upcoming newsletters. More bottle collecting newsletters  may
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                    FEATURED COOL SITE OF THE WEEK
                                   
                   Law Library of Congress Home Page
            http://www.loc.gov/law/public/htdoc/index.html
     
     The Law Library of Congress Web site is an outstanding tribute
     to  this nation's foremost legal library, which comprises more
     than  two million volumes, including a 65,000 volume reference
     collection.  The largest legal library in the world,  the  Law
     Library  was established in 1832 as a separate branch  of  the
     Library  of  Congress, serving as the library  of  record  and
     official  repository  of the Congress of  the  United  States.
     Both  historically and practically valuable, the  Law  Library
     site  offers information on the library's vast holdings and  a
     wealth  of information about the great edifice constructed  to
     house  them.   The  site offers numerous links  to  electronic
     records  made available by the Library, primarily through  the
     Guide  to  Online  Law and GLIN, the Global Legal  Information
     Network.   Also  impressive  are  two  presentations  on   the
     inscriptions   and   art   gracing   the   library   building,
     respectively  entitled  "On These Walls"  and  "And  Sovereign
     Laws."  While serving as a portal to the study of the American
     law,  through  such services as the Thomas  Register  and  the
     Congressional   Report,  the  Law  Library  Web   site   links
     information on the laws and legislative institutions of  other
     lands  as  well, many presented in both native  languages  and
     English translations.  A study in itself, the site is a  great
     starting  point  for  the study of law by  both  students  and
     scholars,  offering great historical perspective of the  birth
     and  evolution of American legal concepts and practices  while
     maintaining up-to-the-minute information regarding  challenges
     to and revisions of our great judicial heritage.
     
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                             INTERNET NEWS
     
     ANOTHER FREE E-MAIL BITES THE DUST
     Effective  12:00pm (noon, PST), March 31, 2002,  AltaVista's
     free  e-mail accounts will no longer be offered and existing
     free e-mail accounts will be closed.
     
     EATHLINK CO-FOUNDER PLEADS GUILTY
     Reed  Slatkin  faces 105 years in prison and fines  of  more
     than  $250  million for bilking investors  in  an  elaborate
     Ponzi scheme.
     
     GOOGLE GETS INTO NEWS WEBLOGGING
     Google, Inc. has jumped on the weblogging bandwagon, rolling
     out  a  new feature with third-party links to the day's  top
     news  stories. The Mountain View, Calif.-based Google, which
     already  posts  links to news stories when returning  search
     results,   is   beta   testing   a   Google   News    Search
     [www.news.google.com],    offering    links    from     news
     organizations around the world to the day's headlines.
     
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                C O O L   S I T E S   T H I S   W E E K
                                   
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       8.  Resources in K--12 Education
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       9.  FERRAROS EDUCATIONAL WEB SITES
           http://www.educationplanet.com/search/redirect?id=52036
     
      10.  Disability Resources Monthly (
           http://www.educationplanet.com/search/redirect?id=48230
     
      11.  EE Link: EE-Link Introduction
           http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/
     
      12.  WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
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      13.  Distance Education
           Education.Distance FAQ. How ...
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      14.  Oklahoma (OK) Adult Continuing Education Courses Schools
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      15.  Preparing  Your Child for College: A Resource Guide  for
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      16.  Distance Learning Continuing Medical Education
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      18.  Electronic Resources for Geography
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      19.  The Piano Education Page
           The Piano Education Page Last Updated: February 15, 2001
           Other  Piano education Page. Education Page  is  a  one-
           stop   resource  for  teachers,  students,  parents   of
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           Low Bandwidth Version | The Piano Education...
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     21.  Online Forums: How do I get started?
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      22.  Arizona Department of Education
           http://www.educationplanet.com/search/redirect?id=10572
     
      23.  Mathematics Archives - K12 Internet Sites
           Archives - K12 Internet Sites K-12 Teaching...
           http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html
     
     26.  CyberEnglish: English teaching resources by John Nesbit
           http://www.educationplanet.com/search/redirect?id=12596
     
     28.  Going Back to College: Frequently Asked Questions
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     30.  Character Education Theme
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      32.  A to Z Teacher Stuff - Educational Sites for Teachers
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      34.  Apple Education K-12
           Apple Education K-12
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      35.  The U.C. Berkeley Libraries
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      36.  JURIST: The Legal Education
           http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/
     
      37.  Essential Computer Skills
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      38.  Media Designs Home Page
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      39.  Coaching and Mentoring Associations
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      40.  Disabled Students
            News  and  discussion  resource  for  individuals  with
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          National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation.
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      41.  Teaching Fire Safety Theme Page
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      42.  Graduate Studies in Adult Education
            This  site  provides  resources  for  adult  educators,
          especially  those whose educational work aims  at  social
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           KidsEdLinks.com: links to life long learning
           http://www.kidsedlinks.com
     
      52.  Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites
           http://umbc7.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html
     
     
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