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'Netline
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Date:
January, 2nd 2004
Happy New Year |
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The holiday season
provides a great opportunity to catch up with family
and friends whom you haven't corresponded with for a
while. The Internet is an ideal tool for accomplishing
this goal. Check out the tutorial in this month's
issue of Netline News to find out how to place family
photos within e-mail holiday greetings to your friends
and family.
The goal of Netline News is to keep our
subscribers informed regarding their Internet
connection and to improve their Internet experience.
Please let us know how we can enhance your Internet
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<> Short Tutorial
<> Sites of the Month |
<> Thoughts
<> Feature
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<> Internet
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<> This Month's
Chronicles
<> Question
and Answer
<> Odd Facts |
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When
you connect your private network to the Internet, you
are physically connecting your network to well over
50,000 unknown networks and all of their users. While
such connections open the door to many useful
applications and provide great opportunities for
information sharing, most private networks contain
some information that should not be shared with
outside users on the Internet. .
We strongly recommend to
anyone that is using our High Speed Internet Service
to also have a firewall. If you do not have a firewall
in your location you should contact your network
administer for advise and assistance.
What is a firewall?
− A firewall is a system that enforces an access
control
policy between two networks.
− A firewall blocks traffic and it permits traffic.
− A firewall’s purpose is to keep intruders out of
your
network.
− A firewall provides security
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Saturday: 10am to 2pm |
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Phone number:
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e-mail:
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Placing Images Into Your E-mail Letter
Sending Holiday greetings via e-mail is an easy (and
inexpensive) method of spreading holiday cheer to family
and friends. Attaching a family photo to the e-mail is a
great idea; however, some recipients may be hesitant
about opening e-mail attachments, even from friends,
because of the viruses and worms floating around the
Web. What to do? Why not create your own e-mail Holiday
card by pasting images (family vacation photos, for
instance) into the actual message pane of your e-mail
message rather than as an attachment? It's easy to do
but try to use pictures with a small file size as using
large picture files will result in slow download times
for dial-up connections. When using Outlook Express
follow the steps below:
1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Create a new message and prepare it for sending by
addressing it, giving it a title (subject) and composing
a message.
3. Click your cursor arrow at the location where you'd
like to place the photo within your message. Click on
"Insert" which is located on the Message Menu Bar.
Select "Picture" from the resulting drop-down menu.
4. When the Picture Dialog Box appears, click the
"Browse" button to locate the picture you want to send.
5. Click on the picture's location to select it. Click
"Open" to return to the Picture Dialog Box.
6. Select from various options to alter the attributes
on your photo, i.e. layout, alignment, border thickness,
etc. You do not need to select them all.
7. Describe the picture by typing text into the
"Alternative Text" field. This will allow the e-mail
recipient to at least see a description of the
photograph if he/she has a "text only" e-mail program.
8. Click "OK" once you've completed your settings.
9. Complete your message and click "Send."
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http://AcronymSearch.com/
Find Out What Any Acronym Stands For ASAP.
This site provides the meanings to over 48,000
acronyms.
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Looking for plane tickets and/or hotel room?
Check out priceline.com and save up to 60%.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/
On January 19, 2004, Americans across the country
will celebrate the national holiday honoring the
life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Take a minute and check out this site.
http://atkins.com/
4 Steps to a Healthy new lifestyle!
http://kidshealth.org
KidsHealth - one of the largest and most visited
medical related site on the Web, providing
doctor-approved health information about children
from before birth through adolescence.
http://familyzone.lycos.com/
Lycos Family Zone - Bringing kids and
parents together. Lots of fun things to do and see
- games, art and more.
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God grant us this year a wider view,
So we see others' faults through the eyes of You;
Teach us to judge not with hasty tongue,
Neither the adult ... nor the young.
Give us patience and grace to endure
And a stronger faith so we feel secure;
And instead of remembering, help us forget
The irritations that caused us to fret.
Freely forgiving for some offense
And finding each day a rich recompense,
In offering a friendly, helping hand
And trying in all ways to understand,
That all of us whoever we are ...
Are trying to reach "an unreachable star."
For the great and small ... the good and bad,
The young and old ... the sad and glad,
Are asking today, "Is life worth living?"
And the answer is only in "loving" and "giving."
For only "Love" can make man kind
And Kindness of Heart brings Peace of Mind,
And by giving love we can start this year
To lift the clouds of hate and fear.
~ Helen Steiner Rice ~
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It's that time of
year again!
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So get out your cameras and
take some pictures! We now are
accepting photos for our
2004 directory cover.
Mail to:
831 Main Street S
Sauk Centre, MN 56378 |
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Beginner
Internet Classes
Melrose High School Library
Jan. 6...........7:00pm - 9:30pm
Browsing / Emailing Only
Melrose High School Library
Jan. 28...........7:00pm
- 9:00pm
Email Only
Melrose High School Library
Jan. 30..........7:00pm
- 9:00pm
Beginner
Internet Classes
Eden Valley High School-Rm 127
Jan. 13..........7:00pm - 9:30pm
Beginner
Internet Classes
Kimball High School
Media Center
Jan. 5..........7:00pm - 9:30pm
Call to
register and for more info:
Melrose Telephone Company
256-7471
548-3200
597-3333
764-7600
Browsing Only
Sauk Centre High School Library
Jan. 20..........7:00pm - 9:00pm
Email Only
Sauk Centre High School Library
Jan. 22..........7:00pm - 9:00pm
Call to register and for more info:
351.1460
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Flower: Carnation
Birthstone: Garnet |
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January 2004
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| Jan. 1......... |
New Year's Day |
| Jan. 12....... |
Clean Your Desk Day |
| Jan. 19...... |
Martin Luther King Day |
| Jan. 19....... |
Popcorn Day |
| Jan. 23....... |
Pie Day |
| Jan. 29....... |
Carnation Day |
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Corn Chip Day |
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Puzzle Day |
This Day in
History
www.scopesys.com/anyday
Horoscopes
Capricorn.........12-22 to 1-19
Aquarius...........1-20 to 2-18 |
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Question and Answer |
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Question: Sometimes
I get e-mail from friends that contain URLs (links to websites) within the
message. Most of the time these URLs show up as clickable links. When I
click on the underlined link, my Web browser opens up and I am sent off to a
website. Sometimes, however, the URLs do not show up within the messages as
clickable links. I have to copy the web address and paste it into the
address bar of my browser. Why do the URLs not always show up as clickable
links?
Answer: In
most cases, this has more to do with the e-mail software you are using than
the person who sent you the message. Older versions of Netscape Messenger,
for instance, won't show a clickable link within a received e-mail message
unless the sender types "http://" in front of the web address. Most newer
versions of e-mail software will show a clickable link within a received
e-mail message as long as the URL looks like a valid web address, regardless
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Odd Facts |
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According to many language
experts, the most difficult kind of phrase to create is a palindrome, a
sentence or group of sentences that reads the same backward and forward. A
few examples:
Red rum, sir, is murder.
Ma is as selfless as I am.
Nurse, I spy gypsies. Run!
A man, a plan, a canal - Panama.
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