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CONTENTS -- 1/3/02 1 . . . Upcoming FREE Classes 2 . . . Upcoming Events 3 . . . Interesting Sites 4 . . . Non-Nerdy Stats 5 . . . Tips and Tricks 6 . . . Bits and Bytes of Humor If you have questions about anything contained in this e-newsletter, please post your question on my Message Board at http://www.iteachyou.com (click Ask a Question) And now to begin . . . 1 . . . UPCOMING FREE CLASSES . . . Following are highlights of some upcoming classes at the Career Center at 8401 Aero Drive. ***ARRIVE EARLY -- SOME CLASSES FILL EARLY*** UPCOMING CLASSES TAUGHT BY GINI PEDERSEN TOPIC . . . . . Windows 95/98/ME DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, Jan. 7 and 14 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Downloading Software from the Internet DATE . . . . . 2 Mondays, Jan. 7 and 14 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm MISC. . . . . . All about FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and how to . . . . . . . . . . SAFELY download files from sites on the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . You will receive helpful handouts. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . MS Word Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . (not listed on printed flyers) DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, January 8 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm PREREQUISITE . . Word experience. In this class you will . . . . . . learn useful tips that experienced Word users should . . . . . . find useful. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . PowerPoint DATE . . . . . 2 Tuesdays, Jan. 8 and 15 TIME . . . . . 5:30-9 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen TOPIC . . . . . Great Reference Sites on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . (not listed on printed flyers) DATE . . . . . 1 Tuesday, January 15 TIME . . . . . 1-5 pm INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Gini Pedersen UPCOMING CLASSES TAUGHT BY OTHERS AT THE CAREER CENTER Notes: - These classes start within the next few weeks. - Click the link at the end of this list to see the date, time, etc. - Click the link at the end to see details about each topic. - All are at the Beginning level unless indicated otherwise. ... Introduction to Computers ... Visual Basic (Intermediate) ... Visual Basic Applications ... Access (Advanced) ... Excel (Advanced) ... PowerPoint (Advanced) ... Dreamweaver (Advanced) ... Dreamweaver UltraDev (Advanced) ... Flash (Intermediate and Advanced) ... JavaScript (Beginning and Intermediate) ... TCP/IP Basics ... Acrobat ... Digital Camera Basics ... Illustrator (Advanced) ... Photoshop (Advanced) ... Premiere ... Prepress IN ADDITION #1... TOPIC . . . . . Freelance/Entrepreneur Seminar DATE . . . . . 1 session, Wednesday, January 30 TIME . . . . . 6-9 pm LOCATION . . . Career Center (room to be announced) INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Yanky and Ashi Fachler MISC. -- For this special one-time free seminar, you must . . . . . . . . preregister by calling (858) 627-2545. --Yanky Fachler is the author of Fire in the Belly and . . . . . . . . Ashi is an excellent instructor at the Career Center-- . . . . . . . . and a successful entrepreneur. IN ADDITION #2... A brand new certificate class will be offered in the Spring 2002 semester... TOPIC . . . . . Perl Programming for WWW CGI Scripting DATES . . . . . Mondays, January 28 through June 3, 5:30-9 pm . . . . . . . . . . or Wednesdays, January 30 through June 5, 1-5 pm LOCATION . . Career Center at 8401 Aero Drive MISC . . . . . Detailed syllabus information about this free class is . . . . . . . . . . available at http://linux.ncc.sdccd.net/perl-spring REGISTRATION . . . Registration will be on a first-come, . . . . . . . . . . first-served, basis on the FIRST DAY OF CLASS. INSTRUCTOR . . . . . Joe McGerald IN ADDITION #3... We also offer many free classes with brand new computers at Datel Computer Center at 4611 Mercury Street in Kearny Mesa. For classes at this site ONLY, you may pre-register by calling (858) 627-2545 Mondays through Thursdays, 8 am to 8 pm or Fridays 8 am to 3:30 pm. Space is available for many classes still to be offered in January. Call to register now. The February class schedule should be available on January 14 and registration will open the same day. Following are some upcoming classes at our Datel site: Computer Basics - Windows - Word - Excel - Scanner Basics - Internet Basics - E-mail Tips and Tricks - and more. WANT MORE INFORMATION? -- Check my Website at http://www.iteachyou.com to see a complete list of classes that I'll be offering through the Fall 2001 and Spring 2002 semesters. At the end of that list is a link to a list of all classes offered at the Career Center -- plus details about each class. Note: Printed copies of the complete Spring 2002 schedules will be available the week of January 7. Online schedules shortly thereafter. -- Call (858) 627-2545, Monday through Friday. 2 . . . UPCOMING EVENTS . . . DATE . . . . . Thursday, January 3 TIME . . . . . 7:00 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Windows XP SPONSOR . . North County Computer Club PLACE . . . . . San Diego National Bank Bldg. . . . . . . . . . . 16789 Bernardo Center Dr. MISC . . . . . FREE -- Guests always welcome to this free event INFO . . . . . (858) 451-2599 or nccc@san.rr.com DATE . . . . . Saturday, January 5 TIME . . . . . 9:30 am PROGRAM . . . . . Q&A and Mini Seminars SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html DATE . . . . . Wednesday, January 9 TIME . . . . . 6:30-9 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Computer problem solving -- no formal agenda SPONSOR . . . . . Norman Park Senior Center PLACE . . . . . 270 F Street, Chula Vista . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $12 per year if you want to join INFO . . . jhmclaren@yahoo.com or http://earlyam.tripod.com/sbcg/ DATE . . . . . Saturday, January 12 TIME . . . . . 9:30 am PROGRAM . . . . . Q&A and Mini Seminars SPONSOR . . . . . Seniors Computer Group PLACE . . . . . Wesley Palms -- 2404 Loring St., Pacific Beach . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $15 per year to join INFO AND MAP . . . . . http://home.san.rr.com/scg/events.html DATE . . . . . Tuesday, January 15 TIME . . . . . 6 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Philip Staiger of Eovia will demonstrate . . . . . . . . . . two of their 3D modeling and graphics applications SPONSOR . . . . . SD PC User Group PLACE . . . . . Joe Rindone Regional Technology Center . . . . . . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Road, Rm. 401 (lots of free parking) MISC . . . . . Free INFO . . . . . http://www.sdpcug.org DATE . . . . . Wednesday, January 16 TIME . . . . . 6-8 pm SPONSOR . . . . . Adobe Photoshop User Group PLACE . . . . . San Diego County Office of Education . . . . . . . . . . 6401 Linda Vista Rd., Bldg. 2 (lots of free parking) MISC . . . . . Free -- Guests always welcome INFO . . . . . http://www.k-online.com/~photoart/ps.html DATE . . . . . Wednesday, January 16 TIME . . . . . 6:30-9 pm PROGRAM . . . . . Computer problem solving -- no formal agenda SPONSOR . . . . . Norman Park Senior Center PLACE . . . . . 270 F Street, Chula Vista . . . . . . . . . . (off Highway 5 and Garnet Avenue) MISC . . . . FREE to visit; $12 per year if you want to join INFO . . . jhmclaren@yahoo.com or http://earlyam.tripod.com/sbcg/ 3 . . . INTERESTING SITES . . . CHECK THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ANY 2 CITIES IN THE WORLD http://www.indo.com/distance/ ONE-STOP SOURCE FOR LINKS TO GOVERNMENTAL SITES http://www.firstgov.gov 4 . . . NON-NERDY STATS . . . Here's a little part of US history which makes you go hmmmm... Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both presidents were shot on a Friday. Both presidents were shot in the head. Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln. Both were assassinated by Southerners. Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, . . . . was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, . . . . was born in 1939. Both assassins were known by their 3 names. Names of both assassins are composed of fifteen letters. Lincoln was shot in the theater named 'Ford.' Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.' Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse. Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater. Booth and Oswald were assassinated prior to their trials. And here's the kicker... A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland. A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe. 5 . . . TIPS AND TRICKS . . . VIRUS UPDATE -- IMPORTANT*** We've entered a new era of virus/worm challenges. I'll use word 'virus' here to simplify the instructions below. Many newer e-mail programs open a preview pane that allows the user to view the e-mail message without actually opening it. With older e-mail programs, you can read the e-mail message merely by opening it from your IN box. Both methods are now susceptible to viruses. In other words, the creator of the virus can now embed code in the body of an e-mail message in such a way that by merely READING the e-mail message, you can trigger the damage the virus is intended to do. Luckily, major anti-virus software vendors (Norton, McAfee, PC-Cillin) are on top of this and have included better virus detection methods within their programs that can (almost always) automatically detect such an obscure virus -- IF YOU KEEP YOUR VIRUS DEFINITIONS UP TO DATE. With these same newer a/v programs, it is possible and easy to set them so any and all virus definitions will AUTOMATICALLY BE UPDATED and included in the proper folder on your hard drive every time you are on the Internet. This process happens in the background. Yes, it does use up some 'resources' but it's become quite essential now that over 200 viruses are being released into the world each week. The virus definition updates are like 'booster shots' for your a/v program so it can properly detect the newest viruses. While the recent 'Badtrans' worm has been only a problem for Outlook users, the same or similar could easily happen with other e-mail programs in the future. Outlook is frequently attacked -- not because it is a bad program -- but it is probably the most-commonly-used e-mail program in the U.S. and, therefore, allows virus creators (jerks) to possibly do more damage. MY SUGGESTION: - Get one of the following antivirus programs: Norton 2001 or newer, McAfee VirusScan 6 or newer, PC-Cillin 2000 or newer - Uninstall the one you currently use, unless the instructions or your new one specifically say to NOT uninstall the old one. - Install the new program. - Change the settings of the antivirus program so you can properly detect most viruses before they can do damage. - Buy a new version of the antivirus program when a notice appears on your screen indicating that you are no longer able to update your current version (usually about one year after you began using the program). No antivirus software program provides 100 percent protection. There is often a bit of delay between the time a virus is released and a cure is released via updates from antivirus companies. But with this level of protection you should rarely, if ever, suffer from the destruction that viruses can cause. As always, NEVER open attachments from anyone you don't know. BONUS: I currently use Norton and have been happy with it. My colleague (and an excellent computer instructor/consultant) Ken Loomis has kindly provided a Webpage with detailed steps for configuring Norton to get the best-possible protection without completely depleting resources on your computer. He's made this available at ... http://www.u-b-kool.com/Norton/ in both a graphic version and a text version. If you choose one of the other brands, you can use the details Ken has provided as a guideline for settings changes. A special thanks to: Ken Loomis, Instructor and Computer Consultant 619-275-6919 or kloomis@bigplanet.com 6 . . . BITS AND BYTES OF HUMOR . . . Check out the many new pieces of holiday humor I've added at http://www.iteachyou.com (click Holiday Humor). REAL NAME and STAGE NAME of Famous People: (shared by Carole Spector) 1. Asa Yoelson = Al Jolson 2. Milton Berlinger = Milton Berle 3. Fanny Borach = Fanny Brice 4. Bernard Schwartz = Tony Curtis 5. Bobby Zimmerman = Bob Dylan 6. Ethel Zimmerman = Ethel Merman 7. Elliot Goldstein = Elliot Gould 8. Israel Baline = Irving Berlin 9. Sephanie Federkrewcz = Stephanie Powers 10. Belle Silverman = Beverly Sills 11. Betty Joan Perske = Lauren Bacall 12. Nathan Birnbaum = George Burns 13. David Daniel Kaminsky = Danny Kaye 14. Edward Israel Iskowitz = Eddie Cantor 15. Benjamin Kubelsky = Jack Benny 16. Michael Orowitz = Michael Landon 17. Allen Stewart Konigsberg = Woody Allen 18. Issue Danielovitch Demsky = Kirk Douglas 19. Sophia Kalish = Sophie Tucker 20. Joseph Gottleib = Joey Bishop 21. Natasha Gurdin = Natalie Wood 22. Lyova Geisman = Lee Grant 23. Joyce Penelope Frankenburg = Jane Seymour 24. Joseph Levitch = Jerry Lewis 25. Melvin Kaminsky = Mel Brooks 26. Elaine Berlin = Elaine May 27. Michael Peschkowsky = Mike Nichols 28. Gerald Silberman = Gene Wilder 29. Jacob Cohen = Rodney Dangerfield 30. Joan Molinsky = Joan Rivers 31. Borge Rosenbaum = Victor Borge 32. Amos Jacob = Lee J. Cobb 33. Lazlo Lowenstein = Peter Lorre 34. Emanual Goldenberg = Edward G. Robinson 35. Judith Tuvim = Judy Holliday 36. Ira Grossel = Jeff Chandler 37. Melvyn Hesselberg = Melvyn Douglas 38. Ivo Levi = Yves Montand 39. Simone-Henriette Kaminker = Simone Signoret 40. Marion Levy = Paulette Goddard 41. Karen Blanche Ziegler = Karen Black 42. Ella Geisman = June Allyson 43. Sidney Leibowitz = Steve Lawrence 44. Abraham Isaac Arshawsky = Artie Shaw THE VALUE OF EXERCISE - It is well documented that for every mile that you jog, you add one minute to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $5,000 per month. - I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to show up. - I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. - The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier. - I don't jog; it makes the ice jump right out of my glass. - I used to watch golf on TV but my doctor told me that I need more exercise; so now I watch tennis. - If exercise work pays off in the future, shouldn't laziness pay off now? - A daily exercise regime never killed anyone, but why chance it? - Isn't having good health merely the slowest possible way you can die? - My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 now and we don't know where the heck she is. - I don't exercise at all. If God meant us to touch our toes, he would have put them further up on our body. - I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them. (Source unknown) Your source for life-long learning
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