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This issue is for Friday, April 29, 2005
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Table of Contents
01. My Wife's Dad
02. Internet News
03. Tip Of The Week
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*01 My Wife's Dad

My wife's Dad died about 10 days ago. I'm not writing this to evoke any
empathy, but just to record what I have just suddenly realized.

Bob R. Blair was a tremendously good man. I will not list all of his
accomplishments line item by line item, as the several hundreds of
people who showed up at the visitation and funeral can document.

What I want to comment upon is how people affect one another, even when
one doesn't recognize it.

You see, I was there at Bob's stroke, and through the subsequent days in
the hospital. Yet, I never cried, nor did I feel any strong emotion,
other than my feelings for his wife, my wife and his other daughters and
relatives.

Mr. Blair had not just been a father-in-law, but he had been an investor
in my ventures, was on the board of DIANCO, and, more importantly, was
my friend. We both looked forward to each other's company.

Since my Dad died last year, I felt the same feelings about him as I did
about Bob. Why didn't I even cry then? Two of the best people I've even
had the experience of knowing died in front of me and I feel nothing?

But do you know what happened? The priest at St. Pius Church in Pasadena
announced that he had realized that he had just screwed up. A voice
(God's - why not?) had just told him that this was not about Bob, but
about Betty, his wife of 58 years. It was actually, he said, about both
Bob and Betty, and their wonderful love affair. It was exactly the same
with my father and mother. I lost it then, and cried. Whether you
believe in God or not, if you don't have the emotion of love, then you
are lost.

Actually, I felt something all along. I felt like they never left.
They're just in a different realm, trying to figure out why I'm messing
up so much. They left me with good instructions, which I can heed or
ignore. It's my choice - as they would have both told me. They were both
exemplary people in all ways. I can't even list all their attributes.

I think I'll try to take their advice. Today, I suddenly feel their
presence again.

God and his Angels, please help me. There are 2 new good guys up there.

They earned their wings.

Steven A. Jackson
Son of Billy J. and Amy Jean Jackson
Son-in-law of Bob R. and Betty Blair

Steven Jackson - saj@inter800.com
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*02 Internet News

The Internet has impacted my life in many ways. One of the biggest is in
how I find information. When I need to know something, I "Google It"!
This means not just basic information, but news as well. This has made
the Internet my major source of news. Don't get me wrong, I still read
the local paper. However, our local paper is just that local. Using the
Internet as your main news source is a growing trend. According to
recent study by JupiterResearch, the number of online adults who prefer
the Internet as their main source of news has grown by over 35 percent
in the last four years.

These numbers really don't surprise me. Internet news is timelier and
more comprehensive with as many different viewpoints as you care to
read.

Because I use the Internet for my news, my national and worldviews have
changed significantly in the last few years. Will this growing number of
people using the Internet for news experience this same change?

Some news web sites use feeds (RSS feeds) to quickly publish the latest
headlines.

If you are using Firefox as your browser, try using "live bookmark".
This is a special type of bookmark that acts as a folder to contain the
links in a feed. You can create a live bookmark by visiting a site with
a feed, clicking on the live bookmark icon in the Status Bar, and
selecting the feed format.

If you are still using Explorer, you might think about trying Firefox or
Google for "RSS readers". You will find several programs that you can
use to read the RSS feeds.

Chuck Arning chuck@inter800.com
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Tip of the Week

While searching for news items at Google (http://news.google.com/)

Sometimes your search queries will not limit the results to those you
actually want to view.

One way to reduce the number of returns is to remove people or things
you don't want to see.

To remove a word from the search results, just enter a minus sign (-)
before the word to be blocked from your Google News return.

Another way limit the search is to require that a word or name be in the
article.

To require a word be in the search results, just enter a plus sign (+)
before the word that's forced into your Google News return.

If you have any tips or shortcuts that you think the readers of this
Newsletter will find useful, send them to chuck@inter800.com

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