The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
June 4, 2009
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- Introducing Garrison Dean
Nordyke!
- DCC Board Meeting
- 1st Annual Senior
Health & Fitness Extravaganza at Juliette Fowler Homes
- Men’s Bible Study
- Summer Reading Group
- From the TechnoManor
- Music Notes
Updated
Prayer Requests
- Rev. Diane Clark is home and doing well following kidney surgery
on May 26.
- Prayers and best wishes to Rev.
David and Kristina on the birth of their baby boy Garrison. He was born on Friday, May 29 weighing 7lbs.,
11 1/2 oz. and 19 ½” in length.
- Oran Nabors is gradually improving after his back surgery. He receives physical therapy three times
a week at home.
- Lisa Steele, friend of Jan & Jerry Carter is struggling with breast
cancer.
The prayer requests in The Link each week are recent
updates. A list of ongoing prayer requests appears in our worship bulletin each
Sunday.
Introducing
Garrison Dean Nordyke!
by Rev. David & Kristina
Nordyke
Born:
May 29, 2009 5:15
p.m.
Where:
Weight:
7 lbs., 11 ½ oz.
Length:
19 ½ inches
Consensus:
He is just perfect and many people feel he looks like his daddy!
Congratulations!
DCC
Board Meeting
All DCC Board members and
committee chairpersons should please plan on attending a board meeting which
will be held on Sunday, June 7 at 7 pm.
Please come prepared with your
committee
reports. If you have any questions,
please contact Rick Boyer, board chair.
Vacation
Bible School Meeting
There will be an organizational
meeting on Sunday, June 7 following worship to discuss this year’s VBS. A light lunch will be provided. We can use everybody’s talents and prayers as
we prepare for this!
Senior Health & Fitness Extravaganza at Juliette Fowler Homes
1st Annual
Senior Health and Fitness Extravaganza
When: June 18, 2009 9:30am-2:30pm
Where: Juliette
Fowler Homes
The “Seniors on the Move” walk
will begin at 9:30am at the Jackson Center Courtyard for
all seniors. Everyone receives a pedometer and the first
50 to register on the day of the event
will receive JFH sun visors!
This Family-Friendly event includes:
- Community Health Care
Vendors
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Blood
pressure checks
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Sno
cones, popcorn, ice cream, lemonade
- Hand painting, balloon
clown
o
Bingo
and Texas Hold ‘Em with lots of prizes
- Golfing demonstration
o
Oldies
Music with Walker and Adams
- Free car washes
- Lunch (free to residents,
$2 each for family
members and guests)
Don’t miss Justin Chumbley in the PNCC main Dining Hall
from 1:30-2:30 as he sings your favorites from Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin!
RSVP by June 8th to receive lunch. Contact Lilly
Men’s
Bible Study
Calling
all men! Come join us at IHOP (
Summer
Reading Group
BOOK DISCUSSION group, sponsored by
the DCC Christian Women, will be Tuesday, June 16, at 7:00 at the church. Our book is THE SHACK by William P. Young.
You still have plenty of time to read it and it can be found at any
local bookstore or Sam's or Costco. This
is a work of fiction but has spiritual significance for readers. Plan to come and share your thoughts and
interpretations with the group.
From
the Techno Manor
While in
the office last week, Jan asked why something wasn’t working when she tried to
access a web site using her computer. I
explained why and realized this was an article begging to be written. (Some people hear voices. I hear unwritten articles. Go figure.)
Jan was
having a problem with the results from a Yahoo! search box. What used to work,
didn’t.
So, what is an address bar, a search bar, and a toolbar
in a Web browser (i.e. in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari)? Do you need them? Which one should you use and when? Can you get rid of them?
You type
the web address of a site (e.g., www.dccplano.com)
into the address bar. This will look up the IP address of the web
site then display its web page. The address
bar is typically the long open area near the top left of the browser. If you know a web address, this is the most
efficient way to visit a web site.
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Internet Explorer
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Firefox
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Side Note:
For the sake of simplicity, I’m calling www.dccplano.com a web address.
They’re technically called domain names.
I talk more about domain names and IP addresses in my March 26, 2009
article.
You use a search bar if you don’t know the web
address, but know some words describing it.
You type these words in the search bar.
The search bar is a smaller open area near the top right of a
browser. The words are sent to one of
the major search services on the Web (Firefox uses Google,
Internet Explorer uses Microsoft Live Search).
A web page is displayed with possible matches for those words. If the web site you’re looking for is on this
page, click the link to open its web page.
Side Note:
Microsoft has re-branded their search service. What used to be called MSN Search, then
Windows Live Search, is now called “Bing”.
So, if you see Bing (or www.bing.com),
that’s what happened.
This
method allows you to get by without knowing a web address. However, it adds another step by looking up
the search words in a catalog and displaying the results for you to review.
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Firefox
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Results
from search bar
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Before
search bars were included in Web browsers, Web search services like Google and
Yahoo! provided search boxes as part of their Web site. In fact, those sites started life as a “go
to” place on the Web where you could locate other Web sites. Eventually, they evolved to become the
information destinations they are today.
The search box behaves like the search bar
in a Web browser. That is, you type the
words of a place you’re looking for in this box. The search service displays web sites
matching those words. You choose one of
the sites, and away you go.
It kind of
looks like this:
Doing this
works, but you now have a 4-step process:
- Visit
the search service. (Some people
use this as their home page.)
- Type
the words for the search service to look up in its catalog.
- Receive
a page showing Web sites matching your words.
- Click
on a link to go to that Web site.
Sometimes,
the search service will jump directly to the right place (skipping steps 3 and
4). And sometimes, you get raspberries.
When you
get raspberries, the search service may be having problems with its catalog,
not necessarily that the web site you’re looking for went away.
In my
opinion, visiting a search service, typing words into a search box, and waiting
is one of the slowest ways to get around the Web. Using the address bar or the search bar are far more efficient.
What about
those toolbars that everybody wants to give you? They look like the following:
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I know
Google, MSN (Microsoft), Yahoo!, and others “invite” you to download their
toolbar for your Web browser. These toolbars are an extra line (or bar) that appear near the top of your Web browser. They provide convenient buttons to access
specific features of their name-sake Web sites.
My
advice: tell them “thanks, but no
thanks.”
Other than
a pretty convenience, they add no value to accessing the Web. And they bring along the following baggage:
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They
load and run one or more programs in the background in addition to your Web
browser. If you have downloaded more
than one of these toolbars, each one is adding a load to your computer. So, if you’re wondering why your computer is
slowing down: Get rid of those toolbars!
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They
are always in contact with their name-sake Web site. Which means your computer is “talking” on the
Internet, even if you’re doing nothing.
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They
add little “programlets” inside your Web browser (called add-ons or
plug-ins). These “programlets” also
increase the amount of time it takes your Web browser to start, and the amount
of memory it uses.
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They
decrease the amount of visual “real estate” you have to view a Web page.
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All
toolbars want you to use their service for all your Web searches, want to change
your Web home page to their place, and typically add unbidden “extras” like a
program to keep them updated.
To get rid of these toolbars (in Windows), do the following.
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Click Start circle. |
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Click Start. |
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Type Programs and Features
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Click Settings (if you
don’t see Control Panel). |
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Click Programs and Features
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Click Control Panel. ·
Click Add or Remove Programs. |
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Locate the toolbar programs (such as Google Toolbar or MSN Toolbar) |
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Locate the toolbar programs (such as Google Toolbar or MSN Toolbar) |
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Select the toolbar program. |
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Select the toolbar program. |
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Click Uninstall (at top). |
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Click Remove. |
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Repeat the last three steps until all the toolbar programs are
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Repeat the last three steps until all the toolbar programs are
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The bottom
line: I’m a minimalist. I avoid adding junk to my Web browser and use
only what came with it. It’s one of my
tricks to keep my computer(s) running smoothly and not slowing down. I’ve never had problems finding things on the
Web (I keep writing these articles, don’t I?).
Uh oh,
Woody (my youngest greyhound) is getting restless. Guess that means it’s time to wrap this up
and take all the woofs for a walk. If
you have a question, drop me email at:
I’ll
answer your question(s) for the next two weeks in The Link.
I really
do read email at this address! I have
learned, though, that Google decided a few email addresses should be shunted
into the Spam folder. I’m now on the
lookout for this so it doesn’t recur!
Dave
Gillen
Music
Notes
By Laura Young
Music Notes
Our choirs
are on summer break, so be sure to talk to Laura Young ASAP if you would like
to be scheduled to do special music during the summer!
Children's Moments
As you may
have noticed, Dixie Deen and I have a lot of fun giving the children's messages
during Sunday worship. However, we don't want to be selfish and keep all of
them to ourselves. If you feel called to try this out one Sunday, please let
The
In order to follow Jesus and worship God, we will serve our neighbors. We will minister to our fellow Christians. We will live and tell the good news of Jesus
Christ in all we do.
Disciples Christian Church Staff
Rev. David Nordyke, Senior Pastor
Laura Young, Music Director
Linda Gulick, Preschool Director
Julie Chen, Pianist
Jan Carter, Administrative Assistant
Dave Gillen, Webmaster frenchygrey@gmail.com
Email: theoffice@dccplano.com
Phone: 972-398-2240