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My skills involve keeping large numbers of PC's, LANs, WANs, and telephone networks all on speaking terms with each other, user support and training, and upgrades / expansion of computing hardware & software to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. I am comfortable in DOS, Windows (9x, NT, 200x, XP) Unix, Linux, Novell, and other environments. I possess other broad-ranging skills in telephony, electronics, and related fields. I am skilled in data and voice network troubleshooting using a wide range of software and hardware tools, from the most basic to the very advanced.
Medical resources on the web.
Here's a real useful one: Prescription Drug Reference: The Internet Drug Index. Very in-depth. Search / select your drug, then click a tab across the top, such as Clinical Pharmacology, Indications and Dosage, Side Effects, Patient Information, or several others.
Here's a few interesting news links, as well as a daily cartoon or two.
Q: What do you get when you put three techs, two salespeople, a designer, two executives and a couple of administrative staff together in an office?
A: Columbia Internet, the friendliest, hardest-working and most neurotic little Internet Service Provider in the world. Throw in a mischievous Artificial Intelligence and a naive but curious Dust Puppy, and you have the makings of USER FRIENDLY, the chronicle of a group of well-meaning but misguided Internet workers.
Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel
Milwaukee Weather
News: MSNBC or Yahoo or Google or CNN or Fox News
User Friendly: The Comic Strip
Peanuts
National Public Radio Programs
The Dilbert Zone
Snoopy's Version of Creation
New Dog Breeds
Believe it or not, our second was delivered at home, by her dad, by himself.
Click here for pictures. New pictures added January 16, 2000
Tom Peters is a musician, ham radio operator, (callsign N9QQB) and is active in his church: Trinity Community Church.. His interests include all aspects of electronics, computers, music, and Irish dancing.
His ham radio station is located at: 43° 7' 17.2" North by 88° 6' 28.9" West, at approximately 815' elevation, in grid square EN53wc.
For an introduction to ham radio, browse the ARRL web site. Check it out- this is an exciting hobby and far easier to get into than it used to be.
Want to look up a callsign? The callsign database at UALR is updated every night and can be searched by name / address as well as callsign. Also check out the QRZ Callsign Database.
Mr. Ian Kluft, KO6YQ has a very nice Amateur Radio Index available, with many many links.
I am a former board member of the MAARS 145.130 repeater, operated by the Milwaukee Area Amateur Radio Society. Check out our web page. We operate a repeater with a 1000 watt (ERP) transmitter and multiple remote receive sites. Our coverage throughout Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois is excellent.
I've built a wire dipole for the 6 meter band. Information Here.
Irish Dancing: Irish set dancing, weekly in Milwaukee at Nash's Irish Castle, 1328 W. Lincoln
Long the home of noble thinkers, scholars and great drinkers, scene of much happiness and comraderie, and the best dancing and music, and the birthplace of America's finest Irish festival, Nash's is regrettably, no more.
Irish set dance, every Wednesday at O'Donoghue's Irish Pub in Elm Grove. All the info regarding Irish Social Dancing and lesson can be found right here.
Set dances are also held each fourth Saturday at the ICHC, accompanied by fine local and regional bands.
Currently, The ICHC also hosts Ceili dances on the First Friday and Fourth Saturday of each month. This schedule is in place for 2005 and should be good through much of 2006.
For Irish dancing: Partners NOT required-- plenty to go around for dances that require one. Prerequisites: You need to be able to walk, count to 7 (sometimes 8), and do both at the same time.
For more information about these classes or to request a class brochure, send e-mail to (Julie). In the address above, translate "att" and "dott" appropriately. These disguised e-mail addresses are an effort to reduce if possible the number of spammers harvesting e-mail addresses from my web pages.
Also, for dancers with some small amount of experience, we do sets at each Wednesday, see above for details or theMilwaukee Set Dance club web site.
Set dance is normally done in groups of couples, usually eight people. Set dancing may remind you a little of square dancing, only more fun.
Ceili (Gaelic for PARTY) can be done in sets, lines, circles, or other forms. Ceili, like set dancing, is SERIOUS FUN. Beginners always welcome; the skill level of dances taught ranges from stone simple to high-tech, with plenty of the former.
What is Irish Dance?
But Irish dance is today, and evolved from, social forms, recreational activities meant to involve just about everyone, not just the tremendous athletes of the RiverDance troupe.
Today, Irish dance has experienced a tremendous resurgence world-wide, growing in popularity since the 1980's. Here in the United States, it's commonly (if incompletely) broken down into these categories:
Resources: Set Dancing, Defined: Check this out for an excellent definition of set dance- click on What is Set Dancing?
See also: text of signs created for Irishfest defining and explaining Irish Set Dance and another popular form of Irish social dance, Céili dancing. Both are brief and (hopefully) clear explanations of these two forms of dance.
Celtic Events: For the most complete listing of Celtic events I've ever seen, check out the Shamrock Club's calendar pages. Wow, this is good. Click for Milwaukee concerts and events. Also here for Wisconsin concerts and events. This page lists events for the entire Midwest, broken down by each of six states. The Shamrock Club of Wisconsin also operates an excellent email newsletter that updates you on all events of interest.
Put what you learned at dance class to use and enjoy yourself-- check our the world's best celebration of Irish music and culture at Milwaukee Irishfest, the third weekend of August. Four days of the best bands, dancing, food, and fun, this year (2005) featuring over 75 performers/groups, and a visit from the president of Ireland. Dates for future fests:
There is a great Celtic music page at Stanford called "Ceolas" which features concert calendars, profiles of musicians, reviews, and an index of many Irish tunes, plus many more exciting features. New link: Check out IrishNet, a searchable database of Irish resources, organizations, and businesses in America. Link down: Sadly, IrishNet seems to be down.
Also, Dan Beimborn (here in Milwaukee) has a very good Celtic Music Index Page. Try it out. Likewise Jim Vint's homepage, with interesting set-dance resources.
See TCC's excellent website here.
A member church of the Reformed Church of America, Trinity is part of a Protestant tradition reaching back to the reformation activities of the 1500's. This same tradition gave rise to the Presbyterian church. I have a short page of information about the RCA and its origins: The RCA: A Brief Historical Summary. The summary is taken from the RCA web page.
Trinity has a rich, informative page on the web, with many many links to other useful and informative sites. Click Here for a look at this great site. The TCC Members & Friends Internet Directory is now on-line!
The RCA's world wide web site is now operational. Find it at http://www.rca.org or click here. An excellent resource, the RCA homepage lists the following main topics: Our Story, RCA Directory, Ministry and Mission, The RCA Today, Resources for Ministry.
Trinity holds services each Sunday morning, at 9:00 AM. We have Sunday school classes following the service for all ages, from 2 years old to seven different adult electives. Free childcare is provided at all services.
Our services have something for everyone, classic hymns and up-to-date songs, traditional care for each other and a brand-new slide projection and sound system for the best possible experience of worship. But most important, the preaching is bible-based and relevant to today's world.
Trinity is located at 9450 North 60th Street, Brown Deer Wisconsin, 53223. That's about a mile North of Brown Deer Road, and about 3 miles East of the Northridge shopping center.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to call TCC at 414-354-6620.
For an in-depth look at Reformed theology, check out the Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics which is maintained by Jonathon Hall Barlow at Mississippi State University. A great resource.
It is the dawn of the third age of mankind, the middle of the twenty-third century. Man is far from alone in the universe.
Babylon 5 is a television series. That's the most simple description I can give. But it represents some of the very best in television, and even if you don't like science fiction, you ought to give this program a look. Elements of it will perhaps remind you of Greek epic poetry, and I have found myself wondering if its creator hasn't borrowed elements of its form (and perhaps a little content) from J.R.R. Tolkein.
But perhaps you will have to discover that for yourself.
Babylon 5 is the story of the last of the Babylon stations, the last hope for a galaxy without war. It begins in the year 2257 with the opening of the Babylon 5 station.
Unlike most television series, Babylon 5 is a single story, completely planned out from day one with a beginning, middle, and end. Each episode is enjoyable on its own, but is also a piece of a larger whole, a chapter in a five-year-long novel for television.
Here is an excellent and succinct intro to the universe of Babylon 5.
Quality television like Babylon 5 deserves support. If you could write a letter or two advocating this level of storytelling, please do so.
For a wealth of information on the series, please see the Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 site.
Thanks again.
