Mother's Day Tea

We celebrated Mother's Day with an English Tea, finger sandwiches of cucumber & cream cheese and tomato & cream cheese and a slideshow! Sue collected baby pictures from some of you, compiled them into a PowerPoint slideshow and we all had to try and guess who was in the picture. To make it even more fun, she showed a current picture of that person after we all made our guesses. SO. MUCH. FUN!

The guests of honor:



The guests of honor (back in the day!):

Mothers day power point 2013 from sfp2110

Thank you Sue, you sure do plan a fun party! ;)

10 Places To See Before They Disappear

Rising sea levels, air pollution, deforestation and increasing temperatures are eating away at some of the most cherished places on Earth and are changing the landscape of our planet. An infographic, below, recently commissioned by TripInsurance.com, lists 10 places to visit before they're gone.
1. Galapagas Islands: Nearly 9,000 species call the islands and their surrounding waters home.
Threat: Ecosystem is being destroyed
Time Remaining: Unknown

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE GALAPAGAS ISLANDS

CLICK HERE TO VIEW A SLIDESHOW OF THE GALAPAGAS ISLANDS

2. The Maldives: Smallest Asian Country in population and land area
Threat: Sinking
Time Remaining: Less than 100 years

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE MALDIVES

CLICK HERE FOR A SLIDESHOW OF THE MALDIVES

3. Great Barrier Reef: World's largest coral reef
Threat: Coral bleaching
Time Remaining: less than 100 years

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

4. Venice: Sunk by 9 inches in the last 100 years
Threat: Sinking
Time Remaining: Less than 70 years

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT VENICE

CLICK HERE TO VIEW A SLIDESHOW OF VENICE

5. The Dead Sea: The world's saltiest body of water (10x saltier than the ocean)
Threat: Shrinking
Time Remaining: Less than 50 years

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE DEAD SEA

CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS OF THE DEAD SEA

6. The Alps: Since 1880's temperatures have increased 2x faster than global average
Threat: Ice loss
Time Remaining: Less than 40 years

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE ALPS

CLICK HERE TO VIEW A SLIDESHOW OF THE ALPS

7. Madagascar: 4th largest island in the world
Threat: Forest is being destroyed
Time Remaining: Less than 35 years

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT MADAGASCAR

CLICK HERE TO VIEW A SLIDESHOW OF MADAGASCAR

8. The Congo Basin: World's 2nd largest rainforest (after the Amazon's, more than 1.3 million square miles)
Threat: tropical forest being destroyed
Time Remaining: Less than 25 years

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE CONGO BASIN

CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS OF THE CONGO BASIN

9. Glacier National Park: in the 1900's there were 150 glaciers, in 2005 there were 27 glaciers
Threat: ice loss
Time Remaining: less than 20 years

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

CLICK HERE TO VIEW A SLIDESHOW OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

10. Taj Mahal: Main marble dome is 35 meters high. Construction started in 1632 and took 21 years to complete.
Threat: closing to the public because of air pollution and mass tourism Time Remaining: 5 years

CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE TAJ MAHAL

CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS OF THE TAJ MAHAL

SOURCE ARTICLE HERE

Full Moon Silhouettes

Full Moon Silhouettes is a real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising.

Full Moon Silhouettes from Mark Gee on Vimeo.

Tenants Association Fundraiser -> Bake Sale

Look at all the homemade goodness!

Thanks for everyone's hard work!  Everything was DELICIOUS!

May 2013 -> Schedule

Weds. May 1 

9:15-12:00 Open Lab

1:15-4:45 Open Lab

Thurs. May 2

9:15-12:00 Open Lab

1:15-2:15 Home Users Club – Meet in the Community Room for a fun, informative discussion.

2:15-4:45 Open Lab

Tues. May 7  

9:15-12:00 One-on-One By Appointment Only

1:15-4:45 Open Lab

Weds. May 8  

9:15-12:00 Open Lab

1:15-2:15 Travel Day – 10 Places To See Before  They Disappear   Sign-up sheet on bulletin board

2:15-4:45 Open Lab

Thurs. May 9 

9:15-12:00 Open Lab  

1:15-2:15 Fun with Keyboarding – Learn the keyboard using thought-provoking exercises.  Not only is this class helpful for your typing skills, it gets your brain going AND we have a lot of fun!

2:15-4:45 Open Lab

Tues. May 14

9:15-12:00 One-on-One By Appointment Only

1:15-4:45 Open Lab

Weds. May 15

9:15-12:00 Open Lab

1:15-2:15 English As A Second Language

2:15-4:45 Open Lab

Thurs. May 16 

9:15-12:00 Open Lab

2:00 Mother’s Day Tea – see newsletter for details

Mon. May 20

9:15-12:00 Open Lab  

1:15-2:15 Picasa – Many new features have been added to Picasa.  This class will get you familiar with them!  Sign-up sheet on bulletin board.

2:15-4:45 Open Lab

Tues. May 21

9:15-12:00 One-on-One By Appointment Only

1:15-4:45 Open Lab

Weds. May 22 CLOSED

Thurs. May 23 CLOSED 

Tues. May 28

9:15-12:00 One-on-One By Appointment Only

1:15-4:45 Open Lab

Weds. May 29 

9:15-12:00 Open Lab

1:15-3:15 Open Lab

3:15-4:45 Literati – signup sheet on bulletin board

Thurs. May 30 

9:15-12:00 Open Lab

1:15-2:15 Newsletter/Bulletin Board Class – sign-up sheet on bulletin board

2:15-4:45 Open Lab
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One-on-One Appointments

Tuesday, May 7^th, May 14^th, May 21^st

& May 28^th.

Availability is limited so sign-up TODAY!!!  Sign-up sheet on bulletin board outside the Computer Learning Center.
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Schedule Change

Open Monday May 20^th Closed 
Weds. May 22^nd & Thurs. May 23^rd