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Ames Adventure Outfitters
Newsletter -
March 2005
Great Sites To Check Out This Month
Helpful
Tax Information In March
http://irs.gov/ - If you are a
"do-it-yourselfer" when it comes to filing your federal income tax
return, the IRS lets taxpayers file returns totally free this year
without the prerequisite of purchasing special software. Already over 60
million 2004 tax returns have been "e-filed." Not only is this method
fast, but also if you owe money you can authorize electronic funds
withdrawn from your checking account, savings account, or even use a
credit card. There's also a link to "Forms and Publications" that'll
allow you to print off and file returns via snail mail.
"The Tonight Show" With Johnny Carson
http://JohnnyCarson.com - January
23, 2005 marked the passing of the greatest nighttime TV entertainer of
our generation. Born in Corning, Iowa, Johnny Carson began his show
business career as a teenage magician and ventriloquist. After serving
in the U.S. Navy during W.W.II and then graduating from the University
of Nebraska, Mr. Carson worked his way through radio and TV broadcasting
positions. He eventually took over Jack Paar's hosting duties of "The
Tonight Show" and entertained North America each weekday evening for
almost 30 years. It is estimated that over 50 million people watched his
last show in May 1992. "The Official Tonight Show Website" provides many
video clips of some of the best moments in the show's history.
Do Some Research Before Your Next Purchase
http://ConsumerSearch.com - Are
you looking to buy a new hedge trimmer this spring? How about a stair
stepper to burn off those extra pounds you put on during the winter?
Before you make a purchase, head to ConsumerSearch.com for listings and
reviews of top-rated products according to a variety of industry
experts. The site can be used as a search engine to find product
analysis on dozens of products. The data includes in-depth evaluations
plus independent rankings of the reviews by ConsumerSearch.com staff.
Collecting PEZ Candy Dispensers
http://PEZ.com - Do you remember eating
PEZ candy as a kid? Opening the lid on the dispenser to see the candy
pop out was as much fun as actually eating the candy. First marketed as
a peppermint condiment in Vienna, Austria, over 70 years ago, the term
PEZ was derived from the German word for peppermint. Today, over 3
billion PEZ candies are consumed annually in North America alone. Plus,
the dispensers have become hot collectibles for both kids and adults. To
see dozens of photos of people with their PEZ dispenser collections
(some of the collections are pretty huge) or to send a photo of you with
your collection to be posted on this website, head on over to PEZ.com.
It's Time For Some March Madness!
http://ncaasports.com/ - There's
no better time of the year for college basketball fans than March.
There's also no better website that covers the sport than the official
site for both the men's and women's NCAA basketball championships. The
site provides links to information on Final Four individual and team
records (i.e. Bill Bradley still holds the single game tournament record
with 58 points in 1963 while Lorri Bauman from Drake University set the
record in 1982 on the women's side with 50 points), championship video
archives, the brackets and locations for each of the playoff rounds,
articles highlighting recent big games, as well as ticket price
information.
Computer Corner
Creating A
Backup Of Your Outlook Express E-mail
Most people find that both
their personal and business e-mail messages create a kind of journal. In
the same way that people keep shoeboxes of special letters sent from
friends or file cabinet drawers containing letters and documents from
business associates, many users today use their e-mail software as an
archive resource.
A hard disk failure or corrupted e-mail files caused by a computer virus
could cause the loss of a user's archived e-mail correspondence. To help
safeguard against such an occurrence, users can create a backup of their
e-mail messages. As the tutorials below detail, a user can copy all of
his/her e-mail files, save them to a secure location, and then restore
the files if needed at a later date.
To backup e-mail messages in Outlook Express 6.0 and Windows XP,
follow these steps:
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With Outlook Express
open, click your cursor arrow on the "Tools" menu and then click
"Options" from the drop-down menu.
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In the "Options" window,
click on the "Maintenance" tab.
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In the "Maintenance"
menu, click the "Store Folder" button. The "Store Location" window
will open.
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Click and drag to
highlight the path listed under "Your personal message store is
located ..." Next, press the CTRL+C keys on your keyboard to copy
the path.
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Click "OK" to close the
"Store Location" window. Click "OK" again to close the "Options"
window.
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Click the "Start" button
on the lower left corner of your screen and click "Run" under the
pop-up menu.
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Click on the "Open" field
in the "Run" window and press the CTRL+V keys on your keyboard to
paste the path to where your "Store Folder" is located. Then click
the "OK" button.
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Click on "Edit" in the
menu bar and then click "Select All" in the drop-down menu.
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Click on "Edit" again in
the menu bar and then click "Copy" in the drop-down menu.
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Open the folder (or make
a new folder) where you want to store your backup e-mail files. Then
click on "Edit" in the menu bar and "Paste" from the drop-down menu.
If you have a CD or DVD writer, it's also wise to make a copy of
these files on a disc.
To restore e-mail
messages from a backup in Outlook Express 6.0 and Windows XP, follow
these steps:
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With Outlook Express
open, click on "File" in the menu bar and then select "Import" and
"Messages" from the drop-down menu.
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In the "Outlook Express
Import" window, highlight the program from which your backup e-mail
copies originated. For this example, let's assume that we used
Microsoft Outlook Express 6 to create the backup copy, so we'll
select "Microsoft Outlook Express 6." Then click the "Next" button.
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The "Import From OE6"
window will open. Select the button next to "Import mail from an OE6
store directory."
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Click the "Browse" button
and locate the folder where your backup e-mail copies are located.
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Click on the folder that
contains your backup e-mail files to highlight it and then click the
"OK" button.
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Click the "Next" button.
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Select either "All
folders" to import all mail or select "Selected folders" and
highlight the specific mail folders you wish to import. Then click
the "Next" button.
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You'll be presented with
a message that lets you know your import is complete. Click the
"Finish" button to close the window and return to Outlook Express.
To backup e-mail
messages when using Macintosh's Entourage e-mail client:
Macintosh users can protect their e-mail messages and settings by
creating a backup of their Documents folder and saving it to a secure
location. Each of the relevant Microsoft identity files for Entourage is
contained within the Documents folder. It's a matter of simply dragging
a copy of the folder to a disc.
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