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<H1>Kip's Home Page</H1>
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<center><img src="graphics/Courthouse1.jpg" width="630" height="219" alt="Kip's Home Page" align="ABSMIDDLE" border="0" vspace="5" hspace="5">
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<FONT COLOR="black" SIZE="-2">View from atop new Judicial Building looking at old Courthouse. York, PA.<br><a href="east.html" target="_top">Other panoramic pictures of York.</a></FONT></center>
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<H2>Where I work:</H2>
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<STRONG>I've been a Pipe Fitter for 30 years. A member of <a href="http://www.local520.com/" target="_top">Plumbers & Pipefitters Local #520</a>, Harrisburg, PA (transferred from <a href="http://www.lmt1.com/laurelmca/jatc/jatc.htm" target="_top">Local #354</a> about March of 2001). Both are part of the <A HREF="http://www.ua.org/" TARGET="_top">United Association</A>. As a Plumber & Pipe Fitter I work for various contractors in many different locations. In the years employed at this trade I've helped remodel, repair, or construct; factories, power plants, schools, and hospitals.</STRONG>
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<H2>Hobbies:</H2>
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<LI><A HREF="hamrlt.html">Amateur Radio (Ham) Operator</A> and related web sites.
<LI>Photography. Some <A HREF="pix.html">pictures of the grandchildren</A>.
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<H2>Other:</H2>
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<li><a href="http://www.emergencyemail.org/" target="_top">The Emergency Email & Wireless Network®.</a> Get Notified of an Emergency by E-mail, Cell Phone or Pager from your local, regional and national government sources. Weather Information; Homeland Security; Local Emergency Management; Health Alert.</li>
<LI><a href="http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html" target="_top">PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) Free ware</a> for personal, non-commercial use. Cryptographic software to securely exchange messages, and to secure files, disk volumes, etc.. See also, <a href="http://www.mccune.cc/PGPpage2.htm" target="_top">Tom McCune's PGP Questions & Answers</a>, to help explain PGP.
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<H2>Education:</H2>
<P><CENTER><img src="graphics/cd.jpg" width="459" height="316" alt="WW2010" border="4"><P>
<STRONG><FONT COLOR="green" SIZE="-3" FACE="Arial, Helvetica">"Image from the University of Illinois WW2010 Project."</FONT></STRONG></CENTER>
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<STRONG>Here is an interesting Web Site if you want to learn about the weather. University of Illinois <A HREF="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml" TARGET="_top">WW2010 Project</A> is full of guides and illustrations on everything. Even data on past memorable weather events and links to real-time weather products. The WW2010 Project is available on CD-ROM. This is a must see!</STRONG><BR><BR>
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<H2>Some of my favorite Web spots:</H2>
<STRONG><UL><LI>The <A HREF="http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/" TARGET="_top">Comic Strip</A>.
<LI><A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/" TARGET="_top">TechTV (ZDTV)</A>.
<li>The Official <A HREF="http://www.jerrylewiscomedy.com/index2.htm" TARGET="_top">Jerry Lewis Comedy Museum and Store</A>.
<li><A HREF="http://www.skypub.com/" TARGET="_top">SKY Online</A> - Sky Publishing Corporation.
<li>NASA <A HREF="http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/index-m.html" TARGET="_top">Shuttle Web</A>.
<LI><A HREF="http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp" TARGET="_top">MSNBC</A>, <A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/" TARGET="_top">USA TODAY</A>,
<A HREF="http://www.ecola.com/" TARGET="_top">Ecola's Newsstand</A>, and <A HREF="http://www2.cnn.com/index.html/" TARGET="_top">CNN Interactive</A>.
<LI><A HREF="http://www.state.pa.us/" TARGET="_top">Pennsylvania</A> ... Memories last a lifetime.
<li>How about a really good fruit cake from <A HREF="http://www.collinstreetbakery.com/" TARGET="_top">Collin Street Bakery</A>!
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<CENTER><STRONG><i><font size="2">Last updated on <esidate format="mmmm d, yyyy" nnl>July 15, 2008</esidate></font></i></STRONG></CENTER><P>
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