The LINK Homeschool Conference 2008 Issue 6

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In this issue:
> Menu Coupons
> Side Column Sponsors
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> 2008 Conference Speakers

> 2008 Conference Speakers - Nick Brosco & Lennon Leppert

> Nick Brosco

> Lennon Leppert

> Location and Date

> Conference Sponsor Spotlight: Creekbed Technology

> Register

> Conference Raffle Prize - Costa Rica 10-day tour for two!

> Bicycle Raffle

> Conference Raffle! - Flying Point Press!

> Win an AllStar Machine! From Ellison Machines

> Thank You to Our Vendors

> Support Our Conference Vendors

> Footer

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AH-HA VOCABULARY

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ACE: ACCELERATED CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

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GARAGE SALE C1.0

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RAFFLE PRIZES

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2008 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

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2008 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS - NICK BROSCO & LENNON LEPPERT

Children's Workshop:  "Making Your Own Video"

This three part hands on filming experience will provide excitement 
for
all.  Making a film may seem
overwhelming, however with the guidance of Lennon Leppert and Nick
Brosco that myth will be destroyed.  The two film makers will 
cover the
art of preparing for, shooting and editing your very own film.  
In
addition, they will touch on screenplay writing, directing and
equipment choices.  Francis Ford Coppola, eat your heart out. 
Making Your Own Video Workshop 
(http://www.californiahomeschoolconference.com/allkid.aspx)

NICK BROSCO

Nick Brosco (http://www.blueedgemedia.net)

Nick Brosco was homeschooled all of his life. He has been shooting 
and editing digital video for the past five years. His company, Blue 
Edge Media, has produced wedding and event video, corporate video, 
and photo montages, as well as having provided DVD authoring and 
post-production editing services. See Nick's website at 
www.blueedgemedia.net (http://www.blueedgemedia.net)

LENNON LEPPERT

Lennon Leppert (http://www.framemusic.net)

Lennon Leppert, 20 years old, is the graphic artist for The Link 
Newspaper. He was homeschooled all of his life. He is active in 
digital photography and in editing digital video and post-production. 
He is well versed in the Adobe line of products including Photoshop, 
Premiere, After Effects and Flash, and he has in-depth knowledge of 
Mac-based video-editing programs such as Final Cut Pro. See 
Lennon's website at www.framemusic.net (http://www.framemusic.net)

LOCATION AND DATE

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CONFERENCE SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: CREEKBED TECHNOLOGY

 In the past, homeschooling families could not take advantage of the 
discounts available to schools and other groups. But Creekbed 
Technology Inc., a major computer supplier for private high schools, 
colleges, and universities in Southern California, brings their 
savings and expertise to homeschoolers everywhere!

Even though you might only have a couple of students in your house, 
you can now get the volume discount and educational pricing because 
you are a subscriber to The LINK!

Manufacturers will offer larger discounts for larger volumes and we 
have arranged with Lenovo, to provide you with greater discounts than 
are normally available.  They are also offering discounted 
accessories, which you can find on our website when you go to order. 
You can purchase these products and more at www.creekbedtech.com 
(http://www.creekbedtech.com) under The LINK.

Dear Home Schoolers, 

Creekbed Technology Inc. is a major computer supplier for private 
high schools, colleges, and universities in Southern California and 
now we bring that savings and expertise to you!  Even though you 
might only have a couple students in your house, you can now get the 
volume discount and educational pricing because you belong to The 
LINK.  Since a manufacturer will give larger discounts for larger 
volumes, we have arranged with Lenovo the opportunity to give you 
greater discounts than are normally available.  They are also 
offering discounted accessories you can find on our website when you 
go to order. You can purchase these products and more at 
www.creekbedtech.com (http://www.creekbedtech.com) under The LINK.

(Regular Price is $1722, Low web price is $1447) 
Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2gHz, 1GB, 120GB, 15.4” WSXGA+, DVD-RW Dual 
     Layer, Intel High Definition Audio, 
802.11a/b/g wireless, Vista Business, 3   year warranty.  
64574XU (Gaming)

ThinkPad T61 at $1514 (Regular price is $1882, Low web price is 
$1541) Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2gHz, 2GB, 100GB, 15.4”WXGA+, DVD-RW 
Dual Layer, Intel  High Definition Audio, 802.11a/b/g wireless, 
Vista Ultimate, 3 year warranty. 64576DU (Gaming)

ThinkPad R61 at $845 (Regular Price is 988, Low web price is $845) 
Celeron 1.86, 1GB RAM, 80GB, DVD/CD-RW, 15.4” WXGA, Intel  
High Definition Audio, 802.11/g wireless, Vista Business, 3 year 
warranty 8933B7U

ThinkPad R61 at $1027 (Regular price is $1268, Low web price is 
$1078) 
Core 2 Duo 2.0 gHz T7300, 1GB, 80GB, DVD/CD-RW, 14”WXGA, 
Intel  High Definition Audio, 802.11/g wireless, Vista Business, 
3 year warranty  773311U

ThinkPad R61 at $1244 (Regular price is $1533, Low web price is 
$1320) 
Core 2 Duo 2.2gHz T7500, 1GB, 120GB, DVD-RW/CD-RW, Intel  High 
Definition Audio, 14”WXGA+ with webcam, 802.11/g wireless, 
Vista Business 3 year warranty 774303U (Gaming)

ThinkPad X61t at $1659 (Regular price is $2237.  Low web price 
is $1853)
Intel Core 2 Duo T7800 1.83 gHz, 2GB, 100GB, 12.1” WVA XGA 
Tablet, Intel High Definition Audio, 802.11/g wireless, Vista 
Business 3 year warranty 7762H7U

Microsoft Office Standard 2007—Retail Package at $137 Regular 
price $399.97  
This package includes: 
MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, License and CD-Media

Why Lenovo?

1. Lenovo/IBM is a leader in advanced laptop technology.  Lenovo 
was the first company in the world to win the label 
“environmentally friendly—GOLD STATUS” monitor and 
desktop by EPEAT, the primary organization that evaluates computers 
and electronics.  
2. Lenovo is the only laptop approved for space flight by NASA.  
This is not a backup computer, but these laptops play critical roles 
in the space program.  
3. Lenovo is also has many “firsts” in bringing to the 
market place technology that we all now consider standard, such as 
DVD ROM, finger print readers etc.
4. While we will gladly service these laptops for you as an 
authorized service center, you can have your laptop serviced anywhere 
in the U.S. at any authorized location.
Why these laptops specifically?
1. These are business class models.  If you go to Best Buy or 
Circuit City to buy a laptop you get a retail laptop.  They come 
with one year warranty and have no durability features as the 
business class models do.  So if your laptop breaks down after a 
year and a half, you have to either spend large quantities of money 
to fix it or buy a new one.  Our experience is a high percentage 
of computers that come in to our shop for fixing are retail models. 
Rarely do we see business class models.
2. Business class laptops such as Lenovo is offering here, cost a 
little more but they come with a three year warranty, and many 
durability features such as a spill proof keyboard (look at the 
keyboard drain holes on the bottom of the notebook.  Liquid goes 
right through and doesn’t even enter the computer), an 
accelerometer which detects when a laptop is being dropped and lifts 
the needle off the hard drive to protect it, crumple zones, 
“roll cage”, and shock mounted hard drives.  These 
ThinkPad models are also quieter and cooler than the competition by 
design.
3. Lenovo failure rates are some of the lowest in the industry.  
The computer industry as a whole has lowered the need for service on 
laptops but Lenovo is 33% lower than the industry average and has 
reduced the service needs for laptops by 9% in the last two years 
alone.
Why only Lenovo offered instead of other name brands?
1. Volume equals discount.  The manufacturers all look for ways 
to increase their volume.  The more you buy the more discounted 
pricing they will offer.  The wider variety of computers we 
offer the fewer each manufacturer sells to your organization so the 
smaller discounts they will give.  
2. Lenovo believes in your home school network and see big 
possibilities.  They are the first to step up and offer 
substantial discounts to you.  Lenovo is offering large 
discounts for a new market they have not yet touched.

Creekbed Technology Inc is an Authorized Service Center for Lenovo, 
Sony, and Toshiba as well as an Authorized Educational Reseller for 
Microsoft Corporation.

You can purchase these products and more at www.creekbedtech.com 
(http://www.creekbedtech.com)

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CONFERENCE RAFFLE PRIZE - COSTA RICA 10-DAY TOUR FOR TWO!

Caravan Tours (http://www.caravantours.com) 

Day 1 - San José, Costa Rica

Welcome to the "rich coast," friendly land of democracy and 
rare natural beauty. With naturalist guides, see exotic birds and 
wildlife, hike in jungle rainforests, view volcanoes, soak in hot 
springs and cruise through biological reserves. Relax on both the 
Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Caravan provides transfers from the San 
José airport to your hotel for a two night stay. Rooms are 
available for check in after 3:00 p.m. Dine at your hotel, then join 
Caravan for an 8:00 p.m. welcome briefing. 

Day 2 - Poás Volcano, San José City Tour
After breakfast, see the statue of the drummer boy, Costa Rica's 
hero. Next, weather permitting, visit Poás Volcano, dormant 
since 1991. You can safely view this dramatic mile-wide crater from 
an overlook. Enjoy lunch. Next, see San José's Plaza de la 
Cultura, Central Park and the National Theatre. Visit the National 
Museum (on Mondays, visit the Gold Museum instead). Enjoy dinner. 

Day 3 - Rainforest Aerial Tram
Scenic morning drive through Braulio Carrillo Park. Look for 
cascading waterfalls. Then, a thrilling adventure into the heart of 
the rainforest. Glide through the jungle canopy on the world famous 
rainforest aerial tram, rated one of Costa Rica's top tourist 
attractions. Next, with a naturalist guide, enjoy a short rainforest 
hike on level terrain. Enjoy lunch. Visit a butterfly garden. Then, 
cruise through rivers and canals to the 47,000 acre Tortuguero 
National Park. Tortuguero is home to more than 300 species of birds. 
Look for toucans, parrots, kingfishers and the rare green macaw. 
Enjoy a two night stay at your lodge. After dinner in Tortuguero, a 
naturalist talks about the rainforest. 

Day 4 - Tortuguero Park, Canal Cruise
Cruise this morning with naturalist guides along canals lined by 
raffia palm, habitat of howler and white-faced monkeys, green iguanas 
and tropical birds. Look for white and snowy egrets and the amazing 
nests of the montezuma oropendola. Then, enter the mysterious 
reflecting waters of Caño Palma wildlife reserve. Next, visit 
the Green Turtle Research Station. Learn about efforts to protect the 
turtle's nesting habitat, eggs and young hatchlings. Walk along 
the Atlantic turtle nesting beaches with a naturalist guide. Next, to 
Tortuguero village. Meet Costa Rican school children on your visit to 
a local school (when in session). Return to your lodge for lunch. 
Free time to enjoy your lodge's swimming pool and tropical flower 
gardens. Enjoy an afternoon boat excursion into Tortuguero Park. Look 
for otters, turtles and manatees. Dinner. 

Day 5 - San Carlos Valley, Fortuna
Morning cruise on Tortuguero River. See a banana plantation. Lunch, 
then a brief stop at Selva Verde Rainforest Reserve. Here you can 
walk the nearly 300 foot long suspension bridge over a jungle river. 
Next, through scenic countryside to the San Carlos Valley for a two 
night stay in Fortuna. Dinner. 

Day 6 - Caño Negro, Hot Springs, Arenal
Head north this morning, passing through sugar cane, teak and orange 
plantations. Then, cruise on the Rio Frio which runs through the 
world famous Caño Negro wildlife refuge, home to many 
migratory birds found nowhere else in Costa Rica. Look for whistling 
ducks, roseate spoonbills, cormorants, anhingas, blue heron, and 
northern jacanas. Watch for caimans, crocodiles, spider monkeys and 
web-footed, water-walking lizards. Lunch. Return to Fortuna. Free 
time to explore this charming village. Then, enjoy a relaxing soak in 
the volcanic hot springs. Weather permitting, see nearby Arenal 
Volcano's softly glowing lava flow. Enjoy dinner. 

Day 7 - Cloud Forest Hike, Central Pacific Coast
This morning, drive by the Children's Eternal Rainforest, part of 
the Monteverde cloud forest region. The Children's Rainforest was 
purchased with donations from school children around the world to be 
preserved forever. Next, enter a cloud forest reserve, home to 
epiphytes, orchids, ferns and tropical birds, for a guided walk. 
Cloud forests are like rainforests, but with less rain and more 
humidity. Look for many species of hummingbirds in the feeding 
gallery. Lunch at a cloud forest restaurant. Then, to Costa 
Rica's Central Pacific Coast for a two night stay. Dinner is at 
your resort. 

Day 8 - Pacific Coast, Manuel Antonio
This morning drive by the Carara Biological Reserve. This tropical 
bird and wildlife sanctuary is one of the world's few nesting 
places for the scarlet macaw. Then, visit Manuel Antonio, Costa 
Rica's most beautiful park. Time to beachcomb or swim at the 
three pristine beaches, rated among the top ten in the world. Easy 
hiking trails wind along the shore, home to one of the last natural 
habitats of the playful rare squirrel monkey. Lunch. Return to your 
resort to enjoy leisure time. Dinner. 

Day 9 - Sarchi, Coffee Plantation
Morning visit to Sarchi. See the painted ox carts and colorful 
handicrafts. Enjoy lunch. Next, see the metallic church of Grecia. 
Then, visit a coffee plantation. Pick a few beans when in season. 
Sample fresh Costa Rican coffee and learn about the history of the 
coffee bean. Return to San José. Farewell dinner. 

Day 10 - San José
Your tour ends after breakfast this morning at your hotel. Caravan 
provides transfers throughout the day to the San José airport. 
Thanks for vacationing with Caravan. ¡Hasta la vista! 

BICYCLE RAFFLE

Register Now for Your Chance to Win Two Bicycles!
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CONFERENCE RAFFLE! - FLYING POINT PRESS!

Flying Point Press (http://www.flyingpointpress.com) will be donating 
a set of their books for young readers for the conference raffle this 
year!
Flying Point Press (http://www.flyingpointpress.com) is a book 
packaging company focused on
narrative nonfiction and historic fiction for readers ages ten to 
fifteen. They believe that books for young readers should be full of 
action and adventure, with real-life characters that are bold, 
active, and heroic.
About the raffle
Each year we hold a conference raffle. This year's will be during 
the Saturday night dance, while the band takes its breaks (If you 
cannot be present, you can give your ticket to a friend who is 
present). The tickets are only $1 each and each registered conference 
attendee receives one in his/her Registration Packet - just for 
registering!  Additional tickets will be available to purchase at the 
conference.
Look in future Conference E-newsletters, for updates on the excellent 
prizes that our sponsors donate to the raffle. To date, our prizes 
are: (1) Two fantastic die-cutting machines donated by Ellison 
(http://www.ellison.com); (2) A set of books from Flying Point Press 
(http://www.flyingpointpress.com); (3) A 10-day tour to Costa Rica 
for two from Caravan Tours (http://www.caravantours.com); (4) 
and Two bikes. We are awaiting confirmation on many more great 
prizes, so please check future Conference Newsletters. The proceeds 
from the sales of raffle tickets go toward our Conference 
Scholarships. 

WIN AN ALLSTAR MACHINE! FROM ELLISON MACHINES

The Ellison AllStar Machine performs as your most dependable helper. 
This lightweight and child-friendly addition to the classroom cuts a 
wide variety of materials with its own exclusive line of dies for use 
only in the AllStar Machine. For even more creative possibilities, 
all Sizzix Originals Dies will work in the AllStar Machine.  To 
facilitate easy cutting, each AllStar Die features special alignment 
marks on its top for quick cutting guidelines and everytime cutting 
perfection. Added security features include locking handle to 
safeguard machine from unwanted usage (locked position indicated by 
red color) and is UL Listed. Space-efficient drawer packs plenty of 
space for Cutting Pad, Shims and Instruction Booklet (included with 
purchase of AllStar Machine). 

Click here to learn more

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