In This Issue:

• Coastal Services Update:
  Winter `09-`10
• Quotes to Keep Your Spirit Warm
• Computer Tip of the Month
• Customer Spotlight:
  Pediatric Partners
• Holiday Jokes
• Holiday Events
• Laugh Your way to Health

Coastal Web Services Update

2009 has been a very positive year for Coastal. We are fortunate to be growing! In a time when most businesses are downsizing, we are adding employees. We will be adding two additional full-time employees in January 2010!

We have also added several new services including: content management systems, new calendar programs, high-end shopping carts, improved Flash designs and more. We are looking forward to many positive changes in 2010! In addition, we are expecting businesses to exceed last year's marketing budgets as a result of being in the tail-end of this nasty recession. Thank you for your support and please enjoy the holidays!

Mike Parr, President
Coastal Web Services

Quotes to Keep Your Spirit Warm

"As you go through life, brother, whatever be your goal; keep your eye upon the doughnut and not on the hole."

Sign at Pig 'N Whistle Coffee Shop

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

Abraham Lincoln

Remember us For:

• Website Design
• Website Marketing / SEO
• Website Updates
• Graphic Design
• Computer Training

Customer Spotlight:

Pediatric Partners was formed in 1999 by the merger of four successful pediatric practices located in Harford, Baltimore and Howard Counties. Prior to the merger, these four practices had a long and distinguished history of caring for the children in these Maryland counties.

Whether you are parents expecting a new baby, new to the area, or families wishing to change your child's pediatrician, we welcome you and your family to come and meet one of our twelve Board Certified Physicians and our Certified Nurse Practitioner at one of the two offices in Bel Air, the Towson Office or the Ellicott City Office. We pride ourselves on a tradition of excellence, accessibility and caring and look forward to establishing a physician-parent relationship with you.

Our providers and staff are committed to deliver the highest level of healthcare and support for you and your family. We provide care 365 days a year with evening and weekend hours and offer same day sick appointments. Please take the time to visit our website at www.pediataricpartnersmd.net and feel free to contact the onsite office manager with any questions or to schedule a get-acquainted visit.

Susan Cernak
Operations Manager
Pediatric Partners, LLC

Computer Tip of the Month

Let's say you've formatted a piece of text and it has just the perfect font and color. A quick and simple way to apply the same format to another piece of text is to use the Format Painter Tool! This method saves you the hassle of having to format your text again. This tool is available in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint:

1. Select the text that contains the formatting you want to copy.

2. Click the Format Painter Button (it looks like a small paint brush) on the toolbar to the right of the Paste Button.

3. Click and drag over the text you want to apply the copied formatting to.

Note: To format multiple text items, double-click on the Format Painter button then click and drag over each item of text you wish to apply the formatting to. If you want to turn off this feature ,simply re-click the Format Painter button.

Courtesy of Terri Ferguson,
Coastal Computer Training Specialist

Holiday Jokes

Keep your spirits warm this holiday season with a few winter-inspired jokes:

What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
Frostbite

What is the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the ordinary alphabet?
The Christmas alphabet has "No L."

What do you get when you deep fry Santa Claus?
Crisp Cringle

Compiled by Jennifer Parr

Laugh Your Way to Health

There is a book written that references a man with cancer who laughed his way to health. (Dr. McGhee's references it in his book, Health, Healing and the Amuse System: Humor as Survival Training)

Several studies have shown that a positive attitude or emotional state can boost your chances of surviving cancer (or any obstacle for that matter) (Read)

Should you choose to be, throughout your life, shocked and dismayed, you'll likely exclaim that because of all the uncanny events, wild timing, weird coincidences, and sheer chance encounters, all of your life's good fortune must have been your destiny.

Holiday Events

Free Holiday Community Events

A Festival of Lessons and Carols for Christmas

Sunday, December 20, 2009 5:30 PM

Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD 21210, 410-464-4020

The Carol Service celebrating the joy of the Christmas Season, featuring traditional carols and anthems, will be sung in a candlelight setting by the combined Cathedral Choirs.

Ports America New Year's Eve Spectacular

Friday, December 31, 2009 - Saturday, January 1, 2010 9:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Downtown Baltimore, Inner Harbor Amphitheater, Pratt and Light streets - Click here

Ring in the New Year with family, friends, and great entertainment at Ports America New Year's Eve Spectacular. Live classic rock and blues music, and spectacular midnight fireworks.

Click here for more local fun and free holiday events!