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Well this is about the 4th edition of the funnies. It's a lot of work and just would not be possible without folks sending stuff to me in the email. It takes about 2 or 3 hours to edit and process what you see on the page so I may have to take a break from time as it is tiring unless some of you want to be a team and learn how to do it. Take it over ... I will teach you how if I get two or three volunteers. You need at least hi-speed internet and Windows XP.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Europe ice mission lost in ocean

Spacecraft launch.. European Cryosat

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Europe ice mission lost in ocean: "Europe ice mission lost in ocean
By Helen Briggs
BBC News science reporter, Frascati


Cryosat launch (Esa-S/CORVAJA)

Watch the launch
The European Space Agency has confirmed that its ice mission Cryosat has been lost off the Russian coast.

The satellite fell into the Arctic Ocean minutes after lift-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.

The £90m (135m euro) craft was designed to monitor how the Earth's ice masses are responding to climate change.

Scientists said the crash was a 'tragedy' and it would be years before they could launch a similar mission, even if more funding were available.

The European Space Agency (Esa) probe lifted off at 1902 local time (1602 BST) on Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. Space officials said the flight broke up and crashed into the sea."

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Franklin P. Adams
'There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.'"

Bayou Farewell

editor: Understanding the real problem behind Katrina... excellent read... rt

Bayou Farewell: "Bayou Farewell

News: The Louisiana Bayou has been sinking for years, and now it's almost gone—taking New Orleans and Cajun culture with it.

Mike Tidwell
Interviewed By Erik Kancler

October 3, 2005


Mike Tidwell knew nothing about the environmental perils facing the Louisiana Bayou when the Washington Post sent him down there, in the spring of 1999, to write about Cajun culture. Yet, having hit on the idea of “hitchhiking” the shrimp and crab boats of the Bayou, he soon came upon numerous and puzzling signs that something was seriously awry in Bayou Country: groves of sun-bleached and leafless Oak trees, half-drowned and hundreds of feet from land; lines of telephone poles planted in swampland; cemeteries where only the tops of graves remained visible.

Bewildered, he asked the locals for an explanation, and everywhere he heard variations on the same theme---from shrimpers, crabbers, and fishermen, no less than from local scientists and conservationists. In the words of a local shrimp-boat captain, upon whose vessel Tidwell first hitched a ride, 'All dis land around us, as far as you can see, is droppin' straight down into de water, turnin' to ocean. Someday, Baton Rouge, one hundred miles nort' of here, is gonna be beachfront property.'"

Video in the News: Robot Cars Rumble at Racetrack

EDITORS COMMENT: Turn up your speakers.. You must have hi-speed internet to view this. .... KEWELL !

Video in the News: Robot Cars Rumble at Racetrack: "Video in the News: Robot Cars Rumble at Racetrack
Engineers and amateurs alike are gathering in Nevada this weekend for a one-of-a-kind road race: a contest run by robot cars over a 175-mile (282- kilometer) course without the aid of drivers or remote controls. (Read the full news story.) Dubbed the Grand Challenge, the event is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and carries a purse of two million U.S. dollars."

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Steven Wright
'If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?'"

Balloon Juice

Balloon Juice: "The Supreme Court will revisit the emotionally charged issue of physician-assisted suicide in a test of the federal government’s power to block doctors from helping terminally ill patients end their lives.

Oregon is the only state that lets dying patients obtain lethal doses of medication from their doctors, although other states may pass laws of their own if the high court rules against the federal government. Voters in Oregon have twice endorsed doctor-assisted suicide, but the Bush administration has aggressively challenged the state law.

The case, the first major one to come before the new chief justice, John Roberts, will be heard by justices touched personally by illness. Three justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul Stevens have had cancer, and a fourth Stephen Breyer has a spouse who counsels young cancer patients who are dying.

Their longtime colleague, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who once wrote about the “earnest and profound debate” over doctor-assisted suicide, died a month ago after battling untreatable cancer for nearly a year."

Photo in the News: Python Bursts After Eating Gator

Photo in the News: Python Bursts After Eating Gator: "Photo in the News: Python Bursts After Eating Gator"

By Now You Have Seen

By Now You Have Seen Our Birthday Greetings...

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What we were hoping is that when you see someone you know is having a birthday you tell them “Happy Birthday!” Be personal. Such small things are what make a community close knit. When you see their card here on the web page give ‘em a  call and tell them “Happy Birthday!”

If you see them walking .. roll down your window and wish them a “Happy Birthday”.. At the mailroom... “Happy Birthday!”  ... Give a hoot!

SCAMS PRESENTATION W

SCAMS PRESENTATION WAS A SUCCESS...

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You missed a good one if you weren’t one of the 23 residents present to hear Mrs. Edna Abbot’s presentation on scams in our community. Really the cleverness of crooks today is phenomenal. Edna is one of us you know? She is a Senior citizen and as such she has an insight into scams that affect seniors. She has made it her mission to educate and inform seniors about the dirty, rotten low lifes out there and she knows her stuff.

Another thing you missed was the coffee and donuts from the new donut bakery in town.. Yummm!

Still another item that you may have enjoyed was our District Attorney, Bernice Barnet who came along to give insight into the legal problems that come with identity theft and credit card scams.

Then the audience (US) interacted with our experiences and a good time was had by all.

Edna came to us when Bette Owens called Jacky and told her about a lecture she had been to featuring Edna. Soon a meeting was set up and scheduled for our community. Nancy Lee Moore made the donut run and Bev Garvey helped her set up the coffee for the meeting.

The only thing that would have made this meeting better is those of you who weren’t there.. Sorry you missed it.

WANTED

WANTED:
IDEAS FOR IMPROVING COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION...

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We have improved posters on the bulletin board at the clubhouse. We keep the calendar up to date on the bulletin board to three months in advance. On the Website we forecast events out to a year in advance on the computer and keep a weekly event calendar embedded on the top of the website. We publish 2 months worth of calendars in the newsletter we post events the day before on the clubhouse door. We write reminders on the website a day or so before the coming attraction. We use the LVH monthly Newsletter to advertise events too.

Yet we still receive many comments like, “There was nothing on the website about it.” Or, “We never saw it on the Bulletin Board.”

I have a computer addition that will transmit the events over FM radio as you approach the clubhouse on the back burner but haven’t got a clue as to why we aren’t able to communicate really well with our community. Your ideas and insights may help. We would like to turn over a really good way to communicate to the new volunteers that will take our place in August of ’06.

USATODAY.com - Japan set to test new supersonic airliner design

USATODAY.com - Japan set to test new supersonic airliner design: "Japan set to test new supersonic airliner design
SYDNEY (AFP) — Shortly after dawn in the Australian desert on Saturday, a rocket is due to blast off with Japanese dreams of a supersonic successor to Concorde riding on its back."

Scams against Senior

Scams against Seniors.. Don't Forget!!

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Thursday at 1:00pm Edna Abbot who works with the Newport District Attorney's Office will be conducting a presentation of Senior Scams to help us all better cope with the latest criminal attacks on seniors. Forewarned is forearmed.See you there.

Neighborhood Watch Car

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Over the years you have no doubt seen the little red truck parked at our home on Windmill dr. with the Neighborhood Watch Patrol magnetic signs on it?

We plan to be away for a week or two and would like somebody to put them on their car doors. Especially someone who drives around the park often. It would be nice if they have their car out of the garage too.

We leave them on when we drive around town too... Call it free advertisement. It's not necessary to do any patroling.. Just put the signs on your vehicle... and drive as you normally do .. That's it.

The signs are meant to be a deterent in and of themselves.

Hogg's Coast Range railroad runs into eventual ruin

Hogg's Coast Range railroad runs into eventual ruin: "Hogg's Coast Range railroad runs into eventual ruin
Saturday, October 01, 2005

The plan was audacious in its simplicity: a fine railroad from Yaquina Bay to tie with the Union Pacific Railroad in Idaho. Newport would be another San Francisco. Corvallis, Albany and Bend would also profit mightily.

And Portland? Poor Portland would be relegated to second-class city status, isolated far inland on the placid banks of the Willamette."

OregonLive.com: Jack Ohman

OregonLive.com: Jack Ohman

Oregon live political cartoons...

U.S. 20: Newport and all points east First in a series

U.S. 20: Newport and all points east First in a series: "U.S. 20: Newport and all points east First in a series
Sunday, October 02, 2005

At the beginning of the journey, the 445-mile caravan across Oregon on U.S. 20, the sign on the Coast Highway points resolutely east. But for a better starting line, you need to turn toward the ocean, following West Olive as it drops past the Lincoln County courthouse and the public library, the American Legion post and the Eager Beaver Second Hand store, and down into the restless heart of Nye Beach."

USATODAY.com - Why the U.S. should return to the moon and venture on to Mars

USATODAY.com - Why the U.S. should return to the moon and venture on to Mars: "Why the U.S. should return to the moon and venture on to Mars
Michael Griffin took over as NASA administrator earlier this year, at a time when the space agency faces perhaps its greatest challenges in decades. Among them: steering President Bush's proposal for manned missions to the moon and, eventually, Mars; fulfilling the U.S. obligation to the International Space Station; fixing safety problems with the space shuttle and developing the next generation of spacecraft to replace the shuttle. Griffin discussed these and other issues recently with USA TODAY editors and reporters. His comments were edited for length and clarity."

The Right to Die - New York Times

The Right to Die - New York Times: "Editorial
The Right to Die



Published: October 5, 2005

The John Roberts Court will hear its first high-profile arguments today, when the justices take up a case involving doctor-assisted suicide. Oregon law allows terminally ill people to take lethal drugs to end their lives. But the Bush administration has tried to override this law by threatening to prosecute doctors involved in such cases. The Supreme Court should make it clear that Oregon can allow doctor-assisted suicide."

Making music far off the beaten path

Making music far off the beaten path: "Making music far off the beaten path
Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Second in a series Serendipity, a familiar tour guide, brought me to Tommy Nunn's door, and the late summer heat ensured that it was unlocked, open to the breeze and whatever the breeze blew in.

Ten minutes earlier, I'd despaired of the loneliness of Highway 20, which keeps company with creek beds, litter patrols and little else on its 40-mile hike into the Coast Range. Mark Scacco, who minds the Blodgett Country Store, gently reminded me that over the years folks tended to settle around the mills, not the asphalt, and sent me up the hill to Summit, which guards the highest point on the rail line."

Rust Belt manufacturers have shiny spot

Rust Belt manufacturers have shiny spot: "Rust Belt manufacturers have shiny spot
Employment - Rising oil prices and the Chinese economy fuel need for mining equipment
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
RYAN NAKASHIMA

MILWAUKEE -- Since summer, there's been a sign on the highway from Chicago to Milwaukee that people around here haven't seen for ages -- 'Jobs now' at mining equipment maker Bucyrus International Inc."

Automakers turn key on innovative engine plant

Automakers turn key on innovative engine plant: "Automakers turn key on innovative engine plant
New work rules - Two new U.S. factories will be run by DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi and Hyundai
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
JIM IRWIN

DUNDEE, Mich. -- DaimlerChrysler AG, Hyundai Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. began production Monday at a new plant that will supply engines for nearly two dozen vehicles worldwide."

THE SUPREME COURT

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THE SUPREME COURT
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
David Sarasohn

The Republican National Committee's first blast e-mail on behalf of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers got right to the core of what it called her 'tremendous legal qualifications':"

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "George Bernard Shaw
'If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.'"

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Bill Lyon
'If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.'"

The Other Black Gold - New York Times

The Other Black Gold - New York Times: "The Other Black Gold


By BRIAN SCHWEITZER
Published: October 3, 2005

Helena, Mont.

AMERICA has a substance abuse problem, and Montana may have a cure.

It is easy to forget, but before the hurricanes bumped up already outrageous fuel prices, President Bush was forced to ask the royals of Saudi Arabia - the country that gave us 15 of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers - to lower the price of oil so Americans could afford to drive. He was refused.
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Harry Campbell

In truth, he had no choice. America is addicted to foreign oil, and like any addict we are at the mercy of the pushers and require an intervention. Montana, among other states, is trying to help America get clean by promoting a range of modern domestic energy strategies. Yet our biggest idea is actually a very old recipe: gasoline made from coal instead of oil.

Most people are surprised to learn that we can produce gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other petroleum products out of coal. Indeed, the process was used in America as early as 1928. In World War II, 92 percent of Germany's aviation fuel and half its total petroleum came from synthetic-fuel plants. South Africa has used a similar technology for 50 years, and now makes 200,000 barrels per day of synthetic gasoline and diesel."

Good Energy - New York Times

Good Energy - New York Times: "Good Energy

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By RICK MORANIS
Published: October 3, 2005

Subject: look at the time! - can't sleep

Date: 10/03/2005 3:24 a.m. eastern daylight time

From: pilateguy@hedgemail.com

To: stillfishing@probono.org

Dear Micki and Stan,

I've decided that we will not be coming to Shelley's wedding in December. (By the way, congratulations again on this wonderful event in your lives. You should be very proud and happy with how terrifically things have turned out.) Unfortunately for us, a wedding in Westport would require non-essential driving and I must honor President Bush's wishes to limit the amount of energy I consume in order to do my part during these difficult and challenging times for our country.

I realize that if all of your guests felt the same way, there would be tremendous consequences for many decent, hard-working people. The tuxedo-rental industry, the caterers, waiters, musicians, florists and table linen people would all lose important income. But when I think of the energy saved in dry cleaning alone, it warms my heart to think I can help make a difference with a personal commitment against wasteful consumption and reckless indulgence in our sick culture."

Activity Director

Thoughts on the Activity Director @ LVH




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Jacky and I were cruising the park yesterday handing out tickets for the coming catered breakfast on October 29th at 9am. We gave them to Jean Hart, Gloria Mazzeo and Betty Hanus to sell.

We were discussing what will happen next August when the Social Club Board all leave their volunteer positions to return to the community for a rest. I am sure other members who have served will understand how time consuming each of those positions are. So it is only reasonable from time to time others come forward to run the Social Club. This also injects fresh new ideas in our club which is dedicated to providing new ways for us all to have fun and be entertained.

At any rate Jacky told me about an idea that she had about directing Social Club Activities and I thought it was a good one and I am putting it down now for you to think about. She said in her ideal picture of how activities would be run in the park, several folks would volunteer to be the Activity Director for a month that they were particulairly fond of. She said her preference would be Christmas. Some of the men might like to have a huge barbecue and picnic in August or a Super Bowl Party with a rented large screen tv at the clubhouse. Maybe there is a halloween enthusiast that would like to make a haunted house.

You can see that a new Director a month would be able to throw themselves into creating a really great extravaganza and especially if they knew that once their month was over they could pass the baton to the next director ...so to speak.

An attic discovery, a daughter's gift

An attic discovery, a daughter's gift: "An attic discovery, a daughter's gift
A Portland woman traces stories her father never told to horror and honor in Korea
Sunday, October 02, 2005
TOM HALLMAN JR.

Mary Emerton uncovered her father's secret in 1978.

She was 17, a high school senior, and her parents had asked her to clean the attic as they prepared to move from their Southeast Portland home. She sorted boxes and carted them downstairs, eventually clearing a space that revealed an old steamer trunk. It was too heavy for her to lift, so she opened the lid to remove the contents.

That's when she discovered the scrapbook.

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As books go, it was thin, maybe 50 pages. Some, brittle with age, had pulled loose from the dark-brown leather binding. Although her family enjoyed passing around photos and reminiscing, Emerton had never seen this scrapbook."

Assisted suicide offers early test of Roberts' court

Assisted suicide offers early test of Roberts' court: "Assisted suicide offers early test of Roberts' court
Supreme Court - Justices face the question: Did John Ashcroft overstep by targeting doctors on Oregon law
Sunday, October 02, 2005
ASHBEL S. GREEN

The first big case Chief Justice John Roberts and a reshaped U.S. Supreme Court will take on this week is one of Oregon's unique rights: doctor-assisted suicide.

The case will be watched closely in Oregon, where political and legal attacks against assisted suicide have raged almost continuously since voters first approved the Death with Dignity Act in 1994.

But the rest of the nation will be looking on as well, eager to see how a largely unknown Roberts will help the court resolve a classic clash between the federal government and a state experiment in social policy."

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Untitled Document: "THE GREAT PYRAMID"

Medicare's drug benefit explained / Companies can now tout the details of their plans and directly contact potential customers

Medicare's drug benefit explained / Companies can now tout the details of their plans and directly contact potential customers: "Medicare's drug benefit explained
Companies can now tout the details of their plans and directly contact potential customers

Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sunday, October 2, 2005

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What in the world should you do about the new Medicare drug benefit?

The program is about to get under way and more than 40 million Medicare beneficiaries are scratching their heads, asking themselves whether to sign up for the program and, if so, which of the dozens of plans to choose from.

The marketing blitz for the program, known as Medicare Part D, began Saturday. Companies can now tout the details of their plans and directly contact potential customers. Enrollment starts Nov. 15 and seniors can start using the benefit Jan. 1.

The program is big and bulky, and requires lots of choices. Seniors will be bombarded with direct mail and phone calls pitching different plans and urging a quick decision. That's a recipe for confusion."