Saturday, December 10, 2005

scam

NEW WAY OF CAR-JACKING (NOT A JOKE)

Please keep this circulating, caution to women as well as men.

You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside.

Then you lock all your doors, start the engine and shift into REVERSE,
and you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your parking space
and you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window.

So, you shift into PARK, unlock your doors and jump out of your car to
remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view.

When you reach the back of your car, that is when the car-jackers
appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off! Your engine was
running, (ladies would have their purse in the car) and they
practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.

BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED.

Just drive away and remove the paper that is stuck to your window
later

cert links

CERT website now linked to every CERT site in Oregon


A link to the Cert Challenge test too.. go there .. try it.

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Benjamin Disraeli
'My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.'"

BBC - History - Naachtun: A Lost City of the Maya

BBC - History - Naachtun: A Lost City of the Maya: "Naachtun: A Lost City of the Maya
By Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Peter Mathews, Marc Zender and Ernesto Arredondo Leiva

Excavations in the Guatemalan jungle have revealed the tantalising remains of a Mayan city, seemingly abandoned at the height of its powers. Kathryn Reese-Taylor takes up the search to discover the lost city of Naachtun."

Breast cancer: 'New drug hope' | the Daily Mail

Breast cancer: 'New drug hope' | the Daily Mail: "Breast cancer: 'New drug hope'
18:34pm 9th December 2005

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A new breast cancer drug that shuts off the supply of oestrogen has the potential to save thousands of lives in the UK, researchers have revealed.

Data from three international trials involving more than 4,000 women showed that switching from standard therapy to Arimidex after two years can reduce death rates by 29%. The drug is currently licensed for the after-surgery treatment of post-menopausal women with early invasive breast cancer fuelled by the sex hormone oestrogen."

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You are all missing the boat on the Senior Funnies page. About an hours worth of new stuff..

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Friday, December 09, 2005

from Charles
Cape Perpetua sent in by Jim Rose








Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Jerome K. Jerome
'It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.'"
CERT TEAM MEMBERS..


Check the latest post on the CERT webpage... Link located on the left

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Geologists witness 'ocean birth'

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Geologists witness 'ocean birth': "Geologists witness 'ocean birth'
By Roland Pease
BBC science unit, San Francisco

Scientists say they have witnessed the possible birth of a future ocean basin growing in north-eastern Ethiopia.

The team watched an 8m rift develop in the ground in just three weeks in the Afar desert region last September."

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Project opens up quake 'machine'

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Project opens up quake 'machine': "Project opens up quake 'machine'
By Jonathan Amos
BBC News science reporter, San Francisco

Safod rig (Earthscope)
The borehole broke through the fault in August
Scientists are reporting promising results from the project to drill into the famous San Andreas Fault.

The 1,300km-long 'crack' that runs right through central California has been the cause of many big earthquakes."

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Muslim leaders warn of 'crisis'

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Muslim leaders warn of 'crisis': "Muslim leaders warn of 'crisis'
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah and other Muslim leaders visit the Great Mosque of Mecca
OIC gatherings are generally platforms for state rhetoric
Leaders of 57 Muslim countries have ended their summit with a warning that the Islamic world is in crisis because of the threat posed by terrorism.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference statement urges decisive action to fight 'deviant ideas'.

The meeting in the holy Muslim city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia called for changes in national laws to criminalise financing and incitement of terrorism."

Stock Market News and Investment Information | Reuters.com

Stock Market News and Investment Information | Reuters.com: "Hospitals may help spread flu pandemic, group says
Thu Dec 8, 2005 5:01 PM ET
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By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. hospitals could contribute to the spread of influenza during a pandemic because most do not follow good hygiene practices, a group reported on Thursday."

"Narnia:" Inside C. S. Lewis's Mythological Mashup

"Narnia:" Inside C. S. Lewis's Mythological Mashup: "Narnia:' Inside C. S. Lewis's Mythological Mashup
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
December 9, 2005

The new movie Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe opens today in theaters across North America. But well before its release, the film had sparked a lively debate about author C. S. Lewis's religious influences in writing the beloved children's books on which the movie is based."

Thursday, December 08, 2005

winter xmas

Hope you all enjoy this..


Follow the link below and turn up your speakers...

click here Winter Lights

Our LVH Community Em

Our LVH Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) is...

Rt

Still in training. They will graduate in January and begin serving the community and the City of Newport at that time. However, members are already building on what they have learned in training and want to hit the ground running so to speak. Today they held a meeting to ask for help from the Neighborhood Watch Block Captains. Neighborhood Watch has an excellent communications network in our community and would be of real value to CERT operations.

Ed Simon made a presentation based on the efforts of Lost Creek Community to organize their branch of CERT. Ideas were exchanged the members of the CERT team pointed out various problems that they will be asking help with.

Knowing the value of a web site as a communication tool for both members and community we have created a bare bones site to which we will be adding features to as they are suggested by both community and CERT team members.

Visit the sight by clicking CERT icon on the left.

"ADOPT A FAMILY TREE"


"ADOPT A FAMILY ON THE HILL PROJECT"


Let's don't forget to take a paper bulb off the Adopt A Family tree at the club house and help this needy family this time of year. There are still some bulbs left, so next time your in getting your mail take one. It's better to give than receive, thank you to all who have helped. Happy Holiday's to All!



PS: I still have my training wheels on learning this web site, so please bare with me if I make a mistake. Thank You!

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Greenland glacier races to ocean

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Greenland glacier races to ocean: "Greenland glacier races to ocean
By Jonathan Amos
BBC News science reporter, San Francisco

Glacier (Hamilton/Maine)
Kangerdlugssuaq is 7km wide, 30km long and 1km deep
Scientists have been monitoring what they say may be the fastest moving glacier on the planet.

Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier on the east coast of Greenland has been clocked using GPS equipment and satellites to be flowing at a rate of 14km per year."

USATODAY.com - Suborbital flights: leaving from N.M.?

USATODAY.com - Suborbital flights: leaving from N.M.?: "Suborbital flights: leaving from N.M.?
SANTA FE (AP) — An agreement with British airline tycoon Richard Branson will put New Mexico on the map as the launch pad for personal space flight worldwide, the state's economic development secretary says."

USATODAY.com - Ocean floor covered in volcanic vents

USATODAY.com - Ocean floor covered in volcanic vents: "Ocean floor covered in volcanic vents
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists once thought that deep-sea volcanic vents were a rare and surprising occurrence. But not anymore.
The Rainbow vent site, about 1,000 miles west of Portugal. The Rainbow vent site, about 1,000 miles west of Portugal.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Researchers studying the vents that spew superheated metal and chemicals from the inner Earth and support collections of 'extremophile' creatures are finding ocean floors littered with them."

USATODAY.com - Throw this camera, see what it sees

USATODAY.com - Throw this camera, see what it sees: "Throw this camera, see what it sees
By Brian Bergstein, Associated Press
BOSTON — Police officers stepping into hostage standoffs and other dicey situations now have something new to throw into the mix — a baseball-sized camera that can be hurled from afar, survive the landing and wirelessly relay video and audio back to base for two hours."

USATODAY.com - States saddled with delays for Medicare drug sign-up

USATODAY.com - States saddled with delays for Medicare drug sign-up: "States saddled with delays for Medicare drug sign-up
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Staffing shortages are hampering the start of Medicare's prescription-drug program in many states, forcing seniors and those with disabilities to wait weeks for counseling."

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Mark Twain
'Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.'"

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

State not ready for crisis, study says

State not ready for crisis, study says: "State not ready for crisis, study says
Preparedness - The state says it's addressing the five goals needed to protect the public
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
PATRICK O'NEILL

Oregon has taken only half the steps needed to protect the public from disease, disasters and bioterrorism, according to a new study of the nation's emergency preparedness.

The state, the study says, needs to improve the ability to manage federal emergency supplies, process extremely hazardous disease-causing organisms and make sure health workers will report to work during a disease outbreak."

JOINING THE TEAM






I would like to thank Ron Thomas for taking time in training me and asking me to join the team for the LVH web site. I look forward to adding different features to the site. If anyone has any ideas for our web site, please let Ron or myself know. Get involved, remember this is everyone's site to enjoy. Make it a daily task to log on and see what's on the site, I've talked to a few residents on the hill who have a computer, but just haven't checked it out or haven't logged on for a long time, think of it has the Long View Hill's morning news paper. I have some ideas and hope to give them a try soon, so if you see me out taking pictures on the hill or around the area, just remember to smile. I hope to become more involved with the goings on of the hill and the club house. We have a lot of great people that live here and so let's get to know each other and be good neighbors. Once again Ron thanks for the invite, since I'm now retired and have time on my hands. That is after I get my honey do list done each day. Enjoy life to the fullest.

The best to all doing this holiday season, get out and enjoy the lights on the hill.

California condor eludes capture for check-up

California condor eludes capture for check-up: "California condor eludes capture for check-up
Endangered species - No. 340 from Oregon appears to be doing well and expands his range
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
KATY MULDOON

Call him the wild child.

California condor No. 340, hatched in 2004 at the Oregon Zoo and released nearly three months ago, has adapted so skillfully to the free-flying life that biologists have been unable to trap him for a routine check on his welfare.

That's good news and bad rolled into one, said Joe Burnett, condor coordinator for the Ventana Wildlife Society. Ventana collaborates with the National Park Service on endangered California condors released at Pinnacles National Monument, south of San Jose, Calif., as the bird from Oregon was in September."

Contractors board revising its Web site

Contractors board revising its Web site: "Contractors board revising its Web site
Reforms - Recent criticism prompts the construction watchdog to address the shortcomings of its online resource
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
JEFF MANNING

SALEM -- The Oregon Construction Contractors Board on Tuesday unanimously approved creation of a new, more consumer-friendly Web site in what agency officials hope is the first of several reforms to be launched in the wake of media scrutiny and criticism from customers and public officials.

Separately, Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, who leads an interim legislative committee on consumer issues, said he would hold hearings on the board's performance beginning in January."

USATODAY.com - U.S. Border Patrol's newest tool: a drone

USATODAY.com - U.S. Border Patrol's newest tool: a drone: "
Posted 12/6/2005 7:06 PM

U.S. Border Patrol's newest tool: a drone
By Kris Axtman, The Christian Science Monitor
HOUSTON — As President Bush was bumping along the banks of the Rio Grande last week with the United States Border Patrol, an American unmanned aircraft was apparently tracking a top Al Qaeda member to an abandoned house in remote Pakistan.
The UAV is equipped with a camera for surveillance. The UAV is equipped with a camera for surveillance.
AFP

While details are emerging as to whether the terrorist network's operation manager was killed in a drone attack, Mr. Bush is increasingly convinced that the military technology should be used more widely within the U.S. as well — to spot illegal border-crossers."

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ancient drought 'changed history'

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ancient drought 'changed history': "Ancient drought 'changed history'
By Roland Pease
BBC science unit, San Francisco

Drilling platform (Scholz)
The sediments are an archive of past climate conditions
Scientists have identified a major climate crisis that struck Africa about 70,000 years ago and which may have changed the course of human history.

The evidence comes from sediments drilled up from the beds of Lake Malawi and Tanganyika in East Africa, and from Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana."

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

A NEW INPUT ON THE L

A NEW INPUT ON THE LVH WEBSITE...

RT

Charles Burke is helping on the LVH Website. We got him all set to put stuff on the web page. Charles loves photography and you can expect to see many innovations on the site. He has new fresh ideas and an enthusiasm for the website. You will all enjoy his addition I’m sure.

We would appreciate it if you would make some comments on his entries (make ‘em good) to let him know his efforts are appreciated

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Modbee.com | The Modesto Bee

Modbee.com | The Modesto Bee: "Every which way is costly for mobile home owners






By INGA MILLER
BEE STAFF WRITER
Last Updated: December 6, 2005, 05:23:03 AM PST

RIVERBANK — Mobile home living might have a reputation for being cheap, but residents at Riverbank's Quail Meadows point out they would pay less for an apartment.

The rent for a patch of ground under at least one home there will reach $650 next month. And that doesn't count the cost of the home.

But picking up and moving isn't that simple when you own a mobile home.

For starters, 'there's no place to move it,' said Jim Gullion, vice president of Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League, a lobbying and activist group for mobile home owners. 'There hasn't been a park built since 1990, and the ones that exist are all full of homes.'"

Modbee.com | The Modesto Bee

Modbee.com | The Modesto Bee: "Mobile home parks' rents jump
Residents of communities owned by Equity LifeStyle are concerned


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Nora Dunkin and her son, Allen, live in Riverbank's Quail Meadows, where rent is set to increase by $100.
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Every which way is costly for mobile home owners



NAOMI BROOKNER/THE BEE

Colony Park residents are worried about a rent increase of $85. Above are residents Sharon and Merle Burch, and neighbor Tammy Merren, right.
NAOMI BROOKNER/THE BEE

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Jamie Foster with grandson Christopher, 2.
NAOMI BROOKNER/THE BEE



By ADAM ASHTON
BEE STAFF WRITER
Last Updated: December 6, 2005, 05:25:16 AM PST

CERES — Jamie Foster moved into the Colony Park mobile home community in 1991, when she was a single mom looking for an affordable place to live.

She helped her daughter take the same path, buying her a used mobile home in 2003 so she could raise her son and just pay the park's rent.

But Colony Park's rent is scheduled to jump $85 to $595 a month in March, a hike that will send Foster's 22-year-old daughter back into mom's house.

'It's not affordable at all. I can't do it,' said Foster, 48."

Contractors board needs some teeth

Contractors board needs some teeth: "Contractors board needs some teeth
It's too easy to get a contracting license in Oregon, and the industry-dominated regulatory system is too lax
Tuesday, December 06, 2005

I n Oregon, it's far easier to get a license to build homes than to cut hair.

Getting a barber's license requires 1,100 hours of training; getting a contractor's license requires only 16 hours of classes, followed by a test.

And that's just the least of Oregon's problem with its alarmingly lax system of qualifying and policing its building contractors. In a front-page report Sunday, Jeff Manning of The Oregonian described how the industry-dominated Oregon Construction Contractors Board oversees a regulatory operation in which:

Contractors skate by without paying millions of dollars in board-ordered damages to aggrieved homeowners.

Consumers using the board's Web site get incomplete, often deceptive information about contractors' past performance.

Troubled contractors can elude board sanction.

Weak licensing and bonding standards lag behind those of other states."

New Afghan duty will make Oregon Guard even busier

New Afghan duty will make Oregon Guard even busier: "New Afghan duty will make Oregon Guard even busier
Military - The adjutant general says his troops are ready for the start of an 800-member deployment
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
HARRY ESTEVE

The pace won't let up for the Oregon National Guard, which is preparing for another big overseas deployment only a few months after 2,000 troops returned from helping with hurricane rescue efforts in New Orleans, the organization's commander said Monday."

Portland cuts WiFi hopefuls to final three

Portland cuts WiFi hopefuls to final three: "Portland cuts WiFi hopefuls to final three
Going wireless - Officials hope to interview than choose a provider by February for citywide Internet service
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
MIKE ROGOWAY

Portland has narrowed to three the field of Internet service providers vying to take the city wireless.

A selection committee chose the finalists from among six companies that submitted bids in October on the Unwire Portland project, which envisions a high-speed wireless Internet cloud spanning the entire city. Portland plans to interview finalists early next year and will likely choose a winner in February"

USATODAY.com - The surprising end to a supernova

USATODAY.com - The surprising end to a supernova: "The surprising end to a supernova
By Robert Roy Britt, Space.com
Astronomers have spotted exploding stars called supernovas in various stages of evolution. But until now they had no clear view of when a supernova becomes what's called a remnant."

USATODAY.com - Flying kites... under water

USATODAY.com - Flying kites... under water: "Flying kites... under water
By Richard O'Mara, The Christian Science Monitor
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — For Tiffany's, Philippe Vauthier fashioned a gold chalice for Pope John Paul II, and a brace of gold-trimmed derringers for a Virginia historical society, which somehow wound up in the possession of Gregory Peck. That was in another life, as they say, one he left behind after he won a patent for an underwater turbine he designed to harvest energy from ocean tides and the flow of rivers. Though he disdains the word, he is an inventor."

USATODAY.com - Scientists discover new hydrothermal vents

USATODAY.com - Scientists discover new hydrothermal vents: "
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Scientists discover new hydrothermal vents
By Alicia Chang, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists exploring the world's sea floor have discovered new super-hot, mineral-rich geysers belching from the southern Atlantic, Arctic and Indian oceans.

The findings are significant because they show that such hydrothermal vents are a global phenomena, which may help shed light on Earth's geological development and the origins of simple life."

USATODAY.com - Ex-9/11 panel: U.S. left open to attack

USATODAY.com - Ex-9/11 panel: U.S. left open to attack: "Ex-9/11 panel: U.S. left open to attack
WASHINGTON — A final report from the former 9/11 Commission on Monday gave Congress and the White House a blistering review of their work to secure the nation, warning that terrorists will strike again and could cause catastrophic destruction with nuclear weapons."

The Next Iraq Offensive - New York Times

The Next Iraq Offensive - New York Times: "By WESLEY K. CLARK
Published: December 6, 2005

Doha, Qatar

WHILE the Bush administration and its critics escalated the debate last week over how long our troops should stay in Iraq, I was able to see the issue through the eyes of America's friends in the Persian Gulf region. The Arab states agree on one thing: Iran is emerging as the big winner of the American invasion, and both President Bush's new strategy and the Democratic responses to it dangerously miss the point. It's a devastating critique. And, unfortunately, it is correct."

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Poison gas 'caused' great dying

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Poison gas 'caused' great dying: "Poison gas 'caused' great dying

Sulfur dioxide and other volcanic gases rise from the Pu'u 'O'o vent on Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, in 1995 Photo: US Geological Survey
The continent-wide nature of the event implies that it was caused by something in the atmosphere
Dr Mark Sephton, Imperial College London
The Earth's greatest mass extinction was probably caused by poisonous volcanic gas, according to a study published in the journal Geology.

This 'great dying' 250 million years ago killed off more than two-thirds of reptile and amphibian families."

BBC NEWS | Health | Molecule 'may offer Down's hope'

BBC NEWS | Health | Molecule 'may offer Down's hope': "Molecule 'may offer Down's hope'
Child with Down's Syndrome
Down's syndrome is caused by an extra chromosome
Researchers believe they have identified a molecule that could be targeted to treat mental impairment in people with Down's syndrome.

A team at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London found people with Down's syndrome have higher levels of myo-inositol in their brains."

BBC NEWS | Americas | Man sues CIA over torture claims

BBC NEWS | Americas | Man sues CIA over torture claims: "Man sues CIA over torture claims
Khaled al-Masri announces the lawsuit in a video tele-conference from Stuttgart, Germany
Mr Al-Masri is now seeking damages and an apology
A man who says he was a victim of the CIA's alleged secret prisons is suing its former chief over torture claims.

Khaled al-Masri says he was kidnapped in 2003 while on holiday in Macedonia, flown to Afghanistan and mistreated.

A US rights group has filed a lawsuit against ex-CIA head George Tenet and other officials on behalf of Mr Masri, a Lebanese-born German citizen."

Science Projects in Genetic Data and Physics Win Scholarships - New York Times

Science Projects in Genetic Data and Physics Win Scholarships - New York Times: "Science Projects in Genetic Data and Physics Win Scholarships

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By SUSAN SAULNY
Published: December 6, 2005

As summer interns working at a laboratory in Phoenix, Anne Lee and Albert Shieh, two high school students, came across a problem reading computerized information on the human genome.

Instead of giving up or switching to a less challenging project, Ms. Lee and Mr. Shieh persevered, and months later developed new software that experts believe may increase the rate of accuracy in genetic data analysis."

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Monday, December 05, 2005

Northwest Watch - 13th Coast Guard District

Northwest Watch - 13th Coast Guard District: " Thirteenth Coast Guard District
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Guardians of the Pacific Northwest

Northwest Watch
Pacific NW Four State Logo for CGD13 - Click for home page of cgweb.d13.uscg.mil
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Waterfront Citizens Supporting Coast Guard Missions
Become a 'Northwest Watch' volunteer and help the U.S. Coast Guard save lives and property, prevent oil spills, and protect wildlife, all from the comfort of your home.

This vital program enlists the assistance of residents who live near navigable waterways to assist the Coast Guard with their missions.

The Coast Guard will call on Northwest Watch members to help investigate cases such as flare sightings or mayday calls in their area, which puts volunteers right in the heart of the action. The only requirements to participating are having access to a phone and a marine view from their home.
The Northwest has an extensive amount of waterways and communities to protect, and the U.S. Coast Guard needs dependable and proactive volunteers to aid in keeping out waters safe and clean.

One of D13 Information Division's Primary goals is to provide maximum service to our taxpayers, government leaders, and Coast Guard field commands.

Effectively, we manage a robust and well-informed network of civilian volunteers living on or near all of the Thirteenth District's waters. When needed, any Coast Guard unit with access to the Search and Rescue program (C2PC) can identify a geographic-specific volunteer and call upon them."
OREGON BLOGS.. NEW LINK

We have a new link on the left. It goes to over 300 blogs that people here in Oregon write... lose yourself in a fun reading adventure.

Mysterious tale of the thing in the crawl space

Mysterious tale of the thing in the crawl space: "Mysterious tale of the thing in the crawl space
Monday, December 05, 2005

T he thing that went bump in the night arrived, appropriately enough, on Halloween.

It was just about bedtime when my wife and I heard the noise outside the north side of the house.

But there was nothing there."

Be generous, but don't be gullible

Be generous, but don't be gullible: "Be generous, but don't be gullible
The state's annual profile of charities reveals a few that are, ahem, mostly playing 'Survivor'
Monday, December 05, 2005

O regon's annual report on charitable giving exposes a new low, and it's very low indeed.

We're talking zero.

For the first time, one of the nonprofits profiled by the state attorney general's office spent nothing -- nada, zero -- providing services. According to its own report submitted to the state of Oregon last year, Cancer Fund of America Support Services spent a year being kind, solicitous and compassionate mostly to itself."

Oregon's corporate tax rebate under fire

Oregon's corporate tax rebate under fire: "Oregon's corporate tax rebate under fire
Kicker - A push to end or slice the refund gains, in part because nearly two-thirds of the money goes out of state
Monday, December 05, 2005
BETSY HAMMOND

Efforts are building to scale back or kill Oregon's quarter-century guarantee of an income-tax kicker rebate for corporations.

The state AFL-CIO has filed a pair of initiatives asking voters to change the Oregon Constitution to pare back or end the kicker tax rebate for corporations."

USATODAY.com - Engineered blankets reach disaster victims

USATODAY.com - Engineered blankets reach disaster victims: "Engineered blankets reach disaster victims
By Bruce Smith, Associated Press
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — A lightweight, non-woven blanket engineered by a South Carolina company is keeping disaster victims dry and warm from the Gulf Coast to the mountains of Pakistan to the tsunami-ravaged areas of Southeast Asia.
A lightweight non-woven blanket that is being used in the global relief effort of hurricane and tsunami victims. A lightweight non-woven blanket that is being used in the global relief effort of hurricane and tsunami victims.
By Paula Illingworth, AP

The blanket developed by the Polymer Group Inc. is warmer than traditional blankets woven of cotton or wool. One side is soft and provides comfort next to the body; the other has a backing to provide a barrier from moisture, dirt and debris."

USATODAY.com - Nature teaches engineers new tricks

USATODAY.com - Nature teaches engineers new tricks: "Nature teaches engineers new tricks
By Robert C. Cowen, Christian Science Monitor
To help solve design problems, we should look to nature. For example, ants could help with traffic patterns, bees could provide insights on aerodynamics, and skunk cabbage may reveal new ways to regulate temperature.
Ants could provide a key to how best desing traffic flow, text-messaging and other network systems. Ants could provide a key to how best desing traffic flow, text-messaging and other network systems.

Through millions of years of evolution, many species have come up with elegant solutions to problems that crop up today in various engineering fields. We should learn from this biological wisdom, says Francis Ratnieks at the University of Sheffield in England."

USATODAY.com - Science snapshot: Early humans hunted, not hunters

USATODAY.com - Science snapshot: Early humans hunted, not hunters: "Science snapshot: Early humans hunted, not hunters
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON D.C. — Hunting as the 9-to-5 job of early humans, striding off from the ole' cave to clobber a mastadon for dinner, is a popular notion for explaining how people survived in prehistory. But some anthropologists are suggesting that being hunted, rather than hunting, was the daily fare of humanity's ancestors. And they argue that trying not to be eaten played a significant role in human evolution."

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Firefox 1.5 Debuts
Firefox has announced the launch of Firefox 1.5. The new version promises to be faster, more secure and better at blocking pop-ups.

According to the non-profit Mozilla Foundation Latest News about Mozilla Foundaton, which distributes the open-source browser, Firefox 1.5 offers enhanced securityRelevant Products/Services from Microsoft and privacy Latest News about privacy features, improved pop-up blocking, faster load times and automatic update capability.

'It's going to render your web pages faster, and the automatic update feature will make sure your browser is always up to date,' said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of products. "

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Edgar Bergen
'Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.'"

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Dave Barry
'Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.'"

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Dick Cavett
'If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.'"

Scientist: Bosnian Hill May Have Pyramid - Yahoo! News

Scientist: Bosnian Hill May Have Pyramid - Yahoo! News: "Scientist: Bosnian Hill May Have Pyramid

By AIDA CERKEZ-ROBINSON, Associated Press Writer Sat Dec 3,10:27 PM ET

VISOKO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - With eyes trained to recognize pyramids hidden in the hills of
El Salvador, Mexico and Peru, Semir Osmanagic has been drawn to the mound overlooking this central Bosnian town.
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'It has all the elements: four perfectly shaped slopes pointing toward the cardinal points, a flat top and an entrance complex,' he said, gazing at the hill and wondering what lies beneath.

No pyramids are known in Europe, and there is no evidence any ancient civilization there ever attempted to build one.

But Osmanagic, a Bosnian archaeologist who has spent the last 15 years studying the pyramids of Latin America, suspects there is one here in his Balkan homeland."

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Documents Highlight Bush-Blanco Standoff

Documents Highlight Bush-Blanco Standoff: "Documents Highlight Bush-Blanco Standoff

By Spencer S. Hsu, Joby Warrick and Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, December 5, 2005; Page A10

Shortly after noon on Aug. 31, Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (R) delivered a message that stunned aides to Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D), who were frantically managing the catastrophe that began two days earlier when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.

White House senior adviser Karl Rove wanted it conveyed that he understood that Blanco was requesting that President Bush federalize the evacuation of New Orleans. The governor should explore legal options to impose martial law 'or as close as we can get,' Vitter quoted Rove as saying, according to handwritten notes by Terry Ryder, Blanco's executive counsel."

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Hundreds from Alsea wish farewell to 'old friend'

Hundreds from Alsea wish farewell to 'old friend': "Hundreds from Alsea wish farewell to 'old friend'
Family, friends and anglers honor 'Ermie' Walter, despite his request for no funeral
Sunday, December 04, 2005
LARRY BINGHAM

ALSEA -- Before fishing legend Ermine 'Ermie' Walter died of a heart attack -- at the age of 86 while falling a tree for a widow -- he told his family and closest friends he did not want a funeral."

Licensed, bonded and unaccountable

Licensed, bonded and unaccountable: "Licensed, bonded and unaccountable
The Oregon Construction Contractors Board fails to discipline bad
FACTBOX

• 7 basic safeguards regarding contractors

• Left in the lurch

• 7 basic safeguards
Sunday, December 04, 2005
JEFF MANNING

When John Stuart looked for a contractor to build his dream home in Oregon's wine country two years ago, he turned to the Web site run by the Oregon Construction Contractors Board, the state agency that says its mission is to protect customers from bad builders."

Ready for 100,000 more? Their target cities aren't

Ready for 100,000 more? Their target cities aren't: "Ready for 100,000 more? Their target cities aren't
Infrastructure - The $4 billion tab for growth east of Portland poses hard choices and regional consequences
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• What does 100,000

• Growth solutions
Sunday, December 04, 2005
LAURA OPPENHEIMER

and ROBIN FRANZEN

Rural communities on Portland's eastern fringes are bracing for the biggest suburban explosion in Oregon history -- if we find a way to pay for it.

That's a big if.
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We need $4 billion for streets, sewers and other trappings of daily life to build the next generation of suburbs: Happy Valley, Pleasant Valley, Damascus and Springwater."

Newport's dilemma: good jobs vs. big risks

Newport's dilemma: good jobs vs. big risks: "Newport's dilemma: good jobs vs. big risks
Values - A company wants Yaquina Bay as its West Coast base for hazardous ship work
Sunday, December 04, 2005
PETER SLEETH

They call themselves 'ship breakers,' and they want to coax a ghost fleet to Oregon.

The fleet is real, a mothballed collection of government ships, no more ethereal than the men who will split the ships from stem to stern. They could start to arrive in Newport within 90 days.

Bay Bridge Enterprises, LLC, a Virginia-based company owned by an Indian firm with offices in the United Arab Emirates, is moving rapidly to set up a ship recycling yard on Yaquina Bay, just a mile from the tourist-oriented waterfront and across from the Hatfield Marine Sciences Center. The job is quite simple on its face: Break the ships into small pieces and sell them for scrap. But it also is dirty and dangerous work. Some of the ships are as long as football fields and weigh about 6,000 tons.
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USATODAY.com - Documents show Katrina's political storm

USATODAY.com - Documents show Katrina's political storm: "Documents show Katrina's political storm
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As Hurricane Katrina roared ashore and began its assault on homes and lives across Louisiana, a political storm was brewing in the Louisiana governor's office and the White House, newly released documents show.

Memos, handwritten notes, e-mails and phone logs turned over late Friday to congressional committees investigating failures in the government's disaster response shed more light on what happened behind the scenes in the frantic days surrounding the Aug. 29 storm."

Web Edition - NewsGator Online

Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Professor Irwin Corey
'If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going.'"

BBC NEWS | Health | Virus clue to cervical cancer jab

BBC NEWS | Health | Virus clue to cervical cancer jab: "Virus clue to cervical cancer jab
Image of a vaccine
A vaccine would be a major breakthrough
Scientists have unravelled the body's immune response to a virus which causes most cases of cervical cancer.

They hope their work on the human papilloma virus (HPV) could aid efforts to develop a cervical cancer vaccine."

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click Online | Wi-fi venture tests Philadelphia

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click Online | Wi-fi venture tests Philadelphia: "Wi-fi venture tests Philadelphia
Ian Hardy

By Ian Hardy
BBC Click Online North America technology correspondent

Ian Hardy reports from the US, where a city government had to fight hard to go wireless.

Woman using wireless laptop in a station
High speed wi-fi is on the horizon
Wireless Philadelphia is a project that has been in development for several years, but which will not be finished until late 2006.

It seems such an agreeable proposition to everybody involved - cheap wi-fi for an entire city.

'A citizen will pay a base fee of $10 or $20 depending upon their income status, for access to the network,' explained the city's chief information officer, Dianah Neff."

Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers march to push for full democracy

Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers march to push for full democracy: "Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers march to push for full democracy
09:07:33 EST Dec 4, 2005
WILLOW DUTTGE

HONG KONG (AP) - Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Hong Kong Sunday to protest the slow pace of democratic reforms, intensifying pressure on the government to speed up the movement toward full democracy.

Organizers said about 250,000 people, with many clad in black, took part in the march - much higher than analysts' estimate of between 50,000 to 100,000. But police said they counted only 40,000 people when the march began in Hong Kong's Victoria Park. Many joined the rally along the way."

CNN.com - Robertson: 'Bullet casings were flying around us' - Dec 4, 2005

CNN.com - Robertson: 'Bullet casings were flying around us' - Dec 4, 2005: "Robertson: 'Bullet casings were flying around us'

Sunday, December 4, 2005; Posted: 11:00 a.m. EST (16:00 GMT)

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Xinhua - English: "Likely cause of space shuttle trouble found: NASA
www.chinaview.cn 2005-12-04 18:13:48

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (Xinhuanet)-- Engineers have found the most likely answer to why the insulating foam outside the fuel tank broke off during the space shuttle launch, according to Michael Griffin, administrator of US space agency NASA.

Super-cooling of the external fuel tank may have led to cracks in the insulating foam, when it was filled with liquid propellant, making it vulnerable to falling off, Griffin told Saturday's Los Angeles Times."

IOL: Fossil strengthens dinosaur ancestry case

IOL: Fossil strengthens dinosaur ancestry case: "Fossil strengthens dinosaur ancestry case
Steve Connor
December 04 2005 at 06:43AM

A perfectly preserved fossil of a feathered creature that lived 150 million years ago has provided further evidence to show that modern birds originate from dinosaurs.

The fossil is a complete skeleton of an Archaeopteryx and shows that it had features common to birds and a group of meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods."