How are you with Bubble wrap?
I can't resist popping it myself. Thanks to my daughter I now have an unlimited supply of virtual bubble wrap and I am going to share it with you now. Use the mouse and left click the bubbles and when that gets to tame for you press the Manic button on the lower right. Turn on your speakers.
follow this link:
http://public.aregner.com/bubblewrap.swf
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Sent in by one of our residents and we say thank you for this trick...
Computer users...........
Great keyboard trick! This really does work.... it helps, heaps.
This is for everyone over 50 whose eyesight isn't what it was....Thought I'd pass this on. It's very useful when trying to read small e- mail print. If you hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and turn the small wheel in the middle of your mouse, the print size will change -it will... either get larger or smaller -- depending on which way you turn the wheel… Helpful hint.
Computer users...........
Great keyboard trick! This really does work.... it helps, heaps.
This is for everyone over 50 whose eyesight isn't what it was....Thought I'd pass this on. It's very useful when trying to read small e- mail print. If you hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and turn the small wheel in the middle of your mouse, the print size will change -it will... either get larger or smaller -- depending on which way you turn the wheel… Helpful hint.
Sent in by Dick Garvey
By ADAM ASHTON
BEE STAFF WRITER
Last Updated: June 2, 2006, 04:12:58 AM PDT
City council members from three communities and two Stanislaus County
supervisors are laying plans to fight steep rent increases at mobile
home parks owned by one of the nation's biggest landlords.
The council members say they're fed up with annual rent hikes of as
much as $100 a month at parks owned by Chicago's Equity LifeStyles
Properties.
The company owns three parks in the county: Colony Park in Ceres,
Quail Meadows in Riverbank and Coralwood in Modesto. Residents own
their homes but rent the space on which they sit.
They pay from $556 a month in Colony Park to $750 at Coralwood. Their
rents have nearly doubled since Equity LifeStyles started buying
mobile-home parks in Stanislaus County in the late 1990s.
Countywide, the average mobile-home park rent is $425.75, according to
a January report from the Ceres Planning Department. Equity LifeStyles
owns communities in 28 states and in Canada.
"When you look at comparable parks, this guy is out of line. He's just
out of line," Ceres City Councilman Ken Lane said, referring to
billionaire Equity LifeStyles Chairman Sam Zell.
Lane is working with two county supervisors and his counterparts from
Modesto and Riverbank to keep mobile-home rents down. They met a month
ago and are planning more meetings.
Lane said he is interested in working out compromises that could
protect mobile-home owners who have fixed incomes. The Ceres City
Council has indicated it was not interested in rent control, but Lane
said that option is on the table if other offers fail.
DeMartini: 'It borders on immoral'
Supervisor Jim DeMartini said the county could establish a mobile-home
rent mediation board to tackle complaints about Equity LifeStyles.
"They have raised the rents unjustifiably, and I really think they're
taking advantage of the residents," DeMartini said. "I can't see that
they're doing anything illegal, but certainly it borders on immoral."
It's not easy for mobile-home owners to pack up and leave the parks
where they live. It costs thousands of dollars to move a mobile home,
and abandoning one means leaving an investment behind.
Peter Underhill, the Equity LifeStyles regional vice president
negotiating rents in Stanislaus County, did not return calls for
comment. The company has indicated in letters to residents that it
wanted to raise rents in California because it feared rent control
from various local governments.
The company in recent years has fought Sonoma and Monterey counties to
block rent control proposals spurred by its hikes.
Equity LifeStyles renters first sought help from local elected
officials in August 2004 when Coralwood residents asked the Modesto
City Council to enact rent control. The council didn't take steps to
inhibit the company's hikes.
Since then, Riverbank Councilwoman Virginia Madueno said, mobile-home
renters have become more educated about their rights. Their requests
carry greater weight now, she said.
"People have become more vocal, more active and more engaged," she said.
The company and Colony Park residents had a testy meeting a week ago,
said Sharon Burch, 56, a mobile-home owner protesting rent hikes
there.
She praised Lane and other elected officials for helping her neighbors
in their efforts.
"What they've done is exceptional," she said.
Bee staff writer Adam Ashton can be reached at 578-2366 or aashton@modbee.com.
By ADAM ASHTON
BEE STAFF WRITER
Last Updated: June 2, 2006, 04:12:58 AM PDT
City council members from three communities and two Stanislaus County
supervisors are laying plans to fight steep rent increases at mobile
home parks owned by one of the nation's biggest landlords.
The council members say they're fed up with annual rent hikes of as
much as $100 a month at parks owned by Chicago's Equity LifeStyles
Properties.
The company owns three parks in the county: Colony Park in Ceres,
Quail Meadows in Riverbank and Coralwood in Modesto. Residents own
their homes but rent the space on which they sit.
They pay from $556 a month in Colony Park to $750 at Coralwood. Their
rents have nearly doubled since Equity LifeStyles started buying
mobile-home parks in Stanislaus County in the late 1990s.
Countywide, the average mobile-home park rent is $425.75, according to
a January report from the Ceres Planning Department. Equity LifeStyles
owns communities in 28 states and in Canada.
"When you look at comparable parks, this guy is out of line. He's just
out of line," Ceres City Councilman Ken Lane said, referring to
billionaire Equity LifeStyles Chairman Sam Zell.
Lane is working with two county supervisors and his counterparts from
Modesto and Riverbank to keep mobile-home rents down. They met a month
ago and are planning more meetings.
Lane said he is interested in working out compromises that could
protect mobile-home owners who have fixed incomes. The Ceres City
Council has indicated it was not interested in rent control, but Lane
said that option is on the table if other offers fail.
DeMartini: 'It borders on immoral'
Supervisor Jim DeMartini said the county could establish a mobile-home
rent mediation board to tackle complaints about Equity LifeStyles.
"They have raised the rents unjustifiably, and I really think they're
taking advantage of the residents," DeMartini said. "I can't see that
they're doing anything illegal, but certainly it borders on immoral."
It's not easy for mobile-home owners to pack up and leave the parks
where they live. It costs thousands of dollars to move a mobile home,
and abandoning one means leaving an investment behind.
Peter Underhill, the Equity LifeStyles regional vice president
negotiating rents in Stanislaus County, did not return calls for
comment. The company has indicated in letters to residents that it
wanted to raise rents in California because it feared rent control
from various local governments.
The company in recent years has fought Sonoma and Monterey counties to
block rent control proposals spurred by its hikes.
Equity LifeStyles renters first sought help from local elected
officials in August 2004 when Coralwood residents asked the Modesto
City Council to enact rent control. The council didn't take steps to
inhibit the company's hikes.
Since then, Riverbank Councilwoman Virginia Madueno said, mobile-home
renters have become more educated about their rights. Their requests
carry greater weight now, she said.
"People have become more vocal, more active and more engaged," she said.
The company and Colony Park residents had a testy meeting a week ago,
said Sharon Burch, 56, a mobile-home owner protesting rent hikes
there.
She praised Lane and other elected officials for helping her neighbors
in their efforts.
"What they've done is exceptional," she said.
Bee staff writer Adam Ashton can be reached at 578-2366 or aashton@modbee.com.
Medicare to Help Americans Find Savings
Medicare to Help Americans Find Savings: "To help Americans become smarter health care shoppers, Medicare will publish a range of what it pays for 30 common procedures and report how frequently hospitals perform them, federal officials said Thursday.
The release of the information fits with the Bush administration's strategy of moving more people into health savings accounts and high-deductible insurance policies. Such insurance policies require people to bear more of their initial medical expenses."
The release of the information fits with the Bush administration's strategy of moving more people into health savings accounts and high-deductible insurance policies. Such insurance policies require people to bear more of their initial medical expenses."
Friday, June 02, 2006
SOME OF YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER THESE Do you remember??????
Sent in by Marlene Crites
Sit back, relax, listen, read, & smile. Kind of reminds you to stop & smell the roses of life, and to give Thanks to God for Life and Memories!!!!
Do You Remember?
All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?
It took five minutes for the TV warm up?
Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?
Nobody owned a purebred dog?
When a quarter was a decent allowance?
You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?
Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?
All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time?
And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?
Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?
It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?
They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . and they did?
When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?
No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?
Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a .."
and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?
Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?
And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace, and share it with the children of today?
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.
Send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Laurel and Hardy, Howdy Dowdy and the Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.
As well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember that"?
I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a double dog dare to pass it on.
To remember what a double dog dare is, read on.
And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care
How many of these do you remember?
Candy cigarettes Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers Newsreels before the movie P.F. Fliers Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601).
Party lines Peashooters Howdy Dowdy
45 RPM records Green Stamps Hi-Fi's Metal ice cubes trays with levers Mimeograph paper Beanie and Cecil Roller-skate keys Cork pop guns Drive ins Studebakers Washtub wringers The Fuller Brush Man Reel-To-Reel tape recorders Tinkertoys Erector Sets The Fort Apache Play Set Lincoln Logs
15 cent McDonald hamburgers
5 cent packs of baseball cards -
with that awful pink slab of bubble gum Penny candy ,35 cent a gallon gasoline Jiffy Pop popcorn Do you remember a time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"?
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do Over!"?
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest?
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?
It wasn't odd to have two or three "Best Friends"?
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"?
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?
A foot of snow was a dream come true?
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?
"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?
War was a card game?
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown-up" life . . .I double-dog-dare-ya!
Sent in by Marlene Crites
Sit back, relax, listen, read, & smile. Kind of reminds you to stop & smell the roses of life, and to give Thanks to God for Life and Memories!!!!
Do You Remember?
All the girls had ugly gym uniforms?
It took five minutes for the TV warm up?
Nearly everyone's Mom was at home when the kids got home from school?
Nobody owned a purebred dog?
When a quarter was a decent allowance?
You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?
Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?
All your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels?
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time?
And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?
Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?
It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?
They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . and they did?
When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?
No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?
Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, "That cloud looks like a .."
and playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?
Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?
And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace, and share it with the children of today?
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?
Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!
But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.
Send this on to someone who can still remember Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Laurel and Hardy, Howdy Dowdy and the Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.
As well as summers filled with bike rides, baseball games, Hula Hoops, bowling and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember that"?
I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a double dog dare to pass it on.
To remember what a double dog dare is, read on.
And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care
How many of these do you remember?
Candy cigarettes Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers Newsreels before the movie P.F. Fliers Telephone numbers with a word prefix...(Raymond 4-601).
Party lines Peashooters Howdy Dowdy
45 RPM records Green Stamps Hi-Fi's Metal ice cubes trays with levers Mimeograph paper Beanie and Cecil Roller-skate keys Cork pop guns Drive ins Studebakers Washtub wringers The Fuller Brush Man Reel-To-Reel tape recorders Tinkertoys Erector Sets The Fort Apache Play Set Lincoln Logs
15 cent McDonald hamburgers
5 cent packs of baseball cards -
with that awful pink slab of bubble gum Penny candy ,35 cent a gallon gasoline Jiffy Pop popcorn Do you remember a time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"?
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do Over!"?
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest?
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?
It wasn't odd to have two or three "Best Friends"?
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"?
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?
A foot of snow was a dream come true?
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?
"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?
War was a card game?
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown-up" life . . .I double-dog-dare-ya!
Heritage
The Heritage Project next door...
The Picturees below were provided by Larry Henson and give you a kind of feel for the project being built next to LVH. Although the maps are small they show up well in Picasa. If you would like me to forward a copy of Larry's email with these pixs you can then save them in Picasa and rework them for a better view of the project. On the left side of the drawing you will see some olive green lots. Those are the ones that run along hwy 101. The drawings will expand if you click on them and give a better quality image.
Notable are all the streams running through the area which are not to be bothered. In some places the buildable ground is 70 ft above those wet lands. See if you can spot the three bridges connecting the project. Now there is a trail system running through the area in brown.. Can you see that?
The purple units at the top of the drawing will be the first to have homes on them. People will have to accept each home as built as they each are being designed to fit the topograpy of the lot they are situated on.
The Picturees below were provided by Larry Henson and give you a kind of feel for the project being built next to LVH. Although the maps are small they show up well in Picasa. If you would like me to forward a copy of Larry's email with these pixs you can then save them in Picasa and rework them for a better view of the project. On the left side of the drawing you will see some olive green lots. Those are the ones that run along hwy 101. The drawings will expand if you click on them and give a better quality image.
Notable are all the streams running through the area which are not to be bothered. In some places the buildable ground is 70 ft above those wet lands. See if you can spot the three bridges connecting the project. Now there is a trail system running through the area in brown.. Can you see that?
The purple units at the top of the drawing will be the first to have homes on them. People will have to accept each home as built as they each are being designed to fit the topograpy of the lot they are situated on.
Gate Openers UPdate from Ben Davi
BEN DAVI
to me
Ron
This coming Tues will be two weeks since I ordered the new gate remotes. I contacted Overhead Door in Eugene to find out what the problem was. I have been anxiously waiting for a UPS delivery. The fellow I spoke to called the shipper and then called me back. Evidentially the shipper never received the faxed order so the order was never shipped. I was assured the remotes would be shipped today and we should have them by next Wednesday. I don't know who dropped the ball but we have already received the bill for the mysterious remotes. Sorry to all. I will post notices at the clubhouse just as soon as they get here.
Ben
BEN DAVI
to me
Ron
This coming Tues will be two weeks since I ordered the new gate remotes. I contacted Overhead Door in Eugene to find out what the problem was. I have been anxiously waiting for a UPS delivery. The fellow I spoke to called the shipper and then called me back. Evidentially the shipper never received the faxed order so the order was never shipped. I was assured the remotes would be shipped today and we should have them by next Wednesday. I don't know who dropped the ball but we have already received the bill for the mysterious remotes. Sorry to all. I will post notices at the clubhouse just as soon as they get here.
Ben
First Science - Holy Grail History
First Science - Holy Grail History: "Holy Grail History
Forget Dan Brown... forget Da Vinci. For 2000 years, successive generations have been gripped by the quest for the Holy Grail, a journey that has brought people to some of the most historic and mysterious sites in Britain.
by Stuart Carter
Did Christ drink from the Holy Grail at the Last Supper?
The very nature of the Holy Grail is surrounded by different stories. Some claim that it's the bowl that Joseph used to collect the blood of Jesus Christ when he was dying on the cross. Others claim that it's the cup that Christ drank from at the Last Supper. The search for the Grail has taken questors around the world, but one of the most enduring legends tells us that it was brought to Britain by Jesus Christ's great uncle, Joseph of Aramithea - a tin merchant who often travelled to Cornwall and Somerset to trade in precious metals. He is thought to have left on a voyage shortly after Christ's death, but this time is thought to have headed to Glastonbury - the Glass Isle he had been sent to find by the Archangel Raphael."
Forget Dan Brown... forget Da Vinci. For 2000 years, successive generations have been gripped by the quest for the Holy Grail, a journey that has brought people to some of the most historic and mysterious sites in Britain.
by Stuart Carter
Did Christ drink from the Holy Grail at the Last Supper?
The very nature of the Holy Grail is surrounded by different stories. Some claim that it's the bowl that Joseph used to collect the blood of Jesus Christ when he was dying on the cross. Others claim that it's the cup that Christ drank from at the Last Supper. The search for the Grail has taken questors around the world, but one of the most enduring legends tells us that it was brought to Britain by Jesus Christ's great uncle, Joseph of Aramithea - a tin merchant who often travelled to Cornwall and Somerset to trade in precious metals. He is thought to have left on a voyage shortly after Christ's death, but this time is thought to have headed to Glastonbury - the Glass Isle he had been sent to find by the Archangel Raphael."
FireFox
Everyone using the FireFox web browser....
Folks Jim Dodds has been speaking to me for days now about some securityproblems with FireFox and today he emailed me that there is new update to cure these problems. A new version of Firefox is here for us and should be downloaded to your computer as soon as you finish reading this. If your computer is not set to automatically get downloads .... Do this now
- Left click "HELP" on the top menu. In the drop down menu left click "ABOUT". At the bottom it should say version 1.5.04 If it does not say that you need to download the new version now.
- Left click the "HELP" menu and from the drop down menu select "check for updates" then follow the prompts.
Our New Neighbor
WHAT I THINK I KNOW ABOUT OUR NEW NEIGHBORS By Jim McCrea
Yesterday I met with Mr. Don Huster who is the developer of the 37 acre tract of land immediately west of Long View Hills. The meeting was in Larry's office and we were joined by Ron Thomas and Jim Moreland.
Mr. Huster said he is a native Oregonian (Gresham) who graduated from Oregon State with a degree in electrical engineering. He worked in California for many years and had a beach home on the Northern Oregon cost. After his company had been sold Don and his wife decided to return to Oregon. Through time he established business contacts with two investor type individuals and they formed an LLC called The Woodside Group.
They purchased the property next to LVH and have received approval to build 110 homes. The property will be developed in nine phases with their target date of the Fall of 2007 as the completion of the first group of homes. As market conditions change the intended selling prices have not been firmly established but the preliminary estimates are that the smaller of the homes (which will range from 1500 sq. ft. to 2800 sq. ft.) will sell for around $400,000.
The property is a Planned Unit Development, similar to Long View Hills. This means the developer will be responsible for the streets and utilities. They will have an Association Fee and Covenants and Restrictions in their charter. The map of the area he showed had a system of walking trails through the neighborhood. As you may know the terrain contains valleys up to 70 feet deep. These valleys will not be disturbed and three bridges will be constructed in the neighborhood.
It will be a slow moving project, based on a number of factors. Perhaps the most difficult obstacle yet to overcome is the permit from the Oregon Department of Transportation to create an approved outlet road onto Highway 101. The application process is in the works and how long it takes the State of Oregon to approve it is a guess.
Perhaps the most important thing I learned from the meeting was Mr. Huster's comment that for all intents and purposes the trees he plans on cutting down have already been cut. It stands to reason that trees on each individual lot are yet to be removed as the houses are built, but for the most part what we see now we will probably continue to see from our views here in the neighborhood.
All in all he seemed like a pleasant fellow, not at all like a salesman. He expressed several times he and his partners wanted to be good neighbors.
I might add however, that he is also the developer of the project in Nye Beach that has a number of neighbors in a real upset condition. Today's local newspaper contains a full page advertisement protesting the intended project.
Now you know what I know about this topic.
My opinion is that the development next to us poses no adverse factors as it now stands. My crystal ball probably doesn't work any better than yours, so who knows how this will ultimately wind up. For now Mr. Huster seems to be a businessman intending to make a nice profit and is realistic enough to know that being polite to his neighbors is a good way to start. As events unfold we will all learn together.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
eBay
eBay !
Many of you know my daughter sells regularly on eBay. She is quite successful at it. She knows the ropes and the pitfalls. Lori (my daughter) will be visiting us this August. She has agreed to teach us all how to sell on eBay.
That being said she wants you to be able to know how to make a jpeg picture and you must have a PayPal seller’s account set up before you can take her class.
So, I am tasked with getting those people ready that want to take her classes. Yes you will have to have basic computer skills.
Before we go to the trouble of setting up classes to learn how to do this, I would like to gauge the level of interest we have in the subject, i.e., “Do you want to learn how to sell on eBay?”
Therefore, we have a poll running now that will help us decide on the level of interest and the class sizes. This technique is called, “Putting the horse before the cart.” . A good way to approach a problem..
Many of you know my daughter sells regularly on eBay. She is quite successful at it. She knows the ropes and the pitfalls. Lori (my daughter) will be visiting us this August. She has agreed to teach us all how to sell on eBay.
That being said she wants you to be able to know how to make a jpeg picture and you must have a PayPal seller’s account set up before you can take her class.
So, I am tasked with getting those people ready that want to take her classes. Yes you will have to have basic computer skills.
Before we go to the trouble of setting up classes to learn how to do this, I would like to gauge the level of interest we have in the subject, i.e., “Do you want to learn how to sell on eBay?”
Therefore, we have a poll running now that will help us decide on the level of interest and the class sizes. This technique is called, “Putting the horse before the cart.” . A good way to approach a problem..
Poison Ivy Itchier, More Plentiful With Warming, Study Says
Poison Ivy Itchier, More Plentiful With Warming, Study Says: "Poison Ivy Itchier, More Plentiful With Warming, Study Says
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
May 30, 2006
Global climate change may soon make our planet a much itchier place.
Rising levels of carbon dioxide—a so-called greenhouse gas that traps heat within Earth's atmosphere—can fuel booming poison ivy growth, a new study reports."
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
May 30, 2006
Global climate change may soon make our planet a much itchier place.
Rising levels of carbon dioxide—a so-called greenhouse gas that traps heat within Earth's atmosphere—can fuel booming poison ivy growth, a new study reports."
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
From an email from Ruthanne Carson..
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted at a very last resort, and the access of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.
If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash, and your data is corrupted cause the index doesn't hash, then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna crash!
If the label on the cable on the table at your house, says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, but your packets want to tunnel to another protocol, that's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall......
And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss, so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse; then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang, 'cuz sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang.
When the copy on your floppy's getting sloppy in the disk, and the macro code instructions is causing unnecessary risk, then you'll have to flash the memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM, and then quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your Mom!
Well, that certainly clears things up for me. How about you?
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted at a very last resort, and the access of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.
If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash, and your data is corrupted cause the index doesn't hash, then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna crash!
If the label on the cable on the table at your house, says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, but your packets want to tunnel to another protocol, that's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall......
And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss, so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse; then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang, 'cuz sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang.
When the copy on your floppy's getting sloppy in the disk, and the macro code instructions is causing unnecessary risk, then you'll have to flash the memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM, and then quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your Mom!
Well, that certainly clears things up for me. How about you?
REMINDER...............TO ALL INTERESTED AT LONGVIEW HILLS COMUNNITY:At 9Am tomorrow morning at the LVH's Club House is the monthly Fishing Club Meeting. But this one will be of interest to all, there will be a guest speaker on the local bears and how they can effect us living here along the Oregon Coast. Even if your not a member you are welcomed to come and join in. Hope to see you there on Thursday morning on the 1st of June.
Newport News-Times: Driver Safety Program offered:
The AARP Driver Safety Program (previously called '55 Alive') has a new program called Edition 6. All 10,00 instructors in the U.S. have completed mandatory re-training in this innovative program. Although open to all ages, qualified licensed drivers 55 and older receive a multi-year discount on auto insurance premiums. Individuals should call their insurance company for details.
Several topics of interest relevant to 'more experienced' drivers include how to make adjustments to changes in hearing, vision and reaction time; assessing driving abilities, various road challenges; aggressive drivers and road rage; winter driving and knowing your car.
The Pacific West Ambulance facility is the location for the Newport class from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 12 and 13. RSVP for reservations at 574-2684.
The AARP Driver Safety Program (previously called '55 Alive') has a new program called Edition 6. All 10,00 instructors in the U.S. have completed mandatory re-training in this innovative program. Although open to all ages, qualified licensed drivers 55 and older receive a multi-year discount on auto insurance premiums. Individuals should call their insurance company for details.
Several topics of interest relevant to 'more experienced' drivers include how to make adjustments to changes in hearing, vision and reaction time; assessing driving abilities, various road challenges; aggressive drivers and road rage; winter driving and knowing your car.
The Pacific West Ambulance facility is the location for the Newport class from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 12 and 13. RSVP for reservations at 574-2684.
Newport News-Times: How does your garden grow?:
By Barton Grover Howe Of the News-Times
Fran Hannan of Lincoln City waited for Barking Dog Farms to open on Wednesday, May 24 before buying rhubarb for her pie. Although lettuce and rhubarb are the limits of the farm's home-grown offerings this early in the season, they offer organic produce from other farms around the state.
(Photo by Barton Grover Howe)
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
SPENCER CREEK BRIDGE PROJECT EARNS FEDERAL APPROVAL
CORVALLIS -- The Federal Highway Administration has signed the Record of Decision for the Spencer Creek Bridge project, clearing the way for the critically needed upgrade to enter its final design stage.
The project is located about 5 miles north of Newport on US 101, adjacent to Beverly Beach State Park. The project will replace a temporary detour bridge built in 1999 and the original 1947 bridge, which was taken out of service seven years ago due to structural instability. The new bridge will be constructed in about the same location as the 1947 bridge. Due to funding constraints, the project is planned for construction in two units. Unit 1 would be constructed beginning in later this year. Unit 2 is not yet scheduled for construction.
Unit 1, which is the section of highway immediately adjacent to Beverly Beach State Park, will involve constructing a new bridge and bridge approach roads from about 1,000 feet north of Spencer Creek to N.E. 123rd Street.
Unit 2 will include construction south of N.E. 123rd Street, to just north of Wade Creek. This second phase would shift US 101 (inside the project area) to the east about 50 feet in order to limit ocean erosion impacts currently impacting the highway. This unit will involve constructing a large retaining wall west of the houses on the bluff. The eastward shift of the highway will require the relocation of the NE Beverly Drive access to N.E. 123 Street about 75 feet east of the existing location.
Federal approval of the Record of Decision completes the National Environmental Policy Act process for the project. A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was released in July 2004, and a public hearing was held in September 2004. A Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published in March 2006.2004, and a public hearing was held in September 2004. A Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published in March 2006.
Copies of the Record of Decision and previous supporting documents are available at the ODOT District 4 office in Corvallis. They are also available online at the ODOT Region 2 web site http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION2/spencercreek.shtml.
For more information or copies of the Record of Decision, contact Duane James Liner, Consultant Project Manager, ODOT, 37000 SW Philomath Blvd, Corvallis OR 97333 (541-757-4158 or e-mail Duane.J.Liner@odot.state.or.us)
CORVALLIS -- The Federal Highway Administration has signed the Record of Decision for the Spencer Creek Bridge project, clearing the way for the critically needed upgrade to enter its final design stage.
The project is located about 5 miles north of Newport on US 101, adjacent to Beverly Beach State Park. The project will replace a temporary detour bridge built in 1999 and the original 1947 bridge, which was taken out of service seven years ago due to structural instability. The new bridge will be constructed in about the same location as the 1947 bridge. Due to funding constraints, the project is planned for construction in two units. Unit 1 would be constructed beginning in later this year. Unit 2 is not yet scheduled for construction.
Unit 1, which is the section of highway immediately adjacent to Beverly Beach State Park, will involve constructing a new bridge and bridge approach roads from about 1,000 feet north of Spencer Creek to N.E. 123rd Street.
Unit 2 will include construction south of N.E. 123rd Street, to just north of Wade Creek. This second phase would shift US 101 (inside the project area) to the east about 50 feet in order to limit ocean erosion impacts currently impacting the highway. This unit will involve constructing a large retaining wall west of the houses on the bluff. The eastward shift of the highway will require the relocation of the NE Beverly Drive access to N.E. 123 Street about 75 feet east of the existing location.
Federal approval of the Record of Decision completes the National Environmental Policy Act process for the project. A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was released in July 2004, and a public hearing was held in September 2004. A Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published in March 2006.2004, and a public hearing was held in September 2004. A Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published in March 2006.
Copies of the Record of Decision and previous supporting documents are available at the ODOT District 4 office in Corvallis. They are also available online at the ODOT Region 2 web site http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION2/spencercreek.shtml.
For more information or copies of the Record of Decision, contact Duane James Liner, Consultant Project Manager, ODOT, 37000 SW Philomath Blvd, Corvallis OR 97333 (541-757-4158 or e-mail Duane.J.Liner@odot.state.or.us)
NewsGator Online
NewsGator Online: "Ron Nesen
5/30/2006 5:58:47 AM
'Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source.'"
5/30/2006 5:58:47 AM
'Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source.'"
Monday, May 29, 2006
http://todayspictures.slate.com/20060529/?GT1=8199
We have put our flags away for this Memorial Holiday to honor the vets, now click on the above to go back and see about my fellow vets. I say thank you to my fellow vets out there. Thank You!
GO TO THE LINK CITY ON THE LEFT AND THEN CLICK ON THE ELECTRONIC BUTTENTIN BOARD AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT PARK LISTINGS ...... TO CHECK OUT THE NEW ITEMS FOR SALE..........
ITS EASY......IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SALE...TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN SEND TO RON OR CHARLES WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ITEM TO BE POSTED......
How Many Miles to the Bushel? - New York Times
How Many Miles to the Bushel? - New York Times: "How Many Miles to the Bushel?
By PAUL B. BROWN
Published: May 27, 2006
TOO often, discussions of alternative energy take place in an alternative universe where prices do not matter,' Popular Mechanics reports.
To remedy that, the magazine set out to figure out what it would cost to drive from New York to California using seven types of fuel.
It was not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison. Because there was not one automobile that could handle all types of fuel, the magazine tried to match the cars as closely as possible in size and weight. And the price it used for gasoline — $2.34 a gallon — is about 20 percent less than most people are now paying at the pump."
By PAUL B. BROWN
Published: May 27, 2006
TOO often, discussions of alternative energy take place in an alternative universe where prices do not matter,' Popular Mechanics reports.
To remedy that, the magazine set out to figure out what it would cost to drive from New York to California using seven types of fuel.
It was not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison. Because there was not one automobile that could handle all types of fuel, the magazine tried to match the cars as closely as possible in size and weight. And the price it used for gasoline — $2.34 a gallon — is about 20 percent less than most people are now paying at the pump."
Sunday, May 28, 2006
NEWPORT POLICE MEDIA
NEWPORT POLICE MEDIA RELEASE 5/27/2006 1:56 PM
Incident: Newport Community Emergency Response Team Graduates second class after final drill Saturday
Location: Old City Hall
Date/Time: 5-27-06 9:00 AM
Details:
Newport’s second class of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) conducted its final drill and examination today. Fifteen community volunteers who attended a drill at the old city hall were faced with several disaster scenarios, such as locating victims, providing first aid, recognizing hazardous materials, and triaging patients. The Newport Fire and Rescue, Newport Volunteer Fire Department, Pacific West Ambulance, Oregon National Guard, and the Newport Police Department participated in the training.
The Community Emergency Response Teams were first established in Los Angeles in 1987 as a result of several earthquakes. CERT teams are organized to train individuals to be their own first responders in the event of a major emergency. People will have to rely on each other for help in a major emergency as fire, police, and EMT’s will be busy attending the most serious situations.
The CERT program goals are to promote emergency preparedness; develop skills to respond to and cope with the aftermath of a disaster, and develop neighborhood self-sufficiency before, during and after a natural or man-made disaster. Topics taught and completed by the participants included Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Fire Suppression, Disaster Medical Operations, Light Search and Rescue, Terrorism, Disaster Psychology, CERT Organization, and the Final Drill.
Citizens interested in future CERT training courses may obtain further information by calling Sgt. Dean Sawyer of the Newport Police Department at 574-0633, or by visiting the Newport CERT website at http://certlvh.blogspot.com , or the Newport Fire Department website at www.newportfire.net .
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Information Released By: Sgt. Dean Sawyer, 574-0633
Incident: Newport Community Emergency Response Team Graduates second class after final drill Saturday
Location: Old City Hall
Date/Time: 5-27-06 9:00 AM
Details:
Newport’s second class of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) conducted its final drill and examination today. Fifteen community volunteers who attended a drill at the old city hall were faced with several disaster scenarios, such as locating victims, providing first aid, recognizing hazardous materials, and triaging patients. The Newport Fire and Rescue, Newport Volunteer Fire Department, Pacific West Ambulance, Oregon National Guard, and the Newport Police Department participated in the training.
The Community Emergency Response Teams were first established in Los Angeles in 1987 as a result of several earthquakes. CERT teams are organized to train individuals to be their own first responders in the event of a major emergency. People will have to rely on each other for help in a major emergency as fire, police, and EMT’s will be busy attending the most serious situations.
The CERT program goals are to promote emergency preparedness; develop skills to respond to and cope with the aftermath of a disaster, and develop neighborhood self-sufficiency before, during and after a natural or man-made disaster. Topics taught and completed by the participants included Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Fire Suppression, Disaster Medical Operations, Light Search and Rescue, Terrorism, Disaster Psychology, CERT Organization, and the Final Drill.
Citizens interested in future CERT training courses may obtain further information by calling Sgt. Dean Sawyer of the Newport Police Department at 574-0633, or by visiting the Newport CERT website at http://certlvh.blogspot.com , or the Newport Fire Department website at www.newportfire.net .
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Information Released By: Sgt. Dean Sawyer, 574-0633
And we remember them
And we remember them: "And we remember them
From Indian battles in the 1800s to Humvee blasts in Iraq, more than 5,800 Oregonians have died in wars . . .
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Mike Francis
O n the page, the names are bloodless lines of type: a name, a rank, a branch of service, a date of death, maybe a hint of the circumstances. 'Smith, Donald L,' reads one of the 269 lines on a list of Oregon's Korean War casualties. 'PFC Army Hood River, Oregon 02 Nov 1950, Died While Missing.'"
From Indian battles in the 1800s to Humvee blasts in Iraq, more than 5,800 Oregonians have died in wars . . .
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Mike Francis
O n the page, the names are bloodless lines of type: a name, a rank, a branch of service, a date of death, maybe a hint of the circumstances. 'Smith, Donald L,' reads one of the 269 lines on a list of Oregon's Korean War casualties. 'PFC Army Hood River, Oregon 02 Nov 1950, Died While Missing.'"
Popular painkiller can be a killer itself
Popular painkiller can be a killer itself: "Just twice that maximum dose increases your risk of liver failure. The daily maximum equals eight Extra Strength Tylenols, so using 15 pills a day can be dangerous -- even once. The maximum doesn't change if you mix products. Doctors worry some overdoses stem from people who combine several of the 600-plus acetaminophen drugs and don't realize how much they're ingesting."
One smile begins a friendship...
One hand clasp lifts a soul
One star can guide a ship at sea ...
One word can frame the goal
One vote can change a nation...
One sunbeam lights a room
One candle wipes out darkness...
One laugh will conquer gloom
One step must start each journey...
One word must start each prayer
One hope will raise our spirits...
One touch can show you care
One voice can speak with wisdom...
One heart can know what's true
One life can make the difference....
I'm glad that I know you!
I just stop and think if this might work for us here on the hill from neighbor to neighbor, see if it would spread. Wouldn't it be great!
One hand clasp lifts a soul
One star can guide a ship at sea ...
One word can frame the goal
One vote can change a nation...
One sunbeam lights a room
One candle wipes out darkness...
One laugh will conquer gloom
One step must start each journey...
One word must start each prayer
One hope will raise our spirits...
One touch can show you care
One voice can speak with wisdom...
One heart can know what's true
One life can make the difference....
I'm glad that I know you!
I just stop and think if this might work for us here on the hill from neighbor to neighbor, see if it would spread. Wouldn't it be great!
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