Saturday, September 30, 2006

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NewsGator Online: "Hodding Carter
9/29/2006 6:00:00 PM [rss@quotationspage.com (Quotes of the Day)]
'Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone.'"

Hot "Prehistoric" Conditions May Return by 2100, Study Says

Hot "Prehistoric" Conditions May Return by 2100, Study Says: "Hot 'Prehistoric' Conditions May Return by 2100, Study Says
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
September 28, 2006

Earth's future could resemble its hottest ancient epoch, a new study says. Picture palm trees swaying in Canada, warm seas lapping at shorelines hundreds of feet higher than they are today—and no natural ice anywhere."

Friday, September 29, 2006

Could this happen?


sent in by Ruthanne Carson...


The old farmer had a large pond in the back, fixed up nicely with picnic tables, a barbecue pit, horseshoe courts, and some apple and peach trees. The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming when it was built.

One evening, the old guy decided to go down to the pond and look it over. He hadn't been there for a while. He grabbed a five gallon bucket to bring back some fruit.

As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer, he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny dipping in his pond. As he approached, he made the women aware of his presence.

At once, they all went to the deep end.

One of the women shouted to him, "We're not coming out until you leave."

The old man frowned, "I did not come down here to watch you young ladies swim
naked, or to make you get out of the pond naked."

Holding up the bucket, he said, "I'm here to feed the alligator."
Flu shots have FLOWN...


In an email from Larry Henson.............


Hi Ron
Terry from Lincoln County Health called this morning to cancel the flu shot clinic scheduled for October. Terry said County Health plans to reschedule sometime in November.
Larry Henson, CM/LA-LVHMHC
YouTube

There is a new kind of news and interesting films here on your computer. It's called You Tube. Here is what it does... They allow anyone, anywhere to upload videos to the internet as long as they don't violate the rules of the site. Snippets com from all over the world. Mostly stuff is made by amatures. Sometimes they record what politicians are saying and produce that to make a point. The interesting thing it is grass roots from all over the world. Ordinary folks like you and me... A different view of how we all see things.

If you might like a look you can go to the below link and have a look....

CLICK HERE

Thursday, September 28, 2006

ZOMBIE

A story about an email we received today....

I have a suspicion that I want to tell you about... One of the ways computer hackers gain control over a computer is to put a picture in an attachment and when you open the picture attachment a virus comes in and inserts itself into your computer. Naturally the picture must be compelling to get you to open it... In this case, "Never seen before pictures of the World Trade Center". The hacker has set it up so that your computer joins all the other computers he has hacked. He use all of them (and your computer) at a level that you are not even aware of to send spam, pornography and whatever suits his purpose.

This operation makes a ZOMBIE out of your computer and so your computer is then referred to in the hacking world as a Zombie...

On the attachment to an email that I received today is the address it comes from:
http://www.zombietime.com /wtc_9-13-2001/

I don't know for sure if this means anything. But I rarely open pictures from people I don't know. I hope I am wrong about this but I am not going to find out. If your computer suddenly starts to run slower it may have become a zombie.

Further down this email the person who wrote it says that this sure did load slowly. Could it be that was because it was loading something beside a picture on that computer? Be careful only download stuff from people you know and really think if it is a third party download.

Jim Dodds is our expert on these things and he may comment on this... Hope so.

Trip to Savannah

Emailed in by Wayde and Barb Dudley

We got to Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia on Sunday, September 24th. Our first impression of Tybee Island was seeing the ocean (which is 1/2 block away from our motel room). Beautiful white sand with boardwalks over the dunes and beach grass growing on the dunes. People were sunbathing and playing in the waves, some surfing. It so reminded me of the beaches we used to visit when I was growing up in Southern California when you could park on the street and walk to the beach without paying or having to put up with thousands of people. We walked to the gazebo at the end of the pier and they were playing an old Elvis song - perfect! We got ice cream cones and walked to the end of the pier to see what the fishermen were catching. Didn't seem to be catching much but eveyone was enjoying the weather (it was in the 80's with a nice breeze). We saw something jump in the water and realized they were dolphins! That and watching the pelicans made it perfect.

We went in to Savannah that afternoon and walked the river walk (a lot of it built in the 1700's). We got tickets for the dinner cruise on a sternwheeler that night. The port of Savannah is very active and we stood on the deck and watched all the big freighters go by and looked at some very nice yachts. Amazing that we were standing on the deck, on the river, at night, and we didn't have to wear jackets! Supper was lovely and there was a guy with a keyboard, guitar and music system playing everything from jazz to blues to rock. There was only about 20 people on the cruise so it was really nice. It was a great night.
The next morning we started our day with the Paula Deen tour. We didn't get to see her but we went all over town visiting all the places she has worked, lived and places she shops on her tv show. We had lunch at Uncle Bubba's Oyster House, Paula's brother's restaurant. It was great and we sat at a table with an older couple from Florida. They had lived in Genoa, Nevada for some years and loved cowboy poetry. We talked cowboys and ranching. Small world, huh? It was hot and humid and too tiring to stand in line to eat at Lady and Sons restaurant so we just took a picture and went inside to the gift shop (eat your heart out Jacky). We then went for a carriage ride through the historic district. Amazing.
Tuesday we drove a few miles into South Carolina and went to Hilton Head. It's a beautiful island with golf courses and beautiful homes all along the drive to the coast. At the Harbour Marina there were several beautiful yachts docked and, again, beautiful homes and golf courses. Never much wanted to be rich but that place made it look pretty nice.
We sadly left Savannah Wednesday morning and are now in Atlanta ready for the next leg of our adventure.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Please Remember

CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) TEAM TRAINING for the new class starts Thursday at 5:30PM tommorow at Newport City Hall.

We will have a few new folks from Longview Hills attending. That is really great news for our little community. Our team is woefully under staffed and we need all the new extra hands we can get. If you have an interest in lending a hand won't you come down to the City Hall and listen this first night? You do not have to commit to anything. Gender is not a factor we work well as a team and use the best from everyone.

Most of us that have completed the training have weekly drills at the Clubhouse on Wednesdays for an hour. You are all welcome to come and observe and participate. We currently are training in operations dealing with triage, communications and evacuation. The community Emergency Plan is shaping up as we get a handle on what we will be needing. Every LVH CERT Member has been RED CROSS certified in First Aid, CPR and AED operation.

CERT is not just about tsunami's we have helped the Fire Dept and Police Dept in other operations for Newport where they had run short handed before they can now use the CERT team to free up the professionals to do more of what they are trained to do.

Still, each individual has the responsibility of preparing their own neighborhoods for all manner of disaster. CERT operates under Federal FEMA guidelines and is sponsored and trained locally by the city Fire and Police Deptartments.

trip

Emailed in by Wayde and Barb Dudley

Ron suggested we send some information about our trip. We left LVH on Sept.7 and drove to Carson City NV. Visited a long time friend there. The area is really growing fast. No cell service between Weed CA. and Reno. Lots of highway work though. We then went to Las Vegas via Elko and Ely. We had no cell service from Reno area until we reached Las Vegas. Spent 3 days visiting friends then headed southeast. Crossed Hoover dam the day before the bridge towers fell. That saved us a big detour. Stayed in Flagstaff AZ. Nice area, a lot like the Bend country. Hope we don’t offend anyone but we were not impressed with Arizona after we left Flagstaff. Lots of sand and cactus (but it’s probably dry and warm in the winter). We looked for a girl in a flatbed Ford in Winslow but did not see her. We passed through some truly bad places where we definitely would not to have to live: Window Rock AZ; Gallup, Grants, Socorro and Roswell NM stand out. Looked for little aliens in Roswell but did not see any live ones. We finally got cell service near San Antonio TX. I guess if you travel the west much you need a satellite phone. Spent some time in San Antonio visiting Wayde’s brother, then on to Dallas where we played golf at the Dallas Cowboy Golf Club. This is the nicest golf facility we have played yet. Very enjoyable if you were a fan of the old Cowboys (Tom Landry era). We crossed the Mississippi River at Vicksburg MS. A lot of Civil War history around there. This part of the country is heavily forested with a mix of conifer and deciduous trees. A little clear cutting would help the view. Mississippi and Alabama are both heavily forested. Have eaten a lot of good barbecue (and Barb has enjoyed the grits). Georgia is more open with a lot of meadow and pasture lands. We went to Waycross GA so Wayde could see “Millers Cave” of song fame but alas, no such cave. We did go to the north end of the Okeefanokee swamp and toured Obediah’s Okeefanok, an old homestead. Hot and humid! We both miss our Oregon mist. Saw the Atlantic Ocean at Jekyll Island GA., it was great to see ocean again. Savannah is our next stop.

Please take note

an email from Charles Burke


Email petitions are NOT acceptable to Congress or any municipality. To be acceptable petitions must have a signed signature and full address. Almost all email that asks you to add your name and forward on to others is to get names and "cookie" tracking info for tele-marketers and spammers to validate active email accounts for their own purposes.

Most email that says forward this on to "10" of your friends, sign this petition, or you'll get good luck or whatever, has either an email tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and emails of those you forward to, or the host sender is getting a copy each time it's forwarded and is then able to get lists of "active" emails to use in spam emails or sell to others that do.

FYI If you want to forward stuff like this because it's interesting, take off all the "front" info and all the forwards and DON'T add your name to them. You still run the risk of forwarding the tracking program.




Give everybody a break by not forwarding all those petitions.

Eruption of Alaska Volcano Possible, Experts at the Alaska Volcano Observatory Say Eruption Is Possible - CBS News

Eruption of Alaska Volcano Possible, Experts at the Alaska Volcano Observatory Say Eruption Is Possible - CBS News: "Eruption of Alaska Volcano Possible
Experts at the Alaska Volcano Observatory say eruption is possible

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sep. 27, 2006"

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

John Spangler has a safety tip to pass on


....and he verified it was TRUE by checking Snopes.com before he emailed it to me and others. The tip is great and the fact John took the time to verify the story is fantastic. It shows an awarness of knowing the internet is a great place to spawn propaganda. It shows John to be a man who cares what he passes on and wants it to be meaningful and is willing to take the time to check it out. Thanks John RT


Check this story out at the below link on Snopes.com

CLICK HERE

I wonder how many people know about this?

A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago and totaled her car.

A resident of Kilgore , Texas , she was traveling between Gladewater & Kilgore. It was raining, though not excessively, when her car suddenly began to hydroplane and literally flew through the air. She was not seriously injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence!


When she explained to the highway patrolman what had happened he told her something that every driver should know - NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON . She had thought she was being cautious by setting the cruise control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain.
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But the highway patrolman told her that if the cruise control is on and your car begins to hydroplane -- when your tires lose contact with the pavement, your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed and you take off like an airplane. She told the patrolman that was exactly what had occurred.

The highway patrol estimated her car was actually traveling through the air at 10 to 15 miles per hour faster than the speed set on the cruise control.

The patrolman said this warning should be listed, on the driver's seat sun-visor - NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY, along with the airbag warning. We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe speed - but we don't tell them to use the cruise control only when the pavement is dry.

The only person the accident victim found, w ho knew this (besides the patrolman), was a man who had had a similar accident, totaled his car and sustained severe injuries.

Monday, September 25, 2006

OCTOBER VIEW FROM THE HILL
 
This month's issue (probably my last effort) will be a few days late due to a trip to Utah.  I have asked for a neighbor, or neighbors to volunteer to take my place as Editor but thus far my phone has been silent.
 
I love doing this and will help in any way I can.
 
If one of our neighbors is willing to gather information from the Editor's Box during the month and e-mail it to me we may be able to continue.  John Forsloff told me I can e-mail the finished Newsletter directly to his computer.  The volunteer would then have to pick up the printed copy from John and place a copy in each neighbor's box.
 
It sounds like a bit of work, but actually would entail only about two hours per month.  Please give it some thought and let me know.
 
Thank You,  Jim McCrea

WHAT IS THAT THING IN THE THEME PICTURE????










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TIME.com: 5 Things You Need to Know About Spinach -- Page 1

TIME.com: 5 Things You Need to Know About Spinach -- Page 1: "
Science & Health
5 Things You Need to Know About Spinach
With 137 cases in 25 states, including one death, here are some tips for staying healthy and safe"
Wayde Dudley...


We emailed Wayde and invited him to write about the Dudley adventures right here on the website.

Many of you know that there is a special email address that you can send to this website and it will automatically publish what you have to say as an article fast (seconds). The only thing is at the bottom of such an email it will say published by teckron. The computer loves me and wants to put my name on everything... what can I say?

It would be cool to hear from more of you out there as you vacation or snowbird it. You can do that just by sending an occasional email to the special address.

Interested? I will give out the address to any of you that would like it. Unfortunately, I can't print it here because it will be caught by a scanning program that will start sending spam to the website. So email me and I will get it right back to you.

Things to remember.... No political diatribes, No religious tracts, Obey the Golden Rule... be nice.

BBC News | Enlarged Image

BBC News | Enlarged Image

This a picture of the face on Mars just taken by a new sattelite put in orbit recently.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

From Jim Dodds.. Find gas prices anywhere in Oregon.

Click Here
The Newspaper vs RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

RT
A while back I decided to cancel my newspaper because of some really bad service. I tried another and it proved to be equally bad. I heard about RSS on the internet and thought I would give it a try.

RSS is your own personalized on line news paper. By using an RSS reader you get the news that really interests you without going through an entire newspaper looking for articles. Not only that you pick from literally hundreds of sources. On your personal reader board you can pick any news source in the world to be scanned constantly for subjects that are personally interesting to you.

Once you have decided on your news sources you simply tune into your RSS page and select one. A headline and synopsis of each article that may be of interest to you appears. You scroll through them and when you find something that peaks your interest ... CLICK of the mouse and up pops the whole story. You then can save the story in a place called my clippings, or email it to a friend or blog a portion of it and put it on your website like I do here on the LVH site.

Once you've looked at the titles or read the stories RSS marks them as read and sends them to your personal archive then sets up for the next batch from that source. However, if you find a story you really want to keep you can send it to a place called "MY CLIPPINGS" where it will be stored as long as you like.

Does your gandchild have a blog? Son or daughter? You set them up in your RSS reader too. Whenever they make a new entry in their blog (which is just like our LVH website) it will show up on your reader board... You can then read what they say and make a comment to them.

Here are some of the sources I selected to scan the news for me.. You can add or delete news sources any time from among hundreds to pick.

20 Newest Free Software Downloads - Freeware Files.com All
BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition All
Broken News All
CNN.com - Offbeat All
Crooks and Liars All
del.icio.us/tag/archeology All
Exploding Cigar All
National Geographic Channel All
National Geographic News All
NewsGator: Editor's Choice All
NewsGator: The Latest Buzz All
NYT > Opinion All
NYT > Science All
Quotes of the Day All
Science News & Technology News: CBSnews.com All
Sergeant Dilbert All (my son's blog)
TIME Magazine Online: Top Science and Health Stories All
USATODAY.com Tech - Top Stories All
Weird News

In addition I read the Statesman Journal on line addition and the Oregonian on line and the Newport News on line.

Would anybody be interested in coming to the clubhouse computer room and setting up an RSS reader for themselves? I would be happy to show you how individually or in a group. We could go on line right there and do it. When you go home you just call up your new site on your computer and bookmark it... You are then good to go. The news you like, anywhere you like, anytime you like.

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