Mysterious undersea earthquakes strike near coast - News: "In the small hours of Thursday morning, a ship docked in Newport, Ore.
Its cargo was sea water.
Its aim was to solve a mystery that has bedeviled scientists across the globe.
During the past month, a quiet corner of the ocean floor 150 miles off the Oregon Coast has been rocked with more than 600 earthquakes. Mostly small quakes, they've continued through Thursday with more than four of them topping 5.0 on the Richter scale - and the scientists still aren't sure why.
But the water harvested from the ocean above the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate is an important clue. It might hold chemical information Oregon State University researchers at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport can use to find out what's causing the 'quake-swarm'."
Friday, April 25, 2008
Would-be thieves not as determined as intended victim | StatesmanJournal.com | Statesman Journal
Would-be thieves not as determined as intended victim | StatesmanJournal.com | Statesman Journal: "A West Salem bartender was shaken but proud of herself after quick thinking foiled an attempted robbery Thursday.
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Kelsey Boutin, 27, had just opened the 50 West Tavern and was alone in the bar around 6:15 a.m. when two men came in. The bar is at 935 Wallace Road NW.
She recognized one of the men immediately, as he'd tried a half-hour earlier to get in both the front and back doors only to find them locked.
Boutin had watched on a security monitor as the man, clad in white pants and a black shirt, tried the back door, then the front, with no luck.
'Then he hauled it all the way round to the back door and really pulled on it to open it, but it wasn't going,' Boutin said.
Now the man was in the bar with a Hispanic man clad in black. She asked how they were doing, and in response the man in white pants pulled a cloth up over his face."
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Kelsey Boutin, 27, had just opened the 50 West Tavern and was alone in the bar around 6:15 a.m. when two men came in. The bar is at 935 Wallace Road NW.
She recognized one of the men immediately, as he'd tried a half-hour earlier to get in both the front and back doors only to find them locked.
Boutin had watched on a security monitor as the man, clad in white pants and a black shirt, tried the back door, then the front, with no luck.
'Then he hauled it all the way round to the back door and really pulled on it to open it, but it wasn't going,' Boutin said.
Now the man was in the bar with a Hispanic man clad in black. She asked how they were doing, and in response the man in white pants pulled a cloth up over his face."
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"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is."
Study Says Near Extinction Threatened People 70,000 Years Ago - New York Times
Think of it...from 2000 to 6,000,000,000 in just 70,000 years.. If we are all descended from 2000 survivors ..how come we don't act more like family? Why all the hate? Why war? Why are we killing our relatives?
Study Says Near Extinction Threatened People 70,000 Years Ago - New York Times: "Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday.
The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimated the number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age."
Study Says Near Extinction Threatened People 70,000 Years Ago - New York Times: "Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday.
The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimated the number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age."
Ancient Praying Mantis Found in Amber
Ancient Praying Mantis Found in Amber: "An 87-million-year-old praying mantis found encased in amber in Japan may be a 'missing link' between mantises from the Cretaceous period and modern-day insects."
Pine Beetles Turn Forests From Carbon Sinks to Sources
Pine Beetles Turn Forests From Carbon Sinks to Sources: "An outbreak of mountain pine beetles in British Columbia is doing more than destroying millions of trees: By 2020, the beetles will have done so much damage that the forest is expected to release more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, according to new research.
The study, led by Werner Kurz of the Canadian Forest Service, estimates that over 21 years trees killed by the beetle outbreak could release 990 megatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere —roughly equivalent to five years of emissions from Canada's transportation sector."
The study, led by Werner Kurz of the Canadian Forest Service, estimates that over 21 years trees killed by the beetle outbreak could release 990 megatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere —roughly equivalent to five years of emissions from Canada's transportation sector."
Thursday, April 24, 2008
What Happened to my schedule?
As I sit here this morning gazing at my email I wonder how in the world I managed to arrive at this state of affairs? 35 emails all wanting me to do something... Holy Batman, where do I start?
Last night I watched as Jacky moved a chair into the clubhouse kitchen so she could rest in between chores. Her face as red as a beet and sweating like a waterfall... What has happened?
Jacky forgot to make posters and sign up sheets for the coming CERT breakfast this Saturday..She is in there doing it now.
Let's see I have a Dr appointment at 2:00 in Depot Bay. A lifeline lecture at the clubhouse at 1:00 and a Central Coast CERT board meeting at performing arts center at 3:00.. hmmm this is shaping up to be a problem.
My prescriptions at the VA are all expiring because my Dr. retired... Have to work on that.. only 5 pills left.
Need to shop for supplies for the CERT breakfast today.
Time to write up yesterday's CERT drill.
Cheryl at the City Hall called and left a message she needs to reschedule a meeting Wayne Hill and I are having with the City Manager, Mayor, Chief of Police, and Fire Chief because the City Attorney wants to be there now. We just wanted to tell them how the LVH CERT team works and suggest they develop the rest of the City along our model. They were impressed by our initial presentation and now are calling in other people to listen..
Jacky is in there working and has another chore list going ... I have to go...
I know, you are all going to say the standard comment... "Thank you for all you do..." . What really needs to be done though is a sharing of LVH tasks among all of you... .. If many share, much can be accomplished and the work is minimal. I want some of you younger folks to step forward and volunteer to take on the Social Club duties... Some of you that have been saying you are going to join the CERT team need to come on down and join in ... stop your promising and start your doing... Kitchen set up should be some folks, kitchen clean up another group, clubhouse event set up should be one group of volunteers and clubhouse clean up another. For to long these things fall to a very few (the same few)... we need more involvement from you.. How to do that? Why don't you email me with your suggestions or write a comment.. I will put your ideas on this site... Where can you take us? I am ready ... show me the way.
Last night I watched as Jacky moved a chair into the clubhouse kitchen so she could rest in between chores. Her face as red as a beet and sweating like a waterfall... What has happened?
Jacky forgot to make posters and sign up sheets for the coming CERT breakfast this Saturday..She is in there doing it now.
Let's see I have a Dr appointment at 2:00 in Depot Bay. A lifeline lecture at the clubhouse at 1:00 and a Central Coast CERT board meeting at performing arts center at 3:00.. hmmm this is shaping up to be a problem.
My prescriptions at the VA are all expiring because my Dr. retired... Have to work on that.. only 5 pills left.
Need to shop for supplies for the CERT breakfast today.
Time to write up yesterday's CERT drill.
Cheryl at the City Hall called and left a message she needs to reschedule a meeting Wayne Hill and I are having with the City Manager, Mayor, Chief of Police, and Fire Chief because the City Attorney wants to be there now. We just wanted to tell them how the LVH CERT team works and suggest they develop the rest of the City along our model. They were impressed by our initial presentation and now are calling in other people to listen..
Jacky is in there working and has another chore list going ... I have to go...
I know, you are all going to say the standard comment... "Thank you for all you do..." . What really needs to be done though is a sharing of LVH tasks among all of you... .. If many share, much can be accomplished and the work is minimal. I want some of you younger folks to step forward and volunteer to take on the Social Club duties... Some of you that have been saying you are going to join the CERT team need to come on down and join in ... stop your promising and start your doing... Kitchen set up should be some folks, kitchen clean up another group, clubhouse event set up should be one group of volunteers and clubhouse clean up another. For to long these things fall to a very few (the same few)... we need more involvement from you.. How to do that? Why don't you email me with your suggestions or write a comment.. I will put your ideas on this site... Where can you take us? I am ready ... show me the way.
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"The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes."
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: Sports
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: Sports: "From the moment we reached the sand, Nora's dynamo sparked into high gear.
Her feet feather-brushed over the sand. She flew among the blades of tall grass, zigging and zagging, jumping and twirling.
DAVIS
Past the dunes, where the flat sand stretched for 200 yards or so to the gentle waves of low tide, she careened in ever-widening circles, legs a blur, with occasional glances over a shoulder toward me.
I strolled calmly along.
Casually.
With grace, if you don't count a stumble or two."
Newport News-Times: Port of Newport to move forward in bid for NOAA site
Newport News-Times: Port of Newport to move forward in bid for NOAA site: "In February, Newport was among 11 sites from an initial field of more than 30 to be granted a visit from NOAA's evaluation team overseeing selection of the port for its Pacific fleet, which presently is based in Lake Union, Wash.
The delineated area being examined by NOAA is comprised of harbors beginning in the greater Puget Sound area, including waterside properties north to Bellingham, west to Port Angeles, south to the Columbia River (including Astoria), along the coast to Newport and southeast to Portland on the Willamette River.
NOAA is seeking a lease term of 10 years beginning July 1, 2011, with multi-year options for up to 20 years.
Ability to secure transfer of the base, which gathers information on the oceans, atmosphere, space and sun, would have an immense impact on the economy of Newport, Lincoln County and the state."
The delineated area being examined by NOAA is comprised of harbors beginning in the greater Puget Sound area, including waterside properties north to Bellingham, west to Port Angeles, south to the Columbia River (including Astoria), along the coast to Newport and southeast to Portland on the Willamette River.
NOAA is seeking a lease term of 10 years beginning July 1, 2011, with multi-year options for up to 20 years.
Ability to secure transfer of the base, which gathers information on the oceans, atmosphere, space and sun, would have an immense impact on the economy of Newport, Lincoln County and the state."
Corvallis Gazette Times: Community News
Corvallis Gazette Times: Community News: "Water samples indicate higher-than-normal levels of fecal bacteria, which can result in gastroenteritis, skin rashes, upper respiratory infections and other illnesses. Direct contact with the water should be avoided until the advisories are lifted, especially for children and the elderly, who may be more vulnerable to waterborne bacteria.
While these advisories are in effect at Nye Beach, visitors should avoid wading in nearby creeks or in discolored water, and stay clear of water runoff flowing into the ocean. Even if there is no advisory in effect, officials recommend avoiding swimming in the ocean within 48 hours after a rainstorm."
While these advisories are in effect at Nye Beach, visitors should avoid wading in nearby creeks or in discolored water, and stay clear of water runoff flowing into the ocean. Even if there is no advisory in effect, officials recommend avoiding swimming in the ocean within 48 hours after a rainstorm."
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Cracking the 'Great Firewall' of China's Web censorship - USATODAY.com
Cracking the 'Great Firewall' of China's Web censorship - USATODAY.com: "Fighting the censors every step of the way is an army of self-described 'hacktivists' such as Bill Xia, a Chinese-born software engineer who lives in North Carolina. Xia and others are engaged in a kind of technological arms race, inventing software and using other tactics to allow ordinary Chinese to beat the 'Great Firewall of China' and access information on sensitive subjects such as Chinese human rights and Tibet, the province where pro-independence sentiment has boiled over in recent months."
Norwegian electric car on way to USA, investors hope - USATODAY.com
Norwegian electric car on way to USA, investors hope - USATODAY.com: "Plans call for a U.S. launch in 2009. The cars will be priced below $25,000.
Kleiner Perkins is teaming with Boston-based RockPort Capital Partners and electric-carmaker Think Global to create a company called Think North America.
Now made in Norway, the Think City — about the size of a Toyota Yaris or Honda Fit — runs on sodium or lithium batteries and can travel up to 110 miles on one charge, making it viable for the average American, who commutes 30 miles a day."
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"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Clubhouse Problems
The clubhouse cleanliness and mail packages have become a problem. Now don't get your hackles up... I'm going to describe what I saw and what was pointed out to me by Larry Henson this morning... How this all came about.
Yesterday at the Social Club Meeting Wayde Dudley, our president, said he had been called and told the Clubhouse was left in a mess after the recent weekend dinners. When asked what the problem was Wayde said he didn't quite understand.. Now you may ask what is Ron Thomas' nose stuck into this for? The answer is Ron or Jacky Thomas sign up to reserve the clubhouse for all Social Club events for the entire year. So when the clubhouse is not cleaned up to specifications.. We get asked why not?
Today, I asked Larry Henson what was the problem exactly and asked him to show me what was wrong. He then took me on a tour pointing out exactly what was wrong...
Here is what was shown to me... The rug leading to the kitchen and in front of the counter had a lot of crumbs and food particles on the floor. The kitchen had trash piled up and the garbage sacks that it was in had leaked spotting the floor. Larry said he had moved a garbage container onto the outside deck and wants us to put our garbage in that from now on... and that should take care of that problem.
The Kitchen floor was spotted with juice spills in front of the sink counter. and all around the island. As you face the counter, the dishwasher on the left is the one Larry takes care of during the week. He rarely checks the other one but in this case he noted it was full and should have been put away by the users.
The above problems are easily taken care of and we would ask those cleaning up to be more vigilant going forward and we think that will cure the problems.
As to the idea that every Sunday the floor is vacuumed by the management ... That is not the case these days. No help is currently available but there is an ad out for help staff. In the interim we need to clean up after ourselves.
About the mail packages.... In the past mail was put on the pool tables and residents sorted out their packages. Recently however, the pool tables have been repaired to give a better action and more enjoyable game. This cost was significant. The technician that repaired the tables attributes part of their demise to the placing of packages on them over the years. So, in order to keep them in first class shape we are asked not to place anything on them.. Then, during the weekend the tables that had been set up for the packages were put away and packages put back on the pool tables...
Larry suggested maybe the packages could be put in the adjacent card room.. I don't know what the solution to this is.
We have heard it said that the Social Club really has active members that number around 50 and that the park has around 250 residents. That 200 residents really only care about getting their mail and living their life, doing their own thing and they don't necessarily care about these things. If you are in the 50 then accept some responsibility and police up after yourselves. If you are in the 50 and don't like the packages on the pool table then think of a solution and help implement it. If you are in the 200 this probably has no interest at all for you.
Yesterday at the Social Club Meeting Wayde Dudley, our president, said he had been called and told the Clubhouse was left in a mess after the recent weekend dinners. When asked what the problem was Wayde said he didn't quite understand.. Now you may ask what is Ron Thomas' nose stuck into this for? The answer is Ron or Jacky Thomas sign up to reserve the clubhouse for all Social Club events for the entire year. So when the clubhouse is not cleaned up to specifications.. We get asked why not?
Today, I asked Larry Henson what was the problem exactly and asked him to show me what was wrong. He then took me on a tour pointing out exactly what was wrong...
Here is what was shown to me... The rug leading to the kitchen and in front of the counter had a lot of crumbs and food particles on the floor. The kitchen had trash piled up and the garbage sacks that it was in had leaked spotting the floor. Larry said he had moved a garbage container onto the outside deck and wants us to put our garbage in that from now on... and that should take care of that problem.
The Kitchen floor was spotted with juice spills in front of the sink counter. and all around the island. As you face the counter, the dishwasher on the left is the one Larry takes care of during the week. He rarely checks the other one but in this case he noted it was full and should have been put away by the users.
The above problems are easily taken care of and we would ask those cleaning up to be more vigilant going forward and we think that will cure the problems.
As to the idea that every Sunday the floor is vacuumed by the management ... That is not the case these days. No help is currently available but there is an ad out for help staff. In the interim we need to clean up after ourselves.
About the mail packages.... In the past mail was put on the pool tables and residents sorted out their packages. Recently however, the pool tables have been repaired to give a better action and more enjoyable game. This cost was significant. The technician that repaired the tables attributes part of their demise to the placing of packages on them over the years. So, in order to keep them in first class shape we are asked not to place anything on them.. Then, during the weekend the tables that had been set up for the packages were put away and packages put back on the pool tables...
Larry suggested maybe the packages could be put in the adjacent card room.. I don't know what the solution to this is.
We have heard it said that the Social Club really has active members that number around 50 and that the park has around 250 residents. That 200 residents really only care about getting their mail and living their life, doing their own thing and they don't necessarily care about these things. If you are in the 50 then accept some responsibility and police up after yourselves. If you are in the 50 and don't like the packages on the pool table then think of a solution and help implement it. If you are in the 200 this probably has no interest at all for you.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Aerobic Exercise Boosts Older Bodies And Minds, Review Suggests
Aerobic Exercise Boosts Older Bodies And Minds, Review Suggests: "ScienceDaily (Apr. 20, 2008) — Aerobic exercise could give older adults a boost in brainpower, according to a recent review of studies from the Netherlands. “Aerobic physical exercises that improve cardiovascular fitness also help boost cognitive processing speed, motor function and visual and auditory attention in healthy older people,” said lead review author Maaike Angevaren."
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"Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."
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"Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."
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SPRING BANQUET
Looks like a great way to spend a cool spring evening, doesn't it? We had a nice turnout, terrific food (thanks to all the great cooks) and a chance to visit with good friends. It just doesn't get much better than this!
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