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    Sent to you by LVH @ Newport Oregon via Google Reader:     Illinois abolishes death penalty via BBC News - Home on 3/9/11 Illinois becomes the 16th US state to abolish the death penalty after the governor makes permanent a 10-year-old moratorium on executions.     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to BBC News - Home using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up

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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain

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This in from Barb............Stay tuned to see if we can get this event rescheduled. Lee Fries had arranged for members of the Longview Hills Fishing Club and some Newport Police Volunteers to participate in a tour scheduled of the NOAA facility last Friday afternoon.  After the events of the morning (the tsunami alert), we found out when we got there that the tour had to be cancelled as

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    Sent to you by LVH @ Newport Oregon via Google Reader:     Panoptikos via Recently popular images on imgfave by leames on 3/11/11 via http://panoptikos.com/pictures/browse/sfw/page:3/after:1299766830.f3d9d2efbbc49ed45df3a34d9e0ed2106519578e faved by leames     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Recently popular images on imgfave using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to

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    Sent to you by LVH @ Newport Oregon via Google Reader:     Bet you're thinking about earthquake insurance about now via Oregon Environmental News by Brent Hunsberger, The Oregonian on 3/12/11 IT'S ONLY MONEY's column from a year ago reviews the ins and outs of earthquake insurance.     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Oregon Environmental News using Google Reader Get started using

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    Sent to you by LVH @ Newport Oregon via Google Reader:     Biggest Full Moon in 19 Years Almost Certainly Won't Cause a Huge Natural Disaster via Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now by Dan Nosowitz on 3/10/11 Apogee/Perigee NASAOn March 19th, the moon will be closer--and thus bigger--than it's been in two decades On March 19th, the moon will be closer to Earth

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Oregon State Police release more details on crash on Highway 101 near Depoe Bay | OregonLive.com: "Oregon State Police Sunday released more details about the first of two crashes on Highway 101 near Depoe Bay Saturday.Authorities said at about 4:06 p.m. Saturday, a 2005 Mazda RX8 driven by Nathan Wells Biel, 25, of Lincoln City, was traveling southbound on Highway 101 near milepost 130 when he

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Folks, here is a really cool site for Sr savings: http://www.giftcardgranny.com/

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Exercise is a boost to fall reduction: "Healthy elderly adults who do regular aerobic exercise, such as walking for 40 minutes three times a week, may help to reduce age-related memory loss, according to research published this week.Previous studies have found that aerobic activity may prevent areas of the brain involved in learning and memory from becoming damaged, but by how much is unclear."

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Emergency detection systems for senior citizens: "IESE scientists are working on an unobtrusive system that provides constant 'companionship' to elderly people living in single households or in retirement facilities. Multisensory nodes mounted to the ceiling of a room register an individual's movements. 'Our system records how long a person spends in what part of the home,' notes Holger Storf, a

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'Officer down' timeline: Lincoln City traffic stop sets dramatic events in motion | OregonLive.com: "The evening of Sunday, Jan. 23, Officer Steven Dodds of the Lincoln City Police Department was working 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Patrolling in his black, blue and white Ford Crown Victoria, Dodds was keeping an eye on the streets of the coastal city of about 7,400 residents when he spotted a 1984 Dodge

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Giant Pepper For Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers Bred Specifically For Increased Cheese Payload | Popular Science: "n a breakthrough with vast implications for both chiles and Chili’s, the New Mexico State University chile pepper breeding program has bred a wholly new, extra large, medium-hot jalapeno pepper precisely optimized for jalapeno poppers—jalapenos stuffed with cheese and deep fried. Named “

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Yglesias » You’ve Got Ripped Off! AOL’s Scam Economics: "The economics of scams continues to be, in my opinion, an underexplored subject. Here Nicholason Carlson from Business Insider extracts the fact that AOL’s business at this point is mostly dependent on a pretty crude ripoff—selling internet access to old people who already have internet access:" Related articlesAOL IS A SCAM: Email This

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Image by Getty Images via @daylifeFitness guru Jack LaLanne dies at 96 - CNN.com: "CNN) -- American fitness guru Jack LaLanne died Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay, California, according to his long-time agent, Rick Hersh. He was 96." Related articlesFitness guru Jack LaLanne dies at 96 in California (omg.yahoo.com) Jack LaLanne Dead at 96 (blippitt.com) Fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies at

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Earth may soon have a second sun: "The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is getting ready to go supernova, and when it does Earth will have a front-row seat. The explosion will be so bright that Earth will briefly seem to have two suns in the sky." Related articlesBetelgeuse to be second sun for Earth as supernova turns night into day (dailymail.co.uk) "Earth 'to get second sun this year' as

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Thought you might like this picture I took yesterday from Alice' porch of the progress in filling the slide. Allen Hi, Just wanted to show you all what is being done to repair the damage done by Sundays slide! What you see on the side slope is three days of rock brought in by dump trucks! The word is that it will take 18,000 cubic yards OR! ( 4500 dump truck loads) to repair only what is

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by KGW Staff NWCN.com Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:40 PM Updated yesterday at 9:21 PM

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The Shilo Cafe is offering 50% all their breakfasts Week days only until undisclosed time in February. The food is good, Jacky and I patronize them a couple of times a month. I don't think you can make breakfast at home as cheap as this... A good deal for you.

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Image by abakedcreation via FlickrMove Over Scorpios: Welcome to the Age of Ophiucus - TIME NewsFeed: "According to new calculations by astronomers at the Minnesota Planetarium Society, Scorpio has been almost completely replaced by Ophiuchus's 19 days of annual astrological prominence. Yes, look at the new calendar and you'll find that Scorpios are now only those born between Nov. 23 and 29. As

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Tai Chi May Boost Balance in Seniors: "“Given the frequency of falls and the injuries that occur as a result, falling is as big of a problem as heart attack and stroke, and we need to start taking it as seriously because falls are preventable,” says guideline author Mary Tinetti, MD, a geriatrician at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. “The most effective way to prevent falls

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Ron Thomas Anyone have a spare keyboard sitting around? I can put it to good use. One of mine took a nose dive. email:     teckron@gmail.com          or call using the community phone list

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If this doesn't tear you up I won't believe you.

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Sent in by Laura Davis

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Sometimes, reasonable experts talk plainly about what's happening to climate and our appetite for more energy. This is such a story. If you are a Republican, a Democrat an Independent or don't care about at all about politics.. or say you don;t trust any of them or if you put your trust in spiritual solutions to everything this is 20 minutes of good clean reasonable logic that I personally find

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Hotel Bill A married couple are traveling by car from Victoria to Prince George. Being seniors, after almost eleven hours on the road, they were too tired to continue, and decided to take a room. They planned to sleep for four hours and then get back on the road. When they checked out four hours later, the desk clerk handed them a bill for $350.00. The man exploded and demanded to know why the

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Chemist Discovers a Non-Prank Use for Banana Peels : TreeHugger: "According to Brazilian media, a chemist named Milena Boniolo from the Federal University of São Carlos, near São Paulo, has made a discovery that could potentially save thousands of banana peels from the garbage heap. When dried and ground into a powder, says Boniolo, peels have the ability to clean up polluted water."

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What It Means to Forgive: Scientific American Podcast: "This New Year's as we reflect on our experiences with friends and family we might think about forgiveness, both given and received. Philosopher Charles Griswald provides some guidance. Christie Nicholson reports | January 1, 2011 |Share Email PrintMore 60-Second MindThe Strongest Predictor for Low Stress12/25/10More Money Doesn't Mean More

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Ore. gas tax jumps 6 cents on New Years Day | KATU.com - Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Breaking News - Portland, Oregon - Portland, Oregon | Business: "UNDATED – Gas prices have been going up for awhile now and are about to go higher.Oregon legislators approved a 25 percent increase in the state gas tax, effective Jan. 1, 2011.  The tax will go from 24 to 30 cents a gallon the first

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BBC News - A science news preview of 2011: "Nasa's twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity are about to enter their seventh year on Mars. And it shouldn't be too long before they are joined by another roaming robot nicknamed Curiosity. The US space agency's Mars Science Laboratory mission is scheduled to launch in late 2011, to land the Curiosity rover on Mars's surface in the summer of 2012."Ron says

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Boomers Take The 'Retire' Out Of Retirement : NPR: "Sixty-five used to be the age when Americans stopped working, kicked back and embarked on serious leisure to make up for all those decades of the daily grind. But just like with every other stage of life they've gone through, baby boomers are expected to transform how we think about 'retirement.'"

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You Can Now Lend Your Kindle Books to Friends for 14 Days: "Amazon has quietly launched book lending for Kindle ebooks. On participating titles, you can lend books to anyone for 14 days. Here's how it works:"

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News Times Room with a view: "Room with a viewPosted: Wednesday, Dec 29th, 2010Oregon Department of Parks & Recreation Whale Watching Spoken Here volunteer Larry Bordner scans the ocean from Don Davis Park in Newport for signs of migrating gray whales.Winter Whale Watch Week runs through Jan. 1. Trained volunteers at 26 sites along the coast educate visitors about whales and with luck, help them

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Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: An Age of Radical Seeking (Part One): "The modern world has witnessed a different type of consciousness emerging over the past 150 years, a post-Industrial Revolution cognitive mind. New technological innovations that helped to alter our perceptions of the dimensions of space and time in the world began to birth a psychological consciousness; a consciousness that wanted to

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News Times Fire displaces residents in Newport: "The Newport Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire Monday night at a residence in the 6200 block of NE Evergreen Drive.At approximately 9:15 p.m., 18 firefighters responded to a report of a residence filled with smoke. Upon arrival, crews found fire toward the back of the house and were able to knock down the fire from the doorway.

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 ron thomas On Nov 8th I was preped at Samaritan Lincoln City  Hospital. Time to replace a worn out part and get my body up to operating specs again. The left knee had deteriorated from Osteoarthritis to the point it had no cushion left to protect the joint from the jarring effects of everyday life. Loss of this cushion also gave a Texas style bowlegged appearance to my gait. It was

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see more Lolcats and funny pictures

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Image via WikipediaAt the Nelscott Reef Big Wave Classic, it looks like a return to the soul of surfing | OregonLive.com: "The Nelscott Reef Big Wave Classic is over now and if you were there or you care about surfing, you probably know who won, who got barreled and the rest of it. But, if you've never been to a surf contest and/or you want to read an account that attempts to be as honest as

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Image via WikipediaStudy: Researchers Crack the Mystery of AIDS�Immunity – TIME Healthland: "Bruce Walker, an AIDS researcher at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, has long been trying to understand why some people with HIV can remain untreated for decades and never progress to AIDS. On Nov. 4, Walker and colleagues published research that helps explain these HIV controllers:

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Archaeologists Discover World's Oldest Axe - Science News - redOrbit: "An international team of archaeologists, led by Bruno David of Australia's Monash University, have uncovered a 35,500 year-old stone axe--the oldest tool of its kind ever discovered." Related articles35,000-year-old axe head places Aboriginal ancestors at the cutting edge of technology (theage.com.au)

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see more Gifs

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Creating Roads From Sand and Bacteria Instead of Oil | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World: "Improving America’s infrastructure has been a major priority for the Obama Administration, with a lot of money going into repairing the country’s roads and bridges. The problem is that currently most roads are constructed from asphalt, a material made from oil that increases national fossil fuel

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See more funny videos and Music Videos at Today's Big Thing.

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See more funny videos and TBT Videos at Today's Big Thing.

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This just in from Ed Scherer....................... Everyone, It is with sadness that I report my Dad’s passing last night.  He held you all close to his heart.  At his request, there will be no services, however, I will send to all of you a flyer that will show where remembrances can be made if you so choose. Dad was a people person and he now has more folks to share his stories with! I can be

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A tracking cookie is a device put on your computer when you open some web pages. Sometimes they ask you if it is all right and sometimes not. Your computer then sends them information about what you are looking at when you surf the web and they generally use that information to sell to advertisers that then bombard you with stuff they have to sell that you might like to buy... called spam. If

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Storm dumps snow on Oregon Cascades, heavy rain in lowlands | NWCN.com | NWCN - News: "High Surf on Oregon CoastA high surf warning was also in effect Sunday through 6 p.m. Monday. A strong offshore storm will create swells 25 to 30 feet Sunday evening, continuing through Monday afternoon.The Coast Guard has closed the Columbia River and Tillamook Bay bars and the Siuslaw River mouth at Florence

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NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Another Winter of Extremes in Store for U.S. as La Ni�a Strengthens: "The Pacific Northwest should brace for a colder and wetter than average winter, while most of the South and Southeast will be warmer and drier than average through February 2011, according to the annual Winter Outlook released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction

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see more Lolcats and funny pictures

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Grant's Getaways: Crabbing 101 from Travel Oregon on Vimeo.

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sent in by Marlene Crites In a telephone conversation this morning Marlene wanted to tell everyone that she heard that coyotes are running in packs with several sightings on Agate Beach and along Hwy 101. Marlene is an animal advocate and wants to warn our community to keep close tabs on our pets lest they become coyote lunch.

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Grant's Getaways - Tualatin River Afoot and Afloat from Travel Oregon on Vimeo.

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Google Reader (83): "Photo via the Telegraph Whether or not the anti-science crowd wants to believe it or not, global warming is happening. This year is shaping up to be the hottest in the global temperature record, and weather events in line with scientists' climate models have wracked the globe. And, yes, sea levels are rising. And when you can actually mark sea level...Read the full story on

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Coos Bay man has close encounter with great white shark | OregonLive.com: "The instant David Lowden felt the object slam against his surfboard, he knew exactly what it was: Shark.'I've felt it before, and there's no question,' said Lowden, 29, of Coos Bay. 'It feels like a big rock coming up under you. Almost like all the water dropped out of the ocean and you hit the bottom.'"

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CORVALLIS, Ore. - One minute, it was just another Friday afternoon with students milling around the Memorial Union Quad on the Oregon State University campus. Then, Neha Neelwarne started dancing. Related articles by ZemantaBollywood invades OSU; Students, staff clad in orange T-shirts assemble on campus for dance routine (bendbulletin.com)

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Image via WikipediaIf you get caught with up to an ounce of marijuana, you'll be in big trouble. In fact, you can get fined as much as $100. No kidding!Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law on Friday that reduces possession of that amount of weed from a misdemeanor to an infraction. So if you've got enough on you to make three or four joints, then you're going to get into as much

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works as smooth as it looks in this preview video, Google TV could provide the kind of seamless web-on-TV experience many have been looking for. Dedicated apps, a Chrome browser, easy picture and music viewing, and more are shown off. Google TV was announced in May, but the only evidence of how it could work was provided in a simple stage demonstration, and a cartoon-styled video. It seemed like

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Los Angeles thermometer back up and recording temperatures after meltdown - latimes.com: "It was so hot Monday in downtown Los Angeles that the thermometer broke -- literally.But don't worry, the official National Weather Service thermometer was back up and running as of 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, said weather service meterologist Ryan Kittell.The thermometer is part of a weather station in a grassy

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Today, my husband asked me to get some cigarettes for him. I decided that paper and tobacco would be a cheaper solution. Later, he went to the store, and I asked him to get me tampons. He came home with a ball of string and cotton balls. FML

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TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect: "Give taxpayers a receipt. Something like this:"

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Rat Annoys Two Kittehs - watch more funny videos

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Study Shows That Men Are Most Attracted To Women With Long, Shapely Arms - TIME NewsFeed: "Ladies, have you ever agonized over what exactly it is men are looking for in a woman? Right, neither have we. But if you have, the time to agonize is over; men are most attracted to women with great arms.Now before you cry out in disbelief, 'Arms? Are you kidding me?', take a minute to think about it.

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Ig Nobel prizes awarded for bat fellatio, whale snot sampling, more: "Each year, just ahead of when the folks in Sweden announce the Nobel Prizes, Boston plays host to the ceremony at which the Ig Nobel Prizes are handed out. These awards are intended to 'make people laugh, and then make them think,' and are handed out in a variety of nontraditional categories, presumably because the people

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 ron thomas  Having been with the team that helped care for Bob Abbot when he lived here and then again when a friend told me about the "singles", plight of not wanting to leave Longview Hills if a dilibating surgery or illness happens to them. surveying my own situation as I approach pending knee surgery I had an idea. I'm going to put it here and see what happens. My daughter lives in

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The Incredible Art of Carved Leaves : TreeHugger: "Some art is extraordinarily delicate work, and it's rare to see a form as delicate as that done with these leaves. The work by Nature's Art is amazing -- it is a 6-step process to manually remove a leaf's surface to produce a scene. You can just imagine how steady an artist's hands have to be to accomplish this kind of work."

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Killer whales attack humpback off Oregon Coast, say experts | NWCN.com | NWCN - News: "NEWPORT, Ore. – Oregon researchers have been studying a large humpback whale that died and washed up on the coast near Newport just hours after they believe it was attacked by a group of killer whales. The 35-foot adult, male humpback had rake marks and teeth marks on it, which appeared to match the telltale

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In Praise of Government - BlueOregon: "Seems like this is a great time to mention that now, perhaps more than ever, we need to recall just what exactly our government does for us and why--far from being a malignant tumor--it is the beating heart of the country."

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Image via WikipediaTurning Welch's Into Wine In 48 Hours: "I'm taking the last sip of home-brewed purple liquid. It's sweet yet balanced, fizzy yet quenching, smooth yet these words look a bit blurry. It tastes like a dangerously well-mixed drink. And just 48 short hours ago, it was Welch's. Yes, good old Welch's Concord Grape Juice. And something about enjoying the beverage in such an adult

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ron thomas says: There are things that can be done to your computer to make those letters an icons big enough for you to see without glasses. I am reminded about the great ingenuity of our generation when I visited one home and found the person had overcome this very problem in a very unique way. When I asked if making the display bigger would help the person said it wasn't necessary because

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Image via WikipediaIn an email from Ginger Dale to Jacky Thomas we see, yet again, why living in Newport is just about the best place on Earth to live: Well Hello there, we are still alive and finally on our way home.  We left the family today, it has been quite a visit.  Nonstop with friends and realatives, so I never even checked my email.  It was pretty exciting weather wise.  We stayed in our

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Grant's Getaways - Beaver Creek State Natural Area from Travel Oregon on Vimeo.

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Yesterday, Jacky and I went to breakfast at the Shilo Cafe which had been a favorite mostly because of the view and Senior discounts. They did away with the discounts over a period of time and then axed the Senior menu and the food wasn't, "all that" to rave about.. Portions were spare and it was getting to be a bit pricey so we just quit going. Yesterday, we went for a late breakfast which is

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