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Hospice of the Bluegrass is looking for volunteers…

I just heard this on Coffeebreak, and thought I should share…
Hospice of the Bluegrass is looking for volunteers. Medical experience isn’t necessarily needed. Anyone who has any skill can be put to work. Examples of tasks/chores a volunteer can do are building ramps, raking leaves, cleaning, etc.
Anyone who is interested in helping our community’s elderly can contact Kelly Kendall at (859) 234-6462, or via email at kkendall@hospicebg.org.
Kelly will also be a guest on tomorrow’s Coffeebreak program, aired on WCYN 1400AM.

History on the Hilltop (story by Donald Richie – The Cynthiana Democrat)

History on the Hilltop
Memories… there are over half a century of them on the Hilltop floating around Ingles Stadium. Many are of great games and plays and others are just of good times and friends, of days long gone and many, many laps around the track.

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The Cynthiana Democrat's new site…

So, I revisited the Democrat’s site an still found nothing but a site index–at least until I actually put that blasted www in front of the domain name, in the URL… and, whuddya know? The thing showed up! and they’ve revamped the site…
and, i don’t like it… well, sorta…
Honestly, the new layout and design of the Democrat’s site is better organized, and helps to deliver the news in a more organized way. The color scheme is also more comfortable, with the blues and whites, as opposed to the yellows and maroons. I understand why the site had been colored in the other colors, for our high school’s colors are maroon and gold, but that scheme isn’t all that pleasing for a reader’s eyes.
Another change, which I like, is the listing of headlines on the left of the page, and the navigation at the top–the navigational categories have also been condensed. The site also now offers national news feeds toward the bottom of the page, making it a page which one may actually consider having as a home page for his/her browser.
And, finally, they have rid the site of the guest/comment book. Thank God.
Two problems I have with the new site, are where it no longer has a link for an archival search, and where the generation scripts are tossing in extra characters or leaving out spacing on certain pages. On the editorial page, all the letters run together, and in a few of the news stories odd characters are appearing between words and paragraphs.
Another problem, which I might have with the new site, is how story links are handled. I’m not sure whether the site will allow me to link to the stories in my blog, as it had before, due to the scripting they are using. The stories also no longer have an option for print or email. I suppose I shall see how this may affect my blogging later this week, when the new stories appear…

Google Announces "Open Phone" Coalition, No gPhone (Updated)

Ponca City, We Love You writes “USA Today has an advance story on Google’s plans to announce a new operating system, geared specifically for cellphones with partners that include Sprint, Motorola, Samsung and Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo. Although details won’t be released until later today the new G-system will be based on Linux overlaid with Java and Google hopes to have a branded device ready for worldwide shipment by spring. Mobile Web browsing is notoriously slow and Google plans to change that by providing easy access to the Internet at PC-type speeds. Google plans to basically give away the software developer tools, used by programmers to write new applications. “If you’re a developer, you’ll be able to develop (applications) for the new Google Phone very quickly,” said Morgan Gillis of the LiMo Foundation. AT&T and Verizon Wireless are noticeably absent from the coalition not wanting to support a device that favors Google over other providers. Sprint, the No. 3 carrier, supports the coalition, but it hasn’t formally agreed to make the Google Phone available to its 54 million subscribers.” Update 1727 GMT by SM: It’s official, Google is releasing the mobile “Android” OS in place of the Google branded mobile phone that many expected.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

So, Google is spearheading a movement for an opensource platform for mobile phones to operate on, rather than actually creating a single phone or line of phones. While for some, this may seem disappointing, it opens up a new realm of technologies on the wireless phones of all (who partake) service providers and manufacturers. I’ve embedded the video for the announcement below:

Google to Announce "Open Phone" Coalition

Ponca City, We Love You writes “USA Today has an advance story on Google’s plans to announce a new operating system, geared specifically for cellphones with partners that include Sprint, Motorola, Samsung and Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo. Although details won’t be released until later today the new G-system will be based on Linux overlaid with Java and Google hopes to have a branded device ready for worldwide shipment by spring. Mobile Web browsing is notoriously slow and Google plans to change that by providing easy access to the Internet at PC-type speeds. Google plans to basically give away the software developer tools, used by programmers to write new applications. “If you’re a developer, you’ll be able to develop (applications) for the new Google Phone very quickly,” said Morgan Gillis of the LiMo Foundation. AT&T and Verizon Wireless are noticeably absent from the coalition not wanting to support a device that favors Google over other providers. Sprint, the No. 3 carrier, supports the coalition, but it hasn’t formally agreed to make the Google Phone available to its 54 million subscribers.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Deer Accidents

Deer Accidents
It’s mating season for deer, and the animals are on the move.

News Feed Source
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    Feed Title: Clear Channel News (KNN Headlines)
    Feed URL:
Article
    Title: Deer Accidents
    Link: http://www.kentuckynewsnetwork.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=143436&article=2879062
    Author: ~
    Publication Date: 11/2/2007 6:20:00 PM

long time no blog

I haven’t done much blogging here in a while. I’ve been fairly busy over the past few weeks. We had student loan overage money come in, and I’ve been busy catching up on a number of our back debts, and deciding what portions of those funds could be spent on the family for winter clothes, and such. And now, one week later, all the money is gone, and we are back on track (well, sorta).
Doesn’t seem like much, but it was enough to take my attention away from my blog.
I’ve missed quite a bit of CoffeeBreak, and have almost lost interest in the show. This morning’s guest is supposed to be speaking about the Veteran’s Day celebration this weekend. That reminds me–I need to do something for mom’s birthday.
As part of Winkle’s toying around with the WCYN website, he has added a “question of the week”–a weekly poll, where listeners/viewers of the site can provide input. This week’s question is:

What is the most important issue that needs to be addressed by the leaders of Cynthiana & Harrison County?

With 7 votes, (as of 7:29am this date) 57% say New Jobs, and 43% say the Recreation Park.
I’m part of the majority–I feel we need to do something about the job market, and bring more business and industry to Cynthiana.
I also hadn’t been able to make a post last week of news in the Democrat, for their site as down, and I’m not wasting 50¢ on a stack of advertisements. I need to check back at their site, and see if it’s back up.
Well, I believe that’s it for now. Think I’ll get back to housework.