Replacing OAKLAND RAMP may take months…Motorists gear ahead for COMMUTE…
Replacing ramp may take months…
Oakland prepares for hectic evening commuteEmergency declaration hastens fundsMayor warns ‘difficult days lie ahead’Freeway shutdown creates new mazeAccident sparks worries about copycat attacksAccident exposes freeways fragilityApr 29:
Closed freewaysFerries may get wave of commuters — againReplacing the collapsed MacArthur Maze freeway ramp and replacing or repairing the ramp below could take several [...]
Former “AMERICAN IDOL” Finalist, Jessica Sierra, arrested Sunday on BATTERY Charges!!
Former “American Idol” finalist Jessica Sierra was arrested early Sunday on felony battery charges for allegedly hitting a man on the head with a heavy glass at a cafe, police said.
Jessica Sierra, 21, was booked in the Hillsborough County Jail on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. She was also charged with [...]
WORD for the WISE
Word to the Wise: Parlance
“Parlance” (PAR-luns) – from the French – is a particular manner of speaking.
Example (as I used it today): “In traditional direct-marketing parlance, an offer consists of five things.”
Comfort Women of WWII STILL not acknowledged…many claim them to be civilian prostitutes!
BACKGROUND OF ‘COMFORT WOMEN’ ISSUE / Comfort station originated in govt-regulated ‘civilian prostitution’
Controversy over the so-called comfort women has been inflamed again. The U.S. House of Representatives has been deliberating a draft resolution calling for the Japanese government to apologize over the matter by spurning the practice as slavery and human trafficking. Why has such [...]
Oakland~San Fransico freeway eruptes into flames and melts…leaving that area Paralized…
In Oakland Califorina, a heavily traveled section of freeway that funnels traffic off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed early Sunday after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and erupted into flames, authorities said.
Flames shot 200 feet in the air and the heat was intense enough to melt part of the freeway and cause the collapse, [...]
…Lost in the Desert…
Sahara Desert
A man is lost in the Sahara desert. He used up the last of his water three days ago and he’s lying, gasping, on the sand, when in the distance he suddenly hears a voice calling, “Mush! Mush!”
Not trusting his ears he turns his head and there it is again, closer this [...]
ANTENNAS get HD signals…read all about it…
Indoor antennas about 20 miles from a broadcast tower can grab local HDTV signals. Outdoor antennas can receive signals from up to 70 miles away — as long as no mountains are in the way, an industry expert said.
But some consumers are spending thousands of dollars on LCD or plasma TVs and hooking them up [...]
"
"
"
"
"
