BLOG ATTACK
Your ADMIN. hears through the Grapevine that some time was spent at today’s Executive Board meeting complaining about this BLOG.
The absurd statement was made that this BLOG is impacting CV Real Estate values; let’s examine the depth of this absurdity.
Can you say National Sub-Prime Mortgage meltdown;
can you say National Credit-Crunch;
can you say Dow-Jones Industrial Average down 2000 points from it’s all time Closing high on October 9th. 2007 of 14,164?
Flash News alert to UCO!!!!! Real Estate is down Nationally; and that decline has nothing to do with this BLOG, the following chart might prove instructive to those interested in facts, rather than Information Control and Propaganda:
Top Ten Realty Markets
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Source: Forbes.com
read:
City / 2002-2005 price change / 2005- 2006 price change / Difference
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif.
-18%
+5.6%
-12.5%
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, Calif.
-18.9%
+7.1%
-11.8%
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade, Calif.
-17.6%
+6.5%
-11.1%
Yuba City, Calif.
-20.1%
+10.1%
-10%
Barnstable, Mass.
-14.4%
+4.9%
-9.5%
Providence, R.I. - Fall River/New Bedford, Mass.
-15.2%
+6.1%
-9.1%
Reno-Sparks, Nev.
-17.8%
+8.8%
-9%
Carson City, Nev.
-17.8%
+8.9%
-8.9%
Boston-Quincy, Mass.
-11.5%
+2.9%
-8.6%
Sandusky, Ohio
-4%
-4.2%
-8.2%
To see Forbes.com's slideshow of 10 slowing markets, click here.
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After learning to say and understand all of these things, add the grinding local event of the Multi-million dollar Conflict with WPRF, which is costing us all money with likelihood of significant recovery being slim and none.
What this attack on our BLOG is about is Information Control. UCO controls The UCO Reporter, Channel 63, and of course the CV Q & A. This control assures that all of those channels of “Information” present a homogeneous Fluff and Papp formula for all of the residents to eat.
My reward for publishing this BLOG is that my articles “Tales From the Cold War” are no longer to be published. How petty; but a small price to pay for freedom of speech.
To put it bluntly; UCO you cannot have this BLOG Our Residents deserve better, they have the right to an uncontrolled Forum channel to exchange Information and Opinion.
If you have problems with any entry in this BLOG step up and post your version of the “Truth”
“For you shall know the Truth and the Truth will make you free.”
Dave Israel
BLOG Meister
Monday, March 31, 2008
BLOG ATTACK
Community Association Management Co.
For the person who has said we should look at communities who have professional management, take a look at Bensons, (not Benenson). There is every link you should need on this site, including requests for info and proposal. Ask for references.
http://www.bensonsinc.com/Bensons/index.htm
A Community Association Management Company is not the same as a Property Management Company
Criteria to Consider when Retaining a Community Association Management Company, by Mark Benson (24 pages)http://www.bensonsinc.com/FolderSetup/55_Bensons_47/AtoZ.pdf
Check This Out!
Really: Some guy dared to pay a check written on toilet paper! If this one passes, wonder if we can get away with paying our bills on Bounty?
Deliquent Privilege Loss
I punted this today question from where it mistakenly landed on February thread -
Re; delinquent maintenance fees what privileges can be taken away by not pay their fees? Thanks Lou
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your ADMIN. speaks:
Hi all,
FS 718 does indeed provide strong sanctions in the case of delinquency of Fees.
In essence they are:
1) Acceleration of all monies due to the end of the Budget year.(Filing of lien)
2) Charging Interest on amount due up to 18%
3) Administrative/Late fee up to greater of $25.00 or 5% of unpaid balance.
4) Rejection of lease if Unit Owner is in arrears.
No mention of “Removal of Privileges” is contemplated in The Act, so don’t get “creative”
Please read the extracts following:
FS 718.112(g)
g) Assessments.--The manner of collecting from the unit owners their shares of the common expenses shall be stated in the bylaws. Assessments shall be made against units not less frequently than quarterly in an amount which is not less than that required to provide funds in advance for payment of all of the anticipated current operating expenses and for all of the unpaid operating expenses previously incurred. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the right of an association to accelerate assessments of an owner delinquent in payment of common expenses. Accelerated assessments shall be due and payable on the date the claim of lien is filed. Such accelerated assessments shall include the amounts due for the remainder of the budget year in which the claim of lien was filed.
FS 718.116(3)(4)
(3) Assessments and installments on them which are not paid when due bear interest at the rate provided in the declaration, from the due date until paid. This rate may not exceed the rate allowed by law, and, if no rate is provided in the declaration, interest shall accrue at the rate of 18 percent per year. Also, if the declaration or bylaws so provide, the association may charge an administrative late fee in addition to such interest, in an amount not to exceed the greater of $25 or 5 percent of each installment of the assessment for each delinquent installment that the payment is late. Any payment received by an association shall be applied first to any interest accrued by the association, then to any administrative late fee, then to any costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in collection, and then to the delinquent assessment. The foregoing shall be applicable notwithstanding any restrictive endorsement, designation, or instruction placed on or accompanying a payment. A late fee shall not be subject to the provisions in chapter 687 or s. 718.303(3).
(4) If the association is authorized by the declaration or bylaws to approve or disapprove a proposed lease of a unit, the grounds for disapproval may include, but are not limited to, a unit owner being delinquent in the payment of an assessment at the time approval is sought.
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Dave
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Can't Go to the Movies?
Now you, too, can go to the movies! Just go to The Movie Spoiler! This site summarizes, in detail, recent blockbusters!
See Horton Hears a Who!
See Drillbit Taylor!
See Vantage Point!
Or you can wait till they come to the clubhouse!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
FIELD OF DREAMS
One more for Saturday Evening Humor...
LOST IN THE DARNDEST PLACES:
A Golden Lakes resident (never CVer) called 911 on her cell phone to report that her car has been broken into. She is hysterical as she explains her situation to the dispatcher: "They've stolen the stereo, the steering wheel, the brake pedal and even the accelerator!" she cried.
The dispatcher said, "Stay calm. An officer is on the way."
A few minutes later, the officer radios in. "Disregard." He says. "She got in the back-seat by mistake."
A little Saturday Evening humor
FAMILY
Three sisters, ages 92, 94 and 96, live in a house together. One night the 96-year-old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses. She yells to the other sisters, "Was I getting in or out of the bath?"
The 94-year-old yells back, "I don't know. I'll come up and see." She starts up the stairs and pauses "Was I going up the stairs or down?"
The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful, knock on wood." She then yells, "I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door"
I'm Sorry
Subject: I'm Sorry
This "Letter of Apology" was written by Lieutenant General Chuck Pitman, US Marine Corps, Retired:
For good and ill, the Iraqi prisoner abuse mess will remain an issue. On the one hand, right thinking Americans will abhor the stupidity of the actions while, on the other hand, political glee will take control and fashion this minor event into some modern day massacre.
I humbly offer my opinion here:
I am sorry that the last seven times we Americans took up arms and sacrificed the blood of our youth; it was in the defense of Muslims ( Bosnia , Kosovo, Gulf War 1, Kuwait , etc.)
I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came after 9/11.
I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Islamic Arabs.
I am sorry that most Arabs and Muslims have to live in squalor under savage dictatorships.
I am sorry that their leaders squander their wealth.
I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in their religious schools, mosques, and government-controlled media.
I am sorry that Yassar Arafat was kicked out of every Arab country and highjacked the Palestinian "cause."
I am sorry that no other Arab country will take in or offer more than a token amount of financial help to those same Palestinians.
I am sorry that the U.S.A. has to step in and be the biggest financial supporter of poverty stricken Arabs while the insanely wealthy Arabs blame the USA for all their problems.
I am sorry that our own left wing, our media, and our own brainwashed masses do not understand any of this (from the misleading vocal elements of our society like radical professors, CNN and the NY TIMES).
I am sorry the United Nations scammed the poor people of Iraq out of the "food for oil" money so they could get rich while the common folk suffered.
I am sorry that some Arab governments pay the families of homicide bombers upon their death.
I am sorry that those same bombers are brainwashed thinking they will receive 72 virgins in "paradise."
I am sorry that the homicide bombers think pregnant women, babies, children, the elderly and other non-combatant civilians are legitimate targets.
I am sorry that our troops die to free more Arabs from the gang rape rooms and the filling of mass graves of dissidents of their own making.
I am sorry that Muslim extremists have killed more Arabs than any other group.
I am sorry that foreign trained terrorists are trying to seize control of Iraq and return it to a terrorist state.
I am sorry we don't drop a few dozen daisy-cutters on Fallujah.
I am sorry every time terrorists hide, they find a convenient "Holy Site."
I am sorry they didn't apologize for driving a jet into the World Trade Center that collapsed and severely damaged Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church - one of our Holy Sites.
I am sorry they didn't apologize for flights 93 and 175, the USS Cole, the embassy bombings, the murders and beheadings of Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl, etc, etc!
I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized village in Africa .
America will get past this latest absurdity. We will punish those responsible because that is what we do.
We hang out our dirty laundry for the entire world to see. We move on. That's one of the reasons we are hated so much. We don't hide this stuff like all those Arab countries that are now demanding an apology.
Deep down inside, when most Americans saw this reported in the news, we were like - so what? We lost hundreds and made fun of a few prisoners. Sure, it was wrong; sure, it dramatically hurts our cause; but, until captured, we were trying to kill these same prisoners. Now we're supposed to wring our hands because a few were humiliated?
Our compassion is tempered with the vivid memories of our own people killed, mutilated and burned amongst a joyous crowd of celebrating Fallujahans.
If you want an apology from this American, you're going to have a long wait!
You have a better chance of finding those seventy-two virgins.
Chuck Pitman
Lieutenant General, USMC
Pass this on to your friends if you agree.
License to Tag
Check out this comprehensive sideshow of Florida's license plates. All of them cost extra, the proceeds going to some special groups. I hope the next governor cleans up the license process and makes special tags a little more uniform. Right now, you have little idea that a car with these plates is from Florida.
Friday, March 28, 2008
CV Early History by William Snyder
There is a fascinating piece of historical writing in the UCO Reporter for us newbies, (if you can follow the fragmented columns from page to page.) I hope this piece can be preserved in an easier to read form and made available at UCO. The Reporter must have enough historical pieces by now to make a book.
Imagine being in the village when it consisted of two competing associations, one group withheld their payments to Management and they were banned from using buses, entertainment, golf and other services. The clubhouse and pools were fenced in, security offices at both gates were boarded up. I think the story of considerable turmoil is an understatement.
Thank You Bill Snyder
Disiability
I just got off a government web site relative to the ADA act and whom would qualify as disabled:
The Act defines a person with disability to include (1) individuals with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more life activities; (2) individuals who are regarded as having sch an impairment; (3) individuals with a record of such impairments.
The term "physical or mental impairment includes, bit is not limited to, such diseases and conditions as orthopedic,visual, speech and hearing impairments,cerebral palsy,autism, epilepsy muscular dysthropy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease,diabetics, Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection, mental retardation, emotional illness, drug addiction ( other than addiction caused by current, illegal use of a control substance) and alcoholism.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT MOST OF OF US IN THE VILLAGE FALL ARE DISABLED?
It Could Happen To You
Newsflash: Stranger gives teen papergirl $500 tip; now she can afford her prom dress. Maybe Nicolas Cage could make a movie out of her story.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
WHO OWNS ASSOCIATION PARKING AREAS
Hi All,
There is an incredible controversy swirling on the CV Q & A; hard to believe, given the Published guidlines of that Forum suggesting that "Appropriate" subjects are "Plumbers" "Tile People" and "High School Reunions".
A certain fan of draconian control and regulation would deny us all the right to have visitors who own Motor Homes, RV's and who knows what else would be denied.
What concerns me is the following extract from the thread:
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Author: Fernando (---.hsd1.fl.comcast.net)Date: 03-27-08 19:48
Larry, you say that the associatons own the land and the parkings lots, i beleived that we rent the land, please correct me if I am wrong.Thanks you for your helpFernando
Reply To This Message
Re: Proliferation of RV's/motor homes
Author: Larry Kall (---.hsd1.fl.comcast.net)Date: 03-27-08 20:10
I have been told that this is a popular misconception. However, I will defer to some of you other experts out there.
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This is a classical example of not reading your documents:
Your basic set of documents contain, among other things, a SURVEY of Association Property.
If you will please examine the survey you will find that Larry Kall is absolutely correct in this case;
The Association owns the Parking spaces as part of the Common Element.
Specifically; each Parking space is designated, initially by the Developer and thereafter by the Board of Administration as a Limited Common Element, for the exclusive use of the each Unit Owner.
While for his/her exclusive use, it is not deeded.
Hence, each Association must make rules for the type, and number of vehicles to be parked therein,
just be careful, as Palm Beach County PZB Code Enforcement is always alert for illegal parking area usage.
anyone who cannot locate their Survey, please publish the name of your association in the Comment Stream and I will give you the specific Book and Page, to be found at the Clerk of Court site.
Dave
Family Feud
America the Beautiful
Turn up your speakers, click on the link and listen and see a beautiful tribute to our great Country. Elvis at his best.
http://home.comcast.net/~nw-fla/tribute_flag_B_thompson.htm
Chris
Choose Your Punchline
The price of oil went up to $72 a barrel on the news that:
a) the mayor of Detroit is a gay governor
b) Hayden Panettierre will play the Boca cheerleader in an ABC movie-of-the-week
c) Danish newspapers published editorial cartoons depicting Dick Chaney as Horton hearing a Who...and refusing to listen
PESSIMISM
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Early wakeup at Century Village
Does anyone know if there are any rules or regulations concerning what time in the AM excessive noise can be made, such as lawn and/or tree cutting and the use of blowers?
Century Village is a retirement community and people should not be disturbed at 7:30 in the morning!
If there are such rules, who enforces them?
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Your ADMIN. speaks.
I believe that this is a major issue in Century Village, so I am editing this entry directly. Please pardon me on this one:
The answer to your question is; YES there are rules and they are published and enforced by PBC code Enforcement; let's have a look:
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Table 5.E.4.B-14, Maximum Sound Levels
Maximum
Sound Level /
Receiving
Land Use Type / Sound Source / Time of Day /
USA /RSA
Residential Fixed mechanical equipment Any time 60 dB 60 dB
Residential Permanent Generator See Art. 5.B.1.A.18 75 dB 75 dB
7 AM to 8 PM 60 dB 55 dB
Residential All other sources 8 PM to 10 PM 55 dB 50 dB
10 PM to 7 AM 50 dB 50 dB
Commercial
Nonresidential
All sources Any time 70 dB 70 dB
Non-Residential Permanent Generator See Art. 5.B.1.A.18
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Obviously, the BLOG does not support the format of the Table, so it is best seen, along with the relevant ULDC (Uniform Land Development Code) at:
http://www.pbcgov.com/pzb/uldc/articles/Article5.pdf
See the Table on page 45.
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So, as to time, they have got us as the Code allows them to start at 7:00 am.
BUT where we may have recourse is, in the noise levels, I believe they clearly exceed all published limits.
So, who do you complain to:
1) Code Enforcement Director:
Terry Verner.........233-5500
Fax:.......................233-5517
Senior Field Investigator.....Bobby Boynton
233-5281
Reference of all Code Enforcement staff:
http://www.pbcgov.com/PZB/phonelist/External1.pdf
Starting at Page 8.
Make these references "Book Marks" folks, you may want them again.
Hope this is helpful.
Dave
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ADMIN. Follow up!
Larry Kall has noted the need to determine the Sound Levels of the offending equipment.
To put it briefly, measurement of Sound Levels are
are within the capability of the average Unit Owner, at a cost.
Radio Shack markets a meter for $50.00..
SEE: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103667
It is not necessary for you to do this however; the roaring of these garden machines with mufflers removed to save fuel is an outrage and well in excess of published code.
Simply file your complaint and let the chips fall where they may!
Dave
Stores, Shopping, etc
Does anybody know when the new Walmart grocery store on Okeechobee and Jog is suppose to open? (the old Winn Dixie)
Does anybody know when the new Lowes in suppose to open?
(the old Toys-R-Us)
I've heard that the Palm Beach Mall will not be knocked down. Don't know if it is true or not.
Thanks,
Chris
CREATING A GOOGLE ACCOUNT
Hi All,
Creating a GOOGLE account.
In order to Post a New Subject on this BLOG you must have an active GOOGLE or GMAIL account.
This is not my requirement; it is a GOOGLE requirement and GOOGLE provides the Bandwidth.
They provide it for free and it is a Non-Negotiable
requirement.
It is not difficult, it is a one page application and requires less than 5 minutes, not hours to accomplish.
Start here:
https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
You do not have to give your real name or your real Email address, BUT if you want the account, you must give an Email address that returns a Confirmation Email to you, so if you want to remain anonymous, you must take the extra step of creating a new, untraceable email address in say, HOTMAIL or any WebMail service of your choice.
NO special computer skills are required, just a bit of patience.
Dave
Things Go Funnier With Coke
Yes, drug abuse will ruin your mind, it will kill you, and it will not look good on your police record. Having said that, I would like to say this: Watch this classic WKRP clip, baby!
Delray Affair for CJ
http://delrayaffair.com/ click on header for details, (even more art than Juno)
March 28, 29, 30. Over 600 exhibiting artist/crafts persons/food and business vendors
The 46th Annual Delray Affair draws accolades and crowds as one of South Florida's oldest and largest outdoor arts, crafts and entertainment festival venues. The Delray Affair is stretched along Atlantic Avenue over 10 city blocks and side streets, in scenic downtown Delray Beach, FLORIDA... Two-time All America City!Enjoy top notch artists and craftspersons, home cooked foods from charity and other groups; and non-stop entertainment on 3 stages as well as strolling entertainers from 10 AM to 6 PM all three days.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
I Did It All for the Cookie!
ITEM: It's not enough to take away people's cellphones when they're driving; now we have to take away their food, too! Maybe we should get drivers horse blinders and a Hannibal Lecter gag as well!
Secret Gardens of CV
These are great even on dull days. I would like to know why gardenias and hibiscus in Windsor are twice the usual size? Thank goodness for gardeners.
Best Landscaped Building Competition
Best Landscaped Building Competition is fine idea from Beautification Cmte. May I suggest that any building with an unshielded a/c or dumpster is automatically a loser. Too many naked a/c around CV. Years ago they were all screened by hedges, now people seem to have forgotten that. So please buy ½ dozen cocoplums or some such. Bring the greenery back. This one actually belongs to a building with an extravagant patio, but they have not beautified for passersby on the perimeter road yet.
Second pic? quick make it into a sundial!
Monday, March 24, 2008
BLOG THEME SONG --STAYIN ALIVE
We got MOJO and now the blog has a theme song. Dave find a spot for this under MOJO, If others agree. Mike
A message to all my wonderful CV Neighbors
Hello Neighbors,
I just got home and the first thing I did was turn on my computer to see what is going on in our CV Blogger. I was so very saddened to read Mike's Post entitled "Lurkers" and was saddened to read all the comments. It sounds like everyone that has been so involved in keeping this blog going is about to give up.
So please indulge me. I have decided to start my own post and let you, my neighbors know my feelings. I am nobody special, just a person living in CV just like you. I love Century Village so much, truly I do. I feel very safe and very secure living here. I love my neighbors and love my community. I work full time, so I am unable to participate in all the activities and politics as much as I would love to. But I look forward to the day soon that I can retire and can get much more involved and give back to the community just as so many of you have.
The election is over. Your votes have been heard. Please, may we all now unite and move forward for the better of this wonderful place we live. I ask you this, can we please now all get along?
This blog was started by Dave Israel for you. I have never even met the man, but so very much admire him. He has put hundreds and hundreds of hours into this blog to make it better for you. He has made it clear over and over again that all opinions are welcome here. This blog was made to help our community grow and get better and better and better. Won't you please take advantage of the hours that Dave Israel put in for all of us?
Please, open your hearts and open your minds and communicate!!!! It is the only way it can be done. "Communication" is a wonderful, wonderful thing. We will all win!!!
If you feel changes are needed, this is the place to speak up. You have been given a voice and you can be heard!!! Please don't so easily let that go. Let yourself be heard here!!! This is the place!!! Criticism can be a wonderful wonderful thing - but it needs to be done in a constructive way, never to offend. If you don't like something, write about it, write it here. But do it in a way that will not alienate people, but bring them together for the good of us all. We need to be positive - not negative. Good things can happen from this blog if you will only open your minds and open your hearts, and let them happen.
I have met so many, many wonderfully educated people in this community, with so much knowledge that they can and will share with us if we just allow ourselves to listen.
If you don't like the way something is done, make suggestions and then follow up by offering your service to be a volunteer and work to make these changes happen. Volunteering is a wonderful thing.
But also, the people who we have voted in to make the decisions for our community must be willing to keep their minds open and listen to those voices of the people who gave them their vote.
This blog cannot continue with so few voices being heard. I, as your neighbor, beg of you, if you are online and able to communicate with us, do so. It is a good thing. Don't be negative. It doesn't help anything or anyone and it won't work. Come, tell us how you feel about anything. We will listen. We want so much to listen to your words. We care about how you feel.
Please, join us in this blog. We need you. Don't let all the hard work that Dave Israel did for all of us go to waste. He has given us a gift. Let's not so quickly be willing to throw that gift away.
We need you. Won't you please join us?
Sincerely,
ChrisJ
Psst! watch free movies, TV ..
http://www.surfthechannel.com/ You need high speed connection.
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Video Stopping? Slow Speeds? Read On
If you are experiencing cut outs or slow speeds please read this notice so you are aware of all the factors that can help improve your STC experience
Before moaning please read it!
Post Palm Beach Post
Read it and weep: They're tweaking the morning paper! In a few weeks, expect a combined local/business section, a combined sports/classified section, the food section on Wednesdays, and possibly a few other changes. If there were a pool, put me in on the Post replacing their TV guide for one made by THE TV Guide company.
LURKERS
Hi Dave , How many non participating LURKERS are monitoring the Blog ? I really don't think its worth continuing the Blog since so few CVers care about free speech. I have never lived anywhere that people cared nothing about their community or world affairs before. It's as if people move to CV and they are brain dead. The Blog is a marvelous place to express oneself and learn from others but I think this experiment in open dialog has failed . I, for one, will always be grateful to you for giving the Village freedom of speech. The BRAIN DEAD LURKERS deserve whatever they get . Just one mans opinion, Mike
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Hi Mike,
Here is a brief extract from GOOGLE Site Stats:
808 people visited this site
10,778 Visits
808 Absolute Unique Visitors
27,288 Pageviews
2.53 Average Pageviews
00:05:04 Time on Site
48.02% Bounce Rate
7.48% New Visits
What this says, is that the BLOG has had 808 unique visitors since inception, they have visited the BLOG 10,778 times and they have viewed 27,288 pages.
Actual active participation by way of New Posts and Comments is obviously well under 12; so I would agree with you that participation is pitiful.
Your suggestion of deleting the BLOG is under active consideration. I am beginning to believe that folks are more interested in "Tile People", "Plumbers" and of course "High school Reunions"
Dave
4000 American Troops Dead
This video has to make you think or your brain dead. Does America need 100 years of the Iraq War?
Sunday, March 23, 2008
INSURANCE for LONG-TERM CARE
Writing a whole blog on long term care insurance is too much, sorry Dave.
If you are considering this insurance it can be a snake pit, so I recommend that you go to the library and read up such books as J.K. Lasser’s Choosing the Right Long-Term Care Insurance, and Phyllis Shelton’s Long-Term Care, Your Financial Planning Guide.
Do not think the people who come to pitch their product will be well informed. My salespeople were uninformed, untrained in the product, young, and aggressive.
The letter that I wrote to extricate myself from the clutches of an insurance Co. follows as the next comment. Most disturbing was that they “could not give me any numbers, prices, and details until I signed up and gave them a check”.
CMTE HEARINGS for OWNER-FRIENDLY ASSOC BILLS
From: Jan Bergemann
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: COMMITTEE HEARINGS FOR OWNER-FRIENDLY ASSOCIATION BILLS
URGENT!
Dear Friends, Homeowners and Condo Owners,
In the coming week the owner-friendly association bills will be heard in various committees.
It is of outmost importance that all of you and friends and neighbors write e-mails and make telephone calls in support of the bills as described on the page. I have listed all committee members of the committees and added all members on combined lists for the folks who have little time. Single e-mails are more effective!
http://www.ccfj.net/CCFJLEGSESSCOMMITTEEHEAR.htm
Please be assured that there will be something good for everybody. It is imperative that you all support these bills -- and rather write a few more e-mails than too less. We need these bills going, supported by all of you -- no matter if you live in condos, HOAs or CDDs. GET BUSY!
Don't forget to write e-mails opposing S 2470. It's bill trying to circumvent safeguards created for owners.
Bill Analysis: "The bill also authorizes the levy of special assessments without owner votes regardless of declaration, articles or bylaws. It can also borrow money and pledge association assets as collateral to fund emergency repairs without unit owner approval." THIS IS A BILL SPONSORED BY CALL !!!!!
Love your wallet? Oppose the bill! This is detrimental to your financial health!
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THE FEW MINUTES TO GET ALL E-MAILS OUT! ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
Take care, Jan
http://www.ccfj.net
http://www.ccfjedu.net/
Engelbert - After The Lovin
This is my last one, hope I didn't bore anyone . I never really looked into U Tube much but I'm having a ball listening to all the artists and songs I heard over my life. Mike
Barry Gibbs & Streisand
I had to delete this before because someone posted the CLICK HERE virus as a comment. Enjoy, Mike
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Sorry, this is going to take up a lot of room, but I had to post it. I just had to. It's great! Enjoy my friends....
(Absolutely Brilliant)
George Carlin's Views on Aging
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids?
If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key
You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life .. .
You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70!
After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there.
Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92.
"Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them."
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them , at every opportunity. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER : Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
And if you don't send this to at least 8 people - who cares? But do share this with someone. We all need to live life to its fullest each day!!
And dear blog friends, I've choosen to share it with you!!!
chris
Fleetwood Mac--Don't Stop-USC Marching Band
This will get you moving today , one of my favorite rock videos . Turn up the spound , put on full screen. Hope I didn't put this on before. Enjoy, Mike
P.S Capt John , This was the Clinton-Gore 92 & 96 campaign theme song.
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN
Hi All,
After a long and arduous campaign, the votes are in and the people have spoken.
The BLOG Parrot is herewith named "MOJO"!
So it shall be written, so it shall be done.
Dave
Fine Tuning Channel 63
If the powers that be want Channel 63 to be taken seriously, here's what I'd do:
People don't watch it because they see it as nothing but plugs for the community bulletin board. Every five to ten minutes, they should put up a practical message - a meeting date, deadline for ID registration, clubhouse etiquette - if a time interval is out of the question, then put one of these things on after the 10th message. That way, you don't have need for the scroll; who notices it? Who says, "Oh, did you hear that the new governor of New York is just as freaky as the old one? I got it from the scroll on CNN"?
If you have a suggestion for our administration, make it politely here. Hillary's Veruca Salt act is not working.
PARROT NAMING VOTE
Hi All,
A rising tide of discontent regarding the name choices and the voting process is stirring within the Electorate. I assure all our readers that the counting of the votes is highly secure.
As regards the names; I propose that we take the top choices from this vote (probably MOJO and PETE) and then after a "Call for other names", that we re-run the Poll.
Comments encouraged.
Dave
Friday, March 21, 2008
A real cutie!
(This was actually reported by a teacher)
After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school.
One child wrote the following:
We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa.
They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Florida.
Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look like grass.
They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags because they don't know who they are anymore.
They go to a building called a wreck center, but they must have got it fixed because it is all okay now, they do exercises there, but they don't do them very well.
There is a swimming pool too, but they all jump up and down in it with hats on.
At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape.
Sometimes they sneak out, and go cruising in their golf carts.
Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. And, they eat the same thing every night --- early birds.
Some of the people can't get out past the man in the doll house. The ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked center for pot luck.
My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn his retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded someday too.
When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll house. Then I will let people out, so they can visit their grandchildren.
PRICELESS
Comcast CV Internet Special Deal????????
I have Bell South Ultra 1.5Mbps/256Kbps. Is the CV 19.95 internet deal faster than what I have ? I understand the Comcast deal costs 24.95 after 1 year. Mike
Will the Sun Come Out Tomorrow for the Sun-Times?
ITEM: Conrad Black, the millionaire who owned the Chicago paper, did some goofy things with the finances and is now in jail. Like some other financiers who ran amok with other people's money, said people are sinking. According to this article, The Sun-Times isn't any healthier than Roger Ebert, their movie critic who became nationally famous with his friendship with rival Gene Siskel, these days.
Spitzer For President
CLICK ON HEADER
Might as well vote for a sex addict, can't be any worse than the losers that are running now. We have a black guy trying to be white, a woman trying to show she has gonads and a 71 year old pow that wants to have a 100 year war. Hopefully, Eliot will be out of treatment in time for the general election. A recovering sex addict has to be a better bet than the others. I sure hope so. Mike
Blogged Out
Had great time at the blog getogether last night, we chatted away 100 issues, so not much blogging going on today. The lady in the red outfit was a little surprised when I said ‘Hi, Capt John’. Sorry you missed us, Nork too. Tell us a little about yourself Nork, you never mention CV. Are you an inmate, sorry, resident?
My Chocolate God
Looks as if Quetzalcoatl is not going to be the parrot name BUT 'Questzalcoatl traveled to earth on a beam of the morning star carrying a cocoa tree from Paradise, and wisdom and power came from eating the fruit of the tree.' Wow! No wonder chocolate eaters are so smart.
Quetzalcoatl (Wikipedia) is an unsuitable name for a parrot, even tho’ he is said to be opposed to human sacrifice. I did like Questzalcoatl (with an extra ‘s’) the Aztec creator and god of agriculture. The Chocolate God.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Since the Democratic party has denied the Fl. Democrats the right to vote in the primary, We should all go to the Voter Registration Office and switch our registration to INDEPENDENT. How dare they take our right to vote away. Come on democrats get off your butts and fight back. You can get an App. on the computer or call the Voter Registration Office and they will send you a change form in the mail. Mike
DMV MOBILE AT PARTY ROOM 4/16/08-11:30--2:30
DMV Mobile
Author: Phyllis Richland (---.sip.bct.bellsouth.net)
Date: 03-20-08 08:34
On april 16 in the party room at the clubhouse there will be a conference on transportation and the senior. lunch is being served by reservation . call 561-488--7900 for your place at the table. in addition on the prmises there will be a dmv flow mobile which will offer eye tests for anyone over 80 and renewal of drivers licenses. palm tran will provide forms and registration assistance and there will be many other important offers for all of us. it will be from 11:30 to 2:30 on the 16th of april. tell your friends but you must call for reservations for lunch. have fun !!!!!
Forget Baby On Board
The city is giving away "Nothing In Car" signs that you hang from your mirror. Thanks, but no thanks: I already have something like that. There are a few times that I forget to put it up, though. Why? Because the handicap parking signs are not eye level! Are the traffic cops trying to entrap people? I thought entrapment was illegal!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
This Is Your Brain on Recycled Drugs
For those who have a more socialist bent than the Drudge Report
HUFF POST IS QUITE LIBERAL, TO SAY THE LEAST. LOL
BLOG, BURGERS, AND BUDDIES
ChrisJ, ElaineB, and Mike will be at Lindburgers at 5:30 pm tomorrow Thursday 3/20/08 for burgers, get to know, and possible political chat (Chris). All bloggers are welcome, (buy your own burger). This will be our first club get together. We have never met anyone on the blog either, so don’t be shy. I am the one in the turquoise crinkle shirt and Mike will have a red carnation. Maybe there will be people who all say “Hi, I’m Anonymous!”
Lindburgers is very casual, has WWI aerodrome décor, 7750 Okeechobee Blvd. 684-1777. Go west on Okeechobee, past Jog, look on left, it is tucked in new store strip. If you pass Golden Lakes you have missed it but Golden Lakes is good for making the left turn and going back into the shopping area.
Who is Ken Blackwell?
I'm no Obama fan but If we are going to play politics, lets at least give the whole story. Mike
SMALL OR NORMAL
small or normal
See the difference? Anything smaller than this creates a difference with a good number of the people trying to understand what's written on this great blog that we now have.
1. Smallest (this is too small for anyone to be comfortable)
2. Small (do not put anything smaller than this)
3. Normal (this is great)
4. Large (this is appropriate where necessary)
5. Largest (this is appropriate where necessary)
Would this be too much of a problem to use at least #2 (small) or #3 (normal)? I am sure your object is making it comfortable to read and understand.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama's Speech
If anyone would be interested in reading Senator Barack Obama’s speech in its entirety, you can find it on the Drudge Report. I know that CV is predominantly Hillary Clinton world (except for maybe you Capt John, who I have a sneaking suspicion is a Republican), but I’ve got to tell you, I thought Obama’s speech this morning in Philadelphia was very inspiring. We need to unite this country and we need the right person to do it. I believe he could be a very special leader, exactly what this country needs. I have not made my decision yet on who will get my vote when the time comes, but I sure would love to hear some of your opinions. Anyone willing to share?
Chris
Monday, March 17, 2008
MALWARE AND HITCHIKERS
Hi All,
Our BLOG has had at least two attacks by a Malware Hitchiker it looks like this;
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Warning! Please Click Here
"here" is a link to http://antispycompani.com/
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It has appeared in Comment Streams under two different Posts.
'antispycompani" is a know source of agressive Malware.
Do not click on "here", if you do, an instantaneous attempt will be made to scan your computer and to download a package of Spyware and other malicious code.
Simply Delete the Comment.
Dave
CLICK: Firefox Browser: Lean and Mean
According to the title link, the latest version of the Firefox browser, now in beta, uses less memory than the latest version of Internet Explorer.
Shoreline Restoration 2.
I was misled, Wellington K is not the worst at all; Northampton, Chatham Isle and towards Somerset have more of a problem. CV has 36,000 linear feet of ‘shoreline’. UCO is reviewing the engineering report and testing of 5 different solutions is ongoing. Up to 5 methods will be used according to the type of erosion. No buildings are about to fall into the water. That’s all the info I have.
Haverhill Gate ABRACADABRA
I have in on the good authority of V.P. Sal Bummolo that the contract is signed for cleaning and painting not only the Haverhill gate and walls but also, the Okeechobee and Southampton gate areas. This should be done soon, give it a month before sounding off again.
DIGITAL CONVERSION / CABLE MISUNDERSTANDING
Hi All,
In another string, the following Comment was placed:
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ComcastCares said...
Thank you for the feedback regarding Comcast's handling of the digital TV transition. It is important to note that if you have cable, there is nothing you need to do to continue to receive your local channels. As stated in a previous comment, as long as the cable company provides an analog signal, you will continue to receive the channels as you do today. More information is available from the FCC at the following
URL:
http://www.dtv.gov/
Thank you for being a Comcast Customer!
Frank Eliason
Comcast Executive Offices
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While this statement is clearly true for the vast majority of COMCAST's millions of cable customers, here in CV we have a unique situation.
Generally speaking, a Cable TV customer has a Set-Top-Box (STB) sitting on or near his TV. The cable enters the home and is connected to the STB.
A second cable connects the output of the STB to an input of the TV and thus you view your channel of choice.
In CV we have a special enhanced Basic Cable selection of 65 channels which are placed in the Cable frequency band in such a way as to be accessible to the standard tuner of any Cable ready TV; hence, no STB is necessary, and that is the case for the vast majority of 7854 CV COMCAST customers. These Customers will require some sort of intervention when Digital Transition occurs.
A very few CV Customers do indeed have a STB, because they have opted for other Higher Tier services (at extra cost)
that require the STB to receive those services. Those customers are indeed covered by the blanket statement of "painless Digital Transition"
The analog channels to be provided as mentioned in the extracted Comment above are required by law, as Cable companies must continue to provide analog breakouts of Local TV Broadcast stations; Larry Kall advises that COMCAST will provide 12 such channels. This leaves 53 channels to be resolved. Let's look at his issue.
The STB is a sophisticated Radio Receiver with Communications MODEM capabilities, in otherwords, it not only receives signals from the cable, it also transmits signals back to the Headend (Signal source at COMCAST).
In order to continue to receive the remaining 53 channels after Digital Transition has occurred, the safest way to proceed is to have a COMCAST STB attached to EVERY TV in your Unit. Many CV customers have multiple TV sets, so this shapes up as a major undertaking as regards installation and cost, because these STB's are rented out by COMCAST or they may be purchased outright.
Larry Kall is attempting to negotiate the best possible cost for this process.
What alternatives are there?
1) If your TV is Cable-Ready and has a Digital Tuner, you should be ready for Digital Transition, without the need for a STB, unless as noted above you opt for Higher Tier services.
2) If you have an older anlogue model TV, you may purchase an external Converter Box, which must also be Cable-Ready and incorporate a Digital Tuner.
I hope this has been useful.
Dave
CLICK: Ben Franklin Marries Betsy Ross
Aw, ain't that cute? It's even cuter if you read the actual article!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Digital TV Conversion
I would appreciate some advice from some of you tech people out there. There is much confusion and poor information around about the conversion to digital TV. Much of the confusion surrounds the matter of a Digital TV tuner. I have been told that if you have recently purchased TV set with a built in digital tuner you will have do problems after the conversion as your set can receive the new digital signals and the old analog signals. I have been informed by Comcast that they WILL convert about 12 local broadcast channels back to analog and the other 53 channels we get with be digital only. No problem so far.
This s where I need some input- Some people tell me that they plan to purchase an external digital TV tuner from some retailer, connect it directly to their preset TV set and there should be no problem getting all 65 channels no matter how they are sent by Comcast.
Some other people tell me that the external digital tuners will not work unless they are matched to the Comcast system, like a Comcast set top box and at this point Comcast plans to charge a monthly fee in either case. I also know that if you have a or get a Comcast set top box the conversion will be painless.
What I would like to know is DOES AN EXTERNAL DIGITAL TV TUNER WORK THE SAME WAY AS A BUILT IN DIGITAL TUNER? Would Comcast have any way to know if the tuner you have is a built in one or an external one?
Canterbury Block Party
This is the Canterbury Block Party today, music on the left, drinks in the middle, and food, food, food.
If these photos separate and wander I apologise. I have to get panorama software.
Block parties, pool parties, coffee klatches all good for the village.
NOTICE OF MEETINGS / UCO
Hi All,
Those of us interested in "Transparency" will not be happy with this Post; it is however reflective of The Law.
All colored items are directly "clickable" to view documents.
REF:
http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/cordet.exe?action=DETFIL&inq_doc_number=763367&inq_came_from=NAMFWD&cor_web_names_seq_number=0000&names_name_ind=N&names_cor_number=&names_name_seq=&names_name_ind=&names_comp_name=UNITEDCIVIC&names_filing_type=
The United Civic Organization (UCO) is organized under Florida Statutes Title XXXVI (Business Organizations). Specifically under Chapter 617, Corporation Not for Profit.
(NOT under FS 718)
For the record; following is the History of filings back to 1995:
Detail by Entity Name
Florida Non Profit Corporation
UNITED CIVIC ORGANIZATION, INC.
Filing Information
Document Number
763367
FEI Number
592221503
Date Filed
05/19/1982
State
FL
Status
ACTIVE
Principal Address
24 CAMDEN A WEST PALM BEACH FL 33417 US
Changed 03/29/2006
Mailing Address
24 CAMDEN A WEST PALM BEACH FL 33417 US
Changed 03/29/2006
Registered Agent Name & Address
LOEWENSTEIN, GEORGE 5 HASTINGS A WEST PALM BEACH FL 33417 US
Name Changed: 03/29/2006
Address Changed: 03/29/2006
Officer/Director Detail
Name & Address
Title S
LAPIDUS, BETTY MRS GREENBRIER C WEST PALM BEACH FL 33417 US
Title P
LOEWENSTEIN, GEORGE H MR 5 HASTINGS A WEST PALM BEACH FL 33417 US
Title T
TETRO, DOROTHY 312 WELLINGTON E WEST PALM BEACH FL 33417 US
Title VP
BUMMOLO, SALVATORE 201 WELLINGTON F WEST PALM BEACH FL 33417 US
Title VP
SILVER, HOWARD 146 STRATFORD KW PALM BCH FL 33417 US
Title VP
RICHLAND, PHYLLIS MRS 216 SOMMERSET KW PALM BCH FL 33417
Annual Reports
Report Year
Filed Date
2005
04/19/2005
2006
03/29/2006
2007
02/23/2007
Document Images
02/23/2007 -- ANNUAL REPORT
03/29/2006 -- ANNUAL REPORT
04/19/2005 -- ANNUAL REPORT
04/28/2004 -- ANNUAL REPORT
04/07/2003 -- ANNUAL REPORT
04/09/2002 -- ANNUAL REPORT
07/25/2001 -- ANNUAL REPORT
07/28/2000 -- ANNUAL REPORT
03/17/1999 -- ANNUAL REPORT
08/13/1998 -- ANNUAL REPORT
05/06/1997 -- ANNUAL REPORT
04/11/1996 -- ANNUAL REPORT
03/31/1995 -- ANNUAL REPORT
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On the matter of Notice of Meetings, the following extract from FS 617 is germane, the entire document is well worth reading, if you would understand certain UCO related issues.
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Title XXXVI BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
617.0822 Notice of meetings.--
(1) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide otherwise, regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice of the date, time, place, or purpose of the meeting.
(2) Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide for a longer or shorter period, a special meeting of the board of directors must be preceded by at least 2 days' notice of the date, time, and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting unless required by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.
