Newsletter 20 - January 2008

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Rancho Cucamonga PT Cruiser Club NewsletterJanuary 2008 - Issue 20

Coordinator

Alexander Mendozaand

Co-coordinator

Alicia Mendoza

Robin Brewer

Membership & Welcoming Director

Games DirectorRoni Koepp

Bob Irvine

Parking Lot Director

Sandy Irvine

Raffle & 50/50 Tickets Director

Jim Guignard

Photographer & Digital Film Director

HAPPY NEW YEAR2 0 0 8Rancho Cucamonga

PT Cruiser Club &

Classic Car Event

PT FAN BELT TOSS HULA HOOP TOSS

HORSE SHOE TOSSBASKETBALL TOSS

Open to All PT Cruisers & All Classic Cars - 11:00 a m - 2:30 p m

PT Cruiser of the Month Plaque - Plus 9 Trophies for these Categories

Best of Show - Best Engine - Best Interior - Best Theme of the Month - Best Paint - Best Under

Construction - Special Interest - Best Graphics - And Best Stock

This event will be held every other month in 2008

Jan 6 - Mar 2 - May 4 Jul 6 Sep 7 Nov 2

Location: - Burger Town USA - 760 No. Archibald Ave - Ontario, California

Directions: - Take the San Bernardino Freeway (10) - Exit at Archibald Ave - Go north 1 block.


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Birthdays for the Year 2008

Birthdays for JanuaryJonathan Meyer - January 6

Bob Koepp - January 10~

Birthdays for FebruaryKatie Daigle - February 16

Claudia Oviatt - February 16~

Birthdays for MarchAlex Mendoza - March 1

Alicia Mendoza - March 29Arthur Mendoza - March 31

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Birthdays for AprilAlex Kozasky - April 1

Roseanne Gonzales - April 15Jordan Sandstrom - April 21

Sandy Irvine - April 26Clem Lagrosa - April 26

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Birthdays for MayStephanie - May 13

Dillan Higgins - May 15

Gina Kozasky - May 16Randy - May 23

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Birthdays for JuneDanny Beach - June 6

Laurie Esquivel - June 15Pete - June 25

Dean Daigle - June 26~

Birthdays for JulyJoey Sandstrom - July 2Bob Naveroski - July 2Luis Gonzales - July 13

Adam Higgins - July 15Sandi Wellington - July 15

Doris Kotwica - July 23Jimmy Anderson - July 30

Jim Guignard - July 30Kenny Wong - July 30

Ivy Summer KozaskyJuly 31~

Birthdays for AugustBarbie Wong - August 4

Stephanie Sandstrom - August 8Vickie Hoppens - August 9

Rick Williams - August 10Marlene Beach - August 10Jim Dekoker - August 14

Paula Anderson - August 20Lorraine Williams - August 21

Alexander Jr. - August 25Linda Cook - August 30Ashly Sinor - August 31

PT Tony - August 31~

Birthdays for SeptemberSue Stephenson - September 1

Larry Stephenson - September 3Roni Koepp - September 6Ray Oviatt - September 8

Robin Brewer - September 30~

Birthdays for OctoberShar - October 11

Connie Sandstrom - October 16~

Birthdays for NovemberDenise MeyerNovember 8Melanie Meyer - November 8

Jennie Sandstrom - November 18~

Birthdays for December

Cherie Landreth - December 1Mary Ann Naveroski - December 1Martha (Tony) - December 5Donna Higgins - December 11

Will Cook - December 12Bob Irvine - December 16Jeff Meyer - December 27


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"PT CRUISER OF THE MONTH"DECEMBER 2007

THIS MONTHS AWARD IS PRESENTEDBY JUDGE JEAN TO WINNER

"JIM DEKOKER"

Jim now youre in the Winners Circle to

compete on PT Cruiser of the Year for 2007.

Good luck and congratulations on such a

dashing elaborate flamboyant win on

PT Cruiser of the Month for December 2007.

Previous Winners For"PT Cruiser of the Month"

2006Shirley Reeves ~ June 2006Clem Lagrosa ~ July 2006

Rick & Lorraine Williams ~ August 2006George & Lori Manz ~ September 2006

Robin Brewer ~ October 2006Mel ~ November 2006

Jim & Paula Anderson ~ December 2006

~ PT Cruiser of the Year for 2006 ~Clem Lagrosa

2007Glenn Marx~ January 2007

Sandy Wellington~ February 2007Lloyd Holland~ March 2007

Will & Linda Cook~ April 2007Stan Nosik~ May 2007Jeff Meyer~ June 2007

Shar~ July 2007Robin Brewer~ August 2007

Adam Higgins~ September 2007Paul & Laurie Esquivel~ October 2007

Jim & Paula Anderson~ November 2007Jim Dekoker~ December 2007

~ PT Cruiser of the Year for 2007 ~_________________________2007 Winner will be

selected from list ABOVE


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PT Fan Belt Toss2006 & 2007

June 06 ~ Dee CampbellJuly 06 ~ Jim Ingram

August 06 ~ Cherie Landreth

September 06 ~ Lorraine WilliamsOctober 06 ~ Jennie SandstromNovember 06 ~ David (visitor)

December 06 ~ Lorraine WilliamsJanuary 07 ~ JD

February 07 ~ Alexander MendozaMarch 07 ~ Shar

April 07 ~ Paul EsquivelMay 2007 ~ Laurie Esquivel

June 2007 ~ Bob IrvineJuly 2007 ~ Connie SandstromAugust 2007 ~ Robin Brewer

September 2007 ~ Connie SandstromOctober 2007 ~ Roni - Bob - Claudia

November 2007 ~ Bob Irvine

Jim Anderson ~ December 2007

Birds2006 & 2007June 06 ~ Jan & Dee Campbell ~ 2 Parakeets

July 06 ~ Jim Ingram ~ 2 Love BirdsAug. 06 ~ Vicki Hoppens ~ 1 Female Cockatiel

Aug. 06 ~ Sandy Irvine ~ 1 Female CockatielSeptember 06 ~ Ken & Barb ~ 2 FinchesSeptember 06 ~ Louie Gonzales ~ 2 Finches

Oct. 06 ~ Connie & Randy ~ 2 Diamond DovesNovember 06 ~ Jennie & Jordon ~ 2 Parakeets

December 06 ~ Sandy Irvine ~ 2 ParakeetsJanuary 07 ~ Linda Cook ~ 2 Parakeets

February 07 ~ Laurie Esquivel ~ 4 FinchesMarch 07 ~ John Lujan ~ 2 Parakeets

April 07 ~ Connie Sandstrom ~ 2 ParakeetsMay '07 ~ Shar ~ 2 Parakeets

June '07 ~ Mary Ann Naveroski ~ 2 ParakeetsJuly 07 ~ Sandy Wellington ~ 2 Parakeets

August 07 ~ Melonie Meyer ~ 2 ParakeetsSeptember 07 ~ Linda Cook ~ 2 Parakeets

October 07 ~ Cherie Landreth ~ 2 ParakeetsNovember 07 ~ Jim Guignard ~ 2 Finches

December 07 ~ No birdies this month.

The Jim Club Jim ~ Jim ~ Jim


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Hula Hoop Toss2006 & 2007July 06 ~ Connie SandstromAugust 06 ~ Dean Daigle

September 06 ~ Jim AndersonOctober 06 ~ Connie SandstromNovember 06 ~ Charles Brewer

December 06 ~ Bob IrvineJanuary 07 ~ Adam

February 07 ~ Paul EsquivelMarch 07 ~ Lloyd Holland

April '07 ~ MondoMay 07 ~ Bob Naveroski

June 07 ~ Ray OviattJuly 07 ~ Paul Esquivel

August 07 ~ Charles BrewerSeptember 07 ~ Lloyd Holland

October 07 ~ Alex M. & Monique E.November 07 ~ Bob Irvine

WINNER ~ DECEMBER 07 ~ DENNIS

50/50 Raffle Drawing2006 & 2007June 06 ~ Betty ~ $60.00

July 06 ~ Robin Brewer ~ $62.50

August 06 ~ Larry & Sue ~ $60.00Sept.. 06 ~ Susie Howard ~ $65.00

October 06 ~ Bob & Sandy Irvine ~ $36.00Nov. 06 ~ Jennie Sandstrom ~ $67.00

Dec. 06 ~ Roni Koepp ~ $36.00January 07 ~ Sandy Wellington ~ $120.00

February 07 ~ Robin Brewer ~ $60.00March '07 ~ Sandy Wellington ~ $73.00

April 07 ~ Stephanie ~ $57.50May '07 ~ Sandy Wellington ~ $52.50June '07 ~ Robin Brewer ~ $105.00

July 07 ~ Roni Koepp ~ $125.00August07 ~ Jonathan Meyer ~ $74.00September 07 ~ Roni Koepp ~ $104.00

October 07 ~ John Lujan ~ $102.00November 07 ~ Jim Guignard ~ $50.00

December 07 ~ Mary Ann ~ $88.00

WINNER MARY ANN NAVEROSKI


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Horse Shoe Toss2007April 07 ~ Stanley NosikMay 07 ~ Stanley Nosik

June 07 ~ Stanley NosikJuly 07 ~ Alex Mendoza

August 07 ~Alex MendozaSeptember 07 ~ N/A

October 07 ~ John LujanNovember 07 ~ Charles Brewer

December 07 ~ John Lujan

John Lujan gets a big congratulationshandshake from Rancho Cucamonga PT

Cruiser Club Games Director Roni Koepp.Roni came to the event in her little elves

Christmas holiday outfit.Additional photos at www.rcptcruiserclub.com

Coordinator Alex MendozaThis club newsletter will be the firstone of this year, and as most of youknow Rancho Cucamonga PTCruiser Club has a new agendabeginning this month. The Meet &

Greet times have changed from 9 am12 pm to11 am 2:30 pm. Plus, we will be invitingClassic Cars to our Meet & Greets which alsohas changed from being every month to everyother month for 2008 and also beginning thismonth.

Hopefully all can come and visit usduring our Meet & Greets and have a little bitof fun while here. I know that there are a lot ofnice people out there and sometimes it may behard to make any type of event during the year,

but if you think you can make it please feel free to attend because we would surely like to seeyou.

The clubs web-site is still the same oneas always since the beginning of this club.Please check it out and do visit the section thathas our albums. Thats right next to the eventcalendar. Last year we went to a lot of cruisesand all who went had a good time.

It is hard to grasp the fact that we as aclub have been together since June of 2006

which would make it 1 and a half years. Sincethen we have met a lot of new folks and been tomany places and hopefully we can continuedoing so.

This year our meet & Greet Events willinclude 1 PT Cruiser of the Month Plaque, andthanks to our club sponsors we were able to add9 category event trophies.

And, also on January 6, 2008 we have 12PT Cruisers who will compete for PT Cruiserof the Year for 2007. They will be eligible onlyif they are here at this event on January 6, 2008.

The winners are: Glenn Marx for January /Sandy Wellington for February / Lloyd Hollandfor March / Will & Linda Cook for April / StanNosik for May / Jeff Meyer for June / Shar forJuly / Robin Brewer for August / AdamHiggins for September / Paul & Laurie Esquivelfor October / Jim Anderson for November /and Jim Dekoker for December 2007.


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Part human,

part pump

I turned cyborg about five

years ago. "Resistance is futile"

and all that. Oh, I may be

stretching the definition a bit. But

the word "cyborg" comes from a

mash-up of "cybernetic" and

"organism." My insulin pump has

enough computer in it to qualify

for the "cyber" part.. And it helps

maintain my organism, which has

diabetes. Every cell in the body

runs on glucose; think of it as

cellular gasoline. Every

carbohydrate you eat is quickly

digested into glucose and dumped

into the bloodstream.

But glucose can't get into

cells without the help of insulin,

the chemical key to the locking gas

cap. Insulin is produced by special

cells in the pancreas that maintaina rather specific concentration of

sugar in the blood. In Type 1

diabetes, the immune system kills

those special cells. Blood

chemistry goes wacky. And then

you die unless insulin arrives from

someplace else, a discovery that

became mainstream medicine just

87 years ago. Insulin can't be

swallowed because the digestivesystem would bust it up. So

"someplace else" used to mean

injections.

The amount of insulin

injected needs to be balanced

with the level of blood sugar, the

amount of food you plan to eat

and the level of physical activity

you intend to have for the next

few hours. Here are some of the

limits to this system: Figuring out

the effects of food and exercise is

more art than science. Your

mileage not only may vary, it will

vary from day to day or even hourto hour. And what if you test your

blood sugar and find you're a bit

high between normal injection

times?

Enter the insulin pump.

The basic system has been around

since the early 1970s: A stash of

insulin sits in a small box. A very

thin tube (think vermicelli pasta)

goes from the box into I the body.Once, that entry was a metal tube;

like the business end of a syringe,'

and moved every few days.

These days, the entry is a tiny

Teflon tube on a plastic tab that

can be disconnected during a

shower or at other times when

you don't want to be tethered.

The pump trickles insulin

every few minutes, just like ahealthy pancreas does. When I

want to eat, I do a quick mental

calculation involving the amount

of carbs I plan to eat, and I push a

button to tell the pump to quickly

deliver the amount of insulin I

think will be appropriate.

Be Gentle

When

Removing

Earwax

People should not, try to

remove earwax on their own

unless they are positive that there

are no contraindications for doing

so. One contraindication is a hole

in the eardrum. Flushing out an

ear with an eardrum hole forces

fluid into the ear's interior and can

do permanent harm. Using a

cotton-tipped applicator to

remove wax is a bad idea, Peoplealmost always succeed only in

pushing the wax deeper into the

canal. Earwax serves severa

useful purposes. It protects the

ear canal from water damage. It's

a barrier against infections. It

keeps the canal lubricated. Only

when wax production becomes

excessive or when the wax dries

into a hard ball is it bothersome.The ear cleans itself. Skin of the

ear canal migrates outward and

carries wax with it. It's like a

conveyor belt. The chewing

motion also pushes wax out of the

canal.

With age, people produce

a thicker, harder wax that's not so

easy to move outward, and that's

why older people have earwaximpactions. In all drugstores, you

can get any number of products

that soften wax, or you can make

your own softener by warming

mineral oil. With an eyedropper

instill two or three drops in the ear

after a short wait, flush the ear

with warm water. You have to buy

a rubber-bulb syringe to do this

Tilt the head downward toward

the shoulder to let the liquid drain

out. It might take two or more

applications of oil and flushes with

water before the wax comes out.

If you have trouble or any

pain, stop and let the doctors do

this for you. .


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FIND YOUR LOST

PASSWORD

Are you in the habit of choosing

the "remember my password"

option when signing into online

accounts? Storing passwords can

be a useful tool for those of us

without perfect recall. The

trouble is, eventually your

computer will prompt you to re-

enter the information and (if

you're like me) by the time that

happens, the password will have

become a distant memory.

Luckily, now there are programs

designed to decode all those

indecipherable asterisks.

Revelation 2.0. A

downloadable application for

Windows machines that allows

users to convert asterisks back

into real text. Get it at:

www.snadboy.com. Cost: The

program is free, but donations are

appreciated.

Aqua Deskexperience

1.3.

Like Revelation 2.0, this

application is designed to help

retrieve forgotten passwords. .

However it also has several others

features, including password

protection and advanced screen

capture and text extraction

capabilities. Unfortunately, Aqua

Deskexxperience 1.3 only works

on computers with Windows2000, XP and 2003. Get it at:

www.deskperience.com/

aqua/password - revealer.html.

Cost: Under $15.

Password Revealer.

Created by Paqtool, this password

retriever is free to try, but you'll

have to cough up some cash to

keep using it after the trial period

ends. Password Revealer works

on machines with Windows 95,

98, ME, NY and XP. Get it at:

www.newfreedownload.com/Win

dows Utilities/SystemUtilities/Pas

sword-Revealer.html. Cost: Under$20.

RCPTCC Club EntertainmentPT fan belt toss, hulahoop toss, basketballtoss, horse shoe toss,singing contest, raffle,50/50, club parking,membership information,

newsletters and all Ez-Up's are okay to set up.Every month we select a"PT Cruiser of the Month"award. And, on January6, 2008 a PT Cruiser willbe awarded "PT Cruiser ofthe Year" for 2007.{Only 2007 monthlywinners will qualify forthis award}and, there is always

plenty of public parkingfor visitors.

Raffle Tickets Info.

Raffle Tickets are 5 for

$5.00 ~ 15 for $10.00 ~

or 40 for $20.00 but, the

best buy at Rancho

Cucamonga PT Cruiser Club

would be the "Combo

Deal". There are 5 rollsof raffle tickets and 2

rolls of 50/50 tickets

and you get 7 tickets

from each roll which

totals out to 49 raffle

and 50/50 tickets for

only $26.00

Battle the bloated

feeling

Many of us feel a sense of

satisfaction and culinary

appreciation after finishing off a

grand holiday meal. Bloating

results from a gas buildup in the

stomach and intestines.

Fatty foods rank high on

the foods that produce bloating

but there are other foods to

blame, too. To reduce bloating, go

easy on the following gas-

producing foods during holiday

gatherings: broccoli, baked beans

cabbage, cauliflower, salads

carbonated drinks, chewing gum

and hard candy.

DRINKING TEA

Tea has many healthy benefits

and increasing numbers of studies

show that the benefits from

drinking tea are numerous. Tea

contains high levels of anti-

oxidants called flavonoids

especially in green and white

teas. The flavonoids in tea

possess 20 to 30 times the anti

oxidant potency of vitamins C and

E. Studies have shown that

regular green tea drinkers have a

lower incidence of cancer, fewer

infections and better

cardiovascular health. Drinking

tea may even reduce your risk of

heart attack and stroke due to its

anti-blood clotting effect. Studies

also indicate that tea may help

keep your artery walls clear of

cholesterol deposits. Other than

water Tea is the most commonly

consumed beverage in the world.


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Think about the biggest TV screen you have ever seen. For example, the biggest TV in the world is more

than 100 feet wide and55 feet tall. Millions of lights, hundreds of computers and A/C are needed. A

gigantic screen like this is made of millions of tiny light bulbs called LEDs. But there are also hundreds of

computers at work, and enough electricity to power a small town. Let's explore the biggest sign in Times

Square in New York City - the NASDAQ Marketsite Tower sign - to find out how these mega screens work.

Let's start with the smallest part of the sign- a single Light Emitting Diode, or LED. You see these

little lights everywhere, for example, your DVD player might have a red LED that tells you whether or not it

is on. LEDs have three big advantages when it comes to making a gigantic TV screen. First, they are bright

second, they are efficient, meaning that they turn most of the electricity they receive into light. Third, they

last a longtime. A typical LED might last 100,000 hours before it burns out.

On any large LED screen, you use clusters of LEDs to make one pixel. For example, a small sign uses

one red LED, a green LED and a blue LED, to make one pixel. By changing the brightness of the three LEDs,

you can create any color in the rainbow. Turn all three LEDs off and you have black. Turn them all on at ful

brightness and you have white. And you can create any color in between. In a big sign like the NASDAQ

Marketsite Tower, you need even, more LEDs in a pixel because the sign is so large. This sign uses two red

LEDS, three blue LEDs and three green LEDs to make a single pixel. Since the sign has 1,800 by 1,200 pixels

that means that there are about 17 million LEDs in the sign! These LEDs are wired onto boards called tiles. A

tile has 256 pixels, arranged in a 16 x 16 grid, with 8 LEDs per pixel.

A tile also has its own computer to control the LEDs on the tile. The NASDAQ sign has 9,000 of these

tiles, each about a foot square. The tile needs data to tell it how to light up its 256 pixels. This data comes

from a main control computer that knows how the whole Screen should look. The data for the tile contains

an intensity level for the red, green and blue LEDs for each of the pixels. In other words, 30 times each

second, all 256 pixels on the tile need to get intensity information. The computer on the tile decodes this

information and drives transistors that send electricity to the LEDs. The tiles all chain together, one to the

next, and pass the data from the main computer from tile to tile.

The other thing a tile needs is power. Each tile uses about 60 watts when all the LEDs are lit at ful

intensity. The power comes from a set of 700 power supplies that are housed behind the sign. If you

multiply 9,000 tiles by 60 watts, you can see that this sign needs 540,000 watts enough to power severa

hundred houses. The problem is, all those tiles and power supplies generate a LOT of heat. To handle al

this heat, 12 1arge air-conditioning compressors chill a glycol solution that circulates behind the sign. The

air conditioners can use about as much power as the sign itself. If those air conditioners were ever to fai

while the sign is running, it would be a big problem, especially if someone was working on the catwalks

behind the sign.

Its estimated that it would I only take a few minutes for the heat to build to 200 degrees or more

behind the sign. Anyone working in the tower would bake to death. Who would think that it takes so much

technology to show a picture on a screen? These giant signs are a lot more complicated than they look, and

that is what makes them so expensive. It cost tens of millions of dollars to put up the NASDAQ sign. Just

the electricity for the sign costs more than $1,000 per day.

Gigantic Screens


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