Lakeside cottages—late 20th early 21st vernacular, pt. 1

Our first summer at Lakeside was 1974.  Things were pretty primitive by today’s standards, or even standards of the 70s, but there was an upswing.  There were a few cottages being remodeled, as Americans began to look for vacations spots closer to home to compensate for higher fuel costs.  Still, for many years we brought a fan with us, and a small vacuum cleaner—two items most cottage rentals didn’t have. In 1973 51% of new houses in the U.S. didn’t have air conditioning--by 2014 it was 9%. 19% of  1973 new builds had 2.5 baths, but by 2014 it was 30% with  an additional 30% having 3 bathrooms (not even on the radar in 1973). 64% had 3 bedrooms  and 23% 4 bedrooms 40 years ago, compared to 44% and 46% today.  So you can see we’re getting cooler, cleaner, and more separated even as families get smaller.  Mean square footage of a newly constructed home in America is almost 2,600 square feet. And so it also goes in Lakeside.  The new builds are BIG, granite counter tops in kitchens, multiple bathrooms, and AC.
https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/completed.html

20th century

This is on Oak, near 7th.  Not sure of the age, sign on the house says established 1988, and now for sale, nice side yard.

Not sure of the date, but this was a popular modular home of the 20th century. Also on Oak Avenue. Most of Oak south on the last street was developed from 1999 on.

Clipped low gable with lots of porch and screened areas.

Gable roof with dormers, nice porch. Steep hilly construction site.

A three dormer gable, modular home on Oak. Parsonage for the United Methodist Church.

Another modular home, probably year around.

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Injuries from falls vary by race, ethnicity and gender

I've had 2 bad falls in the last 2 years--one on the basement stairs, and one on my bike. No broken bones, but huge bruises one which will be permanent. So I'm paying attention and have learned some odd things: whites are more likely than blacks or Hispanics to have fall injuries and death; the death rate for men is 40% higher than women; the death rate from falls has gone up sharply in the last decade; 75 is a lot more dangerous than 65; there are over 258,000 hip fractures and the rate for women is almost twice the rate for men; hip fractures are much more common in white women than black.

http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Falls/adultfalls.html

• Twenty to thirty percent of people who fall suffer moderate to severe injuries such as lacerations, hip fractures, and head traumas. These injuries can make it hard to get around or live independently, and increase the risk of early death.
• Falls are the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries (TBI).
• About one-half of fatal falls among older adults are due to TBI.
• Most fractures among older adults are caused by falls. The most common are fractures of the spine, hip, forearm, leg, ankle, pelvis, upper arm, and hand.
• Many people who fall, even if they are not injured, develop a fear of falling.  This fear may cause them to limit their activities, which leads to reduced mobility and loss of physical fitness, and in turn increases their actual risk of falling.

In 2013, the direct medical costs of older adult falls, adjusted for inflation, were $34 billion.

Grapes are “the berries”

• Stilbenes
  • resveratrol
  • piceatannol
  • pterostilbene
• Flavanols
  • catechins
  • epicatechins
  • procyanidins
  • proanthocyanidins
  • viniferones
• Flavonols
  • quercetin
  • kaempferol
  • myricetin
  • isorhamnetin
• Phenolic Acids
  • caffeic acid
  • coumaric acid
  • ferulic acid
  • gallic acid
• Carotenoids
  • beta-carotene
  • lutein
  • zeaxanthin

In addition to the above-listed nutrients, grapes have also been shown to contain the hormone and antioxidant melatonin as well as unique oligopeptides (small protein-like molecules) that have anti-bacterial and other properties.

From WHFoods Weekly which has more information on these delicious, healthy treats.  I love August and September when I can get California grapes.  I love to mix them in green salads with sliced onion.  Yum.

Obama’s Iran deal depends on our stupidity to trust our President

Income mobility in the U.S.

Today I was looking at a report on income within quintiles, and see that in the bottom, about 50% move up, quite a few to the top. But in the top, many move down. Their real income went down. Median incomes of all taxpayers increased by 24 percent after adjusting for inflation. There's still a lot of mobility in the USA. However, the report was for 2007, and I checked and can't find anything newer from Treasury. I think it's just too painful for the O-admin to see it. Better to whine about a gap than praise mobility.

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/Documents/incomemobilitystudy03-08revise.pdf

The key findings of this study include:
• There was considerable income mobility of individuals in the U.S. economy during the 1996 through 2005 period as over half of taxpayers moved to a different income quintile over this period.
• Roughly half of taxpayers who began in the bottom income quintile in 1996 moved up to a higher income group by 2005.
• Among those with the very highest incomes in 1996 – the top 1/100 of 1 percent – only 25 percent remained in this group in 2005. Moreover, the median real income of these taxpayers declined over this period.
• The degree of mobility among income groups is unchanged from the prior decade (1987 through 1996).
• Economic growth resulted in rising incomes for most taxpayers over the period from 1996 to 2005. Median incomes of all taxpayers increased by 24 percent after adjusting for inflation. The real incomes of two-thirds of all taxpayers increased over this period. In addition, the median incomes of those initially in the lower income groups increased more than the median incomes of those initially in the higher income groups.

Google the Donald to see who he really is

Michael Smith nails it again. (From his FB page)

I think Trump is a "new deal" (lower case) Democrat pretending to be a Republican, and so many are falling for it. Love Michael’s Crusades example:

"Trump is actually executing a brilliant strategy of deception. He has the establishment GOP thinking he is all Tea Party and he has all the Tea Party thinking he is the establishment.

For being critical of him, I have been called a neocon AND a right wing extremist within an hour of each other.

Trump is running a variant of the Iranian "Death to America" scam. His followers are reacting just like Obama did to the Iranian mullahs by saying, "they say that but that's not what they mean." If I wanted to destroy the Republican Party once and for all, Trump would be the kind of interloper I would send in.

During the Crusades, Christians held an impenetrable castle in Syria, commanding the main route through the area. The Krac des Chevaliers was built by the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and it was so impenetrable that even though the Muslim army outnumbered the Christian knights 20 to 1,the 12,000 Muslim soldiers equipped with state of the art siege engines could not breach it. It was only taken over in 1271 via an act of deception when the Muslim general, Sultan Baibars, captured it by way of a forged letter purportedly from the Hospitallers' Grand Master that caused the knights to surrender. Of course, he promised the knights safe passage and then beheaded them after they surrendered.

I guess they were chanting "Death to Hospitallers!" but the knights didn't think they meant it. Once this fortress was lost, the Christians were completely driven out of the Middle East.

Trump has brought the same kind of letter to Krac des GOP with his populist, anti-political correctness shtick but his credentials are just as fake as Sultan Baibars' forged letter.

For goodness sake, I know we want a strong presence - but go do a little googling on Donald's former positions. He's a Democrat when he needs to be and a Real Republican™ when it furthers his goals. One thing he has never been is a conservative. Trump has made billions by doing whatever is necessary to make a deal work. This man has no allegiance other than to "the deal" and his current deal is that he wants to be sitting in the Oval Office.

We have 16 other strong choices (well, probably 10), let's not be so blind to the deception. We have good, strong candidates with all the upsides of His Hairness and none of his downsides. Trump is nothing less than Sultan Baibars in a bespoke Savile Row suit.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak_des_Chevaliers

One fit widow

What has not killed me has made me stronger. I’m a mother, a business owner, athlete, and a widow. I lost my husband, and then I lost 80 pounds and found that living through loss can change you – dare I say for the better.

How to help the grieving. http://www.onefitwidow.com/how-to-help-the-grieving/

Alzheimer’s disease

This could be turned around a bit.

1. Agree instead of argue

2. Divert instead of reason

3. Distract instead of shame

4. Reassure instead of lecture

5. Reminisce instead of saying remember

6. Repeat/regroup instead of saying “I told you”

7. Do what they can instead of saying “you can’t

8. Ask/model instead of command/demand

9. Encourage instead of condescend

10. Reinforce instead of force.

Week 7 Lakeside 2015

The programs this past week were excellent--at least for me.  I’m sure some people didn’t want to hear a Methodist seminary president from Moscow, but I enjoyed it.  I’d been a little puzzled about Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church--he never struck me as a Christian, being former KGB.  But as Dr. Sergei Nikolaev explained it, Russia recognizes 4 religions, Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist. The Russian Orthodox cooperate with the government.  It’s a draw, I think, who is infiltrating whom. And it was that way under the Tsars, the USSR and the Russian Federation.  The Tsar that invited the Orthodox to Christianize the Slavs was Vladimir—and that’s also Putin’s name.  Methodists, Pentecostals, Adventists, etc. are considered cults.  Even atheists consider the Russian Orthodox their church.  The afternoon programming was on China, Pakistan, and Thomas Merton and Pope John XXIII and Vatican II. A little syncretic, but since I watch so much Catholic TV, I’m a bit more tolerant of that than I used to be. It’s such a big tent, something we Protestants don’t have.  Next week is on travel and art—two of the countries (Italy and Egypt) I’ve visited, so looking forward to that.

Evening shows were also very good.  Of course, this is symphony time.  Saturday was ballet, and one of the best I can remember here.  Thursday with the Good Lovelies (Canadian) was a fun evening.  Last Friday, although not technically week 7, was the team from Happy Days, Donny Most and Anson Williams who played Richie’s friends on the mid 70s TV show “Happy Days.” It was fun to hear them tell stories of the cast relationships, try outs, mentoring and softball team. Both are very good singers, and Most has a night club act. We occasionally get Happy Days on retro TV stations, and saw one the next day.

On Wednesday I attended the Herb group discussion on the Lakeside daisy at the Train Station.  Very interesting.  It’s not actually a daisy.

That’s me in the second row end.

The man who saved the world, documentary 2014

Last night on TVO (Ontario public TV) we watched a riveting and scary documentary, “The Man who saved the World.”  It was like a reality show with actors doing the flash backs to 1983. If you get a chance, it’s well worth your time.

From Wikipedia summary:  “For a few crucial moments on September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov held the fate of the world in his hands.

When an alarm suddenly went off at Soviet nuclear early warning center Serpukhov-15, Stanislav was responsible for reacting to a report that five American nuclear missiles were heading toward the Soviet Union. Rather than retaliate, Stanislav followed his gut feeling and went against protocol, convincing the armed forces that it was a false alarm. His decision saved the world from a potential devastating nuclear holocaust.

Three decades later, this forgotten hero went on a spectacular journey to the United States, where he was finally acknowledged for his historic deed and found the strength to reconcile with his past. On his journey, he was greeted by Walter Cronkite as "The Man Who Saved the World" and met Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Matt Damon, and Ashton Kutcher.

Shot on location in the former Soviet Union and the United States, The Man Who Saved the World shines a light on nuclear disarmament. It shows how precarious our world has become in the nuclear age and how our own belief in humanity and each other is the hope that we must foster in order to survive and thrive.

Stanislav Petrov was born Sept. 9, 1939  in Odessa, Ukraine. With a skyrocketing military career bringing him to almost every corner of the former Soviet Union, Petrov ended up as lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defense Forces at age 43. On Sept. 26, 1983, Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported five nuclear missiles being launched from the United States Petrov judged the report to be a false alarm, and his decision is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack which could have wiped out millions of people, or even the planet.  Sort of scary to watch as we wait to see what will happen when Iran has the bomb in a few months. Will there be anyone with his courage and training and intelligence in Iran, the U.S. or Israel.

How is this progressive, or women’s health care?

We know slavery has existed since the beginning of time, and a slave was not a considered real person by the owner or society. Even the U.S. Supreme Court declared it so. We know infants and children were sacrificed in the name of good crops, the monarch, angry gods and the state. But until the release of the Planned Parenthood videos, especially the 5th one, I don't think I ever really saw the evil of the complicity of our cooperation with pure evil that combined elements of both. The utter disregard for personhood and the belief that babies could and should be killed for the greater good of society. And this is the "progressive" era?

Ayesha Kreutz is a black civil rights/pro-life leader with a Facebook page.  By her own admission she’s had abortions, which she now regrets, but also knows she has been forgiven through the blood of Jesus.  Today she records a conversation on the 5th video. I think this is where the buyer and Dr. Savita Ginde are looking through a bag of aborted baby parts.

The following conversation between Ginde and the baby parts buyer

Ginde: So, also possibly a twin in there.

Ginde: This is part of the head.

Buyer: Oh wow. That – this is high quality.

Ginde: Yea. The nose?

Buyer: Yea, I see the mouth and everything

Ginde: Here’s the heart…My fingers will smoosh it if I try to pick it up. The heart is right there.

Ginde: A lot of times I‘ll get a full torso, spine, kidneys. You could send the whole thing or pick that apart.

Ginde: But sometimes with the residents, I tell them to poke around, and sometimes embryology will come full circle. Find all the parts you know…I think it’s pretty amazing.

Ginde: Do you want me to get rigid forceps or something so you can pull that out?

Buyer: Do you have like a little one?

Ginde: I don’t have a little one, but I have a big one. You can pull out a leg or something.

Buyer: Oh, and kinda just dangle it? Yea, why not?

Ginde: It’s a baby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQuZMvcFA8

A soldier’s farewell to the service (from his Facebook page)

Tomorrow morning will be the final day I lace up my boots and put on my Air Force uniform. I have now served my country in uniform for 14 years but it is time to go.

As I was out-processing today my wife (who will be leaving service next month) and I were asked numerous times "Why don't you just stay in one more enlistment for your retirement?"

It was somewhat difficult to answer with just on...e reason as to why I have decided to take off the uniform. Was it the pay and benefits? No not really (Even though I make less than $15 a hour which many people think the minimum wage should be!) Was it all the deployments? Ummmmm sorta of (I have been deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, and Bosnia just to name a few in addition to about 25 other countries)but I love my country and would always give my life defending this great nation for my family and friends.

So I just wanted to share a couple thoughts with all of you while I sit here thinking about my final day in uniform which will come at 0630 tomorrow morning. I currently am an AMMO troop. Our mission is to build bombs and process numerous other munitions to take the fight to the enemy. We pretty much put "Warheads on Foreheads!" But what I signed up for many years ago has changed dramatically. Even though our mission is to kill, we are more worried about upsetting someone’s feelings versus getting the mission done. We spend more time doing ancillary training then actually training. Even though I have a military drivers license I have to be signed off in another database to drive a vehicle and then have a competency card saying I know how to drive on top of that. That is just a few examples of why I have decided to call it quits.

And then we get to the bigger issue America. Can anyone tell me what the following names mean? Thomas Sullivan, Skip Wells, Carson Holmquist, David Wyatt, or Randall Smith? Or is this easier for you, Cecil the lion or Caitlyn Jenner? Yes we give more attention and respect to stars and animals then we do to those who continue to give their lives for this country.

I have met my greatest friends in the military. I have left home for months not knowing if I would return. I have written letters to my family just in case something happened to me while at war. I have looked war in the face and have taken the fight to the enemy. I have watched grown men cry and sat in the middle east wondering how big my kids were getting and how my beautiful wife was doing.

So would I do it again? Absolutely! But we as Americans need to realize what is going on and return to the greatest nation we used to be! If we as a society don't toughen up and grow thick skin then we will definitely loose the battle to those who wish ill will upon us. Perception is reality, and right now we are more scared of speaking our mind and hurting someone’s feelings versus doing the right thing.

In closing 99% of America knows Cecil the Lion and Caitlyn Jenner. Only 1% will know the other 5 names (4 Marines and 1 Sailor) who gave their lives in Chattanooga TN at the hands of an terrorist!

So tomorrow I will lace up the boots head into work shake a few hands and be on my way. Its been one hell of a ride. To all those I have met along the way I say "Thank You for your Service". To my brothers and sisters overseas right now "God Speed" and I will drink a beer for you all. Continue to put Warheads on Foreheads and you will continue to be in our prayers each and every night.

God bless America!

Women’s health?

Iran and Nazi Germany

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u4FkNbtkgps

Fifth video of Planned Parenthood now released

“A fifth undercover video just released by the Center for Medical Progress shows Director of Research for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Melissa Farrell discussing how abortionists "adjust" abortion procedures to keep entire baby bodies [cadavers] intact in order to best provide, and sell, wanted body parts. . . “

The judge that issued the restraining order had been a big donor to President Obama, who is a big supporter of Planned Parenthood, but apparently, it hasn’t restrained the truth about abortionists.

“Undercover investigators were given a tour of the abortion facility and show freshly procured baby parts that could be sold.

"We've had a really long day and they're all mixed up in a bag," an lab worker is seen saying while laughing out loud. “

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2015/08/04/breaking-fifth-planned-parenthood-video-shows-n2034355?

http://hotair.com/archives/2015/08/04/yesterday-democrats-voted-to-keep-making-you-fund-law-breaking-economy-distorting-baby-killers/

Lakeside Cottages, post WWII

There was not a lot of building going on during WWII—anywhere—but we think our cottage was built around 1944 and we’ve heard it was the first FHA loan in the county. Small, compact, low gable roof, almost no ornamentation.  Architectural styles changed; people didn’t want what was popular early in the century.

This is a small ranch you could see in any community, very popular in the late 40s and 50s.  Nice porch on the side that possibly was added later.

This has a nice “Tudor” peak, and actually could be the 1930s with upgrades.  I haven’t checked the archives for the date. There were package homes of this style earlier in the 20th century. I think a porch was enclosed and new windows added in the 1980s.

The porch is newer with some details added to the roof, but this appears to be a basic hip 1950s ranch, and I’m guessing if I went inside there would be blond  birch wood trim. Shallow roof pitch.

Log houses were popular in the 50s and 60s.  We rent this cute place in the 1970s.  Originally a 2 bedroom, a third was added, and a passage to the garage was enclosed.

It’s not clear whether this began as a 2 story with an addition, a one story with an addition, or if it always looked this way, but I remember it from the 1970s.

I remember seeing homes like this in the 1950s, and this one has been remodeled with an added porch/sunroom.

A view of the above house from the front.  It’s a classic 50s modern, in my opinion. Horizontally parallel to the street.

These camp cabins are “rustic” style, post WWII. Near the camp ground south of 7th street.

Basic L-ranch, large window in living room, small in bedrooms.  Now used as “artists’ home’ for people working at the Rhein center.

After WWII, whole neighborhoods of these were built for young families and their boomer babies.  There are only a few at Lakeside. This one is now for sale: 3 bedrooms, 1 car garage, added rear multipurpose room, 1700 sq. ft., never a rental, $259,000.

Log and stone gable lodge type.

Contemporary slant roof, several shed roofs shapes.  Large windows.

A-frame, possibly with side addition. These were popular in leisure and vacation areas 50 years ago.

This is on the lakefront, 2 bedroom, great view of the lake, large fireplace.  Now has a carport for protection of golf cart and bikes.   In the 1970s, I thought it looked out of place with the more traditional cottage styles, but now with tear downs and rebuilds and remodeling in that area, it looks sweet and modest.  Now a rental.

Along with the A-Frame these extreme gambrel (barn roof) styles were popular in the 50s.  The porch/deck appears to be a later addition.

Lakeside Trellises, Arbors, Pergolas and Gazebos, pt. 2

Gazebos and Pergolas

This is the best known gazebo in Lakeside, Steel Memorial.  It’s in the park close to the lake and hosts many concerts, vesper services, and weddings. It has a sound system and storage underneath. There’s not a lovelier spot in Lakeside on a beautiful summer afternoon.

This gazebo is screened.

This gazebo finishes some deck space.

I’m not sure anyone sits in this small gazebo which provides for flowers and vines at an intersection.  The lilies were particularly beautiful this year (2015) due to all the rain in June.  I think they lasted about 2 weeks longer than usual.

This large colonial style home has 3 pergolas, two sides on north and south and west in the back.

Although it’s a little difficult to tell the intention of this structure, I think it began as a pergola, then a rose trellis was added for some side privacy, and then a tent style trellis for vegetables or tomatoes is near by.

Another pergola trellis combination (this may actually have a structural name that I don’t know) serving as gateway to the cottage which has an early 1950s hip look (although with so many remodelings sometimes it’s hard to tell).

This pergola won’t provide the patio with protection from rain, but makes a nice support for a trellis overhead.

This was Ellie West’s cottage and now has new owners. I think the pergola would look better if painted, but no one asked me.  It’s a “Ross Hip” near the lake and was extensively remodeled to provide a first floor sewing room and bedroom suite for the former owner.

This “cottage” is quite grand, and squared with most architectual features screened or filled in, so the pergola provides a nice side interest.

Lakeside Trellises, Arbors, Pergolas and Gazebos, pt. 1

Trellises and Arbors

Most cottage owners at Lakeside have small lots, so they creatively use the space they have, and sometimes have to go UP to get the space they need for flowers. Trellises, arbors, pergolas and gazebos are become quite popular for flowers and plants as well as a setting for outdoor furniture.

Sometimes trellises also can hide the trash cans and bicycles, or provide a graceful entrance to another garden.

A plain front cottage without a porch creates some eye appeal.

This one seems to direct to the entrance.

Sort of a pergola and a trellis plus a lovely spot to sit (unless the flowers attract bugs).

When the vines discover this trellis, it will make a nice background for the bird bath and flowers.

This trellis/arbor directs to the flower garden, and you can see the pergola next door.

Can’t tell for sure, but these may be grapevines. This cottage has a large lot, and the structure helps define it.

What’s the difference between a Socialist and a Democrat?

“It may only happen once in a blue moon, but MSNBC's Chris Matthews asked a good question. Speaking with DNC Chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Matthews wanted to know if Bernie Sanders, a self-declared Socialist, would get a prime speaking slot at the Democrat Convention when he loses the nomination to Hillary Clinton. Schultz said he would, which surprised Matthews. "What's the difference between a Democrat and a Socialist?" he asked. "I used to think there was a big difference. What do you think it is?" All Wasserman Schultz could do is spin it to the question she wanted to answer — the difference between Democrats and Republicans. (And even that boiled down to "Democrats love everyone, but Republicans hate everything.") She couldn't answer because there is no difference between Democrats and Socialists. As American author Upton Sinclair wrote in 1951 to perennial Socialist presidential candidate Norman Thomas, "The American People will take Socialism, but they won't take the label." That's why Democrats have adopted the platform but not the name, and it's why the question left Wasserman Schultz stammering.” 

http://patriotpost.us/posts/36741

Planned Parenthood does not offer mammograms

6-1-Pho, Vietnamese fast food in Clintonville

The restaurant — owned by Lisa Bui and her husband Ian Capotosta — will feature customizable Vietnamese bowls and subs.

“We want to present these cuisines in a modern way without losing their authenticity,” she says. Bui adds that they hope to introduce Vietnamese fare to customers who might be intimidated by it.

Their goal is to keep the menu simple, with three bowls, four subs and two appetizers. Bowls include pho, rice or cold noodle salad. For soups, diners choose from chicken, beef or a vegetarian broth; every meal is customizable through the choice of proteins like beef, chicken or meatballs. There are four house-made subs, all versions of the Vietnamese banh mi sandwich. Bui said they’re making nearly everything from scratch, including their own pate and mayonnaise. Meals will range from about $8 to $9.75.”

Story in Columbus Alive. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2015/08/06/fast-casual-vietnamese-6-1-pho-opens-in-clintonville.html

What is Pho?  Wikipedia definition:  “Phở or pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup consisting of broth, linguine-shaped rice noodles called bánh phở, a few herbs, and meat, primarily served with either beef or chicken. Pho is a popular street food in Vietnam and the specialty of a number of restaurant chains around the world. Southern Vietnamese eat it for breakfast and occasionally lunch, whereas those from northern Vietnam consume it at any time of day.”^]