Correction: 10% of the population is red/green color blind, myself included. We don't see gray instead of red, that would be a dog. We see Ferrari red just fine, though it may or may not be quite as bright as someone else might see it. What's tricky for folks like me is seeing small red berries on a green bush, or telling the difference between a thin red wire and a thin green wire in low light, no matter how hard I look at it. As a result, I rarely get calls to help with bomb diffusings.

Think of it this way...for most people 2 + 2 = 4, but for color blind people, no matter how much they understand it should equal four, 2 + 2 = 5. 2 + 2 never equals 0 (gray) however.

Colorblindness is just the price paid for having a superior intellect. ;)

Yes it's $624,000 of my tax dollars, but think of all the unemployed citizens with no hope who drive past Gresham City Hall each and every day while looking for work who think to themselves, "Even though I have to give up my home, my health insurance, my kid's college education and work well into my retirement, at least I can take solace in knowing the PERs receiving employees of the City of Gresham have found a "...very visible way of showing that the city is committed to sustainability."

What is the environment of waste at the City Hall where someone can come up with this idea, think it's valid and everyone champions it to completion because it's "cool" or "green"? Have they no perspective or sense of the Oregon economy? Yes, solar is a technology we should invest in, especially to break the grip of the Middle East, but the citizens of Oregon did not elect to have a local City Hall be the place to develop solar efficiencies. Their job is to provide resources which help the community thrive, grow and excel, not to create unnecessary projects they think would be fun to spend money on so as to keep themselves busy. The fact this idea could move forward when even a cursory B/E or ROI analysis would reveal it as a boondoggle reveals a environment of waste and too many employees with not enough to do at City Hall.

Wouldn't it have been smarter to invest the time in obtaining a $624,000 grant to attract and grow 10 new clean technology start ups (a.k.a. "green) which would in turn create 20 to 50 new taxpaying jobs?

Time to hold a "50% Off to Anyone Who Brings In A Clear Photo of the Vandals Who Trashed My Store" sale.

With everyone wielding a smart phone these days, combined with social media, the power no longer belongs to the anonymous "anarchist" throwing a rock through a store window, it has shifted and now resides with the store owner, just like in Vancouver after the riots.

I find it disappointing that a "political entertainer" such as Sarah Palin would use a run for the Presidency as a marketing vehicle for her speaking tours and books. In my opinion, she has no plans nor desire to win the Office of President, but instead will position herself as a serious and viable candidate throughout the campaign, offering up such cliches as "It's time to put Americans back to work" or "It's time the American people had a voice in Washington", and as the campaign gets close to the end, some kind of "personal issue" will arise and Sarah will be forced to bow from the race, all stated amidst considerable tears and a promise to continue to fight for the American people...through her FOX News appearances, speaking engagements and book tours.

She won't have to be President, FOX gains more credibility having a "Presidential candidate" on the payroll, she receives far more in speaking fees and her books sell millions more per issue. Sarah Palin and those who made her into a political entertainer will have reduced the American Presidency to a marketing tool.

Sanitzit, you need to change the positioning on the concept. Instead of relying on customers to show interest, you should point out to Fred Meyer that they need to, as a matter of policy and customer service, run EVERY cart through your sanitizer every time it's returned so customers automatically get a sanitized cart every time they select one. Fred Meyer, in turn, should advertise that they're the only company in which every store offers sanitized carts.

Thank you, BTW, for pointing out toddlers are sitting in their diapers where I place my fruit in the cart. I hadn't thought of that before, but now...yeech.

The photography in the new "Walt Disney World Guide Notescast" Version 3.0 app (December 2010) is stunning! Over 750 high-quality photos, plus over 300 pages of in-depth information.

On his way to a planning meeting with Sam Adams to discuss the Columbia River Crossing and how best to mitigate its effect on global climate change.

Nice job working in the pun.

My point is that if this was the very same story, but with a climbing context, Mr. Wheeler would've been blasted online for not carrying a cell phone or some kind of locating device, chastised for using taxpayer dollars and called a variety of names because he was "foolish", at best (For the record, I think what he did was fine, and I like how he got stranded, dealt with it and continued fishing.) My apologies for keeping the Coast Guard and Douglas County Sheriff references, but I didn't want the story to stray too far from the original.

I'm always amazed at how fishermen, hunters, snowmobilers, tourists, drivers, mushroom pickers, etc. get a pass when they get stranded outside overnight, but if a climber gets lost, then they catch an ear full from people who can't get past a stereotype.

Mr. Wheeler went out for a day of fishing and adventure, got into a jam, didn't play the "victim" but instead made the most of it and was responsible, for the most part, for himself. In turn, everyone wishes him good will. (As it should be. ) However, I can't help wonder what the reaction online would've been if the story had been written as follows:

A man reported missing Monday was found OK by his sister after he spent the night on Mt. Hood stranded by bad weather on a ledge.

Johnny Wheeler, 65, had gone climbing all day on Mt. Hood on Sunday.

As darkness fell and the weather came in, ran out of time and became stranded.

Meanwhile, acquaintances in Winchester Bay noticed Wheeler was missing and contacted the U.S. Coast Guard. The Guard looked for Wheeler Sunday and called the Douglas County Sheriff early Monday to report him missing.

Meanwhile, Wheeler spent the night on the mountain. On Monday morning as the weather cleared, he was able to continue - and decided to climb all day Monday.

Then when he decided to head back to Timberline Lodge, he ran out of food.

Wheeler slowly made his way down and walked to Highway 26.

He was walking to get food around 5:45 p.m. when he was spotted by his sister who was driving to Timberline Lodge.

Between this and the "Walt Disney World Guide" Notescast for my iPhone and iPod touch, I'll be back to WDW in no time!