Archive for October, 2007

Video: Very cute couple doing Happy Boys and Girls by Aqua

If you’re depressed watch this video and feel better. I absolutely love this video. Combination of happy song and happy couple. It make me smile. This is one of the classic YouTube videos. Enjoy~!!!

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Lyrics:

Be happy…
Come on let’s go get it on!
Be happy. Be happy…
Come on let’s go get it on!
Be happy…
Everybody let’s go have some fun

I don’t want to waste my time on simple little things
I’d rather stay here all the night with happy boys who sings
Come on let’s go get it on, everybody let’s go have some fun

I’ve got a feeling you could use a little smile,
Hoping you could stay there for just a little while
Making a lot of noise up there, throw your hands up in the air

I don’t want to waste my time on simple little things
I’d rather stay here all the night with everyone who sings

Happy boys and happy girls, will be
We are the happy boys and girls
Happy boys and happy girls, will be
So happy, yeah! so, so happy, yeah!

Happy boys and happy girls, will be
We are the happy boys and girls
Happy boys and happy girls, will be
Oh yeah, so happy…

Try it with a giggle it will make you look so nice
And if you start to warm, you can further break the ice
come on let’s go get it on, everybody let’s go have some fun

I’ve got a feeling you could use a little smile
Hoping you could stay there for just a little while
Making a lot of noise up there, throw your hands up in the air

I don’t want to waste my time on simple little things
I’d rather stay here all the night with everyone who sings

Happy boys and happy girls, will be
We are the happy boys and girls
Happy boys and happy girls, will be
So happy, yeah! so, so happy, yeah!

Happy boys and happy girls, will be
We are the happy boys and girls
Happy boys and happy girls, will be
Oh yeah, so happy…

Young and old.
Be happy. Everyone… Be happy
I’m sure you could. Be happy…
‘Cause happy boys and happy girls is around the world

Be happy…
Come on let’s go get it on!
Be happy…
Everybody let’s go have some fun!
Be happy…
Come on let’s go get it on!
Be happy…
Everybody let’s go have some fun

Happy boys and happy girls, will be
We are the happy boys and girls
Happy boys and happy girls, will be
So happy, yeah! so, so happy, yeah!

Happy boys and happy girls, will be
We are the happy boys and girls
Happy boys and happy girls, will be
Oh yeah, so happy…

Be happy…
Come on let’s go get it on!
Be happy…
Everybody let’s go have some fun!
Be happy…
Come on let’s go get it on!
Be happy…

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2007 California Wildfires Facts, Statistics, and Overall Damaged Assessment as of Friday, October 26, 2007

California Wildfires Statstics including LA, Orange, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara Riverside, San Diego and Ventura County:

- Burned Acreage: More than 489,000 (more than 764 square miles).

- Homes destroyed: More than 1,800, according to authorities.

- Deaths: Three confirmed fire deaths, seven fire-related deaths. Authorities were investigating whether four burned bodies found Thursday east of San Diego were fire victims.

- Injuries: About 30 civilians, 52 firefighters.

Major wildfires burning in California, by county:

San Diego County:

- Witch Fire: Nearly than 198,000 acres (more than 309 square miles) in northern San Diego County from Witch Creek to Rancho Santa Fe. 30 percent contained. 1,061 homes and 30 commercial properties destroyed. Two burned bodies found in a charred home. Two civilians and 12 firefighters injured. Containment expected Sunday.

- Poomacha Fire: About 38,500 acres (more than 60 square miles) on the La Jolla Indian Reservation and in northeastern San Diego County. 30 percent contained. 60 homes destroyed. Twelve firefighters injured.

- Horno/Ammo Fire: About 17,000 acres (more than 26 square miles) on the Camp Pendleton Marine base. At least 40 percent contained.

- Harris Fire: About 84,000 acres (more than 131 square miles) north of the border town of Tecate, about 70 miles southeast of San Diego. 20 percent contained. Ninety-seven homes, 17 outbuildings and two commercial buildings destroyed. One civilian killed, 21 injured civilians and seven injured firefighters. Containment expected Nov. 4.

- Rice Fire
: About 9,000 acres (more than 10 square miles) in Fallbrook in northern San Diego County. 30 percent contained. 206 homes and two commercial properties destroyed. One firefighter injured.

Ventura County:

- Ranch Fire: More than 56,000 acres (more than 87 square miles) in the Castaic area near Piru. 81 percent contained. One home, eight outbuildings destroyed. One injury reported.

Orange County:

- Santiago Fire: About 26,000 acres (more than 40 square miles) east of Irvine. 30 percent contained. Fourteen homes destroyed. Four minor injuries to firefighters.

San Bernardino County:

- Slide Fire: More than 11,000 acres (almost 17 square miles) in Green Valley Lake area of the San Bernardino Mountains, east of Lake Arrowhead. 15 percent contained. At least 200 homes destroyed. One firefighter suffered minor injuries.

- Grass Valley Fire: About 1,100 acres (about 2 square miles) in Grass Valley area northwest of Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains. 70 percent contained. At least 113 homes destroyed. No injuries reported.

Contained fires:

Los Angeles County:

- Buckweed Fire: More than 38,000 (about 60 square miles) south of Agua Dulce in northeastern Los Angeles County. Contained. 21 homes, 22 outbuildings, two bridges and 40 vehicles destroyed. Three civilians and two firefighters injured.

- Canyon Fire: More than 4,500 acres (about 7 square miles) in the coastal community of Malibu. Contained. Six homes, two businesses and a church destroyed, and nine homes and five commercial buildings damaged. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries.

- Magic Fire: More than 2,800 acres (about 4 square miles) in northern Los Angeles County, including Stevenson Ranch. Contained. No structural damage or injuries.

Riverside County:

- Rosa Fire: More than 400 acres (about two-thirds of a square mile) near Temecula. Contained.

Santa Barbara County:

- Sedgewick Fire: More than 700 acres (more than a square mile) near Los Olivos. Contained. No homes destroyed and no reports of injuries.

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Search for Fire Damaged Homes in California Wildfires 2007

Find homes damaged or destroyed in the fires. This is a partial list from a variety of government sources and put together by LA Times.com

Fire Damage Database by LATimes.com

City of Poway : Witch Creek Fire

Preliminary List of Structures Lost in the Fire:

This list is preliminary, and is not complete. Damage assessment is ongoing.

City of Escondido:

Download PDF files of list of Structures Lost

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The Most Expensive Hotel Suite in California

The Beverly Wilshire Hotel is located on most famous intersection in Southern California at 9500 Wilshire Blvd. and S. Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California.

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Since it was built in 1929 as The Beverly Wilshire Hotel has attracted rich and famous guests from around the world. The Beverly Wilshire Hotel is most famous for being used in the Pretty Woman (1990) movie. People requests from around the world who would like to stay in the same suite that Julia Roberts and Richard Gere had in the movie but, it was filmed on a replica set of Presidential Suite.

Penthhouse Suite: $8,500.00 per night

Room details:
Size: 5,000 sqft. (465 sqm)
Location: 14th floor of the Beverly Wing
View: 270-degree view of the city
Beds: Two king beds and two double beds
Bathrooms: Three full marble bathrooms, plus powder room

Presidential Suite: $6,500.00 per night

Size: 4,000 sqft.
Location: 8th floor of the Wilshire Wing
View: Sweeping skyline of Rodeo Drive and Hollywood Hills
Beds: Two king beds
Bathrooms: Three full marble bathrooms

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The Beverly Wilshire
9500 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, California, 90212
(310) 275-5200

Official Beverly Wilshire Hotel web site.

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Sales of new homes posted an unexpected gain in September although the improvement came after sales had fallen to the slowest pace in more than a decade.

The Commerce Department reported today that sales of new homes rose by 4.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 770,000 units. That level of activity was still 23.3 percent below a year ago, indicating that housing remains in a steep downturn.

Analysts had been expecting sales would fall by 2.5 percent last month from an August sales pace that had originally been reported as 795,000 homes. However, that figure was revised sharply lower in the new report to show a sales rate of just 735,000 in August, the slowest sales pace in 11 years.

Meanwhile, orders for big-ticket manufactured goods dropped an unexpected 1.7 percent last month following an even bigger 5.3 percent plunge in August. The first back-to-back declines in factory orders in more than a year raised new worries about how much harm would be inflicted on the economy from a severe housing slump and credit crunch.

The report on home sales showed that the median new home price in September — the point where half the homes sold for more and half for less — rose to $238,000, up 2.5 percent from August, which had seen prices fall to the lowest level in nearly a year.

The rebound in home sales was led by a 37.7 percent surge in the West. Sales were also up 0.5 percent in the South. But sales of new homes fell by 19.5 percent in the Midwest and 6.6 percent in the Northeast.

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