Heavy Petting Meet Louie

Louie

Poodle: An adoptable dog in Farmington, MN

Small • Baby • Male

10 week old 2 lb poodle that will be only 10 lbs when full grown. Louie is very fragile and must go to a home with kids 16 and up or and adult home only. He was almost not born if it wasn't for Last Hope saving the mother during birth. He will be black or gray when he grows up and will not shed!
We are looking for a family that will be home a lot so that he can learn housebreaking or knows how to train a dog that won't be very big and is patient with accidents the size of a tootsie roll or a drop of water!
Adoption fee: $400 ( cash only, no checks)

Volunteer to call: Suzanne S - Suzannearetz@msn.com or (651) 690-1556

He is fragile and best with kids 10 and up that have had small dogs before...

~ Adoption Fee: $350 (cash only, no checks)

This dog will be at the Petsmart Eagan this weekend on Sat from 11-3! Please contact the foster for more information.

The Tiny guy!

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More about Louie

Primary color: Black

Louie's Contact Info

Last Hope Inc, Farmington, MN

• 651-690-1556
• Email Last Hope Inc
• See more pets from Last Hope Inc
• For more information, visit Last Hope Inc's Web site.

What are you waiting for? If not you, who? If not now, when?

By John A. Stefani
Video by the Minnesota Jaycees


Here is a great organization to volunteer, learn, show an gain solid friendships!



There are many people I know in the Minnesota Jaycees that have proved themselves in their communities and within the state to be a positive force of change. These are people who see thing in the world that they don't like, make a plan to improve it and then act to make things better.

Volunteering to improve the world through the Jaycees isn't work. It's fun and enjoyment! People who participate in this dynamic organization are the in the top ten percent!

I think about the great years I had had being involved in this organization. The great people I've met, and the fun I had. Even though I'm an alumni of the Jaycees, I look forward to continually supporting this organization.

Heavy Petting: Murray

Murray
Chihuahua: An adoptable dog in Farmington, MN
Small • Adult • Male 

This guy is less than 7 lbs and would like a home to allow him to get some cuddle time. Murray is a true gentleman, he's a very calm, easy going, handsome little guy so look no further for a great companion!
He appears to have a thick coat like he should be long haired! He is fragile at 7 lbs and best with kids 10 and up that have had small dogs before. Murray sleeps all night in bed with you but needs to go out at least every 4 hours during the day. Murray loves his family and will think of you as his favorite person in the world. If you want a dog that will make you feel important; adopt Murray!
;Last Hope has been seeing a lot of chis lately because of the recent movies and people not realizing that they cannot hold it all day!

~ Adoption Fee: $275 (cash only, no checks)

Foster: Kim D - k_dikken@hotmail.com or (952) 484-9286

More about Murray
Spayed/Neutered • Up-to-date with routine shots • House trained • Prefers a home without: young children

Murray's Contact Info

Last Hope Inc, Farmington, MN

• 952-484-9286
• Email Last Hope Inc
• See more pets from Last Hope Inc
• For more information, visit Last Hope Inc's Web site.

Minnesota Speed Traps Part 2 - Have you gotten a speeding ticket lately?

Last week I did a post on Rosemount Minnesota Speed Traps. I received comments about speeds traps through my Facebook page. The friend that commented on that said there is a site called Trapster. I looked into Trapster and it is a FREE service that allows users to share the location of police speed traps using mobile phones and other types of devices.  

I love free.

They brag over 3.8 million logged speed traps and around 4000 new traps posted daily. I looked through the Trapster website and it is mainly designed for these phones:

• iPhone
• BlackBerry
• Android (the TMobile G1 and others)
• Nokia N95, N96, N97, 5800, E71, and other Symbian s60 phones
• Palm WebOS phones such as Pre and Pixi
• Windows Mobile touch screen phones with 6.0, 6.1, or 6.5 OS and GPS
• Unlocked J2ME phones with GPS (for example the Sprint Samsung Instinct) 

I'm a techie type of guy--at the same time--I'm also frugal.  I don't have the most updated phone to use Trapster. I do, though, have the latest TomTom XL GPS. I found that I could download Trapster data and it can be inserted into a Garmin, TomTom, or other GPS Navigation Device.

What Trapster does for us GPS users is creates four POI (Points of Interest) for your GPS. These are:  

1. trapster-combo-camera-ahead
2. trapster-police-enforcement-point-ahead
3. trapster-red-light-camera-ahead
4. trapster-speed-camera-ahead

Once the .zip files are downloaded to a computer, one would just need to load all the files into the GPS.

Basically one needs to connect the GPS to the computer and go into the downloaded Trapster .zip file and copy and paste the files into the correct folder in the GPS using the instructions that Trapster provides on their website. Once the files are in the GPS then someone must activate the POIs and configure alerts on the TomTom. That's about four steps for each of the four POIs. These settings are important to do since they tell the GPS to speak out or warn you when you approach a Trapster POI.

One must remember to periodically go into the Trapster website (I'd say about once a week) and get the updates. This part is a bit of a pain. Perhaps they should have some software that would insert those updates into the correct folder automatically when the GPS is connected to the computer.

I've used it for a week in my GPS. Though I have yet to see a cop sitting at a Trapster speed trap, in the areas that I am familiar with normally having speed traps, the Trapster POI has been accurate.

Here is the link to Trapster:  http://www.trapster.com/

This guy starts with one red paperclip and ends up with a house - Video

 This man had a worthy goal to own a house. This shows that one can be creative and have a large goal in mind by starting small and then ending up with big results! Also, this young man learned that the journey to a destination is just as or more important than the destination.