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10 Ways to Make the World A Better Place Each Day Even When You Have No Cash

by Michelle C. Carr-Crowe

Did you know there are at least 10 ways to make a difference in the world daily-even when you have no cash? It's true, easy, and can be done in less than 10 minutes each day.

One is to simply smile, and be sure to give your smiles away. Everyone needs encouragement. Besides, it makes you look younger.

Two through seven are clicking various websites to donate support. The way it works is generous corporate sponsors, such as The Nature Conservatory, World Parks Organization, Mercy Corps and the Helen Keller Foundation, will donate resources for every daily click.

Two thru Seven are clicking daily to generate monetary support from generous corporate sponsors for important causes

•2. Click to feed the homeless animals

•3. Click here to feed the hungry children of the world

•4. Help provide mammograms to needy women

•5. Provide life-saving vitamins, prosthetics, surgery, disease testing and vaccines to children

•6. Help save a portion of the rain forest

•7. Help teach children to read and love books.

I love this program. I've been telling people to view and click these six "sister" sites since 2005.

Number eight is to pray for these needs, the people giving and receiving them.

Nine is to sincerely thank at least one person each day, whether it's a family member, friend or stranger.

Number ten is easy - tell your friends! You can become a FaceBook fan of these sites, blog about them like I did, write a published newspaper article about them like I did, forward an email of this article, text message or simply call your friends. Like you, they'll likely be grateful to know there are nine things they can do daily to make the world a better place.

Be sure to write these down, and make a commitment to repeat all nine steps daily.

YES! You can click these daily, but only once. (Insert smile emoticon here)

A famous song going something like this: War is good for, absolutely nothing!

The short answer for this question is also absolutely nothing! Thanks to droves of Realtor home market is functioning well in San Jose Area.

In any functioning market chances that you are be able to find purchase a product at lower price by low balling the price is close to zero. Other buyers will make sure that you will never be able to get the product at discounted price.

Home market in no exception. If you want to purchase by low balling the home prices, you can move to places like Detroit and successfully low ball the prices and get away with it. Here in San Jose Area that tactic will never work. You have to actually bid above asking price if you want to be able to purchase bargain homes.

Please go to my website to get more information about buying and selling homes in San Jose Area.

A $98 a Year Bargain

By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe

For $98 per year per tax parcel, the majority of voters within the Fremont Union High School District supported Measure G, which extended support of a previous measure at the current level.

However, it required 2/3 approval to pass.

For anyone in a low-performing school district, that $98 per year is a bargain. Property values for single family homes have historically performed at ~104% over the last ten years in Cupertino 95014. (You can request a copy of this data by sending an email to lynbrookhomes1@hotmail.com). That figure includes the dot-com bust years of 2000-2002.

Whether you live in Cupertino, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale or Los Altos, your property's value benefits from being in the Fremont Union High School District (commonly referred to as "Cupertino Schools"). http://www.fuhsd.org

Here is the text of the Measure:

NOVEMBER 3, 2009: MEASURE G
To provide stable, local funds needed to protect teaching positions, and assure that Cupertino, Fremont, Homestead, Lynbrook, and Monta Vista High School students are prepared to successfully compete for college admission, shall the Fremont Union High School District replace its existing, expiring parcel tax with a tax at the same annual rate of $98 per parcel to be adjusted annually for inflation, with all funds benefitting local high schools, and offering an exemption to seniors and the disabled?

According to information for the 2007-2008 Fiscal Year from the California Dept of Education, following is some basic information on district funding dollars per student as compared to all of California as well as other nearby districts with high-performing academic scores.

Fremont Union High School District $9,255

Statewide Average for all High Schools $9,433

San Jose Unified $9,818
Los Gatos-Saratoga HS $11,264
Mountain View- Los Altos HS $12,699
Palo Alto Unified - $13,509

Thank you to the teachers leading and helping our students. Thank you to the students who volunteered to cold-call people they didn't know and ask them to vote Yes on Measure G. Thank you to the voters for making your voices heard.

San Jose Voters Support Cupertino Schools Yet Measure G Fails

By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe

With 59 percent voting yes, Measure G clearly had majority approval tonight.

However, it needed 2/3 approval to pass.

At 7:00 pm tonight we were surprised when the home phone rang. A Fremont Union High School District student called to remind my husband to vote on Measure G tonight. Our daughter who attends high school in the district had also made calls like this, so we were familiar with the campaign. We'd talked to another volunteer this past weekend in fact. They weren't taking any chances, even with just an hour to go, volunteers were putting full effort forth.

Whether you live in Cupertino, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale or Los Altos, your property's value benefits from being in the Fremont Union High School District (commonly referred to as "Cupertino Schools"). http://www.fuhsd.org

Measure G was basically an extension of the existing parcel tax at the same amount of $98, which is set to expire, as well as an annual adjustment for inflation.

NOVEMBER 3, 2009: MEASURE G
To provide stable, local funds needed to protect teaching positions, and assure that Cupertino, Fremont, Homestead, Lynbrook, and Monta Vista High School students are prepared to successfully compete for college admission, shall the Fremont Union High School District replace its existing, expiring parcel tax with a tax at the same annual rate of $98 per parcel to be adjusted annually for inflation, with all funds benefitting local high schools, and offering an exemption to seniors and the disabled?

According to information for the 2007-2008 Fiscal Year from the California Dept of Education, following is some basic information on district funding dollars per student as compared to all of California as well as other nearby districts with high-performing academic scores.

Fremont Union High School District $9,255

Statewide Average for all High Schools $9,433

San Jose Unified $9,818
Los Gatos-Saratoga HS $11,264
Mountain View- Los Altos HS $12,699
Palo Alto Unified - $13,509

Thank you to the teachers leading and helping our students. Thank you to the students who volunteered to cold-call people they didn't know and ask them to vote Yes on Measure G. Thank you to the voters for making their voices heard.

Cupertino Schools Residents-Remember to Exercise Your Right to Vote Today!

By Michelle C. Carr-Crowe

Exercise your right to vote today! In the Fremont High School District, Measure G is on the ballot. Below is a synopsis of the proposal. Basically, it is an extension of the existing parcel tax at the same amount of $98, which is set to expire, as well as an annual adjustment for inflation. The measure exempts homeowners who are seniors and/or disabled.

NOVEMBER 3, 2009: MEASURE G
To provide stable, local funds needed to protect teaching positions, and assure that Cupertino, Fremont, Homestead, Lynbrook, and MontaVista High School students are prepared to successfully compete for college admission, shall the Fremont Union High School District replace its existing, expiring parcel tax with a tax at the same annual rate of $98 per parcel to be adjusted annually for inflation, with all funds benefitting local high schools, and offering an exemption to seniors and the disabled?

According to information for the 2007-2008 Fiscal Year from the California Dept of Education, following is some basic information on district funding dollars per student as compared to all of California as well as other nearby districts with high-performing academic scores.

Fremont Union High School District $9,255

Statewide Average for all High Schools $9,433

San Jose Unified $9,818
Los Gatos-Saratoga HS $11,264
Mtn Vw - Los Altos HS $12,699
Palo Alto Unified - $13,509

Be an informed voter and make your voice heard! Polls close tonight at 8:00 pm.