/* CookQuot.js - G McMurdo, 22 Mar 01, last-edit 22 Mar 01, to randomly choose from & display one of a number of 'fortune cookie' quotes */ /* Unfortunately JavaScript has no 'continuation-character' (tricky within data anyway) and some lines just cannot be 'broken' with s to look nice onscreen. So each quote must be on its *own* line. This *may* enforce a 255 character limit, depending on your environment. Note that if you find any " within quotes you want to use, you should replace them with single ' s instead ... */ CookieQs = new Array( "Oakland has more than 19 miles of waterfront along the bay and estuary.", "During the 1870s and 1880s, oyster farms were numerous in the shallows off Bay Farm Island and in San Leandro Bay.", "First settled in the 1850s, Bay Farm Island was famed for its asparagus, hops, and other field crops grown there through the 1960s.", "The Crab Cove region in Alameda was once known as Neptune Beach, sporting an amusement park with roller coaster, ferris wheel, and swimming pools.", "Alameda was originally a peninsula. It became an island in 1901, when the Army Corps of Engineers connected the Oakland-Alameda Estuary to San Leandro Bay by dredging the strip of land connecting Alameda to Oakland.", "Established in 1927 as an independent department of the City of Oakland, the Port of Oakland spans 19 miles of waterfront and more than 900 acres of maritime terminal facilities.", "The Port of Oakland is the fourth largest container port in the country.", "The Port of Oakland Offers free harbor tours May through October. Call (510) 627-1188 for details.", "The Port of Oakland handles as much as 200,000 container cargo units each month.", "The Port of Oakland loads and discharges more than 99 percent of the containerized goods moving through Northern California.", "Nearly 60% of the Port of Oakland's traffic is traded with Asia.", "Port of Oakland facilities include 11 major container terminals covering approximately 5765 acres.", "The Port of Oakland loads and discharges more than 99 percent of the containerized goods moving through Northern California, the nation's fourth largest metropolitan area.", "The Alameda-Oakland ferry service to San Francisco ranks as a top-performing Bay Area transit service when measured by fare box recovery and subsidy per passenger.", "There are currently 13 daily round trips and 1,650 daily riders to and from Alameda/Oakland and San Francisco’s Ferry Building.", "In November, 1936 the Oakland Bay Bridge opened to traffic and 46,120 vehicles cross on the first day paying a 65 cent toll.", "1949 Oakland opened its first freeway, a new 'high speed' six lane artery called the Eastshore Freeway moving traffic from Oak Street to 23rd Avenue.", "One of the first yacht clubs was founded in 1875 and was named the Sea Bird Club. They held annual regattas on San Leandro Bay. Members were from both Alameda and Oakland.", "Dredging projects began as early as 1859, when the Estuary was about 2 feet deep at low tide.", "By 1916 the Army Corps of Engineers created a 100 acre island, now Coast Guard Island, of the dredged materials in the Brooklyn Basin.", "The Estuary Policy Plan is an officially adopted part of the City's General Plan.", "Lake Merritt was created by building a dam at 12th Street in 1869 by then Mayor Dr. Samuel Merritt. In 1870, it was designated as a state game refuge, the first in the nation.", "CalTrans plans to replace the 5th Avenue area Highway 880 bridge overcrossing. It will be a complete tear down and rebuild, taking up to four years in construction.", "Channel Estuary Park is the site of the Jack London Aquatic Center, as well as a public boat launching ramp, fishing pier, and group picnic area. The park is located on the Embarcadero, between Oak and Fifth streets.", "Port View Park provides excellent views of the bay, San Francisco skyline, and Port maritime operations from its second-story viewing area. The 4.5 acre park is located at the western end of 7th street.", "Middle Harbor Shoreline Park offers outstanding views of the bay and of the Port's nearby terminal operations. The park is located at the intersection of Middle Harbor Road and 7th St.", "Alameda's Marina Park, located just off Marina Village Parkway, provides great views of the estuary and Oakland shore.", "Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline is a 71-acre wetland in Oakland restored by the Port and donated to the East Bay Regional Park District.", "The first commercial ferry service from Oakland (then called Contra Costa) to San Francisco was established in 1851.", "Along the Embarcadero shoreline, there are many points of public access to the waterfront; each is marked with a 'Public Shore' sign.", "Union Point Park offers beautiful estuary vistas, extensive public spaces, and striking landscape architecture. The park is located on the Embarcadero between Dennison & Kennedy Streets.", "By 1877 ferries had made more than four million crossings from Oakland to San Francisco in a year.", "Amelia Earhart took off from Oakland Municipal Airport on May 20, 1937 for her fateful attempt to circumnavigate the globe.", "On May 7, 1852, Oakland (previously known as Contra Costa) was incorporated as a township by Horace Carpentier. Thirteen days later, the Town Trustees gave the entire waterfront to Horace Carpentier in exchange for $5.00, the building of a schoolhouse, and three wharves.", "In 1854 Oakland became a charter city, and Horace Carpentier was elected her first mayor.", "The Alaska Packer Fleet wintered on Alameda's shoreline from 1893 through the late 1920's creating a forest of masts. In the spring they would make the 2000 mile trek to the salmon waters in the north for the summer fishing and canning. Their historic site is now Fortman Marina.", "'The Pacific has been Lindberghed' announced the headlines on June 29, 1927 when Albert Hegenberger and Lester Maitland flew from Oakland Municipal Airport to the Hawaiian Islands. The 2,400 mile flight had taken 25 hours and 49 minutes.", "A lighthouse was built at the mouth of the Estuary in 1902. It continued service until an automated lighthouse was installed in 1966. The original ended up at Embarcadero Cove and is now Quinn's Lighthouse Restaurant.", "Alameda did not become an island until the Army Corps of Engineers dredged the land bridges to Oakland to open up the Estuary to San Leandro Bay in 1901.", "The normally sedate Port Commissioner George Pardee, then mayor of Oakland, personally kicked down a fence that the Southern Pacific railroad, which once claimed exclusive ownership of Oakland's waterfront, had erected across Broadway in 1893.", "Jack London's favorite saloon, Heinhold's First & Last Chance, still stands today at Jack London Square, adjacent to a portion of his 1898 Yukon cabin, which was moved to Oakland in 1969.", "The Potomac, FDR's yacht, sat out of water for years near Brooklyn Basin at Pacific Drydock.", "The last landfill project in the Bay was the Port of Oakland’s 7th Street Terminal, created from the excavated contents of the BART tube under the Bay.", "Moore Dry Dock Co. moved from San Francisco to the foot of Adeline St. in Oakland in 1909. Moore Dry Dock built over 200 ships between 1909 and 1961, as well a building both the Park and High St. bridges across the Estuary.", "In the late 1940s, the Board of Port Commissioners ordered decrepit buildings razed and ground graded to create Jack London Square, which was dedicated on May 1, 1951.", "The first Webster Street Bridge was completed between Oakland and Alameda in 1871. It was a wooden trestle with an iron draw that swung open to allow boats and ships to pass through.", "The Posey Tube Oakland and Alameda opened in 1928; the adjacent tunnel, the Webster Street Tube, opened in 1963.", "During World War II, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation employed 6,200 men and women in Alameda. After the wars, like many other shipbuilding enterprises, Bethlehem closed. The site is now occupied by Marina Village, built in the 1980s.", "In 1883, California Cotton Mills was built on the shore of Brooklyn Basin in Oakland, establishing a textile industry on the West Coast and a market for California-grown cotton.", "In 1922, two cooperative grain elevators were built on the Estuary to encourage consolidated bulk shipment of grain. A flour mill was built around them in the 1930s and is currently operated by ConAgra.", "The Ky Ebright Boathouse, built on the Estuary by the University of California in 1924, is named after the legendary coach who led the Cal eight-oared rowing crews to three Olympic Gold Medals.", "The Estuary between Oakland and Alameda is one of the best rowing areas in the country. Offering 11 miles of protected water, it is one of the few courses in the nation where a straight three-mile race can be held.", "Oakland hosted the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Canoe and Kayak Flatwater Sprints on Lake Merritt.", "Oakland hosted the 2010 U.S. Rowing Southwest Regional Championships on Lake Merritt.", "Middle Harbor Shoreline Park includes a 45 foot high observation tower, giving spectacular views of the estuary and adjacent container terminal.", "The naturally shallow estuary has been dredged to a depth of 42 feet to permit deepwater ship traffic. A project for dredging to 50 feet is in progress.", "The Port's new super-Panamax cranes came from Shanhai by ship and passed under both the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges with only a few feet to spare.", "The lightship Relief is a national historic landmark that is open to the public at Jack London Square. Its main engine was built in Oakland.", "The term 'estuary' refers to the area of a river mouth directly affected by sea tides.", "In an estuary, sea water mixes with fresh water, and sea tides create a dynamic relationship between the two.", "Tides on the estuary run 6 feet, 6 inches at the High Street Bridge.", "The Jack London Aquatic Center, located on the Embarcadero between Oak and Fifth Streets, offers a wide range of rowing programs to the community.", "The Jack London Aquatic Center was formed in 1994 to bring the diverse communities of Oakland, and especially the youth of Oakland, to the Estuary waterfront for education, recreation and sport." ); /* When editing in new cookie-quotes, remember that your final array element *DOES* *NOT* get a trailing comma , /* Choose one of the CookieQ array, using its '.length' property to save us keeping a count of our cookies as we add new ones! */ chCookQ = Math.round(Math.random() * (CookieQs.length -1)); // Now write the Cookie-quote document.write( CookieQs[chCookQ] ); // end