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Oliver Stone, meet Mel Gibson....in purgatory....

Chemistry professor Scott Bur works at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. And every year, his students play a practical joke on him...or more accurately, his office. This year, the theme was foil:

Portland home prices rose 0.7% from May 2009 to May 2010, while U.S. Home prices increased 4.6% during the same time period, according to this morning's Case-Shiller report. With demand slowing since the expiration of the April 30 home buying tax credit deadlines, it's believed prices will retreat in upcoming months.

A spectrum database solution now enables access to 5GHz spectrum previously unavailable due to interference. Spectrum Bridge, in partnership with the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) today announced the release of the U-NII Device Interference Advisor — an online database that reduces potential inte

The Portland real estate market ranks sixth of the 20 cities tracked by Case Case  Shiller report that came out this morning for May.  It may be surprising to many but the 147.98 (up from 146.25 in April) lags behind only five cities since 2000 when the Index was set to 100 across all 20 [...]

One bicyclist to another: Yeah, but would you TRUST a homing pigeon?- In the Alberta area-- Overheard by Raevyn

Daniel Margolin was quoted in an Oregonian article concerning the Harmon divorce today. The article can be read here: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/07/kaine_horman_asks_court_to_hav.html

The German Magazine Der Spiegel cuts to the heart of the matter with its description of the release of 91,000 classified documents. “Never before has it been possible to compare the reality on the battlefield in such a detailed manner with what the US Army propaganda machinery is propagating. “ The treasure trove of Wik

Latest work from Tomas Mankovsky who previously directed Sorry I'm Late.

Up the street from our apartment in Brooklyn is a community garden I have admired for awhile called 6/15 Green. Several community gardens are located throughout the New York area and it is always a delightful surprise to see them tucked in between tall buildings. This one has some fruit trees and many irregular-shaped garde

This cash only event costs a mere $15. I think I’m justified using the term mere because, like last year, the beer list is astonishing . . . An automatically generated list of possibly related posts:

This should be a familiar sight to anyone who’s passed by the intersection of SE Foster Rd. and 50th Avenue. The cars and businesses have changed but the buildings remain the same. All three buildings in this 1937 photo still remain. (City of Portland Archives) Filed under: 1930s, Foster Rd., Powell Blvd., Southeast

City Bible is honoring Dick Iverson's service to MFI in October, and they are hoping to buy him a new car.   From a commenter, here's the pitch. Dear MFI Pastor, The October Annual Conference is going to be a great time together. This conference is a historical event for MFI as together we will hon

The new arrangement represents ongoing evolution at Elemental, which has expanded beyond the video editing software it introduced two years ago to focus on powerful online tools forbroadcasters.

Cascadia Cup champs, Timbers on the road, U-23s continue their success, 2011 coach decision imminent, and the Army recruits. An automatically generated list of possibly related posts:

A spiritual plague has been devastating the lives of men, women, and children around the world. No matter how noble a Christian one has been, it is still possible to fall. We must do some preventative praying and keep our homes together.

Local restaurants Papa G’s Vegan Organic Deli, the Red and Black Cafe, and the Blossoming Lotus helped Portland grab second place among large cities in PETA’s 2010 survey of the most vegetarian- and vegan-friendly cities in North America! “Portland residents should be proud that their...

by Pete the Banker GM has announced it plans to buy AmeriCredit for $3.5 Billion. "General Motors said it will acquire auto financing company AmeriCredit so it can increase leasing and make more loans to buyers with low credit scores....GM CEO Ed Whitacre said Wednesday — the deal will make GM more competitive in

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By Valerie H. Sasaki Miller Nash LLP, Oregon and Washington Law Firm One of the hallmarks of good tax policy is predictability in administration. Practically speaking, a taxpayer should be able to rely on the laws in effect when it files its tax return. The Internal Revenue Code adopts this approach in IRC § 7805(b), which

Remember that banjo kid from Deliverance?

It wasn't easy making the band's first new record in 3 1/2 years, but then it has never been easy.

Sixteen months after it nearly collapsed, the Museum of Contemporary Craft is a leaner art machine as part of the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries Sandy, Oregon With the recent allegations against actor Mel Gibson, there’s been a number of responses to his situation that cry out for an eternal perspective. (When Gibson released his movie The Passion of the Christ in 2004, I wrote a review of the movie for our quart

U.S. Chamber and National Association of Water Companies Launch ‘Water Is Your Business’ Series – Partnership Highlights Best Practices to Improve Economic Competitiveness for Businesses By US Chamber of Commerce MIAMI, FL—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) today

Beaverton Police K-9 unit Emily Andrews Portrait Design Studio Beaverton, Oregon So yesterday 5 police officers came to the studio to be photographed with their dogs, he told me it would be tough because some of the dogs didn’t get along and that it might be hard to pose everyone. In a matter of about 10 minutes, I [.

All over America, thousands of lawyer wannabes are waking up this morning to the ultimate challenge: the bar exam. Most of the test takers are recent law school graduates; some are experienced attorneys who want to be licensed in a new state. The test takes two full days in some states, and even more in others. All of th

A quiz to test your televangelist IQ (a possible oxymoron), the pun du jour and words of something-akin-to-wisdom from Steven Wright.

Our co-ed softball team finally started it's season last Monday night. Armed with the usual mix of grizzled veterans, some fresh newbies and a cooler full of PBRs, we took the field against a solid team from CMD. In the bottom of the 6th inning, CMD was able to quickly...

Senator Chris Telfer, Candidate for Oregon Treasurer on her plans fo

Millions upon millions of women, both young and old, haven’t the slight idea that cellulite, a collection of fats, toxins, and waste just under the skin, is in all honesty a skin problem and NOT a fat problem. Because of this misconception, women have a very trying time seeking to remove or even to trim [...]

I wish I could play the guitar and the piano in the way that I wish I could speak German: I'm not willing to put in the work, but it would be delightful if the knowledge just showed up my head one morning. I have more interest in playing the drums, and it will shock every drummer approximately my age to hear that I regard "

The following spicy and versatile seafood dish comes from Skip To Malou: Ingredients: 2 cans of coconut milk 2 tbsp red curry paste 4 tbsp crab fat (you may add more depending on your taste— or you could omit this part at all) 1 green bell pepper diced I medium onions, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced Seafood that you h

It has been more than two years since I finished my initial discussions of The Forgotten Lands in these pages. Since then, further research has allowed me to correct and expand upon the material printed in the original posts. From Bahar to Zagria, the L&TM5K will present over the next s

from washington post: The North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct early morning exercises over the Washington area. The exercises will take place between midnight and 2 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Civil Air Patrol aircraft and Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopters will take part in the exercise. These exercise

The Fat Athlete Hall of Fame; Roger Kimball: Bankrupting a country 1-2-3 When liberals aren’t shrill; Michael Vick is a really nice guy; The disease and filth in your stadium food; Change and museums; Liberals for Palin; The Hemingway Look-Alike Contest; Some awesomely weird places to sleep; Do polluted skies contribu

After a week of travel to Motown on business, and seeing the housing bust at ground zero, I have to ask you all some questions regarding housing and our government's role in the quagmire.Fannie and Freddie dominated the easy loan space to back all borrowers with a pulse from 2000-2007, and now they occupy a toxi

Nightlife Of Weeds XLII. Portland, OR. Photo by Zoe Hoeltzel. …………

The words “blind” and “mechanic” don’t typically go together. That is, not until Larry Woody was in a disasterous automobile accident. He didn’t let blindness stop him, and now Popular Mechanics Magazine has profiled the Cottage Grove business owner. From popularmechanics.com: Woody had s

Today is the last day of the detox Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet. Tomorrow, we can begin gradually easing back these foods into our lives:Whole grains and basmati riceFruitCertain veggies off limits in Phase 1Wine or beer

Yo Gabba Gabba: Music Is Awesome Volume 2 will be released on iTunes and will hit shelves nationwide on August 24th.  You can pre-order the CD HERE. The tracks are as follows: 1. Name Game (Yo Gabba Gabba!) 2. All My Friends Are Insects (Weezer) 3. Freeze Tag (Yo Gabba Gabba!) 4. Time To Go [...]

I bought an iPhone 3GS over the weekend. After I set up my work e-mail and charged it overnight (without loading anything on it), it stopped working the next day. For most of Sunday I tried to get it working again, and today I had to take it back to AT&T. (Mike was not surprised, as apparently as a child he had ho

Once again I am feeling that I'm not sure blogging is working out.If I blog once a day, I get 100 visits/day.If I blog several times a day about the latest topics I can find, at my wittiest, I get 160 visits a day.Not that hits, or growth, is everything. I don't know.I've been blogg

The lunacy of spending more than a billion and a half dollars to build a train from Portland to the sleepy suburb of Milwaukie has become even more pronounced than before with the news that