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Guest Post by Carol McCreary et al
Today is World Toilet Day. As a member of the World Toilet Organization, PHLUSH (Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human) is joining activists from all over the world to
1) raise the status of the discussion of toilets,
2) recognize and professionalize the [...]
The AP reports that pirates living in Somalia are living the good life.
Somalia’s increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women — even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages.
When you hijack a tanker filled with oil worth over $110 [...]
This weekend, Barberama/Javarama will host two events. They’ll mark a new beginning of sorts for the shop. As previously mentioned, Barberama’s owner Nicole Cathcart put the salon up for sale a few months back. The salon now has a new owner, Brian Fuqua. To [...]
Not really news, other than that what you have here is a substantial public figure speaking utterly honestly about the dark underside.
A USA Today article about the maneuvers that keep many college athletes in classes and even headed to graduation, but in the weakest possible classes, includes a quote [...]
A little travel weary but in Rio (here is a photo from my hotel on Ipanema beach, but of course I got a room through the conference - and conference rooms are always the cheap ones so I get a view in the opposite direction - [...] 
By Fester:
The degradation of secondary loyalties to higher concepts and the shift in emphasis towards either mercanary loyalties or to primary loyalties composed of sub-group and peer relationships is a key component of the fourth generation warfare theory. The state becomes less important as it is less capable of [...]
By Cernig
Throughout the Russia-Georgia conflict, the European Union has underlined the new multi-polar nature of international relations by not waiting for the US to get over its kneejerk Russia-hating and its lobbyist-greased love for the fable of Georgia as tiny nation attacked without good reason. Now, EU-led talks have begun [...]
The 'Designs on Portland' discussion series continues tonight at Design Within Reach. This time the stage will be a little more crowded, but worth the crunch.
The 'Designs on Portland' discussion series continues tonight at Design Within Reach. This time the stage will be a little more crowded, but worth the crunch.
map 1.8 2008/11/18 08:05:58 45.367N 121.696W 4.2 18 km (11 mi) SSW of Parkdale, OR
map 1.1 2008/11/17 05:13:18 45.362N 121.686W 4.7 19 km (12 mi) SSW of Parkdale, OR
By Ron Beasley
There is a lot of talk about saving the US auto makers. The question not too many are asking is if there is really anything to save. Yes, there are the jobs but realistically many if not most of those are going to go away anyway. GM especially [...]
