Thursday, April 23, 2009

2009 State Of The Republican Party Survey: Take It Here!

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Wood! The Hot, New, Renewable Resource

Wood: The Hot New Renewable Energy Source
BY DOUG NADVORNICK - For OPB News
Kettle Falls, WA April 2, 2009 3:57 p.m.

Renewable energy sources are catching on in the Northwest. Windmills have become a familiar sight along parts of the Oregon-Washington border. But the hot new form of renewable energy is actually the region’s oldest source of heat: wood.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

10 Questions: Clatsop County Commissioner Jeffrey Hazen

Ever wonder what our community leaders do on their day off, favorite wine, best book, past times, other volunteerism interests, pholosophies and desires for our communities future, etc?

I'm looking for 10 good, sound questions to ask Clatsop County Commission President, Jeffrey Hazen.

Once selected they will be submitted for an answer to each and you do not have to restrict them exclusively to his position on CCBofC.

Caution, without a valid name and confirmable email address, your question will not be used.

Be respectful

Want to give it a try?

Monday, April 20, 2009

Tsunami: "The Big One" Coming Earlier Than We Think?

Lori Tobias - The Oregonian
Sunday April 19, 2009, 9:32 PM

The good news: New research is giving scientists a better handle on when the big one might strike the Pacific Coast.

The bad news: It probably will be sooner than we thought.

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

"The Walrus": Heavy Lift Airship Project: As Big As An Aircraft Carrier!!!





Time Says: National Standards, Is That The Answer To American Education?

How To Raise The Standard In American Schools

For Time Magazine: Walter Isaacson

April 15, 2009

National standards have long been the third rail of education politics. The right chokes on the word national, with its implication that the feds will trample on the states' traditional authority over public schools. And the left chokes on the word standards, with the intimations of assessments and testing that accompany it.

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