At 7:35 AM I was woken up by a stinging pain at the base of my left pinkie. I looked to see what it was, and found a vicious-looking little gray spider crawling all over my hand. I am still waiting for my finger to turn necrotic and fall off. No luck so far.

OHSU Center First Medical Facility in Nation to Win LEED Platinum Award

The Center for Health & Healing blazes a trail with coveted green building certification
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Last night we saw a great Russian movie at the Portland International Film Festival. Apparently we got to see it before New York, because nobody had commented on it on IMDB. I couldn't let that go, so I wrote the first review...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0875122/

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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/impacts/200701/18036074.html

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For the curious "bladi" means "my country" in Arabic

Performed by Three Dog Night on the 1972 Seven Seperate Fools album ( Read more... )

http://boyakasha.co.uk/media/korki_buchek.mp3