Blazers rout Jazz in key Northwest matchup.. I wish I had gone...go TB!
Sun-Times Media Group files for bankruptcy.. At least 120 newspapers in the United States have shut down since January 2008, according to Paper Cuts, a Web site tracking the newspaper industry. More than 21,000 jobs at 67 newspapers have vaporized in that time, according to the site.
Layoffs hit Google: 200 jobs cut
Non-profit newspapers? Not very likely
Book End....I don't want you to go buy Kindle, okay?!
Latest recession victims: Weyerhaeuser's bonsai
Ahead of 2010 Olympics, violence stalks Vancouver
John Rabe
Pope 'distorting condom science'
Forecast Lifts Hopes In Red River Flood Battle
This I Believe: Dancing To Connect To A Global Tribe
Is The Time Right For Economic Patriotism?

Which animal is cuter?

Wombat vs. Liger

HKUST Announces Appointment of Prof Tony Chan as Next President
港產數學家陳繁昌掌科大
「土產」數學家陳繁昌掌科大 遴選委員﹕考驗籌款能力

6 Jobs You Can Get From the Stimulus Plan, should have look into green jobs...???!!
Best Places for Business and Careers, Austin is cool.. Colorado is not bad either.
Would You Like Your Fish Fresh, Frozen, Or... Alive? Holy fish, we are eating them fast.
Anatomy Of A Bank Takeover, bank of clark county.. my county, but I am not a customer.
Boiling Mad: Crabs Feel Pain, holy crap, holy crab. I love eating them.
Disney U.S. parks cutting jobs, seeking efficiencies
Seven states see jobless rate top 10 percent, Oregon ranks third! WOW, this sucks.
Differing views on Taiwan trial
10 ways to get a really good sleep
What to do if you need to 'mend a broken heart'
Man dies in mill accident, that's tragic.
NY Times, Washington Post to cull staff
County leaders brainstorm ways to pinch pennies.. Marty is from NP.
Longview schools chief lays out cuts... this is terrible.
GM says 7,500 hourly workers decide to leave

Space Needle goes dark for Earth Hour
World switches off to save planet in "Earth Hour"
Earth Hour for Climate Change Darkens World Landmarks
Antarctica to Pyramids — lights dim for Earth Hour

"I love you" by huskies.. I am bored.. yeah I know.

Miska

Tubok

Ishmael, so cruel with cheese

Chance

Tina Fey On Sarah Palin Impression!

Matt Damon talks about Sarah Palin

OMG

HuskyGal added me on her fb page...but.. she was not on my "fb account for work"....gotta do the unthinkable.. delete and re-add...

Dave & Kali @ Castle Mountain

Save "Made in Oregon" Sign

• Attend the Council meeting on Wednesday, April 1 @ 9:30a at Portland City Hall. Would like to have a large turnout as Commissioner Randy Leonard discusses the ordinance he filed to condemn the "Made in Oregon" sign.

14 legs welcoming committee to PDX :O

張雨生 張惠妹 - 愛我的人傷我最深

Last day for Hisaki Shimizu

Hisaki Shimizu is heading to his new home as he takes on his new role to be a newsprint sales manager of Tohoku Branch 東北地方.
Bye Bye!

3.28 8:30 PM

Update
Earth Hour video by Jun Kung
WWF link
HK 1 hour
地球一小時廣告
地球一小時

The arrival of another Intern V

Good luck to V, a husky-believer in Miss Husky's domain..
"they drop me, they will lose 3 people"

被 稱 為 國 寶 級 天 后 嘅 潘 越 雲 ， 想 當 年 憑 大 熱 hit 歌 《 我 是 不 是 你 最 疼 愛 的 人 》 紅 到 嚟 香 港 ； 就 連 羅 文 都 爭 住 翻 唱 廣 東 版 ， 變 成 《 留 給 這 世 上 我 最 愛 的 人 》 。

我是不是你最疼愛的人

留給這世上我最愛的人

Concert sucks.

Japanese fans celebrate World Baseball Classic win; Ichiro lifts Japan to WBC title
IBM to lay off 5,000 US-based workers
UK's Bank, Abbey in snub to 7,000 solicitors
Australian Qantas plans 90 management job cuts
Snooker firm Rileys cuts 200 jobs
HSBC says 1,200 workers face axe in UK
流浪狗墮引水道 獲救難保命 貓困山坡 與消防「捉迷藏」
香港不再是香港？
中大數學研究所 10年誓晉世界十大
Orange Power go Beavs.
India's Tata Motors to launch ultra-cheap Nano car, no air bags or antilock brakes, if you want air conditioning, a radio, or power steering, you'll have to pay extra. NO, THANK YOU.
Nobody's Model Minority, how rude, Forbes magazine, well, esp the writer, I supposed!
Michael Eric Dyson's Can you hear me now?
Nike outlines plans to reorganize Nike Brand
Wisconsin parmesan named big cheese
German company to expand Oregon solar cell plant, sweet!

Mt. Hood Skibowl, ladies night.

Renee's Undefeatable Falling Leaf from Ting Sheppy on Vimeo.

Pretty funny about Family's unauthorized visit

I am Canadian-born-and-raised Chinese, married to a Canadian-born-and-raised Korean.

Last Thursday, I was home alone with our two kids, eating lunch downstairs in the basement. I heard the front door open and close upstairs, and then some thumping sounds, like someone taking off their shoes. I thought my husband had come home to get something and then head off to work again so I didn’t pay any attention. But then the noises continued and I wondered if someone had broken in to rob my house.

I went upstairs to the main floor to investigate and saw some pairs of unfamiliar shoes in the front foyer. I heard some voices upstairs on the second floor so I climbed the stairs to find that my husband’s grandmother had not only let herself in, but she’d brought a couple of friends and were giving them a tour of our house. They were poking around the bedrooms when I found them and they were surprised and embarrassed that I discovered them. I was completely shocked but, being Asian, greeted them politely and let them finish showing themselves around. After they got their fill of our house, they all left together.

I later learned that my grandmother-in-law had called our house but nobody answered (I hadn’t heard the phone ring because I was in the basement). She was visiting (from Toronto, which is 1 hour away from where we live) and staying with her daughter (my husband’s aunt) who lives 2 streets away from us and who has a key to our house in case of emergency. Anyway, thinking no one was home at our house, my grandmother-in-law decided to help herself to the emergency key and let herself and her two friends in for a look-see.

The house was a complete disaster, by the way, because I have two little preschool-aged kids and zero time to clean. I was completely humiliated that these strangers were looking at my dirty/messy house and absolutely infuriated at my grandmother-in-law.

Needless to say, my husband got an earful when he got home. He did tell his grandmother that what she did was wrong, but then he tried to explain to me that it’s normal for her to do what she did because it’s normal in Korean culture to do stuff like that. He said that Korean grandmothers go into their children’s and grandchildren’s homes all the time and that I need to be more understanding.

Now, I have witnessed and heard about my grandmother-in-law violating boundaries in MANY cases. It seems a habit for her. This was the third time she violated a boundary involving me, but I let the first two incidents slide. This was the biggest violation and pissed me off the most. I think she’s just an individual who behaves badly and her relatives excuse her behaviour, using Korean culture as the excuse.

My husband has told me at least four or five times that this issue of her coming into our house without permission is not really an issue because it’s normal in Korean culture. I disagree (like I said before, I think she just plain old misbehaves), but don’t know enough Korean people (who aren’t related to my husband) to ask, “Hey, does your grandmother make unauthorized visits to your house and show her friends around while she’s there?”

So, sorry for this long email, but can you help me? I would very much like to know if what my husband’s grandmother did is normal for Korean culture, or if she is just a good example of bad behaviour.

So yeah, rummaging through the stuff and property of your offspring: cultural thing or is she batshit insane?


In BoringFish case..my mama could come. BoringLink

Communists turn to Confucius
North Korea: A glimpse inside a secret state
No attack charges for Mugabe wife...
Japan's economic battle with deflation
The Oregonian Newspaper Announces Pay Cuts And Furloughs... the Oregonian too....
Suncor to buy Petro-Canada for $18.4B; nice, Fort Hills
Sylvia Plath's Son Follows Her In Suicide
Fox News Thrives In The Age Of Obama.. scary..
Tweeting Food Truck Draws L.A.'s Hungry Crowds
Quest to legalise polygamy in Utah.... gross.
UK's Daily Mail group cuts 1,000 jobs. Northcliffe Media, owned by the Daily Mail, publishes 113 newspapers.
Rethinking the American Dream, could be a good read.
A State Where The Unemployed Can Rest Easier, I am part of the $4 Billion dollars.

Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石蔣介石

Who are 蔣友柏 (Demos Chiang) & 蔣友常? They are known for being the great-grandsons of the late Republic of China (ROC) President Chiang Kai-shek and the grandsons of late President Chiang Ching-kuo. The family are liked super stars in China, Taiwan and HK, the "Kennedy" of Chinese, living with a famous, mysterious and powerful identity.

康熙大明星 蔣友柏 PART 1

"魯豫有約"_懸崖邊的貴族 PART 1

白木怡言
那天，與蔣友柏談蔣家

暗號
晴天
我不配
說好的幸福呢
愛在西元前

Lance Mackey sits with his lead dogs Larry, right, and Maple after crossing the finish line to win his third consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Nome, Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Lance Mackey wins third consecutive Iditarod
The runners: The Mackey Dogs
5th dog dies during Iditarod race...hard to comment....
As of March 22, Eleven mushers remain on Iditarod trail days after winner finished
Iditarod

Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey

Paper future sucks...

Newspapers Wade Into An Online-Only Future
A Nonprofit Panacea For Newspapers?
Imagining A City Without Its Daily Newspaper, pretty soon, there will be 2 West coast cities!

U.S. business magazine FORTUNE: BASF is the world’s most admired chemical company... future employment?
Top 50: World's Most Admired Companies, not bad for me to think about 5,6 and 18.
European Commission approves BASF’s acquisition of Ciba
Global 500, 1 is sick....hm...and then there are these: 2 to 6, 8, 10, 16 etc (there are 39 of them on the list, now I know where to send my letters)

The list: ChE list minus Energy, Electronic, some Manufacturings and Pharmaceuticals...see who is barely on the list????
79 Procter & Gamble
107 Johnson & Johnson
128 Dow Chemical
155 Bayer
227 Sabic
252 DuPont
317 Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
329 Hanwha- S. Korea
368 Evonik Industries- Germany
382 International Paper
407 Stora Enso-Finland
455 Akzo Nobel-Netherlands
458 Kimberly-Clark
468 Henkel- Germany
483 Linde Group- Germany
492 LyondellBasell Industries- Netherlands
496 Weyerhaeuser

Wed, Mar 18, 2009 The Daily Show with Jon StewartNandan Nilekani, author of “Imagining India,” sits down to chat with Jon. Sounds liked a good book.

March Maddness: Chick flicks and their leading men

Richard Gere, Pretty woman
Matthew McConaughey, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Johnny Depp, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Jude Law, The Holiday
Dermot Mulroney, My Best Friend's Wedding

1 more weekend to go...

Sucks to miss...

"Slope Of Hope" & "Ski For Sunshine" at Timberline and Ski Bowl..

Presidential pick 'em at the White HouseHe is looking down on the PAC-10, we will show him next year, *wink* he thinks the Beavers are on the way!

林夕﹕「快樂」是要活得自在
王菲 - 暗湧

Happy B day to MAMA.

Soccer City U.S.A. Now Has An MLS Franchise in 2011... that's a long time from now... so where are the money for the stadium?
Postal Service Eyes Big Cuts, Early Retirement, this battle can get ugly... go Postal.
Smart People Really Do Think Faster
Last call for arcane drinking laws in Utah
Catering supplier axes 320 jobs
A Veterinarian Advises How To 'Speak For Spot', I can't imagine if my 3 kids are sick.
Go Fishing
Weyerhaeuser closing lumber mills in Ore., Okla.; The closures at the company's mills in Wright City, Okla., and Dallas, Ore., will affect about 307 workers. The shuttering of its Wright City mill is indefinite, while the Dallas closure is permanent.
Attorney General Signals Shift In Marijuana Policy, it's about time.....
Taking On The Whole Fish, Asians done it for thousands of year...
Wisconsin's new slogan faces some pushback
Jurors' online posts concern trial lawyers
Being obese can take years off your life

Michelle Obama on Larry King Live

Funny, the joke of McCain, Palin.

do you speak english?

Thanks BFST.

Hair, my obsession.

A Hair Mystery: Curly Hair Gone Straight
Getting To The Root Of Why Hair Turns Gray
When It Comes To Shampoo, Less Is More, do Americans have the highest hair loss rate?

Mia's forward.

My private mountain

It was a beautiful day at Timberline. I got a full tour of the mountain, from Pucci to Floodo and then the finale is Magic Mile. There was lots of fresh snow, the sun was out with no wind. Great day to get a day off for riding. There were so few people, it felt like a private mountain.

I expanded my comfort zone by doing solo on black diamonds while my teammates were doing tree runs. I finished the day with a super long run on Kruser, stretching from the top of the W Magic Mile, to the bottom of the Floodo. I was tempted to finish the day with the E Magic Mile run, but I will save that for some other times. I am sooooo tired and sore. I will need to wait a few day for more riding.

Ting is suggesting me to get a pass for Timberline... I will think about it.

Nokia to lay off 1,700 worldwide
Caterpillar lays off 2,454 workers in 3 states
Tacoma, Olympia newspapers announce layoffs
Forests 'facing a testing time'
'The end for my sweaty armpits'
Chemical coat to mean drier socks, sweet.
A Chinese team makes copper float on water
Arctic diary: Explorers' ice quest, green!
Just what is it about moobs? :0)
Dream job? Beer taster wanted, how many Britons are chasing after that?
'Brain decline' begins at age 27 ...old age... !
'Fat gene' can damage fertility; who has fat gene?
Night shifts spark cancer pay-out, breast cancer and night shift workers, what are the connection?
Ethical dilemmas: is walking more polluting than driving?
Not every dog has a day like one at the Seattle dog show
Cool Turd, it's kind of spendy, but I want one, sooooo perfect for my PJ part at the wood chip piles.

Even made it on BBC, Seattle paper moves online only; a follow up: Crisis in the US newspaper industry; Seattle P-I staffers will get severance pay

'Tucson Citizen' to Close Saturday -- After 138 Years

Green Beer.. not

No green beer for me or other beaver believers in mill city, no pinching either because they know it's better not to mess with AngryBeavs.

What is leprechaun, anyway?

Women behaving badly....

After the infamous YouTube clip of the woman from Hong Kong who went bat-shit crazy after missing her flight, now comes the sequel: Hong Kong woman goes bat-shit crazy after finding out she can’t have shark fin soup.

~ 父母子女的緣份 ~

二十年前, 我的三個孩子長大了, 一個一個相繼離家,
本來就聚少離多的我們 , 整個家空洞的....連呼吸都聽到

我無意中看到一個外國婦女寫的文章 ,
把其中片段摘錄護貝後 , 放在玻璃板下,
當我寂寞或孤獨時就再看一遍...


你的孩子並不屬於你 ,
他們是生命延續的代表 ,
他們經你而來但非為你而生 ,

你可以給他們愛卻不能給予思想,
因為他們有自己的心,

你可以給孩子一個家, 但這不是他心靈的住所,
因為他們的心早已飛到他明天的家,

你可以盡力去愛他們, 卻不能要求他們愛你.......



龍應台最近出了一本新書
"目送"
算是一本 "感人大作 " 文字優美洗練，內容深刻感人，
真誠推荐，感動心靈！


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目送

有些路啊， 只能一個人走，
我慢慢地、慢慢地瞭解到，

所謂父女、母子一場， 只不過意味著，
你和他的緣分 就是今生今世不斷地在目送他的背影漸行漸遠。


華安上小學第一天， 我和他手牽著手，
穿過好幾條街，到維多利亞小學。

九月初， 家家戶戶院子裡的蘋果和梨樹都綴滿了拳頭大小的果子，
枝枒因為負重而沉沉下垂， 越出了樹籬，勾到過路行人的頭髮。
很多很多的孩子， 在操場上等候上課的第一聲鈴響。
小小的手，圈在爸爸的、媽媽的手心裡 ，怯怯的眼神，打量著周遭。

他們是 幼稚園 的畢業生， 但是他們還不知道一個定律：
一件事情的畢業，永遠是另一件事情的開啟。

鈴聲一響， 頓時人影錯雜，奔往不同方向，
但是在那麼多穿梭紛亂的人群裡，
我無比清楚地看著自己孩子的背影──
就好像在一百個嬰兒同時哭聲大作時，
母親仍舊能夠準確聽出自己孩子哭聲的位置。

華安背著一個五顏六色的書包往前走， 但是他不斷地回頭；
好像穿越一條無邊無際的時空長河，
他的視線和我凝望的眼光隔空交會。
我看著他瘦小的背影消失在門裡。


十六歲，他到美國作交換生一年。 我送他到機場，
告別時， 照例擁抱， 我的頭只能貼到他的胸口， 好像抱住了長頸鹿的腳。
他很明顯地在勉強忍受母親的深情。

他在長長的行列裡，等候護照檢驗；
我就站在外面， 用眼睛跟著他的背影一寸一寸往前挪。
終於輪到他， 在海關窗口停留片刻， 然後
拿回護照，閃入一扇門，倏忽不見。

我一直在等候， 等候他消失前的回頭一瞥。
但是他沒有，一次都沒有。


現在他二十一歲，上的大學， 正好是我教課的大學。
即使同路，他不搭我的車。
即使同車，他戴上耳機....
只一個人聽音樂，

有時他在對街等候公車，我從高樓的窗口往下看：
一個高高瘦瘦的青年，眼睛望向灰色的海；
我只能想像， 他的內在世界和我的一樣波濤深邃，
但是，我進不去。

一會兒公車來了， 擋住了他的身影。
車子開走， 一條空蕩蕩的街，只立著一只郵筒。

我慢慢、慢慢地瞭解到 ，
所謂父女母子一場，只不過意味著，
你和他的緣分就是今生今世不斷地在目送他的背影漸行漸遠。

你站立在小路的這一端，
看著他逐漸消失在小路轉彎的地方，
而且，他用背影默默告訴你：
不必追。

我慢慢、慢慢地意識到，
我的落寞，彷彿和另一個背影有關。


博士學位讀完之後，我回台灣教書。
到大學報到第一天， 父親用他那輛運送飼料的廉價小貨車長途送我。
到了我才發覺， 他沒開到大學正門口，而是停在側門的窄巷邊。
卸下行李之後， 他爬回車內，準備回去，
明明啟動了引擎，卻又搖下車窗， 頭伸出來說：
「女兒，爸爸覺得很對不起你， 這種車子實在不是送大學教授的車子。」
我看著他的小貨車小心地倒車， 然後噗噗駛出巷口，留下一團黑煙。
直到車子轉彎看不見了，
我還站在那裡，一口皮箱旁。


每個禮拜到醫院去看他， 是十幾年後的時光了。
推著他的輪椅散步， 他的頭低垂到胸口。
有一次，發現排泄物淋滿了他的褲腿，
我蹲下來用自己的手帕幫他擦拭， 裙子也沾上了糞便，
但是我必須就這樣趕回台北上班。
護士接過他的輪椅，
我拎起皮包，看著輪椅的背影，
在自動玻璃門前稍停，
然後沒入門後。
我總是在暮色沉沉中奔向機場。


火葬場的爐門前， 棺木是一只巨大而沉重的抽屜，緩緩往前滑行。
沒有想到可以站得那麼近，距離爐門也不過 五公尺 。
雨絲被風吹斜， 飄進長廊內。
我掠開雨濕了前額的頭髮， 深深、深深地凝望，
希望記得這最後一次的目送。


我慢慢地、慢慢地瞭解到，
所謂父女母子一場，只不過意味著，
你和他的緣分就是今生今世不斷地在目送他的背影漸行漸遠。

As Seattle Post-Intelligencer moves toward last print edition, rival Seattle Times also struggling as it faces heavy debt; Seattle may find itself wit

Mar 13, 2009 — Associated Press
By GENE JOHNSON
Forestweb rewrites headlines for editorial clarity. The original story and headline begin below.
Original Headline: Seattle Times still standing, but for how long?
SEATTLE, March 13, 2009 (Associated Press) — As the Seattle Post-Intelligencer moves toward printing its last edition, it remains unclear whether its bigger rival, The Seattle Times, is far behind — and whether this famously literate city could soon find itself without a major daily newspaper.

The Times is heavily in debt and struggling to cut expenses, just like many other newspapers across the country. But the Times is different from many large newspapers because it is controlled by the Seattle-area Blethen family and doesn't have deep corporate pockets from which to draw.

"The Seattle P-I may be going out of business, but the Times is an equally troubled company, and possibly even more troubled," said Alan Mutter, a former newspaper editor and Silicon Valley chief executive who writes the Reflections of a Newsosaur blog.

Publisher Frank Blethen acknowledged the struggles last month as he appealed to state lawmakers for a tax break for newspapers.

"Some of us, like The Seattle Times, are literally holding on by our fingertips," Blethen said.

Blethen declined an interview request made through newspaper spokeswoman Jill Mackie, who refused to discuss the company's finances in detail.

"There's a future for The Seattle Times as long as we can hang on through this very deep recession," Mackie said. "Are we certain we're going to get through this time? I think Frank would say we're not certain."

The family has more assets than debts, Mackie said, and is willing to sell them to keep the newspaper alive. The family also owns smaller newspapers in Washington and Maine and has put up for sale $100 million in properties, including the Maine newspapers, though buyers are hard to come by these days.

The P-I's owner, Hearst Corp., plans to announce a decision next week on whether to turn the newspaper into an online-only publication with a reduced news staff. A 60-day sales period expired this week, and Hearst had pledged to stop printing the newspaper if it can't find a new owner.

That would leave the Times as Seattle's only major printed daily, alongside The Daily campus newspaper for the University of Washington and the business-oriented Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. Areas directly to the north and south of the city are served by The Herald of Everett and The News Tribune of Tacoma. The King County Journal, which competed with the Seattle newspapers in the eastern suburbs, closed two years ago.

Of all the big cities that have lost or are in danger of losing newspapers — Denver and San Francisco, among others — none is as likely as Seattle to find itself without a printed daily newspaper.

Some of the troubled major newspapers around the country remain profitable. They simply aren't making enough money to keep up with debt payments, forcing some of their parent companies to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while they work to transform their ownership structure and reduce debt.

The Times is privately held and doesn't release financial information, but it has made clear that it's bleeding heavily. Three rounds of job cuts last year trimmed its payroll by about 500 positions, including some 50 in the newsroom, leaving a newsroom staff of 260. The newspaper has also sought wage and benefits concessions from employees.

One possible source of help is the Times' minority owner, McClatchy Co., which acquired a 49.5 percent stake when it bought the Knight Ridder chain in 2006. However, the Times has historically frozen the minority owner out of the newspaper's operations, and McClatchy would likely demand more power in return for cash, even if it had any to spare amid its own struggles with debt. McClatchy recently valued its share of the Times at zero.

McClatchy declined to comment.

On the surface, it seems as if the P-I's demise as a printed newspaper would give the Times some breathing room, handing it a monopoly on readers and advertisers. When Hearst announced it was putting the P-I up for sale in January, Blethen said it would make it easier for his newspaper to survive.

But the short-term reality is more complex. The Times would pick up many of the P-I's subscribers, but that wouldn't translate to an immediate windfall. There are costs up front: more newsprint to print more copies, new delivery routes to map, perhaps more newspaper carriers to pay.

And with the joint operating agreement that has governed business operations at both newspapers appearing to be dead, the Times would have no one to share those expenses. Under the agreement's terms, the Times handled non-news functions for both newspapers in exchange for 60 percent of their joint profits — or losses.

Even more crucial is the state of the economy. Circulation gains usually mean higher advertising rates, but big advertisers like department stores and auto dealerships just don't have as much money to spend.

"It's not unbridled good news," said Ken Doctor, a media analyst with Outsell Inc. "In some cases it's a roll of the dice to see what happens to the surviving paper."

The P-I's weekday circulation is 117,572, compared with 198,741 for the Times. The Times' Sunday edition — which includes the P-I's opinion pages — has a circulation of 382,332.

One of the more curious aspects of the situation is that Hearst, having poured tens of millions of dollars into the P-I in recent years, is walking away when the Times seems on the brink.

Neither Hearst nor the Times has discussed that. Hearst spokesman Paul Luthringer in recent days has said only that the company is still considering whether to run the P-I as a Web site, and Mackie says it would be premature for her newspaper to discuss a post-P-I world.

What brought Seattle to this point?

Rowland Thompson, a newspaper industry lobbyist here, traces the city's journalistic woes to a strike staged by workers at both newspapers in 2000. The seven-week strike cost the newspapers dearly — just when the Internet bubble had burst.

The Times and Hearst also spent much of this decade in an expensive legal fight as the Times sought to end the joint operating agreement. Finally, in a 2007 settlement, the Times paid Hearst a net $24 million to perpetuate the agreement, even though the Times had described it as financially untenable.

Between the strike and the legal fight, the papers weren't able to regain their footing before the current recession set in, Thompson said.

Liz Brown, administrative officer of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, deflected the blame from the strike, saying newspapers around the country began having revenue problems early this decade as much classified advertising moved online.

Unionized editorial workers at the Times have been asked to approve a freeze in pension benefits, and further concessions are under consideration, Brown said.

Meanwhile, the state House has overwhelmingly passed the bill Blethen was lobbying for, which would give the newspaper industry a 40 percent business tax break akin to ones enjoyed by the timber and aerospace industries in Washington. The Times hasn't said how much it would save.

But even such efforts might not be enough.

"That's a real fear," said Anne Bremner, co-chairwoman of the Committee for a Two-Newspaper Town, which has sought to keep both newspapers alive. "What a tragedy it would be in a city like this, a city with one of the highest literacy rates in the country. But maybe it's not too late for the P-I. Where's Bill Gates?"

Jobs loss threat for UK's engineers
UK's regional newspaper group Johnston Press has warned of further job losses on top of a 15% cut in its workforce last year as advertising revenues slump.
Toyota says that staff at its UK factories will have their pay and working hours cut by 10%
UK's technology firm NCR, ATM maker is to end manufacturing work with the loss of about 252 jobs
UK's lottery operator Camelot has announced jobs cut plan
Social networks 'are new e-mail'
PTSD, is a newsource of serious political satire.
UBS cutting 5,000 management jobs:report
How Facebook is taking over our lives
Terrible Parking Job

Happy PI day

So I celebrated PI day at SkiBowl, it is its 80th birthday. In honour of PI day, I made 3.14 runs.

Dirty Hands, could be a good movie.
The Perfect Pitch
On 'Daily Show,' Stewart, Cramer Get Serious
To The Brain, God Is Just Another Guy
The Sustainable New Deal with Mary King, professor, PSU Economics Department. I think her presentation is very informative.
Stumbling, Bumbling Sled Dog: 'Sorry, This Is My First Iditarod', Melvin can speaks English, quite a literate! Mocha can only speak Dogglish.
Missouri Chinese: Two Cultures Claim This Chicken, do you like chicken with Cashew?
MY DEAR ENEMY, movie, movie, movie.
Denny Chin is the judge in U.S. v. Madoff case!
Snowboarder falls from chairlift at Mount Bachelor
Who is the real Tim Geithner?

On Twitter, A Downsizing Trend That's Not So Bad
Jim Cramer On "Daily Show": Full Unedited, Uncensored Video
Tokyo Sonata; A Family's Melancholy Melody
High Noon on the Set: Cramer vs. Stewart
Sprint Nextel: Last in Customer Service, I know this is back in 2007, but you may want to check it out anyway.
Top ten worst foods of 2009
Wash. man caught in HOV lane with unbuckled dummy

Will you end up supporting your parents? I think I got lucky. My mom is a savvy lady when it comes to money, she can support me instead.
Can you spend $800 a YEAR on food for a family of four?, I can't, please don't super-SIZE me.
Rich list hit by economic crisis, this sounds so bad.
WY Announces Wood Products Mill and Distribution Center Closures/Curtailments. The announcement will affect approximately 480 employees at nine locations.
Weyerhaeuser to lay off 19 at Longview mill, it's next to us.
Chrysler Canada issues plant closure warning
Seattle P-I to live another day....hurting...
Seattle awarded 2009 MLS Cup, "football" fever in the NW!
Immigrants' Children Look Closer for Love

Can't wait for the unedited version, let's see some teasers from this week.

Stewart hammers Cramer on 'The Daily Show'

Mar. 10th, Basic Cable Personality Clash Skirmish '09

Mar. 4th

In Cramer we trust

Moment of Zen, mad money

Thanks ET for this sweet video.

敗犬女王

Coulter, Maher spar at Radio City

Larry King 2/12/2009
Bill Maher on Rush Limbaugh Ann Coulter

Bill Maher on Michael Phelps, Factory farms, Stimulus package

Bill Maher on Bank bailout, Bush, Reagan, Sarah Palin

Microsoft slashes contract worker rates by 10 pct
Intel outsourcing some Atom manufacturing to TSMC
All Virgin Megastores in US to close by summer, do you shop at Virgin?
For laid off workers, so hard to e-mail goodbye
Hearst makes offers to staff for online-only P-I.. sad outlook...
Grandpa is ... browsing your Facebook page.. Yuck, grandpa...
Singapore-based Flextronics to cut workers, close facilities
Sony Pictures to cut nearly 350 jobs
United Technologies cutting 11,600 jobs, outlook
Fernandez carried off in Blazers' win over Lakers, oh Rudy!....
To Woo Travelers, Airlines Slash Fares.. really? More vacation times for us?
Losing A Job May Help You Find Yourself
What Will Happen to 'Slumdog Millionaire's' Child Stars?
Asian stocks mostly higher; HK up on HSBC rebound, go HSBC!

Trever Ariza's Flagrant Foul on Rudy Fernendez! | March 9, 2009

Beckham planning to buy MLS team; wow.. Maybe Portland?

'More bad news' on climate change
Dalai Lama renews autonomy call
Ann Coulter: Wasn't Bobby Jindal Great in 'Slumdog Millionaire?'
WWII internment camps part of park system
Portland near bottom of U.S. 'manliest' cities.. we are just highly sophicated bunch with expensive taste?
Daimler Trucks announces more job cuts
Portland’s horse racing track, Meadows owner seeks bankruptcy protection
Life at 60 for the Commonwealth
What's For Sale? Check Facebook
For Seals On Facebook, 'It's Complicated'
Beckham's Not Breaking Up With L.A. — Yet, shocking.. NOT.
D.C. Tech Chief Tapped for White House Slot
Sanford, Avera health systems not immune to recession
Japanese workers demand pay rise amid recession
Recession finds even those with jobs losing pay
Outside buyers drawn to Detroit's foreclosed homes, who lives in Detroit?
After 60 years Circuit City powers down, last day of Circuit City.
ID's Tamarack Resort closes; employees cut loose
German- owned home shopping retailer Freemans Grattan firm 'cutting 500 jobs'
UK's Principles' 2,300 staff face axe
Vedanta buying US copper company; well, others continue to have a piece of the USA.
Barbie emporium opens in Shanghai

McClatchy to slash 1,600 jobs, cut executives' pay
The 10 Major Newspapers That Will Either Fold or Go Digital Next; 6 and 9 !!
Newspaper Guild members at The Sacramento Bee agrees to pay cuts to minimize layoffs, yikes!

Quest Crew Wins

That makes this third season in a row that an all or mostly Asian American group has won America's Best Dance Crew -- JabbaWockeeZ, Sup3r Crew, and now Quest.

Happiness is a journey; not a destination. Enjoy the moments.
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
And dance like no one is watching.
-Author Unknown

Sickening...

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Modern Toilet, a new restaurant in Hong Kong is designed with stylish acrylic toilet seats. Copy Cat from Taiwan.

My butt freezing experience

After a disappointing blizzard at NWY12, my 1st day of the season was at Meadows. I started out easy with some laps on ButterCup. And then moved up to Daisy. It was a real powder day and I was up to my neck when I was drowned in the snow, having a swim.

Once I was warmed up at Daisy, I moved up to the Mt. Hood Express and rode the North Canyon to Eric's Corner to watch the racers.

I took a break for lunch and then rode "SHOW OFF" to display my heel side skill. That was my first black diamond of the season and I made it down with no trouble.

I am looking forward to another day at MT. HOOD.

Eugene, Ore. hospital to cut 70 more Oregon jobs
Tokyo-based shipping company "K" Line leaving Portland again
Parr Lumber to close 2 C. Oregon yards
UO student newspaper strike to end with agreement
MLB or MLS, both?..but where do we get $$ to get these pro teams in Oregon? Soccer bid on shaky ground
Mt. St. Helens: National Park Or National Monument? Both.
Jesus, Interrupted
Top 10 Green cities with EPA certified green building design, Seattle is 10.
Joe is having a huge sales? Ore.-based Joe's Sports files for Chapter 11
DOMTAR TO IDLE WOODLAND PULP MILL IN BAILEYVILLE, MAINE & cut 300 jobs

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, they were taping the show last nite in Salem!!! Going to Madison soon.. Richard, are you going?

Forbes's The Weekly Layoff Report: An Eerie Stillness
UK's Troubled ITV cuts jobs and costs
Workers clobbered by relentless layoffs
Hynix To Shut Down, the Eugene plant was shut down last year....wow, shocking...
Green Collar Jobs in OR.
Vancouver's Nautilus lays off 50 workers
Standard Chartered defies gloom
HSBC to cut more than 6,000 U.S. jobs
Europe's biggest bank, HSBC in £12.5bn fund raising plan
避談與朱麗倩婚事 強調仍單身 華仔不否定4月6日現身大馬
Top 10 Tech Companies That Pay Engineers The Most
Beware: Top ten worst foods of 2009
This was back in Jan., Germany's Qimonda Declares Bankruptcy
Top 10 Tech Companies That Pay Engineers The Most
CA's Memory chip maker Spansion files for bankruptcy
砍樹黨肆虐 西貢沉香「枝」橫遍野 光天化日屋後鋸 環團指瀕絕種
Unemployed besiege British zoo seeking summer jobs

Middlesex; I can ask Mia.
I will get this:
'How We Decide' by Jonah Lehrer
'He's Just Not That Into You', it is in my possession.
Learning to Stand Out Among the Standouts, an article in WSJ that exposed a bias against Asian Americans in college admissions. “Asian American students have higher average SAT scores than any other government-monitored ethnic group, and selective colleges routinely reject them in favor of African American, Hispanic and even white applicants with lower scores in order to have more diverse campuses and make up for past discrimination.”
NJ insurance workers' payout: $216M lottery win, sweet!
Foods People Love or Hate, I love 1,2,3,6; I "dislike" 4,7,8,9,10,11; neutral on 5.
Prince Charles named world's best dressed man
Some Oregon lawmakers looking to ban pit bulls, they are wrong, I have a Pit bull mix and she is a sweet heart.
Tata to bring Nano to Europe by 2011, would you want to drive NANO?
Passions Of The Brain, how we decide.
Can people unlearn their naked shame?
Coffee City: Caffeine is definitely a drug
Mills cut back after Oregon log prices hit rock bottom
Recalling America's Love Of Peanut Butter

Wow, what can I say?

"In the dangerous waste world, dilution is not the solution to pollution. Deactivation, neutralization or stabilization would work" - an engineer at work

Suck to be you, angry non Asian.

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Asians are taking over! (Southern California)
Reply to: pers-udn4y-1060995109@craigslist.org
Date: 2009-03-04, 8:09PM PST

Anyone read the LA Times article on the "White Flight"? For those of you that DONT live in Arcasia, Temple City, Rosemead, Alchanbra, Chan Gabriel or surrounding areas you have NO idea what its like to be here if you are ANYTHING other than Asian. I grew up in this area my whole life and you asian fucks come here and use your fucking opium money to buy our land, build a million fucking wedding shops and refuse to put signs up in ENGLISH! FUCK YOU! I get treated like shit EVERY FUCKING TIME I GO IN YOUR STORES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD! You shitbags come to our country to get away from your fucked up communist homeland and try to force us to adhere to your fucking shitty culture, way of life and fucking LANGUAGE! America is the only place where you can come to, NOT LEARN HOW TO DRIVE and PAY someone for your drivers license. I am getting tired of being behind you fucks! You drive 10 miles per hour in a 40 zone, cant even use your turn signals and just generally SUCK AT DRIVING! I'm also getting tired of seeing those fucking chink mansions getting built everywhere. Not only you destroy parts of American history they are just FUCKING UGLY! Here is the normal Chinese female in a nut shell. Family is rich from using the American system and sending money back home, fucking up our economy even more, little tiny ugly ass football of a dog that you don't even know how to take care of properly, you either drive a Lexus, BMW or Benz... wait... YOU CANT DRIVE! And you most likely live in a ugly ass huge fucking eyesore of a house and expect everyone non-Asian to lick your asshole. Not to mention NONE of you look decent, you all think that wearing Ed Hardy shit with no ass makes you popular or good looking. HA! Take your Asian welding masks, gloves and long sleeves off when you are outside, the sun isn't going to kill you, get some color. Oh wait, I forgot, that if you aren't pale and ugly everyone will think that you are a farmer.... My bad. I use to not be racist until I felt like I was black in the 40ies living here. What good do Chinese and Taiwanese bring to us? Nothing that I can think of... All you guys do is make fun of all non-Asians, fuck our economy up and treat the rest of us like shit in our OWN country! At least when the Mexicans come here most of them just want to work and raise a family with as little fuss as possible. Plus they have shared their culture with us, NOT FORCED IT ON US. I'm getting tired of being treated like shit in my own neighborhood, WE WERE HERE FIRST! QUIT TRYING TO FORCE US TO YOUR WAYS! If you DON'T LIKE US THEN MOVE BACK TO YOUR FUCKING HOMELAND! Oh and one more thing, HIRE AN ENGLISH SPEAKING AMERICAN TO SPELL CHECK YOUR SIGNAGE OR LEARN ENGLISH!

My 1st disappointing day of this season

BoringFish is bummed out. OverworkedFish got a floater day from the dungeon, got up way too early to go to White Pass with Joe & Manda & others. You may ask " where is White Pass" It is on HWY 12, part of the Cascades Mountain Range.

When we finally arrived from the epic journey, the mountain was in locked-down mode. With 80 miles wind gust and VERY low visibility, the lodge issued " out at your own risk" order. Some of us waited at the lodge for 2.5 hrs while others decided to hike to the top. Once they dreaded their frozen asses off the hill, we headed home.

While they were hiking, I decided to check out the snow castle children playround and I was beat by a 6 years old to see who could get to the top of the castle first. In the process, I was on my butt several times and without my hemlet and googles, I was blinded by the storm.

I just had a blizzard and it is not from Dairy Queen.

Weather report after the fact : Snoqualmie Pass reopened in both directions following snow closure

Funny Doggies

Bizkit, the Sleepwalking Dog @ Yahoo! Video

Dog Makes Friends With Duck @ Yahoo! Video

IT's official

I am a SPE, an aged grunt. Now, they can tell me to shut up and work, isn't it wonderful???

Death......

Chronicling The Death Of American Newspapers
Greenpeace Publishes Tissue, Toilet Paper Guide; Soft toilet paper hard on planet

Stock prices:
WY: 21.49;
IP: 4.92;
Domtar: 0.65!!!!

Maz Jobrani, Playing The 'Axis Of Evil' For Laughs

Hina-Matsuri

March 3rd is Hina-Matsuri, the Doll's Festival for girls. Picture from work counterpart in Japan.