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Meditations on Violence Part TwoDr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians interviews Sergeant Rory Miller, author of Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence published by YMAA Publication Center. This is part two of a three part interview. Rory Miller has been studying martial arts since 1981. Though he started in competitive martial sports, earning college varsities in judo and fencing, he found his martial “home

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Other travel: Florida to help my sister move/see her new place at the end of January. Portland and Rhode Island in December. … . but that’ll take ages before I nerve myself up to purchasing real estate)…

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Speaking of suburbs, land trusts in wealthy suburban communities like Cape Elizabeth, a blue-blooded coastal suburb of Portland, are more interested in preserving r … eal estate values than they are in providing real environmental benefits….

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The Best of 2008

I never knew the color green could be so intimidating.These modern-day Boston Celtics scare the living hell out of me. Out of all the teams in the league, they’re the most deadly serious. The Lakers are a young, affable, goofy bunch. In their own unique ways, Pau Gasol, Vladimir Radmonovic, Sasha Vujacic, Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum and even Jordan Farmar are all stupid, but likably so. You can tell they’re good, unthreatening guys.The Spurs are totally business-like and professional, but emana

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Celtics Need Intimidating Nickname

I’m not one for resolutions – or at least not of the New Year’s variety. If I did, I would probably confess during my third glass of champagne some kind of regret for not posting to this blog more frequently, but I’m going to try not to go there. I write when I feel like it, dammit, and I roped in some help so that I wouldn’t have to do it all by myself. I know that you have all enjoyed the fantastic entries by Mighty Toy Cannon in particular, as I have. (Happy New Year to you, MTC!)And while I

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Another quite useful feature is the list of similar and nearby hotels or deals (depends on the what kind of page you’re on) listing at the bottom of some pages. This factors in various criteria, but one thing for sure is that all of the …

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Portland pubs · Portland hotels · Stars of Track and Field at Doug Fir · Jens Lekman and Throw Me The Statue · Southern Mexico needs help · ► October (9). Happy Halloween! The Polar Fleece Hat Killer · Planning trips online: Yahoo! …

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Appreciator: A very Hulu Christmas

Our economic development strategies remain driven by real estate interests, and the public investment in sprawl results in strained city services stretched over a … Portland had no reason to become one of the country’s premier cities. In the Sixties, it was called a dump. It had little going for it. It didn’t have any natural assets….

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A New Year’s Resolution For A New Memphis

SINCE YOU WENT AWAY A YEAR AGO AT CHRISTMAS It’s the year end round-up yet again, and no, I’m not doing my list. Too many lists in this world. Why is mine going to stand out? That said, when asked to take part in a year-end feature by other venues, I must comply. The DVD Talk “best of” that I voted … Read the full post from Confessions of a Pop Fan - Jamie S. Rich Tags: Comic Books , best of lists , madman
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With the Portland Trail Blazers in a sticky situation over ownership, and the draft day quickly approaching this NBA franchise made a rather bold statement in dumping their General Manager John Nash. As the Portland Franchise will not renew his contract Kevin Pritchard, director of player personnel will act as Interim General Manager. Pritchard did have his contract renewed for the next season in a short news conference. Now it is up to this short-term gm to deal with the June 28th NBA draft.

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