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This is a mass human medical emergency. Sorry Mike, but these adults make the decision to ingest a substance that is known to, on occasion kill the user, no other person put a gun to their heads and under duress, demanded they do so. I see overdoses as the unfortunate byproduct of Adults looking to enjoy an escape, by means of a deadly drug, but by a choice they themselves make, far be it for me to tell them they can't. We in this state are allowed to grow and use marijuana, allow those above the age of twenty-one to purchase alcohol, and smoke or use other tobacco products, which destroy far more lives, at least in the case of booze, and cigarettes, and yet we then vilify the drugs of choice for others. Makes me understand why my parents and others while I was growing up, referred to any of these items as "Dope" if you weren't before their use, you might be after.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
"According to an email I received from Andrew Marcus, interim dean..." Are you one of the tenured professors who don't teach enough classes now, or are you one of the non-tenured professor whose contract is finished? The university is merely shifting some of those 300 classes back to the tenured professors who will be paid regardless of how small their class load is currently.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The cost is probably driven by the need for a ergonomically designed left-hand leash. I'm glad they got the dog back. Too bad they didn't collar the suspect.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chilling reality. It reminds me of how the political discourse is done in code. "Free small business from red tape" sounds great when candidates say it, and we generally all approve. This this is what it means at the far end. We make these choices.	0.166667	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oh, it's up to schools to teach honesty, integrity and work ethic? What if the parents are lying, thieving drug users who prefer to collect government aid over working? We don't want to step on any toes, now do we? And pizza and hamburger gravy? Obesity is rampant in our culture. Eating vegetables won't harm the kids, even if it was Michele's idea.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This is terrible! How else will I know where to buy my knockoff Yves Saint Laurent handbags and the most important tips for flattening my belly fat?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jade, it was Poling's house. Nude lasses if I recall. This Beaverton ordinance probably will not fly if it is challenged. Something about these Constitutional rights of assembly, free speech, etc	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
I am an uncivil stinker. I even think I am unworthy.	0.4	0	0.1	0	0.3	0	0
No, Mr. Trump is not diverse. A single individual can't be diverse. Diversity is about collections or groups of people, the more diverse when they include more genders, types, backgrounds, ages, etc., and the less diverse when they are more uniform in the same factors. And I'll help you out with why the "honor diversity" crowd doesn't like Trump. I honor diversity and I really object to what Mr. Trump has said in public about Mexicans, Muslims, women, blacks, handicapped, and so on. I don't hate him, but I do seriously object to his candidacy for president of this country. I can't speak for others. Furthermore, hating an individual can't be bigotry. Bigotry is about hating groups and collections of people for their characteristics, gender, background, color, religion, preferences, age, etc. Disliking a person, even hating that person, for what he or she says, believes, or does, rather than that person's classification, is not bigotry.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0.2	0
The event is not Free. Individual event ticket - cost $8 or $5 member. Series Pass - Cost $20 or $12 member. (3 part series)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Golden was a cool guy. Really good review...captures the book well.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A lot of poor and homeless people spend time in dumpsters looking for food to eat. If he was in that wretched a situation, he could have easily been in very bad health. Not unusual for a 56 yr old man to die from a heart attack.	0.166667	0	0	0.166667	0	0	0
Poling, by George! My apology to Brown. I don't think that constitutional rights and free speech apply to others once one reaches a certain level of government service or income and has the sway to make them stop - but I hope you are right.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
When you break the law you can expect consequences. It's easy to brave and defiant until they arrest you. Then the whining starts.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Texsi Hoover is a beloved soul and friend to many in our community. There are many organizations he counted on for support, and for folks that care, I would suggest making a donation to them in his honor: Catholic Community Services, Egan Warming Center, St. Vincent DePaul's Service Station, and Food for Lane County among many others. A service for him will be held later in the month, and there will be an obituary with details in an upcoming issue of the Register Guard. May peace be with Texsi, Joseph, Rachel and all the other folks in our community whose lives have been cut far too short.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
That's just not true, Richard. Any bridge will, by necessity, include access points and potentially other elements that are necessary to have the bridge work for Oregon and the City. The City can and should participate. You make it sound like it is literally impossible for them to participate or have a voice.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
there were supposed to be lol's following those questions Motley. I was joking around but who in the heck would know that since I wasn't more careful. Biases? I don't know what specific you're referring too but in this case, w/this comment, I was trying for a laugh. l2g	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bummer even though I am a Husky fan I always enjoyed watching her play and was looking forward to seeing her in the Pac-12 tournament	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
So it's 4 acres worth a million per acre, that's 4 million. they paid 5.2 million for it....another fine example of public stewardship of our money.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
That's the same price the Springfield Police Department put on a K9 when the Linn County Dog Show people donated to replace one of their dogs a couple of days ago on KVAL. Do you have a special source of trained K-9 dogs where the military and the police can go to get one for free - or even for less than $10,000? Please share your source so the taxpayers can take advantage of your extensive knowledge and expertise on this subject.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Personally, if the driver was distracted by using his cell phone while driving, felony charges would be okey-dokey with me.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Probably just out for a quick spin. My dog used to do that all the time.	0.1	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Doesn't no body see this repeated thing going on? I get on fb and see atleast four new post EVERYDAY of finding dead bodies around town, and almost all of them are homeless people. Their obviously dying due to cold weather, sickness, dirtiness and hunger. Oregon needs to do something because I think it's getting out of control on all these dead homeless bodies being found. Their dying becuz this town can't even have enough respect for these homeless people to let them have a damn tent. Ohh but well let you lay on the cold ass concrete before well let you post up with a tent that is somewhat warm and dry. Yes they leave unbelievable nasty messes of garbage and what not but, maybe if they set boundaries and let the homeless know to pick up after them selves they'll be less problems with them camping out anywhere. That's the only reason the state won't allow them to camp out. This is getting sickening. Eugene needs to see it.	0.2	0	0.2	0	0.1	0	0.1
In 2005 it probably did appraise for that. You do recall a little thing like the 2007-8 Recession where all land value tanked, don't you? Or was that before your time?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
...hold your peace, old salt.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A 2007 Unanimous US Supreme Court decision said that a 35 foot Planned Parenthood 'buffer zone' in Massachusetts violated the First Amendment. McCullen v. Coakley The court ruled that buffer zones around abortion clinics in Massachusetts violated the First Amendment. "Chief Justice Roberts said the state’s concerns could be addressed in other ways, including through laws concerning harassment, intimidation and obstruction. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined the majority opinion."	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Well, the Comments section of the new Register Guard Tabloid has to be "Civil"; the Entertainment section is permitted to further lower societal standards of 'reportage' as long as it sells 'clicks' or newsprint advertising. "We've already established what you are; now we're just negotiating your price."	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newsflash for Irene: Folks could not care less what Trump says. They will vote for him based on what he'll do if he gets elected. Informed Americans are sick and tired of corrupt, lying politicians like the Clintons. My advice to you is prepare for Bill & Hill to get fully vetted by Donald Trump in front of the entire country this summer. P.S. - Did I mention that Donald Trump is the epitome of diversity? Way more diverse than Rubio, Hillary or Obama.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
There are three kinds of data: - unstructured data, - manually structured unstructured data, - automatically structured unstructured data (I discovered and patented know-how). The first are texts, images, signs, which can be seen, read and understood. The second is the content of traditional SQL databases, patterns of disassembled manually unstructured data, which may be read and understood, and searchable by SQL. The third is disassembled on patterns unstructured data, which CANNOT be read and understood, and is searchable by expanded by synonyms queries' true meanings. The patterns and queries for the third are artificially constructed, based on them original data an queries cannot be restored, even if one knows the algorithm how it was done in all details. How automatically structured unstructured data can be utilized? For searching purposes only: it has 100% its original source data patterns, plus statistics on them (their importance, mined from the data itself).	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This is an architecturally significant building and the U has a huge and expanding architecture school: it's a heck of a lot cheaper to use this than keep building new stuff. And the new stuff on campus sucks, architecturally.	0.166667	0.015152	0.045455	0	0.136364	0	0
Are the cell phone distractees more serious than those fondling their dogs, doing their makeup, shaving, eating their meals or reading their books or newspapers? I have personally seen every one of those on more than one occasion, although cell phone useage is far the most common for the last few years.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
So, Ms. Ricci, you weren't "embarrassed" by W's two ridiculous and costly wars, Katrina, his melting down of the economy? Okay, we welcome you to the saner side of politics, better late...	0.8	0	0	0	0.8	0	0
And about 3-4 years from now, we can all watch as the Legislature then appropriates additional taxpayer money to support this boondoggle because of 'unforseen' costs and expenses. Anyone want to bet money on that one? I'll consider giving odds if the stakes are high enough.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I'll take a stab at why this isn't happening anytime soon: the architects promised VERY FORCEFULLY an extremely high-efficiency building: the promised energy savings were a major selling point for the tiny and hideously expensive proposal. But, since the plans show a Jaqua-like glass box (word has it that the heating/cooling bills for that unimaginative cube hit stratospheric levels…), the promises cannot be fulfilled: glass that is efficient (far from that of a well-insulated wall, however) would consume the budget of a Croesus. So, the only available solution is to go WAY over budget (and it's already been upped a couple of million) or seriously downsize the facility. Responsible citizens, of course, could demand the Mayor and Manager appear in a public forum and answer questions about this massive project that appears seriously to be going off the rails. But we all know this ain't a gonna happen. Heck, even if it did, our "democratic" officials would just ignore us, in the end.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Please do sell the old building. It's not a good example a first impression for Eugene or the U of O. If not, please make it possible to park there for Matthew Knight Arena events.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Definitely the Gig or Contract-Labor model has taken over Portland. This allows corps to very stealthily or overtly discriminate at will, as well as pressure employees to work unpaid overtime without saying anything and "blacklisting" HR software. Just walk into a tech or any corp place and start counting these groups (or absence): Over-40, Plus-sized (more like USA Average sized), Genders, and Physical Beauty. Portland has become NOT the place "to be" over-35, the Contract-Labor model is pretty cruel to them, and it's hard to support kids & a mortgage on very unstable tech-jobs.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
why stop here if we're going to act like social parasitic thieves and establish taxation without representation? Let's start taxing every American coming into Oregon.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
"Not in lieu of termination." However, it was after an investigation had begun. This from those sworn to protect and to serve? Serve… whom, exactly?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
What I didn't see in any of their cash discussion is an allowance for taxes. I doubt they are operating tax free.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The suggestion to raise the legal age to purchase, possess or use tobacco to 21 in Lane County is, in my opinion, simply a bit of ineffectual political grandstanding. Commissioner Bozievich attempts to make the case that raising the age from 18 to 21 will be a deterrent to young people ages 18 to 21 and decrease the number of new smokers. This is a baseless argument. First, Mr. Bozievich tells us he started smoking at age 15. I'm guessing whatever state he lived in at age 15 did not allow him to legally purchase, possess and use tobacco. So that law (again assuming it was in place) had no deterrent effect on him. He is a personal argument against his contention. Additionally, in the Winter edition of the "Eugene" quarterly magazine, Smoke Free Oregon runs a full page anti-smoking ad. It states in large latters "90% OF SMOKERS STARTED BEFORE AGE 18." Raising the age from 18 to 21 will have absolutely no impact on this 90% additional statement in "reply"	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
that's a very sad thought. and true, a lifetime of "hard luck" can make one old very early.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The tourism tax already does that if you stay in a motel or campground. In fact you don't have to be an American to get taxed. That's the point; tax the other guy who can't vote us out of office.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
With this kind of leadership in the Sheriff's office in Bend and the 'kick 'em 'til they're down' Oregon State Police Captain also in Bend, I wonder what the City Police are like?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thank you for asking, Mr. Balderas--- and welcome to our wonderful comunidad! 1. There is a history of musical chairs among principals; my daughter had three different ones in as many years at Edison. The same thing is occurring at Roosevelt and South. This is toxic; it destroys cohesion. Is that what upper administration wants? 2. Ask parents AND students for their opinions. They are the affected ones. And----- let's follow the advice. Often, teachers, students, and parents agree. The key flaw of your failed predecessor was his habitual ignoring of those voices. 3. Do whatever possible to lessen mandatory standardized testing. Kids are not game show contestants. By teaching to tests, which is what any teacher with an eye towards continuing on in the profession must do at present, we destroy what is necessary for true learning: enthusiasm for learning and imagination. 4. Homework: In spite of many studies showing ineffectiveness, students in 4-J continue to be loaded up. Why?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Short finishing statement: If the Board of Commissioners or any legislative body actually wishes to take action to decrease smoking it's not that difficult. Smoking tobacco is more addictive than smoking marijuana and proven to be much more of a public health threat. So let's follow the recently adopted Oregon Pot Law for tobacco. Let's prohibit the smoking of tobacco is ALL public places. Like pot, let's allow it only in the privacy of private residences.......no public smoking, no public second-hand smoke issues, and a very strong deterrent impact on tobacco use. I guarantee no legislators, at any level, have the guts to propose such a law. Instead, they're more likely to discuss ineffectual, eye-wash, feel good ideas which do very little, if anything, to address the problem.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yeats needed a reality check: the best lacking all conviction is oxymoron-ish.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The roads would be empty, especially after 9 p. m.	0	0	0.166667	0.166667	0	0	0.166667
It's sad to believe that there are voters who actually support Trump because of those very troubling actions, views and statements. The seem to want to have a President who embodies the personal values and the style of "reality TV." To me that's a very sad state of affairs.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
Kudos to Diane for getting such a telling quote from Schill: "...I"ll probably grab onto it like a dog on an ankle". I really do wonder whether the UO is in much worse financial shape now than Schill thought it would be when he first took the job. It almost sounds like he is digging for cash under every couch cushion; but a fire sale of these properties is not prudent. I'm guessing that a call for major financial assistance from the UO's biggest benefactor, Phil Knight, is imminent. It's a bad sign, too, that the UO Architecture School, given its fine academic reputation, could not get raise enough matching funds for a new building. That, plus the nearly 5 percent tuition hike and that the university's goal of raising 2 billion for its endowment is still short by about 55 percent two years into the fundraising campaign all seem like strong headwinds. I think this means, unfortunately, more unpopular cuts of programs, faculty, and staff are likely over the next couple of years.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The stats you reference include public sector wages, where as the article names private sector wages. "% higher than" clearly means just that. If the article had said "100% higher than", would you have said "So the average annual income is about $45,000. 100 percent of 45,000 is about $45,000".	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I really doubt that it appraised for that much in 2005. Property values have recovered everything that they lost in the recession, and quite a bit more in some instances. It was either an insider sweetheart deal or else they foolishly paid something extra for the value of the building which anyone could see, then or now, has no value and will be a teardown if anyone buys that property.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This highlights the ridiculousness of the efforts towards making Eugene a tech hub. First off, it's too small of a city, second off, every city is a tech hub. We'll forever be a Single A feeder team in an increasingly transient tech industry.	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
Moderate republican? No such thing.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I still feel Eugene needs a "City Manager's Question Time" that mimics "Prime Minister's Question Time" that Great Britain has. Once a week or once a month, a group, made up of city councilors and residents, gathers and gets to ask the person who (hopefully) knows what is going in the city and where the money is going. This "weak Mayor- strong City Manager" type government has some limitations. I have a hunch the City Council would like such a question time, at least when they have questions as to the new city hall. Hugh Massengill, Eugene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Well now where am I supposed to park!! The Romania lot was supposed to replace parking lost to the construction of the new dorm which the U of O needs for all the freshman to live on campus by 2017 and will also work out well for the athletes in 2021.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welcome to Springfield. Feel free to sample the different ambiance in Eugene without having to pay the extra money by living there.	0.166667	0	0	0	0	0	0
You're right of course guestsquared, I should move on to something better. It's a depressing job market, and a lot of us are just hanging where we are because we are demoralized. That's my own fault. But my moving on still leaves the larger problem, which is that my coworkers are good grownup workers too. They deserve a low living wage. There's no reason for my employer to pay more when they can get good solid people for a kid's wage. But society pays when people like me have health or housing issues. Taxpayers are subsidizing low wage employers. And low wage jobs are often the very ones that keep society flowing. Our jobs don't seem important, but if we all disappeared things would come to a halt pretty quickly I think. Little people are contributing, and they should be able to rent an apartment and pay their bills. Not a fancy life, just the basics. An adult working full time should pay their own way, and not need government charity.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Agreed.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
"they are channeling the increased hotel tax revenue into the budget of the state’s tourism marketing agency, Travel Oregon, and broadening the agency’s mission to allow it to fund projects not related to marketing." There you go, the bait and switch tactics of Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Per Property Shark, who values such things for a living, 2020 Franklin Blvd has a 2014 Property value of $4,889,397 and a building value of $2,062,334 for a total Market value of $6,951,731. What is your source and time of appraisal?	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0	0.166667
Quack!!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All of those are just as dangerous as drunk driving and should be treated comparably. Of course that brings us to the fact that Oregon doesn't take drunk driving seriously, which partly explains why we have double the national average of alcohol-related deaths. Driving a motor vehicle isn't a game. It's a serious activity that can end lives if done poorly. We need to raise our game so that Americans don't have a fifty percent probability of being maimed by a motorist over the course of a lifetime. Unfortunately, we're going the other way in Oregon with highway deaths up by over a third over the past two years. Are we stupid, or do we just not care about human life any more?	0.6	0.1	0.2	0	0.5	0	0
What the heck does a private track event have to do with our state budget? Someone, please explain!	0.3	0	0.2	0	0.1	0	0
There may be no choices if we keep delaying the necessary changes. And there may also be a drastic reduction in ALL populations, including humans.	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0
I think you may be on to it. Any building that is going to have a low carbon footprint, including embedded and operational costs, has to be very careful in the placement, type and materials used for windows. Or ... use exterior shutters. -- Paul Accredited Earth Advantage Sustainable Homes Professional	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I see. I have always found percentage confusing when used in such constructions. From your comment, I suspect that you interpret 126% higher to mean that the tech wage is 226 percent of the average wage. So Y is X % higher than Z means Y= ((X+100)/100)Z. Is this what you mean? So 45K 2.26 = 102K, which is close to what the reporter gave as the average tech salary. All this is well and good. But my essential point was that I do not believe the given average tech salary for a minute. Having worked in tech all my life, the manufacturing operators and such who comprise so many of the tech workers tend to earn about 15-20/hour, far less than 105K/year. It may be that the average tech salary is inflated by the incomes of the extremely rich company owners. Perhaps the reporter should give the median tech income to tell us what the typical tech workers make.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Global warming IS happening- but even if it wasn't our natural environment is becoming so toxic, water is unfit to drink, air unfit to breath and our resources are being consumed and contaminated faster than the biosphere can repair and restore them. Our human population is estimated to reach nine billion by 2050 if ecosystems don't crash before then, which will put even more stresses on our natural systems of which all life and economies depend. There are several reasons to transition off of dirty fossil fools and NO reason to continue on the path of destruction. The hoax is from the fossil fool industry executives whose sickness and greed clouds sensible and common sense logic.	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
I won't hold my nose when I vote for Trump, like you will when you vote for Hillary. I'm not married to a political party.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thank you Otto. You've been a solid voice for reason, which (of course) is anathema to our Mayor and City Manager. Now ... time to catch up with similar craziness being carried out by Oakleigh Meadow Co-housing, city planners and the Eugene Planning Commission. Read the LUBA appeal briefs posted at: http://trusttheneighbors.org/oakleigh-meadows-pud-appeal Paul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
garycrum’s definition of “troll” …….. anyone who disagrees with his narrative. He despises the use of labels …… except when he does it. Very uncivil.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
I think the dollar value ascribed to the dog is rather arbitrary unless it was purchased fully trained from a vendor of such dogs who in open competition are able to charge that much for their dogs. Since it is a government purchase, there is little guarantee that cost effective purchasing was employed or that the dog would fetch such a high price on a non-governmental market. Moreover, does the dog actually provide value commensurate with that valuation.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
If it is a law in Oregon, then it should be better enforced and advertised.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Such hyperbole. I fear for Irene. Apparently, she buys into media manipulation hook line and sinker.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This is, in my opinion, a very sensible ruling. If reviews are to have any meaning, they must allow both positive and negative comments. Positive comments will likely help business, negative comments will likely hurt it. I would suggest business owners, instead of trying to sue people into silence, might look at those negative reviews and work to improve their services.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This 20 page opinion is a real example of legal hair splitting. The Supreme Court acknowledges that libel is actionable per se (without money damage or special harm) if false information is published in a written form (like this site). They then wander off to the Supreme Court and 9th Circuit opinions and decide that in spite of all that, basically that “two-faced,” “crooked” and “rude.” were not 'provably false' and based on all the facts and circumstances, protected by the 1st Amendment, in the facts of this case. This is going to make such lawsuits even more unpredictable than they already were, in my opinion.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
Yeah, I am with you on both fronts. The phrasing of "X% higher than" is poor usage, and that tech rates seems very high. I've worked some with the State's contract for temp tech services, which has wages set by market rates, and unless everyone in the tech industry is performing at the top tier of various specialties, I don't see the $126k average being anywhere close to right.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I, too, agree with the result and the beneficial effect ensuring honest opinions can't be used against those holding those opinions. The reliance on the specific facts of each case to determine the outcome, especially where, in a civil suit like this, the Circuit Court Judge is the one deciding what those facts are on a motion to dismiss, fosters a lack of certainty as to what the law actually is.	0.2	0.2	0.2	0	0	0	0
I'm just glad he's okay. It was so hard to see this kid lying in the road and his bike pretty much under the truck :(. I didn't want to drop of my daughter and it took me a little bit to compose myself. I pulled over and cried and prayed that kid was okay. It's always been one of my biggest fears with my kids. People always whizz past that corner so fast. Thank God he's okay.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
"Police said the dog is worth more than $10,000." And I just watch the Springfield officer who said that on KVAL. He is also the one who said that's what it will cost to replace the Springfield K9. You are bloviating without anything but an opinion and a bias against 'government'. Here are the Training costs only at the first site I just found: This is to train a 28 month old dog #1a Basic PATROL & NARCOTICS $13,680 * #1b Basic PATROL ONLY $13,180* #1c Basic NARCOTICS ONLY $11,110* #1d Basic PATROL & EXPLOSIVE $22,180* #1e Basic EXPLOSIVE ONLY $16,180* K9 International will sell you a basic trained patrol dog. ly Trained and Certified Patrol K9: * Obedience, Control and Agility * Searches, Open and Building, Man-trailing, evidence recovery * Criminal Apprehension, and Non-compliance * Handler Protection, Public Ordinance and Assault prevention Pricing Starts at: $11,500.00 If you want narcotics or other things it costs more.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
You can almost understand why Eugenics was so popular in Oregon and the rest of the world for so long.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The budget for this thing isn't over yet. Ruiz has been playing the scam of just asking for a little bit more at intervals so that no one really knows how much the whole thing costs. I've never seen a city manager who is either as dishonest or as incompetent as Jon Ruiz, or both. What a disaster he has been for our city. It will take decades to undo the damage he has wrought.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
First you said it used to be worth that but not now, then you say it's worth much more....do you even have a point or you just like being argumentative? I'm sure some website knows the values better than a local consultant. The building is worth nothing, I guarantee whoever buys the property will demolish it.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
If 310 students and parents believe that the school you are running or teaching in is inferior enough to haul their kids to the other schools, maybe it is time to wonder if they are right and actually do something about it if they are. This has been a policy for forty years, started about when educator Wiles was 3 years old. Maybe her 'peace curriculum' class needs to be replaced with something those 310 students think they are getting at South, Churchill, or Sheldon that they aren't getting at North. Her race card may or may not be justified. Does 4J track student movements by race? If so, what are those results?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
They don't lead the healthiest lifestyles. Drugs and alcohol DO kill people. I know everyone from the street level to city hall like to drink their drinks.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
mary, if people weren't supporting these buffoons they wouldn't be an issue. this is a deeper, moral crisis for our people. something is wrong here....	0.3	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
"Bemoans" is a very belittling headline to use for a serious discussion of race and equity in our city.	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0
Again an opinion based on nothing. I've provided information; you have provided hot air. Property Shark's website alleges that they are nationwide and provide information to over 300 real estate companies. They have offices in New York, San Diego, LA, Boston etc. Here's the link: http://www.propertyshark.com/mason/ What is your source of information? The $1million per acre figure came from the article as did the sales price in 2005 and 2007. I have provided an independent 2014 valuation that you denigrate only because it doesn't match your anti-government bias.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
This site, the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Oregon figures much less than $126K for most Computer occupations in May 2014. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_or.htm#15-0000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
As a Camas Ridge/Harris/Parker and an Edison parent, I will reiterate all (most) of these points. Elementary schools require consistency in principles. Please do not follow your predecessors model of creating elem schools of 300-500 plus students. Short term bosses never lead with long term goals. We are suffering huge class sizes, because these larger systems cannot accommodate changes like you can with smaller schools. I may not agree with the testing issue, I think new testing is good (forces teachers to at least teach more to basics) but I do believe that 4-6 days of testing is well beyond OK. A full day of each subject should be adequate to assess. And yes, outdated teaching curriculums are a big problem in that kids are sent home to write their vocabulary words in cursive 10 times. We are well past this. AND, I urge you to please visit Camas Ridge Art Walk night to see what project based learning can achieve, even in a school that is overcrowded and underfunded. Thanks!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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I would feel worse about it, but this is a story of a privileged male just now realizing that there is still gender discrimination! I'm sorry you lost your dream job. Join the club. I gave up the career i loved after 13 years of being told i couldn't be promoted because I don't have a penis nor "know my place as a woman." Every woman you know has lost a dream job. To a man. So because one man lost his, and FINALLY realized things aren't equal, we should what? Parade? Protest? Weep?	0.3	0	0	0	0.1	0.2	0.5
@motleycrew: You're right when you say that it is time to wonder about the differences between schools, and to do something about it. But you've missed the point beyond that. This "School Choice" policy become a self-enforcing cycle: as attendance drops at a school, funding and staffing follow shortly there-after. As staff are lost and the remaining teachers are stretched even thinner the school struggles to provide the same programs as other schools. (Note that I saw this first-hand as music and other elective programs became harder and harder to enroll in during my 4 years at North). The lack of those programs encourage more families to request that their students be transferred to a different school. It's natural for those families to want the best education for their children, and they can't be blamed for this. But here's the problem: It should surprise exactly no one that this option to transfer to a different school is over-overwhelmingly taken by more affluent families who ...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
...(continued) have the time and resources to take their students to a school all the way across town. It creates a cycle where as more affluent students transfer to different high schools that are growing and adding staff, we see that less affluent students are stuck in a school that shrinks and suffers. When you talk about what "those 310 students think they are getting at South, Churchill, or Sheldon that they aren't getting at North", you seem to think it's some innate quality that those schools have, which North does not. It is not. It is funding. And it is caused by the exodus of students that the "School Choice" policy allows. And there is a way to address this problem: By deciding, as organizations often do, that the rules of the past simply do not have the effects that we need today. -Truman Cranor North Eugene High School, Class of 2011 Stanford University, Class of 2015 Lecturer in Computer Science, Stanford University	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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You are sidestepping the question by changing the subject. The letter is about Bowers. The question is: If we believe a person is innocent until proven guilty as a principle of this nation, did Bowers make an accurate statement that Clinton is a criminal? If you can't or don't want to answer that question, I understand.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interesting, thanks! I sometimes post a review that is not flattering to the provider. I also post positive reviews. If negative, I stick to slow service, 20 minutes to get water, the entree was cold and the salad wilted. I've used opinion as well. I find this opinion curious in that Liles called Carol "crooked", implying (to me) that she's not to be trusted - I'd think that is disprovable and could be libel. Interesting. Bottom line: the Internet is a powerful tool that people can and wil use to comment on a business transaction.	0.166667	0	0	0	0.166667	0	0
I agree that immigrants who are required to take a test for citizenship are often more informed about our history and politics than many high school graduates. You might like what Brennan has to say, though his reviews on Amazon are pretty poor. http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html I have been working to understand logical fallacies. I use these forums to develop my knowledge. That is hardly covered at all in high school. http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I had trouble with the 'crooked' comment, too. When I intentionally malign someone for service, I go with the same factual things you use but also throw in opinions. "The waiter was surly, yet slow." 20 minutes is factual; surly and slow are value judgements-opinions. "Slow" for an Oregonian may not be slow for a Parisian or a Spaniard, for example.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
What an amazing opportunity for these young minds to explore such a valuable field as engineering. It is inspiring to know that we have such committed teachers, like Mrs. Calkins, that would put in the time and energy needed to make this happen for them. Best of luck at the competition this May!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
When I was a pup, a fair number of those fallacies were actually covered in a Debate class at Springfield High School. I'm not sure whether that subject is even taught in High School today. My bias is that it has probably been replaced with some 'self-actualization' subject or another, but that is just a bias with no factual basis.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

This is a mass human medical emergency. Sorry Mike, but these adults make the decision to ingest a substance that is known to, on occasion kill the user, no other person put a gun to their heads and under duress, demanded they do so. I see overdoses as the unfortunate byproduct of Adults looking to enjoy an escape, by means of a deadly drug, but by a choice they themselves make, far be it for me to tell them they can't. We in this state are allowed to grow and use marijuana, allow those above the age of twenty-one to purchase alcohol, and smoke or use other tobacco products, which destroy far more lives, at least in the case of booze, and cigarettes, and yet we then vilify the drugs of choice for others. Makes me understand why my parents and others while I was growing up, referred to any of these items as "Dope" if you weren't before their use, you might be after.

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"According to an email I received from Andrew Marcus, interim dean..." Are you one of the tenured professors who don't teach enough classes now, or are you one of the non-tenured professor whose contract is finished? The university is merely shifting some of those 300 classes back to the tenured professors who will be paid regardless of how small their class load is currently.

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The cost is probably driven by the need for a ergonomically designed left-hand leash. I'm glad they got the dog back. Too bad they didn't collar the suspect.

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Chilling reality. It reminds me of how the political discourse is done in code. "Free small business from red tape" sounds great when candidates say it, and we generally all approve. This this is what it means at the far end. We make these choices.

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Oh, it's up to schools to teach honesty, integrity and work ethic? What if the parents are lying, thieving drug users who prefer to collect government aid over working? We don't want to step on any toes, now do we? And pizza and hamburger gravy? Obesity is rampant in our culture. Eating vegetables won't harm the kids, even if it was Michele's idea.

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This is terrible! How else will I know where to buy my knockoff Yves Saint Laurent handbags and the most important tips for flattening my belly fat?

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Jade, it was Poling's house. Nude lasses if I recall. This Beaverton ordinance probably will not fly if it is challenged. Something about these Constitutional rights of assembly, free speech, etc

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I am an uncivil stinker. I even think I am unworthy.

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No, Mr. Trump is not diverse. A single individual can't be diverse. Diversity is about collections or groups of people, the more diverse when they include more genders, types, backgrounds, ages, etc., and the less diverse when they are more uniform in the same factors. And I'll help you out with why the "honor diversity" crowd doesn't like Trump. I honor diversity and I really object to what Mr. Trump has said in public about Mexicans, Muslims, women, blacks, handicapped, and so on. I don't hate him, but I do seriously object to his candidacy for president of this country. I can't speak for others. Furthermore, hating an individual can't be bigotry. Bigotry is about hating groups and collections of people for their characteristics, gender, background, color, religion, preferences, age, etc. Disliking a person, even hating that person, for what he or she says, believes, or does, rather than that person's classification, is not bigotry.

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The event is not Free. Individual event ticket - cost $8 or $5 member. Series Pass - Cost $20 or $12 member. (3 part series)

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Golden was a cool guy. Really good review...captures the book well.

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A lot of poor and homeless people spend time in dumpsters looking for food to eat. If he was in that wretched a situation, he could have easily been in very bad health. Not unusual for a 56 yr old man to die from a heart attack.

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Poling, by George! My apology to Brown. I don't think that constitutional rights and free speech apply to others once one reaches a certain level of government service or income and has the sway to make them stop - but I hope you are right.

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When you break the law you can expect consequences. It's easy to brave and defiant until they arrest you. Then the whining starts.

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Texsi Hoover is a beloved soul and friend to many in our community. There are many organizations he counted on for support, and for folks that care, I would suggest making a donation to them in his honor: Catholic Community Services, Egan Warming Center, St. Vincent DePaul's Service Station, and Food for Lane County among many others. A service for him will be held later in the month, and there will be an obituary with details in an upcoming issue of the Register Guard. May peace be with Texsi, Joseph, Rachel and all the other folks in our community whose lives have been cut far too short.

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That's just not true, Richard. Any bridge will, by necessity, include access points and potentially other elements that are necessary to have the bridge work for Oregon and the City. The City can and should participate. You make it sound like it is literally impossible for them to participate or have a voice.

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there were supposed to be lol's following those questions Motley. I was joking around but who in the heck would know that since I wasn't more careful. Biases? I don't know what specific you're referring too but in this case, w/this comment, I was trying for a laugh. l2g

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Bummer even though I am a Husky fan I always enjoyed watching her play and was looking forward to seeing her in the Pac-12 tournament

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So it's 4 acres worth a million per acre, that's 4 million. they paid 5.2 million for it....another fine example of public stewardship of our money.

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That's the same price the Springfield Police Department put on a K9 when the Linn County Dog Show people donated to replace one of their dogs a couple of days ago on KVAL. Do you have a special source of trained K-9 dogs where the military and the police can go to get one for free - or even for less than $10,000? Please share your source so the taxpayers can take advantage of your extensive knowledge and expertise on this subject.

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Personally, if the driver was distracted by using his cell phone while driving, felony charges would be okey-dokey with me.

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Probably just out for a quick spin. My dog used to do that all the time.

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Doesn't no body see this repeated thing going on? I get on fb and see atleast four new post EVERYDAY of finding dead bodies around town, and almost all of them are homeless people. Their obviously dying due to cold weather, sickness, dirtiness and hunger. Oregon needs to do something because I think it's getting out of control on all these dead homeless bodies being found. Their dying becuz this town can't even have enough respect for these homeless people to let them have a damn tent. Ohh but well let you lay on the cold ass concrete before well let you post up with a tent that is somewhat warm and dry. Yes they leave unbelievable nasty messes of garbage and what not but, maybe if they set boundaries and let the homeless know to pick up after them selves they'll be less problems with them camping out anywhere. That's the only reason the state won't allow them to camp out. This is getting sickening. Eugene needs to see it.

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In 2005 it probably did appraise for that. You do recall a little thing like the 2007-8 Recession where all land value tanked, don't you? Or was that before your time?

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...hold your peace, old salt.

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A 2007 Unanimous US Supreme Court decision said that a 35 foot Planned Parenthood 'buffer zone' in Massachusetts violated the First Amendment. McCullen v. Coakley The court ruled that buffer zones around abortion clinics in Massachusetts violated the First Amendment. "Chief Justice Roberts said the state’s concerns could be addressed in other ways, including through laws concerning harassment, intimidation and obstruction. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined the majority opinion."

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Well, the Comments section of the new Register Guard Tabloid has to be "Civil"; the Entertainment section is permitted to further lower societal standards of 'reportage' as long as it sells 'clicks' or newsprint advertising. "We've already established what you are; now we're just negotiating your price."

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Newsflash for Irene: Folks could not care less what Trump says. They will vote for him based on what he'll do if he gets elected. Informed Americans are sick and tired of corrupt, lying politicians like the Clintons. My advice to you is prepare for Bill & Hill to get fully vetted by Donald Trump in front of the entire country this summer. P.S. - Did I mention that Donald Trump is the epitome of diversity? Way more diverse than Rubio, Hillary or Obama.

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There are three kinds of data: - unstructured data, - manually structured unstructured data, - automatically structured unstructured data (I discovered and patented know-how). The first are texts, images, signs, which can be seen, read and understood. The second is the content of traditional SQL databases, patterns of disassembled manually unstructured data, which may be read and understood, and searchable by SQL. The third is disassembled on patterns unstructured data, which CANNOT be read and understood, and is searchable by expanded by synonyms queries' true meanings. The patterns and queries for the third are artificially constructed, based on them original data an queries cannot be restored, even if one knows the algorithm how it was done in all details. How automatically structured unstructured data can be utilized? For searching purposes only: it has 100% its original source data patterns, plus statistics on them (their importance, mined from the data itself).

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This is an architecturally significant building and the U has a huge and expanding architecture school: it's a heck of a lot cheaper to use this than keep building new stuff. And the new stuff on campus sucks, architecturally.

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Are the cell phone distractees more serious than those fondling their dogs, doing their makeup, shaving, eating their meals or reading their books or newspapers? I have personally seen every one of those on more than one occasion, although cell phone useage is far the most common for the last few years.

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So, Ms. Ricci, you weren't "embarrassed" by W's two ridiculous and costly wars, Katrina, his melting down of the economy? Okay, we welcome you to the saner side of politics, better late...

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And about 3-4 years from now, we can all watch as the Legislature then appropriates additional taxpayer money to support this boondoggle because of 'unforseen' costs and expenses. Anyone want to bet money on that one? I'll consider giving odds if the stakes are high enough.

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I'll take a stab at why this isn't happening anytime soon: the architects promised VERY FORCEFULLY an extremely high-efficiency building: the promised energy savings were a major selling point for the tiny and hideously expensive proposal. But, since the plans show a Jaqua-like glass box (word has it that the heating/cooling bills for that unimaginative cube hit stratospheric levels…), the promises cannot be fulfilled: glass that is efficient (far from that of a well-insulated wall, however) would consume the budget of a Croesus. So, the only available solution is to go WAY over budget (and it's already been upped a couple of million) or seriously downsize the facility. Responsible citizens, of course, could demand the Mayor and Manager appear in a public forum and answer questions about this massive project that appears seriously to be going off the rails. But we all know this ain't a gonna happen. Heck, even if it did, our "democratic" officials would just ignore us, in the end.

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Please do sell the old building. It's not a good example a first impression for Eugene or the U of O. If not, please make it possible to park there for Matthew Knight Arena events.

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Definitely the Gig or Contract-Labor model has taken over Portland. This allows corps to very stealthily or overtly discriminate at will, as well as pressure employees to work unpaid overtime without saying anything and "blacklisting" HR software. Just walk into a tech or any corp place and start counting these groups (or absence): Over-40, Plus-sized (more like USA Average sized), Genders, and Physical Beauty. Portland has become NOT the place "to be" over-35, the Contract-Labor model is pretty cruel to them, and it's hard to support kids & a mortgage on very unstable tech-jobs.

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why stop here if we're going to act like social parasitic thieves and establish taxation without representation? Let's start taxing every American coming into Oregon.

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"Not in lieu of termination." However, it was after an investigation had begun. This from those sworn to protect and to serve? Serve… whom, exactly?

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What I didn't see in any of their cash discussion is an allowance for taxes. I doubt they are operating tax free.

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The suggestion to raise the legal age to purchase, possess or use tobacco to 21 in Lane County is, in my opinion, simply a bit of ineffectual political grandstanding. Commissioner Bozievich attempts to make the case that raising the age from 18 to 21 will be a deterrent to young people ages 18 to 21 and decrease the number of new smokers. This is a baseless argument. First, Mr. Bozievich tells us he started smoking at age 15. I'm guessing whatever state he lived in at age 15 did not allow him to legally purchase, possess and use tobacco. So that law (again assuming it was in place) had no deterrent effect on him. He is a personal argument against his contention. Additionally, in the Winter edition of the "Eugene" quarterly magazine, Smoke Free Oregon runs a full page anti-smoking ad. It states in large latters "90% OF SMOKERS STARTED BEFORE AGE 18." Raising the age from 18 to 21 will have absolutely no impact on this 90% additional statement in "reply"

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that's a very sad thought. and true, a lifetime of "hard luck" can make one old very early.

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The tourism tax already does that if you stay in a motel or campground. In fact you don't have to be an American to get taxed. That's the point; tax the other guy who can't vote us out of office.

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With this kind of leadership in the Sheriff's office in Bend and the 'kick 'em 'til they're down' Oregon State Police Captain also in Bend, I wonder what the City Police are like?

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Thank you for asking, Mr. Balderas--- and welcome to our wonderful comunidad! 1. There is a history of musical chairs among principals; my daughter had three different ones in as many years at Edison. The same thing is occurring at Roosevelt and South. This is toxic; it destroys cohesion. Is that what upper administration wants? 2. Ask parents AND students for their opinions. They are the affected ones. And----- let's follow the advice. Often, teachers, students, and parents agree. The key flaw of your failed predecessor was his habitual ignoring of those voices. 3. Do whatever possible to lessen mandatory standardized testing. Kids are not game show contestants. By teaching to tests, which is what any teacher with an eye towards continuing on in the profession must do at present, we destroy what is necessary for true learning: enthusiasm for learning and imagination. 4. Homework: In spite of many studies showing ineffectiveness, students in 4-J continue to be loaded up. Why?

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Short finishing statement: If the Board of Commissioners or any legislative body actually wishes to take action to decrease smoking it's not that difficult. Smoking tobacco is more addictive than smoking marijuana and proven to be much more of a public health threat. So let's follow the recently adopted Oregon Pot Law for tobacco. Let's prohibit the smoking of tobacco is ALL public places. Like pot, let's allow it only in the privacy of private residences.......no public smoking, no public second-hand smoke issues, and a very strong deterrent impact on tobacco use. I guarantee no legislators, at any level, have the guts to propose such a law. Instead, they're more likely to discuss ineffectual, eye-wash, feel good ideas which do very little, if anything, to address the problem.

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Kudos to Diane for getting such a telling quote from Schill: "...I"ll probably grab onto it like a dog on an ankle". I really do wonder whether the UO is in much worse financial shape now than Schill thought it would be when he first took the job. It almost sounds like he is digging for cash under every couch cushion; but a fire sale of these properties is not prudent. I'm guessing that a call for major financial assistance from the UO's biggest benefactor, Phil Knight, is imminent. It's a bad sign, too, that the UO Architecture School, given its fine academic reputation, could not get raise enough matching funds for a new building. That, plus the nearly 5 percent tuition hike and that the university's goal of raising 2 billion for its endowment is still short by about 55 percent two years into the fundraising campaign all seem like strong headwinds. I think this means, unfortunately, more unpopular cuts of programs, faculty, and staff are likely over the next couple of years.

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The stats you reference include public sector wages, where as the article names private sector wages. "% higher than" clearly means just that. If the article had said "100% higher than", would you have said "So the average annual income is about $45,000. 100 percent of 45,000 is about $45,000".

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I really doubt that it appraised for that much in 2005. Property values have recovered everything that they lost in the recession, and quite a bit more in some instances. It was either an insider sweetheart deal or else they foolishly paid something extra for the value of the building which anyone could see, then or now, has no value and will be a teardown if anyone buys that property.

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This highlights the ridiculousness of the efforts towards making Eugene a tech hub. First off, it's too small of a city, second off, every city is a tech hub. We'll forever be a Single A feeder team in an increasingly transient tech industry.

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Moderate republican? No such thing.

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I still feel Eugene needs a "City Manager's Question Time" that mimics "Prime Minister's Question Time" that Great Britain has. Once a week or once a month, a group, made up of city councilors and residents, gathers and gets to ask the person who (hopefully) knows what is going in the city and where the money is going. This "weak Mayor- strong City Manager" type government has some limitations. I have a hunch the City Council would like such a question time, at least when they have questions as to the new city hall. Hugh Massengill, Eugene

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Well now where am I supposed to park!! The Romania lot was supposed to replace parking lost to the construction of the new dorm which the U of O needs for all the freshman to live on campus by 2017 and will also work out well for the athletes in 2021.

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Welcome to Springfield. Feel free to sample the different ambiance in Eugene without having to pay the extra money by living there.

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You're right of course guestsquared, I should move on to something better. It's a depressing job market, and a lot of us are just hanging where we are because we are demoralized. That's my own fault. But my moving on still leaves the larger problem, which is that my coworkers are good grownup workers too. They deserve a low living wage. There's no reason for my employer to pay more when they can get good solid people for a kid's wage. But society pays when people like me have health or housing issues. Taxpayers are subsidizing low wage employers. And low wage jobs are often the very ones that keep society flowing. Our jobs don't seem important, but if we all disappeared things would come to a halt pretty quickly I think. Little people are contributing, and they should be able to rent an apartment and pay their bills. Not a fancy life, just the basics. An adult working full time should pay their own way, and not need government charity.

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"they are channeling the increased hotel tax revenue into the budget of the state’s tourism marketing agency, Travel Oregon, and broadening the agency’s mission to allow it to fund projects not related to marketing." There you go, the bait and switch tactics of Democrats

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Per Property Shark, who values such things for a living, 2020 Franklin Blvd has a 2014 Property value of $4,889,397 and a building value of $2,062,334 for a total Market value of $6,951,731. What is your source and time of appraisal?

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All of those are just as dangerous as drunk driving and should be treated comparably. Of course that brings us to the fact that Oregon doesn't take drunk driving seriously, which partly explains why we have double the national average of alcohol-related deaths. Driving a motor vehicle isn't a game. It's a serious activity that can end lives if done poorly. We need to raise our game so that Americans don't have a fifty percent probability of being maimed by a motorist over the course of a lifetime. Unfortunately, we're going the other way in Oregon with highway deaths up by over a third over the past two years. Are we stupid, or do we just not care about human life any more?

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What the heck does a private track event have to do with our state budget? Someone, please explain!

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There may be no choices if we keep delaying the necessary changes. And there may also be a drastic reduction in ALL populations, including humans.

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I think you may be on to it. Any building that is going to have a low carbon footprint, including embedded and operational costs, has to be very careful in the placement, type and materials used for windows. Or ... use exterior shutters. -- Paul Accredited Earth Advantage Sustainable Homes Professional

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I see. I have always found percentage confusing when used in such constructions. From your comment, I suspect that you interpret 126% higher to mean that the tech wage is 226 percent of the average wage. So Y is X % higher than Z means Y= ((X+100)/100)*Z. Is this what you mean? So 45K * 2.26 = 102K, which is close to what the reporter gave as the average tech salary. All this is well and good. But my essential point was that I do not believe the given average tech salary for a minute. Having worked in tech all my life, the manufacturing operators and such who comprise so many of the tech workers tend to earn about 15-20/hour, far less than 105K/year. It may be that the average tech salary is inflated by the incomes of the extremely rich company owners. Perhaps the reporter should give the median tech income to tell us what the typical tech workers make.

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Global warming IS happening- but even if it wasn't our natural environment is becoming so toxic, water is unfit to drink, air unfit to breath and our resources are being consumed and contaminated faster than the biosphere can repair and restore them. Our human population is estimated to reach nine billion by 2050 if ecosystems don't crash before then, which will put even more stresses on our natural systems of which all life and economies depend. There are several reasons to transition off of dirty fossil fools and NO reason to continue on the path of destruction. The hoax is from the fossil fool industry executives whose sickness and greed clouds sensible and common sense logic.

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I won't hold my nose when I vote for Trump, like you will when you vote for Hillary. I'm not married to a political party.

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Thank you Otto. You've been a solid voice for reason, which (of course) is anathema to our Mayor and City Manager. Now ... time to catch up with similar craziness being carried out by Oakleigh Meadow Co-housing, city planners and the Eugene Planning Commission. Read the LUBA appeal briefs posted at: http://trusttheneighbors.org/oakleigh-meadows-pud-appeal Paul

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garycrum’s definition of “troll” …….. anyone who disagrees with his narrative. He despises the use of labels …… except when he does it. Very uncivil.

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I think the dollar value ascribed to the dog is rather arbitrary unless it was purchased fully trained from a vendor of such dogs who in open competition are able to charge that much for their dogs. Since it is a government purchase, there is little guarantee that cost effective purchasing was employed or that the dog would fetch such a high price on a non-governmental market. Moreover, does the dog actually provide value commensurate with that valuation.

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Such hyperbole. I fear for Irene. Apparently, she buys into media manipulation hook line and sinker.

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This is, in my opinion, a very sensible ruling. If reviews are to have any meaning, they must allow both positive and negative comments. Positive comments will likely help business, negative comments will likely hurt it. I would suggest business owners, instead of trying to sue people into silence, might look at those negative reviews and work to improve their services.

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This 20 page opinion is a real example of legal hair splitting. The Supreme Court acknowledges that libel is actionable per se (without money damage or special harm) if false information is published in a written form (like this site). They then wander off to the Supreme Court and 9th Circuit opinions and decide that in spite of all that, basically that “two-faced,” “crooked” and “rude.” were not 'provably false' and based on all the facts and circumstances, protected by the 1st Amendment, in the facts of this case. This is going to make such lawsuits even more unpredictable than they already were, in my opinion.

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Yeah, I am with you on both fronts. The phrasing of "X% higher than" is poor usage, and that tech rates seems very high. I've worked some with the State's contract for temp tech services, which has wages set by market rates, and unless everyone in the tech industry is performing at the top tier of various specialties, I don't see the $126k average being anywhere close to right.

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I, too, agree with the result and the beneficial effect ensuring honest opinions can't be used against those holding those opinions. The reliance on the specific facts of each case to determine the outcome, especially where, in a civil suit like this, the Circuit Court Judge is the one deciding what those facts are on a motion to dismiss, fosters a lack of certainty as to what the law actually is.

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I'm just glad he's okay. It was so hard to see this kid lying in the road and his bike pretty much under the truck :(. I didn't want to drop of my daughter and it took me a little bit to compose myself. I pulled over and cried and prayed that kid was okay. It's always been one of my biggest fears with my kids. People always whizz past that corner so fast. Thank God he's okay.

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"Police said the dog is worth more than $10,000." And I just watch the Springfield officer who said that on KVAL. He is also the one who said that's what it will cost to replace the Springfield K9. You are bloviating without anything but an opinion and a bias against 'government'. Here are the Training costs only at the first site I just found: This is to train a 28 month old dog #1a Basic PATROL & NARCOTICS $13,680 * #1b Basic PATROL ONLY $13,180* #1c Basic NARCOTICS ONLY $11,110* #1d Basic PATROL & EXPLOSIVE $22,180* #1e Basic EXPLOSIVE ONLY $16,180* K9 International will sell you a basic trained patrol dog. ly Trained and Certified Patrol K9: * Obedience, Control and Agility * Searches, Open and Building, Man-trailing, evidence recovery * Criminal Apprehension, and Non-compliance * Handler Protection, Public Ordinance and Assault prevention Pricing Starts at: $11,500.00 If you want narcotics or other things it costs more.

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You can almost understand why Eugenics was so popular in Oregon and the rest of the world for so long.

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The budget for this thing isn't over yet. Ruiz has been playing the scam of just asking for a little bit more at intervals so that no one really knows how much the whole thing costs. I've never seen a city manager who is either as dishonest or as incompetent as Jon Ruiz, or both. What a disaster he has been for our city. It will take decades to undo the damage he has wrought.

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First you said it used to be worth that but not now, then you say it's worth much more....do you even have a point or you just like being argumentative? I'm sure some website knows the values better than a local consultant. The building is worth nothing, I guarantee whoever buys the property will demolish it.

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If 310 students and parents believe that the school you are running or teaching in is inferior enough to haul their kids to the other schools, maybe it is time to wonder if they are right and actually do something about it if they are. This has been a policy for forty years, started about when educator Wiles was 3 years old. Maybe her 'peace curriculum' class needs to be replaced with something those 310 students think they are getting at South, Churchill, or Sheldon that they aren't getting at North. Her race card may or may not be justified. Does 4J track student movements by race? If so, what are those results?

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They don't lead the healthiest lifestyles. Drugs and alcohol DO kill people. I know everyone from the street level to city hall like to drink their drinks.

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mary, if people weren't supporting these buffoons they wouldn't be an issue. this is a deeper, moral crisis for our people. something is wrong here....

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"Bemoans" is a very belittling headline to use for a serious discussion of race and equity in our city.

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Again an opinion based on nothing. I've provided information; you have provided hot air. Property Shark's website alleges that they are nationwide and provide information to over 300 real estate companies. They have offices in New York, San Diego, LA, Boston etc. Here's the link: http://www.propertyshark.com/mason/ What is your source of information? The $1million per acre figure came from the article as did the sales price in 2005 and 2007. I have provided an independent 2014 valuation that you denigrate only because it doesn't match your anti-government bias.

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This site, the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Oregon figures much less than $126K for most Computer occupations in May 2014. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_or.htm#15-0000

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As a Camas Ridge/Harris/Parker and an Edison parent, I will reiterate all (most) of these points. Elementary schools require consistency in principles. Please do not follow your predecessors model of creating elem schools of 300-500 plus students. Short term bosses never lead with long term goals. We are suffering huge class sizes, because these larger systems cannot accommodate changes like you can with smaller schools. I may not agree with the testing issue, I think new testing is good (forces teachers to at least teach more to basics) but I do believe that 4-6 days of testing is well beyond OK. A full day of each subject should be adequate to assess. And yes, outdated teaching curriculums are a big problem in that kids are sent home to write their vocabulary words in cursive 10 times. We are well past this. AND, I urge you to please visit Camas Ridge Art Walk night to see what project based learning can achieve, even in a school that is overcrowded and underfunded. Thanks!

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Note to self: stick to facts. "The 'suite' was a shed. They kicked us out early. They did not return the deposit. I would not recommend this place for any event"

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I would feel worse about it, but this is a story of a privileged male just now realizing that there is still gender discrimination! I'm sorry you lost your dream job. Join the club. I gave up the career i loved after 13 years of being told i couldn't be promoted because I don't have a penis nor "know my place as a woman." Every woman you know has lost a dream job. To a man. So because one man lost his, and FINALLY realized things aren't equal, we should what? Parade? Protest? Weep?

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@motleycrew: You're right when you say that it is time to wonder about the differences between schools, and to do something about it. But you've missed the point beyond that. This "School Choice" policy become a self-enforcing cycle: as attendance drops at a school, funding and staffing follow shortly there-after. As staff are lost and the remaining teachers are stretched even thinner the school struggles to provide the same programs as other schools. (Note that I saw this first-hand as music and other elective programs became harder and harder to enroll in during my 4 years at North). The lack of those programs encourage more families to request that their students be transferred to a different school. It's natural for those families to want the best education for their children, and they can't be blamed for this. But here's the problem: It should surprise exactly no one that this option to transfer to a different school is over-overwhelmingly taken by more affluent families who ...

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...(continued) have the time and resources to take their students to a school all the way across town. It creates a cycle where as more affluent students transfer to different high schools that are growing and adding staff, we see that less affluent students are stuck in a school that shrinks and suffers. When you talk about what "those 310 students think they are getting at South, Churchill, or Sheldon that they aren't getting at North", you seem to think it's some innate quality that those schools have, which North does not. It is not. It is funding. And it is caused by the exodus of students that the "School Choice" policy allows. And there is a way to address this problem: By deciding, as organizations often do, that the rules of the past simply do not have the effects that we need today. -Truman Cranor North Eugene High School, Class of 2011 Stanford University, Class of 2015 Lecturer in Computer Science, Stanford University

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I don't believe this guy, I think he's taking about arugula.

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You are sidestepping the question by changing the subject. The letter is about Bowers. The question is: If we believe a person is innocent until proven guilty as a principle of this nation, did Bowers make an accurate statement that Clinton is a criminal? If you can't or don't want to answer that question, I understand.

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Interesting, thanks! I sometimes post a review that is not flattering to the provider. I also post positive reviews. If negative, I stick to slow service, 20 minutes to get water, the entree was cold and the salad wilted. I've used opinion as well. I find this opinion curious in that Liles called Carol "crooked", implying (to me) that she's not to be trusted - I'd think that is disprovable and could be libel. Interesting. Bottom line: the Internet is a powerful tool that people can and wil use to comment on a business transaction.

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I agree that immigrants who are required to take a test for citizenship are often more informed about our history and politics than many high school graduates. You might like what Brennan has to say, though his reviews on Amazon are pretty poor. http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html I have been working to understand logical fallacies. I use these forums to develop my knowledge. That is hardly covered at all in high school. http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html

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I had trouble with the 'crooked' comment, too. When I intentionally malign someone for service, I go with the same factual things you use but also throw in opinions. "The waiter was surly, yet slow." 20 minutes is factual; surly and slow are value judgements-opinions. "Slow" for an Oregonian may not be slow for a Parisian or a Spaniard, for example.

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What an amazing opportunity for these young minds to explore such a valuable field as engineering. It is inspiring to know that we have such committed teachers, like Mrs. Calkins, that would put in the time and energy needed to make this happen for them. Best of luck at the competition this May!

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When I was a pup, a fair number of those fallacies were actually covered in a Debate class at Springfield High School. I'm not sure whether that subject is even taught in High School today. My bias is that it has probably been replaced with some 'self-actualization' subject or another, but that is just a bias with no factual basis.

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