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Oregon Blown Away By the Columbus Day Storm 50 Years Ago Today

October 12, 1962 is a day that lives in infamy- in Oregon, anyway.

(SALEM) - With little fear of exaggeration, it can be stated that the Columbus Day Storm of 1962 was the most powerful windstorm to strike the Pacific Northwest in the 20th century.

Certainly no windstorm since has generated as much widespread devastation as the Big Blow, not even close.

Texas Schools Punish Students who Refuse to be Tracked with Microchips

Students who refuse to walk the school halls with the card in their pocket or around their neck claim they are being tormented by instructors, and are barred from participating in certain school functions.

(SAN ANTONIO RTV) - A school district in Texas came under fire earlier this year when it announced that it would require students to wear microchip-embedded ID cards at all times.

41 Translations of the Quran

"Pure genius" -AldinEntertainment.com

(BOSTON) - This remarkable one of a kind database is available through the Islamawakened Android App on the Google Play Store.

The database, which has been in use since 2003, features 41 historical and current English translations of the meaning of the Qur'an.

REAP team Visits Remote Area School Near Rawalpindi Pakistan

REAP is also extending hands toward world’s big organizations so that with the help of the world big patron REAP can provide better opportunities to the oppressed people of Pakistan.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Reformation for Empowerment and Alleviation of Poverty (REAP) management has visited their school in a far away village school last day.

REAP a non-profit organization aim to provide education, enhance interfaith harmony and to work to alleviate poverty.

A Bi-polar History of Canada The 18th Century: The Age of Reason (at least in Europe)

Canada has no colonial history -Prime Minister Stephen Harper

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - The 18^th Century history of Canada is divided into three brief periods of peace, following three treaties – the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

Except for the Treaties, it was pretty well a continuous war, whenever the English and French weren't resting or doing wars in Europe.

Some Eggs Hatch Some Eggs Don`t; Some Will Live and Then Some Won`t

Humans will eat other humans. Cannibalism was practiced as a matter of culture in some jungle tribes, and as a matter of necessity at other times.

(PORTLAND, OR) - How do you feel about yourself? Do you think you are smarter, better looking, more successful, all in all a superior person compared to, say your neighbor, your brother-in-law, your boss?

Do you look at the collective humanity as lesser persons? Do you think that if they were only as smart as you they wouldn't be on the welfare rolls? Feeling superior to others is called Hubris.

Carter Slams U.S. Supreme Court for its Endorsement of Corruption

President Kennedy tried and failed several times to introduce legislation to end the corruption of election campaign funding; and I can almost hear some of my readers saying, “Yes, and look what happened to him!”

(LONDON) - I have often said and written that in some important respects America is the least democratic country in the world because what passes for democracy there is for sale to the highest bidders (the Zionist lobby being one of them).

It’s now apparent that former President Jimmy Carter agrees.

Congress Skips Town, Farmers Prepare for Return to 1949 Farm Policy

Barring a vote, Congress could have opted to extend the 2008 farm bill for one more year.

(MCMINNVILLE, OR) - Stymied by fears of a Tea Party revolt, Congress skipped town last week, ignoring a critical farm bill with a Sept. 30 deadline, says an economics professor at Linfield College in Oregon.

Hindus Laud Vatican for Drafting Record Number of Women for Synod

Synod is an ecclesiastical gathering for discussion and decision of issues relating to faith, morals, or discipline.

(RENO, NV) - Hindus have applauded His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for appointing 29 women to participate in October Synod of Bishops on Evangelisation.

This reportedly largest participation ever by women in the Synod “is a step in the right direction”, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed said in a statement in Nevada (USA) today.

Medical Student Cheating- Is it Institutionalized?

"Cooperate and Graduate": When cheating is the norm.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The New York Times, September 15th 2012, reports “125 Harvard University students cheating on a final exam” by Rebecca Harrington, Harvard 2008. Other reports from all over the country report similar shenanigans even at West Point, Annapolis and the Air Force Academy. What gives?

Best grades get best internships!!! It doesn’t seem to make any difference where one is or what university, grades are the ONLY thing that matters.