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Month: January 2025

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Former newspaper editor sentenced for paying girls to send him explicit videos

January 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Former newspaper editor sentenced for paying girls to send him explicit videos

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state newspaper editor accused of paying girls for sexually explicit images has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Steven Smith, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced on Wednesday, KREM-TV […]

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Oregon

High-tech company with operations in Beaverton wins $105 million in CHIPS funding

January 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on High-tech company with operations in Beaverton wins $105 million in CHIPS funding

by Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital ChronicleJanuary 16, 2025 A semiconductor company is on track to receive an infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars for a “significant” expansion at its Beaverton plant through federal CHIPS […]

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Oregon lawmaker wants to expand emergency housing program for people with addictions

January 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Oregon lawmaker wants to expand emergency housing program for people with addictions

by Ben Botkin, Oregon Capital ChronicleJanuary 16, 2025 In southern Oregon, an emergency housing program shelters people while they are waiting to enter residential addiction treatment.  Two providers teamed up to start the program, called […]

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1/15 Wasco County Commissioners meeting

January 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on 1/15 Wasco County Commissioners meeting

Story by Rodger Nichols for Gorge Country Media Wasco County Commissioners held their first meeting of the new year, and started it with good news from Debbie Jones regarding the opioid settlement funds: “I am […]

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Oregon

BLM updates management plan for south-central Oregon

January 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on BLM updates management plan for south-central Oregon

LAKEVIEW, Ore. — The Bureau of Land Management today announced the release of the record of decision and approved resource management plan for the Lakeview planning area, which covers 3.2 million acres of public lands in […]

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Thursday 12/18

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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What causes the holes in Swiss cheese?

Holes (or "eyes") in Swiss cheese are caused by carbon dioxide gas produced by Propionibacterium bacteria fermenting lactic acid during ripening, with tiny hay particles from traditional milking acting as nucleation points where the gas collects and forms bubbles, leading to the characteristic round openings. Modern, ultra-clean milking methods reduced hay particles, causing fewer holes, but adding hay dust back can restore them. 

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What caused the first computer bug?

The first documented computer "bug" was a literal moth that caused a malfunction in the Harvard Mark II computer in 1947. Engineers, including those involved with Grace Hopper, found the insect stuck in a relay, leading them to tape it in the logbook with the note, "First actual case of bug being found," popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer errors. 

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How many feet separate the bases in a regulation-sized baseball diamond?

In a regulation-sized baseball diamond (like MLB, high school, and NCAA), the bases are 90 feet apart, meaning the distance from home to first, first to second, second to third, and third to home (along the baseline) is 90 feet. This 90-foot distance is a standard for adult and professional play, though youth leagues use shorter distances (e.g., 60 feet for Little League Majors). 

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The song "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" was inspired by Stephen Stills' breakup with whom?

The song "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Crosby, Stills & Nash was inspired by Stephen Stills' breakup with fellow folk singer Judy Collins, with the lyrics expressing his feelings about their passionate but ultimately ending relationship from 1967-1969. Stills wrote the song as a musical suite, a play on words for "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes," referencing her famous blue eyes and their complicated romance, even including details like her therapy sessions in the lyrics. 

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What is the shape of the Milky Way?

The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, shaped like a giant spinning pinwheel with a central bar of stars, from which spiral arms extend outwards, containing our Solar System on one of these arms (the Orion Arm). It has a central bulge, a disk, and a surrounding halo, with recent research suggesting it primarily has two main arms (Perseus and Scutum-Centaurus) that split, rather than four or more distinct arms as once thought. 

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