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Time for Bend to Grow Up

A letter on elections in Bend.
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I heartily endorse the plan to elect our mayor, which appeared in the Source recently. I am glad to see this interest by some council members after the flabby excuses for not electing our mayor made by an ad hoc committee. The mayor should be elected by the citizens, as befits a town that has grown almost to city size. After all, the city council changed its status from commission to council in the '80s. Why not the mayoral position now?
As the city has grown, so have our problems – in size, number and complexity. Wouldn't giving the mayor more authority or responsibility be a help? The city manager runs the city day to day. The mayor would be in charge of the ideas that guide our way into the future. The current way of choosing a mayor only makes the person “first among equals,” but does not confer any special duties.

Posted inFood & Drink

We Can Eat Fries, Right?: Inspecting the “all vegetarians are healthy” myth

Vegetarians can as healthy and as unhealthy as the average meat eater.
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I have a good friend named Melissa. Like me, she is a vegetarian. Unlike me, she is a very thin person, a trait that is often attributed to the fact that she enjoys the meatless way of life. Every time I hear someone say, “Oh, she’s a vegetarian, that’s why she’s so skinny,” I laugh to myself.
And here’s why: If one were to put together a short list of the primary components of Melissa’s diet it would include french fries, Doritos, bean and cheese burritos from Taco Bell, more Doritos, fettuccini Alfredo, more Doritos and an occasional Orange Julius thrown in the mix, although I’m pretty sure she only drinks those to avoid getting scurvy.

Posted inCulture

Link in 3D: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time makes full use of the Nintendo 3DS

Although the Nintendo 3DS system hasn’t gained the intended popularity, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time game has impressed many old time fans.
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In case you’ve forgotten, Nintendo released a 3D version of its bestselling DS system. The system has been in stores for five months now, but consumers haven’t exactly been snapping it up. To bolster sales, Nintendo recently reduced the price of the 3DS to $180. But the problem isn’t the price. The problem is that the system doesn’t have any must-have games yet.

Posted inOpinion

Easy One-Stop Shopping for All Your Straight Poop Needs

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Monday, Aug. 22
It's all over! Libyan rebels claim victory, say they've taken control of 95percent of capital city of Tripoli … Maybe it isn't all over! Forces loyal to dictator Muammar Qaddafi still holding on; Qaddafi son tells journalists his dad has shrewdly lured rebels into a “trap” … Yeah, we blew it: NYC District Attorney asks court to drop rape charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn because of alleged victim's credibility problems … Lawyered up: Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein retains hotshot defense lawyer Reid Weingarten as investigations of his role in sub-prime mortgage fiasco continue … Not this time: Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, Tea Party darling and architect of Republicans' throw-grandma-under-the-train Medicare plan, says he won't run for president this year … Bursting at the seams: GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will triple size of his 3,000-sf, $12 million home in La Jolla, CA; says he needs more room for five grown children and 16 grandkids.

Posted inFood & Drink

Meet Your Farmer: The Common Table brings you face to face with your food's producer

Fields Farm serves up their fresh goods at the Common Table’s Meet Your Farmer Dinner.
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As dusk approached on the day that the front page of The Bulletin featured an article about the financial woes of the Common Table, a line of people formed out the door of the downtown nonprofit restaurant. The room was full, booming with conversation, exclamations, and introductions.
“Apparently people in this town actually read the newspaper,” commented one volunteer.
While the urgency of the article might have played a role, the crowd that Friday evening was lured in by the monthly Meet Your Farmer Dinner, an event that has become increasingly popular since its inception almost a year ago. The event is a dinning and educational experience; a four course meal prepared by Common Table chef Bethlynn Rider using products from one local farm, the farmers of which give a presentation after the meal. The farm featured this month is Bend's landmark organic produce grower Fields Farm, located just two miles east of downtown.

Posted inNews

One Tweet Over the Line: How social media is breeing a new brand of tech addicts

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Diana Adams dreamed in Tweets. One hundred and forty characters at a time, the Atlanta-based computer consultant’s subconscious bubbled up. ‘Sometimes I am literally sending someone a message on Twitter and sometimes the ideas just kind of come out that way,’ she said recently.
On most nights Adams woke up two or three times to check her Twitter stream and reply to @ messages from her nearly 50,000 followers. ‘I sleep with my phone under my pillow,’ she confessed. ‘But if you think that’s bad, you don’t know any real Twitterholics.’
Living among media-obsessed New Yorkers, including some who employ two computers, one for work and one for TweetDeck, a reporter assured her he did know a little something about the siren song of the micro-messaging service. ‘If I’m away from Twitter for more than an hour or two, I get nervous and break into a sweat,’ she countered. OK, we acknowledged, you win.
Adams’ voracious use of Twitter earned her a score of 78 on Klout, a service that measures social media influence. This put her a little below President Obama, but a little above Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter, who is among Adams’ many followers on the service.

Posted inOpinion

Out of Work, Out of Office: Obama's inaction on the economy will be his undoing

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As a pundit, it’s my job to explain why politicians do the things they do. Every now and then, however, a pol behaves so irrationally that I have to throw up my arms and ask: What the hell is this guy thinking?
That’s what Obama has me doing. For over two years. Why isn’t he worried about unemployment?
Thomas Frank wondered in “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” why Americans don’t vote their (liberal) self-interest. What I can’t figure out is why President Obama isn’t following his self-interest.
Obama says he wants a second term. I believe him. Every president wants one.

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