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5 Gifts for People Who Stay Indoors All the Time

Ring in the New Year with some great "stay at home" gifts!

(SALEM, Ore.) - What if you have a loved one that doesn’t like leaving the house at all even before the pandemic? That’s a challenge. You probably want to do your best to help them feel as safe, loved, and as entertained as possible.

We’ve pulled together a great selection of gifts to make your isolated loved one feel a lot more comfortable.

5 Things to Know About Legalization of Sports Betting in Illinois

Wagering on sports has been legalized in Oregon, New York & almost 2 dozen other states

(SALEM, Ore.) - All states in the country, including Illinois, were hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, which played a considerable role in the growth of the sports betting industry in the state.

Sports betting had just been launched in Illinois before the shutdown of major live sports in the state occurred.

Online Gambling is Huge in New Jersey: Is Oregon Next?

Should Oregon consider similar legislation?

(SALEM, Ore.) - On February 26th, 2013, then New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed Assembly Bill 2578, which effectively legalized online poker and casino games in the Garden State into law.

9 months later the first regulated websites in the state went live, which set the ball rolling on the growth of an industry that has since experienced overwhelming success.

What Can Be Done: A New Year`s Wish

A call for healing- to mend, to tolerate, and begin to narrow the wide divides in our society.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Lately, I have been reflecting on what I have in common with extremists. It turns out that the list is longer than one would think.

I hold their same passions for change, an ability to withstand discomfort--put more bluntly, tolerance for risk of pain that some term masochism--and I share a lack of tolerance for passivity and denial. Extremists are people of action.

USA Hemp Pilot Programs Extended to 2022

The Controlled Substances Act was amended to exclude hemp from the statutory definition of marijuana.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The 2014 Farm Bill has been extended through January 1, 2022 (Sec. 782) with the Dec. 27th signing of the federal Omnibus Spending Bill.

The bill includes protections for the transportation, processing, sale, and use of hemp grown in compliance with the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills.

How to Plan a Fundraising Event for Charity

Do it right and your event can raise a lot of money for charity

(SALEM, Ore.) - Hosting a charity fundraiser is a great way to show support for your favorite charity or organization. You will be bringing together like-minded people who share the same passion for your cause, and you will also be able to enjoy a night of good food and great music.

Here is a planning guide to everything you need to plan your fundraising event.

Oregon Reports Total COVID Death Toll of 1,433

There are 515 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Oregon

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - COVID-19 has claimed six more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,433, the Oregon Health Authority reported today.

The OHA also reported 865 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 110,545.

The Cost of Unemployment to the Economy

Some adverse effects of unemployment are long-lasting.

(SALEM, Ore.) - High unemployment is undesirable for you and the general economy. This was more evident than ever when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world leaving millions of people jobless.

Countries all over the globe had to come up with COVID-19 relief packages to help the unemployed and self-employed individuals.

Look Out Any Window...

“Look out of any window, any morning, any evening, any day... Maybe the sun is shining, birds are winging...” Box of Rain by the Grateful Dead

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) - It was an entertaining view, a personal movie theater, a veritable menagerie of urbanized nature, notable and important to an enviro-analyst like me.

I couldn’t help but wonder how many patients, plus those who worked in the office complex, had gazed out this window for hours and had little or no interest, no response to what they saw in their range of vision, the story unfolding? Or did they, could they also pick out native flora and fauna from imported, non-indigenous ones?

Meet Shiva

The essence of the creation is love.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Shiva is the deity of transcendence, the cosmic force that returns all matter and energy, all manifestation and activity, back to its Source.

This return is the final stage of an evolutionary process that begins with creation through the power of Brahma, maintenance through the power of Vishnu, then dissolution through the power of Shiva back into the unified field of pure consciousness, the same unified field that quantum physics has discovered.