Her young British lawyer, James Dunlop, pleaded that she was sorely needed at her Portland home by her widowed mother, 80, her maiden aunt, also 80 and bedridden for 20 years, and her uncle, 76, who once ran a candy shop.

Taylor said Mrs. Huntley and her husband also will be questioned about a series of 15 Portland robberies in spring of 1959 in which the holdup men bound their victims with tape before fleeing.

Portland cement blends are often available as inter-ground mixtures from cement manufacturers, but similar formulations are often also mixed from the ground components at the concrete mixing plant.

Portland pozzolan cement includes fly ash cement, since fly ash is a pozzolan, but also includes cements made from other natural or artificial pozzolans.

They were also featured in the documentary Chihuly in the Hotshop, syndicated to public television stations by American Public Television starting on November 1, 2008. Chihuly Over Venice from Chihuly's Portland Press website

There is also a median on Reed College Place which is owned by Portland Department of Transportation and maintained by Portland Parks & Recreation.

After the season, lingering stadium issues forced the Marlins to ponder big moves with their roster and also ponder possible relocation to Las Vegas, San Antonio, or Portland.

Abbadie had also written, at the request of the king, Histoire de la dernière Conspiration d ' Angleterre, 1696, a history of the conspiracy of 1696, which was reprinted in Holland and translated into English, and for which the Earl of Portland and Secretary Sir William Trumbull placed original documents at the author's disposal.

Portland may also refer to:

* Earl of Portland ( also Duke of Portland ), an English title

Allen also owns two professional sports teams, the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League ( NFL ), and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ).

While hippies also gathered in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Seattle, Portland, Washington, D. C., Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, New Orleans, Miami, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and across Europe, San Francisco was the center of the hippie revolution, a melting pot of music, psychoactive drugs, sexual freedom, creative expression, and politics.

Victor's story was also dramatized through puppetry in an ensemble theater performance also called The Wild Child by Hand2Mouth Theatre, a nonprofit theatre group in Portland, Oregon, in 2004.

* the first wiki, or user-editable website, launched on 25 March 1995 by Ward Cunningham as part of the Portland Pattern Repository ( the website was also later known as " WardsWiki ");

The IWW also had a presence among waterfront workers in Boston, New York City, New Orleans, Houston, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Eureka, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver as well as in ports in the Caribbean, Mexico, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and other nations.

The Portland GMB also hosts many social and educational events, notably Music for the Working Class, a free event that occurs on the last Wednesday of every month at the Red and Black Cafe, 400 SE 12th St. Acts that have appeared include Brendan Phillips and Fast Rattler, David Rovics, and the unofficial band of the Portland branch, I Wobble Wobble.

From 1929 to 1932, the BBC transmitters were used to broadcast television programmes using the 30-line Baird system, and from 1932 to 1935, the BBC also produced the programmes in their own studio at 16 Portland Place.

The name " Portland cement " is also recorded in a directory published in 1823 being associated with a William Lockwood, Dave Stewart, and possibly others.

Many fast food operations have more local and regional roots, such as White Castle in the Midwest United States, along with Hardee's ( owned by CKE Restaurants, which also owns Carl's Jr., whose locations are primarily on the United States West Coast ); Krystal, Bojangles ' Famous Chicken ' n Biscuits, Cook Out, and Zaxby's restaurants in the American Southeast ; Raising Cane's in Louisiana ; Hot ' n Now in Michigan and Wisconsin ; In-N-Out Burger ( in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Texas ) and Original Tommy's chains in Southern California ; Dick's Drive-In in Seattle, Washington and Arctic Circle in Utah and other western states ; Halo Burger around Flint, Michigan and Burgerville in the Portland, Oregon area.

Monarchs and members of their family have also owned in a private capacity homes and land in Canada: King Edward VIII owned Bedingfield Ranch, near Pekisko, Alberta ; The Marquess of Lorne and Princess Louise owned a cottage on the Cascapédia River in Quebec ; and Princess Margaret owned Portland Island between its gifting to her by the Crown in Right of British Columbia in 1958 and her death in 2002, though she offered it back to the Crown on permanent loan in 1966 and the island and surrounding waters eventually became Princess Margaret Marine Park.

This sale of teams also led to two teams folding, the Miami Sol and Portland Fire, because new owners could not be found.

The Portland Country Club holds special summer events during its youth summer league and " Kids ' Week.

The department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham holds a number of papers relating to the 1st Duke: the Cavendish Papers ( Pw 1 ), part of the Portland ( Welbeck ) Collection, includes some of his personal papers ; the Portland Literary Collection ( Pw V ), also part of the Portland ( Welbeck ) Collection, contains many of his literary papers ; and the Newcastle ( Clumber ) Collection ( Ne ) includes some estate papers from the time of the 1st Duke, for example, relating to his purchase of Nottingham Castle.

The department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham holds a number of papers relating to the 3rd Duke: the 3rd Duke's personal and political papers ( Pw F ) are part of the Portland ( Welbeck ) Collection ; and the Portland ( London ) Collection ( Pl ) contains correspondence and official papers of the 3rd Duke, especially in series Pl C.

* June 26 – Ralph Nader holds a second convention in Portland to put his name on the presidential ballot in Oregon.

Portland ’ s division holds court at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse and handles cases from Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Jefferson, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill counties.

The department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham holds a number of papers relating to the 2nd Duke: the 2nd Duke's papers ( Pw D ) are part of the Portland ( Welbeck ) Collection ; as are the papers of John Achard ( Pw C ), personal tutor to the 2nd Duke.

The department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham holds the correspondence and personal papers of Lord George Bentinck ( Pw L ), as part of the Portland ( Welbeck ) Collection.

The department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham holds estate papers of the 6th Duke in the Portland ( London ) Collection ( Pl ).

Wedgwood holds in his hand an exact copy of the Portland Vase, the reproduction of which showed the British that they could at last surpass the achievements of the finest craftsmen of the Roman Empire.

One of the first was an Oregon man with a minor police record named D. B. Cooper, contacted by Portland police on the off-chance that the hijacker had used his real name, or the same alias in a previous crime.

Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in both Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon.

The team was just as dominant in the playoffs, rolling through the Western Conference with a record of 11 – 1, including consecutive four-game sweeps of the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semifinal series and the Portland Trailblazers in the Western Conference Finals.

The phenomenon known as Blazermania started during the 1976 – 77 season, when the team would post its first winning record, make its first playoff appearance — and capture its only NBA title, defeating the heavily-favored Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Finals ; the team has been wildly popular in Portland since that time.

In recent years, average temperatures in Portland have ranged from a low of in January to a high of in July, although a record low of was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of was recorded in June 1988.

A few years later, on September 10, 1911, the record was tied by a contest between the Sacramento Solons and Portland Beavers.

Page Hamilton ( born May 18, 1960 in Portland, Oregon ) is a guitarist, singer and record producer, mostly noted for his work with alternative metal band Helmet.

* The award winning documentary High Score follows William Carlton, a Portland, Oregon gamer, on his quest to beat the Missile Command high score record for Marathon settings.

In 2011, they broke the record for most consecutive sellouts by a professional sports team, selling out their 815th consecutive game, breaking the record formerly held by the Portland Trail Blazers.

The sellout streak is the longest across all professional sports in the U. S. passing the previous record set by the Portland Trail Blazers from 1977 – 1995.

In 1885 he ran for mayor of Portland, but lost to John Gates, partly due to his record of sympathy for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

Although the Baxter's confederates pled guilty, the future Governor fought the charges with the help of his father, Portland Mayor James Phinney Baxter, and managed to have his record expunged.

The 158, 000 square foot ( 15, 000 m² ) structure was designed by Boora Architects ( design architect ) of Portland, Oregon with Blackburn Architects ( architect of record ) of Indianapolis.

Other writers closely associated with the newspaper include Sean Nelson, lead singer of Seattle band Harvey Danger, formerly the Stranger's Film Editor and a staff writer, profiling the Portland, Oregon band the Decemberists and the pre-teen Seattle band Smoosh when they landed a record deal.

Sinclair set an NCAA Division I record in 2005 with 39 goals as she led Portland to another NCAA title and earned a second straight Hermann Trophy.

Portland was mediocre in the first half of the campaign, but came to form as the playoffs approached and managed to finish third in the Pacific Division with a 49 – 33 win – loss record.

Portland eventually produced a similar win – loss record as the preceding season with 46 wins, finishing fourth in the division.

In 2006, the Aeros again posted the best regular-season record in the league, but lost the playoff title to Portland after taking the series to a deciding fifth game.

On December 1, 2009, the Padres announced Kennedy and his coaching staff would be promoted to the Triple-A Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League for the 2010 season, and the Missions would be managed by Doug Dascenzo, who managed the Single-A Fort Wayne TinCaps to the best regular-season record in minor league baseball and a Midwest League title in 2009.

The 2010s began with a record, as the Portland Timbers U23's ended the season as national champions, beating Thunder Bay Chill 4-1 in the 2010 PDL Championship game.

After clinching the last spot in the West Division with a losing record, the Cougars defeated the number-one seed Portland Winter Hawks in the conference quarterfinals and the third-ranked Spokane Chiefs in the conference semifinals before finally losing to the second-ranked Seattle Thunderbirds in the Western Conference final.

During his time with Pawtucket, Youkilis managed to complete a streak he started while in Portland: he reached base in 71 consecutive games, tying future teammate Kevin Millar's minor-league record for consecutive games reaching base.

In 1979, Sage approached several Portland punk bands and asked them to record singles for his new Trap label.