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| === Tuesday | December 28, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Pilogorobic-joy-adventure-club.jpg|thumb|Pilogorobics<ref>[http://www.joyadventureclub.org/Home/pil-oga-robics-for-pennies Pil-oga-robics for Pennies]</ref> at the [[Joy Adventure Club]].]]
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| '''Spreading Holiday Joy With The Joy Team'''<br />
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| Do life's little aches and pains--like endless wars, predator drones, bailed out Wall Street casinos, CIA torturers, chronic unemployment, teabagger takeover of Congress, more bad news from WikiLeaks and whatnot--leave you feeling a bit less than chipper every now and then? Take heart! A cabal of area business interests ''feel your pain'' and are ready and willing to step up to the plate and thrust out a helping hand. Who? Why, it's [[The Joy Team]] of course!
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| :''Go to story'': [http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20101227/bs_prweb/prweb4926104_1 Could Portland, Ore., be the Holiday JOY Capital of the World?]
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| :''Go to Joy Team'': [http://thejoyteam.org/ The Joy Team]
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| :''Go to Joy Adventure Club'': [http://www.joyadventureclub.org/ Joy Adventure Club]
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| === Monday | December 27, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Bob Brown Tires.jpg|thumb|Typical yellow pages-type print ad.]]
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| '''Yellow Pages Replaced By "Google Pages"?'''<br />
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| Heck, who even ''uses'' a land line anymore? And even those of us who do, the last thing we want kicking around our living spaces is that huge, ugly, unwieldy telecom-age dinosaur: the yellow pages directory. Unfortunately, countless main street businesses operating in their local communities once depended on the print ads they ran their local yellow pages directory to drive new business. Although most "mom & pop" shops hated to do it, they would often agree to pay outrageously exorbitant rates the directories charged in fear of the business they'd lose to their competitors if they refused. But the overall usefulness of yellow pages ads has steadily declined for nearly a decade, with few viable alternatives in sight.<ref>[http://www.frederickwebpromotions.com/2009/09/06/yellow-pages-who-uses-them/ Yellow Pages, who uses them? A serious case of pulp friction The phone books still pile up, but have they outlived their usefulness?]</ref><ref>[http://www.newfangled.com/local_search_making_yellow_pages_obsolete Let Your Fingers Do the Clicking]</ref> Until now?<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703814804576036252770969080.html Ring, Ring. Hi, It's Google]
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| :''Go to Google Boost'': [http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/10/advertise-your-local-business-with.html Advertise your local business with Google Boost]
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| === Sunday | December 26, 2010 ===
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| [[File:UseHipCodes.png|thumb|Put the "hip" back into zip codes.]]
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| '''What's ''Your'' Zip Code?'''<br />
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| Sure, the post office is largely an anachronism; hardly anyone remembers how to address an envelope, much less actually ''mail'' a card or letter. But this post-Christmas, why not express your gratitude for all the gifts you received by actually ''mailing'' your thank-you cards, rather than simply blasting out a quick email, text message, Twitter or Facebook post? To see if you're ready for such a dramatic leap into the unknown, try answering this simple riddle: What is ''your'' zip code?<br />
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| :''Go to Portland zip code map'': [http://hipcodes.com/Oregon/Portland/ Portland Oregon ZIP Code Map]
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| :''Go to Portland neighborhood zip code chart'': [http://www.portlandneighborhood.com/portlandzipcodes.html Portland Area Zip Code Chart by Neighborhood]
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| === Christmas Day | Saturday | December 25, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Christ Consumer.jpg|thumb|Post-Consumer Christmas]]
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| '''Merry Post-Consumer Christmas!'''<br />
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| Sure, spiritually bereft, mindless consumerism is a Christmas tradition as American as apple pie and preemptive air strikes. But as "Western Society" descends into post-enlightenment neofeudalism,<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neofeudalism Neofeudalism]</ref> and shakes off over-consumption in favor of finance industry-coerced "austerity" for the bottom 98%, Portland's "post-consumer advocate" has a plan. <span class="plainlinks">[http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/12/2010-word-of-the-year/ Thriftilicious]</span>! Merry Christmas Everybody!<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com/2010/12/merry-christmas/ Merry (Thriftilicious) Christmas!]
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| === Christmas Eve! | Friday | December 24, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Ruling Nerds of Portland.jpg|thumb|Ruling Nerds of Portland]]
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| '''Why Portland Rules On Eve Of Christmas Eve'''<br />
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| Do you find your holiday bliss "hacking away" on your favorite "open source social network project"? Do you and your friends passionately toil away in frequent and unpaid "spontaneous hack sessions" and similar "Nerdouts" in the darkened confines of a former flophouse ''cum'' "Coolest Hotel In America"? Can't abide Hummers, or the idiots who drive them? Yes? Then you already understand the secret to "Why Portland Rules (if you're a nerd)."<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://leftbrain.brennannovak.com/why-portland-rules-if-youre-a-nerd Why Portland Rules (if you're a nerd)]
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| === Thursday | December 23, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Coal-wind.jpg|thumb|Coal wind.]]
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| '''Local Right-Wing "Think Tank" Labels Renewable Energy Efforts A "Failure"'''<br />
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| "White paper" published by [[Cascade Policy Institute]] says Portland and Oregon "have failed miserably" in pursuing ambitious renewable energy targets. The paper's authors suggest that the city and state "should stop trying." At least one Cascade Policy Institute critic points out that the particular formulations of "individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic opportunity" promoted by the institute are similar or identical to agendas commonly favored among large business interests and wealthy individuals. Also noted is the apparent irony of how notions like "free markets and limited government," as promoted by organizations like Cascade Policy Institute, often translate into support for "billions in pork-ridden expenditure, insurance mandates, heavy-handed central planning initiatives, property seizures..., metastatic bureaucracy at local, state and federal levels and massive expansions in law enforcement."<ref>[http://trueslant.com/zachdundas/2010/02/04/cyclists-vs-libertarians-in-portland/ Cyclists vs ‘Libertarians’ in Portland]</ref><br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.earthtechling.com/2010/12/are-oregon-renewables-not-meeting-goals/ Are Oregon Renewables Not Meeting Goals?]
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| :''Go to [[Portland Afoot]] profile'': [http://portlandafoot.org/w/Cascade_Policy_Institute Cascade Policy Institute]
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| :''Go to critic'': [http://trueslant.com/zachdundas/2010/02/04/cyclists-vs-libertarians-in-portland/ Cyclists vs ‘Libertarians’ in Portland]
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| === Wednesday | December 22, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Somalia-us.jpg|thumb|No "melting pot" for Somali refugees?]]
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| '''Are Somali Immigrants To U.S. "Different"?'''<br />
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| "The first big wave of Somali immigrants came to the U.S. after the Mogadishu government collapsed in 1991, fleeing what became the most chaotic nation on Earth.... Somalis who settled in...the U.S. were war refugees, with little money and not many job skills.... (They're) among the "youngest and poorest" newcomers to the U.S...." Why does integration "have less to do with religion, and more to do with culture and income, than today's Islamophobes...care to admit"?<br />
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| ''Go to story'': [http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/what-makes-somalis-so-different-26347/ What Makes Somalis So Different?]<br />
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| ''Go to sting posts'': [http://yin.typepad.com/the_yin_blog/portland-bombing-case/ Portland bomb sting posts]
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