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Saturday | February 5, 2011

Yarn Bombers Keep Bridge City In Stitches
Slip Yum Yum keeps to the shadows. "We work hard to keep a low profile and only communicate digitally," explained a go-between. Slip is one of a growing number of a growing underground of stitch artists known as "yarn bombers" who stitch their graffiti onto various public artifacts like statues, bicycle racks, trees, street lamps and telephone poles. Yarn bombers can pick up supplies from any of a surprisingly large number of local yarn shops.^[1] Yarn enthusiasts even have their own Yarn Crawl!^[2] But the yarn bomb blog ("improving the urban landscape one stitch at a time") is maintained from Vancouver British Columbia.^[3]

Go to story: Oregon "yarn bombers" knit graffiti for lamp posts, trees

Go to crawl: Portland Oregon Yarn Crawl

Go to blog: Yarn Bombing: Improving the urban landscape one stitch at a time.

Friday | February 4, 2011

Collapsing housing bubble finds its "floor"?

Portland Home Sales Drop 7%
The "five-county Portland region" saw a 7% plunge in house sales from December 2009 to December 2010. Absentee buyers accounted for 19.4% of the housing sold. Most of those sales were reported as "investments." Although the median house price hovered at $222,000, absentee investors paid an average of just $190,000.

Go to story: Portland area home sales drop 7% from a year ago

Thursday | February 3, 2011

The rabbit is one of the 12 signs in the Chinese Zodiac.

Welcome to the Year of the Metal Rabbit
Today is the beginning of the Chinese and Vietnamese (Tết) New Year, marking the beginning of the year of the Metal Rabbit, according to the Chinese Zodiac (year of the Cat in Vietnamese Zodiac). Astrological predictions of rabbit years include associations with "home and family, artistic pursuits, diplomacy, and keeping the peace", and conversely that "nations will also become more insular and increasingly lock down their borders to protect against the 'other'". In Portland, there will be many free activities and celebrations this Saturday.

Go to events listing (celebrations this Saturday): Chinese and Vietnamese New Year events

Go to astrology explanation: The Year of the Rabbit: Chinese Horoscope Predictions for 4709 - 2011

Go to astrology explanation: Chinese New Year 2011 - The Year of Golden White Rabbit

Wednesday | February 2, 2011

PDX Out-Migration Fuels Fossil
Local slacker/hipster has "grown tired of Portland" and plans to relocate to Dinosaur, Colorado, a "very real town."

Go to story: I've grown tired of Portland, so I'm moving to Dinosaur, Co. A very real town.

Go to very real town: Dinosaur, Colorado

Tuesday | February 1, 2011

Gov. Kitzhaber releases state budget proposal, responding to funding crisis with further cuts to education, health
The budget Kitzhaber offers would include cuts to Oregon's already ailing K-12 education, reducing teachers and increasing class sizes. Also Oregon Health Plan, the same program Kitzhaber started in the mid-90s, would have cuts. According to OPB, "doctors would be paid less to treat Oregon Health Plan patients and fewer treatments would be covered." Since it was conceived, people who have relied on Oregon Health Plan have experienced several critical cuts in their health care, including a massive cut in 2003 that attracted national attention, when 100,000 people in mental health and/or substance abuse treatment lost their prescription coverage.

Go to story: Kitzhaber Says Budget Will Require 'Shared Sacrifices'

Monday | January 31, 2011

Feds Want To Roll More Green
A number of Federal agencies are already familiar with the color green. Whether it's an alert code stuck at the very bottom of Dept. Homeland Security's Terror Alert System^[4], or the hue of endless piles of loot shoveled into the black hole of a failed financial system, green is the new black as far as the Feds are concerned. Now they want to raise the green bar high on their own supply. Supply chain, that is. And you can participate! The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) are co-sponsoring a "Greening the Supply Chain Roundtable" tomorrow in Portland at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) Auditorium (1945 SE Water Avenue, Portland, OR 97214). The event is scheduled for Tuesday, February 1, 2011; 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM. Wanna join the fun? Visit Greening the Supply Chain Roundtable to sign up.

Go to story: Obama administration looks to greening federal supply chain

Go to sign-up form: Greening the Supply Chain Roundtable

Sunday | January 30, 2011

Oregon State Bank

Public Forum: Oregon State Bank Bill | Tuesday February 1st, 2011
Did you know that an "Oregon State Bank could offer 6 percent credit cards and 6 percent certificates of deposit, much better than any private bank offers"? In fact, low-interest credit loans and high-interest savings are not the only potential benefits a state bank can offer the citizens of the state it serves. A state bank is potentially free to align its mission with the interests of that state's many and diverse communities, rather than the short-term interests of a small group of profit-seeking shareholders. You can learn about the other benefits a state bank can offer Oregonians at an upcoming public forum focused on the Oregon State Bank Bill.

Go to email announcement: Oregon State Bank Bill - Public Forum - Tuesday February 1st, 2011

Go to story: Why a state bank makes sense

Go to blog: Public Banking Institute's Public Banking Blog

Go to story: Are State-Run Banks a Good Option?

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References

[1] rtland yarn

[2] Portland Oregon Yarn Crawl

[3] Yarn Bombing: Improving the urban landscape one stitch at a time.

[4] Iraq Adopts Terror Alert System

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+=== Saturday | February 5, 2011 ===
+[[File:Bike Rack Yarn Bomb.jpg|thumb|Yarn bombers improve Portland "one stitch at a time."]]
+'''Yarn Bombers Keep Bridge City In Stitches'''<br />
+Slip Yum Yum keeps to the shadows. "We work hard to keep a low profile and only communicate digitally," explained a go-between. Slip is one of a growing number of a growing underground of stitch artists known as "yarn bombers" who stitch their graffiti onto various public artifacts like statues, bicycle racks, trees, street lamps and telephone poles. Yarn bombers can pick up supplies from any of a surprisingly large number of local yarn shops.<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=1010&q=portland+yarn portland yarn]</ref> Yarn enthusiasts even have their own Yarn Crawl!<ref>[http://www.portlandyarncrawl.com/ Portland Oregon Yarn Crawl]</ref> But the yarn bomb blog ("improving the urban landscape one stitch at a time") is maintained from Vancouver British Columbia.<ref>[http://yarnbombing.com/ Yarn Bombing: Improving the urban landscape one stitch at a time.]</ref>
+:''Go to story'': [http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/05/us-yarn-bombers-idUSTRE71427O20110205 Oregon "yarn bombers" knit graffiti for lamp posts, trees]
+:''Go to crawl'': [http://www.portlandyarncrawl.com/ Portland Oregon Yarn Crawl]
+:''Go to blog'': [http://yarnbombing.com/ Yarn Bombing: Improving the urban landscape one stitch at a time.]
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 === Friday | February 4, 2011 ===
 [[File:Values-plunge.jpg|thumb|Collapsing housing bubble finds its "floor"?]]
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 :''Go to blog'': [http://publicbanking.wordpress.com/ Public Banking Institute's Public Banking Blog]
 :''Go to story'': [http://www.walletpop.com/2011/01/28/are-state-run-banks-a-good-option/ Are State-Run Banks a Good Option?]
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-=== Saturday | January 29, 2011 ===
-[[File:Egyptian Uprising Youth Speak Out.jpg|thumb|Egyptian Uprising Youth Speak Out | Image: [http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insidestory/2011/01/2011129111336830896.html Inside Story - Egypt: The youth perspective]]]
-'''Egyptian Uprising Sparks Sympathy Protests In Portland, Elsewhere'''<br />
-"The uprising and unrest in Egypt is spawning sympathy protests across the United States." Yup! Even "in cities [like] Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Portland..." About "300 protesters turned out in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square Saturday, most of them Egyptian-American. They support the protesters in Egypt, and they want Mubarak out." Egyptian-American and Portland resident Doaa Elhaggen "is fed up with 30 years of autocratic rule in her native country. 'Everything is messed up: education, health, transportation....'" Hey wait a second! All that is also "messed up" right her in the good ol' U.S. of A. Time for our own uprising? Perhaps. But some folks here worry that if the Arab world's people free themselves they could disrupt oil flows to fuel-hungry U.S. drivers. Three Bronx cheers for good ol' Yankee pragmatism!
-:''Go to story'': [http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/Portland-area-Egyptian-Americans-stage-protest/dbCgSnd3nkC2pqAuLWE8uA.cspx Portland-area Egyptian-Americans stage protest sympathy rally]
-:''Go to story'': [http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=129625201388844000 Unrest in Egypt stirs interest in auto show’s electric cars: Crowds swarm to clean energy cars as Mideast protests spur oil supply concerns]
-:''Go to story'': [http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/insidestory/2011/01/2011129111336830896.html Inside Story - Egypt: The youth perspective: Young people are at the forefront of protests in Egypt, but do they believe that they can bring about change?]
-:''Go to analysis'': [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/were-better-off-than-egyp_b_816080.html We're Better Off Than Egypt -- Right?]
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