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== News ==
== News ==
=== Saturday | February 26, 2011 ===
[[File:Solidarity With Wisconsin Rally Director Park 25-February-2011.jpg|thumb|Solidarity with Wisconsin Rally at [[Director Park]], Friday, February 25, 2011.]]
'''Portland's Workers Rally In Solidarity With Wisconsinite Workers'''<br />
More than a thousand Pacific Northwest workers gathered in Portland's [[Director Park]] Friday afternoon to rally in support of beleaguered public employees in Wisconsin. Pro-labor and pro-union demonstrators showed their support for Wisconsin state workers and their right to negotiate wages and benefits they receive through collective bargaining. Additional rallies across the United States are scheduled for Saturday.<ref>[http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/index.html?rc=rsad_seiu&action_id=238&search_distance=40 Rally to Save the American Dream]</ref><ref>[http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=112831 Rally to Save the American Dream]</ref><ref>[http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2011/02/support-wisconsin.html Rantings Of People Who Use Public Transit In Portland Oregon: Support Wisconsin]</ref>
:''Go to story'': [http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=129861584203903600 Local unions gather to support Wisconsin brethren]
:''Go to story'': [http://www.katu.com/news/politics/116960688.html Portland demonstrators rally in support for Wis. workers]
:''Go to Portland Jobs With Justice'': [http://www.jwjpdx.org/ Portland Jobs with Justice]
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=== Friday | February 25, 2011 ===
=== Friday | February 25, 2011 ===
[[File:Sun day.jpg|thumb|Sunny, Flowery & Beautiful]]
[[File:Sun day.jpg|thumb|Sunny, Flowery & Beautiful]]
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30 dogs, ranging from a couple days to 8 years old were rescued by The Humane Society from a Canby breeder; they were quarantined by The Humane Sociey, out of fear that these dogs might have infectious parasites. Doctors believe that these dogs could have diseases and/or dangerous stomach parasites. If this proves true, the Canby breeder could face up to six months in jail and $2,500 in fines because of charges of "animal neglect in second degree." Reasons for this might be that the breeder has been struggling to sell her dogs in this difficult economy. However, the dogs were clearly abandoned: evidence ranging from empty food bowls to lingering feces. The price must be paid.  
30 dogs, ranging from a couple days to 8 years old were rescued by The Humane Society from a Canby breeder; they were quarantined by The Humane Sociey, out of fear that these dogs might have infectious parasites. Doctors believe that these dogs could have diseases and/or dangerous stomach parasites. If this proves true, the Canby breeder could face up to six months in jail and $2,500 in fines because of charges of "animal neglect in second degree." Reasons for this might be that the breeder has been struggling to sell her dogs in this difficult economy. However, the dogs were clearly abandoned: evidence ranging from empty food bowls to lingering feces. The price must be paid.  
:''Go to story'': [http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/02/dogs_rescued_from_canby_breede.html Dogs rescued from Canby breeder placed in quarantine at Portland's Oregon Humane Society]
:''Go to story'': [http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/02/dogs_rescued_from_canby_breede.html Dogs rescued from Canby breeder placed in quarantine at Portland's Oregon Humane Society]
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=== Saturday | February 19, 2011 ===
[[File:City.club.logo.png|thumb|Congressman Earl Blumenauer will discuss how Portland can take the easy way out at City Club of Portland; Friday, February 25, 2011; 12:15pm - 1:15pm.]]
'''Federal Alignment: Taking The Road More Traveled'''<br />
From [[City Club of Portland]] Web Site: "Since the near collapse of the financial system two years ago, both the United States and Oregon have struggled to get their economies moving. The federal government faces significant challenges in solving issues related to Social Security and Medicare funding, massive defense spending and a seeming inability to solve educational problems. Though daunting, none of these challenges has been unforeseen. On February 25, Congressman Earl Blumenauer will consider opportunities for reform that need not be as radical as some are predicting. In particular, the Congressman will describe unique opportunities for Oregon to better align its plans with federal priorities, and will explain how, by making these adjustments, both national and state program could become more sustainable and effective. Congressman Earl Blumenauer was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996 and is a member of the Ways and Means Committee and the Budget Committee."
:''Go to story'': [http://www.pdxcityclub.org/content/address-congressman-earl-blumenauer A Decade of Decision: Why it Doesn't Have to Be This Hard]
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Revision as of 14:08, 26 February 2011

News

Saturday | February 26, 2011

Solidarity with Wisconsin Rally at Director Park, Friday, February 25, 2011.

Portland's Workers Rally In Solidarity With Wisconsinite Workers
More than a thousand Pacific Northwest workers gathered in Portland's Director Park Friday afternoon to rally in support of beleaguered public employees in Wisconsin. Pro-labor and pro-union demonstrators showed their support for Wisconsin state workers and their right to negotiate wages and benefits they receive through collective bargaining. Additional rallies across the United States are scheduled for Saturday.[1][2][3]

Go to story: Local unions gather to support Wisconsin brethren
Go to story: Portland demonstrators rally in support for Wis. workers
Go to Portland Jobs With Justice: Portland Jobs with Justice

Friday | February 25, 2011

Sunny, Flowery & Beautiful

Sunny & Clear!
And nice 'n' sparkly. It's the kind of beautiful Portland day that proves whoever invented desk jobs, windowless rooms and stuffy cubicles toiled at the behest of Satan.

Go to story: Office space fax machine

Thursday | February 24, 2011

Snow Day

Snow Day!
No school! Woo hoo!

Go to story: Deschooling Society

Wednesday | February 23, 2011

14th Annual Homelessness Marathon

Listen To Stories Told By Homeless People From Around The United States
This afternoon, Portland's KBOO Community Radio (90.7 fm) will begin a live fourteen hour radio broadcast of "The 14th Annual Homelessness Marathon" at 4:00 p.m. Pacific. Kansas City is the host for this year's special public affairs program, which, in addition to KBOO, also broadcasts simultaneously on numerous other community radio stations throughout the United States. This is your opportunity to get beyond the ugly statistics, and the sad commentary on our culture's blatant immorality in denying shelter to so many among us, and just listen to what homeless folks have to say about the experiences they endure daily.

Go to story: Special Programming: Public Affairs on 02/23/11 - The 14th Annual Homelessness Marathon

Tuesday | February 22, 2011

An abandoned MetroFi antenna. Photo by M.O. Stevens.

Personal Telco repurposing old MetroFi wireless devices throughout Portland... as soon as someone donates the bandwidth
After MetroFi, the company Portland hired in 2006 to create a wifi network covering the city, tanked two years later, leaving hundreds of dead wireless devices throughout Portland, the city was forced to take them down and put them in storage. Now, the city has donated over a hundred of them to Personal Telco, the free wifi nonprofit serving Portland. Now all Personal Telco needs to get them transmitting free wifi is donated bandwidth.

Go to story: Personal Telco deploys MetroFi's old Wi-Fi gear in North Portland

Monday | February 21, 2011

Anna Lavatelli, "The Pink Room"

Levitation Is For Indwellers
The Archer Gallery at Clark College presents Indweller, video works by Victoria Fu, Anna Lavatelli, Noelle Mason, and Lilly McElroy. "In each of these works, the bodies are used in a predetermined way within the space of the setting and the frame. The female figures are choreographed or set to a limited structure of movement, rather than used as character explorations. Through controlled gestures, constructed cinematic structures, and suspended moments in time and space, the figures become inseparable from the setting within the video, existing to complete the imagined world of the artist."
Exhibition • February 22 - March 18, 2011
Reception • 6-8pm • March 12
Archer GalleryClark College
1933 Fort Vancouver Way, FAC 101, Vancouver, Washington

Go to story: Indweller

Sunday | February 20, 2011

Phoebe the pooch has a loving family and is not one of the animals mentioned in this story.

The Quarantines are Being Filled
30 dogs, ranging from a couple days to 8 years old were rescued by The Humane Society from a Canby breeder; they were quarantined by The Humane Sociey, out of fear that these dogs might have infectious parasites. Doctors believe that these dogs could have diseases and/or dangerous stomach parasites. If this proves true, the Canby breeder could face up to six months in jail and $2,500 in fines because of charges of "animal neglect in second degree." Reasons for this might be that the breeder has been struggling to sell her dogs in this difficult economy. However, the dogs were clearly abandoned: evidence ranging from empty food bowls to lingering feces. The price must be paid.

Go to story: Dogs rescued from Canby breeder placed in quarantine at Portland's Oregon Humane Society

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