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| === Wednesday | March 23, 2011 ===
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| [[File:The-mezz-logo.png|thumb|Portland WikiWednesday happens this evening at [http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/pearl/the-mezz/ The MEZZ] inside [http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/pearl/ Whole Foods Market] in Portland's [[Pearl District]]]]
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| '''Come Hang With Portland's Wiki Geeks'''<br />
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| ''Local MediaWiki & Wikipedia Discussion Groups, Anyone?''<br />
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| Portland is the "birthplace of wiki"...<br />
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki#History<br />
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| ...and boasts quite a few wiki enthusiasts, many of whom are regular Wikipedia contributors and/or admins.<br />
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| Despite such heritage, Portland has yet to establish a local Wikipedia meetup:<br />
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup<br />
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| About time we do? Hope to see you this evening!<br />
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| * '''What''': [[pdxww:Welcome_to_Portland_WikiWednesday!|Portland WikiWednesday]]
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| * '''Where''': [[The MEZZ|The MEZZ Espresso Bar]]
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| * '''Address''': [[Portland]]'s [[Pearl District]]: [[NW 12th Avenue]] & [[West Burnside Street]]
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| * '''Day''': Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
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| * '''Time''': 6:30-9:00 p.m.
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| :''Go to story'': [http://calagator.org/events/1250460390 Portland WikiWednesday -- Come hang with Portland's wiki geeks.]
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| :''Go to [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland|Wikipedia meetup]] page'': [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland|Wikipedia Meetup, Portland]]
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| === Tuesday | March 22, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo, CA.jpg|thumb|Photo by [http://www.flickr.com/people/lazytom/ Marcel Marchon / lazytom]]]
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| '''Amtrak lines that serve Portland increasingly offer free wifi'''<br />
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| One more advantage to passenger rail service, that oft-overlooked (in the US) dinosaur, is falling into place. Amtrak, the long-ailing, government-supported corporation providing domestic intercity passenger rail service, is rolling out [[free wifi]] on most of its lines. Already trips from its Cascades line (serving Vancouver (Canada), [[Seattle]], Portland, and [[Eugene]], with other stops on the way) are fully blanketed from front to back by the soothing, low-level radiation of wireless internet. The Coast Starlight line, which continues south all the way to Los Angeles, is also beginning to offer wifi service, albeit only in its freely available "Parlour Car" for now. For travelers used to paying for wifi on airlines or "lucking out" with a "free" wifi promotion bundled with the Google Chrome browser or other marketing ploy, traveling with free, no-conditions wifi is a distinct advantage. Add that to passenger trains' spacious legroom, cheaper price, better environmental impact, beautiful views, greater actual security without the "airport security" gauntlet (no [[wikipedia:Backscatter X-ray|clothesless, skinless ogling]], surly gropefests, public luggage-pawing, or, for those that happen to share a name with someone on the no fly list, being ushered into a room for, if one is lucky, only a strip search and lengthy detainment). The only catch: it's slower. High-speed rail, anyone?
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| :''Go to article'': [http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/03/modern_trains Touching the third rail]
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| === Monday | March 21, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Powell s-Books-Building-2.jpg|thumb|[[PortlandWiki]] [[Monday Meets]]<br />Tonight at [[Powell's Technical Books|Powell's Books: Building 2]]]]
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| '''Come Hang With Local Civic Wiki Geeks'''<br />
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| Tonight's Discussion: User Interface!
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| :How can PortlandWiki present a more inviting user interface?<br />
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| '''And''': Rehearse sampling of community-approved hijinks and practical jokes in anticipation of upcoming April Fools Day. Come enjoy some friendly discussion! We usually have a good time. Hope to see you this evening!
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| * '''What''': [[PortlandWiki]] [[Monday Meets]]
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| * '''Where''': [[Powell's Technical Books]]
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| * '''Address''': 40 [[NW 10th Avenue]], [[Portland]], [[Oregon|OR]] [[97209]]
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| : Corner of [[NW 10th Avenue]] & [[NW Couch Street]]. (This is Powell's Tech's new location.)
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| : ([http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=-122.681114196777&minlat=45.5232315063477&maxlon=-122.680702209473&maxlat=45.5237083435059 OpenStreetMap], [http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=Powell%27s+2+Technical+Bookstore&fb=1&gl=us&hq=Powell%27s+2+Technical+Bookstore&hnear=Portland,+OR&cid=16191433936247649415&z=14 Google Map])
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| * '''Day''': This evening! Monday, March 21st, 2011
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| * '''Time''': 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
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| :''Go to meetup page'': [[Monday Meets]]
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| :''Go to event calendar'': [http://calagator.org/events/1250460232 PortlandWiki Monday Meets -- Come Hang With Local CivicWiki Geeks]
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| === Sunday | March 20, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Bradley-Manning Truth-Is-Our-Authority.jpg|thumb|American hero.]]
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| '''Bradley Manning Freedom Rally'''<br />
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| ''And direct action event.''<br />
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| Army Private First Class Bradley Manning is a genuine American hero. He is the presumed whistleblower who provided documented evidence of serious war crimes and other abuses perpetrated by U.S. military and non-military forces operating in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Those crimes and abuses included those documented in a video showing U.S. helicopter gunship troops slaughtering close to a dozen Iraqi civilian non-combatants.<ref>[http://www.collateralmurder.com/ Collateral Murder]</ref> Manning, 23, has endured nearly 300 days of solitary confinement under conditions described as "torture."<ref>[http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-03-10/news/bs-ed-smith-20110310_1_torturing-brig-officials-bradley-manning Why is the United States torturing Private Manning?]</ref> Tomorrow you are invited to join [[Veterans For Peace]], [[Iraq Veterans Against the War]], [[Code Pink Portland]], the [[Surge Protection Brigade]] and others calling for the government to "Arrest the Real Criminals, Free Bradley Manning!" The rally includes a short march to the site of a direct action to raise awareness and support for Manning.
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| * '''What''': Bradley Manning Freedom Rally
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| * '''Where''': [[Director Park]]
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| * '''Address''': [[Downtown]] [[Portland]]: 815 [[SW Park Avenue]] (between SW Yamhill & SW Taylor Streets), Portland, Oregon
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| * '''Day''': Monday, March 21st, 2011
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| * '''Time''': 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.
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| :''Go to event RSVP page'': [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196273043740994 Bradley Manning Freedom Rally]
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.politicolnews.com/private-manning-and-abu-ghraib-tactics/ Private Manning and Abu Ghraib Tactics]
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.anorak.co.uk/275325/politicians/bradley-manning-is-stripped-at-night-and-made-to-stand-naked-by-his-cell-tortured-for-his-own-good.html Bradley Manning Is Stripped At Night And Made To Stand Naked By His Cell: Tortured For His Own Good]
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| === Saturday | March 19, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Rally For Peace Flyer.png|thumb|Occupy [[Pioneer Courthouse Square]] for peace.]]
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| '''Today's Antiwar Rally: The Egyptian People Set The Example'''<br />
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| Cairo's Tahrir Square<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_Revolution 2011 Egyptian revolution]</ref> is the current model for pushing back oppressive regimes. Can we make [[Pioneer Courthouse Square]] the same?
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| * '''What''': Antiwar Rally & March
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| * '''Where''': [[Pioneer Courthouse Square]]
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| * '''Address''': [[Downtown]] [[Portland]]: 715 [[SW Morrison Street]], Portland, OR 97205
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| * '''Day''': TODAY! Saturday, March 19th, 2011
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| * '''Time''': 12:30-1:30 p.m.
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| :''Go to story'': [[Rally For Peace]]
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| === Friday | March 18, 2011 ===
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| [[File:GreenBeer.JPG|thumb|The food coloring gives it an extra kick, you say? How about a head-on collision? Photo by [[Commons:User:Jonathunder|Jonathunder]].]]
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| '''St Patrick's Portland legacy: 16 drunk driving arrests'''<br />
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| Sixteen drunk celebrators were arrested for driving last night, according to [[Oregon State Police]]. While the arrests were three fewer than last year, any of the sixteen could have found their green beer-lubricated partying suddenly cut short by a fatal accident. Designating a driver, taking a [[bus]] or the [[MAX]], or calling a taxi are options that still remain ignored by some reckless individuals that would rather risk taking the lives of innocent bystanders than shell out a few bucks or endure the inconvenience of waiting a few minutes for a bus or taxi. Fortunately, there were no fatal accidents last night, but next year the "Luck of the Irish" may run out.
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/on_st_patricks_day_16_drink_dr.html On St. Patrick's Day, 16 drink, drive and get arrested]
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| === Thursday | March 17, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Small Potatoes.jpg|thumb|Small Potatoes]]
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| '''Small Potatoes'''<br />
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| Ah, the luck of the Irish!<ref>[http://www.cracked.com/article_16017_6-reasons-irish-arent-so-lucky.html 6 Reasons the Irish Aren't So Lucky]</ref> Whether it's boatloads of unruly Vikings storming the Celtic Isle to enslave its "blooming, lively women" and carry them off to parts unknown "over the broad green sea,"<ref>[http://skyelander.orgfree.com/celts13.html Ancient Celtic Warriors: Vikings and Irish at War]</ref> or planeloads of rapacious neoliberal plunderers swarming in to loot the entire economy,<ref>[http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/46634 Ireland: Neoliberalism a total failure]</ref> it's the Irish people who're always caught one leaf short of a four leaf clover. But today is Saint Patty's Day! It's OK to drown your sorrows in ale and dance and cheer. And thank ol' St. Patty that you're (for now) spared the luck of the Japanese.
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| :''Go to story'': [http://sites.google.com/site/stpatrickpdx/ St. Patrick Catholic Church].
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