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| === Friday | March 25, 2011 ===
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| [[File:SweetSixteen.jpg|thumb|World Wide Wiki Turns Sweet Sixteen!]]
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| '''You're Sixteen. You're Beautiful. And You're Ours.'''<ref>[[wikipedia:You're_Sixteen|You're Sixteen]]</ref><br />
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| When the World Wide Web's creator unveiled the world's first Web site on Hiroshima Day (August 6th) 1991, the browser for this marvelous "[[wikipedia:Johannes Gutenberg|new Gutenberg]]" also functioned as a Web editor. Tim Berners-Lee intended that people ''contribute'' content to the Web, not merely consume it.<ref>[http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19991017&slug=2989454 Why You Don't Surf The 'Mesh' -- Web's Inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, Is Spilling The Details Of Its Creation]</ref> But "free market" forces--with its legions of dull, consumption-addled consumer militias functioning as its loyal enforcers--had other plans. They quickly kicked aside the "write" portion of the read-write Web. In the blink of a million glazed-over eyeballs Berners-Lee's invention, running atop the Internet's narrowband pipes, began choking on a wretched bile of pernicious porn, fly-by-night shopping malls, malicious malware, spying webbots, deranged script kiddies and oily cyberhucksters selling Internet bubbles. By March 25, 1995 [[Portlandia]]n codegeek [[User:WardCunningham|Ward Cunningham]] had ''had enough'', and came to the rescue by putting the "write" back into the read-write Web. Cunningham unveiled the world's first wiki.<ref>[[wikipedia:History_of_wikis#WikiWikiWeb.2C_the_first_wiki|WikiWikiWeb, the first wiki]]</ref><ref>[[wiki:WikiHistory|Wiki History]]</ref> Today that wiki turns sweet sixteen.<ref>[[wiki:WikiBirthday|Wiki Birthday]]</ref> In these bleak times--as multinational media conglomerates and their corrupt political operatives work feverishly to stuff the Internet and its World Wide Web into a pay-to-surf cesspool<ref>[http://www.savetheinternet.com/net-neutrality-101 Net Neutrality 101]</ref>--Wiki's sweet sixteen birthday gives the read-write world something to genuinely celebrate.
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/03/happy-birthday---the-wiki-cele.php Happy Birthday - the Wiki Celebrates its Sweet 16]
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| :''Go to rockstar'': [http://blog.aboutus.org/2011/03/25/wiki-the-continuing-and-original-rockstar-of-the-web/ Wiki, the Continuing & Original Web Rockstar]
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| :''Go to history'': [[wiki:WikiHistory|Wiki History]]
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| :''Go to birthday'': [[wiki:WikiBirthday|Wiki Birthday]]
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| === Thursday | March 24, 2011 ===
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| '''Palomar natural gas pipeline proposal withdrawn'''<br />
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| Citing recession-caused lack of demand, [[NW Natural]] has withdrawn its controversial proposal for the Palomar pipeline, a natural gas pipeline that would have cut through federally protected and environmentally sensitive [[Mt. Hood]] lands and destroyed the livelihoods of farmers and other landowners. However, NW Natural says they plan on resuming their lobbying, with perhaps a different route through the Confederated Tribes of the [[Warm Springs Reservation]], when demand increases. Local environmentalist organization [[Bark]] has promised to "not stand by... even if they reroute their pipe through the Warm Springs Reservation."
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| * '''Go to story''': [http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/03/palomar_gas_partners_pull_the.html Palomar gas partners pull the plug on controversial pipeline proposal]
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| * '''Go to story''': [http://www.bark-out.org/article.php?id=715 Sustainable Business Oregon: Palomar natural gas pipeline shelved]
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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 "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki#History birthplace of wiki]"...<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 [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Meetup|local 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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