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Monday | September 13, 2010

Help Wanted: Professional Malingerer
From Craig's List Help Wanted Ad: "Part-time temporary positions available for healthy women between 45-55 years of age who are needed to portray 'fake' patients of Hispanic descent as part of a study assessing healthcare delivery in rural Oregon."
Go to story: Simulated Patient Position available (Portland, OR )

Sunday | September 12, 2010

Enjoy Life--Eat Out More Often *
Portland Eats Out is "a community of like-minded eaters, coming together." "Staff Eaters" hit the streets to build "a tribe of restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, bars and food carts to participate in the program." "Members" are encouraged "to 'Eat Out' frequently on slower nights."
Go to story: Introducing Portland Eats Out, a community-focused dining program supporting local restaurants and the Oregon Food Bank

Saturday | September 11, 2010

Member of Portland's Black Bloc (a loose coalition of infiltrators, snitches, *agents provocateurs* and homeless goth-vegan runaways) carries the flag in honor of National Fly The Flag Day.

Today is "national fly the flag" or "burn someone's holy book" day!
Tea Party militia groups urge Americans to "fly the flag," while dominionist religious cults threaten to burn some other religion's holy book. In Portland, independent journalists and talk show hosts will burn copies of the 9/11 Commission Report.
Go to story: GROUP TO BURN 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT AT ANNIVERSARY GATHERING

Friday | September 10, 2010

Bonghits With Blumenauer In Bridgetown
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) rolls into Portland for 39th annual convention.
Go to story: NORML National Conference In Portland, OR

Thursday | September 9, 2010

Texas Hold 'Em Fever Overwhelms House Of Pain
Uncontrollable "rowdy, lawless" behavior at illegal NE Portland gambling den leaves city toothless.
Go to story: Poker gamble fails to pay off

Wednesday | September 8, 2010

Bike thieves "liberate" Bike Free's "Buttercup."

Charity Begins At Home; Ends In Portland
After a 3500 mile ride from Maryland to Oregon, Bike Free's "Buttercup" gets ripped off in Portland. How will Paul and Adam complete their journey and carry out the Bike Free mission? Fear not! "With God’s help," they’ll "overcome this selfish deed, get bikes to the kids, and continue spreading the word about the goodness of bikes."
Go to story: Bike stolen in Portland after 3,000 mile charity ride

Tuesday | September 7, 2010

Big Timbers Run Little Beavers Outta P-Town
Portland Beavers, the Rose City's minor league baseball team and Portland institution since 1903, is pushed out of PGE Park (formerly Multnomah Stadium) by Portland's new major league soccer team, Portland Timbers.
Go to story: Triple-A Beavers say goodbye to Portland

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 == News ==
+=== Monday | September 13, 2010 ===
+'''Help Wanted: Professional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malingering Malingerer]'''<br />
+From Craig's List Help Wanted Ad: "Part-time temporary positions available for healthy women between 45-55 years of age who are needed to portray 'fake' patients of Hispanic descent as part of a study assessing healthcare delivery in rural Oregon."<br />
+Go to story: [http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/hea/1942908413.html Simulated Patient Position available (Portland, OR )]
 === Sunday | September 12, 2010 ===
 [[File:Zombies NightoftheLivingDead.jpg|thumb|Eating Out: A community of like-minded eaters, coming together.]]
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 [[Portland Beavers]], the Rose City's minor league baseball team and Portland institution since 1903, is pushed out of [[PGE Park]] (formerly [[Multnomah Stadium]]) by Portland's new major league soccer team, [[Portland Timbers]].<br />
 Go to story: [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/wires/09/06/2010.ap.bbm.goodbye.beavers.1st.ld.writethru.0872/ Triple-A Beavers say goodbye to Portland]
-=== Monday | September 6, 2010 ===
-[[File:Oxbow Park1.JPG|thumb|Oxbow Regional Park: A wonderful place to raise your homeless family.]]
-'''Oxbow Regional Park: A Wonderful Place To Raise Your Homeless Family'''<br />
-Did you lose your job quite a while back? Your unemployment insurance finally sputtered out? A bailed-out bank foreclosed your family out of your home, and you're sick of squabbling with other homeless folks on Portland's mean streets? Take heart! Oxbow Regional Park's campground is open year 'round, it's not far from Portland, and [http://stagbeetlepower.blogspot.com/2010/09/oxbow-regional-park.html Stag Beetle Power!] says it's a wonderful place to bring the kids!<br />
-Go to story: [http://stagbeetlepower.blogspot.com/2010/09/oxbow-regional-park.html Oxbow Regional Park]
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