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Sunday | February 27, 2011

Management of Columbia River Basin More Cooperative than Most
Want a little light reading for tonight's bedtime story? Well, how about this electrifying article: Alex Stark claims that, "water is affected by everything, and water affects everything and everyone." Because citizens of the US and Canada are constantly using up the world's most precious non-renewable resource, obtaining water is becoming a greater issue every day. However, Stark says that the Columbia River is a source of water that promotes kindness. Why? The 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty does not allow the resource to be taken over by anyone who's feeling greedy. So when you're drinking water from the Columbia River, remember: when you're drinking this water, the glass is always half full.

Go to story: Water wars? The Role of Hegemony in the Jordan River, Nile River and Columbia River Basins

Saturday | February 26, 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

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Friday | February 25, 2011

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!
No school! Woo hoo!

Go to story: Deschooling Society

Wednesday | February 23, 2011

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

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

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 Gallery • Clark College
1933 Fort Vancouver Way, FAC 101, Vancouver, Washington

Go to story: Indweller

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References

[1] Rally to Save the American Dream

[2] Rally to Save the American Dream

[3] Rantings Of People Who Use Public Transit In Portland Oregon: Support Wisconsin

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 == News ==
+=== Sunday | February 27, 2011 ===
+[[File:Lighting on the Columbia River.jpg|thumb|Lighting on the Columbia River.]]
+'''Management of Columbia River Basin More Cooperative than Most'''<br />
+Want a little light reading for tonight's bedtime story? Well, how about this electrifying article: Alex Stark claims that, "water is affected by everything, and water affects everything and everyone." Because citizens of the US and Canada are constantly using up the world's most precious non-renewable resource, obtaining water is becoming a greater issue every day. However, Stark says that the Columbia River is a source of water that promotes kindness. Why? The 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty does not allow the resource to be taken over by anyone who's feeling greedy. So when you're drinking water from the Columbia River, remember: when you're drinking this water, the glass is always half full.
+:''Go to story'': [http://www.e-ir.info/?p=7062 Water wars? The Role of Hegemony in the Jordan River, Nile River and Columbia River Basins]
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 === 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.]]
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 Fort Vancouver Way, FAC 101, Vancouver, Washington
 :''Go to story'': [http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2011/02/indweller.html Indweller]
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-=== Sunday | February 20, 2011 ===
-[[File:Sad dog.jpg|thumb|Phoebe the pooch has a loving family and is ''not'' one of the animals mentioned in this story.]]
-'''The Quarantines are Being Filled'''<br />
-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]
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