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* Spend the July 4th holiday in [[Long Beach]], [[Washington]], a pinnacle of patriotism and home to the [[World's Largest Frying Pan]].
* Spend the July 4th holiday in [[Long Beach]], [[Washington]], a pinnacle of patriotism and home to the [[World's Largest Frying Pan]].
* Find your perfect [[Halloween]] pumpkin at the [[Pumpkin Patch]]!
* Find your perfect [[Halloween]] pumpkin at the [[Pumpkin Patch]]!
* And don't forget about [[Oxbow Regional Park]]. According to PortlandWiki News, it's "[[Old_news#Monday_.7C_September_6.2C_2010|a wonderful place to raise your homeless family]]"!
* And don't forget about [[Oxbow Regional Park]]. According to PortlandWiki News, it's "[[Old news/September 2010#Tuesday_.7C_September_7.2C_2010|a wonderful place to raise your homeless family]]"!
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== Featured help tips ==
== Featured help tips ==
* [[Help:Editing#Templates|Editing Templates]]!
* [[Help:Editing#Templates|Fun with templates]]!
: [[PortlandWiki]]'s <code><nowiki>{{McDork}}</nowiki></code> template is a simple [[wikipedia:Limerick (poetry)|limerick]] template that will appear wherever you insert the code as shown here:
: [[PortlandWiki]]'s <code><nowiki>{{McDork}}</nowiki></code> template is a simple [[wikipedia:Limerick (poetry)|limerick]] template that will appear wherever you insert the code as shown here:


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Amber Case, one of Fast Company's 2010 Most Influential Women in Technology
Bicyclists are lovers.
  • Bicycling Etiquette - Handy bicyclist tips to win friends and influence motorists.
  • Shelter is a place for people to find refuge from the elements. It is one of the primary components critical to survival for every person: water, food, safety (shelter).
  • Iraq Veterans Against the War - Oregon Chapter - To hell with war, and to its demonic mongers.
  • Cascadia is a proposed independent nation in the Pacific Northwest, usually composed of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, that would be formed by seceding from the United States (and Canada).
  • Cascadia subduction zone , off the Oregon Coast, is home to the Juan De Fuca Ridge, where one tectonic plate moves under another. The Ocean Observatories Initiative landed in Pacific City on July 12th, beginning a new era in oceanography.
  • Green industry - In Portland it's easy being green.
  • Horse rings - The small brass rings attached to curbs don't tether horses anymore... unless they're small plastic ones.
  • Personal Telco - Portland's answer (so far) to "Internet as public utility."
  • Yellow Bike Project - (Pictured here in black 'n' white.) A community cycling "first."
  • Charles Olds - Olds shot a man "just to watch him ...uh... succumb from injuries suffered as a result of an act of manslaughter."
  • CivicApps - An open data / open source project sponsored by several Portland-area government agencies.
  • Portlandia - The second largest hammered copper statue in America! (The largest is the Statue of Liberty.)
  • East 82nd Avenue - A major North-South arterial on Portland's Eastside. Gateway to Felony Flats.

Things to see in Portland

Horse spotting! Just one of many fun activities you can do in Portland!

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Places to go near Portland

Long Beach, Washington: Convenient Portland getaway and home to the "world's largest frying pan."
Welcome to sunny Portland: "birthplace of Wiki"!


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PortlandWiki's {{McDork}} template is a simple limerick template that will appear wherever you insert the code as shown here:

{{McDork}}

Here's the result:

Gal From McDork
There once was a gal from McDork
When she wanted to drink she pulled cork
Aft' she spent her last ducat
She would reach for her bucket
What she left there you could eat with a fork

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