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| This page is where stuff on the [[PortlandWiki|main page]]'s [[PortlandWiki#News|news section]] goes when it changes from ''news'' to ''olds''. Observe forgotten current events and primitive human societies from the dawn of time! | | This page is where stuff on the [[PortlandWiki|main page]]'s [[PortlandWiki#News|news section]] goes when it changes from ''news'' to ''olds''. Observe forgotten current events, humorous behavior and other hijinks of primitive human societies from the dawn of time! |
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| === Saturday | January 15, 2011 === | | ==Earlier Months== |
| [[File:A very personal appeal.jpg|thumb|A very ''personal'' appeal from a famous Wikipedian.]]
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| '''Portlandians Celebrate Wikipedia's Tenth Birthday!'''<br />
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| And so does PortlandWiki! In fact, PortlandWiki runs on the same wiki software that powers Wikipedia. And if that's not geek enough for you, why not attend a local birthday celebration in honor of Wikipedia? It's happening this evening at [[AboutUs.org|AboutUs]], 107 SE Washington Street, Suite 520, right here in Portland. Let's celebrate!<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://teapollonius.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-birthday-wikipedia.html Happy Birthday Wikipedia]
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| :''Go to [[Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Party: Portland]] page'': [[Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Party: Portland]]
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| :''Go to [[AboutUs.org|AboutUs]] blog'': [http://blog.aboutus.org/2011/01/14/wikipedia10-portland-celebration-at-aboutus-tomorrow/ Wikipedia10 Portland celebration at AboutUs, tomorrow!]
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| === Friday | January 14, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Solar-Disk.jpg|thumb|Solar disk invaders.]]
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| '''Massive Solar Disk To Descend Upon Portlandians'''<br />
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| "Take us to your sustainability leaders," is just one of the many demands made by the solar disk's otherworldly pilots. "Pay rents 20% above market rate" and "climb the stairs" and "shiver in wintertime; sweat in summertime" are a few of the others. Rumors that the solar disk invaders come armed with solar flare guns remain unconfirmed.<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://solarknowledge.blogspot.com/2011/01/massive-solar-disk-part-of-65-million.html Massive Solar Disk Part of $65 Million Oregon Project]
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| === Thursday | January 13, 2011 ===
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| '''Feds to Portland: time to start profiling based on religion or political views'''<br />
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| After the attempted bomb plot in Pioneer Courthouse Square, it surely is time to call in the FBI to profile Portland religious and political minorities as terrorists. What's that? The FBI were the ones who entrapped Mohamed Mohamud into committing that attempted bomb plot in the first place? Who cares! Muslims and radicals bad!
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| :''Go to story'': [http://news.opb.org/article/40599-portland-town-hall-planned-joint-terrorism-task-force/ Portland Town Hall Planned On Joint Terrorism Task Force]
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| :''Go to story'': [http://blogs.wweek.com/news/2011/01/10/city-hall-mayor-announces-location-for-joint-terrorism-task-force-meeting/ City Hall: Mayor Announces Location for Joint Terrorism Task Force Meeting]
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| === Wednesday | January 12, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Bike Trailer Kids.jpg|thumb|Bike Trailer Kids - Photo: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/33764571@N00/2691706214/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Howard N2GOT]]]
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| '''Greenlick To Bicycle Trailer Pullers: "Lose the kids."'''<br />
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| State Rep. Mitch Greenlick (District 33, Northwest Portland/Forest Park) don't want you to pull no trailer full o' li'l tots with no bicycle. Maybe he reckons it's dangerous. Figures some car drivin' fool could run over the little ones, trailer 'n' all. Why don't somebody tell ol' Greenlick he oughta ban humans beings from drivin' them dang fool horseless carriages instead!?! That'll save a coupla lives, at least.
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| :''Go to story'': [http://bikeportland.org/2011/01/12/oregon-house-bills-would-prohibit-wearing-headphones-carrying-kids-under-six-while-biking-45860 Oregon House bills would prohibit wearing headphones, carrying kids under six while biking - Updated]
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| === Tuesday | January 11, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Filthy Lucre Piggies.jpg|thumb|Filthy lucre piggies. Photo: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucias_clay/1064824543/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Lucias Clay]]]
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| '''Filthy Lucre Update!'''<br />
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| Last week, PortlandWikiNewsLeakers brought you a report about "a series of workshops about managing money" (Thursday | January 6, 2011 - "Now You Can Learn To Deal With Your Share Of The Root Of All Evil!"). Good news! Now you can learn about handling your filthy lucre from a public sector source: [[Multnomah County Library]]. [[Smart Saving]] is the library's new financial literacy program that "helps people develop the skills to plan a budget, pay off debt, save for retirement or college, invest, and make sound home buying decisions." The series begins Wednesday, January 12, 2011.<ref>[http://www.multcolib.org/ref/smartsaving/ Smart Saving]</ref>
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.multcolib.org/ref/smartsaving/ Multnomah County Library's Smart Saving]
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| === Monday | January 10, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Readers Theatre Repertory little logo.jpg|thumb|[[Readers Theatre Repertory]] Presents ''Bloody Ordinary'']]
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| '''The Banality Of The Bloody Ordinary'''<br />
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| ''Bloody Ordinary'' is the "controversial examination of American injustice" through a reinterpretation of Harold Pinter's masterpiece, ''One for the Road''. Directed by [[David Berkson]] ([[Readers Theatre Repertory]]), the story depicts a master interrogator and his torture victims. After the performance, political science professor [[Norm Diamond]] will moderate a "talk with" among the audience and the cast. "I wish I could say that this play's subject matter is dated, but unfortunately, it's not," says Berkson, who sees the production as a thought-provoking starting point, rather than an end. ''Bloody Ordinary'' opens at [[Blackfish Gallery]] (420 NW 9th Ave. | 503-224-2634 | [http://www.blackfish.com/ www.blackfish.com]) Fri., Jan. 14, 8 p.m. and Sat., Jan. 15, 8 p.m. Admission: $8. More info: [http://www.readerstheatrerep.org/ www.readerstheatrerep.org].<br />
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| :''Go to website'': [http://www.readerstheatrerep.org/ www.readerstheatrerep.org]
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| === Sunday | January 9, 2011 ===
| | * [[Old news/April 2011|April 2011]] |
| [[File:Talking with baby.jpg|thumb|Talking with baby.]] | |
| '''Infant Babble'''<br />
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| Are you a clueless parent when it comes to communicating with your infant? There was a time when human parents mysteriously just ''knew'' when their baby was hungry, thirsty, or not feeling well. Perhaps it was instinct, or maybe parents in the olden days just had fewer distractions and spent less time stuck inside their own minds. But none of that matters now because help has arrived. [[Tiny Talkers]] workshops promise to "help eliminate the guesswork parents face in trying to teach their kids how to sign." Hey, if Doctor Dolittle could "talk with the animals," perhaps there's hope that modern parents might learn to connect with their own child(ren).<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.pr.com/press-release/289161 Parents Learn to Communicate with Infants - Local Workshop Teaches Parents How to "Talk" to Their Baby Through Sign Language]
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| === Saturday | January 8, 2011 ===
| | * [[Old news/March 2011|March 2011]] |
| [[File:Columbia river driver.jpg|thumb|Columbia River Driver]] | |
| '''Motorists No Longer Drive On Columbia River's Surface'''<br />
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| Automobile traffic is a constant menace. It's a source of relentless slaughter of pedestrians, bicyclists, wildlife and even other drivers. In order to acquire fuel supplies, infidels must meddle in faraway lands; evil doers respond by flying jetliners into buildings. But there's at least one thing we can all heave a sigh of relief over: motorists no longer drive across the surface of the Columbia River.<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=129427567247566500 It just doesn’t snow like it used to]
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| === Friday | January 7, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Lawrence-Lessig-Citizens.png|thumb|Citizens reunited.]] | |
| '''Getting Elected: It's a dirty job. Can voter-owned elections make it a little cleaner?'''<br />
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| Portland's publicly funded campaign system was turned down by voters (50.3 percent to 49.7 percent, according to the ''[[Oregonian]]'') in the last election cycle. Perhaps the "nay" 50.3 percent of the vote contained folks who still have faith in corporate-owned elections. Lucky for us, Portlandians may get another chance to choose again. Spencer Burton, a former city council candidate, is leading the effort to put voter-owned elections back on the ballot.<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/01/effort_to_revive_publicly_fund.html Effort to revive publicly funded campaigns launched by former Portland City Council candidate]
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| === Thursday | January 6, 2011 ===
| | * [[Old news/January 2011|January 2011]] |
| [[File:Money-Root-Evil.JPG|thumb|Money's evil roots. Illustration: [http://amyhood.blogspot.com/2010/12/money-my-ugly-childhood-and-pink-floyd.html Amy Hood, "Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil"]]]
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| '''Now You Can Learn To Deal With Your Share Of The Root Of All Evil!'''<br />
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| Are you one of those folks who just can't handle your "filthy lucre"? Cheer up! No need to feel ashamed. Both Wall Street and the Pentagon have "money issues" too! Their problem is handling too much...of ours. Now there's hope, at least for you. Portland has someone willing to offer you "a series of workshops about managing money."<br />
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| :''Go to blog'': [http://aroundthesunblog.com/ Good ¢ents Series, Money Management Workshops]
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/13116 Is money the root of all evil?]
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| === Wednesday | January 5, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Lease-solar-panels.jpg|thumb|A new lease on light.]]
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| '''Lease Solar For $20 A Month'''<br />
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| "Oregonians put off by the high price of renewable energy can now go solar on the cheap, installing panels for no money down. Contractors in a handful of states are starting to offer solar to the masses with lease deals that eliminate upfront costs. Oregon is joining the trend..."
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/01/oregon_homeowners_can_now_go_s.html Oregon homeowners can now go solar with no upfront costs]
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| === Tuesday | January 4, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Large wind turbines.jpg|thumb|Large wind turbines.]]
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| '''Portland's Manufacturing Employment Edges Up; Continues To Drop Statewide'''<br />
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| Portland ranks No. 21 in total manufacturing employment, though the number of manufacturing plants and industrial jobs statewide declined in 2010. According to Manufacturers News, Portland had 46,787 industrial jobs as of December 2010. Overall, the nation's top ten industrial cities have lost 95,805 manufacturing jobs, or 8.4 percent, since 2008.
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/01/03/ore-manufacturing-jobs-down-33.html Ore. manufacturing jobs down 3.3%]
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| :''Go to top 50 list'': [http://manufacturersnews.com/news/charts/Top50CitiesJobsDec2010.pdf TOP 50 U.S. CITIES BY NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL JOBS]
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| === Monday | January 3, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Energy use per capita usa uk iran iraq world.png|thumb|Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita). Graph: [http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=eg_use_pcap_kg_oe&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country&idim=country:USA:IRQ:IRN:AFG:GBR&tdim=true&tstart=-315619200000&tunit=Y&tlen=47&hl=en&dl=en&iconSize=0.5&uniSize=0.035 Google Stats]]]
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| '''University Of Portland's Green Transportation Initiatives Take Root'''<br />
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| At [[University of Portland]] more students, faculty and staff are using "greener" transportation modes. Discounted [[TriMet]] passes, a University to [[MAX]] line shuttle, carpool programs, [[Zipcar|Zipcars]] and increased bicycle ridership are all part of the mix. Fifty-seven percent of the University's 3,810 students live on campus.<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/12/north_portland_university_of_p.html North Portland: University of Portland's green transportation programs breaking records]
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| :''Go to Public Data Explorer'': [http://www.google.com/publicdata/home Google Public Data Explorer]
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| === Sunday | January 2, 2011 ===
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| [[File:World primary energy demand by fuel.jpg|thumb|World primary energy demand by fuel.]]
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| '''"Future Is Black" Asserts Triumphant Will'''<br />
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| In a recent op-ed, ''Washington Post'' columnist George F. Will found the opportunity give a big "thumbs up" to big coal while offering a backhanded "complement" to Portland ("a green reproach to the rest of us"). Will also pointed out the apparent irony that Oregon and Washington are phasing out coal-fired electrical generation even as [[Cowlitz County]], [[Washington]] (just up the road from Portland) has "approved construction of a coal export terminal from which millions of tons of U.S. coal could be shipped to Asia annually." Taking another dig at the presumed eco-poseurs he imagines, Will smirks that "the future looks to greens as black as coal." In that case, the future is also more mountains with their tops savagely ripped off of them, more acid rain, more lung disease, more runaway climate change, more resource wars. Indeed, the future looks as bleak as coal.<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/29/AR2010122902899.html China has seen the future, and it is coal]
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| === New Year's Day | Saturday | January 1, 2011 ===
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| [[File:Bicycle Girl.png|thumb|Joyrider]]
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| '''Happy New Year & Joyride To The World!'''<br />
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| From time-to-time, Portlandians may find themselves feeling a teensy bit smug over the breathless accolades routinely laid at the pearly gates of our greenily fragrant Rosebudtown. Portland is frequently praised as the "greenest" or "most sustainable" or even the "most bicycle friendly" city in the United States.<ref>[http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-02/americas-50-greenest-cities America's 50 Greenest Cities]</ref><ref>[http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/ SustainLane Presents: The 2008 US City Rankings]</ref><ref>[http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/04/bicycling-magazine-50-bike-friendliest-cities/ Minneapolis Dethrones Portland As Bike-Friendliest City]</ref> Portland is also widely celebrated for having the foresight to establish an effective [[Urban Growth Boundary]] to try and control urban sprawl long before anyone else thought Urban Growth Boundaries were cool.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=1s0URQ6sYyIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Urban+sprawl:+causes,+consequences,+%26+policy+responses&hl=en&ei=7pofTZnxCoG6sQPTr9XlAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Planning a Sustainable City The Promise and Performance of Portland's Urban Growth Boundary Carl Abbott The Moral Origins of Metropolitan Planning]</ref> But it took lots more work than merely drawing up urban growth boundaries for Portland to establish its "green cred." And [[Mia Birk]] is one of the many who're doing the hard work. For the past twenty years, Birk has helped lead a "crusade to integrate bicycling into daily life."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLAdFoLyyww Mia Birk's Joyride: Pedaling Towards a Healthier Planet]</ref> But the fight for "sustainable living" is far from over. For instance, China--once considered "bicycle kingdom"--is now known for sixty mile traffic jams that last for weeks.<ref>[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/11/content_390685.htm China ends 'bicycle kingdom' as embracing cars]</ref><ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704125604575449173989748704.html China Traffic Jam Could Last Weeks]</ref> Obviously, there's a lot more work to do. If you need a little inspiration, or just want to know where to start, you can come hear Birk talk about her experiences as she pitches her book at [[Powell's Books]] on Burnside this coming [http://www.powells.com/events/#3831 Tuesday, January 4th @ 7:30PM].<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.portlandonline.com/fish/index.cfm?a=331714 Joyride]
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| :''Go to Powell's preview'': [http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780615384115 Joyride: Pedaling toward a Healthier Planet]
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