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Barack Obama on Community Organizing Barack Obama spoke about community organizing at a town hall today in York, PA. Tags: Barack Obama Community Organizing Responds to Republican attacks |
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Software and Community in the Early 21st Century Keynote address given at Plone Conference 2006 by Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center Tags: open-source free-software software community eben-moglen plone ploneconf2006 |
User: cookingupastory |
Food Network: Community Supported Agriculture Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) offers a holistic approach to the production of sustainable food grown in urban areas. In this story, we learn of one urban farmer who successfully uses the CSA model to produce long-term sustainable crops that are fresh, cost efficient to produce, environmentally friendly, and that offers local members a stake in the harvest crops. Recipes from the episode: Oven Roasted Tomatoes & Herbs; Spanish Eggplant Salad; and Caponata Pasta Tags: sustainable organic food stories cooking up story advertising commercials entertainment news performing arts short film |
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KKK Display Stuns Oregon Community PlusKKK Display Stuns Oregon CommunityKKK Display Stuns Oregon CommunityThe Associated PressPolice in Oregon are searching for young men suspected of scorching a cross and the letters 'KKK' on a Medford lawn. (May 28)[Notes:KDRV video]An Oregon community is both angry and shocked after someone burned a cross and the letters K-K-K on a neighbors lawn.SOT SOL WHYTE, VictimAs soon as I get on my porch I see the letters burning up KKK and a big cross, all I could think was this is not happening, not to us, this isn't happening."The incident happened Monday night and has left nearly everyone there shaken.SOT Jonathan Whyte, victim"It makes me feel real bad, I want to say I'm scared but I can't be. But I feel bad."Since then their yard has become a sort of spectacle for neighbors, who say they too are flabbergasted.SOT LINDA STEPHENSON, Neighbo"I honestly don't know what to think I never thought I'd be living in a place that would have this type of behavior I would never choose to live in a place like that."Others say while they don't feel for their safety they do worry about their children.SOT ESTEE FEHLHAFER, Neighbor"they ride up and down all day and they are biracial too, so I'm kinda scared."One neighbor says he did see everything unfold and even followed the car a bit but so far police have not made any arrests. ___ ___, The Associated Press. Tags: vandalism kkk display stuns oregon community |
User: lockergnome |
Google Docs has a Community?!?! http://live.pirillo.com - If you got an email from someone alledging to be on the "Google Docs Team"... would you believe it? I didn't, because they were asking if I would like to post to the Google Docs blog to help other users. True enough... Google Docs is knocking on my Virtual door. Tags: video help information pirillo gadgets blog google google-docs youtube community people docs spreadsheets free prank |
User: googletechtalks |
Recommenders Everywhere: The WikiLens Community-Maintained Recommender System Google Tech Talks November, 13 2007 Suppose you have a passion for items of a certain type, and you wish to start a recommender system around those items. You want a system like Amazon or Epinions, but for cookie recipes, local theater, or microbrew beer. How can you set up your recommender system without assembling complicated algorithms, large software infrastructure, a large community of contributors, or even a full catalog of items? WikiLens is open source software that enables anyone, anywhere to start a community-maintained recommender around any type of item. We introduce five principles for community-maintained recommenders that address the two key issues: (1) community contribution of items and associated information; and (2) finding items of interest. Since all recommender communities start small, we look at feasibility and utility in the small world, one with few users, few items, few ratings. We describe the features of WikiLens, which are based on our principles, and give lessons learned from two years of experience running wikilens.org. Slides at http://www.cs.umn.edu/~dfrankow/files/wikilens12.ppt Speaker: Dan Frankowski Dan Frankowski is both computer science researcher and practitioner in software and algorithms development. He got his master's degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota in 1993, then spent a year in Budapest on a Fulbright grant studying mathematics. From 1997 to 2003 he was an algorithms guy at Net Perceptions. From 2003 to 2006 he was a research fellow with the GroupLens research group at the Unviersity of Minnesota, which is most well-known for recommenders, but now studies online community more broadly. He now works as a software engineer for Google Groups. Tags: google techtalks techtalk engedu talk talks googletechtalks education |
User: jusdog83 |
UMMA Community Clinic www.ummaclinic.org Tags: UMMA Community Clinic Islam Muslim Christian Jewish Skid Row Doctor Poor Health Care Healthcare Uninsured Underinsured |
User: CBS |
Why Single Out Community Organizers? CBS political correspondents and contributors remark on comments made by Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani that belittled the work of community organizers. Tags: rudy giuliani sarah palin community organizer |
User: RepublicAmerica |
Financial Community Supports Ron Paul NEW FUND RAISER COMING UP http://teaparty07.com wont you help us make history!! Have you noticed? Ron Paul is picking up a LOT of support within the financial community. So far, these are the names of very prominent investment advisers who have announced their support for Ron Paul: Axel Merk (Merk Hard Currency Fund), Harry Schultz (Harry Schultz Letter), Jim Rogers, (Jim Rogers.com), Richard Russell (Dow Theory Letters), and Peter Schiff (Euro Pacific Capital). Not to mention the Chicago pit traders who were cheering for Ron Paul when he went head to head with Bernanke! Also, I was down at a local silver / gold shop in Boston the other day and I handed the guy behind the counter a bill stamped with Ron Paul 2008 on it. Of course he knew about Ron Paul because of his honest money stance, and was a big supporter. Below are some brief excerpts and links to their full statements, where available. If you know of any others that I've missed - please post them in the comments section. I'd like to put together a very comprehensive list. Axel Merk - 4/27/2007 Merk Hard Currency Fund It is not our role to endorse a presidential candidate, especially not this early in the process. We don't agree with all of his views, but highly respect his no-nonsense approach to fiscal and monetary policy issues. We encourage everyone to familiarize themselves with the fiscal views of Congressman Ron Paul. He is living proof that it is possible to be a fiscally conservative politician with integrity. See here for full statement - - - - Harry Schultz: HSL 662, 30 September 2007, page 6: Ron Paul (for US presideing) is obviously the only election chance for upgrading the US govt. All others are just reruns of wrong principles & policies. If U want to help the cause of freedom with $'s go to: https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate. (No public version available) - - - - Jim Rogers: October 29, 2007 "[Ron Paul] is the only one I've seen in American politics that seems to have a clue with what's going on in the world..." Read more here. Watch the interview at Financial Times here - - - - Richard Russell: Russell's Remarks, November 6, 2007 The current issue of Time magazine surprised me. The issue had a two page report on libertarian, Dr. Ron Paul, the Texas Congressman, who is running for President. Ron believes in the US Constitution. Ron would like to shut down the Federal Reserve and go back to the gold standard. I gather Ron would end the war in Iraq -- further, he would close down all our 120 military bases that are spread across the face of the globe. Ron would legalize narcotics and thereby end our expensive and idiotic "war on drugs." I guess, to make it short, Ron would pretty much get the government out of our hair, and return it to its original Constitutional form. I'm all for that. Furthermore, I'd mandate that every US Congressman and Senator be fully conversant with the US Constitution. I'd mandate that each and every one of them take an intensive course in Constitutional law. What they'd learn would probably shock them, but they'd get over it. I'll vote for Ron Paul in the coming election. He's not going to win, but I just can't see myself voting for one of the other candidates. "Why are they running?" I ask. "Do they stand for anything different? Do they question where this nation is heading? Do they ask how this nation is going to continue living on borrowed money? Do they ask why the Federal Reserve was never subject to a Constitutional Amendment?" Read the entire excerpt here - - - - Peter Schiff endorses Ron Paul: November 7, 2007 I recently had the pleasure of personally handing the Honorable Ron Paul (the only member of Congress truly worthy of that title) a $2,300 check (the legal maximum) as my contribution toward his presidential campaign. I have never given one dime to a politician (though Congressman Paul is more of a statesman than a politician) in my life, and you know what; it felt great. It was the best $2,300 I ever spent. The purpose of this email is to urge every single one of my clients, every subscriber to my newsletter, and every one in my database, to make a similar contribution. Doug Casey On November 9th, 2007 Slatterypod says: Doug Casey has voiced his support for Ron Paul, not only for his economic sense, but for his approach to foreign and domestic policy as well. http://slatterypod.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/27/doug-casey/ James Grant of Grant's Interest Rate Observer! http://www.grantspub.com/ http://dailypaul.com/node/6092 Listen to part of an interview here on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UuivYdiS5w Tags: Ron Paul Financial Gold FED Bernake Money |
User: cookingupastory |
Community Egg Co-op This is a story about a community egg cooperative formed by a group of volunteers, bringing chickens to a working urban farm, and managing the production of eggs for themselves and a local CSA. To see more stories, get recipes, and links to additional resources, go to: http://cookingupastory.com/ Tags: advertising commercials entertainment news performing arts short film trailer tv video game web series fresh eggs chick |