Crazy we now have to see stuffed wolves in museum aquariums. Am I the only one who finds this a bit strange?
Saturday, June 21, 2008
I'm officially joining the Barak Camp
Some words from him about strategy
Since we announced our decision not to accept taxpayer funds for the general election, tens of thousands of people like you have come forward to declare their independence from a broken system.
This decision frees us to build a movement of millions of people giving whatever they can afford to a campaign that is truly reforming the way our political process works.
It also frees us to take our campaign for change to parts of the country where Democratic presidential candidates haven't spent too much time in the past.
Our first television ad of the general election season goes on the air today.
Sure, we're on the air in places like Ohio and Florida, the typical battleground states. But we're also on the air in North Dakota, Montana, and Alaska -- places that have emerged as competitive because of the unprecedented grassroots energy supporting our campaign.
These ads are supporting a 50-state ground operation that is being built right now by staff, volunteers, and thousands of Obama Organizing Fellows.
But we have our work cut out for us, and we need to grow this movement. Right now, you can declare your independence and help us run a campaign that is funded by the people and for the people.
If you make your first donation today, a fellow supporter is standing by to match your gift and double your impact. You can even choose to exchange a note with them and share why you are supporting this campaign.
Add your voice to our movement by making a matching donation now:
https://donate.barackobama.com/match
Choosing not to accept these taxpayer funds was not an easy decision. I remain committed to fundamental campaign finance reform, and as president I will work to fix this broken system.
But we're facing opponents who have become masters at gaming the broken system as it stands today -- collecting money from Washington lobbyists, special interest PACs, and relying on so-called 527 groups that can take unlimited contributions to peddle lies and smears.
We have chosen to do things differently. You can see for yourself what kind of people own our campaign -- each of these folks have made a donation in the last 24 hours:
Sandra from Tennessee:
"I'm on disability and can't afford to give much but I figure the $10 is worth it. This is the first time in a long time that even the ones who can't afford it are giving, and are excited about a candidate and excited about the process."
Monica from South Carolina:
"The way that this primary and now this general election campaign have been funded truly gives the power to the citizens that are voting. This administration will owe the American people, not lobbyists and special interests groups."
Mauve from Iowa:
"THIS is true public financing. Getting average Americans from all backgrounds and tax brackets to care enough and to believe enough and to hope enough to give what they can."
Tim from Texas:
"Today, for the first time in my life, I contributed to a political campaign. I did so because I have always believed that true power rests with the people, if only those people could be organized. We have the power to take back our country from the special interest groups. There are more of us and when we act together, we are the force that can dictate the direction our country will take."
Join Sandra, Monica, Mauve, and Tim in declaring your independence. Make a matching donation today:
https://donate.barackobama.com/match
Our fellow Americans are counting on us, and the stakes couldn't be higher -- we can't afford another term of George Bush's disastrous policies.
We have a responsibility to win this election and deliver for them.
But with Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs declaring that they will spend hundreds of millions to tear us down, it's up to us to stand up for the change we need.
More than 50,000 people declared their independence since our announcement. Support our campaign for change and declare your independence today to help reach our new July 4th goal of 75,000 donors.
https://donate.barackobama.com/match
Thank you for everything,
Barack
---Pretty Interesting Huh!
Since we announced our decision not to accept taxpayer funds for the general election, tens of thousands of people like you have come forward to declare their independence from a broken system.
This decision frees us to build a movement of millions of people giving whatever they can afford to a campaign that is truly reforming the way our political process works.
It also frees us to take our campaign for change to parts of the country where Democratic presidential candidates haven't spent too much time in the past.
Our first television ad of the general election season goes on the air today.
Sure, we're on the air in places like Ohio and Florida, the typical battleground states. But we're also on the air in North Dakota, Montana, and Alaska -- places that have emerged as competitive because of the unprecedented grassroots energy supporting our campaign.
These ads are supporting a 50-state ground operation that is being built right now by staff, volunteers, and thousands of Obama Organizing Fellows.
But we have our work cut out for us, and we need to grow this movement. Right now, you can declare your independence and help us run a campaign that is funded by the people and for the people.
If you make your first donation today, a fellow supporter is standing by to match your gift and double your impact. You can even choose to exchange a note with them and share why you are supporting this campaign.
Add your voice to our movement by making a matching donation now:
https://donate.barackobama.com/match
Choosing not to accept these taxpayer funds was not an easy decision. I remain committed to fundamental campaign finance reform, and as president I will work to fix this broken system.
But we're facing opponents who have become masters at gaming the broken system as it stands today -- collecting money from Washington lobbyists, special interest PACs, and relying on so-called 527 groups that can take unlimited contributions to peddle lies and smears.
We have chosen to do things differently. You can see for yourself what kind of people own our campaign -- each of these folks have made a donation in the last 24 hours:
Sandra from Tennessee:
"I'm on disability and can't afford to give much but I figure the $10 is worth it. This is the first time in a long time that even the ones who can't afford it are giving, and are excited about a candidate and excited about the process."
Monica from South Carolina:
"The way that this primary and now this general election campaign have been funded truly gives the power to the citizens that are voting. This administration will owe the American people, not lobbyists and special interests groups."
Mauve from Iowa:
"THIS is true public financing. Getting average Americans from all backgrounds and tax brackets to care enough and to believe enough and to hope enough to give what they can."
Tim from Texas:
"Today, for the first time in my life, I contributed to a political campaign. I did so because I have always believed that true power rests with the people, if only those people could be organized. We have the power to take back our country from the special interest groups. There are more of us and when we act together, we are the force that can dictate the direction our country will take."
Join Sandra, Monica, Mauve, and Tim in declaring your independence. Make a matching donation today:
https://donate.barackobama.com/match
Our fellow Americans are counting on us, and the stakes couldn't be higher -- we can't afford another term of George Bush's disastrous policies.
We have a responsibility to win this election and deliver for them.
But with Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs declaring that they will spend hundreds of millions to tear us down, it's up to us to stand up for the change we need.
More than 50,000 people declared their independence since our announcement. Support our campaign for change and declare your independence today to help reach our new July 4th goal of 75,000 donors.
https://donate.barackobama.com/match
Thank you for everything,
Barack
---Pretty Interesting Huh!
Some interesting resources
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1. Language, culture & the virus: A guide to Africa's AIDS slang
HIV has hit our lives, our families, our economies; it also shapes the way we talk. IRIN/PlusNews looks at how the virus and its impact translates into everyday speech from the streets of Lagos to the townships of Johannesburg, and finds that despite the billions of dollars spent on positive communi...
Date: Jun-19-2008
Contributed by: Laura Lopez Gonzalez, PlusNews
2. The Cambodia Communication Institute (CCI)
The Cambodia Communication Institute (CCI) was set up in 1994 as the first media training centre in the nation, intending to assist in the reconstruction and development of the communication sector. The IPDC, with the cooperation of the governments of Denmark and France, implemented the project of d...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
3. Namma Dhwani Community Media Centre
Namma Dhwani means Our Voices in Kannada - the local language in the State of Karnataka in India. Namma Dhwani is a community media partnership between the community of Budikote and the NGOs VOICES and MYRADA, with the support of UNESCO. In 1999 a baseline survey conducted to assess information need...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
4. International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)
Fostering Media Development. Building Democratic Societies - Community Media. Community-based media ensure media pluralism, diversity of content, and the representation of a society’s different groups and interests. Community media encourage open dialogue and transparency of administration a...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
5. Team Teaching English with International English Speaking Volunteers at Watphrathatwittaya School
Since 2003, Teachers from PTY (Watphrathatwittaya) and English speaking volunteers from Openmindprojects (Nong Khai, Thailand) have worked together to improve English teaching for PTY students. (Novices aged 13-18). It’s a small school with 150 students from very poor backgrounds with limited acad...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
6. UNU - Global Virtual University
Under the auspices of the United Nations University (UNU) the Global Virtual University (GVU) is a consortium of universities that work together to enhance learning for environmental sustainability. Through a range of online study programmes and courses offered by partner universities, the mission o...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
7. IFAP Success Stories - Open Source Software brings a new lease of life to libraries in Palestine
A few old computers, some freely available Open Source Software (OSS) and a little knowledge was all that it took to create a high-speed network that pleased staff and astonished students at Yusuf Ahmed Al-Ghanim Library, the Main Library at Birzeit University in Palestine’s West Bank. On returni...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
8. IFAP Success Stories - Our City, Our Voices: Immigrant Newscasts in the Digital Age
The goal of our initiative, called “Our City, Our Voices”, was to do a series of workshops about audiovisual production with recent and immigrants from Latin America. Many of the participants were undocumented and many of those were from small villages in rural Mexico. Immigration to Philadelphi...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
9. The e-Dialogues research project
The e-Dialogues research project attempts to push internet communication technologies (ICTs) to be forces of light rather than dark. They are designed to stimulate substantive dialogue between leading academics and diverse audiences, including the public policy community. Our objectives are to stimu...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
10. The Calico Museum of Textiles
The Calico Museum of Textiles at Ahmedabad, India, is the premier textile museum of the country, and one of the most celebrated institutions of its kind in the world for its distinguished and comprehensive collection of textiles and artefacts. The Calico collection along with those of Sarabhai Found...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Shambhu Ghatak
Community Content records
1. Language, culture & the virus: A guide to Africa's AIDS slang
HIV has hit our lives, our families, our economies; it also shapes the way we talk. IRIN/PlusNews looks at how the virus and its impact translates into everyday speech from the streets of Lagos to the townships of Johannesburg, and finds that despite the billions of dollars spent on positive communi...
Date: Jun-19-2008
Contributed by: Laura Lopez Gonzalez, PlusNews
2. The Cambodia Communication Institute (CCI)
The Cambodia Communication Institute (CCI) was set up in 1994 as the first media training centre in the nation, intending to assist in the reconstruction and development of the communication sector. The IPDC, with the cooperation of the governments of Denmark and France, implemented the project of d...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
3. Namma Dhwani Community Media Centre
Namma Dhwani means Our Voices in Kannada - the local language in the State of Karnataka in India. Namma Dhwani is a community media partnership between the community of Budikote and the NGOs VOICES and MYRADA, with the support of UNESCO. In 1999 a baseline survey conducted to assess information need...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
4. International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)
Fostering Media Development. Building Democratic Societies - Community Media. Community-based media ensure media pluralism, diversity of content, and the representation of a society’s different groups and interests. Community media encourage open dialogue and transparency of administration a...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
5. Team Teaching English with International English Speaking Volunteers at Watphrathatwittaya School
Since 2003, Teachers from PTY (Watphrathatwittaya) and English speaking volunteers from Openmindprojects (Nong Khai, Thailand) have worked together to improve English teaching for PTY students. (Novices aged 13-18). It’s a small school with 150 students from very poor backgrounds with limited acad...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
6. UNU - Global Virtual University
Under the auspices of the United Nations University (UNU) the Global Virtual University (GVU) is a consortium of universities that work together to enhance learning for environmental sustainability. Through a range of online study programmes and courses offered by partner universities, the mission o...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
7. IFAP Success Stories - Open Source Software brings a new lease of life to libraries in Palestine
A few old computers, some freely available Open Source Software (OSS) and a little knowledge was all that it took to create a high-speed network that pleased staff and astonished students at Yusuf Ahmed Al-Ghanim Library, the Main Library at Birzeit University in Palestine’s West Bank. On returni...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
8. IFAP Success Stories - Our City, Our Voices: Immigrant Newscasts in the Digital Age
The goal of our initiative, called “Our City, Our Voices”, was to do a series of workshops about audiovisual production with recent and immigrants from Latin America. Many of the participants were undocumented and many of those were from small villages in rural Mexico. Immigration to Philadelphi...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
9. The e-Dialogues research project
The e-Dialogues research project attempts to push internet communication technologies (ICTs) to be forces of light rather than dark. They are designed to stimulate substantive dialogue between leading academics and diverse audiences, including the public policy community. Our objectives are to stimu...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Anuradha Bhattacharjee
10. The Calico Museum of Textiles
The Calico Museum of Textiles at Ahmedabad, India, is the premier textile museum of the country, and one of the most celebrated institutions of its kind in the world for its distinguished and comprehensive collection of textiles and artefacts. The Calico collection along with those of Sarabhai Found...
Date: Jun-15-2008
Contributed by: Shambhu Ghatak
Check out this amazing opportunity and these amazing stories!
At age 14, Alabama native Ava Lowery launched a website with videos expressing her views on the war in Iraq. Today her site gets nearly two million hits a month, and has galvanized debate among young people about the war. Ava is one of This Brave Nation's heroes. Who's yours?
http://bravenation.com/heroes.php
At age 17, Ali Diaz insisted that all of her peers at Valley High School in West Des Moines should have their voices heard in the Iowa caucuses. She led the organizing efforts in her school to make sure that everyone eligible turned out -- and they did in record numbers.
We both know that working towards real change in a community is more often than not a thankless job. This Brave Nation and Rock the Vote are trying to change that. Can you nominate a young person in your community for the first-ever Brave Nation Young Activist Award?
http://bravenation.com/heroes.php
Since the beginning of June, The Nation and Brave New Films have been airing episodes of This Brave Nation, a documentary series featuring conversations between legendary social justice leaders and up-and-coming heroes of today, including Ava, who took a stand before she could even vote.
For the final episode, This Brave Nation and Rock the Vote need you. We are looking for unsung heroes in communities across the country. Between now and next Friday, This Brave Nation is accepting nominations for the award. The winner -- selected by the heroes featured so far in the series -- will earn a trip to Los Angeles, funding for their project, and will be featured in the 6th and final episode of This Brave Nation. Two winners will be chosen and dozens more will be highlighted online.
Rock the Vote is proud to have so many activists in our community. From those of us who table at concerts to register voters, to those that lobby to protect the rights of young voters, to all of you who are first-time voters this year, we are a community that values stepping up and taking action. Don't be shy; if you or someone you know has been working hard to make change in their community, let us know.
http://bravenation.com/heroes.php
http://bravenation.com/heroes.php
At age 17, Ali Diaz insisted that all of her peers at Valley High School in West Des Moines should have their voices heard in the Iowa caucuses. She led the organizing efforts in her school to make sure that everyone eligible turned out -- and they did in record numbers.
We both know that working towards real change in a community is more often than not a thankless job. This Brave Nation and Rock the Vote are trying to change that. Can you nominate a young person in your community for the first-ever Brave Nation Young Activist Award?
http://bravenation.com/heroes.php
Since the beginning of June, The Nation and Brave New Films have been airing episodes of This Brave Nation, a documentary series featuring conversations between legendary social justice leaders and up-and-coming heroes of today, including Ava, who took a stand before she could even vote.
For the final episode, This Brave Nation and Rock the Vote need you. We are looking for unsung heroes in communities across the country. Between now and next Friday, This Brave Nation is accepting nominations for the award. The winner -- selected by the heroes featured so far in the series -- will earn a trip to Los Angeles, funding for their project, and will be featured in the 6th and final episode of This Brave Nation. Two winners will be chosen and dozens more will be highlighted online.
Rock the Vote is proud to have so many activists in our community. From those of us who table at concerts to register voters, to those that lobby to protect the rights of young voters, to all of you who are first-time voters this year, we are a community that values stepping up and taking action. Don't be shy; if you or someone you know has been working hard to make change in their community, let us know.
http://bravenation.com/heroes.php
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
multeepurpose lauches Genocide Inspired Fashion Line at AREA night club
Check out these styles launched at the Concert to End Genocide Afterparty at AREA. Presenting a collection of one of a kind recycled vintage garments, as well as a Stop Genocide-inspired Tee Shirt Collection, Multeepurpose hopes to bring consciousness into clothing while creating "Effortless Activism" for our consumers, supporters and activist friends!
The Concert to End Genocide HUGE SUCCESS
The Concert to End Genocide was a huge success, presented by UCLA Mighty Mic's and Participant Media's Darfur Now College Tour, this was a fun-filled evening of remembrance and dedication to ending the on-going genocide in Darfur and beyond. Grammy Award-winning OK Go, performed in addition to many others for the thousands of committed concert-goers. Raising thousands of dollars for US Doctor's for Africa (www.usdfa.org) and their new Mobile Clinic initiative, this concert marked the beginning of many more to come. 2008 is as you may or may not know, the 60th anniversary of Raphael Lempkin's 1948 Genocide Convention as well as the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, so it has never been more important to bring a renewed meaning to both of these important international documents.
Wow! I saved a sick California Sea Lion in Paradise Cove - Malibu! Check out the pics of this one year old who seemed to be dehydrated and suffering from a Red Tide induced Neurological Problem. The Malibu Wildlife Rescue people said that this seems to be a common problem these days due to a bad red tide which occurred when they were pups last year! For more information on how you can save local wildlife please visit www.californiawildlifecenter.org
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