Year: 2007
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EmpowerSF.org combines city services with emergency preparedness
The government of San Francisco really gets it– their “Empower San Francisco” program is, on its face, all about helping citizens get in touch with city services and to deepen relationships in communities. At the same time, they see involved citizens as potential leaders after a disaster, and offer workshops on ” How to organize…
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Sign Placement
Sign Placement, originally uploaded by juggernautco. As a writer, I’ve always been interested in "the moment"– the absolute time that something happens, or changes. These signs were placed in this moment. Big deal? nah. But it was the moment.
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Poetry Collection: Poems / Prose by John Strausbaugh
Prose Poems, originally uploaded by juggernautco. A document very much set in its time, this little book is a 1982 experiment that has poems in one half of the book and prose in the other half. The printing on each side is flipped from the other, like this. Going for twelve bucks over on Alibris.
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The odd demands of Adam Yahiye Gadahn
I missed this when it came out earlier this Spring. Awesome wikipedia vandalism down at the bottom two demands. Adam Yahiye Gadahn – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On May 29, 2007 Gadahn again made headlines when another video “Al-Qaeda Video Warning to US by American Adam Gadahn” was released on the internet. In this video…
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Bric A Brac
I awoke this morning upset that the sky was clear and blue– it was that way 6 years ago, too. The position of the sun, low in the sky, with bright blueness, scares the hell out of me. Here’s a 2-3-4 obit lineup from the NYT: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Nationalist Leader, Dies at 79…