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Tired of waiting at lights that never change? Maybe you’re doing it wrong. By Mark Blacknell Email the author February 3, 2012 Email Print Comment PHOTOS (2) Upload Photos and Videos It’s happened to every cyclist. You roll up to a r... (http://georgetown.patch.com/articles/can-cyclist-get-a-signal-change-be9a511d-2012-02-05 topics: BIKES URB)

by Dan Reed • February 3, 2012 10:37 am Great communities come from the shared local culture of its residents. But as the City Paper notes this week in an article on local rock schools, we don\'t always make it easy for kids to participate. ... (http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/13584/do-it-yourself-culture-makes-our-community-stronger/-2012-02-05 topics: MUTUAL COOP SOLUTIONS ARTS MGY-CO YOUTH GOOD-CMTY)

by LINDSAY ZOLADZ • FEB. 3, 2012 As he shoves a stage-crasher back into thecircle pit, Andrew Salfi’s eyes bulge from his skull. The Black Sparks frontman releases an eardrum-bursting yelp, like one of Jello Biafra’s punk-preacher come-ons.... (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42170/youth-of-today-in-the-school-of-rock-era-its/full/-2012-02-05 topics: DC ARTS GOOD-CMTY YOUTH)

In my e-box late on Friday night arrived a notice for Keep Shaw Beautiful Day, a community cleanup today starting at 9am on Saturday. Now a message about a community event less than 12 hours away isn\'t such a good thing in terms of timing, and eng... (http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2011/04/community-cleanups-and-other-activities.html-2012-02-05 topics: URB GOOD-CMTY PLACE SOLUTIONS MCCABE)

By NICOLE PERLROTH and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER SAN FRANCISCO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdvXCKFNqTY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18uDutylDa4 SEVENTY-TWO hours before Facebook’s big moment, Sheryl K. Sandberg was half a world away, hobnobbing wi... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/business/sheryl-sandberg-of-facebook-staying-on-message.html?_r=1&sq=sheryl%20facebook&st=cse&scp=1&-2012-02-05 topics: WEB2.0 GENDER LD)

By DAVID BROOKS A few weeks ago, a 22-year-old man named Jefferson Bethke produced a video called “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus.” The video shows Bethke standing in a courtyard rhyming about the purity of the teachings of Jesus and the hy... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/brooks-how-to-fight-the-man.html?_r=1&ref=davidbrooks&pagewanted=print-2012-02-05 topics: CULT-CHANGE WISDOM RSC FS-CURRICULUM)

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF A BATTLE between a class of fourth graders and a major movie studio would seem an unequal fight. So it proved to be: the studio buckled. And therein lies a story of how new Internet tools are allowing very ordinary people to ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/kristof-after-recess-change-the-world.html?pagewanted=print-2012-02-05 topics: WEB2.0 ALLIES)

WelcomeMaximizePrint.“In democratic countries, knowledge of how to combine is the mother of all other forms of knowledge; on its progress depends that of all the others” –Alexis de Tocqueville Welcome to Marshall Ganz’s Web module on... (http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k2139 -2012-02-05 topics: CMTY-ORGANIZING RSC)

Posted: 02/ 1/2012 11:41 am Sid Mohn President, Heartland Alliance GET UPDATES FROM SID MOHN Today is a new day in Chicago. This week is the first in more than 120 years that Chicago will be without Jane Addams Hull House -- one of the preeminent s... (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sid-mohn/hull-house-closes_b_1245391.html?view=print&comm_ref=false-2012-02-05 topics: HUM-SRV NONPROFIT-FIN NONPROFIT-GVT)

Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (BBCSS) (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10478&page=4-2012-02-05 topics: PUB-OP VALUES YOUTH)

Written by Bill Traynor Editors’ note: This article was originally published as a chapter in the Community Development Reader by Susan Saegert and James DeFillipis, Routledge Publishing Inc., 2008. In past decades, the emerging interest in ... (http://cfc.barrexternal.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/the-bright-future-of-community-building-bill-traynor-spring-2008.pdf-2012-02-05 topics: CMTY-ORGANIZING KEY FS-RSC ALLIES)

Some things we understand -- if we raise prices on a product demand will fall; a corrupt leader stands a higher probability of losing the trust of his people than one who is honest... But there\'s a huge amount we don\'t understand. Why do some cit... (-2012-02-04 topics: IDEAS)

http://www.thenation.com/article/158277/conversation-marshall-ganz (-2012-02-04 topics: ALLIES)

N C O D E (registered with IRS in East Spencer) Woman -- Ms. Boatman-- wants to go national. \"There\'s so much I could tell people about how to change rules so people get off welfare...\" \"We\'ve had 10 articles on our work\" Enclaves of poor peop... (-2012-02-04 topics: NONPROFIT-INNOVATION UNTAPPED-CAPACITY)

I would like to think that the nonprofit organizations in most communities represent the key vehicles by which communities organize themselves to tackle public problems, whether. Nonprofit organizations in most domains of action depend on people of ... (-2012-02-04 topics: IDEAS WRITING)

John Matel is a career Foreign Service office with the Department of State currently serving as Director of the policy office at International Information Programs. His most recent overseas assignment was as Team Leader of the ePRT (Provincial Reco... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_A_Matel-2012-02-04 topics: KN-MGT BIG-THINK ALLIES)

Sliding scale pricing In Every Town: An All-Ages Manualfesto by Shannon Stewart It\'s in your hands. You have the power to create space for music and youth in your community. This book is your toolkit, your road map; your survival guide. Collectin... (http://microcosmpublishing.com/faq/#sliding-scale-pricing-2012-02-04 topics: COOP NONPROFIT-FORPROFIT NONPROFIT-INNOVATION ALLIES ARTS)

by Dave Stroup • February 1, 2012 12:14 pm Yesterday, DC candidates filed their latest campaign finance reports. In the race to unseat at-large councilmember Vincent Orange, Peter Shapiro raised more than double the amount as his rival Sekou ... (http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/13562/sekou-biddle-should-withdraw-and-support-peter-shapiro/-2012-02-04 topics: DC ALLIES LD)

The work of Chris Argyris (1923-) has influenced thinking about the relationship of people and organizations, organizational learning and action research. Here we examine some key aspects of his thinking. contents: introduction · life · theories ... (http://www.infed.org/thinkers/argyris.htm-2012-02-04 topics: CONCEPTS MGT LD PSYCH COG-SCI RSC)

note[sv @hm: schein-career-anchor-09512754.pdf] p.131 - inventory (http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/44247/09512754.pdf-2012-02-04 topics: INDIV-DIFF MGT SSPAPER KEY SURVEY)

note[ saved @hm as pdf and word docs (old version)] A] Avoidance Mechanisms: change creates stress, people do not like the feeling of stress, people do what they can to get rid of the feeling, there can thus be a tendency to avoid going to... (http://www.coutts.name/Other%20Documents/%25PDF-Defensive%20Routines.pdf-2012-02-04 topics: DISRUPTIVE CONCEPTS)

By Colum Lynch, Updated: Saturday, February 4, 2:50 PM UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a Western and Arab-sponsored U.N. resolution condemning Syria’s violent repression of anti-government demonstrators, throwing their pre... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/russia-china-veto-un-resolution-on-syria/2012/02/04/gIQAxvVhpQ_print.html-2012-02-04 topics: F-PLY CHINA RUSSIA MIDEAST HUMAN-RIGHTS)

By DAVID BROOKS A few weeks ago, a 22-year-old man named Jefferson Bethke produced a video called “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus.” The video shows Bethke standing in a courtyard rhyming about the purity of the teachings of Jesus and the hy... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/brooks-how-to-fight-the-man.html?_r=1&ref=davidbrooks&pagewanted=print-2012-02-04 topics: MATURITY WISDOM)

by CRAIG FORD on MARCH 3, 2010 · 22 COMMENTS Most churches are currently rallying the troops and recruiting for upcoming summer mission trips. As a full time missionary, a person who went on a few short term mission trips, one who has hosted shor... (http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/short-term-mission-trips-worth-the-cost/-2012-02-04 topics: INTL-DEV GIVING PERS-CHANGE CHANGE-POSSIBLE RELIGION)

Katherine Boo (Author) By Nathan Webster (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME) This review is from: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity (Hardcover) Customer review from the Am... (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_180470_22527480_pe_row/?ASIN=1400067553-2012-02-03 topics: INTL-NEEDS KEY DISORDER POV COMPASSION)

By Lena H. Sun, Sarah Kliff and N.C. Aizenman, Published: February 2 Executives of the Susan G. Komen Foundation gave a new explanation Thursday of their decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, but their contradictory statements failed to q... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/komen-gives-new-explanation-for-cutting-funds-to-planned-parenthood/2012/02/02/gIQAkTnklQ_print.-2012-02-03 topics: NONPROFIT CORRUPTN FUNDRAISING)

by NPR STAFF February 3, 2012 Peter and Jacqueline Headen\'s courtship story is one of ups and downs — spanning one war, three countries and four decades. It all started in 1958, at a roller-skating rink on the Indian Head naval base in Maryland.... (http://www.npr.org/2012/02/03/146303291/operator-can-you-help-me-call-the-love-of-my-life-2012-02-03 topics: LOVE GOOD-LIFE)

Robert Kagan January 11, 2012 | 5:04 pm Note: At the State of the Union on January 26, President Barack Obama argued, \"Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned, doesn\'t know what they\'re talking about.\" A... (http://www.tnr.com/print/article/politics/magazine/99521/america-world-power-declinism-2012-02-03 topics: F-PLY KEY)

* same functionality as facebook and linkedin * Search * Recommend or like content * follow discussions or people * embed content -- photos and videos * categorize content with tags * share documents * integrate with email ** email alerts to new pos... (-2012-02-02 topics: CMTYPLAT TECH WEB2.0 KEY CONCEPTS TODO)

By DAN BILEFSKY HATAY, Turkey — Ammar Cheikh Omar recalled the first time he was ordered to shoot into a crowd of protesters in Syria. He aimed his AK-47 just above their heads, prayed to God not to make him a killer and pulled the trigger. Mr. O... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/world/europe/soldier-says-atrocities-made-him-a-syrian-defector.html?_r=1-2012-02-02 topics: HUMAN-RIGHTS MIDEAST KEY SYRIA)

Robert J. Elisberg Political writer and screenwriter On Tuesday, Nell Minow got a rave in the \"Ask Amy\" column. A parent was concerned about finding movies, and was recommended to Minow\'s wonderful website, Movie Mom. It was just another typical... (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/the-bizarre-world-of-nell_b_276441.html-2012-02-02 topics: GOOD-LIFE CREATIVITY GENIUS)

http://www.heartmath.org/free-services/self-assessment-tools/community-tracker.html?submenuheader=3 Physical vitality – The current level of your physical energy: low energy (frail, fatigued) – high energy (strong, energetic) Emotional vitality... (http://www.heartmath.org/free-services/tools-for-well-being/tools-for-well-being-home.html-2012-02-02 topics: PSYCH RSC KEY GOOD-LIFE ALLIES)

By: Harry Jaffe | 01/26/12 8:05 PM Columnist Dearly departed U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen supposedly uttered the famous line: \"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you are talking about real money.\" The Dirksen Center disputes the sena... (http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2012/01/mayors-600000-one-city-summit-boondoggle/2139966-2012-02-02 topics: DC GVT DELIB)

* Laziness ** TV and screen time * From vicious to virtuous circles ** exercise & spiritual -> positive mental energy * Lack of knowledge of world --> unnecessary competition when cooperation would be more effective * What\'s a healthy lev... (-2012-02-02 topics: IDEAS UNTAPPED-CAPACITY)

* Forum One - Sandy __, Marcus Findley * Zvi Band - Skeevis Arts * Drupal * Barry Carter * DC php shop on 14th st... (-2012-02-02 topics: AMANDA)

By MARK BITTMAN Mark Bittman on food and all things related. TAGS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DIET AND NUTRITION, SCHOOL LUNCHES, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION Thirty-two million kids — 10 percent of the American population, and the future of the co... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/finally-good-news-about-school-lunches/?hp-2012-02-01 topics: NUTRITION EDUC GVT-ROLE AGRICULTURE REG)

Since I used my Sunday column to write about the ways that government can crowd out — sometimes gently and subtly, and sometimes much more directly — private efforts to serve the common good, I was struck by the way that The New Republic’s Ale... (http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/religious-giving-and-its-critics/-2012-02-01 topics: GIVING RELIGION NONPROFIT-MEMBERSHIP GOOD-CMTY KEY WELF)

Gale Directory of Company Histories: Company Perspectives: Gaiam was created as a multichannel lifestyle company to provide choices that allow people to live a more natural and healthy life with respect for the environment. Our vision was inspired... (http://www.answers.com/topic/gaiam-inc-2012-02-01 topics: ALLIES NONPROFIT-FORPROFIT RETAIL FUNDERS)

It\'s hard to put a finger on, but most of us would agree that it\'s important. Differing perspectives: * Conservative Christian perspective * http://www.iamthedoc.com/toms-profile/ - \"I Am\" - The Shift is about to hit us. Gaiam, New Age perspecti... (-2012-02-01 topics: SPIRITUAL)

http://www.nancyhyatt.com/Nancy_Hyatt/Home.html http://www.broadjam.com/artists/bio.php?artistID=76228 http://www.myspace.com/music/player?sid=69612900&ac=now Ken Hyatt, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services Kenneth Hyatt Acting Deputy Assist... (-2012-02-01 topics: ALLIES PEOPLE)

I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywoo... (http://www.iamthedoc.com/thefilm/-2012-02-01 topics: SPIRITUAL KEY-A RSC SMALLGROUPS GOOD-LIFE)

http://eivind.dataweb.no/?p=8 * http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Server-Community-Edition/zend-server-community-edition.htm#tasks.htm * http://localhost:10081/ZendServer/Index/Index#1328067515000 * http://www.zend.com/en/products/server-ce/thank-you-... (-2012-02-01 topics: PHP PROGRAMMING)

see http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/quotes.htm - Abraham Lincoln Online Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. As our case is new, we must think and act anew. America will never be destroyed from ... (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abraham_lincoln.html-2012-02-01 topics: QT WISDOM)

By JIM RUTENBERG and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN Americans are more pessimistic about the nation’s economic outlook and overall direction than they have been at any time since President Obama’s first two months in office, when the country was still offici... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/us/22poll.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print-2012-02-01 topics: PUB-OP)

By MARJORIE CONNELLY Published: September 24, 2010 The campaign for governor of New York was shaken up this week by the release of polls that offered vastly different impressions of the race more than six weeks before Election Day. On Wednesday, ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/nyregion/25polls.html?ref=newyorktimespollwatch-2012-02-01 topics: METHODOLOGY PUB-OP)

By MOTOKO RICH MARIETTA, Ga. — Housing prices continue to fall nationwide, despite a few modest signs of improvement. But not all markets are equal. Places like Miami and Phoenix — symbols of boom-time excesses and later the sites of fierce cra... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/business/economy/in-atlanta-housing-woes-reflect-nations-economic-pain.html?ref=business&src=me&pagewanted=p-2012-02-01 topics: HOUS DOMESTIC-NEEDS)

By Carrie Sheffield, Published: January 29 There has been much talk recently about whether America is ready for a Mormon president. This tolerance question should cut both ways. Nearly a quarter of Americans told Gallup last summer that they woul... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-mormon-church-in-need-of-reform/2012/01/27/gIQA3s44aQ_print.html-2012-01-31 topics: RELIGION CORRUPTN)

By DAVID BROOKS I’ll be shocked if there’s another book this year as important as Charles Murray’s “Coming Apart.” I’ll be shocked if there’s another book that so compellingly describes the most important trends in American society. M... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/opinion/brooks-the-great-divorce.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2012-01-31 topics: INEQUALITY CULT AMERICAN-DECLINE KEY-A BOOK)

By EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL and JEFFREY B. LIEBMAN Ezekiel J. Emanuel on health policy and other topics. Tags: health care reform, Health insurance, Medicine and Health Here’s a bold prediction for the new year. By 2020, the American health insuranc... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/the-end-of-health-insurance-companies/?pagemode=print-2012-01-31 topics: HLTH-FIN)

By JOSEPH LEDOUX Anxiety: We worry. A gallery of contributors count the ways. Tags: Anxiety, Brain, fear, Mental Health and Disorders You are taking a walk in the woods ― pleasant, invigorating, the sun shining through the leaves. Suddenly, a ... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/anatomy-of-fear/?pagemode=print-2012-01-31 topics: PSYCH CONCEPTS)

By KATHERINE SCHULTEN and SARAH KAVANAGH Jeremy M. Lange for The New York Times The International Civil Rights Center and Museum recently opened inside a former Woolworth building in Greensboro, N.C. The store was the site of a series of luncheonet... (http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/celebrate-black-history-month/-2012-01-31 topics: CIVIL-RIGHTS)

King also referred variously to prayer as humanity’s “response to God,” as “one of the elemental functions of human life,” as “indigenous to the human spirit,” and as “the native and deepest impulse of the soul of” humanity. Moreov... (-2012-01-31 topics: BOOK SPIRITUAL RELIGION CIVIL-RIGHTS)

P O S T E D B Y A L B E R T I. I remember my sense of anticipation some 18 years ago when I landed my first foundation job. None of my friends or colleagues had any inkling what happened inside these black ... (http://postcards.typepad.com/white_telephone/2012/01/what-is-a-foundation-about.html-2012-01-30 topics: NONPROFIT MORAL-DIMENSION TECH ALLIES KEY COMMUNITY-FOUNDATIONS WISDOM)

P O S T E D B Y A L B E R T Editor’s note: A version of this op ed appeared in today’s Times-Picayune. That’s why the piece is written in the first-person serious. Feel free to use it as your own, wi... (http://postcards.typepad.com/white_telephone/2011/11/our-nonprofits-are-too-good-to-fail.html-2012-01-30 topics: NONPROFIT-FIN LOUISIANA)

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN THE Associated Press reported last week that Fidel Castro, the former president of Cuba, wrote an opinion piece on a Cuban Web site, following a Republican Party presidential candidates’ debate in Florida, in which he argued ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/friedman-made-in-the-world.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2012-01-30 topics: GLOBALIZATION KEY OUTSOURCING)

Editors’ note: This article will appear in the December issue of Alliance Magazine, a respected international journal on philanthropy and social investment. Why a respectable journal would invite WCT blogger Albert Ruesga to submit his usual sc... (http://postcards.typepad.com/white_telephone/2010/11/what-is-social-justice-philanthropy.html-2012-01-30 topics: MORAL-DIMENSION FOUNDATIONS KEY ALLIES)

The Biggest Difference Among Community Giving Is Where the Money Goes. Published: January 15, 2012 Purpose marketing, cause marketing -- the phrases are among the biggest buzzwords in the industry today, and with good reason. David Flaherty Cause... (http://adage.com/article/special-report-american-consumer-project/marketers-picking-a-sponsor-location-key/232099/-2012-01-30 topics: GIVING SEGMENTS)

SUM[ approx 10% of kids have serious emotional disturbances; 70% don\'t receive needed mental health services] ... is an ever-growing coalition of families, advocates, health care providers, educators, and consumers from across Massachusetts dedicat... (http://www.childrensmentalhealthcampaign.org/index.cfm?pageId=944-2012-01-30 topics: MENTAL-HLTH ALLIES DOMESTIC-NEEDS)

Montgomery, Ala. Back to Contents After another weekend of violence in Montgomery, including a failed attempt to bomb King\'s home with twelve sticks of dynamite, King declares to his Dexter congregation on 27 January that their city is \"danger... (http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/documentsentry/king_says_vision_told_him_to_lead_integration_forces/#fn3-2012-01-30 topics: SPIRITUAL SACRIFICE CIVIL-RIGHTS)

As a theologian, Martin Luther King reflected often on his understanding of nonviolence. He described his own ‘‘pilgrimage to nonviolence’’ in his first book, Stride Toward Freedom, and in subsequent books and articles. ‘‘True pacifis... (http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_nonviolent_resistance/-2012-01-30 topics: CIVIL-DISOBEDIENCE CULT-CHANGE PROGRESS-POSSIBLE)

sum[\"\"In order to understand (Martin Luther King), you must begin, I think, with this idea of King as a spiritual leader,\" said Baldwin, author of the recent book, \"Never to Leave Us Alone: The Prayer Life of Martin Luther King Jr... For King, p... (http://www.beliefnet.com/Love-Family/Holidays/MLK-Day/King-Prayer-Life.aspx-2012-01-30 topics: SPIRITUAL SOC-MOVEMENTS ADVERSITY MEDITATION)

Jonathan Haidt (left), a psychologist who studies moral choices, has visited Occupy Wall Street in New York several times. \"Liberals need to be shaken,\" he says. They \"misunderstand conservatives far more than the other way around.\" By Marc Pa... (http://chronicle.com/article/Jonathan-Haidt-Decodes-the/130453/?sid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en-2012-01-30 topics: DIVISIVE PUB-OP KEY)

* http://www.mindfulnesscds.com/author.html * Sozni - guided meditation. Feel the stress in your body. Let it go. Where do you feel it? (Nancy Hyatt)... (http://www.indstate.edu/psychology/docs/clinical_faculty/Kristeller_Chap_15_Mindfulness_Meditation.pdf-2012-01-30 topics: MEDITATION)

An Edge Conference ROY BAUMEISTER And so that said, in terms of trying to understand human nature, well, and morality too, nature and culture certainly combine in some ways to do this, and I\'d put these together in a slightly different way, it\'s... (http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/morality10/morality.baumeister.html-2012-01-30 topics: HUM-NAT PSYCH MORAL-DIMENSION)

December 20, 2004 Exploding the Self-Esteem Myth Boosting people\'s sense of self-worth has become a national preoccupation. Yet surprisingly, researchshows that such efforts are of little value in fostering academic progress or preventing undesirab... (http://www.uvm.edu/~wgibson/PDF%20Library/Self-Esteem%20Myth.pdf-2012-01-30 topics: PARENTING EDUC PSYCH)

Yesterday we celebrated living legend Nelson Mandela’s birthday. Looking back on his 93 years, there are 11 lessons (from many) that I would like to share from his legacy which would help us make a small but positive mark in our society. Here the... (http://www.odemagazine.com/exchange/36728/eleven_lessons_from_nelson_mandela-2012-01-30 topics: LD CHARACTER GOOD-LIFE)

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sum[\"No cause has been more effectively sabotaged by its political advocates. Climate scientists, in my experience, are generally careful, well-intentioned and confused to be at the center of a global controversy. Investigations of hacked e-mails h... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/climate-and-the-culture-war/2012/01/16/gIQA6qH63P_print.html-2012-01-29 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING KEY REPUBLICANS)

By Michael Gerson, Published: January 19 It is an achievement of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements to have raised large issues of economic freedom and economic inequality. It is a paradox that their arguments have generally been vague... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-poor-are-the-americans-no-one-wants-to-talk-about/2012/01/18/gIQADZM5BQ_print.html-2012-01-29 topics: POV SOLUTIONS ALLIES KEY TODO)

Posted on January 18, 2012 by socialcapital | 1 Comment sum[\"Whereas Jim Crow and Vietnam was a tumor on a part of society, many of the problems of today are more like sicknesses in the bloodstream, unable to be pinpointed. \"] * http://www.ourcomm... (http://socialcapital.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/the-lessons-of-mlk-jr-and-1961s-freedom-riders/#comments-2012-01-29 topics: SOC-MOVEMENTS CIVIL-RIGHTS ALLIES WEBSITE TODO)

sum[ advocates social impact bonds] By James Q. Wilson, Published: January 26 There is no doubt that incomes are unequal in the United States — far more so than in most European nations. This fact is part of the impulse behind the Occupy Wall Str... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/angry-about-inequality-dont-blame-the-rich/2012/01/03/gIQA9S2fTQ_print.html-2012-01-29 topics: INEQUALITY KEY RICH SOLUTIONS)

sum[\"It’s also a myth that all the ultra-rich enjoy low tax rates. In 2007, the richest 1 percent of taxpayers paid an average tax rate of 29.5 percent and provided 28.1 percent of federal revenues, reports the CBO. On their wages and salaries, m... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/buffett-tax-and-truth-in-numbers/2012/01/29/gIQAikL5aQ_print.html-2012-01-29 topics: EC-TX RICH)

By Michelle Singletary, Published: January 28 I continue to debate with people about the purpose of college. Is college a time for young adults to just enrich their minds, or should students use that time to concentrate on a major that will prepa... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/studying-the-purpose-of-college/2012/01/22/gIQANC0XYQ_print.html-2012-01-29 topics: JOBS YOUTH VOCATION HIGHER-ED GOOD-LIFE)

By Dina ElBoghdady, Published: January 28 Fuming about a billing dispute with his dentist, Robert Allen Lee posted his complaints on two consumer review Web sites, triggering a legal battle over a technique designed to snuff out negative online co... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/some-doctors-try-to-squelch-online-reviews/2011/11/29/gIQA2KQhYQ_print.html-2012-01-29 topics: PUB-INFO LEG MEDICINE INTERNET CORRUPTN NO-EASY-ANSWERS RATINGS)

By Steven Pearlstein, Published: January 28 sum[\"Sharon Bulova, head of the board of supervisors in Fairfax County, took exception to my suggestion that she and her colleagues lend their support to a plan to relocate the FBI headquarters to a campu... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/steven-pearlstein-not-exactly-the-nations-entrepreneurial-capital/2012/01/22/gIQA3DqWYQ_print.html-2012-01-29 topics: DC ECON-DEV KEY SELFISH)

sum[\"measured by the number of people operating a business that’s less than 31 / 2 years old... 12.3% of Americans! see http://www.gemconsortium.org/docs/2201/gem-2011-global-report] note[saved at home: gem*.pdf] Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/global-boom-in-entrepreneurship/2012/01/24/gIQACZvhXQ_print.html-2012-01-29 topics: ENTREPRENEUR GOOD-LIFE KEY)

By Selena Rezvani, Published: January 24 | Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 10:47 AM In the decades-long battle to fix gender inequity in the workplace, it seems we overlook an obvious part of the problem. Although workplace studies show women are ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/mean-girls-make-meaner-bosses/2012/01/24/gIQAIYvhXQ_print.html-2012-01-29 topics: INDIV-DIFF DISRUPTIVE MGT)

By ROSS DOUTHAT sum[\"...to borrow a line attributed to Representative Barney Frank, “Government is simply the name we give to the things we choose to do together.” Many conservatives would go this far with Frank: Government is one way we choos... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/douthat-government-and-its-rivals.html?hp-2012-01-29 topics: CONSERVATIVE-CASE CMTY GVT-ROLE QT HLTH-FIN)

By L. ALAN SROUFE THREE million children in this country take drugs for problems in focusing. Toward the end of last year, many of their parents were deeply alarmed because there was a shortage of drugs like Ritalin and Adderall that they considered... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/childrens-add-drugs-dont-work-long-term.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB&pagewanted=print-2012-01-29 topics: MENTAL-ILLNESS PHARMA AMANDA)

see: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2012/01/29/sunday-review/29giving-gfx.html?ref=sunday-review - chart (patrick rooney) By MICHAEL PAULSON MITT ROMNEY’S 2010 tax return, along with an estimated version of his 2011 filing, was released on Tue... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/sunday-review/religions-inspire-charity.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print-2012-01-29 topics: GIVING RELIGION KEY DATA NCCS)

By Michael Lee, Sunday, January 29, 7:28 PM When Jan Vesely was preparing to make his NBA debut earlier this month, he responded to a question about how he could help the Washington Wizards with an answer that revealed his self-awareness, sense of... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/jan-vesely-has-worked-his-way-into-wizards-starting-lineup-early-in-his-rookie-nba-season/2012/01/29/gIQA-2012-01-29 topics: SPORTS CHARACTER DISCIPLINE INDIV-BEHAVIOR)

Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_International-2012-01-29 topics: VOLUNTEER NONPROFIT-MEMBERSHIP MORAL-DIMENSION)

1.35 mil members worldwide (http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/index.php-2012-01-29 topics: NONPROFIT-MEMB)

SUM[\"Messrs. Collins and Hansen draw some interesting and counterintuitive conclusions from their research. First, the successful leaders were not the most \"visionary\" or the biggest risk-takers; instead, they tended to be more empirical and disc... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204422404576595722814588188.html-2012-01-28 topics: BOOK LD)

When I first embarked on a career that required writing, I devoured dozens of books about the process of writing. I soon realized that each writer has weird tricks and idiosyncratic methods. Some wrote late at night, in the tranquil bubble of solitu... (http://www.amazon.com/Great-Choice-Uncertainty-Luck-Why-Despite/dp/0062120999-2012-01-28 topics: WRITING DIALOGUE CREATIVITY DISCIPLINE VOCATION)

2:59 PM Wednesday February 10, 2010 by Morten T. Hansen | Comments (22) On Tuesday, President Obama strode into the White House Briefing Room, surprising the reporters there. He had just held the first of a new string of meetings — a bipartisan ... (http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/02/five_collaboration_mistakes.html-2012-01-28 topics: COOP KEY MGT LD)

by Clayton M. Christensen Editor’s Note: When the members of the class of 2010 entered business school, the economy was strong and their post-graduation ambitions could be limitless. Just a few weeks later, the economy went into a tailspin. They�... (http://hbr.org/2010/07/how-will-you-measure-your-life/ar/pr-2012-01-28 topics: GOOD-LIFE KEY-A WISDOM)

Jim Collins (Author), Morten T. Hansen (Author) By Owen Jackson - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What\'s this?) This review is from: Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All (Hardcover) In Collins\... (http://www.amazon.com/Great-Choice-Uncertainty-Luck-Why-Despite/dp/0062120999-2012-01-28 topics: LD BOOK UNCERTAINTY KEY)

summary written by Chris Taylor “10X leaders can be bland or colorful, uncharismatic or magnetic, understated or flamboyant, normal to the point of dull, or just flat-out weird – none of this really matters, as long as they’re passionately dr... (http://actionablebooks.com/summaries/great-by-choice/-2012-01-28 topics: LD BOOK SUM)

By Tim Craig, Published: January 27 Concord, N.H. — It was supposed to be a field trip to kick-start the District’s latest push for statehood, the first stop of a nationwide tour to seek out legislators sympathetic to the cause. But Mayor Vin... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/new-hampshire-gives-dc-the-cold-shoulder-on-statehood-push/2012/01/27/gIQApRWbWQ_print.html-2012-01-28 topics: DC FOOLISH)

By Craig Whitlock, Published: January 27 The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats. In response to requests fr... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-wants-commando-mother-ship/2012/01/27/gIQA66rGWQ_story.html?hpid=z1-2012-01-28 topics: MILITARY MIDEAST AGILE)

Elisabeth Jacobs, Fellow, Governance Studies The Brookings Institution JANUARY 13, 2012 — Editor\'s Note: This paper was released as a part of the January 13 Fostering Growth through Innovation event. Executive Summary Although many nations were ... (http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2012/0113_jobs_jacobs.aspx?p=1-2012-01-28 topics: UNEMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS KEY EUR ECON)

What Works: The Welcoming Prayer An unassuming little tool in my spiritual first aid kit that can have a big impact by Phil Fox Rose (11) Follow us: I want to share with you a little method with a big impact: the Welcoming Prayer. Th... (http://bustedhalo.com/features/what-works-15-the-welcoming-prayer-2012-01-28 topics: MEDITATION RELIGION)

By TARA PARKER-POPE In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful weapon that could help them fight illness and depression, speed recovery, slow aging and prolong li... (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/health/21well.htlm?pagewanted=print-2012-01-28 topics: FRIENDSHIP PUB-HLTH SYSTEMS COMPREHENSIVE)

Candyce H. Kroenke, Laura D. Kubzansky, Eva S. Schernhammer, Michelle D. Holmes and Ichiro Kawachi + Author Affiliations From the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, CA; Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard... (http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/24/7/1105.full-2012-01-28 topics: FRIENDSHIP PUB-HLTH SYSTEMS COMPREHENSIVE)

Will you choose greatness?, October 14, 2011 By Owen Jackson - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What\'s this?) This review is from: Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All (Hardcover) In Collins\' n... (http://www.amazon.com/Great-Choice-Uncertainty-Luck-Why-Despite/dp/0062120999-2012-01-28 topics: BOOK MGT LD)

By Baumeister, Roy F.;Leary, Mark R. Psychological Bulletin, Vol 117(3), May 1995, 497-529. Abstract A hypothesized need to form and maintain strong, stable interpersonal relationships is evaluated in light of the empirical literature. The need is f... (http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=1995-29052-001-2012-01-28 topics: SMALLGROUPS HAPPINESS SOC-PSYCH SSPAPER)

STANFORD -- How could Congress vote against curbing automatic weapons on the same day a gunman uses one to commit a massacre in Texas? How could Ivan Boesky advocate greed to business school graduates? How did Watergate conspirators become lawbreak... (http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/91/911203Arc1039.html-2012-01-28 topics: MORAL-DIMENSION SELF-DECEPTION PSYCH)

note[ saved @hm: bandura*.pdf] (http://www.sociology.uiowa.edu/nsfworkshop/JournalArticleResources/Bandura_MoralDisengagement_1999.pdf-2012-01-28 topics: MORAL-DIMENSION)

Thomas Gabor (Author) Publication Date: July 1, 1994 -- cited by Bandura This is the first book to explore in detail crime committed by the general public. Thomas Gabor challenges the prevailing stereotype of the criminal by documenting the extent t... (http://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Does-Public-Thomas-Gabor/dp/0802068286-2012-01-28 topics: SELF-DECEPTION CRIME)

By Sean Michael Kerner | January 25, 2012 From the \'Upstream First!\' files On January 17th, Linus Torvalds committed a patch to the mainline Linux kernel for a memory handling flaw. As it turns out the flaw was exploited quickly once Torval... (http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/did-linus-jump-the-gun-on-a-kernel-security-fix.html-2012-01-27 topics: OPEN-SOURCE NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

January 11, 2012 | Jolie O\'Dell6 Comments inShare Developers plan to invest most of their time, talent and energy in mobile and API projects over the coming year — and will continue to code in a variety of languages, according to a new report. ... (http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/11/what-developers-will-be-doing-learning-listening-to-in-2012-survey-results/-2012-01-27 topics: PROGRAMMING JOBS AMANDA)

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity - * http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/... (-2012-01-27 topics: RELIGION HIST)

(http://www.dcpca.org/health-centers/-2012-01-27 topics: DC PUB-HLTH DATA TODO NONPROFIT-COOP SOLUTIONS)

Effective Practices in Neighboring and Other Innovative Volunteer Strategies Strengthening Families and Transforming Neighborhoods (Neighboring) note[ saved @hm: neighboring-makingadifference.pdf]... (http://www.pointsoflight.org/sites/default/files/makingadifference.pdf-2012-01-27 topics: CMTY-ORGANIZING KEY RSC)

We should all live in great communities: strong, healthy, democratic, sustainable, collaborative places. We built LikeMinded to make that happen. People are doing incredible things to strengthen their local communities. Too often, they don’t get ... (http://likeminded.org/about-2012-01-27 topics: WEBSITE ALLIES NONPROFIT CIVIC-ENGAGEMENT KN-MGT)

To Combat Rampant Vandalism, San Francisco Is Enlisting Artists to Create Murals; Critics Lament Limited Impact.Article Video Slideshow Comments (3) more in San Francisco Bay Area | Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ ». Email Print Save ↓ More . .smaller La... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405522679230864.html-2012-01-27 topics: ARTS URB SOLUTIONS CRIME)

== New Report Looks Beyond GDP == http://www.metlife.com/assets/institutional/services/insights-and-tools/ml-2011-american-dream-report.pdf | Mijin Cha The fifth annual MetLife survey of American ideals shows an interesting trend: priorities are... (http://www.policyshop.net/home/2012/1/27/new-report-looks-beyond-gdp.html -2012-01-27 topics: PUB-OP VALUES)

By PAUL KRUGMAN Mitch Daniels, the former Bush budget director who is now Indiana’s governor, made the Republicans’ reply to President Obama’s State of the Union address. His performance was, well, boring. But he did say something thought-prov... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/krugman-jobs-jobs-and-cars.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB&pagewanted=print-2012-01-27 topics: UNEMPLOYMENT GLOBALIZATION TECH OBAMA LIBERAL-CASE GVT-ROLE)

By DAVID BROOKS The Simpson-Bowles report wasn’t just a policy document. For a few months, it expanded the national debate. Everybody seemed to realize that the country was beset by large challenges that could no longer be neglected: soaring debt,... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/brooks-hope-but-not-much-change.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2012-01-27 topics: OBAMA)

* TOPICS: (CMTYPLAT OR NCCS) & DATA * Dpt of Agriculture: Food Deserts * Experian - business data - used by HCI? * http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411605_administrative_data_sources.pdf - Claudia Coulton summary * http://cloud.dzone.com/article... (-2012-01-26 topics: CMTYPLAT NCCS DATA)

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: 2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3I thank my God every time I remember you.... (-2012-01-26 topics: CHRISTIAN)

By Peter Whoriskey, Published: January 17 The United States lost more than a quarter of its high-tech manufacturing jobs during the past decade as U.S.-based multinational companies placed a growing percentage of their research-and-development ope... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/us-losing-high-tech-manufacturing-jobs-to-asia/2012/01/17/gIQA9P1S6P_print.html-2012-01-25 topics: MANUFACTURING UNEMPLOYMENT JOBS TRENDS GLOBALIZATION)

By Nick Miroff and William Booth, Published: January 15 MEXICO CITY — With Mexico’s presidential vote and other key elections less than six months away, both the government and its watchdogs fear that the black hand of organized crime will man... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/mexico-2012-vote-vulnerable-to-narco-threat/2011/12/21/gIQAny4i1P_print.html-2012-01-25 topics: MEXICO CRIME CAMP-FIN POLITICS SYSTEMS KEY)

By Christian Davenport, Published: January 14 Kindles, Nooks and iPads can do many amazing things, but they can’t bump you ahead in line at the Reston Regional Library. In fact, if you want to borrow a book, it may be quicker to put down your sle... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/as-demand-for-e-books-soars-libraries-struggle-to-stock-their-virtual-shelves/2012/01/13/gIQAkIOXzP_story.html-2012-01-25 topics: PUBLIC-SPACE PUBLISHING COOP KN-MGT)

By Michael Alison Chandler, Published: January 15 For decades, the prevailing wisdom in education was that high self-esteem would lead to high achievement. The theory led to an avalanche of daily affirmations, awards ceremonies and attendance certi... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-schools-self-esteem-boosting-is-losing-favor-to-rigor-finer-tuned-praise/2012/01/11/gIQAXFnF1P_story.-2012-01-25 topics: EDUC KEY-A PARENTING PSYCH DISCIPLINE COG-SCI)

By JOHN MARKOFF SAN JOSE, Calif. — Researchers at I.B.M. have stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms, pushing the boundaries of the magnetic storage of information to the edge of what is possible. The findings, bein... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/science/smaller-magnetic-materials-push-boundaries-of-nanotechnology.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print-2012-01-25 topics: SCIENCE TECH CPTR-BUS BIGTHINK KEY)

sum[Cornell Legacy Project. Its author, Karl Pillemer, a professor of human development at the College of Human Ecology at Cornell see http://legacyproject.human.cornell.edu/ video of author: Pillesner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrX3xfxbyx8&... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/health/elderly-experts-share-life-advice-in-cornell-project.html-2012-01-25 topics: GOOD-LIFE WISDOM KEY RSC ELDERLY ALLIES SOC-SCI)

By JOHN TIERNEY IT’S still early in 2012, so let’s be optimistic. Let’s assume you have made a New Year’s resolution and have not yet broken it. Based on studies of past resolutions, here are some uplifting predictions: 1) Whatever you hope... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/sunday-review/new-years-resolutions-stick-when-willpower-is-reinforced.html-2012-01-25 topics: DISCIPLINE EXERCISE TECH SOLUTIONS)

Mark A. Aguiar, Erik Hurst, Loukas Karabarbounis NBER Working Paper No. 17259 Issued in July 2011 NBER Program(s): AG EFG LS PE An NBER digest for this paper is available. The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publica... (http://www.nber.org/papers/w17259-2012-01-25 topics: USE-OF-TIME VOLUNTEER)

sum[\"So it is with America. Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those fifty stars and those thirteen stripes. No one built this country on their own. This Nation is great because we built it toge... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-of-the-union-2012-obama-speech-excerpts/2012/01/24/gIQA9D3QOQ_print.html-2012-01-25 topics: OBAMA RHETORIC RESPONSIBILITY TEAM)

Dear THOMAS HALL POLLAK, Thank you for filing the Pro Bono Reporting through this Internet based-form. Please print or save this page as the confirmation of your Pro Bono Reporting. The following is a selection of your responses. NAME: THOMAS ... (-2012-01-25 topics: PERSONAL)

Please print a copy for your records. - LABCORP Pay Invoice: 67066131 Date & Time Wed Jan 25 10:25:42 2012 Credit Card Information Name on Credit Card THOMAS POLLAK Address 3106 HOMEWOOD PKWY City, State, Zip KENSINGTON, MD 20895-2757 Credit Ca... (-2012-01-25 topics: PERSONAL)

by Father William Meninger see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloud_of_Unknowing Trappist monk visits Alaska to teach prayer method By JOEL DAVIDSON CatholicAnchor.org In mid-September, well-known Trappist monk Father William Meninger traveled ... (http://www.catholicanchor.org/wordpress/archives/5537?utm_source=CO+Constituents&utm_campaign=304590d72a-January_2012_enews1_19_2012&utm_mediu-2012-01-23 topics: MEDITATION RELIGION CHRISTIAN)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nodes (individuals) and ties (connections) in social networks. In mathematical sociology, interpersonal ties are defined as information-carrying connections between people. Interpersonal ties, generally, come ... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_ties-2012-01-23 topics: SOC-CAP CONCEPTS KEY)

By Krissah Thompson, Published: January 22 Rich or poor, educated or not, black women sometimes feel as though myths are stalking them like shadows, their lives reduced to a string of labels. The angry black woman. The strong black woman. The unf... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/survey-paints-portrait-of-black-women-in-america/2011/12/22/gIQA1ZcFKQ_print.html-2012-01-23 topics: PUB-OP BLCK)

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. (EST) The Urban Institute 2100 M St NW, 5th Floor Katharine Graham Conference Facility Washington, D.C. 20037 Panelists will discuss the Urban Institute\'s Community Platform and other on-the-ground ... (-2012-01-23 topics: CMTYPLAT NCCS RHETORIC)

* http://likeminded.org/extras - API * http://likeminded.org/api LikeMinded API. The LikeMinded API allows you to use LikeMinded data outside of likeminded.org. You’ll need three things to get started. (1) A LikeMinded login, (2) an API key, w... (-2012-01-23 topics: CMTYPLAT TECH TODO PROGRAMMING)

* FL Chamber of Commerce Foundation * http://www.thefloridascorecard.com/pillars_beta.aspx?pid=4 * Cmty Foundation doing Donors Edge (Orlando) * Get back to me in early March. * Test in cmty of 23k people * One of co-founders of FPN, head of members... (-2012-01-23 topics: CMTYPLAT LOCAL)

sum[\"Many researchers believe that human intelligence or brainpower consists of dozens of assorted cognitive skills, which they commonly divide into two categories. One bunch falls under the heading “fluid intelligence,” the abilities that prod... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/a-sharper-mind-middle-age-and-beyond.html?_r=1&ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=print-2012-01-23 topics: INTELLIGENCE ELDERLY GOOD-LIFE EXERCISE)

By Michael Levi, Published: January 18 1. The pipeline would have been catastrophic for global climate change. For opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline, the issue was one of simple math: The project would have facilitated increased production of... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-keystone-xl-pipeline/2011/12/19/gIQApUAX8P_print.html-2012-01-22 topics: ENER ENV OBAMA CORRUPTN POLITICS)

By Editorial Board, Published: January 18 ON TUESDAY, President Obama’s Jobs Council reminded the nation that it is still hooked on fossil fuels, and will be for a long time. “Continuing to deliver inexpensive and reliable energy,” the counc... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-keystone-pipeline-rejection-is-hard-to-accept/2012/01/18/gIQAf9UG9P_print.html-2012-01-22 topics: ENV ENER OBAMA)

By Marc Fisher, Published: January 20 LAURENS, S.C. — Once upon a time — oh, about two presidential elections ago — Dianne Belsom would get up in the morning and read the paper, taking in news stories about candidates and campaigns. Some stu... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-south-carolina-a-window-on-an-ideologically-polarized-news-market/2012/01/11/gIQA2ygPDQ_print.html-2012-01-22 topics: PUB-OP REPUBLICANS KEY DIVISIVE JOURNALISM)

William Easterly (Author) 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (72 customer reviews) | Like (37) List Pr 4.0 out of 5 stars Good Intentions and the Road to Hell, June 19, 2006 By Izaak VanGaalen (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAM... (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143038826/ref=pe_113430_22458910_pd_re_dt_dt1-2012-01-22 topics: INTL-DEV BOOK)

Discover Your Skills: The great wisdom on the temple at Delphi was \"Know Thyself.\" Assessments are powerful tools for self‐awareness We offer two proprietary assessment tools: The SQiTM – the proprietary Spiritual Intelligence assessment whic... (http://www.deepchange.com/discover_skills/index-2012-01-22 topics: LD ALLIES SPIRITUAL CONSULTING)

100 Summaries as hot as they look. Intelligent design for faster learning. These 6-page PDFs aren’t just any regular summaries. From the colors to the font, PhilosophersNotes were designed for you to easily soak up the powerful wisdom. Big Ideas... (http://www.philosophersnotes.com/store-2012-01-22 topics: WISDOM ALLIES QT LD BOOK)

GLOBAL CONVERSATIONS TO AWAKEN A WORLD OF CONSCIOUS BUSINESS Register for FREE and join the conversation First name Email We respect your privacy. Your information will never be shared or sold. A FREE online teleseminar series Brian Johnson Tony... (http://www.wakinguptheworkplace.com/-2012-01-22 topics: ALLIES BOOK MGT CONSULTING SPIRITUAL)

is an ancient Greek term meaning the harmony and beauty of the universe wherein all parts have their place within the Whole. It signifies humanity\'s alignment with the unchanging ground of being and the evolutionary organic forces of Nature. The in... (http://www.kosmosjournal.org/-2012-01-22 topics: SPIRITUAL ALLIES FUNDERS BIGTHINK)

Copyright Violations, Large and Small, Are Part of Life By: Josh Bernoff Published: January 19, 2012 Josh Bernoff With SOPA blackouts all over the news, I wanted to take a step back and ask: do we know what piracy is? Sounds like a simple qu... (http://adage.com/article/digitalnext/sopa-work-pirates-copyright-holders-included/232203/?utm_source=digital_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_c-2012-01-21 topics: INTEL-PROP INTERNET PUB-INFO SELF-DECEPTION NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

By Jon Marcus, Saturday, January 21, 2:04 PM An emerging group of entrepreneurs with influential backing is seeking to lower the cost of higher education from as much as tens of thousands of dollars a year to nearly nothing. These new arrivals ar... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/online-course-startups-offer-virtually-free-college/2012/01/09/gIQAEJ6VGQ_print.html-2012-01-21 topics: HIGHER-ED NONPROFIT-INNOVATION)

By Daniel de Vise Update: Comments from U-Va. and Strayer added below. Update: I learned this afternoon that former U-Va. President Casteen actually earned nearly $400,000 for serving on two different corporate boards in 2011. Details below. The f... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/u-va-jhus-former-presidents-earned-over-200000-a-year-for-serving-on-corporate-boards/2012/01/17/-2012-01-21 topics: HIGHER-ED NONPROFIT-COMP NONPROFIT-ROLE)

Interested in increasing your self-awareness? Here are some links to sites that will help you do that. What is Self-Awareness? Socrates said “Know Thyself”. Self-Awareness is the ability to know oneself deeply and act from that knowledge. It ... (http://www.transformleaders.tv/category/links-to-personal-assessments/-2012-01-21 topics: PSYCH SOLUTIONS KEY-A)

... created by Dr. Lynn Underwood, is being used in many studies to investigate ordinary spiritual experiences and their role in life. --- SEE: * http://www.search-institute.org/research-and-publications * http://www.search-institute.org/csd/measur... (http://www.dsescale.org/-2012-01-21 topics: SPIRITUAL PSYCH RSC SOC-SCI)

Theoretical Measurement Markers of Thriving in Adolescence Search Institute has developed a list of 15 \"thriving indicators,\" or constructive behaviors, postures, and commitments that societies value and need in youth. These indicators serve as a... (http://www.search-institute.org/thriving-indicators-2012-01-21 topics: GOOD-LIFE HAPPINESS SSPAPER YOUTH-DEV)

By Jason Reid, Saturday, January 21, 6:20 PM Maybe someday, the Washington Wizards will get serious about rebuilding. To this point, they’ve only dabbled in it unsuccessfully. Until owner Ted Leonsis moves on without Andray Blatche, JaVale McGee... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/wizards-need-to-part-with-andray-blatche-javale-mcgee-and-nick-young/2012/01/20/gIQARWPwGQ_print.html-2012-01-21 topics: COACHING SPORTS IMMATURITY DISRUPTIVE INTANGIBLES)

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF IF you want to understand how great teachers transform lives, listen to the story of Olly Neal. A recent study showed how a great elementary schoolteacher can raise the lifetime earnings of a single class by $700,000. After I... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/kristof-how-mrs-grady-transformed-olly-neal.html?_r=1&hp-2012-01-21 topics: EDUC LD CHANGE-POSSIBLE)

James Lawson (American activist) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lawson_(American_activist) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other people named James Lawson, see James Lawson (disambiguation). This biographical article needs additiona... (-2012-01-21 topics: CIVIL-RIGHTS INSPIRATION KEY)

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG KABUL, Afghanistan — American and other coalition forces here are being killed in increasing numbers by the very Afghan soldiers they fight alongside and train, in attacks motivated by deep-seated animosity between the suppose... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/world/asia/afghan-soldiers-step-up-killings-of-allied-forces.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2&pagew-2012-01-20 topics: AFGHAN MILITARY VIOLENCE CULTURE-MATTERS INDIV-BEHAVIOR)

By TINA ROSENBERG Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work. TAGS: AFRICA, ASIA, EDUCATION, POVERTY, UNITED NATIONS Since the turn of the millennium, the world has made stunning progress toward the goal of universal primary e... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/118675/#more-118675-2012-01-20 topics: INTL-DEV SOLUTIONS EDUC AFRICA SOC-SCI)

http://www.citizencircles.com/create/explore-topics/ SEND HIM: * http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/04/101004fa_fact_gladwell - Small change: Revolution will not be tweeted (Gladwell) * \\UI1\VOL1\CENTERS\CNP\TPOLLAK\docs\cmtyplat\topic-land... (-2012-01-20 topics: ALLIES DC)

MENTOR believes that the guidance of an adult mentor can help each child discover and unlock his or her full potential. Research demonstrates that youth who participate in mentoring relationships experience a multitude of positive benefits. By all ... (http://www.mentoring.org/about_mentor/value_of_mentoring/closing_the_mentoring_gap-2012-01-20 topics: YOUTH-DEV CMTY-NEEDS KEY-A RSC)

• Graduation Pathways and Dropout Recovery for Over-Age and Under-Credited Youth. Nationally, there are more than 6 million people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are high school dropouts. Dropout recovery models, such as the U.S. Department o... (http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/Grad-Nation/Building-a-Grad-Nation/~/media/Files/Our%20Work/Grad%20Nation/Building%20a%20Grad%20Nation/Buildin-2012-01-20 topics: EDUC CMTY-NEEDS)

Joy is a need for us and a source of strength, even physically. A Sister who cultivates a spirit of joy feels less tired and is always ready to do good. A Sister who is filled with joy preaches without preaching. A joyful Sister is like a ray of the... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Marauder40-2012-01-20 topics: QT CHARACTER LD RELIGION WISDOM)

By Michelle Singletary, Published: January 14 see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/if-money-matters-this-report-is-a-major-deal/2011/05/23/AF7r459G_story.html I have this game I play when I meet college students. “What’s your maj... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/not-all-college-majors-are-created-equal/2012/01/12/gIQAfz4XzP_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop-2012-01-20 topics: HIGHER-ED UNEMPLOYMENT KEY)

By Cindy Boren and Matt Brooks View Photo Gallery: Sarah Burke was a freestyle champion who would have been expected to medal in the 2014 Olympics. Sarah Burke, a Canadian freestyle skiing pioneer and champion, has died from injuries she suffer... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/freestyle-skier-sarah-burke-died-peacefully-surrounded-by-those-she-loved/2012/01/19/gIQActImBQ_bl-2012-01-20 topics: EXERCISE SPORTS GOOD-LIFE LOVE)

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS A neuron in the brain. Researchers at Princeton University recently made a remarkable discovery about the brains of rats that exercise. Some of their neurons respond differently to stress than the neurons of slothful rats. Scien... (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/phys-ed-why-exercise-makes-you-less-anxious/-2012-01-20 topics: EXERCISE MENTAL-HLTH GOOD-LIFE)

By DAVID BROOKS Mitt Romney is a rich man, but is Mitt Romney’s character formed by his wealth? Is Romney a spoiled, cosseted character? Has he been corrupted by ease and luxury? The notion is preposterous. All his life, Romney has been a worker... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/opinion/brooks-the-wealth-issue.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2012-01-20 topics: CHARACTER DISCIPLINE ROMNEY)

FAQ What is the Soul of the Community (SOTC) study? How was the study conducted? Who was included in this 2009 survey? What geographical area was included in this survey? Why were these areas chosen? Why did the Knight Foundation use Gallup for thi... (http://www.soulofthecommunity.org/faq-2012-01-19 topics: GOOD-CMTY FUNDERS ALLIES)

By Robert Samuels, Published: January 18 It was the National Symphony Orchestra’s grand experiment. Take the players far away from the hallowed halls of the Kennedy Center. Plop them in a high school auditorium in the socioeconomic stew that is ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/nso-had-columbia-heights-on-a-string/2012/01/09/gIQAP0MH9P_print.html-2012-01-19 topics: DC DC-PP ARTS MUSIC YOUTH-DEV GOOD-CMTY)

By Fareed Zakaria, Published: January 18 see: http://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/shrinking_job_opportunities/, http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2012/0113_jobs_jacobs.aspx Passion is not enough to change the Republican Party. Despite the Tea Party�... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-economic-lessons-the-rest-of-the-world-could-teach-us/2012/01/18/gIQAfSuG9P_print.html-2012-01-19 topics: UNEMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS EUR ECON KEY)

* http://drghoreishi.com/doc/7thLead.pdf - Leading, Learning Organizations - The bold, powerful and invisible... (http://200.31.71.42/documentos/DocRefCambioClimatico/DocsIngles/Communities%20of%20Commitment.%20Axialent.%20MIT.pdf-2012-01-19 topics: MGT LD ALLIES TEAM CONCEPTS)

When we wake up in the morning to read a business newspaper, the headline that grabs our attention is that a high-profile company has gone bankrupt. Companies with reputation of infallibility, just sink like titanic. Flawless legacies tarnish overn... (http://soniajaspal.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/achieving-excellence-by-becoming-a-learning-organization/-2012-01-19 topics: MGT LD GOOD-ORG)

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By Nick Miroff and William Booth, Published: January 15 MEXICO CITY — With Mexico’s presidential vote and other key elections less than six months away, both the government and its watchdogs fear that the black hand of organized crime will man... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/mexico-2012-vote-vulnerable-to-narco-threat/2011/12/21/gIQAny4i1P_print.html-2012-01-17 topics: MEXICO DRUGS DISORDER CORRUPTN NO-EASY-ANSWERS CRIME CAMP-FIN)

Members of the group may be interested in my just-published book \"Let Live: A bike ride, climate change and the CIA\". The book is, as far as I am aware, the first major novel about the human side of climate change. It cuts through the science to ... (email-2012-01-17 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING MARKETING)

* Community Platform: ** facilitating collective impact -- among nonprofit organizations ** facilitating neighborhood collaboration, linking of civic-minded individuals and organizations; people who feel responsibility for community as a whole * Co... (-2012-01-17 topics: IDEAS CMTYPLAT)

Published Date: 2011-12-19 Author(s): The Bridgespan Group NOTE[ saved @work] Overview A new wave of efforts designed to break the cycle of poverty and revitalize distressed communities is attracting attention and support from every segment of s... (http://www.bridgespan.org/next-generation-community-revitalization.aspx-2012-01-17 topics: PLACE COMPREHENSIVE KEY)

By Christian Davenport, Published: January 14 Kindles, Nooks and iPads can do many amazing things, but they can’t bump you ahead in line at the Reston Regional Library. In fact, if you want to borrow a book, it may be quicker to put down your sl... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/as-demand-for-e-books-soars-libraries-struggle-to-stock-their-virtual-shelves/2012/01/13/gIQAkIOXzP_print.html-2012-01-16 topics: PUBLISHING PUBLIC-SPACE)

By Michael Alison Chandler, Published: January 15 For decades, the prevailing wisdom in education was that high self-esteem would lead to high achievement. The theory led to an avalanche of daily affirmations, awards ceremonies and attendance cert... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-schools-self-esteem-boosting-is-losing-favor-to-rigor-finer-tuned-praise/2012/01/11/gIQAXFnF1P_story.-2012-01-16 topics: PARENTING KEY NO-EASY-ANSWERS PSYCH EDUC)

By Debbie Cenziper, Published: January 15 D.C. housing officials have routinely subsidized home purchases that low-income buyers could not afford, paving the way for foreclosures, liens and financial hardships. Nearly one in five buyers participa... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/in-dc-loan-program-mortgage-defaults-abound/2011/11/29/gIQAPt4Z1P_print.html-2012-01-16 topics: GVT-FAILURE DC HOUS)

In 1963, King and his staff focused on Birmingham, Alabama. They marched and protested non-violently, raising the ire of local officials who sicced water cannon and police dogs on the marchers, whose ranks included teenagers and children. The bad pu... (http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html-2012-01-16 topics: RHETORIC CIVIL-RIGHTS)

Organisations and individuals need to take energy and climate change issues into account when planning their work. Delivering climate goals will require the engagement of a wide range of stakeholders, including community organisations. This course w... (http://www.talkaction.org/training/ & email-2012-01-16 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING SOLUTIONS ALLIES)

Travis Bradberry (Author), Jean Greaves (Author), Patrick M. Lencioni (Foreword) 242 of 247 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal Book!, January 19, 2011 By David Anderson - See all my reviews This review is from: ... (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974320625/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk-2012-01-16 topics: BOOK TODO RSC SOC-PSYCH KEY)

sum[\"But mostly football was about those first days of double sessions when everyone who stuck with it did something he imagined was impossible, and so learned to recalibrate his instruments. In the future, what immediately looked impossible to us�... (http://chronicle.com/article/Do-Sports-Build-Character-or/130286/?sid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en-2012-01-16 topics: WISDOM SPORTS SOLUTIONS CHARACTER LD COMPASSION HUM-NAT KEY-A PHIL)

By Michael Specter A Well Intentioned Failure to Communicate, September 27, 2009 By Daniel Murphy \"Dan Murphy\" (Redmond, OR USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME) This review is from: Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hin... (http://www.amazon.com/Denialism-Irrational-Thinking-Scientific-Threatens/dp/1594202303-2012-01-15 topics: PUB-OP COG-SCI TRUST BOOK)

Farhad Manjoo 5.0 out of 5 stars Too Often Truthiness Thoroughly Trumps Truth, March 27, 2008 By watzizname \"watzizname\" (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) This review is from: True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fa... (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470050101/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk-2012-01-15 topics: COG-SCI PUB-OP BOOK)

12:01 am January 9, 2012 by ALLISON AUBREY Eliminating junk food from a child\'s diet is usually not enough to effectively treat attention deficit disorders, a paper shows. You may remember the controversial studies linking food coloring and addit... (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/01/09/144796050/for-kids-with-adhd-the-elimination-diet-falls-short-of-success?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&am-2012-01-15 topics: NUTRITION PARENTING MENTAL-ILLNESS)

ScienceDaily (Jan. 10, 2012) — Going out to eat has become a major part of our culture. Frequently eating out and consuming high-calorie foods in large portions at restaurants can contribute to excess calorie intake and weight gain. However, a stu... (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120110093557.htm-2012-01-14 topics: NUTRITION OBESITY CHANGE-POSSIBLE MEDITATION)

Principles | Philosophy | Authors The Center for Mindful Eating has created the Principles of Mindful Eating. These principles are intended to guide professionals who are interested in mindful eating. The Principles of Mindful Eating are free t... (http://www.tcme.org/mindfulness_practices.htm-2012-01-14 topics: NUTRITION MEDITATION)

By DAVID BORNSTEIN URL: http://www.liftcommunities.org/ Is it time to rethink our basic assumptions about the way we fight poverty? When Michael Harrington’s landmark book on poverty, “The Other America,” was published in 1962, Harrington sta... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/in-the-fight-against-poverty-its-time-for-a-revolution/?emc=eta1-2012-01-14 topics: POV SOLUTIONS ALLIES VOLUNTEER KEY-A NONPROFIT-INNOVATION)

The Circle of Promise is a 5 mile geographic area in the heart of the City of Boston, containing some of the city’s most challenged schools and disadvantaged communities, as well as great resources and assets. Within the Circle * 168,000 individu... (http://www.cityofboston.gov/circle/strategy/default.asp-2012-01-14 topics: SOLUTIONS PLACE EDUC)

By JAMES DAO Talk to almost anyone who has fought in combat, and chances are they can tick off a string of reasons why the YouTube video showing four Marines urinating on the bodies of dead enemy fighters in southern Afghanistan is horrible. Horribl... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/world/reprehensible-behavior-is-a-risk-of-combat-experts-say.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print-2012-01-14 topics: MILITARY AFGHAN DISRUPTIVE INDIV-BEHAVIOR F-PLY WAR PSYCH)

By ANDREW C. REVKIN Over the weekend I noticed a clever new effort to visualize how natural climate variability interacts with the heating effect from accumulating greenhouse gases – made by Teddy TV and the animator Ole Christoffer Haga for the 1... (http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/can-better-communication-of-climate-science-cut-climate-risks/-2012-01-14 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING RHETORIC RSC)

February 8th, 2011 11:00 AMBy Rachel Signer Whatever project you can dream up, there’s a crowdsourced funding platform out there for it. Entrepreneurs, investors, journalists, artists, environmentalists, educators, nonprofits and charities are us... (http://dowser.org/top-ten-crowdsourced-funding-platforms/-2012-01-13 topics: WEB2.0 NONPROFIT-INNOVATION ALLIES)

By JANE E. BRODY At 17, I wrote a speech titled, “When You Come to the End of Your Days, Will You Be Able to Write Your Own Epitaph?” It reflected the approach to life I adopted after my mother’s untimely death from cancer at age 49. I chose t... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/health/elderly-experts-share-life-advice-in-cornell-project.html?pagewanted=print-2012-01-13 topics: GOOD-LIFE ELDERLY WISDOM ALLIES)

By DAVID BROOKS If you are over 70, I’d like to ask for a gift. I’d like you to write a brief report on your life so far, an evaluation of what you did well, of what you did not so well and what you learned along the way. You can write this as a... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/opinion/brooks-the-life-report.html-2012-01-13 topics: GOOD-LIFE WISDOM ARTS VOCATION)

By DAVID BROOKS There are two questions concerning Mitt Romney’s service at the private equity firm Bain Capital. The narrower question is: Did Bain help ailing companies and add value to the economy or did it plunder dying firms? The larger quest... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/opinion/brooks-the-ceo-in-politics.html?pagewanted=print-2012-01-13 topics: LD PRES MATURITY)

By Brian Vastag and Juliet Eilperin, Updated: Thursday, January 12, 10:47 PM Simple, inexpensive measures to cut emissions of two common pollutants will slow global warming, save millions of lives and boost crop production around the world, an int... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-simple-measures-could-reduce-global-warming-save-lives/2012/01/12/gIQAtcKztP_print.html-2012-01-12 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING SOLUTIONS)

* https://www.facebook.com/dialog/permissions.request?app_id=225771117449558&display=page&next=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.facebook.com%2Fwpsocialreader%2Fme%2Fchannels%2Fread%2Fcontent%2FVFNk2%3Futm_source%3Dredirect%26utm_medium%3Dheadline%26utm_ca... (-2012-01-11 topics: WEB2.0 JOURNALISM)

By Anthony Faiola, Published: January 10 ATHENS — Deeply indebted and nearly bankrupt, this Mediterranean nation was forced to adopt tough austerity measures to slash its deficit and secure an international bailout. But as Greece’s economy slid... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-greece-fears-that-austerity-is-killing-the-economy/2012/01/09/gIQA9hAFpP_print.html-2012-01-11 topics: EUR RECESSION NO-EASY-ANSWERS EC-FP UNEMPLOYMENT)

By Michael Lee, Published: January 10 John Wall blocked Toronto Raptors guard Jose Calderon’s jumper and Jordan Crawford scooped up the ball near midcourt. Wall and JaVale McGee both took off on a full-out sprint and jumped as Crawford tossed th... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards-vs-raptors-washington-stops-winless-slide-to-open-season-with-93-78-victory-over-toronto/2012/01/10/gIQA6-2012-01-11 topics: SPORTS ADVERSITY INDIV-BEHAVIOR)

By Pamela Constable, Published: January 10 With cutting-edge, high-tech jobs and an Arlington County townhouse, Neelima Reddy and her husband seem launched on a path to success. Instead, they feel frustrated and stuck. Seven years after moving fr... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dispute-over-proposed-green-card-law-pits-brightest-immigrants-against-each-other/2012/01/03/gIQANdSKpP_print.html-2012-01-11 topics: IMMI NO-EASY-ANSWERS UNEMPLOYMENT)

By Karen Tumulty, Published: January 10 MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney cruised, as expected, to an easy victory in Tuesday’s New Hamp­shire primary, going two for two in the nominating contests thus far and re­i... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romney-cruises-to-victory-in-new-hampshire-primary/2012/01/10/gIQAhhkPpP_print.html-2012-01-11 topics: REPUBLICANS ELECTION2012)

By TINA ROSENBERG On Friday I wrote about ReServe, a program that connects retired professionals to part-time jobs in nonprofit organizations or city agencies. Many ReServists, who earn $10 an hour, are working in city schools, including as colleg... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/helping-where-help-is-wanted/?hp-2012-01-11 topics: ELDERLY UNTAPPED-CAPACITY SOLUTIONS)

By TINA ROSENBERG At the Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change, a public school on West 135th Street in Harlem, every one of the 82 members of the senior class is expected to apply to college. At a suburban or private school, or... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/in-a-second-career-working-to-make-a-difference/-2012-01-11 topics: ELDERLY UNTAPPED-CAPACITY SOLUTIONS)

By THE EDITORS Ms. Gates, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, recently returned from a three-day trip to Bangladesh. She, along with Nick, agreed to answer readers’ questions about development issues focusing on that part of the world. Her... (http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/melinda-gates-answers-your-questions/?hp-2012-01-11 topics: INTL-DEV SOLUTIONS FUNDERS)

By MICHAEL B. EISEN Published: January 10, 2012 Berkeley, Calif. THROUGH the National Institutes of Health, American taxpayers have long supported research directed at understanding and treating human disease. Since 2009, the results of that rese... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/opinion/research-bought-then-paid-for.html?_r=1&hp-2012-01-11 topics: PUB-INFO GVT-ROLE MARKET-FAILURE HIGHER-ED RESEARCH)

sum[\"A few decades ago they did, but now they don’t. Roughly 10 percent of Americans trust government to do the right thing most of the time, according to an October New York Times, CBS News poll. Why don’t Americans trust their government? It... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/opinion/brooks-where-are-the-liberals.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB&pagewanted=print-2012-01-11 topics: GVT-ROLE)

By MARK BITTMAN Mark Bittman on food and all things related. TAGS: MEAT CONSUMPTION, THE AMERICAN DIET Americans eat more meat than any other population in the world; about one-sixth of the total, though we’re less than one-twentieth of the pop... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/were-eating-less-meat-why/?hp-2012-01-11 topics: NUTRITION INDIV-BEHAVIOR)

By Harold Meyerson, Published: January 10 NASHUA, N.H. With attacks on Mitt Romney’s career as a venture capitalist coming fast and furious from his primary opponents, the Republican presidential campaigns have entered strange new territory for... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republican-candidates-try-to-assert-their-blue-collar-instincts/2012/01/10/gIQAhy6MpP_print.html-2012-01-11 topics: MFG EC-TR ELECTIONS2012)

By Courtland Milloy, Published: January 10 Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) has proposed that no elementary school student be promoted beyond third grade without knowing how to read, and he’s prepared to offer financial incentives to studen... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/mcdonnells-reading-proficiency-plan-is-important-step/2012/01/10/gIQA8D9RpP_story.html-2012-01-11 topics: EDUC POV KEY-A SUM READING TODO)

By Bill Turque, Published: January 10 D.C. officials unveiled newly detailed “scorecards” for public schools Tuesday, designed to give parents a more nuanced look at performance that goes beyond the usual test scores and demographic data. The... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-schools-new-scorecards-go-beyond-testing/2012/01/10/gIQATS3DpP_print.html-2012-01-11 topics: DC EDUC OUTCOME-MEAS)

There are lots of collaborations among nonprofits-- but this one really is different. * Like some other projects, it too will seek to have an impact on young people. * Link between research organization and operating organization. * Deployment of Co... (-2012-01-11 topics: IDEAS CORRES)

Christian Mission from: \"missionary\": A Christian missionary can be defined as \"one who is to witness across cultures.\"[2] The Lausanne Congress of 1974, defined the term, related to Christian mission as, \"to form a viable indigenous church-pla... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_(Christian)-2012-01-10 topics: RELIGION)

by Len Hjalmarson (saved @hm) - http://nextreformation.com/, http://nextreformation.com/?page_id=850, next1@nextreformation77.com * http://missionalspirituality.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Missional-Spirituality.pdf * http://missionalspiritualit... (http://www.lighthouselibrary.com/pdf/GENERAL%20TEACHINGS%20%5BA%20-%20K%5D/APOSTLES,%20THE%20NEW%20%5BLen%20Hjalmarson%5D.pdf-2012-01-10 topics: RELIGION KEY CMTY LD ALLIES)

by Len Hjalmarson Frodo - I will return the ring to Mordor although I don\'t know how to get there. (fn 6) Team or Community? Furthermore, a team is not the same as a community. When Ephesians 4 gifting is functioning in a community environment, it ... (http://missionalspirituality.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Leadership_Postmodern_Era.pdf-2012-01-10 topics: RELIGION LD CMTY GOOD-CMTY TEAM CONCEPTS INSPIRATION COMPENSATION SACRIFICE KEY-A)

A large attractional, program style church here in Calgary, is making some amazing shifts in paradigms and practices as they endeavor by 2020 to be more of a missional church, as they concentrate on an outward focus and disciple-making. Here is part... (http://missionalspirituality.com/?p=777-2012-01-10 topics: SMALLGROUPS RELIGION)

A body of beliefs about God, man, Christ, the church, and other related concepts considered authoritative and thus worthy of acceptance by all members of the community of faith. LOVE The high esteem which God has for His human children and the hig... (http://www.studytheword.citymax.com/page/page/3072874.htm-2012-01-10 topics: RELIGION LOVE)

Some Christians pretend that Christianity was not established by the sword; but of what period of time do they speak? It was impossible that twelve men could begin with the sword: they had not the power; but no sooner were the professors of Chri... (http://www.skeptically.org/thinkersonreligion/id11.html-2012-01-10 topics: RELIGION)

Senior pastor, Advent United Church of Christ in Columbus, Ohio Susan K. Smith Smith, a Yale Divinity School graduate, is author of “Crazy Faith: Ordinary People; Extraordinary Lives”, a winner of the 2009 National Best Books Award. In his book... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/christianitys-doctrine-is-love/2011/03/17/ABFGnql_blog.html-2012-01-10 topics: RELIGION LOVE KEY)

By Mike Wise, Published: January 9 The bad news for Washington Wizards Coach Flip Saunders? At the moment, his job is not in jeopardy. That means while Washington area basketball fans avert their eyes from the winless Wizards, Saunders is stuck wi... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/washington-wizards-an-embarrassment-by-design/2012/01/09/gIQAByFdmP_print.html-2012-01-10 topics: COACHING DISRUPTIVE TEAM)

July 22, 2010 Writing Projects of Len Hjalmarson http://www.missionalleader.ca/?page_id=2 No comments I was sitting with a brother who mentors church planters, both in Canada and in Europe. He was concerned that too many groups have continued to clo... (http://www.missionalleader.ca/?p=44#more-44-2012-01-10 topics: RELIGION LD CMTY TEAM CONCEPTS)

July 30, 2010 Writing Projects of Len Hjalmarson No comments In the spring of 1980 I was looking for a job. I crossed paths with a college friend who had just secured a summer job as a fishing guide. He planned to head up to Stuart Island in May to... (http://www.missionalleader.ca/?cat=3-2012-01-10 topics: LD NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

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* Tools for people who want to make a difference * Find like-minded.. * LANO - Leia Lewis material 1/10/2012 * debi randall: How can we get better quicker? * Mobilizing people; mobilize people and orgs * Connecting people and causes (brevard) * Deb ... (-2012-01-10 topics: CMTYPLAT MARKETING IDEAS)

* Maybe need a small research project? * Opportunity Nation - list of partners - http://www.opportunitynation.org/partners/ * $180 billion in revenue for human service organizations * Major networks ** United Way - ** Catholic Charities - $4 bil. **... (-2012-01-10 topics: CORRES IDEAS POV ALLIES)

* 1/26 - small group was smaller: only 7 of us: Katie, Rachel, Charles and Hannah, Refael (very late) and Rory. Great conversation with Rory afterwards. Feel like I have a friend for life. \"That is so cool. I just want to talk about this...\" Buo... (-2012-01-09 topics: RELIGION ALLIES)

sum[\"Mote retired and moved out in 2010, and he now has no problem listing his complaints with the old home: temperatures that fluctuated between too hot and too cold; limited privacy, as the couple shared their kitchen with caterers and their livi... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/university-of-maryland-plans-72-million-presidents-house-amid-budget-cuts/2012/01/06/gIQAoffCkP_story.ht-2012-01-09 topics: NONPROFIT-COMP FUNDRAISING)

By Sudarsan Raghavan, Published: January 8 ADEN, Yemen — Nazha Mohammed was pale and silent in her mother’s arms, on the edge of listlessness. At 2 months old, she was one of the youngest children inside a high school where several hundred Yem... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/yemens-children-pay-the-highest-price-in-crisis/2012/01/05/gIQAxa9CkP_story.html?hpid=z1-2012-01-09 topics: WAR MIDEAST INTL-NEEDS)

By Arne Duncan, Published: January 6 Ten years ago today, President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act. The law has improved American education in some ways, but it also still has flaws that need to be fixed. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/escaping-the-constraints-of-no-child-left-behind/2012/01/06/gIQAYmqpfP_print.html-2012-01-09 topics: EDUC KEY NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

http://wisdom.com/ Our social-media lives create communities with their own personalities and interests. So what is the personality of the group that “likes” Mitt Romney on Facebook? What do they read? What music do Ron Paul devotees listen to? ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/facebook-data-reveals-what-gop-presidential-candidates-supporters-like/2012/01/06/gIQAOScufP_graphic.html-2012-01-09 topics: INTERNET KN-MGT WISDOM TECH)

By John Tirman, Published: January 6 As the United States officially ended the war in Iraq last month, President Obama spoke eloquently at Fort Bragg, N.C., lauding troops for “your patriotism, your commitment to fulfill your mission, your abidin... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-we-ignore-the-civilians-killed-in-american-wars/2011/12/05/gIQALCO4eP_print.html-2012-01-09 topics: WAR HUMAN-RIGHTS F-PLY INTL-NEEDS KEY PUB-OP POLITICAL-MATURITY MORALS AMERICAN-DECLINE EMPATHY-LACK)

By Dante Chinni, Published: December 15 Chronicling the American political zeitgeist has never been easy — voters are fickle beasts — and in the past few years it’s been nearly impossible to keep up. The tea party movement, that nascent powe... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-pity-the-billionaire-by-thomas-frank/2011/12/15/gIQAPAOqfP_print.html-2012-01-09 topics: LIBERAL-CASE RECESSION)

By Michael Schaffer, Published: January 6 Talk to supporters of Mayor Vincent Gray about his first year in office, and one word pops up again and again. Outrage about hefty paychecks for mayoral aides? A distraction. Anger about jobs for children ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mayor-vincent-gray-has-done-little--as-promised/2012/01/04/gIQAtNcbfP_print.html-2012-01-09 topics: DC LD GRAY)

By Rick Maese, Published: January 7 Denver — Finding Tim Tebow — really finding Tim Tebow — isn’t as easy as it may seem. Nathan Whitaker discovered that last year when he was dispatched to the Tebow home. Whitaker signed on to help the D... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/nfl-playoffs-2012-with-broncos-tim-tebow-everything-you-see-is-true/2012/01/07/gIQAzygvhP_print.html-2012-01-09 topics: LD RELIGION SPORTS)

By David Kuo and Patton Dodd, Published: January 6 sum[\"Other politicians who want to appeal to the evangelical electorate would be wise to lower their own protective shields and speak from the heart about their struggles and need for God — if, a... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-is-gods-quarterback-tebow-roethlisberger-and-american-evangelicalism/2012/01/05/gIQAS6VcfP_print.html-2012-01-09 topics: RELIGION LD)

* http://www.dataviz.org/ - Soul of the Community -- VIDI * Patchwork Nation - http://www.patchworknation.org/content/about-patchwork-nation - Knight funding - nice looking web pages for each community type * Community centered archiving - http://ww... (http://www.jeffersoninst.org/-2012-01-09 topics: ALLIES KEY JOURNALISM PUB-INFO GRAPHICS PUB-OP MAPPING WEBSITE-DESIGN)

By DAN BIEDERMAN WHEN I was 9, a trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire during summer camp started my interest in parks and hiking. After that, I visited national parks and decided I liked rugged rural areas. Later, I grew to appreciate bits o... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/jobs/dan-biederman-on-his-vision-for-urban-parks-the-boss.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print-2012-01-09 topics: GOOD-CMTY MGT CONSULTING CMTY-DEV PUB-PRIV GVT-ROLE)

By WILLIAM J. BROAD On a cold Saturday in early 2009, Glenn Black, a yoga teacher of nearly four decades, whose devoted clientele includes a number of celebrities and prominent gurus, was giving a master class at Sankalpah Yoga in Manhattan. Black i... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&pagewanted=print-2012-01-09 topics: EXERCISE NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

By TINA ROSENBERG sum[\"ReServe never uses the word volunteer, and indeed, it’s work. The pay matters. Wallace, among others, said that he couldn’t afford to work without the stipend. ReServe also requires organizations to pay because it ensures... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/in-a-second-career-working-to-make-a-difference/?hp-2012-01-09 topics: JOBS UNTAPPED-CAPACITY KEY NONPROFIT-FIN)

* Peaceable kingdom, Isaiah * Malacai * Confession, meta-noios - rethinking * Gospel of Mark - short but to point: casting demons out... (-2012-01-09 topics: RELIGION NOTES)

Comments (374) Books, not the internet, were a key source for Harry and co Continue reading the main story Dazzling in an age of austerity (Lisa Jardine) [/news/magazine-16349257]The meaning of debt (Sarah Dunant) [/news/magazine-16306356] Live f... (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16443825?print=true-2012-01-09 topics: TOO-MUCH-INFO INTERNET WISDOM)

by Adam Gopnik February 14, 2011 Books explaining why books no longer matter come in many flavors. PrintE-Mail Related LinksAsk the Author: Join a live chat with Adam Gopnik about the Internet on Wednesday, February 16th, at 2 P.M. E.T. KeywordsInt... (http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2011/02/14/110214crat_atlarge_gopnik-2012-01-09 topics: TOO-MUCH-INFO INTERNET KEY)

A BROOKINGS INSTITUTION EVENT E-mailPrintEvent Summary As the nation enters a contentious presidential election year, the economy continues to struggle, unemployment levels remain high, and partisan divides impede efforts to create new jobs and br... (-2012-01-09 topics: THINKTANK INNOVATION ECON FUNDRAISING)

* I feel a sense of purpose * Plato\'s cave: Most of us are just looking at the shadows of reality. * My preferred metaphor is similar but with a different twist. It is like we are all below decks on a sailboat being tossed in a storm. Some of us ... (-2012-01-08 topics: IDEAS DIARY PERSONAL LOG)

by JON HAMILTON You may want to read this twice if you\'re older than 45. In fact, you may have to. That\'s because your mental abilities are already in decline, according to a study of 7,390 British civil servants just published in BMJ, the Briti... (http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/06/144789189/middle-aged-brains-are-already-past-their-prime?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20120108-2012-01-08 topics: ELDERLY COG-SCI INTELLIGENCE EXERCISE)

by CHRISTOPHER JOYCE In the world of violins, the names Stradivari and Guarneri are sacred. For three centuries, violin-makers and scientists have studied the instruments made by these Italian craftsmen. So far no one has figured out what makes the... (http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/01/02/144482863/double-blind-violin-test-can-you-pick-the-strad?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=e-2012-01-08 topics: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE-LIMITS JUDGMENT)

sum[\"\"We tell parents to think of those arguments not as nuisance but as a critical training ground,\" he says. Such arguments, he says, are actually mini life lessons in how to disagree — a necessary skill later on in life with partners, friend... (http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/03/144495483/why-a-teen-who-talks-back-may-have-a-bright-future?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20120-2012-01-08 topics: TEEN DIALOGUE DIALOGUE-NEED)

by ALIX SPIEGEL It\'s a tradition as old as New Year\'s: making resolutions. We will not smoke, or sojourn with the bucket of mint chocolate chip. In fact, we will resist sweets generally, including the bowl of M &Ms that our co-worker has helpf... (http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/02/144431794/what-vietnam-taught-us-about-breaking-bad-habits?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-2012010-2012-01-08 topics: PERS-CHANGE CHANGE-POSSIBLE SUBSTANCE-ABUSE DRUGS KEY)

* http://www2.gol.com/users/quakers/Hicks_Peaceable_Kingdom.htm - Edw Hicks painting * Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little chil... (-2012-01-08 topics: RELIGION BIBLE)

Your chat ID number is 01071212146. Your Question:ROUTER IS WORKING -- ON NETWORK -- BUT NO CONNECTION TO INTERNET. A Verizon Service Representative will be with you shortly. Thank you. 15:49:50 Estimated wait time is 5 mins 46 secs. We apologize fo... (-2012-01-07 topics: HOME)

By MIKE McINTIRE and MICHAEL LUO In the years before he lost his Pennsylvania Senate seat in 2006, Rick Santorum worked hard to win hundreds of millions of dollars in additional Medicare money for hospitals in Puerto Rico. He sponsored at least two... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/us/politics/after-senate-santorums-beneficiaries-became-benefactors.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2&am-2012-01-06 topics: CONG CORRUPTN CAMP-FIN)

By ANNIE LOWREY sum[\"The authors argue that school districts should use value-added measures in evaluations, and to remove the lowest performers, despite the disruption and uncertainty involved. “The message is to fire people sooner rather than l... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/education/big-study-links-good-teachers-to-lasting-gain.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print-2012-01-06 topics: EDUC OUTCOME-MEAS KEY NO-EASY-ANSWERS COMPENSATION)

By JENNY ANDERSON The number of students in virtual schools run by educational management organizations rose sharply last year, according to a new report being published Friday, and far fewer of them are proving proficient on standardized tests comp... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/education/students-of-virtual-schools-are-lagging-in-proficiency.html?hpw=&pagewanted=print-2012-01-06 topics: EDUC INTERNET NONPROFIT-ROLE)

By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — Hospital employees recognize and report only one out of seven errors, accidents and other events that harm Medicare patients while they are hospitalized, federal investigators say in a new report. Yet even after hospit... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/health/study-of-medicare-patients-finds-most-hospital-errors-unreported.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2012-01-06 topics: HOSP LIMITS-OF-REG REG TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY)

sum[\"The daily training has been grueling. The 25 players vying for 20 spots are at a hotel in downtown Bogota, where they eat, sleep and practice under close watch. They wake at 7 a.m. daily, are weighed each morning and are sent to bed by 9:45 p.... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/briar-woods-senior-lina-granados-chases-her-dream-in-colombia/2012/01/02/gIQAjYzedP_print.html-2012-01-06 topics: PRACTICE DISCIPLINE TEEN SOCCER)

By Bill Turque DCPS got an early Christmas present last month when District Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi revised his revenue forecast to include an additional $42.2 million. Mayor Vincent C. Gray quickly announced that he will ask the D.C. ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-schools-insider/post/charters-challenge-fairness-of-21-million-to-dcps/2012/01/04/gIQA6FWGdP_blog.html?hpid=z5-2012-01-06 topics: DC CHARTER-SCHOOLS GVT-FIN NONPROFIT-FIN)

note[ Tom Stanton (Carolyn Peirce\'s step-son)] By KRIS MAHER The Service Employees International Union agreed Thursday to end a heated public-relations campaign against food-service giant Sodexo Inc. as part of a legal settlement, raising question... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904491704576573074162700598.html-2012-01-06 topics: UNIONS)

By DAVID BROOKS I’m to Rick Santorum’s left on most social issues, like same-sex marriage and abortion. I’m also put off by his Manichaean political rhetoric. He seems to imagine America’s problems can best be described as the result of a cu... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/opinion/brooks-a-new-social-agenda.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2012-01-06 topics: ALLIES DOMESTIC-NEEDS KEY-A GVT-ROLE)

TEVI TROY One of the most peculiar, and least understood, features of the Washington policy process is the extraordinary dependence of policymakers on the work of think tanks. Most Americans — even most of those who follow politics closely — wo... (http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/devaluing-the-think-tank-2012-01-06 topics: THINKTANKS)

By HILARY STOUT IT was last spring, somewhere between overseeing Teacher Appreciation Week and planning the fifth-grade graduation party, when Jamie Lentzner, mother of two in Foster City, Calif., reached her breaking point. She had already design... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/garden/02parents.html?scp=3&sq=moms+civic&st=nyt&pagewanted=print-2012-01-06 topics: VOLUNTEER USE-OF-TIME)

* Public Allies - Natasha, Malkia * Karen Gano and Bob Carlson - they get proposal to me * Debi Randall * Tom Austin * Jennifer Aronson and Katherine West... * Allison Pinto and Tim Dutton * Dave Garvey * Mitch Downey - UI careerist mentality, \"not... (-2012-01-06 topics: CMTYPLAT DIARY TODO)

(http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/uploads/whatisai.pdf-2012-01-03 topics: DIALOGUE SOC-SCI DELIB SOLUTIONS)

By Eli Saslow, Published: January 1 WASHINGTON, Iowa — It is the final day of his best year at work, and Keith Lazar, 62, settles into his corner office at the community bank. He eats a doughnut with a fork and turns on an instrumental CD titled... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/life-is-good-in-iowas-washington-but-the-candidates-keep-raising-alarms/2012/01/01/gIQAjgluUP_print.html-2012-01-02 topics: GOOD-CMTY GOOD-LIFE CONSERVATIVE-CASE)

sum[\"“I want someone to give it to me straight. We aren’t getting a lot of fluff, and he isn’t offering us a prize or a present or something to make us feel good,” said Tom Icatar, 65, who saw Paul at a West Des Moines town hall. “I think... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ron-paul-leaves-rosy-outlooks-campaign-promises-to-the-other-gop-candidates/2011/12/29/gIQAvskmUP_print.html-2012-01-02 topics: PUB-OP HONESTY ADVERSITY ELECTIONS2012)

By Michael Gerson, Published: January 1 Let us count the ways in which the nomination of Ron Paul would be groundbreaking for the GOP. No other recent candidate hailing from the party of Lincoln has accused Abraham Lincoln of causing a “sensele... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ron-pauls-quest-to-undo-the-party-of-lincoln/2011/12/30/gIQAOrlyUP_print.html-2012-01-02 topics: ELECTIONS2012 LIBERTARIAN)

* Religious Guidance/Religious Authority - http://www.ps-are.org/pals/codebook/result_20.asp ** Please tell me whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, neither agree nor disagree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following... (-2012-01-02 topics: PUB-OP SURVEY KEY)

... brings together statisticians and researchers who collect and publish information about denominations and other faith groups in the United States. Every ten years, ASARB compiles the Religious Congregations Membership Study, providing the most c... (http://www.asarb.org/-2012-01-02 topics: NCCS STATS RELIGION)

Fetzer Inst. partner: http://www.fetzer.org/resources/resource-detail/?resource_id=26734... (http://www.contemplativemind.org/-2012-01-02 topics: MEDITATION RSC)

Peter Gordon December 14, 2011 | 9:43 pm An Awareness of What is Missing: Faith and Reason in a Post-Secular Age Published on The New Republic (http://www.tnr.com) An Awareness of What is Missing: Faith and Reason in a Post-Secular Age By Jürge... (http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/magazine/98567/jurgen-habermas-religion-philosophy-2012-01-02 topics: POL-PHIL CULT RELIGION BK-REV)

Community-based change initiatives often have ambitious goals, and so planning specific on-the-ground strategies to those goals is difficult. Likewise, the task of planning and carrying out evaluation research that can inform practice and surface br... (http://learningforsustainability.net/evaluation/theoryofchange.php-2012-01-02 topics: EVAL OUTCOME-MEAS ALLIES COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS RSC)

Who can decide off-hand what is absolutely better, to live or to understand life? We must do both alternately, and a man can no more limit himself to either than a pair of scissors can cut with a single one of its blades. p.43-44 Some problems of p... (-2012-01-02 topics: WISDOM QT)

About | Bulletin Article | Data Download Program (DDP) | Announcements The household debt service ratio (DSR) is an estimate of the ratio of debt payments to disposable personal income. Debt payments consist of the estimated required payments... (http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/housedebt/default.htm-2012-01-02 topics: ECON STATS DATA)

see: http://familiesandwork.org/site/research/reports/nscw08variablelist.pdf - (saved @hm): data dictionary for work-life survey. * http://www.familiesandwork.org/site/research/reports/Times_Are_Changing.pdf - 28pp rpt on 2008 study (released 8/2011... (http://www.csbsju.edu/Documents/Clemens%20Lecture/lecture/Book01.pdf-2012-01-02 topics: CONSUMER DOMESTIC-NEEDS CULT-CHANGE SURVEY KEY ALLIES GLOBAL-WARMING)

By Theola Labbé-DeBose, Monday, January 2, 6:50 PM Each week, the pregnant women sit in a conference room at a health clinic in Southeast Washington. With their hands protectively resting on their protruding stomachs, the women enrolled in the fou... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/program-seeks-to-increase-breastfeeding-among-black-women-in-district/2011/12/20/gIQAIKQsWP_print.html-2012-01-02 topics: NONPROFIT-INNOVATION DOMESTIC-NEEDS BLCK)

note[ Chatting with Luba, Russian, son dropped out of BCC, when I told her what I did, she mentioned that she was involved in a nonprofit but didn\'t give details until I pressed: Society of Friends, planning to retire to No Calif.] Website: http://... (http://beingpresent.org/index.php?toc=Esoteric-Teachings-2012-01-01 topics: )

Intentional Community is an inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing communities, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, intentional living, alternative communities, cooperative living, and other projects whe... (http://www.ic.org/-2012-01-01 topics: HOUS COOP SOLUTIONS)

Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality;[1] an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.”[2] Spiritual practices, including med... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality-2012-01-01 topics: SPIRITUAL)

By Ryan Kim Dec. 31, 2011, 8:00am PT 4 Comments inShare 42 Apps are, at the end of the day, very personal pieces of software. And your favorite mobile app isn’t mine. So we decided to poll the staff here at GigaOM to see what apps changed ou... (http://gigaom.com/2011/12/31/the-mobile-apps-that-changed-our-lives-this-year/?utm_source=General+Users&utm_campaign=ca696020fc-c%3Acln%2Cmob%2Cte-2012-01-01 topics: TECH APPS-OF-INTEREST IPHONE)

By Derrick Harris Jan. 1, 2012, 5:00am PT 3 Comments inShare 170 The past few years have been nothing if not a boon for entrepreneurs looking to cash in on venture capitalists’ lust for all things cloud. All the activity has been great, and... (http://gigaom.com/cloud/10-cloud-startups-to-watch-in-2012/-2012-01-01 topics: TECH APPS-OF-INTEREST)

sum[\"Solutions to both problems are the same: build more transmission, add energy storage, and add demand response. This involves providing end users with energy information feedback, time-based pricing options, and automated response. On that fron... (http://gigaom.com/cleantech/how-renewable-energy-is-a-disruptive-technology/?utm_source=General+Users&utm_campaign=ca696020fc-c%3Acln%2Cmob%2Ctec%-2012-01-01 topics: SOLAR-ENERGY KEY ENER SOLUTIONS TECH)

By Jessica Stillman Dec. 30, 2011, 6:01am PT 1 Comment * http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Plan-Richard-Y-Chang/dp/0787955981/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314916704&sr=8-1 * http://www.amazon.com/Shifting-Into-Higher-Gear-Uniting/dp/0787973726/ref=sr... (http://gigaom.com/collaboration/be-passionate-about-work-no-job-change-required/-2012-01-01 topics: VOCATION HR)

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sum[\"his guiding framework boils down to four questions: • “Why would someone spend their money with you — so what is unique about you?” • “Why would somebody work for you?” • “Why would society allow you to operate in their defin... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/business/how-samuel-palmisano-of-ibm-stayed-a-step-ahead-unboxed.html?_r=1&ref=business&pagewanted=print-2012-01-01 topics: MGT LD KEY NCCS)

By ADAM BRYANT This interview with John Donovan, chief technology officer at AT&T, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. sum[\"It really isn’t even a consideration for me. I just derive great satisfaction from a well-played plan. As a ma... (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/business/john-donovan-of-att-on-seeking-results-instead-of-praise.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print-2012-01-01 topics: LD INNOVATION KEY MGT DISCIPLINE)

Ryan McBride6/30/10Comments (1) Keas has an online platform that gives patients interactive software for improving their health. But the San Francisco-based startup has had to change its strategy to find customers to pay for its technology. In Oc... (http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2010/06/30/keas-founded-by-former-google-and-bit9-execs-tries-to-make-online-care-plans-pay/?single_page=true-2012-01-01 topics: WEB2.0 APPS-OF-INTEREST TECH-STRATEGY EXERCISE PUB-HLTH)

Miller McPherson Lynn Smith-Lovin University of Arizona and Duke University Duke University Matthew E. Brashears University of Arizona Have the core discussion networks of Americans changed in the past two decades? In 1985, the General Social Survey... (http://www.asanet.org/images/press/docs/pdf/June06ASRFeature.pdf-2012-01-01 topics: HAPPINESS SURVEY DOMESTIC-NEEDS)

NOTE[ saved @hm: HERI-...PDF] p.25 Table 28: Career Path Considerations Percent of students rating the importance for future career path “very important” or “essential” of: Women Men Total Stable, secure future 88.0 84.5 86.7 Availability of... (http://www.heri.ucla.edu/PDFs/pubs/Reports/2009_CSS_Report.pdf-2012-01-01 topics: PUB-OP UNTAPPED-CAPACITY HAPPINESS KEY SURVEY HIGHER-ED YOUTH)

(-2011-12-31 topics: MUSIC)

If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I\'ve treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I\'ve found that to be a tremendous help. -- Judy Collins --- * http://www.betterworld.... (http://www.betterworld.net/quotes/meditation-quotes.htm-2011-12-31 topics: QT MEDITATION ALLIES)

BY: Interview by Wendy Schuman * http://www.yogananda-srf.org/ - Self-Realization Fellowship Photo Credit: Shonna Valeska Judy Collins’s crystal-clear soprano and songwriting gifts have made her a folk-singing legend, with more than 40 albums and... (http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Celebrities/Judy-Collins-Tell-The-Truth-No-Matter-How-Hard.aspx-2011-12-31 topics: MEDITATION EXERCISE AMANDA DEPRESSION ADVERSITY SUBSTANCE-ABUSE GOOD-LIFE WISDOM SUICIDE)

* see competing org: http://www.ananda.org/ananda/ (http://www.yogananda-srf.org/Learn_to_Meditate.aspx-2011-12-31 topics: MEDITATION AMANDA)

By Juliet Eilperin and Darryl Fears, Published: December 30 At the National Arboretum, the white petals of snowdrops — normally an early spring flower — have unfurled. In Maine’s Acadia National Park, lakes still have patches of open water i... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mild-weather-redefines-winter-landscape/2011/12/29/gIQAPV8vQP_print.html-2011-12-31 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING ENV)

By DAVID BROOKS Rod Dreher grew up in St. Francisville, La., a town of about 1,700 people 30 minutes northwest of Baton Rouge. He left for college and then lived in Washington, New York, Miami, Dallas and Philadelphia, working as a writer for variou... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/opinion/going-home-again.html?ref=davidbrooks&pagewanted=print-2011-12-31 topics: CMTY DEATH CONSERVATIVE)

Rod Dreher October 19th, 2011 Share| A Louisiana native friend of mine who works in politics in Washington writes: I was talking with a friend in DC not long ago (another Southern expat), and we agreed that people from Louisiana, like now... (http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/2011/10/19/louisiana-and-the-good-life/-2011-12-31 topics: LOUISIANA GOOD-CMTY GOOD-LIFE CULT)

By Paul Duggan, Published: December 30 In a fledgling crime career cut short by ineptitude and arrest, Arvel Crawford left three men dead on the ground in a pair of unrelated shootings before his 20th birthday, according to D.C. homicide detectives... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/young-convicted-murderer-linked-to-2008-double-homicide-hit-unintended-targets/2011/12/30/gIQA0f3ORP_print.html-2011-12-31 topics: VIOLENCE NO-EASY-ANSWERS CONSERVATIVE-CASE CRIME INDIV-DIFF DISRUPTIVE)

By Luz Lazo, Published: December 30 As Olivia Cho began to plan her winter break travels, she logged in to her James Madison University Zimride account to find a cheap and safe ride home. She found a few rides being offered to Northern Virginia, s... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/zimride-offers-college-students-cheap-safe-rides-home/2011/12/13/gIQAE2vHRP_print.html-2011-12-31 topics: TRANS AUTOMOBILE SOLUTIONS COOP WEB2.0 KEY ALLIES ENV TECH)

Oct. 2007 The latest issue of Christian Century has a review (by Brian McLaren) of sociologist Robert Wuthnow\'s new book After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion. Here are some statistic... (http://thesuburbanchristian.blogspot.com/2007/10/robert-wuthnows-after-baby-boomers.html-2011-12-31 topics: RELIGION PUB-OP KEY)

sum[ nice system: grabs facebook info, lets users add research interests, then shows articles with same tags] Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. The company\'s mission is to accelerate the world\'s research. Academics... (http://www.academia.edu/about-2011-12-31 topics: PUB-INFO OPEN-SOURCE KN-MGT WEB2.0)

note[ saved at hm: rumination_Burwell___Shirk_JCCAP_2007] sum[\"brooding or passively focusing on symptoms predicted depression longitudinally, whereas self-reflection or actively attempting to gain insight into problems did not...] Rebecca A. Burwe... (-2011-12-31 topics: DEPRESSION PSYCH CONCEPTS)

Obvious Questions Don\'t Have Obvious Answers sum[\"I became intrigued by people who had unearthed their true calling, or at least those who were willing to try. Those who fought with the seduction of money, intensity, and novelty, but overcame thei... (http://www.pobronson.com/WSIDWML_Introduction.htm-2011-12-31 topics: GOOD-LIFE COURAGE WISDOM ARTS WRITING ALLIES RSC BOOK)

By Juan Forero, Published: December 29 * infographic: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/fertility-rates-plunging-across-latin-america/2011/12/29/gIQAmRWQPP_graphic.html?hpid=z2 BATAN, Brazil — Priscila da Silva once asked her grandmother why she... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/fertility-rate-plummets-in-brazil/2011/12/23/gIQAsOXWPP_print.html-2011-12-30 topics: CHANGE-POSSIBLE CULT-CHANGE PERS-CHANGE)

(http://www.fcc.gov/developer/census-block-conversions-api-2011-12-30 topics: MAPPING)

Faith conversations, discussions, and Bible studies Can be uncomfortable like a new pair of shoes, but can\'t always be barefoot Grow closer together Communicate relevance of God Make him part of life on a regular basis. BRING FAITH OUTSIDE CHURCH W... (-2011-12-30 topics: RELIGION)

* Continuum of secular to religious -- spiritual * George Baily, It\'s a Wonderful Life, as exemplar of reluctant community leader. From neighborhood leadership circles to Christian Life Groups. * see email I sent 6 months ago that you said you were... (-2011-12-30 topics: PERSONAL IDEAS)

Freedocumentaries.org streams full-length documentary films free of charge, with no registration needed. For several films, we even offer the ability to watch trailers or to download the actual film. The films are gathered by our researchers as we ... (http://www.freedocumentaries.org/makeadifference.php-2011-12-30 topics: ALLIES MOVIES VIDEO PUB-INFO KEY OPEN-SOURCE RSC)

Ellis Jones (Author), Ross Haenfler (Author), Brett Johnson (Author) Specifically designed to reach people who normally would not consider themselves activists, The Better World Handbook is directed toward those who care about creating a more just,... (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865715750?ie=UTF8&tag=angels4peace&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=086571575-2011-12-30 topics: BOOK ALLIES RSC)

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters[a] in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.[b] Thanksgiving and Prayer 3... (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+1&version=NIV-2011-12-29 topics: BIBLE RELIGION)

How many Americans go to church regularly? If you listen to the answers provided by major opinion research firms, the answer usually hovers around 40%. (National Opinion Research Center: 38%; Institute for Social Research’s World Values: 44%; Bar... (http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2007/03/01/how-many-americans-attend-church-each/-2011-12-29 topics: RELIGION PUB-OP KEY)

Foxconn, a big contractor for Apple and others, breaks ground for robot facilities. It plans to replace 500,000 workers with 1 million robots. By Frank Tobe, Contributor / November 17, 2011 When the world’s largest maker and assembler of electr... (http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2011/1117/Huge-employer-in-China-makes-big-step-toward-robots-2011-12-29 topics: UNEMPLOYMENT TECH GLOBALIZATION MFG CHINA)

* http://www.lukeassoc.com/ - big Brevard company * DC One Fund - mayor\'s website collects $ for 4 orgs... (-2011-12-29 topics: CMTYPLAT WEBSITE LIST)

By Leila Fadel and Joby Warrick, Updated: Thursday, December 29, 6:02 PM CAIRO — Egyptian authorities stormed the offices of three U.S. democracy-building organizations and at least three other nonprofit groups Thursday in a dramatic escalation ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egyptian-security-forces-raid-offices-of-us-other-democracy-groups/2011/12/29/gIQA2jlbOP_print.html-2011-12-29 topics: MIDEAST NONPROFIT CIV-SOC HUMAN-RIGHTS EGYPT WRONG)

By ERIK ECKHOLM JEFFERSON, S.C. — It has been nearly 50 years since the Supreme Court ruled that officially sponsored prayer in public schools violated the separation of church and state. But in some corners of the country, especially in the rura... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/us/battling-anew-over-the-place-of-religion-in-public-schools.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print-2011-12-29 topics: RELIGION EDUC CON-LAW DIVISIVE)

By THEDA SKOCPOL and VANESSA WILLIAMSON Newt Gingrich’s brief turn as presidential front-runner was only the latest paroxysm of a tumultuous Republican primary season. What’s going on? Tensions within the Tea Party help explain the volatility of... (http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/whose-tea-party-is-it/?ref=opinion-2011-12-28 topics: TEA-PARTY ELECTIONS2012)

By Greg Miller, Published: December 27 The Obama administration’s counterterrorism accomplishments are most apparent in what it has been able to dismantle, including CIA prisons and entire tiers of al-Qaeda’s leadership. But what the administr... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/under-obama-an-emerging-global-apparatus-for-drone-killing/2011/12/13/gIQANPdILP_print.html-2011-12-28 topics: TECH N-DEF F-PLY OBAMA)

By Joel Greenberg, Published: December 27 BEIT SHEMESH, Israel — A sign outside a row of synagogues directing women to walk on the other side of the street has turned this town near Jerusalem into a front line of a raging national debate about t... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/religious-limits-on-women-spur-controversy-in-israel/2011/12/27/gIQAg8INLP_print.html-2011-12-28 topics: GENDER ISRAEL)

Executive Vice President High-resolution image Sarah Rosen Wartell is Executive Vice President of the Center for American Progress and leads the American Progress policy program on housing finance. Ms. Wartell was one of the original architects o... (cap-2011-12-28 topics: URBAN-INST)

* 2.7 hours on an average day spent watching TV * 25 minutes playing computer games --- * Well-being supplement: http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/main_site/default.aspx --- * http://www.bls.gov/tus/tuquestionnaire.pdf Now I\'d like to fin... (http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/leisure.htm-2011-12-28 topics: USE-OF-TIME SURVEY IDEA2 HAPPINESS ELDERLY)

note[ saved at work /docsFromOthers/volunteer-bird-survey*.pdf ] by McLaren et al. J. Field Orinthology see also: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2723&Q=325722 - Connecticut Dpt of Wildlife volunteer opportunities... (http://64.106.42.23/sora/JFO/v070n04/p0481-p0490.pdf-2011-12-28 topics: VOLUNTEER)

Community organizing has long been recognized as an effective way to improve lives and bring justice to places where it is lacking. Congregation-based community organizing (CBCO) is community organizing rooted in faith bodies that come together in... (http://www.ucc.org/justice/cbco/-2011-12-28 topics: CMTY-ORGANIZING RELIGION ALLIES)

* Share coffee and explore your values. * Why uncomfortable? ** Talking about our theories of the social world feels a bit like talking about sex: Many of us can\'t help but fear that others will be dismissive of our preferences, our deepest feeling... (-2011-12-28 topics: IDEAS)

By SUZANNE DALEY PERAMA, Greece — The free clinic here opened about a year ago to serve illegal immigrants. But these days, it is mostly caring for Greeks like Vassiliki Ragamb, who was sitting in the waiting room hoping to get insulin for her you... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/world/europe/greeks-reeling-from-health-care-cutbacks.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-12-27 topics: HLTH-FIN EUR RECESSION GVT-FIN)

By DAVID BROOKS The members of the Obama administration have many fine talents, but making adept historical analogies may not be among them. When the administration came to office in the depths of the financial crisis, many of its leading figures c... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/opinion/brooks-midlife-crisis-economics.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-12-27 topics: AMERICAN-DECLINE CULT KEY-A PUB-OP GVT-ROLE BIG-THINK NO-EASY-ANSWERS RSC)

By NANCY FOLBRE Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The blond prince hasn’t renounced his throne, but now criticizes the system that put him there. The superstar capitalist Richard Branson, founder... (http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/utopian-capitalism/?src=rechp-2011-12-27 topics: ECON LIBERAL-CASE KEY-A RSC)

(http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smMS.html-2011-12-27 topics: ECON POL-PHIL KEY)

February 4, 2010 by Frank Newport PRINCETON, NJ -- More than one-third of Americans (36%) have a positive image of \"socialism,\" while 58% have a negative image. Views differ by party and ideology, with a majority of Democrats and liberals saying ... (http://www.gallup.com/poll/125645/socialism-viewed-positively-americans.aspx-2011-12-27 topics: PUB-OP)

Democrats lead increase in concerns about big government by Elizabeth Mendes WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans\' concerns about the threat of big government continue to dwarf those about big business and big labor, and by an even larger margin now than ... (http://www.gallup.com/poll/151490/fear-big-government-near-record-level.aspx-2011-12-27 topics: PUB-OP KEY GVT-ROLE)

William Greider June 8, 2011 | This article appeared in the June 27, 2011 edition of The Nation. The Nation asked a playful question and got back serious answers. Imagine you have the ability to reinvent American capitalism: Where would you st... (http://www.thenation.com/article/161267/reimagining-capitalism-bold-ideas-new-economy-2011-12-27 topics: ECON LIBERAL-CASE CAPITALISM REG)

By Robert J. Samuelson, Published: December 25 sum[\"Any resolution of the budget impasse must repudiate, at least partially, the past half-century’s politics. Conservatives look at the required tax increases and say, “No way.” Liberals look a... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-country-in-denial-about-its-fiscal-future/2011/12/23/gIQACLjpHP_print.html-2011-12-27 topics: FED-BGT POLITICAL-WILL BIG-THINK KEY)

By Steve Vogel, Published: December 26 Halfway into an ambitious five-year campaign to end homelessness among veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it has made enough progress that the goal is within reach, even as a new generation of ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/veterans-affairs-claims-progress-in-ending-homelessness-among-vets/2011/12/19/gIQAMwfTJP_story.html-2011-12-27 topics: HUM-SRV DOMESTIC-NEEDS VETERANS KEY)

Nov. 7, 2011 Event: More than 150 volunteers including students and faculty members from the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin will take to Austin\'s streets and homeless shelters to survey and identify Austin’s most vul... (http://www.utexas.edu/news/2011/11/07/social_work_homelessness/ -2011-12-27 topics: CMTY-RES)

* http://www.huduser.org/publications/pdf/ahar.pdf - Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, HUD Office of Planning 2007, p.5 etc. -- methodology ** Mix of sources including U.S. Census Single night census; HMIS (anyone using homeless or ment... (-2011-12-27 topics: HOMELESS SURVEY DOMESTIC-NEEDS CMTY-RES NOVA)

November 9, 2011 | 4:05 pm SUM[\"The organization said its survey is the first to be based on face-to-face interviews with homeless veterans across the country. It was conducted by 2,500 trained volunteers in 47 communities.\"] Veterans who becom... (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/11/homeless-veterans-more-likely-to-stay-homeless-new-survey-finds.html-2011-12-27 topics: HOMELESS CMTY-RES DOMESTIC-NEEDS)

SUM[\"The psychological payoff, too, is enormous. Only 38 percent of Americans say they fear walking alone at night within a mile of their homes, according to Gallup, down from 48 percent three decades ago. ... Lower crime rates also mean one less s... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/taking-a-bite-out-of-crime/2011/12/22/gIQAa0LTJP_print.html-2011-12-27 topics: CRIME KEY SOC-SCI-LIMITS PROGRESS)

By Eugene Robinson, Published: December 26 This is a moment when policymakers should be thinking big, not small. History will little note nor long remember that the payroll tax holiday was extended for two months rather than 12. The complex and di... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-brainpower-revolution/2011/12/23/gIQAhZETJP_print.html-2011-12-27 topics: AMERICAN-DECLINE BIG-THINK)

By Jessica T. Mathews, Published: December 26 Now that U.S. troops have left Iraq, Americans are taking stock of the staggering price of this nine-year war of choice, in blood (nearly 4,500 Americans dead, 33,000 wounded), in fractured relations w... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-lost-opportunity-in-iraq/2011/12/21/gIQAlXETJP_print.html-2011-12-27 topics: IRAQ F-PLY N-DEF KEY LIBERAL-CASE)

By Daniel de Vise, Published: December 26 BERKELEY, Calif. — Across the nation, a historic collapse in state funding for higher education threatens to diminish the stature of premier public universities and erode their mission as engines of upwa... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/uc-berkeley-and-other-public-ivies-in-fiscal-peril/2011/12/14/gIQApjJxJP_print.html-2011-12-27 topics: HIGHER-ED GVT-FIN)

By Nick Miroff, Published: December 26 SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — In the most murderous part of the most murderous country in the world, the families of murdered sons and husbands and sisters meet each month in a concrete building next to the Nu... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/grim-toll-as-cocaine-trade-expands-in-honduras/2011/11/08/gIQAghJxJP_print.html-2011-12-27 topics: S-AM DRUGS VIOLENCE GLOBALIZATION NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

Just one night of your time will help us collect vital information that is used by outreach teams to help homeless people leave the streets for a better life. On Monday, January 30, 2012, the NYC Department of Homeless Services will conduct the Ho... (http://www.commonground.org/?p=5769-2011-12-27 topics: HOMELESS CMTY-RES)

Community Solutions (CS), led by President Rosanne Haggerty, is a newly established, national not-for-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen communities to end homelessness. Based in New York city, CS partners with community leaders, pub... (http://cmtysolutions.org/about-2011-12-27 topics: HOMELESS NONPROFIT-INNOVATION ALLIES CMTYPLAT)

* overviews: ** ggl: \"summary intergenerational poverty\" ** Columbia U National Center for Children in Poverty: http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_909.html ** Culture and intergen pov - http://futureofchildren.org/futureofchildren/publications/j... (-2011-12-27 topics: POV KEY SUM)

* http://www.futureofchildren.org/futureofchildren/press/noteworthy/noteworthy-092011.pdf - Building the Connection between Policy and Evidence, a new report co-authored by Future of Children senior editor Ron Haskins, discusses the Obama administra... (-2011-12-27 topics: HUM-SRV SOC-SCI PUBLIC-INTELLECTUALS SOC-SCI-LIMITS)

By Ruth Marcus, Tuesday, December 27, 7:18 PM For all the roller-coaster tumultuousness of the primary season, the general election promises another strange jolt: the likely presence on the ballot in all 50 states of a third-party nominee — iden... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americans-elect-a-wild-card-for-the-internet-age/2011/12/27/gIQAPYlILP_print.html-2011-12-27 topics: ELECTIONS2012)

By FERNANDA SANTOS New York State’s education commissioner threatened on Tuesday to withhold tens of millions of dollars in federal grants to struggling schools in New York City and nine other districts statewide if they do not prove by Saturday t... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/nyregion/new-york-state-schools-may-lose-aid-over-teacher-evaluations.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-12-27 topics: EDUC NYC OUTCOME-MEAS UNIONS NO-EASY-ANSWERS COMPENSATION)

(ROOM FOR DEBATE: The Whole Family Under One Roof? What\'s so bad about adult children moving back in with their parents?) John L. Graham is a professor of business at the University of California, Irvine. He is the co-author with Sharon Graham Nie... (http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/12/26/the-whole-family-under-one-roof/the-extended-family-the-only-faithful-human-institution-2011-12-27 topics: FAMILY GOOD-LIFE SOLUTIONS HOUS ELDERLY)

By JAMES WARREN James Warren writes a column for The Chicago News Cooperative. The cavalry may be on the way. But until it arrives, some of Chicago’s most at-risk citizens — many of whom were once productive members of the community — will be... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/us/impact-of-chicago-mental-health-cuts-will-be-clear-soon-on-the-streets.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print-2011-12-26 topics: MENTAL-ILLNESS HLTH-FIN KEY DOMESTIC-NEEDS)

By Avis Thomas-Lester, Published: December 25 Evangeline Moore closes her eyes as she recalls what happened on Christmas, 60 years ago. She’s able to tell the story because she wasn’t home in Florida when the bomb went off. Her father, Harry ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/at-christmas-evangeline-moore-thinks-of-her-martyred-parents-and-demands-justice/2011/12/22/gIQAtdcxHP_story.html-2011-12-26 topics: CIVIL-RIGHTS BREVARD COURAGE)

By Marc Fisher, Published: December 25 Last month, the walls of the Libyan Embassy on the seventh floor of the Watergate office building were barren. Hazy penumbras of dirt showed where portraits of Moammar Gaddafi had hung. A lone travel poster t... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/libyan-ambassador-aujali-recalls-serving-under-gaddafi-sees-promise-ahead-for-country/2011/12/20/gIQAwmZ-2011-12-26 topics: LD COURAGE PURPOSE CHARACTER F-PLY)

Bill Moyer (Author), JoAmn McAllister (Author), Mary Lou Finley (Author), Steven Soifer (Author) 5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary Strategic/Tactical Guide for People Power, January 20, 2004 By Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) - See all m... (http://www.amazon.com/Doing-Democracy-Organizing-Social-Movements/dp/0865714185-2011-12-26 topics: CMTY-ORGANIZING ALLIES BOOK SOC-MOVEMENTS TODO CIVIL-DISOBEDIENCE)

Jonathan Schell (Author) Publication Date: May 1, 2003 A visionary work that explores the limits of violence and charts an unexpectedly hopeful course toward a nonviolent future At times of global crisis, Jonathan Schell’s writings have presente... (Publication Date: May 1, 2003 A visionary work that explores the limits of violence and charts an unexpectedly hopeful course toward a nonviolent futu-2011-12-26 topics: CIVIL-DISOBEDIENCE SOC-MOVEMENTS BOOK)

Basic Books $15.95 2004 ISBN 0-465-04166-3 People need hope more than ever in difficult political times—-like these. That\'s why I\'ve created this anthology, mixing my own essays with the voices of some of the most eloquent writers and activi... (http://www.paulloeb.org/impossible.html-2011-12-26 topics: SOC-MOVEMENTS ALLIES CIVIL-DISOBEDIENCE BOOK TOREAD)

By Peter Whoriskey, Monday, December 26, 2:54 PM BUTLER, Pa. — One day after his shift at the steel mill, Gary Myers drove home in his 10-year-old Pontiac and told his wife he was going to run for Congress. The odds were long. At 34, Myers was t... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/growing-wealth-widens-distance-between-lawmakers-and-constituents/2011/12/05/gIQAR7D6IP_print.html-2011-12-26 topics: CONG RICH INEQUALITY)

By Paul Schwartzman, Published: December 17 | Updated: Sunday, December 18, 10:50 PM Everyone was going inside the church that morning — his mother, his older sister, a stream of friends, relatives and basketball buddies, all of them holding one... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/for-the-seat-pleasant-59-giddy-promise-is-replaced-by-sobering-reality/2011/12/15/gIQAQ13syO_print.html-2011-12-26 topics: EDUC MD DC POV KEY NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

SUM[ at least 11 of the 59 graduated from four-year colleges; at least three of those 11 attained advanced degrees; at least 12 students completed trade school; six dropped out of high school; what happened to six more remains unknown. Proctor under... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-legacy-a-gift-that-inspires-both-pride-and-pain-for-scholarship-recipients/2011/12/15/gIQAD13syO_print.html-2011-12-26 topics: EDUC DC MD POV NO-EASY-ANSWERS KEY)

sum[\"After I had finished, a person who taught in the business school asked,.\"But what can the church do given this situation?\" I suggested to her that if the church was going to begin seriously to reflect on these matters, it should start by req... (http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=110-2011-12-26 topics: RELIGION PHIL POLITICAL-WILL UNTAPPED-CAPACITY COMPENSATION)

by Nathan Vonnahme, The Christian Life, Regent College 2 December, 1998 I first bought Resident Aliens almost four years ago on the raving recommendation of a friend, and though I had started it a few times, I had never read beyond the fir... (http://enteuxis.org/nathan/portfolio/writing/fall98/resident_aliens_review.html-2011-12-26 topics: RELIGION MORAL-DIMENSION BOOK)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (September 201... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_life_ethic-2011-12-26 topics: RELIGION MORAL-DIMENSION)

By Nancy Snow, Science of Virtues scholar SUM[\" Hope’s motivational force can be profound. People who lack hope seem to lack zest for life. In a deep sense, then, hope, both in the sense of hope for particular ends, but especially in the sense of... (http://scienceofvirtues.org/forums/t/658.aspx#-2011-12-26 topics: VIRTUE OPTIMISM RELIGION)

By George Packer November/December 2011 * http://www.ihavenet.com/World-United-States-The-Broken-Contract-Inequality-and-American-Decline-Foreign-Affairs.html Iraq was one of those wars where people actually put on pounds. A few years ago, I was ea... (http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136402/george-packer/the-broken-contract-2011-12-25 topics: INEQUALITY AMERICAN-DECLINE CULT)

From the January/February 2011 issue: TYLER COWEN Does growing wealth and income inequality in the United States presage the downfall of the American republic? Will we evolve into a new Gilded Age plutocracy, irrevocably split between the competing ... (http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=907-2011-12-25 topics: INEQUALITY)

by Jonathan Franzen APRIL 18, 2011 The uninhabited island was named for a marooned eighteenth-century adventurer who likely inspired the first English novel. I thought I’d strand myself there and read it. In the South Pacific Ocean, five hundred... (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/18/110418fa_fact_franzen?currentPage=all-2011-12-25 topics: DEPRESSION)

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD WAS RIGHT WHEN HE DECLARED THE RICH DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND ME. BUT TODAY’S SUPER-RICH ARE ALSO DIFFERENT FROM YESTERDAY’S: MORE HARDWORKING AND MERITOCRATIC, BUT LESS CONNECTED TO THE NATIONS THAT GRANTED THEM OPPORTUNITY—A... (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2011/01/the-rise-of-the-new-global-elite/8343/-2011-12-25 topics: RICH GLOBALIZATION)

YUVAL LEVIN It is becoming increasingly clear that we in America are living through a period of transition. One chapter of our national life is closing, and another is about to begin. We can sense this in the tense volatility of our electoral polit... (http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/beyond-the-welfare-state-2011-12-25 topics: BIG-THINK GVT-ROLE CONSERVATIVE-CASE)

By DON TERRY and BRIDGET O’SHEA Some of Chicago’s most vulnerable citizens — those who depend on public financing for mental health services — face a new year that may bring less of something they deeply need: help. Their plight focuses on ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/us/mental-health-centers-are-hit-hard-by-cuts.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print-2011-12-25 topics: MENTAL-ILLNESS DOMESTIC-NEEDS GVT-FIN NONPROFIT DEPRESSION)

By Steve Hendrix, Updated: Sunday, December 25, 4:00 PM Like many town characters, Walter Rave was recognized by just about everyone but known by few. For decades, the bearded, 6-foot-3 Vietnam vet was a fixture in Takoma Park, an imposing — man... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-eulogy-for-takoma-parks-fox-guy-eccentric-loner-and-animal-lover/2011/12/22/gIQA87OfHP_print.html-2011-12-25 topics: CHARACTER NONPROFIT INDIV-DIFF ALTRUISM)

By Brady Dennis, Updated: Sunday, December 25, 7:45 PM The nation’s housing crisis is five years old, but for local governments across the country, the worst of the reckoning might only now be at hand. Because of the time it often takes for pro... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/falling-home-values-mean-budget-crunches-for-cities/2011/12/14/gIQAwWmtHP_story.html?hpid=z2-2011-12-25 topics: GVT-FIN RECESSION REAL-ESTATE)

By Chris Cillizza, Published: December 15 The American electorate is primed to throw out record numbers of incumbents in the 2012 election, according to new polling from the Pew Research Center. The U.S. Capitol building stands in Washington, D.C... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/american-public-to-congress-get-out-all-of-you/2011/12/14/gIQABY8vvO_print.html-2011-12-24 topics: PUB-OP CONG)

By Erica W. Morrison and J. Freedom du Lac, Published: December 23 Crowds overwhelmed shopping malls, a Montgomery County police officer was assaulted and several people were arrested locally in the frenzy surrounding the release of a new model of... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/new-air-jordan-causes-a-frenzy-in-dc-area-several-arrested/2011/12/23/gIQA7SmQEP_print.html-2011-12-24 topics: DISORDER)

By Alice Fordham and Joby Warrick, Published: December 23 BEIRUT — Twin car bombs ripped through the morning calm of Damascus on Friday, killing at least 40 people and casting doubt on the ability of a newly arrived team of Arab League monitors ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/explosions-rock-damascus-state-media-reports-many-dead/2011/12/23/gIQAHsWFDP_print.html-2011-12-24 topics: SYRIA MIDEAST)

By DAVID BROOKS * http://thebrowser.com/ - writing worth reading * http://www.aldaily.com/ - Arts & Letters * http://longform.org/ - 2 brooklyn guys; Will Atwood Mitchell Web Content Manager 202-650-6945 wmitchell@washingtoncitypaper.com Book to... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/opinion/brooks-the-sidney-awards-part-ii.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=brooks&st=cse-2011-12-24 topics: PUB-INFO WISDOM DEPRESSION HUMAN-RIGHTS KN-MGT)

sum[\"With long-term use of psychoactive drugs, the result is, in the words of Steve Hyman, a former director of the NIMH and until recently provost of Harvard University, “substantial and long-lasting alterations in neural function.” As quoted ... (http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jun/23/epidemic-mental-illness-why/-2011-12-24 topics: MENTAL-ILLNESS AMANDA)

JULY 14, 2011 Marcia Angell Font Size: A A A The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth by Irving Kirsch Basic Books, 226 pp., $15.99 (paper) Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullet... (http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jul/14/illusions-of-psychiatry/?pagination=false&printpage=true-2011-12-24 topics: MENTAL-ILLNESS CORRUPTN)

Every day, health and human service systems fail the people and communities who need them most. Those who face multiple challenges too often are shuttled through programs that don’t add up to lasting change. The consequence is revolving-door syste... (http://fullframeinitiative.org-2011-12-24 topics: ALLIES)

By MONICA DAVEY DETROIT — For a city that some have declared dead again and again, the talk of late here was of renaissance — of auto industry jobs growing, new companies moving into empty buildings downtown, urban gardens blooming in vacant lot... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/us/detroit-budget-crisis-may-lead-to-outside-manager.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-12-24 topics: URB UNIONS RECESSION KEY)

By Carol Morello and Timothy Wilson, Published: December 21 The District has gained more than 16,000 residents since last spring, growing at a pace that outstripped anything seen in the boom years preceding it. Census figures released Wednesday e... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/districts-population-and-image-soar/2011/12/21/gIQAh1cLAP_print.html-2011-12-24 topics: DC URB DEMOGRAPHICS)

By PHOEBE MITCHELL Staff Writer Login to post comments Printer-friendly version Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12 AP Photo Members of Occupy Augusta dismantle their camp in anticipation of a court order to vacate the park in front of the State Capitol ... (http://www.gazettenet.com/2011/11/29/noted-financial-writer-critiques-occupy-movement-2011-12-24 topics: BIG-THINK ECON SOC-MOVEMENTS)

by Jane Mayer NOVEMBER 28, 2011 PRINTE-MAILSINGLE PAGE KEYWORDS Keystone XL Oil Pipeline; TransCanada; Bill McKibben; Alberta Tar Sands; (Pres.) Barack Obama; Environment; Politics Last spring, months before Wall Street was Occupied, civil disobedi... (http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2011/11/28/111128taco_talk_mayer-2011-12-24 topics: SOC-MOVEMENTS ENV ADVOCACY)

By BOB TEDESCHI For iPhone owners, 2011 brought a flood of new apps, but in many cases they struggled to outshine last year’s best. So rather than present a top 10 list that includes names from 2010, I’m including only apps that had their debuts... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/technology/personaltech/some-new-little-treasures-for-the-iphone.html?ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=print-2011-12-24 topics: TECH GABE)

* http://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2011/res/pdf/DR3presentation.pdf Via Brad DeLong, there’s a paper by David Romer (pdf) summarizing recent research on fiscal policy, inspired by the crisis and aftermath. And his conclusion is not at a... (http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/fiscal-policy-works/-2011-12-24 topics: EC-FP LIBERAL-CASE RECESSION SUM)

And it’s a beautiful thing to see. Today Joe once again goes after the Big Lie — the claim that Fannie and Freddie caused the crisis — and drives home the point that the people advancing this story aren’t just wrong but are acting with inte... (http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/joe-nocera-gets-mad/-2011-12-24 topics: REPUBLICANS LYING)

New Economy 2.0 What\'s the Economy For? The New Economy Working Group site develops the underlying New Economy system framework. The New Economy section of the YES! Magazine website carries daily updates on the people who are living the New Econo... (http://livingeconomiesforum.org/sites/files/images/TGT_Guide2.pdf-2011-12-24 topics: BIG-THINK ALLIES ECON)

December 20, 2011 | by Adam Thirlwell My first memory of Václav Havel is of watching the news as a kid, after the Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and seeing pictures of Havel in his living room: a prison of stuffed bookshelves. For me, Havel was the ima... (http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/12/20/vaclav-havel-outtakes-from-an-interview/?utm_source=General+Users&utm_campaign=10169c5487-c%3AOm+Say-2011-12-24 topics: CHARACTER ARTS)

By Mathew Ingram Dec. 22, 2011, 3:01pm PT 4 Comments inShare 52 Amazon has been taking a beating recently for what some see as its attempt to cut in on the business of independent booksellers, and for its ongoing disruption of the e-book mar... (http://gigaom.com/2011/12/22/how-amazon-is-helping-to-sustain-long-form-journalism/?utm_source=General+Users&utm_campaign=0f794e73ee-c%3Acln%2Cmob-2011-12-24 topics: PUBLISHING INTERNET PUBLIC-INTELLECTUALS)

By Derrick Harris Dec. 21, 2011, 4:00pm PT 4 Comments inShare 117 Ask Box.net CEO Aaron Levie about his company’s cloud storage business, and you’ll hear a long, excited answer that probably won’t include the word “storage” at all. H... (http://gigaom.com/cloud/why-cloud-storage-is-passe-and-collaboration-is-king/-2011-12-24 topics: TECH COOP APPS-OF-INTEREST)

By Barry Svrluga, Published: December 22 By the time Rex Grossman lined up to take a fake snap from a fake center in a version of a football game that only slightly resembled the real thing, three video cameras manned by three cameramen rose 60 fee... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/when-it-comes-to-practice-the-redskins-pay-attention-to-every-detail/2011/12/22/gIQAEQqTCP_print.html-2011-12-23 topics: PRACTICE DETAIL HABIT)

By MICHAEL WINES BEIJING — A Sichuan Province court sentenced one of China’s most prominent human rights campaigners to nine years in prison on Friday for writing essays that called the nation’s Communist Party a dictatorship and an “enemy o... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/world/asia/china-jails-rights-activist-chen-wei-for-9-years.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-12-23 topics: CHINA HUMAN-RIGHTS)

By OLIVIER ZUNZ Charlottesville, Va. CHRISTMAS SEALS, first sold 104 years ago in a Delaware post office, transformed the treatment and control of tuberculosis, one of the most feared killers of the age. Just as important, they produced a revoluti... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/opinion/christmas-seals-and-mass-philanthropy.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-12-23 topics: UNTAPPED-CAPACITY GIVING KEY-A RSC)

(http://www.ncd-international.org/public/cas.html-2011-12-23 topics: RELIGION LD-DEV)

(Post 1 in an 11-part series) Willow Creek Church has recently conducted a several years worth of survey research about their church and various others. Their book, Reveal, summarizes the findings of this research and promises that \"the answer wil... (http://brewright.blogspot.com/2007/11/church-surveys-willow-creeks-reveal.html-2011-12-23 topics: RELIGION KEY CONCEPTS MGT STATS)

Bradley R.E. Wright Ph.D. (Author) 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews) | Like (0) Digital List Price: $14.99 What\'s this? Print List Price: $14.99 Kindle Price: $9.99 includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet Y... (http://www.amazon.com/Christians-Hate-Filled-Hypocrites-Other-ebook/dp/B003QHYJPQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324647275&sr=1-2-2011-12-23 topics: RELIGION BK-REV)

Few would disagree that Willow Creek Community Church has been one of the most influential churches in America over the last thirty years. Willow, through its association, has promoted a vision of church that is big, programmatic, and comprehensi... (http://www.outofur.com/archives/2007/10/willow_creek_re.html-2011-12-23 topics: RELIGION)

* wsj 12/10/11 - the Saturday Essay sum[\"With his site, Mr. Kleinstein says, \"people found hope through a gesture,\" noting a much-discussed photo that he posted of a young boy with an IV attached to his arm who wrote that he was \"Tebowing while ... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203413304577084770973155282.html-2011-12-22 topics: RELIGION SPORTS)

Psalm 46:10: \"Be still, and know that I am God\" John 3:16: \"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\" Ephesians 4:32: \"And be ye kind one to an... (-2011-12-22 topics: RELIGION QT)

SUM[Using a \'critical friend\' to communicate areas of potential improvement... Fetterman works with Abe Wandersman] Fetterman DM, Deitz J, Gesundheit N. Acad Med. 2010; 85 (5): 813-20 Medical schools continually evolve their curricula to keep st... (http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/globalhealth/frdActionServlet?choiceId=showPublication&pubid=5928914&fid=4359&-2011-12-22 topics: EVAL MGT RSC PEER-LEARNING)

* http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/evaluation_improvement-a.pdf * http://wwwstatic.kern.org/gems/region4/DavidFettermanPresentation.pdf... (-2011-12-22 topics: EVAL KEY RSC ALLIES MGT CONCEPTS)

(http://www.mapcruzin.com/school-district-gis-shapefiles/-2011-12-22 topics: MAPPING)

Free book, saved locally /docsFRomOthers/lester-brown... The two overriding policy challenges are to restructure taxes and reorder fiscal priorities. Saving civilization means restructuring taxes to get the market to tell the ecological truth. And i... (http://www.mapcruzin.com/downloads/pb3book.pdf-2011-12-22 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING SOLUTIONS BOOK KEY)

The United States completely restructured its economy within months once it decided to enter World War II, changing the course of the war. We, too, can change the world, but we need to start now. The choice is ours—yours and mine—to either adopt... (http://www.earth-policy.org/action_center/C30/-2011-12-22 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING SOLUTIONS ALLIES)

alternative name: Civic Capacity Action Research Project or Demonstration Project note[ send info to Tom Austin, 2/5/12: Cmty Leadership Institute training people for similar work at NeighborWorks] LAUNCHING A PROCESS, MOBILIZING PEOPLE... GIVING PE... (-2011-12-22 topics: IDEAS SURVEY)

By Annie Gowen, Published: December 21 TOPEKA, KAN. — If you want to know what a Tea Party America might look like, there is no place like Kansas. In the past year, three state agencies have been abolished and 2,050 jobs have been cut. Funding f... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-kansas-gov-sam-brownback-puts-tea-party-tenets-into-action-with-sharp-cuts/2011/11/02/gIQAkbnOAP_print.html-2011-12-22 topics: REPUBLICANS KEY BIG-THINK GVT-FIN TEA-PARTY)

* Neighbor circles - http://bostonrising.org/files/2011/08/Neighbor-Circle-Overview.pdf... (http://bostonrising.org/files/2011/08/BR-Media-Kit-2011-09-05.pdf-2011-12-22 topics: ALLIES MASSACHUSETTS SMALLGROUPS PLACE)

Like many post-industrial Cities in America, Lawrence has struggled for some time to re-invent itself for the 21st century. Our view at Lawrence CommunityWorks is that our City has two major challenges: Re-populating the civic landscape with residen... (http://www.lcworks.org/page.aspx?page_id=33-2011-12-22 topics: SOLUTIONS SMALLGROUPS ALLIES CONCEPTS)

By Bill Turque, Thursday, December 22, 12:53 PM At D.C. Prep Edgewood Middle School, one of the city’s top-ranked charter schools, showing up without a belt as part of your uniform gets you a half-hour detention at the end of the day. So does ge... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/at-dc-charter-schools-a-wide-variety-of-challenges/2011/12/16/gIQA5skgBP_print.html-2011-12-22 topics: EDUC CHARTER-SCHOOLS DC)

By Amy Shipley, Published: December 20 The trip from Philadelphia to Pullman, Wash., requires two plane changes and more than 12 hours of travel time. John Wooten, the former vice president of player personnel for the Philadelphia Eagles, made the... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/a-bust-in-canton-or-just-a-bust-nfl-teams-really-never-know/2011/12/19/gIQASWVx7O_print.html-2011-12-21 topics: SPORTS OUTCOME-MEAS INTANGIBLES KEY)

By Ann Gerhart, Published: December 20 Forget the 3 a.m. call. What about that robo-call at 4 in the afternoon on the Monday before Christmas in Bethesda? And on Tuesday in Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, and Michigan, Florida, New York and Arizona?... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mystery-calls-again-bring-hillary-clintons-name-into-2012-election-conversation/2011/12/20/gIQAHe8w7O_pr-2011-12-21 topics: HILLARY)

By Marc Fisher, Published: December 20 At the dawn of the first winter after the Arab Spring, Bahrain is an island of sadness. Every few minutes, U.S.-made Apache helicopters buzz Rula al-Saffar’s suburban walled community, a collection of pleas... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/arab-spring-yields-different-outcomes-in-bahrain-egypt-and-libya/2011/12/15/gIQAY6h57O_print.html-2011-12-21 topics: DEMOCRACY SOC-MOVEMENTS MIDEAST)

by Derek Sivers - Entrepreneur, programmer, avid student of life. I make useful things, and share what I learn. 2011-12-20 Here’s a great project, that will fill you full of gratitude and reminiscing: Try to write down all the friends you’ve e... (http://sivers.org/friends-2011-12-21 topics: FRIENDSHIP GOOD-LIFE)

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK CAIRO — Several thousand women demanding the end of military rule marched through downtown Cairo on Tuesday evening in an extraordinary expression of anger over images of soldiers beating, stripping and kicking female demon... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/world/middleeast/violence-enters-5th-day-as-egyptian-general-blames-protesters.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&-2011-12-21 topics: SOC-MOVEMENTS GENDER EGYPT)

By Katrina vanden Heuvel, Published: December 20 When President Obama was elected more than three years ago, many progressives had great expectations for what would follow. Many wanted to believe that one person, in one flying presidential leap, co... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-change-i-believe-in/2011/12/20/gIQAdIBD7O_print.html-2011-12-21 topics: LIBERAL-CASE SOC-MOVEMENTS CHANGE-POSSIBLE)

By DAVID BROOKS Every year, the Sidney Awards, named for the renowned philosopher Sidney Hook, go out to some of the best magazine essays of the year. Anybody interested in being a better person will click the links to these essays, and read attenti... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/opinion/brooks-the-sidney-awards-part-i.html?ref=davidbrooks&pagewanted=print-2011-12-21 topics: GOOD-LIFE GOOD-CMTY TODO)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by bostonrising Bill Traynor is the Co-Facilitator, with Frankie Blackburn, of the Connectivity Task Force at Boston Rising. The Task Force is staffed by Talia Rivera and includes Imari Paris Jeffries, Paul Johnson, Chris... (http://bostonrising.org/2011/12/13/bill-traynor-none-of-us-rises-alone/-2011-12-21 topics: SOLUTIONS ALLIES COOP)

Posted on November 30, 2011 by bostonrising I was a participant in the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations conference out in San Francisco last month. The conference, Growing Social Impact in a Networked World: A Grantmakers’ Gathering on Net... (http://bostonrising.org/2011/11/30/audrey-jordan-on-the-value-of-values/-2011-12-21 topics: ALLIES VALUES)

see: http://www.fhi360.org//NR/rdonlyres/ei26vbslpsidmahhxc332vwo3g233xsqw22er3vofqvrfjvubwyzclvqjcbdgexyzl3msu4mn6xv5j/BCCSummaryFourMajorTheories.pdf sum[\"Transtheoretical/Stages of Change Model. According to the Transtheoretical Model, which is... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioural_change_theories-2011-12-21 topics: CULT-CHANGE PERS-CHANGE CONCEPTS KEY RSC)

By Clarence Williams, Published: December 19 D.C. Police Sgt. Dale Sutherland’s high-tech headquarters in a stylish Northeast rowhouse welcomed some of the city’s most notorious gun-runners and drug dealers. Sutherland made deals for revolver... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/yearlong-dc-undercover-sting-netted-arrests-guns-drugs/2011/11/07/gIQAztVn4O_print.html-2011-12-20 topics: DC CRIME MEXICO GLOBALIZATION DRUGS)

By Charles Lane, Published: December 19 Statistics show rising income inequality in the United States. But, contrary to the impression created by the Occupy protests, and media coverage thereof, statistics also show that Americans worry less about... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-simplistic-view-of-income-inequality/2011/12/19/gIQAeVmR5O_print.html-2011-12-20 topics: INEQUALITY PUB-OP KEY)

By LESLIE KAUFMAN AT a fall retreat, board members of the Natural Resources Defense Council, the environmental advocacy group, listened as a political consultant gave a critique of the green movement. Think of the public as a consumer in a grocery ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/sunday-review/environmentalists-get-down-to-earth.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print-2011-12-20 topics: ENV ADVOCACY NONPROFIT)

* see series: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/nyregion/abused-and-used-series-page.html By RUSS BUETTNER Medicaid money created quite a nice life for the Levy brothers from Flatbush, Brooklyn. The brothers, Philip and Joel, earned close to $1 mi... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/nyregion/for-executives-at-group-homes-generous-pay-and-little-oversight.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print-2011-12-20 topics: NONPROFIT-FIN CORRUPTN MCD NONPROFIT-COMP)

By Liz Clarke, Published: December 19 In a classroom at Walker Jones Educational Center, four Howard track athletes, a George Washington soccer player and a former all-American sprinter from Georgetown push tiny desks and chairs against the walls ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/local-athletes-teach-middle-schoolers-about-hiv-through-grassroot-project/2011/12/16/gIQA8EMH5O_print.ht-2011-12-20 topics: NONPROFIT-INNOVATION UNTAPPED-CAPACITY)

By Associated Press, Published: December 16 DENVER — More schoolchildren than ever are taking their classes online, using technology to avoid long commutes to school, add courses they wouldn’t otherwise be able to take — and save their schoo... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/virtual-schools-booming-while-states-mull-warnings-about-lack-of-oversight/2011/12/16/gIQAQ5ziyO_print.html-2011-12-20 topics: EDUC INTERNET BIG-THINK)

By Paul Schwartzman, Published: December 17 sum[ UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE: \"Jeffery Norris’s mother also wanted her son to be the first in the family to go to college. But she remained concerned about Jeffery’s emotional well-being. For months afte... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-promise-two-wealthy-men-set-out-to-transform-the-lives-of-59-poor-kids/2011/12/15/gIQAd13syO_story.html-2011-12-19 topics: EDUC SOLUTIONS MD RICH POV VIOLENCE DC KEY)

sum[\"During the five-day meeting, the movement announced a multimillion-dollar campaign to connect with Jewish youths, only one in five of whom stay in the movement by the end of high school. Money around the country will go to new camps, new youth... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rabbi-rick-jacobs-is-installed-as-reform-judaism-leader/2011/12/18/gIQAApX62O_print.html-2011-12-19 topics: RELIGION SMALLGROUPS)

By Emma Brown, Published: December 14 To balance a tough budget, Fairfax County last year eliminated a key learning tool for nearly two dozen of its neediest schools: extra class time. Some schools had tacked hours onto the day, and others added ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-officials-use-schools-success-to-support-return-to-shorter-hours/2011/12/06/gIQA3gwztO_print.htm-2011-12-19 topics: EDUC IMMI SOLUTIONS KEY DOMESTIC-NEEDS YOUTH-DEV)

Written for Foreign Affairs March/April 1994 sum[\"If we in these \"post-communist\" countries call for a new order, if we appeal to the West not to close itself off to us, and if we demand a radical re-evaluation of the new situation, then this is ... (http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/showtrans.php?cat=clanky&val=31_aj_clanky.html&typ=HTML-2011-12-18 topics: SACRIFICE BIG-THINK KEY RESPONSIBILITY)

By Erica W. Morrison, Published: December 16 Jeannine Mizell is looking for a new job. After working at Mizell Lumber & Hardware since 1981, she and her brother Don will close the doors to the family business in Kensington, which opened 90 yea... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/after-90-years-mizell-lumber-in-kensington-shutting-doors/2011/12/16/gIQADOFKzO_story.html?hpid=z3-2011-12-17 topics: RETAIL GOOD-CMTY KENSINGTON MGY-CO)

By Dan Zak, Published: December 16 The hunger strikers are no longer hungry. Soon, if they keep going, they will no longer be lucid. (Some say they never were.) Cocooned in sleeping bags on the cold floor of St. Stephen’s Church in Columbia Hei... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/occupy-dc-hunger-strikers-frail-but-undaunted/2011/12/15/gIQAkWX8yO_story.html?hpid=z2-2011-12-17 topics: CIVIL-DISOBEDIENCE DC APATHY)

sum[\"still plenty of room for savings in a complex system where, he estimates, 20 percent to 30 percent of all health spending — or more than $1 trillion a year — may be “waste” that does nothing to help patients.\"] Dr. Donald Berwick, who... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/opinion/advice-from-dr-berwick-a-health-care-visionary.html?pagewanted=print-2011-12-17 topics: HLTH-FIN SUM)

By REIDAR VISSER Noordwijk, the Netherlands WHEN the last remaining American forces withdraw from Iraq at the end of this month, they will be leaving behind a country that is politically unstable, increasingly volatile, and at risk of descending in... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/opinion/an-unstable-divided-land.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print-2011-12-17 topics: IRAQ)

By KIRK W. JOHNSON West Chicago, Ill. ON the morning of May 6, 1783, Guy Carleton, the British commander charged with winding down the occupation of America, boarded the Perseverance and sailed up the Hudson River to meet George Washington and disc... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/opinion/in-iraq-abandoning-our-friends.html?sq=iraq%20carleton&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print-2011-12-17 topics: IRAQ F-PLY OBAMA POLITICAL-WILL WRONG)

By MARC LACEY PHOENIX — In a strongly worded critique of the country’s best-known sheriff, the Justice Department on Thursday accused Sheriff Joe Arpaio of engaging in “unconstitutional policing” by unfairly targeting Latinos for detention a... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/us/arizona-sheriffs-office-unfairly-targeted-latinos-justice-department-says.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=pri-2011-12-17 topics: HUMAN-RIGHTS LIBERAL-CASE CON-LAW)

By CHARLES M. BLOW Is income inequality becoming the new global warming? In other words, is this another case where the facts of an existential threat lose traction among a weary American public as deniers attempt to reduce them to partisan opinions... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/17/opinion/blow-inconvenient-income-inequality.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-12-17 topics: INEQUALITY PUB-OP KEY POV)

* http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-241.pdf * By Sharon Bernstein, nbclosangeles.com Officials at the U.S. Census Bureau moved Friday to clarify widely reported figures meant to estimate the number of Americans living in poverty. Dueling Cens... (http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/16/9500721-census-bureau-clarifies-poverty-numbers-2011-12-17 topics: POV SOC-SCI STATS NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

THE GREAT RECESSION HAS ACCELERATED THE HOLLOWING-OUT OF THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS. AND IT HAS ILLUMINATED THE WIDENING DIVIDE BETWEEN MOST OF AMERICA AND THE SUPER-RICH. BOTH DEVELOPMENTS HERALD GRAVE CONSEQUENCES. HERE IS HOW WE CAN BRIDGE THE GAP... (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2011/09/can-the-middle-class-be-saved/8600/-2011-12-17 topics: MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICAN-DECLINE INEQUALITY)

By Steven Mufson, Published: December 16 China was mentioned 59 times when Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified last month before a House subcommittee on the U.S. loan guarantee program for renewable-energy projects. “Countries like China are ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/chinas-growing-share-of-solar-market-comes-at-a-price/2011/11/21/gIQAhPRWyO_print.html-2011-12-17 topics: SOLAR-ENERGY)

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ MOSCOW — A prominent journalist from Russia’s violence-plagued North Caucasus region was shot to death late Thursday as he left his newspaper, adding to a rising toll of journalists and human rights workers killed in the regi... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/17/world/europe/journalist-is-shot-dead-in-russias-north-caucasus-region.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22-2011-12-17 topics: RUSSIA HUMAN-RIGHTS COURAGE INSPIRATION JOURNALISM)

The trauma of Sept. 11, 2001, gave rise to a dangerous myth that, to be safe, America had to give up basic rights and restructure its legal system. The United States was now in a perpetual state of war, the argument went, and the criminal approach t... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/opinion/politics-over-principle.html?sq=OBAMA%20DETENTION&st=cse&scp=4&pagewanted=print-2011-12-17 topics: CON-LAW OBAMA CORRUPTN KEY HUMAN-RIGHTS COWARD)

By Lyndsey Layton, Published: December 15 McDOWELL COUNTY, W.Va. — The American Federation of Teachers, vilified by critics as an obstacle to school reform, is leading an unusual effort to turn around a floundering school system in a place where... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-union-leads-effort-that-aims-to-turn-around-west-virginia-school-system/2011/12/14/gIQA5pxywO_p-2011-12-16 topics: EDUC UNIONS SOLUTIONS CMTYPLAT)

By Editorial Board, Published: December 15 TWO YEARS AGO, on Dec. 14, 2009, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou pledged that his debt-ridden country would “address and resolve, once and for all, deep-rooted problems that are holding the natio... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/two-years-later-greece-is-no-closer-to-a-fiscal-solution/2011/12/14/gIQAdJw1wO_print.html-2011-12-16 topics: EUR INDIV-BEHAVIOR RECESSION KEY NO-EASY-ASWERS)

By GARY GUTTING The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers on issues both timely and timeless. Tags: Colleges and Universities, Higher education, Humanities, Philosophy The Stone is featuring occasional posts by Gary Gutting, a professor... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/what-is-college-for/?pagemode=print-2011-12-16 topics: HIGHER-ED WISDOM KEY JOBS)

By GAR ALPEROVITZ College Park, Md. THE Occupy Wall Street protests have come and mostly gone, and whether they continue to have an impact or not, they have brought an astounding fact to the public’s attention: a mere 1 percent of Americans own ju... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/opinion/worker-owners-of-america-unite.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=gar&st=Search-2011-12-16 topics: ECON SOLUTIONS CO-OP ALLIES)

November 28th, 2011 12:00 PMBy Jonathan Kalan A Sanergy toilet in Nairobi. A “flying toilet” is a particularly Kenyan device: a small grocery bag used as a toilet and then tossed out the window onto the street. The first encounter is both fasci... (http://dowser.org/the-silicon-valley-of-shit-nairobi-is-ground-zero-for-sanitation-innovation/-2011-12-15 topics: INTL-DEV FORPROFIT-NONPROFIT INNOVATION SOLUTIONS PUB-HLTH)

April 11th, 2011 11:00 AMBy Leora Fridman Average American homes today are using essentially the same amount of energy per year as they were in 1970s – which seems odd, given the improvement of heating systems and household appliances, and a heig... (http://dowser.org/smaller-isn%E2%80%99t-always-greener-why-aren%E2%80%99t-american-homes-more-efficient/-2011-12-15 topics: ENERGY-CONSERV HOUS KEY RSC)

Highcharts is a charting library written in pure JavaScript, offering intuitive, interactive charts to your web site or web application. Highcharts currently supports line, spline, area, areaspline, column, bar, pie and scatter chart types. Highsto... (http://www.highcharts.com/-2011-12-15 topics: WEBSITE APPS-OF-INTEREST PROGRAMMING CMTYPLAT)

by Sasha Dichter * http://sashadichter.wordpress.com/ sashadichter@gmail.com | http://sashadichter.wordpress.com Ifm sick of apologizing for being in charge of raising money. I work at a great nonprofit organization1 that is doing great things in ... (http://sashadichter.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/manifesto-in-defense-of-raising-money_sasha1.pdf-2011-12-15 topics: FUNDRAISING ALLIES)

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By DAVID BROOKS Republicans have many strong arguments to make against the Obama administration, but one major criticism doesn’t square with the evidence. This is the charge that President Obama is running a virulently antibusiness administration ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/opinion/brooks-the-wonky-liberal.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print-2011-12-15 topics: OBAMA TODO)

Highcharts is a charting library written in pure JavaScript, offering intuitive, interactive charts to your web site or web application. Highcharts currently supports line, spline, area, areaspline, column, bar, pie and scatter chart types. Read mor... (http://www.highcharts.com/-2011-12-15 topics: PROGRAMMING JAVASCRIPT APPS-OF-INTEREST)

You are here: Home » Facilitator’s Corner » Seven Session Facilitator Guide * http://localcircles.org/facilitators-corner/opening-and-closing-readings-for-clubs/ The Resilience Circle Network has produced a Seven-Session Facilitator’s Guide f... (http://localcircles.org/facilitators-corner/six-session-facilitators-guide/-2011-12-15 topics: SMALLGROUPS ALLIES QT)

Many people are choosing to become more self-sufficient and resilient by learning how to do things for themselves, their families and communities. Rob Hopkins, author of The Transition Handbook, coined the term \"reskilling\" to describe the proces... (http://goinglocalokc.com/Reskilling.php-2011-12-15 topics: SOLUTIONS ALLIES ENERGY-CONSERV AGRICULTURE)

By Graham H. Seibert (Kiev, Ukraine) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME) Amazon Verified Purchase(What\'s this?) This review is from: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Kindle Edition) This is a huge book, bu... (http://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-ebook/dp/B0052REUW0/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2-2011-12-15 topics: BK-REV HUM-NAT PROGRESS-POSSIBLE KEY BOOK)

(http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/press/upload/inequality%20and%20taxes.Burman.5-07.swf-2011-12-15 topics: EC-TX INEQUALITY)

By Megan McArdle Over at 11D, Laura asks a question that\'s on a lot of minds these days: \'m certain that college (though not many graduate programs) do lead to higher lifetime salaries. However, costs have gotten out of control. Why have tuition ... (http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/09/the-high-cost-of-college/63445/-2011-12-15 topics: HIGHER-ED UNINTENDED-CONSEQUENES)

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_small_decisions... (-2011-12-15 topics: KEY CONCEPTS ECON BIG-THINK TODO)

Evelyn Coke spent 20 years as a home care aide helping the elderly and the sick, but she did not live to see fair labor laws applied to her work. In a case that went to the Supreme Court in 2007, Ms. Coke, who died in 2009, sued her employer for ye... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/opinion/fairness-for-home-care-aides.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-12-15 topics: JOBS EMP-LAW)

By RICHARD RUSSO Camden, Me. I FIRST heard of Amazon’s new “promotion” from my bookseller daughter, Emily, in an e-mail with the subject line “Can You Hear Me Screaming in Brooklyn?” According to a link Emily supplied, Amazon was encourag... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/opinion/amazons-jungle-logic.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB&pagewanted=print-2011-12-14 topics: RETAIL ANTITRUST GOOD-CMTY)

Steve Connor Tuesday, 13 December 2011 Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive... (http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/shock-as-retreat-of-arctic-sea-ice-releases-deadly-greenhouse-gas-6276134.html?printService=pr-2011-12-14 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING)

We are currently in private beta. We\'ll be sending you an invite code soon. Have an invite code? Enter it here and start using Contactually within minutes. - or - Want your invite now? Like us on Facebook or tweet at us to jump to the fro... (http://www.contactually.com/waitlist?email=tpollak2%40gmail.com-2011-12-14 topics: WEBSITE APPS-OF-INTEREST)

* http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?ID=1000530 * http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/press/upload/inequality%20and%20taxes.Burman.5-07.swf... (-2011-12-14 topics: EC-TX CONSUMPTION-TAX)

by Vance Fried Andrew P. Kelly, Vance Fried | AEI press June 24, 2011 Press Advisory Media Inquiries: Jesse Blumenthal jesse.blumenthal@aei.org - 202.862.4870 What Decision Makers Should Know About Reining in College Costs An AEI Future of Ameri... (http://www.aei.org/press/education/higher-education/what-decision-makers-should-know-about-reining-in-college-costs-an-aei-future-of-american-higher-e-2011-12-14 topics: HIGHER-ED)

BY Kevin PurdySun Dec 11, 2011 We are genetically oriented toward learning from others, an easy thing to forget these days. Here\'s why in-person socializing is so important, and efficient. I’m a 30-year-old writer who works from home and thriv... (http://www.fastcompany.com/1800307/why-in-person-socializing-is-a-mandatory-to-do-item-2011-12-14 topics: GOOD-CMTY KEY CONCEPTS CMTYPLAT RSC SMALLGROUPS)

sum[ Good overview of utilization across the globe. U.S. ranks 36 in square meters of solar per capita. Besides Cyprus and Israel - #1 and 2 -- Austria and Germany are notably successful in having broad usage. U.S. is at 0.01 square meters per perso... (http://www.earth-policy.org/data_highlights/2011/highlights23-2011-12-14 topics: SOLAR-ENERGY)

By Hank Stuever, Tuesday, December 13, 12:35 AM It’s no surprise whatsoever that Chelsea Clinton didn’t electrify broadcast journalism with her debut Monday night on NBC’s “Rock Center With Brian Williams,” because she has no experience ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/chelsea-clinton-makes-broadcast-debut-on-nbcs-rock-center/2011/12/12/gIQApql2qO_print.html-2011-12-13 topics: NONPROFIT TV JOURNALISM)

By Greg Jaffe, Published: December 12 HOPKINSVILLE, KY. — Two visitors, their arrivals separated by a few hours, stop at a grave in Section 6, Row 5 of the Veterans Cemetery here. The burial grounds are cold and quiet. A few miles away at Fort C... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/at-army-base-intimate-and-isolated-a-soldiers-death-brings-intense-emotion/2011/12/09/gIQA3V0-2011-12-13 topics: MILITARY SACRIFICE KEY STORY AFGHAN)

By Brian Vastag and Joel Achenbach, Published: December 12 If rumors were dollars, the arcane world of particle physics would have enough cash to solve the Euro crisis. For weeks, statements circulating on physics blogs have hinted at the discove... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/scientists-close-in-on-linchpin-of-physics-the-god-particle/2011/12/12/gIQAmk2cqO_print.html-2011-12-13 topics: SCIENCE PHYSICS JOBS)

By Editorial Board, Published: December 12 IN THE opening statement of his press conference Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Obama managed to assert no fewer than five times that the war in Iraq is ending. No doubt the p... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/president-obamas-too-rosy-vision-of-postwar-iraq/2011/12/12/gIQANcldqO_print.html-2011-12-13 topics: OBAMA IRAQ)

By Associated Press, Published: December 12 WASHINGTON — The tax plan by GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich would provide big tax breaks to the rich and blow a huge hole in the federal budget deficit, according to an independent study relea... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/study-gingrich-tax-plan-would-provide-big-breaks-for-rich-blow-huge-hole-in-budget-deficit/2011/12/12/gIQAfHiJq-2011-12-13 topics: EC-TX)

By Marc A. Thiessen, Published: December 12 A true story: Several years ago, the CIA informed the White House counterterrorism adviser that it had located a wanted Islamic terrorist and requested White House guidance for how to proceed. The counte... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/arrest-bill-clinton/2011/12/12/gIQACQ7wpO_print.html-2011-12-13 topics: PRES HUMAN-RIGHTS TERRORISM NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

By Eugene Robinson, Published: December 12 I’m inclined to believe that the apparent result of the climate change summit in Durban, South Africa, might turn out to be a very big deal. Someday. Maybe. After the meeting ended Sunday, initial reac... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/reason-to-smile-about-the-durban-climate-conference/2011/12/12/gIQA80nZqO_print.html-2011-12-13 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING INTL-COOP)

To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one\'s judgement of others. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion, 1839 - http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/2017.html Once lead this people into war and they will forget there ev... (-2011-12-12 topics: INTOLERANCE TOLERANCE)

by Richard Black Whether there is light at the end of the tunnel as a result of the summit is a matter of opinion For some reason that I\'ve not quite figured out, lots of people in the dying embers of this UN climate meeting were asking \"who\'s a... (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16131111-2011-12-12 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING KEY)

Proverbs 14:16,17 (KJV) A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. Proverbs 14:29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understandin... (http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/bible-verses-about-anger-20-scripture-quotes/-2011-12-12 topics: DISRUPTIVE WISDOM RELIGION)

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN I’VE been saying this for a while, but now it feels even more acute: America’s democracy has shrunken to “the only 100 days.” Since F.D.R., we’ve measured presidents by their “first 100 days.” But now it’s reall... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/opinion/sunday/friedman-the-next-first-and-only-100-days.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=print-2011-12-12 topics: UNEMPLOYMENT JOBS NO-EASY-ANSWERS SOLUTIONS)

sum[ Too many \"best and the brightest\" MBA grads choosing consulting rather than vocations they love. Are they really adding value or just stealing from other clients?] note[ Conversation with \"Kathy\" at Andrew Watts\' party: Georgetown MBA, Fl... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/sunday-review/consultant-nation.html?pagewanted=print-2011-12-12 topics: CONSULTING JOBS KEY-A)

By CATHERINE RAMPELL A MAN’S home is his castle — except when it becomes someone else’s marijuana plantation, crack den, movie set, homeless shelter, farm or public park. Such opportunities for conversion present themselves in the United Stat... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/sunday-review/the-housing-busts-repurpose-driven-life.html?partner=rss&emc=rss-2011-12-12 topics: HOUS INNOVATION)

By JAMIE STIEHM Clara Barton, a 39-year-old single woman with New England written all over her dignified demeanor, could not rest easy until she found a way to join the Army. From the first day blood was spilled in 1861 — some of her old Massachu... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/compassion-under-fire/?partner=rss&emc=rss-2011-12-12 topics: COMPASSION ADVERSITY NONPROFIT VOCATION AM-HIST)

by Geoff Vandermolen Rev. Geoff Vandermolen is pastor of Hillside Community CRC, Calgary, Alberta. Aug 1, 2007 — Authentic. Starbucks uses this word as bait to entice new baristas. That’s no surprise, since “authenticity” is a sexy part of o... (http://www.thebanner.org/news/article/?id=1154-2011-12-12 topics: RELIGION CMTY)

* sermons - http://www.trinitypres.net/templates/System/details.asp?id=32053&PID=835250 - Michael, Samuel, wife... (http://www.trinitypres.net/templates/System/details.asp?id=32053&PID=835250-2011-12-12 topics: RELIGION)

An introduction to the transformation of institutions & their communities 2010 Jack Ricchiuto Think about the institutions in your community: the government and public entities, schools, churches, and non-profits. Think about how anxious they ... (http://www.designinglife.com/Jack/AuthenticEngagement.html-2011-12-12 topics: ALLIES LD CONSULTING)

* Can\'t get people\'s attention * But before that is a more basic one: We don\'t have time to listen to everyone we ought to be listening to. Even worse, we often don\'t even know that they exist. It\'s as if we are working in parallel universes.... (-2011-12-12 topics: IDEAS KN-MGT PUB-INFO TOO-MUCH-INFO)

By David Ignatius, Published: December 9 * see: http://www.dni.gov/nic/special_climate2030.html Is American power in decline, relative to the rest of the world? That question is at the center of a provocative study by the U.S. intelligence community... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-bleak-look-at-americas-future/2011/12/09/gIQAAYmDjO_print.html-2011-12-12 topics: BIG-THINK AMERICAN-DECLINE)

By DAVID BORNSTEIN * see http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/workers-of-the-world-employed/ On Friday, I wrote about two social enterprises ― Samasource and Digital Divide Data ― that extend computer-based employment to people with m... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/outsourcing-is-not-always-evil/-2011-12-12 topics: OUTSOURCING GLOBALIZATION JOBS INTL-DEV KEY SOLUTIONS)

By DAVID BORNSTEIN More than 60 percent of the world’s gross domestic product comes from global trade. This is double what it was in the 1980s. Most economists agree that the astonishing increase in trade over the past quarter century has boosted... (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/workers-of-the-world-employed/-2011-12-12 topics: OUTSOURCING GLOBALIZATION CPTR-BUS INTL-DEV UNEMPLOYMENT)

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By RUTHIE ACKERMAN When it comes to philanthropy, bigger isn\'t always better. Just ask Kayrita Anderson, who through her small family foundation in Atlanta helped launch a campaign to end the sexual exploitation of children in Georgia. The urge t... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204528204577009941057561440.html-2011-12-12 topics: FOUNDATIONS NONPROFIT-FIN NONPROFIT-INNOVATION)

“Rich” is a term that gets thrown around a lot in discussions about tax policy and income data, but judging from polling data there’s a wide variation in how Americans define the word. Gallup recently released numbers showing $150,000 was the... (http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/12/09/difficulties-in-defining-rich-is-it-150000-a-year/tab/print/-2011-12-12 topics: RICH PUB-OP)

...seeks to match non-profits in need of data analysis with freelance and pro bono data scientists who can work to help them with data collection, analysis, visualization, or decision support. Big companies like Google and Amazon recognize the impor... (http://datawithoutborders.cc/our-mission/-2011-12-12 topics: ALLIES DATA WEBSITE IDEALISM NONPROFIT-TECH OPEN-SOURCE)

Published: December 10 THE SUMMIT of 27 European Union leaders did not lack for drama. With the future of the euro currency and the E.U. itself on the line, all but four of those present agreed to German demands for closer fiscal integration, and ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/europe-at-the-brink/2011/12/09/gIQAB0dQlO_print.html-2011-12-11 topics: EUR GVT-FIN RECESSION)

By Jay Mathews We don’t know whether public charter schools will raise American education to a new level. The independent, tax-supported schools just passed the 2 million student mark, but that’s only 4 percent of schoolchildren. On average, cha... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/class-struggle/post/rise-of-dc-charter-schools/2011/12/08/gIQA3uFReO_blog.html?hpid=z7-2011-12-11 topics: CHARTER-SCHOOLS)

By NEIL AMDUR EMERSON, N.J. — At the start of most road races, youngsters are sent to the back of the pack. Not so for just-turned-12 Giavanna Tabbachino, who at 4 feet 7 inches and 84 pounds floats across the finish line faster with every race. ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/sports/youngsters-lead-the-way-in-running-families.html?hp-2011-12-11 topics: EXERCISE RUNNING)

By ERIC WEINER see: http://commons.trincoll.edu/aris/files/2011/08/ARIS_Report_2008.pdf, THE holidays are upon us again — it sounds vaguely aggressive, as if the holidays were some sort of mugger, or overly enthusiastic lover — and so it’s ti... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/opinion/sunday/americans-and-god.html?pagewanted=print-2011-12-11 topics: RELIGION PUB-OP)

By FRANK BRUNI CAN God take credit for the victories of a thick-set N.F.L. quarterback who scrambles in a weirdly jittery fashion, throws one of the ugliest balls in the game, completes fewer than half of his passes and has somehow won six of his te... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/opinion/sunday/bruni-tim-tebows-gospel-of-optimism.html?pagewanted=print-2011-12-11 topics: RELIGION SPORTS UNKNOWN)

By Herman Daly Chapter 5: A Catechism of Growth Fallacies The part played by orthodox economists, whose common sense has been insufficient to check their faulty logic, has been disastrous to the latest act. J. M. Keynes (1936) The first questio... (http://dieoff.org/page88.htm-2011-12-11 topics: ENV ECON CONCEPTS KEY)

* in /docsFromOthers: Herman_Daly_thinkpiece-steady-state-economy.pdf (home) (http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/data/files/publications/Herman_Daly_thinkpiece.pdf-2011-12-11 topics: ECON ENV)

NATE BERGDEC 06, 20113 COMMENTS Erik Charlton/Flickr SharePrintEmail The organization behind the high-profile uber-conference TED has announced an unusual winner for the 2012 iteration of its TED Prize. The award is formally presented at the annual... (http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2011/12/what-ted-prize-means-city-20/656/-2011-12-11 topics: SOLUTIONS TODO URB KN-MGT ENV)

DEC 6 2011, 4:16 PM ET Come every January, walk any city street in America and you\'ll see plenty of Christmas trees piled up on the curb. It can seem like such a waste: those little trees take some ten years to grow to proper size--only to be cut... (http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/christmas-trees-go-fake-fir-or-real/249590/-2011-12-11 topics: ENV RETAIL)

sum[ A few horrific incidents like Haditha and the square where Blackwater contractors gunned down many civilians, plus the likely thousands killed who accidentally got too close to skirmishes or security checkpoints without understanding that they ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/civilian-deaths-at-root-of-us-iraqi-disconnect/2011/12/05/gIQAuKFglO_story.html-2011-12-11 topics: IRAQ DISRUPTIVE F-PLY KEY)

* http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Mahatma_Gandhi Infinite striving to be the best is man\'s duty, it is it\'s own reward. Everything else is in God\'s hands. Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying y... (-2011-12-11 topics: QT WISDOM)

By David Montgomery, Published: December 8 In the suspended moments before the guests arrive — will they arrive? — Andy Shallal sits at the bar of his newest restaurant, Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, collecting his thoughts and typing them... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/andy-shallal-owner-of-busboys-and-poets-is-democracys-restaurateur/2011/10/26/gIQAMorHfO_print.html-2011-12-10 topics: ENTREPRENEUR RACE BLCK DC RETAIL INNOVATION)

By ALISSA J. RUBIN and ROD NORDLAND KABUL, Afghanistan — It was after dark when the four gunmen battered their way into the small home in the northern city of Kunduz, threw the father of the family into his cowshed and broke into his house to thro... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/world/asia/afghan-men-held-in-acid-attack-on-family-in-kunduz.html?src=recg-2011-12-10 topics: AFGHAN HUMAN-RIGHTS EVIL WOMEN CRIME)

Molly Scott Topic: Demographics, Housing Data Source:Latino Segregation Numbering some 50.5 million, Latinos are one of the fastest growing groups in the country. In fact, they account for more than half (56 percent) of the population growth in the ... (http://www.metrotrends.org/commentary/index.cfm-2011-12-10 topics: LATINO DEMOGRAPHICS BREVARD)

By Tarik El-Bashir, Saturday, December 10, 9:01 PM Since the Washington Capitals began training camp in September, the mantra around Kettler Capitals Iceplex this season has been accountability. After consecutive playoff disappointments, Coach Bru... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/dale-hunter-has-unfinished-business-with-capitals/2011/12/09/gIQA1CpflO_print.html-2011-12-10 topics: COACHING CHARACTER SPORTS)

Testimony by Logan Square Neighborhood Association To the Illinois New Americans Policy Council Meeting Chicago, April 27, 2006 The Logan Square Neighborhood Association in Chicago is a 44-year-old multi-issue community organization on the northw... (http://www.lsna.net/Issues-and-programs/Schools-and-Youth/A-CommunityCentered-Holistic-Approach-to-Immigrant-Families-in-Public-Schools.html-2011-12-09 topics: EDUC SOLUTIONS COMPREHENSIVE)

By Suzanne Perry Washington Editor\'s note: This story is part of a continuing series. The D.C. Promise Neighborhood Initiative, which won a much-coveted $500,000 grant last year for a project to turn around a poor Washington neighborhood, always... (http://philanthropy.com/article/DC-Promise-Neighborhood/130006/?sid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en-2011-12-09 topics: COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS EDUC DC)

By Suzanne Perry Washington Editor\'s Note: This story is part of an ongoing series. The D.C. Promise Neighborhood Initiative was able to win a $500,000 federal grant, in part because it pulled together more than just a coalition of nonprofits to... (http://philanthropy.com/article/Antipoverty-Effort-Wins-Broad/125835/-2011-12-09 topics: EDUC SOLUTIONS DC COMPREHENSIVE EVAL URBAN)

“Information is power, but if you don’t have specific information, it’s less powerful,” says Maria S. Pesqueira, head of Mujeres Latinas en Acción. By Nicole Wallace Navigating the economic downturn hasn’t been easy for Erie Neighborhood... (http://philanthropy.com/article/Lessons-in-Financial/129963/-2011-12-08 topics: NONPROFIT-INFRASTRUCTURE NONPROFIT-FIN KEY-A NCCS RSC)

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By IAN DESAI New Delhi GANDHI has been all over New York lately. First he appeared at Occupy Wall Street as a patron saint of sorts, inspiring the protest’s nonviolent tactics. (The demonstrators even named a lane for him.) Then he emerged at the... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/opinion/what-would-gandhi-do.html?_r=1-2011-12-07 topics: CIVIL-DISOBEDIENCE SOC-MOVEMENTS KEY ALLIES)

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By Steven Goff At age 27, longtime D.C. United midfielder Santino Quaranta is retiring from MLS to work full-time with a youth soccer club he helped create and to assist a substance abuse program that helped turn around his life and career four year... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/post/santino-quaranta-retires-after-11-mls-seasons/2011/12/04/gIQAjdOxSO_blog.html-2011-12-04 topics: SOCCER SUBSTANCE-ABUSE CHARACTER GOOD-LIFE CHOICES)

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN IN many ways, President Obama has been a disappointment on energy and the environment. He has been completely missing in action on the climate debate. His decision to block his own Environmental Protection Agency from setting n... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/opinion/sunday/friedman-this-is-a-big-deal.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print-2011-12-04 topics: ENV OBAMA GLOBAL-WARMING)

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF GIVE Grandma a bit of credit! These holidays, would she rather receive a silly reindeer sweater or help a schoolchild acquire glasses to see the blackboard clearly for the first time? Choosing the perfect holiday gift is one ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/opinion/sunday/kristof-gifts-that-say-you-care.html?pagewanted=print-2011-12-04 topics: INTL-DEV GIVING PROGRAMS-THAT-WORK)

By Steven Pearlstein, Published: December 3 Monday morning at Ford’s Theatre, seven extraordinary people will receive an award from The Washington Post and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for being one of America’s top leaders. At a t... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/steven-pearlstein-seven-leaders-who-exceed-defining/2011/11/29/gIQAJ5MnPO_print.html-2011-12-04 topics: LD RISK)

By Mark R. Warren About this blog: Among the many strategies for improving America’s schools, Mark R. Warren offers a promising approach: community organizing, particularly in public schools in low-income neighborhoods. In a new book, “A Match... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/political-bookworm/post/education-reform-through-community-action/2011/11/29/gIQApxcf9N_blog.html-2011-12-04 topics: EDUC SOLUTIONS CMTY-ORGANIZING CMTYPLAT)

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By ALISSA J. RUBIN KABUL, Afghanistan — When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after she reported that she had been raped, the decision seemed a clear victory for the many wo... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/world/asia/for-afghan-woman-justice-runs-into-the-static-wall-of-custom.html?src=rechp&pagewanted=print-2011-12-03 topics: AFGHAN CULTURE-MATTERS)

By ANNIE LOWREY WASHINGTON — Policy experts and academics consider home-visiting programs — where nurses counsel teenage mothers and other at-risk parents — to be among the most effective social interventions. The programs slash the incidence ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/us/politics/programs-tying-us-funds-to-effectiveness-are-at-risk.html?sq=evidence-based&st=cse&scp=1&pag-2011-12-03 topics: OUTCOME-MEAS SOLUTIONS FED-BGT KEY)

By STEPHEN HOLDEN Sturla Gunnarsson’s “Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie” is constructed around a speech that its Japanese-Canadian subject — an engaging, erudite scientist, educator, broadcaster and eco-activist — calls his “legac... (http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/movies/force-of-nature-the-david-suzuki-movie-review.html?src=rechp-2011-12-03 topics: RESPONSIBILITY WISDOM ENV GOOD-LIFE)

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By ERICA GOODE AKRON, Ohio — They were men thrown hard against the rocks of bad fortune — out of work, their marriages broken, their youth, with its possibilities, behind them. To their eyes, the advertisement on Craigslist, offering $300 a wee... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/us/three-lured-to-death-in-ohio-by-craigslist-job-ad.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-12-02 topics: INTERNET CRIME LONER)

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By Sari Horwitz, Shyamantha Asokan and Julie Tate, Published: December 1 Northern Virginia technology entrepreneur Jerry Lucas hosted his first trade show for makers of surveillance gear at the McLean Hilton in May 2002. Thirty-five people attende... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trade-in-surveillance-technology-raises-worries/2011/11/22/gIQA7v7YJO_print.html-2011-12-02 topics: TECH-LIMITS)

By Sally Jenkins, Published: December 1 In a real crisis, like say if an asteroid threatens to strike the planet, I want Tim Tebowas my leader. I don’t want University of Maryland football coach Randy Edsall, with his faux-militaristic carping, o... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/in-sports-theres-no-faking-leadership/2011/11/30/gIQAvz7YJO_print.html-2011-12-02 topics: LD SPORTS POOR-LD)

November 28, 2011, 8:37 am By Bernard Ross I’m sure we all have a favorite holiday smell. Often it’s from a favorite food with a rich aroma. But we’ve all had a time when we thought the smell signaled something wrong even before we’d sat d... (http://philanthropy.com/blogs/good-advice/putting-organizations-through-the-smell-test/201?sid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en-2011-12-01 topics: NONPROFIT-MGT ALLIES)

November 30, 2011, 2:52 pm By Caroline Preston It’s one of the holy grails of philanthropy: Finding ways to steer more donor money to the highest-performing nonprofits rather than to less-effective or downright fraudulent groups. A new study by... (http://philanthropy.com/blogs/the-giveaway/a-potential-15-billion-windfall-for-effective-nonprofits/1059?sid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en-2011-12-01 topics: GIVING OUTCOME-MEAS SOLUTIONS KEY)

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Illustration by Hugh Frost By Nathan Myhrvold Nov 27, 2011 5:00 PM ET 36 Comments Q inShare 34More Print Email About Nathan Myhrvold Nathan Myhrvold, the former chief strategist and chief technology officer at Microsoft, is the founder of Intelle... (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-27/energy-subsidies-stymie-wind-solar-innovation-nathan-myhrvold.html-2011-11-29 topics: SOLAR-ENERGY GVT-ROLE EC-FP INNOVATION)

By Michael A. Fletcher, Tuesday, November 29, 12:01 AM States are caught in a fiscal vise as weak economic growth, dwindling federal help and increasing appeals from hard-pressed local governments squeeze their budgets. Things have improved since... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/states-face-bleak-economic-forecast-report-says/2011/11/28/gIQAZ1t26N_print.html-2011-11-29 topics: GVT-FIN MCD)

By Thomas Boswell, Published: November 28 Dale Hunter has come back to town to give the Washington Capitals a new identity. His. If the personality transplant is successful, the Caps could make the jump to Stanley Cup contender rather than annua... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/dale-hunter-will-mold-the-capitals-in-his-own-image/2011/11/28/gIQAnuVR6N_print.html-2011-11-29 topics: SPORTS COACHING)

By Juliet Eilperin, Published: November 28 The chief economist for the International Energy Agency said Monday that current global energy consumption levels put the Earth on a trajectory to warm by 6 degrees Celsius (10.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/world-on-track-for-nearly-11-degree-temperature-rise-energy-expert-says/2011/11/28/gIQAi0lM6N_pr-2011-11-29 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING)

By STEPHANIE STROM Earlier this year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invested $10 million to acquire a stake in Liquidia Technologies, a biotechnology company working on new ways to deliver vaccines. The foundation bought its shares using... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/business/foundations-come-to-the-aid-of-companies.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print-2011-11-29 topics: FOUNDATIONS)

By Ezra Klein, Tuesday, November 29, 10:53 AM Evan Vucci AP According to the polls and the pundits, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are the two front-runners for the Republican nomination for president. That means both of them will spend the next fe... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/what-romney-gingrich-and-obama-have-in-common/2011/08/25/gIQAkiXr8N_blog.html-2011-11-29 topics: LIBERAL-CASE REPUBLICANS ROMNEY ELECTIONS2012)

By DAVID BROOKS see: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/opinion/brooks-the-life-report.html sum[\"Beware rumination. There were many long, detailed essays by people who are experts at self-examination. They could finely calibrate each passing emotion... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/opinion/brooks-the-life-reports-ii.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print-2011-11-29 topics: WISDOM ELDERLY GOOD-LIFE)

By JIM HOLT THINKING, FAST AND SLOW By Daniel Kahneman 499 pp. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $30 In 2002, Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel in economic science. What made this unusual — indeed, unique in the history of the prize — is that Kahneman is... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/books/review/thinking-fast-and-slow-by-daniel-kahneman-book-review.html?sq=kahneman&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=-2011-11-28 topics: PSYCH BK-REV CONCEPTS KEY)

sum[\"It ought to have been predictable that the Tea Party would have trouble coming up with a candidate for president to take on Romney. Tea Partiers proudly proclaim that their movement has no leaders, but that leaves them unable to act as a bloc.... (http://prospect.org/article/what-happened-tea-party-2011-11-28 topics: TEA-PARTY)

Group Information Groups in U.S. 57,905 Members in U.S 1,279,644 Groups in Canada 4,968 Members in Canada 94,017 Groups Overseas 43,541 Members Overseas 644,948 Internationalists Groups 3 Groups in Correctional Facilities (U.S./Canada) 1,559 Members... (http://www.aa.org/subpage.cfm?page=74-2011-11-28 topics: MUTUAL)

On the spiritual path, even the fully-realized person is still a beginner in the Zen sense of beginner’s mind. Nevertheless, travelers on the path may be broadly classified as beginners, experienced, and advanced. Inner Frontier aims primarily to... (http://www.innerfrontier.org/index.html-2011-11-28 topics: SPIRITUAL ALLIES)

* Develop national working group on sustainable civic engagement strategies --- * Secular spiritual small groups * Importance of church small group coordinator asking new members about their interests * Community connector -- multi-org volunteer coo... (-2011-11-28 topics: IDEAS CIVIC-ENGAGEMENT)

(http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/may/12/apple-fell-far-tree/-2011-11-27 topics: OBAMA BOOK)

By Rick Maese, Published: November 26 Because he can’t drive, Donte Stallworth gets picked up most mornings before 7. Usually, fellow Washington Redskins wide receiver Jabar Gaffney will shoot by, or it’ll be Bobby Crumpler, the team’s direc... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/donte-stallworth-tries-to-make-most-of-opportunity-with-redskins/2011/11/26/gIQAx9Y3yN_story_2.html-2011-11-27 topics: ADVERSITY CHARACTER GOOD-LIFE PAIN)

By Steven Pearlstein, Published: November 26 This past summer, billionaire Warren Buffett dusted off an old line about how his secretary pays a higher tax rate than he does, and ever since there’s been a running debate over tax fairness. The re... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/steven-pearlstein-on-billionaires-secretaries-and-taxes/2011/11/21/gIQABG6ZzN_print.html-2011-11-27 topics: CONSUMPTION-TAX)

* system.filename:clippings * file:clippings (-2011-11-27 topics: TECH)

By Brad Plumer, Published: November 25 At first glance, it might seem odd that Italy’s debt woes are threatening to torpedo all of Europe. The country’s current finances, after all, are fairly sound: in 2011, Italy will take in more in taxes t... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/why-is-tax-evasion-so-bad-in-italy/2011/11/25/gIQA4NJ3vN_blog.html-2011-11-27 topics: EC-TX EUR CORRUPTN)

But a little canned soup for lunch can dramatically increase exposure to the chemical, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study confirms that canned food is a source of BPA exposure. But it does nothing to ... (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/22/142672252/eating-canned-soup-makes-bpa-levels-soar?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20111127-2011-11-27 topics: PUB-HLTH NUTRITION)

PARKER J. PALMER is a writer, teacher and activist whose work speaks deeply to people in many walks of life. He is founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal. His books include \"A Hidden Wholeness,\" \"Let Your Life Speak,\"... (http://www.amazon.com/Parker-J.-Palmer/e/B000APPDAM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1-2011-11-26 topics: ALLIES SPIRITUAL DEMOCRACY CHANGE-POSSIBLE BOOK)

County ranked 8th in nation for hours spent volunteering 7:23 AM, Nov. 17, 2011 | Comments A A Purchase Image Pam Whittington is secretary of the board of directors of The Haven for Children in Melbourne. She also cooks a monthly meal for ... (http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011311170042-2011-11-26 topics: CMTYPLAT NCCS)

* http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/step/0,,216032,00.html * http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Floating_wood_floors_over_concrete.html * http://www.mymoneyblog.com/amateur-installation-of-floating-engineered-hardwood-flooring.html ** * http... (-2011-11-26 topics: HOME TODO)

The Gallup data permit a comparison of two aspects of well-being: * the well-being that people experience as they live their lives; * the judgment they make when they evaluate their life Gallup’s life evaluation is measured by a question known a... (-2011-11-26 topics: HAPPINESS SURVEY)

* Geoff Walsh, Sarasota: kitchen shapes ** Media/Arts Director at Suncoast Community Church, 8084 Hawkins Road, Sarasota, FL 34241 ** Geoff P Walsh, (941) 377-3976, 5333 Antoinette St, Sarasota, FL 34232-2302 * http://www.trisko2.com/modules.php?mod... (-2011-11-26 topics: PERSONAL)

By Greg Jaffe, Published: November 25 To grasp the severity of Lt. Gen. Michael D. Barbero’s $40-fertilizer-bomb problem, it helps to consider some much bigger numbers. Barbero heads a U.S. military command, with an annual budget of about $2.8 b... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/to-stop-afghan-bombs-a-focus-on-pakistani-fertilizer/2011/11/23/gIQAg6j0wN_print.html-2011-11-26 topics: AFGHAN WAR NO-EASY-ANSWERS TERRORISM)

By CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY AND SO IT GOES Kurt Vonnegut: A Life. By Charles J. Shields Illustrated. 513 pp. Henry Holt & Company. $30. Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007, but one gets the sense from Charles J. Shields’s sad, often heartbreaking biography,... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/books/review/and-so-it-goes-kurt-vonnegut-a-life-by-charles-j-shields-book-review.html?_r=1&nl=books&emc=boo-2011-11-26 topics: FICTION BK-REV)

By David S. Hilzenrath, Published: November 25 When a District-based children’s charity was trying to shelter its endowment from the stock market turmoil of 2008, Garfield Taylor offered what seemed to his prospective clients like a can’t-lose... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/childrens-charity-victim-of-ponzi-scheme-sec-says/2011/11/25/gIQAju9mwN_print.html-2011-11-26 topics: NONPROFIT-FIN CORRUPTN)

By BENEDICT CAREY ATHENS, Ohio — She was gone for good, and no amount of meditation could resolve the grief, even out here in the deep quiet of the woods. Milt Greek pushed to his feet. It was Mother’s Day 2006, not long after his mother’s fu... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/health/man-uses-his-schizophrenia-to-gather-clues-for-daily-living.html?hpw-2011-11-26 topics: MENTAL-ILLNESS KEY)

sum[\"My only regret is that I didn’t do this earlier. If only I had run for office, if only I had gotten on the management track, if only I had pursued another career, when I was younger. But I was not a risk-taker; I played it safe. Now, as I w... (http://brooks.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/the-life-report-david-klement/-2011-11-24 topics: GOOD-LIFE RISK POLITICS CORRUPTN)

sum[\"up to 40 percent of Americans have consistently expressed support for the conservative view that government is more the problem than the solution for the nation’s challenges; about another 30 percent have backed the Democratic view that gove... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/opinion/brooks-the-two-moons.html?_r=1&ref=davidbrooks&pagewanted=print-2011-11-24 topics: DIVISIVE PUB-OP)

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF It’s pretty easy to conclude that the world is spinning down the toilet. So let me be contrary and offer a reason to be grateful this Thanksgiving. Despite the gloomy mood, the historical backdrop is stunning progress in hu... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/opinion/kristof-are-we-getting-nicer.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-11-24 topics: PROGRESS HIST BOOK)

By TARA PARKER-POPE Emiliano Ponzi This column appears in the Nov. 20 issue of The New York Times Magazine. Like most creatures on earth, humans come equipped with a circadian clock, a roughly 24-hour internal timer that keeps our sleep patterns i... (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/so-you-think-you-can-be-a-morning-person/?ref=magazine-2011-11-24 topics: PERS-HLTH AMANDA GABE SLEEP)

By ADAM DAVIDSON The 2012 presidential election can be seen as offering a choice between two visions of how to return us to this country’s golden age — from roughly 1945 to around 1973 — when working life was most secure for many Americans, pa... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/magazine/changing-rules-for-success.html?ref=magazine-2011-11-24 topics: UNEMPLOYMENT ECON KEY SUM JOBS HIGHER-ED INEQUALITY GLOBALIZATION TECH NO-EASY-ANSWERS BIG-THINK)

Melissa K. Marcello and Robert Perrucci Volume 10, Issue 3, Summer 2000 - Responsive Community Following in the tradition of Alexis de Tocqueville, academics and social commentators have long been interested in the study of voluntary associations i... (http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps/rcq/rcq_smallgroups.html-2011-11-23 topics: SMALLGROUPS SOC-CAP)

Sea of Faith in Australia (SoFiA) is a network of Australians who are seeking a radical reappraisal of past religious traditions in order to meet today’s spiritual challenges. The network affirms the continuing importance of religious thought and ... (http://www.sof-in-australia.org/about-us.php-2011-11-23 topics: SPIRITUAL ALLIES)

By John Carr This topic was discussed at meetings of the Brisbane Chermside Group of Sea of Faith. The following report is an amended version of that which appeared in the Chermside Group’s November 2008 Notes. The search in the West for spirit... (http://www.sof-in-australia.org/blog.php?blog_id=439-2011-11-23 topics: SPIRITUAL)

by Melanie Wilson Considered most broadly, spirituality is that which gives a transcendent meaning to life (Puchalski, 2000). Yet traditionally spirituality has tended to be categorized as either religious or nonreligious, or drawing on elements of... (http://www.nenetwork.org/publications/NEN_Spirituality_book.pdf-2011-11-23 topics: SPIRITUAL RELIGION HUM-SRV)

[edit] DefinitionSecular spirituality emphasizes humanistic qualities such as love, compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, responsibility, harmony, and a concern for others[2]:22, aspects of life and human experience which go bey... (-2011-11-23 topics: SPIRITUAL)

More than one fifth of Americans describe themselves with this phrase. What does it mean? BY: Robert C. Fulller also see: http://atheism.about.com/library/books/chats/bl_FullerChat.htm From \"Spiritual, But Not Religious,\" by Robert C. Fuller. Us... (http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Books/2002/07/Spiritual-But-Not-Religious.aspx-2011-11-23 topics: SPIRITUAL RELIGION PUB-OP)

By RAY D. MADOFF Published: November 21, 2011 Newton, Mass. THE failure of the bipartisan debt reduction committee to reach agreement means there are likely to be drastic cuts in federal spending that will result in many more Americans looking to ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/opinion/tax-write-off-now-charity-later.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211-2011-11-22 topics: NONPROFIT-REG GIVING KEY)

by J. David Muyskens * SEE http://lelandshields.com/Meditation/Open%20Mind,%20Open%20Heart%20-%20Keating.pdf - ch.1 * http://bustedhalo.com/features/what-works-15-the-welcoming-prayer - Welcoming Prayer ** http://bustedhalo.com/features/my-experien... (http://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6241-2011-11-22 topics: RELIGION SPIRITUAL)

STEP 11: 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. The following summarizes the description of the 11th St... (http://www.12steps-recovery.org/11th%20Step%20Guidelines.htm-2011-11-22 topics: SPIRITUAL)

* http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/11/nook-tablet-and-kindle-fire-teardown-less-memory-vs-smaller-battery.ars - Nook better! * kindle vs ipad: ** http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/money/consumer/dont_waste_your_money/kindle-fire-vs-ipad%3A-is... (-2011-11-22 topics: TECH)

By Mike Wise, Published: November 21 Though they won Monday night to open their homestand, the Washington Capitals have mortgaged their strong start to the season with passionless play over the past month, exemplified by Saturday night’s listles... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/washington-capitals-woes-they-start-with-an-8/2011/11/21/gIQApFWQiN_print.html-2011-11-22 topics: SPORTS CHARACTER LD)

By JENNIFER MEDINA Correction Appended LOS ANGELES — It has become something of an annual tradition on California college campuses, in what is perhaps the most prestigious state university system in the country: the state makes large cuts in pub... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/us/police-officers-involved-in-pepper-spraying-placed-on-leave.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-11-22 topics: SOC-MOVEMENTS HIGHER-ED)

... is for mature practitioners of Centering Prayer, for those of you who have been praying in silence for years and for whom silence has become as necessary as breathing and eating. It celebrates transformation in Christ through this simple four-st... (http://www.contemplativeoutreach.org/site/EcommerceDownload/CP%20Prayer%20of%20Consent_digitaldownload-3302.pdf?dnl=97601-3302-dOaCwpplwXTmt98b-2011-11-22 topics: RELIGION SPIRITUAL)

by Malcolm Gladwell NOVEMBER 14, 2011 Jobs’s sensibility was more editorial than inventive. “I’ll know it when I see it,” he said. Not long after Steve Jobs got married, in 1991, he moved with his wife to a nineteen-thirties, Cotswolds-styl... (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/11/14/111114fa_fact_gladwell-2011-11-22 topics: INTUITION GENIUS TECH CHARACTER LD)

* http://foundationforlouisiana.org/docs/news_reports/Shreveport_Workforce_Partnership_Press_Release_UPDATED.pdf... (-2011-11-22 topics: CMTYPLAT NONPROFIT-INNOVATION)

BTW, I did read the two reports/articles you sent me a couple of weeks ago. Both struck me as creating an unnecessary division between “professional-centered’ and “citizen-centered’ models. While I understand the value in distinguishing ci... (-2011-11-22 topics: CMTYPLAT IDEAS CORRES)

City Year’s core values represent the deepest beliefs and highest aspirations of our organization. We strive to ensure that these values animate our culture of idealism, inspire our actions, and inform our decisions on a daily basis. They serve as... (http://www.cityyear.org/dynamic_ektid22883.aspx-2011-11-22 topics: VISION ALLIES SPIRITUAL)

by Bruce Hadley, Founder November 21, 2011 01:26 PM Posted in: Strategy and Leadership M&A and Financing Boulder, Colo.-based startup Simple Energy ( http://www.simpleenergy.com/ ) has an ambitious game plan: Help millions of consumers sav... (http://www.softwareceo.com/x/article/43747/Can-You-Save-the-Planet-and-Still-Make-Money-Software-Startup-Simple-Energy-Bets-Yes/print-2011-11-22 topics: ENTREPRENEUR NONPROFIT-FORPROFIT SOLUTIONS WEBSITE WEBSITE-DESIGN GLOBAL-WARMING)

Brian D. McLaren It\'s not hard to fall out of the good graces of the most conservative elements of any religious community. And those authority figures often become even more testy under stress. One doesn\'t have to go far to see some of the source... (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-d-mclaren/why-do-evangelicals-disli_b_517094.html-2011-11-21 topics: RELIGION LIBERAL-CASE)

Custom list parameter is in place, a few notes: Format is http://www.connectbrevard.org/communityplatform/brevard/communityview/index/customLists/9,1818 Multiple lists can be requested just separated by commas in the parameter If a list is reques... (-2011-11-21 topics: CMTYPLAT PHP)

* Network analysis ** link people by types of connections ** link people to coalitions ** track WHEN connected and INTENSITY of connections * calendar - http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/... (-2011-11-20 topics: CMTYPLAT LIST)

By DAVID Z. HAMBRICK and ELIZABETH J. MEINZ HOW do people acquire high levels of skill in science, business, music, the arts and sports? This has long been a topic of intense debate in psychology. Research in recent decades has shown that a big par... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/opinion/sunday/sorry-strivers-talent-matters.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212&pagewanted=print-2011-11-20 topics: INTELLIGENCE PSYCH GENIUS MEMORY)

By ELIZA GRISWOLD Amwell Township is a 44-square-mile plot of steep ravines and grassy pasturelands planted with alfalfa, trefoil and timothy in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. It’s home to some 4,000 people, most of whom live in villages... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/magazine/fracking-amwell-township.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210&pagewanted=print-2011-11-20 topics: ENERGY RURAL ECON-DEV CMTYPLAT)

By DAVID BROOKS During the first half of the 1990s, I lived in Brussels and wrote about the European Union, among other subjects, for The Wall Street Journal. This was the heyday of European integration. Helmut Kohl, François Mitterrand and Jacques... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/opinion/brooks-the-technocratic-nightmare.html?pagewanted=print-2011-11-19 topics: EUR POLITICAL-MATURITY CULTURE-MATTERS)

MontgomeryBike JackCo webgecko@earthlink.net via yahoogroups.com 1:48 PM (4 hours ago) to MontgomeryBike Images are not displayed. Display images below - Always display images from webgecko@earthlink.net It\'s no exaggeration to say the congre... (-2011-11-19 topics: BIKES REPUBLICANS FED-BGT)

By Ayman al-Kekly and Alice Fordham, Updated: Saturday, November 19, 4:53 PM TRIPOLI — Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the favored son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, was arrested on the border with Niger and taken to a mountain city, where he a... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/saif-al-islam-gaddafis-son-arrested-libyan-commander-says/2011/11/19/gIQA7fs6aN_story.html?hpid=z1-2011-11-19 topics: LYING CORRUPTN MIDEAST LIBYA)

* http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2132/us-western-eruope-values-gap-individualism-military-force-united-nations-religion-exceptionalism-homosexuality * http://swampland.time.com/full-results-of-oct-9-10-2011-time-poll/ By CHARLES M. BLOW Is America exce... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/19/opinion/blow-decline-of-american-exceptionalism.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-11-19 topics: PUB-OP KEY)

The Five solas are five Latin phrases that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize the Reformers\' basic theological beliefs in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church of the day. The Latin word sola means \"al... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_solas-2011-11-19 topics: RELIGION)

- Global warming, increasing obesity rates, traffic congestion, dependence on foreign oil, leading causes of premature death and the economy... if only there was a common solution. \"A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It w... (Barry Childress twowheelparkrider@yahoo.com -2011-11-19 topics: QT WISDOM CULTURE-MATTERS ADVERSITY FRIENDSHIP)

* Angela F. - Graustein Memorial Trust - how make cp useful for community members? * Patrick Carr, pjc83@georgetown.edu - Georgetown prof studying role of big national foundations in education policy; DC an interesting case; no big fdns * Dave Garve... (-2011-11-19 topics: NCCS CMTYPLAT ALLIES)

sum[\"Professor Zimbardo has classified evil activity in three categories: individual (a few bad apples), situational (a bad barrel of apples) or systemic (bad barrel makers). “The majority of people can get seduced across the line of good and evi... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/19/your-money/why-doing-the-ethical-thing-isnt-automatic.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print-2011-11-19 topics: ETHICS KEY-A HUM-NAT CONCEPTS SOLUTIONS ALLIES RSC)

In this free classroom resource guide, you’ll get practical tips across the K-12 spectrum -- a reading list and a variety of resources to help you learn more about this fascinating field. To help you and your students learn more about their own b... (http://www.edutopia.org/brain-based-learning-strategies-resource-guide-2011-11-19 topics: EDUC RSC COG-SCI)

If you’re thinking of donating during these tough economic times, here’s how to make sure your hard-earned money is used effectively. By Phil Primack | NOVEMBER 20, 2011 ’TIS THE SEASON of gifts and giving, when turkey weighs down your... (http://bostonglobe.com/magazine/2011/11/20/how-give-without-being-taken/toEFvWTVIgdHozqMUEXMvK/story.html-2011-11-19 topics: GIVING NONPROFIT-REG)

November 19, 2011 — andyextance Trees growing near the equator can directly cool local temperatures, while those nearer the poles can have a direct warming effect. That’s according to a team of 21 scientists from Germany, Canada and the US who h... (http://simpleclimate.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/climate-benefit-from-trees-depends-on-location/-2011-11-19 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING)

sum[\"As many Brazilians tell it, Mr. da Silva’s personal transformation was both a spur to and metaphor for the country’s embrace of capitalism. “Only a president who was a working man could bring the market to Brazil,” said the Rev. Marcel... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/19/world/americas/19iht-currents19.html?src=rechp&pagewanted=print-2011-11-19 topics: S-AM ECON-DEV POLITICAL-MATURITY INEQUALITY INTL-DEV MORAL-CENTER)

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN IN recent years, we’ve been treated to reams of op-ed articles about how we need better teachers in our public schools and, if only the teachers’ unions would go away, our kids would score like Singapore’s on the big inte... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-about-better-parents.html?pagewanted=print-2011-11-19 topics: SOLUTIONS PARENTING EDUC KEY)

Pam Whittington started volunteering in the early 1990s for her own children and donates her time today to less fortunate youths. Joan Borders realized long ago that people were her passion, and now at 85, she still gives more than 20 hours a week ... (http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011311170042-2011-11-18 topics: CMTYPLAT VOLUNTEER UNTAPPED-CAPACITY)

* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7V8yvgO_sY * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya2dSRcqLBE * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ufQhzVwwXg - Joan Baez --- * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opfEk_Yoksk - JT, The Water is Wide... (-2011-11-18 topics: MUSIC)

By LAURIE ABRAHAM “First base, second base, third base, home run,” Al Vernacchio ticked off the classic baseball terms for sex acts. His goal was to prompt the students in Sexuality and Society — an elective for seniors at the private Friends�... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/magazine/teaching-good-sex.html?_r=1&hp-2011-11-18 topics: SEX YOUTH-DEV SOLUTIONS)

By Dana Milbank, Friday, November 18, 9:37 AM Almost exactly a year ago, members of Congress voted overwhelmingly to censure their colleagueCharlie Rangel for bringing dishonor on the House. Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi summoned the New York De... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/pay-to-play-brought-to-you-by-washington/2011/11/18/gIQAdC45XN_print.html-2011-11-18 topics: CONG CORRUPTN)

(http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20111117/NEWS01/311170038/John-Byron-When-nonprofits-need-plan-he-s-their-man-2011-11-17 topics: CMTYPLAT)

with frail elders in loving intergenerational relationships. We meet this challenge by offering learning opportunities that include integrated movements, vision training, cognitive and balance exercise skills in our goal of preventing in... (http://www.movewithbalance.org/about.html-2011-11-16 topics: EXERCISE PUB-HLTH NONPROFIT-INNOVATION ELDERLY ALLIES)

United Way Worldwide, Harvard Family Research Project Download a PDF of this publication (1228 kb) The Family Engagement for High School Success Toolkit is designed to support at-risk high school students by engaging families, schools, and the... (http://www.hfrp.org/family-involvement/publications-resources/the-family-engagement-for-high-school-success-toolkit-planning-and-implementing-an-initi-2011-11-16 topics: YOUTH-DEV KEY SOLUTIONS ALLIES)

By Eli Saslow and Colum Lynch, Published: November 15 The movement began as a protest of major economic and political issues, but lately the most divisive issue has become the protests themselves. The Occupy Wall Street encampments that formed acr... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-occupy-movement-more-trouble-or-change/2011/11/15/gIQAu9dVPN_print.html-2011-11-16 topics: SOC-MOVEMENTS)

By Annie Gowen, Published: November 15 Anthony Sluder says the moment he knew that he and the rest of the Occupy D.C. protesters would be in McPherson Square for the long haul was about two weeks ago, when a flatbed truck pulled up — carrying tw... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/occupy-dc-in-it-for-the-long-haul/2011/11/15/gIQANwsbPN_print.html-2011-11-16 topics: SOC-MOVEMENTS)

By CARA BUCKLEY The anti-Wall Street protests, which are being driven from their urban encampments across the nation, now face a pivotal challenge: With their outposts gone, will their movement wither? In New York, where the police temporarily evic... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-organizers-consider-value-of-camps.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-11-16 topics: SOC-MOVEMENTS KEY)

By Fred Hiatt, Published: October 24 SEOUL Americans who deem South Korea’s education system a model (President Obama, among others) might be surprised at one message leaders here are delivering to their youth: Drop out, please. Well, that may ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-south-korea-too-many-college-grads-too-few-jobs/2011/10/21/gIQANu7eAM_print.html-2011-11-16 topics: HIGHER-ED UNEMPLOYMENT COUNTRIES:KOREA ASIA NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

(NPR-2011-11-16 topics: ADVERSITY)

Teens do pranks at high school. Highlight was cementing toilet to front steps with label \"SEAT OF MERYL POWER\" inscribed. Mr. Meryl Stein was nemesis. He said, \"I\'m going to get you,\" and he put 2 sheets of toilet paper in diploma folder.... (NPR - This American Life?-2011-11-16 topics: HUMOR TEEN)

By David A. Fahrenthold, Published: November 14 For two months now, 12 members of Congress have sat in a windowless room stocked with granola bars and two coffeemakers, trying to remember how Congress is supposed to work. So far, no luck. And tim... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/can-anyone-here-make-a-deal/2011/11/14/gIQAVbAJLN_story.html?hpid=z1-2011-11-15 topics: CONG CULT COOP)

By DAVID BROOKS sum[\"People are really good at self-deception. We attend to the facts we like and suppress the ones we don’t. We inflate our own virtues and predict we will behave more nobly than we actually do. As Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenb... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/opinion/brooks-lets-all-feel-superior.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-11-15 topics: HUM-NAT VIOLENCE KEY-A PSYCH)

By ADAM NAGOURNEY LAS VEGAS — For much of the presidential election of 2008, Barack Obama’s campaign was Emma Guerrero’s life. She was one of a dozen volunteers who showed up at an Obama campaign office here every night, taking time from her s... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/us/politics/students-lose-enthusiasm-to-fight-for-obama-again.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-11-15 topics: OBAMA PUB-OP YOUTH)

Elements of a Winning Case Statement A good case statement must be one that grabs a prospective donor\'s attention, and then offers a solid reason for investing in a program. According to Jerold Panas in his book Making the Case, a case statement m... (http://www.ccfbest.org/fundraising/elementswinningcase.htm-2011-11-15 topics: FUNDRAISING CONCEPTS)

Green Ribbon Schools (GRS) is an award program that recognizes schools participating in activities that promote and encourage a healthy and environmentally friendly learning environment. These activities must fall under the 4 Cornerstones of a Green... (http://www.greenribbonschools.org/what-is-grs.php-2011-11-15 topics: EDUC CMTY SOLUTIONS PUB-HLTH KEY ALLIES)

By Sarah Kliff, Published: November 13 | Updated: Monday, November 14, 12:01 AM The Obama administration will announce Monday as much as $1 billion in funding to hire, train and deploy health-care workers, part of the White House’s broader “We... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-administration-to-announce-effort-to-expand-health-care-workforce/2011/11/11/gIQAxXfpIN_pr-2011-11-14 topics: HLTH-FIN)

By Del Quentin Wilber, Published: November 13 The 12-year-old runaway was desperate — she was out of money and had no place to stay. So she turned to the one man her friends said could help: a top MS-13 gang member. The day after they met at a ... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ms-13-gang-is-branching-into-prostitution-authorities-say/2011/11/04/gIQAAtOyIN_print.html-2011-11-14 topics: CRIME DOMESTIC-NEEDS)

Karl Marlantes (Author) By Theoden Humphrey \"Dusty\" (Oregon, US) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME) This review is from: What It Is Like to Go to War (Hardcover) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What\'s this?) Thi... (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FFPVCM/ref=s9_alwdp_bw_g351_ir03?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0ECBH1BT2F67AFRT824Y&-2011-11-14 topics: MILITARY BOOK)

* see BLS table at: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.t02.htm By Jia Lynn Yang, Published: November 13 Beverly, Ohio — The Muskingum River coal-fired power plant in Ohio is nearing the end of its life. AEP, one of the country’s biggest coa... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/does-government-regulation-really-kill-jobs-economists-say-overall-effect-minimal/2011/10/19/gIQALRF5IN-2011-11-14 topics: REG UNEMPLOYMENT ECON KEY)

By E.J. Dionne Jr., Published: November 13 Conservatives need to contemplate what the Rick Perry and Herman Cain stories say about the state of their movement and the health of their creed. Perry’s debate gaffe last week was about something mor... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/conservatives-mindless-opposition/2011/11/11/gIQAa33BJN_print.html-2011-11-14 topics: CONSERVATIVE CORRUPTN)

By Robert J. Samuelson, Published: November 13 We Americans think of ourselves as problem-solvers, but the housing collapse has so far eluded all solutions. Perhaps 10 million homes have gone into foreclosure since 2006; millions more will follow.... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/housing-woes-wont-yield-to-quick-fix/2011/11/11/gIQAsDCBJN_print.html-2011-11-14 topics: RECESSION HOUS)

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-2000s_financial_crisis * http://heathenrepublican.blogspot.com/2011/07/who-and-what-caused-great-recession.html - Conservative * http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_big_idea/2010/01/what_caused_the... (-2011-11-14 topics: RECESSION SUM)

Oct 17, 2008 8:00 PM EDT Print Email Comments (0) Before he became known for his controversial new york times columns trashing the Bush administration, newly anointed Nobel laureate in economics Paul Krugman changed the way we think about trade, o... (http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/10/18/keeping-economics-real.html-2011-11-14 topics: RECESSION KEY)

Published: November 12 | Updated: Sunday, November 13, 8:00 AM I’m very excited to announce that Wonkblog will be republishing Pulitzer-prize winner Steve Pearlstein’s Sunday Business column. Steve has long been an inspiration for my work and,... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-epic-global-leadership-fail/2011/11/11/gIQApHztFN_print.html-2011-11-14 topics: LD FED-BGT)

October 16, 2011 By Caroline Preston Houston Back when John D. Arnold was a 26-year-old trader with Enron, the now-disgraced Houston energy company, he sent an e-mail to co-workers rustling up donations to the United Way. A colleague shot back ... (http://philanthropy.com/article/A-Thirtysomething-Billionaire/129397/?sid=pt&utm_source=pt&utm_medium=en-2011-11-14 topics: GIVING RICH UNTAPPED-CAPACITY TOREAD)

By Michelle Boorstein, Published: November 11 From the window of her new office, Washington’s arriving Episcopal bishop Mariann Budde sees the National Cathedral, its soaring Gothic towers covered in scaffolding and rappelling repairmen fixing d... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2011/11/09/gIQAHLFgDN_story.html-2011-11-13 topics: RELIGION ALLIES)

By CHRISTOPHER McDOUGALL * http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/running-christopher-mcdougall.html?src=me&ref=magazine When you’re stalking barefoot runners, camouflage helps. “Some of them get kind of prancy when they notice you filmi... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/running-christopher-mcdougall.html?src=me&ref=magazine-2011-11-13 topics: RUNNING GABE)

sum[Is there a way to help people in a town find more common ground? How would it play out to say, \"Let\'s talk about where we want to be in 5 or 10 years and how we can get there together. Yes, we perceive the world differently, but let\'s give... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/two-washingtons-bitterly-divided-georgia-town-reflects-discord-in-nations-capital/2011/11/11/gIQAaA4RGN_story.h-2011-11-13 topics: DIVISIVE RACE RURAL PUB-OP NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

by JULIE APPLEBY AND SARAH VARNEY Updated at 2:52 p.m. ET: Wal-Mart issued a statement Wednesday saying its request for partners to provide primary care services was \"overwritten and incorrect.\" The firm is \"not building a national, integrated l... (http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/11/10/142156478/wal-mart-plans-ambitious-expansion-into-medical-care?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-201-2011-11-13 topics: HLTH-FIN RETAIL CAPITALISM)

* TEST CAPACITATOR - http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/showthread.php?t=5326 * http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/electrical-lighting/ceiling-fan-troubleshooting-repair-frequently-asked-questions-46738.html Under $150: Hunter Fan Company. Honestly, in th... (-2011-11-13 topics: HOME)

By ADAM DAVIDSON This election is about stark differences on economic policy, but one of the few fiscal issues on which Democrats and Republicans agree — surprisingly — is how to tax corporations. Every Republican presidential candidate, and eve... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/magazine/adam-davidson-tax-middle-class.html?src=rechp&pagewanted=print-2011-11-13 topics: EC-TX KEY FED-BGT)

* deciding she MUST shave her legs because she CAN\'T wear jeans to church, because only has the one pair and might need them later. (11/13/11) * 11/11/11: suicide gesture * 12/6/11 - seems to be in much better place ** meds: lorazipan - \"Ativan\" ... (-2011-11-13 topics: PERSONAL)

By Heller McAlpin, Published: November 11 How do you find the strength to carry on after losing your husband and only child within 20 months of each other? If you’re Joan Didion, you “maintain momentum.” You try to heed your much-missed daug... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/blue-nights-by-joan-didion/2011/10/11/gIQAMc89CN_story.html-2011-11-13 topics: PARENTING DEATH MENTAL-ILLNESS)

By Steven Mufson, Published: November 11 | Updated: Saturday, November 12, 4:50 PM Solyndra, the solar-panel maker that received more than half a billion dollars in federal loans from the Obama administration only to go bankrupt this fall, isn’t... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/before-solyndra-a-long-history-of-failed-government-energy-projects/2011/10/25/gIQA1xG0CN_print.html-2011-11-13 topics: GVT-FAILURE ENER-RENEW SOLAR-ENERGY)

By Katie Carrera, Published: November 11 NEWARK — The Washington Capitals’ mantra this season has been work hard and earn more ice time, more responsibility. Against the New Jersey Devils on Friday night, Capitals Coach Bruce Boudreau reiterated... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/capitals-vs-devils-alexander-semin-is-benched-as-washington-rallies-to-win/2011/11/11/gIQA3AcvDN_print.h-2011-11-12 topics: COACHING RESPONSIBILITY)

By Joel Achenbach, Published: November 10 It was the Hoover Dam of mental blocks. Pundits referred to it as a “brain freeze” or a “gaffe.” In Internet parlance, it was an “epic FAIL.” But to neuroscientists, what happened to Texas Gov. R... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/perrys-brain-freeze-by-another-name-is-common-retrieval-failure/2011/11/10/gIQAkIoq9M_print.html-2011-11-12 topics: MEMORY COG-SCI HUM-NAT PSYCH)

(http://dancingmammoth.com/category/case-studies/-2011-11-12 topics: WEBSITE-DESIGN)

President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pur... (http://www.facebook.com/BacktoWorkNow-2011-11-12 topics: SOLUTIONS RHETORIC)

By JOE NOCERA “Joe is a devout Catholic,” a retired football coach named Vince McAneney told a reporter the other day. He was referring, of course, to Joe Paterno. McAneney, 82, a high school coaching legend in Pennsauken, N.J., had known the 8... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/opinion/nocera-the-institutional-pass.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-11-12 topics: MORAL-DIMENSION CORRUPTN KEY-A SLIPPERY-SLOPE)

By Jason Reid, Published: November 11 Don’t count on London Fletcher quitting. And he has no intention of letting anyone else give in. Wherever the Washington Redskins’ latest slide takes them, their leader guarantees that they will at least fi... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/london-fletcher-wont-quit-on-redskins/2011/11/10/gIQAxGX6BN_print.html-2011-11-12 topics: SPORTS LD LOYALTY MATURITY ADVERSITY)

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Jodhpur, India THERE is a concept in telecommunications called “the last mile,” that part of any phone system that is the most difficult to connect — the part that goes from the main lines into people’s homes. Prem Kal... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/friedman-the-last-person.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print-2011-11-12 topics: TECH INDIA SOLUTIONS INTL-DEV GLOBALIZATION KEY BIG-THINK)

By DELIA EPHRON Published: November 12, 2011 RECENTLY my dog, Honey, was taking a walk in the neighborhood with her dog walker, Lauren, when she was clipped by a car. Honey bolted, yanking the leash out of Lauren’s hand — apparently dogs get a ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/my-dog-and-the-hit-and-run.html-2011-11-12 topics: SOC-CAP INDIV-BEHAVIOR VARIATION NYC OPTIMISM)

* who added a resource? select b.username, a.* from nccs.nteedocNoEin a, admin.sp_users b where b.idauto = a.creatorid and a.id =118296 * POPUP: \'SAVING...\' < script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"/js/nccs.js\" > < link type=\"text/css\" ... (-2011-11-11 topics: PHP)

It might have been “too much too soon,” a chastened Gov. John Kasich of Ohio admitted on Tuesday night, after his state’s voters overwhelmingly rejected his attempt to break public employee unions. He certainly was right about “too much,” ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/opinion/back-to-common-sense-at-the-polls.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2011-11-10 topics: PUB-OP ELECTIONS)

By BOB TEDESCHI Like a lot of people in the ’80s, I bought a microcassette recorder to capture great ideas the way Michael Keaton’s character did in “Night Shift.” (“Idea to eliminate garbage: edible paper.”) My recorder quickly gathere... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/technology/personaltech/apple-and-android-note-taking-apps-make-paper-a-memory.html?src=dayp-2011-11-10 topics: APPS-OF-INTEREST)

By SARAH WILDMAN BERLIN — One day in 2002, the architect Christoph Roedig and his partner in business and life Uli Schop were biking through what was then an ungentrified corner of Berlin’s Mitte neighborhood, on a street not far from where the ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/greathomesanddestinations/on-location-in-berlin-a-showpiece-of-communal-living.html?adxnnl=1&src=recg&adxnnl-2011-11-10 topics: COOP HOUS SOLUTIONS)

By NINA BERNSTEIN When the pain in his groin was too great to bear, Ralph Hutchins, who works as a mover, headed to the crowded emergency room at the nearest hospital one recent Tuesday, his life at risk. Tanya Boynton, a mother of four who works 12... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/nyregion/strained-brooklyn-hospitals-are-subject-of-cuomo-study-group.html?ref=todayspaper-2011-11-10 topics: HOSP NONPROFIT-FIN RECESSION)

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Lawrence Wee/Getty There exists a large and soothing body of scientific literature suggesting that regular exercise can improve someone’s mood and fight anxiety. And then there is this experiment from Germany, in which resea... (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/aging-well-through-exercise/?src=me&ref=general-2011-11-10 topics: EXERCISE PSYCH)

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Dana Edmunds/Getty Images Is physical frailty inevitable as we grow older? That question preoccupies scientists and the middle-aged, particularly when they become the same people. Until recently, the evidence was disheartening.... (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/aging-well-through-exercise/?pagemode=print-2011-11-10 topics: EXERCISE ELDERLY KEY SOLUTIONS PUB-HLTH)

(http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/exercise/-2011-11-10 topics: EXERCISE LIST)

== Vicious Circles == * Lack of exercise --> Depression --> Poor collaboration skills * Lack of spiritual dimension to life or time to reflect --> Lack of empathy --> Divisive in groups * Habit of honesty, integrity --> Projects that ... (-2011-11-10 topics: IDEAS KEY PSYCH UNTAPPED-CAPACITY)

* http://web4health.info/en/answers/bipolar-sym-life-depr: * How does depression affect everyday life? What are the effects of depression? Answer: In work, depressed individuals are liable to be slow and less productive, to be indecisive and uncer... (-2011-11-10 topics: MENTAL-ILLNESS)

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Peter Rutherhagen/Getty Images Can a stroll help ease depression? That question preoccupied Dr. Madhukar H. Trivedi, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, after several of ... (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/prescribing-exercise-to-treat-depression/#more-58869-2011-11-10 topics: DEPRESSION EXERCISE)

By TARA PARKER-POPE For years cardiologists and mental health experts have known that depression raises risk for heart attack by 50 percent or more. But what hasn’t been clear is why depressed people have more heart problems. Does depression caus... (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/lack-of-exercise-explains-depression-heart-link/-2011-11-10 topics: DEPRESSION EXERCISE PUB-HLTH)

By ANAHAD O\'CONNOR Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Can drinking coffee help stave off depression? Morning pick-me-up? For many women, the mood-elevating effects of a cup of coffee may be more than fleeting. A new study shows that women who regul... (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/coffee-drinking-linked-to-less-depression-in-women/-2011-11-10 topics: DEPRESSION)

Sandi Scannelli: \"This is fun. Let\'s do it together. Woohoo! Yippee\" (-2011-11-10 topics: LD EMPATHY PSYCH)

* http://eerdword.wordpress.com/tag/robert-wuthnow/: We were a diverse group: women and men, African-Americans and Euro-Americans, factory workers, teachers, and church musicians. We read Scripture together, ate together, prayed together, confessed... (-2011-11-10 topics: SMALLGROUPS RELIGION)

by Randall Neighbour | posted 9/01/2004 Churches all over the nation are recognizing a need to get small groups going in their congregations. But getting small groups started in a church and keeping the groups healthy are two completely different jo... (http://www.christianitytoday.com/biblestudies/articles/spiritualformation/040901.html-2011-11-10 topics: SMALLGROUPS LD)

If the depths of relationships and our commitment to one another are so important to God, then small groups must also be important as it is only in small groups that close relationships can develop. During the first two centuries of the Christian e... (http://www.christianity.co.nz/church6.htm-2011-11-10 topics: SMALLGROUPS)

By Robert Wuthnow The Free Press, 1994, 461 pages, $24.95 REVIEW BY SCOTT LONDON While involvement in associations has always been a distinct feature of American life, the number of people joining small groups has grown dramatically in recent years.... (http://www.scottlondon.com/reviews/wuthnow.html-2011-11-10 topics: SMALLGROUPS BK-REV)

Sociologists at Work Robert Wuthnow The Quest for Community How do people establish connections to one another in today\'s mobile, fragmented social world? In the early 1990s, sociologist Robert Wuthnow conducted a national survey and face-to-fac... (http://www.pineforge.com/newman6study/resources/wuthnow1.htm-2011-11-10 topics: SMALLGROUPS)

by David M. Newman (textbook supplemental website) (http://www.pineforge.com/newman6study/-2011-11-10 topics: SOC-SCI PUB-INFO WISDOM)

Here’s the link to the short blog post I mentioning British Labour Party chief Ed Miliband’s call for “a new bargain to ensure responsibility from top to bottom.” * http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/the-importance-of-sto... (-2011-11-10 topics: RESPONSIBILITY SUM IDEAS)

Lending circles, self-help groups, and study circles are all examples of one of the oldest and most effective tools for creating personal and social change. Leveraging the potential of Circles requires a clear understanding of what they are and how ... (http://www.ssireview.org/site/printer/circles_of_change-2011-11-10 topics: SMALLGROUPS)

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF At a New York or Los Angeles cocktail party, few would dare make a pejorative comment about Barack Obama’s race or Hillary Clinton’s sex. Yet it would be easy to get away with deriding Mike Huckabee’s religious faith. ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/opinion/03kristof.html?pagewanted=print-2011-11-09 topics: RELIGION PUB-OP UNTAPPED-CAPACITY KEY)

Membership in the Willow Creek Association is intended to serve churches who hold to a historic, orthodox understanding of biblical Christianity. The Bible is God\'s unique revelation to people. It is the inspired, infallible Word of God, and the ... (http://www.willowcreek.com/about/statement_faith.asp-2011-11-09 topics: RELIGION)

* Tapestry Church, Vineyard church - Rockview Elem. - http://tapestrychurch.com/ * Grace Presbyterian, Meridian Hill Presbyterian - recommended by John, Erwin\'s significant other and priest of All Souls Episcopal. * Cedar Ridge Community Church - 1... (-2011-11-09 topics: RELIGION AMANDA ALLIES PURPOSE)

* “Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” * “The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” * “A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol” * “It... (http://thinkexist.com/quotes/dietrich_bonhoeffer/3.html-2011-11-09 topics: RELIGION WISDOM QT)

by Eric Metaxas Does God want us to change the world? And if so, how? If you’re in a hurry, let me cut to the chase: a) yes – and b) by doing what the Clapham Circle did: proving their faith through works, mostly among the poor and powerless, ... (http://www.qideas.org/essays/cultural-elites-the-next-unreached-people-group.aspx-2011-11-09 topics: RELIGION CHANGE-POSSIBLE)

Q was birthed out of Gabe Lyons’ vision to see Christians, especially leaders, recover a vision for their historic responsibility to renew and restore cultures. Inspired by Chuck Colson’s statement, “Christians are called to redeem entire cult... (http://www.qideas.org/-2011-11-09 topics: RELIGION ALLIES PUB-INFO PUBLIC-INTELLECTUALS)

1906-1945 His Life Dietrich Bonhoeffer\'s foreparents were people of much courage and much ability. In 1933, when his paternal grandmother was 91 years old, she walked defiantly through the cordon which nasty stormtroopers had thrown up around Je... (http://www.victorshepherd.on.ca/Sermons/Bonhoeffer.htm-2011-11-09 topics: RELIGION)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Life Together Author(s) Dietrich Bonhoeffer Original title Gemeinsames Leben Translator John W. Doberstein Country Germany Language German Subject(s) Christian community Publisher Christian Kaiser Verlag Publi... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Together-2011-11-09 topics: RELIGION FRIENDSHIP GOOD-LIFE)

From “Meditating on the Word” By Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1986 The Confessing Church was formed in 1934 at the Barmen Synod. There, representatives from German regional churches severed themselves from the national church, which was serving Hitler�... (http://www.buwc.ca/Pdfs/Bonhoeffer.pdf-2011-11-09 topics: RELIGION MEDITATION AMANDA)

New International Version (NIV) Matthew 5 Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount 1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. The Beatitudes He said: ... (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5-7&version=NIV-2011-11-09 topics: RELIGION QT)

Published: October 31, 2011 Author: Carmen Nobel note[ saved @work \docsfromOthers/compensation-*.pdf] Executive Summary:When evaluating compensation issues, economists often assume that both an employer and an employee make rational, albeit self... (http://hbswk.hbs.edu/cgi-bin/print/6792.html-2011-11-09 topics: MGT HR COMPENSATION KEY TODO)

Mizpah Benediction May the Lord watch betwen me and thee, while we are absent, one from another. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_mizpah_benediction#ixzz1d7Y5i2Bi == Priestly benediction == May the LORD (YHWH) bless you and guard y... (-2011-11-08 topics: RELIGION QT)

By Vanessa Small, Published: November 6 In a YouTube video clip, a middle-aged man with brown hair demonstrates how he can recline on his sofa watching a baseball game and at the same time participate in an upcoming charity walk to raise funds for N... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/non-profits-get-creative/2011/11/03/gIQA4A5BtM_story.html-2011-11-08 topics: DC NONPROFIT-FIN GIVING)

The Promise Neighborhoods Institute announced on October 6 that they would be launching a shared Promise Neighborhoods data platform for the 38 members of their network, which includes the first year planning grantees. They announced that the platfo... (http://unca-acf.org/?p=4830-2011-11-08 topics: OUTCOME-MEAS CMTYPLAT)

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