Social Work - World-of-Newave.info http://answers.world-of-newave.info/social-work.htm Latest news and articles about Social Work en-us Copyright (c)2004-2008.§/Newave SARL. All rights reserved. webmaster@world-of-newave.com (Webmaster) Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:35:56 GMT Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:35:56 GMT Newave Lisa XML Engine v1.0 - http://www.world-of-newave.info/about.htm 60 http://www.world-of-newave.info/images/wi8831.gif World-of-Newave.info - Knowledge and Informational Database http://www.world-of-newave.info/ 88 31 {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - A place in the Presidio (laurel hts / presidio) $950 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/a-place-in-the-presidio-laurel-hts-presidio-950-20080970010.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/a-place-in-the-presidio-laurel-hts-presidio-950-20080970010.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:28:21 GMT Hello, we're looking for a housemate preferably male, as there are currently three of us already. The deal: - Master Bedroom with connected bathroom. - $950 for rent, and $900 for the deposit. - Comcast Blast internet is $18 a month (we don't have TV, we don't have much time to watch, plus we use HULU). If you want cable, that's no problem. - Utilities (Water - Gas - Electricity and Garbage) are not really known yet because the Presidio just started having us pay for them, so we're thinking no more than $50 - $70 per month split 4 ways. We are not fans of wasting energy. - If you have a car, the Presidio requires that you pay $20 for a parking spot per month which is a steal in this city. - Non smoker, drug free. -As usual we like to enjoy life. Booze is no problem. We are gamers too, and have social lives. Two of us work for Apple and the other works for Lucas Arts. - Clean and neat is always a necessity for the common areas, your room can be a different story. - NO Pets, sorry guys. No Exceptions. - Washer and Dryer. - Huge kitchen and living room. Backyard, which is my favorite part especially when I get to BBQ, or just get to sit out there after a long day at work. We are looking for someone who is neat, clean, and respectful, as well as someone who can contribute to our household socially. The Presidio is a great place to live if you like the outdoors. It's easy to get downtown via the PresidioGo, a free shuttle for residents. You can also take the 45 Line, the 43, or the 28, all pretty close and easy to get to. Its a rocks toss away from the Golden Gate, and the Richmond. You can move in as soon as you want. Let us know if you are interested. We are thinking that this Sunday 9/7 would work best for us as a good time for you to come check out the house. Cheers. Sfbay.Craigslist.Org A place in the Presidio (laurel hts / presidio) $950 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Hello, we're looking for a housemate preferably male, as there are currently three of us already. The deal: - Master Bedroom with connected bathroom. - $950 for rent, and $900 for the deposit. - Comcast Blast internet is $18 a month (we don't have TV, we don't have much time to watch, plus we use HULU). If you want cable, that's no problem. - Utilities (Water - Gas - Electricity and Garbage) are not really known yet because the Presidio just started having us pay for them, so we're thinking no more than $50 - $70 per month split 4 ways. We are not fans of wasting energy. - If you have a car, the Presidio requires that you pay $20 for a parking spot per month which is a steal in this city. - Non smoker, drug free. -As usual we like to enjoy life. Booze is no problem. We are gamers too, and have social lives. Two of us work for Apple and the other works for Lucas Arts. - Clean and neat is always a necessity for the common areas, your room can be a different story. - NO Pets, sorry guys. No Exceptions. - Washer and Dryer. - Huge kitchen and living room. Backyard, which is my favorite part especially when I get to BBQ, or just get to sit out there after a long day at work. We are looking for someone who is neat, clean, and respectful, as well as someone who can contribute to our household socially. The Presidio is a great place to live if you like the outdoors. It's easy to get downtown via the PresidioGo, a free shuttle for residents. You can also take the 45 Line, the 43, or the 28, all pretty close and easy to get to. Its a rocks toss away from the Golden Gate, and the Richmond. You can move in as soon as you want. Let us know if you are interested. We are thinking that this Sunday 9/7 would work best for us as a good time for you to come check out the house. Cheers.
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]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals {ISSUES > BIAS AND BALANCE} - Levin: "It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women" http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/levin-it-s-not-the-national-organization-of-liberal-2008092247.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/levin-it-s-not-the-national-organization-of-liberal-2008092247.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:36:11 GMT On the September 4 broadcast of Sean Hannity's nationally syndicated radio show, syndicated radio host Mark Levin -- who had called into the show -- said of the National Organization for Women, "It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women." Hannity replied, "Now, be nice." Moments later, after Hannity stated, "[a]pparently [Sen. Barack] Obama took a shot at me again. So I'm glad -- I guess obviously he's not too happy with the Stop Obama Express," Levin said, "Obama's obsessed with you." Hannity replied, "It's kind of weird, isn't it?" to which Levin said, "Maybe he's attracted to you." As Media Matters for America has noted, on the September 3 broadcast of The War Room with Quinn & Rose, co-host Jim Quinn referred to the National Organization for Women as "the National Organization for Whores." From the September 4 broadcast of ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show: HANNITY: By the way, I have what has to be -- and I have warned you that these attacks are only, only going to get worse, although they're not going to work and it's all going to backfire. And this has got to be the most hysterical reaction to Sarah Palin's home-run speech. Get this. The National Organization of Liberal Women is charging that Sarah Palin -- now, you better sit down for this -- Sarah Palin is really a man. I'm -- this report in the Politico, spokesman for the National Organization for Women, "noting Palin's opposition to abortion rights and" her "support of other parts of the social conservative agenda," told the Politico, quote, "She's more a conservative man than she is a woman on women's issues. Very disappointing." So that's the official liberal feminist position. Sarah Palin is not a woman. She's a man. Now, folks, these people are just -- they're not connecting. You know, Gloria Steinem -- well, the only thing she shares with Hillary is a chromosome. You know, folks, fear has now literally taken over the Democratic Party. Someone needs to start -- you know what? There's Happy Housewives, they were quoted in The New York Times, we're going to have -- maybe we'll have them on tomorrow to counter this nonsense. But anyway, let's get to our phones. I see Mark is in Washington, D.C. Uh-oh. Is this him? Is that -- LEVIN: Dr. Hannity? HANNITY: Dr. Levin. Thank me. How am I? LEVIN: It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women. HANNITY: Now, be nice. LEVIN: Not only that -- HANNITY: Be nice. LEVIN: -- if they think Sarah Palin is a man, these women definitely need to get out more. Nobody, nobody would even suggest that. I mean, she -- HANNITY: That's pretty vicious. LEVIN: -- let me tell you something else. She does have more strength and more courage than many men I've seen, including Barack Obama and Joe Biden. So, that point, there's no -- by the way, where's Dick Morris? [...] HANNITY: And let me tell you something, Mark. And you were very consistent in this, in that you said that the vice-presidential choice was going to be very key for your support, and I know that -- I heard a little bit of your show yesterday. I can't listen as much as I want, obviously, because I'm here. But -- and you were slamming away. They have tried to destroy this woman. They have assassinated her character. They have asked her harder questions about her 17-year-old daughter in five days than they have about Barack Apollo Obama in 19 months. Apparently Obama took a shot at me again. So I'm glad -- I guess obviously he's not too happy with the Stop Obama Express. He did it earlier today. We haven't gotten a copy of the audio yet. LEVIN: Obama's obsessed with you. HANNITY: It's kind of weird, isn't it? LEVIN: Maybe he's attracted to you. HANNITY: [laughs] Mediamatters.Org Levin: "It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women" {new window}   Mediamatters.Org - On the September 4 broadcast of Sean Hannity's nationally syndicated radio show, syndicated radio host Mark Levin -- who had called into the show -- said of the National Organization for Women, "It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women." Hannity replied, "Now, be nice." Moments later, after Hannity stated, "[a]pparently [Sen. Barack] Obama took a shot at me again. So I'm glad -- I guess obviously he's not too happy with the Stop Obama Express," Levin said, "Obama's obsessed with you." Hannity replied, "It's kind of weird, isn't it?" to which Levin said, "Maybe he's attracted to you." As Media Matters for America has noted, on the September 3 broadcast of The War Room with Quinn & Rose, co-host Jim Quinn referred to the National Organization for Women as "the National Organization for Whores." From the September 4 broadcast of ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show: HANNITY: By the way, I have what has to be -- and I have warned you that these attacks are only, only going to get worse, although they're not going to work and it's all going to backfire. And this has got to be the most hysterical reaction to Sarah Palin's home-run speech. Get this. The National Organization of Liberal Women is charging that Sarah Palin -- now, you better sit down for this -- Sarah Palin is really a man. I'm -- this report in the Politico, spokesman for the National Organization for Women, "noting Palin's opposition to abortion rights and" her "support of other parts of the social conservative agenda," told the Politico, quote, "She's more a conservative man than she is a woman on women's issues. Very disappointing." So that's the official liberal feminist position. Sarah Palin is not a woman. She's a man. Now, folks, these people are just -- they're not connecting. You know, Gloria Steinem -- well, the only thing she shares with Hillary is a chromosome. You know, folks, fear has now literally taken over the Democratic Party. Someone needs to start -- you know what? There's Happy Housewives, they were quoted in The New York Times, we're going to have -- maybe we'll have them on tomorrow to counter this nonsense. But anyway, let's get to our phones. I see Mark is in Washington, D.C. Uh-oh. Is this him? Is that -- LEVIN: Dr. Hannity? HANNITY: Dr. Levin. Thank me. How am I? LEVIN: It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women. HANNITY: Now, be nice. LEVIN: Not only that -- HANNITY: Be nice. LEVIN: -- if they think Sarah Palin is a man, these women definitely need to get out more. Nobody, nobody would even suggest that. I mean, she -- HANNITY: That's pretty vicious. LEVIN: -- let me tell you something else. She does have more strength and more courage than many men I've seen, including Barack Obama and Joe Biden. So, that point, there's no -- by the way, where's Dick Morris? [...] HANNITY: And let me tell you something, Mark. And you were very consistent in this, in that you said that the vice-presidential choice was going to be very key for your support, and I know that -- I heard a little bit of your show yesterday. I can't listen as much as I want, obviously, because I'm here. But -- and you were slamming away. They have tried to destroy this woman. They have assassinated her character. They have asked her harder questions about her 17-year-old daughter in five days than they have about Barack Apollo Obama in 19 months. Apparently Obama took a shot at me again. So I'm glad -- I guess obviously he's not too happy with the Stop Obama Express. He did it earlier today. We haven't gotten a copy of the audio yet. LEVIN: Obama's obsessed with you. HANNITY: It's kind of weird, isn't it? LEVIN: Maybe he's attracted to you. HANNITY: [laughs]
Media Matters - Levin: "It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women" {...} Calling into Sean Hannity's radio show, Mark Levin said of the National Organization for Women: "It's not the National Organization of Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women." Moments later, after Hannity stated, "[a]pparently [Sen. Barack] Obama took a shot at me again," Levin responded, "Obama's obsessed with you. ... Maybe he's attracted to you." {...}
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]]> Society > Issues > Business > Media > Bias and Balance {NEWS > BREAKING NEWS} - Crowdsourcing Book Excerpt: The Canary in the Coal Mine http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/crowdsourcing-book-excerpt-the-canary-in-the-coal-20080913513.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/crowdsourcing-book-excerpt-the-canary-in-the-coal-20080913513.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:00:00 GMT First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article, "crowdsourcing" describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few. Howe reveals that the crowd is more than wise -- it's talented, creative and stunningly productive. Crowdsourcing activates the transformative power of today's technology, liberating the latent potential within us all. It's a perfect meritocracy, where age, gender, race, education and job history no longer matter, where the quality of work is all that counts and every field is open to people of every imaginable background. If you can perform the service, design the product or solve the problem, you've got the job. But crowdsourcing has also triggered a dramatic shift in the way work is organized, talent employed, research conducted and products made and marketed. As the crowd comes to supplant traditional forms of labor, pain and disruption are inevitable. When the original article was published, crowdsourcing still constituted a nascent business model. A few small companies had achieved limited successes with it, and large companies had only begun to test the waters. In this excerpt, Howe argues that in just two years crowdsourcing has revolutionized an entire industry -- stock photography -- and may well be poised to create disruption in other fields as well. - - - Adapted from Crowdsourcing: How the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business, by Jeff Howe. More at Howe's Crowdsourcing Blog. Chapter 7: The Canary in the Coal Mine There's a story people like to tell about Bruce Livingstone. In late 2005, Getty Images, the world's largest photo agency, was looking to acquire Livingstone's company, iStockphoto, the world's most successful crowdsourcing company. Long before the contracts were drawn up, Livingstone, to show his commitment to the deal, tattooed the word "Getty" in cursive across the tender flesh on his inner wrist. Then he e-mailed Getty CEO Jonathan Klein photos of the tattoo under the message: "Don't make me write another word after this!" It's just the kind of tale -- emblematic of determination and just the right amount of quirky eccentricity -- that tends to burnish the reputation of its subject. In Livingstone's case, it has the added benefit of being demonstrably true. With his penchant for muscle cars, rockabilly haircuts and, yes, tattoos, it's tempting to call Livingstone an unlikely CEO. But I prefer to think of Livingstone as a perfectly reasonable chief for some corporation from, say, the year 2020. A company not unlike iStockphoto. Located in a single, cavernous room inside a former factory in downtown Calgary (Alberta, Canada), iStockphoto houses a tiny fraction of its actual workforce. And Livingstone, dressed in T-shirt and jeans, occupies a desk -- chosen, it would seem, at random -- in the middle of the floor. The corner office clearly loses significance in a company that thrives on decentralization. Jeff Howe explains crowdsourcing, which activates the transformative power of today's technology, liberating the latent potential within us all. Video: Courtesy of Jeff Howe Westeel Rosco built the factory in 1925 to manufacture nails, screws and other bits of hardware. Unlike Westeel Rosco, iStock's products -- stock photos, illustrations and videos -- aren't manufactured on-site. They're created by a global, fluid workforce of 60,000 part-time photographers and artists, only a fraction of whom make a living from the work they sell on iStock. Yet they have a devotion to the company matched by few traditional firms. The full-time staffers who spend their days in the old Westeel Rosco plant play a support role for the community -- and community is the only applicable word -- that is making the product iStock brings to market every day. And that community has been very, very good to Livingstone and his investors. In the course of several years iStock has grown from a hobby to the third-largest purveyor of stock images in the world. When Getty purchased iStock in early 2006, Livingstone took home more than half of the $50 million Getty paid for the company. The first stock photo agency was founded in 1920, and for most of the 20th century the industry was an afterthought, trafficking in the outtakes from commercial magazine assignments. Very few photographers tried to make a living off the market in preexisting images alone. This changed after the desktop publishing revolution of the mid-1980s led to a rapid growth in the publishing industry, and to a commensurate demand for images. Suddenly photographers were making six figures a year selling photos they'd already been paid to shoot. It was like minting money. Stock photography is, in relative terms, a tiny industry. The annual global gross for the entire business is estimated to be around $2 billion, which makes it a bit bigger than the market for gift baskets, but a little smaller than the annual sales of orchids. But this little industry has undergone big changes, and could well be a case study in how the crowd will impact much larger businesses. In just the last few years the influx of talented amateurs armed with inexpensive, high-resolution digital cameras has upended the economics of stock photography. Five years ago, a professional-quality image was still a scarce resource. No more. This isn't to say the market for high-end photographs has disappeared. A gifted photographer will always find work. But the professional no longer has a lock on the middle and lower ends of the stock photo business. With a modicum of training, just about anyone can take a decent shot. Sophisticated cameras and photo-editing software do the rest. iStock exploits this fact. Design firms and other small companies working on a budget quickly embraced what became known as the "microstock" model. One graphic designer told me he went from paying hundreds of dollars an image to less than $10. "I pass on some of the savings to my clients and keep the rest. We're both delighted." iStock might be great for buyers, but it's caused all sorts of headaches for professional stock photographers. In my original Wired article about crowdsourcing I quoted a Los Angeles-based photographer, Mark Harmel, saying that this influx of cheap images had caused a slight decline in his income from stock photo sales, which had dropped to $60,000. But in the two years since that decline has fallen off a cliff, to $35,000 in 2007. "If I look at the trend line, it just keeps going down. I'm really concentrating on getting assignments now," says Harmel. "I recently came back from London with 70 really wonderful shots. I'll probably use them on my website, but it's not worth my time to bother submitting them to a stock agency. They won't sell." Harmel's far from alone. In fact, Getty's other businesses have struggled in the crowdsourced era. In the year I spent writing this book the company's stock slid 60 percent, falling to just under $22 by February 2008. That month Getty was acquired by the private equity firm Hellman Friedman for $2.4 billion, a considerably lower figure than the company had originally sought. According to a report released at the time of the sale, Goldman Sachs estimates that Getty's core business -- the sale of rights-managed, professionally produced images -- will continue to suffer an irreversible decline, falling to just 29 percent of its revenues by 2012. In the same period the investment bank projects iStock to continue its rapid rate of growth. iStock sold $72 million worth of images in 2007, a figure expected to jump to $262 million by 2012. In this light, paying $50 million for a crowdsourced photo company looks like the smartest decision Getty ever made. The company is in the midst of transforming its business, from one reliant exclusively on professionals to one that is at least equally reliant on amateurs. As the Goliath of the industry, where Getty goes its competitors are sure to follow, which is to say, stock photography itself has been utterly transformed through crowdsourcing, in which a once-scarce commodity has become abundant. The question to ask is whether the upheaval roiling stock photography is only a leading indicator, like the minor volcanic eruptions that can precede a catastrophic earthquake. Already the trend is migrating to other fields. Most immediately, the same dynamics that made the stock photo ubiquitous -- affordable digital SLR cameras and burgeoning communities of enthusiastic amateurs -- are affecting other markets for visual images. So-called "citizen paparazzi" use cellphone cameras to snap impromptu shots of stars and then sell them to new photo agencies such as Scoopt, which specialize in buying up and marketing their work. Amateurs can beat professional paparazzi for the simple reason that they vastly outnumber them. It's a question of probability: The throng of pedestrians in Greenwich Village, for instance, have a much better chance of catching an unkempt Gwyneth Paltrow than a single paparazzo. And photography may well be just the beginning. iStock itself is doing a burgeoning business in the sale of stock video footage, and the crowd is also making commercials, collaborating on TV scripts, and recording and distributing their own music. They're writing political analysis, creating their own video games, and making feature-length movies. For the time being, all this activity has taken place in something of a parallel universe, without causing any of the economic upheaval visited on the stock photo or pornography industries. But those universes are beginning to collide as more companies attempt to package all this outpouring of creativity into a marketable product. While crowdsourcing has already emerged as a potent force in the media and entertainment industries, it's also profoundly influenced the way even Fortune 100 companies like Procter & Gamble do business. Once famous for its insular culture, Procter & Gamble now crowdsources much of its R&D process, using global networks of scientists such as InnoCentive and NineSigma, which boast a combined membership of 2 million professional and amateur researchers. Even companies operating in a conventional field such as mining have found crowdsourcing applications. The Canadian gold-mining group Goldcorp put geological survey data online and offered a $575,000 prize to anyone who could identify likely areas for exploration. Goldcorp says the contest produced 110 targets that yielded $3 billion in gold. Following its lead, the mining giant Barrick Gold Corporation recently offered $10 million to anyone who could improve its silver-extraction process. The open call of crowdsourcing is also being used by companies such as Google (to develop applications for its Android mobile platform) and Netflix (to improve its recommendation system). The question is whether the iStock secret sauce can be applied to industries like television and journalism and, possibly, even beyond to any business that traffics in bits and bytes. To answer that question, it helps to know what's in the secret sauce. The Community Is the Company iStock has been compared to a cult, and the analogy isn't entirely unfair. It's no accident that the most successful companies in the web's second coming -- most of whom traffic in the crowd's creative output -- are led by outsize personalities. "Bruce is to iStock what Tom is to MySpace," notes Garth Johnson, iStock's VP of Business Development. (Johnson resigned his position after this book went to press.) For those readers over the age of 30, Tom is Tom Anderson, the president of the social networking behemoth MySpace and the first "friend" to greet any new user. Under this new archetype of a company -- in which the community, as much as the customer, comes first -- the cult of personality plays a crucial role in community building, and Livingstone has been as essential to the growth of the iStock community as Anderson has been to MySpace's. "Bruce has a really strong, extremely charismatic personality online," says Johnson. "And that's really helped us build the community." It's safe to say that iStock has left the community-building phase behind: Sixty-thousand people have combined to create an enormous portfolio of over 3.5 million images and 100,000 videos. By contrast, Getty's other divisions combined only use 2,500 photographers. The iStockers offer the company their artwork, and in return iStock goes to extraordinary lengths to keep the iStockers happy. The site offers the budding photographer all manner of free tutorials, and the forums buzz -- at a rate of 38 posts per minute -- with questions about lens sizes, polarized filters and F-stop settings. iStock doesn't offer a chance to get rich. It offers the chance to make friends and become a better photographer. "We don't own anything, the community does" says Johnson. "Everything we do affects these people, whether they're just earning enough to pay for their equipment, or they're making mortgage payments from their photo sales. They all want a voice, and we have to give it to them, because really, the community is the company." The upside to this state of affairs should be obvious -- a dedicated, efficient workforce with no expectation of receiving a living wage -- but there are downsides as well: Even the smallest changes can roil the fickle, passionate community of iStockers. In March 2006, iStock launched a new feature on its web forums, a "forometer" which measured an iStocker's popularity through "bafflingly complex scientific methods" including the date and number of posts to the forum. The forometer displayed its results through a set of red, yellow or green bars. It did not go over well. The community questioned the principles behind the feature, as well as its functionality. Not long after its launch, the feature had been removed. Employees may be hell on overhead, but they're paid to accept all but the most draconian policies with a polite nod. Communities, on the other hand, aren't paid to stick around, and nothing stops them from selling their photos to one of iStock's many competitors. "They don't work for us," Livingstone laughs. "We work for them." If the iStocker feels a sense of ownership over the site, that's understandable: The iStock community predates iStock the company. Livingstone didn't set out to revolutionize an industry, he just wanted to fill a personal need and help a few friends at the same time. In 2000 Livingstone was running a small graphic design and web-hosting firm in Calgary. Bruce is an avid photographer himself, and over the years he had developed an extensive network of photographers and designers. Early in the year he took 2,000 of his images and put them online. Anyone could download his photos in exchange for giving him an e-mail address. Livingstone's friends decided they wanted to share their images with the public, too. That June the budding community instituted a credit system: A user could download one image for every image of theirs that had been downloaded by someone else. It was a classic example of the gift economy, the non-monetary exchange that grew up alongside the internet. During iStock's early years, everyone took something and gave something in turn. "The feeders and the eaters were the same people," as Livingstone puts it. Everyone profited by acquiring new images, though no one made (or spent) a dime. Soon friends of friends heard about Bruce's nifty idea and started uploading their images, too. Then around 2002 a wider public got wind of iStock, and the site began to hit critical mass. Soon Livingstone was paying $10,000 a month for the bandwidth to support it. He could have taken advertising to cover the cost of hosting, but he felt that would violate the spirit of the site. "The focus was on the community, and good design. Advertising would have cluttered the site," says Livingstone. Instead, he started charging a quarter for each image, and he opened the system up to the public. This proved to be a momentous decision. Word quickly spread among publishers that there was a site offering cheap, usable images, and photographers began flocking to iStock to upload their portfolios. Traffic to the site skyrocketed, and soon Livingstone raised the price to $1 per image. "I thought it might become a sideline business," he says. It quickly became much more than that. The quality of the images wasn't always as high (or as consistent) as a traditional stock agency's, but the differences were indiscernible to the general consumer, and after all, you couldn't beat the price. By 2004 a host of other so-called "micro-stocks" had sprung up with strategies similar to iStock's. The professionals panicked. Microstock photos, they charged, were flooding the market with subpar images. At first, the industry aligned itself against iStockphoto and other microstock agencies such as ShutterStock and Dreamstime. Then in early 2006, Getty announced it would buy iStockphoto for $50 million. "If someone's going to cannibalize your business, better it be one of your other businesses," Getty CEO Jonathan Klein told me shortly after the sale. Smaller magazines, nonprofit organizations, and all manner of websites have continued to flock to iStock's high-volume, low-cost model. As of February 2008, iStockphoto had 2 million regular customers purchasing photographs, video footage, illustrations and animations. "Bruce's brilliance," Jonathan Klein once told me, "is that he turned community into commerce." Livingstone uses a slightly different formulation: "I turned commerce into community," iStockphoto has perfected the Jedi Mind Trick that's at the heart of crowdsourcing. It's an incredibly cost-effective strategy -- iStock boasts a 55 percent profit margin. And yet, Livingstone stumbled into this business model by creating a context -- a community of like-minded enthusiasts -- in which financial measures take a backseat to considerably less tangible concerns. Ask someone in the office, and they'll tell you: It's not about the money. Ask an iStocker and they'll tell you the same thing. In fact -- would-be crowdsources take note: If it is about the money, it won't work. It will fizzle, not sizzle, as one of iStock's designers put it. "What's funny is, the money people, they pretty quickly get pulled aside in the forums by the core people. Or they just don't have a voice. People will ignore them, like 'Oh, that's just so and so, they're just here to make money.'" That doesn't mean the iStockers are unmotivated by self-interest. The more a photographer's images are downloaded, the more recognition they receive in the community, and the more credits they earn to download other people's photos to use in their own designs. And the additional income is also welcome, of course. Unlike other cases in which large corporations have attempted to monetize community, iStock does reward its contributors. It paid out $21 million in 2007. It's significant that people in online communities like iStock's react with great hostility to the idea that crowdsourcing is a form of cheap labor -- despite the fact it demonstrably is. After all, no one wants to feel exploited. In the end, what iStock provides is an invaluable if impossible-to-measure currency: meaning. The crowd will give away their time -- their excess capacity -- enthusiastically, but not for free. It has to be a meaningful exchange. Wired.Com Crowdsourcing Book Excerpt: The Canary in the Coal Mine {new window}   Www.Wired.Com - First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article, "crowdsourcing" describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few. Howe reveals that the crowd is more than wise -- it's talented, creative and stunningly productive. Crowdsourcing activates the transformative power of today's technology, liberating the latent potential within us all. It's a perfect meritocracy, where age, gender, race, education and job history no longer matter, where the quality of work is all that counts and every field is open to people of every imaginable background. If you can perform the service, design the product or solve the problem, you've got the job. But crowdsourcing has also triggered a dramatic shift in the way work is organized, talent employed, research conducted and products made and marketed. As the crowd comes to supplant traditional forms of labor, pain and disruption are inevitable. When the original article was published, crowdsourcing still constituted a nascent business model. A few small companies had achieved limited successes with it, and large companies had only begun to test the waters. In this excerpt, Howe argues that in just two years crowdsourcing has revolutionized an entire industry -- stock photography -- and may well be poised to create disruption in other fields as well. - - - Adapted from Crowdsourcing: How the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business, by Jeff Howe. More at Howe's Crowdsourcing Blog. Chapter 7: The Canary in the Coal Mine There's a story people like to tell about Bruce Livingstone. In late 2005, Getty Images, the world's largest photo agency, was looking to acquire Livingstone's company, iStockphoto, the world's most successful crowdsourcing company. Long before the contracts were drawn up, Livingstone, to show his commitment to the deal, tattooed the word "Getty" in cursive across the tender flesh on his inner wrist. Then he e-mailed Getty CEO Jonathan Klein photos of the tattoo under the message: "Don't make me write another word after this!" It's just the kind of tale -- emblematic of determination and just the right amount of quirky eccentricity -- that tends to burnish the reputation of its subject. In Livingstone's case, it has the added benefit of being demonstrably true. With his penchant for muscle cars, rockabilly haircuts and, yes, tattoos, it's tempting to call Livingstone an unlikely CEO. But I prefer to think of Livingstone as a perfectly reasonable chief for some corporation from, say, the year 2020. A company not unlike iStockphoto. Located in a single, cavernous room inside a former factory in downtown Calgary (Alberta, Canada), iStockphoto houses a tiny fraction of its actual workforce. And Livingstone, dressed in T-shirt and jeans, occupies a desk -- chosen, it would seem, at random -- in the middle of the floor. The corner office clearly loses significance in a company that thrives on decentralization. Jeff Howe explains crowdsourcing, which activates the transformative power of today's technology, liberating the latent potential within us all. Video: Courtesy of Jeff Howe Westeel Rosco built the factory in 1925 to manufacture nails, screws and other bits of hardware. Unlike Westeel Rosco, iStock's products -- stock photos, illustrations and videos -- aren't manufactured on-site. They're created by a global, fluid workforce of 60,000 part-time photographers and artists, only a fraction of whom make a living from the work they sell on iStock. Yet they have a devotion to the company matched by few traditional firms. The full-time staffers who spend their days in the old Westeel Rosco plant play a support role for the community -- and community is the only applicable word -- that is making the product iStock brings to market every day. And that community has been very, very good to Livingstone and his investors. In the course of several years iStock has grown from a hobby to the third-largest purveyor of stock images in the world. When Getty purchased iStock in early 2006, Livingstone took home more than half of the $50 million Getty paid for the company. The first stock photo agency was founded in 1920, and for most of the 20th century the industry was an afterthought, trafficking in the outtakes from commercial magazine assignments. Very few photographers tried to make a living off the market in preexisting images alone. This changed after the desktop publishing revolution of the mid-1980s led to a rapid growth in the publishing industry, and to a commensurate demand for images. Suddenly photographers were making six figures a year selling photos they'd already been paid to shoot. It was like minting money. Stock photography is, in relative terms, a tiny industry. The annual global gross for the entire business is estimated to be around $2 billion, which makes it a bit bigger than the market for gift baskets, but a little smaller than the annual sales of orchids. But this little industry has undergone big changes, and could well be a case study in how the crowd will impact much larger businesses. In just the last few years the influx of talented amateurs armed with inexpensive, high-resolution digital cameras has upended the economics of stock photography. Five years ago, a professional-quality image was still a scarce resource. No more. This isn't to say the market for high-end photographs has disappeared. A gifted photographer will always find work. But the professional no longer has a lock on the middle and lower ends of the stock photo business. With a modicum of training, just about anyone can take a decent shot. Sophisticated cameras and photo-editing software do the rest. iStock exploits this fact. Design firms and other small companies working on a budget quickly embraced what became known as the "microstock" model. One graphic designer told me he went from paying hundreds of dollars an image to less than $10. "I pass on some of the savings to my clients and keep the rest. We're both delighted." iStock might be great for buyers, but it's caused all sorts of headaches for professional stock photographers. In my original Wired article about crowdsourcing I quoted a Los Angeles-based photographer, Mark Harmel, saying that this influx of cheap images had caused a slight decline in his income from stock photo sales, which had dropped to $60,000. But in the two years since that decline has fallen off a cliff, to $35,000 in 2007. "If I look at the trend line, it just keeps going down. I'm really concentrating on getting assignments now," says Harmel. "I recently came back from London with 70 really wonderful shots. I'll probably use them on my website, but it's not worth my time to bother submitting them to a stock agency. They won't sell." Harmel's far from alone. In fact, Getty's other businesses have struggled in the crowdsourced era. In the year I spent writing this book the company's stock slid 60 percent, falling to just under $22 by February 2008. That month Getty was acquired by the private equity firm Hellman Friedman for $2.4 billion, a considerably lower figure than the company had originally sought. According to a report released at the time of the sale, Goldman Sachs estimates that Getty's core business -- the sale of rights-managed, professionally produced images -- will continue to suffer an irreversible decline, falling to just 29 percent of its revenues by 2012. In the same period the investment bank projects iStock to continue its rapid rate of growth. iStock sold $72 million worth of images in 2007, a figure expected to jump to $262 million by 2012. In this light, paying $50 million for a crowdsourced photo company looks like the smartest decision Getty ever made. The company is in the midst of transforming its business, from one reliant exclusively on professionals to one that is at least equally reliant on amateurs. As the Goliath of the industry, where Getty goes its competitors are sure to follow, which is to say, stock photography itself has been utterly transformed through crowdsourcing, in which a once-scarce commodity has become abundant. The question to ask is whether the upheaval roiling stock photography is only a leading indicator, like the minor volcanic eruptions that can precede a catastrophic earthquake. Already the trend is migrating to other fields. Most immediately, the same dynamics that made the stock photo ubiquitous -- affordable digital SLR cameras and burgeoning communities of enthusiastic amateurs -- are affecting other markets for visual images. So-called "citizen paparazzi" use cellphone cameras to snap impromptu shots of stars and then sell them to new photo agencies such as Scoopt, which specialize in buying up and marketing their work. Amateurs can beat professional paparazzi for the simple reason that they vastly outnumber them. It's a question of probability: The throng of pedestrians in Greenwich Village, for instance, have a much better chance of catching an unkempt Gwyneth Paltrow than a single paparazzo. And photography may well be just the beginning. iStock itself is doing a burgeoning business in the sale of stock video footage, and the crowd is also making commercials, collaborating on TV scripts, and recording and distributing their own music. They're writing political analysis, creating their own video games, and making feature-length movies. For the time being, all this activity has taken place in something of a parallel universe, without causing any of the economic upheaval visited on the stock photo or pornography industries. But those universes are beginning to collide as more companies attempt to package all this outpouring of creativity into a marketable product. While crowdsourcing has already emerged as a potent force in the media and entertainment industries, it's also profoundly influenced the way even Fortune 100 companies like Procter & Gamble do business. Once famous for its insular culture, Procter & Gamble now crowdsources much of its R&D process, using global networks of scientists such as InnoCentive and NineSigma, which boast a combined membership of 2 million professional and amateur researchers. Even companies operating in a conventional field such as mining have found crowdsourcing applications. The Canadian gold-mining group Goldcorp put geological survey data online and offered a $575,000 prize to anyone who could identify likely areas for exploration. Goldcorp says the contest produced 110 targets that yielded $3 billion in gold. Following its lead, the mining giant Barrick Gold Corporation recently offered $10 million to anyone who could improve its silver-extraction process. The open call of crowdsourcing is also being used by companies such as Google (to develop applications for its Android mobile platform) and Netflix (to improve its recommendation system). The question is whether the iStock secret sauce can be applied to industries like television and journalism and, possibly, even beyond to any business that traffics in bits and bytes. To answer that question, it helps to know what's in the secret sauce. The Community Is the Company iStock has been compared to a cult, and the analogy isn't entirely unfair. It's no accident that the most successful companies in the web's second coming -- most of whom traffic in the crowd's creative output -- are led by outsize personalities. "Bruce is to iStock what Tom is to MySpace," notes Garth Johnson, iStock's VP of Business Development. (Johnson resigned his position after this book went to press.) For those readers over the age of 30, Tom is Tom Anderson, the president of the social networking behemoth MySpace and the first "friend" to greet any new user. Under this new archetype of a company -- in which the community, as much as the customer, comes first -- the cult of personality plays a crucial role in community building, and Livingstone has been as essential to the growth of the iStock community as Anderson has been to MySpace's. "Bruce has a really strong, extremely charismatic personality online," says Johnson. "And that's really helped us build the community." It's safe to say that iStock has left the community-building phase behind: Sixty-thousand people have combined to create an enormous portfolio of over 3.5 million images and 100,000 videos. By contrast, Getty's other divisions combined only use 2,500 photographers. The iStockers offer the company their artwork, and in return iStock goes to extraordinary lengths to keep the iStockers happy. The site offers the budding photographer all manner of free tutorials, and the forums buzz -- at a rate of 38 posts per minute -- with questions about lens sizes, polarized filters and F-stop settings. iStock doesn't offer a chance to get rich. It offers the chance to make friends and become a better photographer. "We don't own anything, the community does" says Johnson. "Everything we do affects these people, whether they're just earning enough to pay for their equipment, or they're making mortgage payments from their photo sales. They all want a voice, and we have to give it to them, because really, the community is the company." The upside to this state of affairs should be obvious -- a dedicated, efficient workforce with no expectation of receiving a living wage -- but there are downsides as well: Even the smallest changes can roil the fickle, passionate community of iStockers. In March 2006, iStock launched a new feature on its web forums, a "forometer" which measured an iStocker's popularity through "bafflingly complex scientific methods" including the date and number of posts to the forum. The forometer displayed its results through a set of red, yellow or green bars. It did not go over well. The community questioned the principles behind the feature, as well as its functionality. Not long after its launch, the feature had been removed. Employees may be hell on overhead, but they're paid to accept all but the most draconian policies with a polite nod. Communities, on the other hand, aren't paid to stick around, and nothing stops them from selling their photos to one of iStock's many competitors. "They don't work for us," Livingstone laughs. "We work for them." If the iStocker feels a sense of ownership over the site, that's understandable: The iStock community predates iStock the company. Livingstone didn't set out to revolutionize an industry, he just wanted to fill a personal need and help a few friends at the same time. In 2000 Livingstone was running a small graphic design and web-hosting firm in Calgary. Bruce is an avid photographer himself, and over the years he had developed an extensive network of photographers and designers. Early in the year he took 2,000 of his images and put them online. Anyone could download his photos in exchange for giving him an e-mail address. Livingstone's friends decided they wanted to share their images with the public, too. That June the budding community instituted a credit system: A user could download one image for every image of theirs that had been downloaded by someone else. It was a classic example of the gift economy, the non-monetary exchange that grew up alongside the internet. During iStock's early years, everyone took something and gave something in turn. "The feeders and the eaters were the same people," as Livingstone puts it. Everyone profited by acquiring new images, though no one made (or spent) a dime. Soon friends of friends heard about Bruce's nifty idea and started uploading their images, too. Then around 2002 a wider public got wind of iStock, and the site began to hit critical mass. Soon Livingstone was paying $10,000 a month for the bandwidth to support it. He could have taken advertising to cover the cost of hosting, but he felt that would violate the spirit of the site. "The focus was on the community, and good design. Advertising would have cluttered the site," says Livingstone. Instead, he started charging a quarter for each image, and he opened the system up to the public. This proved to be a momentous decision. Word quickly spread among publishers that there was a site offering cheap, usable images, and photographers began flocking to iStock to upload their portfolios. Traffic to the site skyrocketed, and soon Livingstone raised the price to $1 per image. "I thought it might become a sideline business," he says. It quickly became much more than that. The quality of the images wasn't always as high (or as consistent) as a traditional stock agency's, but the differences were indiscernible to the general consumer, and after all, you couldn't beat the price. By 2004 a host of other so-called "micro-stocks" had sprung up with strategies similar to iStock's. The professionals panicked. Microstock photos, they charged, were flooding the market with subpar images. At first, the industry aligned itself against iStockphoto and other microstock agencies such as ShutterStock and Dreamstime. Then in early 2006, Getty announced it would buy iStockphoto for $50 million. "If someone's going to cannibalize your business, better it be one of your other businesses," Getty CEO Jonathan Klein told me shortly after the sale. Smaller magazines, nonprofit organizations, and all manner of websites have continued to flock to iStock's high-volume, low-cost model. As of February 2008, iStockphoto had 2 million regular customers purchasing photographs, video footage, illustrations and animations. "Bruce's brilliance," Jonathan Klein once told me, "is that he turned community into commerce." Livingstone uses a slightly different formulation: "I turned commerce into community," iStockphoto has perfected the Jedi Mind Trick that's at the heart of crowdsourcing. It's an incredibly cost-effective strategy -- iStock boasts a 55 percent profit margin. And yet, Livingstone stumbled into this business model by creating a context -- a community of like-minded enthusiasts -- in which financial measures take a backseat to considerably less tangible concerns. Ask someone in the office, and they'll tell you: It's not about the money. Ask an iStocker and they'll tell you the same thing. In fact -- would-be crowdsources take note: If it is about the money, it won't work. It will fizzle, not sizzle, as one of iStock's designers put it. "What's funny is, the money people, they pretty quickly get pulled aside in the forums by the core people. Or they just don't have a voice. People will ignore them, like 'Oh, that's just so and so, they're just here to make money.'" That doesn't mean the iStockers are unmotivated by self-interest. The more a photographer's images are downloaded, the more recognition they receive in the community, and the more credits they earn to download other people's photos to use in their own designs. And the additional income is also welcome, of course. Unlike other cases in which large corporations have attempted to monetize community, iStock does reward its contributors. It paid out $21 million in 2007. It's significant that people in online communities like iStock's react with great hostility to the idea that crowdsourcing is a form of cheap labor -- despite the fact it demonstrably is. After all, no one wants to feel exploited. In the end, what iStock provides is an invaluable if impossible-to-measure currency: meaning. The crowd will give away their time -- their excess capacity -- enthusiastically, but not for free. It has to be a meaningful exchange.
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]]> News > Breaking News {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - Room in 3 Bed apartment. super low price for Foster City (foster city) $830 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/room-in-3-bed-apartment-super-low-price-for-foster-20080949912.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/room-in-3-bed-apartment-super-low-price-for-foster-20080949912.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:07:25 GMT We're two guys who have just graduated from college in the northeast, and we're looking for a third roommate. We both work at Oracle and love that our apartment is just a 10-15 minute walk to work. Our current third roommate is moving across the country to pursue a new job and is sad to be leaving a great living arrangement. He'd be happy to chat with you and answer any questions you might have about the apartment or your soon-to-be new roommates. Move-in date is September 14 or possibly sooner if needed. You'll be signing a lease with ~9 months left. Some bedroom furniture is available for purchase if interested. Room available is approximately 10.5' x 12'. It comfortably fits a queen bed and easy chair along with other typical bedroom furniture. Has a lot of closet space. It's the top-right room in the floor-plan below. About the apartment -------------------------- 3 bedrooms 1 1/2 bath full size kitchen washer, dryer and dishwasher inside the apartment comcast high-speed internet, wired and wireless cable tv balcony $200 deposit utilities split equally (around $80 each per month) free covered parking literally steps away from the 12+ mile biking/running/walking Foster City Bay Trail About the apartment complex -------------------------------- heated swimming pool, hot tub, sauna clubhouse exercise room lake/fountains enclosed storage close to restaurants, grocery store, and parks About you ----------------- mature, responsible, social or somewhat social professional or student non smoker, no drugs probably male, but female also welcome if you don't mind living with two guys About us ------------------ early 20's graduated from college in June both work at Oracle enjoy meeting new people and hitting the bars/clubs on the weekend please email me with some brief biographical info. we'll chat a bit via email or phone. if everything sounds good, we'll arrange for you to see the apartment and meet the roommates. pictures of the apartment are available upon request (let us know which rooms you'd like to see). Lantern Cove Apartments http://www.equityapartments.com/market/brochure.aspx?PropID=538 Foster City Bay Trail http://baytrail.abag.ca.gov/vtour/map2/access/BTFoster/BTFoster.htm Please note that there is a $35 application fee due to the leasing office prior to moving in. Sfbay.Craigslist.Org Room in 3 Bed apartment. super low price for Foster City (foster city) $830 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - We're two guys who have just graduated from college in the northeast, and we're looking for a third roommate. We both work at Oracle and love that our apartment is just a 10-15 minute walk to work. Our current third roommate is moving across the country to pursue a new job and is sad to be leaving a great living arrangement. He'd be happy to chat with you and answer any questions you might have about the apartment or your soon-to-be new roommates. Move-in date is September 14 or possibly sooner if needed. You'll be signing a lease with ~9 months left. Some bedroom furniture is available for purchase if interested. Room available is approximately 10.5' x 12'. It comfortably fits a queen bed and easy chair along with other typical bedroom furniture. Has a lot of closet space. It's the top-right room in the floor-plan below. About the apartment -------------------------- 3 bedrooms 1 1/2 bath full size kitchen washer, dryer and dishwasher inside the apartment comcast high-speed internet, wired and wireless cable tv balcony $200 deposit utilities split equally (around $80 each per month) free covered parking literally steps away from the 12+ mile biking/running/walking Foster City Bay Trail About the apartment complex -------------------------------- heated swimming pool, hot tub, sauna clubhouse exercise room lake/fountains enclosed storage close to restaurants, grocery store, and parks About you ----------------- mature, responsible, social or somewhat social professional or student non smoker, no drugs probably male, but female also welcome if you don't mind living with two guys About us ------------------ early 20's graduated from college in June both work at Oracle enjoy meeting new people and hitting the bars/clubs on the weekend please email me with some brief biographical info. we'll chat a bit via email or phone. if everything sounds good, we'll arrange for you to see the apartment and meet the roommates. pictures of the apartment are available upon request (let us know which rooms you'd like to see). Lantern Cove Apartments http://www.equityapartments.com/market/brochure.aspx?PropID=538 Foster City Bay Trail http://baytrail.abag.ca.gov/vtour/map2/access/BTFoster/BTFoster.htm Please note that there is a $35 application fee due to the leasing office prior to moving in.
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]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - Female Roommate wanted for 2BR/2BA on University Avenue (palo alto) $950 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/female-roommate-wanted-for-2br-2ba-on-university-2008093517.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/female-roommate-wanted-for-2br-2ba-on-university-2008093517.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:47:51 GMT I'm looking to sublet my bedroom/bathroom in a spacious 2 bedroom/2 full bath apartment in downtown Palo Alto. I'm sad to leave my roommate, but I'm moving to work in San Francisco. My roommate is a female Stanford '06 grad who works at Facebook. She's social and considerate; and the next person is lucky to have her! I hope to keep the roommate dynamic consistent and prefer a female, 20's, young professional or graduate student with a stable income and experience in a roommate situation (no guys please!) Location The apartment is at a very, very great location ON University Avenue; walking distance from downtown Palo Alto restaurants, bars, and shops. To give you an idea, we're at 800 University, and the Apple Store is 451 University. It's perfect for someone moving down from San Francisco or that prefers city living. The apartment complex is inhabited by Facebook/Google employees and Stanford grad students that walk to work and class. Everyone that visits reminds me what a great deal it is for the location and space. Bedroom, Bathroom, and Apartment features: • Second (top) floor corner unit apartment with private outdoor entry area • Huge wrap-around balcony facing both University and side street • Spacious bedroom (easily fits my queen bed, wide bookcase, and 3 dressers) • Long, full bedroom closet with plenty of hanging space and sliding mirrored doors • Tiled bathroom with under-sink cabinet, medicine cabinet, and ample counter space • Bathroom has brand new EPA WaterSense high-efficiency 2-button toilet and shower/tub with excellent water pressure • Kitchen has dishwasher, microwave, and utensils already included (roommate's) • Free washer/dryer in shared onsite laundry room • Free shared garage parking and plenty of safe, same-block, free overnight parking on side street • Additional private storage room next to sparking space • Safe, quiet 8-unit complex with friendly, rarely-seen landlord Rent/Lease Rent is just $950 per month. The move-in date is flexible, probably October 1. The current lease runs until April 1, 2009, with the option to re-sign for another year. A sublet requires a background check and ~$1000 refundable deposit due at signing. Water and garbage are included; utilities and cable are split 50/50 among roommates and we've occasionally had a maid come for a reasonable price. No pets or smokers, please. If you're interested or have any questions, please e-mail me (Morgan) at the reply-to address with some information about you, your current housing situation, and preferred move-in date. Thanks, - Morgan Sfbay.Craigslist.Org Female Roommate wanted for 2BR/2BA on University Avenue (palo alto) $950 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - I'm looking to sublet my bedroom/bathroom in a spacious 2 bedroom/2 full bath apartment in downtown Palo Alto. I'm sad to leave my roommate, but I'm moving to work in San Francisco. My roommate is a female Stanford '06 grad who works at Facebook. She's social and considerate; and the next person is lucky to have her! I hope to keep the roommate dynamic consistent and prefer a female, 20's, young professional or graduate student with a stable income and experience in a roommate situation (no guys please!) Location The apartment is at a very, very great location ON University Avenue; walking distance from downtown Palo Alto restaurants, bars, and shops. To give you an idea, we're at 800 University, and the Apple Store is 451 University. It's perfect for someone moving down from San Francisco or that prefers city living. The apartment complex is inhabited by Facebook/Google employees and Stanford grad students that walk to work and class. Everyone that visits reminds me what a great deal it is for the location and space. Bedroom, Bathroom, and Apartment features: • Second (top) floor corner unit apartment with private outdoor entry area • Huge wrap-around balcony facing both University and side street • Spacious bedroom (easily fits my queen bed, wide bookcase, and 3 dressers) • Long, full bedroom closet with plenty of hanging space and sliding mirrored doors • Tiled bathroom with under-sink cabinet, medicine cabinet, and ample counter space • Bathroom has brand new EPA WaterSense high-efficiency 2-button toilet and shower/tub with excellent water pressure • Kitchen has dishwasher, microwave, and utensils already included (roommate's) • Free washer/dryer in shared onsite laundry room • Free shared garage parking and plenty of safe, same-block, free overnight parking on side street • Additional private storage room next to sparking space • Safe, quiet 8-unit complex with friendly, rarely-seen landlord Rent/Lease Rent is just $950 per month. The move-in date is flexible, probably October 1. The current lease runs until April 1, 2009, with the option to re-sign for another year. A sublet requires a background check and ~$1000 refundable deposit due at signing. Water and garbage are included; utilities and cable are split 50/50 among roommates and we've occasionally had a maid come for a reasonable price. No pets or smokers, please. If you're interested or have any questions, please e-mail me (Morgan) at the reply-to address with some information about you, your current housing situation, and preferred move-in date. Thanks, - Morgan
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]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - 1 Roommate for 3 bedroom at 19th st and Folsom (mission district) $850 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/1-roommate-for-3-bedroom-at-19th-st-and-folsom-mission-20080988610.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/1-roommate-for-3-bedroom-at-19th-st-and-folsom-mission-20080988610.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:16:03 GMT We're two friends who just signed a 1 year lease on a 3 bedroom apartment and hope to find an additional roommate. Us: We're two girls both in our early twenties. My friend is working as a tenant counselor, and I'm a research technician. We both work M-F full time, so no late hours for us, but that does not discount the occasional cooking and social parties on the weekends. We both like outdoor adventures (climbing, hiking, laying and cavorting in the grass). I'm a bit of a sports fanatic, and my friend loves art. You: Chill, outgoing person who is also in her/his twenties, preferably working, but students are okay too. We're really bad at this, so please send us a blurb about yourself, and we'll do our best to get back to you. p.s. We've been searching through Craigslist for apartments for a while, so we understand your need to find a place asap, but please be patient and we'll reply soon. Cheers! Sfbay.Craigslist.Org 1 Roommate for 3 bedroom at 19th st and Folsom (mission district) $850 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - We're two friends who just signed a 1 year lease on a 3 bedroom apartment and hope to find an additional roommate. Us: We're two girls both in our early twenties. My friend is working as a tenant counselor, and I'm a research technician. We both work M-F full time, so no late hours for us, but that does not discount the occasional cooking and social parties on the weekends. We both like outdoor adventures (climbing, hiking, laying and cavorting in the grass). I'm a bit of a sports fanatic, and my friend loves art. You: Chill, outgoing person who is also in her/his twenties, preferably working, but students are okay too. We're really bad at this, so please send us a blurb about yourself, and we'll do our best to get back to you. p.s. We've been searching through Craigslist for apartments for a while, so we understand your need to find a place asap, but please be patient and we'll reply soon. Cheers!
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]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals {NORTH AMERICA > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Security Matters: How to Create the Perfect Fake Identity http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/society-and-culture/politics/news-and-media/security-matters-how-to-create-the-perfect-fake-2008097289.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/society-and-culture/politics/news-and-media/security-matters-how-to-create-the-perfect-fake-2008097289.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT Let me start off by saying that I'm making this whole thing up. Imagine you're in charge of infiltrating sleeper agents into the United States. The year is 1983, and the proliferation of identity databases is making it increasingly difficult to create fake credentials. Ten years ago, someone could have just shown up in the country and gotten a driver's license, Social Security card and bank account -- possibly using the identity of someone roughly the same age who died as a young child -- but it's getting harder. And you know that trend will only continue. So you decide to grow your own identities. Call it "identity farming." You invent a handful of infants. You apply for Social Security numbers for them. Eventually, you open bank accounts for them, file tax returns for them, register them to vote, and apply for credit cards in their name. And now, 25 years later, you have a handful of identities ready and waiting for some real people to step into them. There are some complications, of course. Maybe you need people to sign their name as parents -- or, at least, mothers. Maybe you need to doctors to fill out birth certificates. Maybe you need to fill out paperwork certifying that you're home-schooling these children. You'll certainly want to exercise their financial identity: depositing money into their bank accounts and withdrawing it from ATMs, using their credit cards and paying the bills, and so on. And you'll need to establish some sort of addresses for them, even if it is just a mail drop. You won't be able to get driver's licenses or photo IDs on their name. That isn't critical, though; in the U.S., more than 20 million adult citizens don't have photo IDs. But other than that, I can't think of any reason why identity farming wouldn't work. Here's the real question: Do you actually have to show up for any part of your life? Again, I made this all up. I have no evidence that anyone is actually doing this. It's not something a criminal organization is likely to do; twenty-five years is too distant a payoff horizon. The same logic holds true for terrorist organizations; it's not worth it. It might have been worth it to the KGB -- although perhaps harder to justify after the Soviet Union broke up in 1991 -- and might be an attractive option to existing intelligence adversaries like China. Immortals could also use this trick to self-perpetuate themselves, inventing their own children and gradually assuming their identity, then killing their parents off. They could even show up for their own driver's license photos, wearing a beard as the father and blue spiked hair as the son. I?m told this is a common idea in Highlander fan fiction. The point isn't to create another movie plot threat, but to point out the central role that data has taken on in our lives. Previously, I've said that we all have a data shadow that follows us around, and that more and more institutions interact with our data shadows instead of with us. We only intersect with our data shadows once in a while -- when we apply for a driver's license or passport, for example -- and those interactions are authenticated by older, less-secure interactions. The rest of the world assumes that our photo IDs glue us to our data shadows, ignoring the rather flimsy connection between us and our plastic cards. (And, no, REAL-ID won't help.) It seems to me that our data shadows are becoming increasingly distinct from us, almost with a life of their own. What's important now is our shadows; we're secondary. And as our society relies more and more on these shadows, we might even become unnecessary. Our data shadows can live a perfectly normal life without us. --- Bruce Schneier is Chief Security Technology Officer of BT, and author of Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World. Wired.Com Security Matters: How to Create the Perfect Fake Identity {new window}   Www.Wired.Com - Let me start off by saying that I'm making this whole thing up. Imagine you're in charge of infiltrating sleeper agents into the United States. The year is 1983, and the proliferation of identity databases is making it increasingly difficult to create fake credentials. Ten years ago, someone could have just shown up in the country and gotten a driver's license, Social Security card and bank account -- possibly using the identity of someone roughly the same age who died as a young child -- but it's getting harder. And you know that trend will only continue. So you decide to grow your own identities. Call it "identity farming." You invent a handful of infants. You apply for Social Security numbers for them. Eventually, you open bank accounts for them, file tax returns for them, register them to vote, and apply for credit cards in their name. And now, 25 years later, you have a handful of identities ready and waiting for some real people to step into them. There are some complications, of course. Maybe you need people to sign their name as parents -- or, at least, mothers. Maybe you need to doctors to fill out birth certificates. Maybe you need to fill out paperwork certifying that you're home-schooling these children. You'll certainly want to exercise their financial identity: depositing money into their bank accounts and withdrawing it from ATMs, using their credit cards and paying the bills, and so on. And you'll need to establish some sort of addresses for them, even if it is just a mail drop. You won't be able to get driver's licenses or photo IDs on their name. That isn't critical, though; in the U.S., more than 20 million adult citizens don't have photo IDs. But other than that, I can't think of any reason why identity farming wouldn't work. Here's the real question: Do you actually have to show up for any part of your life? Again, I made this all up. I have no evidence that anyone is actually doing this. It's not something a criminal organization is likely to do; twenty-five years is too distant a payoff horizon. The same logic holds true for terrorist organizations; it's not worth it. It might have been worth it to the KGB -- although perhaps harder to justify after the Soviet Union broke up in 1991 -- and might be an attractive option to existing intelligence adversaries like China. Immortals could also use this trick to self-perpetuate themselves, inventing their own children and gradually assuming their identity, then killing their parents off. They could even show up for their own driver's license photos, wearing a beard as the father and blue spiked hair as the son. I?m told this is a common idea in Highlander fan fiction. The point isn't to create another movie plot threat, but to point out the central role that data has taken on in our lives. Previously, I've said that we all have a data shadow that follows us around, and that more and more institutions interact with our data shadows instead of with us. We only intersect with our data shadows once in a while -- when we apply for a driver's license or passport, for example -- and those interactions are authenticated by older, less-secure interactions. The rest of the world assumes that our photo IDs glue us to our data shadows, ignoring the rather flimsy connection between us and our plastic cards. (And, no, REAL-ID won't help.) It seems to me that our data shadows are becoming increasingly distinct from us, almost with a life of their own. What's important now is our shadows; we're secondary. And as our society relies more and more on these shadows, we might even become unnecessary. Our data shadows can live a perfectly normal life without us. --- Bruce Schneier is Chief Security Technology Officer of BT, and author of Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.
Looking for a fresh start in the 21st century? Fake babies are the key. {...}
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]]> Regional > North America > United States > Society and Culture > Politics > News and Media {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - NOVEMBER 1- COOP HOUSE OPENING (mission district) http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/november-1-coop-house-opening-mission-district-2008095085.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/november-1-coop-house-opening-mission-district-2008095085.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:10:51 GMT Seven-member collective household in the Mission seeks a new housemate NOVEMBER 1. Please read this before you reply. WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO: Seven member collective household in the Mission. Mostly queer multiracial group of social justice movement people, artists, musicians, writers, child-care workers, students, ages 20-37. We share chores, meals, shopping, food, conversation, stories, and the occasional bit of gossip. THE ROOM AND THE HOUSE: The room available is about 12' x 10', rent is affordable. Rent fluctuates between $550-600, and includes all food and utilities, etc. The house is just off Valencia and 22nd, so it's close to fun stuff, and transportation. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR: We cannot accept pets, and we are looking for some one who can make a year commitment at least. You should be interested in cooperative living, familiar with the politics of gentrification in the Mission, be able to communicate well, be able to commit to meeting once a month, and be a decent cook or at least be willing to give it a try! We especially encourage women, people of color, people who are big, 30+ yo, and queer people to apply. THE PROCESS: If you're interested, e-mail us at Coop22SF@yahoo. com. Please write two paragraphs about yourself, what you're looking for in a place, any experience living collectively, and your experience living with people of various racial identities and sexualities. Also, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR PHONE #, as we will be doing initial phone screening interviews. We read all e-mails, but can't respond to everybody. We'll contact only those who seem like a good fit, and invite them to an open house, and then interview the top candidates. Remember: no pets, no short-term subletters, and a commitment of at least two years. MUST BE ABLE TO COME TO OPEN HOUSE 9/21 from 4-6 and INTERVIEW 9/23 from 6-9. If these do not work for you, include this in your response, as there may be some flexibility for a good fit. CONTACT US: Please e-mail us as described above, to Coop22SF@yahoo. com. Sfbay.Craigslist.Org NOVEMBER 1- COOP HOUSE OPENING (mission district) {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Seven-member collective household in the Mission seeks a new housemate NOVEMBER 1. Please read this before you reply. WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO: Seven member collective household in the Mission. Mostly queer multiracial group of social justice movement people, artists, musicians, writers, child-care workers, students, ages 20-37. We share chores, meals, shopping, food, conversation, stories, and the occasional bit of gossip. THE ROOM AND THE HOUSE: The room available is about 12' x 10', rent is affordable. Rent fluctuates between $550-600, and includes all food and utilities, etc. The house is just off Valencia and 22nd, so it's close to fun stuff, and transportation. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR: We cannot accept pets, and we are looking for some one who can make a year commitment at least. You should be interested in cooperative living, familiar with the politics of gentrification in the Mission, be able to communicate well, be able to commit to meeting once a month, and be a decent cook or at least be willing to give it a try! We especially encourage women, people of color, people who are big, 30+ yo, and queer people to apply. THE PROCESS: If you're interested, e-mail us at Coop22SF@yahoo. com. Please write two paragraphs about yourself, what you're looking for in a place, any experience living collectively, and your experience living with people of various racial identities and sexualities. Also, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR PHONE #, as we will be doing initial phone screening interviews. We read all e-mails, but can't respond to everybody. We'll contact only those who seem like a good fit, and invite them to an open house, and then interview the top candidates. Remember: no pets, no short-term subletters, and a commitment of at least two years. MUST BE ABLE TO COME TO OPEN HOUSE 9/21 from 4-6 and INTERVIEW 9/23 from 6-9. If these do not work for you, include this in your response, as there may be some flexibility for a good fit. CONTACT US: Please e-mail us as described above, to Coop22SF@yahoo. com.
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]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Concern over health visitor plans http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/news-and-media/concern-over-health-visitor-plans-2008099877.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/news-and-media/concern-over-health-visitor-plans-2008099877.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:07:04 GMT The British Medical Association criticises plans to move health visitors into social work teams. News.Bbc.Co.Uk Concern over health visitor plans {new window}   News.Bbc.Co.Uk - The British Medical Association criticises plans to move health visitors into social work teams.
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | Concern over health visitor plans {...} The British Medical Association criticises plans to move health visitors out of GP attachments and into social work teams. {...}
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]]> Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > News and Media {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - Small Intentional Community Home Seeking New Housemate October 1st (berkeley north / hills) $665 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/small-intentional-community-home-seeking-new-housemate-2008095062.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/small-intentional-community-home-seeking-new-housemate-2008095062.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:01:29 GMT Greetings! Our small, intentional community home in North Berkeley, is seeking a fourth housemate beginning October 1st, with an ideal commitment of one year or more. Our home is grounded in Spirituality, Social & Environmental Justice, Creative Expression, Mindful Communication & Willingness to Work together toward Healthy Community - our own lil' one and the big one, too! Our home is a sanctuary: Earth Loving & Fun Loving; LGBT, Queer and Straight friendly; Sober (with consensed upon exceptions such as wine at a dinner party); Actively striving toward sustainability and decreasing our consumerism; A supportive and regenerative space; A place of Commitment & Connection to Earth & reality. We have house meetings on a regular basis - for support, check-ins, laughter & solidarity! – as well as community meals and bulk buying. One of us is vegan, organic meat is sometimes cooked but we will happily separate cutting boards, knifes, etc. We are into shared chores, and the potential for spontaneous play & adventures at any moment, as well as a solid respect for folk's need for solitude and personal space. Below are some details about the house, the rooms, and the money stuff, followed by a bit about us. If after reading all this you are interested, please TELL US ABOUT YOU! Email us and let us know who you are…How do you spend your time? What about our post appeals to you? What are you looking for in a communal living situation? We'll read it over and get back to you asap, even faster if you include a phone number in the email! WHAT NEXT? Between now and Thursday, September 4th we'll be talking to interested folks on the phone and thru email. If it feels like a good fit, there will be an Open House on Friday, September 5th, from 6pm – 7:30pm. You are invited to join us afterwards for an informal singing moving playtime in the practice room from 7:30pm-8pm. If you can't make the Open House, we’ll do our best to arrange a different time. After we have meet in person we will take it from there! We welcome your communication and look forward to meeting you! THE BEAUTIFUL HOUSE: Four (4) Bedrooms & 1.5 bath (with claw foot tub!) Practice Room: a space dedicated to rejuvenating activities such as meditation, prayer, movement, song, music, yoga; altar is open for co-creation Sitting Room: fireplace, low table, cushions, futons, cozy loungy place Kitchen: the heart of the community, full of yummy whole foods and beautiful wooden bowls :) IN THE BASEMENT (currently in progress) Art/Creation Space Meeting Space - classes will be held here occasionally Extra Bedroom (for guests!) & Storage area A BACKYARD: Good sized backyard area (partially covered in concrete) with TONS of potential for urban permaculture projects, eco-art installations, raised garden beds, you name it. Lots of room for creative contribution! We already have a citrus tree and a large tree for great shade; will have hammock, more edible plants and very small pond asap! FRONTYARD: Soon to be converted into a beautiful sunny vegetable garden, connecting us to not only the earth but also the community! AVAILABLE ROOMS & MONEY DETAILS: Room A: $665/month; approx. 10x12 ft, wooden floors, closet space, one window (good light), door opens to dining area Utilities: about $50 a month per person (water, gas, internet, phone) Move in Cost = First month's rent + deposit of $250 WHO WE ARE: Rebecca: I am currently working as an expressive art therapist with youth labeled 'severely emotionally disturbed' and spend the bulk of my free time dancing, hiking, studying herbal medicine and permaculture, making art and magic, playing with friends and organizing things. I feel happiest when my feet are dirty and my hands are in the earth. Seneca: I am a student of life especially dedicated to working for justice, sustainable community & radical transformation on a personal and societal/structural level. I just moved from the rural hills of the North Bay, where I learned to listen to Earth's songs and secrets, grow food and deepened my understanding of what it means to live simply and work hard – I am determined to carry on a balanced, slow paced lifestyle and put to use my permaculture skills upon return to the urban environment. I feel happiest when I am co-creating – anything from food to song – with other creatures. Alex: I am an undercover monk dedicated to my Chinese Daoist/Buddhist/Christian qi-gong practice and community (Tian Gong). When not silencing my mind or singing, I can be found working in my sprout/micro-green garden or growing preschoolers. My recent past homes include an RV and a Redwood tree. I am serious about the food and water I consume (vegan/live stuff turns me on :)) and love hangin' in the kitchen. I am dedicated to service, helping humanity and the earth through the amazing transition happening in the best way I can, and building strong community. WORD! Blessings, Rebecca, Seneca & Alex Sfbay.Craigslist.Org Small Intentional Community Home Seeking New Housemate October 1st (berkeley north / hills) $665 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Greetings! Our small, intentional community home in North Berkeley, is seeking a fourth housemate beginning October 1st, with an ideal commitment of one year or more. Our home is grounded in Spirituality, Social & Environmental Justice, Creative Expression, Mindful Communication & Willingness to Work together toward Healthy Community - our own lil' one and the big one, too! Our home is a sanctuary: Earth Loving & Fun Loving; LGBT, Queer and Straight friendly; Sober (with consensed upon exceptions such as wine at a dinner party); Actively striving toward sustainability and decreasing our consumerism; A supportive and regenerative space; A place of Commitment & Connection to Earth & reality. We have house meetings on a regular basis - for support, check-ins, laughter & solidarity! – as well as community meals and bulk buying. One of us is vegan, organic meat is sometimes cooked but we will happily separate cutting boards, knifes, etc. We are into shared chores, and the potential for spontaneous play & adventures at any moment, as well as a solid respect for folk's need for solitude and personal space. Below are some details about the house, the rooms, and the money stuff, followed by a bit about us. If after reading all this you are interested, please TELL US ABOUT YOU! Email us and let us know who you are…How do you spend your time? What about our post appeals to you? What are you looking for in a communal living situation? We'll read it over and get back to you asap, even faster if you include a phone number in the email! WHAT NEXT? Between now and Thursday, September 4th we'll be talking to interested folks on the phone and thru email. If it feels like a good fit, there will be an Open House on Friday, September 5th, from 6pm – 7:30pm. You are invited to join us afterwards for an informal singing moving playtime in the practice room from 7:30pm-8pm. If you can't make the Open House, we’ll do our best to arrange a different time. After we have meet in person we will take it from there! We welcome your communication and look forward to meeting you! THE BEAUTIFUL HOUSE: Four (4) Bedrooms & 1.5 bath (with claw foot tub!) Practice Room: a space dedicated to rejuvenating activities such as meditation, prayer, movement, song, music, yoga; altar is open for co-creation Sitting Room: fireplace, low table, cushions, futons, cozy loungy place Kitchen: the heart of the community, full of yummy whole foods and beautiful wooden bowls :) IN THE BASEMENT (currently in progress) Art/Creation Space Meeting Space - classes will be held here occasionally Extra Bedroom (for guests!) & Storage area A BACKYARD: Good sized backyard area (partially covered in concrete) with TONS of potential for urban permaculture projects, eco-art installations, raised garden beds, you name it. Lots of room for creative contribution! We already have a citrus tree and a large tree for great shade; will have hammock, more edible plants and very small pond asap! FRONTYARD: Soon to be converted into a beautiful sunny vegetable garden, connecting us to not only the earth but also the community! AVAILABLE ROOMS & MONEY DETAILS: Room A: $665/month; approx. 10x12 ft, wooden floors, closet space, one window (good light), door opens to dining area Utilities: about $50 a month per person (water, gas, internet, phone) Move in Cost = First month's rent + deposit of $250 WHO WE ARE: Rebecca: I am currently working as an expressive art therapist with youth labeled 'severely emotionally disturbed' and spend the bulk of my free time dancing, hiking, studying herbal medicine and permaculture, making art and magic, playing with friends and organizing things. I feel happiest when my feet are dirty and my hands are in the earth. Seneca: I am a student of life especially dedicated to working for justice, sustainable community & radical transformation on a personal and societal/structural level. I just moved from the rural hills of the North Bay, where I learned to listen to Earth's songs and secrets, grow food and deepened my understanding of what it means to live simply and work hard – I am determined to carry on a balanced, slow paced lifestyle and put to use my permaculture skills upon return to the urban environment. I feel happiest when I am co-creating – anything from food to song – with other creatures. Alex: I am an undercover monk dedicated to my Chinese Daoist/Buddhist/Christian qi-gong practice and community (Tian Gong). When not silencing my mind or singing, I can be found working in my sprout/micro-green garden or growing preschoolers. My recent past homes include an RV and a Redwood tree. I am serious about the food and water I consume (vegan/live stuff turns me on :)) and love hangin' in the kitchen. I am dedicated to service, helping humanity and the earth through the amazing transition happening in the best way I can, and building strong community. WORD! Blessings, Rebecca, Seneca & Alex
Small Intentional Community Home Seeking New Housemate October 1st {...}
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]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals