December 9, 2008 • 9:06 am
We are crossing the Golden Gate Bridge this morning–something that is becoming a December tradition–because Community Action Marin, a private non-profit social service agency is raffling a $2 million Marin Dream House overlooking the Bay (same house as last year as the previous winner decided to take the cash instead of the house). Proceeds from the raffle benefit Community Action Marin in its continued efforts to meet the needs of the poor and disadvantaged people in Marin County.
Raffle Schtuff:
- Tickets are $150.
- Grand Prize winner chooses either the Dream House or $1.6 million in cash.
- 349 other prizes are also available. 1 in 100 chance to win a prize of at least $300.
- $150 helps support local social services in Marin and enters you into the raffle for a chance to win this home.
Grand Prize:
- $2,000,000 Marin County Dream House or $1,600,000 cash
2nd Prize:
3rd Prize:
House Schtuff:
- 4400 square feet
- Four Bedrooms
- Four and a half Bathrooms
- Enormous Bay Windows overlooking San Francisco Bay
- Infinity Pool
- Living Room
- Two Master Bedroom Suites
- Library Suite
- All new appliances
- Completely Fenced and Gated
- Views of bay and harbors during day
- Views of shimmering town lights below at night
- Five minute drive to harbor, downtown San Rafael and Whole Foods Market
- Fifteen Minute Drive to Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco
- Original Home Built 1910 — Major Remodeling 2004-2006
- New Construction that includes Simpson Strong Walls and Roof Tie-Downs
- Extensive stone hardscape and stone walls
- New Copper Plumbing
- New Electrical Wiring
- Fire Sprinkler System
- Burglar Alarm System
- Six Telephone Lines
- Double Pane Windows Throughout
- Entry Click to enlarge Recessed Lighting with Dimmer Control Switches
- Original Oak Wood Flooring and New Oak Wood Flooring with Inset Brazilian Cherry and Accent Squares
- New Carpeting in upper and lower level Master Suites plus Library
- Redwood Columns, circa 1870 from Hibernia Bank in San Francisco set on Polished Travertine Marble
- Travertine Marble Entry, Stairs and lower hallway
- American Standard Zoned Heater and A/C unit with Honeywell Air Filter System designed with separate zones for upper and lower levels
- New Fireplace insert with remote control feature
- New Roof
- Entry Gate Click to enlarge New gutters, leaf covers and downspouts – all copper
- Mature landscaping with Oak Trees and New Designer Landscaping
- New Driveway
- Two Car Garage
- Property Completely Fenced and Gated
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February 19, 2008 • 5:39 pm
Safe2Pee.org is a resource for people who do not feel comfortable with traditional public restrooms to help find safe alternatives and to support advocacy and research to further the cause of gender free, inclusive bathrooms. The service aims to be accessible from a variety of mediums. This project was put together by and is often maintained by a genderqueer hackers collective with a sense of humor and some anarchist tendencies.
Violence, harassment and discrimination are faced by gender variant, differently-abled, and some traditionally genedered (but not very stereotypical) people in public restroom every day. While many people take for granted the ability to use a toilet, others constantly fear being questioned, arrested or denied access, often by state sanctioned agents such as police.
This project is exclusively available in North America, but they have plans to become more robust. San Francisco seems to have the most data available and can be easily mapped, fed (RSS) or manipulated (csv).
safe2pee.org [website]
safe2pee.org [blog]
safe2pee.org [resource page]
safe2pee.org [san francisco map]
image provided courtesy of safe2pee.org zine
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January 23, 2008 • 4:06 pm
By SENSE:
For the socially conscious and well-dressed…
something new comes to San Francisco. The same guy who brought you Joe Boxer has teamed up with Good Will to create a new fashion line called William Good. At the moment, this line is available exclusively in SF.
It’s All William Good [papermag.com]
Logo courtesy of William Good [website]
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December 5, 2007 • 4:24 pm
We are crossing the Golden Gate Bridge this morning for this one. Community Action Marin, a private non-profit social service agency is raffling a $2.1 million Marin Dream House overlooking the Bay. Proceeds from the raffle benefit Community Action Marin in its continued efforts to meet the needs of the poor and disadvantaged people in Marin County.
Raffle Schtuff:
- Tickets are $150.
- Grand Prize winner chooses either the Dream House or $1.7 million in cash.
- 349 other prizes are also available. 1 in 100 chance to win a prize.
- $150 helps support local social services in Marin and enters you into the raffle for a chance to win this $2,100,000 home.
House Schtuff:
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October 19, 2007 • 10:24 pm
By SENSE:
What do you get when you cross a 10th grade English teacher with Paulo Freire’s liberation theology, Tupac’s Thug Life mentality, and all kinds of Oakland flava? Sound crazy…? What you get is Jeff Duncan-Andrade, the dynamic keynote speaker at this year’s Teachers 4 Social Justice Conference.
Duncan-Andrade spoke to a large auditorium full of activist minded K-12 teachers from the Bay area and all over the country. Jeff, declining the mic, elevated his voice and with it our way of thinking. This high school teacher of 16 years dropped all kinds of knowledge for the first 2 1/2 hours of the day. Born and raised in Oakland, the Ph.d. having, baggy clothes wearing, community based thinking teacher is a revolutionary among K-12 educators.
Duncan-Andrade, also a professor of Raza Studies at SFSU, spoke about the need for teachers to care about their students as if they were their own children. His Thug Life Pedagogy for the classroom is rooted in liberation theology and the Thug Life philosophy of the late Rapper, Tupac Shakur. He talked about giving students something to fight for, the need for instilling hope, and about instilling in young people the discipline needed to become warrior-scholars. He spoke of the injustices in our educational system and delivered concrete suggestions for how to flip the script on school curriculum and policy to inspire and not disenfranchise our students.
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October 11, 2007 • 3:43 am
The uncomfortable pain of separation between the physical self and emotional self.
By: Favianna Rodriguez
Silkscreen
2007, Los Angeles
From Favianna’s website:
This is a print I completed after a painful separation from my lover of seven years, which took place in late December 2006. The piece depicts the two sides of my person, one side being the self-centered, neurotic, workaholic artist. During an artist residency in Provincetown, Massachusetts, I was able to develop alot of preliminary concepts about my own experiences. I completed about seven concepts and this was one of them. I revisited this piece in December 2006, as I was undergoing the physical and emotional separation. In those conditions, one finds it hard to imagine another possibility for love, the hours pass very slowly…. at that time my motivation to create work was extremely low, however, I managed to create this piece, which became an outlet for me. As we were printing. the emulsion kept falling off the screen, so we were only able to print a few of these. At one point, I could no longer print the red hand, so I had to spray it on with a stenciled film.
Separación [favianna.com]
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