Fwd: [DW] [Poplus] US-based Civic Tech research post for mySociety

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From: "Steven Clift" <clift@e-democracy.org>
Date: Aug 24, 2015 8:47 AM
Subject: [DW] [Poplus] US-based Civic Tech research post for mySociety
To: "newswire" <newswire@groups.dowire.org>, "brigade" <brigade@codeforamerica.org>, <exchange@groups.dowire.org>, "Open Government and Civic Technology- The global #opengov group" <opengovgroup@groups.facebook.com>
Cc: "Dave Whiteland" <dave@mysociety.org>

From: Dave Whiteland <dave@mysociety.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 6:12 AM
Subject: [Poplus] US-based Civic Tech research post for mySociety
To: poplus <poplus@googlegroups.com>


Hello Poplus people (specifically: those of you in the USA)

We've just posted details of a role we're looking to fill for a fairly
large research contract. This is a funded position on a specific
research project -- if you are the right person for it, then please
submit you application via the Resumator link below. Or, if you know
the right person, please encourage them to do so :-)

http://mysocietyltd.theresumator.com/apply/1Mcr5O/US-Civic-Technologies-Researcher

Note that, although mySociety is indeed based in the UK, this position
is US-based.

If you have specific questions about the role, please send them to
research@mysociety.org.

Actually, people on this list not realise that mySociety has a busy
research team. Poplus is, of course, focused on the re-use of civic
tech, so the broader issue of how much of an impact this sort of work
has is of interest to all of us. Whether or not you're not a candidate
for this research post, you might be interested to read a little more
about our research team's work here:
https://www.mysociety.org/research/

Thanks!

Yours
Dave
mySociety

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Fwd: [Webmaker] New Mozilla Learning community calls

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From: "Matthew Thompson" <matt@mozillafoundation.org>
Date: Aug 24, 2015 10:37 AM
Subject: [Webmaker] New Mozilla Learning community calls
To: "webmaker" <webmaker@lists.mozilla.org>
Cc:

Hi, everyone.

As you've probably heard, the Mozilla Foundation has been working on a
3-year Mozilla Learning plan, summarized here:


*http://mzl.la/learning <http://mzl.la/learning>*
*To support that work, we're kicking off new Mozilla Learning community
calls*. They will start tomorrow, and continue every other Tuesday. All are
welcome to participate, as much or as little as they like. All details are
here:

*https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/Get_involved
<https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/Get_involved>*
The goal is to work in the open on our plan to promote universal web
literacy, combining our various educational offerings  (Webmaker, Mozilla
Clubs, Hives, fellowship programs, etc.) into a single vision. There's a
summary of the work we've done so far here:


*https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/About
<https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/About>*
If you have questions, ideas or would like to become more involved in one
of our working groups, please feel free to join us tomorrow, or get in
touch any time!

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Fwd: Ketogenic diets & Endurance athletes

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From: "Run on Fat Movie" <cerealkillersthemovie@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 21, 2015 2:16 PM
Subject: Ketogenic diets & Endurance athletes
To: "mark@rauterkus.com" <mark@rauterkus.com>
Cc:

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Ketogenic diets & Endurance athletes Hi Are you one of the early adopters* who have "fat adapted" to improve your endurance performance? Or maybe you're interested to know more about it before you jump in? Either way, you should enjoy our latest blog on the topic. You can read that here. Do share it around - we know ANY athlete can benefit from a real food fueling plan so this message needs to get OUT. Hope you have a great weekend out on the trails/roads or wherever you do your thing! Donal & The Cereal Killers *ps...if you are one of the early adopters, we love to share real life success stories so shoot us an email any time with your story. You're receiving this because you asked for extras at www.cerealkillersmovie.com Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Knight Foundation Prototype Grant

Project title: CLOH.org: Creating Literate Olympians Here

What is your project (200 word limit):

The CLOH.org project is to further develop, refine and release open-source, scalable, tools and an on-going process for building conation especially for teens, communities and media partners.

Tools include:

• Digital Badges
• Mobile Apps
• Admin Software
• Wiki Pages
• Ebooks
• Kits for coaches, teams, camps, leagues, communities, schools, public safety officers, and newsrooms to guide the deployment of the digital badges on Goals from CLOH.org.
• Campaign assets for marketing such as email outreach bots, posters, demographic target lists, maps, info-graphics, YouTube channel, etc.

Process includes:

• Mindful discussions about volition, conation, striving and the brain's executive functions.
• Goal setting approaches, lessons and examples for consumers.
• Expert interactions of many different sports.
• Amplifying purposeful media coverage of striving Olympians and their support teams.
• Partnerships and re-branding strategies for media executives.
• Researching outcomes.

What assumptions will you test? (200 word limit):

CLOH.org tests social media growth in 2016, with the Rio Olympics. CLOH.org can amplify mindful striving on a world stage. Individuals, support systems and the process of goal setting gets celebrated. Social media hooks to goal-setting spins forward as athletes prepare to compete. Athlete research happens on wiki pages we fortify and host.

The mindfulness trend and buzz gets tested among athletes, sports and inter-city youngsters facing deprived opportunities. Digital badges cost next to nothing to deliver yet have great intrinsic value. Mindful pursuits and building conation can fix the American Dream.

Conation refers to the act of striving, of focusing our attention and acting with a purpose. Conation means striving in a way that results in our energy's being managed and focused on a goal.

Three capabilities / faculties of human behavior are: Cognitions, which is knowing; Affection, which is the ability to value things or people or ideas; and Conation, which means striving in a way that results in our energy's being managed and focused on a goal. Conation is an inclination (as an instinct, a drive, a wish, or a craving) to act purposefully.


Who is the audience / user of this project? How will they be impacted? (200 word limit)

Teens are the prime audience as well as parents, guardians, coaches, teachers, mentors, athletic administrators, guidance councilors, league officials and public safety personelle. Everyone can embrace open-source digital badges as they are free and can help with goal-setting, a universal act that more can do.

All get a better appreciation for the goal-setting process, a life-changing endeavor that can help in sports, school and career.

It is easier to reach engaged teens who are active in school and club sports teams. Celebrity athletes can draw a lot of attention. Post-Olympics, many can share their story of striving to goals and present a goal-setting foundation for others with the CLOH.org digital badges.

Superstars can speak about digital badges to help lead the future generations on their quests.

News directors, reporters and sports media professionals are an target audience as CLOH.org hopes to spin coveage to better illustrate the cognition cycle. Media coverage of goals, (similar to Sports Illustrated's Face In The Crowd) are expected. Media partnerships and education and branding opportunities with digital badges can occur with those in media conference rooms.

Media outlets have enriched and additional, localized coverage for their reuse.


Who is on your team? (200 word limit):

Mark Rauterkus, executive head coach of the Swim & Water Polo Camp, sponsored by the Bloomfield-Garfield Corp, and conducted with Pittsburgh Public Schools Summer Dreamers Academy since 2010. Rauterkus has coached since 1976 and was recently women's water polo coach at Carnegie Mellon University. His aquatics programs have more than 30 on the staff. and in his career he has coached more than 10,000 and published more than 100 books.

Kay Atman, Ph.D., has the formal rank in the University of Pittsburgh School of Education as Associate Professor Emerita. Since 1972, her sideline company, Curriculum Innovators & Implementors, Inc. has provided educational materials and support to adults interested in improving their own record of goal accomplishment as well as teachers of pre-school and post-secondary students and parents who want to learn how to coach the maturational development process at work in their students/children. Her career has be devoted to goal-setting research and a new, peer-reviewed article is due next month concerns approaches with conation and cancer survivors.

Richard Swartz, CEO of the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation, a 501(c)(3), community development organization in Pittsburgh.


What progress, if any, have you made on this project?

In 2015, programs received $5,000 in foundation funding from The Sprout Fund and Pittsburgh City of Learning. More than two dozen digital badges were designed and introduced this summer. A pilot program for Summer Dreamers in 2015 was operated called, Mindful Eating, Yoga and Multimedia.

Cooperation with many partner agencies, locally and nationally, continues to develop including Pitsburgh Public Schools, Citiparks, Eastside Neighborhood Employment Center, American Water Polo Assocation, SKWIM USA, The Pittsburgh Marathon, and GNC.

More than 50 7-inch Android tablets were obtained for campers in 2015 and are on-hand for future use and events. A crowd-source campaign was planned but not implemented.

A suite of CLOH.org web sites and a wikia with more than 5,000 pages at wikia.com exists. Prior experience with app creation, publishing coaching books, and software insure these outcomes can be a reality with the prototype assistance.

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Fwd: Turn that data into insights!

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From: "MilestonePod" <hello@milestonepod.com>
Date: Aug 16, 2015 6:53 PM
Subject: Turn that data into insights!
To: "Mark" <mark@rauterkus.com>
Cc:

Upgrade your app (again!) for even more features! View this email in your browser Our Milestone Sports team is constantly looking for ways to improve and expand upon our App. We make it our first priority to give our users the best experience possible and the most data to run healthy... well, guess what?!? We already have a new feature that will change the way you run!   Now introducing... RUN INSIGHTS!  Run Insights are a way to make sense of all the data we are providing you. We will email you tips, feedback, and motivation to help you improve on your cadence, stance time, and stride length. All of the coaching insights have been created by power couple, Alan and Julia Webb. (Remember, Alan has the American Record in the mile, so we can all learn a lot from his customized tips!) How to use: Step 1: Upgrade your App and it will prompt you to download the latest firmware (this is totally free!) Step 2: Click on "Insights" from the menu bar Step 3: Click "Enable Insights" to turn on the email notifications (if you log on with FB, add your email address to your profile) Step 4: Choose the insight you want to improve Step 5: Run, sync, and check your email for the latest training tip! Share Tweet +1 Forward Copyright © 2015 Milestone US, Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: Milestone US, Inc 9250 Bendix Road North #605 Columbia, MD 21045 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Fwd: Don't listen to the political media

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From: "Ron Paul" <info@randpaul2016.com>
Date: Aug 15, 2015 5:45 PM
Subject: Don't listen
To: <mark.rauterkus@gmail.com>
Cc:

Dear Mark: If you want to know what I really think about my son, Rand, then don't listen to our national media. Don't listen to the Big Government Washington insiders who'd love nothing more than another Bush/Clinton showdown in November of 2016. Let me be clear... There is not one candidate who has run for president in my lifetime who can say they fully share my commitment to liberty, Austrian economics, small government, and following the Constitution, than my son, Rand Paul. That's why I have wholeheartedly endorsed him. And it's why I wanted to write to you today to personally urge you to sign your Pledge of Support for Rand. I know the media likes to play this little game where they pit us, or certain views, against each other. Don't fall for it. They're trying to manufacture storylines at liberty's expense. You've spent years seeing how the media treated me. They aren't my friends and they aren't yours. So please don't waste your time or risk the massive gains you and I have made over the past eight years by suddenly believing Big Government apologists in our media are some sort of truth tellers. Remember, truth is treason in the empire of lies. And nowhere is that more true than when it comes to Washington, D.C. and their media mouthpieces. Even where Rand and I do have minor differences of opinion, I would take Rand's position over any of his opponents' in both parties every time. That's because he advocates diplomacy and negotiations, and opposes war. And Rand is the ONLY one in the race who is standing up for your Liberty, across the board. You certainly saw a great example of that in the first debate. Chris Christie tried to trample all over your rights in a false attack. Rand stopped him cold. And it's nothing new for Rand. Whether it's filibustering to stop drones or the Patriot Act, or introducing the Fourth Amendment Protection Act, no one has fought harder for your rights than Rand. And that's why, since the moment he announced his candidacy for President of the United States, our national media and the Big Government establishment has gone all-out to smear him or silence him. They push other Big Government Republicans as "frontrunners" while ignoring polls showing Rand leading Hillary Clinton in key presidential Battleground States. They make sure he gets the least amount of time in a national debate (that sounds familiar). They hype other candidates' easy access to Wall Street fat cats who leech off Big Government while ignoring the growing army of small donors Rand is building nationwide. That's because they fear Rand more than any other candidate. They know he is our best hope to restore liberty, limited government and the Bill of Rights and finally end the big spending status quo in Washington, D.C. Rand stood on the Senate floor for ten-and-a-half hours to force the Patriot Act to expire. Rand's stamina and determination called the nation's attention to President Obama's illegal and unconstitutional phone records collection. In the Senate, there is no greater champion of the Fourth Amendment and no one as fearless in staring down the establishment, Republican or Democrat. It was his action, and his alone, that forced the NSA's bulk metadata collection programs to expire under Section 215 of the "PATRIOT Act." Not only that, but he continued to stand strongly against Washington, D.C.'s "Plan B" scheme, the misnamed "USA FREEDOM Act"; When President Obama was insisting on arming the Islamic rebels in Syria and bombing Assad, Rand stood firm and challenged the President. He even took to Fox News' TV airwaves in a live national address to counter President Obama's attempt to "gin up" war fever, infuriating Big Government Republicans like Karl Rove! And don't forget Rand's first filibuster exposing the Obama administration's lawless use of drones, earning attacks from U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and "wacko bird" name-calling from Senator John McCain. His historic 13-hour filibuster galvanized the American people unlike anything you and I have ever seen! He's also THE most stalwart opponent of the Federal Reserve in the Senate. He's fought against ObamaCare every step of the way. He's introduced budgets to slash spending and dig us out of our $18.3 TRILLION debt. He will keep our country out of senseless foreign wars that cost so many lives and bleed our treasury dry. He's not afraid to lay the blame for making worse the chaos we see today with ISIS and Iraq squarely at the feet of the neocons. And he's proven he's unafraid to stand up to anyone in Washington when the times call for it – even the leadership of his own party. Rand stands ready to lead, and to win. He has my full support. I ask that he also have yours. The truth is, Rand needs our grassroots army of liberty lovers more than ever. The national media and the establishment of both parties would love nothing more than to drive a stake through the heart of our Liberty Movement and stop Rand at all costs. They're going all-out to destroy him just like they tried to destroy me. And if they succeed, they'll go on to even more spending, spying, welfare and warfare in Washington, D.C. I was able to weather the media's viciousness because I had patriots like you at my side. Because good folks like you stood with me, the Washington Machine failed. Our Liberty Movement continues to grow. Now, my son Rand needs us in his corner. I'm answering the call. I'm proud to say I "Stand with Rand." Can I count on you to join me? Will you please sign your Pledge of Support and chip in $20.16 right away? Please know every dollar is critical. Unlike other candidates, Rand isn't depending on Wall Street fat-cats and banksters who want more special treatment, bailouts and stimulus packages to bankroll his candidacy. He's depending on patriots like you who are willing to fight to take our country back. Please join me in supporting him. Please sign your Pledge of Support and chip in $20.16 TODAY. For Liberty, Ron Paul P.S. There is not one candidate who has run for president in my lifetime who can say they're more committed to liberty, Austrian economics, small government, the Constitution, and a rational foreign policy than my son, Rand Paul. I'm proud to "Stand with Rand" despite media attacks trying to pit us against each other. But Rand needs us now more than ever. So please sign your Pledge of Support and chip in $20.16 to his campaign. Whatever you can afford will help. Paid for by Rand Paul for President

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Fwd: NZ Coach update

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From: NZ Coach (Sport NZ) <publications@sportnz.org.nz>

Welcome to NZ Coach. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Updates for 13/08/15 Editorial The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released a consensus statement on youth athlete development (see Investigating the Complexity of Youth Athlete Development and the IOC Consensus Statement link below). It is a wide-ranging document and people will have a variety of views on its intent, and on its likely impact on youth sport participation and performance. Coaching, as I would expect, is highlighted as a critical factor in the development of young sportspeople. But of particular note for me was the sentence:   "According to the IOC the 'culture' of specific sports and youth sports in general, has become disproportionately both adult and media centred." It goes on to suggest youth athletes are viewed as 'commodities'. Does this describe us now? Could it in future? As a coaching community we are in a strong position to help ensure the answer to both questions is 'No.' Brett Reid, Sport NZ Community Coaching Consultant Coaching Content Young athletes better off playing multiple sports The benefits of playing more than one sport vastly outweigh those of specialising at a young age. That's the view of Northern Districts director of cricket Pat Malcon, as ND batsman Jono Hickey prepares for the national provincial rugby championship with Auckland before wielding a cricket bat for the Knights this summer. (Sunday Star Times) Rugby enters brave new coaching era Top national coaches normally go to World Cups fearing the chop but most have long-term contracts. (NZ Herald) Australian coach Jan Stirling reflects on her FIBA Hall of Fame entry To Jan Stirling coaching is just coaching. The sport, the gender of the athletes and the team budget matters not. What matters to her is the coach gets the best out of the athlete. (Sydney Morning Herald) Investigating the Complexity of Youth Athlete Development and the IOC Consensus Statement "Without our context we are not what we are. We are not a list of attributes. My aim is not to fracture and break apart what should be together, not to de-contextualise. And that's the oldest approach on earth". (Juanma Lillo of Footblogball) Canada's National Coaching Partners Announce the First Annual National Coaches Week September 19 – 27, 2015 The Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) and the provincial and territorial coaching representatives (PTCRs) are proud to present the inaugural National Coaches Week, September 19 – 27, 2015. (SIRC News Hub) An Uncommon Man: Life Lessons from a True Sporting Role Model Back in the summer of 2000, I was just completing my first year as an assistant men's soccer coach at the University of Vermont. Between sessions of summer camp, I often ducked out of the heat by having lunch in the cool confines of UVM's famed Gutterson Field House, watching some of the planet's best ice hockey players playing summer pickup games. Olympians and NHL champions such as John LeClair, Aaron Miller, Tim Thomas, and Patrick Sharp honed their skills in these games, and I had quite the front row seat. (Changing The Game Project.com) Future Australian soccer coaches missing out because of strict A-League club commitments AUSTRALIA'S next generation coaches will sadly lack the invaluable input of professional A-League players if the scheduling for courses continually clashes with club commitments. (news.com.au) Coaching Tips - making sport inclusive for all For most people, the first youthful experiences within sport have a dramatic effect on the long-term idea of what they are capable of and if positive, can pave the way for future success. (SIRC Blog)   RELAY Links to topical information and research in the sport and physical recreation sector.  Relay at Sport New Zealand ABOUT NEW ZEALAND COACH  New Zealand Coach is an online magazine published by Sport New Zealand. Follow on Twitter | Friend on Facebook | Forward to Friend    Our mailing address is: Sport New Zealand Floor 1 86 Customhouse Quay Wellington, Wellington 6140 New Zealand Add us to your address book

Fwd: [Webmaker] Important Product Update for Popcorn Maker and Appmaker

As Webmaker for Android <http://webmaker.org> nears the end of its time in
beta and prepares for official launch, we wanted to share an update on
Mozilla's other tools for teaching the Web: Appmaker, Popcorn Maker,
Thimble and X-Ray Goggles. We discussed the future of these tools in a May
blog post <https://blog.webmaker.org/whats-next-for-webmaker-tools> (
http://mzl.la/1KKduFH), but after continued discussions we have updated our
plans.

As previously mentioned, Thimble and X-Ray Goggles are powerful and popular
tools among educators for teaching web literacy skills, and can now be
found at https://teach.mozilla.org/tools/. Later this summer, we'll be
releasing an updated version of Thimble with improved capabilities, so stay
tuned!

As our tools evolve, we will no longer support Appmaker and Popcorn Maker
<https://blog.webmaker.org/whats-next-for-webmaker-tools> (
http://mzl.la/1KKduFH). Instead, we're focusing our efforts on Webmaker for
Android, which empowers smartphone users to create local content and read,
write and participate online.

*Both Appmaker and Popcorn Maker will remain available until Wednesday,
Sept. 30, after which they will be inaccessible*. We are no longer able to
provide bug fixes and user support for these tools. However, users will
still be able to access makes created with these tools in a read-only
capacity, even after Sept. 30. To do so, visit webmaker.org/me and sign in.
And as open source projects, the code for these tools will continue to be
available for reuse at https://github.com/mozilla/popcorn_maker and
https://github.com/mozilla-appmaker/appmaker.

If you have any questions, email help@webmaker.org or on Twitter @Webmaker
<http://twitter.com/Webmaker>

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Comeback

The Comeback page: http://www.cneonline.org/comeback-series/.


Article on Linked In from Jerry Bowyer sent me to the trailer. Insights from the Jack Kemp approach.

Forbes.com: "'Comeback' Miniseries Aims To Reboot The Jack Kemp Agenda"

The man who mentored Jack Kemp as an anti-poverty crusader has teamed up with the man whom Jack Kemp mentored into politics to produce a mini-series called Comeback. Robert Woodson and Paul Ryan produced Comeback and used it to take viewers into the toughest neighborhoods in America, and show them groups of people who are solving the social ills of the inner city poor from within and below. Comeback shines the light on the people that Woodson calls “community antibodies.” Community antibodies are the neighborhoods’ organic defense against threats such as violence, addiction, and social break-down. Comeback is not really much of a public policy series, and even less of a politics series. But I think it leads the sensitive viewer to some pretty clear policy and political conclusions: that the welfare state has failed, that the people who know the most about these communities learned what they know by growing up in them (not by studying monographs in grad school), that government has made things worse, that to the degree that government can play a constructive role, it is to empower the local community leaders (not shills, pols, and grievance merchants, or activists) to have more degrees of freedom in what they are already doing, helping people escape misery one at a time from the inside out...

To read the entire article and listen to the interview, click here.

Rand Paul understands the race is more like a marathon.

Keep plugging Rand.

http://conservativeintel.com/2015/07/30/poll-shows-rand-gaining-in-spite-of-medias-attacks/?utm_source=Intel&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=House#disqus_thread

Headline: Poll Shows Rand Gaining in Spite of Media’s Attacks