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Help Win Tents and Laptops for Your Favorite Occupy Site

150+ Occupy groups were nominated for a chance to win a tent or laptop from Occupy Supply. Vote your top 10 choices for outstanding community activism in the Occupy Movement. Round 1 voting ends midnight on Wednesday, 2/1 for the chance to win a 11x11' command post tents or laptop with webcam for an Occupy Movement protest. The top 20 occupations to receive the most votes will advance to the final round, and DADT activist Lt. Dan Choi will personally deliver the tents to winning occupations and hold a celebration, courtesy of Occupy Supply!

Over 250 different actions were nominated from over 150 different occupations - an impressive list that serves as a true testament to the level of support for this movement and the amount of good work being done by activists across the country. Vote your top 10 choices for outstanding community activism for a chance to win a tent or laptop with webcam for an Occupy Movement protest.

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We're thrilled with the response to our contest so far and thank you for sharing it with your friends, family, followers and fellow-occupiers. Happy voting!

Jane Hamsher
Founder & Publisher
Firedoglake.com

P.S. After voting, please be sure to check your email for your confirmation number.

Pacifica Beach Coalition: Party Photos, Ongoing Projects

Thank you for making our first Party on the Point such an awesome, fun event. 

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See you at the next Party on the Point. If you would like to do more for Earth Day and help with the planning process, please join us at our Earth Day Stakeholder meeting and/or our next Pacifica Beach Coalition (PBC) meeting on February 9. We need your help with logistics, media outreach, celebration, data entry, and more. Bring your talents and have fun with an awesome bunch of people.
 
Stakeholder meeting, Tuesday, January 31 from 6 to 7 p.m., Vallemar School Library
 
PBC meeting, Thursday, February 9 from 6 to 8 p.m., Pacifica Library, Hilton Way and Palmetto, Sharp Park
 
L Y N N . A D A M S
Pacifica Beach Coalition, President
650.355.1668 Office
415.309.5856 Cell
Surf Movie - Chasing the Swell - February 25
Earth Day - April 21
Monthly cleanups at three beaches: pacificabeachcoalition.org

Urgent: California Senate Votes on SB 810 Universal Health Care

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California Friends: Will you contact these senators (listed below)? And have your friends do the same? It doesn't matter that you're not in their district. Please forward widely and quickly. Plea from Don Bechler, www.SinglePayerNow.net Urgent SB 810 Alert Everyone Has to Contact Four Senators To Win the Senate Floor Vote Dear SB 810 Healthcare Activist, Please contact State Senators Alex Padilla, Michael Rubio, Juan Vargas, and Rod Wright. Ask them to vote YES on SB 810. On Thursday, January 26, SB 810, the California Universal Healthcare Act, was voted on. The vote was 19 for and 15 against with 6 senators not voting. We need 21 votes to pass SB 810. We still have another chance, though. SB 810 is on "Reconsideration" and can be brought up again if the votes change. This will likely happen on Tuesday, January 31, which is our last day to pass it. In Thursday's vote all Republicans and Democratic Senators Ron Calderon and Louis Correa voted no. Democratic Senators Padilla, Rubio, Vargas, and Wright did not vote. All other Democrats voted for SB 810. Between now and Monday we need to convince 2 of the 4 Democrats who did not vote to vote yes. We normally only ask constituents to call legislators. In this case we want everyone in California to call them. Feel free to call both their local office and their Sacramento office, and to email them. We encourage you to forward this alert. Please let us know which senators you have contacted and if they indicated how they would vote. Senator Alex Padilla (District 20 - Pacoima/LA area) can be contacted by email at Senator.Padilla@sen.ca.gov In Sacramento at 916-651-4020 Or in Van Nuys at 818-901-5588 Senator Michael Rubio (District 16 - Fresno/Bakersfield area) can be contacted by email at Michael.Rubio@sen.ca.gov In Sacramento at 916-651-4016 Or in Bakersfield at 661-395-2620 Senator Juan Vargas (District 40 - San Diego) can be contacted by email at Juan.Vargas@sen.ca.gov In Sacramento at 916-651-4040 Or in Chula Vista at 619-409-7690 Senator Rod Wright (District 25 - LA area) can be contacted by email at Senator.Wright@sen.ca.gov In Sacramento at 916-651-4025 Or in Inglewood at 310-412-0393 Keep your message short and to the point. At this point, they are just tallying contacts to see which way the wind is blowing. A simple message can be: "I'm disappointed that the Senator did not cast a vote for SB 810 on the Senate Floor. Senator Leno plans to bring it up again on Reconsideration and I ask the Senator to support SB 810 then. It's the solution to the healthcare crisis that saves the state billions, guarantees health care for all Californians, and controls costs, while eliminating the denials of care and restrictions of provider choice imposed by private insurance companies." Please let us know which State Senators you have contacted. ___ I have contacted Senators __________________________ ___ I have forwarded this alert. ___ I can help call our activists who do not have email to encourage them to call. I will send you a script and names. Let me know how many names you can call. ___ I would like to make a financial contribution to keep the single payer campaign rolling. To make a contribution click here. Or you can send a financial contribution to: Single Payer Now PO Box 460622 San Francisco, CA 94146 Thank you. Let's make history. Don Bechler Chair - Single Payer Now 415-695-7891

Spanish and French Classes @ Terra Nova, February 1 to May 2

Sign up now for Spanish and French language classes for adults at Terra Nova High School (Jefferson Union High School District): $60 for 12 Wednesday evening classes. February 1 through May 2 from  6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Register at first class or through JUHSD (www.juhsd.net and click Adult Education, then Community Classes) or call 650-550-7871. Email Christine Guzman for Spanish at spanishwithchristine@gmail.com or Monique for French at moniquedubief@earthlink.net

Senator Yee Hosts "Cash for College" Workshop @ Daly City, Feb. 1

Senator Leland Yee (D-San Mateo) hosts a free Cash for College workshop offering students and parents hands-on financial aid assistance, including help to complete the financial aid forms necessary to apply for Cal Grants. Students who attend the workshop, complete an online exit survey, and submit their FAFSA by the March 2 deadline qualify for a $1,000 scholarship. The workshop is at Jefferson High School, 6996 Mission Street, Daly City on Wednesday, February 1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (English and Spanish).                                 
 
What to bring: Social Security card, Driver’s License, or Alien Registration Card; 2011 income tax info or 2012 tax return; W-2s and other income tax forms; any records of untaxed income such as welfare benefits, Social Security benefits, or child support payments; list of colleges you’re interested in attending; if you are undocumented, our AB540 specialists will work with you to find alternative opportunities to pay for college.

Here's Lookin' at Ya, Kid: Mountain Lion Workshop, February 1

Sanchez Art Center Hosts Three Exhibits Through February 12

Tom Holland’s works in studio. Foreground, left to right: Pope Valley Moonlight (1999), Cloud (1989), Siren #2 (2005), epoxy paint on aluminum.
 
Sanchez Art Center is proud to present the unique artwork of Bay Area artist Tom Holland. This exhibition of Holland’s recent work runs through February 12. Holland’s work is both sculptural and painterly, with colorful, curving surfaces of thin, folded aluminum. Known as one of California's most important contemporary artists, Holland considers the color surfaces and the interaction and motion in his work as the most important aspects of his paintings. He also often works on paper, marble, and copper. Holland will give an Artist’s Talk at 4 pm on Sunday, February 12, the closing day of the exhibition.
 
Two concurrent exhibitions are also open at Sanchez Art Center. The East Gallery hosts Memorandum to Light from Shadows, a group show by Skyline College art students featuring ceramics, sculpture, and photography, curated by Skyline professor Arthur Takayama. The West Gallery exhibits work by members of the Art Guild of Pacifica in a group show entitled Something Edgy. Definitions of “edgy” range from nervously irritable, impatient and anxious, to sharp or biting, sharply defined or outlined, to daringly innovative, provocative, and trend-setting or on the cutting edge. Lots of possibilities here, and as artist Gale Frances says, “Who knows what the cutting edge is? It all depends on how uptight you are when you start out.” Should be interesting!
 
All three shows are open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m., through February 12. Sanchez Art Center is at 1220 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica, about 1.5 miles east of Highway 1 and the Pacific Ocean. For more information about the center, call 650-355-1894 or visit www.sanchezartcenter.org.

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The Lighted Desert

Saguaro cactus in holiday lights, Scottsdale, Arizona (Sherri Shafer)

Pacifica Libraries Event Calendar, January 2012

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Find us on Facebook at Pacifica Libraries. Laptop computers are available for checkout at Sanchez and Sharp Park branches to Peninsula Library System cardholders in good standing. For more information, visit your local branch library.