Elections (elect Darren Soto, FL House 49)
Economics,
Software (databases, programming, web browsing),
& Statistics (R Project for Statistical Computing),
currently planning a new project in the Java
programming language (stay tuned).
-- After all that heavy stuff,
need some music...
Music
"Most" - Francesca Battistelli,
"I'm Here" - Francesca Battistelli,
"Turn, Turn, Turn" - Pete Seeger.
"Simple Gifts" - Joseph Barkett,
"Appalachian Spring" - Aaron Copland
The theme of Simple Gifts is repeated
in Appalachian Spring.
Movies
An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore explains Global Warming, why we must act
and what we can do. Community follow-up, including additional authorized showings (e-mail me), will
be done by "The Climate Project"
http://www.theclimateproject.org/
The movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," received
two Oscars:
One for Director, Davis Guggenheim,
for "Best Documentary, Feature"
and another Oscar nomination for
"Music (Song),"
"I Need to Wake Up"
Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
Al Gore has also been nominated for
the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on
raising public awareness of Global Warming.
Television
House (FOX), 4400(USA, off till summer)
Books
"The End of Poverty" - Jeffery Sachs
/ "Leading Through Conflict" - Mark Gerzon
/ "Java DeMYSTiFied" - Jim Keogh
/ "The New CIO Leader"
- Marianne Broadbent & Ellen Kitzis
Heroes
Vaclav Havel (playwrite & former Czech President),
Nelson Mandela,
Al Gore,
Miguel de Icaza (Mono Project -- see Mono Project Blog),
Brian Ripley (see R Project for Statistical Computing),
Roy Fair (Economist -- see his website at Yale),
Stephanie Porte (ACORN),
Francesca Battistelli (musician),
Patty Sharp (political consultant),
Armando Ramirez (Voting Rights activist, Osceola Co.),
Darren Soto (Voting Rights attorney, FL House 49),
John Edwards (One America -- see website)
About me: It has been a great year, our local team elected both Rep. Scott Randolph in the November 2006 election and Rep. Darren Soto in a special election at the end of April 2007. It meant walking every Saturday for over a year, but it was worth it.
Saw both Rep. Randolph and Rep. Soto at the special session of the Florida Legislature just ended (mid-June 2007). Rep. Soto helped me find a key budget hearing and Rep. Randolph got me in the Democratic legislative caucus immediately before the Wednesday evening session of the Florida House.
As a result of the session, January 29, 2008 in addition to being the Florida Presidential Primary will have a huge State of Florida property tax question as well -- asking voters if they want to change from "Save our Homes" and a $25,000 homestead property exemption to a new "Super Exemption" (see blog post "Report from Tallahassee").
Elected "Board Member at Large" of the Orange County, Florida Democratic Party at the December 2006 organizational meeting (under state law the organization is officially called the "Orange County Democratic Executive Committee" or OCDEC). DISCLAIMER -- WHEN ACTING AS A DEC OFFICER, I AM NEUTRAL AMONG DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. I do have personal opinions, as a minority of one, and they are posted here.
Francesca Battistelli is an Orlando area musician with talent that will take her far. UPDATE: I have added Francesca's song "Most" to the JBCallahan profile Listen to a few of her other songs (for free) at:
Some of the sites have links where you can buy her first CD. BTW, Francesca's middle initial is "A" so she is "FAB."
Who I'd like to meet: Barack Obama, John Edwards, Hillary & Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Sachs (Economist), Miguel De Icaza (open source software developer), Ray Fair (Economist), Brian Ripley (Statistician) & Jimmy Carter...
hi Jim! thanks so much for reaching out and making us a part of your Top 8! we truly appreciate your support. you have a great page here. best to you :)
