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Wildlife Rescue

2006-10-07T21:51:26Z

Boy is this tribe dead.............

Anyways, here's a nice success story. The Tribe community really came out for me when I posted from sea looking for advice on how to save this owl.

The story is in my blog at:

http://people.tribe.net/bobzilla/blog/12ae7e6f-3164-4306-8c83-b213b1d3f516

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Tribe and Google Searches

2006-05-23T22:21:28Z

Much to my delight my tribe posts are coing up a lot on google searches. One woman in San Jose has an eight year old son obsessed with the ocean. She did a google search on children, scuba and the monterey bay aquarium. The search results led to me and my blog (i teach scuba and work with a lot of kids), so I have a potential new client. Another person loves cotton candy and was on google looking for cotton candy resources (I guess ) and found my tribe : "I Love Cotton Candy"

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We Saved 90 percent of the Original Woodstock Site

2006-03-23T05:11:21Z

I'm sure you know that "Woodstock" means so many things to so many people. It was a watershed event that defined a generation. But did you know that the Woodstock site is eligible for the National Register? Do you know about the plans, already underway, towards the development of that site, and are you aware of the efforts that pursued the preservation of those 38 acres.

My name is Joanne Hague, and I was a leader in those efforts. I am not here to promote a website, but more so the information it contains. We, preservationists, just short of having our concerns heard at the Federal level, were able to see a 90 percent downsizing of the Bethel Woods project. We believe it was a win-win decision for everyone involved. We, as a small group of concerned citizen’s with no preservation background, went up against all odds, and we would like to share our struggles and accomplishments.

In the wake of the efforts that took place in pursuit of the historic preservation, we’ve launched a new website which may be one of the best sources of Woodstock information for the interested public and students alike. The website is not only about Woodstock 1969, it’s about Woodstock: then and now. We believe that the facts, fiction, legend, mythology, and general power of what is "Woodstock" will continue through our youth and we developed a unique page as a place for our students to share their works; their projects and essays, with others, to enjoy and learn from, and we also provide the opportunity for students to correspond with people who attended the event in 1969. We also feature "Memories" - a place for those who attended that event, to have the opportunity to share one of their own. In addition, our website also serves as a template for other grassroots historic preservation movements. A multitude of information, photos, video, audio and more, abound on this website. Unlike other Woodstock ‘tribute’ websites, the Woodstock Preservation Archives serves to ensure that the struggle to preserve the festival site is not lost as Bethel Woods rises in the Catskills, and also to inspire others to speak up for what they believe in, regardless of the barriers that face them. I assure you that this website is fun, interesting, educational and informative, and in the spirit of the original Woodstock advertisement catchphrase, the Woodstock Preservation Archives provides "Hundreds of Acres to Roam On."

I’d like to personally invite everyone to visit our new website: Woodstock - Preservation Archives (www.woodstockpreservation.org).

Joanne

Woodstock - Preservation Archives
www.woodstockpreservation.org

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Once I was on tribe

2006-02-15T15:53:27Z

and I laughed, and laughed, and laughed so much.

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Jesse and Heather: a story of two humans(!)

2005-05-27T00:00:32Z

It started back in January (moon 7 on the 13 moon calendar: totem animal, monkey). Observing it to be too cold to play outside, and overwhelmed with another exciting installment of what cursing intellectuals refer to as a “university semester,” Jesse the Vessel (foggy-minded thesis factory) and Heather Bliss (psycho-linguistic psychotic multi-linguist) were simply chained to their humming, stuttering computers. The absolute horror.

The key-board soon proved to be a key-for-the-bored, however, as tribe.net became the hub for a frenzy of obscure, thoughtful (nay, evil and adorable) messages, sent between Ottawa and Calgary on an unseen electronic highway (no doubt closely monitored by some hidden government employee with an open, drooling mouth and part-heart left untrampled by the cold machinations of his Orwellian superiors).

Discussion topics between these two childish academics included broken hearts, the art of naked door-answering (in conjunction with religious salespeople, add a sprinkle of homosexual suggestion and watch the magic unfold), and the colour orange. ‘All organisms need watering to grow – that’s why we cry.’

After some initial hesitation, web cameras were in full effect, and as spring icicles fell – penetrating the thawing earth with their melting glassy tips – so too did these two hearts warm to one another. With dark eye circles (affection having beaten them into submission) and several million scholarly essays behind them, the two anticipated a real life interaction. How incredibly exciting! (you see that situation).
Inspired by his Taoist studies, Jesse sold his possessions and jumped in the TransCanada river, which carried him to Heather’s crystal apartment. Risk. Jittering stomachs.

Outside, pigeons had sex on looming balconies. Real eyes met. Real voices were heard; real nerves – exposed. Vulnerability, palms and bellies. Two actual humans, bare and honest before one another! Trips and arrivals. Births and deaths. After a week of horrific intensity, unprecedented intimacy, direct knowing, Invader Zim cartoon insanity, and sidewalk-chalk vandalism, the Universe erupted into another perfect stillness amidst the silly human story, recognizing its indivisible self in this shattered mirror of apparently different faces. The Vessel was filled with Bliss; the Bliss found a Vessel. Now, neither exists, and yet both remain.

Humans(!) know this: you are complete on your own, but there is no own-being. Let your lovers show you your glorious emptiness!! And look – something stands beside this story’s ephemeral union of a Jesse and a Heather. A sign that reads, “You there – the reader. Have you found the Life of this place?”

Feeling the dance, despite the falling curtains of our autumn century.
-Jesse the Vessel and Heather Bliss (turning back to the cartoons)......

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Roaring 20's Masquerade Ball

2005-03-09T17:15:53Z

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The Roaring 20's Masquerade Ball
Where Art, Music, Community & Business meet
A charity event for Friends for the Dearborn Animal Shelter*

Produced by
Jackie Blue, CatharticMedia and Detroit by Design
www.JackieBlue.com www.CatharticMedia.com www.DetroitbyDesign.com

Date: Saturday, April 9, 2005
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Bankle Building, 2944 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fee: $20 in advance (no sales at the door)
Tickets available at www.JackieBlue.com or phone 248-877-2535
Dress code: Flappers, pinstripe suits, madcap fun!

Event Highlights
Live musical entertainment by Jackie Blue, DJ Litmus, 31 Seconds and other guests
Fashion show highlighting Detroit area designers and models featuring clothes inspired by the Roaring 20's
Best costume contest
Live auction
Complimentary food and drinks

All in the Name of Fun for a Worthwhile Cause!
Celebrate the explosion of art that occurred during the 1920's while heralding in the new golden age of art in Detroit!

Although each individual component of the Roaring 20's Masquerade Ball would make for a fun evening out on the town, it's the grandness of this event that sets it apart from all others. The Roaring 20's Masquerade Ball is a Sound & Vision Musical that tells the tale of Nick Fudrich, a Detroit River dock worker during the prohibition era. As with the finest fashion collections, several common threads are used to tie together the individual components of this production: Music, fashion and staging inspired by the 1920's. Actors to give the event its grounding. And a bold narrator.

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"Tribe.net No. 1 for city knowledge"

2005-01-27T20:45:14Z

From the S.F. Examiner:

Tribe.net, a free online site where local people can connect with each other about what to do, where to go, places to live, jobs, services and shared interests, reached its 10,000th recommendation in San Francisco, making it The City's largest local online resource for such information, Tribe.net said.

"After seven short months we are able to offer San Francisco consumers more restaurant recommendations than CitySearch, which has been in the market for almost 8 years," said Mark Pincus, co-founder and CEO of tribe.net.

Great work!!

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Found our bassist on tribe

2005-01-18T19:48:40Z

My band "The Famous" was looking for a new bass player, and I was going to place an ad on Craiglist, but then I saw a listing on tribe from a bassist looking to play with an alt.country band. I checked out his profile and found that he's an experienced musician and a friend-of-a-friend. We set up an audition, and he's been with us for 4 months now.

We'll be playing at the tribe.net 10000 Recommendations party this Feb 3rd so come say hello to our new bassist!

http://www.thefamous.net

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Moving---move out now!

2004-12-10T17:46:59Z

Recently my grandfather and I have been butting heads as of late. It became a thing of psychological warfare considering some of the stuff he said to me.

I had already been wanting to move out of the house. I could get my freedome back. Still after 3 fights in a week and a half I realized that things were only gonna get worse. As our arguments always ended with him saying "move out", I decided to do just that.

I put an ad in craigslist.com as well as here to see if anyone might be able to find me a room for me to live in the price range that would make anyone cringe. In the bay area, 400 dollars max is gonna make the search difficult in such a place where gas goes for $2.30.

On tribe.net I found that people in my network and in the groups I posted (SF Bay Freaks, SF Bay Furries, Kinky Roomates) were eager to at least give me some advice or point me in a direction. Kinky Roomates is a tribe that I signed up for long ago because it suits what I would like when I finally moved out....a kink friendly household.

I found a place and will be moving the rest of my things in this week. This will make me very happy despite the emotional bumps Im running over.

Thanx Tribe and those that helped me when I needed it! It was unexpected that a group of people that I didnt know knew my situation and could see themselves in my shoes.

-Kat

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Found a new home for some furniture

2004-12-09T23:27:07Z

Had a couch and a bed to give away for free. Found homes via Tribe for both.

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My story

2004-12-03T06:16:24Z

I placed a listing for a car on tribe.net and within eight hours, I sold it to this kid http://detroit.tribe.net/person/2bdee1db-c719-4e1d-b84d-3356f41d9215?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Person%5B2bdee1db-c719-4e1d-b84d-3356f41d9215%5D&r=10510

I am very impressed with tribe.net and I refer it to anyone who has something to sell. I plan on using this feature more in the future.

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Sold a guitar

2004-10-13T23:07:32Z

fast and easy transaction

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Got volunteers

2004-09-29T21:07:04Z

I run gate collections for the Folsom Street Fair. I got 8 volunteers from my tribe listing and only one flaked.

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got a DJ gig

2004-09-20T21:24:14Z

I got my first major DJ gig through a connection I met on tribe.net. Not only was I flown out for a four hour performance at a conference, all expenses paid, but I got to hire two friends to come along -- a musician and a visuals producer.

The event producers were so pleased at the results, they have indicated that they may hire us again.

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New job!

2004-09-03T16:20:04Z

As the end of the busy season approached at my summer job, I'd been scouting more permanent employment. A process made especially stressful due to my indecision as to whether I wanted to remain in the restaurant industry or return to a more traditional work environment/schedule, etc.

A customer, Robin, at the bar where a Tribe buddy, Jeremy, bartends mentioned that the restaurant that he works at needed people. Dave, Jeremy's boyfriend, and also another close Tribe friend, called me to see if I was interested in stopping by and talking restaurant with Robin. I was. We did.

He passed on the word to management, I stopped by to drop off a resume and a trial shift was arranged for this last Friday afternoon. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be one of the busiest nights in the restaurant's history. Instead of being there for a few hours and management contacting me in a few days with the yay or nay, as initially indicated, I was asked to come aboard as a permanent, full time bartender on the spot at the end of a crazy 11 hour shift.

Not only is a great weight lifted off my mind, having the whole job search thing behind me, but the quality of product that I'm working with as well as the work environment I've now returned to are precisely the aspects that I had been missing at this summer's job. Within hours, I felt entirely in my element and I could not be more thrilled.

Tribe.net: Latin for 'rocking my world on a continual basis'.

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new gf

2004-08-10T21:49:58Z

After dating several women met through tribe, I found one who is really right for me. We've only been together for about three weeks, but there is a lot of love shared in this relationship.

Tribe.net creates an online environment that is very conducive to getting to know people, for friendship or romance. The combination of discussion groups and user profiles is a real winner. My new girlfriend and I knew a lot about one another before we ever spent time together. Thanks, tribe!

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Keeping Friends Together

2004-07-23T18:35:26Z

If it wasn't for the Tribe, me and Mikey Beerman would have lost touch years ago.

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Cat Death Sentence Reprieve!

2004-07-16T21:18:42Z

(Poor Walter, I've bored him with this story 2x now...)

My cat Cleo had her life literally saved by Tribe.Net.

She was vomiting and dehydrated, and I took her into an emergency vet to figure out what was wrong. After testing her for kidney problems and stomach problems, the couldn't figure out what was wrong. They basically rehydrated her and released her to my vet.

My vet was very pessimistic about her chances-- she diagnosed cancer. She was in bad shape and in quite a bit of pain. I spent a free afternoon with her in the animal hospital holding her and crying. I was such a mess that the vet tech let me take her home for the evening. We were going to give her an ultrasound to confirm tumors and then i'd put her down.

The ultrasound found nothing. NOTHING! My vet thought hmmm, maybe feline irritable bowel syndrom and gave her a shot of prednisone.

Now this is where Tribe comes in. Walter, a cat lover and life saver, is the moderator of the very busy and fun cat tribe. And I posted my adventures there, and another cat-lover/lifesaver combo named That Woman wrote and told me about changing her diet to all-meat. I learned a great deal about cat nutrition from her, from that thread and from the various links she sent me to. I immediately switched my cat's diet from driy kibble to all meat, no grain. Between that and the Prednisone, my cat perked right up.

In fact, she's playful now. Not in pain. And her coat is thicker and healthier. Both her and her sister are in much better shape, and now I get to keep her.

The best thing I've found about Tribe is the community-- all of us are willing to share stories, information, friendship and connection. This place is truly precious to me.

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cross country adventures

2004-07-01T16:29:32Z

so i met a guy from berkeley's dad who sold me a car. i got it all taken care of and am not worried about getting the shaft on the deal.

tonight i will meet someone that have been playing travel tag with. him on my coast twice, now we're going to a concert tonight. ;)

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all purpose

2004-05-27T20:25:42Z

i think i've used tribe for just about everything. finding whatever i'm looking for. and for promoting things that i find useful.

met a roommate, interviewed someone for my old place. have hired tech people for our computers, dog walkers.

i have gotten little project jobs, and lots of professional contacts. i'm still looking for a FT job (so will let you know when i get one of those through tribe).

i use it for organizing professional resources.

tribe moderator: techwritingtraining, internationalbusiness, emergencyservices, worldjournalists, eventstaff, bayvolunteer, dogwalkers, petsitters: all @ tribe.net as part of a way to network and look for a job.

oh, and did i mention that i use it for my personal life too? met tons of friends that now we know are in our neighborhood. i organize parties, use it for dating, and working on events.

yep, whatever you're looking for, you have a good chance of finding it on tribe.

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Sold a Muni Fast Pass

2004-05-27T16:52:13Z

Had an extra and sold it quickly and easily via a listing

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Got my laptop fixed

2004-05-27T16:51:27Z

I had installed an Iomega Zip drive and the drivers completely jacked my Thinkpad. I was getting an inaccessible boot device error and the blue screen of death. I placed a listing and had three people respond in two days. My machine is now purring again.

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cheese steak

2004-05-18T01:27:36Z

I found a great cheese steak that's vegan. I went to Jay's last Monday for their seitan "steak" sandwitch no cheese/ no mayo and I have been back three times since. I am now a complete and happy person.

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Living my dream...

2004-05-03T16:18:12Z

I always wanted to be an editor/publisher and help bring writers and good fiction to the attention of a literate audience.

So I am thrilled to find my tribe, * The Short Stories Club * (originally intended as a place for simple recommendations), evolving into a tribe embracing the short story from several angles, including writers looking for publishers, publishers looking for writers, links to sites featuring short stories, a place for writers to publish work online, and more, more, more.

As moderator of this tribe, I have met a lot of great writers, publishers and fellow readers who have come together to help meet each others needs (and this tribe is just getting started).

I feel like an editor/publisher of a dynamic, ever-growing publication. I fervently believe that one day, I will be able to tap into this resource further to launch a real-world or virtual (or both) publishing project.

Thanks, Tribe! And thanks to those who have joined my tribes!

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Friends

2004-04-21T20:59:35Z

I have met 82 new people (in real life) through tribe since the November tribe party, half of whom I now see on a regular basis.

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Moving to SF

2004-04-06T13:06:46Z

I'm in the process of making a move to San Francisco. I have to say that Tribe has been absolutely *fantastic* in making it an easier and far less stressful event than might otherwise be.

Whether through plain excitement, enthusiasm and continued support or tons of helpful advice and offers to scout living situations for me or just sharing their knowledge, I'm incredibly grateful to have Tribers as a resource on both personal and professional levels.

I'll to try to keep this thread periodically updated, but I do also have a tribe called 'Operation San Francisco' that's dedicated to detailing the developments of the move. Please feel free to join it if you want to post or merely lurk and watch it all unfold.

Much Tribe love,

Frisbee Girl

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start of the hapily ever after

2004-03-16T05:01:58Z

okay, okay so i could go on and on. tribe great for friends, dating, parties. some small jobs. lots of professional and social networking. i sold some concert tix.

but my boyfriend i met at a tribe mixer just asked me to move in with him. and i've got a SUV to drive. ;)

now we found a burningman camp, and have posted about looking for housing.

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10 year old soy latte

2004-01-23T08:23:51Z

> 10 years ago I belonged to a virtual community called SFNet.

> 2 years ago I moved out of SF to LA.

> Last year I was invited to Tribe to join the SFNet Nostalgia tribe.

> This month I sold my sticker/laminator machine on Tribe, to raise funds for new running shoes to run in an LA 5k event this Spring.

> It was sold to a woman who saw my posting in the "Placing Things on Top of Things" tribe (stickers, get it?) who absolutely loves stickers!

> It turns out that she is the woman who started the SFNet Nostalgia tribe. We never knew each other from SFNet (different eras) but have plenty of friends in common who transitioned both our eras.

> In lieu of shipping fees, we are going to meet for coffee when I am next in San Francisco (her treat!) and finally meet another "SFNetter".

> Tribe is a virtual community that even brings now-defunct communities together!

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Sold 3 monitors

2004-01-22T22:16:14Z

I advertised and sold 3 extra monitors that I had sitting around in my basement, getting rid of them in less than a day. It was a great experience, nice buyer and they picked them up at my house.

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got an incredible connection....

2004-01-21T09:32:04Z

....that went from the internet to meatspace rather nicely. Last december I wrote a testimonial for a woman who I've known as an acquaintance for several years now; as if I'd know her all my life. She just responded on monday to the testimonal saying we should get together and meet. We met on tuesday afternoon after my yoga class, and her pilates class, at Turks on the Drive in Vancouver. The date ended with me leaving her place after having watched a movie and the both of us exclaiming our happiness at having connected. It was through tribe that it was all made possible, and I'm happy say !Props! to tribe for it.

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whats the pic?

2004-01-21T06:18:25Z

Whats the pic of the people for this tribe?

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Sold High-End Cookware

2004-01-21T05:31:16Z

So, I know I'm an employee AND the moderator of this Tribe, but thought I'd get the ball rolling.

I sold an extra set of Le Creuset cookware on Tribe. The cool thing was that I had the cookware delivered (by my boss, once of the co-founders) to the recipient. She didn't have the cash on her to give to my boss, but sent it to me via another friend 2 days later.

She could have just kept the cookware without paying me, but because of "6-degrees of separation" I trusted that she would be as good as her word and she was!

Success!

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