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...committee also expressed general support for Crimson Cable, a student-run organization founded in 2006 by Nicholas J. Castine ’10, to offer television service to all undergraduates through Harvard Student Agencies—provided that the cable service would not slow down Harvard’s network...
...more than a numbers race. Using Ning, a social platform, Willington created the "Brown Brigade," Brown's own unique social network, which allowed the campaign to connect with grass-roots supporters. "You could also hook up with people in a brigade in your area," says Willington. The channel worked in all directions: Brown's staff could reach his supporters, his supporters could respond to him, and supporters could find one another to organize. The golden moment? The campaign raised $1.3 million in just one day by publicizing a fundraising blitz using those social platforms, well surpassing their goal...
...those tools, Willington organized a text-messaging network. If Coakley happened to be on the radio, for example, Brown supporters would receive a plea via text with the call-in number for questions. Opening that message eliminated the need to dial a phone number - "You just need to push 'Talk' or 'Call,' " says Willington. Further, Brown's staff banked on the fact that those messages might be forwarded by individuals to others in recipients' electronic address books. "We wanted to continue to reinforce the power of personal contact among friends," he says...
...smuggling boom may soon be over, as Egypt constructs a subterranean steel wall along the border, designed to cut off the network of tunnels that have kept both Gaza and the Bedouin afloat - a move that will antagonize the tribes in a tinderbox region...
...Sinai, it may not even take a war to spark the fuse. Hamzawy says the past two years have seen a spike in social unrest in north Sinai, where a dense network of permanent police checkpoints create an atmosphere of occupation. Rights groups say Bedouin are routinely harassed and arrested at random. Torture in Egyptian prisons is rampant, and some Bedouin report stories of state security abducting their wives and children in an effort to coerce wanted men to come forward...