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Monthly Archives: January 2003
In His Own Words
A MeFi posting to some of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous writings and speaches.
Posted in Public Service, Civics, Government and Activism
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Let’s be honest – it was a great season right?
Hey, don’t get down folks. Who thought we could have made it this far earlier in the season? Last night the team beat itself. That’s what makes it so damn sad. One thing that gets me is how bad the … Continue reading
Introduction to Text Indexing with Apache Jakarta Lucene
Check it out over at OnJava. Going to review this later tonight.
Posted in Communications, Connection, the Internet, the Web, and Media
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Activism alive and kicking
WashingtonPost: 100,000 Expected To Protest Iraq War via Booknotes. Good. What will the story of the day be after the protests are over? Will any leaders with inspirational speaches and vision make themselves known? Looks like the protest movement is … Continue reading
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Axle of Evil
Another review of “High and Mighty: SUVs–The World’s Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way”, this time in The New Republic Online. Great quote: “What does it say about the United States that there are now millions of … Continue reading
PBS covering Weblogging
A new project at PBS, mediamatters, is covering some mover and shakers in the blogosphere. Oliver Willis describes why he blogs – and he’s an awful lot more honest then you’ll typically hear. Quote: “Everybody in America wants to be … Continue reading
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Rediscovering the reason for participation
Denise Larrabee, for the Philadelphia Inquirer, writes: As a writer with two young children who works at home, I realize it’s far too easy for me to become isolated from the real world and its problems, which can seem overwhelming … Continue reading
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Where are the fathers?
In this Inquirer editorial Jane Eisner writes How state officials charged with protecting the lives of endangered children could lose track of Williams’ three boys – and, it turns out, 277 others – is mind-boggling. Gov. McGreevey’s pledge to address … Continue reading
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A turnaround plan for Philly schools
Great interview with Paul Vallas, chief of the Philadelphia school system, posted at CSMonitor. “It’s not that the schools got bad,” argues Vallas. “It’s that things changed around them. We’re preparing children for the economy of the future in the … Continue reading
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