Author: DXO
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My Lunar Eclipse Pics
Feb 2008 Lunar Eclipse 7, originally uploaded by juggernautco. My new camera and zoom lens lets me do things I never could before, including zoom up moon-style the other night. Here’s the whole set.
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Math Crusade is Dumb
These parents crusading against their children’s math curriculum make my ears bleed, even when reading about it. But many parents are lobbying the School Board to kill the program. Opponents have submitted a petition with 1,000 names and started a Web site, http://www.pwcteachmathright.com. They have been checking out a video called “Math Education: An Inconvenient…
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FDNY on the Lookout? Sounds Good to Me.
In These Times gets their back up over this, but I have zero issue with it. Sharing relevant information in common sense ways keeps us safer. Just because there is potential for abuse doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try it. FDNY Spies — In These Times In New York City, the Department of Homeland Security is…
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Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces 6.8 Percent Increase in Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request
Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces 6.8 Percent Increase in Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request Snip: Total funding of $2.2 billion will support FEMA’s state and local assistance programs, which prepares state and local governments to prevent or respond to threats or incidents of terrorism and other catastrophic events.
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News in Context
At EveryBlock, we’ve talked a lot about “context”. It’s one of the things that people– especially people in the journalism community– say that the site is missing. They’re right, of course, in that we collect and present an immense amount of data without textual analysis or narrative history. It’s one thing to note that a…