Sunsets, Stars, West, Wind
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4581137
I grew up in a small Kansas Town Between Leavenworth and Atchison. The state highway I commute to work daily on is dedicated to her memory.
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http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/John-Dobson-1915ndash2014-240456881.html
Sad news this morning.
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Small Firms Are Making Big Bucks In The Analog Economy
Whoa! I never saw this coming. I got flashbacks to my own Prophet 5.
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Read January 2014
Publisher’s Synopsis:
Caleb Marcus is a Peacemaker, a roving lawman tasked with maintaining the peace and bringing control to magic users on the frontier. A Peacemaker isn’t supposed to take a life—but sometimes, it’s kill or be killed…
After a war injury left him half-scoured of his power, Caleb and his jackalope familiar have been shipped out West, keeping them out of sight and out of the way of more useful agents. And while life in the wild isn’t exactly Caleb’s cup of tea, he can’t deny that being amongst folk who aren’t as powerful as he is, even in his poor shape, is a bit of a relief.
But Hope isn’t like the other small towns he’s visited. The children are being mysteriously robbed of their magical capabilities. There’s something strange and dark about the local land baron who runs the school. Cheyenne tribes are raiding the outlying homesteads with increasing frequency and strange earthquakes keep shaking the very ground Hope stands on.
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This is one of the Kansas City Public Library‘s Adult Winter Reading Program suggested novels this year. And Rachel Cantor is one of the signature events in late March.
What you need to know about the court decision that just struck down net neutrality
Not sure what I need to do to take action to preserve an open internet. Appealing to Supreme Court probably not a good idea. Suppose I’ll write my Congressmen, although the ISPs and cable industry have probably already bought them.
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Why You Should Be Freaking Out About The End Of Net Neutrality
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/net-neutrality_n_4597831.html?utm_hp_ref=technology
More on the death of net neutrality. I anticipate my Netflix streaming will be slowed by Time Warner in the near future.
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_mio_babbino_caro
I heard this performed at the local district competition for the Met last Saturday. And again during thus week’s Downton Abbey.
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Feigning Deafness, Giving Your Dog’s Email and Other Reader Tips to Thwart Privacy Grubbers
This made me laugh. Homework for the next time I need to sell my soul to the Devil (i.e. A retailer): come up with a snarky fake email address.
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Feds Can’t Enforce Net Neutrality: What This Means For You
A more concise article on the net neutrality debacle.
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