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Springsteen Editorial Comment?

Springsteen Editorial Comment?

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Is it my imagination, or does Bruce Springsteen’s new single “Radio Nowhere” make reference to the 1980’s Tommy Tutone song “Jenny (867-5309)”? Compare: Radio Nowhere [youtube width=”300″ height=”174″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUI6Eq50y-g[/youtube] This is Radio Nowhere Is there anybody alive out there This is Radio Nowhere Is there anybody alive out there I was sitting around a dead dial Just another lost number in a file 867-5309 (Claymation version) [youtube width=”300″ height=”174″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbB6ygODTGc[/youtube] I got it (I got it), I got it I got your…

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You Have Owners

You Have Owners

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George Carlin on why educational problems in America won’t get fixed – despite our need to be competitive. Warning: language [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccYoVnBc_fk[/youtube]

9.4 Million Uninsured Children in America

9.4 Million Uninsured Children in America

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The number of uninsured children from birth through age 18 rose for the second year in a row, according to new data released earlier this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. In the last year alone, another 707,000 children have been added to bring the total to more than 9.4 million uninsured children in America. This increase is more than double the jump from 2004 to 2005. This alarming jump demonstrates that our children need a strong national safety net…

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Why You Should Be Curious

Why You Should Be Curious

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Be curious, and encourage curiosity in others – especially children. Curiosity should never be discouraged. “I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Kudos for a great post: 10 Reasons Why You Should Be Curious | Marc and Angel Here are my additions to the list: You will be better educated. Your knowledge will mean more to you….

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Adobe Semaphore Pynchon

Adobe Semaphore Pynchon

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The semaphore (four rotating disks of light) atop the Adobe tower in downtown San Jose is indeed transmitting a message. Never heard of a semaphore? There are multiple meanings. In programming, it concerns methodology for mutual exclusion (see “excluded middles” below), parallel processing, and synchronization. Predating the electrical telegraph, the semaphore was defined as an optical telegraph that conveyed information via visual signals – towers with blades, shutters, flags and so on. semaphore I wonder to what extent the Adobe…

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