there is a difference between earning grades and learning material….

there are some of eagles mere, some of sullivan county, some of the joseph priestly house and some other things.

some flowers, some buildings, and things dealing with water.

The Hill's property rights showdown. With the DMCA under attack from all quarters, Congressman Rick Boucher says it's time to rethink the controversial law. [CNET News.com] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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this is good.

AP Sues for Access To GWB Military Records (What Took You So Long?). AP suing the Pentagon to get 100% of GW Bush’s service records. It has always seemed odd to me that (1) Bush did not in fact ever make all his records available, and indeed reneged on his pledge to do so; (2) requests for the records now go through the White House; (3) there are things missing that have no right to be missing, notably the discharge papers with their separation codes; (4) no one in the press seemed to care about the loose ends in the story. Is it a coincidence that this law suit comes just after Bush starts falling in the polls? I would hate to think the press corps was so craven that they only dare ask hard questions when they smell blood. But how else to explain the timing?… [Discourse.net]

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it is about time. but by now the grand ole party prolly have completely fouled things up and the truth sought in the records will never be found.

The Flip Side of IT. After asking their chief information officer to resign, administrators at Louisiana State University are looking for a computing manager — and a strategy for affording new technology. (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report) [Chronicle.com - The Wired Campus]

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someone was telling me a long time ago that lsu was a sun/solaris house and that their technical gurus generally did not mesh well with faculty. the clash of the elites happens on occasion.