Media
I know that this is a "political" board but it seems like we have a lot of very "tech-savvy" people that post here. Is anyone else concerned that a contractor's mistake today, resulting in a cut in a fiber-optics network in Chapel Hill, resulted in a loss of communication amongst courthouses and county offices in all 100 NC counties?
Cut fiber line knocks out state courts' communications
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4949649/
I find this kind of disconcerting myself. It seems like the design of these systems has made us far, far too vulnerable. I think this is a political issue because it raises concerns for public health and welfare , at least IMHO.
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It is nice to be in a town that has a mayor who is willing to speak to the
zeitgeist. Feeling it also, a couple of months ago I created these
designs ...
The
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Changing our town's name by October 24
could turn an April Fools joke into a symbolic gesture to be heard
throughout the world in a time when action on climate change is dangerously
overdue. Can the joke go to symbol and then to action?
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! comes to Durham to benefit The Peoples Channel, WCOM, WNCU and Balance and Accuracy in Journalism!
April 8th, 7-9pm at the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 4907 Garrett Road, Durham, NC 27707
Please
support local community media by coming to this wonderful event! The
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Date:
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Location:
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Time-Warner, its relationship with the town of Chapel Hill, and cable TV agreements are the subject of two CH Herald stories this morning.
1. "Time Warner Cable, town to break ties March 31" Daniel Goldberg: "Time Warner Cable has notified the town that a local franchise agreement between
the two entities will be terminated effective March 31 . . . [Under] the Video Service Competition Act ... all cable franchise
agreements instituted after Jan. 1, 2007, will be licensed by the N.C. secretary
of state and agreements like the one between Time Warner and the town of Chapel
Hill could be terminated if a competing cable provider were authorized to offer
services in the same area." http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/orange/10-1124138.cfm (regis. needed)
2. "Town opposed cable service legislation" Daniel Goldberg - a history of town opposition to the legislation. http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/orange/10-1124120.cfm (regis. needed).
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