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On Homewood and Uncloaked Light -- Truth Thomas Reflects on Literature, The Homewood Center, and The Legacy Project1 comment

hocopolitso wrote 1 week ago: Why does literature matter, and why should any person, governmental body, or private sector limb giv … more →

Tags: Education, HoCoPoLitSo, Truth Thomas, Howard County Public School system, Howard County Library, Homewood Center, The Legacy Project, Lord Magloire, Word Up

Migrants move on

David Barrett wrote 3 weeks ago: Wednesday, May 22, was a good day for birding Central Park. There was decent warbler variety, with a … more →

Tags: birding, central park, Big Year, Birds, chuck will's widow, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Mourning Warbler, alder flycatcher, Spotted Sandpiper

A Torrent of Migrants

David Barrett wrote 1 month ago: The last seven days offered excellent species variety in Manhattan. I added 21 new species for the y … more →

Tags: chuck will's widow, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Willow Flycatcher

The future of Bitcoin: 3 predictions from experts22 comments

Jeff John Roberts wrote 1 month ago: Bitcoin is a cyber-currency of growing interest to speculators, the media and — most recently … more →

Tags: Bennett Hoffman, bitcoin, bitcoin foundation, Micky Malka, Mike Hearn, Ribbit Capital, Satoshi Nakaomot, SEC, virtual currency

Samaritan Reviews: Arrow #1.23 "Sacrifice"

A Young Samaritan wrote 1 month ago: If you have not seen this episode and don’t want to be spoiled, do not continue reading! Official de … more →

Tags: arrow, ck61938, GreenArrowTV, Longbow Hunters: The Arrow Podcast, Samaritan Reviews, The CW, stephen amell, Katie Cassidy, Willa Holland

Expensify CEO David Barrett on SkyNews to Talk about Bitcoin

mixcook wrote 1 month ago: Published on May 1, 2013 Expensify CEO David Barrett was asked to speak on SkyNews about Expensify … more →

Tags: Video 2, bitcoin, Video, expensify

Winds change -- birds return!

David Barrett wrote 1 month ago: It was looking as if we were not going to have a real spring migration in the New York area. The fir … more →

Tags: Spring Migration, birding, central park, Birds

Fire with Fire - today come out in italian cinemas

Cris wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes …. you have to fight …   Titolo originale: “Fire with Fire” Genere: azion … more →

Tags: Filmography, Eric Winter News, Eric Winter, Video, Entertainment, Movie, Fire With Fire, Josh Duhamel, Bruce Willis

Poetry Shades in the Geometry of Students' Lives -- a Guest Post by David Barrett

hocopolitso wrote 1 month ago: The latest installment in our occasional series of blog posts from members of the HoCoPoLitSo board. … more →

Tags: Education, Guest Post, Truth Thomas, Poetry, Homewood Center, Horizon Foundation, Geometry

A morning at Inwood Hill Park

David Barrett wrote 1 month ago: I have never gone to Inwood Hill for spring migration before. As I mention in my book, it is one of … more →

Tags: Great Crested Flycatcher, wood thrush, Orchard Oriole, inwood hill park, pileated woodpecker

Worst May 2 Ever

David Barrett wrote 1 month ago: The last five birding days have gone from sub-par to awful. None of these days had large numbers of … more →

Tags: Spring Migration

Is Bitcoin for real? Find out at GigaOM's Silicon Valley meetup

Jeff John Roberts wrote 1 month ago: Everyone from banks to bad guys are buzzing about Bitcoin — the cryptography-based currency th … more →

Tags: Ben Davenport, bitcoin, Gigaom meetup, Mike Hearn, Wences Casare

Is Bitcoin for real? Find out at GigaOM's Silicon Valley meetup8 comments

Jeff John Roberts wrote 1 month ago: Everyone from banks to bad guys are buzzing about Bitcoin — the cryptography-based currency th … more →

Tags: Ben Davenport, bitcoin, Gigaom meetup, Mike Hearn, Wences Casare

Another big four months -- but this is all!

David Barrett wrote 1 month ago: In the last chapter of my book A Big Manhattan Year I state that I have no intention of doing anothe … more →

Tags: A Big Manhattan Year, ebird.

Private meeting with a Prairie Warbler

David Barrett wrote 1 month ago: Prairie warbler (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today, April 25, brought more warblers to Central Park, th … more →

Tags: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Black and White Warbler

Weather continues to discourage migration1 comment

David Barrett wrote 1 month ago: Since the very promising Wednesday, April 17, of last week, we have had five consecutive poor birdin … more →

Tags: blue-gray gnatcatcher, red-breasted nuthatch, chimney swift, migration, Yellow-rumped Warbler

Blue-winged Teal on the Lake

David Barrett wrote 2 months ago: Blue-winged teal pair Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Photo credit: USFWS Headquarters) After ad … more →

Tags: central park, Blue-winged Teal

Longstanding nemesis bird finally enters my list

David Barrett wrote 2 months ago: Greater Yellowlegs (Photo credit: Len Blumin) I added a number of good birds since my last post: Blu … more →

Tags: stephen chang, Greater Yellowlegs, NOrthern Rough-winged Swallow, snowy egret, blue-gray gnatcatcher

Starr is featured in my new birding book

David Barrett wrote 2 months ago: I recently published A Big Manhattan Year: Tales of Competitive Birding. You can read more about the … more →

Tags: Big Year, A Manhattan Big Year


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