The Authentic Eccentric

Since October we have been testing Angsuman’s Translator Plugin Pro for WordPress on Jen Burke’s Transcending Gender. The results have been so significant that I requested permission to share them with my readers.
As you can see, there has been a dramatic increase in visitors and page views:

Google really likes the new service - they spidered […]

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Acephalous is doing an interesting study on the speed and spread of memes for the upcoming MLA conference. He’s asking for help artificially spreading a meme so he can dissect and demystify the process.
This may just be a fascinating way to gather nifty links, but since I’m into research and he’s promised to share […]

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Fourteen months after Katrina, the pace of rebuilding has slowed to a crawl. As I noted in my earlier post, there remains a significant difference between the “photo op” spots of New Orleans versus what residents of New Orleans are actually experiencing.
Today’s NYT has an update on the Road Home program designed to help New […]

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This year’s ballot measures to raise the minimum wage passed in six states: Montana, Ohio, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and Nevada.
That means that ~1,561,000 million Americans are getting a raise, which is not only good for them, but also good for the businesses that serve working families.
As an added benefit, all of the new […]

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In the ballot issues up for decisions today, it looks like an overwhelming win for discrimination and minimum wage increases.
In an unrelated matter, I caught this article over at the NYT site while waiting for results:
Do the Rights of the Disabled Extend to the Blind on the Web?
ACCORDING to an advocacy group, Target declined […]

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I just got back from fulfilling my civic duty at our local polling spot. Things went smoothly and despite some known issues with touch screen voting machines, my final choices appear to have been recorded accurately.
With six hours yet to go, the poll judges said that turnout today was higher than average: over 50% […]

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Four hundred and thirty one days have passed since Katrina wreaked havoc on the gulf coast. I’m lucky enough to have friends on the ground in New Orleans fighting to save their city - otherwise, I might not know about dire conditions that continue there.

Election day marks the 435th day since Katrina hit. This is […]

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