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		<title>Durham Freeway bridge set to be replaced, finally</title>
		<link>http://nicomachus.net/2009/05/durham-freeway-bridge-set-to-be-replaced-finally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicomachus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s about f*ckin&#8217; time. Known as &#8220;The Ugly Green Thing&#8221; on Waymarking&#8217;s website, the pedestrian bridge over the Durham Freeway is not the most attractive entrance to the Bull City. Yet, if you&#8217;re traveling up 147 from either Research Triangle Park or from I-40 (as most people coming to Durham from Raleigh would), then this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PennSound</title>
		<link>http://nicomachus.net/2009/04/pennsound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poets are social critics by default. That is, since not very many of us take the same care to craft our daily language that poets do, poets often are (or see themselves as) outsiders. And as outsiders, many poets are well-positioned to see things that not everyone is able to see. Hence the buzz of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Warner Cable getting greedy</title>
		<link>http://nicomachus.net/2009/04/time-warner-cable-getting-greedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicomachus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[columns 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague first made me aware of Time Warner Cable&#8217;s move to sneak bandwidth caps into their existing markets. Now the news seems to be exploding in the blogosphere.
I received this from FreePress.net just yesterday.

We Want More Internet, Not Less
Just as Americans are suffering economically, Time Warner Cable is trying to squeeze us even further, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NO to electronic billboards in Durham</title>
		<link>http://nicomachus.net/2009/03/no-to-electronic-billboards-in-durham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicomachus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At its meeting tonight (7 pm, March 24, in the Herald Sun Community room), the InterNeighborhood Council (INC) will debate and vote on two resolutions concerning the billboard industry’s request to be able to upgrade billboards, to move them to new locations along I-85, 15-501, 501, 147, and Hwy 70, and to turn as many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee with Council</title>
		<link>http://nicomachus.net/2009/02/coffee-with-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicomachus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Durham City Council periodically hosts these open-house style events. Each would be a great opportunity to share your thoughts on pot holes, bike lanes, tree pruning, digital billboards, and other potential obstacles to Council&#8217;s re-election, er, opportunities to enhance our quality of life in Durham.

Monday, March 9, 2009, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bike/ped opportunities in the economic stimulus bill</title>
		<link>http://nicomachus.net/2009/02/bikeped-opportunities-in-the-economic-stimulus-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicomachus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make sure Transportation Enhancement funding is in the final bill.
This week there will be a conference committee where several members of the House and several members of the Senate will work together to reconcile the two bills. Conferees need to hear that Transportation Enhancements are important to stimulating the economy, creating green jobs, and moving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ManifestHope:DC</title>
		<link>http://nicomachus.net/2009/01/manifesthopedc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ManifestHope: DC is the Georgetown installation of some of the most inspiring visual art produced during Barack Obama&#8217;s campaign for the presidency. Judges for this juried exhibit include Shepard Fairey, Spike Lee, and Eric Hilton (of Thievery Corporation), among others. Who says art and politics can&#8217;t mix?
ManifestHope:DC from Phillip Barron on Vimeo.
From the website:
Art plays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Are One, This Land is Your Land</title>
		<link>http://nicomachus.net/2009/01/we-are-one-this-land-is-your-land/</link>
		<comments>http://nicomachus.net/2009/01/we-are-one-this-land-is-your-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We Are One, This Land is Your Land from Phillip Barron on Vimeo.
Kicking off Obama&#8217;s inauguration celebration, Pete Seeger &#8212; along with numerous other stars and artists including Bruce Springsteen, John Cougar Mellencamp, Beyonce, Usher, Stevie Wonder, U2, Herbie Hancock, Mary J. Blige, and Garth Brooks &#8212; performed at today&#8217;s We Are One celebration.
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		<title>new arrivals</title>
		<link>http://nicomachus.net/2009/01/new-arrivals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicomachus</dc:creator>
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Clockwise from left: Shepard Fairey&#8217;s iconic HOPE poster, recently acquired by the National Portrait Gallery; We Are One concert/inauguration welcome event; Adams Morgan kiosk with notes to the incoming President.
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		<title>OBAMA</title>
		<link>http://nicomachus.net/2008/11/obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nicomachus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[




From Election Day


I like this photo, captured with a friend&#8217;s cell phone, because it captures both the rainy ambiance and the uplifting spirit of being downtown last night. I wanted to stay until they called North Carolina, but that may yet be a few days away. The unofficial results, though, show that Obama will get [...]]]></description>
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