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Ted and Ayn; Challenge to charter change vote; Compass confuses Tribes; Geek Girl offers technology makeover

TODAY's quote: "Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off." - Syn Rand.
"We will continue this battle here in the United States Senate and in the course of the elections, ... I'm absolutely sure that at the end of the day we will preserve the Medicare system ... and we will get to the day when we have a real prescription drug program." - Ted Kennedy.

Ted and Ayn face each other

In a irony for the ages, pages 4 and 5 of the current edition of The New Yorker feature giant ads advertising Ted Kenndy's autobiography "True Compass" and Ayn Rand's new biographty by Anne C. Heller.
Could any two 2oth century figures be further apart that the Liberal Lion and the original neo-con?

Barnstable Resident Challenges Close Vote

Petition with 130 signatures must be gathered in a week

A Barnstable resident is seeking a recount of a narrow vote this week that would change town government. The charter ballot question passed by one vote Tuesday, 2,580 to 2,579. The charter change will reduce the town council from 13 to 11 members starting in 2011...

Town Clerk Linda Hutchenrider tells the Cape Cod Times that Jeffrey Wilkinson of the town's Centerville section is completing the paperwork to begin the recount process. He must collect 10 signatures from each of the town's 13 precincts, including one notarized signature per precinct, by Nov. 13... WBZ.
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Cape Wind downplays latest obstacle
Apparently think Mashpee faces east rather than south

Cape Wind is describing as "flawed" a finding by the Massachusetts Historical Commission that Nantucket Sound is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The proposed 130-turbine project, may face another delay after Brona Simon, executive director of the historical commission said claims by two Indian tribes deserve more study.

The Mashpee and Martha's Vineyard Wampanoag (Aquinnah) tribes argue Nantucket Sound is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and that protection is needed because the turbines would be visible on the horizon and that their ancient rituals require an unblocked view of the sunrise. (Editor's note: The sun rises in the east while the only watefront in Mashpee faces south, and the Aquinnah tribe is at the western end of Mratha's Vineyard and facing the rising sun would have them looking in the opposite direction of the site for Cape Wind.)... The Register.
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Geek Girl offers technology makeover

Technology has surged into businesses and non-profits with a whirl of tweets, blog posts and YouTube videos that leave many folks scratching their heads.

A new contest for non-profits aims to clear the problematic blank blue screens, explain social media and assist technology-challenged organizations with the Extreme Geek Makeover... Since then Geek Girl camps have become popular and have been held on Cape Cod and the South Shore. Now the Geek Girls are reaching out to assist non-profits on Cape Cod...The Register.