Saturday, June 19, 02004
The interactive map is spewing SQL Server error messages at me, but still the Casey Trees Washington DC Tree Map is a darn spiffy idea.
In 2002, hundreds of citizens participated in an unprecedented survey of the city’s street trees. Using hand-held computers and a state-of-the-art mapping system, volunteers walked 955 miles of city streets to document the condition and location of 106,000 trees and 25,000 potentially plantable space
Where's the Arlington Tree Map ?Posted at 12:39 PM EST [Link][Karma] [Comment]
Friday, June 18, 02004
"... every prayer is treated as the same whether it is paid for in dollars, euros or in rupees."
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I'm going to see The Master and Margarita tonight.
I doubt I'll post a review, but I may post a picture of an odd birdyurt later tonight, if I get around to it.
Update:The performance was pretty good. Well worth the hour late starting time ! (Though I must point out there was a message on my machine when I got home saying the performance would be delayed half an hour because of some other Arlington function happening at the theatre.) And now without further ado, the Baba Yaga Birdyurt:
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Thursday, June 17, 02004
Raucous bar scene emerges in Baghdad's green zone.
No quotes since I couldn't decide which one to use, since they're all so good.
In other news, Calvert has dumped CACI, along with locally based AES, making it a bad day for Arlington's corporate citizens.
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Monday, June 14, 02004
CACI may handle Freedom of Information Act requests regarding the CACI torture contract:
Contractors who have performed FOIA work for federal agencies include CACI International Inc. of Arlington and McNeil Technologies of Springfield. FOIA Group Inc., a 16-year-old D.C.-based company that helps businesses and nonprofits submit FOIA requests, plans to diversify by moving into processing such requests for agencies, said Jeff Stachewicz, a founder of the firm.
"That is going to be the wave of the future," Stachewicz said, citing the Bush administration's policy of moving more government work to private contractors if they can do the work better and more cheaply. "For many years, agencies thought they could not delegate this type of function to private contractors."
