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Stopping Internet Trolls - It's Easy!

I started this blog in the late spring of 2009. But it didn't take long for a troll or two to stop by to mix things up.

Posted by Tim Carter at 5:44 AM

NH Regional Planning Commissions

New Hampshire is like many states. They have regional planning commissions (RPCs). New Hampshire has nine.

Posted by Tim Carter at 6:15 PM

Copyright and Government Websites

In a recent Fire Pit post, I mentioned how I chuckled at the copyright notice on one of the University of New Hampshire subsidiary websites, NH Listens.

Posted by Tim Carter at 9:50 AM

Granite State Futures New Hampshire Business Review

On April 19, 2013 the New Hampshire Business Review published a column about the Granite State Future. It was fairly well researched by the reporter Kathleen Callahan, but as with many newspaper articles not everything makes it into the article for any number of reasons. I suggest you read the article before you go much further.

Posted by Tim Carter at 3:19 PM

Delphi Technique and NH Listens - You Judge

As you might expect, I have different alerts set up to notify me when new information is published on the Internet. It might be articles, videos, just about anything. To set up an alert service on Bing, just type Bing News Alerts into Bing.com and follow the directions.

Posted by Tim Carter at 7:42 AM

DoubleSpeak - Tell the Truth, You're Pro-Abortion

Doublespeak came from the classic book 1984---not exactly, but it is attributed to George Orwell. The left manipulates words. They find ones suitable for the public consumption. Words that will not offend, but instead put a positive spin on something that is a negative.

Posted by Tim Carter at 6:37 AM

Moultonborough, NH Charrette and Plan NH

Last night I attended a meeting in the Moultonborough, NH Public Library Meeting Room. The event was the unveiling of the report of the findings and suggestions regarding the long-range planning charrette that was conducted during the summer of 2012 by Plan NH, an organization that says they do "Visioning for Sustainable Communities". If you're a soccer fan, that should be the first yellow card you see.

Posted by Tim Carter at 5:53 AM

NH Listens and the Delphi Technique

NH Listens is a "civic engagement initiative" of the Carsey Institute of the University of New Hampshire. Have you ever heard that phrase before to describe something? I know I've not.

Posted by Tim Carter at 7:29 AM

Black Panthers Honored in Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem seems to think that the Black Panthers are now a real respectable group. Yes you read correctly. The group that made a film called, "Off The Pig." I don't think they were referring to farm animals!

Posted by Kathy Carter at 4:32 PM

The U.S. Drone War

Do you advocate the use of predator drones in the Mideast? A new video may make you feel a little uncomfortable about targets chosen by President Obama and his administration.

Posted by Kathy Carter at 5:52 PM