31 20 70360 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story We were told that September 11 changed everything, but however much the rhetoric has changed, the Bush Administrations actions certainly havent. For example, from their first day in office, they have tried to mislead the American people. Remember how they told us of the case of the keyboards missing Ws and the vandalized and looted White House at the hands of the dastardly, retreating Clintons? Only later the GAO reported it hadnt happened. After the terrorist attacks, we were told the President couldnt return to Washington, DC and had to keep flying about the country because there was "credible evidence" that Air Force One was a target. Only that wasnt true either. Before September 11, Vice President Cheney refused to release the names of the executives and lobbyists he met with while drawing up his energy plan. Now, even after law suits, court orders, and the collapse of Enron, he still refuses to let the American people know with whom the plan was conceived. All we know is that conservation may be a "personal virtue" but its not part of his or his pals vision. So nothing much has changed there either. Oh, weve also had campaign finance reform banning "soft money." The President has since set a record raising the same. Weve had record corporate bankruptcies in the past year, so its been a priority to make it harder for individuals to file for similar protection. If you were interested in protecting the environment, retirement savings, or Social Security your concerns were not those of the White House before September 11 or after. Your agenda hasnt been interrupted; it was never considered to begin with. Next time they suggest writing bigger checks. That will get their attention, after all some things never change. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp94.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Up until September 11, 2001 discrimination seemed to have almost disagreed. One strong emotion that I felt after this catastrophe was insecurity it was as if no one could be trusted. After, September 11, 2001 people that looked like if they were from the Middle Eastern seemed to be easily detected in public places. Even though most people are taught not to judge a person by their appearance now people from the Middle Eastern or with decent are being ridiculed. This is very inconsiderate of us because some of them are also Americans and have also been hurt by this tragedy. A reason that I know that their is a lot of discrimination id because just a week ago at a local grocery store I notice many people turned their eyes to the door as two women entered the store with Turbans on their head. This is unfair to these women that they are being judged by their appearance rather than who they are. September 11, 2001 brought Americans closer together in the fight against terrorism and everyone more patriotic than ever, but together we have turned our back to those people that look Middle Eastern. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp146.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-03-03 Notes Notes about this item. San Benito High School Assigned by John Hand English 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story "Kosher Cajun food and the spirit of America" Kosher Cajun food was served at a luncheon in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Manhattan legislative office, a few blocks north of Ground Zero, as two unlikely groups came together to celebrate the donation of an ambulance to replace one lost on September 11th. There was no media coverage, major or otherwise, as members of a Southwest Louisiana Electric Co-op traveled up to New York City in early June to present a brand new ambulance to the Hatzalah Ambulance Corps of Lower Manhattan, whose volunteers were among the first to respond after the first plane struck the World Trade Center. The members of the Southwst Louisiana Electric Memership Corporation (SLEMCO), a rural electric co-op in the heart of Louisiana's predominately Catholic bayou country came together with the Orthodox Jewish volunteers of Hatzalah Volunteer Ambulance Corps in the spirit of united Americans, with one group helping the other to continue to still help others. Allen Thurgood, a lifelong New Yorker and leading figure in the cooperative housing movement, played ""matchmaker"" in bringing the two groups together. The founder and chief executive officer of 1st Rochdale Cooperative, an electric co-op based in Manhattan, Thurgood was overwhelmed, but not surprised by the generous efforts of the nation's electric cooperatives which contributed some $3 million to a wide range of recovery initiatives in New York City in the wake of 9/11. It was an emotional side as Harold Jacobs, the president of Hatzalah, wheeled up to Ground Zero in the new ambulance, with J.U. Gajan, the chief executive officer and general manager of SLEMCO, in the front seat by Jacobs' side. For Jacobs, it was his first return to the site since September 11th, while Gajan was there for the first time, but the two men shared a new hope for the future. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story People can say that September 11, 2001 was a wake up call. In ways it was but in some ways it still isnt. After the event, people started to feel a patriotic feeling and it was soon all over the U.S. Now people started to appreciate their way of life and realize the evils of the world. They didnt realize that evil has been going on forever only they were too self-centered to care. Now that September 11, came, terrorism has become a face of American life such as potential biological attacks and the anthrax attacks. Things have already faded off a bit and maybe were thinking about the war were at. When and if we an salvage anything good from this, it could only be the reality slap. For the good, people can now appreciate their way of life and everything we have for free. Before then we took for granted everything we have. Unfortunately we maybe going back to our attitudes of before and assume nothing again. Nowadays everything seems to be going back to normal. I know that I feel normal now. September 11 is in the back of my mind but it not something i think about all the time. Its more of a bad memory. Its not exactly life changing but it did open my eyes to things I never thought about before. But I wonder what people will do when the first year anniversary comes around. Will people be sad to the point where they cant work? Ill be sad and Ill give my respects to the people who died but I wont really be to the point of no work. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp111.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-03-03 Notes Notes about this item. San Benito High School Assigned by John Hand Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story When the rich wage war its the poor who die. --Jean-Paul Sartre I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. --Dwight Eisenhower Having failed to capture Osama bin Laden as promised, President Bush has revived a tried-and-true boogeymanóSaddam Hussein, the mother of all despots. Yet, does it really matter who the bad guy is? Weve stockpiled a lot of bombs and missiles; weve declared war without end; weve got to attack somebody. When Bush orders our troops into Iraq (according to some sources this has already begun on a limited scale), do you think that his children or any of the other Bush clan will be among the first wave of troops? Do you think that any of the presidential advisers who are cheering loudest for war will have a child whose life will be at risk? And what about the kids or grandkids of our senators and representatives in Congress? Many of these folks seem to be perfectly willing to send our offspring into battle. If their progeny were at risk, however, I suspect theyd be a bit more judicious. If Bush and his cohorts are so anxious to get it on with Saddam, I have a more modest proposal than Middle East conflagration: tag team wrestling on international TV. In the red, white and blue tights we have Gorgeous George Bush and Karl King Kong Rove, and in the black tights, Osama Yo Mama bin Laden and Saddam Bruiser Hussein. Wrestle to the finish. The losers cry uncle and refrain from building or using weapons of mass destruction for the rest of their days. No innocent bystanders hurt, in fact nothing hurt but perhaps a little pride. Recently I met a small group of committed women who are walking across the nation for peace. (To learn more, visit their website at www.walkforpeace.org) They departed from California on Martin Luther Kings birthday, January 21, 2002, and reached Asheville after seven months of walking on their way to Washington, D.C. One of the women spoke of breaking bread with folks of disparate political, economic and religious backgrounds in many towns and cities across our nation. During her remarks she revealed a common thread in the conversations shed had: Everyone really wants peace. In many respects were all the same; we want to love and be loved. Our beliefs just get in the way. Not too many decades ago, some white politicians in the South retained power by practicing the politics of divide and conqueróplaying whites against the blacks. You may not have much, but at least your better than him, youve been born with white skin, they exclaimed. And of course, the hope was that the white folks would regard the black folks as scapegoats for whatever was not working in their lives, while the wealthy politicians, at the top of the heap, endeavored to maintain the status quo. Now the strategy is a bit more complex what with our various ethnic backgrounds, our multitude of spiritual beliefs, our different social groups, our divergent political persuasions. But as long as those in power can keep us fighting among ourselves, we frequently dont take the opportunity to discern who is making out like a bandit (sometimes literally). And who is sending our kids off to a fight in which only the arms manufacturers, the energy corporations, other corporate powers and the politicians have a significant stake. Saddam is not moving our jobs overseas. Saddam is not diverting U.S. tax dollars from health and education toward the acquisition of more sophisticated weaponry. Saddam is not plundering American corporations for his own benefit. If those of us who really oppose this war stand up, we can stop the madness advocated by Bush and Lieberman and Lott. We can keep our young men and women (and the people of Iraq) from harms way. We can resist. We can let our voices be heard. We can support those who refuse to serve. When the drums roll and the trumpets blare and the flags unfurl, war may seem a patriotic and noble venture. But how will we feel, I wonder, when our kids start coming home in body bags? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp38.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-02-24 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story The lesson that was explosively forced upon us on September 11 was one that was philosophically and theoretically known but not truly understood : that we are indeed One World, inescapably bound to one another, where inter-dependence has become more than just a theoretical concept. The condition of peoples on one side of the globe has profound influence on the other side. The prejudices, superstitions, and belief systems of distant peoples reverberate world-wide. The consequences of hatreds reach beyond state and regional borders. Three thousand Americans died because of the twisted misconceptions of a distant, uninformed ,and manipulated enemy. Through a ghastly, cruel and tragic event, we learn that millions of people on the other side, see us as an evil enemy , to be destroyed even at the expense of their own martyrdom and death. They have been taught to hate us with an intensity we could not understand.....by deliberate increments, from a brainwashed childhood to the all-encompassing religio-fascism that spawned todays monstrous terrorism. The explosion of hatred and suicide and destruction was almost beyond our comprehension. The lesson? Beyond the immediate remedies to prevent a continuance of terror, only a new vision of mankind liberated from the shackles of inherited dogmas of hate, will provide the answers in the long run. Twenty-first century technology , which has made the world a global village, needs to be matched by a new twenty-first century ethic that infuses us all, to the marrow of our beings , with the sense that we are all responsible for each other, wherever we live. National, regional, religious boundaries have become anachronistic and must be overcome as we recognize and respect our common humanity. That is not only the challenge of the new century, but the ultimate challenge of man on earth! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp34.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story ""Toward A More Perfect Union: Lessons Learned--Or Not--Since September 11"" Before September 11, 2001, ""conservatives,"" ""Republicans,"" and ""libertarians"" said government was the enemy and that government programs to help people was the first step toward Stalinism. Suddenly, after the horrific events of that day, many of these people called for federal government action and subordinating individual rights to ""national interests."" As we approach September 11, 2002, we should discard sophomoric arguments over ""limited"" or ""expansive"" government. For as Founder James Madison admitted in Federalist Paper #37, the Founders chose broad words to reflect the compromises of the Founders themselves and that experience, not theory, is the best definer of our Constitution's meaning. For those who insist that the federal government must be strictly limited, consider: Alexander Hamilton, in 1791, said: ""(T)he general administration of the affairs of a country...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good"" and that legislatures ""must of necessity (exercise) great latitude of discretion..."" James Madison, in Federalist Paper #10, wrote that the ""regulation"" of ""a landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests...forms the principal task of modern legislation..."" The Supreme Court, in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), unanimously stated: The Constitution is ""intended to endure for ages to come...and to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs. To have prescribed the means by which government should, in all future time, execute its powers...would have been...unwise..."" Am I arguing for a vision that only reflects the views of Hubert Humphrey and Ralph Nader? No--and that's the point. The Founders gave us the Constitution to debate the merits of public policy proposals, not place them outside the bounds of our discourse. Whether it is Medicare for all Americans or federal airport security, we must debate policy merits, not ivory tower theories of government. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp169.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story a different type of missile Why dont we blow-up the world? We got enough bombs Waiting underground, in the ocean We wont live afterwards, But today we can Blow-up the world. I want to, I want to Blow-up the world. Blow it up! Blow it up With words. Hit each city, Hit each town. Blow em up! Blow em up With words. Why cant we Get rid of these bombs These bombs that could Blow-up the world? Instead of bombs Why cant we use words? Blow-up the world, blow it up With words. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp164.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-03-03 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Toward a More Perfect Union Approximately one year ago, on September 11, 2001, our nation was tested by the evil acts of terrorists hijackers; however, I ask myself, What have we learned about our nation since the tragic events of 9/11?. After the September 11th attacks, I have noticed that they have had a major impact on most people nationally and internationally. The events of 9/11 affected everyone in the nation because we can no longer be sure of how safe our country really is even though it is the most powerful nation in the world. I still can t believe that the terrorist hijackers hijacked four planes on the same day. To make matters worse, they used them on the symbols of our nations economy and on the symbol of our nations military power. The 9/11 events affected other countries as well, such as Afghanistan and France. If it were not for the terrorist attacks, the U.S. wouldnt have attacked Afghanistan, and Afghanistan wouldnt have been freed from Al Qaida rule. France, on the other hand, was affected because ever since the 9/11 attacks, the tourism rate decreased by about 8.6%. Before the attacks tourism was at approximately 11.6 million people, which means that after 9/11, tourism decreased by approximately 1 million people. Our nations largest companies have received the biggest impact because they have either collapsed (like Enron and World.com), gone corrupted, or had to lay off many people to help its business. It is really disappointing that we cant trust our nation s financial leaders because of the fear that even they will collapse and with them would go our money. A year ago we watched these tragic events, and we shall remember that we lived through the worst events in American history. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp132.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-03-03 Notes Notes about this item. San Benito High School Assigned by John Hand English 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story THE AFTERMATH AND THE NATION The continued exploitation of 9/11's tragedy demeans the memory of those who died. One wonders if instead of happening in New York and Washington, D.C., the videotaped events had occurred off-camera to kill 3000 people in (say) Great Falls, Montana. Would the nation have reacted in the same obsessive way? Predictably politicians and advertisers make hay of 9/11 for political and financial gain, endlessly calling up the photographs, sounds, memories and attaching them to everything under the sun. Unaccountable anger was already gnawing at the American public's psyche fueled by vicious talk radio, mocking ""comedians,"" self-centered politicians before the disaster. So when the planes accomplished their evil mission, it gave an excuse to unleash and focus this anger, opening floodgates to set the nation on a Bash Everybody Who Gets In Our Way retaliation. Immediately after President Bush addressed the nation shortly after 9/11, this writer heard a reporter ask an administration spokesman how long the ""war"" on terror would likely last. The response, ""Five years."" Now, invoking the memories of those who perished, the American public is called upon to give up important rights, supposedly the better to fight terrorists. But if the so-called ""war"" is open-ended, then the abrogation of those rights will continue for what? Forever? Did the victims give their lives so America would be less free, made so not by terrorists but by our own fear-mongering ambitious national leaders, assisted by a national press involved in a ratings game? F.D.R. had it partly right: one thing we have to fear is "fear itself." But we should also be afraid of what we're doing to ourselves and our nation. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp196.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story "Toward a more perfect union"," The totality of the thrust of all government and corporate actions since/before 9-11 are not designed to solve foreign or domestic issues but to fight them. I believe that when you fight a problem, you are hiring people and spending money and your fame and fortune grows. If the problem is solved, then you have to fire people; you receive less money; your power and influence diminishes. This one fact alone is the reason fighting the issue takes on a life all its own and becomes self-perpetuating. Therefore, it boils down to: The greatest fortune and the most fame comes NOT from solving problems but from fighting one wee facet of the problem while spreading Hate, Havoc, Hypocrisy and Fear in the aftermath of unresolved issues. ALL governments are control freaks. The appointed bureaucrats/officials are worse than the elected officials. Adding non-accountability to those appointed/elected officials when they wrong the citizen and then not giving the people any recourse against those same officials, is leading this nation to disaster. Case in point: Homeland Defense. Hitler combined the military, the police and the intelligence agency into a Fatherland Defense Force called the GESTAPO. The parallels between these two organizations are more than scary. Summation: The two most powerful and controlling emotions in society are fear and patriotism. Combining these two emotions, we have the media blitz we have today. Two powerful personal emotions are Agony and Despair -- AKA the Gatekeepers Of Hell. When a person has nothing to lose, that person cannot be controlled; therefore, he must be killed or locked up. Homeland Defense will make our constitution stink because it will be used as toilet paper by those in-charge. There is no enemy more tenacious and dedicated to your destruction than the one you make in your own home Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp171.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Senate passed S1510--the USA Act--yesterday 96-1 vote.  Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold was the only dissenting voice... _______________________________________________ policy@madpeace.org http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-policy September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Friday, October 12, 2001 10:16 AM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients policy@madpeace.org September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [MAPC-policy] S 1510 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [MAPC-policy] S 1510 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. 288 Xs DIRECTIONS: PLEASE COPY this email onto a new message, sign the bottom and forward it to everyone on your distribution list. If you receive this list with more than 300 names on it, please email a copy of it to: > X Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and do not kill the petition. September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Thursday, November 01, 2001 12:09 PM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients X September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. petition Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource petition 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-11-01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. I have put the minutes from Sunday on the cc wiki page.  It would facilitate approval next Sunday if everyone could read them and bring corrections/changes with them. exhausted but energized (if that makes sense), X September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Tuesday, October 30, 2001 10:29 PM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients X September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [MAPC-coord] minutes from Sunday Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [MAPC-coord] minutes from Sunday 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-10-30 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Either way works for me on the first paragraph. The other paragraph you quoted seems to have a redundancy: "The Coordinating Committee is empowered to make emergency decisions for MAPC." and "The Coordinating Committee has the right to make emergency decisions when necessary." X ----- Original Message ----- From: "X" <X> To: <coordination@madpeace.org> Cc: <X>; <X> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:14 PM Subject: RE: [MAPC-coord] cc mission for approval, gm agenda > X, > > Thanks for doing this. I would change the first paragraph to the following > for readability: > > The main decision-making body of MAPC is the General Meeting. (moved this > next sentence forward from end of paragraph; seemed to flow better) The > Coordinating Committee ensures that the decisions of the General Meetings > are implemented. The General Meeting sets the politics and the overall > direction of MAPC.  The Coordinating Committee takes its direction from the > General Meeting, and is accountable to the (deleted general) membership. All > decisions made by the Coordinating Committee are subject to discussion and > review by the General Meeting. > > - The Coordinating Committee is empowered to make emergency decisions for > MAPC.  An emergency decision consists of responding appropriately to rapidly > changing current events, or of initiating the coordination of plans that are > under time constraint. The Coordinating Committee has the right to make > emergency decisions when necessary.  Emergency decisions will be reported > back to the General Meeting > > I'll print, but would need to know tonight about content so that I can do it > between work tomorrow & the meeting. I'll be in a time crunch, especially > with getting Jesse to a friend's house before the meeting. > > X > > > -----Original Message----- > From: X > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:38 PM > To: coordination@madpeace.org > Cc: X; X > Subject: [MAPC-coord] cc mission for approval, gm agenda > > Here is the CC mission, combining Rae's original plus what we added/changed: > > - The main decision-making body of MAPC is the General Meeting.  The General > Meeting sets the politics and the general direction of MAPC.  The > Coordinating Committee takes its direction from the General Meeting, and is > accountable to the general membership.  All decisions made by the > Coordinating Committee are subject to discussion and review by the General > Meeting.  The Coordinating Commitee ensures that the decisions of the > General Meetings are implemented. > > - The Coordinating Committee is the central orgainizing body of MAPC.  It > ensures that the work of the committees is coordinated.  It evaluates > ongoing work to make sure that MAPC is not missing opportunities for > outreach, growth, and political impact. > > - The Coordinating Committee is responsible for facilitating development of > overall strategy for the coalition, subject to General Meeting approval, and > for providing recommendations to ensure that the work of the committees is > coordinated in a matter consistent with that strategy. > > - The Coordinating Committee is empowered to make emergency decisions for > MAPC.  An emergency decision consists of responding appropriately to rapidly > changing current events, or of initiating the coordination of plans that are > under time constraint. The Coordinating Committee has the right to make > emergency decisions when necessary.  Emergency decisions will be reported > back to the General Meeting. > > - The Coordinating Committee is responsible for establishing policy on and > making decisions regarding disbursement of funds by the coaltion. > > - The Coordinating Committee is responsible for orgainizing the General > Meetings.  It will develop agendas for General Meetings.  It assures that > General Meetings are organized so that critical discussions are held and > important decisions are made in a timely fashion. > ========================================= > > THis was a little more difficult than it seemed, since not all sentences > flowed well with what was sandwiched in.  The first paragraph is funky with > using "general meeting" and "general membership" but I think it's probably > ok. I did some minor editing to make everything fit together. We agreed to > give 24 hours for corrections and feedback. X and X will present. > X, will you be printing for distribution at the meeting? > > Here is the agenda: > > GM meeting agenda > > 1) Welcome > 2) committee reports > - action > - outreach > - Student Youth > - Arts > - media > - policy > - fundraising > - labor movement report > 3) Proposals (new business) > - CC mission proposal > - Action committee vigil proposal > - SYC logo proposal > 4) Announcements > 5) Optional - Video > > I'll get the meeting notes out as soon as I can clean them up, probably > tomorrow evening. > > X > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > _______________________________________________ > coordination@madpeace.org > http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-cc > > > _______________________________________________ > coordination@madpeace.org > http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-cc > _______________________________________________ coordination@madpeace.org http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-cc September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Monday, November 12, 2001 10:51 PM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients coordination@madpeace.org September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. Re: [MAPC-coord] cc mission for approval, gm agenda Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Re: [MAPC-coord] cc mission for approval, gm agenda 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Policy Folks -    I'm leaving multiple messages for X, in various media.  I am asking for a brief sit-down meeting with us before 11/14 (deadline to file resolution for debate on 11/20).    I will talk to X tonight, and perhaps try for the same thing there, since the progressive caucus chose him Friday to be the contact for this issue with me.    I will get back to you as soon as I have place and time. --X _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______________________________________________ policy@madpeace.org http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-policy September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:29 AM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients policy@madpeace.org September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [MAPC-policy] face-to-face meetings in works Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [MAPC-policy] face-to-face meetings in works 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. I will add it to the agenda. >--- Original Message --- >From: "Sarah Coyle" <sarah@arccommserv.com> >To: <coordination@madpeace.org>, <announce@madpeace.org> >Date: 10/29/01 10:04:47 AM > Hi, > >I totally forgot that the policy committee wants something on the >"proposals" agenda:  we have a proposal that the city alders vote for a >resolution that condems bombing (in different language than that) in >Afganistan.  The resolution will be posted on "discuss" for all to read & >give feedback, to make changes before Tuesday.  X has been >heading it up.  Could we put it on the agenda for Tuesday? Thanks. > >Sarah > > September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Monday, October 29, 2001 10:21 AM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients sarah@arccommserv.com September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X] September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. RE: [MAPC-coord] city policy resolution Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RE: [MAPC-coord] city policy resolution 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. I remember is well.  The time was Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 01:21:57PM -0600, and X whispered: > > What do you think?  It's later than we had hoped to have it introduced, but > it sounds like we'll have a better chance of passing the resolution then > (given council dynamics), and we'll also have more time to mobilize the > community in support of the resolution.  It's true that this puts the > resolution passing just after the timeline humanitarian groups have put on > needing to start land convoys of aid, but I'm thinking that this is OK for > two reasons:  First, it's not like the U.S. federal gov't will immediately > stop bombing because of a Madison city council resolution - this is one > effort in a much bigger movement that will contribute to opening up dialogue > on the issue.  Second - this is tragic and I hope it doesn't come across as > insensitive - if there are increased reports of Afghani civilians starving > just before the council vote, it will make it really hard for alders not to > support the resolution (and we should submit copies of any articles like > this to the alders just before the Dec 4 vote). > Actually, I'm getting pretty concerned that recent events in Afghanistan are working against the strategy of our resolution.  Humanitarian aid is going (I predict) to turn from the big weakness of the administration's position to a propaganda coup. I predict a *massive* effort will be undertaken (not least because Bush's indifference to the humanitarian situation was starting to bother even British hawks). Now that the NA controls most of Afghanistan, this will be at least mostly feasible. Which is a great thing, because I was really starting to despair over the lives that seemed doomed to be lost. I can't come to the meeting tonight, but I think it is important to consider how to adapt our policy to counter the possibility. If we could have gotten this passed sooner, we could have indeed gained an important rhetorical advantage, but I don't think Dec. 4 will do us much good. It's not that there still won't be a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan. But Bush now has the opportunity to appear to be making "all possible effort" to fix the situation (which I actually hope he does).  Since most of the dying will be happening in the Taliban-controlled south (assuming they stop running near Khandahar), you can bet they'll be blamed for the starvation. The Bush team may have dodged the bullet on this.  If they don't, of course, we must howl bloody murder and put all our weight behind it--or we will be talking about genocide next spring.  I'd really prefer not to.  Let's hope they do the (only) moral thing, and think of other ways to make our points. I'd suggest alternative lines of argument would include urging the administration not to consider expanding the scope of the war to include other countries, such as Iraq.  We can also stress the need for immediate negotiations over a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.  Other ideas? Or am I off base?  I'm just concerned that if this resolution, as written, is voted on Dec. 4, it may be in the middle of a *super* publicized humanitarian effort, and thus appear almost discredited.  Maybe the administration will blow this crucial moment and fail to support a massive aid push.  I don't think even Bush is that stupid, however. My .02$, for what they're worth. X _______________________________________________ policy@madpeace.org http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-policy September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:08 AM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients X September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. Re: [MAPC-policy] X willing to cosponsor! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Re: [MAPC-policy] X willing to cosponsor! 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Hi all! Just a heads up that the MAPC logo will be on the agenda for Tuesday night's general membership meeting, and a few comments (okay, I lied - lots of comments) since I may not be able to attend the whole meeting. While (AFAIK) we've never voted on this, the peace sign wrapped around the globe has become the de facto MAPC logo.  (IIRC the general membership referred the logo question back to the Arts & Culture WG, and they couldn't come up with anything better.) The Student/Youth Caucus has objected to this logo, and designed a new one, which will be presented on Tuesday.  (As I understand it, the problem is that the peace sign is tied to a particular historic era, and carries baggage which is too hippie-ish -- as opposed to activist.  There is also concern that the grey-scale of the logo does not reduce or reproduce well.) Their proposed logo has a half-globe, without peace sign, with paler images of the globe radiating out from it.  (Lousy description, I know.) I sympathize with the S/YC's objections, but I like their proposed graphic even less than the one we've been using.  To me, it's not particularly distinctive, and a globe alone just doesn't say "peace" to me.  It could just as easily be the logo graphic for a global telecommunications corporation. Then again, I'm not sure that any graphic we pick to represent "peace/anti-war" will be acceptable to and truly representative of the whole Coalition.  The Vietnam-era peace sign is, well, Vietnam era, and doesn't represent the new generation of activists.  The dove has a longer history, but strikes me as a bit too "Pacifist" in image, as does the rifle with a flower in its barrel, broken rifle, broken bomb, and a few others.  The other predominant image from the Vietnam era, the clenched fist, of course, has the opposite connotation.  We've already been through the discussion of incorporating the symbolism of the American flag; some of us think "peace is patriotic" and others of us think U.S. nationalism is part of the problem. And while the globe could well be something that none of us object to, it really doesn't symbolize anything that distinguishes us from the other side. "Madison area" is tough to symbolize graphically.  The most identifiable symbols are architectural (the State Capitol), and we have nothing to do with state government.  Doing something with the outline of the state and highlighting the Madison area really doesn't work graphically.  And I doubt that anyone would recognize that a satellite view of the Four Lakes was anything other than a Rorschach inkblot test. We could try to have a symbol for everyone, incorporating lots of different images in the logo, but the result would likely be an unwieldy mess. My personal opinion at this point is that we should either (1)come up with a graphic that is brand new -- no baggage from past movements or ideologies -- (and I have no earthly idea what this would be); or (2) just go with a "words-only" logo, using a very distinctive typestyle and arrangement of the words in our organization name.  If the typestyle and arrangement are distinctive enough, IMO the logo will be recognizeable and identifiable, and would avoid the symbolism & baggage problems inherent in selecting any graphic image for a diverse coalition. X _______________________________________________ discuss@madpeace.org mailing list http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-discuss September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Monday, November 12, 2001 8:51 PM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients discuss@madpeace.org September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [MAPC-discuss] MAPC Logo Design -- Graphics, Symbolism, and Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [MAPC-discuss] MAPC Logo Design -- Graphics, Symbolism, and 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Hello members and friends of U.S. Out Now. The next U.S. Out Now meeting is: Thursday, October 25th 6:00 PM Kabul's restaurant 541 State St. The purpose of this meeting is to: - Get together and enjoy each other's company - Celebrate our hard work with the "Life Under Siege" Tent encampment and the Madison Area Peace Coalition. - Meet X, from the Chicago-based, Voices in the Wilderness (VitW). VitW is a leading peace organization in the U.S. that organizes to stop the bombs and sanctions on Iraq. X went to Iraq this past August with a VitW delegation. He will join us for dinner on Thursday night, October 25th and speak at the MATC International Peacekeeping and Peacemaking conference on Friday, October 26th, 3:00-4:30 PM. For more information about the conference, see http://www.wisconsin-institute.org. Hope to see you at Kabul's on the 25th! X X September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Sunday, October 21, 2001 10:55 PM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients X; X September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X [mailto: X] September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [al-awda-wi] U.S. Out Now Meeting, Thurs, 10/25, 6pm, Kabul's Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [al-awda-wi] U.S. Out Now Meeting, Thurs, 10/25, 6pm, Kabul's 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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