On this page the following entries were made in the “July, 2008” time-frame.
Archive for “July, 2008”
Who We Are
One of the pleasant surprises using my Tivo is the programs it records on its own using my favorites. Last night I noticed that I could watch Tavis Smiley’s interview of the governor of New York from Monday, July 21, 2008. The governor, David Paterson, is the first African American governor for that state and [...]
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First US Braille Coin
The day before the nation’s independence day (not ours on July 26) the US Mint unveiled a new bicentennial silver dollar celebrating the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille’s birth. The picture at Language Log shows a rather large, copper colored, coin with a four braille characters spelling Brl, short for Braille, and a relief of [...]
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