RIP Philip Berrigan, Baltimore..

Geodog's MT Weblog:

Philip Berrigan died at home yesterday. I never met him, but I read about him often over the years, from the 60's onwards, and I was always impressed with the lengths he was willing to go to for his beliefs, and the sacrifices he was willing to make. As someone who was raised Catholic, I've always loved his description of himself as a "a Catholic trying to become a Christian." He was an American hero.

The Washington Post has a sympathetic obituary, while the NYT has a fairly unsympathetic one. There are more details on his life at Voice4Change.

If you live near Baltimore, the wake and funeral will be held at St. Peter Claver Church in West Baltimore, (1546 North Fremont Avenue, Baltimore MD 21217); calling hours are 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 with a circle of sharing about Phil's life at 6 p.m.; funeral is Monday, December 9, 12 p.m.

Tip o' the hat to the alternate patriot for the link.

[a klog apart Obituaries a la Blog]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24780-2002Dec7.html

With his death, maybe we can step back and think our positions toward life, our love of life, our fellow human beings and nature. I should be getting a sound system ready but........ I need a few minutes after reading this one.......at a time when we need more prophetic voices.

"If a house full of children is burning, it is necessary to break the door down to rescue them. " Now place this in any number of contexts.

immediately excommunicated by the Catholic church. Eventually Mr. Berrigan, gifted with Irish wit, would describe himself as "a Catholic trying to become a Christian."
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AppleScript 2.0. I need to take care of a few seasonal activities and errands so news might be light today. Of course, if AppleScript 2.0 is released today, you'll read about it here. I just don't plan to go digging for all of the tidbits. -- Rob [AppleScript Info]
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We have a Trans-Atlantic Book project starting out on our Whittier School Manila server. Denis Roarty , Manager, Technology Leadership Institute Department of Instructional Technology for Chicago Public Schools is starting a blog for a South African - Chicago Public Schools book exchange project between 4 schools on each side of the ocean and helping facilitate this project. Best of luck! Though, my school is not participating in this project, we are sharing public resources. Using Karen McComas's Manila Help Tuturial as a reference point.
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Here is another from Guy Kawasaki, former Apple evangelist.

"under promise and over deliver"
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Memorable Geek Quote "Better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing" - Guy Kawasaki
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