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From the start, Etown was a peculiar hybrid. The Forsters would play bluegrass, folk, rock, and host live performances, then shift into interviewing climate scientists on the frontiers of global warming. Many of the questions came directly from listeners. It was a mashup that in many ways was ahead of its time, especially in its early focus on the intricacies of global warming. "We're like original bloggers," says Nick Forster. "We were building from the grass roots...
...ever before. Ultimately, whether or not delegates offset their carbon emissions or bike around Denver in the August heat will matter less than whether 2008 marks the moment that environmentalism truly enters the electoral mainstream. "We're cautiously optimistic," says Helen Forster. "What we really need is a consciousness shift." If that happens, Etown will provide the soundtrack to a green revolution...
...fill our fixed space" and because of "the volume of noise that we actually hear ... the crying of the child, the belligerence of drunkenness, the thin whine of a failed suicide." And there is a jaded professionalism in the med-school lesson recalled by Fitzgerald during a long night shift: "Always sit down with the patient. It makes it seem like you've spent more time and that you care. If you give this impression (this is the subtext) then the patients will do what you say and leave quickly...
...major departure from the policy of engagement that led to the Aug. 4 accord with the MILF. "These recent developments in the south have led to a change in the basic premise of our peace efforts," she said during a speech Thursday. "The focus of our talks shall shift from the armed groups to the communities...
...user data, however, tell me I'm wrong, and reveal a very specific user profile: for example, males make up 63% of Twitterers, specifically males from California, whose residents account for more than 57% of Twitter's visitors. More interestingly, the age demographics of Twitterers show a dramatic shift. When the site became popular in early 2007, the majority of its visitors were 18-to-24-year-olds. Today the site's largest age demographic is 35-to-44-year-olds, who make up 25.9% of its users...