a memory aid.
Lucus ad non lucendum as we cast our eyes back dearest reader means "a light by it's not shining". A term of classical latin indeed that is used by modern tippy top range etymologists and gramarians to denote a word or term of dubious root.
The New Yorkers on their black out:
from indymedia NYC.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=69310&group=webcast
radio of the Mayor saying "the lights have gone out. P-O-W-E-R O-U-T-T-A-G-E as they so illuminatingly put it.
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audio report on black out , 5pm mayor speech
by Partytown Radio 6:23pm Thu Aug 14 '03
16 minute mp3 audio report black out news round up from
5pm nyc time , mayor speech to city ,
audio report on black out , 5pm mayor speech (sound: mp3 @ 1.9 megs)
or (full story)
www.partytown.com
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¿¿Could X-class solar rays have done the outing of the power?
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=69327&group=webcast
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@ 11h19 of the New York Morning the good people said party.
P-O-W-E-R O-U-T-T-A-G-E
= P-A-R-T-Y
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=69327&group=webcast
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Lunchtime. serious internauts. National Geographic types.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=69342&group=webcast
lightning is _not_ the cause, but the x-class solar rays still clocking in the comments.
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H20
cleveland.
like there aint any!
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=69356&group=webcast
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"hot weather".
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Support groups.
very Manhatten.
"share your blackout story here"
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=69371&group=webcast
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GregPalast blames the Bushs.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=69375&group=webcast
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Ottawa suffered serious looting, use of firearms which unlike in the USA do not have such a vocifirous lobby.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=69398&group=webcast
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Finally someone in Arlington Virginia.
that squeeky clean spooky place asks is "deregulation the problem?" But they refer to he black out.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=69419&group=webcast
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hmmm
as they say.
Lucus ad non lucendum.
Independent in UK of the Unison rag group
"the lessons of the black out."
http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=434026
Guardian of the UK on the power outage:
"It's a wake-up call".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1020057,00.html
Photo credit:
http://f15.nycimc.org/gallery/album23
Diane Greene but it's an old vigil.
Meanwhile in the European weather forecast oodles of H2O & lightning bolts.
coming your way.
%-)