Deb Fallows
@FallowsDeb
Linguist, author, swimmer. 'Our Towns', the book, documentary, & foundation. 'Dreaming in Chinese', the book.
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https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ 07-04-2014 17:44:08
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How a local paper informs citizens and encourages them to engage in issues they care about. A model for local journalism. Still in FL. Still reading daily! Our Towns Civic Foundation Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Beyond words and pictures. A better, richer way to tell and read stories online. Maps, timelines, sliding images, video, audio enhance well-chosen words. ArcGIS StoryMaps Our Towns Civic Foundation James Fallows Charles River Watershed Association ourtownsfoundation.org/how-story-maps…
'Boxing is what we do. Community is who we are,' says Ian Franklin, CEO of Project Fighting Chance in San Bernardino. Featured in Our Towns HBO documentary. PFC's Terry 'the Terrible' Washington, 19, now headed for Olympic trials. Our Towns Civic Foundation
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Mississippi high school students immortalize a forgotten moment of 1960s desegregation.
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Why reading Banned Books out loud matters. Here's what happened in my hometown of DC. #BannedBooksWeek DC Public Library American Library Association Urban Libraries Council GuillotiNe Theatre Our Towns Civic Foundation
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Esri StoryMap competition happening now. This year's theme is Conservation. Here's how to register for September 28 webinar for everything you need to know. ArcGIS StoryMaps IUCN Our Towns Civic Foundation
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Remember your high school history teacher? Chuck Yarborough is the gold standard. Listen to this lesson from Chuck. Teacher at MS School Math/Science (MSMS), Emerson Collective Fellow. Friend of Our Towns. Emerson Collective The MSMS Our Towns Civic Foundation Chuck Yarborough
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Back again up Downeast. Good news from Eastport, Maine. Our Towns Civic Foundation
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A gem of Downeast is Eastport, Maine. Jim and I visited for the 6th time last week to talk about the 'new conventional wisdom' of the value and treasure of smaller towns. Thanks @MaineMonitor, Quoddy Tides, and people of Eastport.
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Dallas-> DC: Surprising weather over Memphis. Screens inside cockpit: altitude, speed, heading, terrain; storms on scope; Landing in Leesburg: runway 35 (350 degrees); insect splatters on windshield; prop on bottom left. Happy pilot with beer, heading home Our Towns Civic Foundation James Fallows
XCountry, air and best-of-ground. You know you're in the South: biscuits and gravy bkfst in El Paso. Oil rigs over SW TX. Terry Black's BBQ stopover in Dallas (with family). Over Arkansas River near Pine Bluff. James Fallows Our Towns Civic Foundation Terry Black's Barbecue
Inland Empire warehouses on take-off from San Bernardino. Famous Route 10 across hot Mojave Desert. Up-close view of surveillance balloon along NM border. Build-up and T-storms heading to El Paso. James Fallows Our Towns Civic Foundation Ten Across