Phone books = do not want

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

So Verizon (with whom I have no business relationship at all) just dumped several pounds of dead tree on my doorstep in the form of phone books for which I have no use at all. I'll recycle them, but if anyone knows how to keep them from delivering the phone books in the first place, that would be even better. I looked in the book itself, but there was no obvious place to call to "unsubscribe". Any ideas?

Thanks

Snow Emergency LIFTED Sunday, 11 a.m., Jan. 11th

[somerville311.livejournal.com]

The City of Somerville has lifted its snow emergency as of 11 a.m., Sunday, January 11, 2009. Residents parked in municipal or school lots during the snow emergency have a two-hour window in which to move their vehicles once the emergency has been lifted.  Cars still parked in city lots at 1 p.m. on Sunday may be subject to ticketing and towing.    Residents, landlords and business owners are required by city regulations to shovel their sidewalks but may not shovel snow into the street.

For more information, please dial 311 (627-666-3311 from outside Somerville) or visit the city’s website, www.somervillema.gov.

Special Note: We apologize to those who receive this message despite requests to be deleted from our database. We will process your request as soon as possible, and appreciate your patience.

seeking practitioners of various religions

[allli.livejournal.com]

Hi,

I am a high school Humanities teacher at a small charter school in Dorchester. My class is currently studying world religions. I'm looking for practitioners who wouldn't mind sharing their faith in an academic, personal, and respectful way with my students.

Ideally, someone would come in who considers themselves a practitioner of one of the top 6 world religions (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Judaism, ranked by # of adherents- and yes, I know atheism would be #2) and speak to my class for 15-20 minutes about their beliefs and how they practice. The students are seniors and are curious and respectful. I'm sure they'd love to ask questions. Probably 30 minutes would be the maximum.

I am not looking to create a "panel" of speakers coming in all at one time. Just a few visitors coming in at some point between 9 and 5 on a week day, some time during the next two weeks.

My bias here is towards members of the religions with the largest number of adherents, as quoted in the CIA World Factbook and other sites. No offense is meant to other faiths.

Thanks for any and all help. Comment here if you or someone you know may be able to come in!

Davis Square's role in Obama's victory

[ron_newman]

Yes, most of us voted for him and some of us donated money or time, but that's not what I'm referring to here.

Today's Boston Globe Sunday Magazine has an article entitled The Geeks Behind Obama's Web Strategy, focusing on two local software companies: Blue State Digital in Boston, and Voter Activation Network, right here at 48 Grove Street in Davis Square.