NEW LONDON A group of about 100 peaceful but emotional protesters, most of who gathered to decry violence against Palestinians, chanted and held homemade signs a few feet from the entrance of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Wednesday morning ahead of President Joe Biden’s commencement address to 240 graduating cadets.
The group, many bearing images of the Palestinian flag, saw their ranks swell outside the entrance of New London’s McKinley Park minute by minute as the clock ticked down to Biden’s arrival by helicopter at approximately 10:45 a.m. his first trip to the state since his inauguration.
James Flores, 64, of Willimantic, was the first to show up at the park, but came with messages shared by the majority of his fellow protesters: Stop the violence against Palestinians and divert military spending to address social ills.
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Orbit
Orbit is an experimental platform for publishing and engaging with small tasks repeatedly over time. In the short term, it s focused on supporting the mnemonic medium , a way of augmenting texts so that readers can easily remember all the key details. For an example, see Quantum Country, a textbook on quantum computation. More abstractly, Orbit aspires to offer a more general form of spaced repetition systems like Anki, as part of a connected cloud service. Learn more on the home page.
Orbit is a (nascent) ecosystem. At its core are decentralized data structures defining tasks, review actions, and scheduling algorithms. Tasks can be ingested from around the web, via APIs or embedded iframes, or through various services running on your local computer. You can complete scheduled tasks in desktop, mobile, and web applications. A backend service syncs user data and orchestrates notifications.
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