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Internet Forums Today

Message boards (popularly known as Internet forums) are the modern equivalent of the old dial-up Bulletin Board Systems that were popular from the late 1970s to the late 1990s. Ward Christensen with the help of Randy Suess developed the first public dial-up Bulletin Board System in 1978. Today, Internet forums are pretty much web applications that manage user-generated content. The earliest Internet forums known can be traced back to 1996 when the World Wide Web started gaining popularity. These early Internet forums combined the functions of the old Bulletin Board Systems and Usenet.

Iran-Iraq Friendship Pact

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The Story of Billy Lee Turner

I just finished reading a touching 214 page novel written by Albert French about a 10-year old boy convicted and executed for murdering a 15-year old White girl. The name of the novel is "Billy" published by Penguin Books copyrighted in 1993. The setting of the story is in Banes County, Mississippi; late summer 1937. Billy is a ten year old Black boy who is caught up in a tragedy.

Exposition of A Poem

I have always agonized over the fact I speak English as a first language. Yet I shall break the chasms of history and kiss my people across the water. The blood circulation to the soul has been arrested, but not permanently. Language is central to identity as water is essential to life. A people lacking a language of their own is a people destined for genocide.

Liberia: A Black American Perspective

Those who are interested in West African affairs cannot get an accurate grasp without considering Black America's contribution to modern state building in that region of Africa. Baruti M. Kamau, an African American, in an unfinished book entitled "My Disquisition on the Liberian Political Phenomenon" that was initiated in 1995 writes: "The purpose of my disquisition on the Liberian Political Phenomenon is to trace the origins of the Liberian civil war and explain why Liberia was able to practice a pseudo-democracy with one party rule for more than a century without succumbing to military coup or civil war until relatively recent in their history."

Freedom of Speech

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Marcus Garvey (1887-1940)

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Solving PHP-Nuke Software Issues

I really like this PHP-Nuke script. There is plenty of room for development, which allow me to improve upon my programming skills. I am still studying the source code of this PHP-Nuke. From a practical perspective, for the time being, I'm currently documenting all of the software issues [bugs] that our users are having when they login and try to perform a specific action. After documenting a minimum of 5 known issues I will work toward solving the problems and post any solutions along with the source code under the PHP-Nuke topic @ this website.

A News Service For Young People

Rima Chaddha, an American Journalist, writes an interesting article that highlights some of the offline and online publishing milestones of Baruti M. Kamau. The article is entitled "A News Service For Young People." It was distributed on the World Wide Web on May 17, 2002.

Nigeria's President Dead After Long Illness

I just heard a news brief announced by the BBC stating that Musa Yar'Adua, the President of Nigeria, has died from complications related to his illness. Yar'Adua is Nigeria's first Head of State to die in office since Gen. Sani Abacha.