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NH writer, author of internet-inspired thriller

By John Walters on Thursday, March 15, 2001.

A free internet service is actually a front for a cult plotting to take over the country. And the only person who can expose the plot is a reporter in a small New Hampshire town. That?s the premise of ?Code,? a novel by Hancock resident Ken Sheldon. He?s no stranger to the high-tech world; he?s a former West Coast bureau chief for ?Byte? magazine, and the novel draws on his reflections on technology and society

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Using Venture Capital To Promote Social Change

By John Walters on Thursday, March 15, 2001.

Bill Carter is a founder of Ashoka, a global organization that provides capital and advice to social entrepreneurs, people with an original approach to solving a social problem. He talks with John about Ashoka, some of its recent ventures in Nigeria and elsewhere, and his latest project: "Speak America," a non-profit attempting to re-introduce debate teams and debating into American school systems.

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