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* Titles marked with an asterisk are particularly important to this topic.

Baldwin, Christina, Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture (Bantam, 1998)

Briggs, John and F. David Peat, Seven Life Lessons of Chaos: Spiritual Wisdom from the Science of Change (Harper Perennial, 2000)

Briskin, Alan, Sheryl Erickson, Tom Callanan, and John Ott, The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009)

*Brown, Juanita with David Isaacs and The World Cafe, The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005)

*Callenbach, Ernest, and Michael Phillips, A Citizen Legislature (Bookpeople, 1985)

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Capra, Fritjof, The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems (Anchor, 1997)

*Chickering, A. Lawrence and James S. Turner, Voice of the People: The Transpartisan Imperative in American Life (Da Vinci Press, 2008)

*Crosby, Ned, Healthy Democracy: Bringing Trustworthy Information to the Voters of America (Beaver's Pond Press, 2003)

Dahl, Robert A., Democracy and Its Critics (Yale University Press, 1991)

Dowd, Michael, Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World (Plume, 2009)

Ellinor, Linda and Glenna Gerard, Dialogue: Rediscover the Transforming Power of Conversation (Wiley, 1998)

*Fisher, Roger, William L. Ury, and Bruce Patton, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (Penguin Books, 2011)

*Fishkin, James S., When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation (Oxford University Press, 2011)

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2012/10/072012/10/07

Yoda: Muslim Rebels and Philippine Government Agree on Peace

01 Poverty, 03 Economy, 05 Civil War, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, 11 Society, Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Government, IO Deeds of Peace, Law Enforcement, Military, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence

yoda with light saber — Got Crowd? BE the Force!

Good news this is.

Philippines, Muslim rebels agree on peace pact

EILEEN NG, Associated Press, JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press | Sunday, October 7, 2012 | Updated: Sunday, October 7, 2012 8:44pm

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government and the country's largest Muslim rebel group have reached a preliminary peace deal that is a major breakthrough toward ending a decades-long insurgency that killed tens of thousands and held back development in the south.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said the “framework agreement” calling for an autonomous region for minority Muslims in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation was an assurance the Moro Islamic Liberation Front insurgents will no longer aim to secede.

The agreement, announced Sunday and to be signed Oct. 15 in Manila, spells out principles on major issues, including the extent of power, revenues and territory of the Muslim region. If all goes well, a final peace deal could be reached by 2016, when Aquino's six-year term ends, officials said.

“This framework agreement paves the way for final and enduring peace in Mindanao,” Aquino said, referring to the southern Philippine region and homeland of the country's Muslims. “This means that the hands that once held rifles will be put to use tilling land, selling produce, manning work stations and opening doorways of opportunity.”

He cautioned that “the work does not end here” and that details of the accord still need to be worked out. Those talks are expected to be tough but doable, officials and rebels said.

Rebel vice chairman Ghadzali Jaafar said the agreement provides a huge relief to people who have long suffered from war and are “now hoping the day would come when there will be no need to bear arms.”

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2012/10/07

Berto Jongman: UK-US Muslim Unrest Over Extraditions (Video 21:42)

08 Wild Cards, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Government, IO Deeds of War, YouTube

Being watched in Europe.

Description: Anjem Choudary gives the good news of the victory for Islam in light of extraditions and how the Ummah will not rest and cannot rest until the religion and hukm is for none but Allah (SWT).

Anonymous Comment: Good video, whats more shocking is that the majority of British people agree with the rendition of the mensioned people and seem to agree with British citizens being sent to courts in America to face trial for crimes they may or may not have comitted on British soil this country is insane

2012/10/072012/10/07

Mini-Me: Fukushima Impact on US West Coast – Keeping the Truth Off the Table….+ Fukushima / Nuclear Meta-RECAP

07 Health, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Proliferation, 08 Wild Cards, 11 Society, Corruption, Government, IO Impotency

Huh?

Impact to US West Coast from Fukushima disaster likely larger than anticipated, several reports indicate

Non-naturally occurring radionuclides from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant’s triple meltdown last year radioactively contaminated the entire northern hemisphere within days and the US west coast bore a significant brunt of so called hot particles, an independent scientific paper released yesterday claims. Charles Digges, 19/09-2012

US government environmental monitoring agencies have either declared as safe, refused to comment on, or – say several independent researchers – vastly understated what impacts, if any, this could have for America’s western coastal population. Significant omissions in data reporting and hobbling of radioactive monitoring systems, say many, make it seem unlikely that hard government facts will be forthcoming to support evidence presented by independent researchers.

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2012/10/062012/10/06

Michel Bauwens: Russia’s small-scale organic agriculture model may hold the key to feeding the world [while future-proofing cities]

01 Agriculture, 06 Russia, 11 Society

220px-Michel_Bauwens_crop — Michel Bauwens

Russia's small-scale organic agriculture model may hold the key to feeding the world

Imagine living in a country where having the freedom to cultivate your own land, tax-free and without government interference, is not only common but also encouraged for the purpose of promoting individual sovereignty and strong, healthy communities. Now imagine that in this same country, nearly all of your neighbors also cultivate their own land as part of a vast network of decentralized, self-sustaining, independent “eco-villages” that produce more than enough food to feed the entire country.

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You might be thinking this sounds like some kind of utopian interpretation of historical America, but the country actually being described here is modern-day Russia. It turns out that Russia's current agricultural model is one that thrives as a result of the millions of small-scale, family-owned and -operated, organically-cultivated farms that together produce the vast majority of the food consumed throughout the country.

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2012/10/032012/10/03

Eagle: US Senate Investigation Finds that Homeland Security Data Centers Produce ‘Predominantly Useless Information’

10 Security, 11 Society, Corruption, DHS, Government, IO Impotency, Law Enforcement

Homeland Security Data Centers Produce ‘Predominantly Useless Information'

John Hudson 9:48 AM ET

Atlantic Wire, 3 October 2012

Imagine having all the downsides of Big Brother and none of the benefits: That's what you get with the Department of Homeland Security's vast network of “fusion” centers, according to a damning new report by the Senate's bipartisan Subcommittee on Investigations.

The fusion centers, described by Janet Napolitano as “one of the centerpieces of our counterterrorism strategy,” allegedly invade the privacy of Americans while producing “shoddy” reports that are typically “irrelevant” and “useless.” It's the sort of report that will find a home on every Ron Paul fan forum and, according to reporters, with good reason: The 77 centers, which have cost an estimated $289 million to $1.4 billion, have a pretty questionable track record. Here are some of the more surprising elements journalists have dug up from the report:

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2012/10/022012/10/02

Sepp Hasslberger: Hungarian Pre-Fab Homes Creates Twice the Energy It Consumes

05 Energy, 11 Society

Hungary's Odooproject prefab home produces twice the amount of energy it consumes

On the eve of the opening of the European Solar Decathlon, a team from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics is ready to present its innovative solar-powered prefab home, which produces twice the amount of energy than it consumes. The decathlon is an international competition among universities which promotes research in the development of energy-effective and light-structured residential buildings that only use solar energy. This year the prestigious competition is being hosted in Madrid, Spain and will see a selection of university entries from across Europe, including Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, The United Kingdom and Romania, and four more from China, Japan, Brazil and Egypt.

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