Berto Jongman: How visualising data has changed life…and saved lives
How visualising data has changed life… and saved lives From John Graunt’s ‘bills of mortality’ to Florence Nightingale’s revolutionary ‘rose charts’, the distillation of information into graphics has been a vital tool for scientists Nicola Davis The Observer, Saturday 15 February 2014 Big data, infographics, visualisations – the pop words of a modern phenomenon. But …
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Mini-Me: Uzbekistan Wants to Join NATO, Conquer Eurasia [We Do Not Make This Stuff Up] — Full Reading [English Below the Line] Makes Clear This Is A Manifesto — From Water to Genocide to Labor to Historical Grievances
Huh? Uzbekistan Media: We Should Join NATO, Conquer Eurasia A recent piece in Uzbekistan’s state-sanctioned media has advocated joining NATO and taking over the territory of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and most of the rest of Eurasia. The piece, published on 12news.uz, was taken down shortly after being published, but was preserved on inoSMI.ru. [PBI: English translation …
Ralph Peters: The Birth of Modern War – How the 1860’s Changed War, and the World
First published by Armchair General. Full text online for ease of automated translation. In document form (15 pages): 2013-05-09 Ralph Peters Birth of Modern Warfare THE BIRTH OF MODERN WAR How the 1860s Changed the Fields of Battle Forever By Ralph Peters The ten-year span that began with the American Civil War in 1861 …
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EUCOM Week in Review Ending 9 Dec 09
Hot Topics AA: Croatia and Denmark on Kosovo independence at the ICJ 12/07/09 AA: Russia Accused Of Climategate Hack 12/07/09 AA: War in the Caucasus 12/03/09 AM: ARMENIA: YEREVAN WARY OF AZERBAIJANS WORDS AND WEAPONS 12/03/09 AZ: Azerbaijans Defense Minister meets with US Air Forces Commander in Europe 12/08/09 BG: Justice Minister Attacks Politically Supported …
Journal: The Rise and Rise Further of Turkey (Along with the Collapse of Israel and the NeoCons)
Chuck Spinney Sends… As someone who has lived in Turkey for most of the last two years, I have watched the development of her foreign policy with great interest, not to mention a good deal of confusion It is hard to make sense out this rapidly-emerging, vibrant country of 70 million, increasingly well-educated, industrious people. …
EUCOM Week in Review Ending 14 Oct 09
Hot Topics AA: Debating the dragon-bear duet 10/13/09 AA: Iran to ‘blow up the heart of Israel’ if attacked 10/09/09 AA: EU should tell Czechs enough is enough 10/13/09 BA: Diplomats Downplay Immediate Hopes on Bosnia Talks 10/09/09 BG: Right-wingers to back GERB’s Fandukova to be mayor of Sofia 10/13/09 GE: Is Georgia Safe From …
