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2013/07/302013/07/30

Marcus Aurelius: Majority Staff Report on the National Network of Fusion Centers

Seriously suspect. 2013-07-30 House Majority Staff Report on Fusion Centers Phi Beta Iota: This staff report avoids all the negatives and fluffs up many dubious positives. The Joint Fusion Centers are a failure — and were called a failure before they were ever built. There is no connection between what can be produced at the …

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2013/07/29

SmartPlanet: Open Source Tree of Life

Q&A: Tiffani Williams, computer scientist, on creating an open source tree of life By Christina Hernandez Sherwood | July 29, 2013 The Open Tree of Life project culls years’ worth of segmented scientific research in an effort to create a current, open source version of our knowledge on thousands of plant and animal species. Tiffani …

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2013/07/262013/07/26

Chuck Spinney: Sick People at the Aspen Summit — “Extermination” Fantasies of the Empire

What kind of people are running American? Here are some insights. Shocking ‘Extermination’ Fantasies By the People Running America’s Empire on Full Display at Aspen Summit Security Forum participants expressed total confidence in American empire, but could not contain their panic at the mention of Snowden. AlterNet / By Max Blumenthal, July 25, 2013 Seated …

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2013/07/162013/07/16

SmartPlanet: The world peaked in 1978

The world peaked in 1978 A new study of global wealth says prosperity peaked around 1978, and we’ve been heading downhill ever since. New Scientist reports. Governments have tended to build economic policies around gross domestic product (GDP), the sum of all monetary transactions in an economy. GDP has risen fairly steadily — and often …

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2013/07/122013/07/12

SmartPlanet: China Invests $1.1B in Nigeria — While Others Destabilize Africa

China invests $1.1 billion in Nigerian infrastructure Less than two weeks ago, U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to Africa where he announced a $7 billion energy plan and welcomed development competition on the continent. “I want everybody playing in Africa,” he said. And it didn’t take long for China to show that it’s playing, and winning. …

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2013/07/072020/02/24

DefDog: Cost-Price of Smart Phones Diving + AltC2 OpenBTS RECAP

Smartphone Makers Hit By Rising Competition Samsung gives weaker-than-expected earnings guidance and HTC posts tepid results EXTRACT: “The mid and entry-level smartphones are quickly picking up share, and are getting quite powerful in their capabilities,” said CK Lu, an analyst at Gartner in Taiwan. “Basically, a year ago, you didn’t have many choices in low-end …

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2013/07/032013/07/03

SmartPlanet: As Many Cell Phones as People, But….

There are (almost) as many cell phone subscriptions as people By Tyler Falk | July 2, 2013 Quartz dug up this graph from a new U.N. report showing the world’s rapid adoption of cell phones. Yes, you’re seeing that right, there are almost as many cell phone subscriptions as there are people. It’s an astounding …

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