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2013/01/122013/01/12

Michel Bauwens: Economic Value of Nature – Priceless — AND Irreplacable

Why the economy needs nature Nature is not a drag on growth – its protection is an unavoidable prerequisite for sustaining economic development Tony Juniper The Guardian, 9 January 2013 One of the greatest misconceptions of our time is the idea that there is somehow a choice between economic development and sustaining nature. The narrative …

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2013/01/112013/01/11

Mongoose: BIll Clinton Wrong on Mass Shootings

Clinton says 50% since ban expired. Wrong. Try 20%. Bill Clinton’s over-the-top ‘fact’ on mass shootings Glenn Kessler at 06:02 AM ET, 01/11/2013 “Half of all mass killings in the United States have occurred since the assault weapons ban expired in 2005, half of all of them in the history of the country.” — Former …

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2013/01/112013/01/11

SmartPlanet: Half of All Food Wasted

Half of all food wasted By Mark Halper | January 10, 2013 The world throws away up to half of its food according to an alarming report that blames consumers’ fussy preference for cosmetically appealing produce, supermarket promotions that encourage overbuying, and deficient storage, transportation and agricultural practices. Between 1.2 billion and 2 billion metric …

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2013/01/102013/01/10

Marcus Aurelius: Pentagon Would Furlough All Civilians Under Revised Sequestration — This Is a Lie Being Told By Mixing Half-Truths and Eschewing Intelligence with Integrity

Reading the report, the fine print says sequestration is unlikely to occur. Pentagon would furlough all civilians under revised sequestration, analyst says Chalres S. Clark Government Executive, 9 January 2013 Unless Congress achieves a deal to head off the revised schedule for across-the-board spending cuts, the Defense Department in March will be forced to begin …

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2013/01/102013/01/10

Review: Final Warning – A History of the New World Order

David Rivera 4.0 out of 5 stars A good starting point, not the total map, January 10, 2013 I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it has some real gems that I have not seen elsewhere, and on the other it can be very tedious. It was not until I was …

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2013/01/082013/01/09

Marcus Aurelius: Pentagon Plays the 800,000 Cuts Card, Dishonest to the Bone

Pentagon gets to work planning for severe cuts Wants to be ready if sequestration occurs Defense officials have begun “serious planning” for automatic spending cuts that could force the Pentagon to lay off hundreds of thousands of civilian workers as it reduces its budget by $500 billion over the next 10 years. “We are doing …

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2013/01/08

Patrick Meier: Comparing the Quality of Crisis Tweets Versus 911 Emergency Calls

Comparing the Quality of Crisis Tweets Versus 911 Emergency Calls In 2010, I published this blog post entitled “Calling 911: What Humanitarians Can Learn from 50 Years of Crowdsourcing.” Since then, humanitarian colleagues have become increasingly open to the use of crowdsourcing as a methodology to both collect and process information during disasters. I’ve been studying …

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