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Event: 12-15 Nov 09 San Mateo (SF), Engaging the Other: The Power of Compassion

An International, Multidisciplinary, Multicultural Conference examining concepts of “The OTHER” from a universal, cross-cultural perspective to promote wider public dialogue about images of “Us and Them” This event is warmly recommended by both the National Coalition for Dialog & Deliberation (NCDD) and Phi Beta Iota.  It is the kind of event that every member of …

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Journal: US Attorney General Homegrown Terror Threat Increasing

In ABC News Exclusive, Attorney General Eric Holder Says ‘American People Would be Surprised by the Depth of the Threat’ By PIERRE THOMAS, JASON RYAN and THERESA COOK WASHINGTON, July 29, 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder told ABC News in an exclusive interview today that he is increasingly concerned about Americans becoming radicalized and turning …

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Journal: Military says linguists can’t keep up in Afghanistan

PHOTO:David Guttenfelder/The Associated Press Josh Habib, far left, a 53-year-old translator for the U.S. Marines, speaks with Afghan villagers and two Marines in the Nawa district of Helmand province. By JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press writer July 26, 2009 6:00 AM NAWA, Afghanistan — Josh Habib lay in a dirt field, gasping for air. Two days …

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Honour Society: Chapter Creation and Affiliation

Phi Beta Iota is an Epoch B organization in which individual membership and chapter affiliation are free and the global virtual network thrives on the basis of information-sharing, aggregate sense-making, and trust. Below are three depictions: Collective Intelligence (Humanities side of the World Brain) and Cognitive Science (Science side of the World Brain) Organizational Intelligence …

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Journal: Marcus Aurelius Flags “The Class Too Dumb to Quit”

Our policy is to point to the original full sotry online whenever the source offers a persistent URL that does not require registration.  Below are extracts from Tom Friedman’s “The Class Too Dumb to Quit,” as flagged by Marcus Aurelius, pseudonym for a Special Operations officer with decades of HUMINT abroad. EXTRACTS: This scene is …

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Journal: The List of Negatives Keeps Growing Report Card on Obama From a New Frontiersman

by William Polk Probably like most of you, I am engaged in a daily attempt to make up my mind about President Obama. I was an early supporter. And as a former Washington “player,” I am aware how difficult is his position. I began to worry when he failed to grasp what I have seen …

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