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2012/03/302012/03/30

Steven Aftergood: New Policy on Mitigation Risks of Bio Research

NEW POLICY ON MITIGATING RISKS OF BIO RESEARCH Certain types of life science research involving “high consequence pathogens and toxins” would be subject to new review and risk mitigation procedures which might include classification of the research or termination of the funding, according to a U.S. government policy issued yesterday by the National Institutes of …

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2012/03/262012/03/26

John Stoehr: Selling war from 1917 to 2012

John Stoehr is the editor of the New Haven Advocate and a lecturer at Yale. Part II: Selling war from 1917 to 2012 The US has become more accepting of capitalism in the past century, even as economic security has declined. Al Jazeera, 26 March 2012 New Haven, Connecticut – One day in 1917, US …

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2012/03/252012/03/25

#OWS Rolling Update + US Revolution RECAP

CORRUPTION is the common enemy, both in government and in the private sector. ELECTORAL REFORM is the singular demand. COALITION CABINET is the method. INTEGRITY is the core value. COMMONWEALTH RESTORED is the outcome. Occupy Revolution OccupyWallStreet (Home Site) Original Electoral Reform Documents (Updated) We the People Reform Coalition 25 March 2012 Penn Badgley …

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2012/03/252012/03/25

Patrick Meier: Crisis Mapping Syria – Automated Data Mining and Crowdsourced Human Intelligence

Crisis Mapping Syria: Automated Data Mining and Crowdsourced Human Intelligence The Syria Tracker Crisis Map is without doubt one of the most impressive crisis mapping projects yet. Launched just a few weeks after the protests began one year ago, the crisis map is spearheaded by a just handful of US-based Syrian activists have meticulously and …

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2012/03/24

Berto Jongman: Open Sources on National Security Topics

Child Soldiers: a Symptom of War, Poverty & Imperialism Egypt investigates Iranian plot to bomb Israeli ship in Suez Inventory of Islamist Attacks Phi Beta Iota: Still lacking is a proper evaluation of all alleged terrorist plots and attacks to arrive at a sounder understanding of the degree to which they would not have been …

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2012/03/222012/03/23

Review: Republic Lost – How Money Corrupts Congress – and Plan to Stop It

Lawrence Lessig 5.0 out of 5 stars Diplomatically Provocative — A Foundation, Not a Structure, March 22, 2012 I come late to this book but my review will be much more detailed and useful than most others now posted, including the several that I voted for. I received it this afternoon and it has absorbed …

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2012/03/18

Berto Jongman: Ray Kurzweil on Man-Machine Future

Inside the Kurzweil SXSW Keynote: On Infinite Mind Power, Robotic Overlords and Immortality He is one of the world’s most renowned futurists, and onstage at South By Southwest, Ray Kurzweil stirred debate with a speech that outlined the incredible role artificial intelligence will play in the future, as it reshapes humanity South By Southwest Interactive …

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