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The BRAD BLOG : SIBEL EDMONDS' DEPOSITION: VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT RELEASEDJust over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly on the record. Twice gagged by the Bush Dept. of Justice's invocation of the so-called "State ...
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Editorial - Iowa Decency - NYTimes.comIowa Decency Like the state’s earlier landmark civil rights cases — striking down slavery in 1839, for example, and segregation in 1868 and 1873 — the ruling on gay marriage by Iowa’s Supreme Court is a refreshing message of fairness and common sense from the nation’s heartland. A unanimous ...
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Learning to ShareProfessional excellence is difficult to achieve outside of a good organization. Conversely, flourishing organizations are difficult to develop without good people. A domain where the intersection of professional and organizational goods is particularly important, especially in our information ...
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The Wrong Place to Be Chronically IllChronically ill Americans suffer far worse care than their counterparts in seven other industrial nations, according to a new study by the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based foundation that has pioneered in international comparisons. It is the latest telling evidence that the dysfunctional ...
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Non-Traditional R & DUncertainty about funding; difficulty in determining research priorities; and concern about technology transfer (the lack of application of research results): these words stand out in the language of scientific/industrial research and development, today. Socalled technology transfer seems to be ...
Giorgio Bertini
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Six Questions for Jane Mayer, Author of The Dark Side—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)In a series of gripping articles, Jane Mayer has chronicled the Bush Administration’s grim and furtive dealings with torture and has exposed both the individuals within the administration who “made it happen” (a group that starts with Vice President Cheney and his chief of staff, David ...
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When I Came Home"A documentary film about homeless veterans in America: from those who served in Vietnam to those returning from the current war in Iraq. The film looks at the challenges faced by returning combat veterans and the battle many must fight to receive their benefits from the Veterans Administration. ...
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Epistemological Foundations for CSCL: A Comparison of Three Models of Innovative Knowledge CommunitiesCSCL is based on the idea that computer applications can scaffold and implement advanced socio-cognitive processes for knowledge sharing and knowledge building. But do we really understand these processes that are supposed to be implemented? This paper will focus on the " epistemological infrastructure...
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