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Reading list for US Army officers and men

Monday, October 31, 2005

U.S. Army Chief of Staff’s Reading List
“The Professional Reading List is a way for leaders at all levels to increase their understanding of our Army‚€™s history, the global strategic context, and the enduring lessons of war. The topics and time periods included in the books on this list are expansive and are intended to broaden [...]

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How to Give to Charity in the UK

Monday, October 31, 2005

Welcome to All About Giving - everything you need to know about charitable giving
The single biggest source of information on tax-effective giving on the Internet, bringing together charities, companies and individuals to form a community of giving online.
Within www.allaboutgiving.org you can:
find out about the CAF Charity Account and other ways to give
manage your CAF Charity [...]

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We the Media

Monday, October 31, 2005

We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People By Dan Gillmor.
Free online e-book.

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Turkey City Lexicon

Monday, October 31, 2005

The Turkey City Lexicon is a dictionary of Sci-Fi literary terms. Superb.

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A View from the Eye of the Storm

Monday, October 31, 2005

A View from the Eye of the Storm is a superb speech apparently given by Haim Harari to a meeting of the International Advisory Board of a large multi-national corporation in April, 2004. It deals with Israel and the wider Middle East.

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Hedge funds to be the new Enrons?

Friday, October 28, 2005

From Legal Affairs: Behind the Hedge by David Skeel
“In the untamed world of hedge funds, rigged deals and manipulated markets help the wealthy thrive while ordinary investors wither.”

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Superb spoof on the Iranian loon…

Friday, October 28, 2005

From Devan at Ban The Internet come this gem…
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran sought on Friday to smooth the effects of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s comment that Israel should be “wiped off the map”, saying through its Moscow embassy that he did not mean to “speak up in such sharp terms”. MORE
Somehow, this dude manages to be [...]

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What I would have do to have been there…

Thursday, October 27, 2005

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

“Last Friday, The New Criterion and Britain’s Social Affairs Unit hosted a conference at the Union League Club called “Threats to Democracy.” The papers and discussion from this conference will be edited for publication in an upcoming issue of the magazine.
It may seem like just another day at [...]

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Abandoned Seaplane

Thursday, October 27, 2005

From thisLivejournal post, amazing pictures of an abandoned sea plane in Montenegro.

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Best Productivity Tip so far

Thursday, October 27, 2005

From 43 Folders comes a superb Procrastination hack: (10+2)*5
Itís called ì(10+2)*5î and hereís why:
* 10 - Work for ten minutes with single-minded focus on moving toward completion on a single task. Ten minutes, and thatís all youíre allowed to do is work, work, work. No cheating, because (DING!) you actually get [...]

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