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POPSWhat Keynes really planned Sorry but I can't edit it well. The whole article does describe an involved scheme which was rejected by the USA and which Monbiot reckons should be adopted now
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POPSIndonesian president eager to work with Obama Indonesians feel a connection with Obama, who "experienced the inner soul of Indonesia" during the four years he spent there as a child, Yudhoyono said. Yudhoyono also praised George W. Bush as "one of the most pro-Indonesia American presidents in the history of our bilateral relations."
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POPSBlueAnt Supertooth Light Compact Bluetooth Speakerphone The BlueAnt Supertooth Light Compact Bluetooth Speakerphone features: World class Digital Sound Processor (DSP) for noise and echo cancellation, fully portable, sleek design with zero installation required, full duplex and high performance speaker.
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POPSThe dance of consciousnessby
einbar Yesterday 12:02 AM 
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"Experience is something that is temporarily extended and active. Perceptual consciousness is a style of access to the world around us. I can touch something, and when I touch something I make use of an understanding of the way in which my own movements help me secure access to that which is before me. The point is not that merely that I learn about or achieve access to the world by touching. The point is that the thing shows up for me as something in a space of movement-oriented possibilities".
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POPSAll there in my parallel universe another example from the article: "China, which is planning a series of different virtual worlds able to host not tens but hundreds of millions of avatars. The idea is to attract people (as avatars) from around the world to come and buy Chinese goods more cheaply from source. In this way they plan to capture the value added to a shirt that leaves a Chinese factory for a dollar but is sold in London for $20."
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POPSThe Charter for Compassion The video is three minutes of pure inspiration. Beyond that, the Charter for Compassion is super cool! Every human who can get her/his words to the internet (directly or by proxy) can contribute to this landmark event (the internet isn't the only way to participate). Prompted by an idea from the TED institute, the Charter for Compassion puts us all into a virtual universe that includes the likes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ever wish you could express your deepest and most fervant dreams regarding compassion? Here's your chance...
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POPSWe are Not a Center-Right Country We built the United Nations, We started the idea of human rights, We expanded voting rights and civil rights for everybody, We spread the idea of individual rights throughout the world, We even rebuilt our enemies after World War II. It is no exaggeration to say that America is one of the most progressive countries in the history of the world.
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POPSWelcome to the new Sunday 'World of the Global Citizen' America, as most of us have known it, is over. We have tied ourselves to sinking Europe, our declared/undeclared enemies, and the 3rd world countries. They will suck us dry of our resources and wealth and there will be nothing left to *liberally* share with those in need. It will be demanded and siphoned away.
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POPSTHE PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS Interesting read. some more: "On the traditional conception of the mind, if you want to study experience, you shut your eyes and you introspect. You look inward and reflect on what is going on inside of you, on the inner show" "To reflect on experience is not to look inward, it is to pay attention to what you are doing, and to the way in which what you are doing is world and situation and environment involving. " "A much better image is that of the dancer. A dancer is locked into an environment, responsive to music, responsive to a partner. The idea that the dance is a state of us, inside of us, or something that happens in us is crazy. Our ability to dance depends on all sorts of things going on inside of us, but that we are dancing is fundamentally an attunement to the world around us. "
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POPS High Drama & High Finance Not only has Ferguson been described as 'the most brilliant historian of his generation' by The Times, he's been rated as 'one of the world's 100 most influential people' by Time magazine. From the first coins of ancient Mesopotamia to the rise of China and the credit crunch, via the Medicis of Renaissance Italy, the Scottish clergymen who created the first insurance company and the dynasty started by the first Nathan Rothschild, Ferguson provides a clear and masterful financial history of the world. He shows, for example, how the high-financial scam of a Scottish murderer resulted in the French Revolution, how the bond market settled the outcome of the American Civil War, and, chillingly, how a previous era of globalisation and prosperity was ended almost overnight by the surprise catastrophe of World War I.
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POPSThe Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn Psychologists and neuroscientists have recently become fascinated by the human predilection for storytelling. Why does our brain seem to be wired to enjoy stories? And how do the emotional and cognitive effects of a narrative influence our beliefs and real-world decisions?
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POPSObama, Emanuel and Israel So it may well be salutary not to waste eight more days (let alone eight more years) playing along and playing the fool while more Palestinian lands are confiscated and more Jewish colonies and Jews-only bypass roads are built on them, clinging to the delusion that the charming Mr. Obama, admirable though he may be in so many other respects, will eventually (if only in a second term, when he no longer has to worry about reelection) see the light and do the right thing.