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Den Fria Marknaden har snart gjort 99% av oss utfattiga (Swedish/Svenska) by Hakan Anderberg Den Fria Marknaden har snart gjort 99% av oss utfattiga (Swedish/Svenska) by Hakan Anderberg May 22, 2012 76692 words Read a sample
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Перестройка или 20 лет с паханами by Валерий Ершов Перестройка или 20 лет с паханами by Валерий Ершов May 05, 2012 79083 words Read a sample
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Why Women can do a Better Job in Ruling the World, Than Men by William Bond Why Women can do a Better Job in Ruling the World, Than Men by William Bond April 28, 2012 13915 words Read a sample
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No More War by Lawrence John Brown No More War by Lawrence John Brown April 27, 2012 1076 words Read a sample
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The author teaches English at a private university in South Korea. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and came with his family to the beautiful Santa Clara Valley in California—then the apricot and prune capitals of the world—a few weeks later. After dropping out of the University of California, he spent two and a half decades studying philosophy and Eastern religions before publishing his first book, My Country Is Called Earth, in 1994. That was followed by Prelude To A Golden Age in 2004 and The Education of a Messiah in 2009. His email address is ptaganow@yahoo.com.
The Lummox by Alex Augenblecq The Lummox by Alex Augenblecq April 23, 2012 14 words Read a sample
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A. Hamilton (Alex) Augenblecq is a graduate of a leading Eastern (U.S.) business school and has spent many years in business, government and consulting. He is also very fond of animals.
Israelis and Palestinians Both Like Food by Rodney Ohebsion Israelis and Palestinians Both Like Food by Rodney Ohebsion April 17, 2012 2519 words Read a sample
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Созерцание или уроки времени by Валерий Ершов Созерцание или уроки времени by Валерий Ершов April 16, 2012 11199 words Read a sample
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Voting Under the Influence of Fox News by Rodney Ohebsion Voting Under the Influence of Fox News by Rodney Ohebsion April 14, 2012 17955 words Read a sample
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The Most Wealth: For the Least Work Through Cooperation by Bob Blain The Most Wealth: For the Least Work Through Cooperation by Bob Blain April 11, 2012 39976 words Read a sample
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Bob has a Masters degree from Harvard and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, both in sociology. He taught sociology for two years at The Ohio State University then taught sociology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 1968 to his re-tirement (new tires) in 2001. He has spoken on monetary reform in New Zealand, Australia, Poland, Libya, India, and Togo in Africa as well as at many conferences in the United States and Canada.
Outcomes & Efficiency: Leadership Handbook by Richard Selwyn Outcomes & Efficiency: Leadership Handbook by Richard Selwyn April 04, 2012 19721 words Read a sample
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Richard Selwyn is a national expert in efficiency, commissioning and change management for local and central government. He was the Commissioning Support Programme national lead for efficiency and has worked on major government change programmes for 12 years. In 2005 Richard led the national change programme to redesign joint planning and commissioning of all children's services. Key elements of this approach were then adopted by the major central government departments. Richard's career however started in the Ministry of Defence in 1996 working on international naval procurement projects and space engineering. He then progressed through the Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills where he was a policy lead for Children's Trusts and the national service redesign. Richard is now a consultant, originally working for PriceWaterhouseCoopers before moving to PIPC UK Ltd where he now heads up the Government and Public Sector practice. Richard is the primary author of the HMG Joint Planning and Commissioning Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services; CSP Good Commissioning: Principles and Practice; MOJ A-Z of Commissioning; DfE Change Management Jigsaw; and has been published in leading sector newspapers and magazines. He is a member of the Cross Government Commissioning Capacity & Capability Group and a non-exec Director of London Early Years Foundation. Richard also enjoys mountain biking and road cycling, street photography, and the odd revolution.
Barack Obama and the Politics of Pussy: Fired Up! by Tyler Withrow Barack Obama and the Politics of Pussy: Fired Up! by Tyler Withrow April 02, 2012 51491 words Read a sample
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I am currently studying necromancy and hope to raise the dead to destroy the world as you know it and rebuild it in my own image. I also enjoy using the juicer that I have broken twice. Fresh fruit is beyond the limit of my budget, but I found that when spoiled, grocery stores just throw them out. I need penicillin with my juice, but it is affordable and environmentally friendly. I must point out that I weigh 20 pounds less now then I did in this picture. I was the fattest Green Lantern outside of Comic-Con. I’m still very aroused by the sight of myself. In brightest day…
译者合集 2011年度精华译文 2011 Review Yizhe Collection by Zhe Yi 译者合集 2011年度精华译文 2011 Review Yizhe Collection by Zhe Yi March 30, 2012 1717 words Read a sample
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A Fading Paradise by CD Moulton A Fading Paradise by CD Moulton March 25, 2012 11045 words Read a sample
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Born in Florida, travelled the world as a rock guitarist with some big names in the late sixties, early seventies. Been everything from a high steel worker to longshoreman, from musician to bar owner, and much more. Educated in botany and genetics. Now living in paradise (Panamá!)
WNC Forestry Success Stories: Change for the Better by WNC Forest Products WNC Forestry Success Stories: Change for the Better by WNC Forest Products March 23, 2012 10858 words Read a sample
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Editors: Dr. Jeanine Davis, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Dept. of Horticul-tural Science, North Carolina State University, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, Mills River, NC Caroline J. Edwards, Non-Timber Forest Product Adviser, Dept. of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, Mills River, NC Erica Anderson, Working Lands Planner, Land-of-Sky Regional Council, Asheville, NC Editor and Producer: Eric Turner, Turner HD Media, Mill Spring, NC Videographer: Lynn Turner, Turner HD Media, Mill Spring, NC Director of Photography: Chris Bartol, Turner HD Media, Mill Spring, NC View Project Video at http://www.youtube.com/user/WNCForestProducts And at the Project Website: www.wncforestproducts.org Portions of this eBook were prepared and reviewed by the following authors at their respective organizations: Alyx Perry, Director, Southern Forests Network Peter Marks, Program Director, Local Food Campaign, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project Brian Schneider, Management Forester, DuPont State Forest, North Carolina For-est Service
The End of Citizenship by Fati Citizen The End of Citizenship by Fati Citizen March 22, 2012 11927 words Read a sample
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Occupy. Online.
Beating Poverty--A Have-to for Have-nots by Lori Covington Beating Poverty--A Have-to for Have-nots by Lori Covington March 13, 2012 21506 words Sample 100%
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Lori Covington is a freelance writer based in Nova Scotia.
The Twilight of the Monetary System: And Dawn of a New Era by Richard J. Wilson The Twilight of the Monetary System: And Dawn of a New Era by Richard J. Wilson March 10, 2012 17091 words Read a sample
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A retired trial lawyer and member of Mensa, Richard had a lifelong interest in the behavior of our physical universe and our human family. His books give us the benefit of his unique observations gathered as he traveled the world speaking four languages, and are available as e books and paperback.
How to Create An Economic Democracy by Richard J. Wilson How to Create An Economic Democracy by Richard J. Wilson March 08, 2012 17138 words Read a sample
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A retired trial lawyer and member of Mensa, Richard had a lifelong interest in the behavior of our physical universe and our human family. His books give us the benefit of his unique observations gathered as he traveled the world speaking four languages, and are available as e books and paperback.
Somewhat Modest Proposals by Colin Cohen Somewhat Modest Proposals by Colin Cohen March 03, 2012 23133 words Read a sample
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Random Thoughts by Emil Justimbaste Random Thoughts by Emil Justimbaste Feb. 27, 2012 37749 words Read a sample
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My name is Emil B. Justimbaste. I am a Filipino, a resident of Ormoc City, Leyte, a province in Eastern Visayas. I can speak English, Waray, Cebuano, Tagalog and can understand Spanish and Latin, having studied in the seminary. Although I am not a journalism graduate, I used to work as a journalist, a writer of news and feature stories, an opinion writer and an editor. I can also layout magazines as you can see here. I am an author of four ebooks which are sold in Amazon-Kindle.
Le clivage français by Lundi Le clivage français by Lundi Feb. 18, 2012 1621 words Read a sample
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Occupy Le Baño by Scott Webb Occupy Le Baño by Scott Webb Feb. 15, 2012 2761 words Read a sample
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Time travel takes us back to the year 1974 when Scott Webb was fifteen. His parents subscribed to National Geographic magazine, which included an article about the wonders of Alaska. His imagination was awakened and he began to dream of visiting Alaska, although he lived in northern Illinois and had no means to get there. Shortly thereafter his mother returned from a church meeting bringing a flier about a youth ministry operation called Teen Missions, which included a team to Alaska. He applied and was accepted. At the training, he heard sermons from Bob Bland, the director for Teen Mission about the glories of missionary life. This concept was added to his imagination and the following summer he went to the island of Dominica to do more missionary work. At age 18, he added to his evangelical resume the smuggling of Russian Bibles into the former U.S.S.R. He attended Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, but graduated from Wheaton College, Chicago, with a degree in philosophy in February, 1981. Fast forward to 1995, where Scott was in the position of Magazine Marketing Director for The Upper Room, a devotional publisher based in Nashville, Tennessee. He served on an executive committee which was to prepare the organization for the digital age. The director of the organization envisioned the future of magazines as distributed on CD-ROM disk, while Scott presented the coming Internet as the place to invest, thereby professionally alienating him from the rest of the management team. His superior warned him that his job was at stake, which indeed it was. A new overseer of marketing was brought in from the Christianity Today organization based in Wheaton, Illinois. Shocking to Scott was the methods used to discredit his record within the organization, thereby triggering a series of events leading to Scott’s resignation and his awakening to Vampire influence within the ranks of the heart of inspirational Christianity. Scott’s further investigations into what went wrong for him, and has gone wrong for many others, led him to the creation of Jesus The Vampire Slayer, his fourth book. -- Since 2001, Scott Wright Webb has also authored: A Curse, My Blessing, an autobiographical account of his evangelical journey and a subsequent awakening. Inside Poop, writings from his experience as a colon hygienist exploring the causes behind an epidemic of illness in America beginning about 1960 You Unplugged, a brief health sequel about the reasons behind widespread constipation and how to avoid it. Video footage taken from his life is available at YouTube.com/shag9y. He currently resides in Tennessee where he has taken up gardening, chicken raising, and other hillbilly interests including, but not limited to, hanging out on the front porch drinking moonshine and home-crafted fermented beverages, all in moderation, of course.
Conservatives are from Mars & Progressives are from Venus by M.E. Brines Conservatives are from Mars & Progressives are from Venus by M.E. Brines Feb. 14, 2012 12118 words Read a sample
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The author, M.E. Brines, spent the Cold War assembling atomic artillery shells and preparing to unleash the Apocalypse (and has a medal to prove it.) But when peace broke out, he turned his fevered, paranoid imagination to other pursuits. Designer of more than twenty sci-fi wargames and The Struggle of Nations play-by-e-mail game (all available at www.MEBrines.com) he spends his spare time scribbling another steampunk romance occult adventure novel, which despite certain rumors absolutely DOES NOT involve time-traveling Nazi vampires! A member of the British Society for Psychical Research, he is a long-time student of the occult, a committed Christian*, and author of two dozen books, e-books, chapbooks and pamphlets on esoteric subjects such as Alien Abduction, Alien Hybrids, UFOs, Conspiracies, Mind Control the Falun Gong, esoteric Nazism, the Knights Templar, astrology, magick, the Bible, the spear of Longinius and Christian discipleship. His work has also appeared in Challenge magazine, The Traveller Chronicle, Midnight Times, The Outer Darkness, Tales of the Talisman, and The Willows magazine. *I'm often asked how I square Christianity and "messing around" with the occult, as if I'm partial to bestial things with a goat under the amber light of the moon or something. No so. I'm a student, in the same way I used to study Soviet weapons and tactics back when I was a US Army officer. This gives my work a unique perspective no matter what your belief system. I don't judge, just present the information and let the reader decide.
Freebie by Roderic Anderson Freebie by Roderic Anderson Feb. 05, 2012 6757 words Read a sample
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Roderic Anderson's writing career started in Nigeria in 1978, when with Joyce Dafe he wrote a children's story book which Joyce illustrated. It was later published by African Universities Press as Omaka to the Rescue in the same series as books by Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwenzi and Michael Crowder. AUP also accepted for publishing a series of chemistry text-books he wrote, Understanding Chemistry : a student's book and a teachers' guide for each year, Nine to Eleven, but `due to the political situation and financial constraints' they have never been printed. He is currently working on the last of a series of books. The first, Trailblazer, a novel based on the lives of his great grandparents, has been published in 2008 by Zeus Publications. The second, another novel, Real Life Portrait , based on the lives of his parents was published as a hard-back in October 2010 by Big Sky Publishing, and the third, Well of Life, is a memoir up to age 18, ready to go to a publisher. The fourth, Free Radical, another memoir up to age 36, he has self published. All of these works are now available as ebooks. Now living quietly in retirement he is working on the final memoir, Odyssey, age 37 up to the present. Besides writing, reading and listening to chamber music, being a long-term Marxist and socialist, he is interested in TV documentaries and current affairs and regrets that he is too old to participate in the Australian extension of the Arab Spring, hastening the end of capitalism.
Movin' Money - The Documents by M. d'Roubaix Movin' Money - The Documents by M. d'Roubaix Feb. 05, 2012 9086 words Read a sample
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M. d'Roubaix is the family name and pen name for Dr. Melvin Droubay, a Professional Geographer. Dr. Droubay has lived in and worked with Latin America for over 40 years, starting in Argentina in the 1960's. He now lives in Costa Rica. He has taught at Universities in Oregon, Texas, Florida and Guatemala, has been a Consultant to the World Bank, the Government of Guatemala, and a Contractor to the U.S. Agency for International Development. He has also been a U.S. Foreign Service Reserve Officer serving in Guatemala. Most recently, he has worked as a researcher and consultant to various U.S.law firms fighting environment pollution by multi-national corporations. The Movin' Money series recounts some of his personal experiences during the 1980's War on Communism which was a central portion of the Reagan Presidency. The series is written in Documentary Fiction form. Based on now public documents as well as extensive documentation from investigations, trials, internal audits of U.S. Government agencies, as well as extensive news reports from the period, the background is factual, with names, events and places undisguised. The principal characters are fictional, amalamations of real people Dr. Droubay has known personally, some living, most dead. The documents to back up his story are listed in the free book, Movin' Money = The Documents.
Conservatweets by Rob Hoey Conservatweets by Rob Hoey Feb. 05, 2012 11076 words Read a sample
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Rob is a native New Yorker who has worked as a psychotherapist, photographer and writer. He has relocated to Canada where he discovered that snow is Canada's winter default position.
The Doomsday Brigade by Steven Hager The Doomsday Brigade by Steven Hager Feb. 05, 2012 1283 words Read a sample
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I'm a writer, journalist, filmmaker, event producer and counterculture and cannabis activist. I was the first journalist to travel to the South Bronx and document the origins of hip hop. In 1987, I was hired as editor of High Times magazine. I created the Cannabis Cup, a cannabis awards ceremony held every Thanksgiving in Amsterdam, and The Freedom Fighters, the first hemp legalization group. I also created a garage-rock revival band called the Soul Assassins. In 2002 I directed the video shoot that was later released as Live in Amsterdam (Fishbone album). In 2004, I wrote most of the narration for a/k/a Tommy Chong and also appear in the film. My most recent hardback book, The Octopus Conspiracy, was published by Trine Day. All of my eBooks are available exclusively through smashwords.
Bill Clinton Intentionally Set a Mass Murderer Free, Scientists Don't Really Care about Global Warming, and Other Facts by Douglas Sczygelski Bill Clinton Intentionally Set a Mass Murderer Free, Scientists Don't Really Care about Global Warming, and Other Facts by Douglas Sczygelski Jan. 21, 2012 34645 words Read a sample
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Douglas Sczygelski is a human being who lives on Earth. His favorite book is "The Wisdom of the Desert," edited by Thomas Merton. He reads every issue of the following magazines: "The New Republic," "The Atlantic Monthly," and "The Washington Monthly." He frequently reads "The Economist."
Local vs. Collective Established Pricing Policy by Academia Inc Local vs. Collective Established Pricing Policy by Academia Inc Jan. 08, 2012 467 words Read a sample
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21st Century Revolution by Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall 21st Century Revolution by Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall Jan. 08, 2012 79781 words Read a sample
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I'm a 63 year psychiatrist, single mother and activist who emigrated from Seattle to New Zealand in 2002. This followed fifteen years of intensive personal harassment by the U.S. government for my political activities. I write about this in my recent memoir The Most Revolutionary Act: Memoir of an American Refugee.
Eurekanomics - for 99% of us by Jim Osburn Eurekanomics - for 99% of us by Jim Osburn Dec. 16, 2011 2803 words Read a sample
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Jim Osburn is a retired consultant in Public Administration as a foreigh service officer with extensive service in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. He has written one prior book and four plays that have been produced in community theaters. He has been married for over 60 years to artist Margaret Osburn, and they have five adult children.
DeltaWomen by DeltaWomen DeltaWomen by DeltaWomen Dec. 15, 2011 7713 words Read a sample
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Delta Women is a non-profit (NGO) organization dedicated to impacting the lives of the Delta state women worldwide. Our aim is to enable women to enhance and develop their quality of life, thereby becoming the architects of their own futures and lives by presenting opportunities for spiritual, educational, and economic transformation. Delta Women is committed to empowering women, strengthening families and transforming their communities in the process.
America Disarmed: Inside the U.N. and Obama’s Scheme to Destroy the Second Amendment by Wayne LaPierre America Disarmed: Inside the U.N. and Obama’s Scheme to Destroy the Second Amendment by Wayne LaPierre Dec. 06, 2011 207683 words Read a sample
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Wayne LaPierre is the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rifle Association of America. In his leadership position, Mr. LaPierre conducts the affairs of an over 3.5 million member association through a staff of over 550 employees with an annual budget of over $120 million. Under the direction of a 76-member board of directors, he is responsible for implementing NRA policy as well as serving as president of the National Firearms Museum Fund and trustee of the NRA Foundation. An avid sport shooter, he holds an executive position with the North American Wetlands Conservation Council, the world's largest wildlife program, and officiates each year at NRA events nationwide. Mr. LaPierre joined the staff in 1978, as a state liaison in the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, the lobbying arm of the Association. Initially responsible for a 10-state region, he was promoted twice in two years and named the Director of State & Local Affairs in 1979. The next year he accepted a position as the Director of Federal Affairs, where he was responsible for the planning and execution of all NRA initiatives before Congress and the executive branch. In 1986, Mr. LaPierre was again promoted to Executive Director of NRA-ILA. It was in this position that he took to the forefront as the leader and spokesperson for all NRA legislative activities at every level of government. Wayne LaPierre serves on the board of directors of the American Association of Political Consultants. He holds a master's degree in American government and politics from Boston College and a bachelor's degree in education and political science from Siena College in New York. After accepting his current position in 1991, Mr. LaPierre became the chief national spokesperson for the National Rifle Association which, under his leadership, has achieved the most dramatic growth in membership since NRA was founded in 1871.
СОНГУУЛЬД САНАЛ АВТОМАТААР ТООЛОХОД ЗАЙЛШГҮЙ АНХААРАХ АСУУДЛУУД by Open Society Forum СОНГУУЛЬД САНАЛ АВТОМАТААР ТООЛОХОД ЗАЙЛШГҮЙ АНХААРАХ АСУУДЛУУД by Open Society Forum Dec. 01, 2011 2624 words Read a sample
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Open Society Forum (OSF) is an independent non-governmental organization established in 2004. OSF's mission is to serve as a platform for informed citizen participation in policy formulation an implementation by supporting quality research, information, and stakeholder dialogue.
ТӨРИЙН НУУЦЫН ТУХАЙ ӨНӨӨГИЙН ХАНДЛАГЫГ ӨӨРЧЛӨХ ЗАМААР ИРГЭДИЙН МЭДЭХ ЭРХИЙГ ХАНГАХ НЬ by Open Society Forum ТӨРИЙН НУУЦЫН ТУХАЙ ӨНӨӨГИЙН ХАНДЛАГЫГ ӨӨРЧЛӨХ ЗАМААР ИРГЭДИЙН МЭДЭХ ЭРХИЙГ ХАНГАХ НЬ by Open Society Forum Nov. 14, 2011 12346 words Read a sample
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Open Society Forum (OSF) is an independent non-governmental organization established in 2004. OSF's mission is to serve as a platform for informed citizen participation in policy formulation an implementation by supporting quality research, information, and stakeholder dialogue.
Raid Night by Michael J. Totten Raid Night by Michael J. Totten Oct. 27, 2011 3056 words Read a sample
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Michael J. Totten is a foreign correspondent and foreign policy analyst who has reported from the Middle East, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, City Journal, LA Weekly, The Jerusalem Post, Beirut's Daily Star, Reason, Azure, and the Australian edition of Newsweek. He is a contributing editor at City Journal and writes regularly for Commentary. He lives with his wife and two cats in Portland, Oregon, and is a former resident of Beirut. Visit his Web site at www.MichaelTotten.com.
On the Hunt in Baghdad by Michael J. Totten On the Hunt in Baghdad by Michael J. Totten Oct. 27, 2011 6342 words Read a sample
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Michael J. Totten is a foreign correspondent and foreign policy analyst who has reported from the Middle East, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, City Journal, LA Weekly, The Jerusalem Post, Beirut's Daily Star, Reason, Azure, and the Australian edition of Newsweek. He is a contributing editor at City Journal and writes regularly for Commentary. He lives with his wife and two cats in Portland, Oregon, and is a former resident of Beirut. Visit his Web site at www.MichaelTotten.com.
兰德报告 与中国的冲突 RAND Conflict With China by Zhe Yi 兰德报告 与中国的冲突 RAND Conflict With China by Zhe Yi Oct. 19, 2011 297 words Sample 100%
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Save Bi-Lingual by Piso Mojado Save Bi-Lingual by Piso Mojado Oct. 19, 2011 1796 words Read a sample
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I believe that too much personal information about an author can detract from a reader's enjoyment of his works, since the written word can and should survive on its own and doesn't need the crutch of an author's personal trivia. I don't want to seem evasive, however, or rude to my readers, so I will try to add a little biography. The overwhelming motivation of my life has been to attempt to be the good citizen, the boy scout. I've been the blood donor, the volunteer construction worker, one of the men and women happy to spend the day cleaning up the nearby park or the neighborhood. I want to like myself; I want to like the people around me. Of course, these activities rarely provide any fodder for interesting books or short stories, so I have to search far beyond my favorite environment for ideas.
The Occupy Manifesto by Deena Sao The Occupy Manifesto by Deena Sao Oct. 17, 2011 794 words Read a sample
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Democracy: A Proposal For a New Constitution For the United States by Brian Rush Democracy: A Proposal For a New Constitution For the United States by Brian Rush Oct. 17, 2011 4510 words Read a sample
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Brian Rush has been writing compulsively in one form or another for many years. He has been a student (one is always a student) of the occult for just as long, and has published articles and taught classes on the subject. He has lived on both coasts of the U.S., never far from the sea, and currently resides in northern California.
Thank You For Being Young by Andrew Lerner Thank You For Being Young by Andrew Lerner Oct. 07, 2011 40046 words Read a sample
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Andrew Lerner is the Managing Partner of Inter-Atlantic Group, a New York-based venture capital firm.
The Wealth of the People: The Wealth of the Market by Fernando Urias The Wealth of the People: The Wealth of the Market by Fernando Urias Sep. 12, 2011 8441 words Read a sample
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Fernando Urias is a manufacturing engineer and a manufacturing manager with experience in managing large organizations and projects. His hobbies include cooking, low carb dieting, guitar playing, and reading economic theory.
I'm a Real American by Rodney Ohebsion I'm a Real American by Rodney Ohebsion Sep. 10, 2011 7776 words Read a sample
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Inner-directed et other-directed by Lundi Inner-directed et other-directed by Lundi Sep. 04, 2011 1358 words Read a sample
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Chaque lundi, un billet politique à commenter toute la semaine
INSIGHTS AND ILLUSIONS In Philippine Politics, Economy, Ecology and Education by RUEL PEPA INSIGHTS AND ILLUSIONS In Philippine Politics, Economy, Ecology and Education by RUEL PEPA Sep. 03, 2011 17437 words Sample 20%
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Ruel F. Pepa is a critical thinker who enjoys the company of sensible intellectuals and scholars genuinely concerned with real-life issues and commitments in the areas of creative evolution, cultural studies, spirituality and mythological studies. His philosophical mind has been heavily influenced by the ideas of Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Henri Bergson, Alfred North Whitehead, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Nikos Kazantzakis, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Mircea Eliade among others.
Democracia participativa y modernización de los servicios públicos: Investigación sobre las experiencias de presupuesto participativo en Europa by Yves Sintomer Democracia participativa y modernización de los servicios públicos: Investigación sobre las experiencias de presupuesto participativo en Europa by Yves Sintomer Aug. 30, 2011 115382 words Read a sample
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Democracia participativa y modernización de los servicios públicos Yves Sintomer is professor of sociology in the Department of Political Sciences at Paris 8 University. Since 2009 he has also been a guest professor at Neuchâtel University, Switzerland. He directed the research project “Participatory budgets in Europe”, which was located at the Marc Bloch Center, Berlin and carried out in cooperation with Hans-Böckler Foundation and Humboldt-University, Berlin. He has published many books on the topics of participation, political theory and urban sociology and advised many French local authorities on the topic of citizen engagement. Ernesto Ganuza is scientific tenured at Spanish Scientific Research Council (IESA/CSIC). His research links participation and democracy in Spain, Latin America and Europe. He is currently leading international research on participatory budgeting to compare experiences in different continents. He has advised many Spanish local authorities on participatory procedures and has published various works about participation. Carsten Herzberg is scientific assistant at Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main. He wrote his doctoral thesis at Potsdam and Paris 8 universities. He worked as a research assistant on the “Participatory budgets in Europe” research project at the Marc Bloch Center. He has also worked in the Urban Management Program of UN-Habitat in Quito, Ecuador and has advised several German local authorities on the implementation of participatory budgets. Anja Röcke is a research assistant and lecturer in the Institute for Social Sciences at Humboldt-University, Berlin and Editorial Journalist for the Berlin Journal of Sociology. She completed her Ph.D. at the European University Institute, Florence and worked as a research assistant for the “Participatory budgets in Europe” project. Her publications deal with different empirical cases and theoretical questions of participatory democracy in Europe. She advised the French region of Poitou-Charentes on the implementation of a participatory budgeting process.
Life of Riley by Dave Riley Life of Riley by Dave Riley Aug. 27, 2011 44459 words Read a sample
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Dave Riley is a blogger and occasional podcaster based in the seaside township of Beachmere, near Brisbane , Queensland, Australia. He wrote the 'Life of Riley' columns for Green Left Weekly during the 1990s. As well as writing satire he has written journalism and short plays. In the 1970s and again in the 1990s he formed and ran street theatre troupes. He has also written and performed cabaret and experimented with online media. During a puppetry phase, he created and toured a Punch and Judy show as 'Professor Ratbaggy's Red Cordial Show' before audiences of disapproving adults and rioting under twelves. Over his working life he has worked as a nurse, political organiser, laborer,process worker, community artist, mask maker and writer. Dave sees himself primarily as a satirist --albeit one with a dark and mordant POV -- and will offer an opinion on anything you care to mention. He grows vegetables, takes terriers for walks and sails a canoe in the shallow waters of Deception Bay.
Autorité patriarcale et autorité archaïque by Lundi Autorité patriarcale et autorité archaïque by Lundi Aug. 26, 2011 1980 words Read a sample
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Dirty Dirty Republicans by Gary Anderson Dirty Dirty Republicans by Gary Anderson Aug. 14, 2011 11591 words Read a sample
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Retired from Fresno County, I have always viewed the movements of the stock market with mistrust. Having seen the same disregard of supply and demand in determining pricing for houses, gasoline and food commodities, I applied that same mistrust to those markets as well. I believe that the United States has acted out of financial weakness and a perceived need to protect certain segments of society, and my books reflect that assumption. I have contributed to Seeking Alpha and Business Insider. I have four grown children and live in Nevada.