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Monthly Archives: July 2014
The Double Edged Sword of Prison Video Visitation
Fulcher, Patrice A., The Double Edged Sword of Prison Video Visitation: Claiming to Keep Families Together While Furthering the Aims of the Prison Industrial Complex (April 30, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2461815 “Each year, the United States (“U.S.”) spends billions to house the country’s massive prison population. The need to board over 2.3 million incarcerated human… Continue Reading
Mapping a New Nation: Abel Buell’s Map of the United States, 1784
“On September 3, 1783, American and British representatives signed the Treaty of Paris that formally concluded the American Revolution and recognized the United States as an independent nation. In March 1784, only six months later, Abel Buell (1742–1822), an engraver from Connecticut, produced his New and Correct Map of the United States of North America, which,… Continue Reading
US overtakes Saudi Arabia as world’s largest producer of crude oil
Grant Smith, Bloomberg: ” The U.S. will remain the world’s biggest oil producer this year after overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia as extraction of energy from shale rock spurs the nation’s economic recovery, Bank of America Corp. said. U.S. production of crude oil, along with liquids separated from natural gas, surpassed all other countries this year with daily output exceeding 11… Continue Reading
The deep and varied emotional life of zoo animals
Alex Halberstadt – New York Times – [snipped]: “Dr. Vint Virga happens to be a veterinarian, very likely the only one in the country whose full-time job is tending to the psychological welfare of animals in captivity. He works with zoos across the United States and in Europe, and like most mental-health professionals, he believes that his patients… Continue Reading
International Donation Programs for Special Libraries Around the World
“This list provides a place for institutions and programs that have little or no money to post their need for educational materials. We do not include private colleges (especially those that charge high tuition fees), foundations of corporate firms, individuals, or other well off entities. Our donors wish to send their materials to those most… Continue Reading
CIA Style Manual Available Online
Via governmentattic.org: “National Security Counselors law firm has obtained a copy of the CIA Directorate of Intelligence Style Manual, Eighth Edition, 2011. It is entitled Style Manual & Writers Guide for Intelligence Publications. The CIA Guide is not alone. Each of the members of the Intelligence Community IC have one or more Style Manuals to conform the reports… Continue Reading
Government Surveillance and Internet Search Behavior
Marthews, Alex and Tucker, Catherine, Government Surveillance and Internet Search Behavior (March 24, 2014). Available or download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2412564 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2412564 “This paper uses data from Google Trends on search terms from before and after the surveillance revelations of June 2013 to analyze whether Google users’ search behavior shifted as a result of an exogenous shock in… Continue Reading
NSA tracking users of privacy applications and monitoring services
NSA targets the privacy-conscious – von J. Appelbaum, A. Gibson, J. Goetz, V. Kabisch, L. Kampf, L. Ryge. “The investigation discloses the following: Two servers in Germany – in Berlin and Nuremberg – are under surveillance by the NSA. Merely searching the web for the privacy-enhancing software tools outlined in the XKeyscore rules causes the NSA to… Continue Reading
The NSA Revelations All in One Chart
By Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson, ProPublica, illustrations by Alberto Cairo: “This is a plot of the NSA programs revealed in the past year according to whether they are bulk or targeted, and whether the targets of surveillance are foreign or domestic. Most of the programs fall squarely into the agency’s stated mission of foreign surveillance, but some –… Continue Reading
EC – Public Consultation ‘Science 2.0’: Science in Transition
European Commission Background Document – “This background paper to the online public consultation gives a short description of the term ‘Science 2.0’ as used in this consultation. The goal of the consultation is to better understand the full potential of ‘Science 2.0’ as well as the desirability of any possible policy action. The current transition… Continue Reading
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham – Seta
SETA Perspective, June 2014: • “How has ISIS, coming to the fore in Iraq and Syria, emerged? • How has the basic philosophy of the organization been shaped and who are the leaders of this organization? • How did ISIS sprout off al Qaeda? • Is it an ephemeral phenomenon or a permanent figure in… Continue Reading
