Prospect – article_details:
To be concerned today with the Enlightenment ideals of freedom, democracy and reason, one needs to think about their entrenchment in an era in which political communities and states matter, but not solely and exclusively. States are hugely important vehicles for aiding the delivery of effective public regulation, equality and social justice, but they should not be thought of as occupying a privileged level of politics.

Satannnnn | CafePress:
http://www.cafepress.com/satannnnn

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that the bush family loves satan shouldn’t surprise anyone….. time between hand signal and t-shirt product less than 8 hours.

European Union IT research is failing:
Viviane Reding, European Commission information society and media commissioner, said, “Fast-changing IST research is, and must remain, a key driver for the rapid economy-wide technological innovation on which Europe’s skilled jobs ultimately depend.”

She said, “I intend to respond very quickly to the panel’s concerns about red tape, which is a general problem of EU research programmes, but felt most directly in IST research where we operate in a particularly dynamic and fast evolving environment.”

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this will be good, but there still needs to be some solid oversight.

Social Software Alliance -

Social Software Alliance
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http://www.socialtext.net/ssa/

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i helped despam the ssa today.