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May 08, 2008

Megen Meier story followup; New Era is Social Networking? Matthew Good

A few months ago I talked about Megan Meier, a young girl who encountered verbal and emotional abuse from a classmate’s mother via MySpace. That abuse eventually led to Megan committing suicide, and sparked a whole series of internet debates about where the fault for something like that lies and how accountable social networks should be for the actions of their users.

Today Facebook announced that they will be implementing over 40 safeguards to help protect its users from sexual predators and online cyberbullying:

Facebook, the world’s second-largest social networking Web site, will add more than 40 safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday.

Facebook and officials in 49 states and the District of Columbia agree to safeguards to protect young users.

The changes include banning convicted sex offenders from the site, limiting older users’ ability to search online for subscribers under 18 and building a task force seeking ways to better verify users’ ages and identities.

“The agreement marks another watershed step toward social networking safety, protecting kids from online predators and inappropriate content,” said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who announced the agreement Thursday with his counterparts in several other states.

Obviously I think that’s a huge step forward for the internet, especially since both Facebook and MySpace have agreed to adopt the guidelines set out in the agreement. And while it’s impossible to protect everyone from harm on these networks, I definitely think it’s a move in the right direction.

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Author: Duane Storey
Date: May 8th, 2008

February 17, 2008

Fortune 500 board of directors overlap project- few names, many boards

I’ve compiled a fair list of 30 or so names which appear to be key in linking up the BODs of many of the Fortune 500 companies as part of the work on my Fortune 500 BOD overlap project, due to the fact that most of these names crop up on 5 or more BODs. There are a few who “only” show up on 4 who I felt merited being on here for various reasons- some because they helped make connections easier. In some cases, (Charles F. Knight, for instance) combining the directorships listed on muckety and the ones listed on theyrule brings the total higher than what is apparent just through muckety alone. In a few cases, there is little basis from muckety alone for inclusion, but the theyrule data indicates that they should be considered.
As I publish the more focused in groupings which I will eventually try to get to contain as many of the Fortune 500 companies as I’m able, you’ll see some of these names crop up in more than one post, because they allow for the connections on muckety to happen most easily. You’ll recognise a lot of these names alrady from the group one post, but here they are all together (possibly with more to be added in as I continue the project) with their tie ins to company boards.

Ann Dibble Jordan

Ann M. Fudge

Ann McLaughlin Korologos

Karen Hastie Williams

Kenneth M. Duberstein

Allstate Insurance Company

Hess Corporation

American Express Company

AMR Corporation

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

Aon Corporation

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

AT&T Inc.

Boeing Company

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Brookings Institution

Continental Airlines, Inc.

Council on Foreign Relations

Deere & Company

Dell Inc.

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation

First Data Corporation

Gannett Co., Inc.

General Electric Company

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Halliburton Co.

Henry Schein, Inc.

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

IBM

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

McDonald’s Corporation

Medtronic Inc.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

PepsiCo, Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

Prudential Financial, Inc.

Sara Lee Corporation

Sears Holdings Corporation

Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Staples, Inc.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Automatic Data Processing Inc.

CIT Group Inc.

CSX Corporation

KB Home

Philip Morris Companies Inc.

HCA Inc.

ITT Corporation

Jones Apparel Group Inc.

MGM Mirage

Dominion Resources Inc.

Qwest Communications International Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company

American Electric Power Company Inc.

Johnson Controls Inc.

Western Union Company

Chesapeake Corporation

Smithfield Foods Inc.

Fidelity National Financial

Clear Channel Communications Inc.

January 13, 2008

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Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy

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Netwar-like cyberwar-describes a new spectrum of conflict that is emerging in the wake of the information revolution. Netwar includes conflicts waged, on the one hand, by terrorists, criminals, gangs, and ethnic extremists; and by civil-society activists (such as cyber activists or WTO protestors) on the other. What distinguishes netwar is the networked organizational structure of its practitioners-with many groups actually being leaderless-and their quickness in coming together in swarming attacks. To confront this new type of conflict, it is crucial for governments, military, and law enforcement to begin networking themselves.

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October 08, 2007

Why I love Canadian bloggers!

http://paulmalouf.blogspot.com/
http://koby.tblog.com/
I'm not going to get into everything about the second blog, BUT it is MEATY and filled with good ideas and posts. I am going to post one of what I think it's best entries is my next blog item ..

A Free Man's Life

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?" ;

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, always."

"Be the change you want to see in the world." Mohandas Gandhi.

A Free Man's Life is a collection of my own thoughts & letters as well as outside articles from progressive thinkers/media that I enjoy reading and a growing number of letters from environmental/human rights' organizations that I support. Part informative, part activist ; always progressive. As the links suggest, the blog is an complementary alternative to mainstream media and is pro human rights and pro environment. It includes a photo gallery on the environment. The Independent, BBC and Guardian figure prominently, with their great articles & commentary on climate change, conservation, ethical living, water and energy. Videos are included; some speak the truth, some are comical, some both. US foreign policy and Canadian politics weigh heavily, as I am pro Canadian sovereignty. It dabbles with the Arab-Israeli conflict. A citizen's right-to-known is also a duty; we must exercise it always and act.

Canadian Social Networking - 16 Million of Us by 2010

Always left brain-stimuating Ipsos just released results on Canadian social networking habits.

The key fixins":

Incidence - 37% of adult 18+ internet enabled users ( 80% of Canucks have internet access) have visited a social network
Profile/Disclosure - 29% of us have posted a personal profile on these networks (thus accounting for a 9 pt."gawking" factor between the 37% who visit number)
Length of Time - both participants and gawkers spend an average of 5.6 hours/week on social networks
Choices - of people who joined, Facebook (65%), Classmates (20%), My Space (15%) and Windows Live Space (13%) are the kings
Ages: 55% of 18-34 year olds have joined a social network, 21% of 35-54 year olds, and 9% of the 55+ set (if you're 70 and are on a social network, god bless you and welcome)
Frequency: 44% of social networkers visit weekly, 20% of us visit daily (guilty as charged)
Online Influence/Importance - social networkers are 31% more disposed to online comparison shop (75%), 18% more likely to buy stuff online (77%) and 30% more inclined to click on an online ad (65%)

Which means by my math:
Mass - There are just over 6.2 million adult social networkers in Canada (add another 3.3 million younger social networkers as 80% of internet-enabled 10-17 year olds visit social networks)
Median Age - if you turned 31.6 years of age today, congrats you're smack dab in the middle of the adult social network audience, oops, your 15 minutes are done, welcome to the old crowd (in fact, if we include all tween/teen social networkers the median age dips to 23.5, so don't worry you weren't in the middle anyway)
Time Allocated - 1.7 billion adult hours will be consumed socializing in online networks this year by Canadians. I wonder how many hours will be spent playing the 1977 version of social networks - the board game.

One issue I do take with Ipsos's conclusion from the research is that there is a limit on growth of social networks - the claim supported by 69% of people who aren't currently on social networks claim they would most likely not be on one in 12 months either. Ipsos conclusion: focus on getting current users to spend more time on networks. Eerr, not quite.

As we've seen in other countries and blogged about here, the rate of participation across the board continues to climb for social networking and will so so here too. Let's remember, social networks didn't even exist 4 years ago and Canada despite our world-leading broadband and internet connectedness is barely above average social networking standard. I don't want to negate the importance of network stickiness but there is plenty of room for people to grow in number.

Here are the reasons why 6.2 million will jump to over 16 million Canadians in less than three years:
- Low Hanging Fruit - 31% of non social networkers claimed they likely would join in 12 months, that's 4.4 million right there who are pre-disposed to join. Expect all of them to join over the next 3 years.
- The Net Generation Effect - today's current baby boom Millenials or Net Generationers are a demographic juggernaut, 3 more years of this generational tribe will become adults over the next 3 years and at 80% social network participation, that's at least another 1 million users
- Indispensability - increasingly, as Linked In, Facebook and other growing, new and innovative entrants add features and benefits to the social network arena,these sites will become more like essential appliances that people will wonder how they functioned without them, potentially replacing a good amount of what email gives them today, based on new benefits, add another 1.5 million users who recognize they just can't getaway without being on these sites
- Internet and Broadband Penetration - we have yet to reach our threshold on internet connectability and it's been proven broadband participants do more stuff online . 1 million Canadian people became new internet users in 2006 and broadband usage has doubled to 87% of households over the last 3 years. Still a full 1/3 of households don't have online access. Chalk up another 1 million social networkers from simply more and better web access.
"Crossing the Chasm" Effect - as mentioned in The Tipping Point and Geoffrey Moore's excellent book "Crossing the Chasm" and Everett Roger's formative work "Diffusion of Innovations" , acceptance of new ways of behaving and technology follows a bell curve, we're technically very early in the social networking bell curve, likely only tapping into the early majority. Social networks much like TV, internet access and cellphones before them still have to move through the late majority and laggards, allowing word of mouth influence and peer leadership to shape its growth. Consider that 50% of Korea's online population have visited a social network in the last 30 days and you get a sense of the social network adoption funnel people still need to travel through in North America. Another 1,000,000 networkers get swept up by the natural adoption curve.
Knowledge is Power, Privacy is Gone - as we learn more about social networks, we realize that they are not the socially awkward, dangerous, unproductive and inane places that the popular media have demonized them to be. There is also a reconciliation people are making that in order to realize the social, financial and intellectual benefits of belonging to a social network, the currency is bit of their privacy. For the most part, people are not losing their identity, sense of self or future career potential by prudently participating in social networks. In fact, in future years it may be more of a stigma to be found not participating in these networks - people will see it as a trait of "command and control" business leadership, close-minded relationship building and personal insecurity. Throw another 750,000 users on the pile as a result of a more open reaction to a cultural change on how we enagage in the digital space.
Marketing Investment and Potential - marketing, media, public service and communication firms are just starting to tap into the power and wealth of social networks. As more cool, controversial and incentive-laden stuff goes online, brand lovers, coupon clippers, savvy shoppers, consumer report junkies, political activists and pop culture surfers will join the social network nation . Add another 500,000 commercially-driven networkers who weren't attracted already by the other means described above.

By my count, I think I get up to 16.3 million adult social networkers around the time the Olympics play out in Whistler. 39% growth per year - not bad compared to most media industries. So when's Facebook launching their IPO again?

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Website: http://www.MoveToAmend.org Mission: We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to: * Firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights. * Guarantee the right to vote and to participate, and to have our votes and participation count. * Protect local communities, their economies, and democracies against illegitimate "preemption" actions by global, national, and state governments. Company Overview: On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions. The Supreme Court is misguided in principle, and wrong on the law. In a democracy, The People rule.

Proposed change to the US Constitution

We the People

I. Powers and Rights Reserved To We the People, Never Delegated or Violated Without Consent

A. The People are expressly defined as human beings and does not refer to corporations or contractual relationships.

B. No contract, agreement, or promise may ever bind any human to refuse to enforce the law, or prohibit them from speaking on matters of public interest.

C. We the People may believe anything, including the possible belief that this Constitution must be discarded and replaced with a superior document which defends the People and protects their power to enforce this Constitution against the Government.

D. The People are educated to apply the lessons of history to ensure rights are preserved, power asserted, and this Constitution is protected from domestic and foreign enemies.

E. The People have the enforceable right and power to review any public document and access any public official.

F. The People have the enforceable right to engage in any speech, communication, or discussion on issues of war crimes, government incompetence, or allegations of reckless government planning and maladministration.

G. Government officials, agencies, departments may not invoke any power or right they have denied to the People.

H. The People have the right to affordable housing. Where none is available, the government is denied the power to prosecute anyone for not living in a home, or residing in a public park, open forest, or public lands.

I. The People have the enforceable right to freely travel, without questions, and without delay. Any law enforcement officer, agents, or contacted security official who uses any ruse, scheme, or deception to engage in pretextual stops shall be enforced as a violation of this Constitution.

J. The People have the enforceable right to compel govenment officials, contractors, and securty personnel to identify themselves, disclose their policies and procedures, and respond to complaints about violations of this Constitution, the Supreme Law, or laws of war.

K. The People may not be subject to any electronic surveillance except on probable cause and a warrant before a judicial tribunal. The President, Congress and others are expressly denied the power to enact, create, use, or rely on quasi-judicial tribunals to self-certify warrants to conduct surveillance.

L. All denied powers to the US Government in this Constitution are reserved to the People to be used to defend the Constitution.

II. Powers and Rights Reserved to States

A. States shall have authority to enforce any law within their jurisdiction. Failure to enforce the laws of war shall be prosecuted as a war crime.

B. States shall, when the Federal Government refuses to enforce the Constitution or Supreme Law, enforce the national and international law against contractors, legal counsel, state or US government officials.

C. Any state may start impeachment investigations or proceedings against the President, Member of Congress, or US government official on issues of international laws of war, domestic rebellion, or violations of the Supreme Law oath of office, or Geneva Conventions. The States shall, upon receipt of an impeachment investigation or conviction from any other state, shall within 10 days debate that resolution. If convicted by 2/3 of the States, that US government official shall be removed from office. Any effort to thwart State efforts to enforce the US Constitution through impeachment investigations or impeachment proceedings at the State level may be construed as a subsequent violation of this Constitution and laws of war.

D. The States may, without notice, organize themselves to collectively defend this Constitution from the domestic enemies in the United States government. The States Governors have the standing power, right, and authority to use deadly combat force to enforce this Constitution against US government officials.

E. A failure of any State official to enforce the laws of war shall be subject to a war crimes trial within 90 days of discovering that evidence. Where there are credible allegations of war crimes, a failure to investigate shall be construed as a subsequent war crime, punishable by the death penalty.

F. States have the power to enforce contract obligations between contractors and the US government which affect the rights of their State citizens. Failure to enforce these contractual obligations against the contractors or US government could be construed as a subsequent violation under the laws of war and US Constitution against legal counsel, state officials, or court officers.

III. Independent Branch

A. All US government, contractor-provided, and legal counsel data shall be retained in an independent branch.

B. The President, Congress, and Judicial branches have no power, right or claim to not fully fund this Independent Branch.

C. The Independent Branch conducts electronic surveillance of the US government, stores that data, and ensures there are independent, safe, retained records of all US government transaction, including conversations and memos between legal counsel and government officials. Once created for the government or connected with any legal or illegal activity, these records are public records.

D. The data may be seen only upon a showing of reasonable belief or suspicion by the United States Congress, Court, or Executive Branch that the information may be useful in enforcing the Constitution, Supreme Law, or Geneva Conventions.

E. Private citizens may view any data, unless the US government provides sufficient, detailed evidence why that request for information should not be met for bonafide, lawful secrets. Any effort to hide evidence behind a claim of "state secrets," where that claim is linked with an effort to bypass the Constitution, oath of office, Supreme Law, or laws of war may be punishable by the death penalty.

F. All government data belongs to the People. Any legal counsel working for the US government shall ensure that the People's right to reliable information is protected. A failure to protect this information could be construed as a war crime.

IV. Prosecutorial Branch

A. All prosecutorial options are denied of the President.

B. The Prosecutorial branch has the power to raise independent combat power, support them, and may lawfully use that deadly combat force to confront Members of Congress, the Judicial Branch Officers, or the Presidents upon showing of probable cause for war crimes.

C. The prosecutorial power is the exclusive power of the prosecution branch. However, anyone may make a claim of illegal activity, and enforce the laws of the United States and States respectively. Any effort to block anyone from unilaterally attempting to enforce the laws of war through discovery, investigation, and open discussion of those alleged war crimes shall be construed as a possible subsequent offense under the laws of war.

D. Legal counsel are subject to public review, audit, and can be required, with fair notice, of a requirement to demonstrate before any court their compliance with the laws of war.

E. Legal counsel may be denied authority to conduct discovery during any investigation when that discovery is linked with efforts that would thwart war crimes investigation, enforcement of the Supreme law or Geneva Conventions.

V. Judicial Branch

A. The Judicial Branch is above the Legislative Branch and Executive Branch only in order of precedence. The Judicial Branch is a co-equal branch, and closest to the People and Constitution. It is least responsive, and most slow to the People's daily interests to enforce the Constitution and Supreme Law or Geneva Conventions.

B. Where the Judicial Branch does not timely enforce the Constitution, Supreme Law, or laws of war, the States and People retain the power and right to investigate and prosecute allegations of US government illegal activity, war crimes, or violations of the Supreme law.

C. All precedents under the laws of war are binding on the Judicial Branch, US government, and the People through enforcement actions.

D. Any decision by any judicial officer not to fully enforce the laws of war, Supreme Law, or this Constitution may be construed as a war crime, subject to the death penalty.

VI. Legislative Branch

A. The Legislative Branch is listed after the Judicial Branch because it is less responsive to the People.

B. The Members of Congress may be stopped between sessions and held to account for their failure to enforce the laws of war.

C. Refusing to investigate or impeach the President, Judicial Officers, or any current or former US government official for alleged war crimes, maladministration, illegal warfare, or other crimes against the People, States, or US Government shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to not fully assert ones oath of office, and punishable by the death penalty under the laws of war.

D. There are three chambers to the Congress. The Senate and House have a legal duty to fully enforce the laws. Any decision to not timely review evidence of impeachable offenses, or not investigate war crimes or maladministration could be construed as subsequent offenses under the laws of war.

E. The Superior Chamber shall decide, before any debate, whether the proposed bill is or is not Constitutional. This determination is subject to approval, challenge, and rejection by the People, States, and Judicial Branch.

F. The Congress is denied the exclusive power to make rules. Any rule which prohibits any investigation into alleged malfeasance in re the laws of war, Supreme Law, or oath of office is illegal, and may be construed as a subsequent offense under the laws of war.

G. The Congress shall comply with public audits, and timely provide within 45 days of an audit report a statement of remedy, and outline a plan within 90 days to fully comply with all legal obligations under the Statute, Supreme Law, oath of office, and laws of war.

H. The Congress may raise and support an army, and independently order that army only against the President when the President refuses to enforce the laws of war, or comply with his legal obligations under this Constitution.

VII. Executive Branch

A. The Executive Branch is led by three Presidents, co-equal with non-overlapping jurisdictions. The Executive Branch has one power: Executive Power. All actions taken under that one power are lesser authorities not powers. The Executive Branch has no power to create new powers or assign itself broader power.

B. The Executive Branch is listed last because it is the least responsive to the People, and the greatest threat of tyranny to this Constitution. The President is a clerk, not a King or Emperor. The President only manages programs. The President has no power to ignore, rewrite, or refuse to enforce the law. Each of the three Presidents shall have an ongoing requirement to demonstrate to the People and States and Congress and Courts compliance with the Constitution, Supreme Law, oath of office, and laws of war.

C. The Domestic Affairs President is responsive to the States and US Government on internal affairs.

D. The Foreign Affairs President shall have exclusive power to interact with foreign powers. The Foreign Affairs President is denied any power to violate the laws of war, or use covert activity against American citizens.

E. The Executive Branch, Congress, Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs President are denied the power to thwart any lawful State action to organize with foreign powers and agents to defend the US Constitution, enforce the laws of war, or protect the rights and powers of the People and States against domestic encroachments by the US government, legal counsel, or other US government officials.

F. The Commander in Chief shall only have power to lead combat operations during war time. Congress shall conduct ongoing, public reviews whether the Commander in Chief is or is not competent in managing combat operations. The Presidents and Commander in Chief are denied the power to prohibit Congress from using electronic surveillance or use separately raised and supported armies to conduct this oversight during wartime and peacetime.

G. The Executive Branch is denied the power to block anyone from getting access to illegal activity related to the laws of war.

H. During Peacetime, the Commander in Chief shall periodically cooperate with ongoing Oversight of US combat forces to ensure they are combat ready, fully trained on the laws of war, and prepared to lawfully be used to defend the Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies.

I. The Executive Branch and Presidents and officers, agents, contractors, and personnel are denied the power, right, or authority to order anyone to ignore any statute, law, legal requirement, or obligation under the Constitution.

J. The Executive Branch has no power or authority to directly contact the Legislative Branch by name. The President may only request, not order other branches of government. All Communications between the Executive and Legislative Branch shall pass through the Prosecutorial Branch, and retained in the National Archives. Those records are available for public inspection at any time. The People have the enforceable right to compel the Executive Branch, Legislature, and Judicial Branch to produce documents.

K. The Executive Branch, Congress, Judicial Branch, and Prosecutorial Branch, and States are denied the power to wage warfare, information warfare, or harass American civilians through his agents, combat troops, or third parties in the United states or from overseas. Any funds used for this illegal purpose belong to the People and States. Contracts used to enforce, compel, or organize this illegal activity are not enforceable, and contrary to public policy.

L. The Presidents are denied a presumption of competence until proven. The President shall always have the burden of proof, and is expressly denied a presumption of good faith until demonstrated with overwhelming evidence in public. An election result is not proof of competence nor does it satisfy a presumption of good faith, only of mastery to win an election through legal or illegal methods and deception.

M. The Executive Branch and Presidents and subordinate agency head, contractor, and employees are expressly denied any assurance any conversation he has related to illegal activity, war crimes, unlawful acts, or other threats to the US Constitution shall remain secret behind any shield, scheme, agreement, or technology. Any order a President or anyone gives to anyone to hide, destroy,not provide, or conceal evidence of illegal activity may be construed as a subsequent war crime, punishable by the death penalty. This restriction against following illegal orders may not be bypassed by claiming the order was from a non-person, electronic device, or other non-Constitutionally recognized entity, database, policy, guide, or other document.

N. The Presidents are denied the power to use any combat force, technology, or other military weapon or plan against American civilians, except in cases of internal rebellion which only the Congress shall approve in writing. When the Congress fails to act, or abuses its authority, the State Governors may lawfully use deadly combat force to detain and enforce the laws of war prohibiting illegal use of force against American civilians.

O. The Presidents are denied the power to induce any civilian to take any action that might deny them on any Geneva protections as a civilian. Any order, ruse, scheme, propaganda, or unreliable information to induce anyone to wage war, information warfare, or any action to harass civilians is punishable by the death penalty, and may be enforced as a violation of the laws of war.

P. The President, when delegating any power to any agency head, agrees that that agency shall be organized as if it were a separate, lesser, and not coequal branch. Those agencies shall fully cooperate with the other branches of government to ensure power within the branch or department is divided. There is no single agency, division, or office in the Executive Branch that is beyond ongoing oversight by the other four branches.

Q. The President shall have no power to block the Congress, States, Judiciary, Prosecutorial, and Independent Branch from a having co-equal status to oversee, manage, and organize that lesser branch. If the President refuses to substantially comply with that requirement, Congress may not lawfully provide funding for that agency, and the funds return to the States and People.

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May 08, 2008

Megen Meier story followup; New Era is Social Networking? Matthew Good

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February 17, 2008

Fortune 500 board of directors overlap project- few names, many boards

Fortune 500 board of directors overlap project- few names, many boards

January 13, 2008

Want to support RAND, here's yer chance

Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy

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