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Pete Rizzo — Coindesk

A member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines has introduced a bill that would seek to create a government-backed “e-peso” that would serve as an official medium of exchange for domestic online payments.

Introduced as part of the E-Peso Act of 2014, the payments tool would be considered legal tender for debt, taxes and goods and services, according to a report by The Philippine Star.

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Quoted: “Two individual blockchains have been successfully linked, as Blocknet announced last night that Xbridge technology had for the first time allowed communications between nodes on two separate blockchains through their Xhub protocol. Aiming to construct “the internet of blockchains,” the new protocol is designed to allow separate blockchains to inter-operate.”

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Corporate Reconnoitering?

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Authored By Copyright Mr. Andres Agostini

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

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WHITE SWAN BOOK: Google’s Secretive DeepMind Startup Unveils a “Neural Turing Machine” http://www.technologyreview.com/view/532156/googles-secretiv…g-machine/

WHITE SWAN BOOK: Hundreds of Portuguese Buses and Taxis Are Also Wi-Fi Routers http://www.technologyreview.com/news/533176/hundreds-of-port…i-routers/

DER SPIEGEL: Prying Eyes: Inside the NSA’s War on Internet Security http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/inside-the-nsa-s…10361.html

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By Dave Parrack — Gizmag

Microsoft Research has moved on from IllumiRoom, its concept for adding visuals to the periphery of gamers’ television sets. After concluding that that system — which used a Kinect camera and a projector to bring video games into the living room — was too expensive to be released commercially, the company has revealed RoomAlive, which is even more expensive and even less practical. Thankfully, it’s also an intriguing glimpse at the possible future of gaming.

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Actuarial Sciences Suffice?

QUESTION: Actuarial Sciences Suffice?

ANSWER: Absolutely used by actuaries and some futurists, actuarial sciences are structurally linear and incomplete in a world mired by explosive nonlinearity, fluidly and incessantly.

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Kaizen and Six Sigma Vs. White Swan “…Transformative and Integrative Risk Management …”

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By Chris Wood — Gizmag

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has today revealed the designs for the New Tube for London – a fleet of 250 trains set to go into operation in the mid-2020s. The design, which pays homage to the heritage of the Underground, brings significant improvements to the service, with the trains capable of fully automatic operation.

The New Tube services aim to tackle the city’s rising population by not only increasing capacity, but also improving speed and frequency of trains. Transport for London (TfL) worked with PriestmanGoode on the new design, which is set to make significant improvements to the service while retaining the recognizable look of London Underground transportation.

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When you go to Rome?

THE ADAGE GOES: “ … When you go to Rome, Do as Romans do! …”

THIS IS FLAWED, SERIOUSLY!

THE NEW AND UPDATED VERSION: “ … When you go to Rome, Do as the Roman Emperors ruthlessly do…!…”

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