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Oct 18, 2014

Pa. department backs seed library protocol as reaction grows

Posted by in categories: environmental, food, government
Joseph T. Simpson Public Library's new seed library

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture sees its new protocol for seed libraries as an opportunity to safely regulate them while saving an organization or person from liability.

Proponents of seed libraries, however, see the department’s efforts as a way to effectively shut down movement to grow and maintain local seed varieties.

The issue at hand stems back to April 26, when the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library opened a seed library, in which it would allow residents to “borrow” seeds and then offer seeds back to the library to start the process over again. It’s the second part of that process that caught the attention of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, which then contacted the Cumberland County Library System to rectify what it saw as a violation of the Pennsylvania Seed Act of 2004.

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Oct 17, 2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 18, 2014)

Posted by in category: futurism

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 18, 2014)

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LINKEDIN: “Currents and Undercurrents?” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141017005851-344…ercurrents

LINKEDIN: Bart and Homer on The Iliad! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141017012329&#…-the-iliad

CIO: McDonald’s CIO on Why It’s Supporting Apple Pay on Launch Day www.cio.com/article/2834502/consumer-technology/mcdonalds-ci…ce=ciosotd

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Oct 17, 2014

Getting Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Fortune-500s to Uninterruptedly Buy From You!

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Getting Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Fortune-500s to Uninterruptedly Buy From You!

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Amazon, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors, Honda, Daimler-Chrysler’s Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company, Google, Xerox, Exxon-Mobil, Boeing, Amazon, Procter & Gamble, NASA and DARPA, Lockheed Martin, RAND Corporation and HUDSON Institute, Northrop Grumman Corporation, GEICO, Microsoft, etc.

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You are going to need to prepare thyself breathtakingly. You will need a Brioni suit and a silk tie and understand, later on below this material, how to get lucky via Rampant Rocket Science.

FIRST. You fully study the corporation’s story and current culture and lexicon. You always study about their own problem-solving methodologies, proprietary or otherwise.

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Oct 17, 2014

Bart and Homer on The Iliad!

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Bart and Homer on The Iliad!

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TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE POINT BY BUZAN AND THE AUTHOR, EXCERPTED FROM THE WHITE SWAN BOOK, LET US CREATE A DIALOGUE SIMULACRUM BY BART SIMPSON AND HOMER SIMPSON.

Bart: Dad, why do you say knowledge is a soup?

Homer: Son, because since time immemorial and before the advent of the Industrial Revolution, every type of knowledge was somewhat related to the other type. Tony does some nice chatting about it.

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Oct 17, 2014

British Supermarket to Power Itself Solely With Food Waste

Posted by in category: energy

Brandon Baker — Nation of Change

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It’s good to refrain from wasting energy, but it’s even better to procure energy from items that you otherwise would waste.

That’s the thinking behind the latest announcement from Sainsbury’s, the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. The chain’s Cannock location will soon be powered solely by the company’s own food waste. Waste management and recycling firm Biffa has partnered with the store to use its advanced anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities and a power link that allows the Cannock store to use the waste generated from Sainsbury’s other locations.

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Oct 17, 2014

Alchemy vs Networks: The cure for ageing will come — but it will not be something physical

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, complex systems, evolution, life extension, transhumanism

Since ancient times people have been searching for the secret of immortality. Their quest has always been, without exception, about a physical item: a fountain, an elixir, an Alchemist’s remedy, a chalice, a pill, an injection of stem cells or a vial containing gene-repairing material. It has never been about an abstract concept.

Our inability to find a physical cure for ageing is explained by a simple fact: We cannot find it because it does not exist. It will never exist.

Those who believe that someday some guy is going to discover a pill or a remedy and give it to people so that we will all live forever are, regrettably, deluded.

I should highlight here that I refer to a cure for the ageing process in general, and not a cure for a specific medical disease. Biotechnology and other physical therapies are useful in alleviating many diseases and ailments, but these therapies will not be the answer to the basic biological process of ageing.

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Oct 16, 2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 17, 2014) — 3

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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 17, 2014) — 3

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LINKEDIN: Currents and Undercurrents? https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141017005851&#…ercurrents

LINKEDIN: Bart and Homer on The Iliad! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141017012329&#…-the-iliad

LIVE SCIENCE: Is Car Hacking the Next Big Security Threat? http://lnkd.in/bCnxM5p

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Oct 16, 2014

Currents and Undercurrents?

Posted by in categories: business, disruptive technology, education, engineering, finance, geopolitics

Currents and Undercurrents?

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I was reading The Economist and a notion came to my mind.

We have all have heard the Chinese adage,

“… Don’t look at the waves but the currents underneath …”

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Oct 16, 2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 17, 2014) — 2

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FUTURISM UPDATE (October 17, 2014) — 2

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U.S. Navy’s exoskeleton could make workers 20 times more productive http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/14/tech/innovation/navy-exosk…index.html

NEW YORK TIMES: Outside China, there is a consistent theme in Asia. It is concern that declining American power, credibility and commitment will leave the way open for Beijing to exercise dominance over the region. http://lnkd.in/dsfGw42

TECH CRUNCH: Why The Future Of Digital Security Is Open http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/16/why-the-future-of-digital-security-is-open/

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Oct 16, 2014

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 17, 2014)

Posted by in category: futurism

FUTURISM UPDATE (October 17, 2014)

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NEWSWEEK: Putin Issues ‘Nuclear Powers’ Warning Over Sanctions at http://www.newsweek.com/putin-warns-careless-west-nuclear-threat-277867

HUFFINGTON POST: Ebola Epidemic Could Lead To ‘Hunger Crisis Of Epic Proportions’ For West Africa http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/16/ebola-outbreak-food…mg00000067

GIZMAG: Long-lasting, water-based nuclear battery developed http://www.gizmag.com/water-nuclear-battery-radiolysis/33844…5;89795214

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