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Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He reminds readers that SIGACTS includes every death that was recorded by the Multi-National forces in Iraq, not every death that occurred during the ongoing war. SIGACTS’s reporting standards changed over time and the reporting procedure varied across units. Jacob Shapiro of Princeton University, presents a parallel argument.

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Zen Under Fire: Big Vision Podcast Interview with Marianne Elliott

Have Fun - Do Good

Trained as a lawyer, Marianne helped develop human rights strategies for the governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste, has worked as a Policy Advisor for Oxfam, and spent two years working in human rights in the Gaza Strip prior to her time in Afghanistan, where she served in the United Nations mission (2005-2007).

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Ensuring a healthy U.S. democracy in the face of extreme weather events

Candid

Democratic systems, processes, and institutions must be able to respond to shifting demands to address challenges created by durable changes to geography, population distribution, and economic centers caused by extreme weather events. These changes will have cascading effects on political and social systems.

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