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Great reads from around the web on December 15th

Amy Sample Ward

After massive leaks of documents on the Iraq and Afghan wars and diplomatic cables from around the world, Wikileaks has demonstrated that it is a formidable threat to American legitimacy and power. Now, thanks to the tactical success of Operation Payback's DDoS attacks, they are. What does that mean for you?

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After 200% ARR growth in 2020, CourseKey raises $9M to digitize trade schools

TechCrunch

That struggle was particularly challenging for trade schools, many of which were not designed to teach online and were mostly paper-driven. . Kannah, who had fled Iraq as a refugee, saw family members going through trade schools that were lacking technology infrastructure and modern software tools.

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How Did AI Go from Beating Grand Chessmasters to Winning Dogfights? General David H. Petraeus Explains

DataRobot

General Petraeus further stated that the American education system needs to teach media consumption—from understanding that certain media have favored viewpoints to the ways algorithms can empower social media platforms. Again, that battle is going to be going on.”.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In deck above, you will see a graph that shows that the Ice Bucket Challenge had more search volume than other news such as Ferguson and Iraq during the last few weeks. This shows the importance of timing and playing off current events. 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause.

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Good Magazine Wants You To Do Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

San Francisco to teaching reading in Atlanta, to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gulf coast communities. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The organization works to educate.

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Mother's Day for Peace

Have Fun - Do Good

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. Going Within is a 10-minute web short about Donnelle Malnik who teaches yoga and meditation in the San Francisco County Jail No.7 You can see which Congresswomen voted for and against the Iraq War here.

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. Jake Wood is cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon and a former Marine sniper with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. "And we can all benefit from a strategic way to approach problems and decisions," he adds.