Monthly Archives: June 2015

What Happened to the Uyghurs Who Went to Palau . . .

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Bruce

A great story from the Globe and Mail . . . <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/after-guantanamo-life-on-pacific-island-was-difficult/article25172787/&gt; After Guantanamo, life on Pacific island was difficult NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE BEIJING — The Globe and Mail Published Sunday, Jun. 28, 2015 10:24PM EDT A piece of plywood seals … Continue reading →

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Conservation Magazine: Science-based Biodiversity Conservation for the Continental USA

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Bruce

The kind of approach to conservation planning that needs to be extended to lots of areas, including multi-island/transnational planning for island areas. From the April edition of Conservation Magazine —  conservationmagazine.org http://conservationmagazine.org/2015/04/the-us-could-save-its-unique-wildlife-by-protecting-9-areas/ The US Could Save its Unique Wildlife by … Continue reading →

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Complexities of the Foreign Assistance Game — from the US Side

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Bruce

from DevEx <https://www.devex.com/news/does-ird-have-a-case-against-usaid-86379&gt; INSIDE DEVELOPMENTSUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT Does IRD have a case against USAID? By Molly Andersmollyanders_dev19 June 2015

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Strange Small World — The line between Vietnam and Annapolis via Berry, Oz and the Ecuadorian Embassy.

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Bruce

[There’s a new on-line newspaper called OZY being advertised pretty extensively on media such as US National Public Radio — The news feed is sort of interesting, and seems to have more than casual references to Australia, so I get … Continue reading →

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Banking Regulation in Small — VERY Small — Islands: St. Helena

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Bruce

Forwarded by our friend Bob Conrich from the metropolis of Anguilla . . . Begin forwarded message: Wall Street Journal Meet the Banking Regulator With an 8,000-Mile Commute Mr. Duncan’s territory has a volcano, Napoleon’s empty tomb and no ATMs … Continue reading →

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Old News from WaPo: Sesame Street Is Good Education

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Bruce

In the early 1970’s, my first job after Peace Corps was working with Bill Darnell and Allen Benn at their start-up company, UNCO, a group that was applying advanced analytical processes (a al “operations research”) to social systems, such as … Continue reading →

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French minister: 2015 climate deal must not require approval by US Congress

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Bruce

from the website of US News and World Report: <http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/06/01/european-oil-and-gas-majors-call-for-carbon-price&gt; French minister: 2015 climate deal must take a form that doesn’t need approval by US Congress French foreign minister Laurent Fabius talks to delegates during the United Nations Framework Convention … Continue reading →

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