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The First DAG-3QD Peace and Justice Symposium
The First DAG-3QD Peace and Justice Symposium Dear Reader, We are very pleased to announce a collaboration with the Amsterdam-based Dialogue Advisory Group (DAG) to bring to our audience quarterly online symposia on topics of international peace and justice. DAG is an organization which discreetly assists government, inter-government and other actors to confidentially manage national and international mediation efforts. Their work is by its nature confidential and therefore not well known to the public.
Dissident Voice
It’s no big deal that they strap people onto boards, then pour water onto their faces, drowning them, more or less, in our name, but we don’t make a big fuss until they nudge our nuts.
Light switches on the brain | Moheb Costandi | Science
Wireless, optogenetic implants containing light-emitting diodes could switch on specific brain regions.
Possibilians
This Is Your Brain on Metaphors
The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers on issues both timely and timeless.
7 Lessons From 7 Great Minds
Have you ever wished you could go back in time and have a conversation with one of the greatest minds in history?We’ve seen books used as an art medium before, but never as material for unique pieces of jewelry . Jeremy May manages to capture the beauty of paper and makes it available to everyone, in the shape of various fashion accessories. His Littlefly jewels are made from hundreds of laminated sheets of paper, covered by a layer of gloss.
Littlefly - Jewelry Made from Book Cutouts
The 10 Top Productivity Blogs
A blog worth reading is one that offers consistently original content and is more concerned with having great posts than fulfilling a certain quota of posts. The following ten blogs offer something unique and can help improve your life. 1.The Last Answer | Thrivenotes
The Last Answer by Isaac Asimov — © 1980 Murray Templeton was forty-five years old, in the prime of life, and with all parts of his body in perfect working order except for certain key portions of his coronary arteries, but that was enough.