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Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_1 aaea9b82d6c0d76c632815c57a844cae Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-30T05:15:50-05:00 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_2 60fec900ed1ef4c3d5a67a4957c8e98c Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:57:00 PST http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_3 0bc32a5f9cfc1aceb03fea3fc0b81751 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_4 bbcd7ed0d028189df65728aada4fa278 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-30T05:00:00-08:00 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_5 5458f50afa1540006c19b74672622700 This is the best source for buying small quantities of chemicals -- always a challenge in these days of chemical hysteria. Elemental Scientific will sell to individuals, online, with no paperwork or license needed. They have a very respectable selection of about 300 reagents and compounds. More than enough for most educational purposes, or for ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-30T10:58:24Z http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_6 f09c38a32bf5df4ba52124f8dcdb11b7 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-30T10:08:21Z http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_7 db31b1ac0ecbdaddfb9722326777fb45 Read on Source) ]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:46:00 PST http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_8 a0e3bac5f4dc08c8e24afbfaacd61ecc Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-30T09:16:27Z http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_9 40c9d27861034fb7f46a341608b40e38 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-29T20:58:12-08:00 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_10 e9be4ec308cb503fd5c99c33b673bdae I had a birthday a few weeks ago and to mark the occasion, my wife bought me a Kindle. OK, yes, I'm a pretty digital guy, and despite writing my 1992 Berkeley Master's thesis on "The Future of Print in the Age of Interactivity" - a thesis that celebrated... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-29T20:14:33-05:00 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_11 c0b3d73b7e45ad7764b0d4f9cb9444c5 "The first troops out of the door are going to be Marines," Gen. James T. Conway, the Corps' top officer, told fellow Marines in Afghanistan on Saturday. "We've been leaning forward in anticipation of a decision. And we've got some pretty stiff fighting coming." A fine time to revisit Obama's War...... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-29T17:28:17-05:00 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_12 2e683cb2f93e4f40514fdf07b3700ca8 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-29T17:28:17-05:00 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_13 f7f3b034e7a9546be556da60d2ff22a9 Enabling citizenship playing an active role in the process of information creation, distribution and democratic access through mobile media. Locast Civic Media is a mobile & web platform to engage citizenship in the process of collecting, reporting and disseminating news and information related to the urban environment. In particular, a ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:46:41 +0000 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_14 d1429505f79ad011330929b06b8e1668 Eurofighter, Spain (click to view full) Spain’s Ejercito del Aire recently signed a 10-year, EUR 150 million (about $225 million) contract with EADS Defence & Security’s Military Air... [summary] (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-29T13:09:16-05:00 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_15 3b12c6272445df76ccdbb598b9d40919 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-29T11:15:05-06:00 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_16 ad31e7b3f79ec9771c5c81125eabc5ab An unusually common sense piece from Tom Friedman in the NY Times. He takes up a question that many of us would consider common sensical but which most of his compatriots in the media have been willfully ignoring, the terrorist motivation of Nidal Hassan. Here’s my take: Major Hasan may have been mentally unbalanced — I assume anyone who ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:09:11 +0000 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_17 a21a7d94031d50ffe8e53976d4703c77 USS Racine LST (click to enlarge) On Nov 23/09, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Peru’s formal request for the 2 Newport Class Tank Landing Ships Fresno (LST-1182,... [summary] (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:49:16 +0000 http://www.megite.com/duediligence/1259595520/1#item_18 30eff93fe6b0c32fbf1757f74946fb71 Bundeswehr data centre (click to view full) In late December 2006, the German Federal Armed Forces commissioned a consortium consisting of Siemens Business Services (SBS) and IBM to modernize and... 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