Bringing Back The Lucas Plan
Continuing our coverage of the Lucas Plan as a precursor to Design Global Manufacture Local, this article explores “what the Lucas Plan could teach tech today”.
The City, the Commons, the Flower: Commoning in Florence
In this special guest post, Miguel Martínez tells the story of five “strands of commoning” in Florence, including the Nidiaci Garden and Park, a commons-managed space focused on children.
The City, the Commons, the Flower
Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead
Essay by Mary Kay Gugerty & Dean Karlan in the Stanford Social Innovation Review: “Good impact evaluations—those that answer policy-relevant questions with rigor—have improved development knowledge, policy, and practice.
A constitution for social media?
To comply with the impending GDPR rules, social media platforms are asking users to accept their new privacy policies. In light of the recent scandal involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, why should users still trust private companies and accept terms unilaterally set by them? Should we rather need to craft a constitution for social media?…
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APNIC Labs/CloudFlare DNS 1.1.1.1 Outage: Hijack or Mistake?
At 29-05-2018 08:09:45 UTC, BGPMon (A very well known BGP monitoring system to detect prefix hijacks, route leaks and instability) detected a possible BGP hijack of 1.1.1.0/24 prefix. Cloudflare Inc has been announcing this prefix from AS 13335 since 1st April 2018 after signing an initial 5-year research agreement with APNIC Research and Development (Labs) to offer DNS services.
Professor da FGV Direito Rio participa de audiência sobre o fim do foro privilegiado na Câmara dos Deputados
Docente apresentou resultados do Supremo em NúmerosO professor Ivar Hartmann, da FGV Direito Rio, coordenador do projeto Supremo em Números, foi convocado a partir de solicitações de diferentes deputados para participar como expositor da primeira Audiência Pública realizada pela Comissão Especial da Câmara dos Deputados sobre a PEC 333/17. A proposta visa alterar a Constituição para extinguir o foro especial de membros de todos os Poderes em crimes comuns. Na ocasião, o docente apresentou os principais resultados do quinto relatório Supremo em Números, sobre o foro privilegiado.
City Data Exchange – Lessons Learned From A Public/Private Data Collaboration
Report by the Municipality of Copenhagen: “The City Data Exchange (CDE) is the product of a collaborative project between the Municipality of Copenhagen, the Capital Region of Denmark, and Hitachi.
Free Speech is a Triangle
Essay by Jack Balkin: “The vision of free expression that characterized much of the twentieth century is inadequate to protect free expression today.
Doing Research In and On the Digital: Research Methods across Fields of Inquiry
Book edited by Cristina Costa and Jenna Condie: “As a social space, the web provides researchers both with a tool and an environment to explore the intricacies of everyday life. As a site of mediated interactions and interrelationships, the ‘digital’ has evolved from being a space of information to a space of creation, thus providing new opportunities regarding how, where and, why to conduct social research.
Skills for a Lifetime
Nate Silver’s commencement address at Kenyon College: “….Power has shifted toward people and companies with a lot of proficiency in data science.
The 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals: an all-new visual guide to data and development
World Bank Data Team: “We’re pleased to release the 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals.
Stellungnahme des Universitätsklinikums Düsseldorf zur aktuellen Berichterstattung
Die Inanspruchnahme unserer Zentralen Notaufnahme ist in den letzten Jahren stetig angestiegen. So kamen 2017 rund 44.000 Menschen in unsere Zentrale Notaufnahme. Für Patienten, die nicht unmittelbar weiter verlegt werden können, gibt es einen Kurzliegerbereich in der Notaufnahme. Ziel des UKD ist die schnelle weitere Versorgung der Patienten in den nachgelagerten anderen Klinikbereichen.Ist eine direkte Verlegung und weitere Versorgung allerdings nicht möglich, weil z.B.
To Tackle the VPNFilter Botnet, It’s Going to Take Help from You and Me
If you’ve been reading the news lately, you might have seen headlines like “FBI to America: Reboot Your Routers, Right Now” or “F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware”. These headlines can be pretty alarming, and you may find yourself thinking, “things must be pretty bad if the FBI is putting out such an urgent warning.”
Connecting the Unconnected: The Land of Zero Connect
As we move to a more digitally-connected world, the need for Internet access has never been greater. In many parts of the world, the Internet has firmly established itself as a core part of everyday life – and this holds true for everyone from kids to adults to senior citizens. Yet, there remain communities and places around the world that are still offline. In some instances, these are probably the hardest locations to connect.
Genomsequenzierung von multiresistenten Erregern bringt Transparenz bei Übertragungswegen
2017 wurde dieser Keim zweimal in das UKD eingetragen. Ein Typ des Erregers wurde seit Ende Oktober 2017 bei insgesamt 16 Patienten nachgewiesen. Der zweite Typ des Keimes wurde seit Dezember bei sechs Patienten festgestellt. Darüber hinaus half die genetische Untersuchung, die Übertragungsketten im UKD aufzuklären und zu unterbrechen, so dass seit dem 6.
Científicos son invitados a compartir sus laboratorios con estudiantes
"Un Día con un Científic@" es una iniciativa que busca fortalecer la vocación de jóvenes de educación media de la Región Metropolitana a través de una experiencia práctica, en la que los estudiantes seleccionados podrán compartir con un profesional ligado a las ciencias, conocer el ejercicio de la carrera en nuestro país y las motivaciones que lo impulsaron a seguir su profesión.Carlos González, es estudiante de doctorado en Ingeniería Eléctrica de la Universidad de Chile y uno de los responsables de las investigaciones del primer satélite chileno SUCHAI.
"La víctima de delitos sexuales siempre ha tenido más obstáculos"
La psicóloga jurídica de nuestro plantel se refiere a las variables que determinan la "latencia", es decir el tiempo que las personas demoran en denunciar las agresiones sexuales, que en el 85 por ciento de los casos se da en contextos de confianza.
La Red de Ues del Estado y los CFT estatales son una gran oportunidad
Durante su presentación en la Comisión de Educación del Senado por el proyecto que amplía la gratuidad en Centros de Formación Técnica e Institutos Profesionales, el Rector abogó por que los estudiantes de los CFT estatales, recientemente creados por ley, también puedan adscribirse a este beneficio. Al mismo tiempo, se refirió a las potencialidades de que se articule la Educación Media Técnico Profesional (EMTP), la Educación Superior Técnica Profesional y Educación Universitaria estatal.Durante la sesión de la Comisión de Educación del Senado, el Rector de la U.
hochschulradio düsseldorf feiert 18. Geburtstag
Am 30. Mai 2018 zeigt das hochschulradio düsseldorf ab 6 Uhr morgens alle Facetten seines Programms und versorgt die Hörerinnen und Hörer nicht nur mit aktuellen Nachrichten und Berichten, sondern auch mit Rückblicken auf die vergangenen 18 Jahre. Es kommen auch ehemalige Studierende zu Wort, die das hochschulradio düsseldorf mitgeprägt haben.
Das hochschulradio düsseldorf freut sich außerdem über viele Studiogäste wie Oberbürgermeister Thomas Geisel, die Rektorin der Heinrich-Heine-Universität und die Präsidentin der HSD.
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