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myInfo User since 6/1/2002 Entries published: 3,251
Entries edited: 51
Founded the History Commons project in 2002.
My energy is devoted to developing social and technological systems that alter the relationships between consumers and producers in a way that decentralizes power and cuts out the rent-exacting middle man.
Currently taking a break away from the History Commons—been busy working for a N. Californian Solar company during the day, and developing a solar-related web application in the evenings.
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Recently Added Events 
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- FDA Scientist Angry about Industry-Friendly Decision Not to Regulate Genetically Engineered Foods, Shortly after May 26, 1992
- 10/28
- CIA Officer Later Accused of Date Rape Appointed Chief of Station in Algeria, September 2007
- 10/16
- Argentina Sells Public Water Utility to Private Consortium, April 28, 1993
- 10/16
- Argentine President Appoints Political Ally to Head Agency that Oversees Management of Buenos Aires’ Privatized Water Utility, (Between 1994 and 1997)
- 10/16
- Aguas Argentinas Raises Water Rates 13.5 Percent, (Early 1994)
- 10/16
- Aguas Argentinas Fails to Expand Water and Sewer Services to Poor Neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, 1996
- 10/16
- Aguas Argentinas Imposes $800 Water and Sewer Connection Fee, Massive Protests Ensue, Spring 1996
- 10/16
- Argentine Government Allows Private Water Company to Levy Fee That Was Not in Original Agreement, November 1996
- 10/15
- Ahead of Privatization, Water Rates Begin to Rise Rapidly in Buenos Aires, 1991-1993
- 10/15
- Aguas Argentinas Earns High Rate of Profit, Despite Failure to Meet Contractual Obligations, 1993-2001
- 10/15
- New Private Water Company in Buenos Aires Cuts Off Water to 10% of its Customers for Non-Payment, (Summer 1993)
- 10/15
- French Government Officials Lobby on Behalf of French Water Companies for Argentine Water Utility Concession, Early 1990s
- 6/7
- Buenos Aires Poor Still Lacks Access to Safe Drinking Water, 2003
- 6/6
- World Bank President Says Argentina Neoliberal Reforms Are ‘An Example for All of Latin America’, June 1992
- 6/6
- Argentine Government Official Tells Congress that Aguas Argentinas Has Failed to Keep Its Promises, (1997)
- 6/6
- Buenos Aires Residents Protest Water and Sewer Connection Fees, April 1996
- 6/6
- Aguas Argentinas Implements Third Rate Hike, January 9, 2001
- 6/5
- Buenos Aires’ Public Water Utility Company Unable to Meet Needs of Growing Population, 1980s-1993
- 6/5
- Aguas Argentinas Renegotiates Contract with Argentina, November 29, 1999
- 6/5
- Aguas Argentinas Raises Water Rates Again, May 1998
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Recently Updated Events
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- Olbermann: ‘Citizens United’ Decision Means Corporations Will Own and Operate US Political System, January 21, 2010
- 11/29
- FDA Rules that Genetically Modified Food Is ‘Substantially Equivalent’ to Conventionally Grown Food, May 26, 1992
- 3/19
- EPA Allows Industry Lobbyists to Write Mercury Regulation, January 2004
- 2/17
- Report: US Blocked Investigation into Allegations of Murder and Torture of Afghans, March 2, 2007
- 6/5
- Buenos Aires’ Public Water Utility Company Unable to Meet Needs of Growing Population, 1980s-1993
- 11/4
- Cheney and Rumsfeld Create ‘Cabal’ to Influence Foreign Policy, Mid-September, 2001
- 11/4
- Former Powell Aide Calls for Legislation to Reform Inter-Agency and National Security Decision Making Processes; Strongly Criticizes Neocons in Bush Administration, October 2005
- 6/18
- Iraq Uses Chemical Weapons against Iranians and Kurdish Insurgents, July 1983-August 1983
- 6/11
- UN Lifts Sanctions on Iraq and Validates Occupation, May 22, 2003
- 6/9
- CPA Admits Not Having Used Certified Public Accounting Firm to Audit Spending of Iraq Funds, April 20, 2004
- 5/30
- NOAA Asks Scientists Not to Use Term ‘Climate Change’ in Titles and Abstracts of Papers Presented at CO2 Conference, Late September 2005
- 5/27
- Iran Border Guards Capture 10 Individuals Crossing into Iran with $500K, Maps, and Modern Spying Cameras, May 13, 2007
- 5/23
- British Forcibly Remove Chagossians from Their Homes, July 27, 1971-May 26, 1973
- 5/21
- Bush Appointees Review and Edit Scientists’ Communications to Congress, (Late April 2006 or May 2006)
- 5/19
- NASA Scientist : 2005 Warmest Year on Record, December 15, 2005
- 5/9
- IMF Approves $685 Loan for Iraq, December 23, 2005
- 5/9
- Committee of Iraqis Begin Working on Oil Law under Pressure from US, October 2006
- 5/9
- Iraq Cabinet Approves New Oil Law; Iraq Parliament Has Not Seen It, While Western Governments and Foreign Oil Companies Have, February 26, 2007
- 5/9
- Draft Iraqi Oil Law Undergoes Additional Changes, February 15, 2007
- 5/4
- US Administrator in Iraq Rewrites Foreign Investment Laws, September 19, 2003
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