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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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- Aguas Argentinas Seeks Revisions to its 30-Year Water and Sewer Contract, 1997
- 5/25
- US and British Bomb Iraq Outside of No-Fly Zone for First Time since 1998, February 16, 2001
- 12/24
- Federal Reserve Sends CPA $750.4 Million in Cash, April 2004
- 12/24
- Federal Reserve Sends CPA $391.2 Million in Cash, July 2003
- 11/5
- Asian Alliance Seeks to Counter US Dominance in Central Asia, June 14, 2001
- 10/22
- Aguas Argentinas Demands Argentine Government Act to Protect Company’s Profits in Midst of Financial Collapse, 2001
- 10/17
- World Bank Funds Team of British Consultants to Advise Argentina on Privatization of Public Utilities, 1991
- 10/4
- US Admiral Tells Iraqi Prime Minister that Oil Law Needs to be Passed by July, June 10, 2007
- 10/2
- Federal Reserve Sends CPA $500 Million in Cash, November 2003
- 10/2
- Head of Buenos Aires Water and Sewer Utility Says Privatization Needed, 1991
- 10/1
- World Bank Buys 5% Stake in Aguas Argentinas, (Early 1994)
- 9/10
- Argentine Congress Accuses Aguas Argentinas of ‘Serious and Grave’ Breaches of Contract, (Mid-1996)
- 8/28
- US Diplomat Is Murdered in Jordan; Al-Zarqawi Is Allegedly to Blame, October 28, 2002
- 8/23
- Aguas Argentinas Wins 30-Year Concession to Operate Buenos Aires Water Utility, December 9, 1992
- 8/23
- Federal Reserve Sends CPA $464.0 Million in Cash, October 2003
- 7/18
- CPA Staff Encouraged to Spend Iraq’s Cash Quickly before Transfer of Power, Shortly Before June 28, 2004
- 7/18
- Dispersal of $2 Billion in Iraq Funds Dispursed by CPA, No Record of Actual Recipients, May 15, 2004
- 7/4
- Federal Reserve Sends CPA $179.3 Million in Cash, May 2003
- 6/28
- Iraqi Oil Workers Go on Strike, June 4, 2007-June 11, 2007
- 6/24
- Federal Reserve Sends CPA $465.9 Million in Cash, June 2003
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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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