GeekSpeak subject for Saturday 11th June at noon SLT: Can we get rid of oil? Should we?

 We have all heard about the problems of oil: climate change, pollution, wars.  So perhaps we should all stop using it?  Or do you think that we should continue to use it while we have it because there is nothing that can take its place?What can replace oil?  Solar power, nuclear power, wind, or water power?  Will attempt to live without oil increase poverty?  Is that too high a price to pay?If we do get rid of oil what...

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GeekSpeak subject for Saturday 28th May at noon SLT: How do we fight misinformation?

 Misinformation is the problem of our era.  All the time people post untruths for political, ideological, or financial reasons, or just for fun.  Millions of people believe things that are not true.  The situation will get worse as technology improves and deepfakes become common.  The worst examples of false information come from North Korea and Russia but there are plenty from the West as well.  How can we trust anything? How...

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Ukraine vs Russia, Settled The Old Fashioned Way - Stacey Cardalines Reporting

 "You can't do that, it is an act of depravity!" "'Controversy creates cash.'" You are a fly on the wall at a meeting of Show Managers for Divas Wrestling sim. In the interest of full disclosure, this reporter is a "Spokesmodel" at this sim. One of the managers, who may be a Spokesmodel with a newspaper job on the side, is proposing a particularly brutal main event for one of the Divas shows. Before we go further, we must explain...

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NIC- The People Behind the Government-Nomad Aries reporting...

  NIC is a company that designs, implements, streamlines and manages electronic business solutions for local, state and the federal governments of the United States of America. The CEO and chairman of the board is Harry Herington.  NIC describes their business as that of public servants because they enable governments to be more accessible and user friendly to their constituents.  NIC's  slogan is “ Making Good Governments...

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Avie Poll: Are Politics and Religion Important Topics in Second Life?-Becca Drascol Reporting

Are these topics important in SL? Ask most club owners if politics or religion are a welcomed topic of conversation and you will most likely hear that no, they are not. Why is that? Perhaps because not only do people have their own beliefs and views on both, but both are hot button issues for that very reason. Religion comes in many forms, and each of us has our own thinking on it. Some are not Religious at all. Some people could care...

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University of Delaware Center for Political Communication- NATIONAL AGENDA 2014

National Agenda 2014 focuses on the battle for control of congress midway through the Obama second term, with some of the biggest and most experienced names in American politics. We span the transition from an earlier era of political strategy to the age when social media can make or break a candidate. These events are live simulcasts of guest speaker talks and interviews taking place on the UD Campus in Newark Delaware USA. They are moderated...

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Politics: Could Big Brother Be Watching You?- Mackenzie Abbot Reporting...

 In everyday life, politics shapes our world.  From how high the curb must be to how much taxes you pay. Someone, somewhere, makes the laws of the land.  There's no getting away from politics.  Turn on your television or open any newspaper and you will see some member of government talking about the hot topic of the day, or defending the latest proposition to change the law.  Every government in every country control...

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Monumental Election Day -11.6.12 Obama Re-Elected

Momentum has been building up until Election Day 2012 with campaign debates. mudslinging, piles of campaign postcards and brochures, signs in yards, posters and billboards. No matter where you looked, you were reminded of this day and just how important it is to vote. Voters across the United States sat tight when polls closed at 7:00 pm on the eastcoast and for each time zone. Americans and the world turned to TV, radio,cell phones, the...

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Politics: Epic Lyrical Smackdown. Who will win the F#@%*$# Election?

This rap battle sums up the debates, check it out....

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POLITICS- University of Delaware Sim: Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe tells U of Delaware crowd that innovation is “a little bit easier when you’re not a democracy.” - Ramon Federal Reporting...

Staff Reporter• Thursday, November 11, 2010 David Plouffe, campaign manager for President Obama in 2008 and, presumably, in 2012, addressed an audience brought together by the Center for Political Communications at the University of Delaware and in Second Life at 4:30 SLT on November 10, 2010. Talking about recent innovation in computer technology in China, where the world’s fastest supercomputer was recently unveiled, he said of such...

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POLITICS: University of Delaware Panel Discusses November 2, 2010 Elections ~Ramon Federal Reporting...

Staff Reporter• Thursday, November 04, 2010 A panel of University of Delaware professors talked about the results and implications of the November 2, 2010 U.S. elections On November 3, 2010, Ralph Begleiter, host of National Agenda and former CNN world correspondent, presided over a panel discussion of recent elections at the University of Delaware’s sim, at:http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/162/106/26 . Professor...

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