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by Eddan

now this is really dangerous... Add metadata search functionality to Wikileaks-released excessively classified diplomatic cables. Make this comprehensible to people who aren't foreign policy geeks and the Arab Spring will have been just warm-up practice. it seems like it would be very useful to better understand what Wikileaks means by their reverse engineering of the US gov metadata. it would be _monumental_ to further enhance this treasure trove with some natural language search and more sophisticated pattern recognition. Sudo-Leaks, anyone? [excerpt from http://wikileaks.org/plusd/about/] The Kissinger Cables <http://wikileaks.org/plusd/about/#tkc> The Kissinger Cables comprise more than 1.7 million US diplomatic records for the period 1973 to 1976. Dating from January 1, 1973 to December 31, 1976 they cover a variety of diplomatic traffic including cables, intelligence reports and congressional correspondence. They include more than 320,000 originally classified records, including 286,000 full US diplomatic cables. There are more than 12,000 documents with the sensitive handling restriction "NODIS", 'no distribution', and more than 9,000 labelled "Eyes Only". Full cables originally classed as "SECRET" total more than 61,000 and "CONFIDENTIAL" more than 250,000. The records were reviewed by the United States Department of State's systematic 25-year declassification process. At review, the records were assessed and either declassified or kept classified with some or all of the metadata records declassified. Both sets of records were then subject to an additional review by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Once believed to be releasable, they were placed as individual PDFs at the National Archives as part of their Central Foreign Policy Files collection. Despite the review process supposedly assessing documents after 25 years there are no diplomatic records later than 1976. The formal declassification and review process of these extremely valuable historical documents is therefore currently running 12 years late. The form in which these documents were at NARA was 1.7 million individual PDFs. To prepare these documents for integration into the PlusD collection, WikiLeaks obtained and reverse-engineered all 1.7 million PDFs and performed a detailed analysis of individual fields, developed sophisticated technical systems to deal with the complex and voluminous data and corrected a great many errors introduced by NARA, the State Department or its diplomats, for example harmonizing the many different ways in which departments, capitals and people's names were spelled. All our corrective work is referenced and available from the links in the individual field descriptions on the PlusD text search interface: https://search.wikileaks.org/plusd. For more information on what WikiLeaks did to prepare the Kissinger Cables please see here<http://wikileaks.org/plusd/about/#ptk> . Not all records from the period 1973-1976 have been obtained. NARA claims diplomatic records for the period 1973 to 1976 chosen for content deletion were of a ephemeral character. These records were identified by the "TAGS" that were attached to them. TAGS ("Traffic Analysis by Geography and Subject") refers to the content tagging system implemented by the Department of State for its central foreign policy files in 1973. There are geographic, organization and subject TAGS. This system was developed to standardise search terms for departmental uses and was not static - TAGS were added and deleted as necessary over time. At review, all cables that only contained "temporary" TAGS, such as embassy logistical or staffing requests, were permanently destroyed. Tens of thousands of documents were irreversibly corrupted in this data set due to technical errors when the documents were moved as computer systems were upgraded, or so the US Department of State claims. This caused the content of the document to be lost, though the metadata is still available. These are often noted by a error message in the content of the document. The documents lost in this manner are most documents from the following periods: - December 1, 1975 to December 15, 1975 - March 8, 1976 to April 2, 1976 - May 25, 1976 to July 1, 1976 You can see the absence of these weeks by constructing a Timegraph of "TAGS" as this term occurs in the content of nearly every document: https://search.wikileaks.org/plusd/graph Top Secret documents are also not available. During a migration of records the Department of State printed out all Top Secret documents for "preservation purposes" and the electronic versions were destroyed permanently. These documents now only exist as hardcopies and so are unavailable online in any form, even if declassified. The documents not deleted either remained classified (or were deemed unreleasable for other reasons), or were declassified and publicly released. For the former, a "withdrawal card" was provided giving some limited metadata about the document, the fields of which that were decided as releasable vary from document to document. This metadata provides some information about the document, for example the date and destination, that can be used for research purposes and also allows a detailed FOIA request to be made for the document. These FOIA requests can be directed to NARA's Special Access and FOIA staff. For more information about this, please see their online guide here <http://www.archives.gov/foia/foia-guide.html>. You will need the document number and the To and From information. There are nine different "Types" of document included in the Kissinger Cables. The majority are of type "TE" - telegram (cable), which are official diplomatic messages sent between embassies and the US Secretary of State conveying official information about policy proposals and implementation, program activities, or personnel and diplomatic post operations. From 1973 onwards diplomatic cables were mostly electronic, therefore most cables made releasable include the body (content) of the cable. However, the other types of documents are paper records, including airgrams and diplomatic notes. These are stored on microfilm (from 1974 onwards, as the Department of State did not microfilm documents until then) and so were not released with the full content of the documents, even if marked for public release. Although the body of the message is not available online the full index (metadata) is provided for those "P-reel" documents that were marked for release. Even though the whole document has not been digitised the metadata is still useful for research purposes and the documents can be requested under the Freedom of Information Act. For those documents on P-reel that were not declassified and released a P-reel "withdrawal card" is provided giving limited metadata. To access P-reel documents that have a withdrawal card you should follow the same FOIA procedure as for Telegram withdrawal cards. For the content of P-reel documents which have been released, the process depends slightly on which year the document you are requesting was created, but all requests should be directed to:archives2reference@nara.gov.

12 years, 11 months

Fwd: SOD Blitz 2013 Survey Project Announcement

by Daniel Finlay

For those of you interested in conserving our local wildlife, Our local oak trees are at risk by a strange, rapidly-spreading organism you may have heard of, being called Sudden Oak Death (SOD). While there is no cure, there are measures that can curb its spread. However, to make sure those measures are implemented efficiently, it is important to do an annual survey of the current spread of this tree disease. This involves people like you attending a training to collect suspicious bay leaves, and take notes so that they can be sent to the lab for diagnosis and geo-tagging. Information on attending such a training is attached. -Dan Finlay Begin forwarded message: > From: Douglas SCHMIDT <dschmidt(a)berkeley.edu> > Subject: SOD Blitz 2013 Survey Project Announcement > Date: April 7, 2013 9:04:10 PM PDT > To: Douglas SCHMIDT <dschmidt(a)berkeley.edu> > Bcc: somniac(a)me.com > > Friends of Matteo's Lab, > SOD Blitz season is upon us, and we need Citizen-Scientists like yourself help map the spread of Sudden Oak Death (SOD)! We are contacting you since you attended one of our SOD related workshops in the past and hope that you will participate again this year. Matteo Garbelotto's laboratory, in conjunction with the California Native Plant Society, are organizing this yearly survey project, which promises to be our largest ever. Come to a meeting in your local area, collect samples in your community, and have them laboratory analyzed for SOD. Thanks to support from USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry and The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation we are offering this program to you for free! > > The SOD Blitz project, updated meeting schedule, and local organizer contacts are available at www.sodblitz.org > Thanks for getting involved! > Doug Schmidt > > > For your convenience the meeting dates are: > > Santa Cruz - Friday, April 12, 7:00pm, > UCSC Arboretum, Santa Cruz, CA Map Link > Contact: Annie Murphy - PLN400(a)co.santa-cruz.ca.us > CNPS Contact: Brett Hall - brett(a)ucsc.edu > > Marin County - Saturday April 20, 10:00am, > Dominican University, 155 Palm Ave., > Joseph R. Fink Science Center, Rm 102, > San Rafael, CA Map Link > Contact: Karen Suslow - karen.suslow(a)dominican.edu > CNPS Contact: Kristin Jakob - kristinjakob(a)att.net > > East Bay - Two meetings to choose from: April 27, > 10:00am, Orinda, Garden Room, Orinda Public Library, 26 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA > Contact: Bill Hudson - wllhh(a)ymail.com > > 1:00pm, Berkeley, 159 Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley, Map Link > Sign Up at Eventzilla > > San Luis Obispo - Friday, May 3, 6:30pm, > SLO County Department of Agriculture, > 2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo, CA Map Link > Contact: Kim Camilli - Kim.Camilli(a)fire.ca.gov > CNPS Contact: Lauren Brown - lbrown805(a)charter.net > > Carmel Valley & Monterey - Saturday, May 4, 1:00pm, > Garland Ranch Regional Park Museum meeting room at the ranger station, > Carmel Valley, CA Map Link > Contact: Kerri Frangioso - kfrangioso(a)ucdavis.edu > CNPS Contact: Brian Leneve - bjleneve(a)att.net > > San Francisco - Saturday, May 7, 9:00 am > Golden Gate Park Presidio & Golden Gate Park > Rec Room, SF County Fair Building, > Golden Gate Park near 9th Ave. & Lincoln Way, SF, CA > Contact: Eric Anderson - eric.anderson(a)sfgov.org > > Mendocino - Saturday, May 11, 10:00am, > College of the Redwoods, 1211 Del Mar Drive, > Fort Bragg, CA Map Link > CNPS Contact: Lori Hubbard - lorih(a)mcn.org > > South Bay - Two meetings to choose from: Saturday, May 18, > 10:00am, Montalvo, Location and Map TBA > Contact: Kelly Sicat - KSicat(a)montalvoarts.org > CNPS Contact: Arvind Kumar - arvind.kumar(a)cnps.org > > 1:00pm, South Skyline, Location and Map TBA > Contact: Jane Manning - skyline_sod(a)yahoo.com > > Penninsula - Two meetings to choose from: Saturday, May 25, > 10:00am, Burlingame Hills, Map Link > 120 Tiptoe Lane (off Canyon Rd.), Burlingame, CA > Contact: Steve Epstein - steve(a)burlingamehills.org > > 1:00pm, Woodside/Portola Valley/Emerald Hills, Map Link > Woodside Town Hall, 2955 Woodside Road, Woodside, CA > Contact: Debbie Mendelson - sodblitz(a)gmail.com > > Atherton - Saturday June 1, 10:00am, Map Link > Carriage House, Holbrook Palmer Park, 150 Watkins Ave., Atherton, CA > Contact: Susan Finocchio - susanfin(a)earthlink.net > > Los Altos Hills - Saturday, June 8, 10:00am Map Link > Los Altos Hills Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA > Contact: Sue Welch - sodblitz09(a)earthlink.net > > Sonoma - Three meetings to choose from: Saturday, June 15, > 10:00am, Santa Rosa, Location and Map TBA > 10:00am, Sonoma, Sonoma Community Center, 276 East Napa Street, Sonoma, CA > 10:00am, Sebastopol, Location and Map TBA > Contact: Phyllis Turrill - rainbow3(a)comcast.net > > Napa - Saturday June 15 Map Link > UC Cooperative Extension Office, 1710 Soscol Avenue, Napa, CA > Contact: Bill Pramuk - info(a)billpramuk.com > CNPS Contact: Henni and Gerrald Cohen - hennic1044(a)gmail.com

12 years, 11 months

Good natured 3d printing fun

by Romy Ilano

I want to 3D print an arduino case with our epic articles of confederation written in rhetoric roman script up in the form of an epic heavy metal poem What do you want to print in 3D??? --- Romy Ilano Founder of Snowyla http://www.snowyla.com romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 11 months

first friday - great alternative funding discussion - try reading HOW THE HIPPIES SAVED PHYSICS

by Romy Ilano

I didn't participate in the amazing alternative funding discussion going on in the main room friday night. wow! it was really neat.i overheard a tiny bit of it. http://www.hippiessavedphysics.com you'd like HOW THE HIPPIES SAVED PHYSICS it discusses the role of unusual self-help gurus like eckhard tolle during the 1970s. weird rich guys like that saved the discipline of quantum physics during a time of deep government cutbacks. a lot of those physics phds were unemployed and working in factories. very neat stuff, especially considering that quantum physics is used today for the most sophisticated bank encryption. i enjoyed the book even though i'm not a physics expert. the mixture of lsd + ESP studies and the colorful people is very entertaining to say the very least!

12 years, 11 months

I'm excited about the audio hacking TIL!

by Yardena Cohen

You guys I'm excited about our TIL today! Shani is here preparing for it. She has a background in composing chamber music and sound engineering and fun-looking electronic instruments that I've never even heard of before! It will also be a chance to catch everybody up on the Sudo Radio situation and learn about all the equipment in there. So come join us this afternoon! 2PM or earlier. ;) Also if you have any questions about audio that you want extra-researched answers for, you can bring/send your questions in advance and she'll spend time doing that. Isn't that awesome???

12 years, 11 months

TIL: Hacking Sexual Health

by Vicky Knox

Tonight during the general meeting I proposed the Today I Learned event "Hacking Sexual Health". I'd like to open up the floor to multiple facilitators interested in this topic area to help me lead either one TIL workshop, or a series of workshops if there is sufficient excitement. Hacking Sexual Health is intended for sexual and asexual people alike. So what does it mean to hack sexual health? Ruminate on it. :] My personal interest is hacking menstruation. I'd like to lead a workshop for creating cloth pads out of recycled clothing. The workshop is intended both for people who menstruate and for people who have friends who menstruate (and want to make them lovely presents!). We will go over different lady product options and have fun cost-comparisons for different products and unproducts. I will be reserving either April 27th or May 4th upon consulting my secretary. :P Please contact me if you are interested in developing your own workshop or helping me to facilitate menstruation hacking! ykciV PS: Clothing hackers, you know who you are!

12 years, 11 months

mwahaha - 6 or 7 new people from oakland art murmur signed up for "today i learned"

by Romy Ilano

mwahaha! i manually entered into the wiki and emailed 6 or 7 new people for "today i learned" we should get this zoho or something crm they were really into the 3d printing and audio sessions... i should have tried to get them to go to more stuff. maybe if you know someone who's interested, like a roommate,the best way to get them to sudo room is a "today i learned" class?

12 years, 11 months

Fwd: Agenda Announced for IDESG May Plenary Meeting <-- online identity workshop!

by aestetix

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Oh hai everyone! If you're one of the rare few who hasn't heard me rant about online identity, now is your chance! May 7-9: IIW workshop (Computer History Museum) May 9-10: IDESG Plenary (see forwarded email) There are two big events coming up in May that I feel are very important. The first is IIW (Internet Identity Workshop), an un-conference where people can collaborate on what they think and want to future of online identity to be. http://iiw16.eventbrite.com/ for more. The second is more personal to me, and the agenda email I'm forwarding, which takes place down the street from IIW with some crossover. It's the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group, which is a bunch of government and corporation types trying to create policy for online identity. Pointing specifically to the "Use Case workshop", we want to bring as many people in favor of nym (online pseudonyms and anonyms) rights to educate the IDESG plenary, and make sure our views are heard. While we're already planning a few use cases, we think it's important that everyone has a chance to be heard, even if (especially if) you're non-technical. If getting to the south bay is a challenge for you, we're going to try to set up a carpooling system. Please let me know if you're interested. It's also worth noting that the IDESG plenary is completely free :) Cheers, aestetix PS: you can find more info on http://www.nymrights.org - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Agenda Announced for IDESG May Plenary Meeting Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 12:12:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Identity Ecosystem Steering Group Secretariat <idecosystem(a)trustedfederal.com> Reply-To: idecosystem(a)trustedfederal.com To: aestetix(a)aestetix.com IDESG Plenary <https://www.idecosystem.org/page/register-attend-4th-plenary-meeting> * Register to Attend * *Santa Clara * *Plenary Meeting* *May 9-10, 2013* *<https://www.idecosystem.org/page/register-attend-4th-plenary-meeting> * * *What:* 4th IDESG Plenary Meeting * *When:* Thursday, May 9 at 8:00 AM (PT) to Friday, May 10 at 5:00 PM (PT) o Held immediately following the IIW Conference which is May 7-9, 2013 nearby at the Computer Museum. * *Where:* The Network Meeting Center in Silicon Valley's TechMart o 5201 Great America Parkway, Suite 122 o Santa Clara, CA 95054 * List of Area Hotels <https://www.idecosystem.org/page/4th-plenary-meeting-hotels> * Sponsorship Opportunities <https://www.idecosystem.org/page/4th-plenary-sponsorship-opportunities> *IDESG May Plenary Agenda* *Thursday, May 9, 2013* * 8:30 a.m.: Welcome; Introduction of New Leadership Team * 9:00 a.m.: Introduction of Management Council Work Planning Subcommittee o Work Planning Document o Work Products Adoption Process * 10:00 a.m.: Break * 10:15 a.m.: Use Case Workshop * 12:15 p.m.: Lunch on your own * 1:15 p.m.: Use Case Workshop continued * 3:45 p.m.: Break * 4:00 p.m.: NSTIC Pilots Update * 6:00 p.m.: Day One Wrap-up * 6:30 p.m.: Happy Hour *Friday, May 10, 2013* * 8:00 a.m.: Success Metrics o Organizational and Identity Ecosystem Health Discussion * 8:45 a.m.: Business Plan Subcommittee Value Proposition and Sustainability Planning * 9:30 a.m.: Terms and Definitions * 10:00 a.m.: Break * 10:15 a.m.: Committee Breakouts (6 at a time) * 11:45 a.m.: Lunch on your own * 1:00 p.m.: Committee Breakouts (other 6 committees) * 2:30 p.m.: Privacy Committee Report on PEM 2.0 * 3:30 p.m.: Break * 3:45 p.m.: Plenary Wrap-up: Work Plan Alignment with Plenary Results, Gap Analysis, and Next Steps *Stay Connected* Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/idecosystem> Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/id_eco_system> View our profile on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/groups/NSTIC-Identity-Ecosystem-Steering-Group-4623…> View our videos on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/user/idecosystem> Identity Ecosystem Steering Group Secretariat | www.idecosystem.org <http://www.idecosystem.org> Forward this email <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=tj5tlvlab&m=1112039618867&ea=…> <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&mse=001I0y-z-nW30yzaTaEMHimRlsBi…> This email was sent to aestetix(a)aestetix.com by idecosystem(a)trustedfederal.com <mailto:idecosystem@trustedfederal.com> | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&mse=001I0y-z-nW30yzaTaEMHimRlsBi…>™ | Privacy Policy <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp>. 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12 years, 11 months

new sudoroom dues survey: google forms edition (not reply to list)

by Max Klein

I know we all love Google like a relative (that won't leave us alone about our private lives), but it seems like a good idea to use their "Forms" for this survey IF you've already replied to list: don't worry about refilling it out, I'll migrate responses ELSE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WmLrkg0tmFf3Ny66IyCmyMfqLc43MzhyQlgEs_dtaU… IF interested in revamping questions: form is openly editable Max

12 years, 11 months

first friday guests-should we ask them if they'ere interested in classe son our wiki + email them?

by Romy Ilano

that's what i'm doing now. I'm adding them to the wiki too. do we have a cheezy CRM set up? anything open source that anyone has?

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