Category: Journal ISSN 1078-1935

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NIGHTWATCH: Switzerland Prepares for Refugees & Civil Unrest

01 Poverty, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, Civil Society, Corruption, Government, Ineptitude, Law Enforcement, Military, Policies

Switzerland: In September, Swiss authorities launched a military exercise to test its preparedness to deal with internal civil unrest as well as refugees from the Eurozone crisis, according to international media.

Comment: The Swiss are not prone to overreact to threats. They do not spend defense funds in order to be prepared for potential threats. They prepare for real threats.

The exercise is significant because it means the Swiss have determined that internal civil unrest coupled with refugees from Eurozone countries represent real threats for which their security forces must be prepared. The Swiss understand the meaning and significance of early warning and know about indicators.

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Yoda: Big Data Hype Small Data Hype Visualization Hype – “Technology is not a substitute for thinking”

IO Impotency
Got Crowd? BE the Force!

With them, force is.

“Technology is not a substitute for thinking.”

Robert Steele

“Bandwidth is more expensive than pilots.”

Professor Robert Owen
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

The future is now: 10 startups leading the way in ‘big data’

Christina Farr

VentureBeat, October 16, 2012

Police are mixing crime data and sociological information to anticipate incidences of crime. A small cadre of scientists in Silicon Valley is harnessing genetics data to detect early signs of disease. For business owners and harried IT executives, it’s easy feel overwhelmed with the flood of so-called big data options on the market. That is, if you buy into the trend at all.

We believe it’s time to cut through the hype and show you some cool companies that use big data to further research in the fields of healthcare, law, government, and education. To assemble our inaugural list of 10 standout companies, we spoke with investors, analysts, and experts.

We narrowed it down to some ground-breaking favorites who helped define the field. You’ll notice that the companies cover a lot of ground — we anointed a leader in every category, such as data science, business intelligence, data visualization and analytics. We also threw a few impressive newcomers into the mix as well.

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DefDog: Viral Video a Real Hoot – LtCol Anthony Shaffer and CIA Michael Scheuer on FOX with Respect to 911 Commission Being a Total Cover-Up

Corruption, Idiocy, Ineptitude, YouTube
DefDog

Posted the the 12th of October, going viral right now.

Judge Napolitano Exposing 9-11 Cover-Up With Col. Anthony Shaffer and Michael Shaffer

“It was a whitewash and a lie from top to bottom. …  They were covering up for both parties — sure that the American people would be shocked by the negligence of the politicals.”

Michael Scheuer

Tip of the Hat to Mark Thompson at Google+.

See Also:

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Yoda: Patricia Martin on the Future of Libraries in the Digital Era

Advanced Cyber/IO, Civil Society
Got Crowd? BE the Force!

The Future of Libraries in a Digital Culture

Patricia Martin

Huffington Post, 11 October 2012

EXTRACTS:

Until recently, public libraries had little reason to innovate. Then Google arrived. More disruptive technologies followed, causing an identity crisis for librarians. Now the profession is re-thinking its purpose — a quest that lured a gathering of 350 eager librarians to Telluride, Colorado recently for the R-Squared (Risk and Reward) Conference.

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Americans need help navigating a way forward — whether it's to find work or explore a new career path. It's no wonder people are rediscovering their local libraries as a place to begin. That's why libraries need to innovate. Otherwise, they risk becoming an object of nostalgia — the emotional step right before irrelevance. Deadly. Research shows that when taxpayers stop expecting public institutions to transform, they invite entrenchment. Consider the battle to reform public education in America. The same hollowing-out could happen to America's public libraries at a time when we need them most.

There's hope. It's heartening to think that there are more public libraries than McDonald's restaurants in America.

Imagine the impact of their re-animation.

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Paul Craig Robert: America (RIP) – The True Cost of Government Corruption and Banking Greed – Moral Bankruptcy Assures the Death of a Nation

Commerce, Corruption, Government
Matt Taibbi

Review: Griftopia–Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America

QUOTE (32): What has taken place over the last generation is a highly complicated merger of crime and policy, of stealing and government. Far from taking care of the rest of us, the financial leaders of America and their political servants have seemingly reached the cynical conclusion that our society is not work saving and have taken on a new mission that involved not creating wealth for us all, but simply absconding with whatever wealth remains in our hollowed out economy. They don’t feed us, we feed them.

Paul Craig Roberts

America R.I.P.

Paul Craig Roberts

Institute for Political Economy, October 16, 2012

Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has had many university appointments. His internet columns have attracted a worldwide following.

EXTRACT:

In the early years of the 21st century, the Federal Reserve substituted a rise in consumer debt to drive the economy in place of the missing rise in consumer incomes. Low interest rates drove up housing prices, and people refinanced their mortgages and spent the equity. The Federal Reserve kept the economy alive by loading up consumers with debt that housing prices and consumer incomes would soon be unable to support.

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Tom Atlee: Webinar on Empowering Public Wisdom

Civil Society, Collective Intelligence
Tom Atlee

Empowering Public Wisdom with Tom Atlee

Tom Atlee, author of The Tao of Democracy, is on a mission to bring the citizen back into democracy through a simple and practical method. The co-director of The Co-Intelligence Institute in Eugene, Oregon, calls for the introduction of citizen councils that offer a platform for “collective intelligence.” This political pioneer shares his views in his new book, Empowering Public Wisdom, and with you in this engaging online seminar.

Logistics

Date: October 18, 2012 (=October 19 for Dutch viewers due to timedifference)
Location: Online
Time: 5 pm-6:30pm PDT (02.00-3.30 for Dutch viewers)
Price: $10 (€10 for Dutch registrants)

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FREE: 2009 TEDx by Tom Atlee (26:06)

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