Bahrain, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Reactions to Libya, Morocco
Russian TV: West is Lying About Libya…
02 Diplomacy, 06 Russia, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, Cultural Intelligence, IO Multinational
Provocatively entitled “The Fight for Reality” Russian Television (a very effective counterpart to Voice of America) is on the air in a very pro-Gaddafi series that accuses Western media of lying and hyping the situation with blatant mis-information.
In other news, one of Gaddafi's sons is saying that Libya financed the election of the “clown” that is now President and they want their money back.
Denmark: One Hundred Mobile App Teach Kids Math
04 Education, 08 Wild Cards, Academia, Advanced Cyber/IO, Civil Society, Commerce, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Mobile
Danish students will in the future have access to a library of more than 100 apps for mobile phones, teaching them math in a more fun and engaging way. All mobile data traffic will be free, thanks to a partnership with the national mobile operators.
(PRWEB) March 18, 2011
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Wisdom University on Japan’s Twin Calamities
03 Environmental Degradation, 08 Proliferation, 08 Wild Cards, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence
Wisdom Community Reflections IN THE AFTERMATH OF JAPAN'S TSUNAMI
The Perfect Eco-Technical Storm Jim Garrison, President
In the News: Post-Tsunami Whirlpool Research Apela Colorado, Faculty
Pointing to the Larger Story of Earth Wisdom Will Taegel and Judith Yost, Faculty
From Water to Fire: An Astrological Perspective Lynn Bell, Faculty
Search: haiti airfields
08 Wild Cards, Advanced Cyber/IO, SearchesSix searches so far this morning merits attention. Although the machine search produces both the master list hit and the original listing of all airfields (which SOUTHCOM never really understood, or they were just timid), it does not produce the much cooler graphics that bear on reverse TPFID and regional intermediate TPFID (breaking down big air loads into small air loads, big boat loads into small boat loads, and for the really clever, peace jumpers calling in the geospatially accurate para-drops. In Operations Other than War (OOTW), communications and intelligence from the bottom up rule–command & control is displaced by coordination & collaboration, and the “art” is in getting peace jumpers in IMMEDIATELY (like Smoke Jumpers, they don't assume a safe landing), and then start streaming in paradrops, small air, and so on. The locals are not stupid–they will connect peace jumper with salvation the minute the first pallet of water hits the dirt. Information is a substitute for violence. Alvin Toffler was the first to get it.
Haiti Rolling Update from 20100120…
22 Jan Reference: Haiti Airfields 101
Human in the Loop:
12 Jan Journal: Haiti Earthquake CAB 21 Sequence of Events
18 Jan Reference: Reverse TIPFID for Haiti
22 Jan Journal Haiti: Silly Question–Regional Traffic Management? Strategic Resettlement?
New Since Then:
Live Crisis Mapping: Routing Around Old Mindsets
03 Environmental Degradation, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, 11 Society, Analysis, Augmented Reality, Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, CrisisWatch reports, Ethics, InfoOps (IO), IO Mapping, IO Multinational, IO Sense-Making, Maps, Mobile, Real Time, Tools
OCHA, UNOSAT and NetHope have been collaborating with the Volunteer Technical Community (VTC) specifically CrisisMappers, Crisis Commons, Open Street Map, and the Google Crisis Response Team over the past week.
The CrisisMappers Standby Task Force has been undertaking a mapping of social media, news reports and official situation reports from within Libya and along the borders at the request of OCHA. The Task Force is also aiding in the collection and mapping of 3W information for the response. UNOSAT is kindly hosting the Common Operational Datasets to be used during the emergency. Interaction with these groups is being coordinated by OCHA’s Information Services Section.
The public version of this map does not include personal identifiers and does not include descriptions for the reports mapped. This restriction is for security reasons. All information included on this map is derived from information that is already publicly available online (see Sources tab).
In the midst of this transition in Libya, one of the most devastating earthquakes in centuries hit northern Japan, causing one of the most destructive tsunamis in recent memory. Just hours after the earthquake, a member of Japan's OpenStreetMap community launched a dedicated Crisis Map for the mega-disaster. A few hours later, Japanese students at The Fletcher School (which is where the Ushahidi-Haiti Crisis Map was launched) got in touch with the Tokyo-based OpenStreetMap team to provide round-the-clock crisis mapping support.
Over 4,000 reports have been mapped in just 6 days. That's an astounding figure. Put differently, that's over 600 reports per day, or one report almost every two minutes for 24 hours straight over 6 days. What's important about the Japan Crisis Map is that the core operations are being run directly from Tokyo and the team there is continuing to scale it's operations. It's very telling that the Tokyo team did not require any support from the Standby Volunteer Task Force. They're doing an excellent job in the midst of the biggest disaster they've ever faced. I'm just amazed.
Tip of the Hat to Patrick Meier and Team at iRevolution.
Afghanistan Elective War: A Study of Citizen Minds
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Justice, 10 Security, 11 Society, Advanced Cyber/IO, Civil Society, Corruption, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Government, Military, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence
65% of Americans Believe Afghan War Not Worth Fighting
Tuesday, 15 Mar 2011 01:41 PM
By Henry J. Reske
Almost 65 percent of Americans now believe that the war in Afghanistan is not worth fighting. The number is up 20 points from results in 2009 when 44 percent did not think the war worth fighting, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Phi Beta Iota: Afghanistan, like Iraq, is an elective war founded on hundreds of lies to the public by a pair of Administrations who have substituted ideology for intelligence and profiteering for public service. The seismic change occurring today is centered on what can the public know, when. Public intelligence in the public interest is destined to kick in sooner with each passing year. One day, elective wars will be impossible.
