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Review : Global Shift–How A New Worldview Is Transforming Humanity

Phenomenal Integration of Ideas–Superb “Once Over” February 10, 2010 [final review 21 February 2010] Edmund J. Bourne I have sent INTELLIGENCE for EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainaabilty to the printer and it is on that foundation that I highly recommend this book for a simple easy to understand overview of the fifteen converging forces …

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Review: SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa

Beyond Six Stars–Hugely Important Useful Collection February 20, 2010 Edited by Sokari Ekine Contributing authors include Redante Asuncion-Reed, Amanda Atwood, Ken Banks, Chrstinia Charles-Iyoha, Nathan Eagle, Sokari Ekine, Becky Faith, Joshua Goldstein, Christian Kreutz, Anil Naidoo, Berna Ngolobe, Tanya Notley, Juliana Rotich,  and Bukeni Wazuri This book will be rated 6 Stars and Beyond at …

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Review: Come Home America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country

Read Fire Side Chat Review–This is Supplemental February 20, 2010 William Greider Very rarely do I find reviews as lengthy as my own. Please read and appreciate the Fireside Chat review that is deservedly popular with readers. I first encountered William Greider while managing the international conference on “National Security and National Competitiveness: Open Source …

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Review: The Idea that is America–Keeping Faith With Our Values in a Dangerous World

Best of Intentions, Good Individual Effort, February 20, 2010 Anne-Marie Slaughter Now that my own book INTELLIGENCE for EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainaabilty is at the printer am back into reading and really looking forward to catching up with the 25 books on my “to do” shelf. This one jumped to the top of …

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Worth a Look: Talking Plants–Sensor to Shooter

“Homegrown Terra-rists” Ignite Video The Ignite Show just posted episode 2, Kati’s Botanicalls Ignite NYC talk from back in September 2008 during Web 2.0 Expo. You may want to skip past the intro…and start at 1:33. The Botanicalls system and applications use networked open source hardware and software to allow plants to communicate with people …

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Review: Comeback America–Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility (Hardcover)

Ten Years Late, More Whimper than Roar February 7, 2010 David Walker I was watching David Walker as he served nine of his fifteen years at Comptroller General, with light-weight whimpers to Congress until he finally got Peter Peterson to bail him out of government and give him a chunk of cash for making movies …

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