The 12 habits of highly collaborative organizations | TechRepublic

Cultural Intelligence
0Shares
Michel Bauwens
Michel Bauwens

The 12 habits of highly collaborative organizations | TechRepublic

Did you know that there are more possible moves in a game of chess then there are atoms in the entire universe and seconds that have elapsed since the big bang? In fact, chess can be a virtually endless game. If that’s the case then how do chess masters emerge? What’s the point of trying to study something if the moves are endless? Any good chess player will tell you that one of the keys to success is the ability to recognize patterns and situations to help you identify what the best next move is.

SchwartzReport: Prison Profiteers Are Neo-Slaveholders and Solitary Is Their Weapon of Choice

07 Other Atrocities, Corruption, Idiocy, Ineptitude, Law Enforcement
0Shares

schwartz reportPrison Profiteers Are Neo-Slaveholders and Solitary Is Their Weapon of Choice

By Chris Hedges,

Truthdig | Op-Ed, 18 March 2013

If, as Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote, “the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” then we are a nation of barbarians. Our vast network of federal and state prisons, with some 2.3 million inmates, rivals the gulags of totalitarian states. Once you disappear behind prison walls you become prey. Rape. Torture. Beatings. Prolonged isolation. Sensory deprivation. Racial profiling. Chain gangs. Forced labor. Rancid food. Children imprisoned as adults. Prisoners forced to take medications to induce lethargy. Inadequate heating and ventilation. Poor health care. Draconian sentences for nonviolent crimes. Endemic violence.

Read full article.

See also:

Torture in United States Prisons

NIGHTWATCH: Cyprus Deposit Raid Crisis Update

03 Economy, 08 Wild Cards
0Shares

Cyprus: For the record. Cypriot lawmakers 19 March overwhelmingly rejected an EU bailout proposal that would have required a tax on deposits in the country's banks. Thousands of demonstrators burst into cheers and applause as their MPs on Tuesday voted down the EU bailout plan aimed at rescuing Cyprus from bankruptcy.

The Finance Minister flew to Moscow to seek Russian assistance to prevent insolvency by Cypriot banks. EU officials reportedly are stunned that the EU bailout scheme was rejected because it would have been paid mainly by Russian depositors in Cypriot banks.

Comment: The action of parliament averted widespread street disorders, at least for now. The Russians or Russian firms have several options for recapitalizing Cyprus as a banking center. If they decline, however, Cypriot banks would not be able to cover deposits, according to analysis in the Financial Times. Cyprus might eventually become the first EU member to be ejected, but for now Nicosia is not burning.

Meanwhile leaders in other European states with weak economies reassured bank depositors that they deposits were “sacred.”

NIGHTWATCH KGS Home

See Also:

Europe’s Leaders Run Out of Credit in Cyprus

Penguin: The CIA About To Sign $600 Million Deal With Amazon — Six Years After Robert Steele Proposed Amazon as the Hub for (an Open) World Brain

Advanced Cyber/IO, Architecture, Cloud, Government
0Shares
Who, Me?
Who, Me?

Have no idea what this means:

The CIA Is About To Sign A Game-Changing $600 Million Deal With Amazon

The CIA is on the verge of signing a cloud computing contract with Amazon, worth up to $600 million over 10 years, reports Frank Konkel at Federal Computer Week.

If the details about this deal are true, it could be a game-changer for the enterprise cloud market.

That's because Amazon Web Services will help the CIA build a “private cloud” filled with technologies like big data, reports Konkel, citing unnamed sources.

The CIA is pretty closed-lipped about its business, as spies are apt to be. This is no exception. It won't confirm the deal or comment on it, so details are sketchy. But the contract is expected to be for a “private” cloud, which is not what AWS is known for.

AWS is the largest “public” cloud provider. In general, the term “private cloud” means using cloud computing technologies in a company's own data center. Public clouds are in hosted facilities, where the hardware is shared with many users. Sharing the hardware saves money.

Continue reading “Penguin: The CIA About To Sign $600 Million Deal With Amazon — Six Years After Robert Steele Proposed Amazon as the Hub for (an Open) World Brain”

Marcus Aurelius: KR Speculation About North Korea War Risk

08 Wild Cards
0Shares
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius

From LIGNET (Langley Intelligence Group Network), a local commercial intel firm that trades on the perception, valid or otherwise, that it has ties to CIA.

North Korea Threat Real; Retaliation Could Start Hot War

March 19, 2013

After just over one year in power, North Korea’s novice leader, 30-year old Kim Jong Un, has dashed hopes that he will change course from the brinkmanship-style policies pursued by his late father, Kim Jong Il. For the first time in decades, U.S. intelligence and defense analysts believe the threat of an outbreak of significant hostilities on the Korean peninsula is a distinct possibility. How would a potential conflict play out? While there is little doubt that North Korea would lose, the consequences for the region would be dire, with casualties potentially in the hundreds of thousands, if not more.

Tensions and the risk of conflict have escalated precipitously on the Korean peninsula over the last year. In addition to conducting a successful long-range ballistic missile and a third nuclear test, North Korea has ramped up, even by its own standards, its bellicose rhetoric.

Continue reading “Marcus Aurelius: KR Speculation About North Korea War Risk”

2007 Earth Intelligence Network — Authors, Books, Centers, Forecasts

Key Players, Policies, Threats
0Shares

EIN new siz 3 transparentEarth Intelligence Network

SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/EIN-Experts

Cited Authors Ranked by Mary Ellen Bates Using File 7 (Social Science Citation Index) at Dialog. 

Books selected and most reviewed by Robert Steele. 

Centers and Forecasts developed by Winston Maike (RIP). 

Pending migration the original postings of authors, books, and centers can be seen at  Global Challenges and forecasts can be seen at EIN 2007 Forecasts (30).

Continue reading “2007 Earth Intelligence Network — Authors, Books, Centers, Forecasts”