Review (Guest): Cognitive Surplus–Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

Recommended by Dr. Kent Myers.  Eleveated by Phi Beta Iota to 6 Stars and Beyond because this book is much more readable than Wealth of Networks and captures the essence for the general reader in a manner more likely to accelerate understanding and transformation. 5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended as THE book to understand …

NIGHTWATCH Extract: China – North Korea Law Enforcement…the Hybrid Model Advances

China-North Korea: China offered to help North Korea control cross-border crime and build law-enforcement forces, according to a report by Agence France-Presse on 12 August. A spokesman also said China provided military equipment to North Korea’s National Defense Commission during a visit by China’s Deputy Public Security Minister Liu Jing on 8 August. North Korea’s …

Journal: Fairfax County Intelligence Up for Bid

Friday, August 6, 2010 FedBiz Fairfax County looking for intelligence analysts Fairfax County is seeking bidders for a new contract that injects private sector intelligence analysts into regional law enforcement and homeland security efforts. The county began working with intelligence analysts five years ago, and the existing contract with Fairfax-based ManTech International Corp. is set …

Twitter & SMS Used to Help Election in Kenya

How Twitter saved Kenya’s election Thu Aug 5, 2010 New York – Once again, social media has played a central role in a national election. During Kenya’s recent ballot initiative to adopt a new constitution, citizens used Twitter, along with Facebook and a new breed of monitoring technology, to help eliminate the voter intimidation, bombings, and deadly …

Event: 7-30 Sept 2010, San Diego CA, World Resources Simulation Center Demo

The philosophical foundation for The WRSC is in its founding premise stated as a question posed in R. Buckminster Fuller’s World Game™ simulation: “How do we make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological damage or disadvantage to anyone?” The World Resources Simulation Center (WRSC) …

Event: 6 Aug – 25 Sept 2010, Denver CO, Art of Dirt: Exhibit on Water Tech & Art fr Dev Countries

A two-part exhibition of water technologies and artwork from developing countries where Denver-based IDE works to cultivate prosperity. Part I (August 6 – 31) of the exhibition features photographs of the people IDE works with every day, along with displays of the innovative water technologies IDE has developed as part of its Bill and Melinda …