The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This article reminds me of two things: 1. The supercilious attitude of many State Department people, akin to that displayed by Clinton White House staffers to GEN Barry McCaffrey when he worked in Joint Staff J-5: “… we don’t talk to you military people …”, something I’ve had said to me by certain State people. …
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Sahelian Africa: The intelligence chiefs of Algeria, Mauritania, Niger and Mali will set up a joint intelligence center in Algiers, Algeria’s El Watan newspaper reported on 28 September. The center’s purpose is to collect information on terrorism in the region and make the data available to the Sahel’s military operational center based in Tamanrasset. The …
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Online learning easily fits into your daily life Private lessons with real teachers Learn with the best–95% of our teachers are rated as excellent Phi Beta Iota: We like this–it is what we had in mind when we tried to spark interest in merging AllWorld Languages and Telelanguage. This is the future of education, leveraging …
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Tip of the Hat to Pierre Levy at LinkedIn. Phi Beta Iota: This excellent but truncated report has the same problem we saw in Global Governance 2025–it just does not “get” the dual facts that a) governments no longer rule and b) connecting is not the main event–sense-making is the main event and it is …
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We were looking for a nice, peaceful place near Jerusalem’ Rachel Shabi, Guardian, 24 Sept 2010 If the construction of settlements in the West Bank is meant to be on hold, why are Israeli buyers being offered new properties on Palestinian land at knock-down prices? The housing project currently under construction in Almon offers enticingly priced, …
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How Social Good Has Revolutionized Philanthropy Zachary Sniderman The term “Social Good” has been bandied about, but pinning down exactly what it means in concrete terms can sometimes be tricky. Is social good the same as “the common good”? Is it the same as normal fundraising? Is it just online giving, or is it particular …
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Rule 1: Understand the goals and expected outcomes of end-user information requirements Rule 2: Remove spreadsheet based reporting Rule 3: Establish a data quality competency centre Rule 4: Unlock your enterprise from the transaction-based application for reporting needs Rule 5: Get the analysis of your data done in-house Phi Beta Iota: CEO Mehta personifies integrity …
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