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2011/08/162011/08/16

Review: International Intelligence Cooperation and Accountability

Hans Born (Editor), Ian Leigh (Editor), Aidan Wills (Editor) Four for Content, Zero for Price,August 16, 2011 There are some good contributions in this book, and it is certainly recommended for institutional purchase, but the price is utterly outrageous and completely unacceptable for the individual professional, scholar, or practitioner interest in learning from these authors. …

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2011/08/152011/08/15

DefDog: Defense Entitlement Comes to An End….

Butts in seats would be a good place to start in most cases….. A golden decade for defense companies is ending Associated Press, 15 August 2011 NEW YORK – The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down, Osama bin Laden is dead, and the federal government is deeply in debt. This spells the end …

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2011/08/142012/07/25

Worth a Look: Books on Reinventing Education Updated July 2012

Phi Beta Iota: There are other books but these are the ones that have caught our attention. Now You See It, by Cathy N. Davidson A New Culture of Learning by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown 21st Century Skills by James Bellanca and Ron Brandt Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can …

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2011/08/142011/08/14

Search: readable version of alternative paradigm

There are two alternative paradigms in the history of this modern reform fight. Here they are: 1992 E3i: Ethics, Ecology, Evolution, & intelligence (An Alternative Paradigm) 2001 Threats, Strategy, and Force Structure: An Alternative Paradigm for National Security Not labeled an alternative paradigm, but of over-arching importance, is this contribution: 1996: CREATING A SMART NATION: …

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2011/08/12

Steven Aftergood: USG Information Sharing Update

Information Sharing Still a Work in Progress August 12th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood While information sharing among government agencies has increased dramatically over the past decade, it still falls short in some areas. Due to “impediments to intelligence information sharing between U.S. forces and coalition partners,” information sharing with U.S. allies in Afghanistan has faltered …

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2011/08/102011/08/27

Review: Reflections on Higher Education

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg 5.0 out of 5 stars Relevant Today–Perhaps Still Not Appreciated Today, August 10, 2011 There is nothing in this book that I could disagree with, which instantly marks it as iconoclastic rather than traditional or elitist. This long-serving president spent close to three decades managing two universities, the longest The George Washington …

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2011/08/09

Dolphin: USA’s First Coast to Coast Climate Network

Construction of nation’s first coast-to-coast climate network begins KSL.Com, August 7th, 2011 By Geoffrey Fattah< LOGAN — Imagine being able to put your fingers on the pulse of America’s biosphere — keeping real-time track of weather, water/soil temperature, animal populations and much more. Armed with this information, scientists would be able to detect sudden shifts …

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