Does intelligence help?

U.S. Had Intel on Chemical Strike Before It Was Launched | The Cable - http://safe.mn/nFQ_

Data moves through a life cycle and Intel DOES NOT become knowledge until it is shared. This occurs through official  channels that mimics a political and legal process. Really not sure what part the media plays in educating a general population of the facts. Even well written detailed articles such as this have an accusing headline in a general context.

The headline to me is a positive when compared to the break in Intel life cycle that occurred during 9/11. This particular article describes an effective data gathering system going through an analysis process in the hopes of reducing the effectiveness of illegitimate human acts. However, it still does not make the decisions of how to respond easy. So I would have to ask - what would MY HEADLINE  be? It seems very hard to create a headline that DOES'NT take a side or position. Think all my headlines would be questions especially since FACTS are SHARED Intel with a common understanding.

The Last Pope?

As a practicing Catholic I  have read a tremendous amount of historical and current writings of saints and the Church. The Church does not teach "End Time" prophesies because Christ did not.

Matthew 24:36 - But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

However, these methods of looking at literature and deriving content are a part of our Christian Hebrew history and were described in a negative Church context in the "Bible Code" books and movies.

A recent web review indicates that a Israeli web technology researcher has began discussions of these methods in a professional manner in her research - see "Israeli ‘web prophet’ maps the past to predict the future."

Would still like to see this DVD though - I noticed in the above video it's not the Catholic Priests giving any speculative comments. I do like this short video because of the dramatic techniques used to grab attention - very well done and quite professional. In an economic since "End Time" topics sell well and I think they should be called "End Time Profits":-)

Human Content Analysis...

"It’s a very sophisticated form of data mining, enabling deep analysis of disparate events and seeing how they repeat themselves time after time."

Read more at http://mobile.wnd.com/2013/08/israeli-web-prophet-maps-past-to-predict-future/#FBPxcyzkygKfDPqY.99

City on the Hill

http://www.govloop.com/m/blogpost?id=1154385%3ABlogPost%3A2581082

VOODOO:-)

Woke up this morning with a word in my head - SAYERGOES – its not even a word. So I Googled it. Nothing too interesting until... there it is. A BOOK - "Contested Worlds: An Introduction To Human Geography" by Martin Phillips. Gotta get it. The link went right to page 50 and this is what I read. CRAZY VOODOO:-)

http://goo.gl/QXhyYQ

Read the first two paragraphs on page 50 and decided to buy it. The concepts align perfectly with some of the ideas I've had in the past and I look forward to expanding on these ideas...

New Humanism?

Enjoyed the realistic description of  "Economic Man" - it sings of a deep look into the processes that have been relied upon for eons. I am very much surprised that the gentleman is from the U.S. but he is also a Landscape Architect. It seems to me that in the U.S. the notion of "Human Geography" is not as prevalent as in Europe but our Landscape Architect professionals seem to embody an overlapping interest.

http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/February-2013/A-New-Humanism-Part-9/

Economic vertical model...

Typical economic high level discussion that DOES NOT include any reference to natural systems. Especially a  systems approach of the effects of using renewable vs nonrenewable energy sources on the economy except to maintain current methods of economic modeling that do not address sustainability.

Reference: New letter adding fuel to ethanol debate, dated 18 August 2013

http://www.onenewsnow.com/business/2013/08/18/new-letter-adding-fuel-to-ethanol-debate#.UhC955EpDJs

Change your Outlook Microsoft style...

Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, _
                                 Cancel As Boolean)

' Place this VBA code in the built-in ThisOutlookSession module
' to send yourself a BC email every time you email.

    Dim objRecip As Recipient
    Dim strMsg As String
    Dim res As Integer
    Dim strBcc As String
    On Error Resume Next

    ' #### USER OPTIONS ####
    ' address for Bcc -- must be SMTP address or resolvable
    ' to a name in the address book
    strBcc = "someone@somewhere.dom"

    Set objRecip = Item.Recipients.Add(strBcc)
    objRecip.Type = olBCC
    If Not objRecip.Resolve Then
        strMsg = "Could not resolve the Bcc recipient. " & _
                 "Do you want still to send the message?"
        res = MsgBox(strMsg, vbYesNo + vbDefaultButton1, _
                "Could Not Resolve Bcc Recipient")
        If res = vbNo Then
            Cancel = True
        End If
    End If

    Set objRecip = Nothing
End Sub

##################################################################

Sub ExportICal()

' Export your calendar for Google

    Dim oNamespace As NameSpace
    Dim oFolder As Folder
    Dim oCalendarSharing As CalendarSharing
    Dim enviro As String
        enviro = CStr(Environ("USERPROFILE"))
        strFolderpath = enviro & "\Desktop\OutlookWorkCalendar.ics"

    ' Get a reference to the Calendar default folder
    Set oNamespace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set oFolder = oNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
    ' Get a CalendarSharing object for the Calendar default folder.
    Set oCalendarSharing = oFolder.GetCalendarExporter
    ' Set the CalendarSharing object to export the contents of
    ' the entire Calendar folder, excluding attachments and
    ' private items, and restricted to working hours in full detail.
    With oCalendarSharing

        .CalendarDetail = olFullDetails
        .IncludeWholeCalendar = True
        .IncludeAttachments = False
        .IncludePrivateDetails = False
        .RestrictToWorkingHours = False
    End With

    ' Export calendar to an iCalendar calendar (.ics) file.
    oCalendarSharing.SaveAsICal strFolderpath
EndRoutine:
    On Error GoTo 0
    Set oCalendarSharing = Nothing
    Set oFolder = Nothing
    Set oNamespace = Nothing
    MsgBox "'OutlookWorkCalendar.ics' Export Complete", vbOKOnly, "iCal Message"
Exit Sub

The fulcrum of a Zealot...

“Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” - is now a New York Times best seller. Love the example of the "hype curve" and its results. Not to mention the protection of tribal symbols that generates interest in a topic that did not exist before. It seems  based on a fundamental communication model that attacks opposing ideas as threatening - this fits a tribalistic social model perfectly and if plotted on a "hype curve" seems to ride on a much bigger sine wave.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealot:_The_Life_and_Times_of_Jesus_of_Nazareth

Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview | FULL MOVIE

This online movie was so interesting to me - it combined a lot of social elements into a very creative composition. I was in a rental apartment on the 15th floor in Washington DC on a temporary assignment. It was a post from a gentleman I follow on Facebook - Joe Brewer. He is a social change strategist and facilitator of idea implementation for people seeking to innovate at the intersection of the advocacy, policy, and technology worlds. In other words - we have similar. As I watched it on my little phone, I became annoyed with the size and moved to watching it on my laptop. It is a full length feature so I soon grew tired of this small screen too - so I ended up hooking my laptop to the tv using an HDMI cable - perfect. Watched enthralled the entire time.

Pattern Biological Insite - 39:44

Imaginal Cells - 41:50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n1p9P5ee3c