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