tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300086862024-03-14T01:14:38.244-05:00Kicking and SCREAMINGDragging them Kicking and Screaming into the 21st Century!
It's a quote heard by many of my friends, students and associates. We need to use the tools (modern technology) available to do what we do best, best (even if I have to drag them kicking and screaming)! It's about thinking out loud during The Emergence of The Relationship Economy!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02175478301545842572noreply@blogger.comBlogger12113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30008686.post-58440069484584256562013-03-24T10:06:00.000-05:002013-03-24T10:06:16.979-05:00Test Taking Tips<div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.0078125);">I ask that you decide to agree/disagree with each statement -- </span><span style="background-color: #ffcc66;">thumbs up/down</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.0078125);"> or ask question </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">before moving on -</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> helps encourage engagement (yes, even if you are reading this alone). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Your brain can process 120-150 WPM (output) and 350-500 WPM (input) - That's 3X in vs. out</span></div>
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<i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.0078125);">Treat test preparation like a job</i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> that pays well (and it will).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.0078125);">- if you don't agree or believe it, not relevant, it's testable (and you may need it some day)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.0078125);">- we learn by teaching (and preparing to do so</span></div>
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- practice this now -- everyone sit (chair and floor if able) and stand/lean against chair/wall</div>
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- study in living room, dining room, car, spouse's car, front porch, tree house, beach</div>
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- review information on paper (handwritten and typed) on computer, smart phone, tablet (may allow added tax deduction -- consult your CPA)</div>
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- study at different times of day (your best time, unusual time)</div>
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- allow your subconscious some leeway (dreams, ideas in the middle of the night)</div>
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- like juggling many cases/issues by using mental "folders" (helps when questions jump back/forth with topics)</div>
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- Play at home, in "reading" room, in car, while walking (not in traffic), just before sleeping</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What do you think?</span></div>
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<script src="http://track3.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2007122006412004" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This blog was produced and directed by Carter F. Smith.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02175478301545842572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30008686.post-63092930095865033112012-08-08T17:57:00.000-05:002012-08-08T18:41:49.979-05:00technohood watch - what a concept!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am working on a weeks-long stream of consciousness and needed to write it out - it's great how that often works. The concept (<b><i>technohood watch</i></b>) is a variation of neighborhood watch (no, not like in the one in Sanford, FL with George Zimmerman).
<i style="font-weight: bold;">Technohood Watch</i> is where average, everyday citizens with superior technological abilities act in a way that they may be seen as superheroes by the less informed, less technologically aware.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In essence, they are living their lives, going about their business, see criminal activity going on, and choose to report it.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The police are not always the first to see crime happening. I know this comes as a shock to many a criminal (and perhaps a few criminal justice students) but without a crystal ball, a time machine, or the ability to read minds, the police most often identify crime when average, everyday citizens 1) observe crime or evidence thereof, and 2) take time out of their busy day to notify the police.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I noted in <span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://gangfighters.blogspot.com/2012/06/odds-of-finding-pattern-of-criminal.html" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;">The odds of finding a "pattern of criminal gang activity,"</a>the odds of this happening are surpisingly low, so to be blunt about it -- the police need all the help they can get.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">In addition to the limitations of their inherent superhuman mind-reading powers (and the absence of a </span>crystal ball or time machine), police officers are constrained by the U.S. Constitution. In relevant part, these Amendments limit what the police can do:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. . . but if someone doesn't work for or act as an agent of the government those restrictions don't apply. There are many out-and-about professionals who are more likely to see criminal activity: cable and telephone installers, pest control professionals, newspaper delivery people, U.S. Postal Service (and Fedex, UPS, etc) carriers and drivers, meter readers, and my personal "favorite" -- door-to-door salespersons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But <i style="font-weight: bold;">technohood watch</i> is designed for another population -- the folks who browse, peruse, occupy, explore, and otherwise engage in the space between my computer and your tablet -- between my server and your ipod -- between your xbox and my . . . you get the picture. This may not be a space where <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_264057263">no</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_No_Man_Has_Gone_Before" target="_blank"> man has gone before</a> but it's definitely where few can go and not get lost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So while folks are going through their day and they see a crime and feel the need to report it, they are engaging in <i style="font-weight: bold;">technohood watch. </i>It's related to <a href="http://www.usaonwatch.org/" target="_blank">USAonWatch </a>and somewhat like <a href="http://www.citizenobserver.com/cov6/app/index.html" target="_blank">Citizen Observer</a>, but it's different. There are no meetings with the police or prosecutors to obtain guidance or get information like with <a href="http://www.infragard.net/chapters/mid_tenn/" target="_blank">Infraguard</a>. It is complementary to all of these activities, but it's very different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Technohood Watch </i>is a crime prevention program that educates citizens on the application of basic legal principles and common sense. It teaches citizens how to help themselves and their community by identifying and reporting suspicious activity they see during their normal daily activities. It provides citizens with the opportunity to make their world safer and improve their quality of life. <b><i>Technohood watch </i></b>groups focus on observation and awareness to identify, report, or prevent crime and employ strategies that range from social interaction to active techno-patrols.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Technohood Watch </i>has no membership requirements, as there are no members. The "program" is simply a venue for information and education. There are no connections between the learners and any police or similar government employee, agent, or representative. No directions are provided to the authors of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Technohood Watch </i>alerts, advisories, or other information or to the readers, and no one is targeted to investigate certain people, property, or activities. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Technohood Watch </i>participants may identify a child pornography ring one day and a cyberterrorist the next. It's a focus on the space, not the crime, with an emphasis on reporting.</span></div>
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This blog was produced and directed by Carter F. Smith.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02175478301545842572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30008686.post-40045898190684549152012-07-14T09:48:00.000-05:002012-07-14T09:51:49.199-05:00Logically and strategically counter violent extremism VS jumping to conclusions and calling it news<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many <a href="http://www.themoralliberal.com/2012/07/10/u-s-study-terrorists-arent-aggressive-offensive-foe-seeking-domination/" target="_blank">pundits</a>, <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2012/07/u-s-study-muslim-terrorists-simply-misunderstood/" target="_blank">talking heads</a>, and <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2905931/posts" target="_blank">self-proclaimed experts</a> are attacking the results of a recently published, grant-funded study on <a href="http://csc.asu.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdf/csc1202-quran-verses.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white;">How Islamist Extremists </span><span style="background-color: white;">Quote the Qur’an</span></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The authors noted that Islamist extremists make heavy use of the Qur’an in their strategic communication. T<span style="background-color: white;">he report raised questions about the veracity of claims often made by analysts. They</span><span style="background-color: white;"> concluded that verses extremists cite from the Qur’an do not suggest an aggressive offensive foe seeking domination and conquest of unbelievers, as is commonly assumed. Instead they deal with themes of victimization, dishonor, and retribution. They</span><span style="background-color: white;"> recommended that the West abandon claims that Islamist extremists seek world domination, focus on counteracting or addressing claims of victimage, emphasize alternative means of deliverance, and work to undermine the “champion” image sought by extremists.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I suggest folks actually read the report before jumping to conclusions -- it could be a great piece of strategy if taken in context.</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It appears to me, having taken more than a couple of seconds to examine the recommendations, that they did not make these recommendations because they were wrong, but because they defeat the (strategic) purpose. <b>READ ON!</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, where these claims are true, they should be acknowledged and addressed. Otherwise, when claims of harm are demonstrably false, they can possibly be disputed factually. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another strategy is to emphasize cases where the West has come to the aid of Muslims (or attempted to do so), as in the cases of Kosovo and the various Arab Spring conflicts. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally since Qur’an verses are used as analogies to present day events to justify violent behavior, it may be possible to undermine the analogies themselves</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here again, the Arab Spring conflicts provide a rich reservoir of such alternatives (e.g. nonviolent new media campaigns). </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Late last year the State Department’s Digital Outreach Team posted a video on YouTube12 mocking Ayman al-Zawahiri using clips from an al-Qaeda video </span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Extremists use a deliverance narrative to position themselves as the champion that can deliver the community from evil. However, as we have argued elsewhere, extremists do little that is champion-like. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two-thirds to three-fourths of civilian deaths in Afghanistan are caused by anti-government forces. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there is an argument to be made that even if one believes that violent action is required to deliver Muslims, Islamist extremists are not competent to occupy the role of champion.</span></li>
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This blog was produced and directed by Carter F. Smith.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02175478301545842572noreply@blogger.com1