A White and Red Lily

I love photography.

Occasionally, one of my photos on Flickr gets voted for as a favorite. Here's a recent one, my photo of a white and red lily.

It made my day.

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Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville was born on July 29, 1805.

He was a French historian and political scientist. 1805-1859

"The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults."

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Google's Great Calendar

I'm trying out Google's Calendar, and I think it's great. For an online calendar, it's Tops.




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Liberal Blogs and Israel

Liberal Blogs and Israel: "Why the strange reticence on recent events in the Middle East? David Adesnik has a theory. On a related note, I was biking Saturday past the 'Peace Vigil' held each week in Provincetown. One sign read: 'Stop Israel's Slaughter of Innocents in Palestine and Lebanon.' I have never seen a sign in the weekly vigil calling for an end to terrorism. Strange for those committed to 'peace'."

Mapping Paramilitary Police Raids in America

Thanks to Cato.org for their excellent policy paper, "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America." Posted via MetaFilter, it gives me a chill to see the numbers.

Included in the report is a revealing U.S. map, Botched Paramilitary Police Raids: An Interactive Map.

The Map Key includes:

• Death of an innocent
• Raid on an innocent suspect
• Death or injury of a police officer
• Other examples of paramilitary police excess
• Death of a nonviolent offender
• Unnecessary raids on doctors and sick people

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My News Bin Review (My Keepers)

I scan about 25 blogs each day, and I just checked out my News Bins. So far this year, these have become my "My Keepers." These are posts I found particularly interesting which I have kept for reference.

First, I was amazed at how many have come from How to Save the World. It's author, David Pollard deserves special recognition for his continuing efforts and fine work.

Dave Pollard's environmental philosophy, creative works, business papers and essays.
In search of a better way to live and make a living, and a better understanding of how the world really works.

And now . . . My Keepers

Now How Am I Going to Make a Living?

Cultural Divergence After the Crash: Thoughts on The Only Life We Know

Wednesday, June 14, 2006 7:31:34 PM

Regular readers of How to Save the World know that I have been struggling for a couple of years with my novel The Only Life We Know. The novel takes place at the dawn of the 23rd century, a hundred years after a combination of events have conspired to cause our civilization to crash. The human p... [more]

How to Change Hearts, Minds & Behaviours

Sunday, June 11, 2006 8:10:30 PM

My Purpose is Provoking Change. So I'm very interested in the change process. I've observed how easy it is to persuade people about something if they have no preconceived views on it, and how hard it becomes once they've 'made up... [more]

Our Failure of a Prison System

Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:14:56 AM|talkleft

The Vera Institute has completed a bipartisan report on our prison system for Congress. 13.5 million people are jailed each year. On any part... [more]

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

Saturday, May 27, 2006 4:44:46 PM|sourwookie

Timeline of Trends and Events (1750 to 2100). Large image, lots of info. Via ... [more]

Getting Things Done, Happiness, and Our Strange Sense of Priority

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:08:07 PM

I slept in today. Or, rather, I lay in bed, listening to the birds, smelling the Spring air, daydreaming, thinking about what I would write about today, trying to shut out of my mind all the other things I 'had to do'. As a seasoned procrastinator, I knew that when those other things became urgent... [more]

You look like a cross between Gary Cooper and Liberace!

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 2:02:19 PM|blahblahblah

Find your celebrity dopelganger. MyHeritage is another site that uses face recognition on photos y... [more]

Legal guide for podcasters

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:04:36 PM|Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow: Donna sez, "Remember EFF's great Legal Guide for Bloggers? This guide is the ideal complement. Published by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, the Stanford Center for Internet & Society, Vogele & Associates and Creative Commons, the guide carves out new ground in addre... [more]

Art? Porn? Who cares?

Sunday, May 07, 2006 11:05:43 AM|dirtynumbangelboy

Every Playboy centerfold, December 1953 - May 2006. [NSFW] Every Playboy centerfold, 1960-1999. [NSFW, via] [more]

What Our Dysfunctional and Evolving 'Information Behaviours' and Information Skills Mean for Our Future

Thursday, May 04, 2006 3:22:18 PM

On the KM speaker/unconference circuit, I am often asked to talk about the dysfunctional 'information behaviours' that impede learning and knowledge sharing. The list of these behaviours, many of them suggested by you readers, now stands at 25: Dysfunctional Behaviours Caused by Information Polit... [more]

Deconstructing KM

Saturday, April 29, 2006 9:22:13 PM|Denham Grey

Steve Barth will be taking KM to task next month in an interesting KnowledgeBoard presentation. Steve levels these charges: Right information, to right people at the right time - is the wrong focus The quest to 'know... [more]

See the world.

Friday, April 28, 2006 11:20:18 AM|monju_bosatsu

See country data plotted as 3d bars rising from the surface of Global-i, an interactive animated globe. For other map visualizations of county data, try Maplecroft Maps, Worldmapper, and Social Explorer's Census Data Maps. Worldprocessor has over 300 beautiful physical globe... [more]

Creating the Jobs We Want

Sunday, April 23, 2006 7:58:33 PM

So you say there are no good jobs out there. You've determined your genius: The place where your gift (what you're really good at) intersects your passion (what you love doing) -- areas 2 & 3 in the above diagram -- but no one ... [more]

Getting Things Done: Fear of Failure

Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:45:05 PM

You say "too late to start"You've got your heart in a headlockI don't believe any of it;You are afraid to startYou've got your heart in a headlockYou know you're better than this. -- Imogen Heap, Headlock So you've instituted Getting Things Done, David Allen's personal productivity methodology. You diligent... [more]

I know that face

Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:03:43 AM|tellurian

Riya ? Face recognition + autotagging. Now in beta [more]

Bad Men

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:03:06 PM|Meatbomb

Dictator of the Month. Your one stop shop for all your dictator-oriented needs. Even includes scorecards. From Amin to Zedong, they're all right here, folks. Enjoy some righteous anger [more]

Finding Soulmates to Make a Living With

Wednesday, March 08, 2006 5:46:42 PM

Lately I've been having a lot of sidebar discussions with readers about finding that way to make a living at the intersection of What You Love (your passion), What You're Good At (your gift), and What's Needed (your purpose). Knowing your Genius (where your gift and passion intersect -- areas 2 & 3 in th... [more]

"That's Not What I Meant"

Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:14:40 PM

Wired News has a report on research that suggests the tone, and often the intent, of half of all e-mail is misconstrued by readers. Part of this is the general imprecision of language itself (and our lack of skill in u... [more]

Three Things to Teach Your Children

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:18:13 PM

When I say "your" children I don't mean just your biological children, but rather all the young people that you have contact with -- students, recruits, the children of friends. I believe that part of the reason for the dissociation of so many young people today is the fact that we don't talk wi... [more]

Eight Ways Your Innovation Program Can Go Wrong

Monday, February 13, 2006 4:06:45 PM

Innovation & Creativity Model ©2006 Dave Pollard & Meeting of Minds (see explanation at end of this article) The Doblin Group, whose model of the Ten Types of Innovation I've described before, has written an intere... [more]

Dave Pursues His Passion

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 10:22:54 PM

Regular readers will probably be aware that I've recently become preoccupied with finding my Genius (what I'm good at), my Passion (what I love doing), and my Purpose (what there is a great need for) -- and, m... [more]

Finding Where Your Passion, Your Genius and Your Purpose Meet

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:37:59 PM

Recently I suggested that perhaps the best way to decide how you want to make a living was to simply ask Who Needs Your Gift Now? The implication of that question is that your Gift is something you both love (it's your Passion) and... [more]

Advice to Innovators: Know What Urgent Problem You're Uniquely Solving

Monday, January 30, 2006 5:17:54 PM

Over the years I have advised many entrepreneurs, worked with a lot of consultants, and coached executives. All three groups repeatedly make the same mistake: They try to introduce 'solutions' that are really interesting, quite feasible, and well within their area of competency, but which fail to ... [more]

Who Needs Your Gift Now?

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:32:39 PM

(I've had a recurrence of last fall's back injury, and sitting at the computer brings on spasms -- perhaps it is telling me something? -- so until that improves this blog's articles are likely to be short, and hopefully sweet. -- Dave) Two great inspirations in my life recently, Dick Richards' b... [more]

The Dragons in the Room: Barriers to Change in Organizations

Monday, January 02, 2006 8:36:26 PM

Adam Kahane's latest book Solving Tough Problems stresses the importance of speaking candidly and listening openly, in order to allow resolutions to complex (wicked) problems to emerge. The book is principally anecdotes of Kahan... [more]

Holy snails!

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:46:08 AM

Opium

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:42:07 AM

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What is Our Youth's Favorite Site?

I love eMarketer.

I'm a ex-high-tech researcher, and I've been reading their articles for many years.

eMarketer's article, What is the Youth Market's Fave Site? has important statistics about the Youth Market on the Internet.

Congratulations go to Google who has won our youth - well done!

It also seems Facebook has the girls' interests and ESPN (and Yahoo) has the guys'.

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Name a Business or Product

Need a name for a new business or product? Here are four sites offering unique name generator tools:

http://www.wordlab.com/tools/t_index.cfm

http://thesaurus.reference.com/

http://www.domainfellow.com

http://www.rhymer.com/naming.html

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So You Wanna . . .

So You Wanna is a facinating site that teaches things you didn't learn in school. I practice yoga and so I tested their So You Wanna Learn the Basics of Yoga page. It had an excellent overview along with graphics for a yoga routine. So You Wanna is very informative and covers many subjects.

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