The AIPIO Board has prepared a Discussion Paper which explains the rationale for the accreditation and certification scheme, ‘The Scheme’, and provides a view on how AIPIO will establish and run The Scheme. Above all the Discussion Paper is intended to provoke discussion and generate feedback so that the AIPIO can establish a scheme that is credible (acceptable to the intelligence community) and comprehensive.
The Discussion Paper with supporting annexures are at the links below:
AIPIO Professional Intelligence Officer Certification and Accreditation Scheme - Discussion Paper
As intelligence professionals, the AIPIO Board seeks your active engagement during the 2.5 month consultation period. Our intention is to formally launch the Scheme at this year’s Annual Conference, to be held in Adelaide, 13-15 October
O Newton! With the range of your intelligence and the sublime nature of your Genius, you have defined the shape of the earth; I have conceived the idea of enveloping you with your discovery… your own self. How can I find outside you anything worthy of you?
A Cenotaph for Newton: The Poetry of Public Spaces, the Architecture of Shadow, and How Trees Inspired the World’s First Planetarium Design
How a forgotten visionary’s futuristic dream dared generations to reimagine the relationship between nature and human creativity.
World Population Review: “What are the most populated cities in the world? Here is a list of the top ten most populated cities in the world:
- Tokyo (Population: 37,435,191)
- Delhi (Population: 29,399,141)
- Shanghai (Population: 26,317,104)
- Sao Paulo (Population: 21,846,507)
- Mexico City (Population: 21,671,908)
- Cairo (Population: 20,484,965)
- Dhaka (Population: 20,283,552)
- Mumbai (Population: 20,185,064)
- Beijing (Population: 20,035,455)
- Osaka (Population: 19,222,665)
It is perhaps unsurprising that the majority of the most populous cities in the world are in the two most populated countries in the world, China and India. Among these are Shanghai and Beijing, with populations of 25 and 22 million respectively, Delhi (27 million), and Mumbai (over 21.5 million). However, Tokyo is the largest city in the world if the entire Tokyo metro area is included, with a total of more than 38 million residents. Another Japanese city, Osaka, also has a very large population of almost 20.5 million. There are also a number of non-Asian cities with high populations, including Mexico City (over 21 million), Cairo (almost 19.5 million), and Buenos Aires (almost 15.5 million). Of the European cities, Istanbul is the most populous, with more than 14.5 million residents. This is followed by Moscow(over 12 million) and Paris (11 million including the Paris metro area). These cities are of course also culturally significant and between them welcome millions of tourists each year…”
The New York Times – “I think that says a great deal about how much we as a society value the written word,” a shocked librarian said. A vintage children’s hardback turned up in the mailroom of the Queens Public Libraryin Auburndale recently. The book was “Ol’ Paul, the Mighty Logger,” by Glen Rounds, a collection of Paul Bunyan tall tales. According to the date stamped on the borrowing card inside, it was about 23,000 days late. Betty Diamond, of Madison, Wis., had sent it back after more than 63 years, along with a $500 donation to the Queens Public Library, which more than covered the late fees…”
“Every story is a story of water,” Native American poet Natalie Diaz wrote in her stunning ode to her heritage, the language of the Earth, and the erasures of history.
We Are Water Protectors: An Illustrated Celebration of Nature, Native Heritage, and the Courage to Stand Up for Earth
If tax havens scare you, monopolies should too. And vice versa.
The article described how a small group of ideologues in Chicago from the 1970s popularised a harmful new story about monopolies and competition, which was so influential that it effectively de-fanged government protections and allowed a wave of corporate mergers and rising corporate power, first in the United States, then in Europe and beyond. We described the emergence in the past few years of a powerful new antimonopoly movement in the United States, wielding a vibrant new story that is now starting to overthrow the Chicago-school ideology of antitrust.
Unfortunately, this new story had not – and still has not – spread very far beyond the United States. Hopefully, this will soon start to change. This week, a new newsletter was launched, The Counterbalance, which notes:
“We first came together in late 2020 when Barry Lynn [a leading light of the new US antitrust movement] sent Michelle [Meagher, a competition lawyer} an article by Nick [Shaxson of TJN,] entitled “If tax havens scare you, monopolies should too. And vice versa,” calling for a new antimonopoly movement outside the United States. We recognised our shared interests, and began working together almost immediately.”
The Counterbalance is only a newsletter at this stage. The participants are setting up an organisation – The Balanced Economy Project – to tackle these enormous issues. It will have a global focus.
Now please read on – and if you like what you see, please subscribe.
Teenage Mistake My New Band Is. Teen Vogue idpol debacle.
Project Veritas Wins Victory Against New York Times In Defamation Action Jonathan Turley. The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable….
Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online Nature. “Our results challenge the popular claim that people value partisanship over accuracy, and provide evidence for scalable attention-based interventions that social media platforms could easily implement to counter misinformation online.” Certainly it would be better to do this than appoint a Reality Czar