Sorry friends, I'm a bit busy studying for my Certified Public Accountant exam so I don't have a review prepared for this book at this time. Please check back in the near future. I hope I'll remember what this book was about!
3Angels Livable Communities Initiative
Boosting living standards and intellectual development to unlock eternal decision-making
VISION 2025
On February 27, 2015, 3AngelsLCI launched its VISION 2025 in commemoration of Ellen G. White's new strategy she visioned on February 27, 1910. As the 105-year anniversary of that new strategy, February 27 became the key date to launch the VISION 2025 which aims to bring that new strategy to life.
Centers of Influence
Centers of Influence are one part of the Ellen G. White's twin-model strategy of community development and humanitarian endeavors for reaching all cities, towns and villages worldwide. These pictures shows a center of influence in development in Phoenix, AZ.
Outpost Centers
Outpost Centers are the other part of Ellen G. White's twin-model strategy. The services at the Outpost Centers and Centers of Influence are to complement each other.
Community-based Agriculture
This Hub of Influence is demonstrating how home-based agriculture, a key component of Ellen G. White's strategy, can still be implemented within a city, even a desert-city like Phoenix, AZ. Home-based agriculture has various benefits to community well-being including economic empowerment, healthy exercise, access of sunlight and fresh air, environmental conservation, food security, etc.
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Aug 12, 2012
Catastrophe: Risk and Response (2004) by Richard A. Posner
Sorry friends, I'm a bit busy studying for my Certified Public Accountant exam so I don't have a review prepared for this book at this time. Please check back in the near future. I hope I'll remember what this book was about!
May 15, 2012
Urban America: US Cities in the Global Economy (2012) by McKinsey Global Institute
- Large US cities will contribute more than 10% of global GDP by 2025.
- 80% of the US population lives in large cities.
- Almost 85% of US GDP was generated by 259 large cities in 2010.
- The cities that attract and retain new residents have greater chance of growing their GDP. The report even mentions something as "simple" as possessing universities that attract foreign students to be a benefit to GDP growth.
- Tokyo is projected to retain its position as the largest city by both GDP and population. The current largest cities by GDP are as follows (from largest to smallest): Tokyo (Japan), New York (US), Osaka (Japan), Paris (France), London (UK), Los Angeles (US).
- Atlanta, Georgia (the city in which I will be working) rose from being the 15th largest US city to 10th largest US city (GDP ranking). I like the fact that the median home price in Atlanta is $104,000 compared to the US city average of $110,000, San Jose's (California) median price of $397,000 or Washington, DC, median home price of $191,000. If I decide to buy a home in Atlanta it would be at a relatively cheaper price than most other comparable cities.
- Some global cities are creating strategic ways to grow their GDP. For example, Netherlands aims to attract 50 significant international businesses through the efforts of its Dutch Innovation Platform that brings together government, business leaders and other key players. France has an Ambassador for International Investment. Singapore and Ireland have agencies that attract foreign direct investment. Chicago's World Business Chicago is an organization that developed a program to produce a fact-based analysis of Chicago's strength and weaknesses, define strategies to respond to future trends, and engage a broad set of stakeholders to assist in Chicago's economic growth efforts.
- Raleigh, North Carolina (the city in which I just graduated with a Master in Accounting degree last Saturday) is considered a "gazelle." A gazelle is a top performing city that has had significant GDP and population growth "by building on [its] strong university and research presence in growing tech industries." Austin, Texas is another example of a gazelle city.
The report is very insightful to businesses and policymakers who are thinking about tapping into the power of cities to help reap opportunities and/or assist in economic growth and development.
Click here to read this McKinsey Global Institute report
Click here to read this McKinsey Global Institute report
Feb 5, 2012
Global Risks 2012 Report by the World Economic Forum's Risk Response Network
Pages: 64;
The World Economic Forum has published the seventh edition of the global risks report entitled the Global Risks 2012. It first features an insightful section that covers the cases which show the potential catastrophic events that could result because of the interconnectedness of the global risks. The three cases are:
- Seeds of Dystopia: This case highlights how societies worldwide could become chaotic as high unemployment rates among young people persist and as governments fail to maintain social provisions.
- How Safe are our Safeguards: Experts are concerned that our regulatory/governance systems will fail to manage today's complex systems including our financial and political systems.
- The Dark Side of Connectivity: Virtual hyperconnectivity creates enormous personal and organizational risks. Think of cyber attacks and the infamous/famous Wikileaks.
- Economic Risks: chronic fiscal imbalances, severe income disparity, prolonged infrastructure neglect.
- Environmental Risks: greenhouse gas emissions, persistent extreme weather, irremediable pollution.
- Geopolitical Risks: global governance failure, terrorism, critical fragile states.
- Societal Risks: unsustainable population growth, food shortage crises, backlash against globalization.
- Technological Risks: critical systems failure, cyber attacks, massive incident of fraud or theft.
Click here to read the Global Risks 2012 report: http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-risks-2012-seventh-edition.
Feb 3, 2012
Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters: The Perspective from the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi (2011) by The National Academies
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