July 2010

July 19, 2010

2010 Status of Russia

Russia is the focus country for Eastern Europe (which we covered last week). It is the largest country in the world, spanning all of Asia and nearly half of Europe, and is the world’s largest in terms of forest reserves, minerals, and energy resources. Its lakes contain nearly a quarter of the world’s fresh water. [...]

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July 14, 2010

How secularization leads to revival

Re-read recently, well worth noting: “The sect-church process concerns the fact that new religious bodies nearly always begin as sects and that, if they are successful in attracting a substantial following, they will, over time, almost inevitably be gradually transformed into churches. That is, successful religious movements nearly always shift their emphasis toward this world [...]

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July 12, 2010

2010 Status of Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe (Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine) has one of the largest landmasses of any region in the world. Russia is the largest country in the world, and Ukraine is the second largest in Europe. The region is rich in resources, with farmland, timber, oil and rare metals. It [...]

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July 9, 2010

Step by Step to Crossing Cultures

Most people don’t just leap directly into going overseas to live the rest of their lives in a foreign culture. They start with little stepping stones. You can take these steps intentionally, or you can help someone else do it, much like you would help a little child put their toe into the water, and [...]

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July 8, 2010

Gawkers: I’m okay

We love to gawk. Especially at things that have gone wrong. I think we like to gawk at terrible things because we can thump our chest and say “see, I’m okay. I’m not as bad off as that guy.” When we read about awesome things, awe inspiring things, thumping our chest and saying “I’m okay” [...]

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July 7, 2010

Drive Journal: Unleash your Vision

The first element of swarming is to identify and unleash the passion of your vision. In this journal, I track various articles related both to vision and execution. Seth Godin: Moving the line (the power of a zealot). Most of us don’t live on the extremes: we live in the middle. Zealots don’t move us [...]

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July 6, 2010

Technology Journal: July 2010

0. General Everything you ever need to know by John Naughton in the Guardian is a long but thoughtful analysis of the impact of the Internet. Growth of the Internet from 1998 to 2008 [INFOGRAPHIC] Undersea Cable Set To Boost West Africa Broadband (Epicenter) 1. Translation The Mojofiti social networking website uses real-time machine translation [...]

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July 5, 2010

Trends Journal: July 2010

Global urbanization The world’s megacities are merging into megaregions stretching hundreds of kilometers, home to more than 100 million people (Guardian). Cities are gaining an average of 5 million new residents every month, and within two decades nearly 60% of the world’s population will be urban dwellers. Demography of China It’s no surprise, then, that [...]

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July 4, 2010

Statistical Journal: July 2010

Mobile phones worldwide Total cell phone subscribers, 2010: 5 billion Total mobile broadband subscribers, 2010: 1 billion Total mobile broadband subscribers, 2009: 600 million Source: International Telecommunications Union As more and more people are using cell phones for communications, banking and even Internet access, we will need to modify websites and evangelistic material to be [...]

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July 2, 2010

The solution is not to get “prayed up.”

Ever hear this: “Are you prayed up enough?” Or “I’m just not prayed up.” Or “we need to get prayed up.” Unfortunately we often say this in a way that suggests if we were “prayed up” enough, then everything would be okay. “Get prayed up,” wrote one blog I came across, “and good things will [...]

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