Is China the Next Global Challenger to the U.S.?

 Thursday, August 12, 2010 – 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET

Not a week goes by without media reports on suspected Chinese espionage occurring in the United States. It is therefore no surprise that China has been labeled the top intelligence threat to the U.S. by the intelligence community and is expected by many to be the next global rival to the U.S. 

Join our expert guest speaker William Tucker, on behalf of American Military University (AMU), for his take on these special topics:

• China’s intelligence community and its dynamics
• Political issues that influence the intelligence community’s behavior
• What drives the nation’s intelligence efforts
• Methods of intelligence collection
• Case studies
• China as a global challenger to the U.S.

Explaining why China is so aggressive in intelligence collection and the methods used will help all levels of government and private enterprise to protect their products and U.S. national security.

Register now to reserve your spot at this special online event.

Being that it’s summertime, I decided it was a great opportunity to talk about books, and the best way to find what you’re looking for.

Something you can bring with you to the beach, camping, or on the deck in your backyard. A companion that can take you from one country to another, or explain the latest in scientific discoveries. Books, and reading, are great to have around and share with friends. If you don’t have a book or two to read this summer, you should.

Haven’t found what you’re looking for? Sometimes finding the right book can be like looking for the perfect bathing suit, it’s nice but doesn’t fit just right. Well I’ve found a solution to help end any tedious beach book search, GoodReads.com. This site finds books for you! Not only that, you can connect with other “friends” on the site that suggest their favorites. Once you sign up you can get e-mail alerts based on your preferences, as well as comments to book reviews you may have posted. It doesn’t stop there…you also have the option to swap books with another member on the site, and you can join reading groups; something to make the reading experience more interactive and not a solo act.

Sign up at goodreads.com today to start your reading journey this summer. There’s a book for everyone out there, you just need the right site to find it.

- J. Mason

Studying is tough enough by itself. Studying over the loud conversation of others or amidst the screams of your children can often be next to impossible. Obviously, the best advice for dealing with distractions while studying is to find a way to be alone in a quiet place. Because this ideal situation is sometime impossible to achieve, you need some tools to help you tune out noise and tune into your studies.

The best way to deal with distractions while studying is to embrace the distraction. Have you ever walked into a room and smelled an offensive odor, only to forget about that odor a few minutes later? Somehow, our senses can get used to many different environments if we let them. As soon as you become annoyed with the music that’s playing in the coffee shop, you won’t be able to concentrate on anything else. If you tell yourself that the music is perfectly lovely, you may be able to forget about it entirely. The same goes with your kids playing in the other room. If you take their squeals in stride, thus embracing the din as the environment you’re stuck with, it’s entirely possible that you’ll forget about the noise after studying for a few minutes.

(source: WorldWideLearn.com)

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Research is important in many career fields and certainly for college degree programs, where students are accustomed to online research. While information from the “Open Web” is immeasurable, most of the Internet’s information is not available there.  Most of it, in fact, is buried within the Web and difficult to find.

Research from the Deep Web — also called the Hidden Web and the Invisible Web — is essential for most courses today.

“The Web is revolutionizing scholarly research, yet can be a confusing place for beginning and even established researchers,” says Fred Stielow, Ph.D., M.L.S. Stielow is vice president of libraries at the online school(s) American Public University and American Military University.

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