TED: Tasso Azevedo: Hopeful lessons from the battle to save rainforests - Tasso Azevedo (2014)

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"Save the rainforest” is an environmental slogan as old as time — but Tasso Azevedo catches us up on how the fight is actually going these days. Spurred by the jaw-dropping losses of the 1990s, new laws (and transparent data) are helping slow the rate of deforestation in Brazil. Is it enough? Not yet. He has five ideas about what we should do next. And he asks if the lessons learned in Brazil could be applied to an even bigger problem: global climate change.

A channel partner’s checklist for moving to the cloud

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Nearly 95 percent of channel companies say the cloud solutions they currently offer clients are either mature or somewhat mature, according to CompTIA’s Fifth Annual Trends in Cloud Computing report. That’s a big change in just five years. In 2010, CompTIA found that only 1 in 10 channel firms had any involvement at all with selling or using cloud solutions.

TED: Fredy Peccerelli: A forensic anthropologist who brings closure for the “disappeared" - Fredy Peccerelli (2014)

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In Guatemala’s 36-year conflict, 200,000 civilians were killed — and more than 40,000 were never identified. Pioneering forensic anthropologist Fredy Peccerelli and his team use DNA, archeology and storytelling to help families find the bodies of their loved ones. It’s a sobering task, but it can bring peace of mind — and sometimes, justice.

Harvard Negotiation Law Review Symposium: “Restorative Justice: Theory Meets Application”

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PON is pleased to co-sponsor the 2015 Harvard Negotiation Law Review symposium:
Restorative Justice: Theory Meets Application
Saturday, February 28, 2015
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Austin Hall, Harvard Law School Campus
Free and open to the public. Registration is highly recommended.
 
The goal of the Symposium is to promote an exciting discussion about the potential to leverage ADR practices and frameworks in restorative justice initiatives,

China Arrests Men For Tunneling Into iPhone 6 Warehouse (AAPL)

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More iPhones are now being sold in China than anywhere else on Earth. But instead of lining up to buy iPhones at the Apple store, three men in Beijing took quite a different approach. Police said Wednesday they had arrested three men for digging a tunnel into a Beijing warehouse and stealing 240 iPhone 6 handsets, state-run Xinhua News reported Wednesday. The phones were collectively valued at 1.4 million yuan, or about $228,496.  According to Xinhua, one suspect, whose last name is Chang, knew the warehouse because he used to be a driver for the logistics company that owned the building.

Internet of Things comes to beer brewing

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The Internet is adding a bit of hop to the art of beer crafting with a new appliance that can not only brew the alcoholic beverage, but also tap online resources and services, and be controlled via a web browser.At this year’s International CES show, almost everything on display, from dog collars to pots for house plants, has evolved into a smart device. And so is equipment that can brew beer.Meet PicoBrew Zymatic, which is marketed as the world’s first fully automatic all-grain brewing appliance.

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