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Nov 17 NSSI Meeting: Occupy Everywhere & Use of Social Media -- U.S. Resilience System Considerations

Sun, 2011-11-06 10:34 — mdmcdonald

Social Media and Governance in Times of Transition

Symposium Series

Focus of the November 17 Meeting:

10 AM to noon: Social Media Use in Occupy Wall Street

noon to 1 PM: Jenny’s Asian Fusion for Lunch

1 PM to 4 PM: Web 3.0 Intelligent Social Networks & U.S. Resilience Systems

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iPad Pilot Safety Alert

Mon, 2011-10-24 23:59 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Rickey L. Hampton - flyingmag.com - October 20, 2011

The release by Apple of a new operating system for the iPad, iOS 5, has raised concerns among aviation app providers that pilots’ iPads might lose charts or even entire applications without the user’s knowledge.

The issue has to do with Apple’s decision to let the new operating system delete files at its discretion if it were to run low on space. In a worst-case scenario, a pilot might add a video or download a new app only to have the new operating system delete charts from the application database. When the pilot tried to pull up the chart to fly an approach, it would simply not be there.

This is only a concern for pilots if their iPad is running low on storage space. As you probably know, different models of iPad have different amounts of drive space on them, which is used for storing files used for applications and data, which can include music, videos and photographs. According to an iPad expert from Apple, who spoke with us on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak on the subject, there is no way at this time for users to safeguard certain apps. The issue affects all apps, not just aviation ones.

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Here Are Occupy Wall Street's Plans For A National Convention That Could Change The Face Of America

Thu, 2011-10-20 22:21 — admin

(Photo - Daniel Goodman / Business Insider)

Business Insider / Linette Lopez / October 14, 2011

It's in the works. A massive Occupy Wall Street gathering with delegates from all over the country. And if these plans are carried out, Occupy Wall Street will be a major force to be reckoned with on Election Day 2012.

The date? July 4, 2012.

Put aside questions of whether or not the movement will survive that long. Imagine that they do, because they have no doubt.

If only our economy had that kind of confidence.

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The Power of the Strategic 21st Century Librarian - Methods for Engaging the Full Power of Knowledge Science for Resilience

Thu, 2011-10-20 15:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Resiliency Networks - October 20,
In the context of increasing real-time information abundance, librarians face new opportunities to contribute to a more resilient public health by applying long-held skills and values to social media content and intelligent social networks.

Join your colleagues on Thursday, October 20, 2011 from 5:00 to 6:30 (Eastern) for a very informative presentation and a lively discussion that is being cosponsored by DUSLA where Dr. Michael D. McDonald will engage in a discourse as to how the strategically oriented librarian can invest a new dimension of power and responsibility in their professional role by contributing to the management of this new information sharing environment in the prevention and management of large-scale social crises (e.g., disease outbreaks, terrorism, natural disasters, economic and social discontinuities) at the global, national, regional, and local levels.
Attend virtually via webcast or access recording: Registration - Simulcast Webinar http://www.icebrrg.com/Public/ViewForm.aspx?formID=76478

Simulcast Webinar Link http://bit.ly/DUSLAtalk

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Crowdsourcing Democracy Through Social Media

Sun, 2011-10-16 00:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Tim Siftar

Georgia Tech

ATLANTA – Oct. 11, 2011 – Today the citizens of Liberia will participate in just their second presidential election since the country emerged from a brutal civil war in 2003, and in such an environment the specter of violence or other unrest is never far away. But what if social media, a Georgia Tech professor is asking, could identify and even help prevent dangerous situations from occurring?

When nearly 40 million Nigerians took to the polls last April to elect a new president, many of them went online to share comments about their chosen candidates on blogs, Twitter or other social media platforms. They also used these new media tools to report what they saw. “Listening” to much of it was Georgia Tech Associate Professor Michael Best, which just might have saved a few lives.

During the election, Best provided technical support for a Nigerian group that wanted to use social media as a means for tracking the election process and identifying any problems that cropped up. Best and his team of researchers designed a social media aggregator tool that could pull content from about 20 different sources (including Twitter) and analyze the data in real time using keywords.

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The Next Five Years in Health IT: ONC's Plan for the Future

Wed, 2011-10-12 22:24 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Helen R. Pfister and Susan R. Ingargiola, Manatt Health Solutions - ihealthbeat.org - October 11, 2011

On Sept. 12, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released an updated strategic plan for implementing a nationwide health information network. The Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2011-2015 sets forth activities to improve health care through use of health IT tools.

Below is an overview of the Strategic Plan and some of the federal government's newest initiatives, including the Query Health initiative, the electronic health record data segmentation initiative and various initiatives to drive consumer engagement in health care, such as the recent proposed regulation affording individuals direct access to laboratory results.

Strategic Plan Background

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Experts to Discuss National Healthcare and the Role of IT - Oct 6th

Thu, 2011-09-29 23:39 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Leverage IT for Effective Government Healthcare Programs

FEDERAL EXECUTIVE
BRIEFING

Thursday, October 6

7:30 - 8:30am
Registration, Networking Breakfast & Book Signing

8:30 - 11:00am
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The Willard Hotel
1401 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC 20004

In 2010, legislation changed how American citizens, service providers, insurers, and Federal, state and local governments approach national healthcare. Join Federal Computer Week for this free Federal Executive Briefing on October 6 to discuss the direct implications of these nationwide changes for citizens, businesses and public sector organizations.

There is no doubt that strategic application of information technology has a pivotal role in decreasing operating costs, improving quality of service, and retaining reliable patient, doctor, and insurance information. Following David Walker’s Keynote address hear subject matter experts discuss relevant technologies that directly support more effective Government Health IT programs.

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IT and Information Sharing Environments for Community Health Resilience

Thu, 2011-09-29 09:44 — mdmcdonald

Information Technology (IT) and Information Sharing Environments (ISEs) are crucial to the evolution of community health resilience. Most people working to improve community health resilience do not understand the nuances of Information Sharing Environments, and how the rapid shifts in IT, mobile devices, social media, cloud computing, peer to peer parallel processing, smart grids, and the linking of millions of people, mobile devices, computers, and sensors are creating a societal mind, which is transforming community health resilience and the health and human security of Americans.

If you have thoughts on these topics, please comment within this collaboratory thread.

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Supercomputer Predicts Revolution

Wed, 2011-09-14 10:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

BBC - September 9, 2011

Sentiment mining showed a sharp change in tone around Egypt ahead of President Mubarak's ousting

Feeding a supercomputer with news stories could help predict major world events, according to US research.

A study, based on millions of articles, charted deteriorating national sentiment ahead of the recent revolutions in Libya and Egypt.

While the analysis was carried out retrospectively, scientists say the same processes could be used to anticipate upcoming conflict.

The system also picked up early clues about Osama Bin Laden's location.

Kalev Leetaru, from the University of Illinois' Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts and Social Science, presented his findings in the journal First Monday.

Mood and location

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