Data Governance – Page 7 – Insight Sciences

33% of seafood is mislabeled in NYC

December 24, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy, Systems Science

Study Finds A Third Of NYC’s Seafood Is Mislabeled, Posing Health Risks
Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com

(J Dailey)It isn’t just Los Angeles that is having a problem with mislabeled fish — a new study that tested seafood on menus, at grocery stores and in fancy specialty shops in New York City says plenty of the fish offerings there are frequently…

RT @consumerist: Study Finds A Third Of NYC’s Seafood Is Mislabeled, Posing Health Risks – http://flip.it/KRRLJ http://flip.it/QybzL

Widespread seafood fraud in the U.S. (lasesana.wordpress.com)
59% of the “Tuna” Americans eat is not Tuna (seeker401.wordpress.com)
Mislabelled fish slip into Europe’s menus (bbc.co.uk)

Mitt’s son says he was not up for the job

December 23, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management

Mitt’s Son Says He Never Wanted to be President Anyway
Connor Simpson, theatlanticwire.com

If you thought the tale of how Mitt Romney lost the general election was already told, you would be wrong. Because there is so much left to tell, like how Mitt never wanted to be President anyway.

At least, that’s what Tagg Romney says …

RT @TheAtlanticWire: Mitt’s Son Says He Never Wanted to be President Anyway http://flip.it/TvMCh http://flip.it/4qmA1

Be a kitchen wizard with the Power Mitt (destructoid.com)
Mitt Romney takes post-campaign role at son’s investment firm (reuters.com)

Why military weapons don’t belong in our communities

December 23, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

Obama: `Weapon of War’ Has No Place in American Communities
Bloomberg By The Numbers » 15.5 How many points the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort index rose in the past 17 weeks., bloomberg.com

Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty Images

A “weapon of war” — President Barack Obama’s term today for the semi-automatic assault rifle used in the slaying of schoolchildren and educators in Newtown, Connecticut, a weapon that he is urg…

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US probe chemical weapon use in Syria (bigpondnews.com)
Guantanamo Hunger Strike Will Cause Multiple Deaths, Says Military’s Muslim Adviser (huffingtonpost.com)
Pentagon Seeks $220 Million for Israel’s Iron Dome System – Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)

Gun deaths set to surpass traffic deaths soon

December 23, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

American Gun Deaths to Exceed Traffic Fatalities by 2015
By Chris Christoff & Ilan Kolet -, bloomberg.com

Guns and cars have long been among the leading causes of non-medical deaths in the U.S. By 2015, firearm fatalities will probably exceed traffic fatalities for the first time, based on data compiled by Bloomberg.

While motor-vehicle…

RT @esmedeprez: By 2015, firearm fatalities will likely exceed traffic fatalities for the
first time: http://flip.it/Yjgm3 #Newtown http://flip.it/mLz3O

Guns Kill More People Than Car Accidents In 14 US States (democraticunderground.com)
States With Most Gun Laws Have Fewest Firearm Deaths, Study Says (bloomberg.com)
Claire McCarthy, M.D.: Do More Gun Laws Lead to Fewer Gun Deaths? (huffingtonpost.com)

Intelligence agencies use iPhones and iPads–in top secret mode

December 22, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Security & Privacy

How America’s Spies Use iPhones And iPads
By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com

Deep inside the NSA guidelines for iOS, warnings about “juice-jacking,” “hot mikes,” and requirements to cover iPad cameras with tape.

Years ago, when spooks and government employees needed a secure smartphone, they turned to Research in…

RT @nealunger: iSpy: Inside the #NSA’s best practices for secure iPhone and iPad use. Can your organization use them? http://flip.it/zZkr6 #tech http://flip.it/W5wU9

Facebook 6.0 for iPad and iPhone: hands-on with Chat Heads, stickers, and more (theverge.com)
Studies: iPad, iOS growing US ad spend share, usage in North America (electronista.com)
How to quickly access your browsing history in Safari for iPhone or iPad (imore.com)

Visualize the management team’s mutations

December 22, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Design UX, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Infographic: Watch A Company’s Management Team Mutate Over 4 Years
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com

What would your corporate structure look like if you tracked every employee, manager, and department over years? Maybe a lot like this.

Unless you’re self-employed, we’re all cogs in a larger machine. The problem can be, how do you track that…

RT @FastCompany: Via @FastCoDesign, Infographic: Watch A Company’s Management Team Mutate http://flip.it/qsrDX http://flip.it/Xw4V3

REI Oklahoma announces reaffirmation of senior management team (edmondsun.com)
Ask LH: How Can I Manage An IT Team? (lifehacker.com.au)

Talented workers bring their own devices

December 22, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Data Governance, Digital health, Ethnographic Methods, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

Worried Workers: BYOD Or You’re SOL [Infographic]
Brian Proffitt, readwrite.com

It is a common perception around the world that Americans, by and large, have problems relaxing. We don’t take what little vacations we do get and increasingly use technology to blur the line between work and home life. But a new study shows that…

RT @RWW: A new study suggests emerging markets may be better practitioners of bring your own device (BYOD) than mature markets. http://flip.it/6Aej9 http://flip.it/hJ4Fo

BYOD Roundup: Lots of “Bring Your Own Device” Stats (globalnerdy.com)
BYOD Taking Over Business, but Security Issues Persist (eweek.com)
BYOD By The Numbers [Infographic] (readwrite.com)
Shedding Light on Growing BYOD Trend – Bringing Your Own Device to Work (business2community.com)
Working in 2016: 35pc of workers will no longer see work as a destination (siliconrepublic.com)
The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Party (visual.ly)

Obama knew you’d vote: social science

December 20, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Design UX, Digital health, Knowledge Management

How Obama Knew How You’d Vote, Even Before You Did
Dan Rowinski, readwrite.com

Imaging you were a political analyst who time traveled from 1990s to November 5, 2012. A quick look at the national polls for the presidential election, you would probably have thought that Republican nominee Mitt Romney had a pretty good shot at…

RT @RWW: How Obama Knew How You’d Vote, Even Before You Did by @Dan_Rowinski http://flip.it/MPnoS http://flip.it/9egJP

Mitt Romney tells Fox ‘real mistake’ of campaign was disconnect with minorities (guardian.co.uk)

How Cultural Cognition Can Inform the Gun Conversation

December 20, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

discovermagazine.com

Like the debate on climate change and other societally important issues caught in the maw of our culture wars, the discourse on guns and violence has had a depressing, unchanging quality. Here’s President Obama two years ago: You see, when a trage…

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How Cultural Cognition Can Inform the Gun Conversation

Climate Change as Culture War (climatepeopleorg.wordpress.com)
From The Frontiers Of Cognitive Science: Big Data Meets Tiny Baby (blogs.sap.com)
Is Open Source the Solution to Global Warming? (shareable.net)

Patent trolls own Sony IP

December 19, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

Jury finds iPhone infringes Nokia, Sony patents owned by “troll”
Joe Mullin, arstechnica.com

Flickr user Jesus LeonWhen MobileMedia Ideas formed in 2010, it was probably the biggest sign yet that the idea of “patent-trolling” had gone corporate. The company exists solely to get licensing fees from essentially the entire cell phone…

RT @arstechnica: Jury finds iPhone infringes Nokia, Sony patents owned by “troll” http://flip.it/MxnYl by @joemullin http://flip.it/Ju2wC

New startup looks to kill off patent trolls (bgr.com)
Feds may use subpoena powers to study patent trolls (arstechnica.com)

The purpose of biotech regulation is to avoid growing bone in your eye

December 19, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Unproven Stem-Cell Cosmetic Treatments Can Grow Bones In Your Eyes
By Paul Adams, popsci.com

New cosmetic creams and therapies that make use of stem cells carry bizarre, gruesome risks.

A woman in Los Angeles went to her doctor with pain and clicking in her eyelid, following a cosmetic procedure a few months earlier. The…

Unproven Stem-Cell Cosmetic Treatments Can Grow Bones In Your Eyes http://flip.it/mVhLj http://flip.it/weMXp

The Biotech Frontier in Texas; Birdbrains & Adult Stem Cell Therapy (meganjrutherford.com)
Growing Bones By ‘Kicking’ Stem Cells Shows Medical Promise (natureworldnews.com)
“Nanokicking”: Scientists Develop Cheaper, Easier Way to Grow Bone From Stem Cells (counselheal.com)
What’s Next for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine? (scientificamerican.com)
Nanopatterning study pushes regenerative medicine another step forward (nanowerk.com)

Eco disaster redistributes tech to those in need

December 19, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Rogue Hurricane Sandy volunteers are redistributing wealth
By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk

Politics

New Yorkers weary of urban inequality have taken it upon themselves to pilfer equipment from luxury development sites in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and redistribute it to those in need. The group is operating…

RT @WiredUK: Rogue Hurricane Sandy volunteers are redistributing wealth: http://flip.it/hq54d by @liatclark http://flip.it/lLOO2

What Happened to Small Businesses Walloped by Hurricane Sandy? (businessweek.com)
Hurricanes, Typhoons and Floods: Recurring Disasters in 2012 (brookings.edu)
NY State Disaster Case Management Program: Hurricane Sandy (sandyreliefblog.wordpress.com)
Race, Class, and Disaster Gentrification (discardstudies.wordpress.com)

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