The document discusses the Dougherty County School System's (DCSS) plan to replace its current time and attendance system, Novatime 3000, which is reaching end-of-life. It outlines requirements for a new web-based, hosted solution that integrates with DCSS's payroll, HR and financial systems. Key requirements include replacing time clocks, providing substitute tracking, and ongoing support. The vendor will manage the project, provide training, and ensure a smooth migration from the old to new system.
Social media use and the #25jan Egyptian uprising (ECREA 2012, Istanbul)Peter Kerkhof
Previous studies have shown that social media use among participants in the 25 January Egyptian uprising was high and that protesters indicate that social media were important in their decision to join the protests (Tufekci & Wilson, 2012; Wilson & Dunn, 2011). Other studies suggest that the attitudes toward the regime and toward democracy in general prior to the uprising were no different from non-users (Norris, 2012). So far, no direct comparison has been made between protesters and a equivalent group of non-protesters in terms of their social media use. In this paper, we use data that have been gathered by Vote Compass Egypt, an online voting tool, to compare protesters and non-protesters in how important they rate different sources of political information. The results show that participants in the 25 January uprising rely more on Facebook and Twitter to get political information, and less on mass media (radio and TV). The association between protest participation and social media use is mediated by higher optimism about the future of the country, more democratic attitudes and less trust in government. Use of mass media is associated with less protest participation through more trust in government.
The document discusses the Dougherty County School System's (DCSS) plan to replace its current time and attendance system, Novatime 3000, which is reaching end-of-life. It outlines requirements for a new web-based, hosted solution that integrates with DCSS's payroll, HR and financial systems. Key requirements include replacing time clocks, providing substitute tracking, and ongoing support. The vendor will manage the project, provide training, and ensure a smooth migration from the old to new system.
Social media use and the #25jan Egyptian uprising (ECREA 2012, Istanbul)Peter Kerkhof
Previous studies have shown that social media use among participants in the 25 January Egyptian uprising was high and that protesters indicate that social media were important in their decision to join the protests (Tufekci & Wilson, 2012; Wilson & Dunn, 2011). Other studies suggest that the attitudes toward the regime and toward democracy in general prior to the uprising were no different from non-users (Norris, 2012). So far, no direct comparison has been made between protesters and a equivalent group of non-protesters in terms of their social media use. In this paper, we use data that have been gathered by Vote Compass Egypt, an online voting tool, to compare protesters and non-protesters in how important they rate different sources of political information. The results show that participants in the 25 January uprising rely more on Facebook and Twitter to get political information, and less on mass media (radio and TV). The association between protest participation and social media use is mediated by higher optimism about the future of the country, more democratic attitudes and less trust in government. Use of mass media is associated with less protest participation through more trust in government.
The document is a collection of pages containing copyright notices and brief passages of text related to research methods and data standards. Key topics discussed include understanding human motivations and context, components of a research plan, ethnography as a research method, Dublin Core and microformats as data standards, and data manipulation and modeling. However, most of the document consists of repeated copyright notices with no substantial content.
Automatic Patch Generation Learned from Human-Written PatchesDongsun Kim
The document describes how the GenProg automated program repair system was able to generate a human-written patch to fix a bug in the Interpreter.java program. The bug caused a null pointer exception. GenProg used genetic programming and mutation techniques to generate a patch that removed one line of code from a for loop. This patch was found to pass all test cases, providing a viable fix for the bug. The document questions whether such an automatically generated patch would be accepted by human programmers.
1. The document analyzes the efficacy of the African Union (AU) in peacemaking and peacekeeping efforts in Darfur and Western Sahara by evaluating them financially, politically, and socio-culturally.
2. In Darfur, the AU faces financial impediments like underfunding and understaffing as well as political impediments from the Sudanese government. Socio-cultural cleavages between ethnic groups also hamper peace efforts.
3. In Western Sahara, the AU struggles with financial issues and making political decisions that undermine its objectivity. A referendum on self-determination has also been continuously postponed due to socio-cultural issues around voter registration.
The document discusses complex adaptive systems and chaos theory. It notes that complex adaptive systems consist of interacting agents that self-organize and their dynamic interactions can result in emergent behaviors. Their behaviors may seem unpredictable as patterns can appear and disappear suddenly, but there is still an underlying order that is difficult to describe simply. Chaos theory also describes systems that are deterministic but unpredictable in practice, following rules but appearing random in their evolution over time. Punctuated equilibrium and bifurcations are discussed as features of systems at the "edge of chaos".
RCM MD is an end-to-end revenue cycle management company that provides comprehensive solutions and services to reduce costs and increase profits for healthcare providers. Their team of certified medical coders and experienced billing professionals work to submit clean claims faster and accurately post payments while following up on denials. RCM MD aims to improve cash flow and collection ratios for clients by outsourcing non-core functions and offering a customizable, cost-effective solution.
The First 2 Steps to the Epiphany: Customer Discovery, Customer Validation an...Jason Evanish
An outline of the key parts of the first two steps of Steve Blank's Four Steps to the Epiphany as well as how to do customer development interviews.
I'm writing a book on How to Build Customer Driven Products based on tactics like the ones in this presentation. You can sign up to learn more here: http://eepurl.com/RZoO9
The document is a collection of pages containing copyright notices and brief passages of text related to research methods and data standards. Key topics discussed include understanding human motivations and context, components of a research plan, ethnography as a research method, Dublin Core and microformats as data standards, and data manipulation and modeling. However, most of the document consists of repeated copyright notices with no substantial content.
Automatic Patch Generation Learned from Human-Written PatchesDongsun Kim
The document describes how the GenProg automated program repair system was able to generate a human-written patch to fix a bug in the Interpreter.java program. The bug caused a null pointer exception. GenProg used genetic programming and mutation techniques to generate a patch that removed one line of code from a for loop. This patch was found to pass all test cases, providing a viable fix for the bug. The document questions whether such an automatically generated patch would be accepted by human programmers.
1. The document analyzes the efficacy of the African Union (AU) in peacemaking and peacekeeping efforts in Darfur and Western Sahara by evaluating them financially, politically, and socio-culturally.
2. In Darfur, the AU faces financial impediments like underfunding and understaffing as well as political impediments from the Sudanese government. Socio-cultural cleavages between ethnic groups also hamper peace efforts.
3. In Western Sahara, the AU struggles with financial issues and making political decisions that undermine its objectivity. A referendum on self-determination has also been continuously postponed due to socio-cultural issues around voter registration.
The document discusses complex adaptive systems and chaos theory. It notes that complex adaptive systems consist of interacting agents that self-organize and their dynamic interactions can result in emergent behaviors. Their behaviors may seem unpredictable as patterns can appear and disappear suddenly, but there is still an underlying order that is difficult to describe simply. Chaos theory also describes systems that are deterministic but unpredictable in practice, following rules but appearing random in their evolution over time. Punctuated equilibrium and bifurcations are discussed as features of systems at the "edge of chaos".
RCM MD is an end-to-end revenue cycle management company that provides comprehensive solutions and services to reduce costs and increase profits for healthcare providers. Their team of certified medical coders and experienced billing professionals work to submit clean claims faster and accurately post payments while following up on denials. RCM MD aims to improve cash flow and collection ratios for clients by outsourcing non-core functions and offering a customizable, cost-effective solution.
The First 2 Steps to the Epiphany: Customer Discovery, Customer Validation an...Jason Evanish
An outline of the key parts of the first two steps of Steve Blank's Four Steps to the Epiphany as well as how to do customer development interviews.
I'm writing a book on How to Build Customer Driven Products based on tactics like the ones in this presentation. You can sign up to learn more here: http://eepurl.com/RZoO9
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