Evaluating Internet Research Sources: Evaluating Information: The Tests of Information Quality
"You may have heard that 'knowledge is power,' or that information, the raw material of knowledge, is power. But the truth is that only some information is power: reliable information. Information serves as the basis for beliefs, decisions, choices, and understanding our world. If we make a decision based on wrong or unreliable information, we do not have power--we have defeat. If we eat something harmful that we believe to be safe, we can become ill; if we avoid something good that we believe to be harmful, we have needlessly restricted the enjoyment of our lives. The same thing applies to every decision to travel, purchase, or act, and every attempt to understand."
Robert Harris Version Date: June 15, 2007 (recd from fellow IACA member)
Friday, January 30
Wednesday, January 28
Pacific Shipper Online -- Napolitano refocuses security efforts
Pacific Shipper Online -- Napolitano refocuses security efforts: "In my view — from a prevention and protection stand point, not just aviation, but surface transportation — that is a work in progress,” Napolitano said during her Jan. 15 confirmation hearing. “We haven’t done as much there as we have done on the aviation” side."
US Muslims hopeful but wary of status under Obama
US Muslims hopeful but wary of status under Obama: "The FBI is among the law enforcement agencies that attend the Islamic Society conventions to recruit Arabic speakers.
Thomas Nicpon, assistant special agent in charge in the FBI's New York intelligence division, said deciding which Muslim groups to work with is a 'difficult question' since within many groups, members may differ widely in their outlook. But he said the FBI 'tries to vet it out' before working with a Muslim organization — or any community group.
'The overwhelming majority of American Muslims are loyal, patriotic Americans who obviously are very upset by and very concerned about what happened on 9-11,' said Nicpon, who leads the FBI's New York outreach to Muslims. 'They're generally a lot more well-integrated in society than they perhaps are in London or Britain in general. They identify a lot more with America and American culture.'"
Thomas Nicpon, assistant special agent in charge in the FBI's New York intelligence division, said deciding which Muslim groups to work with is a 'difficult question' since within many groups, members may differ widely in their outlook. But he said the FBI 'tries to vet it out' before working with a Muslim organization — or any community group.
'The overwhelming majority of American Muslims are loyal, patriotic Americans who obviously are very upset by and very concerned about what happened on 9-11,' said Nicpon, who leads the FBI's New York outreach to Muslims. 'They're generally a lot more well-integrated in society than they perhaps are in London or Britain in general. They identify a lot more with America and American culture.'"
Monday, January 26
Critical Infrastructures
Agriculture
Aviation
Bridges & Tunnels
Cyber
Dams
Drinking Water
Energy
Food Manufacturing
Hazardous Waste
Navigable Waterways
Parks and Recreation
Ports
Rail
Roads
Schools
Security
Solid Waste
Transit
Wastewater
Aviation
Bridges & Tunnels
Cyber
Dams
Drinking Water
Energy
Food Manufacturing
Hazardous Waste
Navigable Waterways
Parks and Recreation
Ports
Rail
Roads
Schools
Security
Solid Waste
Transit
Wastewater
Cybercrime's global reach affects us all
New York
It's hard to imagine a safer place than the International Conference on Cybersecurity, held earlier this month at Fordham University in New York City.
A New York Police Department mobile command post bus was parked outside; uniformed officers searched every bag of every participant; and serious-looking FBI agents sporting earpieces guarded the doors to the sessions. A hilarious side effect was that almost nobody tried to break the "no food or drinks" rule in the auditorium. Sneaking in a shot of joe just didn't seem worth tangling with a beefy Fed. I got stopped just because my conference badge had flipped around the wrong way.
Anyway, nobody needed coffee to stay awake, as speaker after speaker revealed new and frightening facts about the global reach of cybercrime.
This event marked the first such collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a university, driven by a growing awareness of the serious threats to business, military, and even personal computers in North America.
Shawn Henry, Assistant Director of the FBI's cyber division, said the U.S. government now considers cybercrime the most critical threat "after a weapon of mass destruction in one of our cities.
To emphasize this commitment, 22 federal departments and agencies have been told to work together on a comprehensive national cybersecurity initiative, some of whose details remain classified.
Sandra Sanar-Johnson, senior executive at the spooky U.S. National Security Agency, described cyberwarfare attacks against government and business computers in Estonia, and more recently in Georgia, as well as cyberfrauds such as a phishing scheme in Romania that just saw 40 people arrested. read the full article at http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/19288.cfm
It's hard to imagine a safer place than the International Conference on Cybersecurity, held earlier this month at Fordham University in New York City.
A New York Police Department mobile command post bus was parked outside; uniformed officers searched every bag of every participant; and serious-looking FBI agents sporting earpieces guarded the doors to the sessions. A hilarious side effect was that almost nobody tried to break the "no food or drinks" rule in the auditorium. Sneaking in a shot of joe just didn't seem worth tangling with a beefy Fed. I got stopped just because my conference badge had flipped around the wrong way.
Anyway, nobody needed coffee to stay awake, as speaker after speaker revealed new and frightening facts about the global reach of cybercrime.
This event marked the first such collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a university, driven by a growing awareness of the serious threats to business, military, and even personal computers in North America.
Shawn Henry, Assistant Director of the FBI's cyber division, said the U.S. government now considers cybercrime the most critical threat "after a weapon of mass destruction in one of our cities.
To emphasize this commitment, 22 federal departments and agencies have been told to work together on a comprehensive national cybersecurity initiative, some of whose details remain classified.
Sandra Sanar-Johnson, senior executive at the spooky U.S. National Security Agency, described cyberwarfare attacks against government and business computers in Estonia, and more recently in Georgia, as well as cyberfrauds such as a phishing scheme in Romania that just saw 40 people arrested. read the full article at http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/19288.cfm
Sunday, January 25
Dial-a-recall? Stores use cards to warn buyers - Food safety- msnbc.com
Dial-a-recall? Stores use cards to warn buyers - Food safety- msnbc.com: "1 million calls to Costco customers
About 1 million of Costco’s 54 million card-carrying members got calls about peanut butter products this week, said Craig Wilson, assistant vice president of food safety for the Issaquah, Wa., company.
And in the Northeast, the Wegmans regional grocery store chain completed more than 17,000 calls about potentially tainted ice cream on Tuesday, and nearly 3,000 calls about suspect peanut butter cup candy on Thursday, all to holders of the store’s “Shoppers Club” cards who bought the affected items, according to a spokeswoman.
“It was really amazing that so many customers had no idea about the recall,” said Jeanne Colleluori, of the Rochester, N.Y.-based chain."
About 1 million of Costco’s 54 million card-carrying members got calls about peanut butter products this week, said Craig Wilson, assistant vice president of food safety for the Issaquah, Wa., company.
And in the Northeast, the Wegmans regional grocery store chain completed more than 17,000 calls about potentially tainted ice cream on Tuesday, and nearly 3,000 calls about suspect peanut butter cup candy on Thursday, all to holders of the store’s “Shoppers Club” cards who bought the affected items, according to a spokeswoman.
“It was really amazing that so many customers had no idea about the recall,” said Jeanne Colleluori, of the Rochester, N.Y.-based chain."
Jennifer Venditti
Home: "RESEARCH INTERESTS: Acoustic and articulatory phonetics, language disorders, laboratory phonology, spoken language processing, intonation theory and modeling, cognitive science, computational and experimental psycholinguistics, Japanese BPMs, Japanese ToBI, discourse structure and reference resolution, prosodic interference and transfer, under-studied languages ....
TEACHING INTERESTS: Phonetics, intonation systems, ToBI prosodic transcription, psycholinguistics ...."
TEACHING INTERESTS: Phonetics, intonation systems, ToBI prosodic transcription, psycholinguistics ...."
Police Chief Magazine - View Article
New Member Announcements - Police Chief Magazine - View Article: "New York
*Battle, Frank, Corporate Director of Security, L-3 Communications, 600 Third Ave 35th Fl, 10016
*Delaney, Pamela D, President, New York City Police Foundation, 345 Park Ave, 10154
*Dynia, Judith, Director of Development, New York City Police Foundation, 345 Park Ave, 10154
*Venditti, Laurie A, Security Advisor Intelligent Surveillance, PartnerForSecurity, E 88th St, 10128"
*Battle, Frank, Corporate Director of Security, L-3 Communications, 600 Third Ave 35th Fl, 10016
*Delaney, Pamela D, President, New York City Police Foundation, 345 Park Ave, 10154
*Dynia, Judith, Director of Development, New York City Police Foundation, 345 Park Ave, 10154
*Venditti, Laurie A, Security Advisor Intelligent Surveillance, PartnerForSecurity, E 88th St, 10128"
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