Conmergence collaboration, communication, convergence Update on Entrepreneur Resource Center over at Venture Nashville <ed.note>Milt Capps compiled this list of folks who would be vERC boosters at a former post which is linked in his current story here. While they're waiting, they could form a Linkedin group and build some momentum. Bobby, send me an invite when you get it set up. And let me know what the Twitter feed will be. Oh, and maybe a little less emphasis on bringing companies here vs. allowing employees here to work globally via clouds, grids, software as service, etc. -- along with education for the management strata to learn to trust a distributed workforce.</ed.note>
Carter Andrews, Notalone
Murat Arik, MTSU Business & Economic Research Center
Bo Bartholomew, PharmMD
Sam Bartholomew, Adams & Reese
Michael Blackburn, Petra Capital Partners
Germain Böer, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management
Jim Bradford, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management
Amy Bunton, Tennessee Valley Authority
James Burton, Middle Tennessee State University
Chuck Byrge, Harpeth Capital
Laura Campbell, Laura Campbell Associates
Ray Capp, Conduit Corporation
Michael Carter, Athena Company
Joseph Cashia, National Renal Alliance
John Chadwick, Claritas Capital
Sid Chambless, Nashville Capital Network
Beth Chase, C3 Consulting
Tom Cigarran, Healthways
Bret Comolli, Asurion
David Condra, Dalcon Communication Systems
Jeff Cornwall, Belmont University
Jeff Costantine, Nashville Technology Council
Eric Cromwell, Tennessee Technology Development Corporation
Mayor Karl Dean, Metro Nashville
Michael Devlin, Pharos Capital Group
Jerome Edwards, Veran Medical Technologies
Kevin Esval, VelocityHealth Securities
Cordia Harrington, Nashville Bun Co.
James Fenton, Cheatham County ECD
Farsheed Ferdowsi, Victor Hope Capital
Bob Fisher, Belmont University
Marc Fortune, Century II
Margot Fosnes, Springfield-Robertson County Chamber of Commerce
Brian Fox, Capital Confirmation
Joe Freedman, American Legal Search
Darrell Freeman, Zycron
Bobby Frist, HealthStream (Co-Chair)
Herb Fritch, HealthSpring
Katie Gambill, Council Ventures
Vic Gatto, Solidus
Keith Gregg, JRG Ventures
John Grzybowski, The Little Clinic
Clint Gwin, Southeast Community Capital
Alston Hamilton, Miller & Martin
Paul Haynes, Nashville Careeer Advancement Center
Joey Jacobs, Psychiatric Solutions
Harry Jacobson, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Melvin Johnson, Tennessee State University
Jimmy Johnston, Forward Sumner Economic Council
A.J. Kazimi, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
Drew Kim, Southern Strategy Group
Matt King, Clayton Associates
Matt Kisber, State of Tennessee ECD
David Klements, Qualifacts Systems
Michael Krause, Dolphini Networks
Jim Lackey, PASSPORT Health Communications
Michelle Lane, Metro Government
Bruce Lynskey, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management
Christine McDonnell, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Stuart McWhorter, Clayton Associates
Blewett Melton, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Janet Miller, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Mark Montgomery, echomusic
Paul Ney, Metro Nashville ECD
Allen Overby, Bass Berry & Sims
Terry Pefanis, Big Idea Productions
Greg Post, Cricket Communications
Marty Rash, nTelagent
Ralph Schulz, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
Mike Shmerling, Choice Food Group (Co-Chair)
Chris Sloan, Boult Cummings Conners & Berry
Clint Smith, Emma
Jim Sohr, AIM Healthcare Services
Jim Stefansic, Pathfinder Therapeutics
Lou Svendson, Tennessee Board of Regents
Van Tucker, Avenue Bank
Paul Vanhoesen, cTechnology
Earl Winter, nTelagent
Tom Wylly, Brentwood Capital Advisors
Caroline Young, Nashville Health Care Council Posted at 06:00 PM in <Geekonomics/>, <Technology.Nashville/>, <Verde.Ventures/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Social Justice in the 21st Century 
This year’s TASH 2008 Conference theme is Social Justice in the 21st Century:
achieving the full and equal participation of every member of society
in a way that is shaped to meet each member’s unique needs.
The three day conference will feature:
• Over 200 exciting peer reviewed sessions, posters, Town Hall Meetings, Calls to Action and Think Tanks
• Full-day and half-day pre-conference TASH TECH workshops coordinated and lead by leaders in the field
• Half-day Saturday Seminars and special Self-Advocate Conference within a Conference
• 30+ exhibitors featuring practical products and services you can use
• Special events including: Dinner with Friends, Friday Night at the
Movies, Receptions, a Silent Auction and many more networking
opportunities!Click here to register online today! Posted at 05:30 PM in <Different.Abilities/>, <Social.Justice/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Technorati Tags: social.justice 56%, 71% the other stats here. Posted at 05:30 PM in <Social.Justice/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) JustSystems sponsors Dave Raggett as W3C Fellow for work on XBRL and the Semantic Web here. Posted at 03:50 PM in <Geekonomics/>, <Ontological.Angst/>, <Patterns.Practices.Processes/>, <Xml.Du.Jour/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering Computer Systems Colloquium (EE380) Schedule Fall 2008-2009 Presentations here.Especially Jane McGonigal, Institute for the Future, on Gaming as a potential collaborative problem solving platform/tool. Posted at 12:15 AM in <Collaborative.Work.Environment/>, <Distributed.Digital.Enterprise/>, <Distributed.Education/>, <Geekonomics/>, <GRID.Lock/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Knight Foundation News Challenge 2009 <ed.note>My thoughts are Purple Numbers should be incorporated in news delivery both for communication granularity and more precise readership analytics (apparently advertisers SAY they are concerned about these things). To the Knight Foundation: let me know if you need an address to send the check ;-) </ed.note>We’re giving away around $5 million in 2009 forthe development and distribution of neighborhood and community-focusedprojects, services, and programs. If you have a great idea that will improve local online news, deepencommunity engagement, bring Web 2.0 tools to local neighborhoods,develop publishing platforms and standards to support localconversations or innovate how we visualize, experience or interact withinformation, we’d like to see it! You have the opportunity to winfunding for your project and support within a vibrant community ofmedia, tech, and community-oriented people who want to improve theworld. There are three rules to follow to apply to the 2008-09 Knight News Challenge: Use or create digital, open-source technology as the code base. Serve the public interest. Benefit one or more specific geographic communities. Get support for your application before you submit: The brand-new News Challenge Garageis a coaching and mentoring site for prospective applicants to talkwith mentors and peers, check out previous winners’ applications andimprove your application before you submit. Applications for the 2008-09 cycle will be taken starting September 2, 2008 and close on November 1, 2008. NEW: Visit the News Challenge Garage for help preparing your application NEW: Help promote News Challenge by placing a banner on your site or blog. We're offering badges for Past Winners, Media Partners, anyone. Posted at 07:30 AM in <eNews/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Technorati Tags: eNews Semantic Wiki mini-series Launch Event - Thu 2008.10.23 Further to the very successful planning session we had on 18-Sep-2008 during which we were able to collect a huge number of ideas and offers to contribute, we have finally put together a 6-month program for this high anticipated "Semantic Wiki mini-series." ... You are cordially invited to join us at the *Semantic Wiki mini-series Launch Event* which will take place, virtually, this Thursday 23-Oct-2008.The session is entitled: (session-1) "A survey of the Semantic Wiki Landscape and the State-of-Art"This session will be co-chaired by Dr. Sebastian Schaffert (Salzburg Research, Austria) and Mr. Max Volkel (AIFB, Karlsruhe), the two gentlemen who were responsible for pulling the first "semantic wiki" workshop and community together back in 2005. During this launch session they will outline what people could be expecting from the mini-seriesin the upcoming 6-months. We will also be hearing from our co-chairs on (a) some background and history on Semantic Wikis, (b) perspectives gained from the SemWiki 2006 & 2008 workshops, and (c) where they feel things are going (trends, directions, future scenarios) in the semantic wiki space.We will leave ample time for open discussion at this session, and will continue to solicit ideas and input to help enhance the program. We are confident that the mini-series will be useful for those who seek to find out what semantic wikis are all about, as well as for the serious developers, administrators and users of semantic wikis.*Conference Call Details*:* Date: Thursday, 23-October-2008 * Start Time: 10:30 AM PDT / 1:30 PM EDT / 7:30pm CEST / 17:30 UTC o see world clock - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=10&day=23&year=2008&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224 * Expected Call Duration: 1.5~2.0 hours * Dial-in Numbers: o Skype: ontolog.forum o When calling in from a phone, use Conference ID: "4389979#" o from a US telephone (US): +1-218-486-3600 o from Europe, call: + Austria 0820-4000-1577 + Germany 01805-00-7642 + UK 0870-738-0765Please refer to full agenda and details (including dial-in numbers for more European countries) at the session wiki page at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_10_23 This event, like all Ontolog virtual events, is open and free of charge. Anyone who is interested, or (better still) who may have something to contribute, is welcome. Please refer to event details on the session page, to which the hyperlink is given above, where you will find session agenda, conference call dial-in, slides and other pertinent information. Feel free to pass this invitation along to colleagues who may also find these sessions to be of interest.*RSVP* by emailing Peter Yim at <peter.yim@cim3.com> offline (or add yourself directly to the session page if you are already an Ontolog member) so that we can prepare enough resources to support everyone. [Please state clearly the date of the session you are registering for in your email.]This session will be recorded and made available in a publicly accessible archive. Therefore, before participating, please make sure you are cognizant of our IPR policy (ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32).Regards. =ppySemantic Wiki mini-series project Co-champions, Dr. LiDing (RPI Tetherless World Constellation), Dr. SebastianSchaffert (Salzburg Research, Austria), Mr. HaroldSolbrig (Mayo Clinic), Mr. MaxVolkel (AIFB, Karlsruhe), and Mr. PeterYim (Ontolog, CIM3) Posted at 08:00 AM in <Collaborative.Work.Environment/>, <Ontological.Angst/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Technorati Tags: collaborative.work.environment, ontological.angst Family of God at Woodmont Hills Survey Begins As you have heard over the last couple of weeks, our Family is undertaking a congregation-wide survey. The survey will take about 20 minutes and must be completed in one sitting. The survey is available now through Friday, October 31, and may be taken anytime during this two week period. To complete the survey please follow this link. Onsite computers and assistance is available in Room 116 TODAY and next Sunday, October 26, for those in need. Thank you in advance for your input and participation!Woodmont Hills Involvement and Accountability TeamEmail address - woodmontiateam at gmail.comFacebook link - woodmont ia team Posted at 04:00 PM in <Open.Source.Theology/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Technorati Tags: open.source.theology Government Open Source Discussion Circles the Globe via Video and Web Cast See also GOSCON 2008 Showcases Open Public Health IT (HIMSS credit avilable)On October 20 information technology dignitaries from around the world will convene in person and via video conference to discuss their “Global Perspective on the Interest and Impact of Open Source Software in National, Regional Governments”. This groundbreaking event will kick off the four-day Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) in Portland, Oregon. Speakers and their locations include:From GOSCON: Tim Ney, co-founder, Linux Greenhouse, Mel McIntyre, Non-Executive Director, OpenForum Europe, Andy Stein, Director IT, City of Newport News (Moderator)From Brazil: Marcos Vinicius Ferreira Mazoni, Diretor-Presidente do Serpro, Serviço Federal de Processamento de DadosFrom Sri Lanka: Shahani Weerawarana, PhDFrom Washington DC: Samia Melhem, Chair eDevelopment Thematic Group, World Bank; Vivek Kundra, CTO, Washington D.C. (invited)From Russia: Yuri Hohlov, Chairman, Institute for Information Society RussiaIn the countries of Ghana, Senegal, and Rwanda, audiences will attend virtually.The videoconference is collaborative effort of GOSCON, the World Bank Global Information and Communications Technologies Department and Oregon State University.“I am proud to see Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab and GOSCON continue to bring together leadership in open source technology” stated Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski. “Extending the conversation to our international colleagues is exciting. I applaud efforts to develop and implement information and communications technology that has the potential to bring more efficient and accessible systems to all citizens across the globe.”Tim Ney, co-founder, Linux Greenhouse, will provide the keynote address. He is respected for his advocacy of digital access, as well as his extensive knowledge of open source licensing and business models. As co-founder of the Linux Greenhouse, which nurtures collaborative innovation in the private and public sectors, he has advised governments in Brazil, Chile, Korea and Spain on IT strategy. He served as executive of the GNOME and Free Software foundations, where he grew the impact of those organizations around the world.Samia Melhem stated “Exchanging and sharing good practices and lessons learnt on open source software is critical to inform our clients and allow them to make informed choices on what works and why. This knowledge is a critical success factor for good planning, efficient implementation, and long-term usage and sustainability of Information and communication technology applications for development (ICT4D).”The two-hour event will also be made freely available on the Internet by web cast.Conference Keynotes this year include: Paul Taylor, Chief Strategy Officer for the Center for Digital Government, who will speak on the future of government on the internet; Bryan Kirschner, Director of Open Source Strategy, Microsoft who will speak on Microsoft’s strategy and relationship with open source; Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer, Washington D.C. who will speak on innovation,: Aneesh Chopra, Virginia’s Secretary of Technology, who will speak on collaboration.Industry sponsorship for GOSCON 2008 includes IBM, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, OpenSourcery, DLT Solutions and Zenoss, CollabNet, Analyze Soft Inc, and Dataman USA.More information about the conference can be found at www.goscon.org.About the Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON)Now in its fourth year, GOSCON stands unrivaled as an open source software conference targeted specifically to agency CIOs and management-level personnel, their planning, policy and procurement staff. It is produced by the Open Source Lab Public Sector Communities Program at Oregon State University.About the Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSL)The Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSL) creates a unique atmosphere of innovation for students, faculty, and staff by providing an open, diverse environment for development and collaboration. As part of its mission, the OSL offers a professional hosting environment to the open source community, as well as software development services to industry. With its world-class infrastructure, the OSL hosts and supports some of the world’s largest open source projects such as the Linux Kernel, Plone, Drupal, Gentoo, Debian, Apache, The FOSSology Project, and OpenOffice. Its outreach and educational programs include GOSCON, the Government Open Source Conference.Deborah BryantPublic Sector Communities ManagerGOSCON DirectorOSU Open Source Lab971.533.8050About the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department (GICT)The Global Information and Communication Technologies Department (GICT) is a joint department of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Bringing together IFC's experience in private sector investment transactions and the World Bank's expertise in policy and regulatory matters, GICT promotes access to information and communication technologies in developing countries. The e-Development Thematic Group is a global forum and community of professionals interested in the role of ICT in development, which is open for participation by both World Bank staff and external clients and partners Posted at 01:30 PM in <Open.Stance/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Technorati Tags: Open.Stance 2008 Nonprofit Software Development Summit, November 17-19, Oakland, California The latest greatest sessions and trainings list is posted on the Dev Summit wiki. We welcome others to add additional discussion or training topics. Complete details are here and you can register here. We hope to see lots of you there! Scholarships and sliding scale seats are still available. And PLEASE spread the word via blog, forwards, and other shout-outs!Please let me know of questions.thanks & peace,gunnerAllen GunnExecutive DirectorAspiration+1.415.216.7252www.aspirationtech.org Posted at 05:00 PM in <Future.of.NPOs/>, <Open.Stance/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Technorati Tags: future.of.npos, open.stance Tennessee League of Women Voters talks voting with Belmont University the Missus in the Blogosphere! See why she boosts democratic involvement at her post regarding Fulfill the Promise! Posted at 12:15 PM in <Different.Abilities/>, <Netmocracy/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Technorati Tags: Different.Abilities, Netmocracy Fulfill The Promise I am writing this post to the women of Tennessee who have a strong interest in issues impacting women and children, as well as the capacity to bring about positive change in Tennessee public policy. We have talked for many years about how women are disproportionately affected by long term care giving needs of family members affected by disability (“An estimated 44.4 million Americans age 18 and over provide unpaid assistance and support to older people and adults with disabilities, and between 60% and 75% percent of family and informal caregivers are women.”)I also know that when Tennessee women are united in commitment to right an injustice to our most vulnerable families, we can be a powerful force for good. I am asking for your help in addressing an important issue that is before our state legislature this year: What’s Wrong with this Picture?I have a photograph in my desk drawer. I took the picture a couple of years ago when I was making a home visit to one of UCP’s families. It shows a smiling young African-American boy sitting in a wheelchair. Next to him is his mother, also sitting in a wheelchair. The little boy’s hands are twisted and clenched in what are called contractures. This occurs when a child with cerebral palsy doesn’t get the physical therapy necessary to keep muscle groups flexible. This child’s cerebral palsy is severe. He requires home based care giving supports for all times when he is not in school. Despite his physical challenges, this remarkable kid makes A’s and B’s on his report card. He is mainstreamed in a regular public school classroom where he receives the school-based supports necessary for him to succeed in this setting. Due to the level of his disability, affordable neighborhood day care centers and after school recreation programs for typically developing children are not available for him. The little boy’s mother is an attractive single mother who gave up her once-promising full-time career to provide care for her disabled son. She is also smiling, but her eyes are weary. She is sitting in a wheelchair because of a ruptured disk, acquired after years of lifting her disabled child in and out of the bathtub, and from his wheelchair and bed, with no assistance.Somewhere in the background, out of the picture, is the boy’s 12-year old sister. She is the one in the family who is now lifting her brother, helping him get bathed and dressed, getting him in bed at night, and doing everything she can to meet his care giving needs while her mother recovers from back surgery. Convoluted State InfrastructureThis is just one of many families of children and young people with developmental disabilities who do not have access to Home and Community Based Supports and Services in Tennessee. While we have a Division of Mental Retardation that addresses one form of developmental disability, i.e., mental retardation, there is no comparable entity in Tennessee that provides intensive home-centered supports for persons with other types of developmental disabilities. This includes severe conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other acute disabilities defined under Tennessee State Title 33 as conditions acquired prior to age 22 and typically identified as severe developmental disabilities by the time the child reaches age 5. By definition, these disabilities have lifelong impact on an individual’s functional abilities and capacity to earn a sustainable living.Did you realize that the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities has no services and no funding for people with Developmental Disabilities? Despite a legislative mandate in 2000 that changed the name from the “Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation” to the “Department Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities” and made persons with Developmental Disabilities eligible for services beginning in March 2002, the legislative intent was never carried out. In order to address a series of federal court orders, during the Sundquist Administration, the Division of Mental Retardation was moved out of this Department to the Department of Finance and Administration. All Developmental Disabilities funding went with the Division, and when that happened, children and adults with some of the most severe forms of developmental disability in our state were simply dropped out of the equation. Over the years, commissioners under various administrations have attempted to address this gap, but with no funding stream and no definitive “home” in state government for these families, their efforts have been fruitless.Help Needed for Families in Serious TroubleIn my fifteen years as Executive Director of United Cerebral Palsy, I have visited the homes of many families. I have watched severely disabled children grow up without benefit of home and community based supports that they would have received in other states. I have seen families driven into poverty over the cost of care for their children. I have seen other families split apart at the seams because of unremitting stress. Inevitably, this leaves a single mother trying to cope alone with the needs of a disabled child, not to mention the needs of other children, and sometimes even aging seniors in the extended family. I have testified in child support cases where judges threw up their hands in frustration over the impossibility of meeting a developmentally disabled child’s critical needs on the income basis of the parents in question. I have seen young people with disabilities who graduated from Tennessee high schools and colleges who were shuffled off to nursing homes because we have no place in our communities for them. On the other hand, I have also witnessed caring, sacrifice, and fortitude from these families in the face of amazing odds. I know one eighty-something year old mother who has for the past sixty years been the primary caregiver for her daughter who has cerebral palsy so severe she can voluntarily move the muscles in only one part of her body, her right foot. This wonderful elderly lady is now also caring for her husband who has dementia related to aging.Year after year, these families are told to wait until the state gets the problems with the Division of Mental Retardation Services solved; then their issues will be addressed. The only thing is, we never seem to get the problems with DMRS solved. This year, there has been much attention focused on the Division of Mental Retardation budget cuts, the Division’s long waiting list (6,000+), and initiatives on aging. Yet few Tennesseans realize there is a group of severely disabled people, many of them children, who were aren’t even on the radar screen in our state. In effect, these families are told they are second class citizens with second class disabilities.The “Fulfill the Promise Campaign”In 2006, the Tennessee Legislature appointed a Task Force under the auspices of the Tennessee Division of Mental Retardation Services to investigate the gap in Tennessee’s service infrastructure for children and adults with developmental disabilities other than mental retardation. Members of the Task Force included persons with developmental disabilities, family members, representatives of non-profits serving the population in need (including UCP, the Arc, and the Autism Society) TN Council on Developmental Disabilities, TennCare, DMRS, TDMH&DD, Commission on Aging and Disabilities, TN Division of Rehabilitation Services, University Centers for Excellence on Disabilities, and the Disability Law and Advocacy Center. Representatives from the TN Disability Coalition observed and monitored the process.The Task Force worked intensively for a year to develop the recommendations they delivered to the legislature in a report called “Fulfill the Promise*.” It can be found at www.fulfillthepromise.orgThe report asks for a very modest investment from the state in the coming year to provide direct services to a limited number of families, and for a concerted effort over the next few years to develop comprehensive and cost-conscious home and community based services that take advantage of federal dollars available to help this population.United Cerebral Palsy has hosting two meetings for state legislators and families to talk about the report. The first meeting was on February 26 in Murfreesboro. The second meeting was on March 6 in Nashville. We believe that the first and most important step is communication and education. We really need help in getting state legislators (or representatives from their offices) to read the report, and to meet with these families. Some of the women who will read this post are policymakers. Others of you have good friends in the state legislature. I hope you will use whatever influence you may have to draw the attention of our legislators in Middle Tennessee to this issue. Please ask our policymakers to talk with families who are affected by Developmental Disability, and to listen to what they have to say. Thank you for taking the time to read this post.Deana Claiborne, Executive DirectorUnited Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee1200 9th Avenue North, Suite 110Nashville, TN 37208615-242-4091Deana_Claiborne@ucpnashville.orgHow do I know who my state legislators are?Get your Tennessee voter registration card. Look at the back of the card to get the number of your state house and state senate districts.To find your State Senator, go to: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/senate/members/smembers.htm#FindAt the bottom of the page, you can find your senator by entering your senate district numberTo find your State Representative, go to:http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/house/members/hmembers.htm#FindAt the bottom of the page, you can find your representative by entering your house district number*The “Promise” refers to provisions of Tennessee State Title 33, which made persons with Developmental Disabilities other then Mental Retardation eligible for Developmental Disabilities services beginning in March 2002. The citizens impacted include individuals who are born with severe disabilities such as cerebral palsy, autism, spina bifida, and other disabilities acquired during the developmental stages of life. Despite the promise of state Title 33, no services have ever been implemented, and the only division of state government serving persons with Developmental Disabilities, i.e., the Division of Mental Retardation, was placed under the Department of Finance and Administration, leaving the remaining group of persons with Developmental Disabilities without a place in state government. The Fulfill the Promise bills in the Tennessee State Legislature are sculpted directly from the recommendations of the Task Force. The bills have bi-partisan support among sponsors in both the House and the Senate. Bill sponsors encourage families who are impacted by developmental disabilities other than mental retardation to contact their own representatives and ask for their support of the legislation. This is particularly important as the bills move into the legislative committees. Since delivery of the report, grassroots advocates from across the state have held local meetings with legislators, giving families the opportunity to share stories about their own situations. Families have written and called their legislators. They also attended the Tennessee Disability “Days on the Hill” and met with legislators in their offices at the Legislative Plaza. Many families report that the cost of caring for their children and family members with severe disabilities without benefit of Home and Community Based supports has driven them into poverty and has resulted in instances of divorce and multiple physical and mental health problems among caregivers. Individuals with disabilities are impacted because they do not have access to direct support services, after school and daycare services, therapies, and other essential services typically provided by other states in their Developmental Disabilities waiver programs. Posted at 12:15 PM in <Different.Abilities/>, <Netmocracy/>, <Politicine/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Proposed Rural Development Unified Grant Platform Comments Sought SUMMARY: Rural Development, a mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proposing a unified grant platform for enhanced delivery of eight existing Rural Development grant programs--Community Facility; Distance Learning and Telemedicine; Economic Impact Initiatives; Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects; Rural Cooperative Development; Tribal College; Value-Added Producer; and Water and Waste Disposal Facilities. This proposed rule would eliminate or revise the grant regulations for the eight existing programs and consolidate them under a new, single regulation.DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before December 15, 2008. The comment period for the information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 continues through December 15, 2008. Posted at 12:30 PM in <Ubiquity/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) National Governors Association's State Alliance for e-Health Report Accelerating Progress: Using Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Information Exchange to Improve CareIn this inaugural report, the State Alliance examines the challengesstates face in implementing HIT and HIE, including provider concernsabout implementation costs, variations in technical standards forinteroperability and consumer concerns about data privacy and security.The report is meant to spur continued innovation in states to make thevision of an interconnected, efficient, quality-based health caresystem – and ultimately a healthier American public – a reality.<ed.note>What I want to see is an additional recommendation that XBRL be injected into the healthcare system -- not just at the reporting level -- but as far up the data stream as possible. No other current technology has the promise of bringing transparency as does this unappreciated one.</ed.note> Posted at 12:30 PM in <Politicine/> | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) Technorati Tags: politicine Dorothy Marie Hillan "Dottie" Dodds Dodds, Dorothy Marie Hillan "Dottie" Age 71 of Saint Paul Passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2008. Preceded by husband, John W. Dodds. Survived by daughter, Therese of Maplewood, MN; son, Edward (Deana) of Nashville, TN; sister, Joan Hillan Metzler (Ken) of Milltown, WI; nieces, Michelle Metzler, Susan Thompson, Sharon Pladsen. Dorothy lived in St. Paul all of her life. Prior to her retirement, she worked for the State of Minnesota. An active member of the Women of the Loyal Order of the Moose. She was also a lifelong volunteer and advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities. Memorial Service Friday 1 p.m. at BRADSHAW, 1174 Payne Avenue at Rose. Interment, Forest Lawn. Visitation 2 hours prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to the Therese Dodds Trust Fund, P.O. Box 210735, Nashville, TN 37221-0735. 1174 Payne Avenue 651-776-1551Guestbook Posted at 09:30 AM in <In.Memorium/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Technorati Tags: In.Memorium The Financial Interoperability Summit – May 12-13 2008 Presentations Professor William McCarthy gives this pointer in his Ontolog Forum talk:http://nsfaccountingontology.wik.is/Workshop Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (Frank Olken)Looked at formal issues associated with accounting and financial interoperability at both the reporting level and the transaction levelThree main exemplars:XBRL-FR and XBRL-GLREA SDMX Posted at 10:50 PM in <Geekonomics/>, <Interoparency/>, <Ontological.Angst/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Christian unity - it’s the heart of the gospel and the hope of the world <ed.note>Lyndsay Jacobs edits The Wider Church Newsletter - Number 10 - October 2008 Occasional news and updates prepared for Uniting Congregations in Aotearoa New Zealand with Christian Churches/Churches of Christ participation. Shared with all congregations and interested individuals.</ed.note>Mention Christian unity these days and you won’t see a flicker of interest in the eyes of many Christians. Older folks, so used to putting their thinking and energy into ‘church union’, struggle to visualise an alternative to denominational cooperation or merger; younger Christians move freely amongst denominations but find it harder to see the ‘big picture’. Unity is seen as a fringe matter - something to tack on to your church life when everything else is attended to. But unity is a dimension of our whole Christian life. It is at the heart of who we are - individually, congregationally and as the people of God. We cannot preach love your neighbour when we practise ignore, compete with or put down your neighbour. Through its very structures the church contradicts the gospel - declares ‘neighbour’hood is impossible.Christian unity is the will of God, the prayer of Christ, a major theme of the New Testament, a core understanding of the gospel and an essential mark of the community of faith. Divided church is an oxymoron. In this 21st Century we face unique challenges but we are called, as Christians in every century have been, to find appropriate contemporary ways to fulfill Christ’s prayer - or the world won’t believe.More here. Posted at 09:40 PM in <Cybermissiology/>, <Denominomics/>, <Occasional.Harbinger/>, <Open.Source.Theology/>, <Social.Justice/>, <The.Conmergent.Church/>, <World.Convention.org/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Technorati Tags: Christian Unity Dave H. Crusoe, Public Learning Media Labs, On CodeKindness We at the PLML have *just* finished building a technology calledCodeKindness, which resides at http://www.codekindness.org. It's nonprofit, and designed to mobilize technology volunteers for nonprofit organizations by managing the distance volunteering experience.We're already testing it (successful, so far!) and would love additional input into designing/shaping the technology. Please let me know if you're interested!Cheers,--Davedave at plml.orgCambridge, MA Posted at 12:30 PM in <Collaborative.Work.Environment/>, <Different.Abilities/>, <Distributed.Digital.Enterprise/>, <Future.of.NPOs/>, <Geekonomics/>, <No.Sludge.Zone/>, <Project.Net-Work/>, <Technology.Nashville/>, <Technotarian.Guild/>, <Telework.Tennessee/>, <Ubiquity/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Society for Human Resource Management, ROWE, Memphis here. Posted at 10:10 PM in <No.Sludge.Zone/> | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Peter Yim et al, Purple MediaWiki Extension Beta here.What can this extension do?With 2,073,813 articles in English and growing, Wikipedia is theworld's largest collaboratively edited source of encyclopedicknowledge. As more and more people adding content and using it asreference for their research, it becomes important to know what dataresides where on the wiki. Users generally do this by book marking pagefor future reference. Book marking option in web browser let youbookmark the URL, which is generally the whole page. With the amount ofcontent on any given page, it might still take a while to find thecontent user is looking for. Purple Numbers Extension allows users toadd Purple Numbers to MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki.Purple Numbers will provide the following added functionality in MediaWikiHigh resolution addressability in a wiki pageThe purpose of Purple Numbers is simple: to produce HTML documentsthat can be addressed with high resolution (also called "finegranularity"). It does this by automatically creating name anchors withstatic (nid's) and hierarchical (hid's) addresses at the beginning ofeach node, and by displaying these addresses as links at the end ofeach node. With Purple Numbers in place, all one needs to do is tomouse-over a Purple number, right-mouse-click and COPY that hyperlink.One can then PASTE this hyperlink to an e-mail message, to your instantmessage, or to a document s/he is composing. That link will now takeits reader back to exactly the same paragraph the author wanted torefer his/her reader(s) to. 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