Archive for December, 2010


Prediction: “A New Future for Healthcare”

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December 31, 2010

Future of Health Care – part 1 of 3

Future of Health Care – part 2 of 3

Future of Health Care – part 3 of 3

Future of the pharmaceutical industry — keynote conference speaker

Lack of innovation and empty product pipeline. Generic competition and product recalls. Patent expiry and intellectual property protection. Legal challenges and research scandals. Biogenerics and large molecule therapeutics. Cellular mechanisms of disease. Unmet needs. Government purchasing policies and insurance cover. Online pharmacy price pressures. Search for new blockbusters. Chronic disease and orphan therapies. Rheumatoid and asthma. Antibiotics and multiple resistance problems. Search for powerful antiviral therapy. Future health funding and ageing populations. Contrast with emerging nations. Treatment access and justice issues. Pharmacogenomics and gene prophecy. Ethical issues. HIV and AIDS. Patrick Dixon, conference keynote speaker and futurist.

A PROBLEM IS A SHORTAGE OF NURSING EDUCATORS AND NURSING JOBS

Nurses for the Future
Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D., R.N.
December 15, 2010 (10.1056/NEJMp1011639)

Nursing schools are turning away tens of thousands of qualified applicants because of budget constraints and a worsening faculty shortage. Within the next 10 years, half of nursing-school faculty members will reach retirement age; the anticipated attrition represents a crisis in the making, with potentially far-reaching consequences for the replenishment of the nurse workforce, which is itself on the verge of losing some 500,000 nurses to retirement.

The Future Of Nursing Is Here

THE DECISION TREE stems from Goetz’s unique experience as an editor at WIRED and as a student working on a Masters in Public Health. Goetz was struck by the unfortunate disconnect between the public health world and the tech world. Wasn’t there was a way to combine the promise of technology with the rigor of public health in order to engage people more predictably, strategically, and effectively with their own health, he wondered? In the book, Goetz looks at the tools and technology available to us now from DNA analysis that can predict future health issues, to social networks that can keep us abreast of the latest treatments. Goetz balances the science and ideas in the book with stories of real people who are utilizing these tools allowing us to see the opportunities and possibilities in action. The Decision tree is an organizational system that maps out our options, factors in all relevant info (family history, our habits, conditions, etc), and guides us toward the best possible health care choices. A Decision Tree has the power to turn the chaos of medical science into a system that makes sense by prioritizing facts and evidence over instinct and tradition. It puts the patient in the central role as decision maker not the doctor, insurance company, or hospital administrators.

Nursing in the Philippines
In the Philippines, thousands of nurses are produced by the country’s numerous nursing schools every year. The most recent licensure examination yielded around 39,000 new Registered Nurses.

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Prediction: The next big boom will happen even in tough economic conditions

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December 29, 2010

THE BUCKMINSTER FULLER CHALLENGE 2008 -You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

Directed and Produced by Joao Amorim

TAKE THE FULLER TEST

This is the first in a series of videos designed to accompany Jack W. Plunkett’s new book, The Next Boom — What You Absolutely, Positively Have to Know About the World Between Now and 2025. Each of these 10 videos will correspond with a chapter in the book.

In this introductory video, Plunkett gives a few highlights from the text. Topics covered in The Next Boom include globalization and the coming evolution in global trade, population shifts, demographics, a soaring global middle class and the extraordinary benefits we are about to enjoy from advancing technologies. In 2010, the world will reach the 7 billion population milestone.

Tremendous opportunities on both a U.S. basis and a global basis are about to arise, and you can best take advantage of those opportunities in your business, your career planning, your professional work and your investments, if you understand the changes and the trends that are about to bring about the next boom.

Plunkett explains how the Next Boom gives you a look at the near future, by showing you “where we’re going, how we’re going to get there, and what it will feel like when we arrive.”

The Next Boom will be available in January 2011 in both hard cover and ebook format, and will be available to purchase at Amazon.com , Plunkett Research, Ltd., and other fine book sellers worldwide.

Introduction

Chapter 1

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Prediction: World Population to hit 7 billion

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December 29, 2010

With the worldwide population expected to exceed seven billion in 2011, National Geographic magazine January cover story “7 Billion,” offering a broad overview of demographic trends impact us all focusing on humans’ impact on the planet’s.

National Geographic Magazine

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Prediction: by Intel Cloud Computing 2015 Vision

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December 29, 2010

Trends in 2011

Just today Forbes released a 14 point list co-authored by Chirag Mehta and Ray Wang where they see cloud adoption moving from “when” to “how” and cloud solutions delivering optimization savings which allow for future innovation investment.

Source: Chirag Mehta and Ray Wang’s predictions:

1. New procurement will be replaced with cloud solutions
2. Private clouds will serve as a stepping stone to public clouds
3. Cloud customers will start asking hard questions about cloud security
4. Private clouds provide security and backup to public cloud solutions
5. A transition from best-of-breed applications to cloud mega-stacks will occur
6. Leverage of application market places and the ecosystem, System Integrators and Software Vendors, for last mile
7. Superior user experience and scale will no longer be mutually exclusive
8. Custom application development will shift to the cloud
9. Expect Development-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service to merge
10. Bet on System Integrators with extensive libraries that move beyond data integration
11. Delivery of consumer technology features into the enterprise, analytics first followed by mobile and social features
12. Customers will demand better virtualization technology
13. Simplification of the overall technology landscape due to the efficacy of cloud solutions
14. Access of Archival data online will drive governance, regulation and compliance as a core cloud competency

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THE FUTURE OF VIRTUAL CHOIR

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December 29, 2010

185 Youtube recordings from people from all over the world in the largest virtual choir ever recorded, making a new trend in collaboration and creativity changing music forever!

Crank up the sound…

Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir – ‘Lux Aurumque’

Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir – ‘Sleep’

If you have an interest in joining future Virtual Choir performances contact:
Eric Whitacre

Source: FAQs Share

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new fans to the EWVC page here on Facebook after seeing the Lux Project recently posted on YouTube! If you are a new fan, and would like to know more about who we are and what we do, I encourage you to read up on the following questions that are commonly asked! Keep in mind, though that the answers may change based on experience, and/or depending on future projects we’re working on. Again, welcome, thank you very much for joining, and I hope that you will participate in future projects! ~Rodel

1. How do I audition to participate?
No auditions are necessary! When each project is announced, just follow the instructions posted on the fan page or the EWVC YouTube webpage, post your video on YouTube by the due date, and you’re in!

2. How many videos can I submit during a project?
You may submit as many parts as there are available for your vocal type on that particular selection (i.e. guys sing Tenor/Bass parts, and gals sing Soprano/Alto parts).

3. How long after the submission due date does the video become available to the public?
It depends on many things: the number of individual videos submitted, presentation considerations, the level of editing sophistication, scholarship auditions, etc. Experience has shown anywhere between 1-3 months.

4. Is there a limit to how many videos can be submitted per part for each project?
Generally yes. While a good number for a balance of treble/bass parts is preferred, we tend to use videos of people sending mulitple parts that will most likely help out other parts just so everyone who sends in only one video gets a chance to be placed in a section where they perform most comfortably.

5. Can I submit a video with more than one voice (part) or with a group of friends?
Unfortunately, no. In the interest of being able to arrange the choir sections properly, individual submissions are generally required. Also, for scholarship/solo auditions, we would like to evaluate each person’s performance individually for a specific part of which he/she is auditioning. However, your friends are also more than welcome to submit individual videos as well.

6. Is sheet music provided during a projcet?
At the pleasure of Mr. Eric Whitacre, sheet music can be made available, and if so, the links would normally be provided on the EWVC YouTube page.

7. What’s the average number of videos submitted per project?
Between the Sleep and Lux projects, an average of about 180-190 videos per project.

8. Who does the video editing for the EWVC?
The motivated and dedicated Mr. Scott Haines! He has spent an outstanding amount of time and effort to put together these two videos and has definitely earned the honors.

9. What is the overall concept and goal of the EWVC?
Mr. Eric Whitacre has envisioned a need for people to connect worldwide, with the best medium being through music. He aspires to compose an original piece for the virtual choir to someday perform and premiere worldwide…an astounding honor for talented singers (such as yourselves) to become involved with when that opportunity comes! However, all this can best be described by the composer himself in the following link:

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