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#tweettheresults hashtag on Twitter - official protest hashtag We've seen people lose their job over Tweets and we've seen them get jobs through Tweets . We've seen marriage proposals and divorce notifications . We've even see Charlie Sheen earn six figures for a tweet . Now, we might just see the balance in someone's bank account change as political tweeters in Canada openly plan to disregard the election "Twitter blackout"  law and could land themselves with a 25,000 dollar fine. Canadian officials plan to enforce a 73 year old law that slaps a person who "prematurely releases election results" with the penalty.Originally intended to keep voting in the east from influencing that in western Canada by not allowing the "transmission of election results" across time zones, critics say this was created before social media. Canada has six as the world's second largest country. #tweettheresults hashtag was in use by y...

I don't usually post during the day but today I'm putting out a call to all social media mavens who work with the US government or are US citizens. (Maybe even some who aren't?) Today is the last day to edit the Open Government Intiative Wiki and I'll say the current editing is paltry at best. This should have thousands of edits, for goodness sakes. I'm finding a lot of people who don't really understand wikis, but good for them, at least they are trying. My students and I have contributed - my students were surprised to see the wiki creator didn't really get the use of headings and some other protocols, so they "fixed the government's website.' My call to you is that this is the LAST DAY! I don't have any more time to contribute but " Step 4: Synthensizing Public Input and Returning Feedback " is just pitiful! We need to give some response. They are asking because they want to know!! The first time the government has don...

Watch for the Arteries Cuts are going to have to happen and they are going to hurt somewhere.  However, we must cut wisely.  Cut an artery and you are dead, not living to spend the capital on other projects.  The wisdom of surgeons is to know the artery from the small surface vein, and that, my friends, is where I feel many of our lawmakers are falling short. Georgia Educational Cuts My students are a-buzz.  Not in a good way.  The University of Georgia is cutting $300 from their budget which includes the 4-H program, many agricultural extension offices, and one of the most important water conservation research facility that farmers have in Georgia, the Stripling Irrigation Research center. Georgia 4-H The 4-H program is a national club that here in Georgia that has been a longstanding organization that teaches values and conservation even before these things were "in vogue." I was a member of 4-H as a student and many of my views of taking care of this ...