hopkins. undergrad at one of the best computer science school, university of illinois, champagne/urba champagneana. you looked to twitter to see who had the flu. >> that's basically the idea. people are sharing all sorts of on gs about their livescc1: twitter. boring, mundane details about their everyday lives, including their health. so, for example, you have a sore throat and you stayed home from work. you want your boss to know you're not lying, so you tweet about it. >> or you're just covering your track. >> or you have a hangover and you say you have a sore throat. influenza.k for flu, cc1: what other words would i expect you would not look for? >> allergies is another obvious candidate. obesity, high blood pressure. people tweet that they're having trouble falling asleep. so we label that as insomnia. getting information that's actually useful from what people are tweeting? >> yeah, actually. we want to see if what we're reading from twitter matches the real world if we can get information that's useful to people, right?cc1: so we looked at government statistics, what the rate of the flu

the international peace and security institute in collaboration with the johns hopkins university hostedthis discussion in washington d.c. it's an hour and 40 minutes. >> good evening. my name is cameron chisholm, and i'm the president of the national peace and security institute, and i'd like to welcome you all to why here, not there: investigating emerging nonviolent movements. this is an event brought to you by the international peace and security institute and the johns hopkins university school of advanced conflict management program. the connection between us is a natural one because we have a lot of shared values. first, the pragmatic solutions exist to all violent conflicts irrespective of complexity or scale. second, that the next generation of global peace and security leaders must be educated in the arts of negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution to address violent conflict at all levels of society. and third, that the most effective way to educate future leaders to tackle the momentous global issues on the horizon is through intensive trainings in course here theory an

the term was coined by dr robert balfanz of johns hopkins university. he characterizes a dropout factory as a school from which fewer than 60% of the students graduate in four years. new york city's department of education has closed many such schools and targeted others, like flushing high, for closure. robeson high school in brooklyn is also on the shut down list. however, teachers and students at that school think their school's characterization as a drop out factory is unfair. >> in every high school, you'd always have one or two students that dropout. but in robeson, i see a lot of people graduating. and the fact that they may not graduate in four years but they will graduate in their fifth or sixth years, so i despise the fact that many people believe that robeson is a dropout high school. >> reporter: stefanie seagle is a long time teacher at robeson high. >> one of the things we've always been proud of is that even though we have young people who come with lots of challenges, we're able to keep them here. they won't graduate in four years for a

sociologist from john hopkins university and the university of virginia conducted that research. one of the authors say bad economic times drives people with less education away from religion because unemployment can disrupt a person's social life. >> ahead, circuits beg, -- sit beg, and surf. it's a surfing dog. but there's a lot bigger purpose to this pooch's ride on the with waves. and a warmup for the work week ahead. leigh glaser coming up with your >> alan: people were enjoying the food and music in downtown oakland today. ♪ >> alan: the art and soul festival attracted the crowd outside of city hall. several bands including power of power and five for fighting flooded the festival with music. there was row after row of artwork created by local artists. >> an ocean-loving canine in southern california is displaying some heart-warmerring skills to give the physically challenged a unique experience. rick ricochet loves catching waves and likes to learn disabled people how to surf. >> she stabilizes the board. somehow she does it. so we're not offbalance. just standing there an

. >> i and henry, i am a professor at johns hopkins university in baltimore and i have a question formr. leland melvin. we are all attempting to inspire the young people in the national spacecraft program allows nasa to interpret not just space such as mailing because the nasa center, but every single state of the union. i'm wondering what your vision is, mr. melvin, for the future of their space program? >> we just went through a redesign of mass education and were meeting september the ninth to start shaping where were going to go with our new vision for nasa education. so have to get back to you september 9. we really look at how to give kids more experiential moment to get that defining moment in their lives. so middle-school teachers is another area we try to increase pipeline gives them higher at kid these experiences. some of things he do now, but how we take it to scale even more with better strategic partners to get even more reach. so it's coming. will be talking to you guys a lot, partly for spacecraft working together to see how we can use the dollars to be more to work on

>> i worked for the associated press and then i went to the johns hopkins university writings seminars program where i received my master's degri. -- degree. then i got married and moved. >> where do you live now? >> in sunny veil, california which is the heart of the silicone valley. >> you say in the book that the japanese have never apologized for this. >> that's correct. never officially apologized. >> why? >> well, i think because there's really no reason for them to do unless they were pressured to do so. >> why hasn't somebody pressured them to do so? you compare it with what the germans have done. >> i think maybe demographics have something to do with it. some of this activism behind the events is fairly new. but i would say the cold war has a large role in the silence of the japanese and the chinese and the americans on this issue. after the communist revolution, neither i think the p.r.c. or the r.o.c. wanted to pressure japan to pay reparations and to apologize because both of them needed japan as an ally against each other. they needed japan for economic and political reas

. >> when my uncle had leukemia, they told him at johns hopkins university that they've done everything they could, and beyond this it was something greater. how much do you think, like either positive attitude or belief in, you know, some sort of spiritual thing, plays a role in curing cancer? and what are your experiences and all the patients using? >> it's good that we're going to end with that question because i'm going to give a relatively provocative answer. my provocative answer to that is, i try not to believe that the psyche has a role in causing cancer. for the following reasons. because i think it victimizes cancer patients. so when people say, oh, you know, there's a link between the psyche and cancer, i think it is precisely the kind of thing that happens at cancer patient is played is already full. twice the burden. so i try to shy away from that kind of thinking because it feels to me very negative in some ways. i know plenty of people who haven't had intensive positive attitude about life for that interval cancers but i know plenty of people who are unbelievably depresse

johns hopkins university school be advanced international studies on why the movements are popping up in some countries and not in others. and then book tv live tonight, with the author of "pitched," who -- it don peck at politics and prose book store in washington, d.c. again, that's live at 7:00. >> the july 20 u.n. declaration of famine in two regions of somalia was not made lightly and truly reflects the condition of the people there. on the basis of that we estimate that in the last 90 days, 29,000 somali children have died. this is nearly 4% of the chirp in southern so many alio. our fear and -- somalia. our fear and the fear of the governments in the horn of africa is that the famine conditions in those two regions will spread to encompass the entire region of southern somalia. the next rains are not due until october and even if they're good we could see a raise in water borne diseases. >> late last month the white house and u.s. automakers agreed on a requirement that would raise the fuel and economy standards to 54.4 approximate miles a gallon by 2025. we talked sfw on "wash

. >> reporter: he's an associate professor at johns hopkins university.e speaker where this group coming together to re-define what pedophilia means was pushing their agenda. he says i was a keynote speaker, i didn't agree with everything said there. he says the problem he sees is the way the psychiatric aassociation defines pedestrian nil yeah, they demonize people. he said there were people actively pushing for this change who say they do think it's okay for adults and children to have some kind of sexual relationship. there were people at that conference who held that position. he said i didn't want to demean them when they spoke up. but i personally do not agree with that. megyn: shannon, thank you. while on this topic, "kelly's court" is back in session. on the docket, to catch and release a suspected child predator. >> the next man you will meet needs little encouragement to take off his clothes ready to jump in the hot tub. megyn: arrested after being interviewed by nbc's to catch a predator. the former navy sailor traveled 100 miles by bus plannin

former program director at johns hopkins university. the international peace and security institute in collaboration with johns hopkins hosted this event. it's an hour, 40 minutes. >> good evening. my name is cameron chisholm, and i'm the president of the international peace and security institute, and i'd like to welcome you all to "why here, not there: investigating emerging nonviolent movements." .. >> the first outcome of this natural connection is the symbolism on conflict resolution and reconciliation that we just finished up the second annual program of in italy at the site center. it's a month-long intensive training on the practical skills needed to bring of violent conflict to an end. we have some of the alumni in the room tonight. they have lanyards must like this around their neck. if you have questions you can ask them. with a table out there with materials. so this is the actual second outcome of the associations between sais. this is the first of what will be three yearly panel discussions on issues that we believe are per

senior fellow at the hoover institution, formerly the director of middle east studies at johns hopkins universityding authority on the region. you've always said, if gadhafi falls it's justice. >> look, the libyan be people have been living in prison for four decades and four decades of tyranny is good enough, if you will. whatever they do next, whatever becomes of libya, it will be better than the libya of moammar gadhafi. moammar gadhafi robbed the libyan people of their freedom. it's the richest country in africa with the poore poorest population. it was living in a twilight zone, a zone of moammar gadhafi, only one who spoke, moammar gadhafi the only one who lived, moammar gadhafi the only one who acted and now it's up to the libyans. >> yeah. the largest oil reserves in frick kashgs 95% of the economy driven by the oil industry. one hopes whatever it looks like after this, those riches will be shared with the people but that means -- that is a lot of ifs until that happens. >> libya became basically a thief and it began with all kinds of pretensions. when you go back, i'm old enough to remem

senior fellow at the hoover institution, formally the director of middle east studies at johns hopkins universityt talked, faweed, we spoke to arwa damon and sara sidner and matthew chance. now 35 or so foreign journalists are holed up inside that hotel and not told they are hostages but they are not allowed to leave. >> but they are. >> what is so important going on at this rixos hotel hichlt? >> i respect people reading reports and being in the library stacks, i admire that. reporters have an instinct and they smell something and have an instinct for it. i think what john burns says carries its weight but i think it's very speculativspeculative >> arwa, we have you back. pick up where you left off you had speculation from others whether or not they are trying to create an escape route for moammar gadhafi. >> reporter: yeah, ali, the chief rebel commander here believes the intense iity is lid to the escape route for gadhafi. or that he is possibly is around the airport itself most likely to the east. this, of course, is speculation at this stage. they did spot a convoy they said contained an arm

at 6:00 eastern here on c-span a look at emerging nonviolent political involvements, johns hopkins universityschool of advanced international studies. why it's popping up in some countries and not others? on c-span2, "book tv" live with author john beck who wrote the book "pinched:how the great recession has narrowed our futures and what we can do about it," talking about the long-term impact about the economic recession. in a city that averages 250 murders a year, former baltimore homicide detective, calvin sewell, and investigate wereive worper stephen janis, features "why do we kill?" , including a book launch party for columnist and political commentator armstrong williams. and how they tried to change our nation's school system. court tv founder talks to diane ravich on "after words." get the complete book tv schedule on booktv.org where you can watch all of our 9,000 programs online. >> the united nations economic commission for latin america estimates that china will be the region's second largest trading partner behind the u.s. by the year 2015. today, some of those scholars to discus

i'm director of maryland space grant consortium and i'm professor at the johns hopkins university in baltimore and i have a question for mr. leland melvin. we're all attempting to inspire the young people and the national space grant program allows nasa to have a footprint not just in states such as maryland where there's a nasa center but in every single state of the union. and i'm wondering what your vision is mr. melvin for the future of your space grant program. >> a very good question. and we just went through a redesign of nasa certification and we're meeting september the 9th with all our directors to start shaping where we're going to go with our new vision for education. so i'll have to get back with you september 9th. we're really looking at how do we give kids more experiential moments to get that defining moment in their lives? also with middle school teachers, that's another area that we're going to try to increase this pipeline. and give, you know, some of the higher ed kids, you know, these experiences. some of the things you're doing right now. all the things you're d

spent i'm dick henry, director of maryland space consortium and i'm a professor at the johns hopkins universityin baltimore. and i have a question for mr. leland melvin. we are all attempting to inspire the young people and the national spacecraft program allows nasa to the footprint, not just in states such as maryland whether the nasa center, but in every single state of the union. and i'm wondering what your vision is, mr. melvin, for the future of your space program? >> a very good question. we just went through a redesign of nasa education and we're meeting actually september the ninth to start shaping where we're going to go with our new vision for nasa education. so i'll have to get back to you september 9. we are looking at how do we give kids more experiential moments to get that defining moment in their lives? also with middle school teachers, it's another area where going to try to increase this pipeline and give some of the higher ed kids these experiences. all the things you're doing right now, but how do we taken to scale even more with better strategic partners to get even more r

matter, the mysterious mass that is out there that forms 20% of the universe that we still don't understand. fred whipple picked mount hopkins as the site for whipple observatory pointing out the sites they liked. the son spotted frozen the -- observatory in mexico make up the solar observatory building the -- built in 1962. still the world's largest. finally building a four meter telescope in hawaii that will be done in a few years. we have great supporting facilities like the mirror laboratory on campus that almost every observatory in this book which is building this fantastic new mirror for this project we will talk about. it will open up the entire night sky every week. starting in five or six years. other great characters we haven't talked about. roger angell, mark fox, richard greene has been director of the large binocular telescope in mount graham which is the closing chapter of our book. let me show you some new things that are happening. you can see why it is called the binocular telescope. it is two 8 meter mirrors which are as big as you can fabricated one piece on earth. the goal is to get them to work together

professor of law at the ohio state university and also a senior fellow at the center for american progress. welcome, all of you here today, and thank you for your time. mr. hopkins, you may proceed. >> thank you, chairman johnson, senator corker, members of the committee, i am jack hopkins, president and c.e.o. of core trust bank, a $660 million asset bank in south dakota. as a third generation community banker, i am pleased to represent icba's nearly 5,000 members as this important hearing. as this committee considers the development of national mortgage servicing standards, i have an important point to make. community banks are successfully servicing their portfolios and don't have the widespread servicing problems reported in the press. i urge you to ensure any effort to create national standards does not added regulatory burden of community banks, we must preserve the role of communitybacks in mortgage servicing or you will see further consolidation which will only harm borrowers, especially those in rural and underserved housing markets. corstruft bank was founded in 1930 and was built, tested and proven under historically economic conditions. we survived t

professor of law ohio state university and also the senior fellow at the center for american progress. welcome all of you here today and thank you for your time. mr. hopkins, you may proceed. >> thank you. chairman johnson, cementer corker, members of the committee, and jack speed, president and ceo of a successor to $60 million asset bank headquartered in mitchell south dakota. as a third generation community banker, i'm pleased to represent icba 5,000 members of this hearing. as this committee considers the development of the national mortgage servicing standards, i have an important point to make. community banks are successfully servicing portfolios and don't have the widespread servicing problems reported in the press. i would urge you to ensure any effort to the national standards doesn't have the regulatory burden of the community banks and was to preserve the world community banks in the servicing where you will see further consolidation that will harm borrowers especially those in rural and underserved housing markets. the bank was founded in 1930 at the outset of the great depression and was built tested and proven under the historical economic