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Background: Racial/ethnic minorities are more likely to report receipt of lower quality of health care; however, the mediators of such patient reports are not known.
Objectives: To determine (1) whether racial disparities in perceptions of quality of health care are mediated by perceptions of being discriminated against while receiving medical care and (2) whether this association is further mediated by patient sociodemographic characteristics, access to care, and patient satisfaction across racial/ethnic groups.
Research design: A cross-sectional analysis of a population-based sample of California adults responding to the 2003 California Health Interview Survey. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between perceived discrimination and perceived quality of health care after adjusting for patient characteristics and reports of access to care.
Main results: A total of 36,831 respondents were included. African Americans (68.7%) and Asian/Pacific Islanders (64.5%) were less likely than non-Hispanic whites (72.8%) and Hispanics (74.9%) to rate their health care quality highly. African Americans (13.1%) and Hispanics (13.4%) were the most likely to report discrimination, followed by Asian/Pacific Islanders (7.3%) and non-Hispanic whites (2.6%). Racial/ethnic discrimination in health care was negatively associated with ratings of health care quality within each racial/ethnic group, even after adjusting for sociodemographic variables and other indicators of access and satisfaction. Feeling discriminated against fully accounted for the difference in low ratings of quality care between African Americans and whites, but not for other racial/ethnic minorities.
Conclusions: Patient perceptions of discrimination may play an important, yet variable role in ratings of health care quality across racial/ethnic minority groups. Health care institutions should consider how to address this patient concern as a part of routine quality improvement.


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We are pleased to announce the arrival of 10 new Green Sea Turtle hatchlings to our head-starting program. After we released the last big healthy sea turtle from our 2013 batch in February of 2014, we have been missing the turtle program. The spring of 2014 proved to be a low year for Hawksbill nesting in Thailand, so we did not receive our normal batch from the Thai Navy at that time, and were getting depressed that maybe populations are declining faster than currently predicted.
But, The Green Sea turtles have had an incredible nesting year, and now the hatcheries run by the Thai Navy in Hat Yai, Chumphon, and Sattaheep are all full. We were looking forward to getting some of those hatchlings after they reach about 2-3 months of age, but then just last week got a very welcomed phone call from nearby Koh Phangnan. It seems that they had three clutches of eggs laid on a secluded beach, in front of the Haad Gruad Beach Resort in Late July. The owner of that resort quickly notified the local government, and along with other members of the local community they took it upon themselves to construct large cages to put around the nests and protect the eggs.
In Mid-October, in preparation for the hatching, they also constructed ‘run-ways’ down the beach, consisting of wood walls to direct the new hatchlings to the sea. The locals were also in contact with the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources in Chumphon, who advised them to either let the turtles go out to sea naturally, or collect the hatchlings after they run down the beach and send them to our program here on Koh Tao.
On the evening of October 21st, 15 hatchlings came out from the sand at about 10:30 pm, and all ran right down the beach and into the sea. However, 7 of them swam to the lights of a nearby fishing boat. The fisherman, being a local of the island, collected the hatchlings in his boat and contacted the municipal government (Tesaban), who decided then that for the rest of the turtles it would be best to collect them. On the 22nd at about midnight 3 more emerged from the sand.
On October 23rd, my wife Noog and myself went down to Koh Phagnan to meet the local community members taking care of the nests and collect the turtles that had already hatched. We were met by a representative of the local municipal government named Khun Rit, who was not only very knowledgeable about sea turtles but had also been involved in creating some artificial reefs and organizing beach clean-ups around the island.
He brought us to the Haad Grua Beach Resort, where local resort owners showed us the clutches of eggs and the methods they had used to protect them, and presented us with the three turtles that had hatched on the 22nd. Next we went to go and meet the fisherman who was holding onto the 7 hatchlings from the 21st. By afternoon we were back on the boat to get the turtles to the NHRCP head-starting center in Chalok. That afternoon, Shin Arunrugstichai arrived to assist in watching the turtle nests and advising the local community as to caring for the new hatchlings.
The turtles are now comfortably living in our head-starting tanks at the dive school, and 2 days after arriving started eating seaweed and fish, with a big appetite. They are only about 4cm long and weigh 20 grams at the moment, but over the next 9-12 months they are going to grow to over 20 cm long and over 1.5 Kgs. During that time we will care for them and keep them safe and healthy together with Dr. Jae of the Koh Tao Noistar Animal Clinic. After about 5 months we will begin releasing the first few turtles to keep the tanks from getting to crowded, and after about 10 months they will have all been released, either on Koh Tao or by the great community back on Koh Phagnan who protect the eggs for the last three months.
The natural survival rate of sea turtle hatchlings is estimated to be about 1 in every 1,000, and with the anthropogenic problems of marine debris and overfishing this rate is getting even lower. Sea Turtle Head-Starting programs such as this help to reduce the loss of juveniles due to predation or starvation to increase the turtle populations, giving us more time to address the bigger threats affecting them around the world. We invite your assistance in these programs by getting involved in our marine conservation courses, and of course you can watch these little babies grow up by following along on our facebook page.
Thank you very much to the local community of Koh Phangnan who have been involved in this project, including the Municipal Government and the Had Grua Beach Resort. Thank you also to Shin Arunrugstichai for spending three days and nights alone on the beach drinking red bull to help out and take some amazing photographs of the event.
Update from 28 October, 2014
Today Noog and I went back to Koh Phagnan along with three members of the DMCR team to dig up the clutch of eggs from which the last few turtles have hatched from (19 in all; 8 released to the sea and 11 in our nurseries). The eggs where quite deep in the sand, with the first ones encountered at a depth of 46cm. Most of the eggs had broken and split open, however 24 where found to just not have developed, and two had been broken into by worms.
There was however some good news, as one turtle was found under the sand, presumably it had been there since the last one hatched on October 26th, or possibly longer. Luckily by opening up the clutch of eggs we were able to save it. This little turtle is very weak, has a few serious infections, a slight deformity of the left front flipper, and a small missing section from its carapace. But we are confident we can get it back to health, especially with the very competent assistance of Dr. Jae Intaraksa of the Koh Tao Noistar Animal Clinic.
Today the turtle got its first round of antibiotic and vitamin injections, which will continue for at least the next 3 days. Check back here soon for updates.
See the full gallery of photos from the first few days of the new nest of sea turtles

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Taxila: Cash, jewellery looted from house
TAXILA: A gang of outlaws looted a house in Saadat Colony in limits of Wah Saddar police station. Mohammad Rafeeq while lodging report with police said that three masked men scaled the wall of his house and locking them in a room. They fled away with cash, gold ornaments and other valuables worth Rs0.5 million. Police have registered a case and started investigation.


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Ride with us into a world of suspense, romance, comedy, and mystery -- Because life always looks better from the back of a horse!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
A Lifetime with Horses
Through all the years I’ve been a rider my skill level has increased, but oddly enough, the height of the jumps keeps going down.I remember as a child pointing whichever horse I was riding at a jump with exhilarated abandon.The cross-country course at my neighborhood barn growing up had a stone wall with a 3 foot drop on one side, large fallen trees set up as jumps, and tight turns including one low hanging branch I remember running into and seeing stars!Still, I found cross-country a joyful excursion.
I will never forget Richie, the barn owner’s old hunter.He was a gentle, very willing fellow who took excellent care of me.Some of my happiest memories are of jumping around on Richie, grooming him until the poor fellow probably though his coat would fall out, or just standing with him in his stall.I would stroke his nose and cuddle the wonderful guy who kept me safe when my whims took us over jumps of a size which make my heart bump in my chest when I think of them now.
In young adulthood, when I had funds to buy my own horse and could train more extensively, I found a growing reluctance to take the big fences.I loved the closed in setting of the sand ring and happily did all the necessary flat work, gridwork, and small courses necessary to build my skill level.However, when my trainer would hoist the rails up, I felt a tightening in my stomach which had never been there in childhood.With the knowledge and experience of adulthood had come fear.Useful, certainly, in some of life’s situations, but not in a lesson where the trainer’s voice ruled and a very solid looking jump loomed before me.Still, I jumped and in time would adjust to a new height.I was lucky, too, that both my horses had talent to bail Mom out when the nerves took over!
Now with three small children, I don’t find nearly the time I would like for riding, but have moments in my day where I wish for the wonderful sensation of a horse beneath me and the calm joy of feeling that togetherness with an equine friend.At the same time, the thought of jumping and training, as essential as breathing through most of my adulthood, doesn’t hold the same thrill it always had.I’m happy just to be around a barn, grooming a pony for my daughter to ride, or hacking in the ring on a quiet fellow just for relaxation.Perhaps this change has to do with the knowledge that our crazy household would barely survive Mommy in a cast, or perhaps it’s just the natural changes life brings, but I’ve changed nonetheless.
What hasn’t changed is the serenity I feel being around horses, writing about them, and sharing the joy of the horse world with my daughter.Life does unerringly move on, and growth and change are inevitable, but I’m fortunate to be able to use my memories and experiences to bring life and depth to my stories.I may no longer ride with the abandon of youth, but some of my characters do.If I’m currently identifying with my more, shall we say, seasoned characters, that’s alright.The flavor of a lifetime of experiences adds its own spice to my day, and hopefully to my writing.
Happy trails, whichever path you and your mount choose to take!

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Wednesday, January 09, 2002
This old school
Not just a building, a landmark
Today is D-Day for Cincinnati Public Schools.
The district issues its report card on its buildings this morning. The long-awaited facilities master plan recommends what to do with Cincinnati Public's school buildings, the aging structures where the city's future gets an education.
Along with calling for new schools, the report's many options could recommend that dozens of schools be closed. Another dozen or so could be destined for remodeling. Candidates for renovation and closing will come from the district's 76 schools.
Sixty-one of those 76 buildings are already on the state's hit list of schools needing too many repairs to be saved. The list includes two architectural treasures, the fortress-like Hyde Park School and my old alma mater with the Colonial stylings and the words Cheviot Public School carved in limestone above its columned entrance.
After the report is released, Cincinnati Public's Board of Education will hold forums to hear from the public before seeing how closely their assessments agree with the state's findings.
No doubt, the report's recommendations will be hotly debated. They come with a $900 million price tag for renovations and new construction.
Here's hoping all sides keep one thing in mind: These old schools are more than just vintage buildings. They are landmarks. Their size and their history, their location and their mission define a community.
Old schools are the center of a neighborhood in many ways, said Chicago-based architect Uriel Schlair. He was the lead architect on Chicago's recent public school renovations project which saw nearly 200 schools renovated and saved from the wrecking ball.
Upgrading these old buildings is less expensive than building new schools, he added.
And, it energizes the homes and businesses around them. It also improves the standing of the principal and the teachers in the eyes of the community's young families.
Spare the schools
There is no debating Cincinnati's public school buildings are in bad shape. Roofs leak. Paint's peeling. Plaster is crumbling. Outdated electrical systems struggle to power 21st-century computers.
There is also no debating that Cincinnati's public schools fell apart because people past city officials, school board members, administrators, principals, teachers, students, parents and voters who sunk school tax levys didn't care.
Thankfully, the caring is coming back. Now it's time for the school district to get its houses of education in order.
As they decide which schools to save, the members of Cincinnati Public's Board of Education should note each building's importance to its neighborhood.
These old schools are more than bricks and mortar with windows and roofs. They are symbols, grand gateways to the glories of learning.
They occupy prominent places in the fortunes of the people who live nearby. For generations, they have stood strong and tall, acting as solid constants in an uncertain world.
Above all, these old schools create a sense of community. They welcome everyone, young and old alike, and make them feel like they belong.
Columnist Cliff Radel can be reached at 768-8379; fax 768-8340; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Denver hotels, the Denver Nuggets, the NBA and a host of other players have long been at the center of controversy about their head injuries, but the list of concussion-related cases continues to grow.
In the case of the Denver Broncs, the players’ past history with concussions is well-documented.
In fact, the team had a player named Chris Babb who was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, after suffering multiple concussions, including the one that ended his career in 2015.
The team, like many other teams in the NBA, has faced criticism for not addressing concussions in the game.
But for some, the controversy is overblown.
The Denver Nuggets’ Chris Babin (right) with his father, former NBA player and current Colorado State Senator Chris Borkin, during the 2013-14 season.
The couple divorced in 2018, and Babin is now a lobbyist for the NBA.
Babin’s former team, the Colorado State University Rams, also has a history with concussion issues.
Former Rams coach Mike Montgomery is currently the general manager of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, and he played for the team from 2003-10.
Montgomery and Borkins’ ex-wife, Rachel, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the Rams in 2014.
In a lawsuit, the former wife alleged that Montgomery had repeatedly lied about her symptoms.
The lawsuit was dismissed after a judge ruled that the lawsuit was filed “without legal authority,” and Montgomery was allowed to go free.
Borkiins daughter, Rachel Borkino, has been an outspoken critic of the Rams and her mother, Rachel Montgomery, for years.


CHICAGO, April 12 (UPI) -- George Harrison, after leaving The Beatles, wrote a song called the "Sue Me, Sue You, Blues" for his album, "Living in the Material World." "Hold the block on the money flow. Move it into joint escrow," wrote Harrison. "Court receiver, laughs and thrills. But in the end we just pay those lawyers their bills." Perhaps that tune would be an appropriate sound track for the legal drama unfolding in a London courtroom now? The Beatles' company, Apple Corps Ltd., is suing Apple Computer, Inc., claiming that the latter's iTunes.com music service violates a contract, experts are telling The Web. A ruling could come as early as this week.
"As I understand it, Apple Computer has the right under an earlier settlement agreement with Apple Corps. Ltd. to distribute music, or digital information, but not produce music under the Apple logo," Dan Venglarik, a partner with the law firm of Davis Munck Butrus, P.C., based in Dallas, told The Web.
The case, thus, centers on contract law, interestingly, and not trademark law, though use of the apple logo is, ostensibly, part of the controversy, as lawyers say. The companies reached a deal a quarter of a century ago that prohibited Apple Computer from entering the music business. Therein lies the problem. One legal expert, Christine Haight Farley, an associate professor of law at the American University Washington College of Law, at Washington, D.C., said this contract Apple Computer and The Beatles, signed 25 years ago, is flawed. "I think Apple Computer made a multi-million pound mistake in 1981," Farley told The Web. "It may just have been the kind of mistake a technologically prescient, but legally unsophisticated, company makes."
Back then, Apple was just making computers, and there was probably no way the public would be confused as to whether Apple Corps or Apple Computer was behind a particular product, or service, lawyers tell The Web.
But today's computing technology is creating new, unforeseen clashes in the courts. The understanding of what is content today contrasts greatly with what was considered content 25 years ago. Today, content might be considered a service, experts said.
That is exactly what Apple Computer is arguing in court -- that its iTunes.com service, where consumers can download over the Internet music from all manner of recording arts, for 99 cents a song.
A preview of today's clash occurred back in 1991 when Apple Corps -- which has now sued Apple Computer three times -- litigated over a music synthesizer technology that Apple Computer had included in its computers. That case was settled for $30 million -- in favor of The Beatles.
Some lawyers, however, reckon that the Beatles' case may be a publicity stunt, or a negotiating move. The reason for this is comments made in court, recently, by Neil Aspinall, the long-time manager and producer of the Fab Four. "We're remastering the whole Beatles catalog, just to make it sound brighter," Aspinall said in open court late last month. "I think it would be wrong to offer downloads of the old masters when I am making new masters. It would be better to wait and try to do them both simultaneously, so that you then get the publicity of the new masters and the downloading, rather than just doing it ad hoc."
As of today, the Beatles music catalog is not available for downloading over the Internet -- though many of the lyrics are -- but Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer, is hoping to be the man to bring them legally online.
Until that deal is reached, and until this lawsuit is settled, the two companies will remain engaged in the "Sue, Me, Sue You, Blues."
As George Harrison wrote and sang back in the early 1970s, "You serve me, And I'll serve you. Swing your partners, all get screwed. Bring your lawyer. And I'll bring mine. Get together, and we could have a bad time."
Gene Koprowski is a Lilly Endowment Award-winner for his columns for United Press International, for whom he covers communications and networking. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org


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If you can only put it into a corner, be sure you can change the direction of air flow to avoid having it hit the wall.
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Make sure the owner' manual is handy when your unit is being operated. The information contained within this manual is going to give you quite a few things to learn about the unit you have and will help you out if you're dealing with problems.
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"Le Bermude [on sheet with] Frislanda [and] Isola di Mayen [and] Isola di Terra Nuova", Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria
Subject: Atlantic Islands - Bermuda
Period: 1696 (circa)
Color: Black & White
24.6 x 18.2 inches
62.5 x 46.2 cm
Four maps printed on one large sheet; each from a separate copper plate. First is a fine map of Bermuda with the title cartouche incorporating a coat of arms. Second is a map of the mythical island of Frislanda, which was purportedly discovered by the Zeno brothers in a 14th century voyage into the North Atlantic. The map also includes the southern part of Greenland in the old format with two large islands forming its southern tip. Next is a map of Jan Mayen Island, which was discovered in 1614 by a Dutch whaling captain, northeast of Iceland. Last is a nice map of Newfoundland reduced from Coronelli's larger map of the Maritimes.
References: Bermuda - MCC-18 (Palmer) #19; Newfoundland - Kershaw #164.
Worm tracks along centerfold have been professionally infilled with skilled facsimile of a few neatlines.

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Hey folks, just an update on my blog. I have decided to stop updating with the daily articles, unless it deals with career updates. I don’t want to burn people out and I don’t want to burn myself out. That said, look for it at least twice a week.
Also, the interview with the Yellow Nation Army went over very well. I will try to see on how I can get the interview onto my WordPress page. In the mean time, I now continue with my blog. Originally it was going to be a preview of Fall Sports which I might write about sometime next week.
As you might know, I am a student at Wright State University. The Raiders play in the Horizon League, with nine other teams with all of them being in major mid-western cities. I can’t tell you how many stories I hear from students saying “Oh, we are Division I?,” or “We have sports?” In fact, we do have sports and have a history of around 40 years and history in Division I since the 1987-1988 seasons.
Basketball is arguably the jewel of WSU Athletics. Playing inside the beautiful Nutter Center, the arena has seen more of a personal touch. There are more banners displaying the excellence of the basketball teams. You can see more green and gold rather than white or old Dayton Bombers colors. This year is a special season in the making.
Both the men and the women are with new coaches. Coach Bridgett Williams was let go after nine seasons along with all her staff and Coach Brownell took some of his old staff with him to Clemson.
In their place: Coach Mike Bradbury for the women’s team and Coach Bill Donlon for the men. Coach Bradbury comes to Wright State from Morehead State University, where he was the head coach of the Eagles for a couple of years. He also has coaching experience at Xavier of the A-10 and Cincinnati. Coach Donlon was the Associate Head Coach for Brad Brownell all four years he was here with WSU and has been tagging along with Coach Brownell since 2002 at North Carolina-Wilmington.
Both teams have released their 2010-2011 schedules. Both teams play the other nine teams in the Horizon League at home and on the road. The women have five home games out of conference with two being exhibition matches against Georgetown KY (yes, the same place that the Bengals train at) and Kentucky State and the men have six home games with no exhibitions and two non-Division I opponents.
Let’s talk about some of the new players coming in as well as some leaving the program. For the men, we see the loss of four seniors (John David Gardner, Todd Brown, Cory Cooperwood, Ronnie Thomas), two juniors (Scott Grote and Walter Offutt who didn’t play a single minute at WSU), and two freshmen (Tyler Koch is going to Ball State as a walk-on, Paul Darkwa is transferring to Columbus State in Georgia). The women lose three seniors (Erica Richardson, Charne Dixon, and Kanisha Ward), but gain a whopping eight freshmen into the mix. The men will get a transfer from North Carolina State next year, as well as five other freshmen (one will be redshirting).
As you can see, the Raiders will be bringing in a chunk of youth. The women will have the majority of the games on the road while the men have two Big Ten teams on the schedule (we might not play Purdue in the Chicago Invitation Tournament but we will be kicking off the season at Indiana).
As a media member, I am excited to see both teams on the court. It will be a great year for Raider basketball.
Until next article, see you around.

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2024 Toyota Corolla – Overview
There’s no doubt that the Toyota Corolla is one of the most reliable and best-performing cars in the world. From its simple looks to its moderate interior, it serves as an excellent car to its loyal customers.
The safety features of the Toyota Corolla place a higher value.
However, Its most potent engine only generates 169 HP, which can feel underwhelming compared to its other rivals from the same categories.
The four-door sedan offers a highly fuel-efficient hybrid alternative, while the five-door hatchback is the other option.
In contrast to the more sporty Honda Civic, the Toyota Corolla focuses mainly on dependability and a smooth ride.
- The Toyota Corolla offers multiple powertrain choices, providing flexibility for various driving needs.
- You can select a hatchback or sedan body style catering to different lifestyle preferences.
- For enthusiasts seeking excitement, there’s the high-performance G.R.R. model, delivering thrilling driving experiences.
- The interior could receive upgrades for enhancement.
- It features a straightforward, minimalist design.
- In contrast to a Honda Civic.
Engine & Performance Specs
The Corolla’s 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine produces 169 HP and a continuously variable A.T. (CVT) transfers that power to the front wheels. While the powertrain is the same for all hatchbacks, the sedan has a hybrid option.
In the general vehicle test, the Corolla hatchback and the Corolla X.S.E. sedan demonstrated that even the most powerful engine could not provide sufficient acceleration.
They are also more agile than previous iterations due to their regulated body motions.
- On the highway, the Toyota twins drove steadily with caution but suffered from loud engine noise during rapid acceleration.
- The Corolla hatchback and sedan offer a comfortable ride that effectively smooths out most road imperfections.
Depending on the specification, city and highway fuel efficiency should range from 30-32/38-41 mpg.
Toyota offers a hybrid version of the Corolla for increased fuel efficiency, while the G.R Corolla provides more robust performance with its outrageous turbo-three engine.
2024 Toyota Corolla Interior Changes
Both Corolla hatchback and sedan have modern dashboards and comfy materials inside.
Both of these come with passive entry with push-button start, and you can add cool stuff like inside lights, fancy climate control, and heated seats.
The sedan’s back seats are roomier and great for carrying folks. In the hatchback, there are 18 cubic feet of trunk space. Even though the cargo space is less than the sedan, it can fit two luggage easily.
2024 Toyota Corolla Center Console Specs
Both variants include a monthly subscription for Wi-Fi hotspots and a touchscreen entertainment system that supports Apple CarPlay/Android Auto. Popular options include the upgraded J.B.L. audio system and wireless charging.
It offers a standard 8.0-inch infotainment touchscreen with subscription-based built-in navigation. The gauge cluster display on less-priced Corolla trims is 4.2 inches, which is 7.0 inches on more premium ones.
Both rows of seats have two USB-C connections, and a wireless charging pad is now standard on X.S.E. and X.L.E. versions and available with the S.E. Premium option.
Standard audio systems come with six speakers, and J.B.L. premium systems with nine speakers are also available.
2024 Toyota Corolla Safety Features
- Automatic High-Beams: Enhanced visibility with automatic high-beam headlights.
- Front Automatic Emergency Braking: Advanced braking technology for increased safety.
- Lane Keep Assist: Stay in your lane with active lane-keeping assistance.
- Adaptive Cruise Control: Enjoy stress-free driving with adaptive cruise control.
- Optional Blind-Spot Monitoring: Enhanced awareness with optional blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert, trim-dependent.
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The University of the West Indies Open Campus in collaboration with “the Friends of Oscar Allen” will host an inaugural “Oscar Allen Memorial Emancipation Lecture” next Tuesday, Aug. 21.
The event will be held at Frenches House in Kingstown at 7 p.m.
Reverend Patrick Perrin, a Methodist Minister serving the United Methodist Church in the United States, will deliver the lecture on the theme “Oscar Allen: The Man, His Work and His Influence”.
Perrin is a native of Jamaica and is an elder in the New York Conference of the United Methodist Church and the Pastor of the St. John’s UMC of Elmont, in Valley Stream, New York.
He is a graduate of University of the West Indies and the United Theological College of the West Indies.
He was Methodist Chaplain to the UWI – St. Augustine Campus, and Chaplain Tutor at the Excelsior Education Centre in Kingston, Jamaica. He has pastored churches in Trinidad, Jamaica, and since the 80’s in Brooklyn, New York.
The lecture honours the legacy of Oscar Allen for his contribution to the socio-political and religious life in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the region.
It forms part of the Open Campus’ quest to rebrand its lectures in recognition of the outstanding contribution made by Vincentians at home and abroad.
The “Friends of Oscar Allen” and the Open Campus are inviting the public to the lecture.
Allen, 75, one of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ most humble but persistent advocates for social justice, died July 28, 2017.


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The ice cream parlour from the hit Netflix series is hitting the road, leaving behind the Starcourt Mall for the Metrocentre as part of a UK-wide tour. The streaming giant has teamed up with Pan-n-Ice to rustle up four exclusive ice cream flavours and a special hot chocolate that will be available to try at the pop-up event.
An ice cream truck inspired by the series’ iconic nautical parlour will stop off at the Metrocentre on Thursday, November 16, and is the only chance for fans to catch it in the North East. The tour kicks off in London before heading to Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and York, and continuing from Gatsehad on to Kent before finishing in Oxford.
Here are the five Stranger Things-inspired treats visitors can look forward to:
- The Upside Down Bubba – Warm red velvet cookie dough base topped with black cookies and hazelnut spread ice cream and red chocolate cracking shell
- The Cherry Rift – Warm brownie base topped with cherry ice cream and praline pecan pieces
- U.S.S Butterscotch – Warm sticky toffee waffle base topped with butterscotch ice cream, mini butterscotch pieces and a mini caramel waffle
- Hey Hawkins – Warm cookie dough base topped with mint chocolate chip ice cream, glace cherry and sprinkles
- Cocoa & Contemplation – Red hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and sprinkles
Back in Hawkins, Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers have confirmed that series five will be the last, following the release of season four in two volumes last year. Announcing the end of the series and teasing the final season, Matt and Ross Duffer previously said in a statement: “There are still many more exciting stories to tell within the world of Stranger Things; new mysteries, new adventures, new unexpected heroes.”
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We believe that delivery of trusted, on-the-go, medical information can impact health care costs around the globe as people move from passenger to the driver's seat of their health.
Denver, CO (PRWEB) April 30, 2012
While more Canadian hospitals consider posting live ER Wait Times on websites and mobile applications, the length of those times and how to improve health care delivery in Canada are becoming hot political topics. To foster ideas of collaboration on improvement, Jonathan White, iTriage V.P. of Business Development will speak to ANHIX members during their annual Spring Symposium in Edmonton, Alberta about mobile solutions being offered in the United States and how those may apply within a single payer health system.
As the first American company to roll out ER Wait Times on a mobile device, iTriage brings a wealth of knowledge to Canadian health care providers and government officials about transparency around those wait indicators. Additionally, iTriage has been helping more than six million people who have downloaded the app to determine the most appropriate level of care and to become more educated on their symptoms, medical conditions, treatment and medications.
“iTriage has disrupted health care delivery in the United States, by empowering individuals with medical information so that they can take a greater role in their own health,” explained Jonathan White. “We believe that delivery of trusted, on-the-go, medical information can impact health care costs around the globe as people move from passenger to the driver's seat of their health."
iTriage LLC, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, is a global healthcare technology company founded in 2008 by two emergency medicine physicians. The company’s market-leading platform and mobile/website applications offer a proprietary Symptom-to-Provider™ pathway that empowers consumers to make better healthcare decisions. iTriage helps people answer the two most common medical questions: “What could be wrong?” and “Where should I go for treatment?” Millions of consumers around the globe have downloaded the free iTriage mobile app through the iTunes® app store or Android™ Market, or used the iTriage website at http://www.itriagehealth.com/. In addition, thousands of healthcare providers already use the iTriage platform to reach more consumers and increase patient engagement. For more information, please visit http://about.iTriageHealth.com.

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I got asked by vouchercodes.co.uk if I would like to review pizzas from Domino’s and Pizza Hut for them. Being a pizza lover, it didn’t take me long to click on the send button with a kind of ‘oh go on then, twist my arm…’ (e.g. ‘Yes please, I would love to!’) type of response.
So, last Tuesday, The Meat Eater and I decided to give Pizza Hut a go (I don’t really like Pizza Hut, so we decided to save Domino’s for the weekend, as you need something nice to eat at the weekend, don’t you?) and looked on the vouchercodes.co.uk website to see if there were any offers. Pizza Hut were offering two pizzas for the price of one and so we decided to go for that and pick it up for collection (my local Pizza Hut doesn’t deliver).
I was impressed with the variety of vegetarian pizzas on the menu and also that you can customise it by making up to three changes on your toppings. They also let you add jalapeños or green chillies free of charge (a BIG plus for me, as I always want jalapeños on my pizza).
We spent a while choosing and customising our pizzas then went to check out. It wouldn’t accept our code for the 2 for 1 offer as it said the contents of our basket wasn’t valid. I checked the terms and conditions and saw that the type of pizza I’d chosen (Italian base) wasn’t included in the offer, so I went back and started again, after checking the terms carefully. Again, the website said the contents of the basket weren’t in terms with the offer. We wondered whether it was because we’d customised our pizzas, so started again and chose pizzas straight from the menu with no customisation. Yet again, the offer still wasn’t valid. We’d been back to the vouchercodes.co.uk website to try and get a different code but nothing would work. We gave up and went to the Domino’s website instead.
Domino’s were also offering a 2 for 1 deal on a Tuesday and so we went for that but there was nothing on the website to tell us how to access the offer and after choosing and customising our pizzas (Domino’s – like Pizza Hut – also let you make up to three changes on your pizza [no free chillies though unfortunately]), only showed the full amount at the checkout. We went to the vouchercodes.co.uk website to try and get a code but the links on there only went straight to the Domino’s website.
By this time, we’d spent almost an hour trying to buy a couple of pizzas and were completely fed up (obviously not literally) and so gave up and heated up some leftover Papa John’s pizza for our dinner instead.
On Saturday, I decided to give Domino’s another go after seeing that they were doing a ‘buy one pizza get another for £5’ deal. Rather than risk wasting time at dinnertime, I gave it a dummy run in the afternoon and although there was nothing on the website to tell you how to get the offer, when I got to the checkout it asked me if I wanted to upgrade to the pizza for £5 deal, so when it came to dinnertime and I wanted to order the pizza for real, I ordered one pizza (with mushrooms, jalapenos, blue cheese and olives), checked out, clicked on ‘yes’ when it asked me if I wanted another for £5 and ordered The Meat Eater’s one (pepperoni and mushrooms) and a side order of garlic mozzarella sticks.
We’d ordered our food for delivery and the driver turned up 25 minutes later. My pizza was hot, fresh and covered with a generous amount of toppings. The tomato sauce was rich and moist and the crust was light and fresh. Both pizzas and the garlic mozzarella sticks came with a tub of garlic sauce. The Meat Eater said his pizza was nice but very greasy. I have no complaints about my pizza, although I won’t be getting blue cheese on a pizza again (I love blue cheese but it’s a bit strong for pizza and overpowered everything). The garlic mozzarella sticks were ok but not as nice as the cheesy jalapeño bites we get from Papa John’s. I hadn’t had a Domino’s pizza since 1999 and although I’ve only ever heard good things about them and have wanted to try them here in Kent, Papa John’s cheesy jalapeño bites tempt me back there instead every time.
So, Domino’s pizza. Very nice. If they have any offers I can’t refuse, I’ll eat from there again but I can’t give up my cheesy jalapeño bites from Papa John’s.
As for Pizza Hut, I’ll try again tomorrow.
Update (in case you didn’t see it on yesterday’s blog post): I sent Domino’s (via Twitter to @dominos_uk) the link to yesterday’s blog post and they replied to let me know that their techies will soon be changing the #TwoforTuesday banner to click straight through to that part of website.
So if you were having any problems (as I was) ordering through their website, it should be sorted soon. Now all I need is for them to start making cheesy jalapeño bites. Are you listening, Domino’s?


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Saturday, 26 Jan (various times)
Following a mysterious storm, a turtle finds herself trapped on a strange new island made out of plastic. She’s desperate to get back to the open sea but can she clean it up all on her own? And who is the strange creature that lives there? Alongside a colourful cast of sea creatures great and small, dive in and find out!
Inspired by The Pacific Trash Vortex, a big patch of polluted plastic gathering in the North Pacific Ocean, Todos Teatro combine physical theatre, puppetry and clowning in this magical under the sea adventure for ages 4+ and their families.
This is a drop in event and relaxed (meaning you can come and go throughout if you wish)
This event is Pay What You Can.


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She was one of the all-star names on the highly anticipated Savage X Fenty show.
So Vanessa Hudgens made sure to bring the goods Thursday night when she showed off her phenomenal figure in lingerie from Rihanna’s collection at the star-studded fashion show in New York.
The High School Musical star, 32, looked stunning in a powder pink lingerie set with a lace bra, matching sheer skirt and petite knickers that created a red hot look – while also showing off her heaving new cleavage in the wake of rumors about a boob job.
She’s a wild one! Vanessa Hudgens made sure to bring the goods Thursday night when she showed off her phenomenal figure in lingerie from Rihanna’s collection at the star-studded Savage X Fenty show in New York.
Vanessa looked fabulous in the pink ensemble, putting her impressive assets at the center of attention, as well as his toned abs and limber legs.
While there is speculation online as to whether she went under the knife, Vanessa herself has not spoken about it publicly.
Vanessa previously spoke to Us Weekly about the pressure to have surgery and said it was beyond show business. She said, ‘It’s not just my industry, it’s in the world now, girl. That’s America. That’s the social landscape we find ourselves in…
“But if you look at ancient cultures, different cultures around the world, the ways we make ourselves feel beautiful are different.”
Cheeky! She also showed off her heaving new cleavage in the wake of boob job rumors
Wow: Vanessa looked fantastic in the pink ensemble, putting her impressive assets at the center of attention, as well as toned abs and limber legs
Check me out: she formed a storm alongside Emily Ratajkowski
The High School Musical star added: “Some cultures put giant plates in their lips, other cultures push bones through their noses and right now America’s way of viewing beauty is sometimes related to plastic surgery.”
While she said plastic surgery was “not necessarily” a path she wanted to take “right now,” she also said she didn’t think cosmetic procedures were “bad.”
Rihanna’s inclusive lingerie line dropped its third annual fashion show on Amazon Prime this Friday with a lineup of stars as ever.
Making things chest: While there’s speculation online about whether she’s gone under the knife, Vanessa herself hasn’t spoken about it publicly
Speaking: Vanessa previously spoke to Us Weekly about the pressure to have surgery and said it was beyond show business. She said, ‘It’s not just my industry, it’s in the world now, girl. That’s America. That’s the social landscape we’re in
Iconic ’90s Supermodel Cindy Crawford is one of the famous names to walk the runway for Rihanna.
Current supermodels like Gigi Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski walked alongside Erykah Badu, Jeremy Pope, Alek Wek and others.
Behati Prinsloo, Troye Sivan and Precious Lee also appeared on the catwalk and Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon was also present.
Sizzling: She looked phenomenal in the sassy look
Legs eleven! Her lithe legs were in the little boned corset skirt
Nas and Ricky Martin were the musical acts, plus Normani and Jade Nova, to provide first-class entertainment amid the fashion spectacle.
The woman of the moment Rihanna looked incredible in a steamy black ensemble as she spoke on the show about how she finds ‘representation’ more important than the garments themselves with its Savage X Fenty line.
Speaking about her commitment to inclusivity and equality, Rihanna admitted after every show that she wonders who has been left out and who can get involved afterward because she wants to help everyone feel like they have “space in this world.” ‘ to have.
Out and a pout: She also stole a moment to pose with Mena Massoud
Check me out: She wore her hair in cascading braids enhanced by extensions
She said, “I’ve always been in favor of the underdog, and there’s always someone left to represent. Everything that has happened in the world has influenced not only this collection, but also the way we view our talent.
“It really impacted the way we look at representation – which, I think, is actually more important than even the collection. It’s a fashion show, yes, but when people see someone like her, they suddenly feel represented.
‘It brings out a lot of confidence in someone; it gives them a lot of certainty that they have a place in this world. And that’s something we push ourselves to expand every year.’
Cheeky! She showed off her figure to perfection in the look
Wow! Vanessa made sure all eyes were on her as she walked across the stage
This year’s show includes Lucky Blue Smith, Troye Sivan, Jeremy Pope and Nyjah Huston because Rihanna wanted men to feel involved too.
She told Vogue.com, “Men of all different sizes, different races. I think men have lagged behind when it comes to inclusion and curves.’
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3., which premieres Friday on Amazon Prime Video, is Rihanna’s third runway show and will debut the brand’s latest collections.
Sizzling: This year’s show includes Lucky Blue Smith, Troye Sivan, Jeremy Pope and Nyjah Huston because Rihanna wanted men to feel involved too
Beaming: Rihanna could barely contain her excitement when she finished a second Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3. premiere party in New York City on Wednesday night

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Now THAT a hoot. We're headed for a plane from Philadelphia (yes, we had a cheese steak) to California after two days with BMWs at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
Just the sound of the M3's 414-bhp V-8 as you accelerate off the line, chirping tires on the shift to 2nd, is enough to set you off. This is the king, the BMW that makes car guys quiver. A legend. There's also 295 lb-ft of torque and with each tap of the shift lever of the 7-speed dual-clutch automatic (a $2900 option over the 6-speed manual), you can easily feel the potential energy of the M3.
While the M3 (Sedan $56,275, Coupe $59,275) will get to 60 mph in around 4.5 seconds, what we're enjoying is the fierceness with which the M3 swallows up one corner–we're in the Sport mode–then spurts you to the next. The cross-drilled brakes dip the nose a bit as you haul down for the next turn, firm turn-in matches the sense of power and then you are on to the next corner.
Fun? You bet as you rocket from turn to turn...but you never forget how much power is under your right foot. You're quite aware, a bit on edge, which some argue is half the fun, but then...
Into the 335is Coupe ($50,525). Where the V-8 powered M3 has added visual aggression, like larger front scoops, side vents and a rear spoiler, the 335is is slightly more elegant, a touch sleeker.
And with less horsepower–320 bhp–but more torque–330 lb-ft–than the M3, thanks to the 355is twin-turbo 3.0-liter straight-6. Again we chose the 7-speed dual-clutch automatic, and were delighted by the kick it brings headed into turn 1. That would be the 0-60 time of 5.0 seconds coming to bear and as we turn in–again using Sport–the 335is proves as balanced and stable as the M3.
It's not the same feeling, things aren't as firm and you're not caging the tiger the M3 could be, but playing out the power in a more comfortable manner. Still fast, the amber traction control winking as you power out of many corners.
As quick as the M3? No, but not that far off and to some of us a more enjoyable drive because you are more relaxed, but then...
And a pleasant one it was when booting the 135icoupe through the esses. Then again it does have 300 of both horsepower and torque, the latter ready and very able from 1200 rpm on up.
I admit having somewhat dismissed the 1 Series, which was originally debuted into a tough dollar-euro crunch and always seemed a bit pricey for what you get. It's still not exactly cheap, the 135i starting at $36,925, but what fun.
We're looking at 0-60 in about 5 seconds popping up through the 7-speed Double Clutch Transmission (no, not included in that earlier price) and it feels that fast, the quick shifts just adding to that impression.
Then into the esses at New Jersey Motorsports Park and the little coupe, like its big brothers, is nicely balanced. Up over the rise to the right and the traction control light flashes as the 135i climbs up then accelerates down, again a nice balance of power to potential.
Again, not the quickest of the trio, but is it the most fun? Could be.
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JACKSON, Tenn. - 5/2/2012 - The Union University baseball team survived a very game Blue Mountain (Miss.) College team to win 11-10 Wednesday in day three of the 2012 TranSouth Conference Baseball Tournament. Union, the 2-seed, won their third tournament game, improving to 36-17-1 on the year. Blue Mountain, the 6-seed dropped their first tournament game after two upset wins on the first two day, dropping their overall record to 24-30.
The win for Union earned the Bulldogs a spot in the tournament championship game for the fourth straight season. Union won the tournament title in 2009 and 2011 and finish runner-up to eventual NAIA National Champion, Cumberland, in 2010. The last team to advance to at least four straight tournament title games was Cumberland’s run of six straight from 2003 to 2008, winning the title in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Union fell behind early as Blue Mountain scored an unearned run in the first, followed by three runs in the second to lead 4-0. In each of the first two upset wins for Blue Mountain in this tournament, they scored five runs in the first inning both games.
However, Union was able to respond. The Bulldogs loaded the bases in the third inning for clean-up hitter Doug Joyce. Joyce did just that as he hit a line drive over the left field wall for a game-tying grand slam. Union added three runs in the fourth and another in the fifth inning to rally for an 8-4 lead.
Blue Mountain responded, scoring two runs in the fifth inning and three more in the sixth to take a 9-8 lead going into the top of the seventh. Union was playing as the visiting team on the scoreboard. Joyce came up in the top of the seventh and hit a towering fly ball that carried over the left field fence for his second homer of the game. Union added two runs in the top of the eighth inning to lead 11-9. Blue Mountain threatened in the bottom of the ninth, scoring one run and having the tying run at first with two outs. But it was senior reliever Cody Dew (11-1) who tossed the final 3.2 innings, including striking out the final hitter of the game to secure the win. Dew allowed five hits and one run with three strikeouts.
Union was led by Kody Pinson with three hits, while Joyce, Danny Grimm and RJ Rayborn added two hits each. Grimm was a perfect 7-for-7 in the tournament with five walks, to sacrifice bunts and a sacrifice fly until he was retired in his final at bat in this game. Joyce’s five RBI was a team high. Hunter Mize for Blue Mountain led with three hits. His team pounded out 15 hits in the game.
Union awaits the loser’s bracket survivor for a noon game Thursday. Union needs just one win to claim a second straight tournament title and third in four seasons. Martin Methodist and Cumberland play an elimination game, with the winner facing Blue Mountain late Wednesday. That winner will need to defeat Union twice Thursday to claim the title.
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The crisis in Rivers State looks to be an unending one as Governor Nyesom Wike has boldly accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of shooting voters and causing unrest in the ‘peaceful state.’
According to report, Wike allegedly made this accusation at the commission’s stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt where they ironed out issues from the governorship and House of Assembly elections of March 9 in the state.
Wike said: “I do not agree that Rivers is a violent state. Rivers State has never and it will not be a violent State. Why are they raising too much alarm? What causes violence? Why is there violence each time there is election? The only way to have peaceful elections is when the security agencies refuse to interfere or manipulate any process.
“How did people die? When INEC would go and collate results and people would resist and when people resist, they will shoot them. Rivers is not a violent state. It is most unfortunate that people would leave their state, come to another state, instead of them to make sure what obtains in their state obtains here, they do not want it, they want to cause problems for us.
“With all due respect, the Garrison Commander (Brig.-Gen. Adeola Kalejaiye) is here. Throughout my political career, of not less than thirty years, I have never experienced the type of roles the army played. We must tell people the simple truth.
“INEC set up a committee in 2016, during and after the reruns, where it was stated in your report that certain police officer manhandled your electoral official. He even went as far as naming the police officer. What has happened, as INEC? You could have said you did not want that kind of officer again. The same officer was also implicated in your report in these elections. Who are the people causing the violence?
“Rivers State in not violent when they are drilling crude oil. Why must the violence be during the period of elections? Who are those responsible, in order to tell them? INEC can insist on not requiring the services of the violent security personnel; that is the only way we can have peaceful, free and fair elections in Rivers State. Let the army personnel remove their hands from elections. It is unfortunate that we had some people demonstrating and thanking the Nigerian Army for a job well done. That is Nigeria for us.
“Who are the security personnel that will be in charge of the collation (between April 2 and 5)? Let us avoid sermon. You do not preach to me what you will not practise. The onus is on the security agencies to help INEC to do the right things, in order to achieve the results the commission wants to achieve. Rivers State is a peaceful state. Nobody should be driving away investors from us. Let personnel of Nigerian Army remove their hands from electoral process.”

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Beryllium Chemistry and Processing
Chapter 23: Welding and Joining of Beryllium and Beryllium Alloys
Beryllium has been successfully joined by fusion welding, brazing, solid-state bonding, and soldering. This chapter describes these processes in detail along with their advantages and disadvantages. It also addresses application considerations such as surface preparation, joint design, and testing.
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Current And Recent Research
CBI historians and archivists conduct and facilitate research in computing, software, and networking, as well as archival theory and history.
History of the US Computer Services Industry
Jeffrey Yost has published his book on the history of the US computer services industry from the mid-1950s to the present, Making IT Work: A History of the Computer Services Industry (The MIT Press, 2017). The study analyzes the growth and rapid change in the computer services industry during the 1950s and 1960s, the subsequent success of focused providers, the role played by industry trade organizations, the broadening of services in both scale and scope, and the growing globalization of the trade in recent years.
Tripling Women's Participation in Computing (1965-1985)
With funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, CBI investigated a two decade period when computing was singularly hospitable to women. The proportion of women gaining computer science undergraduate degrees tripled from 1967 to mid-1980s, from 12 to 37 percent, while the proportion of women in the white-collar professional IT workforce climbed impressively as well, topping out in the mid-1980s at 38 percent. CBI researched archival records to better understand industry attitudes and perspectives, conducted over thirty oral histories with women active in industry during the 1965-85 period, and HST Ph.D. student William Vogel published on the findings in IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.
CBI-Los Alamos High-Performance Computing History Project
With funding from the Department of Energy, CBI in 2014 established a multi-year collaborative research project with the High-Performance Computing Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. HST Ph.D. student Nicholas Lewis was in residence at Los Alamos the summers of 2014 and 2015, where he conducted 30 oral histories, accessed rare and valuable archival resources, compiled online history resources, and wrote several essays on Los Alamos computing, including a 60-page survey of the lab's distinctive networking activities and papers delivered at Los Alamos and at the SHOT-SIGCIS workshops in 2014 and 2015. His LANL presentation on "Increasing the Yield: Nuclear Testing, Weapons Strategy, and Supercomputer Selection at Los Alamos" won an award for best poster in August 2015.
Computer Security History
Thomas Misa and Jeffrey Yost have recently completed a major NSF-sponsored four-year research project on the history of computer security. Focusing on the origins of computer security in the 1960s-1990s, the project consisted of oral histories with 31 computer security pioneers, a knowledge-networking wiki, expansion of CBI's already considerable archival holdings on computer security, and a set of peer-reviewed scholarly publications (including a special issue of IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 37 no. 2 (2015): 6-83). Wiki pages provide additional information about the project and oral histories as well as publications. 200+ topical entries explain People, Programs, Publications, Systems, Events, and Mechanisms.
Minnesota as a 'Digital State'
Thomas Misa published Digital State: The Story of Minnesota's Computing Industry (University of Minnesota Press, 2013). It is the first archive-based examination of the state's unique computing history, featuring in-depth profiles of the Engineering Research Associates, Remington Rand Univac, Control Data, Honeywell, and IBM Rochester as well as consideration of how the computing industry paved the way for the state's notable medical devices industry. Margaret Anderson Kelliher, president and CEO of Minnesota High Tech Association, calls it "thoroughly researched and engagingly written." The book draws extensively on CBI oral histories, photographs, and archival collections.
History of NSF FastLane
Thomas Misa and Jeffrey Yost have competed an historical assessment of NSF's FastLane system, Fastlane: Managing Science in the Internet World (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016). The project developed a new Web-based interview platform, in addition to traditional oral histories and documentary analysis, to investigate the design and development of FastLane and the use of the system by different higher education institutions (especially at HBCU and EPSCoR-state universities) as well as NSF itself. The project's 400 in-person interviews as well as 400 online interviews created a unique dataset where 643 of these interviews are publicly accessible. Learn more at www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/fastlane.
Historical Overviews of Computing and the Computer Industry
Jeffrey Yost collaborated with Martin Campbell-Kelly, William Aspray, and Nathan Ensmenger on the third edition of the classic text on the history of computing, Computer: A History of the Information Machine, 2014.
Jeffrey Yost published a volume on IBM's history, The IBM Century, coinciding with IBM's 100th anniversary in 2011.
In 2005 Jeffrey Yost’s synthetic historical overview, The Computer Industry, was published by Greenwood. This book concentrates on the trajectories of different sectors of the industry as well as strategy and implementation within firms in the computer hardware, software, and networking trades. Also in 2005, Yost published an overview chapter on the cultural history of computing, “Computers and the Internet: Braiding Irony, Paradox, and Possibility”, in Carroll Pursell's edited volume, Companion to American Technology (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers).
Computing and Gender
CBI hosted an international workshop on gender and computing in May 2008, and an edited volume is published by Wiley/IEEE-Computer Society Press: Gender Codes: Why Women are Leaving Computing (2010).
History of IBM Rochester
Arthur Norberg and Jeffrey Yost completed research on the history of IBM's Rochester, Minnesota facility and wrote the text IBM Rochester: A Half Century of Innovation (2006). The publication places IBM Rochester's developments and contributions within the broader context of the corporation and the computer industry. It documents the facility’s early history as a manufacturing unit for record equipment, its formation of a development laboratory, the interaction of the lab and manufacturing, the development and production of IBM's mid-range systems (from System/3 to the AS/400 and beyond), and the origin and growth of its Engineering and Technology Services Division.
Engineering Research Associates/Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation/Remington Rand
In 2005 Arthur L. Norberg’s Computers and Commerce: A Study of Technology and Management at Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company, Engineering Research Associates, and Remington Rand, 1946-1957 was published by MIT Press. This book provides analysis of the origins, development and contributions of ERA and Eckert-Mauchly in the early computer industry, with a focus on their R&D efforts as independent companies as well as after they were absorbed by Remington Rand in 1952. The study details the activities of the Norwalk Laboratory of Remington Rand from the early to late 1950s.
“Documenting Internet2: A Collaborative Model for Developing Electronic Records Capacities in the Small Archival Repository”
In 2005 the Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) completed an 18-month National Historical Publications and Records Commission project entitled, “Documenting Internet2: A Collaborative Model for Developing Electronic Records Capacities in the Small Archival Repository.” The project evaluated methods for selection, description, and long-term preservation of historically significant born-digital records in the subject area of history of information technology. CBI was fortunate to have for its partners in this project the University of Minnesota Libraries Information Technology division, the University of Michigan School of Information, and Internet2. More details about the project are available on the project web site, at:
“Building a Future for Software History”
In 2004 the Charles Babbage Institute completed its multi-year NSF project to develop, organize, and disseminate resources and knowledge on the history of software. The project, led by Jeffrey Yost, was among those highlighted by NSF's KDI Program for its successful deliverables.
The project consisted of the following components:
- Iterations: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Software History
- Software History Dictionary
- Oral Histories
- Software History Bibliography

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The federal budget will be cut by $33 billion over the next financial year, but experts say Treasurer
The popular but increasingly expensive 50 per cent tax rebate on childcare costs was kept because it encourages women to work. Each year there is speculation the rebate will be denied to wealthier families.
The budget papers show childcare assistance, worth $4.43 billion next financial year, will grow 15.3 per cent in real terms from 2012-13 over the following four years, an average of almost 5 per cent a year.
“The increase in expenses reflects the growing use of childcare services and the implementation of productivity reforms designed to increase workforce participation," the budget papers say.
Addressing falling revenue from the goods and services tax may be left to future treasurers. The amount expected to be raised through indirect taxes was revised down by $2.5 billion, including $1.9 billion less from the GST as consumers spend less at shops, save more and shift spending to education, housing and health, which aren’t covered by the tax.
Tax reformers want the GST to apply to more goods and services.
Other areas regularly at the top of the reform list include the 50 per cent discount on capital gains tax on the family home and negative gearing, which gives people a tax break for interest they pay on investment properties.
Rothschild Australia executive chairman Trevor Rowe said the government should consider increasing the GST and other indirect taxes and reducing personal and corporate taxes.
The extra cash could be spent on infrastructure. Future federal governments should consider removing subsidies for uncompetitive industries like car manufacturing and increase funds for retraining workforces where Australia has an advantage over other countries, Mr Rowe said.
The car industry argues the subsidies, like the $300 million Automotive Transformation Scheme, should be viewed as a “co-investment" that supports related industries and maintains specialist skills.
The budget allocated $1 billion for the National Disability Insurance Scheme but avoided the hardest part of the plan, which is where the remaining $6 billion in funding will come from.
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UNCLOS 1982 an effective mechanism to address sea disputes: experts
Hanoi (VNA) – The practical implementation of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has shown that it is an effective mechanism for the peaceful settlement of disputes at sea, said Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao, a member of the International Law Commission (ILC) for the 2023-2027 tenure.
He stressed that the signing of the convention on December 10, 1982, marked the first time a set of rules for sea and ocean activities was established, thus helping build a new legal order at sea.
According to him, the convention best represents the codification of international custom and the progressive development of international law in the maritime field, and one of its greatest contributions is the establishment of a new effective mechanism for the settlement of maritime disputes.
The UNCLOS 1982 has laid the foundation for resolving maritime disputes from maritime delimitation, fisheries disputes, navigation, marine scientific research, undersea cable and pipeline installation to other sea-related disputes, Thao said, adding that over one-third of the 500 overlapping seas have been resolved so far.
The ambassador also stated that in the spirit of complying with the provisions of the convention, Vietnam is the most successful country in the region in terms of addressing maritime disputes with the most diverse tools. Vietnam creatively applied the principle of fairness in delimiting the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf with Thailand in 1997, the Gulf of Tonkin with China in 2000, delimiting the continental shelf with Indonesia in 2003. It also applied the mode of win-win cooperation and joint exploitation of fisheries with China in the Gulf of Tonkin in 2004, with Malaysia in 1995, and Cambodia in 1982, and is continuing negotiations to resolve maritime delimitation outside the Gulf of Tonkin, and on the delimitation of an exclusive economic zone with Indonesia.
Meanwhile, Veeramalla Anjaiah, a senior journalist and currently a senior research fellow at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) of Indonesia, said that the UNCLOS, considered the ‘Constitution of the oceans’, has laid down a comprehensive law and order regime in the world's oceans and seas, and established rules for managing all activities of using oceans and marine resources.
Therefore, the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), as well as the building of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law, including this convention, is of great significance.
According to him, over the past 40 years, the UNCLOS 1982 has proven to be an important document in dealing with all issues related to international navigation.
Gregory Poling, Director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the US-based Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), highlighted the important role of this convention for small and developing countries.
He emphasised that the UNCLOS 1982 creates a more equal system for all states to access and manage marine resources and enjoy their rights. The document has given developing countries and coastal states a greater voice, at least in the East Sea.
It is the most widely accepted international treaty after the United Nations Charter. Therefore, every member of the international system has a role to play in shaping this convention, he added./.


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It’s with sadness that we at The Hedgehog Review hear of the death of the sociologist Peter Berger, an occasional contributor to our pages and a friend to the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture.
You can read his essay for our Globalization and Religion issue here, or his interview with Charles Mathewes here. Readers with institutional access might also be interested in THR publisher Joe Davis’s review of Berger’s memoir, Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World without Becoming a Bore.
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The idea is to encourage families who have stayed away because of accumulated fines to return to the library and the worlds that it opens.
Toni Carter watched her son the mayor bounce with excitement as he announced an amnesty for 51,000 St. Paul library cardholders who owe money for overdue books.
“He’s a book guy,” explained the longtime Ramsey County commissioner.
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s proposal would wipe the slate clean for delinquent cardholders whose rights to borrow have been revoked since 2009. Carter not only wants to forgive more than $2.5 million in accumulated fees, he wants to eliminate late fees altogether. He is asking the City Council to approve $215,000 in additional library funding for 2019 to replace revenue collected each year in fines.


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Is Maestro! on Netflix United States?
Sorry, Maestro! (2015) isn't available on Netflix United States, but is available in a different country. Still want to view it? click here.
After the Japanese recession, an eccentric conductor pieces back together the remnants of a once famous orchestra with former and new members. Egos and pettiness have to be overcome in order to achieve harmony. An orchestra reforms under maverick conductor Tendo, but while his unorthodox methods win the players over, concertmaster Shinichi remains suspicious.
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- Miwa, Goro Oishi, Yutaka Sado, Yasushi Fuchikami, Toshiki Ayata, Seminosuke Murasugi, Aoba Kawai, Katsuya Kobayashi, Kanji Furutachi, Denden, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tomoya Nakamura, Tetsuhiro Ikeda, Tori Matsuzaka, Mari Hamada, Yutaka Matsushige
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A Probe of the Periodic Elements for Life in the S.. (APPELS)
A Probe of the Periodic Elements for Life in the Sea
Date du début: 1 juin 2016,
Date de fin: 31 mai 2021
"Chemical elements are the building blocks of life. The major elements, C, H. O, N, P, S are easily recognised as essential nutrients, but their use by life relies on metalloproteins. The identity of the metal centres of these metalloproteins and even the broader palette of trace elements fundamental to life are remarkably poorly known. Whole genomes remain opaque to decoding of this bioinorganic dimension, and optimal trace element concentrations for physiological function. Defining the elemental requirements for maximum growth rate of photosynthesising phytoplankton in the ocean, is critical to understanding Earth's climate. Although microscopic in stature, phytoplankton exert a gigantic influence on the biological pumping of carbon from the atmosphere to the deep ocean. Yet their metal requirements are poorly constrained, being inferred from cellular quotas and "nutrient-like" ocean metal distributions, susceptible to ambiguity between mistaken cellular uptake and use. APPELS will undertake a two-pronged approach to define the modern marine metallome/metalloproteome. I will explore the expanse of the periodic table for novel required elements by growing phytoplankton, representative of the broadest chemotypes, in manipulated media, to delineate optimal conditions for growth whereby any limitation at lowered concentrations implies use. The second prong uses cutting-edge techniques that unite methods from proteomics with geochemical mass-spectrometry to allow both metals and their associated proteins to be examined comprehensively. APPELS will transform our understanding of the essential elements in the ocean and how the biological pump of carbon is geared to ocean chemistry in an evolving world. More broadly, APPELS will provide a step change in documented protein-metal binding centres, with implications for discovery of novel biochemical pathways, and optimal nutrition."
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text: Born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1967. Graduated in scriptwriting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. His first dramatic works appear in the early nineties. His plays, performed in Croatia and abroad, have received numerous awards. From the world of theater he moved to television and in the years 1996-2005 worked for the Drama Department of the Croatian TV, supervising scriptwriting on some twenty long and medium-length features, and several miniseries.

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AQ interrupts his #blackfridaymusic to release his third single off his official debut “Past, Present and The Future” album released on the 4th of December.
The single is titled “Sold Out” and features singer Xtrim. In this single, AQ clears himself to all The Ladies out there. It’s a very nice track.[audio:https://www.360nobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/06-Sold-Out.mp3|titles=06 Sold Out]


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Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Plants Are Invading the Meat Aisle at Kroger
The plant-based Beyond Burger, made by startup Beyond Meat, began rolling out in more than 600 Kroger-owned (KR, -0.33%) stores in June—a move that has more than tripled the burger's distribution within two months.
“It’s a very strong signal,” Beyond Meat CEO and founder Ethan Brown tells Fortune. “Much of the world is drawn toward animal protein as a source of protein,” he adds, but “that is really starting to change.”
The Beyond Burger first went into Whole Foods (WFM, -0.11%) in 2016, but the admittance into Kroger—and Safeway (SWY) a few months prior—is an indication that meat alternatives are gaining appeal among the mainstream who may be looking to cut down on their meat consumption for environmental, animal welfare, and health reasons. The Beyond Burger has half the saturated fat compared to a burger made with the real thing and is cholesterol free.. . . more


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At FDC we remain committed to supporting you as we face together the challenges and opportunities that the future will bring. As we move forward, we want you to be our partner - helping to find answers, hope and new ways to give, connect, and lead. Together we will continue to positively impact our local community and build on our joint successes throughout this difficult time.
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- Stunning Oriental design
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Why not take a moment for yourself and make a refreshing cup of tea in no time at all with this lovely tea-for-one set. The pot and cup are made of stoneware and the lid is made from fully sustainable and environmentally friendly bamboo. Unlike many alternatives the cup is stored under and not over the pot thus avoiding unsightly dribbles down the pot when stored!
The design is inspired by the oriental style of keeping things simple, beautiful and functional. Great too for storage in small spaces.It takes 0.5 litres more than enough for a cuppa! Enjoy!
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Razer has been speaking up modular gaming PCs for years. Now, after numerous concepts, CES reveals, and standard PC cases with associated branding, the corporate is definitely promoting pre-built desktop PCs for the primary time.
The Tomahawk is the ultimate model of what we noticed at CES 2020 again in January. It’s a easy case design with two PCIe slots: one for a full-sized GPU, and one for an Intel NUC Factor board that accommodates the CPU, the RAM, the storage, and mainly the whole lot else you want for a useful PC.
The NUC module features a 45W Core i9-9980HK Espresso Lake processor, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, a 512GB NVMe SSD, and a 2TB arduous drive. The reminiscence and storage are upgradable, however the CPU shouldn’t be — until Intel releases one other suitable NUC board you could swap immediately into the Tomahawk. That Espresso Lake CPU is the sort of half you would possibly discover in a high-end gaming laptop computer, so whereas it’s quick right now it might be one thing you’d need to improve down the road.
The Tomahawk does have area for a full-size GPU as much as 320 x 140mm and there’s an choice to order it with an Nvidia GTX 3080 Founders Version pre-installed. The metallic chassis is 10L in capability, comes with a 750W PSU, and makes use of lively cooling. There are 4 USB-A 3.2 ports and a couple of Thunderbolt 3 ports, in addition to onboard Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 Razer says the small dimension is designed for bringing to tournaments and LAN events or simply liberating up desk area.
You’ll have to essentially worth these attributes for the Tomahawk to be price it, as a result of unsurprisingly it doesn’t come low-cost. Razer has priced it at $2,400 for the bottom mannequin with no discrete GPU or $3,200 with a GTX 3080; preorders have opened within the US, however it’s presently listed as out of inventory.