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Case Name Branson v. Winter JC-CA-0014
Docket / Court 78807 ( State Court )
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Case Type(s) Jail Conditions
Special Collection California Jail Population Caps
On March 27, 1981, a prisoner at the jail in Santa Clara County, California, appearing before a state judge to plead guilty to grand theft, handed the judge a petition for habeas corpus, challenging the conditions of confinement which were alleged to include overcrowding and inhumane conditions ... read more >
On March 27, 1981, a prisoner at the jail in Santa Clara County, California, appearing before a state judge to plead guilty to grand theft, handed the judge a petition for habeas corpus, challenging the conditions of confinement which were alleged to include overcrowding and inhumane conditions. The Santa Clara County Superior Court (Judge Bruce Allen) invited a local public interest lawyer, at the Public Interest Law Foundation, to convert the case to a class action and represent the prisoners. In Auguest 1981, he found that overcrowded and inhumane conditions at the jail violated the inmates' constitutional rights. The Court ordered the county to take specific steps to eliminate the unconstitutional conditions. The county moved for extraordinary relief and filed notices of appeal. Shortly thereafter, pre-hearing conferences were held by the California Court of Appeals pursuant to rule 19.5 of the California Rules of Court. The conferences resulted in a stipulated settlement which treated the habeas corpus proceeding as an action for the violation of the inmates' constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. §1983.
The agreement required the county to provide at the jail additional beds, a public works labor program, adequate staffing, improved medical services and food service, increased access to the law library, increased visitation hours, increased exercise opportunities for inmates, and a population cap. The stipulated settlement also provided for the entry of a "final judgment and consent decree." The stipulated settlement was approved by the pre-hearing conference judge of the Court of Appeals and filed. Pursuant to the agreement, the clerk of the Court of Appeals issued a remittitur on February 1, 1983, which directed the clerk of the Superior Court to enter the final judgment and consent decree. However, the Court of Appeals, on its own motion, recalled the remittitur according to rule 25(d) of the California Rules of Court because the stipulated final judgment and consent decree had not been approved by a panel of three judges of the Court of Appeals. The county then filed a motion to "confirm" the final judgment and consent decree and for re-issuance of the remittitur pursuant to the stipulation.
The California Court of Appeals, First District (Judge Caldecott), held that before a Court of Appeal may order entry of a new judgment by stipulation or consent, the stipulation must be considered by a three-judge panel and approved by at least two judges of that panel. In re Branson, 190 Cal. Rptr. 412 (Cal. Ct. App. 1983). The Court further held that the attempted transmutation of a habeas corpus proceeding into a civil rights action would not, even if effective, confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Appeal to approve the stipulation. The Court also stated that even if the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction, the Court would decline to review the stipulated judgment and consent decree in the absence of complete review of the proposal by the trial court.
Part of the settlement agreement required construction of a new main jail by approximately 1987. Thomas Lonergan was designated as a compliance officer to oversee performance of the agreement. In February 1987, the trial court issued a contempt order, holding the county and supervisors in contempt for violation of the parties' agreement to permit free communication between the complaince officer and county employees. The court also held county supervisors in contempt for their refusal to accelerate the construction of a single-cell facility, which would provide at least 96 single cells by December 1, 1987, or face a $1,000 fine and five-day jail sentence to be served by each supervisor.
On September 17, 1987, the Califonia Court of Appeals for the Sixth District (Judge P. J. Agliano) reversed the trial court's contempt findings. Wilson v. Superior Court, 240 Cal. Rptr. 131 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987). The Court held that the contempt adjudication violated separation of powers and was void because the immediate construction of temporary facilities would be needlessly expensive and would interfere with the master plan for construction of the new jail. The Court noted that the new jail facilities would be completed by January 1988. The Court also found that the contempt order was an invalid delegation to the sheriff of judicial power to decide how many additional cells were needed and that the county supervisors had corrected the problems of allowing the compliance officer free and confidential access to county employees.
We do not have the docket in this state-court case, and have no further information.
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Constitutional Clause
Crowding / caseload
Pre-PLRA Population Cap
Classification / placement
Food service / nutrition / hydration
Law library access
Library (non-law) access
Recreation / Exercise
Sanitation / living conditions
Staff (number, training, qualifications, wages)
Totality of conditions
Type of Facility
Government-run
Causes of Action Habeas Corpus, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241-2253; 2254; 2255
42 U.S.C. § 1983
Defendant(s) Santa Clara County Jail
Plaintiff Description Santa Clara county jail inmates seeking relief from overcrowding and other inhumane conditions in county jail facilities.
Class action status sought Yes
Class action status granted Yes
Filed Pro Se Unknown
Public Int. Lawyer Unknown
Nature of Relief Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Order Duration 1983 - n/a
Case Ongoing No reason to think so
Papers of Sheldon Portman
By: Sheldon Portman (Santa Clara County Public Defender)
Citation: Papers of Sheldon Portman, Georgetown University Law Library
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Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons
Date: Jan. 1, 1998
By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty)
Citation: (1998)
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Reported Opinion (190 Cal.Rptr. 412)
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PLENARY MEETING: Councillors gave go-ahead to municipal sports school changesPhoto credit: Teulada-Moraira town hall
TEULADA-MORAIRA'S municipal sports schools will be run by publicly-owned Teumo Serveis.
All political parties apart from the Partido Popular, which abstained, voted in favour of the proposal at the last plenary council meeting.
For the first time, the town hall will be complying with the Administration's contracting laws, ensuring that coaches and instructors are taken on by Teumo Serveis in a "transparent and public process" that guarantees equal opportunities for those wishing to apply, said Sports councillor Adrian Ruiz.
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Linda came to Spain to live when she was 24, just over 52 years ago, and her husband is Spanish. She began writing for English-language local newspapers in the mid-1970s and hasn't stopped since! She leads a Spanish life, which she believes is vital when conveying the news to English-speaking residents, and along the way she produced two editions of Expand Your Spanish, helping English-speakers to enlarge their knowledge of the language. She was excited to be in at the birth of the Euro Weekly News in 1999 and is still passionately writing for the paper 22 years later.

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This was written as a quartet for a friend's wedding, so the bass part can be left out if necessary. Enjoy.
Carnival of the Animals: 13. The Swan, Carnival of the Animals: 06. Kangaroos, Carnival of the Animals: 01. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion, Carnival of the Animals: 02. Hens and Roosters, Carnival of the Animals: 03. Hemiones, Ave Maria for string quartet, Clair de Lune for piano and strings, Silent Night, Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition, Shalom Aleichem, The Swan (viola and piano), Wachet Auf, or, Sleepers Wake, Xerxes for Woodwind Quintet, Jolly Old St. Nicholas and Kalinka
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A narrative review on the similarities and dissimilarities between myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (me/cfs) and sickness behavior
Morris, Gerwyn, Anderson, George, Galecki, Piotr, Berk, Michael and Maes, Michael 2013, A narrative review on the similarities and dissimilarities between myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (me/cfs) and sickness behavior, BMC medicine, vol. 11, no. 64, pp. 1-19, doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-64.
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Hiking Around Tokyo
A blog about climbing some of the lesser known peaks of the Kanto area
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Mt Mae-Kesamaru (1878m), Midori Town, Gunma & Tochigi Prefectures
I climbed the highest peak of this mountain two years ago in June, the "back peak". I had planned to climb the lower "front peak" last year but it kept on getting postponed. At just 100 km from Tokyo, it's closer than many other peaks I've easily climbed as day trips. However, the trail entrance is a two-hour drive from the closest city. Apart from the long drive, the hike itself seemed straightforward, going up and down the same way. The front and back peaks used to be connected by a trail, but over time it has "weathered" and it's now officially closed. The weather was supposed to be good, but since I would be hiking inside the Nikko National Park, I knew the weather could be changeable. For the effort of going to the same mountain, I was hoping I would get a different view from last time.
Hiking in the Ashio Mountains 足尾山地
The Southern section of the Nikko National Park
I arrived at Maebashi station around 8h30 and was on the road by 9am. Once I arrived in the Watarase river valley, there were fewer cars and I enjoyed the drive. Just before Sori station, I turned left up a narrow mountain road. The road was in rather bad condition, with potholes, fallen rocks and branches on the road, and I had to drive really slowly till the parking lot next to the trail entrance (elevation 1200m). It was 11am and there were three ladies enjoying a break at the resthouse. I asked them whether they had just come down the mountain; they told me they were volunteers who cleaned the parking toilet. They offered me some snacks, and then drove off.
Turning around, Mt Akagi
A nice ridge walk, not easy to find in the area
Twenty minutes later, I started up the staircase at the start of the hike. After a short climb, the path leveled as it followed a narrow ridge. The thick forest blocked out the sunlight, and the trail was faint and hard to follow. I was soon back in the sun after one side of the ridge became a grassy slope, giving me a great profile view of today's mountain. Turning around, I saw Mt Akagi where I was hiking less than two months ago. As I climbed, the grassy slope got steeper and steeper, but soon I was back in the forest and on a level track.
The Ashio mountains, beautiful and hard to reach
From left to right: Mt Sukai, Mt Nikko-Shirane and Mt Koshin
A little past noon, I reached a wooden lookout tower and a marker for the Kanto Fureai no Michi. The tower was disappointing as the view was mostly blocked by trees – not really surprising since it was built 25 years ago. However I was alarmed to see lots of big dark clouds gathering on the other side of the ridge; there was no time to dawdle. Luckily the next section was mostly flat. At a clearing I passed the turnoff for the emergency hut; there were many rock cairns, and it felt a bit spooky. Further on, there was another clearing filled with rock cairns. It was odd to see so many of them since the trail was well below the tree limit and there was no risk of getting lost.
Walking through the birch trees
Withered pine trees near the top
After some gently climbing, I reached the top of Mt Komaru 1676m (小丸山 komaruyama). The clouds had temporarily moved away, and I had an excellent view of the Ashio mountains (足尾山地) stretching northwards all the way to Mt Koshin, Mt Sukai and Mt Nikko-Shirane to the North. After a short break, I continued along the path, going down for a bit, and then past a very dodgy emergency yellow-coloured shelter – it would have to be a very big emergency for me to stay there! the path then climbed again, through a forest of white-barked birch trees. I soon reached the base of a very steep climb below the summit. Grabbing ropes, rocks and branches, I pulled myself up and up. It wasn't dangerous, but it was quite a workout.
Below, a great hiking area closer to Tokyo
Stretching into the distance, the Kanto Plain
After the path flattened and started to curve around the round summit, I was rewarded with sweeping views to the West. I could see the low mountains of Southern Tochigi and Eastern Gunma, the Kanto plain and Mt Akagi. Since the Kanto plain is flat and wide, it felt like being on a plane. At 2pm I was standing on the top of Mt Mae-Kesamaru 1878m (前袈裟丸山 maekesamaruyama). The view from the summit marker was so-so, but moving through the trees towards the start of the closed trail for Mt Ato-Kesamaru, gave me a much better view. Straight ahead was the other Kesamaru mountain; to the right were the Ashio mountains and the Nikko National Park; to the left the mountains of Northern Gunma. Maybe it was due to climbing in a different season, but I felt that the views on this Kesamaru mountain were better.
Looking at "back Kesamaru" from "front Kesamaru"
Autumn is around the corner
I started down at 2h30. I was anxious to get to my car as soon as possible; I wanted to get back to Maebashi before dark. Also, since I was heading back the same way, I knew I was alone on the mountain. Actually, I was wrong; once I reached the grassy slope close the parking area, I saw, and heard, several deer jumping through the forest. After observing and listening to the deer, I moved on, and was back at my car less than 2 hours after leaving the top. It was still sunny; I was relieved that the weather had held all day. I drove back the same way, and got back to Maebashi station around 6h30 before it got completely dark. I caught the train for Takasaki, and then jumped on the direct train for Tokyo.
Mt Mae-Kesamaru in the late afternoon sun
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CASE broadens the capabilities of its skid steer loaders with new attachments
CASE's digging, pushing, loading and carrying machines are now ideal for road construction and maintenance, demolition, and farming.
CASE Construction Equipment has introduced a wide range of skid steer loader attachments for the South East Asian market. The attachments make the machines ideal for a greater number of tasks, particularly in road construction and maintenance, demolition, and farming.
CASE now offers nine different skid steer loaders and eight specialised attachments. To demonstrate the versatility of these machines – designed for digging, pushing, loading and carrying – the first of a series of road shows was staged today in Rayong, on the east coast of Thailand. The event was attended by dealers from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore.
CASE updated its famously robust skid steer loaders last year, delivering best-in-class horsepower and bucket breakout force, higher rated operating capacity, and cleaner emissions standards. Technical upgrades created the most powerful skid steer in CASE's history and the largest radial-lift skid steer on the market. Now, the new attachments broaden the machines' capabilities.
To help customers identify the best attachments for their needs, CASE's state-of-the-art loaders are now available in South East Asia in three different packages: for road construction and maintenance, for demolition, and for farming.
Versatility for every task
In the Basic Road Construction Package, for road construction and general construction sites, skid steer loaders are available with Multi-Bucket and Pickup Broom attachments. In road construction, the Multi-Bucket reduces spillage of asphalt and loose materials during travel operations, with fine control over material-spread. In building construction, the Multi-Bucket improves control over loose material during spreading, grazing or dozing. The Pickup Broom is ideal for picking up rocks, dirt and other debris and sweeps, cleans, and dumps into trucks for quick cleaning of roads, parking lots, construction sites, and public areas such as paving.
The Road Maintenance Package is offered with the Pickup Broom; the Compactor, to compact sub-base and asphalt; and the Planer, for planing frost heaves and expansion joints and removing lane markings. The Road Maintenance Pro Package additionally includes the Slot Cutter, for curb-cutting and repairing cracks and pot holes.
The Demolition Package includes the Pickup Broom, Multi-Bucket, and Slot Cutter attachments.
The Farm Package offers the Multi-Bucket, for scraping and clean-up of livestock waste, and handling loose feed, fertilizer and earth; Pallet Forks, for the easy unloading and moving of palletized bags of fertilizer from trucks; and either the Pickup Broom or an Auger for drilling holes for trees, post-holes and fencing. The Farm Pro Package additionally includes a Brush Cutter attachment for clearing light- to medium-density brush and hardwoods up to 100mm in diameter.
Danilo Catalucci, Head of Marketing for CASE Construction Equipment in South East Asia and Japan, commented: "CASE is well known for offering a wide product range for road construction, with many projects across South East Asia already using our graders, dozers, and compactors. Less well-known is how the versatility of our skid steer loaders makes them suitable for a wide range of industries. With so many different loader attachments available, there's a partner for every job."
CASE offers a full line of equipment with more than 90 different models, including heavy excavators, compactors, wheel loaders, crawler dozers, skid-steer loaders and backhoe loaders. The company's products are manufactured around the globe – in the USA, Brazil, France, Italy, India, Indonesia and Japan – focusing its manufacturing expertise close to the customer.
Rayong, Thailand, 26th October 2018
CASE Construction Equipment Skid Steer Loaders event in Rayong, Thailand
CASE Construction Equipment event in Rayong, Thailand
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Kaidi graduated with Highest Distinction from Goizueta Business School, Emory University in 2014, where she received her bachelor degree with double major of Finance and Economics. Outside of school, she volunteered at animal shelters and visited sites in Alabama and Kentucky to build houses for tornado and hurricane reconstruction.
Kaidi started her career as a Financial data analyst at Bloomberg L.P. in Princeton, US, where she worked in Earnings Estimates covering Technology, Media, and Telecom sector. She then transferred to London to take on responsibility of managing sell-side estimates consensus on EMEA Financials sector. Upon regulatory implementation of MiFID II, Kaidi works closely with buy-side and sell-side to help clients adapting to changes by providing innovative financial data and technical workflow solutions. She is also the co-chair of Bloomberg Pan-Asian Community (London chapter), where she focuses on promoting cultural awareness, creating commercial impacts and building leadership development within the company and with other corporations.
With work experience in both US and UK, Kaidi decided to join London Business School to further develop an international perspective at today's financial market and expand her knowledge. She also looks forward to leveraging on the network from LBS' diverse communities.
In her free time, Kaidi likes travel, movies and music. Her loves boxing and hiking, and she went on her first sailing trip in October 2017 with LBS Sailing Club and will soon start lessons to learn to be a skipper.


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Media Horizon – What does the future hold for journalism?
Is social media going to be the death or the rescuer of digital journalism?
Posted bysarahratzer February 16, 2020 February 16, 2020 Posted inUncategorized
How does the use of social media affect today's journalism? That's what I'm going to discuss in this blogpost.
My name is Sarah Rätzer, and I'm a 30-year old journalist from Sweden. I'm currently studying journalism and communication at Bond University on the Gold Coast, on the other side of the world.
That wouldn't have been possible without the innovation of the internet. I researched different universities all over the world via the internet and then applied to my favourite one, Bond, through a study abroad organisation in Sweden via the internet. I also applied for my visa, got my insurance and booked my flight ticket via the internet. All of this we take for granted today, but 30 years ago before the internet had diffused into our everyday life, this would have been much more complicated.
It takes 30 years for an innovation to become a standard technology, according to the technological forecaster Paul Saffo, so I'm happy I'm studying now and not 30 years ago. (Shirley, 2007)
I've been working as a reporter at the local newspaper Sydöstran in my home town in Sweden for the last few years. However, last year I felt like I wanted to do something else for a while and also learn something new. Therefore I thought studying abroad would be perfect for me.
I am what the management consultant Peter Drucker would call a knowledge worker. Not a boss but not a worker either, rather something in between whose mission is to think for a living. People these days don't stay at the same job during their entire career like they did back in the days. People today want to change jobs, change cities and even countries, and to keep the talent companies have to agree with this and keep their doors open, according to the survey: Thinking for a living which was published in The Economist (2006). Just like my boss at the newspaper who let me fly to the other side of the world to study. He will benefit from this, though, because when I get back, I will have even more knowledge that I can share with the newspaper and my colleagues.
When I first started my job at the newspaper, I worked as a web reporter responsible for both publishing articles digitally and managing our social media channels. A lot of work for just one person if you ask me, especially considering how important social media is today.
I noticed that the articles I put on Facebook got a lot more clicks than the articles I didn't publish there. When I looked at the statistics of how people accessed our articles, Facebook drove a lot of traffic to our site. Most people still accessed our articles through our web site, but Facebook was the second-largest source of traffic, way more effective than, for example, Google.
Despite this, I had to fight for the use of social media at the newspaper, against people who weren't comfortable using it and therefore didn't want to. I understand that it can be scary when this new way of working gets introduced in your workplace if you don't understand it.
However, sometimes you have to embrace new things if you know that they are good for you and your job. Facebook is part of the technoculture within digital journalism today. Meaning that we use the technology of Facebook to create and spread our news, among other things. The culture of Facebook with words like Facerape, which means to hijack another person's account and the technology of Facebook has been synonymous and also a natural part of today's society (Green, 2002).
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People who don't want to be a part of that has what sociologist Everett M. Rogers would call a hypercritical and pessimistic stance towards this new way of work. That is, that they see Facebook usage at work as leading to a disaster (Rogers, 1986).
They were claiming that it would take too much time away from other work tasks and "it isn't in the job description". Well, I think it should be, because we know how important, for example, Facebook is today. It has over 2,4 billion users monthly, and it's the most prominent social network worldwide, according to statistics from Statista from 2019. We also know that a lot of people read their news there, which tells us that we, of course, want to have our news there (Gramlich, 2019).
Semiotician Daniel Chandler would call these people who are against social media use at the workplace technological determinists. This means that they believe that new technologies, Facebook, in this case, would radically change their job and their way of thinking. I think that it's we who would change our job and our way of thinking by using Facebook. We rule the technology, the technology doesn't rule us. This makes me more of a socio-culturalist, according to Chandler (1996).
There's more challenges in using social media within digital journalism. People want to read news for free, so they tend to get angry if we post articles with a paywall on Facebook, even if we write in the post that it's a paywall-article. They don't seem to understand that journalists also want to get paid for their work.
Our readers can also comment on our Facebook-posts which can be a problem if they write offensive or racist things. This has happened many times when I have been working. It's a good thing that our readers can interact with us instead of us just publishing articles without any feedback or contact. It can also be problematic because we as a newspaper don't want to be connected to that. Neither do we want our readers to feel bad when they see our Facebook posts. However, this is a part of the social convergence within journalism, which we have to accept. Back in the days the newspapers were publishing articles for their readers who were only able to receive the information. Now the readers can post comments on the newspapers social media pages, rate the newspaper on Facebook and also share their articles. Today everyone can publish anything, anywhere. That is what journalism professor Henry Jenkins calls participatory culture (2006).
This brings us to another problem area within journalism and social media, fake news. When everyone is a publisher, how can we know that what people publish is true? We could of course look up the source and check its credibility and use google to see if any other web pages have the same information. But it's tricky these days to know for sure. Especially with today's technique which even makes it possible to do so called deep fakes. That is videos of people saying things they have never said, made possible by artificial intelligence. Facebook is doing a raid against deep fakes before the Us election of 2020, which I think is very important. These videos look very real and could change people's opinions regarding who they vote for, which isn't good for democracy. (Hern, 2020)
Social media is here to stay, and we will probably encounter more problems in the future when both social media and digital journalism are evolving.
Journalism is facing a tough future, with fewer subscribers and people not willing to pay for digital news. I think we have to come up with a way to use social media more effectively within digital journalism, to help save it.
Paul Bradshaw that runs the blog onlinejournalismblog.com is writing that Artificial intelligence could help journalists figure out what, when and how to publish on social media, with the help of algorithms. Several companies are already doing this according to the blog (Bradshaw, 2019), and I think this could be a big help for the future of journalism.
The Artificial intelligence could figure out when it's most effective to publish a news article and in which social media channel to publish to give the best possible traffic because now we're only guessing. Or we look at statistics and then act but with artificial intelligence algorithms, we could analyse so much more data and statistics, so much faster.
Then social media journalists can concentrate on building relationships with the audience and also figure out how to cope with the fact that a lot of social media users mostly use the chat function. Because today we don't get any traffic from people just using the chat function on for example Instagram. That is another possible platform that could be explored in the future.
How do you think we can use social media to help save the digital journalism? Write your suggestions in the comments!
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A contest for real saps: Vergas' Maple Syrup Festival to include tasting competition
With the first day of spring now behind us, and temperatures jumping up into the 30s, 40s and even 50s, the sap has begun flowing from area maple trees -- just in time for Vergas' annual Maple Syrup Festival, which is on tap for Saturday, April 8...
Syrup producers pour their product into jars for sampling. Submitted photo
By Vicki Gerdes / Forum News Service
With the first day of spring now behind us, and temperatures jumping up into the 30s, 40s and even 50s, the sap has begun flowing from area maple trees - just in time for Vergas' annual Maple Syrup Festival, which is on tap for Saturday, April 8 at the Vergas Community Events Center.
This year, the festival committee has lined up something new to tempt visitors' taste buds: A Maple Syrup Tasting Contest. Or if you'd prefer, go out and tap a tree or two to make your own and enter the contest yourself.
"The contest is open to anyone and everyone," says committee member Cheryl Hanson, noting that amateurs can enter right alongside professional syrup producers. "Just bring in a minimum of a half pint of syrup to the Event Center between 9 and 11 a.m. on the morning of the festival."
A panel of judges will taste each sample, then choose a winner.
"Jerry Jacobson (of Jake's Syrups) has come up with a list of criteria," says Hanson. "We'll be judging for flavor and clarity.
The biggest requirement, however, is that the syrup has to be of the contestants' own making; no store-bought varieties allowed.
"So don't bring in a jug of Mrs. Butterworth's," Hanson laughed. "But we do encourage everyone who wants to enter to give it a try, because anyone can win it."
The winner will receive a gift certificate to Spanky's Stone Hearth and a customized trophy featuring a copper maple leaf that was designed and crafted by local artist Patrick Shannon especially for the event.
"It's really beautiful," Hanson said of the trophy, noting that it is designed to be a traveling trophy that will be passed on from one winner to another, for as long as the contest continues - which will hopefully be for many years to come.
"We'll also have a portable sap cooking unit on display outside," Hanson said, "and people will be able to try samples of real maple sap, both plain and carbonated."
Of course, the festival will also feature past favorites like the Pancake Feed from 8 a.m. to noon (featuring real maple syrup, of course), the Maple Medallion Hunt (details available at the pancake feed), the Saps Running 5K Run/Walk at 9:30 a.m. (register by 9 a.m.; cost is $30 in advance or $50 the day of the event), the Maple Leaf Hunt at 10 a.m. (for kids age 5 and under), and live bluegrass music from the band Gospel Train throughout the morning. There will also be maple shakes and maple candy for sale, and raffles for jars of real maple syrup and gift certificates to local businesses.
Speaking of local businesses, many of them will be offering special deals during the festival, and over at Maplewood State Park, the brand new Sugar Shack will offer live syrup making demonstrations and tours throughout the day as well.
Maple syrup makers gather sap they have tapped from trees in preparation for cooking up a fresh batch. Submitted photo
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I was looking at using a new psychometric instrument the other day when one of the developers explained by they had used motivational drivers as one of the axis for the instrument - "well they're pretty consistent aren't they" he said and moved swiftly on. I was left open mouthed and very unconvinced by the instrument as a result.
Yes I know there will be variations by gender and culture, but that's still a common white male westerner script. That's sort of how we think life goes and within that we will seek to meet our more individual needs and preferences and that's where things can get very interesting; as they also do at the ellipses (the three dots at then end).
I first read about the script above in the context of some research done in the 50s. And I'd be really curious to see how it looks in 50 years time despite everything we hear about Generation X, Y, Z and whatever follows. But despite the strength and enduing nature of the script there is increasing dissonance. More and more people early in their lives are looking at that script and saying I'm not so sure. And more and more people in their middle life are getting to the end of the script - the moment when the children leave (though some of them can be very obdurate at this point) and wondering what to do with the dots.
This can be both very liberating and very confusing time. And with that liberation or confusion comes either a release or diminishing of our energy. The confusion occurs when what we as individuals want and the social expectations placed on us collide, or just don't align very well. We find ourselves going around in circles or wandering aimlessly unsure of where we want to go next or what we want to do. Sometime the confusion can lead to outbreaks of rebellion but that is an explosion of energy that usually dies down and dissipates quickly.
When its liberating, we find a way of understanding who we really want to and can be and try directions and choices that take us there, fuelled by a restless energy that knows we are on the right path, even if we can't see it. As ever this isn't easy - its sometimes really hard to stop looking at all the things we want to have, or the things we want to do or the roles we might like to do to hear who we really want to be.
So if you find yourself listless or going round in circles or frittering away your time - stop hankering after the things you want and worrying about what you want to do and in stillness listen for the voice that helps you understand who you can be and go in search of that person. And you know what - when you find it the rest follows.


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This is not the first time I have posted a photo of the statues that can be found outside the beautiful Palais de Tokyo, a palace that was built in 1937 to shelter a modern art museum (actually two, one local and one national, but let's not complicate things!). This time, I tried to find a new angle; I took this photo through the legs of one of the statues, located in the foreground. A sort of modern art peep show in other words!
The things you do to get a new perspective. Have they cleaned up all the graffiti and trash down there???
Nah, not totally, but it's better. The place is really a dump sometimes though.
Va va voom, Eric! After I read the title, I wasn't quite sure what I was looking at there for a second! This photo is tres artistique!
Like Monet, who kept finding new ways to see water lilies, you are an artist, Eric!
Well done, Eric. Voyeurism in the name of art.
Excellent framing Eric! Every pose in the picture is leaning back to the left. Esthetically very pleasing and culturally expletive. The best I have seen, especially in B/W.
Ooh, La, La, Eric! Very interesting, although if I had read the title first, I would have been hesitant to look!
This is a good opportunity to compare the Cloud Gate in Millennium Park in Chicago. Hint, hint.
What a frame ! What a title !! and what a power !
Beside, the foreground playing like a blind, I would need to touch to be sure, like the blind do (rôo la la... Eric !!).
Hilarious ! Gave me a great laugh.
Eric, you naughty boy:) hehehe BEST (and only) peep show I've ever enjoyed!
I love it! The perspective reminded me instantly of The Graduate.
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me...aren't you?"
My first visit to Paris in 2002 was to document as much Art Deco as I could find. I love what you have done here with the "view". Most enjoyable.


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Evolve Security and Smartvue Announce Distribution Partnership
By Send2Press Newswire on February 17, 2012 in Electronics, Oregon, Press Releases, Safety and Security Solutions, Telecom
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Evolve Security, an IP-focused security distributor based in Portland, Oregon, today announced a distribution partnership with Smartvue, a leading manufacturer of IP video surveillance solutions.
With this partnership, Evolve Security dealers, installers, and integrators will have access to Smartvue's complete line of IP Video solutions, including Network Video Recorders (NVRs), the online cloud-based remote management service "Cloudvue," and mobile surveillance apps. Featuring award winning software and cutting edge technology, Smartvue offers an innovative and intuitive solution for recording, managing, and storing IP video.
"Smartvue's mission is to make amazing network video surveillance technologies easy and profitable for resellers and integrators to sell, install, and maintain," said Martin Renkis, CEO of Smartvue. "Evolve Security offers a fantastic platform and their expertise with security & IP video technology will provide real value to the industry, especially as we move to higher performance edge devices and cloud-based services."
About Smartvue:
Founded in 1998 and based in Nashville, TN, Smartvue is a leading American manufacturer of professional IP video solutions. The company has received numerous awards, including Best in Show and two Innovations awards at CES, two Mobility awards, and a MacWorld Innovation award.
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Moving from outrage to creativity: Oklahoma musicians, producers write songs to fight racial injustice
National and World
The overwhelming cry for justice and change is evident in volume; in signs, marches, and even in music
by: Galen Culver
Posted: Jun 4, 2020 / 09:57 AM EDT / Updated: Jun 4, 2020 / 10:11 AM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — It is a spontaneous response to the on-camera death of a black man at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
This kind of protest took place around the world and here in Oklahoma over the weekend and beyond.
The overwhelming cry for justice and change is evident in volume; in signs, marches, and even in music.
War Mothershed is an Oklahoma-based rap artist who is working with a small group of other musicians and producers.
Most of them were on the streets of their city over the weekend to protest. However, they also felt inspired to quickly turn those feelings into something more.
"My goal with my music is to give a voice to the voiceless," he said.
One of War's latest is called, 'Racism and Color.'
"As long as we come together on what really matters most, at the end of the day, we can all be family," he continued.
Each of these artists, War, producer Herbert Hardman, and photographer Ce Locke share the same experiences of being unfairly treated because of their skin color.
War's father, Elijah, and two other people were murdered in their home early last year.
"It really takes away from your sense of security," says Mothershed of his father's sudden death.
Each of them, however, feels a need to channel their passion through their music.
"Art has power," argues Hardman. "Words have power. Music has power. Platforms have power."
Locke continues, "You know we can't control what cops do in Minnesota, but we can control how we react to it here in Oklahoma."
From speaking truth to writing and signing it too, artists have always turned strong feelings into work on canvas or vinyl.
The best examples help create actual change.
If you're interested in hearing more of War Mothershed's music, visit his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts.
For more of Ce Locke's work, visit YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is likely to start after Joe Biden's inauguration, and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is telling senators their decision on whether to convict the outgoing president over the Capitol riot will be a "vote of conscience."
The timing for the trial, the first of a president no longer in office, has not yet been set. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it clear Friday that Democrats intend to move swiftly on President-elect Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID aid and economic recovery package to speed up vaccinations and send Americans relief. Biden is set to take the oath of office Wednesday.


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We are off to Odayaka Sushi, Marina CostaBaja for our November 2011 luncheon. The Meet & Greet will start at 12:15 with the lunch starting at 1:00 pm on FRIDAY, the 25th of November. Space is limited, so you will want to reserve early by e-mailing Luiza at luizalanoy@yahoo.com.
The Holiday Art and Craft Sale (Nov. 25, 26 and 27) is right next door to the restaurant and will start after our luncheon from 2:30 onward.
Here is the menu for our event at Odayaka Sushi Bar: Japanese Salad, Chicken yakimeshi, Vegetable and fish tempura and a California Roll.
Price for the luncheon is only 150 pesos. We are looking forward to seeing you all there!


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Нирад Нараян Мохапатра (, ; 12 ноября 1947 — 19 февраля 2015) — индийский  и , снимавший фильмы на языке ория. Его фильм Maya Miriga выиграл Национальную кинопремию в 1984 году.

Биография
Родился 12 ноября 1947 года в штате Одиша и был старшим из семи детей в семье борца за свободу Нараяна Мохапатры.
Вырос в Бхадраке и с детства интересовался кино. В 1967 году получил степень бакалавра искусств и записался в Уткальский университет для получения степени в области политологии, но вскоре бросил и в 1968 году поступил на режиссёрские курсы в .
Спустя пять лет он был принят в этот же институт на должность преподавателя и проработал там два года. В это время среди его студентов были , , ,  и .
В 1974 году он основал Cinexstasy, киноклуб в Бхубанешваре, который функционировал вплоть до 1983 года.

В 1974 году Нирад снял свой первый фильм — документальный Dhauligiri Shanti Stupa. Но главным его творением считают художественный  1984 года, поднимающий проблему возрастающей разобщенности семей в эпоху урбанизации. Фильм был снят в приморском городке Пури, а съёмочной площадкой послужил заброшенный дом.
Картина получила Национальную кинопремию как второй лучший фильм года
и специальную премию жюри на ,
была признана лучшим фильмом третьего мира на Международном кинофестивале Мангейм — Гейдельберг и
показана на «неделе критики» в Каннах.
Maya Miriga остался единственным художественным фильмом режиссёра, все картины, снятые им в дальнейшем, были документальными.

В 1985 году Мохапатра получил приглашение прочитать лекции о кинематографе от четырех американских институтов. Несколько раз он был членом жюри и отборочной комиссии Индийского кинофестиваля. Последние четыре года своей жизни преподавал в  в Бхубанешваре.

В январе 2015 года Мохапатра был помещён в Fortis Hiranandani Hospital с подозрением на рак. Там он перенёс две операции в течение месяца, но его состояние ухудшилось, и он скончался 19 февраля. У него остались жена, двое сыновей и дочь.

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Q: Convert 2D table to three 1D arrays in Python I have data in an n x m 2D table like this:

In my Python code, it looks like this:
import numpy as np

xData = np.array([-225,    -200,   -175])
yData = np.array([0.1,     1.0,    5.0])
zData = np.array([[749.36, 698.96, 471.88],
                  [1012.1, 987.87, 890.69],
                  [1283.9, 1270.1, 1217.1]])

In order to do some curve fitting, I would like to have it in the form of three 1D arrays where each has the size 1 x (n x m):
xData = np.array([-225,   -225,   -225,   -200,   -200,   -200,   -175,   -175,   -175])
yData = np.array([0.1,    1.0,    5.0,    0.1,    1.0,    5.0,    0.1,    1.0,    5.0])
zData = np.array([749.36, 698.96, 471.88, 1012.1, 987.87, 890.69, 1283.9, 1270.1, 1217.1])

What is a nice and clean way to achieve this?
Note that in general, xData and yData are not evenly spaced.

A: This should do the trick:
xData = np.repeat(xData, np.shape(zData)[1])
yData = np.tile(yData, np.shape(zData)[0])
zData = np.reshape(zData, (1, np.size(zData)))

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Principal photography in Toronto and Hamilton is set to begin on October 20 on Brett and Jason Butler's latest film.
First Round Down centres on Tim Tucker, a former junior hockey star turned hitman who returns home after a decade to take care of his brother and move on from his criminal past.
Dylan Bruce from Orphan Black stars alongside Rachel Wilson, Rob Ramsay, John Kapelos, Peter MacNeill, Pedro Miguel Arce and father-son duo Joel Percy Hynes and Percy Hynes White.
The production will work alongside the Hamilton Steelhawks Hockey Club, who officially return to the ice after a 27-year absence.
Scenes for the film will be shot during the Steelhawks' home opener game at the Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena in Hamilton on November 7.
Jason (pictured at right) and Brett Butler (pictured at left, pictured in front of the Hamilton Arena) of Substance Production previously directed the 2013 drama Mourning Has Broken. The brothers produce alongside Marina Cordoni.


It's great to have you on board Aidan (sorry I can't make that funny a on my keyboard ^^). We all love Anka very much and anyone she loves is welcome in my book.
I just wanted to say thank you for making me feel so welcome in the guild. It's really really lovely and I feel right at home already. Aidan is so right - we are so lucky to be a part of this. I think this is no small part to the way the guild is run, and the attitude of members. Thank you for having me.
Yay I think we've found another one!


CASA of Coconino County is affiliated with CASA of Arizona and the National CASA Association which is a network of nearly 1,000 programs that are recruiting, training and supporting volunteers to represent the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courtroom and other settings.
In 1977, a Seattle juvenile court judge concerned about making drastic decisions with insufficient information conceived the idea of citizen volunteers speaking up for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courtroom. Since that first program network has grown to nearly 1,000 CASA programs all who are recruiting, training and supporting volunteers in 49 states.


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Satellite reunion: Camp brings old Georgia friends together
Former and current Georgia offensive coordinators: Mike Bobo, left, and Jim Chaney.
ROB SAYE / SPECIAL
BUFORD – Everywhere around the field on Thursday morning, it seemed, it was a case of worlds colliding. Or at least Georgia football worlds, old and new.
The former offensive coordinator, Mike Bobo, shaking hands and laughing with the current one, Jim Chaney. The former offensive line coach, Will Friend, standing and talking with the current one, Jim Chaney.
Then to top it all off in walked Hines Ward, the legendary former Georgia receiver, who had been invited to come to this satellite camp by Bobo, his friend and former teammate.
"I didn't know anything about satellite camps," Ward said. "But Bobo and I, we've always had a great relationship over the years."
The only Georgia assistant coach not in attendance was James Coley, the receivers coach, who was headed for a European vacation. No matter, the few hundred campers had an able replacement in Ward, who took a hands-on approach in receiving drills.
CSU offensive coordinator (and former Georgia O-line coach) Will Friend, left, and current Georgia O-line coach Sam Pittman. (ROB SAYE)
This satellite camp, officially hosted by Georgia Southern in cooperation with Georgia and Colorado State, at first seemed an excuse for a get-together. The coaches at the three schools (GSU's Tyson Summers, Georgia's Kirby Smart and CSU's Bobo) are all good friends, all members of Georgia's staff a decade ago.
And indeed for the first hour on Thursday morning the coaches just milled about and caught up. Bobo, now Colorado State's head coach, brought Friend, his offensive coordinator, leading to those surreal scenes. All that was missing was Mark Richt walking through the door.
But as the camp kicked into gear, everyone did seem to take it seriously. Summers acted as the organizer, while Georgia's coaches took the lead in a number of drills. Georgia defensive coordinator Mel Tucker was particularly vocal as he worked with the secondary, and during the 7-on-7 drills.
Ward was very active as well: When a young receiver whiffed on a catch, Ward sought him out and gave him some advice.
"I'm out here to work with these high school recruits, help them become better receivers with a little insight," Ward had told the media earlier.
Hines Ward had a good time at Thursday's satellite camp in Buford. (ROB SAYE).
For Georgia, this camp was more about being seen. There were no high-profile 2017 recruits, but you never know, especially with the younger players.
This camp was a bit more of an opportunity for Colorado State and Georgia Southern, smaller programs that need to uncover talent – and in Bobo's case, it was a unique chance, because of the geography.
"We can't get this many players on campus, at our place," Bobo said. "There's a chance to go to different states and see prospects. We get a chance to hang out, talk ball, and see the high school coaches."
Smart and other SEC coaches had lobbied against these camps. Bobo, for what it's worth, said he would be against them too if he were in Smart's position. But they're legal right now, so the smaller and further-away schools will work to take advantage.
The camp drew a couple hundred players, who wore shirts emblazoned with "GATA" on them – the motto of both Georgia and Georgia Southern's program, a reminder of the Erk Russell ties that bind both.
Summers, Bobo and Smart each gave a short speech to the players before drills began. When it came Smart's turn, he brought up Russell Wilson, and then gave a rather tough love speech.
"I'm going to be honest with you: There's going to be very few guys here who get the opportunity to go play yin the SEC, because it's a 1 percent league. About one percent of the high school players in this area are going to get that opportunity," Smart told the players. "So that's not what it's about for me today. It's about me making you better, and making you better for your high school program."
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My first memories of my father are of his absence. World War Two was raging. He was a soldier somewhere in France, or Luxembourg, or maybe Germany. At times, nobody knew for certain until a letter arrived from the war front. Written three weeks ago, the letter could only tell us where he had been.
Not long ago, a former student asked me when I had first 'gotten serious' about writing stories. This, of course, is a 'loaded' question, and so I replied that I no longer remembered. At my age, now seventy-three, you can get away with evasions like that. In truth, it was a long, long time ago.


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Battery Regulations – act now!
Legislation on the recovery and recycling of used batteries become law in April 2009. Producers of batteries, or equipment containing batteries will have to fund the collection and recycling of used batteries, and most battery retailers will have to collect used batteries in their stores.
Under the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, all battery producers will have to register with an approved compliance scheme. They'll then have to provide quarterly information relating to the amounts and types of batteries that they sell, which compliance schemes will amalgamate and submit to the Environment Agency. In addition, those who produce more than three tonnes per year will also have to fund an amount of used battery collection and recycling based on the weight they sell.
Valpak, the UK's leading provider of producer responsibility and recycling solutions, are currently establishing a battery collection network. From the beginning of 2009 Valpak have been offering free membership of their battery 'pre-compliance' scheme to existing packaging and WEEE compliance members. Valpak are now planning to offer their pre-compliance service, free of charge, to any potentially obligated UK business.
Meeting the European recycling targets for portable batteries of 25% by 2012 and 45% by 2016 is likely to be a tough task since the UK is starting from a very low base. It will be Valpak's job to organise used battery collection and recycling on behalf of its producer members. As with WEEE, Valpak are looking to build on the existing collection network, which Local Authorities, retailers and others have helped to establish, to collect, recover, recycle and treat batteries.
Steve Gough, Valpak's CEO, commented: "We are confident that we will successfully comply for all businesses who wish to join us, but we would recommend that producers act now to ensure that we are able to fit them into the scheme. We are aware of a number of existing collection systems which have started early to meet customer and council tax demands for batteries recycling. These schemes have the experience and understanding of the scale of the task ahead, and Valpak will work with a number of these schemes, as well as a number of new initiatives, to ensure that we can build early foundations for successful compliance with the regulations in the UK. The task at hand is challenging to get to 25%, but so was the timeframe for WEEE. By working with others, planning well in advance of the regulations becoming live and by committing staff and resource now, we are confident that Valpak can offer a strong service in this area."
The WEEE regulations in the UK have delivered in excess of the UK targets, to ensure that obligated businesses are meeting the costs of recycling those goods they put onto the market. Furthermore, Local Authorities, schemes and others are working in co-operation to deliver high standards of service to customers and householders alike. The UK system for WEEE could now be one of the most successful in Europe collecting from many more locations and with high levels of recovery at commercially viable rates.
The Valpak CEO went on to add: "Businesses should be working now to understand their responsibilities as a producer. They should start to calculate the obligations they may have from the batteries and products containing batteries they place onto the UK market. Working with Valpak, through the pre-compliance offering we have put forward, will ensure that they have the best chance of meeting the requirements of the legislation, and are prepared to turn a new cost into a new service offering for their customers and council tax payers. Our job has always been to meet the new pieces of environmental legislation at the lowest cost to our customers, without compromising the aims and objectives of the law. All other potential schemes should be focusing on these tasks and developing strong strategies early on to deliver these new regulations at lowest economic cost and highest environmental benefit."
Valpak staff have already been meeting with a large number of potentially obligated businesses from across the UK, and have started work with Local Authorities, retailers and others to understand what practical challenges they will face in meeting the targets. To date all of the feedback staff have received on their plans has been hugely positive.
"There are still some points which require clarification," Gough added, "and these are to do with the licensing around the storage and movement of batteries. The sooner these can be simplified and clarified, the easier it will be to build a network for batteries collection across the UK."
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NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine for 2019
NLM Welcomes Applications to Its Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine for 2019
In cooperation with the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, the NLM is pleased to announce its call for applications to the Fellowship for 2019.
The NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine supports research in the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine including but not limited to NLM's collection of Michael E. DeBakey papers which encompass the diverse areas in which DeBakey made a lasting impact, such as surgery, medical education, and health care policy. Overall, the NLM collections span ten centuries, encompass variety of digital and physical formats, and originate from nearly every part of the globe.
The Fellowship was established in 2016 and is supported by a generous gift from The DeBakey Medical Foundation.
Michael E. DeBakey (1908–2008) was a legendary American surgeon, educator, and medical statesman. During a career spanning 75 years, his work transformed cardiovascular surgery, raised medical education standards, and informed national health care policy. He pioneered dozens of operative procedures such as aneurysm repair, coronary bypass, and endarterectomy, which routinely save thousands of lives each year, and performed some of the first heart transplants. His inventions included the roller pump (a key component of heart-lung machines) as well as artificial hearts and ventricular assist pumps. He was a driving force in building Houston's Baylor University College of Medicine into a premier medical center, where he trained several generations of top surgeons from all over the world. He was a visionary supporter of the NLM, playing a pivotal role in its transformation from the Armed Forces Medical Library in the 1950s, in the establishment of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine in the 1960s, in launching NLM's outreach initiatives in the 1990s, and in promoting the digitization of its indexes to pre-1960s journal articles.
The NLM's collection of Michael E. DeBakey papers includes material from the early 1900s to 2009 and contains correspondence, administrative records, diaries, transcripts, publications, speeches, conference and awards material, subject files, photographs, and audiovisual media, the collection reflects the vast expanse of Dr. DeBakey's life, achievements, and interests.
Fellowships of up to $10,000 will be awarded to individual applicants, not to institutions, to help offset the costs associated with visiting and using the NLM collections, but may not be used for institutional costs or overhead (e.g. clerical costs, supplies, or other attendant project expenses). Applications are welcome from anyone over the age of eighteen, of any academic discipline and status. Non-U.S. citizens may apply.
To apply for the NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine, visit this online application portal, which is maintained by FAES in cooperation with the NLM.
For details about the application process and required documents, please visit this website dedicated to the Fellowship.
To receive consideration, all required materials must be submitted to FAES, via the above online application portal, by midnight EDT, September 28, 2018. NLM will announce awards by the end of the calendar year.
For further information about the materials available for historical research at the National Library of Medicine, please visit https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html, or contact the NLM's History of Medicine reference desk by email at NLM Customer Support or by phone 301-402-8878.