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FIU solutions to diversifying the technology workforce were center stage as 21 students visited the nation’s capital for the Future of Tech Talent fly-in seminar last month.

Executive Summary Russia’s General Staff has long-established interests in the analysis of developments in the means and methods of military conflict. In the early Soviet era, military theory, far from being purely academic, proved decisive in shaping the successful defense and survival of the Soviet Union from the onslaught of the invading Nazi German Wehrmacht. In latter decades, several Soviet …

By George Boardman | Columnist I’m reluctant to admit this, but I’m going to commit an act of cultural appropriation Wednesday right here in Nevada City. I just hope our local social justice warriors don’t find me. My brazen act will consist of eating food and drinking beverages not associated with my English-German heritage. I’m going to enjoy this activity in the company of people who are not Mexican Americans, but I probably won’t be wearing a sombrero or serape … unless I drink ...

NCCN Releases New Patient Guidelines on Anemia and Neutropenia NCCN.org/patientguidelines (NCCN : Anemia and Neutropenia, Low Red and White Blood Cell Counts funded by the NCCN Foundation and endorsed by The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). The free information source is designed to help people living with cancer and caregivers recognize symptoms of blood cell deficiencies caused by cancer or chemotherapy-and increase engagement with their oncology care team about management and support. C...

Fray Angélico Chávez Library At NMHM Receives $15K Grant To Support Preservation Of Over 200 Audio Recordings NMHM News: The New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) has announced that the Fray Angélico Chávez Library has been awarded a $15,119 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources’ (CLIR) Recordings at Risk program, with funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will provide critical funding for the digitization and digital infrastructure of more than 200...

Peace Corps: A Life Change You are here Feb. 25, 2021 Ultimately, my staff employment at Peace Corps greatly influenced my decision to become a Volunteer. In June of 1971, I received my college degree. In July I left for Philadelphia to join a group of other Trainees. There was a Peace Corps television commercial that featured two people lying on a beach and the voiceover told viewers to join the Peace Corps. At the time, I was a full-time student at Howard University and also w...

Most City operations resume Monday Correction - 12:30 a.m, ACC Pinnacle Campus (7748 Highway 290 West, 78736) will also operate as a joint Austin-Travis County center for water distribution from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.. The City will resume normal operations Monday morning. The Austin Parks and Recreation Department continues to assess winter storm damage to its facilities. All facilities will remain closed until thorough site inspections are complete; however, parks and trails remain open. For th...

Dec 28, 2020 Editors note: The year 2020 has been different, to say the least. As such, we decided to do our annual Year in Review a bit differently as well. This year provided some big issues, some less-than-pleasant news and some positive highlights sprinkled in between. While it isn’t our goal to remind you of the bad times, we wanted to use this opportunity as a final door-closing to 2020 and celebrate optimistic expectations for 2021. From all of us at the Weatherford Democrat, we wis...

By Mark Rockwell   The initial ordeal of adapting to the pandemic IT environment has evolved into a speedier and focused view of system modernization at federal agencies, according to some federal CIOs. That initial wave of setting up laptops and building remote work systems was stressful, but it may have advanced federal IT modernization efforts by years, according to Stuart McGuigan, CIO of the U.S. State Departments Bureau of Information Resource Management. The pandemic, he said in remark...

By Mark Rockwell NOTE: This story first appeared on FCW.com. The initial ordeal of adapting to the pandemic IT environment has evolved into a speedier and focused view of system modernization at federal agencies, according to some federal CIOs. That initial wave of setting up laptops and building remote work systems was stressful, but it may have advanced federal IT modernization efforts by years, according to Stuart McGuigan, CIO of the U.S. State Departments Bureau of Information Resource Ma...