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SB20 class at the Vice Admiral's Cup by Charles Whelan 24 May 15:51 BST 21-23 May 2021 Stephen Procter's SB20 Class Xcellent scored their fourth win of the regatta to take the title by a handsome margin in the RORC Vice Admiral's Cup © Rick Tomlinson / www.rick-tomlinson.com RORC's Vice Admiral's Cup usually marks the start of summer sailing for the SB20's. For 2021 it did not, it served up cool damp conditions with wind speeds ranging from 8 to 28 knots, often into a difficult wind over tide seaway. A real tester for the fleet, which included visitors from Torqua...

A New Day at the PMA Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley Fig. 1. Covered caudle cup from a service for George Washington designed by Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest (1739–1801), made in China for the American market, 1796. Porcelain with enamel, gilded, and underglaze blue decoration; height 5, width 5 1/8, depth 3 1/4 inches. This is one of more than 450 pieces of tableware owned by the nation’s First Families assembled by Robert L. McNeil Jr. A new interactive digital guide shows how the arrangement of the china on a table created a work of art unto itself, and speaks to the roles of t...

Why Microsoft’s $19.7B deal to acquire Nuance is a ‘perfect fit’ and ‘trophy’ for Redmond tech giant April 12, 2021 at 10:02 am (Microsoft Image) Microsoft’s giant purchase: The tech giant announced its second-largest acquisition ever on Monday: a pending $19.7 billion deal to swoop up Boston-area company Nuance Communications, a longtime leader in artificial intelligence-fueled speech technology. Why Nuance: The deal reflects Microsoft’s continued bet on healthcare. Nuance specializes in “conversational AI” for applications in hospitals and doctor’s offices; 77% of U.S. h...