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First U.S. Web Site: Documentation of the Early Web at SLAC (1991-1994
This collection documents the installation of the first United States Web server at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Features a chronology, images of the first SLAC Web pages, a list of some of the people involved in Web activities at SLAC (along with publications such as "The Virtual Library in Action"), and other related documents. From Archivist Jean Marie Deken of the SLAC Archives and History Office. Wilberforce 2007
Website for the 2007 commemoration in Hull, England, of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in England. William Wilberforce, from Hull, introduced the "parliamentary bill to end the slave trade which was passed in the House of Commons in 1807 and throughout the British Empire in 1833."Includes brief background about Wilberforce, the slave trade between 1776 and 1807, and current human trafficking and human rights concerns. Latke Festival Offers New Takes on Holiday Favorite
Features several recipes from the Long Island (New York) Latke Festival, including pesto latkes, firecracker latke poppers, and curried sweet potato latkes. Provides audio of the broadcast and links to related articles on Hanukkah cooking. From National Public Radio (NPR). [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... Women in the U.S. Army
Collection of exhibits and documents related to women in the United States Army. Highlights include detailed documents on the Women's Army Corps in World War II and history of the Army Nurse Corps. Includes historical images and related links. From the Center of Military History (CMH), United States Army. Small Study Shows SAMe May Improve Treatment Of Depression
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that adding the nutritional supplement SAMe to a standard antidepressant may be helpful to patients who have not responded to single-drug treatment for clinical depression. [Hero] Doctor Gives Birth, Then Votes
Dr. Andrea Shaer wanted to vote before she went to the delivery room to give birth to her third child, so she and her husband went first to their polling station at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's fitness facility. As Morphine Turns 200, Drug That Blocks Its Side Effects Reveals New S
On May 21, 2005, the world of medicine will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the crystallization of morphine in Einbeck, Germany. Despite many side effects, morphine remains the standard for postoperative pain relief. The University of Chicago's Jonathan Moss will speak at a commemorative conference in Einbeck on how methylnaltrexone, developed at the University to block morphine's troubling side effects, enables scientists to distinguish between morphine's desired central analgesic effects and its undesirable peripheral effects. Parkinson's Disease: Nicotine Reduces Levodopa-induced Dyskinesias
Research shows that intermittent nicotine treatment reduces medication-induced dyskinesias by as much as 50 percent. Dyskinesias is uncontrolled movements of the head and limbs. Synchrotron Radiation Illuminates How Babies'Protective Bubble Bursts
Researchers have developed an important new technique to study one of the most common causes of premature birth and prenatal mortality. The method uses a powerful X-ray beam to examine tiny structures within the protective sac -- amniotic membrane -- which surrounds the developing baby.
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