1962 computer history

1958

Primarily computer parts.

When I lived in Wyoming, hunting season was a busy time. Complementing my usually uneventful daytime searches for deer or antelope were evenings often filled with pizza, beer and the butchering of a friend's kill. I remember sometimes picking bullet fragments from an elk or deer carcass. What I never imagined then, and what still surprises me today, is the extent to which those animals, seemingly a healthier and cheaper alternative to beef, may have been poisoning me.

My Wonderful World Campaign National Geographic Education Programs

American-based Kemet, the world's largest maker of tantalum capacitors, has asked its suppliers to certify that their coltan ore does not come from Dem. Rep. of Congo or from neighboring countries. Such moves could lead to "Gorilla Safe " cellphones being marketed, much in the same way that Tuna meat is now sold as "Dolphin Safe".

Award Laureats - Environment, Economic Development, Education, Health

The Audubon Society of Florida, which is represented on the conference Program Committee, has issued a report on how climate change is affecting the state.

"This male Great Horned Owl flew right thru an open flame in Sylmar last night. A firefighter spotted him coming thru the heavy black cloud when he noticed that he looked like he could barely fly and was very disoriented. He thought quick to get his hose on him and down he came. Thank god for this firefighter; the owl's eye's were completely singed and his eye lids almost burnt off.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,KIPP schools, NOLA charter schools, Milwaukee voucher program, The top 70 percent of US public high schools, Pittsburgh merit pay $7.4 million performance bonuses to principals districtwide,teaching workforce dominated by generalists who, studies show, are vastly under-prepared in math, Corruption in Texas Early Education Model TEEM Texas’s State Center for Early Childhood Development administrators make money by selling out to vendors and publishers.