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Vaccine The WHO has a dashboard which shows what is going on country by country. Globally, as of December 10, 2021, there have been 267.9 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5.3 million deaths, reported to WHO. A total of 8. 2 billion vaccine doses have been administered. Studies continue to show 30% of the population are […]
Is MiamiCoin for Real?
Written: December 3, 2021 Electronic money is not a new idea. The Electronic Fund Transfer Act was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Jimmy Carter 45 years ago (1978). Other forms of electronic money include payment processors, direct deposit, and digital currencies such as Bitcoin. What distinguishes Bitcoin from other electronic money […]
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Vaccine The WHO has a dashboard which shows what is going on country by country. Globally, as of December 3, 2021, there have been 263,563,622 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,232,562 deaths, reported to WHO. A total of 7,859,585,168 vaccine doses have been administered. Barely a week after scientists in Botswana and South Africa alerted the world to […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Printed on my Dremel 3D45 3-D printer, except for the small shiny one in the back row. Added coloring by my wife. I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving season and hope we are all mindful of those not so fortunate. Around the world, more than enough food is produced to feed the global population but, […]
How Is OCLC Helping the World’s Libraries?
Written: November 19, 2021 My friend, the late Ed Barry, was President of Oxford University Press, USA for 19 years. Before that he was President of The Free Press, a division of Macmillan, Inc. Both firms were in New York. I got to know Ed at Knovel Corporation where he and I were members of […]
