Author Archives: Jennifer Asumaa

Mandarin as a second language

NPR broadcast a story this morning about schools in Great Britain requiring three years of Mandarin Chinese, with additional years optional. The showcased program is in the East End. It was great to hear kids with heavy East Ender accents talk about how excited they were to learn and gain a skill for their future. Besides being prepared for the ...

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Did E Community and E.H.R. Save the Day?

This story occurred this weekend and is a fantastic example of the importance of E Community and Electronic Health Records. Friday my friend S’s grandfather went missing. He does not have Alzheimer’s, but he does suffer from memory loss that up to this point had been managed. Upon realizing he was missing, his family took standard action – they called ...

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Sneak Preview of The Debut!

FI Spacers – The FIC Community on The Link is ready for your review! IT will be rolling out the FIC Community nationally in the very near future. If you are an ACS staffer, get thee to The Link and take a tour. FI Space and its creator, David Collin, are featured, as well as other FIC activities and innovations. ...

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Everything in Its Place(s)

I have been exploring Pandora.com, an on-line, real-time music service that specializes in finding new artists for the listener based on the characteristics of their self-chosen music. Pandora has meta tagged the songs on over 30,000 cds with the categories of tone, vocal, electronic or acoustic, beat, melody, etc. Pandora employs music theorists to properly identify the characteristics of songs ...

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