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Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Founded (1960)

OPEC is a multinational organization that was established in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum production and export policies of its original members, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. Other nations have since joined the organization. In 1973, O…

2024-09-14 04:11

2024 U.S. Olympic Medalist Swimmers: Where They’re Enrolled In College

Find out where U.S. Olympic swimmers who won medals at the 2024 Paris Games will compete for the NCAA 2024-2025 season. Get insights into their teams and history.

2024-09-13 19:34

Graduate hotels join Hilton ( lots of college town character )

You can now earn and burn HIlton Honors at Graduate hotels ( they announced they would be purchased in March of 2024 by Hilton ). The idea behind Graduate is that they’re almost all based in College towns, which is pretty awesome market, and it started in Nas…

2024-09-11 17:05

Study Of Philosophy Helped Democratize 19th Century America. Now Philosophy Studies Are Dying

The circumstances for studying philosophy in a college or university setting, democratised by the post-Second World War expansion of higher education, are in the midst of great change, if not dying out altogether. – Aeon

2024-09-11 15:32

Evolutionary rate covariation is pervasive between glycosylation pathways and points to potential disease modifiers

Author summary Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG) are a group of rare disorders resulting from impaired protein glycosylation. Glycosylation is the addition of sugar chains onto proteins and is required for proper protein function. CDG patients typic…

2024-09-11 14:00

5 stunning fall foliage road trips in the Midwest

From fiery birch, elm and sugar maple in the Great Lakes to sunset-hued beech and oak in the southern Appalachians to glowing sumac and cottonwoods along the Mississippi, the forests of the Midwest flaunt some of the most vivid fall colors in the United State…

2024-09-11 13:30

David Chaillou – Natures (2024)

A biographical note included in the booklet for David Chaillou‘s second monographic album describes the material created by the French composer, born in 1971 and an alumnus of the Conservatoire de Paris and Sorbonne University, as an original synthesis of Fre…

2024-09-10 18:20

Mahler, Ives, and Today’s Cultural Memory Crisis

In celebration of the Charles Ives Sesquicentenary, I’ve written a long piece on Ives and Gustav Mahler for The American Scholar. The topic is not new: these composers quite obviously have in common a radical propensity to juxtapose the quotidian with the sub…

2024-09-10 04:30

Canada’s US$75,000 Cundill History Prize Names a 2024 Shortlist

The Montreal-based Cundill History Prize at McGill University releases its eight-title shortlist with three 'finalists' to come on October 3. The post Canada’s US$75,000 Cundill History Prize Names a 2024 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

2024-09-09 11:05

US polls: Over 90 company execs, 100 law enforcement officials back Harris

"Harris has a strong record of advancing actions to spur business investment in the United States and ensure American businesses can compete and win in the global market," they wrote

2024-09-06 17:35