The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics' resources: focus on curated databases.

The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (www.isb-sib.ch) provides world-class bioinformatics databases, software tools, services and training to the international life science community in academia and industry. These solutions allow life scientists to turn the exponentially growing amount of data into knowledge. Here, we provide an overview of SIB's resources and competence areas, with a strong focus on curated databases and SIB's most popular and widely used resources. In particular, SIB's Bioinformatics resource portal ExPASy features over 150 resources, including UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, ENZYME, PROSITE, neXtProt, STRING, UniCarbKB, SugarBindDB, SwissRegulon, EPD, arrayMap, Bgee, SWISS-MODEL Repository, OMA, OrthoDB and other databases, which are briefly described in this article.

Allanburg Women's Institute

Members of the Allanburg Women's Institute pose for a photograph.

Allanburg Women’s Institute

Allanburg women standing and having tea.

Allanburg Women’s Institute

Members of the Allanburg Women's Institute sitting around a table.

Allanburg Women’s Institute

Members of the Allanburg Women's Institute sitting on a couch.

Allanburg Women’s Institute

Allanburg women standing and reading brochures.

Words on wisdom: perspective transformation in a "learning in retirement institute" /

In this study, 7 men and women with an average age of 77 were interviewed regarding their experience of attending courses at a Learning in Retirement Institute (LRI) in southern Ontario. The purpose was to explore the role of wisdom in the learning of these retirees. Explicit theories of wisdom developed by selected philosophers, psychologists, and religious thinkers were compared to the implicit theories of wisdom that respondents expressed. Further comparisons were drawn between these implicit theories of wisdom and the act of perspective transformation in transformative learning. Some evidence was found that the development of wisdom compares favourably to perspective transformation, especially with regards to the behavioural changes associated with critical self-reflection. Among all the respondents, those 3 LRI stude.its who had also moderated courses indicated that they had experienced the most opportunities for critical self-reflection. These 3 also expressed deep satisfaction in having been able to put their learnings to use as teachers. A recommendation of this study is that opportunities for sharing and acting upon the results of discourse within Learning in Retirement Institutes should be implemented. In the absence of evaluation, opportunities for praxis (such as coop placements) must be developed so that students can measure their success against objective criteria and hence attach meaning to their studies.

Bradley Institute of Music fonds

1.23 m. textual records, 1 col. post card, 1 b&w post card, 116 col. photographs, 59 b&w photographs, 6 negatives, 1 metal logo, 2 photo cuts, 7 woodcuts, 1 VHS tape, 1 stamp/press, 1 guest book, 5 account books

The Columbian Newspaper vol. IV no. 1105- June 12, 1813

The "Columbian" was established by Mr. Holt in 1808 as an "organ of the Clintonians" (Journalism in the United States, from 1690-1872 By Frederic Hudson) and a replacement to the "Citizen". It was a passionate Democratic paper that supported both Jefferson and Madison. Holt later sold the "Columbian" to Alden Spooner, who published the Long Island "Star". The Columbian ceased in 1821. This issue includes the following War of 1812 topics: Page 2: copies of letters from U.S. Gen. H. Dearborn describing the U.S. attack on Ft. George 27 May 1813; letter from Gen. H. Dearborn describing U.S. pursuit of British troops at Beaver Dams and the U.S. capture of Fort Erie; list of U.S. killed and wounded in Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron in attack on York 27 April, 1813; list of killed and wounded in Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron in attack on Ft. George 27 May 1813; abstract of the cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war between Great Britain and the United States; mention of troop movements through New York on their way to the battle front; list of persons killed or lost on the privateer Saratoga; Page 3: account of the loss of the U.S. war ships the Growler and Eagle to the British; news from Quebec and Kingston of troop movements; U.S. ship Syren unsuccessfully pursues British ship Herald; account of a U.S. cargo ship being captured by a British military ship; account of U.S. ship Siro capturing British ship Loyal Sam; report from Halifax of recent British troop and ship movements; list of recent troop enrollments in various states; report of British troop build up in Kingston;

Columbian Centinel, 27 June 1812 (no. 2945) - Newspaper

Volumes of interest were published between 1812 and 1815 with articles about the War of 1812. Issue for June 27, 1812 includes "A proclamation" issued by President James Madison confirming the declaration of war against Great Britain and other War of 1812 reports.

Columbian Centinel, 27 February 1813 (no. 3015) - Newspaper

Volumes of interest were published between 1812 and 1815 with articles about the War of 1812. Issue for February 27, 1813: The front page has much on the war in Europe while page 2 has some notable War of 1812 reports including "Captures by the Americans--Capture of The Frolic--Capture of the Macedonian", "Manifesto Against America", "Naval Expeditions", "British Account of the Defeat of Gen. Winchester's Army"

Columbian Centinel, 10 July 1813 (no. 3053) - Newspaper

Volumes of interest were published between 1812 and 1815 with articles about the War of 1812. Issue for July 10, 1813: includes a statement on the “unjust” War, a report on the Battle of Beaverdams

Columbian Centinel, 14 July 1813 (no. 3054) - Newspaper

Volumes of interest were published between 1812 and 1815 with articles about the War of 1812. Issue for July 14, 1813 includes reports on the Battle of Beaverdams, on an impending attack on Fort Meigs, skirmishes around Fort George and other areas, debates on direct taxing for the War, and another statement on the “unjust” War.

Columbian Centinel, 12 March 1814 (no. 3123) - Newspaper

Volumes of interest were published between 1812 and 1815 with articles about the War of 1812. Issue for March 12, 1814: The front page of this issue is dominated by a large engraving of a ship, part of a political notice in support of Caleb Strong for governor.