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Bush-Putin Summit Yields Major Agreement on Reductions in Strategic Nuclear Weapon Stockpiles

Secretary Powell. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It was my pleasure to once again host my colleague, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov of the Russian Federation. We've just completed a, I think, very successful series of conversations privately, and then with all of the members of our delegations. And the Minister also had a meeting with President Bush.

Old concepts in a new millennium.

Good afternoon colleagues, guests, and, most of all, friends. I am honored to be here addressing all of you this afternoon. I have been looking forward to this address with a mixture of excitement and trepidation, knowing what I wanted to say but unsure of how to say it. My discussion may not be concise, but I hope it is at least clear and interesting. I know that the ideas expressed are meaningful to me, and I believe that they are valuable to you as well. As I have advanced in age and career, I have examined my past experiences, acknowledged where I am, and attempted to define where I was going and what might await me in the future. In essence, I have asked myself the following four questions, simply stated: Why am I here? How did I get here? Where am I going in the future? What, if anything, will I leave behind? The more I pondered these questions, the more I became convinced of their universality. These are questions all of us have asked in our own way. I hope these remarks will make you examine these issues further and give you food for thought. We have just entered this new millennium. I remember thinking about the year 2000 when I was young. How old would I be, or would I even be here to see us enter the millennium? Now I find myself having entered this new era with a hope for the future but a firm footing in the past. A past not made of melancholy thoughts, sadness, or regrets, but one of clearly defined ideas, dreams that have been realized, and dreams that will, I hope, become realized. I have seen what, to me, was a relatively simple world with simple goals become one of increasing complexity. I have seen a world that had been very personal become depersonalized and one that was once comprehensible become more difficult to understand. Communication has increased, the world has shrunk, and scientific knowledge has expanded exponentially, far beyond the rate at which I personally can keep up. I am experiencing a world that is in many ways improved almost beyond the visionaries’ expectations, yet perhaps its fundamental concepts are changing away from what was meaningful in the past. I remember making the decision to enter the field of medicine. It came from a deep-seated fascination with science, the workings of the human body, and the attempt to understand how we changed, adapted, and fought illness. On the basis of scientific knowledge, I was enthralled about how a cell was structured, how each part worked, and how we evolved and adapted. But when I was making the decision to enter the field of medicine, I also remembered how I felt as a child when I was ill. That was at a time when making house calls was still routine. I remember that no matter how ill I felt, the assuredness of my family doctor, the hand holding mine, the smile, and the comfort that was given instantaneously made me feel better. It made me believe that “this too shall pass,” and all would be well again. I believed with that simple act of caring that I would shortly be able to go out to play, just Submitted for publication March 3, 2000. Accepted for publication March 2, 2000. Copyright © 2000 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. From the Department of Surgery, The Heart Institute, Columbia University, St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey. Presidential Address presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Western Trauma Association, February 27–March 4, 2000, Squaw Valley, California. Address for reprints: Barry C. Esrig, MD, St. Michael’s Medical Center, Heart Institute, Building 1, Level 3, 268 Dr. M.L.K. Jr Boulevard, Newark, NJ 07102. Barry C. Esrig, MD President, Western Trauma Association The Journal of TRAUMAt Injury, Infection, and Critical Care

Looking Out for Our Indigenous People: The Canadian Experience

Respected Elders Djerrkura and Dodson, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. My Aboriginal name is Pad8gi Pai8, which means ‘Coming Thunder’ in the Abenaki language and I am a member of the Odanak Band of the Abenaki First Nation. I want to acknowledge and thank the traditional caretakers of the land we stand on today, the Larrakia People Meegwetch. I am truly honoured to be here with you today and want to take this opportunity to thank the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) and the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) for inviting me.

Good Afternoon, Good Evening, and Good Night: The Truman Show as Media Criticism

The media's impact on our lives in the past half decade has become a popular thematic centerpiece for feature films and television programs. Using cultural studies as a framework, this article explores the fascination that entertainment producers have with the role the media play in our lives through an analysis of the much heralded film, The Truman Show. Critics and moviegoers have congratulated the producers of films like The Truman Show for taking a critical look at the power of the media. The author contends, however, that they have not earned our plaudits. Films like Truman are created by entertainment companies as a means to exploit, and at the same time dissipate, our desire to engage in genuine media criticism. In the end, the power of the media is affirmed rather than challenged. In the spirit of Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony, these films and television programs co-opt our enchantment (and disenchantment) with the media and sell it back to us.

Japan-U.S. Meetings Focus on Security and Regional Issues

Good afternoon. Secretary Cohen and I are very pleased to welcome Foreign Minister Komura and State Minister for Defense Nukaga to New York. Today's session of the U.S.Japan Security Consultative Committee, better known as the “two-plus-two,” is one of a series of high-level meetings we will have this week, including President Clinton's summit with Prime Minister Obuchi on Tuesday.

South Korea: White House Visit by Newly Elected President Kim Dae Jung Reaffirms S. Korea-U.S. Alliance

Good afternoon. President Kim, members of the Korean delegation, let me first say again what a privilege it has been to welcome President Kim back to the United States and here to the White House. His remarkable life history reminds us that from Seoul to its sister city, San Francisco, people everywhere share the same aspirations—for freedom, for peace, for the opportunity of prosperity.

Monetary Union: A Desperate Gamble

Dr Tim Bunch (President, Manchester Actuarial Society): Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Manchester Town Hall for this special meeting of the Manchester Actuarial Society, which is being held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the actuarial profession in the UK.I should like to welcome particularly various guests. There are guests invited by the Manchester Actuarial Society, and also guests of actuarial firms in the north of England. I would particularly like to welcome Paul Thornton, the current President of the Institute.Our speaker today is Professor Patrick Minford, who is Professor of Economics at Cardiff Business School, which is at the University of Wales. He has been in that position since October 1997. Prior to that, he was Professor of Economics at Liverpool University, and he maintains his contacts with the University of Liverpool through being Director of the Liverpool research group in macro-economics. He has held economic positions in a number of places, including HM Treasury, at Manchester University and at the National Institute for Economic and Social Research.

China Granted MFN Status (…Again)

Good afternoon. I am very pleased to welcome Vice Premier Qian Qichen to the State Department. We are meeting again, so soon after my February trip to Beijing, and I think that that indicates the high importance that the United States and China attach to our bilateral relationship.

"Sorry, you won't be able to see this..."

Fuelled by recent bitter sweet experience at a scientific conference, I return to a topic which I ventilated about two years ago in this column. Things have not improved since then, so let's try again. The first speaker after lunch began in a soulless monotone, addressed the screen, and extinguished any residual inclination for the audience to remain awake by using unreadable overheads. The second speaker was slightly brighter, but presented visuals which were even worse than the previous lot. Then something remarkable occurred. Unlike her predecessors, the next speaker looked at the audience, said good afternoon, and began with a slide that was clear, simple, and colourful. It received an immediate, …

Visit of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

President Clinton. Good afternoon. Please be seated. Good afternoon. I'm very glad to welcome Prime Minister Netanyahu to the White House. This is his first visit since taking office, and it gave me an opportunity to congratulate him on his victory in the election in May. Israel has changed governments, but as I told the Prime Minister, the historic relationship between the United States and Israel has not and will not change. The bonds that unite us are as strong as ever today. I am proud that our relationship is broader, deeper and more firmly rooted than at any time in Israel's history. And I am determined that it should remain so.

Chaos in Liberia

Good afternoon. I appear before you today at one of the bleakest moments in Liberia's history. Monrovia, once a safe haven for more than 1 million civilians, lies in ruins, the result of fierce fighting by Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia— NPFL— and Alhaji Kromah's United Liberation Movement for Democracy— ULIMO-K— rebels against Roosevelt Johnson's break-away faction of ULIMO— ULIMO-J, comprised primarily of ethnic Krahns. More than 80,000 Liberians have been left homeless. Thousands have fled or are trying to flee the fighting in the capital. At least 100 peacekeepers have lost their lives attempting to restore security in the city and its environs. At this point we do not know how many Liberian fighters and civilians have been killed.

Visit of Israeli Prime Minister Peres

President Clinton. Please be seated. Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Peres back to the White House. For as long as there has been a prospect of peace in the Middle East, Shimon Peres has stood at the forefront, striving to bring a new day of security and harmony to the people of Israel and to all the people of the region.

"Somewhere over the Rainbow...": Judy Garland in Neverland

Good afternoon, family, friends, and fellow folklorists. Jane Beck's confidence in her judgment and intuition, and in her bedrock Yankee dynamism and clearheaded, unmuddled vision are qualities that have endeared our president to those of us who have come to know something of her person. So doubtless, some of you are wondering, as I did when I received Jane's call, if her customary clarity was not for moment clouded when she thought of me for this weighty task. I have for number of years been in awe of Jane Beck's open and generous warmth and acceptance, her centered intelligence and humanness, and her uncommonly expansive, indomitable spirit. So whatever my doubts-and they were considerable-I could not easily say no to Jane Beck's invitation to share with you this late afternoon some thoughts on our essential nature and purpose, our character and our shadings, our treasured icons and our wonderfully vibrant fantasies for ourselves, our profession and our world. Besides, our Presidentelect threatened me with grievous bodily harm if I declined the invitation, and as some of you know, John Roberts wields mean whip. I am confident you will regard as my singular view the reflections I will offer on our soft and very human underbelly, an underbelly that may have grown unhealthily corpulent by the increasingly problematic invocation, or thoughtless trumpeting, of our proud heritage of liberal, progressive postures. And in this too, this gentle, caring calling of a spade spade, I am guided by Jane Beck's spirit, her intimate embrace of honesty and integrity, and her magnificent ability

CDROM publishing and retrieval using a Local Area Network

The other day I went shopping with my family. My daughter pointed out that there is a special classical music collection on CD. It was a good price and I bought it. At home we sat down and enjoyed a good afternoon of classical music. As I was listening, I realised that it had never occurred to me that these CDs will be compatible with my player at home. I bought them knowing that they are governed by standards and that these standards safeguard users against the tragedy of incompatibility.

Education, Race, and Class: A New Calculus for the 21st Century

Thank you and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Having spent 10 years as president of Spelman College, I feel deep pleasure at being back on the campus of an historically Black institution of higher education, especially one as prestigious as Howard University in this era of rising enrollments and rising acclaim. I want to begin by acknowledging the unique role that Howard University continues to play 125 years since its founding by an act of Congress in honor of General Oliver Otis Howard, the visionary head of the Federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. The goal in establishing this school, on a 150acre farm in what was then called Washington County, was to provide equal rights and knowledge for all. As you all may know, and as I just recently learned while doing the research for this lecture, Howard University was originally conceived as an institution that would reach out to all in its community-former slaves as well as those persons of any race or background who, though lacking in preparation and resources, were desirous of improving themselves. As you are also aware, Howard University grew and prospered, becoming, as Juan Williams (1992) recently wrote in The Washington Post Magazine, the darling of the federal government, reaching an apogee of intellectual prowess in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s. The graduates of Howard are quite

The academic initiative (2)

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I think that my short speech will be a natural continuation of my colleague's lecture since I will also be speaking about computers and about the academic milieu. There were a lot of projects concerning the presentation of IBM to this public. However, without hesitation we decided that the subject that we want to discuss is the IBM initiative addressed to the Polish academic and scientific milieu. In our firm we call it the IBM Academic Initiative.

Speech and audio in window systems: when will they happen?

Speech and audio in window systems: when will they happen?

HDTV (Hi-Vision) computer graphics

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We'll begin the panel session -- HDTV Computer Graphics. I am Koichi Omura at Osaka Municipal University. I am the chair of this panel. At first I'd like to thank SIGGRAPH, giving us the opportunity speaking today.The first presentation is by Mr. Ryou Mochizuki. He is the controller of NHK Engineering Service Corporation. He will discuss the compact disc application of HDTV, and after that he will present the brief introduction of HDTV.

Operating systems and graphic user interfaces

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of myself and the panelists and SIGGRAPH, I'd like to welcome each of you to our session this afternoon. This afternoon we're going to be talking about operating systems and graphics user interfaces. Of course, I'm the panel chairperson. My name -- J. Paul Grayson, the chairman and CEO of Micrografx, and I feel very fortunate this afternoon to have a number of distinguished speakers here with me. I'd like to briefly introduce each one of those. As you're probably aware from looking at the program, there have been some last minute changes in the speakers. But I think we're very fortunate to have a number of unique and talented individuals with us this afternoon. So I feel very good about the speakers that we have. The first speaker this afternoon is Chris Espinosa, who is a technical consultant at Apple, but I think that description really doesn't do Chris justice at all. Many of you are aware that Chris has been in the personal computer business about as long as it has existed. He was one of the original members of the Home Brew Computer Club, was actually employee number eight at Apple Computer, and is now the most senior employee at Apple Computer. While at Apple he's had a number of significant accomplishments. He was originally responsible for the Apple II, was on the original Macintosh development team, was the author of the Macintosh user interface specifications, and has also been the product manager for Hypercard. The second speaker today will be Martin Dunsmuir, who is the director of Presentation Manager development for Microsoft. Martin has been with Microsoft for approximately four years. He is from the U.K., from Britain. So you may notice a slight accent. He was previously the director of Zenix Development for Microsoft. He was responsible for Zenix 386. He is also responsible for PMX, was part of the technical team that sold the PM behavior, the PM user interface to the OSF Motif Group, and has been the OS/2 Presentation Manager director since about March. The third speaker changed so recently I didn't have a chance to update his slide. So rather than Tommy Steele today, from IBM we have Dr. Mike Edwards. Mike is a software engineer in the PM technical office. He's been on assignment in Boca Raton for approximately 18 months, having originally been in Hursley as a Hursley PM developer, and I think he was planning on going back to Hursley in the next few days and got called in to do this. So I think his wife had to take care of some of the business, like selling the car and the house, while he came to Boston. Mike also has a very interesting background. He got into graphics while he was a student at Birmingham University in England, and he was part of a team of people that won a Nobel Prize in 1983 for particle physics. And I hope you'll hold your questions about particle physics until after the presentation is over. The last speaker today is also a very distinguished gentleman. Guy or "Bud" Tribble is a founder of NeXT, where he now oversees all of the systems software development. Previous to that he was a software manager for Apple where he oversaw the system and application software development for the Macintosh and for the Apple II. The panel format this afternoon -- we'll hear each of the speakers in the order that I've mentioned. Between each speaker I will probably ask one or two questions to try to draw out particular topics from the speakers. Then after the final speaker, we'll open it up for questions from the audience. Please join me now in welcoming our first speaker, Chris Espinosa.

The multi-Media workstation

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much for taking time out from the parties to join us for one of the peripheral activities of SIGGRAPH. As you know, the panel that we're going to be holding this afternoon is entitled the Multi-Media Workstation. Before I make some introductory remarks, I am required to make some administrative remarks. The first thing is to remind you that the proceedings of all of the panels are being audio taped this year for subsequent transcription and publication. What that means, is that when we have the audience interaction, please come to the microphones that are scattered around the floor to make your remarks. Otherwise, I won't be able to recognize you. The second thing I want to mention to you is that when we're done at 5:15 we are going to vacate the stage. We're going to vacate the room so the AV people can lock up. If you want to continue discussion with us, there's a breakout room that's been set aside, Salon J, which is down around the corner. So join us there please, because we'll be scooting out of here right away. Finally, I need to tell you that the --- for those of you who are involved --- the Pioneers Reception will be held between 6:00 and 9:00 at the Computer Museum this evening, and buses will leave from the Boylston Street exit of the Convention Center at 5:00, 5:30 and 6:00. Absolutely no video or audio taping allowed at the Pioneers. You don't want to hear any of those old reminiscences repeated. Let's get on with the business of the afternoon. Multi-Media Workstations. A couple of preliminary remarks that I think all of my colleagues up here will agree with. The things that we're going to be discussing this afternoon do not represent fundamentally new technologies. You've been able to buy add-in video cards and audio devices for personal computers and workstations for some years now. What we are going to be addressing is a confluence of many technologies --- hardware and software --- that has finally made it possible to envision a fully integrated system that will incorporate all of these multi-media capabilities. So we're giving you a vision of maybe not what you're seeing at this year's SIGGRAPH, but certainly a SIGGRAPH or two from now, I can confidently predict that you're going to be seeing workstations that incorporate the kinds of capabilities that you'll hear discussed this afternoon. I should also emphasize that we are not here to give the kind of a presentation that you might expect from a group of folks --- from the Media Lab or from Xerox PARC who are going to tell you about some of the far-out kinds of things that they're working on. I emphasize again the technologies that are being described this afternoon are almost here and now, and will soon be available to you. Now let me make some comments about how in my particular environment I came to be interested in the concept of a multi-media workstation. I think each of us will probably have different stories to tell about why multi-media is important to the kinds of applications that we're involved with or envision.