Patrick Varine, Trib Live; Pitt researcher’s work featured by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
"Rory Cooper, who was recognized earlier this year by the office with a trading card
created to honor U.S. inventors, holds more than two dozen patents
related to mobility-improvement research. Cooper is the director at
Pitt’s Human Energy Research Laboratories, a U.S. Army veteran and also
serves as director of the Paralyzed Veterans of America Research
Foundation...
Cooper was recognized in the patent office’s SUCCESS report, an
update on progress achieved through the 2018 Study of Underrepresented
Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success (SUCCESS) Act. The act
aims to promote patent applications by women, minorities, veterans, the
disabled and other underrepresented classes.
“Without diversity of thought, potentially life changing work for
wheel chair users and others with disabilities might not be possible,”
Cooper said. “We have a world-class team at our labs that is committed
to helping people with disabilities and older adults live full lives and
contribute to society as much as they can and they like.”"
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Sunday, November 11, 2018
Macron rebukes nationalism as Trump observes Armistice Day; CNN, November 11, 2018
Kevin Liptak, CNN; Macron rebukes nationalism as Trump observes Armistice Day
"In his address, French President Emmanuel Macron -- who has emerged as Europe's most vocal sentry against a global tide of nationalism -- repeated his warnings.
"In his address, French President Emmanuel Macron -- who has emerged as Europe's most vocal sentry against a global tide of nationalism -- repeated his warnings.
"Patriotism is the exact opposite of
nationalism," he said through a translator. "Nationalism is a betrayal
of patriotism. By saying our interests first, who cares about the
others, we erase what a nation holds dearest, what gives it life, what
makes it great and what is essential: its moral values."
"I
know there are old demons which are coming back to the surface. They
are ready to wreak chaos and death," he said. "History sometimes
threatens to take its sinister course once again.""
Monday, November 21, 2016
Gold Star Family Says It Was Booed By First-Class Passengers On Flight To Pick Up Son’s Body; Huffington Post, 11/20/16
Ed Mazza, Huffington Post; Gold Star Family Says It Was Booed By First-Class Passengers On Flight To Pick Up Son’s Body:
"Sgt. John Perry was killed on Nov. 12 in a suicide attack inside Bagram Airfield, a NATO base in Afghanistan. Pfc. Tyler R. Iubelt of Tamaroa, Illinois, and two civilian contractors were also killed, and 17 others wounded. Perry said his son was able to stop the bomber before he reached his target, a 5K race held inside the base... Perry, himself a veteran, called on the public to be more empathetic to the military and their family members. “Generally, as Americans, we need to be more compassionate to each other and to understand and listen and just stay calm,” he told the Army Times."
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