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The Long-Term Fate of the Oil Spill in the Atlantic

By Guest PostJuly 13, 2010Environment, Scienceapril 20, axel timmermann, buoyant particles, chemical, computer simulations, deepwater horizon, fabian schloesser, florida, florida current, gulf of mexico, gulf stream, honolulu, jamstec, microbial degradation, ofes, oil spill, oliver elison timm, rig, soes, straits of florida, university of hawaii at manoa

Honolulu, HI – The possible spread of the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig over the course of one year was studied in a series of computer simulations by a team of researchers from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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State of Florida Leverages Microsoft Cloud Solution for Census Count

By Guest PostJune 11, 2010Technologybing, census count, cloud solution, dean cannon, florida, floridians, gail thomas-flynn, house of representatives, Microsoft, microsoft silverlight, myfloridacensus, state and local government, u.s. census bureau, web-based application, windows azure

*Built on Windows Azure, MyFloridaCensus.gov helps Floridians identify homes, neighborhoods and communities for 2010 census.*

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House of Representatives is making one final push over the next month for its state residents to be counted in the 2010 Census, through its MyFloridaCensus (https://www.myfloridacensus.gov) website and Web-based application.

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