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    Volterra Centennial Meetings - Invited talks given by Christopher Baker at Arlington & Tempe

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    June 1996 saw two meetings to mark the centennial of the mathematical work of Vito Volterra, the first being held at the University of Texas at Arlington (organised by Professors Corduneanu and Kanner) and the second at the State University of Arizona at Tempe. In invited talks at each meeting, the first-named author presented joint work that follows, in chronological sequence, in this technical report. Christopher T H Baker & Arslang Tang 2 GENERALIZED HALANAY INEQUALITIES FOR VOLTERRA FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND DISCRETIZED VERSIONS CHRISTOPHER T.H. BAKER 1 & ARSALANG TANG 2 Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, The Victoria University of Manchester, England Abstract. Halanay's inequality provides a decreasing bound on a function satisfying a delay-differential inequality, subject to certain conditions, and it has been used by Halanay to analyze asymptotic stability of the zero solution of a certain delay-differential equations with fixed lag. The original ineq..

    Vale Dr Christopher Baker

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    Dr Christopher Baker, a highly regarded member of the Swinburne community as well as the Australian philanthropic community, passed away on 11 June after a brief illness. This article was published online via Swinburne News, 24 June 2020

    Imanta

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    Imanta is a cultural support organization formed on March 8, 1947 in Edmonton, Alberta. Imanta was founded by Ted Baker and Latvian people previously established in Alberta. Ted Baker's wife Viola Baker, also supported Ted's belief in the value of a formal organization that would serve as a contact point for new Latvian immigrants. Imanta originally helped immigrants connect with other Latvians and settle in the province. Imanta has continued to remain a vital cultural part of Latvian society in Alberta. The Edmonton Latvian Society "Imanta" meets regularly, through many social and cultural gatherings and formal events. The Imanta resource network remains a vital part of Latvian society in Alberta today.Imanta 1.

    Cybersecurity Issues and Policy Options for the U.S. Energy Industry

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    The Baker Institute Information Technology Policy Program examines how energy companies, both those involved in the production and delivery of hydrocarbons, as well as those generating and transmitting electricity, are facing cybersecurity risks. The report considers both the vulnerability of energy company computerized operations as well as the problem of controlling access to proprietary corporate information and data

    Book review: El Sistema: orchestrating Venezuela’s youth, by Geoffrey Baker

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    Book review of: El Sistema: orchestrating Venezuela’s youth, by Geoffrey Baker. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2014; ISBN: 9780199341559 ($35.00)Publisher PD

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    House party at the Bakers' place. Latvian friends from left to right: Mr. Birznieks, Dr. Olaf Ulmanis, Mrs. Alexander, Vera Donass nee Gipters, Ted Baker, the Schultzes, and Viola Baker in front

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    Viola Hasmanis (later Baker) and friends in Latvia, circa 1938

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    Hasmanis Family in Latvia, circa 1920. Family of Viola Baker nee Hasmanis

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    Marriage document of Latvian refugee Viola Hasmanis and Canadian soldier Frederick Baker, 1946

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    Temporary home of Viola Hasmanis (later Baker) and sister Herta Vanags nee Hasmanis in Oldenburg, Germany
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