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(a) Affirmance. The appellee may recover brief costs not to exceed $3.00 per page; total costs not to exceed $500.00.
(b) Reversal. The appellant may recover (1) brief costs not to exceed $3.00 per page with total costs of the brief not to exceed $1000.00, (2) the filing fee of $150.00, (3) the circuit clerk's costs of preparing the record, and (4) the court reporter's cost of preparing the transcript.
(c) Affirmed in part and reversed in part. The Court may assess appeal costs according to the merits of the case.
(d) Imposing or withholding costs. Whether the case be affirmed or reversed, the Court will impose or withhold costs in accordance with Rule 4-2(b).
Explanatory Note. The fee for filing an appeal increased to $150.00 on July 31, 2007. The Rule is amended to reflect this increase.
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24 Kan. App. 2d 145
No. 77,300
STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. CECIL E. WALKER, Appellant.
1. A plea of guilty for the purpose of applying the sentencing guidelines to a charge of simple possession of cocaine, which is not enhanced by a previous conviction for possession of cocaine, fixes the severity level of the crime pled to.
2. For the purpose of applying the sentencing guidelines, a plea of guilty to simple possession of cocaine cannot be counted as a conviction for possession after a previous conviction, even if it could have been charged at that level due to a previous conviction for possession of cocaine.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; CLARK V. OWENS II, judge. Opinion filed July 18, 1997. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
Submitted by the parties for summary dispostion pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4721(g) and (h).
Before PIERRON, P.J., ROYSE and KNUDSON, JJ.
PIERRON, J.: Cecil E. Walker appeals from the district court's order revoking his probation and the determination of the severity level of his pre-guidelines conviction of possession of cocaine. Walker also challenges the limited retroactivity provision of the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA), K.S.A. 21-4701 et seq. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand to the district court.
On April 2, 1993, Walker pled guilty to one count of possession of cocaine contrary to K.S.A. 65-4127a, a class C felony. At the time, Walker was on probation for an earlier conviction of possession of cocaine. Although the State could have charged Walker with a class B felony in light of his prior conviction for possession, K.S.A. 65-4127a, the State only charged him with a class C felony. Walker was given a suspended sentence for a period of 2 years, subject to numerous conditions.
In July 1994, a hearing was held on the State's motion that Walker's probation be revoked in both cases. The court found Walker had violated his probation, but reinstated the probation. A year later, a second probation violation hearing was held where Walker was found to have violated his probation but, again, probation was reinstated and extended. In December 1995, Walker stipulated to violating probation, and his probation was revoked. The district court imposed a sentence of 3 to 10 years--within the statutory range for class C felonies (K.S.A. 21-4501[c])--and he was committed to prison.
At the time of the probation revocation and imposition of sentence, the court also calculated Walker's KSGA sentence as required by K.S.A. 21-4724(f). It held that Walker's KSGA sentence would have been 46 months, based upon a finding that Walker's most recent conviction was a severity level 2 drug felony and that his criminal history score was "I." At the time of this hearing, Walker objected to the severity level assessed to his most recent conviction.
Walker has moved for summary disposition of this appeal without briefing pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4721(g) and (h). In his motion, Walker raises two issues which can be summarily rejected. First, he challenges the limited retroactivity provision of the KSGA, K.S.A. 21-4724(b). This argument, of course, has been rejected by the Kansas Supreme Court in Chiles v. State, 254 Kan. 888, 869 P.2d 707, cert. denied 513 U.S. 850 (1994), and we are bound by the Chiles decision.
In addition, Walker claims the district court abused its discretion in revoking his probation. Once a violation of the conditions of probation has been established, the decision whether to revoke or reinstate probation is left to the discretion of the trial court. The decision will not be reversed absent abuse of discretion. See State v. Reed, 254 Kan. 52, 59-60, 865 P.2d 191 (1993). Based upon Walker's stipulations that he had violated his probation and the numerous chances the district court gave him, we find no abuse of discretion by the trial court in revoking Walker's probation.
The final issue raised by Walker attacks the severity level assessed to his 1993 conviction of possession of cocaine. Under the Supreme Court's decisions in Farris v. McKune, 259 Kan. 181, Syl. ¶ 5, 911 P.2d 177 (1996) and State v. Fierro, 257 Kan. 639, Syl. ¶ 4, 895 P.2d 186 (1995), the court is required to look at all the facts in a pre-KSGA case to determine the proper severity level and criminal history score for that conviction.
In Farris and Fierro, however, the court was dealing with the indecent liberties statutes, which were significantly changed when the KSGA was enacted. In this case, the 1993 legislature repealed K.S.A. 65-4127a and replaced it with a substantially similar statute, K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-4160. Both the statutes before and after the enactment of the KSGA provided for charging a defendant with a different level of felony based upon whether the defendant had a prior conviction for a similar offense. Under K.S.A. 65-4127a, a defendant such as Walker could be charged with a class B felony because of his prior possession conviction. Under K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-4160(b), such a defendant could be charged with a severity level 2 felony. First-time possession convictions were class C felonies under K.S.A. 65-4127a and are severity level 4 felonies under K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-4160(a).
We note that under these statutes, proof of the prior conviction for possession is not an "element" of the enhanced felony. The Supreme Court has held that under K.S.A. 65-4127a, the State is not obligated to prove the prior conviction as an element of the class B felony offense because the prior possession only enhances the penalty. State v. Loudermilk, 221 Kan. 157, 161, 557 P.2d 1229 (1976). In that case, however, the court noted it was proper for the complaint to allege the prior conviction in order to "'inform [the] accused of what offense he is charged, so as to enable him to prepare his defense.' [Citation omitted.]" 221 Kan. at 158. See also State v. Hanks, 10 Kan. App. 2d 666, 667-68, 708 P.2d 991 (1985), rev. denied 238 Kan. 878 (1986) (discussing inclusion of prior theft convictions in a complaint charging defendant with a class E felony under K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 21-3701; allegations were to put defendant on notice of seriousness of charge).
A plea of guilty for the purpose of applying the sentencing guidelines to a charge of simple possession of cocaine, which is not enhanced by a previous conviction for possession of cocaine, fixes the severity level of the crime pled to. For the purpose of applying the sentencing guidelines, a plea of guilty to simple possession of cocaine cannot be counted as a conviction for possession after a previous conviction, even if it could have been charged at that level due to a previous conviction for possession of cocaine.
In this case, the State only charged Walker with a class C felony, he pled guilty to a class C felony, and he was given an indeterminate sentence for a class C felony. Therefore, the State knowingly chose to charge Walker with a lesser offense under the law as it then existed. Because both the pre- and post-July 1, 1993, statutes contained the same differentiation between convictions for first and second offenses, the rationale of Fierro and Farris is inapplicable. Under these circumstances, Walker's pre-KSGA conviction had to be converted to the equivalent severity level in the post-KSGA statutes. Accordingly, the district court erred in finding that Walker's conviction translated to a severity level 2 offense. Based upon the undisputed record before the court, Walker's conviction translated to a severity level 4 crime on the nondrug grid. K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-4160(a). Therefore, this portion of the district court's order is reversed.
It is not clear if the district court was presented with a full record regarding Walker's criminal history for purposes of determining a criminal history score. Accordingly, we remand this case for such a determination. We note that pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4710(d)(11), the district court can consider Walker's prior conviction for possession of cocaine in determining his criminal history score.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.


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Chopped Salad with Pomegranate, Persimmon, and Pepitas
This fall and wintry salad sure doesn't seem like a cold weather salad. The flavors are bright, sweet and a bit tart. Plus, the combinations of color make a gorgeous presentation. I highly recommend the lemon vinaigrette to dress this chopped salad, but regular vinaigrette will work just fine too. If you want to make the salad for a dinner party, you can prepare it earlier in the day; just don't dress the salad until right before serving.


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So, AFP, how's that "steal the photos & sue the photographer" business plan working out then?
Three years almost to the day since photo agency AFP heisted Haitian photographer Daniel Morel's award-winning photographs of the 2010 earthquake the first court decision has been handed down in what has evolved into a high-profile and significant copyright case. In a humiliating ruling against the agency, a New York court has upheld Morel's claim for copyright infringement against AFP. The agency had initially attempted to sue the photographer when he objected to their theft of his images from Twitpic, where he had uploaded them and linked to his Twitter account in an attempt to market his work.
This isn't the end of the affair though, just the beginning of the end. For one thing, there's the matter of the bill AFP will face. Morel's claim against AFP calculated damages based on treating each download of any of his images by an AFP client as a separate infringement. This resulted in a figure so huge that nobody seemed quite sure what it was, but it certainly totaled upwards of 100 million dollars. The judge however threw this calculation out, stating that the law only allowed for one infringement per image, not for each use of that image. But although the court has now set the rules on how the damages should be assessed it declined to make an actual assessment, leaving that for a jury to later decide.
Morel uploaded 13 images, of which 8 were infringed, and the maximum allowed per image is $150,000. There's also the matter of AFP's falsification of Morel's copyright information, which allows for up to a further $25,000 in damages per image. So the maximum the jury can award against AFP is $1,400,000. For their part AFP previously asked in a court memorandum that if found guilty they should pay only $240,000. Whether that memorandum will even apply when the matter comes before the jury is unclear; what is now clear is that AFP's final bill will be somewhere between a quarter of a million and one and a half million dollars, plus substantial legal costs.
Exactly how much will be decided by the jury, who will decide partly on the evidence of willfulness in the AFP infringements; but since courtrooms are theatre they will also be swayed by the performances of the lawyers and witnesses. So far the AFP legal team's performance has not been Oscar material: while outside court they have declared "we shall prevail", inside they have at times been mocked by the judge. There's plenty of evidence of willfulness in AFP internal memos that have already come to light, but it's the agency's director of photography for North and South America Vincent Amalvy who is likely to deliver the killer blow. In addition to his involvement in the Morel fiasco Amalvy was also caught stealing other Haitian images, and has already admitted that when it comes to breaking news AFP toss out the copyright rulebook. Such behaviour is unlikely to play well with the jury, so while the eventual award may not reach the maximum allowable, bet on it getting into six figures.
But the real final total for the Haitian infringements will almost certainly be more, possibly much more. For although AFP and Getty are the headline defendants in the case, their distribution of the images led to many further infringements by end users such as Time, CNN and many others. These have already been settled out of court for undisclosed sums. And the AFP ruling doesn't include co-defendants Getty Images: that will be addressed by a jury trial, and should Getty lose the result will be further substantial damages awarded to Morel.
A press release from Morel's lawyers the Hoffman Law Firm following the AFP ruling both addressed the issue of damages and hinted at the fate that may befall Getty:
"Although Judge Nathan rejected Morel's legal theory entitling him to as much as one hundred twenty million dollars in statutory damages, Morel still hopes to win millions in damages following the trial. The ruling and the case may have implications for users of social media as well as 'service providers'."
That leads directly to the issue of AFP's partner and co-defendant Getty Images. The court didn't rule on Getty's culpability, leaving that decision to a further jury trial, since Getty eventually entered a different defence from AFP. That defence is, to say the least, interesting, since it essentially hinges on Getty throwing their partner under a bus:
"Getty Images requires and relies on the representations AFP makes about its content in the License Agreement. It could not possibly investigate whether the hundreds of thousands of images that AFP transmits to Getty Images' database every year infringe other parties' copyrights, without altering its business model, incurring massive expense."
The law Getty are relying on to back that statement up is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, specifically the clause that absolves internet service providers from guilt when infringing material is uploaded to their servers by a third party: this is commonly referred to as the safe harbour or Youtube clause.
At first sight that looks like a viable defence: the DMCA is quite specific in its requirements and Getty appear to have been careful comply with at least some of them. But there are at least two potentially fatal flaws in Getty's strategy. For one, the DMCA is specifically intended to protect an internet service provider from the legal consequences of copyright infringement on their servers initiated by a party over whom they have no control: Youtube should not be held responsible for the behaviour of a teenager uploading pop videos is the rationale. But such a comparison is obviously absurd: Getty and AFP are major media companies who have entered into a legal agreement to syndicate images for big money, not teens sharing ripped vids.
Secondly, the DMCA only protects a provider when the entire process of the infringement is automated. Getty are stressing the automated nature of both the AFP feed and Getty's own distribution system. However this argument is undermined by evidence that Getty staff manually altered metadata attached to the Morel images, and that agency staff licensed some of the images in telephone sales.
And the biggest problem for Getty is that they are relying completely on the DMCA to get them off the hook: they have no other options left. So in the end Getty's reliance on the DMCA may prove to be a sign of desperation rather than clever legal maneuvering.
Away from the courtroom there's also a comic sub-plot to be resolved, starring various figures who either absolved AFP of blame or actively defended the agency's actions. Aside from the usual freetard nutters these included the National Press Photographer Association's Mickey Osterreicher, photo blogger John Harrington and Visa Pour L'Image's J-F Leroy.
Osterreicher – who's only a lawyer after all – managed to read the wrong company Terms of Service, quoting those of Twitter when the ones that mattered were those of Twitpic. Harrington, who posits himself as a business expert, got the company right but the date wrong, relying on ToS that Twitpic had introduced after and in response to the AFP theft: that led him to proclaim "AFP did the right thing". And Leroy was especially vociferous in his defence of the accused, a stance that most observers concluded was entirely unconnected with the agencies' close association with, and sponsorship of, his Perpignan photo festival.
Curiously, some of these carefully considered expert opinions have now mysteriously disappeared. In the wake of AFP's crushing defeat it would be interesting to hear what Osterreicher, Harrington and Leroy have to say for themselves now. Instead expect only the sound of web pages being deleted.
10 Responses to "Agence France Presse vs Morel: Photo Agency Found Guilty Of Theft, Faces Million Dollar Bill"
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If the new Terms of Services of Twiitpic made that Harrington ended assuring that AFP did the right thing then one big advice can be announced at this point. Colleagues, be care in the use of this media and others similar to promote your work. And be careful reading the ToS of each app we use to manage sensitive files.
[…] use of these services. Jeremy Nicholl didn't forget and his post on this latest ruling (read it here) recalls this gem from Visa Pour L'Image Director Jean Francois Leroy: a photographer should […]
The article incorrectly calculates the new potential damages recoverable against AFP by Mr. Morel under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). Most of the 11 circuit courts have opined that for the copyright cause of action, statutory damages can only be assessed per work infringed (not per infringement, as the first opinion apparently decided). But courts have mostly held that damages available under the DMCA are assessed for each violation (i.e., each copy of the work from which the infringer removed or replaced the copyright management information ("CMI") of the author.
If the plaintiff counsel handles the DMCA part of the case properly, the verdict in this case will be much larger than $1,400,000.
[…] Update: 2 other posts worth checking out regarding the court case and TOS can be found on the APhotoEditor blog and the Russian Photos blog. […]
[…] The Russian Photos Blog has Agence France Presse vs Morel: Photo Agency Found Guilty Of Theft, Faces Million Dollar Bill […]
[…] Agence France Presse vs Morel: Photo Agency Found Guilty Of Theft, Faces Million Dollar Bill – "Three years almost to the day since photo agency AFP heisted Haitian photographer Daniel Morel's award-winning photographs of the 2010 earthquake the first court decision has been handed down in what has evolved into a high-profile and significant copyright case. In a humiliating ruling against the agency, a New York court has upheld Morel's claim for copyright infringement against AFP. The agency had initially attempted to sue the photographer when he objected to their theft of his images from Twitpic, where he had uploaded them and linked to his Twitter account in an attempt to market his work." […]
Great article.
[…] fact AFP and Getty have already been found guilty of infringing the eight Morel images in question. In January of this year, Judge Alison Nathan […]
Thats a lot of steal photo for a million dollar.. Thats kinda bad..
Great information. Lucky me I ran across your site by accident on one of a bookmarking site. Well this case comes to how he uses the photos, he could have given the credit to the owner though and not claim it as his own..
A very-well written article! I never thought the real story behind the Agence Florence Presse vs Morel can be this grave. I hope to read more updates about this. Keep posting!
[…] Agence France Presse vs Morel: Photo Agency Found Guilty Of Theft, Faces Million Dollar Bill A pattern emerges as the case reaches its next courtroom stage – and AFP lose again. […]
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5 questions for Brennan hearing
John Brennan's confirmation hearing Thursday is shaping up more as a wide-ranging public examination of President Barack Obama's policies in the war on terror than an inquiry into whether he picked the right person to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in his second term.
The nomination of Brennan, who has served since 2009 as Obama's key White House adviser on counterterrorism, has brought forth a flood of questions from Congress about the use of armed drones to kill Americans overseas, leaks Republicans think were politically motivated, and whether the CIA is encroaching on the military's turf.
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On the eve of the hearing, the administration moved Wednesday to defuse one key point of tension with Congress by agreeing to fork over classified Justice Department legal advice authorizing the use of drones or other lethal force against Americans involved in terrorist groups. Lawmakers had been demanding access to the documents for up to two years and some were hinting at holding up Brennan's confirmation unless the White House allowed lawmakers to see the formal legal opinions that OK killing U.S. citizens serving as senior operational leaders of Al Qaeda and affiliated groups.
Here's POLITICO's look at key questions Brennan is likely to face:
1. How does he answer the "torture" concerns?
This issue sank Brennan's chances of heading up CIA four years ago, when Obama considered naming him but backed away after an outcry from liberal activists seeking a clean break with the war-on-terror tactics used by the Bush administration. Brennan was a top official at the CIA when the go-ahead was given for the use of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding.
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Obama appears to have decided that concern about the torture issue has simmered down to the point that it won't be a major roadblock to getting Brennan to the director's office at the CIA.
The Senate Intelligence Committee has prepared a lengthy report on the tough interrogation tactics, which reportedly concludes they were ineffective.
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) wanted to question Brennan about the report during a recent meeting with him. Udall issued a statement later saying he was "deeply disappointed" the nominee hadn't read the report and wasn't familiar with its findings.
"I was aware of the program but did not play a role in its creation, execution or oversight," Brennan wrote in a questionnaire released Wednesday. "I had significant concerns and personal objections to many elements of the EIT program while it was underway. I voiced those objections privately with colleagues at the Agency. When I left the Agency, I spoke publicly about those concerns."
Brennan has promised he'll be ready to discuss the interrogation issue and the report in greater depth on Thursday.


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Chocolate Truffles
- Yield: about 1 pound candy (20 pieces)
- Prep 45 mins
- Chill 1 hr
milk chocolate, finely chopped (don't use milk chocolate pieces)
whipping cream
sifted unsweetened cocoa powder or 1/3 cup finely chopped toasted almonds, pecans, or walnuts
- Place chocolate in a small saucepan. In another small saucepan, heat whipping cream just to boiling, stirring constantly. Pour over chocolate; cover pan and let stand for 3 to 4 minutes or until chocolate melts. Stir until blended, smooth, and glossy. (The mixture may look curdled, but keep stirring and it becomes smooth.) Cover and refrigerate about 15 minutes or until well chilled.
- Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a waxed-paper-lined baking sheet. Cover loosely; refrigerate for 1 hour.
- With palms of hands, roll each piece of candy into a ball. Roll balls in the cocoa powder or chopped nuts to coat evenly. Serve candy at room temperature. To store, place in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Makes about 1 pound candy (20 pieces).
- Mint-Chocolate Truffles: Follow the recipe above, except stir in 1/4 teaspoon mint extract after the chocolate and whipping cream have been blended.
- Orange-Chocolate Truffles: Follow the recipe above, except stir in 1 teaspoon orange extract after the chocolate and whipping cream have been blended. Substitute 1 cup toasted coconut for the cocoa powder.
Nutrition Facts
(Chocolate Truffles)carb. (g) 10, cal. (kcal) 106, calcium (mg) 10, pro. (g) 2, vit. A (IU) 49, sodium (mg) 14, fiber (g) 1, sat. fat (g) 4, vit. C (mg) 0, Fat, total (g) 7, chol. (mg) 8, iron (mg) 1


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NEW YORK — A soon-to-be-tested class of drug inhibitors were predicted to help a limited number of patients with B-cell lymphomas with mutations affecting the EZH2 protein. However, a research team, led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College, now report that these agents may, in fact, help a much broader cross section of lymphoma patients.
The study, reported in Cancer Cell, found that the EZH2 protein the drug agents inhibited is a powerful regulatory molecule in B-cells, and a key driver of cancer in these immune cells.
The study's lead investigator, Weill Cornell Medical College's Dr. Ari Melnick, suggests that combining an EZH2 inhibitor with another related targeted therapy may offer a much improved treatment for follicular lymphoma, a cancer that currently has no cure, as well as a non-toxic alternative to chemotherapy for at least a third of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Because these two lymphomas account for 70 percent of adult lymphomas, Dr. Melnick believes the new therapy could potentially help a broad cross section of lymphoma patients.
"Our research indicates that these inhibitors will be remarkably effective. I am very optimistic," says Dr. Melnick, the Gebroe Professor of Hematology/Oncology, professor of medicine and director of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Biomedical and Physical Sciences at Weill Cornell. "Researchers had thought EZH2 inhibitors would only help patients with a mutation in their EZH2 gene, which represents a small subset of lymphoma patients. What we found is that a majority of lymphomas turn out to be dependent on normal EZH2, not just mutated EZH2."
Tumor Cells Depend on the EZH2 Master Regulator
The new study was aimed at understanding what normal as well as mutated EZH2 does within B-cells — basic information that remained unknown despite more than a decade of research into the protein. The role of B-cells (white blood cells known as B-lymphocytes) is to produce antibodies against invading microbes. What the researchers discovered is that EZH2 is required in order for the immune system to generate germinal center B-cells, which are the cells that make the most powerful type of antibodies.
Germinal center B-cells divide extremely quickly and try to create within them the high affinity antibodies that will be beneficial to fight off invading infections. This process happens constantly because of our exposure to microorganisms.
"Most B-cell lymphomas arise from germinal center B-cells — germinal centers are the engine for formation of lymphomas," says Dr. Melnick. "The reason for this is because germinal center B-cells divide very, very quickly while at the same time mutating their antibody genes. Unfortunately, many other genes get mutated when this happens, which can eventually result in lymphoma formation."
It turns out that the behavior of germinal center B-cell is orchestrated by EZH2, Dr. Melnick discovered. "EZH2 is a master regulator protein that turns off the brakes that prevent cell division, so it allows cells to divide without stopping," he says.
EZH2 also has a second function, which Dr. Melnick calls "surprising and perhaps even more important.
"It prevents germinal cells from transitioning to antibody-secreting cells," he says. "Indeed, in the normal immune system EZH2 prevents B-cells from exiting germinal centers so that these cells can continue to undergo sustained rapid cell division, which continues until the immune system says to stop. Then EZH2 goes away, and B-cells can develop into antibody-secreting cells, which send antibodies into the circulation to fight off infection."
Interestingly, mutations of EZH2 cause it to be even more efficient at promoting germinal center B-cell division and permanently keep them locked in this behavior, Dr. Melnick says. But he adds that most lymphomas that are derived from germinal cell B-cells are dependent on EZH2, whether normal or mutated, to sustain growth.
"Germinal center cells absolutely require EZH2 and the lymphomas that arise from germinal center cells inherit that need regardless of whether they have mutations," Dr. Melnick says. "We discovered that it is not just the small percentage of patients with EZH2 mutations who are candidates for these inhibitors. It is actually most of the lymphomas that originate from germinal center B-cells — and that represents the majority of patients."
The researchers report the development of a novel and highly specific EZH2 inhibitor, tested its effects against large panels of lymphoma cells and found that it works particularly well against germinal center-derived lymphomas regardless of whether or not they have EZH2 mutations.
"The case of EZH2 exemplifies a critically important emerging concept in cancer — that tumor cells are dependent on the master regulators that are required to sustain the normal cell type from which they originate," Dr. Melnick adds.
According to researchers, another implication of the study is that it may be possible to combine an EZH2 inhibitor with a drug that targets BCL2, which is also in clinical testing, to achieve a more powerful synergistic effect.
"EZH2 and BCL2 mutations tend to occur together in germinal center derived lymphomas. In our report, we show that indeed these two genes cooperate to drive lymphoma formation from germinal center B-cells, and so a combination therapy that inhibits both genes might offer a very powerful therapy," says Dr. Melnick. "Indeed, combining EZH2 inhibitors and BCL2 inhibitors had a much greater effect in cells and in animal models of lymphomas than either drug alone." These results pave the way for translation of combinatorial-targeted therapy for patients with incurable lymphomas.
Study co-authors include: Wendy Béguelin, Matt R. Teater, Yanwen Jiang, Karen L. Bunting, Monica Garcia, Hao Shen, Shao Ning Yang, Ling Wang, Rita Shaknovich, Leandro C. Cerchietti and Olivier Elemento from Weill Cornell Medical College; Relja Popovic, Teresa Ezponda, Eva Martinez-Garcia, Yupeng Zhang, Neil Kelleher and Jonathan D. Licht from the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Haikuo Zhang and Kwok-Kin Wong from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Sharad K. Verma, Michael T. McCabe, Heidi M. Ott, Glenn S. Van Aller, Ryan G. Kruger, Yan Liu, Charles F. McHugh and Caretha L. Creasy from GlaxoSmithKline; David W. Scott and Randy D. Gascoyne from the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver; and Young Rock Chung, Ross L. Levine, and Omar Abdel-Wahab from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
This research work was supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation and Chemotherapy Foundation, a collaborative trans-network grant from the National Cancer Institute Physical Sciences in Oncology Center program, a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Specialized Center of Research Excellence and the T & C Schwartz Family Foundation. In addition, this work was enabled by the Beverly and Raymond Sackler Center for Physical and Biomedical Sciences as well as the Weill Cornell Epigenomics Core Facility.
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Biomedical and Physical Sciences
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Biomedical and Physical Sciences of Weill Cornell Medical College brings together a multidisciplinary team of scientists for the purpose of catalyzing major advances in medicine. By harnessing the combined power of experimental approaches rooted in the physical and biological sciences, Sackler Center investigators can best accelerate the pace of discovery and translate these findings for the benefit of patients with various medical conditions, including but not limited to cancer.
Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University's medical school located in New York City, is committed to excellence in research, teaching, patient care and the advancement of the art and science of medicine, locally, nationally and globally. Physicians and scientists of Weill Cornell Medical College are engaged in cutting-edge research from bench to bedside, aimed at unlocking mysteries of the human body in health and sickness and toward developing new treatments and prevention strategies. In its commitment to global health and education, Weill Cornell has a strong presence in places such as Qatar, Tanzania, Haiti, Brazil, Austria and Turkey. Through the historic Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, the Medical College is the first in the U.S. to offer its M.D. degree overseas. Weill Cornell is the birthplace of many medical advances — including the development of the Pap test for cervical cancer, the synthesis of penicillin, the first successful embryo-biopsy pregnancy and birth in the U.S., the first clinical trial of gene therapy for Parkinson's disease, and most recently, the world's first successful use of deep brain stimulation to treat a minimally conscious brain-injured patient. Weill Cornell Medical College is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where its faculty provides comprehensive patient care at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The Medical College is also affiliated with the Methodist Hospital in Houston. For more information, visit weill.cornell.edu.


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Teaching is a collaborative effort. Whether it's partnering with parents to identify the best way to reach a child, the quiet hum of students working in small groups, or working on lesson plans in your weekly departmental meeting, I think we all agree that we are at our best when we work together.
That's why everyone here at Edmodo is so excited about the our new Communities. We see this as a place where you can gather with like-minded professionals to share ideas, materials, and experiences on the topics that interest you. Whether you teach Math, Social Studies, Language Arts or Science (or all of the above!) there is something there for you
It's only been a week since we launched the communities, but it's exciting to see the activity that is already underway. In the Language Arts community they are talking about resources on Romanticism; the Science community is sharing virtual simulations on cell development; Mr Vanderkley shared a great Edmodo Quickstart Guide for Students across all of the communities.
If you haven't had a chance – check out our new communities section. Come join the conversation — and then come back here and share your thoughts!
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OK. I love the new communities. BUT HOW DO YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THEM?
Great idea! 🙂
Any ICT community? 🙂
Ivan Lopez
I also need to know how to subscribe to them. Doesn't appear to be instructions on the Edmodo Communities page.
Click on the Communities link in the announcement above. On the Communities page, click on a subject. The key to being able to post is that you have to be logged in, and if you got to this page from the log-in page of Edmodo, you haven't done that yet. You should see a log-in prompt at the top of the page. Then you're in.
I also would like to know how I can join the communities. I saw people sharing links and whatnot, but I did not see how to join or even to reply to others.
Click on the Communities link in the announcement above. On the Communities page, click on a subject. The key to being able to post is that you have to be logged in, and if you got to this page from the log-in page of Edmodo, you haven't done that yet. You should see a log-in prompt at the top of the page. Then you're in.
It would be great to see an ESL community! 😉
This is good edmodo is alway changing to a better website!
I love the evolution that occurs constantly within Edmodo! You all could be a great metaphor for mutation/evolution! Thanks!
I love the idea and see that there's now an ESL group in the Lang&Arts community……..BUT HOW CAN I JOIN??? I'd like to join and have a full profile etc, but only seem able to reply or comment on other people's posts. :-((
How do I make a group? Or one Edmodo of my onw?
How does one start a community? I'd like to see a World Language community.
Currently communities must be created by Edmodo. We will be adding more communities in the future. Thank your for the suggestion regarding a World Language community.
How does one JOIN one of these communities?
It is obvious that many of us are interested in joining a community, but it is NOT obvious HOW to join one. Please make this clear. Thanks!
I've been browsing online greater than three hours today, but I never discovered any attention-grabbing article like yours. It's pretty price enough for me. Personally, if all webmasters and bloggers made just right content material as you probably did, the net will probably be a lot more helpful than ever before.
How do we join a community?
Select "browse" under the community section of your Edmodo homepage, choose the community you want to join and select the "join" button at the top.


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1. What are some of the similarities and differences between this street in West Branch and the street where you live?
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A POLICE officer appeared in court this morning, Friday, charged with having sex with two vulnerable women victims of crime while on duty.
PC Ian Langford, aged 46, of Church View, Tewkesbury, appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates Court charged with misconduct in a public office by engaging in sexual activity with the women.
The alleged offences are said to have taken place in Hereford between May 2012 and August 2013 while the officer was on duty.
Pc Langford, who entered no pleas, spoke only to confirm his name and address.
He was granted bail on condition he does not contact the alleged victims.
The case was committed to Gloucester Crown Court on May 23.


text: Xbox 360 seems to be in a pretty prime position: sales are good, games are great. And while new Xbox hardware isn't expected until 2015 at the earliest, Microsoft has already started hiring the engineers that will usher its console into the next generation. You've got four years, Xbox team! Make 'em count. [Beyond3d Forums via Engadget]


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A sweeping set of abortion restrictions adopted by the Texas state Senate on Saturday is the latest in a series of state-level political fights triggering a frenzy of legal action that could determine how much access to abortion services American women have in the future.
Abortion opponents hope that eventually some of cases will reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
In recent months, abortion has moved to the political center stage as an increasing number of Republican-controlled legislatures have enacted new abortion restrictions. The result is a flurry of activity by both opponents and supporters of abortion rights that has made the abortion debate more politically volatile than it has been in many years.
So far this year, state legislatures have enacted more than 40 measures to restrict or control access to abortion, according to the nonprofit Guttmacher Institute, and proponents of those measures acknowledge that they are deliberately inviting legal challenges in the hope that the cases will land in federal courts and produce stricter limits on abortion nationwide.
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) — who signed legislation in late March restricting abortions as soon as a heartbeat is detectable, which can be as early as six weeks — said at the time: "Although the likelihood of this measure surviving a court challenge remains in question, this bill is nevertheless a legitimate attempt by a state legislature to discover the boundaries of Roe v. Wade."
Abortion rights supporters said the recent rush of activity has strengthened their argument that women's access to the procedure is now under serious threat. In response, they have filed dozens of lawsuits aimed at blocking some of the highest-profile bills on the grounds that they place an undue burden on women seeking abortions before the point where the fetus is viable.
Saturday morning's vote in Texas came after a standoff that lasted several weeks. The state Senate voted 19 to 11 to adopt a measure that would ban abortions after 20 weeks and require physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. It also requires all abortions to take place in fully equipped surgical centers.
Only six of the state's 42 abortion clinics meet the new requirements, and abortion rights advocates say the legislation means dozens will be shuttered.
"Now people really understand this is national trend, this is a wave," said Louise Melling, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Center of Liberty. "It's an effort to change the landscape across the country for abortion, even if it's state by state."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has been a strong supporter of the proposed new restrictions in his state and is expected to sign the legislation, which is scheduled to take effect Aug. 1. But when and whether that happens is likely to be decided by the courts.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said Saturday that her group was "evaluating litigation options" regarding the Texas law.
"We believe provisions of this bill are unconstitutional. Similar provisions enacted elsewhere have been enjoined by federal and state courts," Richards said, promising to "take appropriate steps to prevent these provisions from taking effect and endangering the health of women in Texas."
So far, federal and state judges have largely accepted abortion rights activists' argument that it is unconstitutional to ban the procedure before viability of the fetus. The 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade leaves that determination to the individual's doctor, which is usually interpreted as 24 weeks after fertilization.
But courts have been less willing to strike down other restrictions, such as ones requiring abortion clinics to conduct costly upgrades, perform ultrasounds on their patients before doing an abortion, or obtain admitting privileges for their doctors at nearby hospitals. For example, in 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld a Texas law requiring a woman seeking an abortion to see a sonogram of the fetus and hear its heartbeat before undergoing the procedure. Courts in Arizona and South Carolina have also upheld regulations targeting abortion facilities in the past.
Scott Gaylord, an associate professor at Elon University School of Law, said the legal cases that are being filed in response to this burst of activity are "extremely important because the legislatures are pushing in new directions, [and] states are handling these issues somewhat differently."
How the courts end up ruling, he said, "really helps set the tone and will set important precedents."
In at least three instances — Arizona, Georgia and Idaho — federal and state judges have struck down abortion bans at 20 weeks after fertilization as unconstitutional (the Arizona ban was set at 18 weeks). The bill passed in Texas contains a 20-week provision, but the legislation is structured so that even if that section is struck down, other parts of the bill could remain in effect.
Abortion rights groups have moved quickly to challenge a half-dozen laws this year. In Wisconsin, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against a law requiring every physician who performs an abortion at a clinic to have staff privileges at a local hospital. The ACLU and Planned Parenthood have sued, arguing that the measure would force two of the state's four abortion clinics to close.
Judges in Alabama and Mississippi have blocked similar laws from taking effect by issuing injunctions. And in May, a judge temporarily halted an Arkansas law that would have prohibited abortions 12 weeks after fertilization.
The ACLU, the NAACP and the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum also filed suit in May against an Arizona law that bans abortion on the basis of gender and race selection, arguing that it is based on stereotypes about Asian Americans and African Americans.
Janet Crepps, senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, said some of the tighter rules on how abortion clinics operate have "been harder to challenge, though we've had some luck with the more extreme ones." Last month in Kansas, for example, the center got a preliminary injunction blocking two provisions of a measure enacted this year that requires providers to endorse specific literature on abortion provided to patients and redefines what constitutes a medical emergency for a woman seeking an abortion.
In the case of the bill approved Saturday by the Texas legislature, Crepps added, "Taken together, it's going to act like a ban, and what we hope is that if there's a challenge the courts will see that these are the same as bans . . . and that they'll strike them down."
In North Dakota, Crepps's group is challenging not only the law prohibiting abortions once there's a detectable heartbeat, but also ones requiring abortion doctors to get admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, banning abortions for the sole purpose of sex selection and genetic abnormality, and outlawing non-surgical abortions using medication. A state judge has already indicated he will rule the medical abortion prohibition unconstitutional.
Maureen Ferguson, a senior policy adviser for the Catholic Association, said these efforts to block abortion restrictions defy the will of the public. A Gallup poll in December found that while 61 percent of respondents supported keeping abortions during the first trimester legal, 64 percent thought second-trimester abortions should be illegal, and 80 percent backed banning third-trimester abortions.
"No doubt the abortion industry will take this fight to the courts because they can't win in the court of public opinion," she said. "By a 2 to 1 margin, people support limits on late-term abortion and tighter oversight of the clinics that perform them."
Abortion rights activists, for their part, launched a voter mobilization effort Saturday and pledged to punish politicians across the nation who voted for abortion restrictions. Richards sent an e-mail through Planned Parenthood Action Fund telling supporters they were "in it for the long run."


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OLPCorps Africa
From OLPC
Welcome to OLPCorps, a new student-based, grassroots OLPC initiative.
Email us for any questions about the program: email@example.com
Can't find what you're looking for below? Try our Frequently Asked Questions page.
- Notice there's room for discussing things in the Talk Page
- We've posted a notice asking for comments. Please help translate it and pass it on. If you want to get involved in a support role, please see our Support Committee page.
100 XOs, Hardware, $10K stipend, 10-day training in Kigali, Rwanda, and an entire summer in an African country of your choice. Sound too good to be true? Well, it's not. OLPC has a revolutionary vision: an XO for every child. Crazy, right? Not crazy enough, since it's becoming a reality. Country after country, children with XOs are learning more, finding new avenues of expression, and connecting to a global network of like-minded children. But we can't achieve this dream alone, which is why we need your help in turning this idea into a global movement. Through OLPCorps Africa, we'll provide the tools and resources to get you started if you can provide the time, energy, and dedication to change the world. This is a student movement, a learning movement, an education movement...The OLPC Movement.
- Undergraduate or graduate students from all fields of study and nationalities are eligible to apply. Students entering university in fall '10 or graduating in spring '10 are also eligible to participate.
- English fluency is required.
- Minimum number of people in a team is 2.
- At least 2 team members must be present in Kigali, Rwanda in June (dates TBA) for a 10 day training workshop with the OLPC Learning Team. Teams will then depart for their specific destination.
- Deployments must occur within one of the African countries. Preference will be given to deployments in rural areas.
- Minimum of 9-10 weeks commitment (the duration of your summer break).
- Each team member must have their immunizations.
- Each team member must hold a valid passport.
- Each team member is responsible for acquiring a visa, if needed.
- 1 member of each team will participate in a workshop at MIT/OLPC in Cambridge this October 10-12 (all expenses covered by OLPC).
Thinking about starting your proposal? Not sure where to start? This section should answer some of your questions. Don't be afraid to ask questions & collaborate - we're better as a team. Keep in mind, up to 100 teams are receiving 100 XOs each.
In the end, all teams will be working together for 10 days in Kigali before deploying. Our goal is to form a network of African deployments which support learning for years to come. Although the application for 2010 is not yet open, consider the following suggestions we've outlined below before writing your proposal.
Proposal formatting:
- Proposals must be in English.
- Length of Proposal must not exceed 750 words.
- Hyper-linked text is allowed throughout the proposal.
Proposal contents:
- Answer the basics: who, what, when, where. Most importantly, KEEP IT CONCISE AND DIRECTLY TO THE POINT.
- How will you work with children? Are the children in school from June-August? Are they on break? Address how you will deal with children and learning with their schedule.
- Who is the local partner? How will you follow-up? Partner with groups capable of maintaining the deployment after you leave. Is there an academic institution, NGO, community organization, etc. willing to oversee the project after August? Do you have family ties in the community? What's going to happen when you leave?
- Include a letter of support from the local partner (this doesn't count towards your 750 word limit). Make sure you show that together you're capable of handling the receipt of a 230 kg package of laptops and equipment. Where will you store the equipment during the deployment?
- How will this impact 6-12 yr old children? All proposals must be about kids 6-12 years old and their learning. A proposal gets stronger as soon as the group can show that children are the agents of change, not just the objects of teaching.
- Incorporate the OLPCorps Learning Guide into your project proposal.
- Stick to OLPC's Core Principles: child ownership, low ages, saturation, connection, and free and open source.
- Describe your project's financial needs. As an attachment (that doesn't count towards the 750 word limit), provide a brief budget for the project. Include travel costs (to Kigali and your deployment community), housing for 9 weeks (can your local partner help here?), and other project-related expenses. Remember that OLPC will only grant up to $10,000 and that you do not need to include XOs, accessories, or Kigali accommodations in your budget. If you have a creative project-based idea that needs funding, let us know.
- Be realistic with your budget. It will determine how much money you'll receive.
- But also be economical where possible. If we think a team's budget is wasteful or unrealistic, we will consider that in evaluating the proposal.
- How will you provide financial support after you leave? OLPC is dedicating significant time and resources to create learning environments throughout Africa! How can you show that your team can provide financial support after you leave?
- Research your university's grant programs, student associations, alumni networks, and other avenues of funding to sustain your deployment.
- Communication - do you share the language of the school or community where you will be working? If not, how will this be overcome?
Note: Upon acceptance, you will be asked to provide proof as a student. This will be verified by the dean of your department, for instance.
As you develop your team's project proposal, you should post it to the wiki. This is the only way the OLPCorps team and the OLPC community can provide feedback for your proposal before the submission deadline. Please note: you still must e-mail your proposal as described above by March 27th. Below are the steps to publish your Project Proposal wiki page:
- Step 1: Create your own project proposal wiki page
- In your web browser, type in the following URL, being sure to replace your University Name and Deployment Country in the template. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_UniversityName_DeploymentCountry. Then click on "Create."
- Example: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps_IU_South_Africa.
- Step 2: Enter your information in the newly created wiki page. Click on the "Edit" tab of different wiki pages (especially OLPCorps examples and this page) to see how to write and format the wiki.
- Step 3: Connect your Project Proposal to the main OLPCorps wiki page (this page). In your short summary below, type the following to link your Project Proposal to this site: OLPCorps_UniversityName_Deployment Country, which should be the same format as your Project Proposal URL.
If you are not comfortable using the wiki for publishing a draft of your proposal for feedback, drafts may be emailed to email@example.com, and we will post it to the wiki for you. Note that this is not the address to send your final proposal submission.
The OLPCorps application for 2010 is not yet open.
Below will be a regularly updated list of teams across the globe applying to OLPCorps Africa. Missing a key component to your proposal's design? Need a technical lead? Need a pedagogical lead? Working in an off-grid environment? Here's your chance to partner up with like-minded students to change the world. Power in numbers, right?
Lesotho 2010
See our proposal at OLPCorps Muskingum College Lesotho 2010.
Margaret Musa, Absmat&Ayoakins Foundation For Youth Pogramme, Nigeria
We started a project in Nigeria for less priviledged children in Makoko rural area of Lagos, Nigeria. The project we started now has 100 pupils and being a new project no one is funding us by now. We are using self sporsor. Although, the Local Govt in that area gave us a premises to conduct our day to day activities. the project is now operating in the premisess.
The illiteracy rate in this area of Lagos, Nigeria is alarmingly high We are promoting basic education and we teach the children between 6-18 years: English, computer, Maths, vocational training e.g. adire/beads making, sewing/fashion desiging, hat making and see to their well being from primary one. The name of our organisation is known as Absmat& Ayoakins Foundation For Youth Pogramme.
We need to maintain and renovate our classrooms and without your cooperation it will be difficult for the less priviledged children to be given a good basic education. We also want to provide them with computer literacy at the early age. The computers will be a motivation for learning to the best 80 pupils.
Girls will be given priority so as to promote girls eduction which remains a problems in this country due to early and forced marriage and other cultural practices. We will be grateful to affiliate and partner with your organisation in this (domain or area).
We would like to talk to a team of students interested in putting together, a proposal in order to work with us. Thanks. New e-mail contact: email@example.com our new address is Makoko vocational Training, Near Asejere Market, Makoko, yaba-Lagos. Nigeria.
The Project name: Absmat&Ayoakins Foundation For Youth Programm We need funding, for renovation and maintance cost, computer-laptops, for less priviledge Children.
We are based in Makoko, in rural area Lagos. Nigeria Our email: is firstname.lastname@example.com another email: address email@example.com Website:www.absmat-foundation.org Reg CAT No 25974 Postal Address: Makoko Vocational Centre, beside Asejere Market, Makoko, Yaba-Lagos Nigeria. West Africa P.O.Box 2335, Ikeja.
Contact Person Mrs.Margaret Falodi-Musa Phone; 009447951999858/002348035775756 email: email@example.com
Christian Missionary Fellowship International, Guinea-Bissau
We are of the CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL known here as COMUNIDADE MISIONARIA CRISTA INERNACIONAL. We are a faith based organization working in Guinea-Bissau since 2003. We just started a Nursery and primary school in 2007 and we are inour second year. We have been invited to start another primary school in one of the quarters of Bissaucity but we do not have the funds.
The school we started now has 285 pupils of whom 128 are on sponsorship by the Italian organization called REACH_ITALIA. Our major problem is infrastructure. We already have land just 20m from te school. The school as of now is operating in and uncompleted building. The enrollment for next accademic is projected to be high because of the availability of scholarship to the underprivileged children. We will therefore be very grateful to partner and work with you in this domain. The illiteracy rate in this country is alarmingly high. We are also promoting the English Language in this Portuguese country and we teach the children English from primary one. The name of our school as known here is FONTE DA SABEDORA. We urgently need to build classrooms and without your cooperation it will be difficult to give these unprivileged children a good education. We also want to provide them with computer literacy at the early age.The computers wll be a motivaion for learning to the best 100 pupils. The reason being that with pupils being sponsored in our school by REACH-ITALIA, some of these sponsored children refuse to attend school. Giving them computers as prices will motivate them to attend school. Girls will be given priority so as to promote girls educaton which remains a problem in this country due to early and forced marriage and other cultural practices.
I am Pastor Kum Frederick Alang and the administrator of COMUNIDADE MISSIONARIA CRISTA INTERNACIONAL.
The project name is ESCOLA FONTE DA SABEDORIA, construction of classrooms.
We are based in Bissau, capital of The Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
We are working in Guinea-Bissau.
Our website is www.cmciguinebissau.org
Our e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com
My phone is +245 6620561
Our posta box is 161, Bissau
If you are an NGO based in Africa interested in working with a student group to carry out such a project, or if you are working on your own initiatives with educational programs that are, please list yourself and your project here : your name, your project name, where you are based / where you are working, and how to get in touch with you.
Positive Planet
Please see our updated Wiki page: [[1]] for our newest proposal and information. Thank you!
We are a non-profit organization that based in New York City and in the Rakai and Masaka Districts in Uganda that creates partnerships between the US and Ugandan schools. Our primary goals are to improve the educational infrastructure of the Ugandan schools and to have the US students see that they can make a positive impact on the world. Over the past 6 years we've raised about $90,000, all of which has been used to build classrooms, water tanks, sanitation facilities, desks, repair roofs, and other similar projects that have affected close to 3,000 Ugandan students.
We have encouraged our students to communicate through pen pal letters but feel it would be much more powerful and a lot quicker if the communication could be through e-mail. We were planning to seek old computer donations and try to set up a computer lab at one of the schools this summer. We just heard about the OLPC program and are very excited about the possibilities of it really impacting our communities. We have strong roots in the community and believe the work could succeed. We would love to talk to a team of students interested in putting together a quick proposal and working with us. Please see www.positiveplanet.net for more info (check out the on-line films in the Zoom In section). Please contact me directly at email@example.com to talk if you are interested.
The Model International Telecommunications Union Youth Organization
The Model International Telecommunications Union Youth Organization (MODEL ITU) has been formed as a youth based ICT empowerment initiative aimed at assimilating the ideals and principles of the mainstream International Telecommunication Union with special reference to the Special Initiative Unit in Kenya (http://projects.tigweb.org/model-itu,).
We aim at bridging the digital divide, youth and children empowerment and entrepreneurship, cyber peace and peace contests, internet safety, environmental protection and social networking.
We welcome any team that has interest in working with us and will. We will respond fast to any inquiry. Thanks . Email (email@example.com or email@example.com. MIKE, 2008 ITU ALUMNUS; KENYA
Trees for Clean Energy Network and Magoso School
Trees for Clean Energy Network has been working with schools and communities to promote environmental Education. This project of OLPCorps will open up Africa since it will give opportunity to African child to tell their story, learn more about health, environment and development. This will also enable the children exchange ideas and learn from children outside Kenya. Currently almost all children under 12 years have no idea of what is a computer and even their Teachers. I look forward to working with one of Corps in Magoso school and assisting him or her to develop this great idea to children of Magoso school.
Radio Station in Malawi
Hi, I am Gloria Masanza and i work as a sub-editor at a privately -owned radio station in Malawi, Central Africa. I have a friend working with the American Peace Corps in the country and she told me about the one laptop per child program. I have become so fascinated with the program since she told me, and we are working to link up with an organisation which is already working on children's rights. So I would like to know how we can get the intern teams visit us and see what we can do for our children. There are a lot of children here in Malawi who cannot even explain what a computer is, and over 90 percent of Malawi's children have never seen a computer, so this may just be a stepping stone, to the future. My e-mail is email@example.com.
Children Rights International - Ghana
This is Bright Appiah, briahus @ yahoo.com, the director for Child Rights International.
We have interest in a team visiting or serving as station in Africa.
Our commitment is to provide an ongoing voice for children and also reaffirm the faith of young people's hope for a better future.
Please visit our website Children Rights International. thanks
Kijabe Primary School (Kenya)
My name's Becca Nelson and I'm currently living in Kijabe Kenya working with Kenyakidscan.org. There is a rural kenyan school nearby that would benefit deeply from 100 laptops--and has an infrastructure in place to handle the years following your team's departure. In addition, there is a school of about 120 children in Nairobi (slum area) that also would benefit and has accountable, technical people in the vicinity.
Let me know if you're looking for a kenyan adventure. :). thanks! email@example.com.
The Ungana Foundation
As a result of the 1994 genocide, Rwanda gained one million new orphans, still surviving today as the potential new leaders of Rwanda's future. Orphaned children around the world face many obstacles including depression, lack of home support, minimal education, and hindered self-development. Starting June 2009, the UNGANA Foundation seeks to alleviate these odds by introducing 'Goals for Goals' to the ambitious youth of Gisenyi, Rwanda. Utilizing developmentally responsive activities, the 'Goals for Goals' program creates a space where Rwandan children can express creativity and voice and empowers the children with the life skills necessary to improve their own circumstances.
The Ungana Foundation is working on setting up an OLPCorps program in Rwanda for Summer 2009, but we need help - notably with IT setup and long-term funding. Please contact Ashley Linford, Programs Associate for more information at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Madagascar School Project
The Madagascar School Project is a small NGO based in Alexandria, Canada. In October 2008, we opened our elementary school in the rural village of Ambatoharanana, Madagascar. In a culture where a child's potential is often minimalized, the school has validated them as contributing members of their society. It is amazing how in such a short period of time, the children (and hence their community) have grown in terms of knowledge and new attitudes. Imagine what more could be accomplished if each student was provided with an XO to engage the global community and to equipe them with skills to ensure their competency in a world increasingly entwined with technology. For more information on the MSP, please visit www.madagascarschoolproject.com. If you are a team or individual seeking affiliation with an NGO and our work and philosophy are of interest to you, please contact me, Joseline Beaulieu, at firstname.lastname@example.com . I'd love to hear from you. The MSP may be a small organization but we can provide a team with excellent support. Thank-you for your interest. Hope to hear from someone soon.
Blessing the Children International
BCI (Blessing the Children International) is a nonprofit organization working with several hundred children in Ethiopia, Africa. We regualary send teams and individuals to Ethiopia to work with orphaned, abandoned and impoverished children. We are completing construction on an elemenary school, and also sponsor/support over 100 children's care & Education.
Visit our website: Blessing the Children (www.BlessingTheChildren.org) Or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
The Township Baseball Academy-Philippi Township, Cape Town, South Africa
We are a registered South African Non-Profit Organization employing a unique intervention model for at-risk township youth, combining the physical and social benefits of team sport with principles of achievement, positive communication, and discipline, borne through experiential education on the playfield, and transferred into the classroom. We work with a group of approximately 200 children, most aged 6-13, have access to an indoor activity center, and conduct year-round programming 3-4 days/week in baseball and academic enrichment. We would be delighted to hear from groups interested in working with our committed group of children in Cape Town. We currently utilize 8-10 American exchange student-volunteers through the University of Cape Town so we have familiarity with facilitating volunteer programming. Please view our website: [2] and contact Executive Director, Ian Edelstein, e-mail: email@example.com, for more information.
Girls' Mentoring Centers in Mauritania
Peace Corps Mauritania supports 22 Girls' Mentoring Centers across the country specifically designed to help underprivilged girls who have a strong interest in academic pursuits. The centers are supported by the local communities and run by Peace Corps Volunteers and locally trained mentors ensuring a better opportunity for longer standing sustainability. For more information, contact Ginger Tissier at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kasumba Nursery and Primary School, Mubende, Uganda
Kasumba Nursery and Primary School is located in Mubende Town which is 160kms from Kampala City in Uganda. The school has a kindergarten for children 4-6 years and a primary section for children between 6 - 12 years. The school is the best school in the District. It offers the UNEB academic program, and extra-curriculum activities.
The school uses English as medium of instruction. The school has very good infrastructure and the teachers are among the best in the country.
For more information contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
eduWeavers.org & eSibonisweni Primary School (South Africa)
My name is Dave Hall, an individual volunteer working with eduWeavers.org (of San Rafael, CA) and eSibonisweni Primary School (27° 4'14" S, 32°28'13"E) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to implement an initial 80 XOs and an internet link at the school.
Please check out our videoclip made in February during the first phase of the implementation:
On behalf of the headmaster of the school, Mr. Jubilee Tembe, I would like to extend an invitation to teams seeking a rural school destination to help further develop the project. Over the next few weeks I will be conducting a video survey of all the surrounding schools in the district for the purpose of developing a "pull-oriented" community-wide scale-up proposal and a visual database of candidate schools to help eduWeavers.org build their school-2-school programme. As an individual I will be available in a local ground support role, acting as guide, assisting with video documentation, liasing between community and local education authorities and helping to make your project as lasting success.
Contact details: email@example.com
Global Family Rescue (Tanzania, Uganda)
Global Family Rescue is is a non-profit faith-based charitable organization passionately dedicated to bringing hope to families living in extreme poverty throughout the world. Our goal is to help these families progress from extreme poverty to self-sufficiency within three years, and to increase the economic strength and stability of their communities through project based initiatives focused on clean water, education, vocational skills and more.
Working in several villages in Tanzania & Uganda. Funding might be possible.
Interested student groups may contact: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com
Bosco-Net (Bamako, Mali)
Distributes and supports educational computing resources to schools in Bamako, Mali.
Sylvestre Kamissoko <email@example.com> Tél:00223-66-79-44-32 Bamako-Mali
Build A School (Malawi)
Build A School builds schools for the children most in need in the developing world, through sustainable building practices and renewable energies, to promote sustainable development education.
Luke Dolby, Chairman (email@example.com) Build A School www.buildaschool.org.uk
Mantsase Children's Home (Lesotho)
Mantsase Children's Home is an orphanage started in 1979, in Lesotho. Traditionally, children whose parents have died are taken in by the extended family. With the advent of the AIDS pandemic this has become impossible. In a country of 1.8 million people, there are an estimated 400,000 orphans. Extended families do not have the money and the resources to care for all of the children after their parents have died. Mantsase is an orphanage dedicated to providing a feeling of home and stability to the children who live here. We currently have 55 children. We are hoping to eventually open a computer lab for our children and for the children in the local village, to teach basic computer skills. We would be interested in working with interested partners. Look us up online at Mantsase Children's Home or search for Mantsase Children's Home on facebook.
Ecole Internationale Bujumbura (EIB), Bujumbura, Burundi
Ecole Internationale Bujumbura (EIB) is located in the capital of Burundi and consists of some 1200 students ranging in age 5-18. The school has consistently been ranked as one of the top performing/highest achieving schools in the nation and acted as a refuge for children during the decade long war. Currently, the school is without a single computer that is accessible to the student body. Computer access in Bujumbura as a whole is very limited and with Burundi's recent induction into the Africa Union, English and the expanse of technology skills have been in high demand. The school's goal is to create a high-tech and functioning computer lab, which will be accessible by both the students and the surrounding community to provide the necessary skills and knowledge to compete and succeed in an ever-growing computer based global economy, workforce, and education system. The school is also active and willing to work with the surrounding community, schools, and orphanages to allow for equal and necessary access to computers and personal/intellectual/social growth. I (Tyler, an English teacher at EIB and a recent college graduate) will personally be able to help in the process of organizing, teaching and working with the surrounding community. Accommodations can be arranged. The school and I are open for all suggestions and possibilities in terms of distributing and conducting the education process and sustainability of the venture. If interested and/or for further information please contact me at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Note: Burundi is a French and Kirundi speaking country. Fluency in one or both is beneficial but not necessary. Many of the students, teachers, and members of the surrounding community are competent in English.
Great Commission Academy, Kamwaura, Kenya
Centre Africa Obota, Bamako, Mali
If you are interested in contacting or partnering with this school, please contact Yacouba Berthe, firstname.lastname@example.com, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mali is a French-speaking country, so fluency in French is a plus. Berthe speaks English.
Sigomere Primary School, Ugenya, Kenya
Sigomere Primary School is located in rural Ugenya near the Kisumu-Busia Highway. Ugenya Town is about 50 kilometres from Kisumu City, Kenya's third largest city, which is located on the shores of Lake Victoria.
If you are interested in contacting or partnering with this school, please contact Prisca Odera, email@example.com
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We're looking to reach university students across the world to participate in the OLPCorps Grant Program - this is a global learning movement. If you can translate a short one page letter from English into any other relevant language, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com to help out. You can also edit these wiki pages, too.
Please request to join our Sunday 4PM or 6PM EDT conference calls.
Newer Minutes from Sunday's Public Call -- March 8th 6PM - 7:30PM.
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About DharamshalaDharamshala, locally spelled as Dharamsala, is a winter wonderland and home to the 14th Dalai Lama of the Tibetan Buddhism. Recently, on 19th January 2017, the city was named the second state capital of Himachal Pradesh. The Tibetan settlement in Dharamshala started in 1959, when His Holiness the Dalai Lama fled Tibet; the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, gave him and his followers permission to settle in the upper part of Dharamshala, known as McLeod Ganj, which was a former colonial summer vacation spot. The refugees readily established their "Government in Exile" in 1960. The famous Namgyal Monastery was also constructed later during the year. This hill station is the epitome of peace, religious secularism and natural beauty.
How to reach Dharamshala
• Dharamshala By Air– One can get to Dharamshala either by flying to Chandigarh and then taking the road, or flying directly to the Kangra Airport, which is in Gaggal. Gaggal is 8 km from Kangra and 12 km from Dharamshala. The Kangra Airport is one of India's highest constructed airports. The take-offs and landings here are as good as curated flying experiences, with high rolling hills and snow covered peaks around. Certain domestic carriers operate direct flights to Dharamshala, although from Dharamshala, they fly only to Delhi.
• Dharamshala By Rail– The nearest major railway station to Dharamshala is at Pathankot, 85 kilometres away from the city, where numerous trains towards Jammu and Kashmir halt. Once at Pathankot, one can find regular buses and taxies towards Dharamshala. Kangra Mandir Railway Station is the closest to Dharamshala, about 22 kilometres from the town, although none of the important trains halt here.
• Dharamshala By Road– Dharamshala is well linked to adjacent states through a network of national highways and expressways. One can easily drive or take a bus from Delhi via Chandigarh, Kiratpur and Bilaspur, which should take around 12–13 hours. Delhi and Shimla offer luxury bus services that ply regularly to Dharamshala. This is also a great option for solo travellers.
What to do in Dharamshala
In Dharamshala, walk among thick Deodar Cedar forests, with the beautiful Dhauladhar Ranges in the backdrop. Do the Triund trek or go parasailing at Bir Billing. Given the Tibetan settlement in these parts of the state, the food and culture have a lot of Tibetan influence, which is a stark contrast to any other hill station in India. The city receives both domestic and foreign tourists. Dharamshala also has a Vipassana Centre, often visited by those who seek inner peace and enlightenment. The Buddhist Losar Festival takes place in February or March, which is one of the more festive and lively periods to visit Dharamshala. From March to mid-July, the summers are in full swing at Dharamshala. And as hard as it may seem to believe, the temperatures at the hill station go up to anywhere between 22°C and 35°C. But the summers are also the perfect time to trek up to Triund, or hike up the surrounding scenic trails. However, as it is a tourist season, the place will be crowded. During the monsoons, from mid-July to mid-September, one can enjoy the lush greenery of the hills, with the rainfall making everything all the more beautiful. This is also, however, a peak time for landslides; hence, one can expect regular roadblocks. From September onwards, the weather becomes clear and pleasant; however, the evenings become chilly. But this is also off-season, and a great time to explore the place without the thronging crowds. Winters make Dharamshala look white-washed. From December until February, one can enjoy freezing temperatures and the sights of snow-white mountains. The temperatures then tend to go below -1 °C; it is advisable to carry lots of woollens and enough protection against chilly winds. Dharamshala, known for its characteristic mix of the Kangra and Tibetan culture, is one of the most popular tourist attractions in India. The place is also nicknamed "Little Lhasa" because of the huge number of Tibetan settlement in the area. The following places are a must-see in this area.
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Olives from Campo Real
The Olives from Campo Real undergo a unique production process and a later home-style dressing process with natural ingredients, that differentiate them from other types.
They belong to the Manzanilla de Campo Real and the Cacereña de Extremadura varieties, whose characteristics include: round in shape, green to brownish tones, large size, thin skin and a very firm texture to the flesh. The unique, original dressing gives them an exquisite flavour and an unmistakable smell. After gathering the olives, when they have reached their optimal size and colour (in the month of October, approximately), they are preserved in brine until they are seasoned with a saline solution with aromatic plants: garlic, thyme, fennel and oregano (required), and bay leaves, cumin, marjoram, etc. (optional). Table olives consumed primarily as appetisers or in salads.
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- Type of product: Others
- Season: Year-round, although the season traditionally begins in Autumn.
- Origin: The production area from the Olives from Campo Real includes the towns in the agricultural regions of the metropolitan area, the farm zone and the south-western region of the Autonomous Region of Madrid.
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- Energy: Average
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- Extra-thick 18/10 stainless steel with brushed finish.
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- Set of three bowls in 1 1/2, 3 and 5-qt. cap.
- A Williams Sonoma exclusive.
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Damaged House Magically Calls 911 for Help
An empty house in Marblehead, Mass. seems to have called 911 on its own after months of enduring a leaky pipe that covered the walls with toxic mold. And you thought that dog that called the police was smart.
No one actually spoke with the house (though I don't know why you assume you'd understand house-language); instead, the call was recorded as a hang-up when it was received by police on Wednesday. After the dispatcher was unable to return the call, police headed to the location—31 Rockaway Ave.—where they discovered a damaged house:
According to the police log, they determined that something inside was leaking before they requested permission from higher-ups to make a forced entry through the back door.
It was then they saw just how badly this house had suffered.
Firefighters pumped out the basement, and all the utilities were stopped, according to fire Capt. Mike Porter.
Nobody's been able to find the owner, but the bills are up to date and his family says he travels frequently. The house, unfortunately, will have to be gutted.
As for the emergency dialing, the lame "scientific explanation" is that water from the leak eventually short-circuiting the phone system, causing an errant call to 911. The cool explanation is that the house—located about 10 minutes from Salem, Mass.—was built on some kind of sacred witch grass, or whatever, but the point is that the house is alive, and it ate its owner, and then it called 911 because it was lonely and moldy. So, you can choose which story you believe. (The second one is better.)


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain has a message for late-night comic David Letterman: Enough with the jokes about Sarah Palin and her family.
The host of CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" drew the ire of Palin this week by making jokes about her visit to New York last weekend.
Letterman joked that a Palin daughter, presumably Bristol, 18, had sex with New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez during a baseball game the ex-vice presidential candidate attended. Bristol gave birth to a child last year fathered by her former fiance.
"I don't understand why Letterman would say that about a young woman," McCain said during a telephone interview on Thursday. "They (the Palins) deserve some kind of protection from being the butt of late-night hosts."
Palin, who was visiting New York with her 14-year-old daughter Willow, charged that Letterman made "sexually perverted comments," prompting a semi-apology from Letterman on his show on Wednesday night.
The Alaska governor was the vice presidential candidate last year on the Republican Party ticket headed by McCain.
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Adobe eSeminar: Creating a Knowledge Sharing Community & Culture with Adobe Presenter 8 Video Creator
Date and time: Wednesday, 19th Sept, 2012 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM US/Pacific
Join Dr. Allen Partridge, Adobe eLearning Evangelist for a discussion and demonstration centered on knowledge sharing in your organization. Business communication today is growing increasingly dependent on clean, well-produced video content, and corporate culture has sent forth a clarion call to leverage internal knowledge in order to cut costs and protect the business process understanding resident in virtually every knowledge worker. This is sometimes a stark contrast to a prevailing knowledge hoarding culture. How can your organization facilitate both the cultural changes needed and the technological innovation required to move from knowledge protection to knowledge sharing within the group? Dr. Partridge will discuss the issues and demonstrate the technologies. You'll learn how you can spearhead the knowledge revolution in your organization.
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