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Unifying Europe's patent systems
- Note: As of March 2014, the EU unitary patent and Unified Patent Court are the focus. This article contains historical information.
This page is for discussing the general concept. European politicians have been discussing the unification of the national patent systems since the late 60s. The names keep changing as new proposals replace old proposals, so this page is a general overview. Information on specific proposals can be found at:
- EU patent and Unified Patent Court - current proposal (in two parts), previously called the Community Patent
- United Patent Litigation System (UPLS)
- European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA)
- London Protocol
An indication that these proposals are a back door to make software patents valid in Europe is the fact that they are being lobbied for by the pro-software-patent lobby.[1]
There are also narrower efforts at unifying international patent systems.
[edit] No changes to substantive law
The creation of a unified court system does not involve changing the legislative definition of what is patentable - no changes to "substantive" patent law. Based on this, politicians deny that there will be any change regarding software patents.[2]
[edit] Dangers
The actual dangers come from side effects related to redistributing power from democratic entities toward entities which have shown a lust for expansive patenting:
- Many of the proposals suggest that the judges should be "experts in the field", which would mean many of them would be ex-patent lawyers, which is the most pro-software-patent of all demographics.
- Some proposals even give the European Patent Office power over the proposed court!
- This was already done in the USA, with the creation of the CAFC patent appeals court in 1982, and the result was a court which allowed ever broader patents, including software patents and business method patents.
- By making litigation cheaper, and by giving broader scope for damages and application of decisions, we could face a steep increase in patent litigation, including that of software patents.
[edit] Procedural and democratic problems
By reducing the number of translations to one (just English) or three (English, French, German), the current plans all create the problem that people in countries which don't speak these languages are put in the position where they can violate patents (i.e. break the law) without ever having been able to read what they're supposed to not do.[3]
[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org
- Machine translation of patents
- Software patents exist in Europe, kinda
- Pro-patent bias in courts
- unifying international patent systems
[edit] External links
- The Proposed Unified Patent Court for Europe: conditio sine qua non for a Unitary Patent or unavailing venture into the unknown?, 15 Aug 2012, William Bull (on Patently-O)
- German original: Europe-wide court system for patents (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator)
- EU Patent: Advocates General Suggesting To 'Rise The Bar' In a Different Way, 24 Aug 2010, IPJur - ECJ rejects centralised court proposal as "incompatible with the treaties"
- Spanish Government Knocking Down Compromise On EU Patent Languages Regime, 10 Nov 2010, IPJur - The Spanish government is standing up for democracy and rejecting a situation where Spanish citizens would be bound by legal documents written only in foreign languages
- Harmonisation of Intellectual Property in Europe, 1998, by Philip Leith
[edit] References
- ↑ "Building and enforcing intellectual property value". http://www.buildingipvalue.com/07EU/p.160-163%20Dorsey%20&%20Whitney.pdf. "The industry-based driving force behind the EPLA comes from the pro-software patent group as a way of ensuring that their software or potential software patents are fully enforceable across Europe."
- ↑ (in French) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X3o2aCYmSo
- ↑ http://www.euractiv.com/en/innovation/eu-looks-rome-madrid-patent-deal-news-498650
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"It has been a crazy year so far," said King recently during the 18th WTT Junior Nationals event held at the Barnes Tennis Center in Point Loma. "Everywhere I go, people ask me questions about the events and it is interesting to see how many of them want to know very specific details."
Beginning with a meeting on June 20, 1973 in the Gloucester Hotel in London — a week before Wimbledon — King was a driving force in the creation of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA united all of women's professional tennis on one tour.
"To this day, I am still amazed at how we got everyone together and came to an agreement on forming the WTA," noted King. "I was so excited it is probably the key reason I went out a week later and won the 'triple crown' at Wimbledon (singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles)."
A couple of months later, beginning in late August, came equal prize money for men and women for the first time at the US Open. Then, on Sept. 20, 1973, arguably the greatest tennis match in history, at least in terms of hype and promotion, was "The Battle of the Sexes" in the Houston Astrodome where King defeated Bobby Riggs.
"What many people do not know about that event is I was playing in a tournament at the same time in Houston," she said. "I had to play match in the tournament the day before I played Bobby and the day afterward, too. It was exhausting."
So when 16 co-ed junior tennis teams with players from 20 states converge at the Barnes Tennis Center for the WTT Junior Nationals, what advice does King — who created the event — tell these teenagers, knowing the odds of any of them making it on the professional tour are slim at best.
"There are three things I encourage. To always keep learning and adjusting. When I was 12-years-old, I could have told you the history of tennis," said King. "Relationships are everything. Finally its to tell them to be a problem solver and not a problem creator."
She also tells them to keep their focus in the moment because that is what is most important.
"I do not like to talk about the championships or medals I have won," said King. "Those events are over. It is today which matters the most and not the past or tomorrow."
As for the sport of tennis, which King has impacted decade after decade, she continues to voice her desire to make it more like a team sport.
"We want kids to identify with the sport of tennis at age 6 or 7 and not when they are a teenager," said King. "In order to do that, kids will be more excited if they can sign up for a tennis team, go to team practices and not individual lessons. Wear a team uniform. The emphasis should be on fun, not instruction. We need it to be fun."
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One of the commanders from the Al-Nasser Salah al-Dine Brigades, Abu Mahmoud, emerged from hiding to speak to Fairfax Media about what it would take to stop the firing of rockets into southern Israel and in turn end Israel's six-day long bombardment of the tiny coastal strip.
"Israel says they have attacked the resistance, that they have taught us very hard lessons, but the family killed yesterday ...
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Hardened resolve ... mourners carry the bodies of children from the al-Dallu family,
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draped in Palestinian flags, during their funeral procession on Monday. Photo: AFP
The militant group was also responsible for taking hostage the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was held for five years before his release in October last year. It is the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees and is regarded as a terrorist group by Israel and the US. Advertisement
Israel has long criticised Hamas for losing control of the smaller militant groups operating on the strip, who have stepped up their rocket attacks against southern communities despite the informal truce agreement between Israel and Hamas reached in 2009.
"Now there is war, now it is different, now there is blood on the street," Abu Mahmoud said.
There are daily meetings and co-ordination between all the groups, he said, emphasising: "Hamas speaks for all Palestinian parties."
It is clear the deaths of three generations of the al-Dallu family in an Israeli rocket strike on Sunday has hardened the resolve of the militant groups.
"Israel says they have attacked the resistance, that they have taught us very hard lessons, but the family killed yesterday – the al-Dallu family – were they fighters? We have more than 100 martyrs, 20 of them children – why doesn't Israel attack us instead?"
Abu Mahmoud would not agree to be photographed or identified, such is the concern from militant groups about Israel's program of targeted assassinations - particularly after it killed the Hamas military commander Ahmed al-Jabari and his deputy in a surgical strike that began "Operation Pillar of Defence" last week. Before he would agree to the interview, we had to hand over our mobile phones and meet in a discreet location, while Israel's drones buzzed overhead.
The Al-Nasser Salah al-Dine Brigades, like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, are pushing for more than just an end to the Israel's campaign of aerial bombing and shelling from naval ships stationed off Gaza's coast that has killed 105 Palestinians, including at least 58 civilians and injured at least 700, including more than 200 children.
Three Israelis have also been killed in the conflict, and at least 20 injured, as militants from Gaza launched more than 800 rockets into towns and cities in southern Israel, including several long-range missiles that were intercepted before they hit Tel Aviv and its suburbs.
They also want an end to Israel's air, sea and land blockade of Gaza, attacks on Palestinian fisherman, the campaign of targeted assassinations against militant leaders and incursions across Gaza's border.
Abu Mahmoud was dismissive of Israel's claims that it had destroyed much of Gaza's terrorist infrastructure, including many of the militant's weapons stores, over the past six days, saying the Brigades still had 99 per cent of their rockets intact.
He rejected accusations that militant groups such as his were responsible for drawing Israeli fire towards Palestinian civilians by firing rockets from residential areas, although residents regularly report seeing missiles launched from their Gaza neighbourhoods.
Meanwhile, Israel's deputy prime minister, Moshe Yaalon, laid out Israel's terms on Twitter: "If there is quiet in the south and no rockets and missiles are fired at Israel's citizens, nor terrorist attacks engineered from the Gaza Strip, we will not attack."
Mr Yaalon said Israel wanted an end to Gaza militant activity in the neighbouring Egyptian Sinai peninsula.
As both sides laid out their demands to their respective constituents, Israeli and Egyptian representatives meeting in Cairo discussed the details of a possible a ceasefire with Hamas and the Palestinian factions.
The Egyptian President, Mohamed Mursi, met the leader of Islamic Jihad, Ramadan Shalah, and the Hamas leader, Khaled Mashal. The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also met Mr Mashal
"Both sides are engaging in a brinkmanship, they are pushing each other to the edge," warned a political analyst from Gaza's Al-Azhar University, Mkhaimar Abusada.
"They are both asking for a very high political price from each other and I do not know if either side will be able to accept it."
The secretary general of the Arab League, Nabil el-Araby, along with a number of foreign ministers from member states were due to arrive in Gaza on Tuesday for further talks, a spokesman said, and the Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, is expected to join the delegation.
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So it looks like everyone does the Blast/Detour. We might never know the other option, dang.
Quote from: puddin on November 03, 2009, 12:47:39 PMSo it looks like everyone does the Blast/Detour. We might never know the other option, dang.Meghan/Cheyne might do the other option; we never saw them at the blast site and they look cleaner than the others.
We were there celebrating my son's birthday and we noticed people running around with big back packs on their backs and I jokingly said, gosh you'd think it was the amazing race... AND LOW AND BEHOLD... out comes the clue box, a person jumps on Tilt, comes down and screams it is at the rocket jet or whatever it was called and off they go running for the next clue!source
Bing. There's a similar bird's-eye feature at Eniro (click "Utsikt").
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ONE TEAM STRUGGLES WITH COOPERATION AT AN EXPLOSIVE DETOUR AND THE RACERS RETURN TO ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS ROADBLOCKS IN SERIES' HISTORY, ON "THE AMAZING RACE," SUNDAY, NOV. 8 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK "This is the Worst Thing I've Ever Done in My Life (Sweden)" The lack of cooperation hinders one teams efforts at an explosive Detour, and during the series' first ever "Switchback," Teams return to one of the most infamous Roadblocks in the history of the show, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, Nov. 8 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Phil Keoghan is the host.
I still suspect we may hear some sort of explanation from Phil -- perhaps when the last of the five teams reach the pit stop -- that let's the fifth team know they're not eliminated because the Maria/Tiffany 24 hour penalty put them so far behind they are eliminated before they could have started this leg.
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The locker rooms have undergone a dramatic transformation. Walls have been tiled; there are new fixtures and rust proof lockers; and the floor covered with an epoxy that promises to reduce slips and puddles and make it much easier to keep clean. A lot of additional work has gone into freshening the environment, including some new lighting, ceiling tiles and the replacement of clouded windows.
What's remarkable is the "elbow grease."
As the term implies, it wasn't a lot of money that made the changes. By and large, the kudos go to the crews of the Department of Public Works who did the work. Apart from the contracted epoxy flooring, the work was completed by the city at no additional cost to the taxpayer. Many of those crews used their personal equipment to accomplish the tile and plumbing work.
With the hottest week of the summer so far, and sporadic public beach closings a norm this year, completion of the pool is timely. The place, as one swimmer told us yesterday, is "inviting." She is right. The building and its facilities are clean; it looks fresh and "cool" in several senses.
But it's all about the water, and that definitely has a following.
Drop by and drop in. You'll be rewarded with refreshment, and you'll leave appreciating what a lot of elbow grease can accomplish. Open swim hours – there's no charge – are 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 12:15 to 2:45 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.


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|2011-09-30, 04:46
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Location: Athens (GMT+2)
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Tried dominion today...it's E-P-I-C! Some champs are pretty hard to deal with in this mode, particularly Rammus and Heimer, but it's a lot of fun and very fast-paced. Best score so far, 1747 with Leona @ 11/7/21 w/14 captures and 8 neutralizes. Loving Taric in this mode!
EDIT: worst mode to get a leaver on your side....
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|2011-10-04, 02:38
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
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Free Riven this week Perhaps a bit too strong for such a durable champion though...
>Low-cd escape mechanism, it's like Shen's shield and dash in one.
>High innate mobility @ 325 base MS.
>A second gap closer in her Q.
>Steroid damage and a finisher from R, Garen-style but with more range and AoE.
>Plus a small stun to help dish out maximum damage.
The only downside I can see is the fact that she scales off bonus AD, but even if you build her more on the tanky side, she's still a visible threat. I wouldn't be able to change anything on her though, she just feels right the way she is.
|2011-10-04, 15:01
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Edit: Shouldn't Xerath have come out today or is patch day tomorrow?
|2011-10-05, 00:55
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I think the patch is today, and yeah the dash is great for dodging skill shots and getting close to Q, but at LV5 it can absorb an inner turret shot completely, provided you got some AD to back it up. As for chasers, the only champions with higher MS afaik are Pantheon and Yi (330), though MF and Rammus could prolly chase her down...
Anyways, back to dominion, I finally bought Poppy and went full AP (DFG, ionian boots of lucidity, void staff, deathcap, lich bane and HT gunblade for the extra nuke), managed to shave 50% of a Vlad's HP with just DFG :O Never thought that Poppy could burst pretty much anyone from 100% HP.
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|2011-10-05, 01:12
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Well, with so many champions released at a standard 6300, you can't have the old ones remain just as high...I was surprised Poppy hit the 450, considering her difficulty, same goes for Anivia getting lowered. Why not someone easier, like Renekton or Twitch? Waiting for a price reduction on Irelia, myself...
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And Nidalee is a great chaser depending how you play her, especially in 3s.[Finally have her/lux rune page finished for lvl 28 anyways].
Also tried Riven for Jungling[since she's free atm] worked well enough in matches I've done it so far... but would definitely be smoother if I had Armor pen runes for her :/. I managed 8 - 3 - 4 playing first normal as Riven with hooves in 5s today doing that.
P.S. I have about 4200 IP currently and no idea what I want to do with it cause too many choices .
|2011-10-05, 03:19
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Somewhere between heaven and hell !
Xerath Spotlight :
This range , don't back near your turret when Xerath is next to you. Seems like a great harasser. In TF he's far behind the tanky & cie , it will be hard to pass through them to kill him. Hello! Nocturne ! One of my main , gonna taste him.
And he have very low cd. But well , it's a spotlight so (that Ryze was pretty bad ^^)
|2011-10-05, 09:05
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Cooldowns are looking good, I'll hold back on damage comments since Phreak's builds are broken, but he seems like a potent caster, provided you can land skillshots for that extra stun. Nice range
|2011-10-05, 10:18
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Xerath is fun. You can gank bot/top from the tri-bushes, siege people at nexus turrets from their destroyed inhibitor turrets, and low cooldowns means you can be as spammy as you want. Only problem with him is the insane mana costs, which makes him almost as dependent on blue as Anivia in order to unleash his true potential.
And yuck, I don't like his skins. Merely just recolors, bleh.
Only problem I have with Riven is that she's a weak ganker when everything is warded (which almost always happens in my NORMAL games... >_>). And for someone who needs to be aggressive and needing successful ganks (kinda like fiddle/rammus), it can really get frustrating. But that might just be me being too cheap to buy oracles before the 15 mins mark lol.
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Though other matches I'll get first blood from spears at start and have boots at level 1 .
And teemo's level order seems to vary a lot, if he doesn't take an escape spell will max movement passive after putting one in blind and poison, but if he has flash/ghost doesn't tend to level it as much really.
|2011-10-05, 14:20
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Somewhere between heaven and hell !
Xerath's skins are joke yeah.
Btw here the news skins :
Don't ask me why always the same champ get skins but finally a new one for Irelia & Brand!
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Summer Play Streets, a program run and operated by the Police Athletic League since it began in 1914, is designed to temporarily close off streets for one to sometimes five days with the intention of providing a safe environment for children.
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You can also get a feel for the lifestyle of mountain pioneers by exploring some of the more than 70 authentic pioneer buildings that dot the park.
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If you want to avoid the crowds of downtown Gatlinburg but don't want to be too far from the park, you might want to do what we did and stay at the nearby Park Vista Hotel, a hilltop high-rise that offers regular shuttles to and from town and beautiful mountain vistas.
On our last day in Gatlinburg, when we exited the driveway of the Park Vista, we turned left and within a couple of minutes were in the park and then on Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, a seven-mile one-way loop road through a lush forest that is often overlooked by park visitors.
The Roaring Fork trail is every bit as pretty as the Cades Cove one, and it includes scenic streams and historic structures, including a gristmill and a couple of log cabins. After the end of the trail we were back in Gatlinburg. Before heading home, we pulled into a parking lot where to the right was that salt and pepper shaker museum and to the left was one of the town's many pancake houses. We opted for pancakes. They were very good, just right for our farewell to the beautiful Smokies.
For information, visit www.gatlinburg.com or call toll-free 800-568-4748.
Fred and Karen Eckert are travel writers based in Raleigh, N.C.


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Middle School Student: But We are not at all diverse economics or racially. Most kids are rich and spoiled, they and teachers always talk about being gifted. When I was in the primary grades we had awesome teachers that really prepared us and thought us good habits. now primary teachers are too nice and k-3 homework is optional. Kids walking ina perfect line with a stuffed llama saying be quiet. Without those primary teachers I wouldn't be as good of a student as I am. Also we have way more technology and resources than we need, almost every class has chromebooks or ipads for each student, because of parents giving the school a crap ton of money. Most of this tech goes to waste as we could carry the computers so we didn't need as many, plus you have to have a computer at home in the older grades to do homework. But we're still a pretty amazing school because of all our awesome teachers, who are one of a kind, and again awesome.
- 278 Students
- 19:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
165 Best Public Middle Schools in Illinois
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 8
Parent: This school challenges the kids without extreme pressure. The kids learn in an interactive way. The teachers are very supportive and they teach the kids after school if they want something extra or need help. Miss Sims, the principal, and Miss Lee, principal assistant work together all the time to create an excellent environment. My son is very happy and feels welcomed.
- 287 Students
- 21:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
Stone Scholastic Academy
175 Best Public Middle Schools in Illinois
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 3
Middle School Student: I believe that this elementary school is such a wonderful place to start your education. I was very well prepared to go to high school.
- 624 Students
- 17:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
LaSalle II Magnet Elementary School
244 Best Public Middle Schools in Illinois
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 2
Middle School Student: LaSalle II offers high school Algebra to seventh and eighth graders as a replacement to math if students score a passing grade on the entrance exam, have a passing grade in math in sixth grade, good behavior, and the sixth-grade math teacher believes the student would find the class beneficial. The school also offers a geometry class to the eighth graders that took algebra in the seventh grade at a nearby high school, Roberto Clemente High School, where students get dropped off at the high school at regular school starting time (7:45) and walk back to the school after the period is over to continue classes at LaSalle II.
The teachers at the school show their passion for teaching with their efforts to ensure all students have a well understanding of what they are learning. The parents are extremely involved in the school making it a great community with wonderful people.
- 585 Students
- 16:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
Mark Sheridan Math & Science Academy
250 Best Public Middle Schools in Illinois
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 2
Parent: MSA has strong academics. The staff has fostered a welcoming and respectful learning environment and culture among the students. The teachers are enthusiastic, experienced and exceptional. The school is relatively small for a CPS school and, as such, its clubs and sports are somewhat more limited than some of the larger schools.
- 559 Students
- 20:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
Robert Healy Elementary School
251 Best Public Middle Schools in Illinois
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 11
High School Junior: I had an amazing time at this school, and I honestly would go back to this school if I could do it again because of everything this school has to offer. For example, the motivational, humorous, and inspirational teachers; the well-rounded students who are intelligent and friendly; and the diverse cultures that the school immerses students in. Overall, Healy Elementary School provides a wide variety of activities students can be involved in that bring out the best in them.
- 1,443 Students
- 21:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
Walt Disney Magnet School
318 Best Public Middle Schools in Illinois
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 1
Alum: I love the school as a whole. As a graduate from Disney I brought along a lot of life lessons. At the school I was pushed to do my best and work hard to become better. The school is really diverse and having CAC programs really allowed me to learn more about other ethnicity. The teachers there were really supportive and made sure I was ready for college and wouldn't have any doubt. The school made sure I was safe at all times and kept clear of any danger.
- 1,610 Students
- 20:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
O.A. Thorp Elementary Scholastic Academy
324 Best Public Middle Schools in Illinois
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 22
Parent: We have two children attending OA Thorp - kindergarten and fourth grade - and we love the school, the staff and the parent community. We feel extremely lucky to have such a great school for our kids. The kids are challenged, the parents are involved and I feel the environment is safe and supportive. Thank you!
- 841 Students
- 18:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
Newberry Elementary Math & Science Academy
393 Best Public Middle Schools in Illinois
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 1
Parent: Great teachers, engaged administration, and wonderful location.
Lots of great things happening at this school. My son has been here since Kindergarten and we love it. Has extracurriculars, recess every day, and a diverse student body. Newberry has a wonderfully involved and engaged parent group.
- 563 Students
- 16:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
Franklin Fine Arts Center
404 Best Public Middle Schools in Illinois
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 1
Alum: My experience at Franklin was one I'll never forget. I was a transfer and everyone was so welcoming. They have a profound arts program, and are very well known amoung high schools. They prepared me very well for high school and were very supportive.
- 360 Students
- 15:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
Acero Schools Chicago
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 56
Senior: Uno it is a great school to attend to. I personally attend to MAJ. Hector P. Garcia High School. It prepares you for college and gives a lot of help with students that need it. I've have had amazing experiences with my teachers. I've made several connections with them and the students. People get along and the security is well enforced. I really encourage students to attend here. Sports is something that could improve,but academics are great here.
- 8,015 Students
- 46:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
Murray Language Academy
- Chicago Public Schools, IL
- 1
Middle School Student: Dedicated teachers and a wonderfully diverse classroom. I should know--I went there for four years! It was a big change from my old catholic school, however it was better for me in many ways.
- 524 Students
- 19:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
- Sponsored
British International School of Chicago, Lincoln Park
- Private School
- Chicago, IL
- 1
Parent: This school has a straight forward academic approach that works. We transferred from a school that was considered a top ranking school in Chicago because the curriculum was more a focus on social causes than academic learning. Some of the top ranked schools are surviving on reputation only. When a student from British would transfer into our old school they were years ahead of all the other students. That should tell you something. Do your research.
- 506 Students
- 8:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
- Sponsored
Timothy Christian Schools
- Private School
- Elmhurst, IL
- 100
Senior: Real authentic Christian education that values community. I have been going to Timothy Christian for the past five years. It is such a wonderful community of people. I genuinely feel excited to go to school every day! There are so many opportunities to participate in sports, academic extra curricular, even e-sports! (And we take home lots of trophies in everything we do). My favorite thing about Timothy Christian is how much the teachers invest into their students-time, energy, and love. We have weekly chapels which prove that this is a true Christian environment that practices what they preach.
- 1,093 Students
- 14:1 Student-Teacher Ratio


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Playoff Baseball Returns to LeLacheur
Today is the day! Playoff baseball returns to LeLacheur Park and it's Red Sox vs. Yankees as the Spinners (45-30) take on Staten Island (47-29). This season the teams split six games against each other with each team sweeping the other in it's respective home stadium.
This season has been an exciting one for the Spinners, as they have really come together lately, having a torrid month of August to charge into the playoffs and win their second straight Stedler Division title.
The buntings are out, the weather is perfect and it's playoff time here in New England, come out and support the Spinners as we look to beat down the Yankees and prove that Boston always beats New York.
Game one of the series will be here in Lowell tonight as Jose Alvarez (8-3, 1.52), the Spinners franchise leader for wins in a season (8) and the winner of the NY-Penn League ERA title (1.52) will face Adam Warren (4-2, 1.42). Games two and three will be in Staten Island in the best of three series.


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List of software customizations/enhancements
From PKP Wiki
Revision as of 03:48, 7 July 2011 by 22.214.171.124 (Talk)
|Wishlist Item
|Detailed requirements
|Complexity (Low, Medium, High)
|OJS: Make importing content easier
|Quick Submit plugin, Expedited Submission Process, and XML importing currently exist. We'd need some detailed specifications on what a better method would look like.
|3 requests
|OJS: Some discipline specific issues regarding reviewing and review forms that are not currently well captured in the software.
|More information required
|2 requests
|OJS: Create a third prefix field for author names, like 'van Dongen' or 'de Jong'.
|1 request
|OCS: Integrate OCS payment system into a membership structure - we would like to have a one-stop shop for membership of our organisation and special rates for our conferences
|1 request
|OCS: Want to migrate from one OCS conference to another.
|Existing XML Import/Export tools should meet this need. Need details on how this is insufficient and what should be added/enhanced.
|1 request.
|OJS: Scientific character recognition
|When uploading some content (e.g., abstract text) certain elements of the text are not always recognised, particularly related to scientific symbols. Where this has happened, I need to enter html code for the required symbol into the metadata for it to work.
|1 request
|OJS: Allow italics in title field without having to use explicit html codes that will show in the title in places you do not want them to.
|1 request
|OJS: Most read/downloaded articles
|This could be a plugin based on article views
|1 request
|OJS: Option to link complete issue PDF
|This could be added to the Issue Data page as an upload box.
|1 request
|OJS: Rapid publishing
|1 request
|OJS: More detailed help during author submission
|Detailed text would be required.
|1 request
|OJS: Regional workshops
|1 request
|Perhaps PKPEN could sponsor a quarterly series of webinars and/or regional workshops.
|OJS: Transform OJS into a full blown repository
|More information required
|1 request
|Detailed functional specifications and funding source required.
|OJS: Massive archival entry
|Simplified web interface and workflow to input metadata for backfiles. UPatras had implement a previous version not integrated to OJS.
|1 request
|OJS: more personalization e.g. comments and additional exporting options
|Capability to include article comments, capability for additional exporting options
|1 request -low priority
|OJS: authorities (for authors)
|Need for authors authorities initially may be organisations later. Autocompletion function based on previous entries. Need when journals expand. No need for central authority interface only locally
|1 request
|OJS: Article page by page/"e-book" view
|Present article as a e-book with open source ebook reader in a page by page/thumbnail/etc view. Similar to IA book reader (example http://www.archive.org/stream/worksofrogerspee01roge#page/n1/mode/2up http://reader.ekt.gr/bookReader/show/index.php?lib=GRSER&path=GRSER_00000000000003053_#page/42/mode/thumb) Have to be implemented by interfacing to an external system
|1 request
|Medium- High
|OJS: Dynamic Article cover page generation
|Automatically create article cover page based on metadata and a pdf template. In beta internal version from EKT
|1 request


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|2010-09-20, 17:25
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The OST from Assassin's Creed 1 and 2. Both are splendid.
Metal Gear Solid, especially 1 and 3. There is this, after all:
Spoiler for Snake Eater:
I've also grown to like The Force Unleashed iibh, especially this track:
Spoiler for The Sarlacc Unleashed:
Some other games I should mention:
- The Illusion of Gaia
- Biker Mice from Mars (for the Snes)
- Donkey Kong Country
- Goldeneye 007
And last but not least, Prince of Persia, Warrior Within:
Spoiler for Welcome Within:
|2010-09-21, 17:13
|Link #85
~Official Slacker~
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Xanadu
Age: 24
Spoiler for Roxas' theme:
|2010-11-15, 01:50
|Link #93
Yuri µ'serator
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: FL, USA
Age: 31
Most definitely Final Fantasy XI , seriously if there was one thing SE did right with the game it was the freaking sound track , to just a list a few examples:
Spoiler for The Ruler Of The Skies; Bahamut's theme:
Spoiler for Fighters of the Crystal; theme of the Ark Angels:
Spoiler for Stargazing; Windurst Shadow Reign:
Spoiler for Iron Colossus; Alexander's theme:
Spoiler for Ode of Life Bestowing; A Cristalline Prophecy:
Spoiler for A Realm of Emptiness; Promathia's theme:
Spoiler for Ragnarok; Odin's Theme:
Anyone else who's played it knows those are far from the only good themes of the game XD.
Though aside from it I like most of the Armored Core's sound tracks as well; especially 2 and For Answer's sound track and the .hack games series has amazing OST too [both //GU and the original].
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|2010-11-15, 02:24
|Link #94
Okuyasu the Bird
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
Age: 27
There's a lot of good VG soundtracks out there, but unanimously, I listen to Sonic the Hedgehog BGM the most frequently out of all of them.
I mostly like it for how much variety the series has and how well it can pull off each one. Such as:
Spoiler for Techno/Electronica:
Spoiler for Orchastrated:
Spoiler for Classic/Alternative Rock:
Spoiler for Heavy Metal:
Spoiler for Rap/Hip-Hop:
Spoiler for Jazz/Ragtime:
and of course...
Spoiler for Chiptune:
Other games with soundtracks I really like include Viewtiful Joe, Tatsunoko VS Capcom, F-Zero GX and BlazBlue.
|2010-11-23, 01:57
|Link #100
You can never go wrong with the Metal Gear Solid soundtracks, especially 3~
Spoiler for Metal Gear Saga:
Can't forget to mention No More Heroes, gotta love the series AND it's soundtrack~
Spoiler for Phillistine:
Recently found that the Ys rebirth games have awesome soundtracks too~
Spoiler for Vacant Interferance:
But you can't forget about one of the best series on the DS..... Phoenix Wright~
Spoiler for Cornered:
Others I have to mention are...
- Street Fighter
- Viewtiful Joe
- Advance Wars
- MadWorld
- Megaman
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The SHC Technology Collaboration Programme (SHC TCP), also referred to as IEA SHC Programme, is made up of member organizations. The members are either country governments (Contracting Parties) or international organizations (Sponsors).
To begin the process outlined below please contact:
Ms. Pamela Murphy
SHC Secretariat
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on a special Fourth of July edition of Nightly Business Report, NBR looks ahead to the next three months. NBR will examine some of the top sectors - from housing to the consumer, energy and defense - to see how they may impact the economy and your investments. D
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Secrets of the Dead "The Silver Pharaoh" The discovery in 1939 of a royal tomb full of lavish jewels and other treasures, and the only-known sarcophagus made of silver all lie forgotten in Cairo with the outbreak of World War II. Now, new investigations into the little-known Pharaoh Psusennes I and his times reveal political intrigue, a lost city and a great leader who united a country in turmoil some 200 years after Ramses II.G
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Secrets of the Dead "China's Terracotta Warriors" When the first emperor of China wanted an extravagant tomb for his journey into the afterlife, he decreed he would be protected by an army. Artisans have less than two years to complete the massive project using the technology of 2,200 years ago to construct 8,000 life-sized, painted figures. Archaeologist Agnes Hsu shows how it might have been done.G


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The holidays are the perfect time to show your appreciation for others: your children, your spouse — and the guy who cleans your pool.
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That's right, year-end tipping is a great way to thank those who provide services to you, your family and your home. But whom should you tip and how much? Even the most confident individual can be befuddled by tipping etiquette. No one wants to appear foolish or cheap by tipping incorrectly.
Cindy Post Senning, Emily Post's great-granddaughter and a director of The Emily Post Institute, says much of the stress that goes along with tipping can be lessened by simply asking others what's appropriate.
"If you've just moved to a city or a particular building, it makes sense to talk to your neighbors — and by neighbors I mean more than one — about how much they tip various service providers," said Senning, who adds that tipping tends to be higher in regions with a higher cost of living. "If you hire a lawn care or housekeeping service instead of individuals, call the business owner and ask about tipping policies. Is the company willing to split your tip between the three or four workers who service your home, or do they have a record of who has provided your service?"
Basic guidelines
For those who provide a regular service, such as your housekeeper or dog walker, their year-end tip should be equal to the amount you'd pay for a unit of service. If, for example, you pay the landscaper $80 every other week, you should tip approximately $80. If a team of workers comes to mow and trim, you can divide that amount among the crew members.
"That guideline works for many regular service providers, but you need to remember, it's still just a guideline," Senning said.
If you live in a building with a doorman or on-call handyman, you'll want to tip them as well. Again, she suggests talking to neighbors about what's standard for your city or building. Depending upon where they live, many people tip doormen $10 to $80.
"And that's every doorman from every shift," she said. "Tipping can be very expensive, so it's important to take the time to consider what fits into your budget. You want to show your gratitude, but you don't want to go broke doing it."
If you've been personally affected by the recent economic downturn and worry that you can't tip as much as you have in the past, Senning suggests including a note with your tip that says something to the effect of: This year has been financially challenging for many, myself included, but that doesn't in any way diminish my appreciation for what you do. Here's to a better year ahead.
Senning also points out that tips don't necessarily have to be cash. A tin of cookies or a box of candy may sometimes be a more appropriate thank you. Regardless of who you're tipping, she suggests including a card with a hand-signed note of gratitude.
Specific service providers
Need more tips on tipping those who provide services around your home? These guidelines may get you started down the right road:
Building handyman: $15 to $40.
Building elevator operators: $10 to $40 each.
Dog sitter/Dog walker: Tip equivalent to the cost of a unit of service.
Doorman: $10 to $80 for each doorman.
Garbage collector: $15 to $30 each, unless they're really truck drivers who operate an arm that does all the work; then there's no need to tip.
Housekeeper: Tip equivalent to the cost of a unit of service.
Landscaper: Tip equivalent to the cost of a unit of service.
Mail carrier: Civil servants are not allowed to receive cash tips. If you wish to recognize your carrier, the U.S. Postal Service asks that gratuities not exceed $20 in cash value.
Milkman: $20 to $30 for weekly in-home delivery.
Newspaper carrier: $25 to $50 for daily delivery, $10 for weekend only.
Pool cleaner: Tip equivalent to the cost of a unit of service.


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It covers their eventual arrest and subsequent conviction for copyright violations whilst operating the notorious BiTorrent outfit.
Film Director, Simon Klose, has is sharing three copies of the movie through the Pirate Bay itself. It is available in 480p, 720p or 1080p. If you would prefer to support the filmmakers for making the documentary, you can buy it here.
Don't want to take the time to download it? No problem, just watch it here.


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With photosynthesis, plants are already busy converting sunlight into usable energy. The question then is how to use plants' natural solar-power abilities to generate energy for us. In this video, an MIT researcher explains how to do just that.
As researcher Andreas Mershin explains, it's all about taking a complex of molecules called photosystem-I, or PS-I, that handle all the photosynthesis duties inside the plants and using them just like the materials in a standard photovoltaic cell so that they produce usable electricity when exposed to sunlight. The idea has been around for nearly a decade, but it's only now that scientists have figured out how to harness enough energy from the PS-I molecules to actually make the idea worthwhile.
To do that, Mershin and his team had to up the amount of PS-I that was exposed to sunlight per surface area of his device. While previous works had only place a thin layer of the molecules in the energy cell, Mershin created what he calls an "electric nanoforest", taking inspiration from densely packed pine forests. In a statement, MIT provided some further technical details on how it all works:
Mershin was able to create a tiny forest of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires as well as a sponge-like titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructure coated with the light-collecting material derived from bacteria. The nanowires not only served as a supporting structure for the material, but also as wires to carry the flow of electrons generated by the molecules down to the supporting layer of material, from which it could be connected to a circuit. As an bonus, both zinc oxide and titanium dioxide - the main ingredient in many sunscreens - are very good at absorbing ultraviolet light. That's helpful in this case because ultraviolet tends to damage PS-I, but in these structures that damaging light gets absorbed by the support structure.
There's some complicated science going on here, but the end result, Mershin hopes, is something so simple that it can be conveyed in "one sheet of cartoon instructions, without words." That would mean that isolated villages without consistent access to electricity could quickly and easily build the cells and put them to work gathering energy.
For more, check out the MIT website.