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Dear Parent
EU Kids Online survey
Thank you very much for agreeing to participate in our survey. At the London School of Economics we lead this important project for the European Commission's Safer Internet Programme.
We are working with university researchers in 25 different countries, plus international expert advisors who make sure that the results will be useful for initiatives to make the internet safer for children. These advisors include Save the Children, European Schoolnet, and a European network for safety awareness-raising (Insafe). In Ireland, we are working with Professor Brian O'Neill of the Dublin Institute of Technology.
We have designed this survey for parents and children from all over Europe, and the findings will be important for advising schools, child welfare, youth workers and others who work to enable children to get the best out of the internet while minimising online risks.
For example, knowing what children do online can help teachers to devise cyberbullying programmes. It will also help governments in deciding whether parts of the internet should be better regulated. Youth workers and other professionals who work with children also need to know what to warn or advise children about. And our work will also provide guidance for parents, so they can learn ways to help and support their children when using the internet.
The survey also aims to get the risks faced by some children into perspective, by discovering the beneficial things children do on the internet and the great ways children are learning to use the internet sensibly and well. This is why our survey asks lots of questions - so that we can understand the different kinds of experiences that children of different ages and backgrounds may have in different countries.
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Phil Jackson got his man. His second choice, anyway.
A few weeks after Steve Kerr spurned New York by choosing Golden State, Jackson reached an agreement Monday with Derek Fisher to coach the Knicks, a Lakers reunion officially beginning with a Tuesday news conference 2,500 miles from Los Angeles.
The Lakers ruled out Fisher last week as a candidate for their head coaching job because they wanted more experience, and they lost another candidate Tuesday because Kurt Rambis was expected to become the top assistant on Fisher's staff.
Rambis was an assistant with the Lakers last season and was one of five coaches interviewed in person to fill the vacancy created when Mike D'Antoni resigned in April. The Lakers are expected to add a few more names to their list and are in no hurry to hire a coach even though the NBA draft is only two weeks away.
The Knicks, meanwhile, get a coach whose playing career ended less than two weeks ago. Fisher, who will be 40 in August, averaged 5.2 points for Oklahoma City this season. He played nine seasons for the Lakers and won five championships under Jackson, who hired him Monday for five years and $25 million, according to Yahoo Sports.
Fisher made $1.4 million this season and seemed undecided whether to return for a 19th NBA season as a player after the Thunder was eliminated by San Antonio in the Western Conference finals on May 31.
It's the second major move Jackson has taken since accepting the job as Knicks president in March. He fired coach Mike Woodson in April with one year left on his contract.
Jackson has long considered Fisher one of the more cerebral players he has ever coached. Just last week Jackson was fined $25,000 by the NBA for discussing Fisher, who at the time was still under contract with Oklahoma City.
"The last two summers, Derek and I have talked about the next step in his career," Jackson told reporters. "So I kind of know what he wants to do, and his feelings. He's got little kids still in L.A. I have no idea if he wants to move his family and come here. Those are things that he would have to express."
Fisher has some leadership experience after being head of the players' union for several years but he takes over a Knicks team in relative turmoil.
The Knicks were not competitive much of last season except for a late but unsuccessful playoff push in the watered-down East, and they could lose Carmelo Anthony to free agency next month.
Even if Anthony left, there would be little money to spend on free agents this summer. The Knicks already have a slew of underperforming players under contract next season: Amare Stoudemire ($23.4 million), Andrea Bargnani ($12 million), J.R. Smith ($6 million) and Raymond Felton ($4.4 million). They also have aging, injury-prone center Tyson Chandler for $14.6 million.
Rambis, meanwhile, was under contract with the Lakers for one more season as an assistant coach but opted instead for a pay raise and more stability with the Knicks. The Lakers could not guarantee Rambis would become their head coach, and he and Jackson are longtime friends.
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(Reuters) - The U.S. government's medical research agency is taking steps to erase sex bias in pivotal biomedical studies that pave the way for human clinical trials, saying scientists too often favor male over female laboratory animals and cells.
A new requirement announced on Wednesday by the National Institutes of Health for researchers applying for NIH funding is likely to have a big influence because the agency is one of the world's top financial backers of biomedical studies, spending about $30 billion annually.
Beginning October 1, researchers seeking NIH grants must report their plans for balancing male and female cells and animals in preclinical studies, with only "rigorously defined exceptions." The NIH also plans to train grant recipients and its own staff on designing studies without sex bias.
"Our goal is to transform how science is done," wrote NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and Dr. Janine Clayton, director of the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health, in the scientific journal Nature.
The current over-reliance on male lab animals like mice and rats and male cells in lab dishes in such research obscures important sex differences that could guide future studies involving human subjects and can lead to flawed findings, the NIH said.
The agency said inadequate inclusion of female cells and animals and inadequate analysis of data by sex may contribute to a "troubling rise" in findings by researchers that other researchers are then unable to verify in separate studies.
Twenty-one years ago, the NIH began requiring inclusion of women in NIH-funded research using human subjects. Previously, some studies being used to determine whether or not a new medicine or treatment worked simply excluded women.
Before new medicines or treatments can be tried on human subjects, they are tested on animals or cells in a lab. These preclinical studies can lead to human clinical trials or can doom approaches that do not seem to work.
"I really think this is a blind spot. I don't know that there's intentional bias here. But there's certainly a reliance on male-only animal models, which have become the convention in some fields," Clayton said in a telephone interview.
Clayton said the sex imbalance stems in part from an obsolete notion that the female hormonal cycle would cause too much variability in lab animals and disrupt a study's results.
She pointed to examples of treatments working differently in men and women, including how well aspirin therapy protects against heart attack and how well nicotine patches and gum help smokers quit.
Scientists who have studied sex imbalance in this research welcomed the NIH move.
"Males get treated as the default experimental subject. If you try to publish a study using only females, you typically have to justify your reasoning - but few people blink at male-only studies," said Annaliese Beery, a neuroscientist at Smith College in Massachusetts.
Beery said it is surprising how many biochemical differences there are between males and females, even at the level of gene expression in cells.
University of California, Berkeley behavioral neuroscientist Irving Zucker said, "There are multiple studies in both animals and humans with clear evidence that one cannot generalize results from males to females. To give women the same benefits as males from biological research requires a large increase in the study of females."


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When you start thinking that you're smarter than your client, and that you can know what they want before they do, you're on very dangerous ground.
Well, that's not what I said. You're right: it's dangerous (and basically always wrong, for all intents and purposes) to think that you are smarter than your clients. But that doesn't mean you should assume that they are smarter than you. What I meant to describe was more of a partnership. They are going to know the subject matter better than you. That's basically a given. You are going to know how to develop software better than them. That is also a given.
That's the point, really... if you get into the business of letting your clients design your (as in your and theirs, remember: it's a partnership) software, alone, with you as a passive requirements-to-code translator, that's where the problems start. When saying that you will see the scope creep coming before they do, what I mean is: you have experience developing software, and they don't. If you really understand what the client wants, and you have any experience with similar situations, then this will give you a heads-up to potential issues. Use that forewarning of danger as an opportunity to avoid it. When you encounter those watch-signs, ask questions that the client never bothered to give you the answers for in advance (because they, lacking your experience at software development, will not have thought of all the potential issues).
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PFish necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 337 diseños de 74 diseñadores freelance.
UnWined is a new wine bar I'm starting in the middle Tennessee area. We will have a hip, trendy vibe (similar to what you might experience in NYC). We will specialize in wines but we will have a selection of fine beers and spirits as well. We will have delectable small plate food offerings and delicious desserts (everything will pair well with our wine list). This is NOT a sleepy wine bar, there will be a fun atmosphere and awesome music!
Our establishment will have a look and feel of a hip, trendy wine bar you might find in NYC. We will be known for our phenomenal service. Given that we will be located just outside of music city, music will be a large factor in creating the atmosphere.
Our target market is 35-55 year olds (primarily women).
We need a corporate logo and identity that will be used on our signage, website, business cards, and all of our paraphenalia around the bar (napkins, menus, etc.).
There will be two elements to the logo:
1. UnWined – This is the name of the wine bar and should be able to stand on its own. However, it also needs to work with the below.
2. Location – I'm hoping to open a couple of different wine bars and they will be designated by their location (e.g. UnWined on Cool Springs, UnWined at Westhaven, etc.). In addition, our website will be UnWinedontheweb.com. The logo should incorporate the location part of the name. This is subordinate to UnWined but a necessary element.
I want something that is classic yet contemporary in its design. It should appeal to both men and women and should communicate that this is a quality establishment. We will be a little on the high end but we don't want to be stuffy or stodgy. Everyone says that they want to be approachable, so I won't use that word but we don't want people to be intimidated by wine, we want them to be comfortable in our place, give them an opportunity to experiment with (and hopefully develop an appreciation for) wine but there will be other offerings if that doesn't work out. We are NOT going to be uppity about wine.
UnWined should be more about the state of mind our guests feel. By UnWined, I don't mean relaxed to a point of sleep. This is not a dark, sleepy wine bar – there is still going to be some energy here. I'd like for there to be some element of movement in the logo.
I don't want a cheesy corkscrew and wine glass. I've seen it and it looks cheap. I'm ok with a modern or artistic spin on a corkscrew but please don't give me the stock corkscrew – it's too obvious.
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Creating a new activity
When the user create a new activity, applications automatically prepare themselves for the new activity. Dolphin creates a new folder for storing activity resource files. Kmail creates a mail folder to store mails corresponding to the activity. Korganiser creates a tag that can be assigned to specific contacts to associate them with the activity.
Switching to an existing activity
When the user switches to a particular activity, the applications used in that activity will get automatically opened in the relevant states. And, the whole environment changes to focus the attention of the user on the related things.
Plasma widgets filter content appropriately. Applications focus their context exclusively on the activity-related items, including changing the open/save dialog to default to the folder which corresponds to the activity resources (So that needed files are always just a click away!)
use scenarios might include:
- I'm working on my book. I want the folders containing my research, my notes and the chapters I've written so far to appear on my desktop.
- I'm working on a school project in a team with 3 other class mates. When I'm working on it, I'd like the contacts widget to show just those people and their IM status.
- I'm ready to play, show my twitter and facebook widgets on my desktop and put my favourite games on the favourites panel of the application launcher.
these are all Plasma centric, but it's easy to come up with ones for kontact ("I'm working on my book, put the folders with email containing my research and publisher communications in the shortcuts area and prefer contacts related to my book work when composing an email.") or kopete ("I'm working on a school project in a team with 3 other class mates, I'd like the buddies list to promote those three people to the top of the list.") or dolphin or ... etc. =)
In this, all things created within that activity get automatically associated with it, like files created. But, (as Aaron seigo pointed previously) we would have to think of how to associate inputs that come from the outside world, like in the following scenarios
a) I am having a chat with one of the activity collaborators and the chat session is getting associated with the activity. Now, if I get an IM from a random friend, how will that be handled and associated? ( maybe, we can associate it only if it comes from one of the associated contacts; if the contact is in two different activities, then we can probably use keywords to identify the context)
b) Same situation for incoming mails (maybe we can handle it similarly)
Apart from the above situations, we would have to discuss a lot more scenarios and how to handle them...
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Toshiba boffins have come up with what it calls a breakthrough in data storage that it says paves the way for hard drives with vastly higher capacity than today.
The boffins have been working on bit-patterned media, which is a a magnetic storage technology that is being developed for future hard disk drives. Currently magnetic material is spread across the surface of the disk and bits of data are stored across several hundred magnetic grains.
Bit-patterned media breaks up the recording surface into numerous magnetic bits, each consisting of a few magnetic grains. Data is stored on these magnetic bits: One magnetic bit can hold one bit of data.
Toshiba says it is the first time that anyone has managed to producing a media sample in which the magnetic bits are organized into a pattern of rows. Getting rows and gaps is important because they act as data markers. The organization allows for the quick location of information. Toshiba has got usable signals from a recording head that flew over the data and stopped at a data track on the media.
The prototype has a density equivalent to 2.5 terabits per square inch. Toshiba's current highest capacity drive today has a density of 541 gigabits per square inch or about one fifth that of the new technology.
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Even if Howard is passing out birthday party invites right as his team is about to be eliminated, and generally playing poorly in the playoffs, we're not sure what weed has to do with it.
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"This year's Pinstripe Bowl matchup is truly special as it features two outstanding schools, in Rutgers and Notre Dame, with a great history of playing college football in Yankee Stadium," Mark Holtzman, the bowl game's executive director, said in a statement. "We are confident that each team will only add to their respective legacies in the Bronx in what I am sure will prove to be a memorable experience for all involved during this holiday season."
Notre Dame went 8-4 this season and has a combined 20-5 record over the past two years. This will be the second time the Irish have played at the current Yankee Stadium, as they defeated Army, 27-3, on Nov. 20, 2010, in the first football game played at the venue.
"We are thrilled to welcome Notre Dame and its student-athletes, alumni and devoted fan base back to New York City and Yankee Stadium to play in the 2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl," Holtzman said. "No two organizations in the history of American sport are more closely intertwined -- with such a rich and wonderful history -- as the New York Yankees and Notre Dame."
Overall, Notre Dame has gone 16-6-3 in Yankee Stadium games. Notre Dame beat Army, 12-6, in 1928 at the original Yankee Stadium -- a game best known for coach Knute Rockne's famous "win one for the Gipper" speech.
"Quite simply, we are thrilled to bring our football program to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said in a statement. "We were privileged to play in New York City and Yankee Stadium in 2010. The treatment our university received from the Steinbrenner family, the New York Yankees and the entire organization was unlike anything we've experienced in my tenure at Notre Dame."
The Scarlet Knights, who went 6-6 in the Big East this year, will be making their second Pinstripe Bowl appearance and their ninth overall bowl game appearance. Rutgers won the George M. Steinbrenner Trophy in 2011 by beating Iowa State, 27-13. This will be the school's third appearance at the new Yankee Stadium; in addition to the 2011 bowl game, Rutgers beat Army, 27-12, on Nov. 12, 2011.
Rutgers' main campus in Piscataway, N.J., is located less than 50 miles away from Yankee Stadium. The Scarlet Knights played nine times at the old Yankee Stadium, compiling a 1-7-1 record there against New York University.
"I'm so proud of this team and staff for earning this unprecedented opportunity for Rutgers University," Rutgers director of intercollegiate athletics Julie Hermann said in a statement. "The chance to compete against Notre Dame in a potentially sold-out Yankee Stadium in our own backyard is unparalleled in our history. This is a critical chance to continue our preparation as we move to the prestigious Big Ten Conference."
This year's game will be nationally televised by ESPN. Last year's Pinstripe Bowl, in which Syracuse beat West Virginia, drew a record crowd of 41,203. Before the game, participating players, coaches and university staff will take part in a variety of events around the New York metropolitan area.
Tickets for the game are on sale at pinstripebowl.com.
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry.


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Help us to anchor the energy of the New Age on Earth. Get inspired and set up a grid with the intention to help HEAL Mother Earth and all Her Beings from the wounds of the past and WEAVE a new net of living LIGHT all around the planet to help all life forms evolve into Unity Consciousness.
Ascension is not about leaving the world - it is about bringing HEAVEN down to EARTH!
We are the living BRIDGE between the worlds and dimensions, between HEAVEN AND EARTH. We are free to move in TIME and SPACE when we enter the SACRED SPACE of the Divine Chamber of the HEART where the ThreeFold Flame resides and the god given Divine Blueprint is waiting to be downloaded into our earth bodies.
The TIME to ACTIVATE our Light Body is NOW.
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"About the Use of the Violet Flame"
I have to tell you that when you as a conscious disciple manage the Violet Flame, a parallel activity of the Violet Flame is initiated internally. This results in the vibrational awakening of your chakras. Therefore, each time when you use the gift of the Violet Flame you are asked not only to focalize your attention on what you want to transmute but also on the internal activity which takes place within yourself.
One of the consequences of the continual use of the Violet Flame is the accelerated awakening of all your chakras, you will, step by step, wake up in a different world from where you live now.
This is the space for you to ORGANISE your personal connexion group, to look for likeminded people, to introduce yourSELF and say what you would like to contribute to the every expanding NET OF LIGHT around the world.
You have received clear guidance on a project,type of meditation, course of action to take? You are WELCOME to share here so we can start DREAMING and thus CREATING together!
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Yesterday, the Obama Administration released its budget for fiscal year 2012, a plan that includes bold proposals to reduce government spending and address a budget deficit that is expected to reach over $1.6 trillion dollars by the end of this fiscal year.
Among the agencies subject to proposed budget cuts include the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts (both agencies subject to a reduction of 13.1% to $146 million), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (a reduction of 13.8% to 243 million).
While the budget includes modest increases for the Smithsonian Institution (6.9% to 1.05 billion), the National Institutes of Health (2.4% to 31.8 billion) and the National Science Foundation (13% to 7.8 billion), Republicans have introduced, cuts to CURRENT funding for the NIH ($1.6 billion) and the NSF ($360 million). These actions, introduced in the latest version of the House continuing resolution (CR) funding bill for the remainder of this year, may be a portent of cuts to come for the 2012 budget bill.
Please contact your local Representatives and ask:
1: the current CR NOT to include cuts to NSF and NIH
2: the final FY 2012 budget eliminate the proposed cuts to NEH, NEA, and IMLS.
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Apple's new Xcode 4 could portend new HTML5 development toolsApple's newly minted Xcode 4 integrated development tool reflects a strong investment in building software designed to create new software, particularly for the iPhone and iPad. Developers say it could also signal a new push into Adobe's territory, if Apple delivers a similar development environment aimed at building HTML5 web content.
Xcode 4 was previewed at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference this summer. The company just recently released a fresh private beta of Xcode 4 to all of its developers. The newly revamped workflow helps developers organize the code and supporting files that make up the applications they ship for Mac OS X and iOS devices, integrates graphical interface layout tools with coding windows, and incorporates document version control to track changes over time.
Appleinsider featured the major new changes in Xcode 4 when it first arrived. Developers note, however, that the resources Apple is pushing into its development tools, in large part due to the wild success of the iPhone App Store, will make it easy for the company to reuse its efforts to deliver solutions for parallel development tasks.
One example of how the company's significant investments in creating Xcode 4 could be applied is in shipping a web development tool aimed at creating HTML5 content for the web and for use within web-based tools such as Apple's iAd mobile advertising program, digital books and web apps targeted at iPad, and its iTunes LP and iTunes Extras content.
Much of the dynamic interactive content now being created for advertising, digital publishing, or media bonus content is built in Adobe Flash Professional, simply because Adobe has delivered the graphical tools intended to help designers to create such content without having to manually edit the web's HTML, JavaScript and CSS files. Adobe has been relatively slow to embrace HTML5 however, only adding basic support to its Dreamweaver web development tool.
If Apple leveraged the Xcode 4 work it has already completed (and has paid for as part of its investment in fostering iOS App Store and Mac software) to target HTML5 development, it would propel the company past other fledgling efforts to serve the tremendous latent demand for an integrated web development tool, and could establish the company as a premiere source for web creation tools.
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Hanover, NH, police chief on medical leave after stroke
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) � The police chief in the New Hampshire town of Hanover is on medical leave after suffering a stroke.
The police department said Wednesday that Capt. Francis Moran will serve as acting chief.
Chief Nicholas Giaccone had the stroke on Friday and was taken to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He was transferred to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston on Thursday.
The police department said a rapid response by the New London Fire Department and early intervention treatment by Dartmouth staff have resulted in an excellent prognosis for Giaccone.


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People say good things about this Harvard College. Notable folks graduate from there. Big minds. Henry Kissinger. Ted Kaczynski. And Jeremy Lin. The Linsanity sweeping New York and the nation right now would seem to suggest that Harvard is not much of a basketball school, and that's a fair read. But Lin's NBA success would also seem to suggest that Harvard's best hooping days came when Lin toiled in Cambridge. And that bit isn't true: Jeremy Lin's Crimson were 1-5 against Cornell. Things were much better back in 1946. Stefan Fatsis explains, on this week's excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast.
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Gift Guide: Handmade Soap by DiPalermo Body/
"Every year around this time, I get asked by fans, friends, restaurant-goers and publications what my go-to gifts are. This year, My team and I have decided to feature a few artisans who are making great products that are perfect for the holidays. Whether it is fancy soap for my mother or a really rad apron for one of my colleagues, or the flight of roof-top honey for the person who is impossible to shop for here are some essentials that could I know I will be giving this year. First up, Jessica Morelli from New York City."- Marcus
MS.com: What is the name of your company and what do you make?
Jessica Morelli: The name of my company is di Palermo Body. I make artisan skin care made in small batches using only natural and organic ingredients. At a young age my Nona (grandmother) taught me how to garden, the importance of eating organic food and living a holistic lifestyle. 'di Palermo' means of Palermo, which is where she was from so di Palermo Body is in honor of her.
MS.com: How did you get started?
JM: Five years ago I bought a bar of natural soap at a small shop and fell in love. I didn't even know people still made soap from scratch. I immediately was hooked and had to find out how I could make it myself. Coming from a large Italian family I loved to cook. I found that making soap was much like cooking, and creating a formula is just like creating a recipe, you just don't eat the end product.
MS.com : Where do you produce and sell it?
JM: I currently make all the products out of my 5th floor walk-up Manhattan apartment; tight quarters but organization is the key. Etsy is my main online platform and because of it I've been able to sell all over the world. I have retailers in LA and Chicago and am hoping to find a few in New York that are a good fit in the coming months.
MS.com: Of all your collection, what is the best for a holiday gift?
JM: Whether you give a bundle of 4 soaps for $25 for your sister, a sugar scrub for someone at the office for $12, or a single bar of soap as a stocking stuffer for only $7, all of my products are within a price range that is perfect for gifts.
MS.com: How do you see your audience changing over the past few years? Is there more an interest in artisan products and how do you see that growing?
JM: Over the five years I've been making natural products my market has always been people who understand the importance of using natural products for both their skin's and the environment's benefit. More and more people are finding the value in handcrafted goods, its nice to see people wanting so support small businesses.
MS.com Favorites:
Ristretto Sugar Scrub and Soap
This scent, coffee and lemon, is a natural deodorizer and works great in the kitchen eliminating the scents of cooking like garlic, onion or fish.
Conjure Soap
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Art in Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia Nature Reserve
Water Route. Photo courtesy of the Salamanca Provincial Government
Water Route. Photo courtesy of the Salamanca Provincial Government
- Wspólnota autonomiczna: Castilla y Leon
- Prowincja/Wyspa: Salamanca
Ekoturystyka. Akredytacja CETS (Europejskiej Karty Zrównoważonej Turystyki) dla określonych obszarów przyrodniczych.
It's always pleasant to take a walk in a beautiful natural setting. But if there are works of art to discover on your way, the idea is even more appealing. This is what is offered by the four routes in the Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia Nature Reserve, south of Salamanca. Come and discover them.
The first route, about seven kilometres long, is circular and takes two hours, and is known as the "Water Route". It is a path that connects the towns of Mogarraz and Monforte. You're sure to find the landscapes attractive for their combination of vegetation and the murmur of flowing waters. There's also a pleasant surprise awaiting you... On the way you'll find six sculptures forming part of the landscape. All the creations are very subtle and have been made by young artists in search of new plastic languages. You'll be able to stop and admire the valley or gaze at the sunset while you marvel at a large cage, a magic mermaid who is "submerged" in a rock, seven seats of different sizes in the middle of a forest, looking like they're straight out of a story book… The second route we propose is also circular, approximately eight kilometres long and takes three hours, and is known as the "Roots Route". It starts in La Alberca and goes through an oak and chestnut forest. On the way you'll find traces of human presence and the local culture, including several shrines. You'll go past a lake… and you'll be able to admire another six works of art that also seem to want to capture the landscape and combine reality with dreams. From walls that are actually doors to enormous oak leaves, an asteroid inside an old shrine, a large honeycomb and a poetic and original stone shadow of a tree.
The third itinerary is known as the "Route of the Asentadero-Forest of Mirrors". The route is circular and runs between the municipalities of San Martín del Castañar, Sequeros and Las Casas del Conde. In total it is a three-hour walk covering nine kilometres, and offers the chance to see nature from a different point of view: you'll find doors which open onto the countryside, stained-glass windows and needles threaded with moss to clothe the rocks. Likewise, the route known as the "Route of the Prodigies" is about ten kilometres in length and takes about four hours. It goes through the municipalities of Miranda del Castañar and Villanueva del Conde. While you enjoy the surroundings, you'll see artistic manifestations that will stop you in your tracks: sounds that invite you to reflect, a bed in the middle of the countryside, and coloured stones that form part of the scenery, to mention just a few. What's more, this path has a shorter variation which makes a perfect walk for the whole family. It is only two kilometres long and takes in the surroundings of Miranda del Castañar, declared a historic site. All these creations appear like mirages in the landscape and will captivate you with their beauty, and give you food for thought. Then you can always explore the towns that are part of these routes, or the rest of Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia Nature Reserve. You can find maps of the routes and more details on them (difficulty of each stretch, images, promotional video, etc...) on the following official websites: http://www.lasalina.es/turismo/rutas/caminodelagua/ http://www.lasalina.es/turismo/rutas/caminodelasraices/camino.html http://www.lasalina.es/turismo/rutas/bosquedelosespejos/# http://www.lasalina.es/turismo/rutas/caminodelosprodigios/
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Shoot, I missed it. Well, in case you missed it, too, January 15 was the 5th Anniversary of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that allows you, the reader, to contribute to this fantastic resource for knowledge, history, and current events.
I reported last fall about Wikipedia's 289 percent growth in the past year, and more about Wikipedia, often called the Blogger's Dictionary and Encyclopedia. I know that Wikipedia had some bad PR this year, but it still remains an invaluable resource.
Thanks to everyone who contributes, edits, and maintains Wikipedia. You are seriously appreciated. A toast!
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Once again a New Year is here. Many look at this time of year as an opportunity to improve on one's health. Along with more common resolutions of exercising more and eating right, quitting smoking is also a popular one to set. Donna Richardson, MSW, LCSW, LCADC, CTTS, clinical coordinator for the Tobacco Dependence Program at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and School of Public Health at Rutgers University, shares some tips on how to achieve that goal.
Q: What is one of the toughest challenges about this process?
A: Changing one's behavior is pretty tough. We may brush it off by explaining that we have 'no willpower.' When the plan is to quit smoking, we need reasons to quit, and we need determination. Even with lots of both, we may not succeed. When our brains receive a built-in reward from the "bad habit" (in the form of a chemical called dopamine with each puff), we need a really good plan. We need a plan supported by science.
Q: What would such a plan look like?
A: A comprehensive approach is best. Some individuals may succeed in going "cold turkey." However, research shows that people who use comprehensive treatment have succeeded at rates 10 times higher than those who try to quit on their own. Tools to manage withdrawal symptoms are a key resource. The FDA has approved seven medications to help manage withdrawal from tobacco: nicotine patch, nicotine gum, nicotine lozenge, nicotine inhaler, nicotine nasal spray, bupropion and varenicline. Seek help to determine which aids are best for you. Learn how to use the medicines to your best advantage. One common mistake is to under dose. Another common mistake is to stop using the medications too soon. Ask your healthcare professional what might be best for you, or seek help through specialized quit services, such as those at the Tobacco Dependence Program, or a quit line (1-800-Quit-Now) or 1-866-NJSTOPS.
Q: What are other parts of a good plan?
A: You really need a plan tailored for you that address realistic goals that fit in with your life and your needs at this time. Individual and/or group treatment offers the kind of support that can help keep you on track with those goals. Find a coach or a counselor, on the phone or in person. Contact us at the Tobacco Dependence Program (732 235-8222), call 1-800-Quit Now, or log in to BecomeAnEx.org.
Q: What do you say to those who have tried and haven't been successful?
A: Don't give up. It takes people on average eight times before they succeed. Each cigarette you don't smoke gives your body a break and helps you build the confidence you need to succeed.


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I could find the mean and variance but I found some difficulties in computing the covariance of the following random variables.
Here is the problem:
Suppose $Y_1,Y_2,\ldots$ are i.i.d RVs with $\mathbb{E}Y_i=\mu$ and Var$(Y_i)=\sigma^2\in(0,\infty)$. Set $X_k:=Y_k-3Y_{k+1}+Y_{k+2},k=1,2,\ldots$, and put $S_n:=X_1+\dots+X_n$. Compute Cov$(X_j,X_k)$ for $j\not=k$.
Here is my attempt:
We let $\tilde{Y_j}:=Y_j-\mu$ (so that $\mathbb{E}\tilde{Y_j}=0$), then we have Cov$(X_j,X_k)=\mathbb{E}(\tilde{Y_j}-3\tilde{Y_{j+1}}+\tilde{Y_{j+2}})(\tilde{Y_k}-3\tilde{Y_{k+1}}+\tilde{Y_{k+2}})$.
I know that we have to separate into cases of different values of $|j-k|$, but I am not sure how to proceed. I am a bit confused in manipulating random variables with indexes. Any helps on the detailed workings will be really appreciated.
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Suit centers on silhouette cowboy
A Comfort photographer is suing the state over roughly 4.5 million vehicle inspection stickers that appear to incorporate, without his authorization, an image of a saddle-toting cowboy he created in 1984.
BOERNE - A Comfort photographer is suing the state over roughly 4.5 million vehicle inspection stickers that appear to incorporate, without his authorization, an image of a saddle-toting cowboy he created in 1984.
Plaintiff David K. Langford wants the court to block the Department of Public Safety from further use or issuance of the stickers, the design of which he says is based on his copyrighted photo, "Days End 2."
The stickers were produced by state prison inmates under a Texas Department of Criminal Justice contract with the DPS. Both agencies, which are named as defendants, declined comment Friday.
The suit says Langford's photo was illegally appropriated by an inmate who scanned it from a copy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine in 1998.
Langford, who said he was surprised to learn of the sticker from a friend's tip in June, described the litigation as a last resort.
"We've tried everything we can to settle this in a businesslike, professional manner between photographer and client, but we can't hardly get them to return a phone call," Langford, 68, said Friday.
Open-record requests identified the prisoner who scanned the photo as a man serving a life term for aggravated sexual assault, Langford's lawyer, Jimmy Carter, said.
However, Carter said his pre-litigation delving did not pinpoint the origins of other images the state used in its new line of "cowboy motif" inspection stickers now used in 15 counties.
"If they're going to get the images from incarcerated folks, they need to pay particularly close attention to the genesis of that intellectual property," Carter said Friday.
He wants the court to award damages and attorney fees over what he says is an unlawful taking of an image that has generated income for Langford for 25 years.
Based on data provided by the state, Carter said between 4 million and 5 million of the disputed stickers have been issued in Brazoria, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Johnson, Kaufman, Montgomery, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant and Waller counties.
The state should pay closer attention to the origins of its logo images, said Langford, who is not opposed to his art going for such uses - with prior approval.
"If they'd called me first, I'd bet we'd have had a deal in five minutes," he said.


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Events and Resources for Job Seekers
Placement Services
Provided by the ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR), the Placement Services will be available during the Annual Conference.
The Placement Center will be located in Hall E of the Convention Center, and will operate during the following days and times at the 2007 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.:
Friday, June 22 12:00 Noon to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, June 23 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, June 24 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday, June 25 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Job seekers should register and search for jobs on the JobLIST website at http://www.joblist.ala.org/. All services are free to job seekers. Registration is not required, but is recommended. Registration will give employers access to your resume information. It will also allow for direct communication between job seekers and employers.
Employers who want to post positions should post them on the JobLIST website at http://www.joblist.ala.org/. Employers who want to use the interviewing facilities must have an active ad placed on JobLIST at the time you schedule an interview. Employers who want a booth in the Placement Center should contact Beatrice Calvin at 800/545-2433 ext. 4280.
Policy 54.3 states, "ALA is committed to equality of opportunity for all library employees or applicants for employment, regardless of race, color, creed, sex, age, physical or mental handicap, individual lifestyle, or national origin." By advertising through ALA services, the organization agrees to comply with this policy. All available salary ranges shall be listed. For more information, contact Placement Service Manager, Beatrice Calvin at firstname.lastname@example.com or 800/545-2433 ext. 4280.
The following workshops will be sponsored by Placement Service during the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.:
Interviewing Strategies, Friday, 9:30-11:30a.m.
What if your resume has landed you the opportunity to interview for your ideal job? Now what? This workshop will help you appreciate the opportunity that interviews create... and hopefully alleviate some of the stress!
Stay Ahead of the Curve: Keeping the Job You Love, Friday, 4-5:30p.m.
We spend lots of time and energy trying to land the perfect job. But what's next. How do you keep the job you worked so hard to get? It's only appropriate to have a "road map" for staying on track once you start your new job! This workshop will help you:
- Become a Team Player
- Keep Track of your Learning, Contributions and Accomplishments
- Market Yourself
- Handle Performance Reviews
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A recently published study estimates the rate of unemployment in the Arab world to stand at 14.3 percent of the total labor force, estimated to be 90-million strong. According to UAE-based Al-Bayan daily, the study was prepared by the Diplomatic Center for Strategic Studies in Kuwait.
Several factors were cited for the rising unemployment levels, the chief being difficulties resulting from economic reforms, cutbacks in public spending, inefficient education systems, lack of consistency between the forces of supply and demand in the labor markets and the continuous influx of foreign workers.
The study estimated that the number of persons seeking employment in the Arab world by the year 2010 would reach 32 million. ― (MENA Report)
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Before You Begin
Setup and Installation
intel-parallel-studio-xeAUR are available in the AUR. To build the package, one needs a license file which is free for personal and for non-commercial use. The requisite license file is emailed to users upon [registration] and should be copied into the $startdir prior to running makepkg. The current PKGBUILD assembles 7 or 8 packages:
- intel-compiler-base - Intel C/C++ compiler and base libs
- intel-fortran-compiler - Intel fortran compiler and base libs (only Parallel Studio XE)
- intel-openmp - Intel OpenMP Library
- intel-idb- Intel C/C++ debugger
- intel-ipp - Intel Integrated Performance Primitives
- intel-mkl - Intel Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL)
- intel-sourcechecker - Intel Source Checker
- intel-tbb - Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB)
Using icc with makepkg
There is currently no official guide to using icc with makepkg. This section is meant to capture various methods suggested by users. Please make a new sub-section with your suggested method titled as such.
Method 1
/etc/makepkg.conf inserting the following code under the existing line defining CXXFLAGS to enable makepkg to use icc. No special switches are needed when calling makepkg to build.
_CC=icc if [ $_CC = "icc" ]; then export CFLAGS="-fast -pipe -gcc" export CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" export CC="icc" export CXX="icpc" export HOSTCC="icc" fi
To test if your package has been really compiled with icc:
- Type the command ldd [your_app] | grep intel If the application is linked to a shared object located in the directory /opt/intel/lib/ it's mind that has been complied with icc.
- Another method is to observe the build output and watch if it's using the icc or icpc command.
- The last method is to watch if the warnings are in icc style or not.
icc CFLAGS
In general, icc supports many of the same CFLAGS gcc supports and is also pretty tolerant to gcc flags it cannot use. In most cases it will happily ignore the flag warning the user and moving on. For an exhaustive list and explanation of available compiler flags, consult the icc manpage or better yet by invoking the compiler with the help flag:
icc --help
Use to generate specialized code to run exclusively on processors supporting it. If unsure which option to use, simply inspect the flags section of
/proc/cpuinfo. In the example below, SSE4.1 would be the correct selection:
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -m 1 flags flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
- -xHost
- -xSSE2
- -xSSE3
- -xSSSE3
- -xSSE4.1
- -xSSE4.2
- -xAVX
- -xCORE-AVX-I
- -xSSSE3_ATOM
Same behavior as gcc. x is one of the following options:
- 0 - disables optimizations
- 1 - optimize for maximum speed, but disable some optimizations which increase code size for a small speed benefit
- 2 - optimize for maximum speed (DEFAULT)
- 3 - optimize for maximum speed and enable more aggressive optimizations that may not improve performance on some programs (recommended for math intensive looping programs)
Similar to the gcc:
- -w - disable all warnings (recommended for the package compilation)
- -Wbrief - print brief one-line diagnostics
- -Wall - enable all warnings
- -Werror - force warnings to be reported as errors


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Oberlin, Ohio – The Oberlin College football team simply dominated in every aspect of the game as they manhandled the visiting Lords of Kenyon College by the score of 42-0 on Saturday afternoon at Savage Stadium. It was the Yeomen's first shutout-win since 1982 when they defeated St. Francis University 26-0.
Red-shirt junior quarterback Josh Mandel was sensational as he completed a career-high 26 of his 36 attempts for 322 yards and four scores. He spread the wealth around as seven different Yeomen caught at least one pass on the day with junior Robin Witjes leading the way with eight catches and 83 yards to go along with one touchdown.
Sophomore Moses Richardson also had a career day as he combined for 103 total (69 rushing) yards and two touchdowns.
Not to be forgotten is the effort put forth by the Yeomen defense as they held the Lords to just 107 yards of total offense and forced 11 punts on the afternoon. Senior Jake Hochendoner led the unit with nine tackles to go along with one sack and two tackles for a loss. All-in-all the Yeomen racked up 10 tackles for a loss on the day.
The Yeomen wasted no time in jumping on the Lords early as they cashed in three touchdowns on their first three possessions. With their backs against the wall of their own end zone on their first possession, the Yeomen marched 91 yards on 11-plays in 5:44 with the end result being a five-yard scoring strike from Mandel to Adam Niec on a quick slant.
On the following drive, the Yeomen were left with much better field position, as they needed to go just 55 yards to find the painted pasture of the end zone. Things started with a 24-yard swing pass out to Drew Mixter and ended with a 16-yard connection from Mandel to Danny Enright on 3rd-and-10. On the play Mandel was forced out of the pocket and moved to his right to find Enright between to Kenyon defenders. The 6-foot-7 Enright did the rest to muscle his way in for the score.
Already leading 14-0 at the end of one, the Yeomen were looking for more and got it from a new face as rookie Justin Williams capped off as 12-play, 80-yard drive with a seven-yard run up in which he carried two Lords' defenders on his back and on into the end zone.
The Yeomen, who led 21-0 at the break, got back on the scoring train after going 3-and-out on their first two possessions of the third. On 3rd-and-3 Mandel threw a swing pass out to the nearside to Richardson – he made one man miss and then he was off to races up the sideline for a 34-yard score.
Oberlin added two more scores in the fourth, with the first being on a 23-yard hook-up from Mandel to Witjes on a beautifully designed seam route down the middle of the field. The final score of the game came on a Richardson sweep of the right side that featured a huge pancake block by Jim Adkins that sealed edge and allowed Richardson to get in with ease.
David Kalgren, who tied for the NCAC lead with four interceptions in 2010, added a late INT and returned it 41 yards up the Yeomen sideline.
Oberlin will be idle next week, but will return to action on September 17 to host the College of Wooster at 1 p.m.
Yeomen Earn Their First Shutout Since 1982
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Oberlin, Ohio – The Oberlin College football team simply dominated in every aspect of the game as they manhandled the visiting Lords of Kenyon College by the score of 42-0 on Saturday afternoon at Savage Stadium. It was the Yeomen's first shutout-win since 1982 when they defeated St. Francis University 26-0.


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From Annual 2008
Friday, June 27
- Joint Certification Committee Meetings - CPLA CRC and CPC, 3pm-6pm, ACC 203 A
Saturday, June 28
- Salaries and Status of Library Workers Working Groups, 8am-10am HIL, Conference Rm. 13
- ALA-APA Committee on Organization, 12:15pm-1:30pm, ACC 205 B
- ALA-APA Bylaws Committee, 3:30pm-4pm, HIL Conference Rm. 6
- Promotion and Fundraising Committee, 4pm-6pm, HIL Conference Rm. 13
- Publishing Committee, 4pm-6pm, HIL Conference Rm. 14
Sunday, June 29
- Salaries and Status of Library Workers Committee, 4pm-6pm, HIL Conference Rm. 7
Monday, June 30
- ALA-APA Budget Analysis & Review Committee and the APA Finance & Audit Committee Joint Meeting, 8am-9am, HIL Laguna A
Thursday, June 26
- Library Support Staff Certification Program, 8am-4pm, ACC 206 B
Friday, June 27
- Managers Who Have the Union Advantage, 2pm-4pm, ACC 203 A
Saturday, June 28
- Getting What You're Worth Salary Negotiation Workshop, 10:30am-12pm, HIL Capistrano B
Sunday, June 29
- Lobbying for Operational Expenses, 10:30am-12pm, HIL Oceanside
Monday, June 30
- Toot Your Horn: Improving Your Image, 10:30am-12pm, HIL Monterey
- Becoming a Better Public Library Manager: Certifiction Works!, 1:30pm-3:30pm, HIL La Jolla
- Valuing Staff: Employee Relations and Recognition Programs, 1:30pm-3:30pm, ACC 203 A
Friday, June 27
- ALA-APA Angels Reception: Celebrating Five Years of Progress, 7:30pm-9pm, HIL Palos Verdes
Sunday, June 29
- SirsiDynix - ALA-APA Better Salaries Breakfast, 7:30am-8:30am, ACC 213 D


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Malaysia Airlines Jet Goes Missing With 239 on Board
Flight 370 Left Kuala Lumpur Carrying 227 Passengers and 12 Crew to Beijing
Malaysia Airlines said Saturday that it lost contact with one of its planes carrying 239 people to China.
Flight 370 was on its way to Beijing when contact was lost, two hours into the flight early Saturday, the airline said in a statement. The Boeing 777-200ER departed from Kuala Lumpur 12:41 a.m. local time with 227 passengers and 12 crew members and was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m., it said.


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YES!! I could run a marathon 27 weeks pregnant!!
Now, pay attention: this post is in reverse chronological order.
Here was my Garmin, displaying the time and distance from today's Skodsborg Red Front Marathon.
Yes, the distance is important, because I was 1 mile short of 26.2; I got a bit off course - but when everyone is waiting for you to finish after nearly 5 hours, you don't really feel like asking to run one extra mile.
(okay, this post really needn't be in the second person)
Here is my happy family afterwards ejoying the beautiful woods in Skodsborg. Yes, SR ran too, but he had time to drive home, shower and pick up the kids between the time he finished and I finished.
The Lorax cops a feel after I come across the finish line. "Mor! Du har løbet mange gange!" ("Mom! You have run many times!"), he exclaimed gleefully.
I was still running by the time I crossed the finish line. There was actually very little walking and only up the hills. I had Braxton Hicks, but really not that bad.
Here I am (picture à la Tor Ronnow)
walking up one of those hills. Natali, looking beautiful, waiting patiently for her step-mom.
Lots of friends tooday:
May-Britt, Søren & Jerk
Henriette and ??
Jakob and Lars
And pretty scenes repeated 7 times - almost 100% on dirt trails.
Thanks, Karen, for this photo!
Full-body shot at the halfway point. Yes, I am as fat as I look. 59.4 kg of voluptuous pregnant woman (that's a 5.4 extra kilos of love, folks)
SR runs with power by an old black truck. Sexy.
Great pic again, Karen
Here is the start. We are all in red because on May 1st, Danes celebrate Socialism or, as Jerk said, "the idealism of their youth".
Here is SR, who is probably not thinking about socialism. If he was thinking strategy, he didn't really use it since he ran almost two laps with me and finished in 3:45, which actually was not too far behind the winner - it's a tough course, come to think of it.
Sorry about the short post - but we are off to Mallorca for a week tomorrow, so we have to get ready!
Running song of the day: The Past is a Grotesque Animal by Of Montreal (A stunning - and long - song, by a psychiatrically disturbed man, who invites you to join him in his bizarre world. From one of the best albums ever made.)


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SANFORD — A small group of educators and parents is hoping to open a charter school in Sanford next fall.
The local group notified the Maine Charter School Commission last week of its intention to submit an application to open a charter school for fourth, fifth and sixth grades in Sanford or Springvale. Applications for new charter schools are due by Oct. 31 if a school is to open for the 2013-14 school year, but a notice of intent to submit an application had to be filed by Sept. 17.
Charter schools are public schools of choice that have more flexibility than traditional public schools over decisions concerning curriculum and instruction, scheduling, staffing and finance, according to the Maine Department of Education website. Charter schools are accountable to the terms of the contracts, or charters, that authorize their existence and the academic standards to which all other public schools in Maine are accountable.
The proposed local school, to be called Inspire Me Academy, would add seventh grade in its second year of operation and eighth grade in its third year, according to Renee Morin, the contact person on the preliminary document.
Morin said in a phone interview on Tuesday that the group has registered as a nonprofit and currently has a four-member board of directors, which it hopes to expand to seven members.
"We all have a strong belief that all ... children are capable of learning and all children need to be challenged," Morin said.
She said the other three members of the board are in education — two are teachers and one is a psychological technician who works with children in a medical setting.
Morin herself was born and raised in Sanford. She currently lives in Biddeford and is a student at the University of Southern Maine. She said she raised three children, putting them through both public and private schools. She said she feels children "could do more, could learn more and could learn in more depth" than they do in most public schools.
Inspire Me Academy will have longer school days and more school days each year, "giving students more time for learning," according to the notice of intent.
"We will have a rigorous academic program. We will teach character education with the same enthusiasm as we would teach academics," the proposal continues. "Inspire Me Academy aims to include all children in an environment where they can be successful."
Morin said Tuesday that Inspire Me Academy will be a great opportunity for students who wouldn't be able to attend a private school, because it will be free. "It will allow more students a choice," she said.
The proposed school will be open to students from towns beyond Sanford and Springvale and Morin said the group plans to market the school to all of York County. She said Inspire Me Academy will be looking for community support in order to get started, but its operations will be funded the same way Maine's current public schools are funded.
The local group plans to hold a public informational meeting in October for all those interested in learning more about the proposed charter school. No date has yet been set for the meeting.
The Maine Charter School Commission received five new submissions for proposed charter schools after it published a request for proposals at the beginning of September. In addition to the proposal from Inspire Me Academy, proposals were submitted for: Heartwood Charter School in Kennebunk, Penobscot Bay Community School in Stockton Springs, Harpswell Coastal Academy in Harpswell, and Queen City Academy Charter School in Bangor.
The commission is a seven-member body that can authorize up to 10 public charter schools statewide over the next decade. Charter schools may also be authorized by local school boards.
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SANFORD — A small group of educators and parents is hoping to open a charter school in Sanford next fall.


text: Max Fiumara is a comic book artist, who works mainly for DC Comics. Earlier, he has worked with Warren Ellis on 'Blackgas' and 'Blackgas2' for Avatar Press, while also doing 'Rawbone' for this company. He also drew the limited series 'Nightjar'. His Marvel credits include 'Thor' and 'Amazing Spider-Man' and for Image he has drawn 'Four Eyes'. At DC who has done art on the second ongoing series of 'Infinity Inc.'.


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"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
This famous line from Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2 has sparked endless debate over whether the Bard intended to condemn the legal profession or praise it. (I say it is a swipe against lawyers as handmaidens to power and privilege.) But one thing is clear: The injunction is no longer feasible; there are simply too many of us. • In 2010, there were more than 1.22 million lawyers in the United States, according to the American Bar Association. The year I graduated law school, 1985, there were fewer than 700,000. That was back when jobs for young lawyers were at the bar, not just tending one.
"There's always law school" is what undergraduates majoring in philosophy, literature and history told themselves. Jobs in the humanities may be few, but law school was a stamped ticket for those who could think and write well.
Not anymore.
The implied promise that spending $150,000 on three years of concerted effort would mint a solid if not lucrative career is now a shaky proposition. There are too many law schools churning out too many lawyers.
With 202 accredited law schools in the United States, about 44,000 students graduate each year into an economy that can't absorb them all. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 74,000 jobs for new lawyers will be created over the next seven years. Taking into account older lawyers leaving the field, there could easily be more than two graduates chasing every job.
When I was at the New York University School of Law the big decision for students was whether to go into public interest law or to a silk-stocking law firm. People like me with big hearts but even bigger debts worried about succumbing to the "golden handcuffs," a condition where one takes a high-paying legal job with the idea of paying off student loans, only to get locked into high rents and other major expenses. Many of my peers with aspirations of working for the poor and powerless joined big corporate firms instead.
Now that kind of choice must sound quaint. For the Class of 2012 the goal is to get any job that requires a law degree, something only 56 percent of graduates were able to accomplish nine months after graduation, the ABA says.
Law schools did it to themselves. From 2001 to 2011, average tuition at a private law school went from $23,000 to $40,500 per year. Law schools were the golden-egg-laying goose of higher education.
That is until the career path became saturated and the profession suffered in reputation, status and viability.
Applications to law schools have tanked, down for this fall's admissions by 38 percent from 2010 levels and only a little better than half what they were in 2004. Students don't want to be a sucker for a bad deal.
Meanwhile, quality control is suffering. While top law schools are highly competitive, there is essentially a law school seat down the food chain for large majorities of students who want one and can pay. The profession overall will lose standing if it cannot maintain admissions standards.
Legal educators know there is a systemic problem. In March, dozens of renowned law professors wrote a letter to the ABA over the crisis of students left with an average law school debt above $100,000 and few job prospects. But their solutions were counterproductive. They suggest that law school be cut to two years or ABA accreditation standards for new law schools be eased, which would reduce tuition but also encourage more people to enter the field.
We don't need to kill all the lawyers, just prevent the creation of too many new ones.
Law schools need to close or shrink to get to equilibrium. Until then, promising law students a decent livelihood relative to their debt is false advertising.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Teaching Strategies
Carey-Webb, Allen. Literature and Lives: A Response-Based, Cultural Studies Approach to Teaching English. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 2001.
This book uses classroom anecdotes to illustrate reader response and cultural studies methods. The author makes numerous connections between canonical works and multicultural writers, popular culture, politics, history, and contemporary youth issues. It is full of useful information about literary scholarship and theory, and provides extensive annotated bibliographies for multicultural literature.
Harvey, Karen, et al. How to Teach about American Indians: A Guide for School Library Media Specialist. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995.
This book provides insightful and practical information on teaching about Native American history and literature.
Lee, Carol D. Signifying As a Scaffold for Literary Interpretation: The Pedagogical Implications of an African American Discourse Genre. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1993.
Lee explores African American discourse patterns as they are enacted in conversation and African American literature, and discusses ways of facilitating African American students' literacy development through this discourse.
Lee, Enid; Deborah Menkart; and Margo Okazawa-Rey. Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development. Washington, DC: Network of Educators on the Americas, 1998.
This discussion of the ways in which school curricula promote racism includes practical ideas for transforming classroom instruction and school culture.
Maitino John R (ed). Teaching American Ethnic Literatures: Nineteen Essays. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996.
This collection of essays describes college-level approaches to American ethnic literature and includes critical analysis, teaching strategies, activities, and a bibliography.
Olson, Carol B. Reading, Thinking, & Writing about Multicultural Literature. Glenview, IL: ScottForesman, 1996. The California Writing Project put together this collection of 29 writing exercises, each one based on a text. Texts studied include The Bluest Eye, The House on Mango Street, Like Water for Chocolate, and The Joy Luck Club.
Singh, Amritjit (ed). Memory and Cultural Politics: New Approaches to American Ethnic Literatures. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1996.
This collection of essays features critical analysis and teaching strategies for American ethnic literatures.
Susag, Dorothea M. Roots and Branches: A Resource of Native American Literature -- Themes, Lessons, and Bibliographies. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1998.
This book provides analytic and pedagogic ideas for teachers of Native American literature.
Witalec, Janet and Joseph Bruchac (eds). Smoke Rising: The Native North American Literary Companion. New York: Visible Ink Press, 1995.
This teacher's reference guide focuses on traditional and contemporary Native American literature.
The American Indian Quarterly
This is the online home of American Indian Quarterly, a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal of scholarship featuring archived materials along with new articles.
American Pictures
This multimedia presentation on racism and oppression is ideal for teaching reading through storytelling, and using pictures to address social and cultural issues.
Teaching Resources: Literary Lessons
This site provides useful materials for literature circles, such as literary lesson files and graphic organizers.
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