The rigors of medical training sharpen a doctor's ability to diagnose and treat a wide variety of human afflictions. However, drug abuse and addiction are often insufficiently covered in medical school curricula, despite the fact that drug use affects a wide range of health conditions and drug abuse and addiction are themselves major public health issues.

To improve drug abuse and addiction training of future physicians, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today unveiled a series of new teaching tools, through its Centers of Excellence for Physician Information Program (NIDA CoEs), at the Association of American Medical Colleges 2009 Annual Meeting's "Innovations in Medical Education" Exhibit in Boston.

The new NIDA CoE curriculum resources provide scientifically accurate information on substance abuse, addiction and its consequences to help meet the educational needs of medical students, residents and medical school faculty. The first seven curriculum resources include lectures, problem-based case studies, a faculty workshop, and a web module, any of which can be incorporated into existing medical curricula.

"Physicians can be the first line of defense against substance abuse and addiction, but they need the resources and the training," said NIDA Director Dr. Nora D. Volkow. "Our long term goal is for doctors to incorporate screening for drug use into routine practice like they currently screen for other diseases; to help patients that are abusing to stop; and to refer more serious cases to specialized treatment."

Three themes have emerged in this first wave of CoE offerings: the importance of communication in the doctor-patient relationship, particularly around sensitive issues; the recognition that substance abuse may play an integral role in many disorders physicians treat, even when not the presenting condition; and the crucial part physicians can play in both identifying substance abuse in their patients and reducing their risk of developing a substance use disorder.

For example, several CoE resources address prescription drug abuse among chronic pain patients, which presents special issues for physicians, who must balance adequate treatment with the risks of addiction.

"Our goal is to improve the quality of pain treatment and the safety of prescribing opioids by increasing the knowledge and skills of medical providers early in the educational process," emphasized Dr. Jeffrey Baxter of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, developer of one of the CoE resources.

By pairing substance abuse expertise with innovations in medical education, these curriculum adjuncts can enhance substance abuse medical education, help to remove the stigma associated with substance abuse, and ultimately improve patient care.

The NIDA CoE program was created through a partnership with the American Medical Association's medical education research collaborative, Innovative Strategies for Transforming the Education of Physicians and includes the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, the Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Drexel University College of Medicine.

The NIDA CoE program is part of NIDAMED — NIDA's ongoing commitment to the medical community to provide scientifically accurate and useful resources for addressing substance abuse in their patients. NIDAMED offers a variety of tools, including an online interactive screening tool to help doctors accurately assess their patient's substance use.

More information on the NIDA CoE resources can be found at: www.drugabuse.gov/coe.

Information on the NIDAMED program can be found at: www.nida.nih.gov/nidamed.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation's Medical Research Agency — includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.

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SALVADOR, Brazil - After three days of seminars, teacher exhibitions and judging by an internationally renowned panel of education experts, today Microsoft Partners in Learning announced the winners of the 2009 Worldwide Innovative Teacher Awards at the Worldwide Innovative Education Forum. Partners in Learning recognizes and rewards teachers who demonstrate exemplary use of technology in the classroom to improve student learning. The 14 winning teachers — awarded first, second and third place in four categories — were chosen from among the 250 at the Forum representing more than 60 countries.

The Best Practice winners in the four main competition categories are Mandeep Atwal of England, Innovation in Community; Mark Sparvell of Australia, Innovation in Collaboration; Autumne Streeval and Harriet Armstrong of the United States, Innovation in Content; and Moliehi Sekese of Lesotho, Educators Choice. The 2009 Worldwide IEF award ceremony, held tonight in Salvador, Brazil, was attended by 400 educators, school leaders, government officials and others from more than 60 countries.

'The Innovative Teacher Awards exemplify the dedication and imagination of the world's most forward-thinking educators,' said Michael Golden, corporate vice president of Education at Microsoft. 'The energy and entrepreneurism of the winning teachers demonstrate the infinite possibilities that technology can create to improve learning opportunities and inspire future generations toward greater academic achievement. Microsoft remains committed to supporting the community in this quest. I'd like to extend warm congratulations to everyone who participated in this and the regional events that led up to today's celebration.'

The following are the top three finalists in each category, in finishing order:

Innovation in Community
• Best Practice: Mandeep Atwal (England), 'Young Voices'
• First Runner-Up: Ollie Bray (Scotland), 'Thinking outside the XBOX'
• Second Runner-Up: Lucrecio Filho de Oliveira (Brazil), Projeto 'Barreiro'

Innovation in Collaboration
• Best Practice: Mark Sparvell (Australia), 'Connecting Hearts Heads and Hands'
• First Runner-Up: Karina Batat (Israel), 'The Traveling Mascot'
• Second Runner-Up (Tie): Myreia Gussinye (Mexico), 'Tolerant'
• Second Runner-Up (Tie): Xiaoyong Tang (China), 'Exploration of Ant Behavior'

Innovation in Content
• Best Practice: Autumne Streeval and Harriet Armstrong (United States), 'US Industrial Revolution Tic Tac Toe'
• First Runner-Up: Damien Lebegue (France), 'Differentiated/adapted Teaching in PE'
• Second Runner-Up: Alex Vieira dos Santos (Brazil), 'Fontes De Energia'

Educators Choice
• Best Practice: Moliehi Sekese (Lesotho), 'Indigenous Plants'
• First Runner-Up: Janjira Phongchoo (Thailand), 'MS Excel Game Building Techniques'
• Second Runner-Up: Isabel Schapdryver (Belgium), 'Secondhandshop'

'Winning the Educators Choice award is certainly a great honor,' said Moliehi Sekese of Lesotho who won for her project Indigenous Plants. 'Just being here and seeing how teachers from all over the world are enriching the lives of students is ultimately even more rewarding.'

Since 2003, the Partners in Learning award competition has been recognizing individuals with the Worldwide Innovative Education Awards for excellence in teaching. Teachers participate in country-level and regional events. Winners move up to the Worldwide competition.

The judging community includes education experts from all over the world. At the event 36 judges representing 23 countries spend nearly 20 hours talking to the teachers and learning about their projects; then in a private room they discuss, debate and share with one another until the winners are finally selected.

'Every year the submissions seem to get better and better, and this year is no exception,' said Judge Eduardo O.C. Chaves of Brazil. 'The level of sophistication of these entries shows that teachers are continuing to innovate and expand the ways they use technology to help students all over the world realize their potential.'

Next year's Innovative Teacher Awards results will be announced at the 2010 Worldwide IEF, which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa. Country- and regional-level competitions will take place beginning in November 2009. Interested teachers should contact their local Microsoft office for more information or look online at http://www.microsoft.com/education/pil/partnersInLearning.aspx.

At the event, school leaders from 12 Mentor and 30 Pathfinder Schools also participated in a three-day workshop and were recognized for their leadership in driving system-level educational reform.

About the Innovative Education Forum

The Innovative Education Forum is an annual worldwide event. Regional forums are held around the world to create communities of teachers who can share ideas and best practices with their peers and facilitate the creation of collective knowledge. Subsets of regional forum participants are selected to represent their country at the Worldwide Innovative Education Forum.

About Microsoft Education

We believe that technology can expand the power of education and unlock the potential of students, educators and schools. Microsoft partners with education communities around the world to deliver relevant solutions, services and programs that focus on improved personalized learning outcomes.

About Unlimited Potential

Microsoft, through its Unlimited Potential vision, is committed to making technology more affordable, relevant and accessible for the 5 billion people around the world who do not yet enjoy its benefits. The company aims to do so by helping to transform education and foster a culture of innovation, and through these means enable better jobs and opportunities. By working with governments, intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations and industry partners, Microsoft hopes to reach its first major milestone — to reach the next 1 billion people who are not yet realizing the benefits of technology — by 2015.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq 'MSFT') is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Note to editors: If you are interested in viewing additional information on Microsoft, please visit the Microsoft Web page at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass on Microsoft's corporate information pages. Web links, telephone numbers and titles were correct at time of publication, but may since have changed. For additional assistance, journalists and analysts may contact Microsoft's Rapid Response Team or other appropriate contacts listed at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/contactpr.mspx.

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Teens are ready to take on the world. Their urge to achieve objectives independently is also evident when it comes to earning their living. There are many agencies which assist in providing part time job vacancies for students and teens. Many companies, agencies and small scale industries offer internships, part time and seasonal jobs targeted to students during vacation times.

Teen Job Section's Press Contact, Sara Carter, said: 'Teen Job Section offers a wide range of part time jobs where you will find a suitable placement depending on your area of interest. Its main objective is to offer appropriate job opportunities for each and every teen. It is important to find a job which gives job satisfaction and adequate training and experience. The jobs are offered for individuals who seek experience and insight into the world of business.' Teen Job Section also offer teen jobs by criteria such as time lines, age and jobs that are available in plenty during a certain time of the year such as for the festive season or during the summer vacation.

Carter added: 'Teen Job Section also provides supportive information and tips on how to construct a resume, or how to prepare and present oneself during an interview.' Details on labor laws that are applicable to teens and individuals in that work space, steps on how to conduct an employer search and reference material that every teen must be aware during a job search are available.

The student jobs section caters to first time internship and job seekers. It offers tips and important information for find the right first job. Such information helps students to enjoy their first job experience and gather valuable experience rather than be disillusioned and frustrated with a mundane task that may wrongly interfere with the student's career objectives.

About Teen Jobs Section
Teen Jobs Section helps students and young professional to climb the corporate ladder with a deeper insight of their career objective. The multiple sections on the website offer a wide portfolio of career opportunities.

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The annual NASA project provides near space access for 12 undergraduate and graduate student experiments to be carried by a NASA high-altitude research balloon. The flights typically last 15 to 20 hours and reach an altitude of 23 miles. Experiments may include compact satellites or prototypes.

The experiments are flown aboard the High Altitude Student Platform, or HASP, a balloon-born instrument stack launched from the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility's remote site in Fort Sumner, N.M. The goals of the project are to provide a space test platform to encourage student research and stimulate the development of student satellite payloads and other space-engineering products.

HASP seeks to enhance the technical skills and research abilities of students in critical science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. The project is a joint effort between NASA and the Louisiana Space Grant Consortium.

NASA's HASP houses and provides power, mechanical support and communications for test articles and instruments. It can support approximately 200 pounds of student payloads. Since 2006, the HASP program has selected 44 payloads for flight, the work of more than 200 students from across the United States.

A question-and-answer teleconference for interested parties will be held Nov. 13 at 11 a.m. EST. The deadline for applications is Dec. 18. NASA is targeting fall 2010 for the next flight opportunity. NASA expects to make selections in January 2010. Teleconference dial in information, application materials and technical details are available in the Call for Proposals document at:

http://laspace.lsu.edu/hasp

Information about NASA's scientific balloon program is available at:

http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code820

More information about NASA's education programs is available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/education

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Print USB (www.PrintUSB.com) will place any company logo or personal message on its variety of flash drives giving businesses a new way to reach customers and people a new way to keep in touch with family and friends. In addition, Print USB can place a company's data on the flash drives, such as multi-media presentations, giving businesses a unique way to market their services and products.

Colleges and universities, motion picture studios including Miramax Films, large and small businesses, as well as private citizens are customizing flash drives and using them to market products and store important data in a safe, convenient method.

The customized flash drives aren't only for marketing businesses and products. Anyone can customize a flash drive with a special message on the outside and store their pictures, videos and other data on the inside and send them to family and friends all over the world.

Flash drives carry much more data than many e-mails services allow, giving corporations and private citizens the ability to send large files of pictures and videos, all on a customized flash drive.

Print USB uses only high quality materials and their flash drives have a lifetime guarantee. They come in a variety of shapes and styles, including: memory sticks, keys, pens, and thumbs. The company recently introduced its 'green' product line of flash drives made from sustainable wood.

For more information, go to: www.PrintUSB.com.

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Toronto, Canada (November 4, 2009) — An article entitled 'Computer-assisted methods for molecular structure elucidation: realizing a spectroscopist's dream' written by scientists at Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs), The Russian Academy of Sciences, and ChemZoo Inc., has become one of the Top 10 Most Accessed Articles on the Journal of Cheminformatics website. The article coincides with the 40th anniversary of the first published works dealing with the creation of algorithms for computer-assisted structure elucidation (CASE).

The article aims to illustrate that CASE systems are finally approaching the goal of fully automated structure elucidation—a spectroscopist's dream come true—and describes the main principles of CASE systems along with some of the challenges encountered in developing an effective system. The expert system, ACD/Structure Elucidator, using 2D NMR data is used to illustrate the principles of a modern CASE system.

CASE has traditionally attempted to employ a variety of types of analytical spectra to elucidate chemical structure including 1H and 13C NMR, IR, and UV, but without significant success. Only in the past two decades, with the increased availability and use of 2D NMR, has development of expert systems based on 2D NMR been possible.

The abstract and full article text is available on the Journal of Cheminformatics website. http://www.jcheminf.com/content/1/1/3

For more information about ACD/Structure Elucidator software, visit our website. http://www.acdlabs.com/se/.

About Advanced Chemistry Development

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) develops desktop and enterprise software solutions for chemical, biochemical, and pharmaceutical R&D. Our expertise lies in vendor-neutral spectroscopic data processing and prediction, physicochemical and ADMET property prediction, analytical knowledge management, interactive reporting, and integrating analytical data with chemical structures to help protect and leverage valuable research knowledge.
www.acdlabs.com.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - NVIDIA today announced that it is now accepting applications for its ninth annual NVIDIA Fellowship Program, to fund work that helps to solve complex visual computing challenges. Grants of $25,000 for each selected project will be announced in Spring 2010.

The program is open to applicants worldwide from today through Feb. 3, 2010. Eligibility criteria include completion of the first year of Ph.D. level studies in the areas of computer architecture, computer science, electrical engineering, high-performance computing, scientific computing, or a related area. In addition, applicants must hold a current membership on an active research team. For further information on eligibility and how to apply, please visit: http://www.nvidia.com/page/fellowship_programs.html or email: fellowship@nvidia.com.

'The Fellowship Program aims to provide funding to Ph.D. students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in the graphics and high-performance computing industries,' said Bill Dally, chief scientist at NVIDIA. 'Award recipients will not only receive crucial funding for their research. They will also be able to conduct groundbreaking work with access to NVIDIA products, technology and some of the most talented minds in the field.'

Since its inception in 2002, the NVIDIA Fellowship program has awarded more than $1.8 million in funding to over 75 Ph.D. research students.

About NVIDIA Research
NVIDIA Research has a variety of initiatives and programs aimed at advancing visual, parallel and mobile computing. These include funding and board donations for university research projects through professor partnerships and graduate fellowships; working with faculty to develop curriculum, providing access to developer forums, pre-released tools and drivers through NVIDIA's Developer Relations Program; and providing free online access to some of NVIDIA's award-winning books and coursework. Current work being done by the group spans many domains that include: realistic rendering, ray tracing, physical simulation, scientific computing, computational photography, programming languages and systems, computer architecture, and VLSI circuits. NVIDIA Research is led by the company's chief scientist, Bill Dally. For more information, please visit www.nvidia.com/research.

About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) awakened the world to the power of computer graphics when it invented the graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999. Since then, it has consistently set new standards in visual computing with breathtaking, interactive graphics available on devices ranging from portable media players to notebooks to workstations. NVIDIA's expertise in programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing which make supercomputing inexpensive and widely accessible. Fortune magazine has ranked NVIDIA #1 in innovation in the semiconductor industry for two years in a row. For more information, see www.nvidia.com.

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The findings suggest that regardless of sexual orientation, men's brains are wired for attraction to sexually dimorphic faces - those with facial features that are most synonymous with gender.

The research is published online in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, and was led by Aaron Glassenberg, while completing his master's degree in the Department of Psychology at Harvard. Glassenberg is a doctoral student in organizational behavior in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Business School. Glassenberg's co-authors are David Feinberg of McMaster University in Ontario, Benedict Jones and Lisa DeBruine of the University of Aberdeen, and Anthony Little of the University of Stirling, both in Scotland.

'Our work showed that gay men found highly masculine male faces to be significantly more attractive than feminine male faces. Also, the types of male faces that gay men found attractive generally did not mirror the types of faces that straight women found attractive, on average,' says Glassenberg. 'Men, gay or straight, prefer high sexual dimorphism in the faces of the sex that they are attracted to. Gay men and straight men did not agree on the types of male faces they considered attractive.'

The study is the first to examine the facial feature preferences of gay men and lesbian women. Women's preferences are more complex than men's, as indicated by prior research demonstrating that ovulation, contraceptive use, self-perceived attractiveness, and sex drive all affect face preference. In this particular study, straight women preferred more masculine-faced men than lesbian women, while lesbians preferred slightly more masculine female faces than straight women or men.

Participants viewed images of faces that were digitally manipulated to be more masculine or feminine, and then indicated which face they considered more attractive. The study was conducted online, and included more than 900 men and women.

Sexually dimorphic features in male faces include a broad jaw, broad forehead, and more pronounced brow ridge. A sexually dimorphic female face has a more tapered chin, larger lips, and a narrower forehead.

Prior research has also shown that women prefer more masculine male faces when ovulating, indicating an evolutionary function for facial attraction. Men who have faces that are higher in sexual dimorphism (masculinity) have been shown to have better health and dominance but lower investment in offspring.

Although it is difficult to make substantial evolutionary claims from this study, Glassenberg's work supports the idea that male attraction operates differently from female attraction, regardless of sexual orientation.

The research project was supported by Harvard University.

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QuIC's charter is to focus on optimizing open source software for use with Qualcomm technology. QuIC brings to the Symbian Foundation a wealth of knowledge and expertise in open source and, as a Symbian Foundation board member, QuIC is committed to working with its fellow board members for Symbian's continued commercial success. QuIC joins wireless operators AT&T, Vodafone and NTT DOCOMO; silicon providers ST Microelectronics NV and Texas Instruments; and handset manufacturers Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Nokia on the Symbian Foundation board.

The Symbian platform comprises a complete, open source mobile operating system, user interfaces, middleware and key mobile applications used in more than 300 million smartphone devices worldwide. It includes the critical software elements a manufacturer or operator needs to build a mobile device. Symbian was built for mobile and enables mobile developers to use open SDKs to create compelling mobile applications that take full advantage of all Symbian-based handsets.

'QuIC joining the Symbian Foundation and the Symbian Foundation board demonstrates our commitment to provide expertise and to optimize technology with the Symbian platform,' said Rob Chandhok, president of QuIC. 'High-level operating systems offer the potential to unleash tremendous innovation and we are excited to help advance that process on the Symbian platform. Working as part of the Symbian Foundation, QuIC looks forward to participating in technology innovation in areas such as multi-core CPU support, Web browser and application enhancement, and CDMA and LTE support.'

'The Symbian Foundation welcomes QuIC, whose membership and board participation brings us significant wireless technology expertise and whose leadership will act as an important catalyst for the growth of the Symbian ecosystem,' said Lee Williams, executive director of the Symbian Foundation. 'On behalf of the Symbian Foundation board, we look forward to collaboratively evolving and rapidly expanding the Symbian open source software platform with QuIC.'

About Symbian Foundation Ltd.
The Symbian Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to enable an open ecosystem that collaborates to create the most complete and richest user experiences for mobile devices. Symbian maintains the code for an open source software platform based on Symbian OS and software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DOCOMO and Sony Ericsson, including the S60 and MOAP(S) user interfaces. Portions of the platform's source code have already been moved to open source under the Eclipse Public License. By mid-2010 this process will be complete, making the platform code available to all for free.

The foundation software licensing model and governance structure has been designed to secure transparency, encourage contribution and maintain platform consistency. The foundation promotes collaboration, contributions and active participation, and operates as a meritocracy.

The Symbian Foundation now occupies offices in the U.K. (London), U.S. (Foster City), Japan (Tokyo) and Finland (Helsinki), and will soon have a regional operation in China (Beijing). For more information please visit www.symbian.org and blog.symbian.org

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National leaders in education, science, technology and philanthropy will assemble today for the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age Forum to develop recommendations for using digital media for education reform. The forum will also feature an exhibition of some of the newest innovations in education technology presently available. The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, Common Sense Media, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Google, have convened the meeting at the Google campus in Mountain View.

Building on the renewed federal investment in education, the participants will develop an action plan to use breakthrough technologies to help revitalize a school system that has fallen behind. Emphasis will be placed on key areas where technology can make a significant difference including addressing America's early literacy crisis, preparing teachers to integrate technology into classrooms, and opening new learning opportunities for youth through mobile and games-based learning.

Presenters over the two day event represent a wide range of education and technology fields including: Martha J. Kanter, Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, Reed Hastings, CEO, Netflix, former Chairman of the California State School Board, Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, Geoff Canada, CEO of Harlem Children's Zone, Marissa Mayer, VP, Search Products and User Experience, Google Inc. and Jonathan Miller, Chief Digital Officer for News Corporation. Joan Ganz Cooney, Sesame Street co-founder, and Sesame Street Muppet Grover will also make special appearances.

The full agenda, speaker biographies, forum details and instructions on how to join in and watch the live webcast are available on the forum website at www.google.com/events/digitalage/index.html.

"We're very excited to host this dynamic group of thinkers and innovators at Google. Breakthrough Learning can make a tangible difference in building a new future for our children, and will address some of the most critical issues facing our education system," said Maggie Johnson, Director of Education and University Relations, Google Inc. "Solving the crisis in American education requires the sort of multi-sector thinking Breakthrough Learning entails, and the group assembling here truly has the leadership and wisdom to galvanize the creation of a new model for teaching and learning, leveraging the power of technology.'

In addition to the action plan which will be presented to the Obama administration and key leaders in business, education, and research in follow-up meetings beginning in late 2009, several strategic initiatives were announced:

* The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop unveiled the Cooney Prizes for Innovation, a national competition intended to generate digital educational innovations for children. The program will annually award cash prizes and provide ongoing business planning support and mentorship to children's media entrepreneurs and visionaries. The Center is challenging innovators in two categories: Breakthroughs in Mobile Learning and Breakthroughs in Literacy Learning. This year's prizes include $50,000 towards prototype development in Mobile Learning category and a $10,000 prize and the opportunity to work with Sesame Workshop to turn a literacy idea into a real product for national dissemination via The Electric Company. Applications will be accepted starting in January 2010. Details are available at www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/initiatives/prizes-excellence-children-media.htm

* Common Sense Media announced a new, three-part Digital Literacy and Citizenship initiative. Key elements include the creation of a K-12 digital citizenship curriculum aligned with national and state standards, the formation of a policy coalition with the goal of making every child in America digitally literate by the 8th grade, and the launch of a broad public awareness campaign in partnership with leading media and technology partners to educate parents, teachers, and young people about how to be responsible digital citizens. The digital citizenship curriculum is being developed with generous support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Sherwood Foundation.

* The University of California, Irvine, today launched a new Digital Media and Learning Research Hub to nurture exploration of and build evidence around the impact of digital media on young people's learning and implications for the future of education. Funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Center – which has physical space at the university campus and will be available virtually at www.dmlcentral.net – will support emerging research on digital media and learning by hosting international conferences, facilitating workshops and working groups, and bringing together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, industry leaders and others working on related projects. It will also house related research initiatives of the MacArthur Foundation, the first two of which will focus on 1) the transformation of learning and assessment in the 21st century and 2) examining the ways in which technology is enabling youth to participate in the political and public sphere.

The forum will also feature a technology playground showcasing cutting-edge digital innovations from academia and industry including: Siftables, cookie-sized computers with motion sensing, neighbor detection, graphical display, and wireless communication, SMALLab (Situated Multimedia Arts Learning Lab), a mixed-reality learning environment where students interact in real time with visual, robotic, and sonic media via 3D movements and gestures, LittleBigPlanet, a video game that allows players to create and modify their own games, and StoryKit for iPhone, an electronic storybook App where children can add their own text, drawings, photos, sounds, and creative layout to storybooks.

Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age was made possible by lead sponsor and co-convener Google along with event sponsors: the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Pearson Foundation, Apple Professional Development, Intel, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Comcast, Cisco and Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Learn more on the forum website at www.google.com/events/digitalage/index.html.

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This year's class of Canon Scholars has a high-school grade-point average of 4.1 and an average SAT score (combined verbal and math) of 1369. In addition, these students have also demonstrated excellence and exceptional potential in the areas of leadership, service and citizenship. Demonstrating their commitment to higher education and the development of the business leaders of tomorrow, Canon U.S.A., CVI and CNU announced the formation of the Canon Leadership Scholars Program in October 2007.

"Leaders are defined by their ability to make a positive impact on the world and their local communities," said Joe Adachi, president and chief executive officer, Canon U.S.A. "The Christopher Newport University - Canon Leadership Scholars Program is continuing to provide the leaders of tomorrow with the knowledge and skills they need to fulfill their leadership potential and one day become top decision makers in America."

"The Canon Leadership Scholars Program is an example of Canon's commitment to encourage the young people of today to assume important leadership roles tomorrow," said Takayoshi Hanagata, president and chief executive officer, CVI. "It is critical that the business community take an active role in educating, training and developing future generations to assume important roles in guiding our institutions, our government and our community organizations in the years ahead. Canon is proud to partner with Christopher Newport University in this important mission that impacts the future of us all."

Each Canon Leadership Scholar receives a $5,000 merit scholarship for four years, for a total of $20,000. Through leadership studies, prominent guest speakers, study abroad opportunities, an outdoor leadership program, internships and a public service requirement of at least 100 hours, Canon U.S.A., CVI and CNU will give the students the tools and experiences needed to become leaders of the highest-caliber.

"We are very grateful for the strong and generous support of Canon U.S.A. and Canon Virginia. Working together, our purpose is to prepare these outstanding students to become knowledgeable and effective leaders in America and the world," noted CNU President Paul Trible.

The 2009 – 2010 Class of Canon Leadership Scholars include:

Jennifer Asselin
Burlington, N.J.

Taylor Ballenger
Toledo, Ohio

Greg Basch
Charlotte, N.C.

Victoria Baughan
Hot Springs, Va.

Virginia Blanton
Midlothian, Va.

Christiana Booher
Annandale, Va.

Claire Brantley
Fairfax, Va.

Amy Craven
Greensboro, N.C.

Jessica Farrow
Fredericksburg, Va.

Stephanie Green
Pasadena, Md.

Katrina Hallwerck
Fairfax, Va.

Kalee Hammerton
Royersford, Pa.

Erik Hancock
Charlottesville, Va.

Brian Huffman
Charlottesville, Va.

Jessica Johnson
Midlothian, Va.

Sara LaFrance
Sterling, Va.

Jess McCormac
Charlotte, N.C.

Victoria Miller
Fort Washington, Pa.

Shelton Nalley
Greensboro, N.C.

Katie Schumacher
Easton, Md.

Tierney Stark
Manassas, Va.

Megan Talley
Springfield, Va.

Francis Wilson
Woodbridge, Va.

Michael Zimmerman
Durham, N.C.

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"The novel nanostructures will be fabricated and characterized in-situ in this unique SPM-ALD tool in order to rapidly prototype a wide variety of next-generation devices," said Fritz Prinz, professor and chairman, mechanical engineering, Stanford University. "The SPM-ALD tool will enable us to build devices which take advantage of the quantum confinement effects present at small length scales, length scales that could not be accessed with traditional lithography methods. These devices can only be built with manufacturing tools possessing extraordinary spatial resolution."

This program focuses on the integration of ALD, a thin-film technique capable of sub-nanometer precision in thickness, with the nanometer lateral resolution SPM in a drive to extend the capability of scanning probe techniques to prototyping and device fabrication. Historically, performance of electronic devices has been limited by traditional manufacturing methods, such as optical and electron beam lithography, which are not likely to deliver feature resolution significantly below 20 nm. However, the quantum mechanical effects of electron confinement in devices 10 nm or smaller result in phenomena qualitatively different than those seen in larger devices. Taking advantage of this quantum confinement is predicted to result in a new paradigm for electronic devices.

"We chose Stanford University for this grant for the recognized expertise of professor Prinz and team, and the close alignment between the proposed research and the future of Agilent's SPM business," said Jack Wenstrand, Agilent's director of university relations. The work between Agilent and Stanford University is part of Agilent's University Relations Program, which facilitates collaborations with universities around the world. Agilent supports scientific work with universities worldwide through direct grants and collaborative research.

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Developed by The Learning Key Inc., 'Matching Meanings!' is comprised of cards that are used by teams to teach participants about financial topics including budgets, credit and debit cards, IRAs and 401(K)s, credit scores, interest rates, mutual funds, and other subjects.

The 30-minute activity – which is appropriate for children, students, and employees – can be played in both small and large groups, and involves all participants in learning and reviewing financial terms.

'Matching Meanings!' (http://tinyurl.com/yj7mhtp) also teaches participants about the meanings of less positive financial terms including bankruptcy, bounced checks, default, and being overdrawn – and to be aware of potentially dangerous practices such as:

- Phishing – Electronic scam where spam or pop-up messages gain personal and financial information

- Spoofing – Reproductions of legitimate web sites or e-mails sent to you via e-mail to get personal information when you reply

- Skimming – Taking a credit card number illegally when processing the card

- Pharming – Redirects an Internet user to an identical-looking website asking for log-in information

- Vishing – Personal information, such as account numbers, given over the telephone to a bogus company

'Financial education today needs to comprise learning both good and bad outcomes and practices to fully prepare children, students, and employees to make educated decisions, and to be on the lookout for potentially harmful schemes,' said Elizabeth Treher, Ph.D., founder, President and CEO of The Learning Key Inc.

'Matching Meanings!' comes in two separate card decks. One deck is about banking, investing, budgeting, and payday (BIBP), and the other deck is about financing, credit, and identity theft (FCIT).

The Learning Key has also developed another learning tool for teaching financial education – an interactive game called Wi$eMoney®.

Wi$eMoney® (http://tinyurl.com/yjo7nqk) was created to support educators in helping young adults become financially literate. While playing, students must make choices as they are confronted with dynamic, real-world life and financial situations. Young people learn their decisions have short- and long-term consequences – just as in real life.

By playing, students learn about financial matters including managing a check register, distinguishing between needs and wants, and such unexpected life surprises as having to pay a parking ticket and needing to replace tires on the car.

Wi$eMoney® has been tested on students ages 13-24 from 22 states, and their answers have improved from 55% to 93% after playing. The game supports standard financial curricula or can be used as a stand-alone learning tool.

For more information about 'Matching Meanings!'or Wi$eMoney®, visit www.thelearningkey.com or call (800) 465-7005.

About The Learning Key Inc.
The Learning Key Inc. has been transforming learning into action through interactive games and simulations for more than 19 years. The company designs learning-based board games and simulations, training, and instructional design for organizations in educational, banking, information services, pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and other industries. For more information, visit www.thelearningkey.com or call (800) 465-7005.

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'We are extremely pleased to have TekSource Corporate Learning join our expanding partner channel. When you consider the cost of downtime in a disaster and recovery event to having properly trained IT professionals, the ROI in Global Training Solution programs offered through TekSource is almost immediate. We continually seek to identify top training organizations like TekSource to work with locally, regionally, and nationally to help make available these cost effective, extremely valuable, programs that help It professionals hone their skills in a efficient way possible.' says Scott Kanady, Chief Operating Officer of VMTraining.

About TekSource Corporate Learning - TekSource Corporate Learning is a Canadian training and learning Solutions Company headquartered in downtown Toronto, Ontario. TekSource is the industry leader in the delivery of interactive, on-demand, mentored training for IT professionals. Our services capabilities extend to content sourcing and development, learning management and training vendor management. TekSource is a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions. For additional information about TekSource Corporate Learning please visit: www.teksource.ca

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Uniquely position, Global Training Solutions Inc is committed to remaining the leader in developing virtualization training solutions for the training center industry. By offering turn-key, high-quality, virtualization training solutions, Global Training Solutions' partner programs and turn-key services will continue to enable our partners to meet the needs of today's ever changing and demanding market place.

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Rockefeller University postdoctoral fellow Ilia Karatsoreos, who led the research, says the implications for humans are significant. 'In our modern, industrialized society, the disruption of our individual circadian rhythms has become commonplace, from shift-work and jet lag to the constant presence of electric lighting. These disruptions are not only a nuisance, but can also lead to serious health and safety problems.' Karatsoreos, who works in Bruce S. McEwen's Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, presented his findings October 19 in Chicago as part of a panel at Neuroscience 2009, the Society for Neuroscience's annual meeting.

To test the neurological impact of disrupting circadian rhythms, Karatsoreos and colleagues adjusted the hours in which mice were exposed to light, from their natural 24-hour cycle to 20 hours, with 10 hours of light and 10 hours of dark. After six to eight weeks of these shortened days, these mice began acting differently than their peers in a control group. They also showed several physiological differences.

While not any more active than the control mice, the disrupted mice were impulsive, a behavior measured in part by how long they wait to emerge into the light from a dark compartment in a cage. They were slower to figure out changes made to a water maze they had mastered, suggesting reduced mental flexibility. Physically, their body temperature cycles were disorganized when compared to their peers and the levels of hormones related to metabolism, such as leptin, which regulates appetite, and insulin, were elevated. Consequently the mice gained weight even though they were fed the same diet as the controls.

The researchers also found that the brains of the disrupted mice had shrunken and less complex neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex, an area important to the so-called executive function, which regulates mental flexibility among other things. 'Those changes may help explain some of the behavioral effects of circadian disruptions,' Karatsoreos says.

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Novell today announced further success of its Teaming solution within the K-12 education market. Understanding the growing need for individual schools and districts to foster more efficient communication and knowledge sharing among the teaching and administrative staff, Novell is providing collaboration solutions that blend flexibility and customization to serve the education market and its specific productivity challenges and budget requirements.

Highlighting Novell's recent traction in this market are three school districts who each have distinct collaboration needs within the K-12 market. Beaver Dam Unified School District, Beech Grove City Schools and Tuscaloosa City Schools, are all using Novell's Teaming solution to unify operations across physical boundaries, reduce costly travel budgets and establish a professional learning environment that allows teachers and staff to collaborate in real time.

'Novell is committed to providing solutions that address the key collaboration challenges that all organizations with large groups of people and multiple locations face,' said Wendy Steinle, director of Solution and Product Marketing, End-User Computing for Novell. 'Our Teaming solution deployed at Tuscaloosa, Beech Grove and Beaver Dam, illustrates how primary and secondary education institutions can improve communications, save costs and streamline operations, freeing educators and staff to focus on the core mission — educating students.'

Beaver Dam Unified School District
Seeking a more cost-effective and flexible collaboration platform, Beaver Dam Unified School District, located north of Madison, Wisconsin, selected Novell® Teaming to virtually change the whole thought process behind collaborative education and move it beyond the traditional classroom. The district created an online workspace for its faculty and staff to work together without leaving their buildings. Now, users share files and ideas, access the staff newsletter and participate in grading discussions. Departments can team-up to manage files and ensure that subjects are being taught consistently across all schools. Nearly 20 principals, assistant principals and administrative staff used to travel to meet with each other once a week for several hours; now they meet once a month and use Novell Teaming to collaborate online and participate in conference calls. This has not only reduced travel costs, but it has also increased efficiency and security by allowing administrators to remain in their schools while working directly with students and staff.

Beech Grove City Schools
With a limited budget and rising travel costs, Beech Grove City Schools of Indianapolis turned to Novell Teaming to provide teachers a virtual workspace to collaborate on projects on their own time, without the constraints of scheduled meetings. This allows teachers to remain in their classrooms, reduce time and travel expenses, and still work with teachers throughout the schools' disparate locations. Bringing the benefits of social networking to an educational environment enables users already familiar with social networking to collaborate in teams and reduces the time teachers spend in meetings or traveling to other locations.

Tuscaloosa City School District
Using Novell Teaming, Tuscaloosa, Alabama City School District created online workspaces where 1,300 teachers and staff can share documents, coordinate tasks and discuss ideas via forums, wikis and blogs. Performing curriculum reviews or jointly editing documents, which previously could take months, has been reduced to a matter of days now that all team members can log-in at any time to review and approve materials. Additionally, the district was able to improve the sharing of information within its Academic Transfer System (ATS), which involves students that are placed in alternative education programs. Novell Teaming allowed the school district to set up secure team workspaces so that home school teachers can collaborate with alternative instructors quickly and easily, including the distributing and grading of assignments. With Novell Teaming in place, Tuscaloosa's ATS program is operating more efficiently and productively and has already made a positive impact on student success rates. The inherent security features of Novell Teaming also help the program comply with FERPA privacy regulations ensuring that teachers, and soon students, can collaborate in a secure and safe social networking environment.

To learn more about Novell collaboration solutions, including Novell Teaming, visit: http://www.novell.com/solutions/collaboration/.
About Novell

Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and risk. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. For more information, visit www.novell.com.

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The research found a dramatic improvement in ethical behavior with just a few spritzes of citrus-scented Windex.

Katie Liljenquist, assistant professor of organizational leadership at BYU's Marriott School of Management, is the lead author on the piece in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science. Co-authors are Chen-Bo Zhong of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and Adam Galinsky of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

The researchers see implications for workplaces, retail stores and other organizations that have relied on traditional surveillance and security measures to enforce rules.

'Companies often employ heavy-handed interventions to regulate conduct, but they can be costly or oppressive,' said Liljenquist, whose office smells quite average. 'This is a very simple, unobtrusive way to promote ethical behavior.'

Perhaps the findings could be applied at home, too, Liljenquist said with a smile. 'Could be that getting our kids to clean up their rooms might help them clean up their acts, too.'

The study titled 'The Smell of Virtue' was unusually simple and conclusive. Participants engaged in several tasks, the only difference being that some worked in unscented rooms, while others worked in rooms freshly spritzed with Windex.

The first experiment evaluated fairness. As a test of whether clean scents would enhance reciprocity, participants played a classic 'trust game.' Subjects received $12 of real money (allegedly sent by an anonymous partner in another room). They had to decide how much of it to either keep or return to their partners who had trusted them to divide it fairly. Subjects in clean-scented rooms were less likely to exploit the trust of their partners, returning a significantly higher share of the money.

· The average amount of cash given back by the people in the 'normal' room was $2.81. But the people in the clean-scented room gave back an average of $5.33.

The second experiment evaluated whether clean scents would encourage charitable behavior. Subjects indicated their interest in volunteering with a campus organization for a Habitat for Humanity service project and their interest in donating funds to the cause.

· Participants surveyed in a Windex-ed room were significantly more interested in volunteering (4.21 on a 7-point scale) than those in a normal room (3.29).

· 22 percent of Windex-ed room participants said they'd like to donate money, compared to only 6 percent of those in a normal room.

Follow-up questions confirmed that participants didn't notice the scent in the room and that their mood at the time of the experiment didn't affect the outcomes.

'Basically, our study shows that morality and cleanliness can go hand-in-hand,' said Galinsky of the Kellogg School. 'Researchers have known for years that scents play an active role in reviving positive or negative experiences. Now, our research can offer more insight into the links between people's charitable actions and their surroundings.'

While this study examined the influence of the physical environment on morality, Zhong and Liljenquist previously published work that demonstrated an intimate link between morality and physical cleanliness. Their 2006 paper in Science reported that transgressions activated a desire to be physically cleansed.

Liljenquist is now researching how perceptions of cleanliness shape our impressions of people and organizations. 'The data tell a compelling story about how much we rely upon cleanliness cues to make a wide range of judgments about others,' she said.

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Paul J. Yesbeck and Scott Ashley, both with the Broward County Sheriff's Office, and Anthony T. Dawkins of the Winter Garden Police Department, have been nominated by Andrew Jackson University for their superior academic performance as well as their dedication in achieving their degrees.

Yesbeck, married with children and a corporal in the sheriff's department, decided to earn a college degree for personal and professional reasons, and enrolled in Andrew Jackson University's popular criminal justice program. Within a year he completed an Associate of Science in Criminal Justice degree and, despite job and family obligations, graduated with a 3.80 grade point average.

Also married with three children, Scott Ashley is a busy man. In addition to his full time job as a sheriff's deputy, he teaches at the police academy and operates a children's karate program. Scott enrolled in the university's criminal justice program in August 2007 and earned an Associate of Science in Criminal Justice with a 3.86 grade point average. Scott said Andrew Jackson University's online degree program enabled him to achieve his lifelong goal of attaining a college degree.

Anthony Dawkins, married with two young children, needed a flexible college degree program because of his demanding work schedule as an officer with the Winter Garden Police Department. When he learned of Andrew Jackson University's flexible programs and emphasis the school put on making things as convenient as possible for serving law enforcement officers, he enrolled in their master's program. Graduating in only two years with a Master of Science in Criminal Justice and a 3.89 grade point average, Dawkins says he is not done with school and is considering enrolling in a doctoral program.

'Those serving in full time law enforcement positions sometimes think they can't balance family, the job, and college courses,' said Schmoke. 'But when we see individuals like Dawkins, Ashley and Yesbeck, all with families and children, earn degrees in an online, but very vigorous academic program, it encourages others to follow in their footsteps.'

Andrew Jackson University www.aju.edu, ranked the number one online college program by Online Degree Reviews, offers eleven degree programs including A.S., B.S., and M.S. degrees in criminal justice, plus a master's degree in public administration and an MBA. The university is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as an accredited institution.

'The Outstanding Graduate and runners-up are determined by university staff votes,' said Registrar Bell Woods, 'and a nomination is quite an honor in itself. These officers should be very proud, as should their families and departments.'

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