Made in Maine

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""The fact is, if third- or fifth-grade
students made the mistakes made in the
test prep materials, they would be
flunked and no one would be asking them
for an explanation.""

""The fact is, if third- or fifth-grade
students made the mistakes made in the
test prep materials, they would be
flunked and no one would be asking them
for an explanation."" 03/26/2005 09:39 PM

Cal-Maine Is Calm

Cal-Maine Is Calm 07/13/2004 02:00 PM
Cal-Maine is well positioned, even if there is a glut in the egg market.

Other News: Maine Rent-a-Mac

Other News: Maine Rent-a-Mac 06/14/2004 09:51 AM
If Maine can't buy Mac laptops for high schools, how about renting some?

Other News: Maine iBooks

Other News: Maine iBooks 07/22/2004 09:39 AM
Maine is struggling to get iBooks to high school students despite budget problems.

Other News: Maine Movement

Other News: Maine Movement 06/24/2004 11:24 AM
Maine school superintendents are pushing a high school laptop program.

Other News: Maine Misses

Other News: Maine Misses 08/04/2004 10:03 AM
Maine educators failed to accumulate enough laptop orders to meet Apple's minimum for a leasing deal.

Other News: Maine Laptops

Other News: Maine Laptops 05/05/2004 09:36 AM
If Maine won't buy laptops for high school kids, maybe it'll rent them.

Other News: Maine SEEDs

Other News: Maine SEEDs 04/04/2005 11:21 AM
An educational program that helped the iBook initiative in Maine is about to end.

Other News: Maine Seals Deal

Other News: Maine Seals Deal 08/09/2004 11:48 AM
Despite financial challenges, Apple sealed a deal to give Maine 6000 iBooks for high school students.

iBook expansion in Maine not looking
good

iBook expansion in Maine not looking
good 05/04/2004 09:28 AM
Leaders of the Maine Legislature's education committee said Monday that the state's iBook program will not be expanded into high schools this fall as expected, but Governor John Baldacci refused to concede defeat before reviewing his options, according to a Maine Today article...

Fainting Fad Alarms Teachers in Maine
(AP)

Fainting Fad Alarms Teachers in Maine
(AP) 06/08/2004 03:34 PM
AP - Induced fainting by middle school students looking to experience a "rush" has set off alarm bells in Cape Elizabeth.

Other News: Maine Laptop Poll

Other News: Maine Laptop Poll 01/22/2004 03:26 PM
The Portland Press Herald has an online poll about the Maine (iBook) laptop initiative....

Flu Delays Jail Time for Some in Maine

Flu Delays Jail Time for Some in Maine 12/27/2003 01:47 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 27 2003 12:36PM ET

Ellsworth, Maine, Has Downtown Hotzone

Ellsworth, Maine, Has Downtown Hotzone 06/09/2004 05:07 PM
Downeast Wireless has installed service throughout the Ellsworth downtown: Subscribers to Downeast.Net get 10 free hours per month; those from away spend $10 for 10-hour chunks of time. The coverage extends existing service in and around municipal buildings to the library and nearby businesses. The provider makes space available in its office for its users, too, during its weekday business hours--unique in my experience. The folks who run Downeast.Net have long roots in the area that involve more convention radio broadcasting on the FM dial. Local resident Noel Paul Stookey--he's the Paul in Peter, Paul, and Mary--is one of the firm's owner, along with Don and Jean McKillop....

Lightning Strike Energizes Maine Man
(AP)

Lightning Strike Energizes Maine Man
(AP) 07/23/2004 07:50 AM
AP - A Madison man who was struck by lightning this week says he feels "lighter and 100 years younger" than he did before the accident.

Maine man sues AOL over e-mail spam

Maine man sues AOL over e-mail spam 11/17/2003 11:38 AM

Other News: Maine Gets High Grade

Other News: Maine Gets High Grade 02/12/2004 11:28 AM
A survey on the innovative Maine school laptop program shows positive performance.

Maine iBook program hasn't yet reached
goal

Maine iBook program hasn't yet reached
goal 08/03/2004 07:33 PM
Maine's Education Department did not reach its goal of signing up enough high schools by the end of July to account for 8,400 iBooks, the number necessary for an interim plan to put laptops in some high schools...

Maine Plans Five Lobster-Eating Contests
(AP)

Maine Plans Five Lobster-Eating Contests
(AP) 06/15/2004 07:04 AM
AP - New York's Coney Island has its hotdog-eating contest. New Orleans has an oyster-eating contest. Now Maine is getting into the act with the state's famous crustacean in the starring role.

Urban planning lessons from southern
Maine

Urban planning lessons from southern
Maine 06/19/2004 04:52 PM

I'm just back from four nights in Naples, Maine.  This town is in the Sebago Lakes region northwest of Portland and it provides a vivid demonstration of the power of urban planning.  Nearly every small town in Latin America is built around a central plaza where the citizens gather at various hours to meet friends, play chess, etc.  Small streets radiate from the plaza and hold additional shops and restaurants.  Any highway with heavy traffic is typically at least 5 or 10 blocks from the plaza.  In Naples and all of the surrounding towns, by contrast, there really aren't any streets except to provide access to private houses.  A "town" is defined by the intersection of two busy state highways.  All of the public facilities of the town such as shops, schools, hotels, and restaurants are built along the highways near the intersection.  Thus if you're not in a private home you're within 25 feet of a 18-wheeler truck going 50 mph.

The handful of locals whom I met reported that despite living in the area for 20 years or more they'd not made too many friends and had a hard time meeting people.  You very seldom ran into a friend serendipitously.  If you belonged to the Lions Club or had a kid in the school you might meet at a planned activity but that was about it for social life.

(In case you're curious as to why I wanted to spend four nights at the intersection of two busy state highways it was to add a Single-Engine Seaplane rating to my Commercial pilot's certificate.  The process consisted of about 100 practice takeoffs and landings on various lakes in a 1946 Piper Cub on floats, followed by a checkride with an FAA examiner.  Sadly I won't be able to do much with this rating.  Due to the fact that seaplanes combine all of the hazards of boats and airplanes in one machine the insurance is almost 10X the cost of what you pay for the same plane on wheels.  A rental seaplane is an uninsurable risk and therefore there are almost no places in the U.S. where you can rent a seaplane and head off without an instructor.)

Maine to Launch Internet Sex-Offender
Registry

Maine to Launch Internet Sex-Offender
Registry 12/02/2003 01:50 AM

Maine Schools Embracing Laptops As Tool

Maine Schools Embracing Laptops As Tool 06/22/2004 06:45 PM
Maine's education commissioner has obtained assurances from at least 47 superintendents that they're ready to press forward with laptops in high schools this fall, giving her confidence that a deal can be struck with Apple. By David Sharp, Associated Press (via MyAppleMenu)

Maine Hospital Issues Redesigned Gowns
(AP)

Maine Hospital Issues Redesigned Gowns
(AP) 08/17/2004 07:25 AM
AP - Whether it's blue or spotted or striped, the standard issue hospital gown is drafty and revealing. It's embarrassing for just about anyone who's spent a night in a medical center. But for modest Muslim women, it's an unthinkable indignity.

SEALS in space: Maine man gets astronaut
training nod

SEALS in space: Maine man gets astronaut
training nod 05/18/2004 02:44 AM
USA Today May 18 2004 7:24AM GMT

Cartographist Works on Mapping Maine
Lake

Cartographist Works on Mapping Maine
Lake 08/19/2004 10:10 AM
AP via Los Angeles Times Aug 19 2004 2:15PM GMT

Maine Schools Embracing Laptops As Tool
(AP)

Maine Schools Embracing Laptops As Tool
(AP) 06/22/2004 01:58 PM
AP - Maine's education commissioner has obtained assurances from at least 47 superintendents that they're ready to press forward with laptops in high schools this fall, giving her confidence that a deal can be struck with Apple Computer Corp.

"Cat Stevens diverts DC-bound plane to
Maine"

"Cat Stevens diverts DC-bound plane to
Maine" 09/22/2004 08:35 PM

Maine Laptops Earn High Marks

Maine Laptops Earn High Marks 02/16/2004 03:54 PM
A Maine initiative to supply 36,000 7th and 8th graders and teachers with iBooks yielded good results, Associated Press reports: “Students who use laptops are more engaged in learning and produce better-quality work, according to a report released Wednesday that gives high grades to Maine’s 2-year-old program. Based on thousands of responses from students and teachers, the report says most of Maine’s middle schools have successfully implemented the program, which started with seventh graders in 2002 and later expanded to include eighth graders.” [Feb 16]

Maine Takes a Cautious Path on Its
Pensions

Maine Takes a Cautious Path on Its
Pensions 04/23/2004 04:01 AM
After suffering losses, many pension funds are turning to riskier investments. But Maine has drawn a different lesson from the recent pension woes.

Man Plans Topless Coffee Shop in Maine
(AP)

Man Plans Topless Coffee Shop in Maine
(AP) 02/19/2004 11:22 AM
AP - Tired of the same old Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts? The Madison Planning Board tonight takes up a man's application to open a topless coffee shop on Main Street.

Maine man sentenced to 6 years for eBay
scam

Maine man sentenced to 6 years for eBay
scam 04/07/2005 06:17 PM
A federal judge sentenced 21-year-old Charles Stergios of Brunswick, Maine, to more than six years in prison for perpetrating an extensive Internet fraud scheme using the eBay Web site.

It looks good for Maine high school
laptop program

It looks good for Maine high school
laptop program 06/25/2004 11:57 AM
Maine Education Commissioner Susan Gendron has obtained assurances from at least 58 superintendents that theyÂ’re ready to press forward with laptops in high schools this fall, giving her confidence that a deal can be struck with Apple...

Maine computer crimes probes face
backlog

Maine computer crimes probes face
backlog 12/30/2003 04:09 PM
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Dec 30 2003 2:40PM ET

Maine high school iBook program looks
promising

Maine high school iBook program looks
promising 06/22/2004 03:44 PM
Maine's education commissioner says she has assurances from at least 47 superintendents that they are ready to move forward with iBooks in high schools this fall, giving her confidence that a deal can be struck with Apple...

News: Maine man sentenced to 6 years for
EBay scam

News: Maine man sentenced to 6 years for
EBay scam 04/08/2005 08:35 AM
A 21-year-old man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Maine to more than six years in prison for perpetrating an extensive Internet fraud scheme, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Maine.

Kerry Easily Wins Maine Caucuses
(washingtonpost.com)

Kerry Easily Wins Maine Caucuses
(washingtonpost.com) 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
washingtonpost.com - Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) completed a cross-country weekend sweep of the Democratic presidential contests last night by adding a victory in the Maine caucuses to his Saturday wins in Washington and Michigan.

iBooks earn high marks in Maine survey

iBooks earn high marks in Maine survey 02/12/2004 12:44 PM
According to a new report released this week that gives high grades to Maine's iBook program, students who use the Apple laptops are more engaged in learning and produce better quality work...

Maine officials working with Apple on
rental plan

Maine officials working with Apple on
rental plan 06/14/2004 10:11 AM
State officials in Maine are working with Apple "to determine the minimum level of participation" needed for Apple to rent laptops to school districts seeking to expand the program into high schools...

Maine State Archives Launches Online
Service

Maine State Archives Launches Online
Service 05/25/2004 10:21 AM
The state of Maine last week announced an online service to make it easier for visitors to find documents from Maine's archives. You can access it at http://www.informe.org/sos_archives/. There are...
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