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P&G SPONSORS MORE THAN 150 WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES AT THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES
Brand-sponsored athletes include Michael Phelps, Lin Dan, Rudy Fernandez, Roger Federer, Felipe Franca and Nevin Yanit.
Procter & Gamble, a Worldwide Olympic Partner, today introduced the lineup of more than 150 athletes the company and its brands are sponsoring at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• P&G Sponsored Athletes
The team of international athletes represents P&G and 34 leadership brands including Pampers®, Tide®/Ariel®, Pantene®, Head & Shoulders®, Duracell® and Gillette®. The team has been selected from 48 countries and includes approximately 70 men and more than 80 women.
These athletes will also serve as ambassadors for P&G brands. They will be featured in advertising and retail programs in more than four million stores around the world. Examples of P&G brand campaigns include:
• Gillette - "A Great Start Every Day" campaign featuring Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, British cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, Chinese Badminton player Lin Dan, Brazilian swimmer Felipe Franca, and American swimmer Ryan Lochte
• Ariel & Tide - "Proud Keeper of Your Country's Colours" campaign featuring Turkish runner Nevin Yanit and Mexican pentathlete Oscar Soto
• Pampers - "Celebrating Babies' Unique Spirit of Play" campaign featuring U.S. beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings and British marathoner Paula Radcliffe
• Pantene - "Keep Shining" campaign featuring Argentine tennis player Gisela Dulko, Mexican diver Paola Espinosa, and American swimmer Natalie Coughlin
• Head & Shoulders - "Wash in Confidence" featuring American swimmer Michael Phelps and French handball player Nikola Karabatic
"We are delighted to introduce P&G's family of athletes to the world. The world-class Olympians we're sponsoring embody the dedication, passion and commitment that inspires us as a company," said Marc Pritchard, P&G's Global Brand Building Officer.
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Giffoni International Children's Film Festival 42nd Edition is taking place July 14 - 24, 2012
Photo: American television and film actress Jessica Alba attends 2012 Giffoni Film Festival press conference on July 14, 2012 in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy. (Photo © Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images).
Photo: Martina Colombari attends 2012 Giffoni Film Festival photocall on July 17, 2012 in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy. (Photo © Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images).
Photo: Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter Leonardo Pieraccioni attends 2012 Giffoni Film Festival photocall on July 16, 2012 in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy. (Photo © Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images).
Photo: Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter Leonardo Pieraccioni poses with the Giffoni Award on July 16, 2012 in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy. (Photo © Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images).
Photo: Mayor of Florence Matteo Renzi attends 2012 Giffoni Film Festival photocall on July 16, 2012 in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy. (Photo © Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images).
Photo: Italian Actor Roberto Farnesi attends 2012 Giffoni Film Festival photocall on July 17, 2012 in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy. (Photo © Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images).
Photo: Academy Award-winning American actor, producer and director Nicolas Cage attends 2012 Giffoni Film Festival press conference on July 18, 2012 in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy. ((Photo © Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images).
Photo: Italian actor Sergio Assisi attends 2012 Giffoni Film Festival photocall on July 20, 2012 in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy. (Photo © Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images).
Photo: Actress Anna Safroncik attends 2012 Giffoni Film Festival Red Carpet on July 17, 2012 in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy. (Photo © Stefania D'Alessandro/2012 WireImage).
Giffoni Film Festival is the most important international festival for kids and youth.
Hollywood star Nicolas Cage was there in typical cool rock style, wearing jeans, T-shirt and blue jacket. "I've literally fallen in love with the Giffoni Film Festival basic idea, which gives voice to kids and youth from all over the world," he said at the press conference. "It is the unique philosophy in the world which makes us aware that we are all human and with the same feelings. Young people who participate in Giffoni learn to love each other before adults teach them to hate on the basis of their different cultures."
The Giffoni International Film Festival is the largest children's film festival in Europe, and possibly the World. It takes place in the little Italian town of Giffoni Valle Piana in Southern Italy. Over 2,000 children attend the festival. During the festival, the children and teenagers watch the films, learn about the filmmaking process, and are called to judge them and award the best ones with prizes.
In Celebration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Old Spice Teams up with Timothy Wang to Celebrate the "Champion" in Every Man
Photo: In Celebration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Old Spice Teams up with Timothy Wang to Celebrate the "Champion" in Every Man. Team USA Table Tennis star epitomizes brand's scent philosophy and gives guys the motivation and self-confidence to "Believe in Their Smellf" and win in the game of life.
"Motivation, self-confidence and the right scent are key elements to becoming a champion in the game of life, and nobody knows this more than Olympic athletes." Old Spice refers to this winning mix of attitude and scent as "Believing in Your Smellf." To celebrate the brand's new Champion grooming line, Old Spice, a Procter & Gamble brand, today announced a partnership with Team USA table tennis representative Timothy Wang, who will look to secure the USA's first-ever medal in Table Tennis at this year's London 2012 Olympic Games.
To kick off its partnership with Wang, Old Spice will host a table tennis event in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 12, where Wang will meet and greet fans and provide table tennis pointers prior to departing for the London 2012 Olympic Games to take on the best in the world. The brand will also support its relationship with Wang through a number of Champion-themed digital engagement activations.
"As I prepare to take on the world later this month, I know how important it will be for me to compete with confidence," said Timothy Wang. "Whether it's at the Olympic Games or in life, understanding the importance of believing in yourself and smelling great are important tools for achieving personal success. Old Spice Champion offers guys that winning combination."
Old Spice's partnership with Wang celebrates the brand's new Champion scent, which features the Olympic Rings on its packaging. The Old Spice Champion lineup includes a full range of anti-perspirant, deodorant, body wash and body spray products designed to give men the motivation and self-confidence to "Believe in their Smellf" and smell like a champion.
"For world-class athletes like Timothy Wang or ordinary guys, believing in your scent can truly be a powerful personal motivator," said Josh Talge, brand manager for Old Spice North America. "Old Spice Champion captures the essence of manhood, confidence and a sense of achievement, and celebrates the true champion in every man. It's designed to give guys the self-assurance that they can do anything if they put their Smellf into it."
While table tennis (also known as ping pong) is widely popular in the U.S., it has been dominated by China and South Korea since becoming an official Olympic sport in 1988. With a 'champion' mentality and scent, Wang will look to bring home Olympic gold.
Fred Spofforth, the first man to take a hat-trick of wickets in Test match cricket, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
Photo: Relatives of fred Spoffoth receive a cap inducting him in to the ICC hall of fame during the 1st Natwest One Day International match between England and Australia at Lord's Cricket Ground on June 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Tom Shaw/Getty Images. © 2012 Getty Images.)
Former Australia bowler Fred Spofforth was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in front of a large and appreciative international crowd during the innings break at the first ODI between England and Australia at Lord's on June 29, 2012.
The commemorative cap was received by relatives, Mark and Alex, of the late Australian international, from ICC Director Giles Clarke and the England and Wales Cricket Board Chairman Giles Clarke alongside ICC Director and Cricket Australia Chairman Wally Edwards and MCC President Phillip Hodson. It marks Spofforth's induction into the Hall of Fame, a joint initiative between the ICC and the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA).
Spofforth was born in 1853 and is recognised as Australia's first fast bowler and was the first man to take a hat-trick of wickets in Test match cricket.
Born in Balmain, Sydney, Spofforth played for New South Wales and Victoria during his first class career between 1874 and 1888. In his 18 Test appearances for Australia, he took an impressive 94 wickets, claiming four 10-wicket hauls, with a career best of 14-90 against England in 1882.
In his first class career the right-armed bowler claimed 853 wickets at an average of 14.95 claiming 32 10-wicket hauls. He played his final Test in 1887.
The Spofforth family sporting tradition continues now in the UK with Gemma Spofforth, the current 100 metre backstroke world record holder in swimming, who will represent Great Britain in the London 2012 Olympics.
Training in the United States ahead of the London Olympics the swimmer said: "I'm so sorry that I can't be there to celebrate the success of another athlete in the family, but with the Olympics so close my focus just has to remain on final preparations for the Games."
• ICC Cricket Hall of Fame inductees:
Curtly Ambose, Sydney Barnes, Ken Barrington, Bishen Bedi, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Allan Border, Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Donald Bradman, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Belinda Clark, Denis Compton, Colin Cowdrey, Alan Davidson, Kapil Dev, Joel Garner, Sunil Gavaskar, Lance Gibbs, Graham Gooch, David Gower, WG Grace, Tom Graveney, Gordon Greenidge, Clarrie Grimmett, Richard Hadlee, Walter Hammond, Neil Harvey, George Headley, Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, Jack Hobbs, Michael Holding, Leonard Hutton, Rohan Kanhai, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Jim Laker, Harold Larwood, Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Clive Lloyd, Hanif Mohammad, Rodney Marsh, Malcolm Marshall, Peter May, Javed Miandad, Keith Miller, Bill O'Reilly, Graeme Pollock, Wilfred Rhodes, Barry Richards, Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Garfield Sobers, Fred Spofforth, Brian Statham, Herbert Sutcliffe, Fred Trueman, Victor Trumper, Derek Underwood, Courtney Walsh, Steve Waugh, Wasim Akram, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Frank Woolley, Frank Worrell.
Four new inductees will be announced in September ahead of the LG ICC Awards 2012.
• According to experts, however, the list does not include many important players, such as — Ranjitsinhji (the erstwhile Jamsaheb of Nawanagar, India, who invented the leg glance, scored close to 1000 runs for England and averaged marginally below 45 in 15 Tests. Ranji Trophy is named after him.), Duleepsinhji (nephew of Ranjitsinhji, who too played for England in pre-independence days and scored close to 1000 runs in only 12 Tests at a high average of 58-plus), C K Nayudu, Lala Amarnath, Vijay Merchant, Vijay Hazare, Vinoo Mankad, Polly Umrigar, Subash Gupte (all from India); Fazal Mehmood (Pakistan) (in the Oval Test on Pakistan's very first tour in 1954, he took a haul of 12 wickets for 99 runs, 6 for 53 and 6 for 46. Later, he bowled his country to a famous victory over the mightly Australians in their very first encounter in the 1956-57 series at Karachi with a fabulous haul of 13 for 114 in 75 overs); Herbert Sutcliffe, Bill Edrich, Maurice Tate, Godfrey Evans, Hedley Verity, Douglas Jardine, Ted Dexter and Bob Willis (England); Victor Trumper, Stan McCabe, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Ponsford, Arthur Morris, Lindsay Hassett, Bob Simpson, Doug Walters, Graham McEnzie and Alan Davidson (Australia); Sonny Ramadhin, Alf Valentine, Wesley Hall (West Indies); Jackie McGlew, Dudley Nourse, Hugh Tayfield, Eddie Barlow and Mike Procter (South Africa).
New Finger-Dancing Game Turns iPad Into an Interactive, Colorful Dance Floor for Your Hands
Photo: Jennifer Lopez takes a break to focus on her finger-dancing moves while playing Moonshark's DancePad app on her iPad between takes on the set of her new music video.
Moonshark, a mobile entertainment start-up, co-founded by Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and Qualcomm, has announced a partnership with international superstar Jennifer Lopez for the release of DancePad, a mobile finger-dancing game for iPad that lets users of all ages express themselves. With 100 levels of choreographed finger-dancing set to music from top artists, DancePad offers an innovative, energetic gaming experience.
According to Moonshark, "DancePad is a brand new finger-dancing game for the iPad that challenges players to move their hands to the beat. Although the app is easy to learn, it is hard to master as users will have to skillfully jump, slide and jive around the dance floor following dance moves with their fingers. The better gamers get, the more levels they will unlock."
"DancePad combines great music and cool dance steps to create an amazing experience, so there is no one better to partner with on this app than Jennifer Lopez," said Matt Kozlov, CEO of Moonshark. "When we first showed the game to her, she was hooked, and now she's got everyone from her backup singers and dancers to her own kids playing DancePad."
2012 QS World University Rankings by Subject Reveal New Challengers to the Established Global Hierarchy
QS has announced its 2012 World University Rankings by Subject, the largest set of rankings of its kind ever compiled.
MIT and Harvard both top the table in 11 of the record 29 disciplines covered, ahead of Oxford (3), Stanford (3) and Cambridge (1). Yet it is the performance of universities outside of the traditional US-UK elite that provides the rankings' main talking point.
Universities from 17 different countries make the top 20 in at least one discipline, spanning five continents: the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Brazil.
Asia accounts for around a quarter of leading institutions in engineering, mathematics, chemistry, and material sciences. University of Tokyo ranks 2nd in civil engineering, while National University of Singapore, Peking University, Hong Kong University and Kyoto University all make the top ten in at least one discipline.
"Global competition to develop research capacity and attract international talent is shaking up the established order", says QS head of research Ben Sowter. "The financial crisis has eroded the ability of leading universities in the US and UK to monopolize world-class researchers and students".
Continental Europe's leading institution is ETH Zurich, ranked 4th in chemical engineering. Germany's increased research funding through the Excellence Initiative is reflected in strong performances in science and technology, with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Muenchen ranked 12th for physics.
"Countries in Asia, Australasia and parts of western Europe have increased their research budgets in a bid to foster innovation," says John O'Leary. "The BRIC nations in particular have made higher education central to their plans for economic growth."
Two Indian institutions (Indian Institutes of Technology) appear for the first time in the top 30 for engineering, while China flexes its muscle with top-30 rankings in 17 disciplines. Brazil's emergence is reflected by top-50 rankings in six subjects for the University of Sao Paolo.
Australian universities make the top ten in 11 subjects, while Toronto University is Canada's top institution, with five top-ten rankings. 12 UK institutions make the top 20 in at least one of the 29 subjects, though only three of these universities register their best performance in a science or technology discipline.
QS World University Rankings by Subject is based on new data on research citations alongside global surveys of nearly 50,000 academics and graduate employers.
Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds
Ratan Tata Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from The Rockefeller Foundation
Photo: Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman of Tata Sons, receives the Rockefeller Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation in philanthropy from Dr. Judith Rodin, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, in New York on June 26, 2012. The annual Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Forum brought together some of the most creative and inventive minds from the worlds of business, government and civil society to explore how the benefits of new technologies can positively impact the world's poor.
The Rockefeller Foundation, celebrating 100 years of global innovation, honored individuals and institutions as part of its second annual Innovation Awards ceremony on June 26, 2012 in New York.
India's Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman of Tata Son's, received a lifetime achievement award for innovation from the Foundation for thoughtfully incorporating the public good into the business model of the Tata Group.
The operations of the Tata Group, which include companies like Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services and Tata Global Beverages, span more than 80 countries across six continents. Since the company's founding in 1868, the Tata Group has made it their mission to return wealth to the communities in which it operates. Sixty-six percent of Tata Sons is owned by philanthropic trusts founded over 120 years ago.
"At the Rockefeller Foundation, we are constantly searching for innovative solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges, and we have admired Mr. Tata's work in both the corporate sector and in his personal philanthropy to find these types of solutions as well," said Dr. Judith Rodin, President of The Rockefeller Foundation. "We are honored to celebrate Mr. Tata tonight for his vision, the Tata group's leadership, his commitment to innovation in the area of corporate social responsibility and for his commitment to the poor and underserved."


TIC Film Festival is the newest, most thought provoking film festival in Britain. A team of curators and specialists have programmed four exciting days of inspirational activities – films, public discussions and meetings with filmmakers.
TIC Film Festival is that window which features worlds less visible. Banned and non-mainstream films trigger discussions of creative dialogue. They provide the opportunity to debate human rights and freedom of speech. They make visible the international diversity of our global world often kept hidden away from view.
TIC Film Festival promises the radical, the unfamiliar, the unexpected.
Poised at the border of London and Essex, TIC Film Festival is the international element of the larger Grays Festival of Film. It represents that historical doorway between Britain and the world.
TIC Film Festival is supported by Thameside Theatre.
Thameside Theatre is a regional venue member of Film Hub South East.


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From natural clay minerals to porous silicon nanoparticles Academic Article
© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Nanostructured silicon has gained increasing interests due to its unique properties and wide applications. A facile, low-cost, and scalable strategy for producing nanostructured silicon remains a challenge. In this work, three natural clay minerals with different nanostructures, i.e., tabular halloysite, layered montmorillonite, and chain-layered palygorskite, were directly employed as precursors to synthesize porous nanostructured silicon via a combination of molten salt and magnesiothermic reduction. Results indicated that molten salt could efficiently absorb the massive heat generated from the exothermic reaction, which consequently inhibited the formation of high temperature phases (i.e., spinel and mullite) and the fusion of the generated silicon nanoparticles. Apart from acting as a reductant, metal Mg also consumed a part of the released heat through its vaporization to further lower the local reaction temperature. As a result, the as-synthesized nanostructured silicon showed large specific surface areas and enhanced porous architectures, e.g., 115.5 m2/g of specific surface area and 0.547 cm3/g of porosity for the sample obtained from palygorskite. Moreover, the microstructure and morphology of the resulting nanostructured silicon could be readily adjusted by properly choosing the clay mineral precursors and the added amounts of NaCl and Mg. Our strategy does not need to specially eliminate Al in clay minerals before reduction reaction, and greatly broadened the selection of clay minerals that can be directly used as silicon precursors, which would be beneficial to the practical production and wide applications of nanostructured silicon.
Deng, Youjun
Chen, Q., Zhu, R., Fu, H., Ma, L., Zhu, J., He, H., & Deng, Y.
Microporous Materials Journal
10.1016/j.micromeso.2017.10.033

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Q: Heterogeneous HashMap c++ I have different data types which I'm trying to save in one HashMap.
The HashMap will be created inside a variable arguments function.
Unions under struct and Boost::Any didn't work for me,
Unions don't accept classes as data types.
Boost::any gives me errors while I go through the varargs.
Any suggestions?
Please tell me if I should give more details.
Code with boost::any
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <boost/any.hpp>
#include <boost/variant.hpp>

class vec3D{
 public:
    int x;
    vec3D(int p){ x=p;}
 };

using namespace std;

struct testing{
    enum Type {U32, U64, I32, I64, D, S, B, ENDNOW};
    Type val;
    boost::any Point;

};

void mandatory(int count...){
    va_list args;
    va_start(args, count);
    testing tester;
    for ( tester.val=va_arg(args, testing::Type) ; tester.val != testing::ENDNOW ; tester.val=va_arg(args, testing::Type) ){
    //for (testing tester.val = va_arg(args, testing->Type); tester.val != 11; tester=va_arg(args, testing->Type) ){
        switch(tester.val) {
            case 0: cout<< "u32"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, uint32_t); break;
            case 1: cout<< "u64"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, uint64_t); break;
            case 2: cout<< "32"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, int32_t); break;
            case 3: cout<< "64"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, int64_t); break;
            case 4: cout<< "double"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, double); break;
            //case 5: cout<< "string"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, string); break;
            case 6: cout<< "boolean"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, bool); break;
            case 7: cout<< "EndNow"; break;
            default: break; //this is the end now.
        }
        cout<<'\t'<<tester.Point<<endl;
    }
    va_end(args);
    cout<<endl;
}

int main(){
    mandatory(12, testing::U32, 99, testing::B, 0, testing::D,11E1, testing::I64,5000000, testing::ENDNOW);
    return 0;
}

Code with boost::variant
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <boost/any.hpp>
#include <boost/variant.hpp>

class vec3D{
 public:
    int x;
    vec3D(int p){ x=p;}
 };

using namespace std;

struct testing{
    enum Type {U32, U64, I32, I64, D, S, B, ENDNOW};
    Type val;
    typedef boost::variant<uint32_t, uint64_t, int32_t, int64_t, double, string, bool, vec3D> point;
    point Point;

};

void mandatory(int count...){
    va_list args;
    va_start(args, count);
    testing tester;
    for ( tester.val=va_arg(args, testing::Type) ; tester.val != testing::ENDNOW ; tester.val=va_arg(args, testing::Type) ){
        switch(tester.val) {
            case 0: cout<< "u32"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, uint32_t); break;
            case 1: cout<< "u64"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, uint64_t); break;
            case 2: cout<< "32"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, int32_t); break;
            case 3: cout<< "64"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, int64_t); break;
            case 4: cout<< "double"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, double); break;
            //case 5: cout<< "string"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, string); break;
            case 6: cout<< "boolean"; tester.Point = va_arg(args, bool); break;
            case 7: cout<< "EndNow"; break;
            default: break; //this is the end now.
        }
        cout<<'\t'<<tester.Point<<endl;
    }
    va_end(args);
    cout<<endl;
}

int main(){
    mandatory(12, testing::U32, 99, testing::B, 0, testing::D,11E1, testing::I64,5000000, testing::ENDNOW);
    return 0;
}

A: With variant, it could be:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <variant>
#include <vector>

class vec3D{
 public:
    int x;
    vec3D(int p){ x=p;}
 };

struct testing{
    using point = std::variant<std::uint32_t, std::uint64_t, std::int32_t,
                               std::int64_t, double, std::string, bool, vec3D>;
    point Point;
};

struct Visitor
{
    void operator() (std::uint32_t) const { std::cout << "u32" << std::endl; }
    void operator() (std::uint64_t) const { std::cout << "u64" << std::endl; }
    void operator() (std::int32_t) const { std::cout << "32" << std::endl; }
    void operator() (std::int64_t) const { std::cout << "64" << std::endl; }
    void operator() (double) const { std::cout << "double" << std::endl; }
    void operator() (const std::string&) const { std::cout << "string" << std::endl; }
    void operator() (bool) const { std::cout << "bool" << std::endl; }
    void operator() (const vec3D&) const { std::cout << "Vec3D" << std::endl; }
};

template <typename ... Ts>
void mandatory(Ts ... args){
    std::vector<testing> testings;

    (std::visit(Visitor{}, testing::point(args)), ...);
    (testings.push_back({args}), ...);
}

int main(){
    mandatory(std::uint32_t(99u), false, 11.42,
              std::int64_t(5000000), std::string("Hello world"), vec3D{42});
}

Demo

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Satya Nadella New CEO of Microsoft
BY RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer, February 4, 2014
REDMOND, WASH. — Microsoft has named Satya Nadella, an executive in charge of the company's small, but growing business of delivering software and services over the Internet, as its new CEO. Company founder Bill Gates is leaving the chairman role for a new role as technology adviser.
The software company announced Tuesday that Nadella will replace Steve Ballmer, who said in August that he would leave the company within 12 months. Nadella will become only the third leader in the software giant's 38-year history, after Gates and Ballmer. Board member John Thompson will serve as Microsoft's new chairman.
Nadella, who is 46 and has worked at Microsoft for 22 years, has been an executive in some of the company's fastest-growing and most profitable businesses, including its Office and server and tools business.


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Alfahanne – Atomvinter
Alfahanne
Atomvinter
by Caio Botrel at 30 October 2019, 7:00 PM
ALFAHANNE is a Rock N' Roll band from Sweden that has Black Metal, Punk Rock and Gothic elements on their music. The Swedish rockers have released their fourth album "Atomvinter" which means nuclear winter and that's what we are going to talk about.
The opening song from the album is the title track "Atomvinter" and it starts out with a cool guitar melody followed by heavy bass n' drums that helped creating a good ambiance. The vocals hits in and it sounds aggressive, dirty and reminded me a little bit of Black Metal. I liked how they mixed up the aggressiveness of the vocals with the harmonic instrumental parts. There's an acoustic steel string guitar as well, which added to the song some melody as well. The next song is about the "Lovers Against The World" and it starts with a dark piano supported by some drums while the guitar play some arrangements. The vocals on this one sounds a little bit less aggressive and cleaner than the previous song. It has a very different ambiance and its kind of a dancing song as well and the chorus is very catchy. I liked the guitar work on this one and the keys added a good sound to the song.
"Allas Mot Allas" starts out with a harsh vocals and then the guitar melodies come in while the bass n' drums with a cool 80's vibe sounds in the background. There's a guttural vocal on this one for the chorus and I think it gave the song so much more power and dynamic. It's kind of a Black N' Roll. Are you searching for "A Place To Call Home" this song starts with a cool steel string acoustic guitar and some guitar melodies that helped creating a different mood and it kind of transports you to a Swedish lake house among the woods. It has cool Black Metal kind of riffs and I loved how they mixed up different styles on this one. It's probably one of the best songs on the whole album.
"Sluten Cirkel" starts with a Rock N' Roll kind of drums played to a sound that reminded me of THE 69 EYES and there's this cool guitar riff that will make you dance. "Sakna Mig Som Om Jag Vore Död" and it starts sounding like a Punk Rock song but with some Black Metal elements. It's possible to feel the coldness that this song has and the vocal lines from the stanzas and the chorus sounds like a speech. It's a different song with Punk vibe. Oh man, it's "The Heavy Burden" it's a really energetic song and it has the Rock N' Roll, Black Metal and Punk elements that these guys already showed that are able to make. I liked the duet between the guttural vocals and the clean ones. The chorus is really catchy and you will bang your head.
"Himlen Kan Vänta" has a cool atmosphere created by the guitars, sounding bass and heavy drums. The vocal lines are good and catchy, even if you don't speak Swedish, it still a good one. The song that closes the album is "En Tight Knut" and it starts with a dark and horrifying keyboard sound. The drums and aggressive vocals helped created the ambiance, until the guitar hits in with some more darkness feeling. This song has a different vibe and I think they did a cool job here.
ALFAHANNE have written and recorded a great album with a lot of different influences that gave to it a whole different dynamic and it doesn't sound boring. The execution of each instrument was really well done, the songs were well written and the production was dope. By far, it's one of my favorite releases that came out from Sweden this year.
Songwriting: 10
Originality: 10
Memorability: 10
Production: 10
1. Atomvinter
2. Lovers Against The World
3. Alla Mot Alla
4. A Place To Call Home (Ärla Bogg)
5. Sluten Cirkel
6. Sakna Mig Som Om Jag Vore Död
7. The Heavy Burden
8. Himlen Kan Vänta
9. Em Tight Knut
Pehr Skjoldhammer – Vocals and Guitar
Frederik Sööberg – Guitar
Jimmy Wiberg – Bass
Niklas Åström - Drums
Stefan Eriksson – Keyboards
Record Label: Indie Recordings


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A little bit of Our History
. Sayre was born in the mind of Howard Elmer, a 36-year old Waverly, NY bank president, who was born in Orange County, NY and died in South Bethlehem, PA and never lived a day in Sayre in his life.
In 1869 Howard Elmer, the founder and president of the Waverly First National Bank, saw the possibilities in the plains between Athens and his home community for the establishment of a town.
He persuaded his brother Richard Elmer, a New York City capitalist, Charles Anthony; and a Waverly man by the name of James Fritcher in 1870 to join him in purchasing 321 acres of what farmers had referred to as pretty poor farmland: the Morley, Hopkins and William Thomas farms in an area south of Waverly called Pine Plains.
Without letting grass grow underneath his feet, he started construction of an 80-foot wide thoroughfare from Bradford Street to what is now W. Lockhart Street, which he called Keystone Avenue. The street ran through the above mentioned farms and cost $3,000.
During the winter of 1870-71, Elmer was forced to quickly revise the original location of his community when he saw that the proposed town should be located near the terminus of two railroads: the Southern Central and the Geneva, Ithaca and Athens Railroads.
Elmer accomplished this through the purchase of 417 more acres of plains, through the Leggett, Harris and Hayden properties and more of Thomas' land. With $140,000 they had purchased 738 acres, including the area surrounding the two railroads—about halfway between Athens and Waverly.
LVRR Boosted Sayre's growth. Historians tell us that Elmer was assured when he sank $140,000 into poor farm land, "dense growths of pitch pine and scrub oak timber," that the railroad would move its repair work from modest Waverly to the new location.
What Elmer was "banking" on was the successful merger and hook-up of the smaller New York based roads with Asa Packer's Lehigh Valley Railroad (originally the Pennsylvania and New York Canal and Railroad Company).
That section of the Lehigh Valley had already linked up with the Erie Railroad at Waverly (in 1869) and talks were underway to bring the Geneva, Ithaca and Athens (soon to be Sayre) and Southern Central railroads into Packer's Lehigh "family."
Pennsylvania's anthracite coal was the real impetus for the expansion, as Asa Packer constantly sought to stretch the tracks farther and farther away from his home base in Mauch Chunk, PA.
When he was ready to use land to build shops and a round house, he naturally turned to Howard Elmer, who had been a part of the merger talks for the past two years.
In 1871, Packer purchased 69 of the 738 acres owned by Elmer and his partners—and the boom was on!
Street grading began in 1872, with the clearing of land, and the planting of trees near the sides of the streets-to-be. Lehigh Avenue was located and graded in 1873. In that same year, the first depot—dubbed the "Cow pasture Station"—was built.
John Sheehan bought the first lot on North Lehigh Avenue and built a house there. Others were soon to follow.
Packer and Thomas Avenues and Desmond, Hayden and Sayre Streets were laid out. The later was changed to Lockhart after the town was named.
The Waverly newspaper in 1873,"The Advocate," published a statement concerning the infant community:
"Southern Central Junction is a station halfway between Waverly and Athens, Pennsylvania, at the junction of Ithaca and Athens and the Southern Central railroads with the Lehigh Valley. Previous to last Monday it had not been used as a passenger station. Owing to the enterprise of Howard Elmer, a passenger station has been erected at this point and the Ithaca and Athens trains will terminate here instead of Athens. A restaurant will soon be opened." Robert Sayre's namesake.
According to local "legend," recorded by Mrs. J. W. Bishop in 1912:
"Mr. Elmer took a party of railroad men to the hillside about where the reservoir now is to give them a view of the situation. All were greatly impressed by the beauty and extent of the plain and Robert H. Sayre, president of the Pennsylvania and New York Railroad Company and superintendent of the Lehigh Valley, exclaimed:
"What a magnificent location for a great city!"
"Mr. Sayre's judgment was considered valuable and Mr. Elmer said:"
"If that is your opinion, Mr. Sayre, we will build a town and call it by your name, which was done at that time."
Asa Packer had appointed Sayre as engineer in charge of location and construction of the original line in 1852. Until his retirement in 1898 he remained in charge of the various extensions of the system.
Sayre receives charter according to records, 278 "freeholders" residing in an area between South Waverly and Athens Pennsylvania, signed a petition asking that Sayre be recognized as a borough.
That petition was presented to and heard by a grand jury September 3, 1890. Pine Plains, the area we now call Sayre, was officially described as that land bound by a line beginning on "the boundary line between the States of New York and Pennsylvania, on the East bank of said Cayuta Creek and following, on down the East bank of said creek the several courses and distances thereof to the Susquehanna River…" on its east side.
The Town of Sayre was decreed to be "The Borough of Sayre," in "corporate style and title thereof." And, with signature of Judge Sittser affixed, as of January 27, 1891, Sayre was officially official.
(This was originally written by Clara Costen for the Evening Times Centennial addition in 1991 it was copied and corrected by Henry G. Farley in 2010.)
Sayre Borough Hall is One Hundred Years Old by Henry G. Farley
Planning for a new building to house the Sayre Borough offices and Fire Company began in 1906 but the building was not completed until 1908. Originally called "City Hall" the building is currently known as Sayre Borough Hall. Except for a disruption from an arson fire in 1987 and an oil spill and furnace explosion in 2002 the building has been the center of municipal services for 100 years.
On October 17, 1907 Ordinance 103 was passed by the Sayre Borough Council. This ordinance read "Authorizing the erection and construction of a town hall for the Borough of Sayre on the lot now owned by the said Borough on the North side of Packer Avenue, Sayre, Pennsylvania. According to the plans made by Pierce and Bickford Architects of Elmira, New York, the cost shall not exceed $25,000."
According to a local news article that followed the October 17, Council meeting, several years of deliberation and talk had preceded the decision to build a new town hall in Sayre, plans to be followed for construction had been procured a year or more before so there may be some alterations in them before the building is completed.
A special meeting of the Sayre Borough Council was held in the R. A. Packer Hose Company rooms on January 21, 1908 for the purpose of transacting business related to the erection and construction of a Town Hall for the Borough of Sayre. It was decided at this meeting to put the project out for bid.
On February 25, 1908 13 Bids were opened for the Town Hall and Fire Department Building project. The bid was awarded to John Beuger of Corning, New York his bid being $19,990 and a completion date of six months from the start of construction. In April of 1908, 30 coupon bonds for $500 each bearing an interest of 4 1/2% each were sold to finance the project.
I have not uncovered a construction start date but by June 25, 1908 Mr. Beuger is offering the Borough two complete fire places for $170 each and windows on the West side of the building for $10 each. On August 3 a figure is presented to council for finishing the hayloft and changing the front doors of the fire apparatus room.
On November 11, 1908 the Athens Gazette reported "The new town hall is nearly completed, the finishing coat of varnish being on the lower floor, and the last of the plumbing fixtures installed. Some of the Council have advanced the idea of holding a formal dedication on New Year's Day. It will in all probability be used before that time, but the dedication can be done then, and every citizen can have the opportunity of inspecting the building, which is a credit to the borough." The paper further reported on November 25, "The borough council at an adjourned meeting Thursday evening on recommendation of the building committee, accepted the new town hall; and hereafter the meetings of that body will be held in its council chamber. A committee, consisting of the president of the council, burgess and three councilmen, was appointed to arrange for a formal dedication of the building and the date for it has been set on New Year's eve. An appropriation of $50 was made for this purpose. The new building is the finest in the section and the council and fire department will arrange to have a very large gathering at the dedication." On December 30 the Sayre news included "The dedication committee of the borough council held a meeting Monday evening and completed plans for the formal opening and dedication of the new town hall on Thursday evening. Invitations have been extended to the councils of Waverly, South Waverly and Athens and the executive officers of the same places and a general invitation extended to all the townspeople to be present and to inspect the new building. The firemen who also have quarters in the building will also entertain their friends, and two orchestras have been engaged to furnish music, one on the third floor in the hall for those who wish to dance and the other on the first floor in the council rooms. Refreshments will be served."
On December 31, 1908 the Waverly Press reported "Opening of the New Town Hall, Great Preparations were made for the dedication of the new building."
This evening New Year's Eve, marks the formal opening of the new town hall at Sayre, and from present indications it will be an affair long to be remembered and the ceremonies will be carried out in a manner that has seldom been equaled on occasions of this nature.
The borough council has had some trouble getting around to this opening. They have had their difficulties with the contractor and other less important matters have turned up to delay the work but at last all these are overcome and although they say the building leaks in places, the borough council need have no fear with the amount of rain that is falling in this section at the present time. Anyway a better time could not have been selected for this grand opening than New Year's Eve. The building with all of its rumored faults will start the New Year off right and who knows but that it will improve with age. The entire building from basement to the roof will be thrown open to the public and amid strains of music, addresses by officials from neighboring towns and villages, everyone will be expected to have a good time. Dancing will be indulged and lemonade will be served."
The Athens Gazette reported the following on January 6, 1909
"From early evening until midnight the new town hall in Sayre was crowded with people New Years Eve at the formal opening. The handsome new municipal building was ablaze with light from the basement to tower and the throngs of sightseers explored every nook and corner with the satisfaction that it belonged to them as citizens of Sayre. A platform had been erected in the large public hall which occupies the entire third floor and the "doings" started with speeches in which Waverly, Sayre and Athens citizens took part. Following the addressees the young people were given the opportunity to dance."
The Sayre Borough Hall was in use continuously until Labor Day September 7, 1987 when a four alarm fire destroyed the offices in the building. Investigators at the time termed the fire as arson and felt that the fire was started by a fire bomb thrown through the front window of the police station.
The fire was reported at approximately 5:28 a.m. by John Nobles who lived in the building. Nobles, his wife and two children escaped injury in the blaze, which sent four firefighters to the hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation and exhaustion. The office portion of the building, the council chambers and the police department were heavily damaged in the fire and had to be relocated until a structural study could be done on the building to determine if it could be saved. The Borough offices were moved to the Penelec Building on Rt. 199 near the town border. The Nobels family was also displaced and had to live outside the building for a time. The National Fire Judgment Corporation was able to secure $143,049.08 insurance money for the borough and after having a structural study done on the building it was decided to move forward with renovations. In February of 1988 the borough council voted to advertise the first floor renovations the bid was awarded to Homer Gow and Son of Vestal, NY for $35,567. The Nobles apartment was approved for renovation in March not to exceed $2,500. In May the second floor renovations were bid and again Homer Gow was awarded the contract for $15,145. The Borough offices moved back into the Borough Hall in May of 1988 and the final phase of the fire renovation the exterior of the building was bid in June. Homer Gow won this bid as well for a sum of $20,184. By August of 1988 almost a year after the fire the renovations were winding down.
The re-organization of the Sayre Borough Council in 2002 was moved to the Old Lehigh Valley Passenger Station in Sayre due to the fact that there had been remediation going on in the building since a strong petroleum odor permeated the building in October 2001. In March of 2002 just as the remediation of the building was complete and the council and offices ready to move back in an explosion occurred in the basement of the building that was caused by a leaking propane gas tank on a delivery truck in the alley beside the borough hall. This explosion did some cosmetic damage to the inside of the building and kept the borough office employees from returning to the building until much later in the year. During this displacement the Borough offices were re-located to the Blue Swan Mill building in Sayre and the council continued to meet in the Lehigh Passenger station. A new ventilation system was installed in the building and several areas painted and carpeted thus making the building available for use by the Borough.
Still in use today by the Fire Company and Borough offices, the stately building is one of the nicest in town.


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Britain | Tractor manufacturing
Dominating the field
Developments in agriculture have helped a big British tractor-maker
May 31st 2014 | BASILDON
DO NOT underestimate the political significance of tractors. In the Soviet era, Communist officials cited rising production as evidence of the superiority of a centrally planned economy. And in 2012 David Cameron, the Conservative prime minister, and Nick Clegg, his Liberal Democrat deputy, used a visit to the New Holland tractor factory in Basildon to reaffirm their commitment to the coalition. The pair doubtless hoped that the firm's success would send an optimistic message about British manufacturing.
Business is indeed bright. Last year 23,000 tractors rolled off the production line. The tractor factory, one of Europe's largest, is part of CNH Industrial (controlled by Exor, an investment vehicle for Fiat's founding family, a member of which, John Elkann, is a director of The Economist's parent company). CNH is the result of a merger in 2012 between Fiat Industrial, an Italian truck and construction-equipment firm, and its American tractor-making unit (itself the product of a merger between Case and New Holland in 1999).
The Basildon factory celebrates its 50th birthday in 2014. It has remained in the field as other tractor-makers have left Britain. Canada's Massey Ferguson closed its factory in 2003 to consolidate European operations in France. Basildon, acquired by Fiat in 1998, used to make Ford machines.
CNH is marking the occasion with a golden jubilee version of its best-selling models, with a dark-blue livery, gold detailing and a leather seat. The opulence is a reminder that tractors are like luxury cars. They are pricey—the medium-sized models from Basildon cost from £50,000 ($84,000) to £150,000—and profit margins are well over the 10% that satisfies most premium carmakers. For that money farmers want a machine with heritage, which is one reason, according to Carlo Lambro, New Holland's brand president, that the firm thrives in Essex. Basildon's long association with tractors convinces buyers that the vehicles come with a bit of history.
Mr Lambro also cites the excellence of local suppliers. In Ford's day the tractors were built from scratch on site. Now CNH brings engines from Italy, transmissions from Belgium and cabins from France. But nearly 30% of the finished vehicle, including hydraulics, pipes and trim, comes from local firms. And proximity to a sizeable British market helps, though 90% go abroad, mainly to Europe and America.
Long-term shifts in agriculture are another factor in Basildon's favour. The rich world's farms are consolidating and growing. Bigger tractors are needed to cover the ground and to lug around larger pieces of equipment, a role ideally suited to the machines turned out in Basildon.
Yet just as world-weary farmers will point out the only cloud on the brightest summer's day, some fear the Basildon factory may one day struggle. Overcapacity is vast. The plant could produce 30,000 tractors, and twice as many if shifts are doubled. CNH plans to expand production of smaller tractors in India and China—as farms there grow, leaner local production of bigger tractors might supplant imports from places such as Basildon.
As in Britain's booming car industry, Basildon's 1,000 workers excel at assembling the finished machine. The priciest and most profitable parts are imported. Investment in technologies for the next generation of tractors, powered by hydrogen or methane, or for self-driving machinery that will boost efficiency, is largely taking place elsewhere. Lower-value manufacturing is more vulnerable to competition from lower-wage economies. With this in mind, Basildon's bosses are striving to improve quality and productivity. As long as they do so Britain's last big tractor-maker will keeping ploughing on.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline "Dominating the field"
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The Committee voted to give itself a mandate to negotiate a final deal with the EU Council (the EU Member States).
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Fieldguide
Web Writing: An invitation to a book-in-progress for teaching & learning
Trinity College (CT)
Note: MediaCommons launches a month-long "Teaching with Technology" discussion with this one-week special cluster by the editorial team of Web Writing.
When I began teaching my undergraduates how to enhance their expository writing at my liberal arts college, I was surprised by how little had changed since I was in their seats several years ago. Despite the potential to reach broader audiences with the Internet, most college essays still were written for exactly one reader: the professor. But the recent growth of freely accessible web-based authoring, annotating, and publishing tools inspired me to redesign some writing assignments to connect with broader audiences, both inside and outside of our classroom. My students and I learned how to manage a "crowd-writing" exercise, and also how to organize simultaneous peer review with Google Documents. We published student web-essays on WordPress and wondered: if you build it, will they come . . . and comment? Posting work on the web can be a powerful, authentic motivator for student authors, but in my role as the instructor, it also introduces legal issues on balancing the competing interests of public writing and student privacy.
Sitting down with my faculty colleagues to discuss the teaching of writing on the web generated far more questions than answers. Why should (or shouldn't) we integrate the Internet into our college-level essay assignments? How does student learning and faculty pedagogy shift when we share drafts of our ideas and comments on the public web? To what extent does the content of the writing change? What types of digital tools deepen -- or distract from -- thoughtful reading, authoring, and editing? What are the potential rewards and hidden risks of web-based writing for liberal arts education?
Since no book satisfactorily addressed all of these questions, we decided to write one, and invite you to join us as co-creators. Our work-in-progress, Web Writing: Why & How for Liberal Arts Teaching & Learning, is a born-digital edited volume, where readers and contributors actively shape its direction during its developmental stages. Participate in our open call for "Essay Ideas & Proposals" (through June 15th, 2013) by posting and responding to comments on our discussion page. The Center for Teaching and Learning at Trinity College will award five $300 subventions to support the authorship of outstanding essay proposals (with preference based on financial need). All contributors are welcome to submit full essays by August 15th, in preparation for the open peer review by designated experts and general audiences in Fall 2013. We are particularly interested in works that blend the "why and how" by making effective use of the open web platform to blend thoughtful insights with illustrative examples (including links, screenshots, images, etc.). Essays selected by the editorial team to advance to the final round will be revised by authors and copyedited for an open-access digital publication, sponsored by the Center, possibly in partnership with an academic press, in 2014. Web Writing builds on innovative models in scholarly authorship and publishing, including Kathleen Fitzpatrick's Planned Obsolescence and other works by MediaCommons Press, and my experience as co-editor (with Kristen Nawrotzki) of Writing History in the Digital Age (forthcoming from the University of Michigan Press). Learn more about our editorial process and timeline. Share your response here, and/or post a comment directly on http://WebWriting.trincoll.edu.
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By Kristopher Purzycki
Monday, May 20, 2013 — 2:28 pm
Thanks for directing us to this project, Jack. As alluded to by Kirk McDonald in his recent WSJ piece, the workforce your current undergrads are entering prioritize basic coding skills. Even a basic competency with HTML - achievable through developing a Wordpress blog - is a solid footing for further exploration. I wouldn't be surprised if the college composition course was the sole opportunity where students of any discipline could foster these skills.
The looming question in my mind surrounds issues of code-switching and learning to write in a tone and style that is appropriate for the medium. For example, when assisting with an online advanced composition course, I noticed the wide spectrum of attitudes with which the students were required to write. Aside from short essays and weekly online chats, they were required to compose weekly forum postings. Writing in a space that is "traditionally' informal, students seemed to struggle with finding a voice that was appropriate for this space: is this a short essay? a casual conversation piece?
As you said - more questions than answers!
about writing tone on the web
By Jack Dougherty
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 — 12:31 pm
Kristopher,
I'm not surprised that students are puzzling over an appropriate tone for writing on the web, as many of our faculty colleagues struggle with the same issue. Two years ago, when Kristen Nawrotzki and I launched our call for essays for a related volume, Writing History in the Digital Age, the most common question we fielded came from prospective authors who wondered if web-based publications had a different style, perhaps more "breezy" or "conversational." Here's how we responded in our editorial guidelines:
Our readers will hold these online essays to the same high standards as other forms of scholarly writing, and we expect imaginative analysis backed by insightful use of evidence. Some authors have asked about our expectations regarding the "tone" of the essays and whether it should differ between online versus paper publications. We believe that good writing stands on its own two feet, regardless of the format. Pending final approval by the Press, our volume will be published in both digital and paper editions. Write in a clear and compelling style that makes the reader want to turn — or scroll down — the page. Given the wide variety of essay ideas and our encouragement of diverse voices, we do not expect that a uniform tone will encompass the entire volume. Nevertheless, we rely upon our authors to intellectually engage with one another to bring a sense of cohesiveness to our collected essays.
Our advice remains largely the same for contributors to Web Writing. Of course, we need to teach students about different genres, and how writing styles and rhetorical strategies differ across them. But the audience's general expectations should set the tone for our prose, not the print versus web technology that delivers the text. I certainly agree that web-based writing creates wonderful opportunities for authors (such as supporting visual evidence, links to additional references, etc.). Yet this seems less to do with tone, and more about the potential to enhance and supplement the words we write.
Here's an interesting exercise. Ask yourself: "What makes a good web-essay?" List the criteria or qualities you value most. Then ask yourself the corollary question, "What makes a good (traditional) essay?" Even better, find a list or set of guidelines that you used (as a teacher or a learner) from five or more years ago, before you began writing for the web. Do your criteria for traditional versus web-essays differ? If so, how? I tried this exercise for my first draft of "What Makes a Good Web Essay?" and was intrigued by the stronger similarities than differences. But if others see stronger contrasts in their writing criteria, or how they teach writing to others, I'd be interested in learning more through comments here and/or on paragraph #13 of the "Essay Ideas" page on Web Writing. For most of us, this is new terrain, and we're looking for meaningful markers to lead the way.
From: What does the use of digital teaching tools look like in the classroom?
Writing to New Depths – Tech Tools To Magnify Process and Ignite Character
By Gina Sipley
The Third Space – Digital Tools Disrupt Learning Hierarchies
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Young Filipinos once again proved their talent in mathematics by bagging a total of 32 medals at an international math contest in India. The Philippine team won 23 gold, six silver and three bronze medals in the 7th International Young Mathematician's Convention, which was held from November 30 to December 5 in Lucknow, India. They also emerged as overall champions in the senior division, reports ABS-CBN News.


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How hot is the sauce/contents in the box?
Very Forking Hot – again, always top quality, premium products with a bit more of a capsacin high to boot!
How are the box contents chosen?
The products we include are chosen and screened very carefully. We trial products on the recommendation of a network of chilli-heads and chilli producers (who are a pretty friendly bunch!).
Potential products then go through an in house screening process subject to broad tastes and differences of opinion.
Finally we curate a varied box of products that are different yet compliment each other perfectly.
Why is Flaming Licks a subscription?
Before setting up Flaming Licks we spent a lot of time and cash searching around buying spicy stuff from great craft chilli manufacturers.
A subscription is a great way to sample the best of what's on offer without the searching and with the added bonus of surprise! Not to mention you save a heap on postage.
We automatically re-bill you and process a fresh box of goodies each month so that you don't have to remember to do anything, just sit back, wait for your box to arrive each month, and dig in!
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We vary up the contents of each box as much as possible to provide for differing tastes however we can't guarantee everyone will like everything in every box all of the time.
We spread out allergens such as nuts, chocolate, dairy as broadly as possible but due to the surprise nature of the box can't tailor to specific requests.
If you're allergic to something you receive one month it most likely won't be included for at very least another 2-3 months following.
Always check the labels of individual products to check for the allergens highlighted in bold text under the ingredients lists.
An Item I Received was Broken in transit.
We package glass items very carefully but occasionally things can get broken in the post. If this happens we ask that you take a quick photo and email it to us so that we can take it up with the relevant postal services and send you a replacement.
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You'll be billed for your first shipment when you first sign up.
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The advantage of signing up long term is that you save a bit of cash on each box.
UK parcels are shipped RM48 standard and should arrive with you within 48 hours of shipment.
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Please note, when cancelling after the re-bill date (15th of the month) your next box has already been paid & processed and will be shipped out at the end of the month.
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If you're having difficulty have a quick scan through the FAQ section, there's a lot of stuff covered there already.
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British troops suffer mental health problem in Iraq: report
Thousands of British troops have experienced serious mental health problems following service in Iraq, British newspapers reported on Sunday.
A major government study will reveal this week how depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder among service personnel in Iraq has increased dramatically since the war was declared in March 2003, said The Observer, according to the most authoritative study ever undertaken into the psychological impact of war on British soldiers.
The research was carried out by a specialist unit at King's College London, and was funded by the Ministry of Defense (MoD).
Iraq has exerted an unforeseen level of psychological illness among British armed forces, the research shows.
The study will criticize the MoD for not doing enough to support soldiers and their families. In particular, it says the 8,000 Territorial Army recruits who have served in Iraq are most at risk from suffering stress disorders because they receive even less support than regular soldiers following a tour of duty.
According to the report, the King's College research detected that an incidence of mental health problems was far higher than official MoD statistics indicate and above rates recorded from the 1991 Iraq war when thousands of British troops claimed they suffered so-called Gulf War syndrome.
Current MoD figures revealed that just 1.5 percent of service personnel - less than 1,400 - have been evacuated from Iraq to Britain with serious psychiatric problems.
However, levels of trauma among British troops are reported to be nowhere near as high as those recorded among U.S. troops who have served in Iraq. U.S. official studies revealed that up to a fifth of Iraq veterans have suffered some form of psychiatric illness.
The suicide attacks and relentless bombings, along with a growing disillusionment among soldiers as Iraq shows signs of heading towards civil war, have made Iraq a uniquely troubling combat theatre for soldiers.
Currently, about 8,000 British troops are based in four southern provinces in Iraq. And the number of British troops killed in Iraq has raised to 109 since March 2003.
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Premiere Date: Dec 22, 2017
1 Star Wars
A small toy company in Cincinnati takes on its biggest licensing project ever, giving birth to the most profitable toy franchise in history.
2 Barbie
Inspired by a risqué doll from Germany, the co-founder of Mattel toys forever revolutionized the doll industry for young girls.
3 He-Man
Creators responsible for reviving a toy company's struggling action figure line discuss the epic rise and fall of their billion-dollar empire.
4 G.I. Joe
Credited with coining the term "action figure" more than 50 years ago, a group of toy marketers reimagined a new genre of dolls for boys.
Premiere Date: May 25, 2018
1 Star Trek
Plagued by years of brand mismanagement and product inconsistency, a popular space franchise must overcome its past in a competitive toy market.
2 Transformers
Combining ingenious Japanese toys with a creative backstory written by Marvel Comics, Hasbro introduced a line that changed the toy landscape forever.
3 LEGO
From humble beginnings in the Danish countryside, this maker of interlocking plastic bricks has become the largest toy manufacturer in the world.
4 Hello Kitty
With the motto "small gift, big smile" as its business philosophy, Sanrio founder Shintaro Tsuji turned a "kawaii" kitty into a global phenomenon.
Premiere Date: Nov 15, 2019
1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Composer Haim Saban brings to life his unique idea, inspired by the Super Sentai series. His range of toys proves popular even today.
2 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
The creators of WrestleMania's toys speak about their popularity. They discuss their successes and challenges of creating such an iconic line.
3 My Little Pony
My Little Pony brings happiness to children of every age. These tiny horses managed to redefine the concept of a doll in the age of Barbie.
4 Professional Wrestling
Two comic book artists come up with a concept that creates Turtlemania. The popularity of their toys has the industry in awe.
The Toys That Made Us is a Netflix documentary series, basically the ultimate nostalgia trip for kids from the '80s and '90s. The first two seasons offered a pleasurable look back at some of the defining toy lines of decades past and the often rocky road those franchises took from conception to ultimately arriving on the shelves. Season 3 does very little to break the mold, but it does prove there's still plenty of life left in this formula.
Executive producers: Brian Volk-Weiss, Tom Stern, Cisco Henson, Anne Carkeet, Edwin Zane
Created by: Brian Volk-Weiss
Runtime: 43-51 minutes
With the first two seasons having exhausted most of the more obvious choices of toy lines (Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Barbie, etc.) Season 3 is able to dig a little deeper and explore some less predictable candidates. There's really only one gaping hole being filled in this batch (that being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), with the other three episodes venturing down a slightly more esoteric path (My Little Pony, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and pro-wrestling figures).
One episode shows how Hasbro essentially tipped a pile of Japanese toys on to a writer's desk and ordered him to create the entire Transformers mythology in a weekend. Another wallows in Gene Roddenberry's dismal taste for under-the-table licensing deals that ended up with a range of Star Trek tanks, Star Trek army soldiers and an official Star Trek "space fun helmet", effectively a bucket with a lamp on it and the word "SPOCK" written across the front in massive letters. The breakout star of the Star Wars episode is a lawyer by the name of Jim Kipling, who sits and simmers at George Lucas's avarice under a huge sign that reads: "It's FUN!"
The series is also, if you look closely enough, a damning look at the ills of capitalism. Again and again we see toy companies hurl out substandard goods – toys that look nothing like their characters, toys that lack invention and, in the case of Star Wars, an empty box with a picture of Luke Skywalker on it – because they want to make as much money as possible before the brats wise up and abandon them for something newer. It is merciless and it makes you question the worth of your childhood.
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Note: This is just an idea at this stage, I don't know if/when I'll ever get around to implementing it. Knowing me, it will probably never happen, so don't hold your breath if you find this to be interesting.
Wazup is an idea of mine for a service that boils down to a site which lets me know, at a glance, what is happening now, near me. For a given definition of now. And of near.
I actually find myself sometimes in the late afternoon or early evening feeling like going out to do something and having to trawl through a number of sites and feeds that I keep with "interesting stuff" that is happening.
From the above list it should be apparent that even if I do know that there are probably a dozen such sites out there, I really want to indulge in thinking about (and maybe even prototyping) one.
As such, comments along the lines of "Yeah, but site X.com does it this way" or "Well, site Y.org does it better" are totally irrelevant so don't bother.
On the other hand, comments which point me to nifty feature ideas or implementation details or something along these lines are most welcome (even if they may well end up not being considered for the exercise).
First of all a warning: this is not a road-map for the app's development. I'm not actually sure I'll even ever get to build the thing. This is just a list of stuff I'd like to eventually have working, if I do go ahead and do it.
The numbers in front of each item are a crude idea of the importance of each idea. A '1' means that it is important to have ASAP, a '3' means that it can wait (and possibly will never get done at all).
Be aware of where I am (or allow me to tell it) and automatically adjust to show me the relevant events only (over-rideable, and using some of the many geo-location services available out there –_so_ web2.0!) (3).


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Letter, Dr. Joseph Hunter to Mike Masaoka
Letter from Dr. Joseph Hunter to Mike Masaoka with the Japanese American Citizens League informing him that Mickey Nakamura of Scott, Arkansas, is going to be assisting them in their struggle to provide adequate care for the Rohwer Center Cemetery and the Nisei GI Memorial. The American Legion in Chicago will be providing funds for the cemetery and memorial in Rohwer. Dr. Hunter believes that the American Legion will be strong allies in this undertaking.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9022, creating the War Relocation Authority (WRA). The WRA selected ten sites in which to imprison more than 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, over two-thirds of whom were American citizens. Two of these centers were in the Arkansas Delta, one at Rohwer in Desha County, and the other at Jerome in sections of Chicot and Drew counties. Over 16,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated in these two centers between October 1942 and November 1945. The Japanese American Citizens League was founded in 1929 by existing Nisei organizations in California and Washington and is the oldest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States. Joseph Boone Hunter was born on December 27, 1886, and died in September 1987. His career included teaching in public schools and colleges, serving as an Army chaplain with active foreign service, missionary work in the Far East and Middle East, work in the United States Civil Service, and a score of interim pastorates.
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Japanese; Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Concentration Camps--United States--Arkansas; Cemeteries; National parks & reserves; Memorial works; Internment Camps
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Joseph Boone Hunter collection, MS.000119
Letter, Dr. Joseph Hunter to Mike Masaoka, Joseph Boone Hunter collection, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Twitter, schwitter: We've all been overexposed to social networking tools and news. But good, bad or ugly, Microsoft's inclusion of LinkedIn as an officially supported plug-in for Outlook is a turning point. Social networking is no longer limited to early adopters — far from it — and it's not something IT departments can ignore. If conservative Microsoft is putting it into ultra-conservative Outlook, you know you should be paying attention.
Social Connector, first discussed in November, allows users to read emails and view the senders' most recent social networking activities. For now, people using Office 2003, 2007 and the beta versions of Office 2010 can view only recent LinkedIn activity — and users aren't able to push information from Outlook to LinkedIn. Microsoft said the Facebook and MySpace plug-ins will be ready for download when Office 2010 goes on sale in June.
Social Connector isn't perfect. It has limited capabilities compared to Xobni and Thunderbird, which have richer plug-in systems and a wider reach than Microsoft's tepid attempt has (for now). And yes, some criticize Microsoft for being behind the times, waiting years before taking the step to include social networking at all. But that's exactly why you should pay attention to this development: The fact that Microsoft is now including social networking in its flagship communication project sends a very clear signal. Microsoft is often behind the curve on tech (Vista, anyone?) so when the company does jump on board, it's probably time to consider the technology standard-issue.
So, maybe it's time for the excitement around social networking to fade: Tools like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are not all good or all bad, but they are definitely here to stay. And social networking is a better way of doing some kinds of work, such as finding connections you have at a given company, in a given role or in a particular area of expertise.
But while Microsoft's finally hopped on board, too many IT departments still maintain the school-marm mentality: Ignore it and push it underground, or regulate it in a superficial, published social networking policy.
Preliminary results from a Forrester Research social media survey show that, of the 93% of respondents who access social media from work, almost half work for companies that don't have a social media policy. Additionally, 38% report that their employer does not sanction access to social media, but they still use it.
Why aren't IT departments outlining a social networking policy — possibly helping sales organizations in finding new leads, or HR in scouting new talent — including tools many may not know about?
Social networking is a business trend that can bring value, but you have to know how to use it. For the IT department, it's less about fighting it (blocking sites, prohibiting its use on company time) and all about making sure the business gets the maximum benefit company-wide, as opposed to a few siloed success stories.
So, get started on that social networking roadmap strategy and train users on how to use it — because if good ol' Microsoft has caught on, what's your excuse?
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