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We thrive in the ideas of self-help, self-improvement, and motivation. Browse through our collection of articles and notes.?An abundant life isn?t all about having all the good things, but feeling all these good things and having the inner peace to do so.
They say personal happiness is like a bubble that bursts when you touch it.?If your?personalhappiness is dependent on circumstances around you, then you can?t be truly happy.?Even if you have beauty, a loving family, or a successful career, but you don?t have inner peace, everything you touch wilts.
Personal Happiness is defined as a feeling of well-being and contentment, but its meaning differs for each person. Figuratively, there are people who are happy with simple bread and butter. There are also those who are only happy with expensive cakes.?But true happiness isn?t dependent on circumstances. It?s about being happy within even if things aren?t looking very well around you.
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If you have the wrong perspective in life, you need to take a journey. It?s a journey towards the right mindset; and that begins with self-examination. You may be surrounded with many people, but ultimately, you are the only one who can help yourself. More and more people are looking online for self-help; but true self-help is looking inward.?It?s self-help because no one understands you completely but yourself. You are your own shadow, your own keeper.
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What do you want in life? You already have the tools in you; all you need to do is know what they are and how to use them.?Self-improvement may mean changing your perspective.
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Self improvement starts with a single step. How are you going to get what you want in life? Where do you start?.?Motivation is your fuel, the spring you need under your feet.
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Browse > Home / News / Tixeo Brings Presence and Ad-Hoc Meetings to WorkSpace3D 4.0
Montpellier, France (PRWEB) June 21, 2011
Tixeo announces WorkSpace3D 4.0, which is a major milestone in its long-term strategy of delivering an alternative unified communication solution to products such as Microsoft Lync, Skype... By integrating both presence & ad-hoc meetings features, WorkSpace3D makes collaboration over video conference easier and more efficient.
Presence & ad-hoc meetings making videoconferencing dead simple
Most of web & videoconferencing software-based solutions require to schedule a video conference and send emails to invite attendees, before being able to join the meeting. This process is well-suited for meetings planned on a fixed date but not for informal meetings. Indeed, no matter where users are from, they would rather use their phone when they need to quickly talk to a workmate about a particular matter, instead of spending some time on scheduling a video conference.
In this latest release, Tixeo has added presence & ad-hoc meetings features to WorkSpace3D, allowing to know who is online, busy or offline, and set up an instant video conference by clicking on the contact to talk with. Thanks to this, talking over video conference with workmates will be as easy as giving a phone call.
By making videoconferencing easier and faster, WorkSpace3D 4.0 will boost users adoption within companies and unleash the potential of collaboration over video conference. Companies will not only be more productive than before but also save more money by maximizing video conferencing usage.
Echo-less communications no matter what devices are used
Audio quality over a video conference is a must-have to ensure great communication experience.
When using a built-in microphone and speakers, users usually end up with echo issues, making communications a pain. Indeed, the voice played by the speakers is recorded by the microphone and send back to far-end attendees, which makes videoconferencing a nightmare.
Rather than forcing all of its users to equip themselves with headsets or special devices with built-in echo cancellation, Tixeo focused over the past months on improving the Workspace3D AEC
(Acoustic Echo Canceler).
WorkSpace3D makes the most of your IPBX
For customers who want to have their on-premise videoconferencing server, Tixeo offers the possibility to deploy a SIP compliant Confcall Gateway, in addition to the Workspace3D Enterprise server.
This gateway allows to host conference calls synchronized to video conferences over WorkSpace3D. Each time a video conference is created, a phone conference will be automatically created on the Confcall Gateway, using the IPBX and one of the phone numbers of the company.
Thanks to this, users are free to use the built-in VoIP of WorkSpace3D or their phones during their video conferences at no cost.
About Tixeo
Tixeo is an innovative 3D video and web conferencing software company since 2003.
Our solutions allow anyone to set up meetings with up to 50 participants, using both voice and video over IP.
Tixeo's software are enriched with easy-to-use collaborative features and offer a unique experience: hosting traditional meetings in 2D or enjoying 3D virtual spaces with a greater speech-gesture-sketch communication.
Not only Tixeo's solutions are available as Software as a Service (SaaS), on both monthly and yearly plans, but also as on-premise licenses and appliances.
Thousands of customers worldwide work every day with WorkSpace3D, from SMB to large corporations, such as: Airbus / EADS, Raytheon, BNP Paribas, Flagstar Bank, Sogeti, DGAC, Conforama...
Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports the Pirates have acquired outfielder Travis Snider from the Blue Jays for right-hander Brad Lincoln. Both were first-round picks in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft, as Snider was picked 14th overall while Lincoln was picked fourth.
The Pirates have been looking for another outfielder for a while now. Snider isn?t a big name like Justin Upton of the Diamondbacks, but the Pirates didn?t have to give up the farm to get him, either. The 24-year-old entered play tonight with an underwhelming .247/.305/.429 batting line over 914 plate appearances in the big leagues and has a penchant for the strikeout, but he could still develop as a middle-of-the-order power threat. He?ll be under team control through 2016.
Lincoln, 27, has a solid 2.73 ERA and 60/14 K/BB ratio over 59 1/3 innings this season. The Blue Jays could give him another chance as a starter, but he?s more likely to be successful in his current relief role.
One problem with 2012 Olympics coverage is that there's so much of it. If you're in the U.S., you can turn to NBCOlympics.com for full video coverage of the Summer Games, including clips, highlights, and full-length video of competitions as they happen. But with all that content, it's difficult to sort through and find what you're actually looking for. Want a better way to find and discover what's happening at the Olympics? Showyou is trying to solve that problem, by automatically highlighting the Olympics content that its users are sharing with each other in the app and on other social networks.
Truro-based insurance firm Cornish Mutual has won a national award for its company-wide commitment to customer service and training.
The insurer?s customer service training programme scooped top honours in the Customer Service Training Awards 2012.
Cornish Mutual?s head of operations, Sharon Plowright, said: ?We are delighted to have won this award because it recognises the investment we have made in building a well-qualified, close-knit team at Cornish Mutual through a focus on training for all by all.?
The awards were organised by the Customer Services Training Network and supported by the Institute of Customer Service. Judges said they ?particularly liked the way so many of the Cornish Mutual employees were involved in delivering training? and they ?loved? the fact that the scheme offered e-learning for the majority of its people.
I have voraciously been reading lots of scrap mags of late, and have picked up a few things that I have put into practice in this layout today. ? First up is the Rule of Thirds.? It is imagining a grid with 9 squares, and where the lines cross is the focal point (basically where you want your photo to go).? Very?useful rule and one for?me to remember.
Secondly is the Placement of photos so that the eyes of the subject look towards the centre of the page.
Thirdly?is the Visual Triangle which I've blogged about before, which is basically imagining a triangle in which your photo, title and embies all fall into.
I have also used a lot of techniques that I wanted to try including:
Using black as a base.? (I cut up on old black apron for this)
Use ruching on Kraft coloured material.
Distressing and inking the edges of?papers incl vintage children's book paper.
Use red Gingham (love!)
Make my own flowers for clustering.
Use string to make a circle to highlight the photo.?
So very happy with today's layout, I have submitted?it to?
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The numerous earth-shaking exploits of Monkey D. Luffy made waves around the globe as he approached the New World: toppling Enies Lobby as a bastion of Justice, dethroning Impel Down as impossible to escape, brashly challenging Marineford alongside Whitebeard and his allies; it all turned him into legend practically overnight. Yet after Whitebeard's death and his crew's defeat at the hands of the Marines, "Strawhat" Luffy and his crew vanished into the ether, their presence fading into nothing even faster than how they appeared on the scene. A vacuum was left behind in this sudden departure, a void that called for something to immediately fill it, as even an outlaw's world demands power to be present. Anyone could predict the repercussions, but not how quickly or bloody things became. Utter anarchy prevailed as people of every position; lawful or otherwise; scrambled to set things right, yet the powers which governed the world quickly found themselves spread too thin by the disorder and destruction which surged after the War at Marineford. What was once the Grand Age of Piracy ushered in by Gol D. Roger's words at his execution morphed into something twisted and bastardized beyond the original standards of lawlessness, pirates operating without any moral code whatsoever, without any morality at all, at that.
The Three Great Powers found themselves entirely ruptured, some more than others. With multiple bases going through reconstruction and a complete overhaul of their organization, the power of the Marines had become significantly weaker with scattered attention to all seas; the War at Marineford had indeed decimated their forces. Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp's resignations left quite a hole in the Marines' upper echelons, and though Admiral "Aokiji" Kuzan did his best upon receiving the title of Fleet Admiral in Sengoku's stead, the agenda left for him to fulfill was a staggering one. Meanwhile, the Shichibukai found itself suddenly devalued and thought overestimated regarding its reliability. If the War at Marineford proved anything, it was that the Shichibukai didn't stand as the pillar of strength in the lawless world it was meant to be. Sir Crocodile and Gecko Moria were defeated, Jinbe and Marshall D. Teach proved traitorous, and gaining cooperation from the likes of Dracule Mihawk, Boa Hancock, Donquixote Doflamingo, and Bartholomew Kuma before and after the War's conclusion proved nearly impossible. Thus, all active members were disbanded (though the official report labels them "retired") to make way for a new line of Shichibukai, starting with Buggy the Clown, whose reputation and participation in the War at Marineford garnered him new-found fame. The recruiting process for the new members is still proving extensively troublesome, however, as most of these newer pirates want nothing to do with the World Government; though this new crop is bloodthirsty, they still have honor, and would rather die than sell out for the Shichibukai title.
Finally, Whitebeard's passing tipped the scales in the balance of power between the Yonkou, "Red-Hair" Shanks vanishing altogether from the scene after his arrival to end the War at Marineford (for reasons unknown). His disappearance prompted a struggle between Big Mom and Kaidou for dominance in the New World, while the remaining Eleven Supernovas sought to make names for themselves, too. "Blackbeard" Marshall D. Teach set the pace before them, however, especially with his actions at the War (having squared off against Whitebeard and the Marines alike), then challenging the New World with the power of several horrifically strong Impel Down fugitives added to his crew's roster. These turns of events; alongside the shifting weights of power within the seas; caused the islands under the protection of Whitebeard to be assaulted and ravaged, bringing chaos to the entire Grand Line, his name no longer enough to provide sanctuary. Everyone sought bloodshed at every turn: Marines desperate to maintain control, pirates seeking fortune and fame, and Kingdoms imposing heavy martial law to keep the catastrophe out of their domains. This wave of unending annihilation and destruction continued on to all Four Seas as evil and malice clearly prevailed, and the "Dark Age of Piracy" thus began.
The Dark Ages had brought along with it new waves of pirates, criminals, and outlaws, ravaging the seas like never before. The Tenryuubito, frightened with the changes in time and the world below them, sought safety and security. With a mutual agreement with the Gorousei, they ordered the World Government to announce that the last stronghold of Justice, the Marines, were to flee and begin to rebuild themselves within the confines of the Red Line; thus leaving the Four Seas lawless and unprotected, their only option being to fend for themselves as best they can. Separating themselves from the rest of the Wolrd, the ties of the World Government and Tenryuubito with individual kingdoms slowly grew weaker. With most royalty keeping to their own domains for mistrust and fear of traveling on the ocean, most nations have turned to isolation; subsequently leading to an increase in risk from pillaging and plundering from Pirates. Without Reverie to harbor friendships between the territories, the seclusion has warped people's minds with fear and distrust, prejudices rising against one another that beforehand, had never existed.
If one would think that without an organization to protect and govern over the seas, crimes and other unlawful acts would send the world into a complete state of pandemonium ruled by pirates, they would be right. Yet silently lurking in the shadows was an organization of elite mercenaries: as effective at killing as CP9, each possessing at least the strength of a Vice Admiral, and their name carrying with it a reputation on-par with the title of "Shichibukai." Rumors of their presence and actions were whispered within all realms and circles of power: Piracy, the World Government, the Marines, and Kingdoms of any affiliation alike; The Blackflags. Existing for over half a century, this faction of individuals, independent from the World Government and the Marines, functioned in secrecy, taking whatever job offered to them when independently contracted. Whether labeled as "just" or "immoral" by society, tasks assigned to the the Blackflags were carried out with utmost skill and precision, so long as long as the pay matched the request. It is through their manners of operation that most have defined them as the borderline between pirates and Marines.
Upon the ordered reformation of the Marines, they were forced to step out of hiding and reveal themselves openly to the world, though now as a worldwide police force rather than a company of powerful soldiers for war. Ultimately, they seek to convey the message that they operate not only outside the law of any source, but beyond it - their own law. And that law is proper payment is all the Justice one needs to complete a job, no matter how dark, cruel, moral or just.
Now 50 years into the future, shall you align with the current trend of piracy, crazed by greed, aggression, and conquest? Or will you find yourself within the Blackflag ranks, hammering down on such evil with a moral code or an evil of your own? Or do you perhaps remember what the world used to be, and still grasp onto your ideas of Justice, or morality, or good, clean fun? After all, not all pirates are the blood-lusting, chaos-crazed fiends and knaves of this time (though there's certainly little room for them), and there are still those Marines who stay true to peace and lawfulness, as well as pirate hunters seeking a good bounty, and so on. Be warned, however, that allegiances to such "outdated" ideals will typically leave you alone and without too many others to lean on; a self-sufficient spirit might end up being the only company you get.
A woman in a red jacket, obviously out of place, was somehow able to march with India's athletes in the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Jeff Glor reports organizers have now identified the woman as cast member from another part of the ceremony and posed no threat.
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - The government of Bashar al-Assad declared victory on Sunday in a hard-fought battle for Syria's capital Damascus, and pounded rebels who control of parts of its largest city Aleppo.
Assad's forces have struggled as never before to maintain their grip on the country over the past two weeks after a major rebel advance into the two largest cities and an explosion that killed four top security officials.
Government forces have succeeded in reimposing their grip the capital after a punishing battle, but rebels are still in control of sections of Aleppo, clashing with reinforced army troops for several days.
"Today I tell you, Syria is stronger... In less than a week they were defeated (in Damascus) and the battle failed," Foreign Minister Walid Moualem said on a visit to Iran, Assad's main ally in a region where other neighbors have forsaken him.
"So they moved on to Aleppo and I assure you, their plots will fail."
Rebel fighters, patrolling opposition districts in flat-bed trucks flying green-white-and-black "independence" flags, said they were holding off Assad's forces in the south-western Aleppo district of Salaheddine, where clashes have gone on for days.
Opposition activists also reported fighting in other rebel-held districts of Aleppo, in what could herald the start of a decisive phase in the battle for Syria's commercial hub, after the army sent tank columns and troop reinforcements last week.
Helicopter gunships hovered over the city shortly after dawn and the thud of artillery boomed across neighborhoods. Syrian state television said soldiers was repelling "terrorists" in Salaheddine and had captured several of their leaders.
Some rebel-held areas visited by Reuters were empty of residents. Fighters were basing themselves in houses - some clearly abandoned in a hurry, with food still in the fridges.
A burnt out tank lay in the street, while nearby another one had been captured intact, covered in tarpaulin and left in a car park, perhaps for the rebels themselves to use against any ground assault by Assad's forces.
In a largely empty street, flanked by closed shops and run-down buildings, women clad in long black abaya cloaks walked with children next to walls daubed with rebel graffiti - "Freedom", "Free Syrian Army" and "Down with Bashar".
Rubbish lay uncollected and in one street families were packing vans full of mattresses in apparent preparation to flee.
KILLING MACHINE
The leader of Syria's main political opposition group, the Syrian National Council, called for foreign allies to provide heavy weapons to fight Assad's "killing machine".
"The rebels are fighting with primitive weapons...We want weapons that we can stop tanks and planes with. This is what we want," SNC chief Abdelbasset Seida said in Abu Dhabi.
He also urged foreign allies to circumvent the divided U.N. Security Council and intervene to help topple Assad.
"Our friends and allies will bear responsibility for what is happening in Aleppo if they do not move soon," he said, adding that talks would start on forming a transitional government.
Arab League head Nabil Elaraby said the battle in Aleppo amounted to "war crimes", and perpetrators would eventually be punished, Egypt's MENA state news agency reported.
The Arab League has suspended Syria and lined up with the West and Turkey against Assad. Assad's government blames Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia and Qatar, for the revolt.
Assad's ruling structure draws strongly on his Alawite minority sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, while his opposition is drawn largely from the Sunni Muslim majority, backed by Sunni leaders who rule nearly all other Arab states.
That has raised fears that the 16-month-old conflict could spread across the wider Middle East, where a sectarian divide between Sunnis and Shi'ites has been at the root of violence in Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain and elsewhere.
Shi'ite Iran demonstrated its firm support for Assad by hosting his foreign minister. At a joint news conference with Moualem, Iran's own Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi rebuked the West and Arab states for holding the "illusion" that Assad could be easily replaced from power in a managed transition.
CRUCIAL TEST
In Damascus, where Assad's forces pushed back a rebel offensive following a deadly bomb attack on his inner circle, many residents have fled fighting in the outskirts for relative safety in the heart of the capital.
Even the center has been shattered by the violence. Shops open only between 9 am and 3 pm, food prices have soared and no one dares walk outside after dusk, even in the holy month of Ramadan when streets are normally packed late into the night with people celebrating after a day of fasting.
"To begin with I was with the regime, for sure," said Ahmed, from one of the southern suburbs where the army, backed by helicopter and tanks, launched its fierce counter offensive.
"But now, no, the regime must go. Take what they want with them, but they must go."
The battle for Aleppo, a city of 2.5 million people, is a decisive test of the government's ability to retake its two main cities. It has committed huge military resources to the battle there after losing control of outlying rural areas and some border crossings with Turkey and Iraq.
Fighters from the rebel Free Syrian Army were also in evidence on the approaches to Aleppo from the north, where many villagers were still shopping or tending their fields.
One man in his 40s, carrying his family on a motorcycle, said he was fleeing the fighting in the city.
"We are living in a war zone," he told Reuters. "I and my relatives are just going back and forth, trying to stay away from the fighting. We left Aleppo when we saw smoke and helicopters firing."
The British-based Observatory, which compiles reports from anti-government activists, said 26 people were killed in Aleppo on Saturday and 190 total across Syria. It reported fighting in Deraa, the cradle of the revolution, Homs, the scene of some of the bloodiest combat, and Hama. There was no way to verify its figures.
The fighting in Aleppo follows a July 18 bomb attack that killed four top security officials including Assad's defense minister, intelligence chief and powerful brother-in-law.
(Additional reporting by Yara Bayoumy in Beirut, Yeganeh Torbati in Dubai, and a reporter in Damascus who cannot be identified for security reasons; Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by Peter Graff)
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Penn State football loses State Farm's insurance ads for home games as General Motors reconsiders sponsorship deal with Penn State. Insurance firm says move was 'the best decision.'
By Mark Levy, Mark Scolforo, and Michael Rubinkam,?Associated Press / July 26, 2012
Penn State football players warm up during their first spring practice in State College, Pa., in March. The latest fallout from the sex scandal at Penn State: Insurance firm State Farm has decided to pull its ads from the football program's home games.
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State?Farm?is pulling its ads from Penn?State?football broadcasts, while General Motors is reconsidering its sponsorship deal and Wall Street is threatening to downgrade the school's credit rating, suggesting the price of the sexual abuse scandal could go well beyond the $60 million fine and other penalties imposed by the NCAA.
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Bloomington, Ill.-based?State?Farm?said it had been reviewing its connection to Penn?State?since the arrest of retired assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky last November. The insurance company said it will pull ads from broadcasts of Nittany Lions home games but continue to advertise during Penn?State's?away contests.
"We will not directly support Penn?State?football this year,"?State?Farm?spokesman Dave Phillips said Tuesday. "We just feel it was the best decision."
State?Farm?had no immediate information on how much money is at stake.
The NCAA imposed unprecedented sanctions against Penn?State?on Monday, including the fine, a four-year bowl ban and a sharp reduction in the number of football scholarships it may offer.
The governing body also erased 14 years of victories, wiping out 111 of coach Joe Paterno's wins and stripping him of his standing as the most successful coach in the history of big-time college football.
NCAA President Mark Emmert said he relied on a report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh, who found that Paterno and three top officials concealed child sexual abuse allegations against Sandusky more than a decade ago to protect the school and its powerful football program.
With Penn?State's?once-sterling reputation in tatters, the university could face an exodus of sponsors unwilling to have their brands linked to scandal, said Kevin Adler, founder of Chicago-based Engage Marketing Inc.
Adler said he would advise current sponsors to pull out of their deals with Penn?State, adding that most contracts have morality clauses giving advertisers an out.
"I think the public perception is pretty clear and definitive at this point. That brand is damaged beyond the point of short-term repair. It is the sponsorship partner's obligation first and foremost to look after the health of their own brand," Adler said. "None of the sponsors owe Penn?State?anything."
So far, though, Penn?State?appears to be hanging on.
GM spokesman Pat Morrissey said the automaker is reviewing its sponsorship but has not made a decision. Morrissey did not immediately return a call about the value of the sponsorship deal.
Other sponsors said they plan to stick with Penn?State, including Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo Inc., Pittsburgh-based PNC bank and Pennsylvania's largest health insurer, Highmark Inc.
"Highmark's partnership with Penn?State?is about health and wellness. We do have a sponsorship with the athletics program. While we routinely evaluate all of our sponsorships, we plan to continue at this time," spokesman Aaron Billger said.
PNC Financial Services Group issued a statement after the July 12 release of the Freeh report that its "ongoing engagement with the university signals our support of the students and traditions of Penn?State. ... We believe that the university will learn from this experience and become stronger."
Bank spokesman Fred Solomon said the NCAA sanctions have not changed PNC's position.
Pepsi spokeswoman Gina Anderson said Tuesday the company also stood by its recent statement in response to the Freeh report.
"We are deeply disturbed by the findings of the investigation and the conduct of certain individuals at PennState?University, but will continue to honor our longstanding contract as a campus beverage provider," the statement said.
Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday that it may cut the school's Aa1 rating. The Freeh report, along with the NCAA sanctions, could hurt enrollment and fundraising, and the school is still under?state?and federal investigation, the rating agency said.
A downgrade could make it more expensive for Penn?State?to borrow money for expansion or other projects.
Around Happy Valley, as the university and the surrounding area are known, Penn Staters and business owners worry that the NCAA sanctions will drive down attendance at home games and hurt the hotels, restaurants and university-themed clothing shops that rely on the Nittany Lions' loyal football fans.
"Football is absolutely intertwined with the university, therefore the town," said graduate student Will Ethier. "Such hard hits really will hit the town economically." He added: "If one gets sanctioned, everybody else gets sanctioned."
Average attendance at the 106,500-seat Beaver Stadium has long been robust. It ranked no lower than fourth nationally in average attendance each year since 1991, a university spokesman said. And Penn?State's?alumni association, with more than 165,000 members, is billed as the largest in the world. Already, the team has sold 85,000 season tickets for 2012.
Still, Matt Powell, an analyst with SportsOneSource, a Charlotte, N.C.-based provider of sports business information, said sales of Penn?State?clothing are dropping, from about $80 million in 2010 to $60 million after the scandal broke last year to possibly $45 million this year.
Chris Stathes, who has a daughter at Penn?State?and manages a Waffle Shop in?State?College, said he would not be surprised to see 20,000 or 30,000 empty seats at Beaver Stadium. He said some fans might not want to make the drive to see home games in?State?College, several hours from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
"What are you going to watch for?" Stathes said. "They can't advance to any postseason bowl game or anything like that. People are still going to be disgusted over the whole thing."
Several Penn?State?fans, whether they buy tickets or watch on TV, insisted they would not lose interest in the team.
"We will go to every game," said Sam Zamrik, 80, a retired professor of engineering and a season ticket holder for 40 years. "They need our support."
First-year head coach Bill O'Brien said of the team's fans Tuesday: "I would tell them to renew their season tickets. I would tell them to move forward, turn the page. I would tell them we've got a football team that's working extremely hard for this upcoming season."
AP Sports Writer Genaro C. Armas in?State?College contributed to this story.
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, posted lower-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday as its oil and gas output sagged and its chemicals business struggled.
Weaker global oil prices have weighed on earnings across the sector, and Exxon also felt the sting of decade-low U.S. natural gas prices.
The company, which has pledged to spend a record $37 billion this year as it brings new projects on line, said oil and gas output fell 5.6 percent to 4.15 million barrels oil equivalent per day during the quarter.
"Production was a little light," Pavel Molchanov, analyst at Raymond James, said. "The real swing versus our estimates was chemicals."
The Irving, Texas, company reported a second-quarter profit of $15.9 billion, or $3.41 per share, up from $10.68 billion, or $2.18 per share, a year earlier.
Profit was boosted by a $7.5 billion gain related to the sale of a stake in its Japanese refining and chemicals business, and tax items.
Excluding those one-time gains, Exxon earned $8.4 billion, or $1.80 per share. On that basis, analysts' average forecast was $1.95, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Excluding one-time items, earnings from the company's chemical operations totaled $820 million, nearly 33 percent below Raymond James' estimate for the unit, Molchanov said.
Weakness in the chemicals market was also evident in the earnings of Dow Chemical Co, which reported a 34 percent drop in quarterly profit, missing Wall Street forecasts.
Earlier on Thursday, Royal Dutch Shell posted lower-than-expected quarterly earnings of $5.7 billion, hurt by maintenance costs and shutdowns in the U.S. Gulf, where the company has some of its most profitable production, and in Australian Liquefied Natural Gas.
Exxon's earnings from U.S. oil and gas production tumbled by more than half in the second quarter to $678 million, largely due to the steep decline in prices of natural gas.
The company is the nation's largest producer of natural gas, but Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson warned last month that prices were too low to allow the industry to cover the cost of finding and producing new supply.
"We are all losing our shirts today," Tillerson said at the time.
Exxon shares rose 0.5 percent to $85.67 in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange, helped by a rebound in oil futures prices.
(Reporting By Anna Driver in Houston and Matt Daily in New York; editing by John Wallace)
From Miranda Tate's hidden agenda to Bane's garbled dialogue, here are five things to keep in mind during your second 'Dark Knight' dance. By Josh Wigler
Christian Bale in "Dark Knight Rises" Photo: Warner Bros.
Remember those futuristic PCs we reported North Korea was producing last year? Well now the Democratic People's Republic has unveiled a seven-inch flagship tablet called the Achim (Morning). Understandably, we don't know what's inside this 0.66-pound (300g) device with a five-hour battery life, but it's apparently very popular with local students. There's no word on the OS either, but a touch-friendly build of the homegrown Linux variant Red Star would make sense. Although unconfirmed, sources suggest internet connectivity is wholly absent, with a pre-loaded selection of fun, state-approved content available instead. Eager to get your hands on a Kim Jong-unPad? Well, you can't.
Some of the most stirring and moving accounts of efforts I have come across to save the world have been made by children. The sheer goodness of their big hearts can be overwhelming and they don?t let anything stop them. Ever hear of Ryan Hrelijac? This Canadian youth learned in school at age 7 that people were dying in Uganda from the lack of clean drinking water.
This amazing child raised enough money by doing chores at home to build a well in Uganda in 1999. Oh, but that was just the beginning. This child (now a young man) has gone on, through the Ryan?s Well Foundation (a Canadian registered charity), to raise the money to build over 700 wells and 900 latrines bringing safe water and improved sanitation to over 750,900 people. (You can learn about Ryan and his foundation and, if you want, you can obtain a very moving documentary called ?Ryan?s Well? through the Video Project that tells the story of what he did as a child. You can Google ?Ryan?s Well? and see clips of the documentary on YouTube.
I thought about Ryan when I read about how students from 116 schools in 22 states collectively prevented 1,567,562 pounds of global warming carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere in just four weeks during the 2012 national Green Cup Challenge? (GCC).
The GCC is an inter-school energy conservation challenge for grades K-12 and it is sponsored by the non-profit Green Schools Alliance. The friendly challenge empowers students and staff to conserve electricity, raise environmental awareness and decrease their campus? carbon footprint. The Green Cup Video Challenge has helped student videos go viral on YouTube. Among the top reducing schools this year were the Buckly School (-8.7%) and the Lycee Francais School (-8.7%) both in New York City.
If anybody is going to save the world it?s going to be the children.
About the Author: Larry Siegel has worked as a writer of corporate policies and procedures and as a technical writer. He currently works as a Pesticide Community Outreach Specialist for the Pesticide and Toxic Substances Branch in Edison, NJ
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in Greenversations are those of the author. They do not reflect EPA policy, endorsement, or action, and EPA does not verify the accuracy or science of the contents of the blog.
Contact: Amy Stone a.f.stone@sheffield.ac.uk 01-142-221-046 University of Sheffield
A University of Sheffield academic is helping a team of citizen scientists to carry out crucial research into European genetic heritage.
Citizen Scientists are not required to have a scientific background or training, but instead they possess a passion for the subject and are increasingly being empowered by the scientific community to get involved in research.
Dr Andy Grierson, from the University of Sheffield's Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), has helped a team of citizen scientists from Europe and North America to identify vital new clues to tell the story of Europe's genetic history.
Dr Grierson explained: "Understanding European history since man first arrived on the continent is a huge challenge for archaeologists and historians.
"One way that scientists can help is by studying the genetics of European men. All men carry a Y chromosome that they inherit from their father, which has been passed down the generations from father to son for thousands of years. So most men in Europe will share common ancestry at some point in the past, and we are able to investigate this shared ancestry using genetic studies of the Y chromosome.
"However, up until recently, there have not been many genetic clues on the Y chromosome to allow scientists to be certain about identifying different populations."
The team has addressed this problem by downloading human genome data obtained by the 1000 Genomes Project from the Sanger Centre in Cambridge. Then, working on their home computers, they managed to extract 200 novel genetic variants from Y chromosomes of the most numerous group of western European men.
By determining the patterns of these markers in each of the 1000 Genomes Project samples, the team was able to draw up a new family tree for the majority of men in Western Europe.
The group hopes that this resource will allow a much more detailed analysis of migration and expansion of populations in Europe. For example, some of the new genetic markers may help to study the origins and movements of different historical and cultural groups such as the Celts.
Dr Grierson added: "This community-led approach to genetic research could easily be adopted by other research areas. In particular, the 1000 Genomes Project has made the whole genome sequence of more than 2,000 individuals freely available for research purposes. These sequences potentially contain new information that will give important insight in diverse disciplines such as clinical medicine and evolutionary biology.
"One problem is that the amount of data analysis involved is huge, so working in partnership with citizen scientists allows us to move forward far more rapidly. There are thousands of science graduates, who for one reason or another have pursued non-scientific careers. Getting involved in citizen science projects is one way that these people can re-engage with research. Likewise many people with careers in IT and computing already have the sorts of skills required for analysing whole genome sequences in projects like ours."
Richard Rocca from Saddle Brook in New Jersey, USA, a community scientist involved in the project, said: "By searching through vital records such as birth certificates, many of us can trace our ancestry back several generations. The task is very time consuming, especially for those, like me, whose ancestors left Europe many generations ago. As gratifying as the results may be, once the paper trail ends, we are left to wonder about our deep ancestry. By working together, we were able to add many levels of detail to the genetic tree. I have no doubt that this new information will help some of us trace our individual ancestries back into pre-history."
Greg Magoon, from Manchester in Connecticut, USA, another community scientist involved in the project said, "It's a very exciting time for this field. The development and use of new genome sequencing technologies over the last few years along with the public availability of data obtained with these technologies, particularly from initiatives like the 1000 Genomes Project, are enabling us to make rapid progress in our understanding of historical human migrations and paternal lineages. We've tried to show how such progress can be facilitated by an engaged community of individuals, with varied and complementary skills, connected via the Internet."
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The research is due to be published in Plos ONE at 11pm BST, 5pm EST on 24 July 2012 and will be available at: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041634
The University of Sheffield
With nearly 25,000 students from 125 countries, the University of Sheffield is one of the UKs leading and largest universities. A member of the Russell Group, it has a reputation for world-class teaching and research excellence across a wide range of disciplines.
The University of Sheffield has been named University of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards for its exceptional performance in research, teaching, access and business performance. In addition, the University has won four Queens Anniversary Prizes (1998, 2000, 2002, 2007). These prestigious awards recognise outstanding contributions by universities and colleges to the United Kingdoms intellectual, economic, cultural and social life. Sheffield also boasts five Nobel Prize winners among former staff and students and many of its alumni have gone on to hold positions of great responsibility and influence around the world.
The Universitys research partners and clients include Boeing, Rolls Royce, Unilever, Boots, AstraZeneca, GSK, ICI, Slazenger, and many more household names, as well as UK and overseas government agencies and charitable foundations.
The University has well-established partnerships with a number of universities and major corporations, both in the UK and abroad. Its partnership with Leeds and York Universities in the White Rose Consortium has a combined research power greater than that of either Oxford or Cambridge.
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Contact: Amy Stone a.f.stone@sheffield.ac.uk 01-142-221-046 University of Sheffield
A University of Sheffield academic is helping a team of citizen scientists to carry out crucial research into European genetic heritage.
Citizen Scientists are not required to have a scientific background or training, but instead they possess a passion for the subject and are increasingly being empowered by the scientific community to get involved in research.
Dr Andy Grierson, from the University of Sheffield's Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), has helped a team of citizen scientists from Europe and North America to identify vital new clues to tell the story of Europe's genetic history.
Dr Grierson explained: "Understanding European history since man first arrived on the continent is a huge challenge for archaeologists and historians.
"One way that scientists can help is by studying the genetics of European men. All men carry a Y chromosome that they inherit from their father, which has been passed down the generations from father to son for thousands of years. So most men in Europe will share common ancestry at some point in the past, and we are able to investigate this shared ancestry using genetic studies of the Y chromosome.
"However, up until recently, there have not been many genetic clues on the Y chromosome to allow scientists to be certain about identifying different populations."
The team has addressed this problem by downloading human genome data obtained by the 1000 Genomes Project from the Sanger Centre in Cambridge. Then, working on their home computers, they managed to extract 200 novel genetic variants from Y chromosomes of the most numerous group of western European men.
By determining the patterns of these markers in each of the 1000 Genomes Project samples, the team was able to draw up a new family tree for the majority of men in Western Europe.
The group hopes that this resource will allow a much more detailed analysis of migration and expansion of populations in Europe. For example, some of the new genetic markers may help to study the origins and movements of different historical and cultural groups such as the Celts.
Dr Grierson added: "This community-led approach to genetic research could easily be adopted by other research areas. In particular, the 1000 Genomes Project has made the whole genome sequence of more than 2,000 individuals freely available for research purposes. These sequences potentially contain new information that will give important insight in diverse disciplines such as clinical medicine and evolutionary biology.
"One problem is that the amount of data analysis involved is huge, so working in partnership with citizen scientists allows us to move forward far more rapidly. There are thousands of science graduates, who for one reason or another have pursued non-scientific careers. Getting involved in citizen science projects is one way that these people can re-engage with research. Likewise many people with careers in IT and computing already have the sorts of skills required for analysing whole genome sequences in projects like ours."
Richard Rocca from Saddle Brook in New Jersey, USA, a community scientist involved in the project, said: "By searching through vital records such as birth certificates, many of us can trace our ancestry back several generations. The task is very time consuming, especially for those, like me, whose ancestors left Europe many generations ago. As gratifying as the results may be, once the paper trail ends, we are left to wonder about our deep ancestry. By working together, we were able to add many levels of detail to the genetic tree. I have no doubt that this new information will help some of us trace our individual ancestries back into pre-history."
Greg Magoon, from Manchester in Connecticut, USA, another community scientist involved in the project said, "It's a very exciting time for this field. The development and use of new genome sequencing technologies over the last few years along with the public availability of data obtained with these technologies, particularly from initiatives like the 1000 Genomes Project, are enabling us to make rapid progress in our understanding of historical human migrations and paternal lineages. We've tried to show how such progress can be facilitated by an engaged community of individuals, with varied and complementary skills, connected via the Internet."
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Additional information
The research is due to be published in Plos ONE at 11pm BST, 5pm EST on 24 July 2012 and will be available at: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041634
The University of Sheffield
With nearly 25,000 students from 125 countries, the University of Sheffield is one of the UKs leading and largest universities. A member of the Russell Group, it has a reputation for world-class teaching and research excellence across a wide range of disciplines.
The University of Sheffield has been named University of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards for its exceptional performance in research, teaching, access and business performance. In addition, the University has won four Queens Anniversary Prizes (1998, 2000, 2002, 2007). These prestigious awards recognise outstanding contributions by universities and colleges to the United Kingdoms intellectual, economic, cultural and social life. Sheffield also boasts five Nobel Prize winners among former staff and students and many of its alumni have gone on to hold positions of great responsibility and influence around the world.
The Universitys research partners and clients include Boeing, Rolls Royce, Unilever, Boots, AstraZeneca, GSK, ICI, Slazenger, and many more household names, as well as UK and overseas government agencies and charitable foundations.
The University has well-established partnerships with a number of universities and major corporations, both in the UK and abroad. Its partnership with Leeds and York Universities in the White Rose Consortium has a combined research power greater than that of either Oxford or Cambridge.
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Move over, condoms?there could be a new male birth-control option in town.?A contraceptive gel treatment may have the ability to suppress your sperm concentration, according to research published online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Researchers had 99 healthy men apply a daily gel treatment to their bodies over the course of 6 months.?One-third of the guys applied a gel containing testosterone and a placebo, while the remaining two thirds applied a gel with testosterone and either 8 or 12 milligrams of Nestosterone, a synthetic hormone that?s been found to increase the contraceptive effectiveness of testosterone in men.?(Feeling weak? Tired? Less confident? Reclaim your mojo and?complete a total-body?Testosterone Transformation in just 12 weeks!)
Time for love makin', not baby makin'.
The results: Out of the guys who were using the testosterone-Nestosterone combination, 88 to 89 percent had a sperm concentration of less than 1 million sperm per milliliter. (Normal sperm concentration is more than 15 million sperm per milliliter.)
?The gels were applied in two separate locations,? says study coauthor Christina Wang, M.D., a professor of medicine at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute. ?The testosterone component was applied to the upper arms and shoulders, and the?Nesterone component on the lower abdomen.?
How does it work? When testosterone and Nestosterone hit your skin together, the mixture shuts off the hormones that control production of sperm in your testes, Dr. Wang explains.
Now researchers aim to combine testosterone and Nestosterone into one gel, and apply it to one location, in the hopes that it?s even more effective, says Dr. Wang.
In the meantime, your best bet for keeping you swimmers in line and staying STD-free is to keep rocking that rubber. Find the perfect one for you on our list of?The 4 Best-Feeling Condoms.
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Contact: Sina Loeschke Sina.Loeschke@awi.de 0049-471-483-12008 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Radiation researchers from all over the world meet at the Alfred Wegener Institute
The problem appeared to be almost paradoxical. Whenever small groups of white, dense cumulus clouds passed by the sun in the sky over Munich, more sun rays hit the photovoltaic plates of a manu-facturer than physicists had calculated for a day of sun under cloudless blue skies. The consequence: the installations produced maximum energy values which could not be used, however, because the converters of the solar modules were not ideally adjusted. "Only once a comparison was made with the radiation data of our European BSRN stations, did the cause for these maximum radiation values become clear. Under conditions of this type, not only the direct sun rays hit the solar modules, but also the white scatter light from the clouds. This is an added extra which must of course be included in the calculation and considered in the case of photovoltaic systems ", says Dr. Gert Knig-Langlo, head of the World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC) at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association.
Radiation issues such as this will be the topics when the Alfred Wegener Institute invites to the twelfth international BSRN Workshop in Potsdam. Some 70 radiation experts and data users from all over the world have so far registered. "The main focus of the three-day event will be to get talking to each other. As BSRN we endeavour to provide the best surface radiation data in the world. But for this we must also know what the data users require exactly", says Gert Knig-Langlo.
The Basic Surface Radiation Network currently consists of 54 measurement stations and the WRMC as central data archive: "We collect the measurement data of all 54 stations and the Alfred Wegener Institute itself even operates two of these. One measurement station is located at the Neumayer Station III in the Antarctic and the other at the Arctic research station in Ny lesund in Spitzbergen", explains Gert Knig-Langlo.
Each of these stations contains a wealth of sensors which measure the surface radiation at intervals of a few seconds. An average value and a maximum and a minimum are calculated per minute. "Our data have such a high temporal resolution that radiation fluctuations can be recognised precisely and it can be seen when the sun disappeared behind the clouds and when there was a clear sky", says Gert Knig-Langlo. Since the end of the eighties a data set has been created in this way which is now so large that a single person would have to note the respective radiation data around the clock every min-ute of the day for 670 years to obtain about the same data volume.
This density of the BSRN measurement data is appreciated primarily by the operators of scientific satellites. They use the radiation values as ground-based, highly precise and reliable comparative data to uncover measurement errors in their satellite data. Climate modellers have recourse to the data set if they wish to check the accuracy of their computer calculations. And a study from 2011 has shown that when planning thermal solar power stations it is a good idea to consult the BSRN measurement re-sults. Gert Knig-Langlo: "These many examples show that the network and its archive at the Alfred Wegener Institute make a substantial contribution to climate observations."
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Information on the 12th International BSRN Workshop:
Date: 1 to 3 August 2012
Place: Alfred Wegener Institute Potsdam, on the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam
Programme: http://www.bsrn.awi.de/en/other/workshop_2012/
Information for editors:
Printable images of the BSRN Station of the Alfred Wegener Institute in the Antarctic are available in the online version of this press release at http://www.awi.de/en/news/press_releases/detail/item/climate_reseach_with_additional_benefit_international_experts_in_surface_radiation_meet_at_the_alfr/?cHash=188959d9aa23956f87e072e7d1221ca8
Your contact partner in the Alfred Wegener Institute is Dr. Gert Knig-Langlo (0471 4831-1806; email: Gert.Koenig-Langlo@awi.de). Your contact partner in the Communication and Media Department is Sina Lschke (Tel.: 0471 4831-2008; email: Sina.Loeschke@awi.de).
The Alfred Wegener Institute conducts research in the Arctic, Antarctic and in the high and mid-latitude oceans. The Institute coordinates German polar research and provides important infrastruc-ture such as the research ice breaker Polarstern and stations in the Arctic and Antarctic to the inter-national scientific world. The Alfred Wegener Institute is one of the 18 research centres of the Helm-holtz Association, the largest scientific organisation in Germany.
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Contact: Sina Loeschke Sina.Loeschke@awi.de 0049-471-483-12008 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Radiation researchers from all over the world meet at the Alfred Wegener Institute
The problem appeared to be almost paradoxical. Whenever small groups of white, dense cumulus clouds passed by the sun in the sky over Munich, more sun rays hit the photovoltaic plates of a manu-facturer than physicists had calculated for a day of sun under cloudless blue skies. The consequence: the installations produced maximum energy values which could not be used, however, because the converters of the solar modules were not ideally adjusted. "Only once a comparison was made with the radiation data of our European BSRN stations, did the cause for these maximum radiation values become clear. Under conditions of this type, not only the direct sun rays hit the solar modules, but also the white scatter light from the clouds. This is an added extra which must of course be included in the calculation and considered in the case of photovoltaic systems ", says Dr. Gert Knig-Langlo, head of the World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC) at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association.
Radiation issues such as this will be the topics when the Alfred Wegener Institute invites to the twelfth international BSRN Workshop in Potsdam. Some 70 radiation experts and data users from all over the world have so far registered. "The main focus of the three-day event will be to get talking to each other. As BSRN we endeavour to provide the best surface radiation data in the world. But for this we must also know what the data users require exactly", says Gert Knig-Langlo.
The Basic Surface Radiation Network currently consists of 54 measurement stations and the WRMC as central data archive: "We collect the measurement data of all 54 stations and the Alfred Wegener Institute itself even operates two of these. One measurement station is located at the Neumayer Station III in the Antarctic and the other at the Arctic research station in Ny lesund in Spitzbergen", explains Gert Knig-Langlo.
Each of these stations contains a wealth of sensors which measure the surface radiation at intervals of a few seconds. An average value and a maximum and a minimum are calculated per minute. "Our data have such a high temporal resolution that radiation fluctuations can be recognised precisely and it can be seen when the sun disappeared behind the clouds and when there was a clear sky", says Gert Knig-Langlo. Since the end of the eighties a data set has been created in this way which is now so large that a single person would have to note the respective radiation data around the clock every min-ute of the day for 670 years to obtain about the same data volume.
This density of the BSRN measurement data is appreciated primarily by the operators of scientific satellites. They use the radiation values as ground-based, highly precise and reliable comparative data to uncover measurement errors in their satellite data. Climate modellers have recourse to the data set if they wish to check the accuracy of their computer calculations. And a study from 2011 has shown that when planning thermal solar power stations it is a good idea to consult the BSRN measurement re-sults. Gert Knig-Langlo: "These many examples show that the network and its archive at the Alfred Wegener Institute make a substantial contribution to climate observations."
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Information on the 12th International BSRN Workshop:
Date: 1 to 3 August 2012
Place: Alfred Wegener Institute Potsdam, on the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam
Programme: http://www.bsrn.awi.de/en/other/workshop_2012/
Information for editors:
Printable images of the BSRN Station of the Alfred Wegener Institute in the Antarctic are available in the online version of this press release at http://www.awi.de/en/news/press_releases/detail/item/climate_reseach_with_additional_benefit_international_experts_in_surface_radiation_meet_at_the_alfr/?cHash=188959d9aa23956f87e072e7d1221ca8
Your contact partner in the Alfred Wegener Institute is Dr. Gert Knig-Langlo (0471 4831-1806; email: Gert.Koenig-Langlo@awi.de). Your contact partner in the Communication and Media Department is Sina Lschke (Tel.: 0471 4831-2008; email: Sina.Loeschke@awi.de).
The Alfred Wegener Institute conducts research in the Arctic, Antarctic and in the high and mid-latitude oceans. The Institute coordinates German polar research and provides important infrastruc-ture such as the research ice breaker Polarstern and stations in the Arctic and Antarctic to the inter-national scientific world. The Alfred Wegener Institute is one of the 18 research centres of the Helm-holtz Association, the largest scientific organisation in Germany.
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One problem with 2012 Olympics coverage is that there's so much of it. If you're in the U.S., you can turn to NBCOlympics.com for full video coverage of the Summer Games, including clips, highlights, and full-length video of competitions as they happen. But with all that content, it's difficult to sort through and find what you're actually looking for. Want a better way to find and discover what's happening at the Olympics? Showyou is trying to solve that problem, by automatically highlighting the Olympics content that its users are sharing with each other in the app and on other social networks.
I thought about Ryan when I read about how students from 116 schools in 22 states collectively prevented 1,567,562 pounds of global warming carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere in just four weeks during the 2012 national Green Cup Challenge? (GCC).![[ Back to EurekAlert! ]](http://www.eurekalert.org/images/back2e.gif){kind=small}
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