| Innovations: Microsoft Student makes school tasks easier, more fun
I never thought that my kids would go wild over software that didn't involve trading messages with their friends, finding some adorable fictional animal for adventures or sports statistics. Until now, my daughters have spent most of their time in front of the monitor either using AIM or visiting some fictional fuzzy world, while my son would be mesmerized by his fantasy leagues and high school friends. Yet, when I installed Microsoft Student, the reception was overwhelming. This software is a combination of applications, including the Encarta reference set, a math tutor and a bunch of utilities to make school tasks easier. Upon installation, the first thing you'll notice is the new search bar on your desktop. This is a multifunction search field that lets you search for a subject in the Encarta encyclopedia, for a definition in the dictionary, an entry in the thesaurus or lets you go straight to various entries in Encarta Kids, a colorful version of Encarta that makes looking up terms fun.
The Vanishing Batak Tribe
The end of the Batak had come and gone. Their culture was already gone. The language was all that remained. Do you doom yourself and your children to lives of abject poverty, ridden with disease and living with hunger on a daily basis just to preserve a language?
By Antonio Graceffo
Posted by Bulatlat .
Groups gather to make jokes, laugh
From Harry Potter spoofs and Monty Python adaptations to actors in red clown noses, Penn State's version of the international day of humor entertained a crowd yesterday in the Forum. Red Nose Day is an event organized by The Three Broomsticks, Penn State's Harry Potter club. The "semi-holiday" is celebrated every two years, predominantly in the United Kingdom by Comic Relief U.K., a group promoting awareness of world poverty. All proceeds raised from the event went to Comic Relief U.K., specifically supporting poverty in Africa. The author of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, is a strong advocate of Comic Relief U.K., actively voicing her support through charity work for the organization. Rowling's support is part of the reason The Three Broomsticks takes such interest in hosting Red Nose Day.
AAUW hosts artful afternoon
Want to learn to play the guitar or piece together a quilt or knit a baby cap? Want to learn basic techniques for writing that book?You can get introductions to all that and more, courtesy of the Half Moon Bay branch of the American Association of University Women and their Arts and Crafts Faire this Saturday.At this fair, members of the local branch of AAUW will tap their own talents to present a wide array of crafts, from music to needlework to creative writing to photography. The members will give demonstrations of their specialty crafts, and offer instructions, tips, and packages of lessons for those who want to learn how to do it too.Some will have materials with instructions that will teach simple versions of crafts. One example comes from member Shelly Glassberg, who will present knitting baby hats and booties."Lots of people can go into a class, but this is a situation of self-help," she said.Glassberg will show a few hats and booties that she made, for babies 1 to 3 months of age and 3 to 6 months of age - and she will also have assorted packages of yarn, knitting needles and instructions for making a simple hat or baby booties.AAUW member Carlos Vargas, husband of member and program co-chair Mary Vargas, plays guitar and paints with watercolor.
McDonald's Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Hello and welcome to McDonald's April 20, 2007 investor conference call. At the request of McDonald's Corporation, this conference is being recorded. (Operator Instructions) I would now like to turn the conference over to Ms. Mary Kay Shaw, Vice President of Investor Relations for McDonald's Corporation. Ms. Shaw, you may begin. Mary Kay Shaw Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. With me on our call: our Chief Operating Officer, Ralph Alvarez; and Chief Financial Officer, Matthew Paull. This conference call is being webcast live and recorded for replay via phone, webcast and podcast. As always, the forward-looking statements which appear in our earnings release and 8-K filings also apply to our comments. Both the earnings release and our 8-K with supplemental financial information are available on investor.mcdonalds.com, as are reconciliations of any non-GAAP financial measures mentioned on today's call with their corresponding GAAP measures.
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