$26,000 in Prizes: 2013 Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for Students Worldwide

The Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest is open to 12^th Graders, College Undergraduates or Graduate Students to send in entries for the 2013 Essay contest for students worldwide.

Essay Topics:  You are to Select ONE of the following three topics:

1. Atlas Shrugged contains both businessmen who are heroes, such as Hank Rearden and Dagny Taggart, and businessmen who are villains, such as Orren Boyle and James Taggart. What are the differences between these types of businessmen? Is the story a celebration of business? How does this issue relate to the wider themes in the novel?
2. Hank Rearden says that the killer tenet which destroys a man is the soul-body dichotomy—that this wrong idea has been the source of his life’s pain. What do you think this dichotomy is? How has it wreaked havoc in Hank’s life?
3. What is the meaning of money to Francisco? To James Taggart?

Worth of Awards

Successful participants will receive thus:

First Prize: $10,000
3 Second Prizes: $2,000
5 Third Prizes: $1,000
25 Finalists: $100
50 Semifinalists: $50

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2014 Colin and Ailsa Turbayne International Berkeley Essay Prize Competition

Entries are now being received by the University of Rochester for the 2014 International  Berkely Essay Prize Competition aimed at advancing understanding of Berkeley through intellectual articles.

Professor and Mrs. Colin Turbayne established the International Berkeley Essay Prize competition some years before their deaths, in cooperation with the Philosophy Department at the University of Rochester.

Worth of Awards

The winner will receive a prize of $2,000. Copies of the winning essays are to be sent to the George Berkeley Library Study Center located in Berkeley’s home in Whitehall, Newport, RI.

Eligibility

Entries are accepted from individuals worldwide

How to Apply

For the 2014 competition, submitted papers should address some aspect of Berkeley’s philosophy.
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Commonwealth Youth Awards open for 2013 nominations

Each year CYP of the Commonwealth Secretariat funds Commonwealth Youth Awards in UK. Students of commonwealth countries are eligible for this award.

The Commonwealth Youth Awards, which encourage and sustain investment in youth-led development, are open for 2013 nominations.

Youth workers are encouraged to nominate young people, who are driving innovative projects in any number of areas, including agriculture, small enterprise, skills training, climate change/environment protection, sustainable livelihoods and poverty reduction.

The Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP), promotes the awards as an attempt to raise the profile and highlight the contribution of young people who are integrally involved in the process of change and are working side by side with decision-makers for a more secure future. The awards also give international, regional and national recognition to the young men and women who are selected.

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Personally video:late micheal's brother, Jermaine Jackson wants to meet with p-square

The video tribute to the late King of pop Michael Jackson in the song “Personally’ by sensational twins PSquare is no doubt a masterpiece and now, it has caught the attention of one of the Jackson brothers; Jermaine Jackson in the US who has announced he wants to meet PSquare.

The message from Jermaine was posted on PSquare’s Youtube channel. He said “It’s not everyday that a phenomenal band comes along…..Psquare, they are absolutely sensational with the showmanship, the singing, the dancing”

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Still shot from “Personally’ video

Jermaine was completely blown away.

The video tribute to the late King of pop Michael Jackson in the song “Personally’ by sensational twins PSquare is no doubt a masterpiece and now, it has caught the attention of one of the Jackson brothers; Jermaine Jackson in the US who has announced he wants to meet PSquare.

The message from Jermaine was posted on PSquare’s Youtube channel. He said “It’s not everyday that a phenomenal band comes along…..Psquare, they are absolutely sensational with the showmanship, the singing, the dancing”

First Lady returns to mourn late mother

Abuja – The First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, has returned from a three-day trip to Geneva to mourn her late mother, Mrs Charity Oba.

Mrs Jonathan, who returned to Abuja on Wednesday, was in Geneva to receive an award as the Online Child Protection Champion from the International Telecommunication Union.

The first lady lost her foster mother, fondly called Mama Sisi in an auto crash in Port Harcourt on Monday.

The Villa Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Goodluck Jonathan was joined by former military Head of State, Retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP, Chief Anthony Anenih, to receive his wife.

The bereaved arrived into the warm embrace of her husband at the Presidential Villa, Abuja at exactly 9.40 p.m.

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Nigeria to host students’ global entrepreneurship competition

Abuja -  Mr  Agwu Amogu, President of Students for Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE), on Wednesday said that Nigeria had been chosen to host the 2013 world students’ global entrepreneurship competition in Abuja.

Amogu in Abuja said that the competition which was the 11th in the series was tagged “The SAGE World Cup’’.

According to Amogu, the competition is scheduled to hold between Aug. 6 and 12.

He said that Nigeria earned the right to host the prestigious SAGE completion edging out Ukraine and South Korea.

“SAGE mission is to create the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders whose innovations and social enterprises are to address the major needs of our global community.

“It engages young people in hands-on learning process on how to create wealth and also on how to help others and their communities.

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WAEC EXTENDS LATE REGISTRATION FOR NOV/DECEMBER EXAMS

The Management of West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced extension of late entry registration in the November/December 2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates from July 31, till August 9, 2013.

The Council made the disclosure in a statement signed and made available to Daily Trust in Lagos by its Deputy Director on Public Affairs, Y.D Ari.
“West African Examinations Council wishes to inform the intending candidates for the November/December 2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates that the normal entry period has been extended to Wednesday, 31st July, 2013.
The late entry period is now from Thursday, 1st to Friday, 9th August, 2013.

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Geeksphone Peak with MOZILLA OS for just €150 ($200)

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Geeksphone has started taking pre-orders for the Peak+ Firefox-powered phone. Geeksphone typically makes phones targeted at devs or tech savvy enthusiast, but says the Peak+ is also ready for consumers.

It's a small upgrade over the regular Peak – the RAM has been doubled to 1GB and the material used for the exterior has been changed to make it feel better to the touch. The phone will come with Firefox OS 1.1 out of the box, the same version the other two (Peak and Keon) recently got.

Other than that, you're still getting a Snapdragon 8225 S4 Play chipset (dual-core Cortex-A5 at 1.2GHz, Adreno 203 GPU), 4.3" IPS screen qHD (540 x 960) resolution, 4GB storage plus microSD cards slot and a 1,800mAh battery.

The Geeksphone Peak+ pre-order is at a promo price of €150 ($200), the same as the original Peak. This price will go up slightly after the initial batch of units is sold out (there's no indication what the standard price will be). The original Peak sold out fairly quickly.

If you pre-order now, Geeksphone will ship your Peak+ in mid-September