1st Annual ATI Automation Honors – Part 1
http://www.atihonors.automatedtestinginstitute.com
The ATI Automation Honors are awards that celebrate excellence in the discipline of software test automation. You, the automation community, have voted for who should be honored, and now you can watch this special presentation to see who takes home the prize! Hosted by Dion Johnson, this engaging video presentation of the 1st Annual ATI Automation Honors not only names Automation Honors Finalists and winners , but also features acceptance speeches from many of the awardees! Awards are presented in the following categories:
* Best Open Source Unit Automated Test Tool (nominees: cfix, JUnit, JWebUnit, NUnit, SimpleTest)
* Best Open Source Functional Automated Test Tool (nominees: AutoIt, FunFX, JSystem, Selenium, Watir)
* Best Open Source Performance Automated Test Tool (nominees: The Grinder, JMeter, OpenSTA, SoapUI, WebLoad)
* Best Commercial Functional Automated Test Tool (nominees: AutomatedQA TestComplete, HP QuickTest Professional (QTP), IBM/Rational Functional Tester, Worksoft Certify)
* Best Commercial Performance Automated Test Tool (nominees: AutomatedQA AQTime, HP LoadRunner, IBM/Rational Performance Tester)
* Best Automated Testing Book (nominees: Building a GUI Test Automation Framework Using the Data Model by Izzat Alsmadi, Implementing Automated Software Testing by Elfriede Dustin & Bernie Gauf & Thom Garrett, The Art of Application Performance Testing by Ian Molyneaux, Web Security Testing Cookbook by Paco Hope and Ben Walther)
* Best Automated Testing Blog or Social Networking Site (nominees: Autonomicon, Google Testing Blog, Corey Goldberg Blog)
* Best Automated Testing Forum (nominees: SQAForums, TDForums, Tek-tips)
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yatharth saxena campus school pantnagar 1
yatharth saxena s/o sri sanjai saxena & maneesha saxena a class 5 student of campus school pantnagar uttarakhand got first prize by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam at IIM Ahmedabad on 30nov 09 . the award was given by NIF and he was also the youngest awardee till date who achived this National Award in INDIA.
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Zhi-Xun Shen, director of the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science, or SIMES, a joint institute of the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, has been awarded the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award by the U.S. Department of Energy. Shen, who received the prize for his pioneering work in materials science, is among six other distinguished awardees, announced on December 16, 2009.
http://home.slac.stanford.edu/pressreleases/2009/20091217.htm
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BIBD Raya held Raya Gathering and Wish Award
BIBD’s clients from its Perdana World Banking, Corporate Banking, Consumer Banking and Investment Banking Divisions as well as clients from other companies and suppliers were today entertained at a Takbir Syawal gathering where the sixth monthly Wish Award presentation was also held.The gathering took place at the Rizqun International Hotel in Gadong.
Present at the ceremony was the Minister of Development Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Abdullah as the Chairman of B-I-B-D’s board of directors. also present were members of the BIBD Board of Directors, BIBD officers and staff. This ceremony is organised annually to show appreciation and to enhance relationship with its valued customers.
The ceremony also coincided with the presentation of the sixth monthly B-I-B-D Wish Award. Masliza bte Haji Mohammad, the winner of B-I-B-D’s 2nd quarterly Wish Campaign received a cash prize of one hundred thousand dollars. Ten other wish awardees in this sixth batch, also received prizes to fulfill their wishes, handed over by the Minister of Development.
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Verbena de Coros: 1st Xavier Choral Festival 08-23-08
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Event: Verbena de Coros – 1st Xavier Choral Festival
Details: XU Diamond Jubilee Anniversary (XU @ 75)
Date: August 22-23, 2008
Venue: Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan
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Contest Piece: Bituing Walang NingNing
Composer: Willie Cruz
Arranger: Robert Delgado
Category: POP/OPM
Group: MSU-IIT Octava Choral Society
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS:
GRAND PRIZE WINNER (GRAN PREMIO)
*School: Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT)
*Place: Iligan City
*Choir: Octava Choral Society
*Director/Founder: Francisco A. Englis
*General Average: 291.875 points
- OTHER PARTICIPATING CHOIRS -
*School: Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan (XU)
*Place: Cagayan de Oro City
*Choir: XU Chapel Aides
*General Average: 265.075 points
*School:Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU)
*Place: Davao City
*Choir: Carillon Ateneo Glee Club
*General Average: 264.95 points
*School: La Salle University (LSU)
*Place: Ozamis City
*Choir: The Singing Society
*General Average: 229 points
*Choir: Yahweh’s Choir
*Place: Cagayan de Oro City
*General Average: 218.375 points
*School: Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU)
*Place: Butuan City
*Choir: Voices of Light
*General Average: 203.375 points
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Group: MSU-IIT Octava Choral Society
[a] Premio Publico (People’s Choice)
[b] Fr. Antonio Cuna SJ Award for Best Conductor:
Prof. Frank Englis
Group: AdDU Carillon Ateneo Glee Club
[c] Gov. Oscar Moreno Best Interpretation for Traditional Spanish
Group: XU Chapel Aides
[d] Best in Sacred Choral Music “MUSICA SACRA”
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JURORS:
[1] Jonathan Velasco – President, Philippine Choral Directors’ Association (PCDA)
[2] Jude Edgard Balsamo
[3] Ma. Patricia Silvestre – former Madz, wife of Teacher MONET SILVESTRE of PDA Season II
[4] Ma. Lourdes Hermo – director, Ateneo de Manila Glee Club
[5] Helen Tejero – director, KARIALA Ethnic Ensemble
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Contact person: Prof. Frank Englis
Emails: frank_englis@yahoo.com ; oblivionIIT@hotmail.com
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CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE
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2009 CNN hero of the year Efren Peñaflorida back in RP
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20091126-238566/Peaflorida-arrives-to-a-heros-welcome
Peñaflorida arrives to a heros welcome
By Niña Catherine Calleja
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 21:23:00 11/26/2009
Filed Under: Awards and Prizes, Education
MANILA, Philippines — CNN Hero of the Year Efren Peñaflorida arrived in the country on Wednesday night, somehow helping uplift the countrys mood soured by the slaughter of at least 57 people, including more than 20 journalists, in Maguindanao on Monday.
Beaming while holding the CNN plaque, Peñaflorida was welcomed by a hundred students and Dynamic Teen Co. (DTC) co-teachers, who screamed and waved Philippine flaglets upon seeing him.
They mobbed, hugged and kissed him, while chanting Kuya Ef and Bayani!
Reacting to the roaring crowd, a woman at the airport said, Wow, it was pure joy!
CNN honored him for starting a pushcart classroom to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership.
He created a program that brings books to children in slums and on the streets. His DTC has brought reading, writing and hygiene to 1,500 children.
Clad in T-shirt and jeans, Peñaflorida arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport via Northwest flight (NW281) at 11:25 p.m.
The 28-year-old native of Cavite City will be receiving the Order of Lakandula from President Macapagal-Arroyo.
Resolutions in the Senate and other provinces to honor his deeds have also been passed.
Unlike the heros welcome for boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, the CNN Hero said on Wednesday night that he was expecting ordinary days ahead except that he was scheduled to meet Ms Arroyo in Malacañang for a courtesy call.
I will still push carts. Dont think Kuya Ef has changed. I just represent all the selfless and hardworking Filipinos, Peñaflorida said.
His mother Lucila said no feast would await him at home.
We dont have money. What Efren got from the award was not his, Lucila said but she kept reiterating how proud she was of her son.
Lucila, who earns money from repacking fish crackers in the market, said that what the family earned was just enough for their daily needs.
He knows that. And he might get mad at us if we prepare a lavish treat, she said.
Peñaflorida said he would build a Center for Learning somewhere that would be accessible to street children.
He said 90 percent of the $125,000 cash prize he bagged from the CNN award would go to DTC for its expansion, while 10 percent would be donated to the Church. He received $100,000 for being named CNN Hero of the Year and $25,000 for earlier making it to the top 10 CNN Heroes.
We are happy to say that the pushcart classrooms have been replicated in various places in Metro Manila, Bacolod, Zamboanga, and as far as Kenya and Indonesia, Peñaflorida said.
He said the CNN award served as an inspiration for Filipinos with hearts for heroism. We just need to open our eyes and hearts for those who need help the most, he said.
A full-time teacher at the Palm Ridge School in Cavite, the CNN hero remains a bachelor with no girlfriend at 28 years old. There were no sacrifices at all because this is a calling and I enjoy helping the kids, he said.
Asked about his reaction to the massacre of civilians and journalists in Maguindanao, Peñaflorida said he was not aware of the killings while he was abroad until a CNN employee told him about it.
A (staffer) of the CNN was the one who first told me. And I was really shocked and saddened, he told the Inquirer.
An employee at the NAIA terminal said Peñafloridas arrival might change the countrys mood at least briefly.
On Friday, Penaflorida is expected to get a heros welcome in his home-province, Cavite.
Cavite Gov. Ayong Maliksi, who also welcomed Peñaflorida at the airport, said the provincial government would donate P1 million for Peñafloridas pushcart classrooms.
Maliksi has also offered Peñaflorida a job at the provincial capitol as consultant for education.
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Covenant Video Honoring Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz 10 28 08
The Covenant Foundation, a very well respected national Jewish organization that honors outstanding Jewish educators around the U.S. for their creative approaches to Jewish education in North America, this year 2008 Award recipients—among them Rabbi Yakov Horowitz, Dean of Monsey’s Yeshiva Darchei Noam and an outstanding educator who touches issue after issue few in the frum community have the courage to address.
The prestigious Covenant Award bestows a prize of $36,000 to its recipient and an additional $5,000 to the recipient’s institution. Each winner embodies leadership and excellence within the field of Jewish education.
It is noteworthy that The Covenant Foundation is primarily a secular Jewish Foundation and the majority of its awardees are non-orthodox.
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André Bernard Speaks at PBK Book Awards Dinner Dec. 4, 2009
Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards are given each year in December for outstanding scholarly works published in the United States. The winning books, drawn from the fields of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, must be of broad interest and accessible to the general reader.
André Bernard, vice president and secretary of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, was the keynote speaker at the 2009 awards ceremony. In this video, he gives an overview of his speech prior to the event.
This year, Peter Trachtenberg received the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for The Book of Calamities: Five Questions About Suffering and Its Meaning (Little, Brown and Company, 2008).
Christopher Benfey received the Christian Gauss Award for A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, & Martin Johnson Heade (The Penguin Press, 2009).
And Harold Varmus received the Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science for The Art and Politics
of Science (W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 2009).
The Society presented the awards on Friday, December 4, at The Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C. Each awardee received a $10,000 prize.
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André Bernard Speaks at PBK Book Awards Dinner Dec. 4, 2009
Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards are given each year in December for outstanding scholarly works published in the United States. The winning books, drawn from the fields of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, must be of broad interest and accessible to the general reader.
André Bernard, vice president and secretary of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, was the keynote speaker at the 2009 awards ceremony. In this video, he gives an overview of his speech prior to the event.
This year, Peter Trachtenberg received the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for The Book of Calamities: Five Questions About Suffering and Its Meaning (Little, Brown and Company, 2008).
Christopher Benfey received the Christian Gauss Award for A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, & Martin Johnson Heade (The Penguin Press, 2009).
And Harold Varmus received the Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science for The Art and Politics
of Science (W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 2009).
The Society presented the awards on Friday, December 4, at The Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C. Each awardee received a $10,000 prize.
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MY GAY WEDDING IN 1012 meters a.s.l.
Everyone says I love You!
Czech republic, Ještěd mountain, 1012 meters above sea level, Building (of the same name) made by architect Karel Hubáček Awardee of Perret’s prize – that’s the place where we got married. Over houndred of our guests used a funicular railway to be there with us. After the ceremony we went to restaurant “Domov” on root of the mountain. There we spent a nice time with our friends & families. Wedding night we enjoyed back on the top of Ještěd mountain in the beautiful hotel. I advice You to visit…
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