Dear MEL School's Topic Readers,David Beckham not selected for London 2012 football squad!!!
Isn't it quite surprising for most people in the world to learn that the football superstar, also a big promoter of London Olympic Games isn't playing in the games this summer Olympic Games?
What would you say if you wore his shoes, or the manager's of the UK team who had shortlisted him but had dropped him from the final list?
Enjoy reading and learning from this article!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18624174
6/30/2012
6/29/2012
Topic Reading-Vol.79-6/29/2012
Dear MEL School's Topic Readers,In numbers: Women in politics globally!
How many female global leaders in politics, business or academic do you remember?
Here are some interesting stats about how much female leaders represent in today's global politics.
What numbers did we see a few decades ago and will we see in the middle of the century?
Enjoy checking these numbers and learning from them!
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/28/world/europe/women-politics-global-power/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
How many female global leaders in politics, business or academic do you remember?
Here are some interesting stats about how much female leaders represent in today's global politics.
What numbers did we see a few decades ago and will we see in the middle of the century?
Enjoy checking these numbers and learning from them!
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/28/world/europe/women-politics-global-power/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
6/28/2012
Topic Reading-Vol.78-6/28/2012
Dear MEL School's Topic Readers,U.S. charges 24 people in massive hacking sting.
It took considerable time, efforts and cooperation by several countries to conduct this extensive covert operation, which resulted in arresting 24 harmful hackers, who are all young males.
One surprising thing is that there was a publically trading market for such stolen data and information.
At the same time, several of Japan's ministries' homepages were assaulted by so-called anonymous hackers.
There seem to be terrorists all over the places and spaces, on the ground, under the ground and on the Internet.
Enjoy reading and learning from it!
http://news.yahoo.com/u-charges-24-people-massive-hacking-sting-000205703--sector.html;_ylt=AhuNEuXXqonoy6VDl03QbVAjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTNxZTY1OWR2BG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBUZWNoU0YEcGtnAzYwYjcyNjI5LWI3ZGEtM2I3OS05ZjMxLTdjZjUyMTViMDE2NQRwb3MDMTkEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDYzMyODE3ZjEtYmZlYi0xMWUxLWJlZDctYTBiOTQ0MGQ0YjZm;_ylg=X3oDMTFpcTZobnQ4BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAN0ZWNoBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3
It took considerable time, efforts and cooperation by several countries to conduct this extensive covert operation, which resulted in arresting 24 harmful hackers, who are all young males.
One surprising thing is that there was a publically trading market for such stolen data and information.
At the same time, several of Japan's ministries' homepages were assaulted by so-called anonymous hackers.
There seem to be terrorists all over the places and spaces, on the ground, under the ground and on the Internet.
Enjoy reading and learning from it!
http://news.yahoo.com/u-charges-24-people-massive-hacking-sting-000205703--sector.html;_ylt=AhuNEuXXqonoy6VDl03QbVAjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTNxZTY1OWR2BG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBUZWNoU0YEcGtnAzYwYjcyNjI5LWI3ZGEtM2I3OS05ZjMxLTdjZjUyMTViMDE2NQRwb3MDMTkEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDYzMyODE3ZjEtYmZlYi0xMWUxLWJlZDctYTBiOTQ0MGQ0YjZm;_ylg=X3oDMTFpcTZobnQ4BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAN0ZWNoBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3
6/27/2012
Topic Reading-Vol.77-6/27/2012
Dear MEL School's Topic Readers,Facebook is trying to hijack your email address!
This stunning headline of today's article may scare you a lot but if you read the article, what FB is doing is to set (whatever the name)@facebook.com as the default email address instead of your preferred one.
The article also refers FB's business manner as mess up and apologize, which doesn't seem to be so uncommon among other online service providers.
The company has just added its first female, its COO Cheryl Sandburg, to its board.
Although their stock price has been well below the IPO price, it surely is getting attention to its every single move rather more negatively than positively as it had been expected to grow further and faster.
Enjoy reading and learning from it!
http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/25/technology/facebook-emails/index.htm?hpt=hp_c2
This stunning headline of today's article may scare you a lot but if you read the article, what FB is doing is to set (whatever the name)@facebook.com as the default email address instead of your preferred one.
The article also refers FB's business manner as mess up and apologize, which doesn't seem to be so uncommon among other online service providers.
The company has just added its first female, its COO Cheryl Sandburg, to its board.
Although their stock price has been well below the IPO price, it surely is getting attention to its every single move rather more negatively than positively as it had been expected to grow further and faster.
Enjoy reading and learning from it!
http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/25/technology/facebook-emails/index.htm?hpt=hp_c2
6/26/2012
Topic Reading-Vol.76-6/26/2012
Dear MEL School's Topic Readers,Day of pride from orbit to ocean
It was a quite astonishing and historic day for People's Republic of China, which succeeded two scientific experiments on a same day, a docking with an orbiting space module and reaching to the bottom of the deepest sea trench.
Did they plan to have those events on a same day? Probably yes may be because of the chance to fail two experiments at once is less than make both of them successful.
Enjoy reading and learning this! You'll surely agree with the title of this topic reading.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/25/content_15520180.htm
It was a quite astonishing and historic day for People's Republic of China, which succeeded two scientific experiments on a same day, a docking with an orbiting space module and reaching to the bottom of the deepest sea trench.
Did they plan to have those events on a same day? Probably yes may be because of the chance to fail two experiments at once is less than make both of them successful.
Enjoy reading and learning this! You'll surely agree with the title of this topic reading.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/25/content_15520180.htm
6/25/2012
Topic Reading-Vol.75-6/25/2012
Dear MEL School's Topic Readers,Big Mac attack: US man eats record 25,000th burger!
Yesterday, some of you might have read about the difference between a photo on the menu and the thing that is served at the restaurant chain.
Today, you're going to read an article about a man who had eaten 25,000 Big Mac in his life as of May last year. If he has been eating a Big Mac a day since then, he might have already eaten 25,400 or so of the calorie and fat rich fast food.
Enjoy reading and learning about this staggering person's eating habit and history!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13437838
Yesterday, some of you might have read about the difference between a photo on the menu and the thing that is served at the restaurant chain.
Today, you're going to read an article about a man who had eaten 25,000 Big Mac in his life as of May last year. If he has been eating a Big Mac a day since then, he might have already eaten 25,400 or so of the calorie and fat rich fast food.
Enjoy reading and learning about this staggering person's eating habit and history!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13437838
6/24/2012
Topic Reading-Vol.74-6/24/2012
Dear MEL School's Topic Readers,Why photos of McDonald’s burgers look so much better than the real thing???
It's a kind of question you may always ask, "Why the thing I'm served doesn't look like the thing was presented on the menu?".
Interestingly, a subsidiary of the world largest restaurant chain answers this question by video very easily and straightforwardly!!!
After reading the article and seeing the video, a question may arise; are the photos on the menu fake or real?
Enjoy this article and video to learn what could make a difference!
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/why-photos-mcdonald-burgers-look-much-better-real-173911342.html
It's a kind of question you may always ask, "Why the thing I'm served doesn't look like the thing was presented on the menu?".
Interestingly, a subsidiary of the world largest restaurant chain answers this question by video very easily and straightforwardly!!!
After reading the article and seeing the video, a question may arise; are the photos on the menu fake or real?
Enjoy this article and video to learn what could make a difference!
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/why-photos-mcdonald-burgers-look-much-better-real-173911342.html
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