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Today – October 15 – is known as Blog Action Day , an annual event that unites bloggers across the globe by posting about the same topic on the same day to help bring awareness to a certain issue. This year, the discussion is about Climate Change and we hope you’ll check out the Official Google Blog to learn more about some of the steps we take as a company to address this important issue. If you have blogs of your own, we also encourage you to post your own thoughts about the climate crisis and maybe some of the steps you’re taking to contribute to change. Posted by the Google for Students Blog team

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Blog Action Day

From the comfort of your own dorm room, Street View on Google Maps lets you scope out a restaurant before heading out there for a date (oh look, there’s a flower shop next door ) or preview your spring break hotel to be sure it meets your strict requirements (oh look, the beach is right across the street ). But wouldn’t it be nice if you could see more places in Street View? Places like hiking or biking trails, sports stadiums, and maybe even your university campus! Freshmen could easily study what all the campus buildings look like, and your family could get a better sense of your new home. Think back to when you were applying to schools – wouldn’t it have been handy to be able to virtually tour college campuses? Or better yet, picture how nice a Street View walk down memory lane will be after you graduate and start to feels pangs of nostalgia for college life. Good news: you can now nominate your campus to be photographed for Street View on Google Maps. We’ve created the Street View trike, a mechanical masterpiece made of 3 bicycle wheels and a mounted Street View camera, to take pictures of places like university campuses that cannot be reached by car. Visit www.google.com/trike to nominate your school for a visit from the Street View trike. To get an idea of what Street View pictures taken by the trike look like, you can check out San Diego State University , the first university included in Google Maps: View Larger Map So far we’ve taken the trike to a few other campuses, including the University of Pennsylvania and Penn State , but all of you have a chance to nominate your school to be included next. Of course, we’ll make sure to work directly with the administration at your school to get the necessary permissions and approvals before coming on campus – and, as with all Street View imagery, we’ll blur identifiable faces. We’re also accepting nominations in 5 other categories for where to send the Street View trike next: Parks & Trails Pedestrian Malls (e.g., outdoor shopping areas, boardwalks) Theme Parks & Zoos Landmarks Sports Venues (e.g., golf courses, racing tracks, stadium grounds) Head to www.google.com/trike by October 28 to submit your nomination. After we comb through the submissions and pick out the finalists, you will have the opportunity to vote on a winner from each category for the Street View trike to visit. May the best campus win!

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Get your campus featured in Street View on Google Maps

According to sources, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle called a news conference to apologize for the behavior of an officer who detained a distressed family outside a hospital emergency room. Now what kind of nonsense is that. Officer Robert Powell has been placed on paid administrative leave in connection with the incident last week, in which he stopped the family rushing to visit a dying mother, keeping them for 13 minutes to write a traffic ticket. The lady died before the two family members were able to see her. During the traffic stop, caught on the officer’s in-car camera, Powell shout at the driver, 26-year-old NFL running back Ryan Moats, and threatened him with arrest for running a traffic light. After seeing the video earlier this week, several police commanders knew they had a public relations crisis on their hands. “I am embarrassed and disappointed by the behavior of one of our police officers,” the chief told a packed audience of media outlets that included Inside Edition. “His behavior, in my opinion, did not exhibit the common sense, discretion, the compassion that we expect our officers to exhibit.”

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Dallas police chief apologizes for conduct of officer who drew gun on NFL player outside hospital

I think there are many industries that are rising in recent years that many people are trying to take advantage of. I can name a few… Nanotechnology, clean energy, environmental restoration, and finally, space technology. It came as no surprise to me when I heard about different private companies such as Space Adventures (Ltd.), XCOR Aerospace (TM.), and Virgin Galactic (TM.) made their announcements to build space tourism for their businesses. There’s also a company I’ve heard of in Japan that is currently building sufficient nanotechnology that’s needed to build a ” Space Elevator “. What these guys are trying to do is out of this world. The space tourism plan is to launch space ships repeatedly into orbit, and allow many different people to see what it’s like to go to outerspace. If you are bored of going to Florida every summer vacation, then maybe going to space could be your next adventure. The space elevator’s plan is to launch junks into outerspace, and bring back resources from space more quickly and efficiently than a rocket could. Though most businesses are trying to focus on innovating on technologies from the Digital Age, I myself think the Digital Age is “so yesterday”, and believe that the Space Age is “where it’s at” in terms of business, and everything else. Read this article and find out where these companies are taking their businesses into.

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Business in Space

At this time and age, where information bits are flying everywhere at every second. Bits of information that cannot be contained, twitters, statuses, blogs, articles, and mini-website made by 13 year old boys is somewhat impossible to contain.

So, recently I’ve been doing well on all my tests. And everyone’s been asking me for what my secret is. Well, I’m no brain scientist, but according to this source , these 7 strategies really help. 1) Lab mouse increased their neurons by exercising. Maybe you should try it too. 2) Stimulants such as caffeine can help you to boost some brain power. 3) Saturated fat is bad for both the brain and the body. But omega-3 fats found in fishes are good. High antioxidants are also good for the brain (they are found in fruits and vegetables). It’s also good to restrict your diet, and to eat less. 4) Believe it or not, video games can help you boost your brain power. If you’ve heard of Brain Age on the Nintendo DS, I would get it. If not, never mind. 5) Unsurprisingly, listening to music can help to boost your brain power. I think classical music is the best for this purpose. 6) Meditating, turning the mind inward and reflecting upon yourself can boost your brain and help you to keep your body healthy. Regular mediators feel more creative, and at ease than non mediators do. 7) And the best way to boost your IQ is to study hard! (This wasn’t mentioned in the article).

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Seven Ways to Boost Brainpower: Scientific and Non Scientific Approach