SOLAR AUSTRALIA

Solar cars raced across Australian desert as the Dutch team Nuon Solar emerged the winner for the third time in a row at the World Solar Challenge on Thursday.

A grueling 3,000 KM  [1,864 mikes] race started at Darwin, crossing Australia's tropical north to the Southern shores and ending to Adelaide.

The Dutch team also the winner of the 2013, 2015 challenge, got an early lead and won this comfortably.

The "Nuna 9" car traveled at an average speed of 81.2 kmph still beating the nearest rival by about two hours.

"You've got to build a really good car ... you have to have a really good strategy, and we had a satellite car that helped us down the way and we were checking the weather all the way," Nuon Solar Team member Sarah Bennink Bolt said.

"You have to have a bit of luck ... it's an amazing feeling."

Headline Oct. 13/ ''' TOURIST -STUDENTS- *TEMPEST* '''

''' TOURIST -STUDENTS- *TEMPEST* '''

*GOD WILLING*   -IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME     -the World Students Society will have the honor to invite every single students in the world-

To consider   'a very economical, and a delightful  holiday'    in Pakistan, and then also, eventually,  country by country.  

!WOW! has set into motion a grand touring design for you all.  See Ya all, -on the World Students Society and  right here, very soon. 

MARWIN  & HUSSAIN -NOW 5th day away, traversing and tempest-ing glaciers, trekking  dangerous crevasses, on bare rations, but super bonding-

Each following a very difficult trek with Hussain relying  more on  astro-navigation and his responsibilities for the World Students Society. Marwin is in the great hands of a fearless and ferocious local guide.

But these two great friends, have one thing in common : They find the fellow earthlings back down on the plains, not really worth returning too, with any great zeal. 

They both agree with with the former great editor of The Express Tribune, Kamal Siddiqi, that the Pakistani students and students of the world in general, are being so very much........

Transformed, into Bleating Sheep  and even worst Robots. Kamal Siddiqi than adds, :  I personally think that in most cases, YES!  

When I teach university level students, what I see is a lack of spirit in many. All they want to do is to graduate and move on. For them university is about classes and nothing else. 

Few participate in anything. And those above 18, if they ever vote, they vote as per the directions and whims  of their parents.

There is  No Fire in the belly. There is zero zeal and enthusiasm. There is no nothing except the bleat of..... *mayn, mayn, mayn, bahyn, bahyn*....''  

The learned professor teaches at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. And in that case, and in which case,  professor, see ya on !WOW!  -the World Students Society.      

''It's our strategy, not just a  computer's,'' said Mr. Rowan, describing the service as managing airline and hotel bit to accrue status with travel companies.

''The downside of working with is is the onboarding is intense. We get to know you as a human, not just a set of  data points.''

Membership fees start at  $1,000  a month for unlimited travel planning, which they say eliminates the conflict of interest inherent in a commission-based system, where revenue rises with more expensive bookings.

They recommend  status-conferring  credit cards, and help manage the programs to use points for free travel.

ON DEMAND SERVICES

More accessible to casual travelers, free travel planning services, like brick-and- mortar travel agencies, make their money through commissions.   

Originally launched in 2015 as a personal assistant tackling tasks like shopping and travel booking,  Mezi shifted to handling travel exclusively last year.

The company's chief executive, Swapnil Shinde, who is also a founder, and its  chatbots  handle most transactions in five or fewer messages.

In complex cases that  robots cannot handle, human agents act as trouble-shooters who, after solving  problems,  train the bots in that resolution.

''We've built it so that every morning it's smarter than the previous night,'' he said. 

The more travelers use  Mezi, the more it knows about their preferences, making it likely that Mezi will suggest a boutique hotel in a museum district for those who have shown an interest in design and art.

The online  agency Hipmunk operates  Hello Hipmunk a free messaging system for travel planning using Facebook Messenger, Skype or Slack-

That can start with a flight request, wander into a conversation  about hotels and resume  flight booking in a style that mimics human conversations.

One  entertaining  aspect of Hello Hopmunk  is probing it for planning tips, asking questions like what's the cheapest week to travel in October and where can I fly direct to the tropics from Chicago in February?

Expedia now offers  messaging-based  searches and bookings on Facebook Messenger, Skype and other platforms.

Flightfox, which books airfares only,  works differently. Founded in 2012, it originally tried to   crowdsource  flight savings by distributing requests to freelance bookers who would compete to find the best fare for a fee.

''It was nice in theory, but we realized we needed someone to be responsible for your trip,'' said Todd Sullivan, a founder.

Now users submit flight request, and  Flightfox's network  of agents take on the booking task, usually for a  $50 fee, though it can go to $100  or more for complicated itineraries.

The agency specializes in knowing the  ins and outs  of point systems to maximize value, especially for  business-class flights or complex itineraries.

Instead of booking the trip for you,  agents provide links for self-booking to maintain transparency about costs and to avoid  collecting personal information like   passport numbers.

FREE- AND- FEE HYBRID

Entirely powered by  chatbots ,  Hello Gbye  introduced its  app in March, offering both a  free service for booking hotels and flights and $19-a-month subscription that offers preferred hotel rates, 2% cash back on hotel bookings and change fees on itineraries.

''It's like the Costco model,'' said Greg Apple, the marketing chief for  Hello-GBye, which targets frequent and business travelers.

''You get saving in bulk, and if you spend a lot you get a check back at the year end.''   

With respectful dedication to the Leaders, Students, Professors and Teachers of the world. And many thanks to research author Elaine Glusac. 

See Ya all on !WOW!  -the World Students Society and Twitter-!E-WOW!  -the Ecosystem 2011:

''' Fire & Fumes '''

Good Night and God Bless

SAM Daily Times - the Voice of the Voiceless

Belarussian Student Becomes First Miss Wheelchair World

By: Zainab

Belarussian student becomes first-ever :

Miss Wheelchair World.

A psychology student from Belarus, Aleksandra Chichikova, was chosen Miss Wheelchair World in the first ever edition of the beauty pageant held in Warsaw last Sunday.

“Fight your anxiety and your fears,” said the 23-year-old winner said at the celebratory contest gala.

“I am convinced my life can illustrate that a person may be successful, strong, purpose-driven, beautiful and attractive regardless of how he moves,” her contestant profile reads.

“I really enjoy watching people change their mind and attitude towards disabled people.

“They start to see an equal person, not someone with disability.”

!WOW! & !WOW!  from the Students.

Headline Oct. 12/ ''' ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE *AGENTS* '''

 ''' ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

 *AGENTS* '''

*AT THE WORLD STUDENTS SOCIETY* -two pristine and brave thinkers Students Hussain Ali, from Proud Pakistan, and Marvin Westerveld from Germany-

Are already out in the *Wilderness of Heavens*, scouting, trekking, filming, analysing, learning, costing, reasoning and rejecting. 

They plan to master logistics......K-2? They have been away for 4 days already. Last heard that they were just about beyond any human networks, well beyond Swat, Malam,..............Hussain, says, Amazing - Amazing.

What they determine, what they reason and conclude, will define the next steps. And one step being,  

How to work up great mountain trekking, and skiing, and tourist packages -for all over Pakistan, for the students of the entire world.......

Will Kaptaan Imran Khan, and the government consider giving the students of the world   - *a free moving around zone up*  in the mountains around Swat, KPK province?.................. 

SO, Lawyer International Law :  Qazi Ahmed Akber Khan/ Lawrence College/ NUST/ University of Warwick ?  Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation?  Teacher Adil Cheema? All Professors and Teachers of the world?........... . 

WELL, Time enough for the students of the world, to pull out their passports, get savings pooled,  and re-acquaint with your travelling agent. 

For those students thinking travelling after a long lapse or even for the first time, this is where the world and technology non stands................   

THE GETAWAY : AND TRY meeting your next travel agent as Human Knowledge mixes with artificial intelligence to refine recommendations.

UNLIKE BIG, impersonal online agencies, the best travel agents know a great deal about their clients and their travel choices.

NOW, several new travel companies are creating data-driven, automated agents that rely on users'  personal preferences to make the planning process easier.

Whether they use  human knowledge or artificial intelligence [or both], these next-generation travel agents do the-

Search-calling for you, tailoring the result for your stated preferences and potentially cutting down on web-browsing time.

They also use text-messaging as their primary communications mode, often via a chatbot.

''Rather than going into an online travel agency and doing a search and seeing a list of 150 hotels, you enter in your profile what you're looking for-

And a chatbot serves up a curated list of three or four in a messaging interface.'' said Douglass Quinby, a senior vice president at the travel research firm Phocuswright. 

''The ideal is fewer options more tailored to your request.''

Most of these services are challenging the do-it-yourself systems of browsing as offered by services like Expedia, New-wave agents -human, robotic or a combination-

Will also allow users to continue a search overtime, rather than start anew with a browser each session.

''This is very much the early Alpha stage of all of this,'' said Henry Harteveldt, a travel industry analyst, ''It's very much the first wave, which is exciting, but the use of artificial intelligence is far from established and also, frankly, far from perfect.''

The following pioneers are tinkering with the way the travel is planned and booked, with payment models that vary from subscription to pay-per-use. 

MEMBERSHIP SERVICES : 

Doing a blend of technology and human interaction, Pana caters to frequent travellers, charging $49 a month for its services, available around the clock.

Computer programs and funnel requests and member profiles, including past trips, to human agents who text back.

''Pana was born out of two pain points,'' said Devon Tivona, its chief executive. ''First of all the technology pulled me away from just emailing to get something done because I've become my own travel agent. Second is getting access to real-time help.''

On the human end of the neo-agency spectrum, Savanti Travel tend to its clients plans as the founders, Dan Lack and Leigh Rowan, said they do their own, with eye to serving money and monitoring loyalty programs.

''It's our strategy not just a computer's.'' said Mr. Rowan, describing the service as managing airline  and hotel booking not just to travel cheaply but to accrue status with travel companies.

''The downside of working with us is the onboarding is intense. We get to know you as a human, not just a set of data points.''

Membership fees start at $1,000  a  month for unlimited travel planning which they say eliminates  the conflict of interest inherent in a commission -based system, where revenue rises with more  expensive bookings.

They recommend status-conferring credit cards, and help manage the programs to use  points for free travel.

THE DEMAND SERVICES 

More accessible to casual travelers, free travel planning like brick-and-mortar travel agencies, make their money through commissions.

Originally launched in 2015 as a personal assistant tackling tasks like shaping and travel exclusively last year.  

The Honor and Serving of the latest  ''Operational Research''  on Tourism, Travelling, Technology and Students Delights, continues.

With respectful dedication to the Students, Professors and Teachers of the world. See Ya all on  !WOW!  -the World Students Society and.... Twitter-!E-WOW!  -the Ecosystem 2011:

''' Travel & Tunes '''

Good Night and God Bless

SAM Daily Times - the Voice of the Voiceless

PAKISTANI WOMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN

By: Zainab

United Kingdom & Pakistan have a particularly close relationship as UK is the home to the largest community of Pakistani origin in Europe with a population exceeding 1.17 million.

British Pakistani's are the second largest minority population in UK [the largest being British Indian] and they are the one of the largest overseas Pakistani communities and similar in numbers to the Pakistani diaspora resident in Saudi Arabia-

Though that population for sure is on the decline.

The relationship is long standing, reaching back into the mid-19th century and British-Pakistanis have made a diversity of contributions to British society and culture, the economy and sporting life.

British Pakistan's have among the highest levels of home ownership in the UK.

All the above said it is a matter of concern that a recently released report by the Cabinet Office states baldly that Pakistani women living in the UK are shockingly badly integrated?

The report is a part of the first UK disparity audit which seeks to illustrate how people of different origins are treated with regard to healthcare, education, employment, and the criminal justice system.

Pakistani women who do not speak English or who are not working are ''living in an entirely different society and are Shockingly Badly Integrated.

Their lives compare poorly to women in other countries.