The X PRIZE Foundation, the leading nonprofit organization solving the world’s Grand Challenges by creating and managing large-scale, global incentivized competitions, today announced Shell as the exclusive presenting sponsor of the X PRIZE Exploration Prize Group, which aims to foster innovation through exploration to improve life on Earth. During the three-year, nine million dollar sponsorship, the X PRIZE Foundation will address these objectives through its incentive prize model to stimulate innovation, competition and collaboration at the frontiers of space, our earth and its oceans.
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As the leading corporate advocate for positive afterschool programs, JCPenney is increasing its support of FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) by sponsoring 500 high school teams nationwide as they compete in FIRST robotics competitions this spring.
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Enter a team into the Regents Park O2 Rugby Reunion and you could win Mike Catt as your water boy. That's right England legend Mike Catt will be serving your drinks. Each event has food, drink, competitions, prizes and England players present. Go to http://bit.ly/o2RugbyReunion for details.
Sign up for one of the seven O2 Rugby Reunion touch rugby tournaments this summer and you could win some England gear for your team. Each event has food, drink, competitions, prizes and England players present. Go to http://bit.ly/o2RugbyReunion for details.
Join O2 Rugby Reunion this summer and make the comeback to end all comebacks. It's time to put the old team back together and get back out there. Each event has food, drink, competitions, prizes and England players present. Go to http://bit.ly/O2Rugby_YouTube for details.
Chef Leonard and his team were silver medalist winner at this years IGEHO culinary competitions, chef Leonard in the team manager of the Cercle des Chef de Cuisine de Luzern culinary team (www.cccl.ch), and together with Chef Schwarzenbach the team captain, the team claimed a silver medal awarded by the Swiss Culinary federation (www.kochverband.ch). Next year the team will organize Gala Dinners with Stadt de genusse which is for 2010 in Luzern, as well as taking part in Zagg (Luzern) and Expogast (Luxemburg) culinary competitions. The CCCL also wish to start up a junior Luzern cooking team made up of students, so all those budding culinary talents who are on their way to IMI can also get involved in some high profile competitions and events
X-treme Skating took over Mei Foo Skate park last weekend. The truely brave served it up rough and fresh with killer jumps, flips and bone crushing pavement hits as they competed in 4 different categories for top prize. Skateboarding is becoming a cult following in Hong Kong and SO-U.TV can't get enough.http://www.so-u.tv/playVideo.php?contestid=&id=4231
Wakeboarding is more of everything that's good about water skiing. It's bigger, bolder, more expressive, more extreme. SO-U.TV will bring you to Tai-Po waterfront this weekend to witness one of the coolest games of all. You can't miss it. See it all at http://www.so-u.tv/playVideo.php?contestid=&id=2863
This year over a half a million people filled Victoria Park. Participants from around the world created fantastic floral worlds. The spectacular event was accented with drawing, dancing, music and photography competitions. The best part of all is the reward at the end. All of the healthy plans are given to local agencies to keep the beauty alive all year long!
