Going the farthest distance might sound like a foot race. But this past weekend, it meant stretching the boundaries of fuel efficiency as student teams competed in the fifth annual Shell Eco-marathon® Americas, a challenge for students to design, build and test fuel-efficient vehicles that travel the farthest distance using the least amount of energy. High school and university students from Canada and the United States competed in the two-day street course challenge in downtown Houston.
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It’s no surprise that as the school year progresses, so do the daily challenges of everyday life. From activities and games, to lessons and jobs, all families are at their busiest during the school year. What's a busy parent to do? Editor-In-Chief of Taste of Home Magazine Catherine Cassidy comes to the rescue. She will provide helpful tips for quick, easy and delicious solutions that the whole family will enjoy.
Loser/Queen is more than a book—it’s an interactive experience unlike anything else you’ve ever experienced, where YOU, the reader, get to determine what happens next. YOU vote to decide what the characters will do and how the story will unfold. Loser or queen? It’s up to you to decide. Learn more about this EXPERIENCE: http://loserqueen.com/ Learn more about this author: http://bit.ly/9a7wOG YA
Quranet reveals the beauty of the Quran and its respect for human dignity. Quranet transforms the Quran into a modern and useful educational tool for parents and teachers.
Quranet interweaves the Quran, in unprecedented fashion, with modern educational approaches, thereby helping the Islamic world and the West to better understand each other.
Kmart se conecta con las mamás hispanas a través del lanzamiento de Madres y Comadres, una miniserie original en español de ocho capítulos, que cuenta la historia de dos madres hispanas y los desafíos únicos a los que deben enfrentarse al criar una familia en los Estados Unidos sin traicionar su identidad hispana. El estilo de los alegres episodios –que podrán verse por Internet– pretende asemejarse al de una telenovela, y utiliza el humor y las emociones para abordar los desafíos que las mujeres hispanas y sus familias enfrentan actualmente. Kmart lanzó recientemente un canal exclusivo para la serie en YouTube: YouTube.com/MadresyComadres
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Today, Target Corp.® (NYSE:TGT) announced 42 new schools from across the country that will receive a new library as part of the 2011 Target School Library Makeover program. Education experts and advocates such as Alma Powell of the America’s Promise Alliance and Sir Ken Robinson, along with elected officials including Congressman John Kline, Chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee and Congressman Gene Green (TX-29), were invited to celebrate this announcement with the principals at the Library of Congress. Additionally, principals from among the 42 elementary schools participated in a Principal Summit, led by Ralph Smith of The Annie E. Casey Foundation. The summit was designed to inspire school leaders, provide best practices for cultivating reading skills by using their new libraries, and explore how educators approach literacy strategies.
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Laura Cabrera is a longtime registered Adopt-A-Classroom teacher and has received over $1,000 for her classroom. In this short clip, she describes how she spreads the word about her participation in the Adopt-A-Classroom program in order to get her classroom adopted.
Koga Ninja master Sensei Arie van den Akker from Boornbergum:: Become a Kicker!!! Use the kickbook!!! Kicking is very important in the Martial Arts scene, it does not matter what you practise it can be : Karate , Kungfu, Kickboxing, Jiu Jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts, Genbukan, Kuroi Ryu Ninjutsu, Kurokumo Shinobi Goshido or any other martial art system or style. Different Kicks of the Kuroi Ryu Ninjutsu / Kurokumo Shinobi Goshido system are displayed and somed up in this book.
Sensei Arie van den Akker from the Kuroi Ryu Ninjitsu school the Kanji for this school in Japanese is 黒竜忍術: , a Ninjutsu head instructor and leader / co founder of the Kurokumo Bushido Academy the Netherlands, is the author of a book about kicking in the martial arts, it is called: "Kuroi Ryu Ninjitsu Kicks"
http://www.amerischools.org Visit us at www.amerischools.org AmeriSchools are a tuition-free Arizona Charter School System for grade levels K-12 in Phoenix, Tucson, and Yuma.
Do you enjoy exploring new recipes and trying new flavor combinations? If you are a high school senior graduating in 2011, then the Best Teen Chef Competition is the place to showcase your talents. Compete against your peers to earn a scholarship towards a culinary education at one of The International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes.
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