Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting presented The Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment to James Astill of The Economist at the 2011 Grantham Prize Awards Ceremony. Astill received US$75,000 for “The World’s Lungs: Forests, and How to Save Them,” a commanding 8-part special report on the state of global forests and the rising threats they face from human exploitation and climate change.
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In Ellen Hopkins’s Perfect, the riveting companion to Impulse, four teens pursue their goals of perfection which are as different as the paths they take to get there. Everyone wants to be perfect. But what does that really mean? Only you can decide for you, what is perfect. Learn more about this book here, http://bit.ly/ruGJyX and here, TEEN.SimonandSchuster.com and its author here, http://www.ellenhopkins.com/ YA
The membership for Swissôtel Circle is divided into three alpine-inspired tiers: Inizia, Elevà and Zenit. These categories make reference to the brand’s Swiss origin and are expressions from Romansh, the fourth official language in Switzerland and language of the craggy eastern Alps – a region where Swiss tourism was born.
The journey with Swissôtel circle starts for loyal guests with Inizia as soon as they have registered and stayed for five nights in one or more of the company’s properties. These guests enjoy benefits such as personalised room preferences, priority waitlist status, complimentary access to spa and sport facilities as well as Advantage Awards, which they may exchange for free upgrade, free breakfast or free internet access.
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COLLEGE IS A VERY BIG TRANSITION! SHOWING UP WITH SOME EXTRA SELF CONFIDENCE SURE CAN\\\\\\\'T HURT.
ALL THEY REALLY WANT IS TO SHOW UP ON CAMPUS WITH A LITTLE STYLE AND THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY. SO HERE\\\\\\\'S HOW TO GIVE THEM THE START YOU AS A PARENT WANT THEM TO HAVE--ON A BUDGET: BY TREND EXPERT KATLEAN DE MONCHY.
Judy Lowe, Deupty Chairman CITB-Construction Skills, finds out what it means to be an apprentice. She spends time with carpenters and joiners to fully understand why apprentices are in demand and why they are vital to the construction industry's future.
(Part 5 of 7) Walt Disney Movie -Walt's Hoax Has Had its Time -Let it Go.
This Video As You Hear & See it, From NASA's Public Domain Movie:
Apollo 11: For All Mankind (1969)
NASA did redacted editing & cleaning up of the text, to cover what they really said in the written records of the Astronauts conversations.
ALL NASA FOOTAGE USED IN THIS VIDEO IS PUBLIC DOMAIN.
The Pick A Powder Campaign Launches Its Funniest Video Yet – 6-foot-6 Trace Adkins Trying to Get Into Richard Petty’s No. 43 Stock Car
Memphis, TN/Concord, NC – Country music superstar Trace Adkins, and racing legend and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty are at it again. The humorous rivalry videos where they are shown in each other’s world are now appearing online as part of the Pick A Powder Program. The one launching this week shows 6-foot-6 Trace attempting to get into Richard Petty’s No. 43 stock car. Since the campaign started, they have been going back and forth with each other on Facebook and in videos, all in an effort to get the most fans on their team and to show they experience more pain than the other.
BC Powder and Goody’s Headache Powders, the brands Adkins and Petty represent, are going head-to-head in an online contest. The BC and Goody’s “Pick A Powder” campaign plays off the fierce and generational loyalty users have to either Goody’s or BC. Both Adkins and Petty will try to get their fans around the country to pick their team to support: Team Richard for Goody’s and Team Trace for BC on www.pickapowder.com. The man who gets the most fans to join his team will get to see the other “perform” LIVE at the Goody’s 500 in Martinsville, Va. next spring. The campaign will feature a charity component with a donation being made to the Wounded Warrior Project on behalf of Adkins and BC, and Victory Junction Camp for seriously ill children on behalf of Petty and Goody’s.
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America has a dirty secret – and it’s lurking in our homes. A recent Kenmore brand survey found nearly half of Americans (49 percent) say that when it comes to vacuuming they cut corners by skipping areas underneath or behind furniture. Some clean only when they see visible dirt on the floor. That means they might be missing the 100,000 dust mites on the average square yard of carpet. With fall allergy season upon us and holidays just around the corner, renowned homekeeping expert and author of The Accidental Housewife Julie Edelman says now is the perfect time to bring these dirty secrets out into the light of day and tackle dirt and dust in our homes.
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Cargo Plane Drops The Command Module To Simulate A Re-Entry into Earth.
This Video As You Hear & See it, From NASA's Public Domain Movie:
Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got A Problem (1972)
Classical music in this video is copyright free public domain, available to download and use from:
http://www.musopen.com/music.php?type=piece&id=113
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - I. Allegro con brio
NASA did redacted editing & cleaning up of the text, to cover what they really said in the written records of the Astronauts conversations.
ALL NASA FOOTAGE USED IN THIS VIDEO IS PUBLIC DOMAIN.
U.S. insurance consumers want their insurers to offer more personalized service and reward customer loyalty, according to Ernst & Young’s Global Consumer Insurance Survey 2012. The survey also finds that consumers of life/annuity and property/casualty policies are willing to buy multiple products from the same carrier if they are tailored to meet their individual needs, and that Millennials believe the strength and health of an insurer’s brand is more important than the price of the insurance product.
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Employers expect to increase hiring for professional-level positions in the first quarter, but they have concerns about finding qualified candidates for these roles, a new Robert Half survey shows. A net 10 percent of executives interviewed for the Robert Half Professional Employment Report plan to add full-time staff in the first three months of the year, up three points from the fourth-quarter forecast. However, the number of respondents who report recruiting challenges also is on the rise: 67 percent of executives said it is at least somewhat challenging to find skilled employees today, up from 59 percent last quarter and 42 percent in the third quarter.
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