EMO Hannover 2013 has proven its role as the worlds leading trade fair for the metalworking industry. Over a busy six-day period, a total of 145.000 visitors came to the fair to learn about the latest trends and developments in the machine tools industry at a showcase dedicated to “Intelligence in Production.”
The Google Science Fair is the premier online global science competition for students. Students ages 13-18 are invited to submit the most interesting, creative projects for a chance to win scholarships, job opportunities, and once in a lifetime opportunities with the world’s foremost leaders in science and technology. Registration ends April 4th, 2011. Visit http://www.google.com/sciencefair for more info.
These materials are already known for their use in race cars and other lightweight vehicles: Carbon fiber or other high-tech plastics. Light, stable and economical. Now, especially in the context of energy consumption automakers are losing their fear of man made materials - formerly known as
Lady Sophia Smythe, London’s preeminent spy, is unemployed. When she’s offered the chance to solve a murder and regain her position, she agrees. There’s one problem. Her husband. Lord Adrian Smythe isn’t the dull gentleman she thought. He’s a rival. Two spies, one position. All’s fair in love and war. Learn about the book here, http://www.shanagalen.com/ Learn about this author here, http://bit.ly/mmjzgM Historical Romance
Hold your nose. This story stinks…literally! New York is used to its fair share of interesting smells, but for the first time ever, the city had the odorous honor of hosting the Annual Odor-Eaters National Rotten Sneaker Contest, a competition that tests just how offensive sneakers can get. Ready to be judged were seven finalists, ages five to fourteen, from across the nation. They gathered at Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Times Square today wearing the decrepit and redolent rubber-soles that won them regional recognition. Only one competitor's sneakers were declared the stinkiest, and they belonged to 12 year old Jordan Armstrong from White Sands Missile Range, Las Cruces, NM.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/65107-odor-eaters-39th-national-rotten-sneaker-contest-new-york-city-winner
In her newest YA novel, VASSA IN THE NIGHT, Sarah Porter has merged the dark, forested world of Russian folklore with the gritty, urban streets of Brooklyn to vibrant and dramatic effect.
In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, the fashionable people put on cute shoes, go to parties in warehouses, drink on rooftops at sunset, and tell themselves they’ve arrived. Babs Yaga, the owner of the local convenience store, has a policy of beheading shoplifters—and sometimes innocent shoppers as well. So when Vassa’s stepsister sends her out for light bulbs in the middle of night, she knows it could easily become a suicide mission.
But Vassa has a bit of luck hidden in her pocket, a gift from her dead mother. Erg is a tough-talking wooden doll with sticky fingers, a bottomless stomach, and a ferocious cunning. With Erg’s help, Vassa just might be able to break the witch’s curse and free her Brooklyn neighborhood. But Babs won’t be playing fair….
Find out more at http://www.sarahporterbooks.com/ YA/Fantasy
In the real jungle, the world is still OK, at least this is the hope many conservationists have. Whether the shoe fashion jungle is intact and alive, buyers of all shoe retailers had the chance to examine at the trade fair GDS in Düsseldorf. Rumble in the Jungle, a trend motto in the halls, and this also seems to be the reality: business is rumbling and booming mightily.
