LG Mobile today announced that 16 year-old Austin Wierschke from Rhinelander, WI is the winner of the fifth-annual LG U.S. National Texting Championship. LG originated the first-ever nationwide texting competition in 2007 and has returned each year with additional prizes and challenges. After out-texting the best in the U.S. with his ultimate speed and dexterity, Austin was presented with a check for $50,000 by actress and avid texter, Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical, Hellcats) and was named the 2011 LG U.S. National Texting Champion.
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How do you keep your family healthy? Brooklyn, N.Y. mom Barbie Rodriguez encourages her family to drink water. Last year, she joined the Nestlé® Pure Life® Hydration Movement and pledged to swap one sugared beverage a day with water for a year. Life as a mom with eight active kids can get hectic, and keeping them healthy needs to stay top-of-mind. Inspired by her commitment, Nestlé Pure Life surprised Barbie’s family with a year’s supply of bottled water and made an extra donation of bottled water to her daughter’s after-school drama class to help inspire others in her community.
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Five weeks after accepting a prize delivery of one million Pop-Tarts® toaster pastries, Tyler Kozar, a student at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, unveiled an over the top display of pop art made from Pop-Tarts®. Held in the gallery at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Kozar’s creations include an assortment of Pittsburgh inspired artwork and a mixture of pieces ranging from 3D exhibits to life-size sculptures, fun framed displays and even a larger-than-life, 14-foot tall Tyrannosaurus Rex, the school’s beloved mascot. Kozar’s answer to the question, “How would you share one million Pop-Tarts®?” won him the grand prize in the Pop-Tarts® Pop-it-Forward™ Contest, which culminated last December.
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Click. Snap. Story! Do you have what it takes to tell a story through the lens of a camera? Enter The Art Institutes 2011 Storytellers Photography Competition for a chance to compete for a tuition scholarship towards a photography program at an Art Institutes school.
The Art Institutes 2011 Storytellers Photography Competition is open to high school seniors graduating in 2011 and adults/high school graduates in the U.S. The competition offers students the opportunity to earn a scholarship to a participating Art Institutes school.
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Johnson & Johnson today honors the winners of the 2012 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research in a ceremony and scientific symposium at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York, NY. Victor Ambros, Ph.D., of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, Ph.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, received the award for their collaborative discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs) as central regulators of gene expression and development, and will share a $100,000 prize.
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Sensei Titus Jansen from the Netherlands explains here the background of his Koga Ryu Ninjutsu system. He uses a short description to the public that came to watch the demonstration in his Kage Ryu Dojo ninja school in the Netherlands. Sensei Titus Mathijn Jansen is one of the few Koga Ryu Ninja masters in Europe
Best Kuna Idaho School | Mrs Nixon' 3rd Grade class enjoyed the annual Crimson Point Career Day. Banking, Helicopter Pilot, Musician and others shared their career details with eager students...
Fleeing into a blizzard can be life threatening. When Melanie falls into an icy lake, the most unlikely person hears her call for help. Taking refuge in isolated cabin may prove to be more difficult than escaping an abusive relationship and an icy death, in The Blizzard. his daughter’s explanation, thereby leaving everyone convinced that Chet is dangerous. Learn more about this book: http://buytheblizzard.com Learn more about this author: http://martymartins.com YA, Christian Fiction
As “The Oprah Winfrey Show” nears the end of its 25th and final season, the Friday, May 20 episode of the program featured an hour titled “Oprah’s All-Time Favorite Guest Revealed!” updating viewers on the lives of some of the program's most memorable guests. During the show, Oprah also revealed that her favorite guest of all-time is Tererai Trent, a woman from the village of Zvipani in Zimbabwe.
Tererai touched the lives of millions when she first appeared on the program in 2009, sharing her passion for an education, and a lifelong dream to go to school.
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Families Fighting Flu released Choose You Over the Flu™, a new national Public Service Announcement (PSA), reminding families about the seriousness of the flu, and the importance of taking preventative measures this and every flu season. Luke Duvall, a healthy teenager and high school football player, nearly lost his life to the flu in 2009. He is sharing his story so that others can learn why flu prevention is critical.
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