Kilimanjaro Education Foundation (KEF), in conjunction with Powering Potential, announced an installation today at the Noonkodin School of a solar energy system and an Ubuntu computer network to bring modern education tools to the school.
KEF, a nonprofit volunteer organization with a mission to provide African children the same education opportunities as children in developed countries, provided funding for the solar installation, panel and the wiring and also provided an iMac computer that was donated to KEF.
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Avon Products, Inc. launches Avon Voices, its first-ever global online singing talent search for women and songwriting competition for men and women in celebration of its 125th Anniversary. Avon invites people from more than 60 countries, along with its 6.2 million independent sales Representatives, to ignite a global movement through music. A renowned judging panel of music industry leaders from around the world includes: Fergie, six-time Grammy award winner; Diane Warren, legendary songwriter; Natasha Bedingfield, Grammy nominated singer/songwriter; Delta Goodrem, Australian Artist of the Decade; Lea Salonga, Filipina singer and actress; Russian sensation Valeriya; Ivete Sangalo, Brazil’s biggest pop star; Sheila E., breakthrough, Grammy-nominated female percussionist; David Pack, Grammy award-winning singer/composer and music producer; and Maia, Colombian singing star. Highlights of the year-long program will include travel to exciting destinations for nearly 200 global contenders to receive professional coaching and Avon makeovers, and record performance videos. The goal of the Talent Search is to find two talented singers – one an Avon Representative – who may have the opportunity to record a professionally produced album.
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Help protect the environment with Sony technology & crowdsourcing. Using crowdsourcing in conjunction with existing Sony technology and your ideas, Sony and WWF have created the Open Planet Ideas initiative which encourages you to get involved and be creative and to submit your ideas on how technology could be repurposed and put together a plan to help protect the environment.
The best crowdsourced ideas will then go to Sony and a panel of experts to be realised and go towards hopefully helping to save the environment.
Open Planet Ideas - Using Sony technology to protect the environment.
For generations, homeowners have clearly thought of windows when they heard the term glazing. Single, double and in the meantime also three or four times glazed windows - the properties of the glass however have changed dramatically. Noise and temperature insulation are features and also - if desired - opacity just by pressing a button. Now glass is increasingly becoming a facade, as a solar panel, as insulation or as a photovoltaic system. For Architects this development is really fantastic.
For generations, homeowners have clearly thought of windows when they heard the term glazing. Single, double and in the meantime also three or four times glazed windows - the properties of the glass however have changed dramatically. Noise and temperature insulation are features and also - if desired - opacity just by pressing a button. Now glass is increasingly becoming a facade, as a solar panel, as insulation or as a photovoltaic system. For Architects this development is really fantastic.
With the flip of a switch on Thursday, the largest solar panel array in New Jersey will come to life on the campus of Janssen, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as company leaders and employees inaugurate the largest solar installation of any site among the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies around the world.
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As the heat was rising in the LG Kitchen at the first-ever “Taste of Beverly Hills” wine and food festival presented by FOOD & WINE, a distinguished panel of celebrity chefs proclaimed Brett Youmans from Reading, Pa., America’s “Top Amateur Chef” in the second annual LG Electronics USA “Taste of Something Better” cooking competition this weekend.
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On May 19, Siempre Mujer magazine hosted a breakfast panel at Tribeca Cinemas in Manhattan to get to the heart of Latina beauty habits. The panel addressed key topics ranging from feelings about aging to brand loyalty.
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The Trevor Project, the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, announced today the launch of a national public service announcement (PSA) targeted at LGBTQ youth. The PSA features Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the “Harry Potter” film series, Broadway’s “Equus” and the upcoming revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” Newsrooms and broadcasters are encouraged to download the broadcast-quality (MPEG-2) PSA available on the panel to the right, and the video can also be easily embedded onto websites, blogs and online news outlets.
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Francis Ford Coppola Presents, 2nd Annual Rosso & Bianco Theater Movie Contest. Submission deadline Sept. 1, 2008 Please Visit: http://www.rossobianco.com/theater Enter to win priceless prizes, including a dedicated and signed script by Francis Ford Coppola of your choice from the collection of films he has made. Francis Ford Coppola and Eleanor Coppola will be amongst a select panel of judges who will award the top 4 1 minute movies that best feature Wines for Everyday Life, Rosso & Bianco wines.Francis Ford Coppola Presents, 2nd Annual Rosso & Bianco Theater Movie Contest.
