The Verizon Innovative App Challenge - the no-coding-skills-needed contest that gives middle and high school students a chance to bring their problem-solving app ideas to life - is back! In its fourth year, the App Challenge calls students to gather teams, dream up ideas, and create concepts for mobile apps that could solve problems in their schools and communities.
For the first time, the App Challenge will be open to teams representing non-profit organizations in addition to schools, and even more students will earn free tablets and cash awards for the groups they represent. The deadline for submission is Nov. 24, and the winners will be named in January 2016.
Bill Nye, the Science Guy, is helping Verizon to encourage students nationwide to submit their ideas and to organize their teams now.
Created by the Verizon Foundation in partnership with the Technology Student Association, the App Challenge offers hands-on, experiential learning to ultimately help students envision brighter futures for themselves that they may never have imagined, as business owners, app inventors and professional coders.
To view the multimedia release visit:
http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7593951-verizon-innovative-app-challenge/
Im Jahr 1982 erblickte der erste Golf GTD das Licht der Welt. Der erste Gran Tourismo Diesel, was das Namenskürzel eigentlich bedeutet, war weitestgehend ein Golf GTI, allerdings mit einem Selbstzünder unter der Haube. Trotz der im Vergleich zum aktuellen GTD mager anmutenden 70 Turbo-Diesel-Pferde, war der erste GTD damals so etwas wie die Sportskanone unter den Dieseln. Das lag zum einen am straffen Fahrwerk, zum anderen am geringen Gewicht. Rund 900 Kilogramm brachte das zierlich wirkende Auto damals auf die Waage. Der aktuelle GTD lässt bei Bedarf 184 Pferde galoppieren, diese müssen aber knapp eine halbe Tonne mehr in Bewegung halten. Die Gewichtszunahme ist optisch leicht zu erkennen, der neue GTD ist gegenüber seinem Urahn stolze 50 Zentimeter gewachsen. Aber auch unter dem Blech hat er nun eine Menge Technik, die das Fahren sicherer und komfortabler macht. Dass der Neue, dem ersten GTD in jeder Lebenslage die Rückleuchten zeigen kann, lässt sich am leichtesten mit dem Leistungsgewicht erklären. Beim Golf I sind es mehr als 12 Kilogramm, die jede Pferdestärke bewegen muss, beim aktuellen stemmen sich nur noch 7,4 Kilo gegen jedes PS. In Sachen Höchstgeschwindigkeit lässt der Golf 7 dem Oldtimer keine Chance. Während 160 Km/h in den 80ern als zügig galten, sind es heute 230 Stundenkilometer… Doch eines verbindet die beiden GTD. Damals wie heute standen und stehen die drei Buchstaben für einen echten Langstreckenexpress.
Vayama (www.vayama.com), a leading online travel agency uniquely focused on international travel, announced today the Vayama Go Somewhere Sweepstakes on Facebook. As a way to inspire people to think about where in the world they’d like to travel, Vayama is inviting Facebook users to participate in the sweepstakes for a chance to win an international trip valued at $5,500. A lucky winner will receive two roundtrip air tickets on Emirates Airline, plus US $2,000 spending money.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/61264-vayama-go-somewhere-sweepstakes-on-facebook-win-international-trip
Vanilla® Gift, the open-loop gift card that is perfect for any occasion, offered exclusively by InComm, today announced its holiday sweepstakes, Vanilla Gift Winner Wonderland. Participants have the chance to win one of over 100 prizes from some of the most giftable brands.
Now through December 23, consumers can enter to win by visiting a participating retailer, purchasing a Vanilla Gift Card and going to Winner-Wonderland.com to enter.
The grand prize winner will be drawn on December 24 and will win a $10,000 shopping spree at Macy's. Prizes will be awarded weekly over the six-week promotional period. Winners will be notified via email or phone.
To view the multimedia release go to:
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8241752-incomm-vanilla-gift-winner-wonderland-sweepstakes/
Unforgettable Moments by ActionAid. For the children of Africa, it's the little things that matter. Experiencing rain for the first time, kicking a proper football, getting the chance to go to school -- these are all unforgettable moments. With ActionAid you can help create these unforgettable moments by sponsoring a child in Africa.
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Nul naura la chance de découvrir la toute nouvelle S60, le dernier projet révolutionnaire de Volvo, avant son lancement lannée prochaine. Si ce nest cet automne, puisque Volvo a invité en avant première un artiste aveugle aux talents des plus remarquables: Eşref Armağan. A cette occasion, Mr Armağan rejoindra le siège social de Volvo à Göteborg pour découvrir de ses mains la Volvo S60 et la peindre par la suite. Et, il ne sarrêtera pas là puisquil répondra également aux fans de Volvo sur Facebook et dessinera les parties de la voiture quils auront spécifiquement demandées.
Global health service company Cigna is putting a healthy spin on the popular social behavior of taking food selfies and sharing them with friends. Now your healthy snack can reap more than “likes” -- with a chance to win a grand prize of a healthy cooking retreat for the winner and their guest with the Conscious Gourmet; 1-on-1 sessions with a Cigna nutritionist for a year and a smartphone with pre-loaded Cigna healthy apps, to name a few.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7185731-cigna-your-healthy-you-food-contest-go-you/
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.
Can caravans swim? Do captains work in a police station? How does a 16 year old manage to sail around the world in 210 days – all by herself?
All questions about water sports will probably never be answered, but curious visitors have the best chance to get answers to many questions at the world's largest water sports trade fair, the boot in Düsseldorf.
PickAPowder.com, the friendly rivalry campaign between Trace Adkins and Richard Petty, is giving fans a chance to not only fight tough pain but also help children fighting for their lives and injured service members fighting for our country. Fans of BC and Goody\'s powders will notice new packages on the shelves branded with familiar faces and charity logos.The new packaging showcases the support of two charities personally selected by country music superstar Trace Adkins and racing legend and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty. With each purchase made between January 1 and March 31 of these specially marked boxes of BC or Goody\'s, fans of Richard Petty and Trace Adkins will be helping to give back to the organization affiliated with each man and each brand. To donate to these causes, visit www.victoryjunction.org or woundedwarriorproject.org.
HGTV is reaching new heights with its second annual HGTV Urban Oasis Giveaway, offering one lucky winner a stunning residence on the 35th floor of Chicago’s Trump International Hotel & Tower®. Custom-designed by popular designer Vern Yip, the 1,000-plus-square-foot, fully-furnished condominium is the centerpiece of the fall 2011 grand-prize package valued at more than $750,000. Viewers can enter for a chance to win the HGTV Urban Oasis Giveaway once a day on HGTV.com as well as once a day on HGTV’s Frontdoor.com from Thursday, August 18 – Friday, October 7, 2011.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/48077-hgtv-urban-oasis-2011/
