SAN DIEGO – The beach water quality in San Diego County during the summer season was among the best in the state, although the Tijuana River mouth made the list of the state’s most polluted beaches due to a sewage spill, according to Heal the Bay’s 23rd annual Beach Report Card released Thursday. The Santa Monica-based environmental group assigned letter grades based on levels bacterial pollutants in the water to 71 beaches along the county’s coast, with 68 of those given an A for the period from last April to October — up 3 percent from last year’s report. San Diego County’s 96 percent A rating compares with 85 percent of the 441 beaches rated statewide that received the same high mark Continue reading
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Global Futurist Jack Uldrich to Deliver Keynote on the Future of Higher Education
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Following on the heels of his well-received keynote presentation at the Association of Test Publishers 2013 Innovation Conference, popular keynote speaker, education futurist, technology forecaster, change management expert and best-selling author, Jack Uldrich has been selected to deliver the plenary keynote presentation at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s year’s end Faculty Institute on Teaching and Learning Conference on May 22, 2013. Beyond addressing educational trends, including Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), open-source educational platforms (such as Coursera, EdX and Udacity), mobile web communications, interactive and customizable e-books, gaming dynamics, augmented-reality, artificial intelligence, and crowdsourcing; Uldrich will tackle how these trends are transforming the student-teacher relationship and review the changes educational leaders must make today in order to stay relevant in tomorrows changing world. The material presented in his talk is based on a combination of Uldrich’s best-selling book, “Higher Unlearning: 39 Post Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future” and his latest book, “Foresight 2020: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow.” The keynote is designed to provide education innovators a solid and thought-provoking foundation upon which to conduct future strategic planning Continue reading
Excursion to Kornati Islands w/ M/V Maknare – Summer 2003 – Video
Excursion to Kornati Islands w/ M/V Maknare – Summer 2003 One day trip around zadar's islands in summer 2003 with an old wooden boat. By: balte2007 Continue reading
Dirty beaches make sick oceans, says group
WASHINGTON Its a beach bummer. Continue reading
NASA Announces Summer Learning Opportunities For U.S. Students
NASA has unveiled plans for its 2013 Summer of Innovation project, which challenges middle school students across the United States to share in the excitement of scientific discovery and space exploration through unique, NASA-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) opportunities. Continue reading
Love of astronomy launches Pittsfield native's education to new heights
Duane Lee, a Williams College graduate, is close to attaining his doctorate degree in astronomy at Columbia University. (Courtesy photo) PITTSFIELD — For Pittsfield native son Duane M. Lee, the next stop after graduating this year from the School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University will be starting a post-doctoral fellowship at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory in China this fall. Continue reading
Freedom Hill receives new equipment
MANNFORD – Firefighters in Creek County are preparing for another summer and hope upgraded tools and equipment can help them stop anything Mother Nature brings there way including a recording braking natural disaster. Last August, wildfires in Creek County rushed through the land, charring 70,000 acres and leaving nothing more than ash where more than 400 homes once stood Continue reading
Summer Guide 2013: Beaches
Explore the coral beaches and white-sand shores of Connemara in Ireland on a new sea-kayaking adventure. The guided ocean trek is based on the tales of Granuaile, a 16th-century Gaelic pirate queen. It traces her route along the Atlantic coast from Connemara to Achill Island, staying at waterfront B&Bs along the way. Continue reading
"Rihanna For River Islands" Photoshoot Spring Summer 2013 Campaign HD by Fashion Channel – Video
“Rihanna For River Islands” Photoshoot Spring Summer 2013 Campaign HD by Fashion Channel Photoshoot “Rihanna For River Islands” Spring Summer 2013 Campaign HD by Fashion Channel The postar Rihanna has teamed up with River Island to create a capsu… By: FashionChannel Continue reading
Let’s Play Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer #7 Summer beaches! – Video
Let's Play Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer #7 Summer beaches! By: MosesGamingX Continue reading
Coming Soon to Aerospace Exhibit – Launch Lab! – Video
Coming Soon to Aerospace Exhibit – Launch Lab! Arriving this summer the Museum's new Launch Lab in the Aerospace exhibit puts you in charge of design and flight! Launch rockets or try out your own flying apparatus with wind tubes and helipad… By: ncmls Continue reading
Aerospace analysts eager for confirmation of June Bombardier CSeries test flight
MONTREAL – Aerospace industry observers are eagerly watching for confirmation this week that Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft will make its maiden test flight next month. Amid expectations of a weak first-quarter, analysts see the plane’s progress as a potential catalyst to turn around the transportation giant’s lagging share price Continue reading
NASA awards ULM grant
NASA awarded the University of Louisiana at Monroe's College of Education and Human Development a $22,500 grant to fund academic outreach programs as part of NASA's Summer of Innovation. These programs, which will benefit middle school students in northeast Louisiana, will provide science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) materials to populations traditionally under-represented in those .. Continue reading
Pastor's Corner: Summer Spirituality
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction. (2 Timothy 4:2) I doubt that spirituality was designed to be seasonal, but there are times our approach to summertime spirituality stretches that premise. Continue reading
TOP 10: The BEST islands in Asia
Last updated on: May 2, 201316:27 IST Share this Ask Users Write a Comment Print this article Users of TripAdvisor, list the best ten islands in the Asia you absolutely must visit. From Phuket to Langkawi, Koh Samui and more — the best islands to visit this summer according to TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards! 10. Havelock Islands Premium scuba diving and snorkelling are the highlights of the gorgeous Havelock Island, the most popular of the Andaman Islands. Continue reading
Marloes Coenen on Cyborg: 'I Don't Think She's on the Stuff Anymore'
Former Strikeforce women’s featherweight champion Marloes Coenen is looking forward to her rematch with Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos this summer. Needless to say, the Golden Glory fighter is expecting a different outcome this time around. Continue reading
NASA's GROVER roves over snow for over a month
NASA’s GROVER, without solar panels. The laptop is a temporary fixture (Photo: Gabriel Trisca, Boise State University) NASA’s autonomous, solar-powered explorer GROVER has been kitted out with ground-penetrating radar to take to Greenland’s ice sheet on Friday. There the robot will spend a month analyzing the accumulation of snow and how this contributes to the ice sheet over time. Continue reading
Pennzoil® And Tim McGraw Renew Relationship With Two Lanes Of Freedom 2013 Tour
HOUSTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Pennzoil is proud to announce the second year of its relationship with Tim McGraw as the presenting sponsor of his Two Lanes Of Freedom 2013 Tour. Continue reading
Space Foundation Student Art Headed for the International Space Station
TERRAHEART Project Once again Includes Winning Art in Launch to Space COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 30, 2013) — Digital images of artwork honored by the Space Foundation International Student Art Contest will travel to space this summer and take up residence aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Japanese program called TERRAHEART, which sends student art, poetry and writings into space. This is the second time TERRAHEART has invited the Space Foundation to send student art and the first time the art will travel to the ISS aboard a Japanese rocket Continue reading
First Liberty Power Further Progress Towards Fencemaker Production
LAS VEGAS, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — First Liberty Power Corp. (FLPC), an innovative and diversified mine exploration and development company focused on bringing to market “Mined in America” strategic industrial minerals, is pleased to announce additional progress towards achieving the goal of near term mining on the Fencemaker property Continue reading