Archive for September, 2011
Travel Picks: Top 10 NFL Tailgating destinations
NEW YORK | Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:13pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – In the United States, Autumn means American football and the fans who pack the NFL stadiums will likely fortify themselves for games at traditional pre-game “tailgate” parties held in the parking lot. Whether it’s just cold chicken and a soda or a [...]
Crunchy crickets going mainstream in Australia?
By Pauline Askin SYDNEY | Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:37am EDT SYDNEY (Reuters) – Looking for a taste treat for a special snack? Perhaps a packet of chocolate covered bugs, chocolate-chip mealworms or cricket lollipops will hit the spot. Australia’s Aborigines have been eating witchetty grubs for centuries, but now etymologist Skye Blackburn is breeding [...]
Bubble cars to provide jolt to Paris motoring
By Elena Berton PARIS | Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:49am EDT PARIS (Reuters) – Bubble-shaped vehicles will appear on Paris streets next week which billionaire entrepreneur Vincent Bollore hopes will help clear the traffic-clogged arteries of the French capital as well as providing a charge to his nascent battery business. The electrically powered Autolib cars [...]
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Munich during Oktoberfest
By Sarah Marsh and Annika Breidthardt MUNICH | Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:18am EDT MUNICH (Reuters) – Got 48 hours to spare in Munich during Oktoberfest, the world’s largest fair? Oktoberfest was first celebrated 201 years ago when Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese and invited Munich’s citizens to join the party on the Theresienwiesen [...]
Advanced Academics’ Groundbreaking Instructional Methods Profiled by Education Think Tank Innosight Institute
OKLAHOMA CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advanced Academics, a nationally recognized online learning provider, is the subject of a new case study by Innosight Institute, a not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank focused on developing and promoting solutions in education and health care. The report, “Advanced Academics: Pioneering an Innovative Teaching Model,” focuses on the organization’s groundbreaking instructional techniques for online [...]
