Archive for September, 2011
Call for Students to Develop Innovative Products to Solve Real-World Challenges
5th Annual Spirit of Innovation Challenge Continues Its Quest to Transform STEM Education HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Nancy Conrad, founder and chairman of the Conrad Foundation, launched the 2011-2012 Spirit of Innovation Challenge to encourage students to create technologies and products that solve global issues. For the past four years, the innovation competition helped transform the way [...]
Italy’s Masseto winemakers eye growth in Asia with caution
By Svetlana Kovalyova CASTAGNETO CARDUCCI, Italy | Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:39am EDT CASTAGNETO CARDUCCI, Italy (Reuters Life!) – Financial markets may have turned sour but well-heeled consumers, especially in Asia, are still thirsty for renowned top quality wines, such as Italy’s most expensive red Masseto, its makers say. Fine wines with prices starting at [...]
Dollar store chain’s new discount item — beer
By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Ark | Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:07pm EDT LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) – In addition to the $1 window cleaner and discount duct tape, a new and more controversial household item will soon be available for people in Arkansas making a quick trip to the dollar store: Beer. Some 50 [...]
Scientist: Sky confirms "shining moon" behind Frankenstein
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO | Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:41pm EDT SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A Texas astronomer has used science to confirm one of the most famous tales in western literature, the “bright and shining moon” over Lake Geneva that inspired an 18-year-old Mary Shelley to write “Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus.” Shelley [...]
World is truly a stage for London Shakespeare fest
LONDON | Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:07pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Globe theater on Tuesday said will host all of Shakespeare’s 37 plays performed in 37 languages by 37 companies in a stage festival with acting troupes from Afghanistan and newly independent South Sudan. “Globe to Globe” will run for six weeks, starting from [...]
