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Orange County Public Schools Students, Food Service Managers, and Award-Winning Chefs are Heating Up School Nutrition
ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Orange County Public Schools (OCPS), the tenth largest school district in the country, unveiled for the second consecutive year new school recipes that are “chef inspired, kid approved” at the Chefs Move to Schools event in Orlando, Florida. For the past five months, elementary, middle and high school students moved from the school [...]
Toymakers look to 80s, apps and Facebook for hits
By Dhanya Skariachan NEW YORK | Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:14pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Coming off a year in which U.S. toy sales fell 2 percent, toymakers and buyers at the 109th American Toy Fair in New York are looking for the elusive runaway hit that failed to materialize in 2011. The industry [...]
SpongeBob in hot water from study of 4-year-olds
The problems were seen in a study of 60 children randomly assigned to either watch “SpongeBob,” or the slower-paced PBS cartoon “Caillou” or assigned to draw pictures. Immediately after these nine-minute assignments, the kids took mental function tests; those who had watched “SpongeBob” did measurably worse than the others.
Kids of 9/11 get a voice on TV as 10th anniversary looms
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES | Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:23pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lucas Brody was just 10 years-old when he watched the Twin Towers fall to the ground one block from his New York home on September 11, 2001; Caitlin Langone was 12 when her police officer dad died that day [...]
Nickelodeon Partners With Verizon FiOS to Offer SpongeBob SquarePants Games Widget
body .displaytickersn{ *float:left } ]]> My news for Investors Viewers Can Play Casual Games While Watching Nick Programming NEW YORK, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Nickelodeon and Verizon today announced an interactive widget that allows viewers to play SpongeBob SquarePants-themed games while watching their favorite Nickelodeon shows. Exclusive to subscribers with both Verizon FiOS [...]
