Articles, tagged with "40th anniversary", page 3

The Easiest Way is to Be First

In Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind (2001), Al Ries & Jack Trout throw out an interesting proposition. Their message to anyone who's trying to market a product or service is that the easy way to get into a person's mind is to be first. They say: ... Read >
Author: i80equip

Tony Jacklin Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Golfing great Tony Jacklin will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his triumph in The Open by playing in the Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship at Nailcote Hall near Solihull in August. Jacklin, who will also celebrate his 65th birthday this year, wil... Read >
Author: Duncan White

Government Moving Beatles Abbey Road Crossing?

The London Sun reports that British officials are proposing moving the famous road crossing that was featured on the Beatles Abbey Road cover. The reason is because tourists taking photographs are causing accidents.Abbey Road Ward Councilor Lindsey hall s... Read >
Author: Beatles Geek Pete

Adult Education and e-Learning: Why 2009 should result in fewer prefixes and more knowledge

Adult Education and e-Learning: Why 2009 should result in fewer prefixes and more knowledge At a time when UK university places are seeing record demand and applications submitted by older students are increasing, it seems likely that over the next few... Read >
Author: MarkeD

BBC 2 new series on 'how recession is changing Britain'

BBC Two has announced its spring-summer schedule with a series of programmes that will focus on the effect of the recession on Britain. Some of the channel's best known presenters have been drafted in to take part in the Recession Britain Season. Mary ... Read >
Author: Rivington

Canada: The Next Country in line to Welcome Education Online

Distance learning, and that which includes education online and offline, has been growing in popularity all over the globe in the past few years. In the US, e-learning courses are now advertised on primetime television, whilst certain states offer virtua... Read >
Author: MarkeD

The University of London External Programme: A pioneering institution with a spirit that is just as

Last month the Open University celebrated its 40th anniversary to much fanfare. However, despite the OU's acknowledged influence on higher education then and since, the institution that started it all was established over 100 years before. So why was Th... Read >
Author: MarkeD

Canadian Criminal Law Amendments Act – How Justified is It Actually?

The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69 was introduced as Bill C-150 by then Minister of Justice Pierre Trudeau in the second session of the 27th Canadian Parliament on December 21, 1967. It passed third reading in the House of Commons after heated debate... Read >
Author: Matt Traverso

What Is The FIRST Robotics Program?

FIRST Robotics began in 1989 as a way of encouraging students to choose careers in math, science and technology, while also building their life skills and instilling a spirit of "gracious professionalism" and humility in its participants. Without "chest t... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON

Space Program Still Vital

In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy told Congress we'd put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, he knew that the journey of discovery would yield more value than simply beating the Russians to the moon. "I believe that this nation should com... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

Who are Fairline?

Jack Newington was a craftsman committed to the highest levels of quality. He used his passion for sailing and created the hugely successful company that is Fairline. Newington's son, Sam, led the company for 25 years and used his commitment to quality ... Read >
Author: Simon White

Funny Blooper Clips

Although it is more likely that blooper moments have existed since the early days of the film industry, these out-takes became popular in the early 1980s after the movie Cannonball Run starred by Burt Reynolds and Jackie Chan, in which the production mist... Read >
Author: Robin Futcher

See The 2008 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500KR

Kenneth Grahame once said "Glorious, stirring sight! The poetry of motion! The real way to travel! The only way to travel! Here today -- in next week tomorrow! Villages skipped, towns and cities jumped -- always somebody else's horizons!" Kenneth Grahame ... Read >
Author: nlwest21

Ruby Anniversary Gifts for the Swinging Generation

Anyone celebrating their 40th anniversary around now would have been tying the knot during the late 1960s, a heady and evocative time in popular culture. For the gift buyer, this throws up some magnificent ruby anniversary gift ideas, maybe even giving yo... Read >
Author: John Smith

Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR is the New Knight Rider Star Car

The most powerful Ford Mustang ever to be created is the new 2008 Ford Mustang Shelby Gt500KR. Fittingly, this supercharged car is the new K.I.T.T. or Knight Industries Three Thousand for the highly anticipated Knight Rider TV series. The producers of the... Read >
Author: andrewbimbo

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