Word: programer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...nonnuclear approach, inevitably nicknamed Star Wars, that would destroy missiles from space using yet-to-be-developed particle beams and lasers. It was followed in 1988 by a plan for thousands of small satellites, dubbed Brilliant Pebbles, to detect and destroy enemy missiles by ramming into them. The program received nearly $100 billion in funding before the Soviet Union collapsed, taking the rationale for such a project with...
Such a convergence of education and opportunity is already happening in Independence, where the Gilliams live. As part of an innovative program in low-income neighborhoods, the city school district began hosting weekly dinners for students and their families, paid for with federal funds from the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Families get a free hot meal and a cooking demonstration that shows them how to prepare similarly well-balanced entrées at home. "Part of that initiative is to get children to sit down and eat with their parents, and part of it is to teach families what...
Those lessons will not have much staying power, however, unless they are reinforced both at home and at the store. That's why Hinson asked local grocers for help. In addition to hosting the weekly dinners, schools teach nutrition in the classroom as part of a program called Nutrition Detectives, which was developed by Katz. As students learn to read and understand labels and identify healthy foods, for example, the nearby grocery store devotes a special section to healthful products, featured along with a Nutrition Detectives logo. On a recent visit to the local supermarket, Greg Gilliam was pleasantly surprised...
Cindy C. Cheng ’10 said she was frustrated after a company that she applied to through Harvard’s e-recruiting program e-mailed her to schedule a phone call while her e-mail service was disrupted. “I received the e-mail at 3:00 a.m. the next morning,” said Cheng, who is also an inactive Crimson editor. She estimated that only half of the e-mails received at her @college e-mail account were being forwarded to her Gmail inbox...
...workshop, which was earlier in the day, introduced previous grant recipients, NGS explorers and photographers, to more than 100 potential grant applicants. The Young Explorers Grant Program is intended to help fund research, conservation and exploration projects for people between the ages...