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Smell that?
That's promise. It's in the air around this time when Hollywood releases its most prestigious films of the year, along with some of its most highly anticipated blockbusters - sometimes they are even wrapped in the same holiday package.
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Ernie Els (PGA), Vince Carter (NBA), Barry Zito (MLB), Tamika Catchings (WNBA) and More Will Compete For Prestigious Award
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ronnie Lott, NFL Hall of Famer and founder of All Stars Helping Kids, is pleased to announce, for the second year in a row, a landmark partnership with the Jefferson Awards for Public Service to recognize top athletes who have uplifted their community. Past recipients of Jefferson Awards for Public Service include, Oprah Winfrey, Colin Powell, Lance Armstrong and Bill and Melinda Gates.
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On February 15, 2012, we published in the Federal Register (77 FR 8848) a notice inviting applications for the AP Test Fee fiscal year (FY) 2012 competition (February 15 notice). That notice established an April 6, 2012, deadline for eligible applicants to apply for funding under this program. We are reopening the competition to eligible applicants because additional funds have become available. The February 15 notice stated that for FY 2012, the Department expected to award $19,962,200 in new grants under this program. Based on the anticipated number of applicants and other information available to the Department, we expected this amount to be sufficient to pay up to $38 per advanced placement exam for up to three exams per low-income student. An additional $4,750,000 in FY 2012 funds ...
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Some artists are dreamers; others are leaders. Linda Raney, who receives a Mayor's Recognition Award for Excellence in the Arts on Thursday, Oct. 21, for her contributions to the musical life of the city, is among the latter. Raney directs three choral groups, is music director and organist at First Presbyterian Church, puts together bell choirs and drumming groups, and teaches harpsichord in her spare time. Come December, her high season, it is all she can do to be in the right place at the right time with the right music. "A goal is to learn to pace oneself more graciously," she told Pasatiempo. "It can get very intense.
The Mayor's Awards also honor the Santa Fe Children's Museum, Santa Fe New Music, painter Darren Vigil Gray, and poet Miriam Sagan, founder of Santa Fe Community Col...
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bayat Foundation announced a 2010 Bayat Foundation Empowering Women Grant in the amount of US$10,000 to the Justice For All Organization (JFAO) to provide legal advice and representation for accused and imprisoned women who cannot afford a lawyer and who may have limited knowledge of their constitutional rights in Afghanistan.
JFAO is led by Afghan women and advocates for women's rights through the law. The organization is helping to rebuild the Afghan judicial system and prepares women for leadership roles with Afghanistan's legal and political sectors.
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NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, today announced the 25 recipients of the NAMM Foundation's 2010-2011 program...
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NEW YORK -- Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) has been named a finalist in four separate categories in the 2010 PERE (Private Equity Real Esta...
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Twenty-six young vocalists and instrumentalists have been chosen to receive the Telegraph Herald's sixth annual All-Area Musician Awards.
The winning students were selected by a panel of music educators from names submitted by public and parochial high school music teachers in the tri-state area.
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BANGOR - The field of candidates for the 2007 Mr. and Miss Maine Basketball has been narrowed to 10 girls and 10 boys.
Semifinalists for the annual awards were announced Thursday afternoon during a press conference held at the Bangor Civic Center to recognize 85 players from 65 different schools that will take part in the Maine McDonald's East/West Senior All-Star Basketball Game weekend March 16-17.
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