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Competition breeds excellence

Image by United States Forces - Iraq (Inactive)
Simulated MEDEVAC.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION COBRA, Iraq – A radio telephone operator from Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, simulates calling for an air MEDEVAC as part of the squadron’s “Best Squad” competition, Feb. 18, 2011, at Contingency Operating Location Cobra in the Diyala province of Iraq.
(U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Kyle Miller, 2nd Bn., 14th Cav. Regt., 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)

Competition breeds excellence

Image by United States Forces - Iraq (Inactive)
Live-fire exercise.
FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION WARHORSE, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Terry Gilmore and Staff Sgt. Joel Hamilton, cavalry scouts assigned to Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, engage targets during the squad live fire portion of the squadron’s “Best Squad” competition, Feb. 18, 2011, at Contingency Operating Base Cobra in the Diyala province of Iraq.
(U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Kyle Miller, 2nd Bn., 14th Cav. Regt., 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)

MAHS Poetry Out Loud competition 5

Image by Nic's events
MAHS Poetry Out Loud competition, with Thomas McPhee coming in first, and Thomas Roberts and Alex McIntosh tying for second in a very strong field of 12.


From the Morris Area High School Poetry Out Loud competition, Friday, 30 January 2009, right after the performance of the original one-act Lysistrata Interruptae. Morris has done very well at this competition; two years ago we had a student place second in the state of Minnesota, and last year a different student took first in Minnesota and only nearly missed the money at the national finals.

We got to hear 12 students do an impressive series of poetry recitations, leading to a very tight judging challenge. In the end our very own Sub-Evil Boy was awarded a well deserved (IMHO) first place, with Alex McIntosh and Thomas Roberts being in a tough tie for second. Sub-Evil and at least one of the second place finishers will go to regionals in a week, and we're hoping that all three of these deserving young men get to go.

I didn't take any photos during the actual readings, I'm afraid; my camera is annoyingly noisy and I didn't want to distract from the readings. So these are all from either the introductory announcements or from the handing out of the awards.

Entries in the 2007 competition for the world's longest maize ear, Jala, Nayarit, Mexico

Image by CIMMYT
During the annual competition for the world's longest maize ear, entries that have already been measured wait in the spotlight at the front of the stage, in Jala, Nayarit, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, August 2007.

Jala is proudly home to the Jala maize landrace, which produces the largest ears in the world, and is valued locally for use in traditional dishes. Maize is an essential part of the local culture, and each year the town enjoys a two-week Feria del Elote, or maize ear festival. Since 1981 this has included a competition for the year's longest ear, established in order to celebrate Jala's unique maize and to encourage farmers to keep growing it.

However, modern improved varieties yield more and have largely displaced landraces, especially for sale. Jala maize has outcrossed with these improved varieties, meaning that its height, ear length, ear thickness, and growing season have all diminished over the last century. In 1907 a visiting scientist recorded ears 60 cm long, whereas in 2007 the longest ear measured 36 cm.

CIMMYT safeguards samples of Jala maize seed in its germplasm bank, and has contributed seed to efforts to restore its lost size by Mexican scientist J. Arahón Hernández Guzmán, a research professor at the agricultural institution Colegio de Postgraduados.

Photo credit: Eloise Phipps/CIMMYT.

For more about Jala maize, see CIMMYT's August 2007 e-news story "Pride and pragmatism sustain a giant Mexican maize," available online at: www.cimmyt.org/newsletter/63-2007/180-pride-and-pragmatis....

Foreign Accent Cup competition and prize was Nokia N97 mini 노키아 이벤트에 당첨되어 받은 선물로 경품은 노키아 N97미니

Image by thinklogically
I wasn't good at lottery but not many people did enter the Foreign Accent Cup competition conversations.nokia.com/2010/06/07/foreign-accent-cup-kic... blog.ovi.com/2010/06/10/take-part-in-the-foreign-accent-c... , I think.
I think that is the only reason I've won. :-)

I was very surprised that prize was Nokia N97 mini. I was so happy.
But unfortunately Korea does require some kind of certification for electromagnetic wave or something which I have to pay more than cost of N97 mini so I can't use it as mobile phone and it makes me feel very sad.
Anyway thank you for the interesting competition, Nokia.

Photo was taken by Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

p.s. I’ve received package August 27, 2010. moby.to/ls3n51