Vote for your favourite Teachers TV green school

June 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Jun 07 (MARKET WIRE) —
Editors Note: There is a photo and four videos associated with this press
release.

Four schools described by Teachers TV judges as ‘incredible, impressive
and enthusiastic about sustainability’ are finalists in a national green
competition.

Each of the green schools received a visit from a Teachers TV film crew
to capture some of the best projects taking place in their school. Today,
a video from each school is available to view and the voting begins on
Facebook. So get online now and make your vote count.

The schools were selected for their intrinsic approach to sustainability:

– At Ringmer Community College, Lewes, they are always looking for new
ways to save the planet and have a wind turbine, a biomass boiler, an
energy bike and solar panels to name but a few!

– At Dorothy Stringer School, Brighton, they make the most of the great
outdoors with pupils involved in biodiversity butterfly counts, bee
awareness programmes, woodland working days and energy surveys

– At St. John’s Catholic Primary School, Rotherhithe, they are passionate
about reusing materials and have recycling banks, compost bins, as well
as organising recycled hat parades and fashion shows

– At St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead, they have
green projects taking place throughout the year such as eco-buttons to
monitor energy use, carbon free Friday’s and eco-doorways, where every
Year group gets to learn about one of eight green subject areas such as
recycling

Andrew Bethell, Chief Executive of Teachers TV said: “There are
so many fantastic green projects that are taking place in our schools
across the country. This competition has given schools a platform to
showcase their work, to ensure it continues.”

The finalists were chosen by: the School Gate Editor for the Times
Online, Sarah Ebner; Chief Executive of Teachers TV, Andrew Bethell; and
Education Projects Manager from Keep Britain Tidy; Andrew Suter.

The winning school will receive GBP 1,000 worth of vouchers to spend on a
sustainability project of their choice. Voting closes at 23:59 on Friday
18 June 2010.

ENDS

Notes to Editors

– How Green is Your School? competition is run and organised by Teachers
TV

– The finalists were selected from 94 entries

– All videos can be viewed by going to the Teachers TV Facebook page. The
video titles are: St Edmund Campion Primary School – Green throughout
the year, Dorothy Stringer School- Making the most of outdoors, Ringmer
Community College – Saving the planet and the purse and St. John’s
Catholic Primary School – Green in the city.

– The winning entry will win GBP 1,000 to put towards green initiatives
for their school, and three runners up will each win GBP 250

– Anyone can vote by logging-on to the Teachers TV Facebook page

– The competition winner will be announced on 22 June 2010

– Teachers TV programmes are available on the TV Channel on Sky 880,
Virgin Media 240, Freesat 650 and Freeview 88 (4-6pm) and through iTunes
U

– Teachers TV is a free online resource

– Through engaging educational videos, practical resources and an active
online community, Teachers TV supports the professional development of
anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop
their practice, and connect with others in the field

– The Teachers TV award winning website has over 3,500 educational videos
available to view at anytime and currently has over 370,000 registered
users. In 2009 more than three million people visited the site

– To date, Teachers TV has filmed over 5,400 teachers in 2,500 schools and
over 1,900 educational experts, advisers and academics. Teachers TV is
making a huge difference to schools throughout the country

To view the photo associated with this press release, please visit the
following link:

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To view the videos associated with this press release, please visit the
following links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRk9eyrpUww

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcDofJo712I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjwkAK83338

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XWls-guq3g

Contacts:
For further information,
press notes and images please contact: Teachers TV
Melanie Purkis
020 7182 7488
melanie.purkis@teachers.tv

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Lampard’s ex fiancie ‘takes revenge by snogging mystery man in public’

May 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, May 17 (ANI): Frank Lampard’s ex fiancie Elen Rives seems to have got back at the “cheating” footie ace by smooching a mystery man in public before spending the night with him at a hotel, according to reports.

The Spanish beauty, who dumped the Chelsea star in February, was spotted flaunting a new hunk in the streets of London.

The former model was seen guzzling pink champagne cocktails with the mystery guy at the posh Soho House private members’ club.

The two reportedly kept kissing and cuddling while hopping between bars and later checked into a five-star hotel for the night.

“Frank used to say he loved Elen’s passion and that was certainly on display with this new guy. And once they started kissing it was no holds barred,” News of the World quoted one witness as saying.

“They were snogging on every corner, in doorways and alleyways. They didn’t care who saw them. Elen is clearly smitten,” the witness added.

And a friend of the beauty confirmed: “Elen has met someone she really likes and has fun with. It’s early days but they laugh together, which is exactly what she needs to take her mind off everything.” (ANI)

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New design would make high-rise buildings better braced for quakes

March 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Washington, Feb 28 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M), US, have designed a new technique for high-rise concrete buildings, which has passed an earthquake simulation test.

Their technique passed the test, withstanding more movement than an earthquake would typically demand.

The engineers used steel fiber-reinforced concrete to develop a better kind of coupling beam that requires less reinforcement and is easier to construct.

Coupling beams connect the walls of high rises around openings such as those for doorways, windows, and elevator shafts. These necessary openings can weaken walls.

“We simulated an earthquake that is beyond the range of the maximum credible earthquake and our test was very successful,” said James Wight, the Frank E. Richart Jr. Collegiate Professor in the U-M Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

“Our fiber-reinforced concrete beams behaved as well as we expected they would, which is better than the beams in use today,” he added.

Today, coupling beams are difficult to install and require intricate reinforcing bar skeletons.

The U-M engineers created a simpler version made of a highly flowable, steel fiber-reinforced concrete.

“We took quite a bit of the cumbersome reinforcement out of the design and replaced it with steel fibers that can be added to the concrete while it’s being mixed,” said Gustavo Parra-Montesinos, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, U-M.

“Builders could use this fiber-reinforced concrete to build coupling beams that don’t require as much reinforcement,” he added.

The engineers envision that their brand of beam would be cast off the construction site and then delivered.

The engineers performed their test in December on a 40-percent replica of a 4-story building wall that they built in the Structures Laboratory.

They applied a peak load of 300,000 pounds against the building, pushing and pulling it with hydraulic actuators.

To quantify the results, they measured the building’s drift, which is the motion at the top of the building compared with the motion at the base.

In a large earthquake, a building might sustain a drift of 1 to 2 percent. The U-M structure easily withstood a drift of 3 percent.

The new beams could provide an easier, cheaper, stronger way to brace buildings in earthquake-prone areas.

The researchers are now working with a structural design firm to install the beams in several high rises soon to be under construction on the west coast. (ANI)

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