Standing before a phalanx of potential investors, three young women make the case for their high-end day care concept. They’ve written a 37-page business plan, and they confidently whip through a PowerPoint about their mission, budget, and marketing plan.
Welcome to “The Pitch” – a culminating event for juniors at Fenway High School in Boston. In [...]

This pleasing rise in performance included six New Zealand masters records.
The two womens masters aspirants for the 2008 masters world championships in Greece in September are tantalisingly close to their required qualification totals to earn selection.
The masters Wendy Stevens lifting in the 50-54-year category bettered all her own New Zealand records to be just 3kg [...]

Board chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf told a news conference yesterday the suspension was imposed on the recommendation of the PCB disciplinary committee and the paceman had the right to appeal.
The 32-year-old Akhtars international career will almost certainly be over unless he gets the ban overturned.
He described the punishment as harsh and unjustified and said he [...]

“Certainly college administrators have known about this for a while, but I think this study helps to pin down what the average effects are,” said Jaren Pope, an assistant professor in applied economics at Virginia Tech who conducted the study with his brother Devin, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.The brothers [...]

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They upgraded the dim lighting.
They put down a patch of thin carpet for stretching and strength exercises.
And they set out buckets to keep the vomit off the floor when the workouts became too intense.
Any further enhancements to the basement under the Schlitz Park complex would have diminished the experience for the Mothers [...]