Challenges In The News 07/11/08

I am deeply saddened by these terrible losses. At the same time, I am very proud of the way our Scouts and leaders responded. Even in the face of incredible challenge, they epitomized the very best about being a Scout.

John Kenny, of the Rotary Club of Grangemouth, Central, Scotland, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2009-10. He will become the president-nominee on 1 December if there are no challenging candidates.

Suspected terrorists and foreign fighters held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to challenge their detention in federal court, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

In a recent challenge, readers over at Gamasutra sister site GameCareerGuide.com were tasked with a unique challenge - designing a game based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. The community came up with dozens of solutions, all inventive and educational. But some entries in particular stood out and have been highlighted on the site.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fear the addition of twins to their growing family will be such a challenge they've asked the actor's parents to standby as potential caregivers.
The challenge of the web is to build a system that enables people to creatively solve problems that they couldn't solve on their own, said Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium.

McCain feels YouTube heat after comedian issues "green screen" viewer challenge.

Henry Kuhl, for the fourth time in his nearly 30-year reign, beat back a challenge Tuesday night to his hold atop the county Republican Party organization.

Visiting Lewisham today to see a number of innovative initiatives and talk to young people, Beverley Hughes Young People’s Minister announced the local areas successful in securing funding for Challenge and Support projects.

For anyone who thinks the Nationwide Tour will chew up its new venue and blister scoring records, Northeast Pennsylvania Classic executive director Paul Taramelli has a challenge.

WELL-KNOWN Helderberg mountainbike rider, Errol Derrick, will be competing in one of the toughest MTB (mountainbike) events in the world in July, when he takes on an epic off-road trip from Pietermaritzburg to Paarl - called the Freedom Challenge.