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“My husband wanted to name our first son John Wayne. That was a quick and easy veto.”
For parents-to-be, deciding on a baby name can be a . process.
Do you go with something old, unusual, popular, a family name? The list goes on and on. And if you’re lucky, you and your partner will grant each other “veto” power that you can use for any number of reasons, not least because you simply just hate the name.
We asked the HuffPost Parents’ Facebook community for their favorite examples of why they or their partner vetoed a baby name. Here’s what they had to say.
Growing threats to the environment â from warming temperatures to melting icecaps, rising seas to more intense storms and floods â have increased calls to grow a green workforce that can figure out how to face a brave new normal.
To that end, educators and innovators in Virginia devised a 10-week high school competition that enlisted bright young minds to propose innovations in solar energy.
Solar panels generate energy from the roof of the Arlington (VA) Central Library. (Arlington Dept. of Environmental Services)
The Throwing Solar Shade contest invited students from one urban and one rural school district to look to their own communities for inspiration. Three schools participated and produced about 15 student projects. The four winning entries studied the effectiveness of different solar panel surfaces, the use of light-hued paint to reduce asphalt temperatures, the physics of solar panels and the merits of placing solar panels atop commercial poultry houses.
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Gemma Kilner, Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands Academy Principal, pictured.
For Gemma Kilner, it will represent her first day as principal at the school as an academy. She has already been working closely with staff for almost a year, having been put in place by Outwood last year after the trust was earmarked to take it over.
Mrs Kilner was previously the principal of another Outwood Academy, Littleworth Grange in Barnsley, which she took from being judged as requiring improvement by Ofsted to good status.
But the new era starts with a new challenge in a year that has seen plenty of new things to deal with because of the pandemic, with the school starting up Covid tests for the first time among its staff.
Three Augusta County students presenting at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
Three Augusta County students presenting at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon By Tara Todd | December 15, 2020 at 9:36 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 10:39 AM
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Three Augusta County students are leading the way in the STEM industry according to the school division’s Instructional Supervisor for Secondary STEM Education, Angela Deitz.
Now, the young ladies are getting ready to speak on the national stage Wednesday evening during a webinar.
The Fort Defiance High School students will present their projects virtually at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathalon.