Seattle Area 4-H Club Builds Robots That Take the Plunge

4-H’ers around the country are preparing for the 2011 robotics season by reviewing tasks, devising strategy and establishing the best-laid plans for bringing a collection of nuts and bolts to life.

For members of the Sea-Tech 4-H Club in Washington State, building a robot for the MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Education Center) competition has one critical element: The robot must operate underwater.

The MATE competition, an international underwater robotics event for young engineers, tasks teams with creating a robot that can solve current deep-sea issues in an effort to engage youth in science and technology.

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2011 Youth Challenge is coming!!

Peninsula College Entrepreneur Youth Challenge 2011, a business plan competition is just around the corner. Innovative and business minded youth are being sought to participate in this year’s event that will offer $1,000 awards to the two top individuals and/or teams. This is the fourth year for this competition generously sponsored by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.
High school aged youth interested in competing in the Challenge must submit an “Intent to Enter” form to the Entrepreneur Institute, located at Lincoln Center, by 5:00 p.m. on February 4, 2011.

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AVMA video promotes animal welfare policy—Pain control measures for cattle recommended

(Schaumburg, IL) January 6, 2011—The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has released a new video promoting its policy on how to reduce pain for cattle during a common surgical procedure—dehorning.

Many breeds of cattle have horns, which are often removed early in life to protect other animals and farmers from injury. The AVMA policy and this informational video offer guidance to help make this procedure as comfortable as possible for animals.

Our comedy started a revolution!

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Jordan Henderson, Norm Vat, Kathy Thi Thach, Kevin Kop and Milton "Chino" Celedon-Perez are members of the 4-H Technology Club in Tacoma, Washington. They star in an upcoming 4-H video about environmental stewardship and salmon habitat enhancement. Each one of these talented actors brought something special to the project, making the process of production a real team effort.  The goal was to produce a film that would appeal to children - that included some comedic elements - but that would teach them about real scientific issues. Chino led the script writing, Kathy and Norm were the lead reporters, Jordan anchored the script with his card playing skills, and Kevin cracked everyone up with his puppets and silly voices. These 4-H actors have discovered talents individually and as a team that are More Than They Could Ever Imagine!