CSA administrators launched the contest last year as a means of familiarizing their members with the strange green orbs.
The Royal Institute of British Architects has launched the contest to create a self-sustainable future for those living on Tristan, a tiny community "ruled by the weather", part of the Tristan da Cunha group of islands.
A host of foreign state-owned rail operators will be vying against Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Rail to run the last major route in public hands after the government launched the contest to reprivatise the east coast mainline franchise.
And lots of razzmatazz: bursts of music for each boundary or fall of wicket, and whatever else the home club fancies—Hampshire, launching the contest at their Rose Bowl stadium, added a post-match pop concert.A rowdy, gimmicky, unsubtle slogfest, lamented a few greyheads, as their fathers did when one-day games began.
The production value has increased considerably from the live Ph.D. dance event that launched the contest in 2007.
Europe's research and innovation commissioner Méire Geoghegan-Quinn said at the beginning of her term that she wanted to find a more inspiring name for Framework 7's successor, and in March the commission launched the contest.
On November 27, 2007, MTV launched the contest "Britney Spears Wants a Piece of You", in which fans could direct a separate video for the song, using footage of interviews and performances from Spears.
On November 27, 2007, MTV launched the contest "Britney Spears Wants a Piece of You", in which fans could direct a separate video for "Piece of Me", using footage of interviews and performances from Spears.
Gurney suspected that he wasn't the only person who did this, so, in the spirit of the Cartoon Caption Contest, Gurney decided to launch the "unfinished-cover contest," encouraging other artists to submit their scrawls.
