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- Facebook is "educational", says US uni - Silicon.com
Social networks like Facebook and MySpace have reputations as tools for procrastination but a new study from the University of Minnesota, US says contests this. According to the study, social networks build beneficial technological, creative and ...
- Writing about green? If you’re a student, submit! (Somerville Journal)
In conjunction with ArtBeat 2008 (July 19), “Happening Publications” is accepting submissions from writers through 12th grade for “GREEN!,” a special edition of poetry, stories, articles and comments relating to anything green or environmental.
- User Login (Weekly Dig)
Foss hill—which was swarming with thousands of spectators on Sunday—acquired a certain historical significance last weekend, but it's had some personal significance to me for the past five years.
- VIPs tell students that character counts (The Arizona Republic)
El Mirage VIPs like Councilman Roy Delgado and Police Chief Michael Frazier recently joined Dysart Elementary students and staff to celebrate the growth of the Character Counts program at the school.
- Parting Glances: Self meets self at 6 - pride source.com
Parting Glances: Self meets self at 6pride source.com, MI - 3 hours agoHe has at 19 what a friend calls "the poetry of youth" - an eager freshness that's a joy at my age to see. He hasn't changed much. (Still thin as a rail. ...
- Students' dream of cancer-free world put on paper - Prince Edward Island Guardian
Keira Coady and Easton Smith read poetry they’ve written, focusing on their hopes for a cancer-free world. Guardian photo Keira Coady and Easton Smith dream of a world without cancer, and put those dreams to paper as part of a recent class project ...
- Marginalia: Suspended until further notice - Al-Ahram Weekly
Marginalia: Suspended until further noticeAl-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - 1 hour agoJudging by what institutions from both countries with long-established publishing traditions, such as Egypt, and new rich institutions from the Gulf region ...
- 5 questions with... Sina Queyras - Calgary Herald
5 questions with... Sina QueyrasCalgary Herald, Canada - 37 minutes agoI had just finished up a collection of poetry which is due out in the spring of 2009. So I was making the transition from poetry to prose. ...
- ‘Prophetic’ professor teaches alternative life through atypical class (The Ohio University Post)
“I Take Up Where Vanishing Points Leave Off.” This cryptic inscription is one of many surrounding the figures covering the black and white mural beneath Seigfred Hall, created by Ohio University art professor Aethelred Eldridge.
- Hot Entertainment Picks: 07/25/2008 - Traverse City Record Eagle
Hot Entertainment Picks: 07/25/2008Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 4 hours agoThe Stone Circle gathers around a beach fire for poetry, storytelling and music at 9 pm Saturday off Stone Circle Drive 10 miles north of Elk Rapids. ...
- A pure thrush word (Guardian Unlimited)
The shell blast that stopped Edward Thomas's heart on the battlefield at Arras stopped his pocket watch, too, at 24 minutes to eight on the morning of Easter Monday, 1917. That frozen timepiece is an appropriate image for a poet whose best work seems to still time, to suspend a moment of clear-sighted observation.
- The Dark Knight (IMAX - Cinema Blend
The Dark Knight (IMAXCinema Blend - 4 hours agoForget the great things you’ve heard about The Dark Knight. No matter how lavish the praise or how determined the hyperbole, it’s all understatement. ...
- Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival - Washington Post
Resize Text PARATY, Brazil (Reuters) - Paulo Cavalcante rode buses for 46 hours from the dusty Brazil northeast to this coastal town for the chance to rub literary shoulders with British dramatist Tom Stoppard and other famous writers. "This is ...
- Poetry instructor speaks for us all (The Post and Courier)
This is the second installment in my series about some of this country's finest poets, who were also my teachers.
- Born of a spiritual urge - Tonight
Born of a spiritual urgeTonight, South Africa - 1 hour agoPraise poetry is an aspect of African culture and often recited at special occasions such as weddings or funerals. Traditionally, only men can do this. ...
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