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- PACT with excuses for sad test scores (The Rock Hill Herald)
Your South Carolina education department, fresh from showing off that kids in Maine and D.C. and Hawaii scored worse than we did on the SAT, is holding a contest. Not to change the name of state Superintendent Jim Rex to T. Rex or Tyrannosaurus Rex, but to change the name of the state's new testing system.
- Why Does the Mix CD Still Exist? - Popmatters.com
"Imagination is a magic carpet upon which we may soar to distant lands and timesâ€, the irrepressible and irreplaceable Sun Ra says on Sound Unbound , a mix disc by Paul D. Miller, also known as DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid. The album is meant to ...
- Obituary: Yuri Nosenko (Guardian Unlimited)
Obituary: KGB agent and defector at the centre of a dramatic cold war episode
- The Laureate's lament: Being poet to the Queen is thankless and has ... - Daily Mail
It is a position that has been held with pride by some of our greatest literary figures. But being Poet Laureate has not been an entirely positive experience for the current incumbent, Andrew Motion. He has revealed that the role has left him with a ...
- AOL and I move on - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
AOL and I move onThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 1 hour agoI e-mailed CoffeeMug, and we talked about our shared interest in writing poetry and fiction. He was in Dallas, and I was in New York, and we became fast ...
- A Van Cliburn anniversary (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
If cultural gods tell us more about us than about themselves, Van Cliburn holds a particularly warped and smoky mirror up to the classical-music world he intermittently dominated over the last half-century - one that shows much about the strange price of being a folk hero.
- Museums, galleries rich right now with eye candy - Durham Herald Sun
Museums, galleries rich right now with eye candyDurham Herald Sun, NC - 2 hours ago1, 2009: "Feminine and Masculine in Ovid's Poetry and Early Modern Art." -- Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art. Through Nov. 30: "Julie Mehretu: City ...
- Also on stage: ‘Driving Miss Daisy' Wylliams-Henry and more (The Kansas City Star)
Some other shows on stage this weekend: “Driving Miss Daisy” opens tonight at the Chestnut Fine Arts Center, 234 N. Chestnut in Olathe.
- Her heart stopped and my job began - St. Petersburg Times
Theresa Brown, an oncology nurse: “My patient was dead. She had been dead when she fell back on the bed and she stayed dead through all the effort to save her.†That's hardly our intention, but they die nonetheless. Usually it's at the end of a ...
- Yippe-yi-ya! Get ready to ride, pardners (Pioneer Press)
Do cowboys need a mission statement? They do if they're planning a sort of Renaissance Festival with chaps and six-shooters instead of swords and
- Signs of the Times: How Technology Changes Deaf History - RIT News
Signs of the Times: How Technology Changes Deaf HistoryRIT News, NY - 6 hours agoFor generations, Deaf artists and poets relied on personal connections to tell their stories. But advancement in technology through blogs or video "vlogs" ...
- Ticket sales - Kalamazoo Gazette
The following are listings for upcoming concerts and other events. Tickets for most shows may be purchased at Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 373-7000 or going to www.ticketmaster.com . Announcements Taylor Swift -- 7 p.m. Oct. 21, Van Andel Arena ...
- Tower Poetry - poetry for 16-18 year olds (Times Education Supplement)
The aim of Tower Poetry is to develop the role of poetry in education and enable new poets to showcase their talents through a series of initiatives.
- The science of desire (Independent)
Human sexual response is a complex combination of social, hormonal, physiological and psychological factors, most of which are poorly understood. Society plays a role in what is considered to be acceptable in sexual desire: religious beliefs, family values and upbringing all affect one's attitude to one's own feelings of sexual desire. Hormones play a role the massive surges in testosterone ...
- Music Review | Bryn Terfel Hundreds Sing Out With Welsh Spirit - New York Times
Music Review | Bryn Terfel Hundreds Sing Out With Welsh SpiritNew York Times, United States - 6 hours agoThe united voices sang with clear diction and commitment, particularly in an arrangement of Mickey Newbury’s “American Trilogy.†The tenors sounded somewhat ...
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