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- Study: Social Networking Teens Learn 21st Century Skills (TechNewsWorld.com)
University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The same study also found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically savvy as their counterparts. The university says this goes against what results from previous studies have suggested.
- Banjo Paterson poems found in war diary - Melbourne Herald Sun
Banjo Paterson poems found in war diaryMelbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 2 hours agoThe discovery of the 1899 cash book, in which the final pages reveal Paterson's original and unseen poetry, has thrilled literature buffs. ...
- Shapeways lets Internet users manufacture goods (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In a step toward the type of future pictured in the hit film "Iron Man," a firm in the Netherlands is letting people fabricate items designed in three-dimensions on the Internet.
- A musical masterpiece (The Star-Ledger)
A pipe organ is like a living creature; its bellows are "lungs" that breathe with each performance. If the Ocean Grove Great Auditorium organ -- one of the nation's largest -- were to celebrate its long life with a birthday cake this week, it would have to blow out 100 candles.
- Rodeo series in Davie, Jazz from A to Z, a musical presentation ... - Sun-Sentinel.com
Rodeo series in Davie, Jazz from A to Z, a musical presentation ...Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - 9 hours agoStrength in Humanity Art and Poetry Night, fundraiser featuring local poets, 6-9 pm at Art & Design, 2724 E. Commercial Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. ...
- Pulitzer Prize winner named Va.'s poet laureate (WTOP Radio Network)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Tim Kaine appoints University of Mary Washington professor Claudia Emerson as Virginia 's new poet laureate. Emerson won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called "Late Wife." The book uses a collection of handwritten letters to reflect on her failed marriage of 19 years and her blossoming relationship with her second husband.
- Youth Leadership Blount helps students develop potential - Blount Today
Youth Leadership Blount helps students develop potentialBlount Today, Blount - 1 hour agoHer hobbies include playing the violin, writing poetry and hunting and fishing. • Kaitlin Hurley is the daughter of Derrick and Jill Hurley of Maryville and ...
- Rector faces the sack after holding Britain's first gay 'wedding' in ... - Daily Mail
A rector faces the sack after becoming the first clergyman to conduct a gay 'marriage' in an Anglican church. The Rev Martin Dudley flouted Church of England rules by blessing two homosexual priests in a service that used a traditional wedding ...
- "Man on Wire": An enthralling documentary - San Jose Mercury News
"Man on Wire": An enthralling documentarySan Jose Mercury News, USA - 5 hours ago... York Police Department sergeant who recounted Petit's act of physical poetry in dry press-conference prose, would more aptly be described as dancing. ...
- Seeking answers: Victim's 13-year-old friend turns to poetry to ... - Killeen Daily Herald
Seeking answers: Victim's 13-year-old friend turns to poetry to ...Killeen Daily Herald, TX - 2 hours agoShe began to imagine what may have happened to Ramos in the moments leading up to her death. She began writing those impressions into poems.
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish commemorated on stage - Reuters AlertNet
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish commemorated on stageReuters AlertNet, UK - 38 minutes ago"The triumph of poetry over death signals the dawning of resurrection," Darwish himself wrote. Zuabi said Jidariyya had two meanings in Arabic: one, mural, ...
- Tragic poetic lament for lost tortoise - audio - Sussex Express
Tragic poetic lament for lost tortoise - audioSussex Express, UK - 4 hours agoBy Alexandra Jenkins A BELOVED lost tortoise has inspired her distraught owner to write poetry pleading for her return. Washington woman Trisha Cook has ...
- Mashpee soldier killed in Afghanistan - Boston Herald
Mashpee soldier killed in AfghanistanBoston Herald, United States - Aug 17, 2008Conlon is a 2005 graduate of Mashpee High School who loved poetry. His mother said his writing ability earned her son a generous scholarship to Franklin ...
- Manchester writers give sneak preview of new work - University of Manchester
Manchester writers give sneak preview of new workUniversity of Manchester, UK - 1 hour agoThe author of a controversial new novel and an acclaimed poet will join forces for an early evening burst of their latest poetry and prose at The University ...
- Life after Grant - The Age
Life after GrantThe Age, Australia - 1 hour ago... suffusing their uniquely Australian songs with poetry and influencing some of the world's biggest bands. McLennan's death was acknowledged by the likes ...
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