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Silent Sustained Reading Program at Sport and Medical Sciences Academy
Sport & Medical Sciences AcademySustained silent reading, also known as “SSR,” is a program that every student, teacher and administrator at SMSA takes part in. The SSR program has been adopted to promote reading for enjoyment and as a life skill. Three times a week, ...Tags: Education, Religion and Belief, Students, Teaching and Learning, CMT (tv network)
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Review: "Aesthetics" by Ivan Brunetti
Although Ivan Brunetti has crafted many graphically striking comics and illustrations over the last quarter-century, perhaps the most telling inclusion in his new book, “Aesthetics: A Memoir,” is the worst looking. While attending the...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Education, Religion and Belief, Fine Artists, Marvel Entertainment, Inc.
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A roundup of graphic novels worth reading
The intersection of visual art and language in a graphic novel tilts the reading experience. The reader has no choice but to slide into the author's more specifically defined — and designed — world. The hallmarks of great literature are the...
Tags: Iran, Religion and Belief, University of Chicago, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Frank Miller
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Comics' superpowers
was 4 when I was bitten. My parents had taken me to Yellowstone National Park. I remember wooden walkways among geysers. Old Faithful was still faithful then. My father tells me we saw bison and elk, but I only remember being entranced by a walking stick....Tags: Culture, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, The Amazing Spider-Man (movie)
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'The Internship,' now starring ... Google
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the big names in the new comedy "The Internship," but the real star of the film is Google. The company campus in Mountain View, Calif., is the setting for the movie in which Vaughn and Wilson play down-on-their-luck...Tags: Science and Technology, Religion and Belief, Museums, Ben Stiller, Colleges and Universities
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Chief Justice Roberts speaks at LaPorte alma mater
La Lumiere school held their graduation today and Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. made the journey from Washington D.C. to LaPorte to give the commencement speech. In his speech, Roberts gave students tips on being friendly to everyone you meet and...
Tags: Judges, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Abraham Lincoln, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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A labyrinth grows in Allentown
Reminiscent of the beloved novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," a labyrinth of wild grasses has taken root next to the Grace Montessori School in the shadow of a seven-deck concrete parking garage in one of the busiest sections of downtown Allentown. But...
Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Education, Whitehall, Ed Pawlowski
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George Packer chronicles American boom and bust in 'The Unwinding'
George Packer's new nonfiction book, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," has many of the qualities of an epic novel. Packer's subject is the last 35 years of U.S. history, the decades that gave us the conservative "Contract With...Tags: Religion and Belief, Book, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Politics
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Transcript of Obama's remarks to U.S. Naval Academy graduates
Hello, Midshipmen! (Applause.) Well, thank you, Governor O'Malley, for your kind introduction and the great support that Maryland gives this Academy. To Secretary Mabus, Admiral Greenert, General Paxton -- thank you all for your incredible leadership of...
Tags: Science and Technology, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, Religion and Belief, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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HCC student wins leadership, sportsmanship award
Harford Community College student Brandon Wolf was named the 2013 Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award winner by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. As a national award winner, Wolf has been invited to attend a special recognition ceremony...Tags: Religion and Belief, Tennis, Harford Community College, Arthur Ashe, Awards and Prizes
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Tornadoes sound like eerie silence -- then evil
Chicago TribuneDoes a killer tornado really sound like a freight train? "I don't remember what it sounded like, honestly. It was like a freight train, but I don't remember much about it," said Rhonda Crosswhite, the Oklahoma grade school teacher who covered students...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Religion and Belief, Tornadoes, Weather Warnings, Natural Disasters
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Student news - May 24
HARRISONBURG, Va. — When most James Madison University students were packing up for the year and heading home, Avery Starliper of Hagerstown, a interdisciplinary liberal studies major, shifted gears from focusing on studying to focusing on others....Tags: Religion and Belief, Education, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice, Awards and Prizes
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