Cryptid North American Errant Kanga... Oct 30, 2009
A story about a Tennessee Killer Kangaroo, written by South Pittsburg correspondent Horace A. Minnis, appeared in the Chattanooga Times. In January 1934, a phantom kangaroo was reported to have killed several animals. (Suite101.com)
Following his soul Oct 29, 2009
"Music is sacred to me, period," Payton says by phone from Manhattan, where he's performing the music of Art Blakey and Horace Silver at Lincoln Center in a band led by drummer Kenny Washington. "It's a very spiritual endeavor. It's all about the transference of energy and dialogue between people. Every moment in my life that I play music is a sacred moment.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Balser, Warren make final push in Newton mayoral race Oct 28, 2009
A trip to Horace Mann Elementary on Monday led to some good conversations with voters, Balser said, although many remained undecided. People say Oh, I m collecting candidates brochures and soon I m going to read them and really start thinking about the election, she said. (Newton Tab, MA)
Theodore Sizer, 77; leader in effort to overhaul education Oct 25, 2009
Dr. Sizer, who also turned the gathered wisdom of his research into a popular trio of books featuring Horace, a fictional high school teacher, died of colon cancer Wednesday in his Harvard home ... Leaving Phillips Academy in 1981, Dr. Sizer studied secondary schools around the country, research that formed the foundation of three influential books: Horace s Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School, in 1984; Horace s School: Redesigning the American High School, in 1992; and Horace s... (Boston Globe)
Horace Johnson remembered Oct 21, 2009
HALIFAX The Halifax County Board of Commissioners took a few moments recently to honor former board member Horace Johnson Sr. ... You never had to wonder what Horace wanted to tell you ... Commissioner Carolyn C. Johnson, Horace s wife, tearfully replied, I accept this with gratitude for myself and my family. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
School Committee gets a taste of the new Willard Oct 20, 2009
One year before Lincoln s Emancipation Proclamation, Mary Rice, a stationmaster with the Underground Railroad and a schoolteacher in Concord, penned a letter to Lincoln, had it signed by 165 students, and sent it off to the president, who later replied, addressing Rice as Mary Mann, the wife of Horace Mann. The Drinking Gourd Project received permission from the Concord Free Public Library to make copies of the letters it had on hand, frame them with an attached locations and present them as... (Concord Journal, MA)
Horace D'Angelo Jr. Oct 19, 2009
The entire phrase is Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero and is from a poem by the Latin poet Horace and translates as "Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future." ... Michigan became Horace's permanent home from high school on, and he received a BA and MA in Business Administration from Michigan State University ... Horace's professional career eventually led him to nursing home administration. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
Fellow inmate shares Killen admissions Oct 18, 2009
According to a statement given the FBI, the late Horace Doyle Barnette said he and fellow Klansmen dropped Killen off at the funeral home about 9:30 p.m. after Killen told them they had a place to bury the trio "and a man to run the dozer to cover them up.". Ellis told the FBI that Killen admitted he took part in the killings but said he did nothing wrong because he was a soldier against evil. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Seeing double at UNC Oct 17, 2009
Clemson had the Grants -- Harvey and Horace -- but that sorted itself out fairly quickly when Harvey transferred after one season. But it can be confusing enough even when brothers are not twins. (News & Observer -- Sports)
We endorse Braswell's bid for school board Oct 16, 2009
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Education and America's Early Settl... Oct 16, 2009
The idea that the masses should be literate comes from the ideas of the Common School reformers like Horace Mann of Massachusetts and Henry Barnard of Connecticut--fathers, so to speak, of the modern public school system. They thought that if children were educated and made literate they would make better citizens, unite society and prevent crime and poverty--the same ideals Americans hold dear today. (Suite101.com)
Opportunity Knocks Twice Oct 15, 2009
The new journalistic leader, Horace Greeley, was a communitarian who hired Karl Marx as his European correspondent. In the 1850s Greeley's New York Tribune became the leading newspaper in the United States. (Townhall.com)
Editorial Roundup Oct 14, 2009
Reacting to the claim made by academy member Horace Engdahl that American literature is provincial, the Danish professor Anne-Marie Mai chose to announce publicly that she had nominated Bob Dylan for this year's Nobel Prize in literature. In the same breath, she noted that many of her colleagues had done the same. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Majorities in US, UK say Nobel was undeserved Oct 13, 2009
12:12 pm October 12, 2009, by Jay. a news and opinion aggregator with operations in both the USA and UK, conducted a poll/survey in the two countries about reaction to Barack Obama s Nobel Peace Prize. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
LETTER: Dont agree, but defend your right to say it Oct 9, 2009
Horace Greely said, it is impossible to enslave a Bible reading people so that might be why. All the unproven theory of evolution teaches mankind is that we re nothing but evolved apes. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Chronicler of the dispossessed gets Nobel prize Oct 9, 2009
not the United States, Horace Engdahl said in 2008, when he was permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, which picks the Nobel Prize recipient for literature. The US is too isolated, too insular. (Boston Globe)
Herta Mueller wins Nobel literature prize Oct 9, 2009
His predecessor, Horace Engdahl, stirred up heated emotions across the Atlantic when he told the AP in 2008 that "Europe still is the center of the literary world" and the quality of U.S. writing was dragged down because authors were "too sensitive to trends in their own mass culture.". After Mueller was announced, Englund told AP that "If you are European (it is) easier to relate to European literature. It's the result of psychological bias that we really try to be aware of. It's not the result... (MSNBC -- International)
For Future Superconductors, A Little Bit Of Lithium May Do Hydrogen A Lot Of Good Oct 9, 2009
"We have already been in touch with laboratory experimentalists about how LiH6 might be fabricated, starting perhaps with very finely divided forms of the common LiH compound along with extra hydrogen," said Neil W. Ashcroft, co-author, and Cornell's Horace White Professor of Physics, Emeritus. Additional authors include Artem R. Oganov, an associate professor, and Andriy O. Lyakhov, a post doctoral research associate, of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of... (Science Daily)
Guns dont kill people? Oct 9, 2009
Guns don t kill people. Guns don t kill people. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Historic car helped refuel record-breaking flight Oct 8, 2009
That's when Ray Smucker, KYUM radio station manager and Yuma Jaycees president, and Buick dealership owner Horace Griffen put their heads together and came up with the idea for the endurance flight ... The morning team consisted of Horace Griffen, driver, Bernie Pensky, Chuck Mabery, Keith Smith and Howard Jongeward. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Upcoming government meetings Oct 7, 2009
4:30 p.m. Oct. 12, Maury County School Board Community Relations Committee, Horace O. Porter School at College Hill ... 4:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Maury County School Board Policy Committee, Horace O. Porter School at College Hill ... 6 p.m. Oct. 22, Maury County School Board, Horace O. Porter Sch. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Love and Daunting Temptations -- A Novel by Debra Lynn About Uncaring Men... and the Women Who Love Them Oct 7, 2009
Author Debra Lynn steers through the minefield of big city relationships and comes up with this powerful romantic drama Horace Mason's Simple Pleasures. Meet the intertwined lives: Katrina, a woman vulnerable to the highs and lows with her self-esteem; Carl, the unfaithful husband whose cavalier treatment of Katrina is humiliating; and Horace, arrogant and fickle in his relationships ... But as much as she hates his infidelity, she finds herself drawn into the same temptation with Horace Mason. (Primezone Releases)
Coins: Mystery Of Ancient Roman Population Oct 6, 2009
Although the first century BC in Italy has been extensively studied, and much is known about the great figures of the era, including Cicero, Caesar, Virgil, and Horace, some basic facts such as the approximate population size of the late Roman Republic remain the subject of intense debate. Depending on who historians believe was counted in the early Imperial censuses (adult males or the entire citizenry including women and children), the Italian population either declined or more than doubled... (Science Daily)
Serendipity Comes from Sri Lanka Oct 4, 2009
It is from Horace Walpole s story The Three Princes of Serendib (where the heroes were constantly encountering pleasant discoveries in the least expected places) that the word serendipity centered the English language. Swarnadeep or SerendipThe word comes from the ancient Sanskrit word for Sri Lanka Swarnadeep - which gave rise to the Arab word for the island Serendip) and has been imported into other European languages (Spanish serendipia, Frenche s;rendipicit; or s;rendipit;, Italian... (Suite101.com)
Nobel Glory Awaits Handful of Top Scientists Oct 3, 2009
Before last year's prize announcement, the panel's outgoing secretary, Horace Engdahl, said the U.S. was too insular and ignorant to challenge Europe as the center of the literary world. Dylan is believed to have been nominated several times before, but doesn't quite fit the profile of a Nobel literature winner. (Newsmax)
Column: Health care in America remember the other battles Sep 30, 2009
We first tested the idea in 1852, starting right here in Massachusetts when Horace Mann helped pass the first law to offer free public education. Imagine what would happen today if the president proposed a policy to save Americans money and lower our taxes by closing all public schools beyond, say, third grade. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Pride and preservation in ‘National Parks’ Sep 25, 2009
Yellowstone superintendent Horace Albright in 1922. After prodding by biologists, the park s bears were no longer fed handouts. (Boston Globe)
'Gorilla incident' at hospital has some trustees citing racism Sep 25, 2009
Trustee Horace James said that as an African-American he could not see how the issue was racist, but Henderson challenged him. You said this is racial. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Peabody Awards Issues Call for Entries & Welcomes Four New Board Members Sep 23, 2009
"We have secured the services of a truly outstanding group of professionals who will contribute enormous amounts of personal time to the selection of Peabody Award recipients," said Peabody Awards Director Horace Newcomb. "The distinction of the Peabody, the world's oldest award for electronic media, depends on our selection process. Peabody Awards are determined through a careful, vigorous and respectful exchange of strongly held perspectives in extensive face-to-face deliberations. Our board... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Anna Sewell, Victorian Lady Sep 23, 2009
After reading an essay on animals by Horace Bushnell, a congregational minister and controversial theologian of the time, Anna stated that one of her goals through her writing was 'to introduce kindness, sympathy and an understanding of horses. The character of Black Beauty is believed to have been based on her brother, Philip's horse, Bessie while the cheeky character, Merrylegs was based on her own much loved grey pony. (Suite101.com)
Judge awards Progress Energy $36 million Sep 22, 2009
8 million, which Pinellas Circuit Judge Horace Williams awarded the electric company. He will decide other costs, including legal fees, at a hearing. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Americas heroes: POWs, MIAs honored Sep 21, 2009
Legionnaire Horace Knight presented the POW MIA empty chair, a small table with a white tablecloth, an inverted glass and a rose. The rose reminds us of their loved ones and families, Knight said. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Harry Potter 6 Sep 20, 2009
Together, they work to find the key to unlock Voldemorts defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. The single-disc DVD will be available for the MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) of $28. (IGN FilmForce)
Kick off to the arts: A listing of local arts organizations and events for 2009-2010 Sep 18, 2009
Horace Steele Room, 3:15 p.m. ... Horace Steele Room, 3:15 p.m. ... Horace Steele Room, 3:15 p.m.. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Stage guide » Sep 18, 2009
Also appearing: Tripp Bowden, Donna Brown, Joni Berry, Horace Mungin, Cowboy Mike Searles, Mike Ryan and Doug Joiner. From the Thursday, September 17, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle Reader Comments Note: Comments are not edited and don't represent the views of The Augusta Chronicle. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Obituaries in the news Sep 17, 2009
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) W. Horace Carter, a North Carolina newspaper publisher and editor whose crusades against the Ku Klux Klan in the 1950s earned him a Pulitzer Prize, died Wednesday. He was 88. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Letters for Tuesday, September 15, 2009 (822) Sep 16, 2009
Horace Stoessel, Kapa a. Take the time to inform yourself. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Fall theater productions Sep 13, 2009
With his usual attention to the details of daily life in a small town, Foote chronicles the journey of Horace Robedaux from childhood (marked by his father s death) to adulthood, marriage, and the eventual role of family patriarch. Part 1, The Story of a Childhood, runs through Oct. 24. (Boston Globe)
Melrose Special Education update: Co-teaching classes, language program are focus this year Sep 11, 2009
While all Melrose elementary schools will be working with hdifferentiated instruction which basically means teaching to each student s ability level White-Lambright said, tere s a strong focus on developing teachers in the co-teaching model at the Hoover and Horace Mann Schools this year ... The new language-based program at the Horace Mann School will help elementary students who have more significant language-based learning disabilities, White-Lambright said. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Horace and mother are looking down Sep 11, 2009
Gale s father, Horace Armstrong hired Willie Gordon and Grace Lawrence in 1912 to work with him on the farm. Their son Horace was born in 1915 while Gale was born to the Armstrongs in 1916 ... The families proudly claim to have chosen to be neighbors since 1912 (Horace Gordon s daughters still live on the property). (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Newton School Committee candidates have children in common Sep 10, 2009
As a School Committee member my job is to see the bigger picture, not that my kid does great so everyone is fine, said Albright, who served on the Horace Mann Elementary School School Council for three years. That s why as a School Committee member she d make it a point to meet with parents throughout Newton on a regular basis, she said. (Newton Tab, MA)
Estate renovated for meeting use Sep 8, 2009
The Elkins Estate was designed by famed architect Horace Trumbauer ... Both buildings were designed by architect Horace Trumbauer (1868-1938), a Philadelphia-born architect who designed the Land Title Building, the and the , as well as the Duke University Chapel, Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University and several mansions in the Northeast. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Mad Men, Season 3 Sep 7, 2009
The big client Sterling Cooper is trying to land is the diminutive Horace Cook Jr.Hoho, to friends ... (The episode sends him off with a rendition of the World War I fight song ".") War is also a subtext for the other major generational divide in the episode, the one between Horace Cook Sr. and Horace Cook Jr. Hoho is a trust-fund kid, the son of a shipping magnate who made his fortune in wartime, and his father is not impressed by his passion for "Polish handball." Horace looks at his son... (Slate)
Sorting fact from friction Sep 6, 2009
Krause said Jordan wanted to select Joe Wolf in the 87 draft, but the Bulls went with Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant. I did consult Michael and Scottie on [Dennis] Rodman, Krause said. (Boston Globe)
ANTHONY’S CONTRACT INCLUDES ANOTHER RAISE IN 2010 Sep 5, 2009
The school board approved the contract Tuesday, with board member Herman Horace voting no. At that time, the Rev. Dr. W.R. Norful, board president, indicated Anthony s salary would increase from 138,750 to 150,000. Norful did not mention the increase included for next year. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Which direction will Egan go next? Sep 4, 2009
com - Which direction will Egan go next. Featured Advertisers. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
BOARD RESETS ANTHONY’S CONTRACT WITH $11,250 RAISE Sep 2, 2009
Board member Herman Horace voted against approving the contract ... Horace also was the sole no vote when the board voted to rehire Anthony on July 30. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Unnecessary 'safety' concerns are hampering farming Sep 2, 2009
Hi Horace, sugar is indeed not persistent in the environment (as most modern pesticides) but salt is ... GM - bring it on - ASAPHorace Knight, Thirsk UK. (BBC News -- Science)
The History of the Stetson Hat Sep 1, 2009
To help cure him, his doctor gave John the same advice that New York newspaperman Horace Greeley popularized during the 1850s: Go West, young man. Stetson hoped that fresh air and wide open spaces would do him good while he sought his fortune in the goldfields of Colorado, joining the rush of some 100,000 prospectors who headed to the state in 1859. (Suite101.com)
Hartford Stage preps Horton Foote’s ‘Orphans’ Home Cycle’ Aug 30, 2009
The plays follow Horace Robedaux on his quest for a true place to call home and his transformations into a husband, father, and patriarch. Set in a small town against the backdrop of a nation in the throes of change, the cycle chronicles the courtship of Foote s parents (the central characters Horace, played as an adult by Bill Heck, and Elizabeth, played by Maggie Lacy) as well as the lives and loves of various members of the extended family through turmoil, upheaval, heartbreak, and loss ...... (Boston Globe)
Writer's ‘book of a lifetime' a mountain fisher's delight Aug 30, 2009
Forney Creek got its name from a man who fell in it, and Kephart Prong got its name from Horace Kephart, a key figure in the birth of the park. My intention, Casada said, was to provide fishermen, whether newcomers to these storied streams or veterans who have fished them for years, with a truly comprehensive guide. (Herald Online, SC -- Sports)
Letters for Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Aug 26, 2009
Horace Stoessel, Kapa a. Invasion from within. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Maury County to reveal redrawn schools map Aug 25, 2009
The meeting will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Horace O. Porter School at College Hill, 1101 Bridge St.. Story created Aug 24, 2009 - 15:07:11 EDT.. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Barbara Lea Newman (67) Aug 25, 2009
to Eugene Horace and Margaret Lee Bishop. She grew up in Killeen and graduated from Killeen High School. (Boerne Star, TX)
Former Aide to Dick Armey Indicted in Abramoff Probe Aug 22, 2009
According to the indictment filed Friday at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Horace Cooper received more than $14,000 worth of gifts, including high-priced sports and concert tickets, in return for assisting Abramoff's firm on various matters. Cooper is now known as an author and conservative commentator who has spent time as a visiting law professor at George Mason University. (Law.com)
National Historic Landmarks Before ... Aug 21, 2009
Its first director was Stephen T. Mather, for whom an overlook in the Grand Canyon is named, and after him followed his assistant, Horace M. Albright. During the Great Depression, The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) were both established as part of the New Deal. (Suite101.com)
Street art in the Mission Aug 21, 2009
Walk down Lilac Alley for the latest graffiti from masters, or down Horace Alley or Lucky Alley. Don't miss Guadalajara or Restaurante El Delfin for amazing examples of taqueria art. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Budget requires more work Aug 19, 2009
Horace Bell said the county was pouring a lot of money into the airport and the ballpark. He stated that several people had asked to see the receipts where Randy Patton had spent the money, but nobody had seen them. (Camden Chronicle, TN)
Changes abound in Newton school administration Aug 19, 2009
Before former Superintendent of Schools Jeff Young left at the end of last school year, he recommended that Stein become the deputy superintendent, and Horace Mann Elementary School Principal Joe Russo become the assistant superintendent of human resources ... With Russo taking over Stein s former position, Greg Hurray, the school district s K-8 English coordinator since 2001, was asked to serve as Horace Mann s interim principal for a year ... His experience includes teaching at Horace Mann for... (Newton Tab, MA)
Tuskegee Airmen Recognize Their Fallen Aug 18, 2009
" In 1941, young black men from around the country flocked to a rural Alabama town to fly and fight in World War II. The pilots, already engaged in the war on racism in the U.S., surpassed expectations and completed training to become the first black military Airmen. "Their lives were important then, as they are now which is why we want to immortalize that service to our country and that commitment to the same values they perpetuated in their tenure," General Davis said. General Davis added the... (DOD DefenseLINK)
Kerouac's unintended legacy? A legal limbo Aug 16, 2009
While docked in Greenland in the Merchant Marine, Kerouac traded his Horace Mann football sweater to an Eskimo for the Eskimo's handmade harpoon, which he saved all his life. 4. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Forum: Colbert worthy of UGA's Peabody Award Aug 16, 2009
Horace Newcomb is director of the George Foster Peabody Awards at the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, August 16, 2009. (Athens Banner-Herald)
John Coburn, 94, Episcopal bishop, leading force in ordinating women Aug 13, 2009
When Bishop Coburn was elected to lead the Massachusetts diocese, the Right Rev. Horace W.B. Donegan, retired bishop of New York, called him a poet, a prophet, a preacher, a mystic. I think he always carried with him a sense of lightness of spirit that easily blended over into humor, said Bishop Coburn s son Thomas of Warren, R.I. That also drew him into the hurt points of the world, both in individual lives - which is why I think he was so cherished as a counselor - but also on the social... (Boston Globe)
Sylvan to offer free tutoring to help schools meet No Child Left Behind Act Aug 12, 2009
Title I schools in the Rapid City school district that are eligible for this program include General Beadle, Horace Mann, Knollwood Heights, North Middle School, Robbinsdale, South Middle School and Valley View. Title I schools outside of the school district that are eligible for this program include Batesland Elementary, Red Shirt Table Elementary, Rockyford Lower, Rockyford Upper, Shannon County Alternative School and Wolf Creek Upper. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Perseids meteors to light up skies midweek Aug 9, 2009
Archaeologists have found Chinese records of the Perseids from an unknown scribe writing in A.D. 36, and the comet itself was discovered in 1862 by astronomers Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle. E-mail David Perlman at. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
