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READER SUBMITTED: Assumption Students Read To Lead
ManchesterStudents at Assumption School's High School Prep campus cast their ballots for books. Their votes, along with those of students, librarians, and teachers from across the state, will determine the 2013 Connecticut's Nutmeg Book Award winner. The Nutmeg...Tags: Politics, Elections, Education, Teaching and Learning, Students
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READER SUBMITTED: The Wild World Of Young Adult Fiction
TollandHave you ever dreamed of writing a book for young adults? Are you a fan of dark, fantasy novels? Then the Tolland Public Library Foundation has a program for you. Author Dawn Metcalf will speak at the Tolland Public Library Saturday, June 8 about "The...Tags: Fiction, Haddam, Literature, Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), Libraries
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Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Hopkins professor
Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83....
Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Religion and Belief, Maitland, U.S. Army, Literature
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Revisiting Federico Garcia Lorca in a novel -- and in the writer's own voice
The great poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca was already one of Spain's most popular writers when he was executed by right-wing militiamen in 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. His body has never been found. The shadowy circumstances...Tags: Poetry, Spain, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Authors
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In Theory: Are parts of Scripture outdated and in need of change?
It's not often that a Christian minister agrees with the New Atheist movement, but the Rev. Michael Dowd believes it's possible when it comes to what he calls the "idolatry of the written word." A self-described "New Theist" — one who "value[s]...Tags: Entertainment, Christianity, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Culture, Music
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READER SUBMITTED: Rensselaer At Hartford's Acting Dean Authors Book On The Pursuit Of Sustainable Leadership
HartfordDavid L. Rainey, Ph.D., acting dean, Rensselaer at Hartford, and professor of practice in the Lally School of Management and Technology, has authored the book, "The Pursuit of Sustainable Leadership: Becoming a Successful Strategic Leader through...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Rensselaer at Hartford, Teachers, Authors
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A balanced guide to success
The financial crisis fueled anger with the world's "takers" — those people who "like to get more than they give," in author Adam Grant's pithy definition. Everyone is searching for a sustainable formula for recovery that not only curbs damaging...
Tags: Psychologists, Human Interest, Health and Medical Professionals, Richard Branson, Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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Create a charming, inviting home
Unlike real estate agents who use the term loosely, interior designers are generally earnest in their attempts to define what gives a home charm. Two new books released this spring by the same New York publisher are devoted to that very purpose. As each...
Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Real Estate, Services and Shopping
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Hans M. Wuerth: 'Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people'
When on Jan. 30, 1933, then-German President Hindenburg appointed Hitler as the country's chancellor, it changed German as well as world history. Twelve years later, Hitler ended his own life, but not before millions of victims had perished. Several...Tags: Fine Artists, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Berlin (Germany), Nazi Party, Artists
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Was the Revolutionary War a reactionary war? 'Bunker Hill' reconsiders history.
It turns out the modern incarnation of the tea party may have more in common with the original Boston hell-raisers than people think. Americans have long romanticized the events leading to the Battle of Bunker Hill and the start of the American...
Tags: Lexington (Lexington, Virginia), Armed Forces, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), U.S. Congress, Tea Party Movement
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COLUMN-Poor little rich kids-Chrystia Freeland
ReutersBy Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - If you doubt that we live in a winner-take-all economy and that education is the trump card, consider the vast amounts the affluent spend to teach their offspring. We see it anecdotally in the soaring fees...Tags: Columbia University, Economic Inequality, Family, Early Learning, Teachers
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Wally Ely: How a train saved Dorney Park during the Depression
When my current issue of the newsletter for members of the National Railway Historical Society arrived recently, I was thrilled to see new pictures of the railroad sensation of the 1930s — the Burlington Zephyr. One last train set of a gleaming...Tags: Entertainment, Railway Transportation, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Travel, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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