Kostka: The Convert or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the game (Sports Illustrated)
This weekend, college students all across America will be gearing up for the one event they have waited months to see: the Gossip Girl season 2 premiere. Additionally, the college football season kicks off this weekend and it makes me more than a little sad to know I won't be in the crowd when my alma mater's team takes the field tomorrow afternoon....more...Diabetes, Type 1 (New York Times)
Confronting a new diagnosis can be frightening, and because research changes so often, confusing. Here are some questions you may not think to ask your doctor, as well as some questions that parents who have a child with Type 1 diabetes may want to ask....more... Return to 3A may lead to playoffs for Falcons (Lake Houston Sentinel)
Off in the distance you could hear the whistles blowing and the booming voices of coaches teaching, sometimes yelling, and preparing their players for a Friday night contest....more... Charter school boasts small classes, perfect scores (The Villager)
Hope Terroade, a 28-year-old kindergarten teacher, smiled into the distance as if she were reliving the endearing moment all over again. ?The whole school is outside at dismissal, and the students, they just all start crying,? she said....more... Common sense (The Reflector)
Russia has issued an ultimatum to the West. Recently the Kremlin stated that any military assistance by "the West" (meaning us) would be viewed as a declaration of war. What began as a small intrastate conflict in the small former Soviet republic of Georgia now has two major military powers and one treaty organization at the precipice of what could easily turn out to be a major military conflict....more... SMALL SCHOOLS, BIG CHALLENGES: Bridging the divide with distance learning (Grand Island Independent)
School districts are the heartbeat of their communities, but nowhere more so than in Nebraska's smallest towns. The challenges many of those districts face -- tightening budgets, shrinking enrollment, fluctuating state aid -- are magnified as well. This is the third day of The Independent's three-part look at some of the issues confronting the smallest schools in Central Nebraska and ......more... Wave picks up tempo as camp hits day 11 (L'Observateur)
NEW ORLEANS ? The scene early Monday morning at the Westfield Practice Facility was one of peace and serenity. Following a light rain in the New Orleans area, the scene was almost something out of Thoreau?s Walden as the sun crept across the turf and the sounds of birds chirping and dogs barking echoed from the distance....more... U.S. Fleet Keeping Oil Price Buoyant (Kitco.com)
With tensions in the Persian Gulf on the rise, the collapse in oil prices that we've been predicting may take longer than originally anticipated. There are three U.S. carrier groups within striking distance of Iran right now, and two more reportedly on the way....more... Jelimo hones in on historic mark; Bolt electrifies in Zürich - ĊF Golden League (IAAF)
g29 August 2008 - Zürich, Switzerland - Pamela Jelimo?s latest improvement of the senior African and World Junior 800m records, and Usain Bolt?s first outing since Beijing were the undoubted highlights of tonight?s Weltklasse Zürich, ĊF Golden League meeting, in front of a capacity 26,000 strong Letzigrund stadium crowd. ...more... |