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Archive | August 2011

August 2011

  • My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun (1609)

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

    My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
    Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
    If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
    If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
    I have seen roses damasked, red and white, 5
    But...

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  • If You Love for the Sake of Beauty (1823)

    Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866)

    Anonymous Translator

    If you love for the sake of beauty, O never love me!
    Love the sun, which has bright golden hair.
    If you love for the sake of youth, O never love me!
    Love the spring, which is reborn each year.
    If you love for the sake of...

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  • Imagining the Downside of Immortality

    OPINION
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/opinion/sunday/torchwood-gives-glimpse-of-eternal-life.html
    By STEPHEN CAVE
    Published: August 27, 2011
    A television show floats the premise that nobody dies. Heavenly development, or hellish situation?

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  • Whenever I say Your Name - Sting

    Whenever I say your name, whenever I call to mind your face
    Whatever bread’s in my mouth, whatever the sweetest wine that I taste
    Whenever your memory feeds my soul, whatever got broken becomes whole
    Whenever I’m filled with doubts that we will be together

    Wherever I lay me down, wherever...

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  • The Relativity of Wrong

    by Isaac Asimov

    I received a letter from a reader the other day. It was handwritten in crabbed penmanship so that it was very difficult to read. Nevertheless, I tried to make it out just in case it might prove to be important.
    In the first sentence, he told me he...

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  • Islamic Law and American Courts

    Two lawyers offer opposing views on a growing movement to restrict American judges from considering Islamic law, also known as shariah, when adjudicating cases.

    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/06/16/us/shariah-law.html

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  • Troubled: Early Childhood Education Case Study

    Troubled: Early Childhood Education Case Study

    The Child Development Center is a college based entity that accommodates an inner city population in Newark, NJ. Pre-k3 is the class assigned to me. The composition of the 14-child class is majority black children, with the exception of two Hispanic children. The team supervising my efforts consist...

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