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The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Children's Book Review

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, first published in 1962 by The Viking Press (ISBN-13: 9780670867332), is a simple story about a child's day playing in the snow. This book won the Caldecott award in 1963 and was a ground-breaking book for featuring an African American hero, Peter.

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The Long Winter of Robert Frost

On a spring day in 1874 under the looming skyline of San Francisco an iconic figure in modern poetry was born – Robert Frost. The allure of the city however would not hold him for long as his destiny lie...

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A Short History of the Can Opener

For almost a century and a half the can opener has been a staple gadget in kitchens throughout the world. The reason, of course, for possessing a can opener is the need to open cans containing food. The...

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Famous Birthday Listings: October 30

Born on this day? Happy Birthday! Below are some very famous celebrities (72 names) past and present who have their birthday today. Some of them you will have heard of and others you may not have!...

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Humility Puts Off Pride, One Of The Seven Deadly Sins

Find out some of the issues involved as we deal with "pride" in our lives. Learning to detect "pride" in ourselves can be the key to practicing the virtue of "humility" on a more consistent basis.

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DEAR PONZI SCHEME GUY

Dear Ponzi Scheme Guy...excuse us, Mr. Bernie Madoff; We couldn't help but take note of your rousing business practices. As you know we are experiencing an unprecedented recession, depression whatever you...

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“For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach the statutes and ordinances in Israel” (Ezra 7:10).54

Renewal Thru Teaching Priests

I can remember quite clearly my first six months of ministry in a Filipino American church in the Greater Los Angeles County. I had just completed a course in Fuller Theological Seminary entitled Foundations...

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Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation–Nehemiah 8:9-10

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation–Nehemiah 8:9-10 Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Nehemiah 8:9-10 where we discover and learn of a call to godly partying. And...

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The Bible- a thumbnail sketch - Part Three - Joshua to Job

  In Part One of this series we considered the Books of Moses, from Genesis to Deuteronomy, which examine man’s plight at the Fall and the beginning of God’s plan to implement a solution through the...

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The Rise and Fall of Ezra Pound

He was a prolific and unpredictable poet whose impact arguably influenced art, music and literature more than any of his crticis in the last 100 years. From Hemmingway, Yeats, Frost, and T.S Eliot; Pound’s...

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