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    Rowland Hall-St Marks Had A Marketing Problem

    May 5, 2009 - By 

    The problem was the “saint” in the name, as Utah is the state of the Saints. The Salt Lake private school has changed its name so that it will seem less parochial sounding and easier to market to local families looking for an educational alternative. Rolly: A sign of the times? – Salt Lake Tribune Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s School has been a prominent fixture in Utah education for about 130 years. Founded by the Episcopal Church, the school has proudly boasted on uniforms, school communications and signs its motto: “Nihil Longus Deo” Never Far from God. Until now. The school…

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    Today on Mom’s Desk Calendar

    May 5, 2009 - By 

    Happy Birthday, Timmy Mom had this little desk calendar for years; she put notes and reminders on special days. Today is my sister Timmy’s birthday, and the motto for today is "Cultivate good habits, the bad ones all grow wild." Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Today on Mom’s Desk Calendar By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 5 May ’09, 6.54pm CDT PST

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    When In Rome

    May 3, 2009 - By 

    San Clemente Church in Rome must be the real-life model of the church from Ngaio Marsh’s mystery novel, “When In Rome.” Although it’s one of her later books, and not the best of them all, it’s got its points, and the mystery takes place in the Mithraic temple 2 levels below the church. Underground Fun: European Edition – Boing Boing What makes San Clemente special is what lies beneath. Take the stairs down from the 12th century church, and you’ll find yourself in a previous incarnation of the Basilica that dates to the 4th century. The light is bad down…

  • Music

    BBC NEWS | Entertainment | A session with Seeger

    May 3, 2009 - By 

    BBC NEWS | Entertainment | A session with Seeger Dropping yet more sugar into his cafe mocha, Pete Seeger laments the withering of his singing voice: “At my age the banjo-playing is shot too”. In fact musician Seeger often seems 20 years younger than he is – although these days what excites him is less his music and more the well-being of the US environment. But this weekend he will quit the Hudson Valley for his native Manhattan and a big concert to celebrate his 90th birthday. On the bill are Bruce Springsteen, Baez and more than 30 other names.…

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    Thank God It’s Saturday

    May 2, 2009 - By 

    I’m not sure how much I should say, or how much I can safely say, about yesterday. So I’ll ease into it by catching up on the entire week. Last week this time, I was dropping David off at O’Hare, because he was getting ready to go to a technical conference, at which he was making a couple of presentations. He’d worked hard on his slides, and I’d helped him edit them and streamline them generally. At last year’s conference, he was nervous about being up for an award, and he called me in a panic demanding to know if…