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No. 1 UA soccer remains perfect, Zips football defeats rival Flashes
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Tribe makes roster moves
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Lewis doesn't like boycott
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Gameblog: Cavs at Knicks
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Wrestling, bowling teams prepare for season
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If It Looks Like Islamic Terrorism…
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Dems Message To Women: Don't Enjoy The Sex
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (62) The Stupak Amendment
See Jane Style:
Muffle Your Muffler
Car Chase:
Perfect Weather for an Autumn Drive
Let's Talk Real Estate:
RUMORS: Downtown Restaurant Explosion
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Jack is looking for a trip to Southern Ohio the week of November 16.
Sound Check:
The Black Keys to perform benefit concert at Musica on November 27
HRLite House:
Personal Rant – Why People Do Not Live in Northeast Ohio
Akron Gamer:
New 'Call of Duty' could set entertainment record
Published on Sunday, Apr 13, 2008
Capsule reviews of recent children's books:
• Always With You, by Ruth Vander Zee, illustrated by Ronald Himler, ages 8 to 12, $17.
Tender and affecting, this story of a Vietnamese war orphan illustrates the emotional arc of war's toll.
Young Kim, blinded when her village is bombed, clings to her dying mother's side as the dust settles. She is left for dead until American soldiers discover and rescue her. At an orphanage, she learns how to feel safe again, marveling at her new life: ''How do you feel full when there is not enough food to eat?'' she wonders. ''How do you see color in spite of the hazy gray?'' Based on a true story.
• One Hen, by Katie Smith Milway, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes, ages 8 or older, $18.95.
Here's a real math problem: How many hens does Kojo, a poor Ghanaian boy, have to buy before he can realize his dream of going to college?
The answer: one — provided that hen lays enough eggs for Kojo and his mother to eat, with some left over to sell at the Saturday market. With the profits from his egg money, Kojo can build up his flock and use the extra profit to pay for school fees that eventually lead to a college scholarship.
One Hen is based on micro-loan programs like those organized by World Vision, Food for the Hungry, Habitat for Humanity and other international-development organizations.
• Pizza, Pigs and Poetry, by Jack Prelutsky, ages 7 or older, $5.99.
Born with a terrific sense of humor and rhythm, our national children's poet laureate kindly shares some secrets about writing poetry. For starters: Have fun. Poems don't have to be bleak and gloomy. In fact, Prelutsky strongly recommends taking inspiration from misbehavior, broken rules and, of course, pigs: I'm a piglet, pink and stout
If I'm cold, I sneeze and sniff
If I have to blow my snout
I take out my oinkerchief.
Who knew poetry was so unintimidating?
— Claire MartinDenver Post
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