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Sara Teasdale: "There will come Soft Rain"

"There will come Soft Rain"Sara TeasdaleThere will come soft rain and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;And frogs in the pools singing at night, And…

Aesop's Fables: The Cobbler Turned Doctor

by Aesop The Two FrogsThe Ass, the Cock, and the LionThe Cobbler Turned Doctor A very unskilful Cobbler, finding himself unable to make a living at his trade, gave up mending boots and…

Desert

A desert is an area where little or no life exists because of a lack of water. Scientists estimate that about one-fifth of the earth's land surface is desert. Deserts can be found on every…

Aesop's Fables: The North Wind and the Sun

by Aesop The Boys and the FrogsThe Mistress and Her ServantsThe North Wind and the Sun A dispute arose between the North Wind and the Sun, each claiming that he was stronger than the other…

Aesop's Fables: The Goods and the Ills

by Aesop The Mistress and Her ServantsThe Hares and the FrogsThe Goods and the Ills There was a time in the youth of the world when Goods and Ills entered equally into the concerns of men…

Jim Henson Biography

Jim HensonpuppeteerBorn: 9/24/1936Birthplace: Greenville, Mississippi A life-long puppet lover, Henson was instrumental in developing one of America's longest-running and best-loved children'…

2009 Academy Awards

The 2009 Academy Awards were presented on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold. Best Picture Avatar   The Blind Side…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Snow Queen

The Fir TreeThe Leap-FrogThe Snow QueenWhich Treats of a Mirror and of the SplintersA Little Boy and a Little GirlOf the Flower-Garden At the Old Woman's Who Understood WitchcraftThe Prince…

Microevolution and Macroevolution: Speciation

SpeciationMicroevolution and MacroevolutionIntroductionMicroevolutionSpeciationMacroevolution According to the theory of natural selection, speciation is the creation of new species by genetic…

Red Planet

Director:Antony HoffmanWriters:Chuck Pfarrer and Jonathan LemkinWarner Bros.; 110 minutes; PG-13Release:11/00Cast:Carrie-Anne Moss, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore In a not-so-distant future, all…