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First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

The Unsuccessful Quest For A Universal Language

Within science circles, trying to come up with a new universal language was a trendy past-time in the 17th Century. Even the man who discovered gravity, Sir Isaac Newton, took a stab at it. Arika Okrent, editor-at-large at TheWeek.com, talks about its ... [Published Houston public radio - May 20 2013]

Entities: Jacki Lyden, Arika, Isaac Newton

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Crutchfield

Bid for potential funding shift benefiting charter schools falls short

Arika Herron/Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Salem JournalThose who oversee public school district coffers are breathing a collective uneasy sigh of relief, at least for now, after a renewed attempt to funnel more money to charter schools is likely put ... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 18 2013]

Entities: Don Martin, Crutchfield, Arika, Revenue Fund

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Winston-Salem/Forsyth school lunch prices will rise for all grades in 2013-14

Arika Herron/Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Salem JournalWinston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools lunch prices will rise 5 cents for all grades in the 2013-14 school year.The increase, the second in two years, was approved unanimously by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth ... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Nutrition, Rising Prices, Arika, Vegetables, Fruit

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Obituary: Veda Mae Reser

, at her Hesston residence.She was born March 26, 1932, in Little River to Herman and Claudine (Briscoe) Reschke. On April 4, 1951, she married Delbert Reser in Harrison, Ark., and he survives of the home.Veda was a retired cashier for Santa Fe Credit ... [Published Newton Kansan - May 16 2013]

Entities: Mae, Vedas, Peter Hartman, Arika

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Student health services holds booth to raise awareness

Many students may often wonder what the Student Health Services has to offer. On Thursday, May 1, students from speech instructor Helene Wagner's class, held a booth to raise awareness for the services.These students were assigned to do a good deed for ... [Published Talon Marks - May 15 2013]

Entities: Arika

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Former lawmakers call proposed changes ‘attack on education’

Former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge Arika Herron/Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Salem JournalAt times, it was hard to hear what the protesters were saying over the din of schoolchildren playing on the jungle gym in the background.Their signs were loud and clear, ... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 14 2013]

Entities: Bob Etheridge, Education, Pat McCrory

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Police: Substitute teacher left gun in car in school parking lot

George Frederick Hall II Arika Herron/Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Salem JournalA substitute teacher at Philo-Hill Magnet School said he accidentally left a handgun in the front seat of his car after it was discovered by police investigating a car alarm ... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 10 2013]

Entities: Substitute Teacher, Police, Arika, Custody

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Students inducted into SSU’s first psychological honor society

In March, Shawnee State University’s first international psychological honor society, Psi Chi, held its first induction ceremony with 13 new members. In the front row, from left to right, sits the first year’s executive board Arika Bennett, Nikki Howard, ... [Published Community Common - May 10 2013]

Entities: Sarah Harper, Arika, Shawnee State University

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Study finds that local middle-schoolers want more to do

Arika Herron/Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Salem JournalThink there is plenty for kids to do in Forsyth County? Think again.A new study released Thursday by the Marshall B. Bass Children’s Fund found that one of the top issues facing middle school-age ... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 10 2013]

Entities: Michelle Cook, Winston-Salem State University, Arika, Organism

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

The Closet Metaphor

Arika Okrent traces its origins:According to George Chauncey’s comprehensive history of modern gay culture, Gay New York , the closet metaphor was not used by gay people until the 1960s. Before then, it doesn’t appear anywhere “in the records of the ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 07 2013]

Entities: Gay, George Chauncey, New Orleans, Arika, Tennessee Williams

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 2 reports

Help Name Baby Koala at San Diego Zoo

Voting started Friday to name a baby koala born last July at the San Diego Zoo.The baby lives with its mother Nariah, grandma Orana, another koala named Sooky and other furry critters native to Australia, according to the zoo.Four possible names in an ... [Published Camp Pendleton Patch - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Koala, San Diego (California, United States), Arika

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Arika Festival

Following the success of last year’s music and film events INSTAL and Kill Your Timid Notion, fine purveyors of experimentalism Arika have returned to Glasgow for an ‘extended festival’ taking place across two weekends in April and May.Freedom is a Constant ... [Published Edinburgh Journal - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Arika, African-Americans, Wadada Leo Smith, Sonia Sanchez, Glasgow

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Child development major Arika Liera said, "We have talked to the manager of the Student Health Center and she said a lot of students don't know that (the Student Health Services is) over there or the services that (it) offer(s)."

Student health services holds booth to raise awareness [Published Talon Marks - May 15 2013]

...As Arika Okrent explains at the Week, Newton drew up plans for a "universal language" when he was in college. He wrote that he wanted to "let the names of the same sorte of things begin with the same letter: as of Instruments with s; Beasts with t ..." Under his system, people would know what "category" a word fell into based on its sound, and the addition of suffixes and prefixes would fine-tune the...

Isaac Newton Tried to Invent New Language [Published Newser - May 11 2013]

...Maybe they knew they had another chance. I don't think they were ready for it," North coach Bob Gray said. "Today was a completely different team. they had their back against the wall and were forced to perform." Softball Brooke Christensen went 4 for 5 with a two-run home run and three RBIs to lead visiting Peninsula (12-11, 2-5) to a 12-7 Bay League win over...

PREP-JC ROUNDUP: North edges Torrance to clinch volleyball playoff spot [Published Daily Breeze - May 02 2013]

...This is strong evidence, with a nod to our earlier posting on the " underwear language ", that people are strongly attached to their own languages even when they speak other languages well."

The keenest Wikipedians [Published Johnson - The Economist - Mar 07 2013]

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Obituary: Veda Mae Reser [Published Newton Kansan - May 16 2013]
Board reverses course on grant money [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 15 2013]
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Isaac Newton Tried to Invent New Language [Published Newser - May 11 2013]
Students inducted into SSU’s first psychologica... [Published Community Common - May 10 2013]
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Study finds that local middle-schoolers want mo... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 10 2013]
Standing Out: Hanes earns recognition as top ma... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 09 2013]
Stingrays swim team announces open house [Published Newark Advocate - May 08 2013]
BB&T to expand offering financial literacy prog... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 08 2013]
Hanes named top magnet school in nation [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 07 2013]
The Closet Metaphor [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 07 2013]
The Closet Metaphor [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 07 2013]
New program encourages students to bring their ... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 07 2013]
Conflicting rights in special needs class: Fath... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 05 2013]
Forest Park part-time reading teacher convicted... [Published Winston-Salem Journal - May 02 2013]
PREP-JC ROUNDUP: North edges Torrance to clinch... [Published Daily Breeze - May 02 2013]
AW softball gets 7-4 win [Published Toledoblade.com - May 02 2013]

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The Closet Metaphor [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 07 2013] Arika Okrent traces its origins: According to George Chauncey’s comprehensive history of modern gay culture, Gay New York , the closet metaphor was not used by gay people until the 1960s. Before then, it doesn’t appear anywhere “in the records of ...
The keenest Wikipedians [Published Johnson - The Economist - Mar 07 2013] WILLIAM GIBSON once said "The future is already here—it's just not very evenly distributed." I'd include Wikipedia, the wonderful, sprawling, open-source and free online encyclopaedia, as part of the future. It also seems to be quite unevenly distributed. ...