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Where Inspiration Begins
Teachers inspire me. They always have. I think that’s a big part of what they’re supposed to do. I was a poor kid, a hungry kid, hungry for all the things poverty, abuse, and a broken home denied me – food, yes, but also knowledge, dignity, freedom from shame, understanding, hope, a world that made sense. I never went to any sort of preschool. I didn’t go to Kindergarten. It wasn’t required back then. And I missed a lot of first grade playing hooky with my older brother and his friends.
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Column: An elegy for Mary
Mary Oliver, one of America's greatest and most loved poets, died this week. I have taught poetry for over 30 years and published 14 books of my own, and Oliver was my favorite living poet and an inspiration to everything I know and have shared about poetry. Not surprisingly, then, her passing had a deep and immediate effect on me, and as I sat in the carpool line waiting for my 13-year old-daughter yesterday, I scribbled down this elegy to Mary.
Update on Gastrointestinal Lymphomas
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the most common extranodal site of involvement for non-Hodgkin lymphomas, and atypical lymphoid infiltrates in GI biopsies are a common challenge for pathologists who see such biopsies in routine practice. In addition, there are numerous inflammatory and reactive conditions in the GI tract that can give rise to, mimic, or mask lymphomas.
5 Amazing Updates to the Salesforce Events App
Dreamforce starts in a mere 12 days, you say? There's no better way to get ready than to grab the Salesforce Events app and familiarize yourself with this year's updates to make your on-site Dreamforce experience better than ever. We've improved the app with new tools to help you on the go at Dreamforce. Here are 5 new things to check out: 1. Your Quest Awaits, in the app too! Quest is a 5 stop journey curated by your role. It's the best way to experience Dreamforce and do some good along the way.
The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor
You wake wanting the dream you left behind in sleep, water washing through everything, clearing away sediment of years, uncovering the lost and forgotten. You hear the sun breaking on cold grass, on eaves, on stone steps outside. You see light igniting sparks of dust in the air. You feel for the first time in years the world electrified with morning.
The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor
I don’t yell. I don’t hold inside the day’s supply of frustrations. My hands stay open all day. I don’t wake tired and sore, dazed from senseless, panicking dreams. On the days I am not my father I hold my son when he cries, let him touch my face without flinching, lie down with him until he falls asleep, realize that just because he has a sharp tongue, just because he’s sometimes mean, just because he’s smarter than me doesn’t mean he’ll become my father.
People Centre’d on Diabetes: Get moving and stay active
In recognition of World Diabetes Day, the State College Area School District’s Delta Program held its fourth annual walk, this year called “Delta Moves.” The walk wound through the streets of downtown State College on Nov. 13 to raise awareness about diabetes and people making healthy living choices. More than 200 students and staff walked, wearing T-shirts designed by eleventh-grader Emy Boz. Emy’s design won Delta art teacher Holly Foy’s class competition.
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