Letters 8/9/07 (Northern Express) The poop on poop Re: "The Politics of Poop" series: Farmers have applied manure to their crop fields as long as there have been animals and crops....more...A History of The Virginia Gazette (The Virginia Gazette) If there is nothing as fragile as news, the fragility of newspapers themselves runs a close second. Hundreds of newspapers have begun with great ambition, only to merge with others or fold from bankruptcy....more... College bound and homeless (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Que'Nique Newbill was torn when he sat down to make a written plea to the Wheeler High School Alumni Association, a group that was going to bestow a college scholarship on the senior who could most impress its members. His grades were good ?- a 3.67 GPA. His SAT score was solid if not spectacular ?- 1500 out of a possible 2400, or roughly 1000 on the old scale. But the life of the young man who ......more... Job Board (Foreign Policy Association) Sign up for one or more of these free on-line newsletters from FPA. Become a member of the Foreign Policy Association!...more... The Prairie Star (Prairie Star) In 2002 the U.S. Congress mandated country of origin labeling (COOL) for beef, lamb, pork, fish, perishable agriculture commodities and peanuts....more... Cultivating the future of hospitals (The Fresno Bee) Fifteen-year-old Sandra Ortega has big dreams....more... Letters extra (Guardian Unlimited) Readers' responses to last week's Society Guardian supplement...more... Letters extra (Guardian Unlimited) Supermarkets and regeneration You don't need to wait 12 months to see what effect Tesco has in Failsworth ( Supermarket sweep-up ). Just pop up to Wick in the far north-east of Scotland and take a look at the Tesco that landed there a couple of years back and the previously pleasing town centre as it is now....more... Nostalgia for a techno cul-de-sac (BBC News) Now Amstrad is best-known for its boss. But in the 80s, it set computing milestones....more... |