Harry Potter: Minister wants to resurrect Latin in schools
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- Harry Potter: Minister wants to resurrect Latin in schools
- Columbia native bares all with Harry Potter on Broadway
- Kellan Lutz On The Book Rock Of â’Twilightâ’ And â’Harry Potterâ’
- Welcome to Hogwarts
- The Haunted Credit Card
- Third annual Barnes & Noble Book Fair planned Sunday at St. Joe
- Pop phoenix Britneyâ’s record-breaking comeback
Harry Potter: Minister wants to resurrect Latin in schools
Scotland on Sunday, UK
Education Secretary Fiona Hyslop last night announced her support for the “dead” language to be resuscitated in classrooms in a move which would see children as young as nine studying the language and culture of ancient Rome. Hyslop, who herself sADVERTISEMENTtudied classics at school, believes teaching Latin will give youngsters a better understanding of their own language as well as making it easier to learn French and Spanish. And with JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books making Latin more popular than ever with children, as the boy wizard casts his spells in the ancient language, there is an appetite for learning among pupils. Teachers and politicians last night welcomed the move but warned Hyslop would have to find extra funds to help colleges train classics teachers and councils employ them. Although Latin remains an optional subject on the school curriculum in Scotland, its popularity has dwindled over the past decade. This summer, the numbers of pupils sitting Higher Latin fell to just 826, with only a quarter of candidates coming from state schools. South of the border Latin is already enjoying a renaissance.
Columbia native bares all with Harry Potter on Broadway
The State, SC
If they weren’t all so positive, the comments would seem perfunctory, buried as they are near the end of reviews of “Equus. ”But the reviewers have a lot to say about the show’s lead actor, and that’s what takes up most of the space. The actor’s name is Daniel Radcliffe — the star of the “Harry Potter” movies. “People aren’t coming to the show to see me,” Camp said by phone between an afternoon and evening performance Wednesday. “The pressure’s off a little.
Kellan Lutz On The Book Rock Of â’Twilightâ’ And â’Harry Potterâ’
MTV.com
?I think there?s a lot of potential with all the fans that are out there,? he said. ?How much they care about it, how passionate they are, it?s really cool to see. ”“I think with Harry Potter, people tested the ability to make these groups,” said Lutz, “and so now it?s no longer a new frontier. It really gives the Twilighters a way of doing it, rather than just risking failure. But they can have faith, because it?s been done before. My hat?s off to them.
Welcome to Hogwarts
StandardNet, Utah
net’>bwright@standard. netUintah Highlands family transforms home into Harry Potter's schoolHarry Potter fans travel to the western highlands of Scotland to see where the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is nestled, invisible to muggle eyes. A few lucky fans don't need to go that far — for them, Hogwarts is in Utah's Uintah Highlands, and quite visible. Every Halloween for eight years, members of the Hartman family have transformed their yard into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. "We were all big readers, and we just admired the effect it (the Harry Potter book series) had on children and their desire to read," said Albert Hartman. "We thought, 'Maybe we can make some fun out of this at Halloween, and not have it be a scary thing, but do some honor to the work and have something fun for the neighborhood kids.
The Haunted Credit Card
Slate
But that was the ’70s. And even then, my memories of Halloween consist of green felt Peter Pan hats and capes that fell apart and, most years, lots of wrong guesses from parents and friends about who I was trying to be. (Robin Hood, after Prince John’s men tear his clothes to pieces? The Jolly Green Giant? A gawky elf?) So I thwarted Paul and typed Harry Potter Halloween Costume into Google. Some crap came up, and so did some pricey outfits with all kinds of trimmings. But then my sons and I found a basic Gryffindor robe on sale for $25. Dressing up as Harry Potter, of course, is only a smidgen more interesting than.
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Third annual Barnes & Noble Book Fair planned Sunday at St. Joe
Olney Daily Mail – Press Mentor, MA
Zuber said the selection at Sunday’s book fair will be similar to previous years, and customers can expect to see bestsellers, cookbooks, children’s books, picture books, young-adult novels and much more. This year, in order to add to the Barnes & Noble atmosphere, the book fair will also have Fair Trade coffee brewing in the band room. In planning for this year’s event, Zuber has been working with new St. Joe Principal Carol Potter, whom Zuber deemed to be “wonderful” in terms of helping plan the book fair. It was Potter who suggested that the Fair Trade coffee become part of the ambiance of the event when Zuber found that Mudd would not be able to bring Barnes & Noble coffee with her. Zuber said Fair Trades coffee will be available for purchase throughout the book fair by the cup and by the package, and she is happy that this year’s book fair will provide not only the selection but also “the aroma” of Barnes & Noble.
Pop phoenix Britneyâ’s record-breaking comeback
Indian Express, India
From the ‘big fat’ political story on McCain to Madonna and Guy Ritchie parting ways, the Beast has enough feed, on everything from politics to entertainment to ‘outrageous’ happenings, to keep you reading. The bold design is a straight A too: check out the frequently updated ‘Cheat Sheet’ of must-reads, in a neat red-lined band at the centre of the page, with videos and the ‘Buzz Board’-recommendations by ’smart people’ like Bill Clinton-to the right and the big stories to the left. After Hogwarts, it’s Ivy LeagueIt turns out Emma Watson is as much of an academic in real life as the character she famously plays in the Harry Potter movies. Like Hermione Granger, she has made it plain that she is serious about her studies. Fame and fortune aside, Emma has been touring the best American universities in search of a Hogwarts-like experience. After making over £10 million from the Harry Potter franchise, Emma is willing to put her acting career on hold for a good old-fashioned degree in literature or liberal arts. The 18-year-old won’t take.
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