By: Dorian Cope | 2010-03-31 | Reference & Education A different perspective on one of America's best-loved icons, Helen Keller. Helen Keller, who died forty-one years ago on 1st June 1968, is to most Americans a folk hero. Rendered deaf/blind at nineteen months through what was probably scarlet fever, at the age of seven she broke through the darkness and learned to communicate thanks to the help of Anne Sullivan, her teacher. read more
By: Ruth Derksen Siemens | 2010-03-30 | Book Reviews Writing letters to the "West" during Stalin's Reign of Terror was a criminal offense. Sending or receiving a letter could result in arrest without trial. Entire families were sentenced to prison camps in Stalin's vast Gulag. Remarkably, the world knows little of these catastrophic events. Yet 463 letters, written from the prisons of the Gulag and from home villages arrived in a tiny town in the Canadian prairies. read more
By: reed tieri | 2010-07-08 | Arts & Entertainment Entertainment Helen Keller was a twentieth century miracle. Rendered deaf and blind at the age of two, she went on to get college education and attain international fame. She became a symbol of human faith and the will to triumph. But Keller's achievement was not just due to her own efforts. This miracle received the help of "the miracle worker" in the person of Annie Sullivan, her teacher. Bouquets And Brickbats When Keller published her autobiography, The Story of My Life, it became a bestseller. It inspired William Gibson to write the play, The Miracle Worker, which was first presented a... read more
By: osa | 2012-01-10 | K-12 Education Helen violently threw away her breakfast as her plate came crashing down to the ground. The toasts fell to the ground and her father Arthur Keller, who was the editor for the “North Alabamian, at that time came running out of the kitchen. read more
By: Kavita A | 2010-03-27 | Reference & Education Special education has evolved tremendously over the past century. Here is what I believe to be the important marks in the history of special education. read more
By: | 2010-04-14 | Inspirational When I think of people I admire, and desire to be like, they are people who have not had an easy life. They have experienced a great deal of trial and suffering. Helen Keller is a prime example of this. read more
By: coquettish | 2010-09-29 | Networking en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Dane) Helen Benson (m. 19211923) start: (1921)nd+1: (1924)"Marriage: Helen Benson to Karl Dane" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia read more
By: gaga | 2011-01-11 | Business History The Moray Minstrels were an informal gathering of notable members of London society and mostly amateur musicians, who would meet at Moray Lodge, in Kensington, the home of Arthur J. Lewis, a milliner. There they would discuss the arts and sing part-songs and other popular music. Dramatist and sometime editor of Punch magazine F. C. Burnand had invited Arthur Sullivan to join the group. On one occasion read more
By: reed tieri | 2010-07-14 | Arts & Entertainment Entertainment The Miracle Worker is one of the most successful plays on Broadway. This play was written by William Gibson and first staged in 1959. Since then, it has been performed not just in Broadway but also in London and other parts of the world. There have been also two critically acclaimed movies based on the play's plotline (in 1962 and 1979). A lesser known 1984 movie had some characters from the play, but the plot took off from where the play left off. The Indian movie, Black (2005) too incorporated some plot elements from this play. This acclaimed play is based on Helen Keller's autobiog... read more
By: Terry Hunefeld | 2010-04-01 | Destinations Del Mar California is the quintessential "SoCal beach town" - an upscale ocean-side community just north of San Diego with two miles of beaches, refreshing sea breezes and clear blue skies. The historical downtown has a "quaint village" flavor recalling the small seaside resort first made famous in the late 1930s when Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante and other Hollywood horse race aficionados built a racetrack at the fairgrounds. read more
By: John J. Soares | 2010-03-28 | Internet Business All you have is the person's name? Expect a challenging investigation, especially if the last name is a common one. read more