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	The Laureate Private School Home Page
		Separate from The Laureate Private School, Inc. is the The Laureate Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization to enhance the educational, recreational, and performing arts opportunities for children of SLO County.
		The Laureate is committed to carrying on her legacy of dedicated service to children.
		The Laureate is a private school dedicated to giving children and parents the finest educational experience available.
	www.laureate-private.com (893 words)

	New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions - Stanley Crouch: Poet laureate was a bad hire
		New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions - Stanley Crouch: Poet laureate was a bad hire
		True, Jones began his career more than 40 years ago as a very talented Greenwich Village poet, essayist, playwright and novelist, a black bohemian with a Jewish wife and two children.
		But that LeRoi flipped out inthe late '60s, left his wife and children after deciding to become a racist black leader and sold out his talent in the interest of hysterical diatribes that have gotten neither worse nor better in the past 35 years.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/ideas_opinions/story/23685p-22442c.html (893 words)

	Welcome to the Laureate School Website - Home
		Laureate is for students who learn best in a small class, or are one or more years behind academically, or have an LD (Learning Disability) diagnosis, or have difficulty with attention, anxiety, motivation, memory, language, reasoning, spatial or sequential ordering or graphomotor functions.
		At Laureate, both content and instructional approaches are tailored to address personal learning gaps.
		Children with academic challenges need help in closing the gap between where they are and where they need to be.
	www.laureateschool.ca (208 words)

	Maine's Poet Laureate - Maine Arts Commission
		Her poem, Maine Then and Now: Some Echoes from the Land, was written during her first term as Poet Laureate in honor of the State of Maine.
		The honorary office of the State Poet Laureate was created in 1995.
		Maine's first Poet Laureate was Kate Barnes of Appleton.
	www.mainearts.com /directory/poetlaureate.shtml (331 words)

	F&P Nobel Laureates
		There is also a large number of Laureates that were born in Russia or the USSR but had relocated, either as children or far into their careers, to other countries at the time of their award.
		Note: The 1978 Nobel Laureate in Physics The prize was divided, one half being awarded to: Kapitsa and and the remaining 1/2 being divided betweent Arno Allan Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson, both of Bell Laboratories in the USA "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation".
		Below is a list of Nobel Laureates, starting with the most recent, that were either Russian or Soviet citizens at the time of their award.
	www.friends-partners.org /friends/naukanet/nobel/russia.html(opt,mozilla,unix,russian,iso5,MirAquaL) (331 words)

	Los Angeles Business Journal: California Science Center Applauds Local Laureates - Nobel laureates - Brief Article
		Like Calvin many California Laureates have relentlessly pursued their own "trails of light." Through the years their results have yielded a quantum leap of scientific and technological advancements stemming from California.
		Perhaps the secret to this phenomenon may best be revealed in the title of 1961 California Nobel Laureate Melvin Calvin's autobiography, Following the Trail of Light: a Scientific Odyssey.
		Within the setting of the California Science Center, children are encouraged to fully interact with science as they gain a broader understanding of how science and technology impacts the world around them.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_41_23/ai_79254322 (331 words)

	Children of Gebelawi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Children of Gebelawi (alternative title: Children of the Alley; transliterated Arabic: Awlad Haratina) is a novel by the Egyptian writer and Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz.
		ISBN 0385420943 Children of the Alley (Theroux's translation)
		The first four sections retell, in succession, the stories of Adam (and his sons), Moses, Jesus and Muhammad; the protagonist of the book's fifth section (who, significantly, comes after the Prophet of Islam) symbolises modern science.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Children_of_Gebelawi (229 words)

	Nobel Peace Prize laureate blasts US
		The laureate said that she, like many other human rights activists in the world, questioned why some UN resolutions were binding to the West and others were ignored.
		Ebadi, 56, who won the $1,4-million (about R9-million) prize for her work for the rights of women and children in Iran, also lashed out at what she called breaches of the Geneva Conventions at the US Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba.
		Ebadi, Iran's first woman judge before the 1979 Islamic revolution forced her to step aside in favour of men, said it was worrying that human rights were violated by the same Western democracies that had initiated the principles.
	www.mediareviewnet.com /Nobel%20Peace%20Prize%20laureate%20blasts%20US.htm (229 words)

	Worldandnation: Iran gives Nobel Prize laureate protection
		Ebadi, a human rights and pro-democracy lawyer, won the Nobel for efforts that included promoting the cause of women and children in Iran and worldwide.
		TEHRAN, Iran - Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has been given bodyguards by police after a number of death threats since she returned to Iran last month, a close associate said Wednesday.
		Dadkhah said that it was not clear who was sending the death threats but that it appeared to be a warning by extremist groups.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/11/06/Worldandnation/Iran_gives_Nobel_Priz.shtml (229 words)

	BBC NEWS Africa Kenyan ecologist wins Nobel prize
		Mrs Maathai is the second woman in a row to be awarded the peace prize, which last year went to Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi for her work for the rights of women and children in Iran.
		The prize committee says Mrs Maathai, Kenya's Deputy Environment Minister, is an example for all Africans fighting for democracy and peace.
		She is the first African woman to be awarded the peace prize since it was created in 1901.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/3726024.stm (229 words)

	E-Commerce News: Developer : PC Pioneer Alan Kay Wins Kyoto Prize
		As the winner of the 20th annual award, Kay is being recognized for his work at PARC in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as his ongoing dedication to promoting computing as a key learning tool and resource for children.
		founder and chairman Kazuo Inamori, is awarded for lifetime achievement and societal contribution.
		Inamori Foundation spokesperson Jay Scovie told TechNewsWorld that Kay was being awarded for the potential of his "lifetime of selfless work" as well as what it has achieved already.
	www.ecommercetimes.com /story/34424.html (229 words)

	One Israel Fund
		Nobel Laureate Aumann Guest of Honor at One Israel Fund Gala (4/26/2006)
		One Israel Fund is a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization as determined by the Internal Revenue Service, ID# 11-3195338.
		One Israel Fund · 366 Pearsall Ave · Cedarhurst, NY 11516 · 516-239-9202 · inquiries@oneisraelfund.org
	www.oneisraelfund.org (87 words)

	Thebes -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Biography of this Egyptian novelist and Nobel laureate, known for his works, The Struggle of Thebes, Cairo Trilogy, The Children of Gebelawi, and Miramar.
		Thebes was the seat of the legendary king Oedipus and the locale of most of the ancient Greek tragedies—notably Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes and Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone—and of other compilations about the fate of Oedipus, his wife-mother, and his children.
		Includes a systematic bibliography of publications on Deir al Medina and an index of references to papyri, ostraca, and graffiti as quoted in the notes in J. Cerný's A Community of Workmen at Thebes in the Ramesside Period.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9071965 (1512 words)

	Egypt‘s Culture Wars Lead to Crackdown on Labor Party, June 2, 2000
		The Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz’ work Awlad Haratina (literally, “Children of Our Quarter”, but published abroad as “Children of Gebelawi”) was published serially in al-Ahram but then not published in book form in Egypt for decades because of controversy over its contents.
		At one point Mahfouz was the victim of a knife attack by an Islamist, though he survived.
		In more recent years, with the rise of political Islam, Islamists have frequently denounced certain works and barred others from universities.
	www.theestimate.com /html/060200.html (2254 words)

	Who needs a poet laurate?
		The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry shall be appointed by the Librarian of Congress pursuant to the same procedures of appointment as established on December 20, 1985, for the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.
		The Congress recognizes that the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress has for some time occupied a position of prominence in the life of the Nation, has spoken effectively for literary causes, and has occasionally performed duties and functions sometimes associated with the position of poet laureate in other nations and societies..
		The Congress further recognizes this position is equivalent to that of Poet Laureate of the United States.
	www.houstonm.demon.co.uk /intrevbks/laureates.html (2873 words)

	Jean Burden Poetry Series
		Noted poets, Pulitzer Prize winners and U.S. Poets Laureate have been guest readers at CSLA, including Maxine Kumin, Tess Gallagher, Lucille Clifton, Carolyn Kizer, Howard Nemerov and Mark Strand.
		Richard Wilbur has been a poet, a translator, a teacher, a Broadway lyricist, a critic, an editor and an author of children's books.
		On September 1987, Richard Wilbur became the United States' second Poet Laureate consultant in poetry.
	www.calstatela.edu /univ/ppa/newsrel/jeanb.htm (254 words)

	Naguib Naguib Mahfouz, A Nobel Prize Laureate In Literature, At The Nobel Prize Internet Archive. Nagui
		Stories about Naguib Mahfouz's life and Akhenaten, Arabian Nights and Days, Children of Gebelawi, Miramar, Respected Sir, The Beggar, The Thief and the Dogs, Autumn Quail, Cairo Trilogy, The Day the.
		Mahmud 1 Click to open Encyclopaedia of the Orient on its front page.
	www.99hosted.com /names13306.html (468 words)

	Company "Borlas Retail"
		A new sight of the "Children of Arbat" House
		The Borlas Retail Company has become a Laureate of the 'Golden Balance' award for the third time
	www.retail.borlas.ru /eng (300 words)

	Authors & Illustrators - B
		Blake is loved worldwide and in Britain is regarded by many as a national institution, exemplified by his 1988 OBE and his appointment, in 1999, as the first Children’s Laureate, with the role of raising the profile of children’s literature.
		In Issue 13 Quentin Blake answers questions such as ‘How did you feel when they announced the winner of the Children’s Laureate?
		This is a compilation of Krista Bell's interviews with children's authors, concentrating on the creative process.
	www.eddept.wa.edu.au /cmis/eval/fiction/authors/at2.htm (300 words)

	Anne Fine
		Author Anne Fine was named as the second Children's Laureate.
		The Children's Laureate is awarded to an eminent living British writer or illustrator of children's books (biennially) both to celebrate a lifetime's achievement and to spotlight the role of children's book creators in making the readers of the future.
		We take domain name, title, and copyright infringement seriously
	www.literature-awards.com /authors/anne_fine.htm (132 words)

	THISDAY ONLINE
		The reading challenge will be further boosted with the availability at the British Council centres of state of the art web site which uses the latest technology to introduce children to a dozen of the UK\'s top authors including children\'s laureate Michael Morpurgo.
		The British Council, Nigeria over the weekend launched the Reading Rollercoaster, a children educational development scheme aimed at improving reading habits among children aged between 4 and 12 years.
		The British Council intends to reach more children by partnering with the Public Library Boards in Lagos, Oyo and Ekiti States.
	www.thisdayonline.com /jview.php?a=12 (132 words)

	Bates College 08-23-00 JONATHAN KOZOL TO DELIVER CONVOCATION ADDRESS
		Kozol's most recent book, "Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation" (1995), has been called "beautiful and morally worthy" by Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison.
		Kozol continued to teach for the next 20 years, working at South Boston High School during the city's desegregation crisis, in Arizona with children of farm workers and in Cleveland with illiterate adults.
		Kozol published "Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America" (1988) after spending much of winter 1985-86 living in a South Bronx, N.Y., homeless shelter and befriending its residents.
	www.bates.edu /x861.xml (387 words)

	World Literature Today Prize for Children's Literature: New Mark of Excellence
		The NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature is a new award intended to enhance the quality of children's literature by promoting writing that contributes to the quality of their lives.
		The essential criterion for awarding this prize is that the writer's work is having a positive impact on the quality of children's literature.
		The prize is intended to include all of literature written for children.
	www.ou.edu /worldlit/NSK/NSK.htm (226 words)

	International Book Awards
		A Children's Laureate is appointed every two years to: 'an eminent writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field.
		The Newbery Award was established in 1922 and is awarded to an (American) children's author who has contributed to children's literature in the preceding year.
		The prize is given to an outstanding novel for children, published in the UK, written by a British or Commonwealth author.
	www.eddept.wa.edu.au /cmis/eval/fiction/awards/aw3.htm (226 words)

	International Book Awards
		A Children's Laureate is appointed every two years to: 'an eminent writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field.
		The Newbery Award was established in 1922 and is awarded to an (American) children's author who has contributed to children's literature in the preceding year.
		The prize is given to an outstanding novel for children, published in the UK, written by a British or Commonwealth author.
	www.eddept.wa.edu.au /cmis/eval/fiction/awards/aw3.htm (226 words)

	International Book Awards
		A Children's Laureate is appointed every two years to: 'an eminent writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field.
		The Newbery Award was established in 1922 and is awarded to an (American) children's author who has contributed to children's literature in the preceding year.
		The prize is given to an outstanding novel for children, published in the UK, written by a British or Commonwealth author.
	www.eddept.wa.edu.au /cmis/eval/fiction/awards/aw3.htm (226 words)

	International Book Awards
		A Children's Laureate is appointed every two years to: 'an eminent writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field.
		The Newbery Award was established in 1922 and is awarded to an (American) children's author who has contributed to children's literature in the preceding year.
		The prize is given to an outstanding novel for children, published in the UK, written by a British or Commonwealth author.
	www.eddept.wa.edu.au /cmis/eval/fiction/awards/aw3.htm (1317 words)

	International Book Awards
		A Children's Laureate is appointed every two years to: 'an eminent writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field.
		The Newbery Award was established in 1922 and is awarded to an (American) children's author who has contributed to children's literature in the preceding year.
		The prize is given to an outstanding novel for children, published in the UK, written by a British or Commonwealth author.
	www.eddept.wa.edu.au /cmis/eval/fiction/awards/aw3.htm (1317 words)

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		Violinists ensemble of the Sakha Republic's(Yakutia) High School of music is a laureate of four international festivals - contests, laureate of international children fund "Children of Sakha-Asia", grant-aided ensemble of the national fund of revival "Bargary" become more and more popular in Russia as elsewhere, reaching one creative peak after another.
		In 2000 ensemble participated in prestigious music festival "Music weeks of Tur", and won the 1st prize and laureate title.
		Judging by deafening success, performance of violinists ensemble of college of music in the best concert halls of Moscow and S.-Petersburg, held during winter holidays in 2001, can be regarded as a real benefit performance for the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).
	www.sitc.ru /violin/e_index.shtml (1273 words)

	Authors & Illustrators - B
		Blake is loved worldwide and in Britain is regarded by many as a national institution, exemplified by his 1988 OBE and his appointment, in 1999, as the first Children’s Laureate, with the role of raising the profile of children’s literature.
		As well as competitions and downloads for kids there is a wealth of information about Blake and his work, including details about his time as Children’s Laureate, explanations about his art techniques, comprehensive biographical notes, answers to all those questions fans ask and much more.
		Blake has illustrated almost 300 novels and picture books in collaboration with writers such as John Yeoman, Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, and as previously mentioned, most notably with Roald Dahl.
	www.eddept.wa.edu.au /cmis/eval/fiction/authors/at2.htm (2444 words)

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