As you read the famous verses, parents think of yourselves as the shepherd and your children as the sheep. The interviewer insightfully asked them, What will happen to the children? After a brief moment of silence, one psychologist tentatively responded, We don t know how it will affect the children. Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever. Then having earned a right to teach, they teach them the...

THE SHINING (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel about the Torrance family's headlong plunge into insanity during a secluded Colorado winter remains better known for its T-shirt quotables (''Heeeere's Johnny!'' ''All work and no play make Jack a dull boy'') than as a beautiful and pleasing horror film. THE SHINING (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel about the Torrance family's headlong plunge into...

Von Stephanitz had long admired the qualities of intelligence, strength and ability found in many native sheep dogs but had yet to see one that embodied all his ideals. There were dogs for hunting, for protecting home and family, for carrying small burdens and for helping to tend flock and cattle. It soon became apparent that the very qualities that made the German shepherd such an exceptional sheep dog could be put to good use by government departments and police work. As man settled from...

Charged with the mission of inventing a new product or improving an existing one, a group of suburban eighth-graders came up with a list of intriguing ideas. They included biodegradable golf tees made of grass seeds, a portable nail polish fixer, an alarm clock that wakes people up with a puff of air, key pad entry for school lockers and a cup with a strainer that blocks ice from hitting a drinker's mouth. Francis de Sales Catholic School in Lake Zurich were honored with Craftsman National...

A few years ago, the agent says, they didn't even do mid-week inspections, let alone expect a crowd like this, with many house-hunters turning up 20 minutes before the opening. But the evidence suggests it is tenants who face the hardest time, as rents soar and the available rental accommodation in Melbourne hits 25-year lows. ANZ's Saul Eslake suggests that one reason renters have so little clout is that most of them live in safe Labor seats, whereas the marginal seats on the urban fringe...