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- Author's book masterpiece-just ask him (The Charlotte Observer)
Coming off the holiday weekend, we needed a break from the hard-hitting news figures we usually interview for this weekly column. Most unfortunately, we chose Doug Robarchek as our diversion. Also known as the “OutFront Guy” and “Doug-Bob,” Robarchek wrote the most irreverent, crosses-the-line column the Observer ever dared to publish. Mercifully, he retired in 2005, after 43 years in the ...
- Training and Wisdom (BG News)
What results from having been primarily trained in clearly defined skills as opposed to being generally educated for self-direction? We know what training in a specific skill is but very few courses have had the stated goal of making students wiser. Researchers reported in the American Psychologist that when we are wise, we use knowledge for the well being of oneself and others.
- Oppel, Vigneault up for kid-lit awards (CBC)
Kenneth Oppel and Gilles Vigneault are among the nominees for this year's TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards.
- Walking on air (Salon.com)
Twin towers wire-walker Philippe Petit and "Man on Wire" director James Marsh talk about taking risks and making magic in troubled times.
- Karaoke with Dr. Bob - Birmingham News
Location Alabaster Alexander City Alpharetta Anniston Atlanta Bessemer Birmingham Brownsboro Calera Center Point Chelsea Collegeville Crestline Cullman Decatur Ensley Enterprise Fairfield Fairhope Florence Forest Park Fultondale Gadsden Gardendale ...
- Beacon Hill** resident publishes latest poetry collection - Lankaweb
Beacon Hill** resident publishes latest poetry collectionLankaweb, Sri Lanka - Jul 11, 2008“When I had a few of my first poems published, I said to myself, if poetry magazines are publishing them so they must be good so I kept writing”, he said, ...
- Art Rooney Saw the Steelers’ Future - New York Times Blogs
N.F.L. training camps are underway, and there has been even a bit more than the typical early-summer disgruntlement — from, among others, Brett Favre , Devin Hester , and Jeremy Shockey . But the far bigger story, and the far larger dose of ...
- Jerald B. Holzman - News-Herald.com
Jerald B. HolzmanNews-Herald.com, OH - 1 hour agoHe enjoyed painting and writing poetry and was an avid sports fan. Mr. Holzman was a mail carrier in Willoughby and Willoughby Hills for more than 30 years, ...
- Coach Matich puts Lancer pride directly onto his football-worn ... - Magna Times
Coach Matich puts Lancer pride directly onto his football-worn ...Magna Times, UT - 21 minutes agoThere are even fewer football coaches interested in poetry. Yes, I said football and poetry in the same sentence. Some 18 months after his career-ending ...
- Stigler veteran’s poem, artwork win national contest - Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Stigler veteran’s poem, artwork win national contestMuskogee Daily Phoenix, OK - 2 hours agoThe category was creative patriotic poetry. Lockwood, 50, of Stigler, a former cannoneer for the US Army, said the poem and painting of a black soldier is ...
- A global tribute to a Scottish inspiration - Edinburgh News
ROBERT BURNS might have been at the heart of all the stories in last night's Storytelling Cafe, but there was a fully international flavour to the evening, with stories ranging far and wide across the globe. d by Stuart McHardy, a storyteller, writer ...
- The Russians are back! - Online Journal
The Russians are back!Online Journal, FL - 14 minutes ago... have a penchant for disorder, procrastination, inefficiency, qualities more than redeemed by their fantasy, poetry, nobility and confidence in life. ...
- 'Fram' needs to get with the program - Variety
More Articles: The National Theater's "Fram" can be accused of many things -- I'll come to them -- but short of ideas it is not. However, when the background to those ideas is better expressed in the theatergoer's accompanying program than on the ...
- Notable: Katrina collections - St. Petersburg Times
To mark this week's third anniversary of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, three new books of poetry reflect the storm and its aftermath. Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press), by Patricia Smith, is a poetry slam champion's chronicle of ...
- Where Are Those Edwards Photos? - Slate
Timing is everything in the TV business . ... [ via American Thinker ] 12:11 P.M. Waiting for Fotot: I missed the solid item on the John Edwards "Two Families" scandal that the Charlotte Observer published last Thursday. (Typical of the MSM--even ...
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