The Idea in Brief Are you one of the growing number of people struggling to make mid-career changes? Searching for ten easy steps to professional reinvention? Or awaiting flashes of insight--while opportunities pass you by? Would...
Just as we in Denver successfully completed 10 months of tough negotiations with our teachers union, the issue of Education Next with Jacob Vigdor's article ("Scrap the Sacrosanct Salary Schedule," features, Fall 2008) dropped into my mailbox. After all the cross-table arguing, I found it a relief to read someone...
The Inaugural recipients of the IFBB Professional League Achievement Medal--recognizing outstanding contributions and service toward the growth of the IFBB Pro-League and the sports of bodybuilding, fitness and figure--were announced during the 2008 Olympia Weekend by Ben Weider president of the IFBB Professional League, at the Olympiapostshow gala. The 2008...
My grandfather visited me recently. He dropped by in the middle of the night, which is a little weird because, technically speaking, he hasn't been alive for 25 years. He checked in to see how things are going down here at the end of another year. He...
Byline: By EMMA DAVISON News Reporter IF you thought there was something mundane and functional about pieces of furniture such as tables and chairs then Allan Lake might make you change your mind. In his Slaithwaite workshop the furniture maker is turning the ordinary on its...
Art historian and writer who became an energetic and modernising Director of the National Gallery Michael Levey devoted his professional career to the National Gallery, and, in 1973, became one of its most distinguished Directors. During his 14 years in office many changes took place, and...
John Crowley has joined Cook, Hall & Hyde Inc., an insurance company with offices in Melville and East Hampton, as an account executive in the commercial insurance division. For the past five years, Crowley was a math teacher in Queens. He also moonlighted as a bartender at...
NEW YORK — To demonstrate his working relationship with Brian Eno, David Byrne plugs an iPod into his computer. From speakers comes the gentle strumming of an acoustic guitar, the chords occasionally changing. Eno had sent him the recording to see if Byrne could build a song...
OLDER people looking to mark the New Year with a career change are being offered the chance to learn new skills. Age Concern North Tyneside is holding its Back on Board Project for unemployed people over the age of 50 looking to take up new challenges. ...
FIRST LADY. First mom. Mom in chief. No -- none of these titles works. And therein lies the problem. When Michelle Obama moves into the White House, she will inherit a title with no job description as the world watches to see how she performs. So...
From the time he started hooping it up as a kid, continuing all the way through middle school, high school, college and the 194th game of his NBA career, Paul Millsap had perfect attendance for basketball games that counted. That finally changed Friday. For the first time...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Finally, guard Marco Belinelli has made it to the NBA. Sure, he's been in the league since the Warriors drafted him with the No. 18 overall pick in 2007. And he's certainly collected better than a third of the nearly $5 million he will...
Despite his Oscar for "Moonstruck" and an impressive career writing and directing such films as "The January Man" and "Joe Versus the Volcano," John Patrick Shanley had no thoughts of adapting his Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Doubt: A Parable" to the big screen. "I had not the slightest...
JIM LOREE TO BECOME COO, DON ALLAN TO BECOME CFO NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Stanley Works today announced that its board of directors has elected the following individuals to serve in new roles within the company's executive management team. The changes...
New breakout sessions, one-on-one interviews stress the importance of a good education DETROIT, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Students driven to future careers in the automotive industry will be offered a unique opportunity to receive direction in fields that will require extended skill sets and training in an...
100 Nationwide High School Students Selected to Attend Innovative Learning Environment at Walt Disney World Resort LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Walt Disney World Resort, in partnership with nationally syndicated radio personality Steve Harvey, announced its selection of 100 nationwide high school students to...
A MAYOR visited a youth project to see how a fund he set up is helping disadvantaged youngsters. North Tyneside Mayor John Harrison introduced his well-being fund to enable individuals and groups to benefit from grants. Longbenton Youth Project received pounds 16,500 to help extend its...
At 61, an age when many of his contemporaries are pondering retirement, Bill Posey is poised to begin a new career in January: He will become the U.S. representative from Florida's 15th District Cape Canaveral, succeeding retiring Rep. and fellow conservative Republican Dave Weldon. Changing careers is nothing new...
SAN DIEGO -- Danielle Menlove capped off a sensational debut season in high school cross country in style on Saturday. The Jordan freshman carved out a 15th-place finish at the 2008 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in San Diego. Menlove completed the 3-mile race in 18 minutes...
Byline: By LEE RYDER CHARLES N'Zogbia will return to the scene of one his career's darkest moments at Fratton Park tomorrow - but on the back of a glowing tribute from Toon boss Joe Kinnear. Kinnear barely used N'Zogbia in his opening games as United manager,...
