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Friday, December 11th, 2009‘Gain all you can, save all you can, and give all you can.’ – John Wesley It is a fitting maxim for America’s first billionaire and the founder of one of the country’s oldest major philanthropic organizations, the Rockefeller Foundation. Industrialist, robber baron, monopolist or mankind’s greatest benefactor – history has not yet passed its [...]
ADHD and Composers
Friday, December 4th, 2009The myriad of factors responsible for the development of ADHD may be still largely unknown to us, but while medical research into the causes of the disorder is only recently beginning to shed some light on the condition and its genesis, the symptoms have been well-documented throughout the centuries. This idea appears most notably in [...]
Evensong at Salisbury Cathedral
Saturday, October 24th, 2009Spiking the sky some 60 miles southwest of London is Britain’s tallest spire. It belongs to Salisbury Cathedral, a magnificent Anglican cathedral built between 1220 and 1258. Several years ago I had the honor of attending an evensong, or evening worship service, there. It was a very powerful experience, one that I can describe only [...]
Deconstructing the Much Maligned Captain Bligh
Thursday, October 15th, 2009It has been said that history is written by the victors. But in the case of Captain William Bligh, and his unsuccessful command of the HMS Bounty, history has been re-written over the ensuing centuries by writers and filmmakers to tell an entirely different sort of story. The majority of these fictionalized works regarding the [...]
Very Special – Remembering Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009In our collective national memory, the name Kennedy is synonymous with power, privilege, and the dream – faded but still strong – of Camelot. But for millions of others around the world – fathers, mothers, daughters and sons, the name Kennedy stands as a beacon of hope and compassion – of a dream that continues [...]
Competitive Wheelchair Dance Sport
Saturday, August 15th, 2009‘To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.’ – Agnes de Mille From the Busby Berkeley musical extravaganzas of 1930′s cinema, to today’s current love affair with televised dance competitions, partner dances have always inspired passion and awe in the hearts of a worldwide audience. For most of us, our [...]
Final Episode – Farrah Fawcett’s Public Battle with Cancer
Friday, July 31st, 2009“Cancer is a disease that makes its own rules. Cancer is my own private war.” – Farrah Fawcett It is an extraordinarily brave portrayal of one person’s private battle with cancer. From seemingly constant rounds of treatments, the highs and lows of small victories and frightening test results, to the agony of family and friends [...]
Charles Schwab – Succeeding in a Lifelong Struggle with Dyslexia
Friday, July 17th, 2009Most people may not consider a college career steeped in Economics courses to be the golden road to happiness. But then again, Charles Schwab isn’t ‘most people’. Founder of the eponymous discount brokerage house, and the 55th richest person in America (according to Forbes magazine), Schwab clearly doesn’t have a problem out-performing the norm. So [...]
Yvon Chouinard – Reluctant Businessman, Relentless Social Corporate Responsibility Pioneer
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. – Patagonia Mission Statement It is a question that is raising debate in boardrooms around the world – how do we, as a company, limit our environmental impact while still turning a profit? In a society [...]
Mobile Medical Fairs Help Narrow America’s Healthcare Gap
Friday, June 19th, 2009“You know, I am sad that we are the wealthiest nation in the world, and we don’t take care of our own.” – Joanne Ford, 60 Minutes President Obama took to the podium on Monday to announce his plans for large-scale reforms to the American healthcare system. Healthcare has long been a hot button issue [...]
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