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Author :: Susanne Pacher  |
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| Article Title :: Presenting Jeff Minthorn - Editor of Verge Magazine |
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| A little while ago I mentioned that I stumbled across Verge Magazine by accident and that I planned to interview its editor, Jeff Minthorn.1. Tell us a little bit about your educational background.At university, I began studying geography in the Environmental Studies faculty but after my second year, I felt like I was covering the same material over and over again. I transferred into Urban Planning and completed the required courses for the first two years, all in one year, but just before I was about to finish my second term that year, I came to the conclusion that I really wasn't all that interested in what I was doing.I decided to take a year off to think about wha (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Susanne Pacher |
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| Article Title :: My Dentist - A Really Cool Guy! |
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| I am very excited that I will be able to conduct my third interview very soon. This time it will be with my dentist, Dr. Rajiv Arya, who, as you will see, is a very interesting, unique and multi-faceted individual.I have been seeing the same dentist for almost 10 years now and I think he is a really cool guy. He is young, bright, not to mention good-looking, as well as very friendly and helpful. A long time ago, when I did not have dental insurance coverage, he reduced his rates which really helped me out financially a great deal at the time, something that I appreciate to this day.In my opinion Dr. Rajiv Arya is a very interesting and unique individual. We have had many con (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Susanne Pacher |
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| Article Title :: Karla Darocas: Artist, Entrepeneur, and Canuck Expatriate in Spain |
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| I had an opportunity to meet Karla last year on one of my trips to Spain. My interview preview will give you a bit of background on our meeting. Karla is a fascinating individual, a painter, writer and overall creative person, but also an entrepreneur with a bit of an alternative flair. Here is what she has to say about her experience as a North American expatriate living in Spain.1. Tell us a bit about your background. Where did you grow up, what is your educational background and what did you do before you moved to Spain?I was born in Toronto and raised in a small provincial town called Bowmanville – just east of Toronto. I moved back to Toronto after high school and att (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Susanne Pacher |
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| Article Title :: Presenting: BARBARA WINTER! |
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| Well, I am really excited to be able to present to you my first interview: Barbara Winter, best-selling author and creative entrepreneur extraordinaire. I am always fascinated by people who manage to combine their artistic and creative talents with being a successful entrepreneur. In the end that’s what I am aspiring to achieve.I first met Barbara in a seminar in Toronto and I enjoyed her humorous, casual yet informative style. A few phone conversations and a tele-class later: here she is!1. Please tell us a bit about your background and work experience.I've been self-employed for 30 years so the things I did prior to that seem very much in the distant past. My firs (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Susanne Pacher |
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| Article Title :: Bestselling Author Barbara Winter Coming Up! |
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| As an entrepreneur, fledgling creative person and travel enthusiast myself, I always keep learning from other entrepreneurs who have successfully combined business, creativity and travel in their own way. Last fall I took a seminar at the Learning Annex in Toronto with the title “How To Support Your Wanderlust”, which ended up being a very entertaining and informative seminar.Barbara Winter is a Minneapolis-based entrepreneur, writer and speaker who has spent the past 17 years helping people discover their passions and turn them into profitable businesses. She is the author of the best-selling book, Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love (Ba (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Susan Shaw |
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| Article Title :: Richard Price and the Art of Turning Novels into Films |
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| Richard Price is one of our premier novelists. Since his publication of his first novel in the mid 1970's entitled The Wanderers, he has given readers masterpieces of the urban genre, inspired by his Bronx upbringing and his commitment to the realities and the eccentricities of the American landscape, its "rages, dislocations, furies, and yearnings." His other novels include Clockers (made into a movie), Freedomland (currently in production and starring Samuel L. Jackson as Lorenzo Council and Julianne Moore as Brenda Martin and directed by Joe Roth).His most recent novel is Samaritan, another ethical urban masterpiece. An online review may be found at Salon.com. Again, Price do (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: David Sasson |
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| Article Title :: The Life and Works of Henri Matisse |
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| The undisputed leader of the Fauve Group, and regarded as one of the great formative figures in 20th century art, Henri Matisse was a master of the use of color and form to convey emotional expression.Born on December 31, 1869 in Cateau-Cambresis, in the north of France, Matisse grew up in a middle-class family. Eventually, he studied and began to practice law. However, while recovering from a medical ailment, Matisse began painting and became intrigued by it. Soon, he gave up his law practice and moved to Paris to study art formally.In 1893, Matisse’s work was noticed by Gustav Moreau, an art teacher in Paris. Moreau eventually asked Matisse to join his atelier without re (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Lance Winslow |
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| Article Title :: Read this Article if You Like Dolphins |
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| Many people naturally like our Dolphin mammal cousins, they seem very nice and friendly and they seem to like us too. Well, especially if we give them free fish, while they are in captivity. And to them we are mostly harmless although some human fishermen do in fact get them caught in nets as they try to catch tuna fish that the Dolphins are following for food.Dolphins are highly evolved and their sonar works by bouncing sounds off objects and they can feel the differences in their teeth, which are slightly offset. This is an incredible ability and very few mammals can do this.Recently I was talking with a lady who use to work with dolphins and swim with them. She spent much (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Chad Koch |
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| Article Title :: Bettie Page - The World's First Supermodel |
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| The World’s First Supermodel
If Only She Was The Girl Next Door
Most Likely To Succeed
The Bangs Have It
News Flash, Brunettes Have More Fun
Miss Pin-Up Girl Of The World
Blue Crush
The Klaw Has You
The Later Years
Divine Bettie
Professional Woman
The Girl With The Perfect Figure
The Betty Pages
Rock-A-Who?
Blue Iguana
Burlesque QueenThe World’s First SupermodelNaughty. Nice. Daring. Shy. Exotic. Simple. Bettie page could inhabit the full spectrum making her a goddess among women. Now the raven hair beauty i (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: David Chase |
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| Article Title :: Forbes Magazine, The History |
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| One of the most widely respected and important American publications of the last century is Forbes Magazine. Forbes Magazine was founded in 1917 by Scottish immigrant B.C. Forbes (who was, at the time, the leading columnist for the Hearst newspaper chain). Forbes was born in Aberdeen shire in Scotland and moved from Johannesburg, South Africa to New York performing various editorial and writing gigs just before he founded this vastly important business publication.Forbes is published bi-weekly and contains up to 60 original and concisely-written articles in each issue which evaluate everything from the companies to the people that run them and has both a politically conservative (read full article) |
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