Some Wakamatsu wisdom from today's luncheon
Here's some highlights from manager Don Wakamatsu's appearance today. I'm too tired right now, frankly, to add any witty comments, so I'll give you ...
Second-Floor Centralia
Brandon Swanson / bswanson@chronline.com Ted Shannon stands on the second floor of his building on 109 North Tower Ave. in Centralia flanked by historic ...
Courtney Lee Returns, Teeth Bared
By Dave D'Alessandro/The Star-Ledger Is it possible that the existence of a wisdom tooth was poisoning his jump shot? “I think so,” Courtney Lee said. ...
  
Wisdom Tree Closes 10 ETFs

WisdomTree Investments Inc. announced plans to shut down 10 of the exchange-traded funds it operates. Among the closing are a number of international sector ...
'Charlie Brown' filled with wit and wisdom

... theater staple gets the animated treatment as a series of tune-filled vignettes that draws on the wit and wisdom of Charles Schulz's beloved characters. ...
Sand Mountain Reporter

It is the ability to challenge conventional wisdom that gives men and women the ability to think outside the box, to create the rocket ships and microwave ovens in the 20th century, cell phones and Apples iPads in the 21st. In some regards, Catcher is much like Nelle Harper Lees To Kill a Mockingbird, which dared us in 1960 to challenge the conventional wisdom about civil rights and the dignity of all human beings. Each of these books should be read every three years and youll find, with each reading, you glean something new. You likely remember Mockingbird primarily because of the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man unjustly found guilty of raping a white woman, May...
Obama welcomes the extension of Bernanke - News Trends Today

“As the country continues to suffer the consequences of the worst recession in a generation, Ben Bernanke gave his wisdom and his unwavering leadership in ...
Wisdom in age-old ways

There are talented interior designers that fly below the media radar - Toronto's Candace Shaw is one. Clients of these intentionally low-profile designers like it this way. Many with the means to live nicely don't want their names - or homes - in print, on TV, or otherwise devoured by voyeurs who need something new to envy or deride. As fascinating for me as Candace's obliviousness to personal PR (in a time when everyone is desperate for celebrity) is her attitude about clients. It harkens back to Bob Dirstein's approach, whom she worked for in the 1970s. The mantra is: It's about the client, not the designer. I haven't heard many designers express this other than those of Bob's...
Water For People CEO Challenges Conventional Wisdom and Calls for Transformative Change

Currently, the overriding approach in the sector is of welfare and charity rather than development. This approach leads to poor project implementation which ...
The Liberty Papers Blog Archive A Bit of Unexpected Wisdom from a Friend

by Chris The problem with exploring and colonizing space, as opposed to exploring and colonizing the “New World”; is that there is, right now, ...