Maggie's Farm (Free subscription) | yesterday
Is "success" luck or pluck? Volokh considers Gladwell's book. Luck or pluck? Well, we all know that we make our own luck...but bad luck is never our fault. I think it's one of those black-and-white pseudo questions, like Nature vs. Nurture. Life is more complicated than that, and everybody has his own definition of success in a free country. And everybody fails,...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Her autobiography is titled "From Russia With Luck," but it was more than luck that landed Dr. Zoya Schmuter her job as a forensic pathologist for the New York City medical examiner's office.
footy247 (Free subscription) | yesterday
JAROSLAW Fojut has his sights set on becoming a ‘normal footballer’ again after injuries threatened to ruin his promising career.
Maximum PC all RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
We don’t know how we’ve managed to live this long without a set of vinyl Gmail stickers for our computer. Finally, our prayers have been answered, and Google’s offering to give away these priceless keepsakes for free. Just send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the address at this page , and you’ll get back a set of Gmail stickers. The stickers include the Gmail “mvelope” icon, a set of Gmail...
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Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
MANILA, Dec. 4 (PNA)--The RP Street Kids will get another chance to showcase their talents and maybe show their worth in the Group Phase of the 2008 Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia Thursday afternoon.
Answer this... (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Comics Make No Sense (Free subscription) | yesterday
Let's check out the Superman Story from World's Finest v.1 #9!: Wow, that's a great line! I can't imagine any journalist this side of Walter Cronkite actually dealing with autograph hounds, so I presume he's just telling her to step off. The next time someone bugs me, I'm going to tell them I'm not giving autographs that day.... _________________________________ Presumption of innocence? Harrrrrumph,...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
BELEAGUERED GOLD Cup-winning jockey Sam Thomas is set to try his luck in Ireland this Sunday when he teams up with Noland in the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown but another Cheltenham hero putting his credentials to the test will be the former champion chaser Newmill.
Dr. Helen (Free subscription) | yesterday
I spent yesterday reading Malcolm Gladwell's new book, Outliers: The Story of Success. His basic premise is that we do not get to be a success alone--our culture, community, privilege and even dumb luck play a part in making a success. He gives examples such as the best hockey players in Canada were mainly born in January or early in the year. Why? Because the cut-off date is early January and...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
MORGAN Tsvangirai and MDC are pushing their luck too far. In politics, one must not be too stiff-necked, too harsh and unyielding. It is sometimes necessary to yield to those moving towards us.
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Tell the Ruskies not to hold their breath ......A Russian church for a Saudi mosque?Dhimmiwatch (hat tip Terri) As Osama bin Laden is fond of saying, "Reciprocal treatment is part of justice." More on this story. "A Russian church for a Saudi mosque?" by Julia Duin for the Washington Times, December 3: The Saudis have recently asked permission to build a mosque in Moscow, a city where there are only...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
... of having his folks like Aja on board. “I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s really just the luck of the cosmos that it all worked out — it’s not nepotism.” Which leads him on to this hilarious mouthful: “It just so happened that our parents raised a pan-medium organisational band-sustaining machine without even knowing it!” (Think I know what he means.) Finally, we go back to Robin’s...
The Liberal OC (Free subscription) | yesterday
In reviewing the local blogs this morning, I noted that Thomas Anthony Gordon is now covering Santa Ana city issues for Red County. It’s a smart pick up by Matt Cunningham, and while personally I think Thomas is wrong about everything politically, in my numerous phone conversations with him, Thomas is a reasonable person who is [...]
Dead Money = Sir AlCantHang (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Thanks to everyone for the helpful hints yesterday but I guess I forgot to point one thing out. If you name it, I've tried it. One major hiccup in getting a new ID, especially in a hurry, is that fact that I haven't seen my social security card in decades. Every option so far requires that little piece of paper. Things are moving along though, looking better to make my flight in just over a week. ~...
