07.14.08

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For the Week Beginning Monday, July 14th, 2008

By Matt Woolsey, Forbes, July 9, 2008
Seems Tampa, Fla., can't catch a break. For the second straight year, it ranks as the worst city for young professionals. That isn't necessarily a categorical knock against the city. In measures of outdoor activity, living on a fixed […]

07.07.08

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For the Week Beginning Monday, July 7th, 2008

By Janet Rae-Dupree, The New York Times, July 6, 2008
After three decades of painstaking research, the Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck believes that the answer to the puzzle lies in how people think about intelligence and talent. Those who believe they were born with all the smarts and […]

06.30.08

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For the Week Beginning Monday, June 29th, 2008

By Peter S. Goodman, The New York Times, June 25, 2008
Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the costs of reaching, heating and cooling homes on the distant edges of metropolitan areas. Just off Singing Hills Road, in […]

06.23.08

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For the Week Beginning Monday, June 23rd, 2008

By Megan Voeller, Creative Loafing, June 18, 2008
They say it's always darkest before the dawn. For Americans, things probably look as dark as they have in recent memory: soaring gas prices, rising unemployment, crumbling infrastructure, a decline in global dominance. Among those who see a silver lining […]

06.16.08

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For the Week Beginning Monday, June 16th, 2008

By Sam Roberts, The New York Times, June 12, 2008
If all the professional dancers in the United States stood shoulder to shoulder to form a single chorus line, it would stretch from 42nd Street for nearly the entire length of Manhattan. If every artist in America’s […]

06.10.08

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For the Week Beginning Monday, June 10th, 2008

By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe, June 3, 2008
The administration of Gov. Deval Patrick today launches an initiative to expand so-called creative industries in the state, appointing a first-in-the-nation "creative economy" director to help expand a diverse sector that ranges from individual artists to cultural institutions to […]

06.02.08

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For the Week Beginning Monday, June 02, 2008

By Janet Rae-Dupree, The New York Times, June 1, 2008
As entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 executives alike seek creative solutions to 21st-century business problems, the triumphs of Thomas Edison and a number of other historical figures are being revisited for the innovation lessons they can teach. Read […]

05.27.08

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For the Week Beginning Monday, May 26th, 2008

By James Thorner, The St. Petersburg Times, May 25, 2008
The little job engine that could — the one that kept the Tampa Bay area and Florida in the top tier of economic powerhouses the past few years — has been sputtering and backfiring. And the black smoke […]

05.19.08

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For the Week Beginning Monday, May 19th, 2008

By Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler, The St. Petersburg Times, May 17, 2008
Where disasters strike, Robin Murphy and her robots rush in. The World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks. The Mississippi coast after Hurricane Katrina. The mountains of Utah after the mine collapse last year that […]

05.12.08

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For the Week Beginning Monday, May 12th, 2008

By Clifford Krauss, The New York Times, May 10, 2008
With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead. Mass transit systems around the country are seeing standing-room-only crowds on bus lines where seats […]

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