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Peruse Newspaper Front Pages of 81 Countries Around the World
What are the headlines today in your favorite city? Here’s a nifty website created by the Newseum, Washington, D.C.’s most interactive museum. It’s worth checking out if you’re a fan of news.
8 Ways to Make Your Writing Entertaining
I’m reviewing William Zinsser’s book On Writing Well. On page 297, he shares that not only did he want to write as well as possible, but as entertainingly as possible. To make your piece get attention he suggests use of any of these:
- humor
- anecdote
- paradox
- an unexpected quotation
- a powerful fact
- an outlandish detail
- a circuitous approach
- an elegant arrangement of words
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The 2011 TED Prize Winner – JR
What is the TED prize? From the “about TED”, the TED prize is “designed to leverage the TED Community’s exceptional array of talent and resources. It is awarded annually to an exceptional individual who receives $100,000.
For 2011, the winner was JR for his “One Wish to Change the World.” Over the life of the prize, wishes have led to collaborative initiatives with far-reaching impact.”