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Aug 17, 2009
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The American news media, from time to time, is accused of trying to create the news rather than simply report it. The American outlets, however, have nothing on Brazilian news personality Wallace Souza. Souza was the host of the news show Canal Livre, which was popular in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Souza would often [...]
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Aug 16, 2009
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So three things caught my attention this week that I feel are worth sharing. They range from comical to serious, so enjoy! The Pursuit of Knowledge So it often works out that when I am eating lunch, my television is tuned to Trivial Pursuit: America Plays hosted by Christopher Knight. I have always enjoyed Trivial [...]
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Aug 15, 2009
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OK, today we’re going to kick off a brand new type of article on The Soap Boxers. I will begin to write a story, and then stop after a couple hundred words. I am asking all of you, the readers, to continue the story by adding a comment. Take over the story from where I [...]
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Aug 14, 2009
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Note: the topic of this story is gay marriage. While the story itself is positive in tone, I do realize that this is a controversial subject. If you feel that this story may upset you, this would be the time to stop reading and peruse another of the many articles at The Soap Boxers. Kate [...]
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Read the full articleAug 12
Aug 12, 2009
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You might have noticed a few changes to the design. I have added some splashes of pink to the main (center) column. Everything that is pink is a clickable link (the article titles are also links, despite not being pink). Additionally, virtually everything in the left and right column is a link. Poke around. Click [...]
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Aug 12, 2009
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Golf The big news of the week is not the fact that yours truly shot a career low round of 67 this past week … it instead is the fourth golf major of the year on the PGA tour. This week Hazeltine hosts the 91st PGA Championship. I have been one to pick Tiger Woods [...]
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Read the full articleAug 11
Aug 11, 2009
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I have been writing fiction stories since elementary school. In sixth grade, my teacher gave me the opportunity to attend a local young writer’s conference – if I could produce just one non-sports story for her. I dashed off a story about Bigfoot and got the chance to spend a day with a few classmates, attending [...]
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Aug 11, 2009
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Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki had a magical night last night, recording five hits in five at bats, hitting for the cycle (a single, double, triple, and homer all in the same game), driving in seven runs and scoring two runs. It was the type of night that he will remember forever. Interestingly, his night could [...]
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Aug 10, 2009
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Cash for Clunkers Cash for Clunkers is definitely drawing its fair share of ink, and many people have negative opinions of the program. I’m not going to defend it in its entirety, because I do believe that the program has flaws, particularly with the low threshold for the $3500 rebates. However, I will address two comments [...]
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Aug 09, 2009
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In what should be the first of a series of “promoting” some Canadian tourist destinations, I figured I’d start with one that is a challenge: my current city of residence, Winnipeg. Winnipeg is often the butt of jokes from Canadians (an air miles commercial comes to mind where the guy took the wrong flight and [...]
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