Maybe if Oprah leaves  talk-ville and "Precious" flops  critically and in profits, we will finally know that upliftment industry has peaked.  0160; If not via degrees, then via all the marketing propaganda which carefully informs us about the role of the colon. 0160; Then we can go on to trying to figure out what are mainstream American values post-Crash.  0160;

0160; The core issue is that the apology game has become a mature industry.  If this industry continues to limp along, who will next be making an amends?  0160; Then there's Larry King who could make his amends to all of us  for his times of seeming deep disengagement? ...Tags: The problem with Tiger Woods's mea culpa was not his delivery.  0160; As amends go, it was okay enough. 

0160; The fashion and beauty magazines could do the worst since hard times have made us women more independent of what the media say. This September might be the cruelest month of all for some magazines.  0160; It's the September issue which is the equivalent to Black Friday in retail.  Will Anna Wintour be history? ...Tags:

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0160; That's what U.S. GM isn't letting grass grow under its feet on this one.  0160; The "this one," of course, is Toyota's massive recall of vehicles because of a possible acceleration problem.  0160; That kind of flaw is a serious safety matter. 

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That will put us to sleep, even before you start speaking in that adorable monotone. You You wouldn't want to show any emotion -- that might wake us up, right? All the officers that survived the war came back and went to work in industry. There are an infinite number of ways to screw up a presentation, but I see some over and over again. Here are my 5 favorites.

0160; The fashion industry - ad pages are down at VOGUE - isn't doing so hot.  Except for those brief times I blossomed in my 20s, 30s and early 40s, I have been a plain Jane.  0160; In addition, nature didn't bless me with good legs.  0160; There was no other option but to leverage my talent in communications, particularly writing, my street-smart cunning from Jersey

Over the years I've met many people in the high-tech industry, for example, that in addition to being successful engineers and programmers, etc., The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity — [they] are our attempt as humans to build an understanding of the world around us...." Speaking of the role of art & music in education Mae Jemison's TED presentation ties in nicely with a piece that came out this week by the legendary Quincy Jones called Arts Education in America. Mae Jemison is an astronaut, a medical doctor, an art collector, and a dancer. In