Tennessee Williams' character Blanche DuBoise from "A Streetcar Named Desire" belonged to a different time. The flamboyant, outsized, self-destructive deluded female is everywhere. MORE

Yesterday Pat Summitt, long-time coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, became the first Division I basketball coach -- male or female -- to reach 1,000 victories. She's won eight national championships in her 35-year career at Tennessee. MORE

So, of course, in today's speech in Tennessee he focused on terrorism. Donald Trump knows to keep his public speaking topical. That issue has catapulted to number-one since the Paris massacre Friday. MORE

   Baby was a beagle who brought such joy to Taryn in her life of an author and ghostwriter in Nashville, Tennessee.   Today Taryn Simpson put to sleep Baby Simpson [5/1/1994 - 2/22/10.]      Since our four-footed companions are so open and loving, they are family to everyone.    For me here in New Haven, Connecticut this is a death in the family.    Unfortunately these deaths come too often.  MORE

1920 State of Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. 1774 Birthday of Meriwether Lewis. He served in the Army … became Secretary to President Thomas Jefferson … became Governor of the Louisiana Territory … and forever changed our view of the American West through the Lewis and Clark expedition. 1853 A Mr. Gail Borden received a patent for his method of condensing milk. . MORE

Shurnue Bratton was fired from law firm Casey Simmons and Bryant in Tennessee. Her story is not unusual. That was in March. More recently she returned with a gun. Among her acts of violence was fatally shooting law firm employee Betsy Raines. Here are the details in Abovethelaw.com. MORE

But equally as powerful is the speech he gave the night before his death in Memphis Tennessee on April 4, 1968. When you’re looking for powerful material for your next speech—from examples and metaphors to stories and themes—look no further than your own life. In fact, the best content often comes from your personal challenges and tribulations, from your joys and successes, and from people you know who have survived adversity and risen above it. MORE

For this project, I trained scientists in Australia, Belize, California, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mongolia, Palau, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.without traveling to them or vice versa, except for the workshops. MORE

Instead, Judd announced she would be performing a poem written by 19-year-old Nina Davenport, who, like Judd, lives in Tennessee. MORE

As much as we would like to ask the orchestra conductor or theater director why they interpreted Beethoven or Tennessee Williams in a particular way, the opportunity to query them personally doesn’t often happen except in a lecture. I met William Gurstelle , author of Backyard Ballistics , at FOO Camp , an event run by O’Reilly Media. MORE

Victoria and her sister Tennessee became the first woman stockbrokers on Wall Street, after a stint as spiritual advisers to Cornelius Vanderbilt. Victoria Woodhull led a fascinating life, without a doubt. MORE

He is a law professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and a columnist published in media outlets such as USA Today. Protest is a sacred right in America. Sure, sometimes those push-backs can get out of hand. MORE

  Remember, if the time in Nashville, Tennessee is 8 P.M., "I wanted to be part of this project."  "  That project was creating the novel "The Mango Street Cafe: Loi Kroh Road," which won the Indie Book Award and could well wind up being the film sequel to "Casablanca."  "  And that's how Taryn Simpson took on the unthinkable:  Collaborating on a work of fiction.  MORE

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Sarah Palin, Nashville, Tennessee, 6 February 2010. This post is part of a series on rhetoric and rhetorical devices. For other posts in the series, please click this link. Device : Epizeuxis. Origin : From the Greek ??????????? epizeugnumi), meaning “to join together&# or “to fasten together&#. In plain English: Repetition of the same word or words in immediate succession, usually with great vehemence or emotion. Effect: Epizeuxis is a very dramatic rhetorical device. MORE

Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summit complained that players on the team bus were texting each other rather than speaking face to face. MORE

  You need both to sustain yourself over the long haul, because the travel is hard and you’re going to be depending on the kindness of strangers (to adapt Tennessee Williams) for much of it.  Coming out of the SXSW conference and the session Tim Sanders and I ran, I’m going to continue a blog series begun then on how to develop a paid public speaking career.    In the first blog I discussed in general terms some of the ideas that came up during the session.  MORE

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Tennessee Williams spoke for audiences worldwide in “A Streetcar Named Desire” when he wrote the words: “I don’t want realism. Halloween. Time for stories, and for magic. Let’s talk of magic, and illusion. MORE

The committee usually chooses speakers who they have used before or someone has told them You need to get this speaker," explains Susan Taylor of the Tennessee Association for Home Care. MORE

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link] “ Tennessee media have reported that nearly half of the superintendents in the state have signed the letter. Tennessee school superintendents protest against state ed chief Washington Post Answer Sheet Blog By Valerie Strauss , Published: September 13 at 1:59 pm A number of school superintendents in Tennessee have signed on to a letter that asks Gov. MORE

But equally as powerful is the speech he gave the night before his death in Memphis Tennessee on April 4, 1968. When you’re looking for powerful material for your next speech—from examples and metaphors to stories and themes—look no further than your own life. In fact, the best content often comes from your personal challenges and tribulations, from your joys and successes, and from people you know who have survived adversity and risen above it. MORE

I found this article (at [link] ) that shares how the University of Tennessee football players find that they have been able to absorb their playbook quicker because of the PowerPoint slides that the coaches have used. I haven’t seen these slides, but I think we can probably make a couple of observations. First, PowerPoint is only one tool to use when teaching a new skill. It is quite obvious in football that practicing what is taught is essential. MORE