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Rebecca Ferguson

Role models in unexpected places

Arts / James Irwin

I saw that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is now on Amazon Prime, and that got me to thinking about how the only reason to watch that film is to see Rebecca Ferguson, a Swedish-British actress you may not know, steal the entire thing from the likes of Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, and […]

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“The first light Picture ever taken. 1839.”

Arts / James Irwin

In October of 1839 a 30-year-old amateur photographer and chemist named Robert Cornelius set up his camera outside, close to his family’s lighting fixture store in Philadelphia. He removed the lens cap, ran over and sat in front of the camera for about a minute, and then put the lens cap back. He had just

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Eddie Izzard marquee

Et voila: Eddie Izzard lessons on presenting

Communication / James Irwin

My wife Jill and I recently saw Eddie Izzard’s “Force Majeure” show at the historic Beacon Theatre (a fantastic mishmash of faux Greek, Roman and Rococo design on the West Side of Manhattan). As I watched him tell his stories about Charles I and God and Julius Caesar and dressage and Lord of the Rings and the

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Shopping

Not your grandma’s store shopping experience

Lifestyle / James Irwin

The other day my wife and I were driving over to visit her father, and we had to stop at a CVS Pharmacy on the way. When Jill walked through the doors, the CVS app on her iPhone chimed, and welcomed her to the store. It also told her about unadvertised specials that were available. She

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We’ve got a manufacturing paradox

Miscellaneous / James Irwin

The US handled the 2008 crisis as well as just about any country, including in the manufacturing field.

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College lacrosse recruiting tips

Lifestyle / James Irwin

Some best practices and lessons learned for the college lacrosse recruiting process.

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