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Poetry has over the centuries grouped poets or poems into many different themes and movements. Amongst its most unusual movements are the English wordsmiths, The Silver Poets. This select band lived during the sixteenth century reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st. Amongst their storied ranks were Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Philip Sidney, Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Davies, Michael Drayton and Mary Sidney (Herbert), the Countess of Pembroke.

From silly chuckles to rueful ironic glee to deep cosmic laughter, this new volume of humorous tales samples the best of recent seasons of the popular public radio series Selected Shorts.

When the Continental Congress decided to declare independence from the British Empire in 1776, 10 percent of the population of their fledgling country were from Ireland. By 1790, close to 500,000 Irish citizens had immigrated to America. They were very active in the American Revolution, both on the battlefields and off, yet their stories are not well known. The important contributions of the Irish on military, political, and economic levels have been long overlooked and ignored by generations of historians.

Richness or reach? For business leaders, it used to be a fundamental strategic tradeoff: focus on "rich information", customized products and services tailored to a niche market, or reach out to a broad, general market with watered-down information.

Once upon a time, there was a potter named Harihar. He used to make clay pots and sell them to earn his livelihood. One day, the potter impinged into a broken pot and fell to the ground.

Between 1800 and 1920, an extraordinary cast of bold innovators and entrepreneurs - individuals such as Cyrus McCormick, Brigham Young, Henry Wells and James Fargo, Fred Harvey, Levi Strauss, Adolph Coors, J. P. Morgan, and Buffalo Bill Cody - helped lay the groundwork for what we now call the American West. They were people of imagination and courage, adept at maneuvering the rapids of change, alert to opportunity, persistent in their missions.

Spinning The Wheel is about creating a platform for engaging conversations about everything under the sun. Music, Startups, Innovation, Tech, Entertainment, Cuisine, Pop Culture - I talk with people with a keen interest in these realms who can provide a unique perspective that provides fodder for some amazing conversations.

Sportswriter Chase Thomas and filmmaker Philip Musey grew up in the same neighborhood of Stone Mountain, Georgia, but now, they're all grown up and catch up on life and movies every Saturday morning.

HRD: PHILosophy & TOMfoolery is the 30-minute podcast where we answer Human Resource Development questions based on the powers of reflection and gut reaction. Host, Darren Short, is joined by Dr. Phil Graham and Dr. Tom Shindell, in the hope that their combined 90+ years of HRD experience helps them with the episode’s question. Each episode, one of the Docs has been given the question a week ahead of time so they can come prepared with the power of reflection … and the other Doc has no idea what the question will be and so is armed with the power of gut reaction.To find out more about the ...

Nördcast ist der erste Schweizer Podcast der sich ausschliesslich mit dem Thema Heavy Metal befasst. Wir diskutieren die Geschichte und Entstehung von 50 Jahren lauter Gitarrenmusik. Nördcast ist akribisch recherchiert, überrascht mit illustren Gästen und ist DER Podcast von Metal-Nerds für Metal-Heads.

From the pulpit ministry of New Life Fellowship Church in Concord, NC, where our mission is to love God, love people, and make disciples.