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...York to compete in the New York Song Writer’s Circle (she won Grand Prize.) It’s another notch in her belt, which also includes a recent semifinalist position in Cosmopolitan magazine’s Star Launch competition and a Starbucks Emerging Artist Award...
...Landing Zone. You may not have noticed, but U.S. airlines just posted their best on-time arrival ratios (meaning they landed within 15 minutes of when they were scheduled to) in almost two years, according to FlightStats. Virgin America didn't win that Conde Nast Readers' Choice Award for nothing: It topped the list with about 93% of flights arriving on time. The five best U.S. airports for on-time flights: Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, Detroit, Oakland and Minneapolis/St. Paul...
...growing economies, the Estonian housing firm Nova Haus was on a roll. Launched in 2004, with initial funding of just $13,000, it grew so fast that by 2006 it boasted 120 workers and a $2.5 million profit. In 2007 Nova Haus even took home the Estonian government's award for Developer of the Year. "It was crazy how easy it was," recalls Hegert Lepik, 28, a lanky economics graduate and father of two who helped found the company. "I kept asking myself: How is this possible? It almost didn't seem real." In one sense, it wasn't. Less...
...Independent filmmaker Jan Egleson shot films in Cambridge during the late 70s and early 80s, and his working-class dramas inspired other local filmmakers, such as Christine Dall and Randall Conrad—a husband-wife duo whose 1981 film “The Dozens” won an award at the U.S. Film and Video Festival, the Sundance Film Festival’s predecessor. Egleson was also an early admirer of Ben Affleck, casting the actor in his 1981 film, “The Dark End of the Street...
...field. From astounding football ability to academic prowess, Berry has been a standout his entire Crimson career. Now the entire country will know of Berry’s talents as he joins the ranks of Peyton and Eli Manning in earning the National Football Foundation (NFF) National-Scholar Athlete Award. With the award, Berry will be one of 15 finalists who are in contention for the Draddy Trophy. Often called the ‘Academic Heisman’, the trophy goes to the American college football player with the best combination of academics, community service and on-field performance...