TODAY SHOW EXCLUSIVE – Golden-Voiced Homeless Ted Williams

Ted Williams was homeless, panhandling on the side of an Interstate freeway ramp in Columbus, Ohio, carrying a sign saying he’d fallen on hard times but has a God-given gift of voice. He was spotted by a reporter and made the subject of a video that’s been tearing up the Internet, with almost 3 million hits on YouTube. Now, possible job opportunities are coming his way. The New York Post quotes Williams as exclaiming on local radio station WNCI, “The Cleveland Cavaliers just offered me a full-time job and a house! A house! A house!” His sign was no lie — he indeed has a golden broadcast voice — as you’ll hear in the video below, in which Williams wells up as he tells “Early Show” co-anchors Erica Hill and Chris Wragge about his road back – a road starting, first and foremost, with a reunion with his 92-year old mother, and his continuing unshakable belief in God, despite all his hard times. He told Wragge and Hill, “I’m gonna bew going to New York, hopefully this afternoon… I apologize. I’m getting a little emotional. I haven’t seen my mom in a great deal of time. She doesn’t believe (what’s been happening to me). She’s 92. She lives in Brooklyn. I was born and raised in Brooklyn. … One of my biggest prayers that I sent out was that she would live long enough for me to see me rebound or whatever, and I guess God kept her around and kept my pipes around to maybe just have one more shot that I would be able to say, ‘Mom, I did do it before,’ — I might pass away …
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Lauren Mackler at Harvard Business School – Managing Conflict

Lauren Mackler is interviewed by Harvard Business School about how to handle difficult conversations.Lauren Mackler is a world-renowned personal and professional coach, psychotherapist, bestselling author, host of the popular LIFE KEYS radio show, and creator of the Illumineering Coaching method, which has helped people around the world to transform their personal and professional lives. She is the author of the international best-seller, SOLEMATE: MASTER THE ART OF ALONENESS & TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE and co-author of SPEAKING OF SUCCESS with Jack Canfield and Stephen Covey. Named one of the “Top Ten Coaches in America” by Vitals Magazine, Lauren has presented programs to Fortune 500 companies, educational conferences, universities, and professional associations. A blogger for the Huffington Post and frequent expert on CNN and FOX, Lauren’s work has been covered widely in the media, including the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Money Magazine, Marie Claire, Forbes, Parade, New York Daily News, and other media. She has been a member of Northeastern University’s executive education faculty, guest lecturer at Brandeis and Harvard Universities, and is a featured presenter at Canyon Ranch, Omega, and Kripalu. You can sign up for her Live Boldly e-newsletter at www.laurenmackler.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
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It's out of NCSU's 'garage' for student entrepreneurs and into business

By Jay Price – jprice@newsobserver.com RALEIGH — Even as they prepare to graduate Saturday, some of the first students to use NC State University's “Entrepreneurs Garage” are about to spin off a small wave of fledgling businesses they dreamed up and … See all stories on this topic »

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Let Mothers Day Poems Express Your Love

Let Mothers Day Poems Express Your Love

Of all holidays and special occasions, Mother’s Day is one that is full of memories, longing and thanks for everyone. This one day of the year is when we take a moment to pay tribute to that one person to whom we each owe so much. The love of a mother is unconditional and eternal, and on Mother’s Day children, young and old, take the time to honor her in return. We do this by writing letters, sending cards and flowers, and buying or making presents for our mothers. One of the most touching tributes is reading or writing Mother’s Day poems.

You can find copies of some of the finest Mother’s Day poems in many flower and gift shops. There are also thousands more that are available in books or libraries. These poems range from being quirky and humorous to sad and deeply poignant. In fact, the writings that contain deeply felt emotions are the ones most people will choose to send.

Children want to express how they feel in their hearts about their beloved mothers and even husbands choose these lovingly written cards to give both their mothers and their wives. Poems about mothers or about a mother’s love have been one of the favorite topics of writers for centuries. Every country and civilization has many examples and there are few top poets that do not have at least one poem dedicated to a mother or motherhood.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Bertolt Brecht, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Burns and Henry Van Dyke are only a few who have written poems in honor of mothers. These stanzas are able to strike a chord in people who live in countries around the world because they can identify with the sentiments. The love and care of a doting, patient mother is one of those universal experiences that almost everyone shares.

There are only a few exceptions that occur and this is when a mother dies during, or after, childbirth; or when the mother and child bond is severed for some other tragic reason.

To motherless children, of any age, Mothers Day poems contain sentimentality unlike any other type of writing. The ideas and emotions that are expressed within the lines never fail to stir their hearts and souls. These words they read also create a longing in them to experience those feelings of a mother’s deep and patient love.

Many of the Mother’s Day poems that are popular for this special occasion will bring smiles and tears to the eyes of both sender and recipient. The depth of feeling in many of these is unabashedly sentimental and will tug at the heartstrings as the words bring back memories of years that have passed too quickly. Mothers Day is one of the most popular of all occasions and it holds many records. There are more cards and flowers bought at this time of year than any other. Even phone calls on Mother’s Day will fill the airwaves as children anxiously and eagerly make contact with that one person in the world who has always loved and cared for them, their Mother.

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