When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. However, in order to really be successful in getting tra

NAHA, Japan — On a dark street behind the T-shirt shops and crowds of the touristy Kokusai Dori strip, in a tiny club filled with a smattering of grey-haired customers, Sumiko Yoseyama lifted her microphone to conjure up a bygone era of crooners and big

It's awards season and I'd like to suggest two vocalists from the Big Band era for recognition for their extraordinary service to the nation and to the rest of the free world. Peggy King sang with the likes of Charlie Spivack, Percy Faith, Les Brown, Ray

Randy Brooks played trumpet like Harry James. Lots of pep and power with plenty of bent notes. Brooks recorded with Hal Kemp in the late 1930s, Claude Thornhill in '42 and Les Brown in '43 and '44. In 1945, Brooks formed a band that included tenor saxoph

BLACKWOOD, NJ, January 12, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Jo Anne White, international speaker, author and certified professional coach, debuts her new book, Mastering the Art of Success; from Tennessee based Insight Publishing. The book also features be

EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Medway and East Millinocket leaders will continue to develop plans to consolidate fire services after a meeting Monday unearthed no deal-breaking problems. Only four people out of the 33 selectmen, firefighters from both towns a