Who Knew? Art as Olympic Sport

Posted on October 12, 2012

You can learn something new every day.   I never knew that painting was a longtime Olympic sport, with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals awarded at each of the Games. It was stopped in 1952 because artists were considered to be "professionals".   Read this article to see that I am not pulling your leg.   The competitions were all "jury judged".   Who knew? I didn’t. Did you?  

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"A Ball Can Change Your Life"

October 11, 2012

We are now about half-way through the tenth annual Homeless World Cup, which is being played in Mexico City this year by more than 500 players from 50 countries.  It is an extraordinary program that uses soccer as the foundation for a comprehensive effort to help end the players' homelessness –

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