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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedI’d describe gold as the colour of sunshine, as it shrugs on the Earth’s palate,  As muted orange trapped in sheets of liquid on the table in a bottle As a jolt of pleasure- hot as it prickles the skin, when the hair on your arm stands on end not because the yellow is frightening  But satisfying, and warm like the first rains of summer.

You ever come across an article about a subject you know very well, and think: hmm, this is just...wrong? Everything from the premise of the article to some basic facts are off, and you just get mad? Like, irrationally mad? To the point where you fire off emails to friends and colleagues about how wrong this story is; take to Twitter to write a point-by-point thread of the inaccuracies of the article; maybe even write a blog post, newsletter, or a letter to the editor of how dangerous publishing inaccurate information is?

Jan 24, 2023 How does one become a real estate developer? Here is my path: My name is Artem Tepler, and this is my journey in developing multi-family real estate. There are many paths. Here is mine. I clearly had a hustler's spirit in me from a young age. I'm not sure if it's genetic or if my parents not being able to buy me things that I wanted when we came to the US, forced me to earn them.

Eons ago the Wild and Scenic Chattooga River (where the movie Deliverance was filmed) was captured by another river and pulled over a ridge and into the Atlantic basin. How does an entire river, meandering through the landscape and minding its own business, suddenly abandon its course and jump the rim of a mountain to join a neighboring stream? It seems the distant strains of banjo music aren’t the only freaky thing about this river.

Nobody is more obsessed with ratings than chess players. Other sports have ratings, but when it comes to bragging rights they take a back seat to tournaments or championships. The rating is seen for what it is: a statistical measure that’s useful for rankings and pairings, but isn’t the end-all be-all of competition. But in chess the rating is the essence of who you are as a player, even as a person.

Finland has all but won the war on homelessness thanks largely to its focus on providing long-term solutions, rather than temporary ones. Despite its growing population, the number of homeless people in Finland has fallen from over 18,000 in 1987 to around 8,500 in 2009, and only 3,686 in 2022 — or just 0.07% of the population. That figure is even more impressive when considering that Finland uses a broad definition of homelessness that includes people who are temporarily living with friends and relatives.

When Kyle Beach was selected 11th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2008 NHL draft, he was, strictly statistically speaking, three times more likely to have a Hall-of-Fame career than not play a single game in the NHL. Two years after he was taken in the draft, and while skating with the organization’s extra players during its run to the Stanley Cup, he was sexually assaulted by the team’s video coach.

“How Green Was My Valley” is one of those films that’s less remembered for its cinematic quality than its reputation. Specifically, that it beat out “Citizen Kane,” “Suspicion,” “Sergeant York” and “The Maltese Falcon” for the Best Picture Oscar, and as a result has been consistently mentioned as one of the most egregious upsets in that category’s history. (It also bested “Blossoms in the Dust,” “Here Comes Mr. Jordan,” “The Little Foxes,” “Hold Back the Dawn” and “One Foot in Heaven,” this being back in the day when the Academy nominated 10 best pics.

What is it like to be a literary agent? Would I be good at doing the work of a literary agent? Would I enjoy being a literary agent? How does one get started at being a literary agent? Even more so, however, it’s for me, me, me. People email me questions like this about 2-3 times a week. Some are college and MFA students; others are editors, writers, and people from entirely different careers who want to defect to Team Publishing.