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Recession Blues Got You Down? The Folks at Get Motivated! Have a Solution: Think Happy Thoughts.
By Megan Feldman
Published: November 5, 2009
An autumn storm soaks the streets and paints the outdoors a dull shade of gray, but inside the Fort Worth Convention Center the scene is all bright lights, pyrotechnics, and...
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Lakeside Inspiration
By Megan Feldman
Published: October 15, 2009
Often when you see a work of art in a gallery, strategically placed and illuminated, its creation seems unimaginable. For nosy art-lovers and anyone who aspires to actually...
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Can an over-analytical control freak find inner peace— or at least get up in the morning—with help from an Indian life coach?
By Megan Feldman
Published: September 24, 2009
I'm on my way to see a Delhi-born meditation guru who once worked for Gandhi and who specializes in the virtues of discipline and peace. Naturally, I'm late. I slept...
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Spinning Through The Age Gap
By Megan Feldman
Published: August 27, 2009
The plot of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks sounds oh-so-vagely reminiscient of The Graduate. "A widow decides to reawaken her ballroom dancing skills and finds a young man to...
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Mexican Citizens Seeking Help from the Local Consulate Get Snared in a Legal Grudge Match
By Megan Feldman
Published: August 13, 2009
The whole sordid story began with a pile of concrete and a malfunctioning Bobcat. On a hot, sticky Monday in mid-August 2006, crews in downtown Dallas were hard at work...
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My, My! How Can We Resist You?
By Megan Feldman
Published: August 13, 2009
I never saw Mamma Mia! onstage, but I did enjoy Meryl Streep's performance in the movie (which, since it was filmed in the Greek islands, is chock-full of amazing scenery that...
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Part Coach, Part Cheerleader, Sunset High Principal Anthony Tovar Aims to Prove That Inner-City Schools Can Be Winners
By Megan Feldman
Published: May 28, 2009
It's a balmy morning in April, which to Anthony Tovar means only one thing: crunch time. Instead of walking the halls of Sunset High School in his usual happy-go-lucky way,...
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2 To 3 Miles Of Adventure
By Megan Feldman
Published: May 28, 2009
Now's the time of year when you suddenly notice it. That first day at the pool, all these months of being out of the sun and too lazy to meet your buddy for golf, tennis or a...
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Meet Ron White, the Texas-Born Memory Champ You’ll Never Forget
By Megan Feldman
Published: May 14, 2009
Standing chest-deep in the hotel pool, Ron White felt foolish. Were the people on lounge chairs near the deep end watching him? Well, screw it. If he cared what a few strangers...
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No Sympathy for Deserters|Dallas: A Great Place for Worship (And Titty Bars)
By Megan Feldman and Jim Schutze
Published: March 26, 2009
"Gimme Shelter," by Megan Feldman, March 12 Kids These Days I picked up the Dallas Observer yesterday because of the artwork on the cover. I am a product of the 1960s and was...
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Bi-Partisan Inspiration
Hillary Clinton and Kay Bailey Hutchison unite to inspire
By Megan Feldman
Published: March 26, 2009
Personally, I find the idea of running for office exhausting--it's something about the constant blow-drying, suit-wearing and speech giving. Yet surely there are young women...
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Gimme Shelter | Addition by Subtraction
By Megan Feldman and Richie Whitt
Published: March 19, 2009
"Gimme Shelter," by Megan Feldman, March 12 No sympathy Cowards. I enlisted before 9/11 and still knew what I was getting into. I have deployed twice, have been in college...
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Military Deserters Once Again Flock to Canada
Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.
By Megan Feldman
Published: March 12, 2009
Just 5 feet tall, with a baby strapped to her chest and a soft, faltering voice, Kim Rivera is anything but soldierly. Yet two years ago she was a Texas private in the War on...
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Easier Being Green
Despite tough times, energy conservation bills gain traction in Legislature
By Megan Feldman
Published: January 22, 2009
I"Going green" used to be considered a luxury, especially in a faltering economy. But as the Legislature convened last week amid a budget squeeze, a determined coalition of...
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They're All Winners
By Megan Feldman
Published: January 22, 2009
I've always loved Mexican loteria cards. There's something about the way folksy, artistic kitsch and cultural iconography come together in a simple bingo game that just makes...
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Section 8 Improv Comedian Mark Orvik Fights Back From a Near-Fatal Illness With Sidesplitting Humor
By Megan Feldman
Published: January 15, 2009
Absurd as it sounds, he insists the culprit was a piece of plastic. Mark Orvik—small-town boy, high jinks master and improv imitator of sleazy rednecks, British barflies...
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War Chest for Combat Survivor Program Nearly Empty.
A program for fallen warriors' families feels the economic pinch
By Megan Feldman
Published: December 18, 2008
With another phone line on hold and an ever expanding to-do list, Debbie Busch listened patiently to yet another bereaved parent who called Fort Hood's Gold Star Family Support...
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Stringing Along St. Nick
The DCT plays with puppets
By Megan Feldman
Published: December 11, 2008
Year in, year out, Christmas traditions have a way of blurring together into one long series of tiresome light tours and forced viewings of The Nutcracker. Puppetry, on the...
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Green Cement Plants Could Mean Cleaner Air and Lower Costs
Economic pressure from local cities helps clean up smoky kilns
By Megan Feldman
Published: November 6, 2008
The belching, cement-producing smokestacks that dot Dallas County's southern horizon have long befuddled area officials working to comply with federal clean air standards....
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Pole Dancing—Good for the Body, But What About a Woman's Soul?
How powerful can a woman be when she's dangling by a leg and touching her "teaser"?
By Megan Feldman
Published: November 6, 2008
The moment I walk into the Girls Room, I feel out of place. The studio's wide, mirrored space is punctuated by gleaming silver poles that extend from floor to ceiling, and the...
