January 9th, 2009
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Growing Bolder Insider Volume 18
Notes From the Worldwide Headquarters
We've received a lot of great feedback from you Insiders during our Beta Test and we're grateful for your help and encouragement. Many of you are concerned that the Insider will go away once we have the public launch of GrowingBolder.com. Rest assured, the Insider is here to stay. It's too much fun to put together and has developed quite a following all over the world. We begin this week's Insider with a first: the first-ever video version of Notes From the Worldwide Headquarters.
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A Day That Will Live In Infamy
The attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the defining moments in U.S. history. More than 2,400 Americans were killed and our country was thrust into the midst of World War II. There are no more than 5,000 people alive today who can say they survived the surprise attack. Jack Colby did. He doesn't like to relive the event, but understands that if December 7, 1941 is indeed to live in infamy, it's important that he and other survivors tell their stories to anyone who will listen. Will you?
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Who Is This Guy?
It's the most commonly asked question on GrowingBolder.com. All we knew were three things: Fred the Fitness Guy was one of our very first members, he has a must-see personal profile page and he has more friends than anyone on our site! You wanted to know more, so we did some heavy lifting and found an amazing story. Find out how faith and fitness made Fred a fascinating fellow.
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GB Radio
Heeerrrrrrre's ... Ed McMahon!
Even though he is best known for delivering perhaps the two most famous words in television history, Ed McMahon's influence on the entertainment industry runs much deeper than that. He recently stopped by the Growing Bolder Radio Show to talk about his new book, "When Television Was Young." In it, Ed goes straight to some of the most famous actors to ever grace the small screen to find out what made TV the cultural juggernaut it is today. Plus, he revealed to us which current late-night host he thinks is the "next" Johnny Carson.
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GBTV
This Week's Episode: Pitching the Purpose
There is strength -- and fun -- in numbers. We're working hard to create the kinds of features and tools that can make your group something very special. And very powerful. Growing Bolder Groups can be big or small. Serious or silly, GB groups are a place to make friends and share dreams. GB groups can be open to everyone, by invitation only or approval required.
You choose.
Ride along as the GB gang stops by one of our favorite organizations to share the potential of a Growing Bolder group.
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Synch Or Swim
Take the timing and drama of a ballet -- and move it underwater.
Add a few costume changes (including a pink boa and Santa hats), and you have a fluid, beautiful and entertaining show.
Growing Bolder met the women of The Aqua Rhythms synchronized swim team in The Villages, Florida, and asked them what makes them brave enough to put on bathing suits in the middle of December.
Their answers will inspire and motivate you to get out and try something new!
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In the Next Growing Bolder Insider: We've got Christmas on the brain! Since we're connecting with you, the Insiders, in a virtual environment, we thought we'd track down the world's first Cyber Santa and have an online holiday party! It's a Growing Bolder exclusive that will put you in the mood for the season.
If you liked our conversation with Ed McMahon, be sure to check out our hundreds of entertaining and inspiring interviews with newsmakers, celebrities and ordinary people who do extraordinary things.
Just click on the GB Radio tab at the top of every page and start browsing through our vast library.
And if the radio guest is also a GrowingBolder.com member, we'll connect you right to their personal profile page!
Archive
Deep Thoughts
"Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice."
-- Growing Bolder Radio Show guest and humorist Dave Barry
A Look Back
Dec. 1, 1955
Rosa Parks is arrested and jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Ala., bus. Her act of courage and defiance inspires the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which will last for 382 days.
Dec. 3, 1947
"Stella!!!!" An enraptured audience meets a young, strapping Marlon Brando in the first-ever performance of "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway. Tennessee Williams' gritty play about sexuality and violence shocks audiences and turns the 23-year-old Brando into a star.
Dec. 4, 1980
Two months after the death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin announces it is breaking up rather than go on without Bonham. But after 27 years of waiting, anxious fans will finally see Robert Plant, Jimmy Paige and John Paul Jones perform together again Dec. 10, 2007, at a London tribute concert to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. Bonham's son, Jason, will sit in for his father on drums.
Dec. 5, 1933
Bottoms up! Prohibition is overturned, ending nearly 14 years of bootlegging and speakeasies.
Even after Congress ends Prohibition, some states will continue to outlaw alcohol through state temperance laws.
Mississippi will be the last dry state standing, ending its Prohibition in 1966.
Dec. 8, 1980
An obsessed fan shoots and kills John Lennon outside of his Manhattan apartment building, hours after receiving an autograph from the former Beatle. Hundreds of mourning fans descend on the Dakota apartment building and hold a vigil for more than a week.