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	<title>Michael Vitez</title>
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		<title>Two Rocky Talks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I gave two &#8220;Rocky&#8221; talks recently, telling the stories of the people I met at the Rocky Steps, also providing books, and the response was wonderful.  

 “Michael Vitez spoke with us as our keynote address at our company meeting in December 2009.  We wanted to remind everyone of the persistence and determination our team demonstrated in 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a story of friendship for the holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STEADFAST GRIP OF A DYING MAN
published Dec. 20, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer
By Michael Vitez
Inquirer Staff Writer
Russell Nise, 77, lay in a bed at Abington Memorial Hospital on Sept. 10, three days before his death.
&#8220;I&#8217;m in such pain,&#8221; Nise said. &#8220;I can&#8217;t stand it. Somebody hold my hand.&#8221;
Fred Scott, his only friend in the world, reached [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Me Tell Your Story &#8212; a new venture</title>
		<link>http://michaelvitez.com/?p=144</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this PDF of A Love Story. And look at a second Love Story PDF! I am starting a new adventure. Let me tell your story.  As a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, I&#8217;ve written hundreds if not thousands of stories &#8212; 20 of them listed on this website under My Favorites. I&#8217;ve decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>matt miller</title>
		<link>http://michaelvitez.com/?p=205</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/sports/cavalier_insider/ci_swimming/article/that_boys_dead/42053/
Here is a link to a three-part series I wrote on Matt Miller in the summer of 2009. This is a link to the first story, where you can find links to the other two. I don&#8217;t believe I have received more response to anything I&#8217;ve written since I won the Pulitzer.
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		<title>Rocky Stories Presentation!</title>
		<link>http://michaelvitez.com/?p=190</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently spoke about the power of storytelling at the annual ThinkAbout in Philadelphia.
I did a slide presentation on the people I met at the Rocky Steps while writing my book, Rocky Stories. I emphasized how these steps have become a place where people from all over the world come to celebrate their dreams, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rocky Stories presentations!</title>
		<link>http://michaelvitez.com/?p=187</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In he last few weeks I&#8217;ve done three Rocky Stories presentations, and one was more fun than the next.
On Nov. 18, Tom Gralish and I presented a slide show and talk to all 750 students at Haddonfield Memorial High School. Our message was &#8220;Follow Your Dreams &#8212; and when life knocks you down, which it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jordan Burnham</title>
		<link>http://michaelvitez.com/?p=138</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[







 



Posted on Wed, Nov. 19, 2008
After leap breaks body, a miracle renews spirit
A talented student rebuilds his life after battling depression - and falling nine floors.
Michael Vitez
Inquirer Staff Writer

Jan 20, 2008
On the evening of Sept. 28, at an apartment complex in King of Prussia, a tragedy and a miracle occurred 2.5 seconds apart.
The tragedy took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bryn mawr class</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke last night to a Bryn Mawr College journalism class taught by my friend and former colleague Tom Ferrick. Here is his very kind note to me after:
&#8220;Mike: I love you.  You were an inspiration to the kids in the class.  I asked them later for take aways from your talk and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PHINALLY!!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Phillies won the world series last night.
I was there!
In a city that went 25 years without a major sports championship, the Phillies ended the drought last night &#8212; ironically after rain delay suspended the game for two days &#8212; beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 to become World Series champions.
I was there, section 119, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Series harmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am ready to give up on baseball. I love the Philadelphia Phillies. I own a partial season subscription, and go to eight games a year, and watch nearly all the others. I had two world series tickets which I gave to my sons for game four. I love going to games and watching the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hail St. Mary&#8217;s!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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Had a great visit to St. Mary&#8217;s school in Vineland to talk about motivation, inspiration and Rocky Stories. The class and staff loved it, and I had so much fun. You can see the story in the local newspaper below. And check out the links and the photographs. The opening act was a sparring match [...]]]></description>
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		<title>high praise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke on June 26 as a keynote to the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, giving a presentation on finding your dreams at the Rocky Steps. The essence of the presentation is to explain why people come from all over the world to run the Rocky Steps and introduce the audience to many of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>more praise for Rocky Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just got this email from a reader:
Hey Michael,
 
I live in Elk Grove, Ca (just south of Sacramento) and received &#8220;Rocky Stories&#8221; as a gift from my wife and have read it 3 times.  It inspired me so much that we are going to Philly next month and I&#8217;m going to run the Rocky Steps!!!!  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rocky Stories Presentation!</title>
		<link>http://michaelvitez.com/?p=118</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a great day today giving a talk to the Equipment Leasing &#038; Finance Association 
convention in Philadelphia. I shared with them our story of the Rocky Steps &#8212; introducing them through multi-media to the many people we met during our year at the steps, and telling their incredible and inspirational stories of why they come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sally&#8217;s graduation</title>
		<link>http://michaelvitez.com/?p=114</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a wonderful time at daughter Sally&#8217;s Kenyon College graduation. here are a couple photos. Now she&#8217;s off to Tanzania for the summer!    
 
 
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		<title>Jordan Burnham and Craig Aronchick and The Philadelphia Inquirer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 04:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out two of my recent stories in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The first was on Jordan Burnham, whom I profiled last january. He went to Washington to participate in a briefing before Congress about ending the stimga for depression and mental illness. He survived a jump from his ninth floor window,  a story that I described [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Winner &#8212; Rocky!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvanians vote in the presidential primary tomorrow and the real winner is clear &#8212; Rocky Balboa. Neither candidate ran the Rocky Steps (this disappoints me!), but the Rocky theme has been ubiquitous the last six weeks. Hillary ended her closing rally tonight at Penn&#8217;s fabled Palestra with the Rocky Theme song, and that was followed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birthday Cake!</title>
		<link>http://michaelvitez.com/?p=110</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the cake Maureen baked for Karen Marshall&#8217;s 50th birthday! 
 
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		<title>Son Tim and I at Phillies game</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim and I had a big night at the Phillies, watching them go scoreless for the first eight innings, but score four in the bottom of the ninth to win, 4-3. Can&#8217;t beat nights like this. Here is a little self portrait from our seats behind the home  dugout. And then below that is Utley at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 70 Senior softball</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out my story in the Philadelphia Inquirer. These old guys can play. Forever young, I&#8217;d say.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/17728349.html
 
 
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