Jabulani Leffall

Former Host of Central Standard

Jabulani Leffall is an award-winning journalist and writer who attended Journalism School at the University of Missouri. His work has appeared in the Financial Times of London, Dow Jones Marketwatch, The Baltimore Sun, Investor’s Business Daily, Variety, CFO Magazine, Compliance Week, Black Enterprise, the Los Angeles Business Journal and the Los Angeles Daily News among other publications.He has appeared numerous times on ABC World News and CNN as a commentator of business and world affairs. Mr. Leffall was most recently Associate Editor at Large for FactSet Estimates and Fundamentals News, a subsidiary of Norwalk, CT-based financial data company FactSet Research Systems.

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Food & Drink
9:08 am
Wed October 31, 2012

Are Healthy & Halloween Mutually Exclusive?

On Halloween it's not just ghosts and goblins you need to fear.  There's enough candy out there to fuel a perpetual sugar high.

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Central Standard
12:47 am
Tue October 30, 2012

Exploring The Paranormal

Credit C.R.E.E.P.Z Ghost Commandos

A sudden drop in room temperature, a recorded EVP, and a motion detector going off.  All signs that you are not alone.

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Central Standard
12:06 am
Tue October 30, 2012

Ghosts, Ghouls And Monsters Of Missouri

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New York may have Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman but Missouri is not without a headless story or two of its own.

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Central Standard
5:15 pm
Sun October 28, 2012

Saving Public Education In America

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Lincoln College Preparatory Academy.

What will transform America's public high schools?

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Central Standard
6:00 pm
Wed October 24, 2012

Central Standard Turns Two!

Central Standard
6:39 pm
Tue October 23, 2012

Books And Publishers: Doomed To Extinction?

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In the face of electronic readers and digital downloads, it's easy to point a finger and say there lies the reason books and, by extension, those who write and publish them are going the way of the dinosaurs.

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Central Standard
5:51 pm
Tue October 23, 2012

Back In The Swing After Breast Cancer

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You weathered the diagnosis, underwent surgery, and made it through multiple rounds of chemotherapy.  In short, you've survived breast cancer.

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Central Standard
11:37 am
Tue October 23, 2012

Sneak Peek: Central Standard's Second Anniversary

Can you believe it? It's our two-year anniversary.

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Central Standard
9:43 pm
Mon October 22, 2012

Pizza!

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In 1987 Congress designated October as National Pizza Month and we at Central Standard are nothing if not dedicated to the observance of this acknowledgment of one of our favorite foods.

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Central Standard
6:40 pm
Mon October 22, 2012

Aptly Named Gem Theater Celebrates 100 Years

It started as the Star Theater in 1912.  Back then it was a one-story building presenting silent films.  Just one year later it was renamed the Gem Theater.

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Central Standard
3:54 pm
Sun October 21, 2012

Computer Guys: OS Monogamy And Special Needs Accessibility

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Computer mouse alternatives allow control of a computer's cursor for those challenged by a regular mouse.

For the longest time the Microsoft Windows Operating System (OS) was the dominant player in computing.  Then Apple introduced its OS and has since overtaken Microsoft.

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Central Standard
2:04 pm
Thu October 18, 2012

The Biggest Deal

What does $20.1 billion get you?  Well, if you're Japan's SoftBank Corp., it gets you 70% of the third-largest wireless carrier in the United States.

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Central Standard
10:48 am
Wed October 17, 2012

Adania Shibli: Growing Up In Palestine

Adania Shibli grew up in Palestine which became a source of inspiration for her writing. 

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Central Standard
9:40 am
Wed October 17, 2012

Art As Therapy

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Part of viewing art is interpreting the artist's intent, figuring out what the creator is trying to say.  Because it can be so personal, is a physical form of expression, and allows communication of thoughts and feelings that might not be articulated otherwise, art makes for good therapy.

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Central Standard
10:08 am
Tue October 16, 2012

The Distance Between Us

On Tuesday’s Central Standard author Reyna Grande describes her experience living as in illegal immigrant in the U.S.

Her memoir, The Distance Between Us, is an intimate, graphic narrative about her early years left behind by her parents in Mexico, tumultuous time as a youth in America and journey to becoming a U.S. citizen.

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