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We've Got Some Big Houses—That We Could Share
For many people, "doubling up"—moving in with family or friends—is the last step on the way to homelessness. But doubling up has benefits for people and for the planet.
1. Less Poverty
In 2010, that 3.1% difference could have meant 1.4 million people kept out of poverty.
2. Security and Independence for Elders
Consider this: 79 million baby boomers will be entering their elder years in the next two decades. Where will they live? Elders who live with others are healthier, by 15%. For older men, rates of depression are more than double for those living alone (30% vs. 12%).
3. More Sustainable
One of the biggest costs of housing—both monetary and ecological—is heating and cooling. If you put four people in the space that used to be occupied by two, it changes the heating and cooling requirements for that space hardly at all. But it means you're heating and cooling half the space you were before.
With 5 million houses in foreclosure, we are rediscovering that living sustainably includes living affordably.
Cooperative financing and community land trusts keep rents affordable and homeownership within reach.
The challenge: build the greenest houses on earth—and make them affordable.


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I work until 6ish most days so looking for someone to hit with on weekdays any time from 630-9. I usually play at Live Oak or Grove but any lit court will do fine,
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Hey Misha. I played for a 3.5 men's team last year, and am looking for some tennis partners in the Berkeley area. I'm usually free on weekday evenings.
Eric, I am also looking for some hitting partners in that range. Usually free weekday evenings. Thursday?
Kevin, I'm free Wednesday and Thursday evening. Might be busy on Friday. Live Oak works for me.
Can you play tonight (Thurs) at live Oak?
Sounds Great. Can you play tomorrow eve(wed) live oak ? Im also a 3.5- 4.0
I'm free next week, after 6:30pm, let me know
Hi Misha,
i am looking to hit tonight, but can't start until later like 8:30. let me know if you are interested. i can come to Live Oak or Grove.
510-610-1870 (mobile)
Hi Misha,
I can play tonight, Tuesday, until 8:15. I'm in the El Cerrito/Albany area. Text me 510 816-0357.
Hi Misha!
I live in Berkeley and would love playing with you!
I am 3.5 - 4 (I think), top spinner, 25 (was pretty good at 14 but then stopped for a long while!), and usually play at Channing court (I don't know live oak/grove) and move by bike :)
510 220 4829
Hi, I am an intermediate player, live in Emeryville, and prefer evenings. Let me know when you want to hit (623-552-8098).
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Banking on Change
J. S. Parthiban might be the only banker whose office comes equipped with a kickstand. A native of Tamil Nadu, India's southernmost state, Parthiban makes microloans to local communities, all from the back of his small, black Hero Honda motorcycle.
Microcredit, an approach to poverty alleviation that's seen significant success in India, Bangladesh, and elsewhere, involves making small loans to people—mainly women—who have no access to traditional credit so they may start local businesses. Microcredit's success is tied, in part, to its emphasis on community, cooperation, and person-to-person relationships, all keys to vibrant local economies.
"When you begin a new venture, don't think only of yourself and your family. It should benefit the community, the village, and the entire surroundings," says Parthiban, whose work shows that community-based banking has little in common with the risky financial speculation that contributed to the current recession.
To Parthiban, solving problems, including economic ones, is ultimately about cultivating healthy communities. Changing broken systems is important, he agrees, but the real work is with people: "If you help them change their attitude toward life—what they are doing, why they are doing, how they can be—if you can help them find an answer to all these things, I think we have found an answer to all the big headlines in the newspapers."
Local economies might be the key to Africa's emergence from poverty.


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A Day Off: Our winning photo plus the next RedEye Photo Challenge
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Hi, everyone. Photo Challenge guru Scott Kleinberg here. Photo Challenge (theme:A Day Off) has come to an end. Y'all really know how to unwind - this looks like a great way to spend a day off. As you may know, taking the top spot comes with some prizes: 1. In conjunction with the Digital Photo Academy, the winner will have the opportunity to attend a workshop in Chicago! The workshops are for people of all levels. You can learn more about the Digital Photo Academy and the workshops at this link. 2. Your photo featured in our gallery on RedEye's website (along with some editor's comments about why your photo was so special). 3. This week, your photo will appear on Page 2 in Thursday's RedEye. Read below the photos for all the details on next week's challenge. Thanks so much to everyone that participated! We start with the honorable mentions, then go to the five finalists and save the best for last - the winner. Next week's contest Your assignment: Shoot photographs with the theme "Change." Explanation: It's a little too early for the fall theme, but it's not too early for change, which is kind of similar. Kids go back to school, summer steps aside slowly, etc. But keep in mind that change isn't just change. An artsy shot of the coins in your pocket? That's change too. **REMEMBER: A day off can be a weekend.** My advice as always: Have fun and be creative - that's the No. 1 way to get our attention. Upon completion: Email the photograph into firstname.lastname@example.com with "redeyephoto" in the subject line. ***NOTE: Because I get so many photos, you must include the word redeyephoto in the subject line otherwise I can't guarantee I'll see your entry. Please include your name, your age, your neighborhood, location of the photograph and caption information.*** Firm Deadline: Noon Central Time every Wednesday. The dossier: We want to capture the best images Chicagoans have to offer. Every week we will have a new theme, and RedEye will select the best photograph to run in the paper. Official rules Read them all right here.
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As has been pointed out, one night at each location isn't enough time to see much of anything. I suggest you plan at least 2 days in Moab (one for Arches & one for Canyonlands), 2-3 days in Zion, 1 day at Bryce and 1 day at Capitol Reef. If you and/or the family are avid hikers, plan even more time at each location. My recommended times do not include travel time, so be sure to plan accordingly. There's also a crazy amount of incredible scenery outside the national parks to include national monuments, BLM and state parks.If you need any suggestions for places to eat or things to see while in Moab please stop into my studio - The Edge Gallery - at 137 N. Main St. Either I or my wife will be there and we're always keen to give advice to tourists.Have a great trip!
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GARITA PALMERA, El Salvador (AP) — A Salvadoran fisherman's account of his survival after more than 13 months and about 6,500 miles in an open boat has proved a double miracle for his mother and father, who lost touch with him eight years ago and thought he was dead.
Jose Salvador Alvarenga's family reacted with joy and tears after two phone calls from their long lost son, who said he was getting medical treatment and food — he later got a shave and a haircut. But he confessed to his mother he didn't really know where he was.
The family provided details that may help explain his almost unbelievable survival after what may have been as many as 14½ months adrift.
His father, Jose Ricardo Orellana, 65, who owns a store and flour mill in the seaside Salvadoran town of Garita Palmera, described a strong, stocky young man who first went to sea at age 14. "The sea was his thing," Orellana said.
Maria Julia Alvarenga, 59, said her son always had unusual strength and resilience.
Recounting the phone calls with her son from the Marshall Islands, she broke into tears. "We hadn't heard from him for eight years, we thought he was dead already. This is a miracle, glory to God."
Jose Salvador Alvarenga's 14-year-old daughter, Fatima, said she didn't remember ever seeing her father, who left El Salvador when she was just over a year old.
"I'm so very happy to know he's alive," said Fatima. "He's alive and I'm going to see him."
Gee Bing, the Marshall Islands' acting secretary of foreign affairs, said he helped relocate Alvarenga from the hospital to a hotel in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, on Tuesday.
"He requested that we give him some time to rest. I don't think he got enough sleep at the hospital, and he wanted to rest and also get a haircut," Bing said. "When we dropped him off at the hotel, there was someone there to take him to the barber."
Bing said that at the hospital, Alvarenga had a constant stream of journalists and well-wishers wanting to talk to him. They brought him gifts, including blankets, pillows, clothes and fruit. The hotel stepped up security to try to provide him some privacy, Bing added.
The official said medical tests showed Alvarenga was doing well. He was taking vitamins, and Tylenol to ease his joint pain, but was otherwise recovering nicely. He said questions remained about Alvarenga's story but authorities were focusing on repatriating him to El Salvador.
Bing said that he expected it to take one to two weeks for authorities to finalize Alvarenga's repatriation, and that the Marshall Islands government would likely pick up the tab for his stay.
The official said Alvarenga also spoke by phone Tuesday to his brother in Maryland for the first time in years: "He got very emotional."
Alvarenga's parents said he was known in his hometown as "Cirilo," a nickname that coincides with the first name of a man registered as missing with civil defense officials in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. The civil defense office said a small fishing boat carrying two men, named Cirilo Vargas and Ezequiel Cordoba, disappeared during bad weather on Nov. 17, 2012, and no trace of them or the craft was found during an intense two-week search.
Alvarenga said his fellow fisherman, who he identified only with the first name of Ezequiel, died after about a month at sea and he tossed his body overboard. Alvarenga said he survived on raw fish, birds, bird blood and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands atoll of Ebon, 6,500 miles across the Pacific Ocean from the fishing hamlet of Costa Azul, Mexico, where he set out.
There was no immediate explanation of the discrepancy in dates given by Alvarenga and Mexican authorities or the survivor's different names. Alvarenga said he set sail on Dec. 21, 2012, but fisherman in Costa Azul said an overweight Central American man known as "La Chancha," or "the Pig," had been lost since November 2012. Alvarenga may have used multiple nicknames, and he has seemed fuzzy about details of his voyage.
Jose Manuel Aragon, spokesman for the Chiapas state civil defense office, said two weeks of searches were fruitless and reflected the widespread incredulity at Alvarenga's tale.
"It was probably something that was planned beforehand, something we had no knowledge of," Aragon said. "Our only duty was to carry out search and rescue operations."
Villermino Rodriguez, a young fishing boat owner in Costa Azul known as "Willie," described Alvarenga as a heavy set, quiet man. Alvarenga has said he worked for Willie.
Rodriguez said the two men set out despite warnings that day about heavy rains and high winds. He, too, wondered about the survival story.
"You can imagine a lot of things, but that is something he should explain," Rodriguez said. "There are things that don't match up. I knew him, but I have a lot of doubts."
Central America is a major transshipment route for U.S.-bound drugs, but there is no evidence traffickers would use such a small boat to try to make such a long journey.
Alvarenga did not appear badly sunburned, despite his account of spending such a long time adrift.
"It's hard for me to imagine someone surviving 13 months at sea," U.S. Ambassador Tom Armbruster said in Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, after speaking with Alvarenga. "But it's also hard to imagine how someone might arrive on Ebon out of the blue. Certainly this guy has had an ordeal, and has been at sea for some time."
Armbruster said the soft-spoken man complained of joint pain Monday and had a limp, but could walk. He had long hair and a beard, and rather than appearing emaciated he looked puffy in places, including around his ankles, the ambassador said. Otherwise, he added, Alvarenga seemed in reasonable health.
Armbruster, who speaks Spanish, said Alvarenga told him he was working for Willie, catching sharks for 25 pesos ($1.90) a pound, when a storm blew his 23-foot (7-meter) fiberglass boat off course.
"He talked about scooping up little fish that swam alongside the boat and eating them raw," Armbruster said. "He also said he ate birds and drank birds' blood."
Other elements of the story supported Alvarenga's account. Photos from the Marshall Islands published by Britain's Telegraph newspaper showed the boat he purportedly arrived in. It bore the hand-lettered name of a Chiapas fishing cooperative, Camaroneros de la Costa, that Alvarenga said he worked for. The photos also showed an enormous plastic cooler that Alvarenga purportedly used to shelter himself from the sun and sea.
No one answered calls to a phone number listed for the cooperative in Chiapas.
Alvarenga's story mirrors the apparent ordeal of three Mexican fishermen rescued by a trawler near the Marshall Islands after nine months at sea in 2006.
Despite many doubters, fishermen Lucio Rendon, Salvador Ordonez and Jesus Vidana stuck to their story, saying they left Mexico's Pacific port of San Blas on Oct. 28, 2005, and they were rescued Aug. 9, 2006, by a Taiwanese fishing ship 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) away.
The trio, who were also on a shark-fishing expedition in an open boat similar in size to Alvarenga's, said they survived by taking shelter from the sun under a blanket, eating raw fish and birds and drinking rain water and their urine.
Associated Press writer Marcos Aleman reported this story in Garita Palmera, El Salvador, and Nick Perry reported from Wellington, New Zealand. AP writers Rod McGuirk in Canberra, Australia, and Mark Stevenson in Mexico City contributed to this report.


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At this point, however, there is a clear consensus…. School libraries are a powerful force in the lives of America's children. The school library is one of the few factors whose contribution to academic achievement has been documented empirically, and it is a contribution that cannot be explained away by other powerful influences on student performance.
—Keith Curry Lance
Making the Case
Evidence continues to accumulate that supports what the library community has known for a long time: libraries benefit children and teens in a big way. From preschool through high school, both school library media programs and public libraries are crucial to the academic performance and development of the students who use them. | more
The Library Ecosystem at Work: A Message from the ALA President
I think of our school, public, academic, and other types of libraries as parts of an integrated library ecosystem. If one part of the system is threatened or suffers, the entire system is threatened and suffers. Libraries offer incredible lifelong learning opportunities, and yet no one type of library can deliver learning opportunities from cradle to grave. | more
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Add it Up: Libraries Make the Difference in Youth Education is a collaboration of many units within the American Library Association. They are available for further contact.
Primary Contacts
Office for Library Advocacy, American Library Association, Toll-free: 800.545.2433, x2428 Fax: 312.280.3255 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Office for Research and Statistics, American Library Association, Toll-free: 800.545.2433, x4283 Fax: 312.280.4392 E-mail: email@example.com
American Association of School Librarians, A division of the American Library Assn., Toll-free: 800.545.2433, x4382 Fax: 312.280.5276 E-mail: email@example.com
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The Young Adult Library Services Association, A division of the American Library Assn., Toll-free: 1-800-545-2433, x4390 Fax: 312-280-5276 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Peony Season, In All Its Glory: 5 Arrangement Ideas
At the flower shop where I work, every arrangement is made-to-order. Still, there are times when my own preferences influence the designs, like during last fall's "You are all getting nearly-black bouquets and I promise you will love it" phase. And then there are other times when the customers let me know in no uncertain terms, "We only care about peonies." It's peony season, y'all.
Peonies definitely play well with others, but on their own, they are spectacular. Whether you can 3 or 15 stems, a grouping of peonies will explode in a stunning fashion. But if you feel like mixing it up..
- For this first arrangement, the customer requested something bright, colorful, and young, with peonies. I combined hot-coral peonies, hot-pink anemones, bright-yellow ranunculus, and bright green viburnum in a matte black vase. The black helped ground the colors a bit, and made the black centers of the anemones pop.
- This second piece was for a customer who wanted something white/cream/green, with peonies, of course. Generally a grouping of just two flower types can look awkward, but I felt the cream peonies and green- & white-streaked double tulips combined perfectly. The double tulips are also explosive bloomers, so I knew they'd hold their own as the peonies opened dramatically.
- The third bouquet was a little hand-held posy - I took this photo before I wrapped and ribboned it. It is a petite grouping of coral peonies, orange, yellow, & peach ranunculus, and orange, yellow & pink garden roses. Definitely feminine and just a little wild.
- The fourth request was "pretty & bright with peonies". I made a long window box-style arrangement, filled with lots of pink peonies, yellow tulips, orange double tulips streaked with green, and fresh mint. I avoid using peonies with other scented flowers, but felt the bright, clean scent of the mint would set of their sweetness nicely.
- I'm going to need your help for this last little posy. There are palest-pink peonies, of course, and a cloud of white sweet peas, but I don't know the name of the firework-esque grass or the little showers of white flowers with a blush of pale pink. Any ideas?
Are you filling your house with as many peonies as you can afford? Do you like to add them to arrangements, or let them shine on their own?
• Peonies At Trader Joe's
• Good Question: Alternatives To Real Peonies?
• Keep It Simple: Single Flower Arrangements
• And my own hesitant Peonies: Could I Actually Be Starting To Like You?
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Hundreds gather for Heartland Walk for Warmth
Hundreds gather for Heartland Walk for Warmth
OMAHA, Neb. —
Hundreds of people gathered Saturday to help Omaha residents who can not afford to heat their homes.
"I think it's a great cause -- helping people who can't pay their heating bill, electric bill -- this is a good cause," Russ Iwan said.
Proceeds from the annual Heartland Walk For Warmth helps to cover utility bills for more than 4,000 households.
"In the Omaha metro area we've seen a 20 percent increase over the last several years in requests for heating assistance for the homes," Director of Communications Tracey Christensen said.
Anyone interested in donating can visit www.heartlandwalkforwarmth.org.


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Contractor rams boat into NC man's garage after dispute
Contractor rams boat into NC man's garage after dispute
Authorities say a disagreement between a man and a contractor has led the contractor to crash his boat into the man's home.
Police say they found the man's garage destroyed and a boat in the middle of the driveway of his south Charlotte home around 7 p.m. Saturday.
Investigators say the homeowner told them the boat belonged to the contractor who he hired to fix his garage earlier this year. The homeowner says the repairs weren't done right and he wanted his money back.
Neighbors say they saw a man hauling the boat driving recklessly around the neighborhood before backing the boat into the closed garage.
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The longstanding issue of whether to build a connector road will come before Tisbury voters again at a special town meeting next week, this time in three parts, but with the total price tag unknown.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Tisbury School. There are 12 articles on the warrant. Moderator Deborah Medders will preside.
The plan to build a bypass road connecting Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road with State Road has been discussed for decades and first formally came before the town in 2004, but has not yet passed muster with voters. The concept is to relieve traffic congestion on the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road. At the annual town meeting last spring a proposal to spend $1.3 million for the first phase of the project failed to gain a needed two-thirds majority. An identical request will be back in front of voters Tuesday night. It calls for the town to borrow $1.3 million to build a connector road between Edgartown-Vineyard Haven and Holmes Hole Roads.
A second article seeks approval to use Chapter 90 money to build two other legs which would allow the road to exit at Evelyn Way and High Point Lane. Chapter 90 aid is allocated to towns in the commonwealth to maintain roadways An estimated dollar amount has not yet been set for the cost of building the additional roads.
A third article that relates to the connector road project would allow the town to buy or take by eminent domain a portion of land on Evelyn Way, Olga Road and Lyle Lane in Tisbury. No dollar amount is included in the article.
The finance committee recommends approval of the articles; the town selectmen have not taken a formal position on the project.
In other business on the warrant, the Tisbury selectmen are seeking approval for their plan to buy a parcel of land at 14 Pine street. The property is about four acres and backs up to the Emergency Services Facility on Spring street, where there is a leaching facility. It also abuts the superintendent's building. The price tag for the purchase is not specified.
Selectman Tristan Israel said the board had decided to pursue the purchase because it is a rare opportunity for the town to own land close to the heart of Tisbury.
"There are no overt plans to do anything there," Mr. Israel said. The property has a house on it, and Mr. Israel said the tract of land is large enough that multiple possibilities for future projects exist, including elder housing or additional school facilities. On the other side of the property spectrum, voters will be asked to rescind a 2008 special town meeting borrowing article for a solid waste refuse facility, since the facility was never built.
Voters will also be asked to:
• Increase the borrowing authorization by $260,000 to pay for a new leaching facility;
• Approve $36,544 for architectural design fees for a new superintendent's building;
• Spend $305,000 to fund the repair and replacement of the Tisbury School roof;
• Appropriate $20,000 from the town waterways fund to design and build two pump-out facilities at Owen Park and the Lake street landing.


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Diversity is a key part of the city's past,
present, and future. Nashville is a model of the
American "melting pot" with a deep African
American history, an active Native American
population, thriving Hispanic community, and
a growing Middle Eastern and Asian presence.
Different cultures, religions, ideas, and customs
come together harmoniously in Music City.
African Street Festival
Each September, the African Street Festival celebrates the sounds of Africa. This free three-day event offers daily stage shows featuring poetry, rap, reggae, blues, jazz, gospel, R&B, and drama. During the festival, there are over 150 vendors from around the country selling Afrocentric wares from ankhs to zebra skin fabrics.
Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival
In a city where one in six residents is foreign-born, the Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival is a celebration and reminder of what makes Nashville a unique and diverse city. This international festival takes place at Centennial Park featuring food, art, and fun, which draws representatives from more than 50 cultures showcasing the diversity of Middle Tennessee each October. Activities include music, dance, an international food court, and an international market.
Jefferson Street Jazz & Blues Festival
Each June, Jefferson Street keeps the music tradition alive with its annual Jazz & Blues Festival. This festival is a full day of music and great food. From the 1940s through the early 60s, Jefferson Street was one of America's best-known districts for jazz, blues, and R&B. Famous African- American musicians like Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, and Memphis Slim played repeatedly in the many clubs.
NAIA Pow Wow
The NAIA Pow Wow brings together Native Americans from across the nation and Canada. Held at Long Hunter State Park in October during Tennessee Native American Indian Month, the festival includes competitive dancing, storytelling, demonstrations, fine art displays, and food booths with traditional dishes from different tribes. Billed as the largest Pow Wow east of the Mississippi River, the festival serves as a reunion of family and friends, as well as a celebration of culture still nurtured by the 19,500 Indians who call Tennessee home today.
Nashville Greek Festival
In September, experience Greek culture with dance, music, and food at the annual Greek Festival at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Tours of the cathedral with its Byzantine-style sanctuary and hand-painted iconography are included with the admission cost.
The American Negro Playwright Theatre
The American Negro Playwright Theatre (ANPT) is a local theatre company housed at Tennessee State University's Thomas Edward Poag Auditorium. Students perform various roles, including acting in major productions, and also have an opportunity to work with professionals in the area of theatre. ANPT aims to bridge theatre arts and the community, inviting anyone to witness the black experience, regardless of their own race or family background. These plays are drawn from the experiences of black Americans and are intended to dissipate stereotypes and promote cultural diversity.
Andrew Jackson's Hermitage: Home of the People's President
Born a slave on The Hermitage plantation and known simply as Alfred, this now legendary man assisted with the horses and maintained the wagons and the farm equipment. After emancipation, he chose to remain on the plantation as a tenant farmer and lived at The Hermitage longer than anyone else, white or black. Additionally, when The Hermitage was opened to the public as a presidential home, Alfred was the first tour guide telling visitors authentic stories about President Andrew Jackson. When Alfred died in 1901, his funeral was held in the center hall of the mansion, and he was buried in the family garden next to the President himself. Alfred was the only non-family member buried in Rachel's garden.
Belle Meade Plantation
This historic venue showcases the 1853 Greek revival mansion and seven outbuildings including the colossal Carriage House and stables housing an antique carriage collection. Experience the stories of enslaved African Americans who helped build and maintain the world-famous thoroughbred plantation in the 19th century. One hundred years of history come to life as costumed guides tell stories of life at Belle Meade.
Civil Rights Room
The Civil Rights Room is located in the Downtown Public Library. The collection of materials documents Nashville's contributions to the Civil Rights Movement and the room features a replica lunch counter with timelines of local and national events in the Civil Rights Movement.
The nationally-historic Nashville sit-ins of the 1960s were the inspiration for the special collection. Large format photographs of those sit-ins form the backdrop of the room. In the center of the room resides a circular lunch counter surrounded by stools designed to replicate the settings of many nonviolent demonstrations led by students from local universities that began in Nashville on February 13, 1960.
Additionally, the Nashville Public Library continues to grow its Civil Rights Oral History collection. Seeking to collect the oral histories of participants and witnesses of the student sit-ins in Nashville, the library has collected 129 interviews to date.
Fisk University
Founded by the American Missionary Association and the Western Freedman's Aid Commission, Fisk University began in 1866 as the Fisk School, a free school for blacks in Nashville. Jubilee Hall, completed in 1875, was the first permanent building erected for the higher education of African Americans in the United States, and is now a National Historical Landmark. Money for its construction was raised by the Jubilee Singers whose worldwide singing tours brought them international acclaim. Additionally, the Little Theatre, built in 1860, is the oldest structure on the campus of Fisk University. Erected as part of the Union Army Hospital barracks during the Civil War, it was readapted for use as the campus theatre in 1935.
Fort Negley
Fort Negley was the largest and most important fortification built by Union troops occupying Nashville during the Civil War. Built in 1862 on St. Cloud Hill, the complex fort was designed with European features. Using a partial star-shape design, the unique layout of the fort allowed crossfire against the Confederate Army.
Intent on keeping control of Nashville because of its important transportation means with river and rail, the Union Army constructed the 180,000-square-foot fort covering four acres. Two thousand African- American workers, some slaves and some free blacks, built the fort for the Union Army in preparations for the Battle of Nashville. Approximately 800 people died while building the fort, and many more African- American soldiers died during the Battle of Nashville. Because the Union Army would not supply weapons to the black soldiers or slaves, they were forced to protect themselves with shovels and picks.
The fort fell into disrepair after the war but was restored in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration only to deteriorate again. Because of its rich Civil War history, the fort was again renovated and reopened to the public in 2004 and the Fort Negley Visitor Center opened in 2007. Fort Negley is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hadley Park
Established in 1912, Hadley Park is thought to be the first public park for African-American citizens in the United States. The 34-acre park stands on part of the antebellum plantation of John L. Hadley, a white slave-owner committed to helping post-Civil War freed men and women adjust to their new status. At Hadley's invitation, Frederick Douglass spoke to former slaves in 1873 from the porch of the Hadley house, which stood in the park until 1948. Tennessee State University stands on another portion of the Hadley land. Today, Hadley Park also offers baseball fields, tennis courts, picnic shelters, a playground, and summer concerts. The park is located at the intersection of 28th Avenue North and Centennial Boulevard.
Hubbard House
George W. Hubbard, a professor in local African-American schools after the Civil War, built a house in 1920 when he retired as president of Meharry Medical College. The house, designed by Moses McKissack III, is a four-square Colonial Revival-style structure and is the last vestige of the original Meharry campus. Now on the property of the Seay-Hubbard United Methodist Church, the house is listed on the National Register of Historic Homes.
Jefferson Street
From the 1930s through the early 1960s, Jefferson Street was one of America's bestknown districts of jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues. Famous African-American musicians played regularly in the many clubs: Club Baron, Del Morocco, and the New Era Club. Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, B.B. King, Ike and Tina Turner, and Memphis Slim performed here regularly. Etta James recorded a live album, Etta James Rocks the House, at The New Era Club. Nashville artists, many with hit records, made the district their home.
Show business headliners stopped in Nashville to try their acts. The Silver Streak, the great off-Jefferson Street ballroom, booked such big names as Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Members of the old Negro Baseball League and recording artists such as Ruth Brown, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald stayed at Brown's Hotel and played the famous Blue Room at Del Morocco, owned by "Uncle" Teddy Acklen.
In 1994, a group of concerned citizens — homeowners, business owners, longtime residents and developers with new construction in mind — met to create a framework for advancing Jefferson Street.
The result of their vision of progress was the Jefferson Street United Merchants Partnership (JUMP), a non-profit organization whose mission is "To develop, foster, and promote cooperative economic development through revitalization, acquisition, education, and public safety programs in North Nashville." A great way to explore Jefferson Street is through the Jefferson St. Sunset Walking Tour, offered by United Street Tours. Visit www.unitedstreettours.com to learn more.
Mount Ararat Cemetery
Founded in 1869, Mount Ararat Cemetery was Nashville's first African- American cemetery. The cemetery, acquired in 1982 by Greenwood Cemetery, has been restored and renamed Greenwood Cemetery West. One of the many leaders buried there is Dr. Robert Fulton Boyd. Boyd was an African-American physician and graduate of Meharry Medical College who helped found the National Baptist Association, a national association for black physicians.
National Museum of African American Music
The National Museum of African American Music, opening in 2018, will stand as an international iconic cultural museum dedicated to the vast contributions African Americans have made in music. As the only museum in the nation with a dedicated focus on all dimensions of the contributions African Americans have made to American music, NMAAM will encompass musical distinctions that reinforce the impact of African Americans across the country and around the world.
William Edmondson at Cheekwood
Born in Davidson County around 1883 to former slave parents, William Edmondson worked as a railroad and hospital laborer until 1931, when he began to produce primitive limestone carvings. A deeply religious man, Edmondson believed that he was called by God to carve stones. Without formal training, he first began carving simple tombstones and later primitive animals, angels, Biblical characters, and even celebrities such as Eleanor Roosevelt. Famed photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe's images of Edmondson's works for Harper's Bazaar led to a 1937 exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Edmondson was the first African-American artist to be honored with a one-man exhibit at the museum. Much of Edmondson's works are part of Cheekwood's permanent art collection.
African Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School Union is an African American-owned publishing
500 8th Avenue South
American Baptist College was founded by the Southern Baptist Convention in 1924 for the development of African- American pastors.
1800 Baptist World Center Drive
Baptist World Center is headquarters for the National Baptist Convention of the United States of America.
1700 World Baptist Center Drive
The Cupcake Collection is located in the heart of Historic Germantown. The Cupcake Collection features made-from-scratch daily cupcakes and icings, at only $1.50 each.
1213 6th Avenue North
Fisk Jubilee Singers were the first world-touring musical group and the first representatives of Nashville as Music City. They were among the inaugural inductees in the Music City Walk of Fame in 2006.
Fisk Jubilee Relations Institute was organized in 1942 to analyze the reasons for division among races, ethnicity, and religion.
Fisk University's Aaron Douglas Gallery was established in 1994 in honor of the famed Harlem Renaissance artist and former Fisk art professor Aaron Douglas. The gallery features works from the permanent collection as well as art works by faculty, students, and leading contemporary artists.
1000 17th Avenue North
Garden Brunch Cafe is one of Nashville's premier brunch venues that has an upscale and comfortable atmosphere. Enjoy original cuisine, artwork, and ambiance. On occasion, Garden Brunch Cafe will entertain you with spoken-word or jazz inspired nights.
924 Jefferson Street
The Grand Ole Opry has been on the air for more than 90 years. Charley Pride got his start in Nashville on the stage of the Opry. Other inductees include DeFord Bailey and Darius Rucker.
2802 Opryland Drive
Greenwood Cemetery was established in 1888 by Preston Taylor, one of the founders of Citizens Bank. Outstanding Nashvillians buried in the cemetery include three of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers, DeFord Bailey (the first black Grand Ole Opry performer), civil rights leader Kelly Miller Smith, famed evangelist Marshall Keeble, and others.
Harper's Restaurant serves mouth-watering Southern food and is owned by Paul and Senator Thelma Harper, prominent Nashvillians and community leaders.
2610 Jefferson Street
Mary's Old-Fashioned Bar-B-Que is a Nashville tradition for mouth-watering ribs.
1108 Jefferson Street
Meharry Medical College at one time was responsible for graduating more than 50 percent of African-American health care professionals in the U.S.
1005 D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard
Nashville Multicultural Chambers/Organizations include:
- Jefferson United
Merchants Partnership
1215 9th Avenue North
- Nashville Area Chamber of
211 Commerce Street, Suite 100
- Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of
P.O. Box 40541
- Nashville Black Chamber of
4322 Harding Pike, Suite 100
1308 Jefferson Street
- Tennessee Chinese Chamber of
1801 West End Avenue, Suite 1150
- Tennessee Christian Chamber of
5543 Edmondson Pike, Suite 208
- Tennessee Latin American Chamber
of Commerce
9003 Overlook Boulevard
- Urban League of Middle Tennessee
2214 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard, Suite 100
Nashville Public Library offers a permanent exhibit in the Civil
Rights Room, which captures the drama of
the 1960s when non-violent demonstrations
in Nashville sparked the Civil Rights
615 Church Street
R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp. is one of the oldest minority-owned publishing companies in the country, celebrating 120 years.
6717 Centennial Boulevard
Swett's Restaurant is the oldest minority-owned restaurant in Nashville, serving unforgettable meals since 1954.
2725 Clifton Avenue
Ted Rhodes Golf Course was named for the first African-American Nashville native to ever play in a PGA event.
1901 Ed Temple Boulevard
Tennessee State University, founded in 1912, has produced more Olympic gold medalists than any other university in the United States. This historically African-American school is the alma mater of Olympic champion Wilma Rudolph and Oprah Winfrey.
3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard
The African American Guide to Nashville can be accessed online, please visit taagtn.net for additional information.


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The housing industry may be in a slump in parts of the country, but in and around Sacramento, California, one type of housing is selling at twice the rate of its competitors—the SolarSmart Home. These solar-powered, super-energy-efficient new homes are the brainchild and brand of the local Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). To earn the SolarSmart designation, home builders must install a checklist of cost-effective energy efficiency upgrades, combined with solar generation. Started in 2007, the brand is meeting with surprising acceptance from local builders. With agreements to build 1,900 homes so far, SolarSmart homes will constitute about 35%—and maybe more—of all new homes built in SMUD territory in 2008. "If we had gotten 15% of new homes [to meet SolarSmart qualifications], we would have felt great," says Wade Hughes, SMUD's SolarSmart new- homes program manager, "but we are doubling that. Now we think 60% of new homes might be a better goal." Hughes attributes his program's success to its ease—just 12 required measures (see Table 1). He says builders prefer a prescriptive approach with simple instructions, rather than messing around trying to meet an energy savings target. Simple as these qualifications ...
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Rider4Z wrote:Radical_Yue wrote:Even then with Oto's video, unless a movie and tv series are considered to be the same thing, he used two different sources.
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U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan's Congressional Archives To Be Housed In UND Special Collections
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U.S. Sen. Bryon Dorgan and UND President Robert Kelley share a moment after signing an agreement on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, in Washington, D.C.
The University of North Dakota will become the official repository of The Byron L. Dorgan Papers, a significant portion of all records documenting the longtime North Dakota Senator's national public service, as a result of a signing Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, between Sen. Dorgan and UND President Robert Kelley in Washington, D.C.
Sen. Dorgan and President Kelley signed an agreement that announces the Senator's "full and complete intention" to transfer writing and documents, from his 12 years (1981-1992) in the U.S. House of Representatives and 18 years (1992-2011) in the U.S. Senate, to UND's Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections in the Chester Fritz Library.
The signing took place in Sen. Dorgan's office in the Hart Senate Office Building.
Subject to terms of a deposit agreement that will be negotiated by UND and the Senator, the Byron L. Dorgan Papers will be made available for public inspection, including use for scholarly, historical and archival purposes.
"We are deeply honored that the University of North Dakota, through the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections in the Chester Fritz Library, will one day become the repository of Sen. Dorgan's Congressional papers, notes and writings," said UND President Robert Kelley. "We are very proud to claim Sen. Dorgan as one of our esteemed alumni, whose legacy of service to his alma mater, state and nation over 30 years, is nothing short of legendary. In the future, The Byron L. Dorgan Papers will rest alongside the writings of other North Dakota political giants, including Quentin Burdick, Usher Burdick, William Langer, Milton Young and William Lemke, for the benefit of public understanding and discourse."
The Byron L. Dorgan Papers also will join other important historical archives of local, national and international significance in the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. The department already is home to the papers of famed American military commander Gen. George S. Patton, and renowned North Dakota poet Thomas McGrath and playwright Maxwell Anderson.
"Senator Byron Dorgan has been an important part of the national political landscape since joining the United States House of Representatives in 1981. This has continued since joining the United States Senate," said Curt Hanson, head of UND Special Collections. "He has always been a great servant for North Dakota, and the Department of Special Collections is honored to archive his service.
"The Senator's papers are a welcome and valuable addition to the many historical materials housed in Special Collections. Byron Dorgan's papers help to cement our standing as a preeminent archive in regard to North Dakota political history."
Sen. Dorgan, over the years, repeatedly has spoken fondly of his long association with UND, dating back to his years as an undergraduate when he stepped onto campus for the first time. He came from Regent, N.D., in the southwestern part of the state, with a high school graduating class that had fewer people than the number of students in one classroom at UND.
Sen. Dorgan graduated from UND in 1965, before going on to an illustrious 41-year public service career at the state and national level.
In 2002, the Senator was invited back to UND to receive an honorary Doctor of Letters Degree. It was then that he addressed other UND graduates, telling them that he was living proof that anything is possible if you think big enough.
"UND is a wonderful institution, and I treasured the time I spent [there]," he said, at the time, "It's been an honor and a privilege to stay so closely involved with the University since my graduation many years ago."
The agreement for UND to eventually house The Byron L. Dorgan Papers is the start of another chapter of the Senator's longstanding relationship with the University.
"As a UND graduate, I am enormously proud and grateful that this University has chosen to archive the 30 years of Congressional records and materials from my U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate offices," said U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan. "Today marks the official start of that process as I work to close down my Senate offices in Washington, D.C., and in North Dakota in the coming two weeks. I'm thankful to the people of North Dakota for giving me the opportunity to serve them.
"Archiving the materials from my Congressional service will offer students and the general public the opportunity to have access to the papers, records and materials that reflect my 30 years of service in the United States Congress. I am proud that UND is interested in archiving these materials."
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Sen. Dorgan became North Dakota's youngest-ever constitutional officer, at age 26, when he was appointed State Tax Commissioner in 1969. He is well-known for his advocacy on behalf of family farmers, seniors, veterans, American Indians and small businesses.
His Red River Valley Research Corridor initiative has created thousands of jobs in the state and has had a $1 billion impact on the region. The tremendous success of the Research Corridor has helped to curb outmigration and has contributed greatly to North Dakota's economic prosperity.
Currently, Senator Dorgan holds many influential positions in the U.S. Senate. He serves as Chairman of the Senate's Democratic Policy Committee; Committee on Indian Affairs; Energy and Water Development Subcommittee; and Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety and Security. He is a senior member of the full Appropriations, Commerce and Energy Committees.
Senator Dorgan's rural upbringing is something he's very proud of. He grew up in the small southwestern North Dakota community of Regent, where his family worked in the farm equipment and petroleum business and raised cattle and horses.
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ARM microprocessor cores will power new wireless products, helping HuaWei to drive business growth in dynamic new markets
SHENZHEN, CHINA AND CAMBRIDGE, UK–July 19, 2004 – HuaWei Technologies and ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)] today announced a major licensing agreement for ARM7™ and ARM9™ family microprocessors. HuaWei, a fast-growing networking and wireless solutions provider, will launch a range of new wireless products based on the ARM® architecture in 2006. The company's existing strength in mobility ideally positions it to target the WCDMA wireless market with the ARM Powered® solutions.
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HuaWei has licensed the ARM7TDMI® microprocessor core and the ARM926EJ™ Prime Starter Kit – which includes the ARM926EJ microprocessor core, the ARM926EJ PrimeXsys® Platform and the Embedded Trace Macrocell™ module. The ARM926EJ Prime Starter Kit provides HuaWei with methodology and hardware for verification and system integration – and a platform for accelerating new designs to market.
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Huawei focuses on such areas as WCDMA, CDMA2000, NGN, xDSL and data communications. Currently Huawei has 22,000 employees and sales in 2003 reached 3.83 billion US dollars. More information on Huawei is available at http://www.huawei.com
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Hansen was rewarded for a solid sophomore campaign with All-Big West honorable mention recognition...Upped her per-game scoring average to 9.0 points...Was the Big West leader in three-point field goal percentage at .425...Interestingly, that figure was higher than her overall shooting percentage of .369...Assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.59 was also tops in the league...One of only two Gauchos and six BWC players to tally more than 100 assists...Ranked sixth in the Big West in assists at 3.74 per game...one of only two Gauchos and six BWC players to tally more than 100 assists...Assist per game average of 3.74 ranked sixth in the Big West...Shattered previous career high with 26-point performance against NCAA Tourney participant Virginia on Dec. 28...made a career best six three pointers against the Cavaliers ...23-point effort came at Stephen F. Austin, due in large part to a five-for-five performance from behind the arc which tied a school record...Shot a perfect 1.000 from behind the arc on two other occasions...Also cracked the Big West top-10 list in steals, tying Katye Christensen for 10th with 1.45 swipes per contest.
Jess Hansen finished her first season as a Gaucho averaging 6.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game...She played in all 34 games, starting two of them and averaged 19.3 minutes per game...Scored in double figures eight times during the season, including a career-high 19 points against Long Beach State at the Thunderdome...Hansen led the Gauchos with a 43.6% three-point percentage...Connected on 44 three-pointers, the second most on the team...Made a career-high four 3-pointers against Boise State at the Thunderdome...Made a 3-pointer in 24 games and two or more threes in 13 games...Had a career-best four assists against Cal State Fullerton at the T-Dome...Shot 64.5% from the free throw line...Made a career-high eight free throws in eight attempts against Long Beach State at home...Her five field goals at New Mexico State were also a career-best...Fouled out of one game as a freshman.
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Jess Hansen came to UCSB from national power Oregon City High School...Helped guide the Pioneers to three consecutive Three Rivers League Championships, including two Oregon State titles and the 1996-97 National Championship...Played both point and shooting guard for Carl Tinsley and Brad Smith...Was named First Team All-State and All-League following her senior year, and was also named to the State Tournament's First Team after setting a record for most assists (32)...Averaged 22 points, 6.5 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 2.8 steals as a senior...Set a Three Rivers League record for most three-pointers in a career...Had a high school GPA of 4.0...Would like to one day be a high school teacher and basketball coach.
Jessica Frank-Hansen was born August 25, 1981 in Anaheim, CA...Majoring in religious studies at UCSB...Loves watching movies and lists her favorites as "A Few Good Men", "Braveheart" and "Simon Birch"...Is a fan of the Denver Broncos and Phoenix Suns...Enjoys listening to country music, especially Garth Brooks and the Dixie Chicks...The Daughter of John and Bodil Hansen.
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For diehard Gaucho fans, is any further description really necessary? For the uninitiated, here's how the most dramatic shot in UCSB women's basketball history went down on March, 15, 2002. With 8.9 seconds to play and her fifth-seeded team holding a 56-55 lead in an NCAA Tournament First Round game in Austin, Texas, junior forward Cheryl Ford of Louisiana Tech went to the free throw line to shoot a 1+1 after being intentionally fouled by UCSB's Lindsay Taylor. Ford's first attempt drew iron and the rebound was corralled by Taylor, who immediately handed the ball of to Jess Hansen. The guard from Oregon City, Ore., drove along the right sideline and - after stutter-stepping near the three-point stripe - buried an off-balance 17-footer over three Lady Techster defenders with 1.1 ticks remaining on the Frank Erwin Center clock. Pandemonium ensued on the Gaucho bench, and when Taylor batted down La Tech's inbounds pass, Santa Barbara was ensured of its fourth-ever NCAA second round appearance, the first since 1998.
Three is Her Magic Number
Hansen's improbable game-winner against La Tech actually came from a spot on the floor a bit closer than where she prefers shooting. For third straight season, the two-time All-Big West honoree connected on more three-point attempts than baskets from within the arc. Hansen also displayed greater accuracy on long bombs, connecting on 39.7% of her "treys" to rank second in the Big West compared to 37.5% overall. She padded her school-record career three-point field goal percentage during a six-game stretch culminating with the Big West Tournament opener during which she sunk 20-of-38 trifectas (52.6%). Hansen buried four shots from behind the arc in four of those contests, and enjoyed a similarly successful streak early in non-conference play when she racked up at least two three-pointers in five straight games.
Leaving Her Mark
Jess Hansen may only have one year of her storied Gaucho career remaining, but the records section of this media guide will ensure that she is not forgotten any time soon. In addition to being the most accurate three-point shooter in UCSB history at 41.7%, the Danish Dynamo has the third-most baskets (148) and attempts (355) from downtown of any Gaucho. Her increased role running the offense in 2001-02 allowed Hansen to break onto Santa Barbara's career assist leaderboard as well, ranking ninth with 274 helpers during her three years of wearing the Blue and Gold. Finally, the senior guard has shown she is as comfortable shooting the rock unabated as she is with a trio of opponents in her face, burying her free throws at a .762 clip that is seventh-best in school history.


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Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner / the Hulk): "[Working with Whedon] was amazing. He's such a great collaborator. He knows this genre so well. He's so expansive in his understanding of a very, very complex story. We worked very closely on this version of Bruce Banner, and it was just -- I just love the guy. Had a great time with him. He's so smart. He's hilarious. He's got a great sense of humor. He writes in his completely own style. And he balances humor and action and real drama and mythology -- he's perfect for this." (Marvel; Getty Images)Link
Cobie Smulders (S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill): "Joss is such a comedy fan, and he's so good at doing that, so it was nice to see that he infused comedy throughout the film.... I have been jealous of ["How I Met Your Mother"] costars Alyson [Hannigan], of Alexis [Denisof], of all of his crew for a long time. And I've been friends with him for a while.... I was so excited that I got to work with him on it.... I was quite nervous, and I was very grateful and extremely happy to have him there and in my corner. He was very kind to me and very much put me at ease, and he was great. He's a genius. He pulled it off. This must have been the hardest movie to ever make, and he did it." (Marvel; Getty Images)Link
Samuel L. Jackson (S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury): "I really enjoyed being with Joss and talking with him before this even started, because Joss has this relationship with comics that I think I have with them. He's always read 'em. And he understands the genre and how it works from the inside, and how these guys talk, and what the relationships between superheroes would be if they had relationships. And how each one would test the other in a certain way to find out who's stronger, who's better, who's this, who's that. He used me as the sort of glue to bring these guys together for one common cause, to make them understand that yeah, you're all great individually, but think of how much greater you'd be as a unit." (Marvel; Getty Images)Link
Chris Hemsworth (Thor): "Joss wrote the story as well as directed, so he had a very descriptive version of why things were written the way they were.... His through-line was educated because he put it to paper." (Marvel; Getty Images)Link
Tom Hiddleston (Loki): "The thing about Joss is he happens to have done 'Buffy' and 'Angel' and 'Firefly' and 'Serenity' and all of those kind of what would be called genre stuff. But he's a Shakespearean, like he's a closet Shakespeare geek. The first time I ever met Joss, he came to see me in London in a production of 'Othello' on stage. So the reason that I'm in this film is because he saw me doing Shakespeare." (Marvel; Getty Images)Link
Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man): "Joss Whedon has really taken us to new depths of discovery for our characters. There are new things in the air and they each feel more real. The guy's my hero. He should be yours." (Marvel; Getty Images)Link
"The Avengers" are expanding their global itinerary — Joss Whedon's anticipated sequel "Avengers: Age of Ultron" will shoot key scenes in South Korea, Marvel announced Tuesday.
The film shoot will be based in London at the country's venerable Pinewood-Shepperton facility, the same sound stages that played host to Marvel's recent hit "Thor: The Dark World." But the international production schedule for "Avengers: Age of Ultron" also will include stops in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Aosta Valley, Italy, with additional locations to be announced.
Whedon's follow-up to his $1-billion-plus 2012 hit, "The Avengers," will see the iconic team of heroes gather once more to battle the villainous Ultron (James Spader). (Click through the gallery above for a look at what Robert Downey Jr. and other members of the "Avengers" cast had to say about working with Whedon.)
It's unclear how closely the film will tie to the "Age of Ultron" story in Marvel Comics, or whether Ant-Man (the protagonist in another upcoming Marvel film, directed by Edgar Wright) will be part of the film. In the comics, Ultron is an insane, sentient robot that tries to destroy its creator, Dr. Henry Pym, the original Ant-Man.
Joining the cast for the "Avengers" sequel are Aaron Taylor-Johnson ("Godzilla," "Kick Ass 2") as Quicksilver and Elizabeth Olsen ("Godzilla") as Scarlet Witch.
Meanwhile, one of the lead Avengers, Chris Evans' Steve Rogers, will be back on the screen in a matter of weeks in the upcoming "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," due in theaters April 4.
Marvel also is set to unveil the first official trailer for its Aug. 1 release "Guardians of the Galaxy" on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday.
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Today was windy, overcast, and intermittently drizzly, so we went to Port-la-Joye/Fort Amherst to admire the hawthorns and the earthwork ruins.
The remains of the fort strongly resemble golf course obstacles, especially since Parks Canada keeps them mowed.
There were also pretty woodland and meadow plants in abundance to complement the hawthorn spikiness, and I am completely satisfied with the trip. These berries are the fruits of lilies, and are a startling dark greyblue!
And the remnants of this year's
Queen Anne's Lace yarrow are everywhere.
It is a perfect cool afternoon for settling in outside with warm woollen knitting, so I am planning some quality time with Macausland 2-ply Medium project #2. I'm not ready to show it off to anyone yet, but look at the colour—it's a warm grey-brown that changes with the light. The woollen-spun yarn is reasonably smooth in the hank, but it bursts into bloom with blocking and creates fabric that's thick and supple and light and warm. Perfect.


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By Lindsey Morrison
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
She has two Big 12 Championship titles, three first place finishes at an NCAA regional, two Super Six appearances, a Big 12 Gymnast of the Year accolade, the Big 12 All-Around title for 2013 and finished last season ranked No. 1 on the beam. But amongst all the awards and achievements, one thing is still missing for Taylor Spears: a team national championship title.
"I'm really excited about being a senior leader on this team and being a part of more OU gymnastics history," senior Spears said. "The four years I've been here, we've been working towards that national title and we've gotten really close twice. I think this team can do it."
Spears hails from Plano, Texas and the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy where Olympic gold medalists like Nastia Liukin and Carly Patterson learned their craft. She began gymnastics at age three and knew right away she had a gift.
"Gymnastics came really naturally to me when I was young," she said. "I loved doing it and it's always been my passion."
When it came time to figure out her future, Spears knew that collegiate gymnastics was the right path for her.
"I watched college gymnastics on TV and I saw how much fun it was," she said. "I wanted to take that path and get my school paid for."
Though powerhouse gymnastics schools such as Alabama, Florida and LSU recruited her, Spears took one visit to Oklahoma and knew it was the place she'd spend the next four years.
"It was the first visit and only visit I took," she said. "I fell in love with it right off the bat."
Since joining the Sooners in 2011, Spears has become someone the entire team looks up to as a leader.
"Taylor is a great leader for the team," senior Hayden Ward said. "She has a ton of experience and I know everyone on the team looks up to her. We know she's going to deliver every time she gets out on the floor and we couldn't ask for more."
As a freshman, Spears competed on bars, beam and floor, scoring highs of 9.9, 9.9 and 9.875 respectively. Results like these earned her three Big 12 Newcomer of the Week accolades along with an All-Big 12 nod on beam.
Even though she has numerous individual awards, Spears isn't focused on herself. Instead, she wants the team as a whole to succeed.
"Those are just individual titles," Spears said. "They're great, but ultimately it's a team sport and I want to win a national championship as a team."
Though the talent and performances come from Spears' natural ability, her routines come from the mind of Oklahoma Women's Gymnastics Head Coach, KJ Kindler.
"KJ is an amazing beam coach," Spears said. "She comes up with strategic and clever assignments."
Besides teaching her beam skills and routines, Kindler also taught Spears how to embrace her skills.
"She taught me how to be confident on beam," she said. "She works on every little detail and every detail is extremely important especially when competing. She puts you up in pressure situations even in the gym and it helps you out a lot."
Though beam is one of her strongest events, Spears spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons competing in the all-around competition. As a junior, she was the only gymnast in the nation to win the all-around title at both a conference and regional championship.
"It's very unique because very often you'll find, we don't have many all-around competitors," Kindler said. "We use them sparingly because it's important to make it through the entire season and you have to be smart about the choices you make.
"For us to have an all-around competitor that was at that level was huge. I don't think in my 8 years here we've had someone that was ranking that high in the all-around. It was huge for her and was an amazing year."
Kindler also hopes that Taylor and this year's team can end the season with a first-place finish at the NCAA Championships.
"What I want for Taylor and for our whole senior squad is to have an amazing experience and an amazing year and have the opportunity to win it all," she said. "If you have that opportunity, all you can do is put your most into it and see what happens. I want her to have that opportunity."
January 10 marked Spears' last home opener as an OU gymnast. Competing against No. 8 Georgia, the team posted a victory with a history-making season-opener score of 197.700, a score that would have easily won last year's NCAA Championship."I'm going to miss the girls, coaches and competing," she said. "I'm really proud of the growth of the program and am going to miss being part of this wonderful gym family."


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Tallevast industrial buildings could become a staging ground for marijuana production or distribution if Florida voters approve medicinal uses of the plant in November.
But Cannabis-Rx, which paid $1.26 million in April for a trio of former Wellcraft marine buildings north of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, isn't banking on it.
While the Scottsdale, Arizona-based publicly traded company has been positioning itself to capitalize on potential changes to state law, it sees the buildings at 7150 Old U.S. 301 primarily as warehouses in need of renovation.
"First and foremost, we are a real estate company," Llorn Kylo, Cannabis-Rx's chief executive, said this week during a tour of the buildings, on which his company is investing nearly $3 million.
"We love this building for the economics of the real estate play," Kylo said. "We feel very comfortable that when we are done with the property, given what we bought it for and what we put into it, that we can sell it for a gain."
Cannabis-Rx's goal is to receive at least a 20 to 25 percent yield on its investment. SaraBay Real Estate's Rob Wilhoit has listed the building for sale at $5.25 million. He said he expects the buildings to sell even before renovations are completed in August.
"I am getting a lot of calls on it, and it is not even on the open market yet," Wilhoit said. "There is no other property in Manatee County like it. It is going to be like brand new. The contractor is doing a great job."
Cannabis-Rx's plans come as the region's industrial real estate market is surging, prompting developers to push ahead with new projects even without committed tenants.
"The returns are so good for Llorn on these buildings that they do better by selling them," said Wilhoit, who doubts a marijuana grower will end up in the complex.
"I am not sure a grower would be well received by the county," he said.
If it doesn't sell, Cannabis-Rx intends to lease the space, Kylo said.
Licensed marijuana-growing companies could be among the tenants, however. Other businesses that require abundant open space and electrical power, as well as hoists that can carry two tons each, will be interested.
If marijuana is grown there, the old Wellcraft plant would be among North America's largest grow operations.
In April, following the acquisition, Kylo said he believed the buildings would "serve as an ideal location for a licensed grow facility and/or distribution center."
For now, though, Cannabis-Rx — formed in January when Longview Real Estate changed its name — is focused on renovations that include new siding, roofing, insulation, lighting, paving and landscaping.
The buildings also will be enveloped with concrete block and stucco to enhance curb appeal.
"We are thrilled," Kylo said while reviewing the project. "It was pretty dilapidated and now it has come a long way."
Solomon Construction plans to complete the work in three months.
Both Kylo and Jose Hidalgo, whose company led Cannabis-Rx to the Manatee County property, appeared to back away from the marijuana connection during the tour.
"We don't touch the product or have any interest in the day-to-day," Kylo said. "We are a real estate company that would look at renting our asset to a licensed cannabis operator."
"To the extent that a grower, a dispensary, would want to be here, that is their business," said Hidalgo, who lives in Coral Gables. "It is up to them. We would not be involved with that."
Still, Kylo doesn't want to distance himself too much.
"We're not only willing to provide these licensed (marijuana) operators with the building, but we can provide them with financing, if needed. Or we can provide them with consulting, how to set up their operation," he said. "We are providing a full prescription of how to be successful.
"But we are also looking for distressed assets that we can rehabilitate and sell."
In all, Cannabis-Rx has 37 properties in Washington, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Four of those states have legalized or decrimnalized marijuana. Of those, it is illegal in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
"I am not here to weigh in on what will or won't happen," Kylo said of the state's pot debate. "We are a real estate company that likes this property and thinks we may have an opportunity to put a licensed marijuana tenant in here, should it pass the ballot in the fall."
Cannabis-Rx focuses on Manatee real estate ahead of pot vote
Tallevast industrial buildings could become a staging ground for marijuana production or distribution if Florida voters approve medicinal uses of the plant in November.


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Mississippi is blessed with great soils, groceries and whitetail deer, and Shane Ragon found himself joining the ranks of the big buck club earlier this month.
Mississippi Sportsman reports that Ragon arrowed a brute that green scored 203-plus Pope and Young in a sweet potato field on the evening of Oct. 6, opening day in the Magnolia State. He actually was hoping for a shot a a big ol' feral boar hog but fortune smile on him.
The 7×7 bruiser scored 203 5/8 and had 12 sticker points adding 25 inches to the non-typical rack.
The Mississippi Sportsman report says the buck still would rank third on the state's Magnolia Records non-typical list even if it loses eight points after the drying period before official scoring. Magnolia Records is the state's official whitetail record book.
What an awesome buck, and no doubt the first of probably many to come from Mississippi and the Southeast this season! Check out the full report in Mississippi Sportsman by clicking here.


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You have to go back quite a few pages to find anything relating to the subject matter.
I just had an interesting lucid dream and wanted to post, but my post will be swept away by the tide of spam and will soon be pages away from seeing the light of day.
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text: Student Profiles Josh Chung Josh Chung Seoul, South Korea Major: Economics Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? I actually did not know anything about liberal arts colleges until my junior year in high school. I went to a small prep school because I enjoy getting involved in many extracurricular activities, thus my college counselor strongly encouraged me to go to a small liberal arts college as opposed to the other big universities that we international students typically know about. Bowdoin was the only small school I visited and I loved it. Although it was a long time ago, I can still remember how great I felt stepping on campus for the first time. On top of stellar academics, I felt very comfortable with the environment and the people. From then on, I knew Bowdoin was the right place where I could happily pursue my college career. Why did you choose you major? When I first came to Bowdoin, I was hoping to pursue a career in medicine. But it was my sophomore year when I came to the realization that instead of all the science courses that I had been taking since high school, I wanted to study something that involved both social science and math. Taking my first class with Professor Khan of the Economics department during my second semester of my sophomore year caught my interest and directed my academic and career path towards economics. What has been your favorite course at Bowdoin? I love learning new languages. Although Korean is my first language and English has always been my second language, I have also had the desire to learn other languages at Bowdoin. Chinese and Japanese courses were my favorites. They were all challenging courses because I had to invest at least three hours a day per course to maintain a solid understanding of the language. I also appreciated the opportunities these languages offered me to study abroad in China and Japan during the past two summers. I have recently learned that on top of English, Japanese and Chinese language skills are crucial factors for great job opportunities not only back home in Seoul, but also all over Asia. I am planning to continue studying these two languages even after graduation. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? I have been a member of the Korean American Student Association (KASA) since the day it was founded during my freshmen year. I was also a member of the 2004-2005 residential life staff. I also played rugby during the fall of 2004, but due to an unexpected injury, and time conflict, I was forced to stop playing. I have spent most of my time with the Bowdoin Meddiebempsters, an all male a cappella group on campus. I sing second tenor and baritone and have arranged some music for the group, and currently I am arranging an "interesting set" of music for our last spring concert. I met most of my friends through the Meddies and I know that my experiences at Bowdoin have been very special because of these friends. I also had the opportunity to take the whole group back to Seoul with me for two weeks of performances and a tour of the peninsula this past winter. Did you study abroad during your time at Bowdoin? Because I was on leave for a significant period of time for my mandatory military service back in Seoul, my time at Bowdoin was limited to complete my major and graduation requirements, and thus I was unable study abroad during the academic year. Instead, I spent my past two summers in China (2004) and in Japan (2005). Although the languages are very different, Korea, Japan, and China have long been close together and share many cultural similarities. Studying abroad in these countries not only helped me to overcome the language barriers, but also allowed me to make many friends and learn important aspects of the culture which I feel I could not have learned in an academic setting. I plan to return to these countries after graduation to further study the language and truly experience the business aspect of the culture, which I believe will be crucial components of my career. What is your best Bowdoin memory? My best Bowdoin memory would have to be the trip back home with the Meddies. I had seen other prestigious universities and colleges from the United States come perform their a cappella music in Korea. Since then I had always hoped that a group from Bowdoin could come and perform in Korea and familiarize the nation with Bowdoin a bit. Our two-week trip was a phenomenal experience and I cannot explain how grateful and proud I was as a Bowdoin student. We performed at the major churches and hospitals in Seoul and even at SBS, Korea's nationwide TV station. Through this tour we were able to start our first gathering of the Bowdoin community in Korea and establish the "Bowdoin Club of Korea." We were also hosted by the mayor of Ulsan City, the home to Korea's heavy auto industry and to Hyundai Corporation. The mayor was generous enough to organize a tour for us of the whole city, the Hyundai Corporation, several historical/ancient sites, and Buddhist temples. In one of the temples we sang our classic repertoire to female monks. The performance at the U.S. army base, going to see the Backstreet Boys' first concert in Seoul, singing at karaoke bars, and singing at the local restaurants and subway stations were also unforgettable events. Whenever and wherever we felt like singing, we would gather and give small performances and the crowds around us enjoyed them very much. The entire two week experience made us much closer as friends and gave us unforgettable memories which we will cherish always. What are your plans for after graduation? I am looking forward to working for IBM Business Consulting Services based in Seoul, Korea. I have not been informed about the details yet, but it appears that I will be doing a lot of traveling all over East Asia, particularly Japan, Korea, and China. As I mentioned earlier, having an economics background, learning the two languages at Bowdoin, and the opportunities provided to me by the generous support of my professors have all contributed to landing such a great job opportunity. I am also very excited to be back home and work for such a global company. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? Bowdoin offers variety of opportunities and activities and I would encourage all prospective students to take advantage of what Bowdoin has to offer to them. I would also tell them to reach out and meet as many people as possible through joining clubs and trying new activities. That's where you meet new people. Finally, I would also encourage them to get to know their professors as well as possible, as that is one way in which Bowdoin is unique. The faculty are especially approachable and interested in students. Story posted on May 25, 2006 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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CityLine June 3, 2012: DNA, Forensics, Conspiracy
CityLine June 3, 2012: DNA, Forensics, Conspiracy
Do you really know your genetic ancestry? Author Bryan Sykes digs deeps into the genetic origins of African Americans in his latest book "DNA USA."
Then, a quick history lesson: "The First Americans were Africans!" One man explains that even though Columbus sailed the ocean blue after the Native Americans arrived, neither were the fist to discover the Americas.
And what happens when you find out that your father was involved in the CIA conspiracy to murder JFK and his mistress? Author, Peter Janney, tells all.
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