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Thursday, October 15, 2009
News / Biz 3rd Annual Green Conference today
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Since I'm going to the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce's 3rd Annual Green Conference today, I'm going to live-Tweet what's going down.
Feel free to join me. I'm using the #CLTgc hashtag.
The conference technically starts at 11:30 a.m., with networking. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. The conference will begin shortly thereafter.
The cost? $25 at the door.
The location? Pine Island Country Club, in West Charlotte
The main topic? The proposed Catawba River District and -- something new -- ReVenture Park
What's that? Well ...
So far what I know, from the Chamber's site, is: "ReVenture Park – a redevelopment of the Clariant industrial facility into a renewable energy, alternative fuel, eco- park designed to be sustainable, innovative and to create up to 1000 green jobs. Currently the home of Coalogix, discussions underway on research, solar and numerous other new technologies."
Hope to see you there.
In related news, today is Blog Action Day. What are you going to post about?
News Compelling stories from Jerusalem women
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:54 AM
When women come together, we can do anything. But maybe that's the feminist in me talking.
Partners for Peace is a nonprofit organization that provides a public platform for the voices of Israeli and Palestinian women working for a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One of their initiatives, the "Jerusalem Women Speak: Three Women, Three Faiths, One Shared Vision" tour, is stopping in Charlotte today. (Hekmat Besisso-Naji, one of the speakers, is pictured to the right.)
From their Web site:
The general theme for the Jerusalem Women Speak tour is everyday life in Israel and Palestine. Amidst increasing loss and terrible destruction of Palestinian and Israeli lives, three ordinary women will speak to American audiences about their daily lives and their efforts for peace. These women come from each of the three major faiths in Israel and Palestine: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, and find a voice for their hopes and frustrations amidst the ongoing violence as they meet each other for the first time.
The event is free, open to the public, and sure to be engaging.
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
College of Health and Human Services building Room 115
9201 University City Blvd.
704-687-7305
• Providence Day School
7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
5800 Sardis Road
704-887-6000
Arts / Today's Top Five / News Today's Top 5: Thursday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Oct. 15, 2009 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Carolina Chocolate Drops at McGlohon Theatre
• Robot Johnson at Actor's Theatre of Charlotte
• Almost, Maine at Armour Street Theatre
• Stan Frazier to sign Maroons at Mint Museum of Art
• Blues Traveler at The Fillmore
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Film / Film News / News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Art & Copy - Documentary; Lee Clow, Mary Wells
Law Abiding Citizen - Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler
More Than a Game - Documentary; LeBron James, Romeo Travis
The Stepfather - Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward
Where the Wild Things Are - Max Records, Catherine Keener
News Ralph Lauren doesn't like fat girls
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:59 PM
We, as a society, spend way too much worrying about superficial crap.
Ralph Lauren's clothing company fired the model whose body looked emaciated in a touched-up ad because she weighed too much, the woman told the Daily News Tuesday.Filippa Hamilton - whose hips appeared slimmer than her head in the recent altered ad - said her contract was terminated in April because she was too heavy.
"They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn't fit in their clothes anymore," she said.
The 5-foot-10, 120-pound stunner was amazed to see her body digitally distorted for Ralph Lauren Blue Label.
"I was shocked to see that super skinny girl with my face," she told the Daily News. "It's very sad, I think, that Ralph Lauren could do something like that."
Hamilton, 23, worked for Ralph Lauren since about 2002 and considered the company like a second family - until she was bounced.
Read more from The New York Daily News.
Anorexia isn't just for women:
Arts / News VIDEO: Harvey Gantt speaks at the new Harvey B. Gantt Center
Posted By Web Editor on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:54 PM
We spied Charlotte's first and only African-American mayor, Harvey B. Gantt, speaking during a press conference yesterday at the new Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture in Uptown Charlotte.
— Video by Mike McCray
Boomer with Attitude / News Finns to make U.S. conservatives' heads explode
Posted By John Grooms on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Here’s an idea for a new, fun, national hobby: making right-wingers’ heads explode. Not literally, but you know how red-faced, spittle-launching mad the likes of Limbaugh & Co. get when they hear about the latest “liberal outrage”? *That’s what I’m talking about. It’s not hard if you try, since one thing most conservatives share is a resistance to taking in new information that clashes with their worldview. For instance, have you noticed how jumping-up-and-down angry some righties get when someone says that decent health care should be considered a basic human right? I saw one guy sputter and spew so much over that simple concept, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. I’m chuckling now just thinking about it. Now, the idea that health care is a basic legal right is shared by all advanced countries except the U.S., but you’d never know it by listening to conservatives, who think the whole concept is (take your pick), treasonous, socialist, or Satan’s work.
Now the good news: here’s another, new idea straight from Europe that ought to have O’Reilly, Beck and their followers doing back-flips and crapping their pants. If you think they go nuts over health care being a right, just wait till they find out that Finland has just passed a law that, beginning in July 2010, makes access to broadband a legal right for that country’s citizens. That’s right, the Finns are making quick computer communications a formal, legal right. They’re the first country to pass such a law, and plan to ... wait, what’s that noise? Sounds like steam spewing out of some windbag radio jock’s ears. Woo-hoo! Mission accomplished! Read more about the Finns’ latest liberal outrage here.
Arts / News 15 Short Film Festival coming soon
Posted By Anita Overcash on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:11 PM
The 15 Short Film Festival — started by Ryan Walker, Antonio Diaz and Keith Whatley in 2006 and taking place in its third year at The Evening Muse on Sun., Oct. 18 — is a little like a box of chocolates, in that you never know what you’re gonna get. Nineteen short films — lasting 15 minutes — have been submitted for the screening by international filmmakers from 15 different countries. Now, that makes for an assortment of content. Some of these shorts have had the honor of being featured in and/or picking up awards at famed film fests like Tribeca, Sundance, Cannes, South By Southwest, and more. That said, try it out. How else will you know if it’s good? $7-$10. 6:30 p.m. The Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St. 704-376-3737.
Film / Film News / News Box Office Top 10
Posted By Matt Brunson on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:54 PM
1. Couples Retreat - $34.2 million ($34.2 million)
2. Zombieland - $14.8 million ($47.6 million)
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - $11.5 million ($95.7 million)
4. Paranormal Activity - $7.9 million ($9.1 million)
5. Toy Story / Toy Story 2 (3-D) - $7.7 million ($22.7 million)
6. Surrogates - $4.2 million ($32.7 million)
7. The Invention of Lying - $3.3 million ($12.2 million)
8. Whip It - $2.8 million ($8.7 million)
9. Capitalism: A Love Story - $2.6 million ($9.0 million)
10. Fame - $2.5 million ($20.0 million)
(Gross for weekend of Oct. 9-11. Figure in parentheses is total gross to date. Source: www.boxofficemojo.com.)
News / Biz Going solar in the Q.C.
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:52 PM
In Q.C. alternative energy news ...
Duke Energy Carolinas will install solar panels at four N.C. businesses — including Childress Klein Properties Inc., Food Lion and National Gypsum Co. —in the first phase of its $50 million rooftop solar project.Duke will own and operate 2,314 panels, with a capacity of 532 kilowatts, on one of Childress Klein’s buildings in the North Park Business Park. Childress Klein spokesman Landon Wyatt says it will be Building 19, at 6935 Reams Road.
Meanwhile, Duke will install 5,096 rooftop panels, with a capacity of 1.2 megawatts, at National Gypsum’s manufacturing plant in Mount Holly. And 5,616 panels, with a capacity of 1.3 megawatts, are planned for the roof of Food Lion’s distribution center in Salisbury.
The only installation outside the Charlotte region will be in Greensboro. Duke will install 7,020 panels, with a capacity of 1.6 megawatts, on Highwoods Properties Inc.’s building in Enterprise Park.
The first round of installations will be completed by the end of March. When the full project is built out, Duke estimates the panels will produce enough energy to serve as many as 1,300 homes.
Read the entire Charlotte Business Journal article here.
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