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...That's a lesson you can take from Intervale Green. The neighborhood was once a symbol of total urban decay - President Jimmy Carter made a famous visit to the South Bronx in 1978 when it resembled a bombed-out war zone. Life has improved considerably since, but the $39 million Intervale development still looks a bit out of place on its street. As Biberman leads a tour through freshly painted hallways, she points to the artistic tile work in the floors - sold by a New Jersey company looking to recycle leftover tiles - as well as the compact fluorescent bulbs that...
...writing a novel and has a book of interrelated short stories that might be published soon. Twaalfhoven and Tria, whose roast preceded the debut of the Hasty Pudding’s new show, “Acropolis Now,” also teased Franco about some of his less famous roles, such as Apartment Guy #3 in the movie “Some Body” and Officer #2 in an episode of “The X Files.” But during the press conference, Franco took his own jab at the Pudding, saying he was never...
Ericsson has become famous for the 10-year rule: the notion that it takes at least 10 years (or 10,000 hours) of dedicated practice for people to master most complex endeavors. Ericsson didn't invent the 10-year rule (it was suggested as early as 1899), but he has conducted many studies confirming it. Gladwell is a believer. "Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good," he writes. "It's the thing you do that makes you good...
...American problem. Like his hero Simón Bolívar, he thinks he is indispensable to Venezuela, an oil-rich country that has terrible internal problems, most notably a lack of durable democratic institutions and entrenched economic inequality. In fact, he was originally an army paratrooper who became famous in 1992 when he attempted to overthrow the constitutional government in a failed coup d’etat. Old habits die hard...
...Hunger may not have the cinematic ring of An Inconvenient Truth, but its sponsors clearly hope that their appeal to Gore will do for malnutrition what his 2006 documentary did for climate change. "Gore is one of the most famous and media-savvy people on the planet," says Juan Nonzioli, creative director of the Shackleton Group, the advertising firm that designed the campaign for Action Against Hunger. "Just as he has used that power to raise awareness about climate change, we're asking that he use it for our campaign against hunger...