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...forest-conservation projects and is planning an entire eco-sensitive neighborhood development called Ever Vail. At 9.5 acres (4 hectares), it will be the largest resort in the U.S. certified by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and will join other LEED-approved resorts like the Hotel Terra Jackson Hole, which opened on Jan. 29 in Wyoming. Positioned on the mountain to make the best use of natural light and save electricity, the Terra also uses 34% less water than traditional resorts and has begun a pilot program for disposing food waste, which is important in a mountain climate...
...Video Killed the Radio Star,” and it’s also so true. Nestled in the warm embrace of MTV, record companies could drop millions on clips in which Mariah Carey could ride jet skis in a wet suit with a plunging neckline. Michael Jackson could seduce Eddie Murphy’s wife in Ancient Egypt over the course of nine minutes. Britney Spears could do it again—on Mars. By comparison, music videos today find themselves without a home. So in one sense, it’s very nice of art museums...
This weekend’s UVM carnival came after an intersession training trip to New Hampshire. The alpine team trained throughout the week in Mount Washington Valley while the Nordic team prepared for its races at Jackson...
...local newspaper publisher, a campaign for his freedom began, and Rahman became one of the best-known faces of the strengthening abolitionist movement. He became so well-known, in fact, that he was a point of contention in the 1828 presidential election between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Early on, Adams gave Rahman his support, but Jackson used it against Adams politically and went on to win the election...
...diss Barack Obama. The next crowd, at Hillary Clinton's closing rally in Columbia, was equally pale and must have been deeply depressing to the ex-President. I remembered a huge interracial crowd in the Mississippi Delta, late in Clinton's presidency. I was standing next to Jesse Jackson, who was quite moved by the "glorious" sight of whites and blacks salt-and-peppered through the audience. I asked Jackson why he found it so moving; he had seen crowds like that before in the South. "But look," he said. "They're talking to each other...