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About 40 students celebrated the 400th anniversary of John Harvard’s birthday at a screening of the first fictional film interpretation of the final moments in the life of the University’s namesake. Directed by Extension School student Michael Van Devere, “John Harvard” depicts the last few hours before Harvard’s death, during which he drafted his will and bequeathed his 300-book library and half of his estate to a small college in Newtown that became the famed research institution in Cambridge. “My hope...
...team of local workers trained by area nonprofit groups that prepare unemployed Richmondites for jobs in the burgeoning green building field. "I'm happy because I'm saving money," says Schumake. "But I'm also saving the planet, and that's the major one." Van Jones, the dynamo promoting the project, breaks into a wide smile of his own. "Power by the people, for the people," says Jones. "This is the vision of the future right here...
...Viet Tan identified its arrested members as Nguyen Quoc Quan, 54, of California and Leon Truong, 54, of Hawaii, both U.S. citizens born in Vietnam. French-Vietnamese writer and activist Nguyen Thi Thanh Van, 51, and ethnic-Vietnamese Thai national Khunmi Somsak, 58, were also arrested. The activists' respective embassies said they are now trying to find out what law they are accused of breaking...
...Atlantide is the name of the newest high-jewelry collection to emerge from the Place Vendme ateliers of Van Cleef & Arpels. The jewelry, which will be introduced at a private dinner in Hong Kong this month and then flown immediately to New York City, includes pieces reminiscent of the mythical island and its lost civilization. Underwater icons such as fish (below), shells and the waves of the sea are recurring themes. One magnificent ring features a 59-carat pearl with baroque diamonds splashing around...
HONG KONG Statement pieces like Van Cleef & Arpels' Hawaii ring ($20,600) are what clients want...