| Messages in the margins
John Adams, second President of the United States, author of the Massachusetts Constitution, the oldest functioning constitution in the world, didn't read books — he devoured and attacked them. His clean, clear handwriting is plainly visible to this day in the margins of his thousands of books, margin notes that are lively, eloquent and sometimes brutal. To read them is to witness a conversation between Adams and other great minds of his day. Visitors can see these notes and these books for free at the Boston Public Library as part of the recently extended exhibit called John Adams Unbound, an exhibition of the former president's vast library. But few people know Adams's book collection or his intellectual engagement with literature as intimately as South End resident Beth Prindle, lead curator of the exhibit.
MIDDAY BUSINESS REPORT: Commerce makes first purchase in Colorado
Kansas City-based Commerce Bancshares Inc. agreed today to buy its Colorado-based namesake bank for $29.5 million. The deal to buy Commerce Bank in Aurora, Colo., a Denver suburb, gives the Kansas City company its first bank in Colorado, though it already calls on customers there. The Colorado bank has $96.8 million in assets. Commerce Bancshares said it intends to keep the bank's management in place, with Jim Lewien remaining as president. The sale requires regulatory approval, which the companies expect will come in June or July. Commerce Bancshares operates in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois and recently acquired its first bank in Oklahoma. It has $15.2 billion in assets. Commerce shares gained 67 cents, or 1.39 percent, to $48.81 in midday trading on Nasdaq.
For The Record: Quick News On Avril, Beyonce, 50 Cent, Foo ...
Avril Lavigne highlights her favorite clothes and accessories in the May issue of Lucky, explaining that she strikes a balance between rock and glamour. "I'm in a place in my life where I can try out things that are a bit more feminine but still maintain some punk attitude," she said. Hooded sweatshirts and Vans sit alongside diamond studs and patent-leather pumps on Lavigne's style short list, which also includes her makeup regimen — "tons of mascara and eyeliner, and then just a little bit of Vaseline on my lips." In the interview, she also endorses the defunct Distillers: "Brody Dalle is such an amazing songwriter — and she's got the coolest voice around." The Lucky issue hits newsstands Tuesday — catch a glimpse of the cover, exclusive Avril images and more right here.
• Evansville Mayor Talks Economic Growth in State of City Address
In his State of the City address, Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel says work over the past several years to build a foundation to spur economic growth for the city is paying off. He cited several examples, including American General's $35 million expansion of its downtown headquarters and Shoe Carnival's new $40 million headquarters and distribution center. He says the formation of the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana and the Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville are bringing together resources for the entire region.
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Interview: T-Mobile's Neil Holroyd talks to Pocket Gamer
I couldn't agree more with Neil Holroyd's final comments about the need for cross handset, cross operator, cross country interoperability. With the increasing sophistication and capability of mobile devices combined with consumer requirements for greater content quality and accessibility there is a massive opportunity for content providers to target the mobile market. But maximising this new market opportunity presents very real challenges. Service providers, content developers and device manufacturers cannot simply rush headlong towards delivering the latest technological advances to an avid consumer base. There is a real need to address the issue of fragmentation caused by the differing levels of compatibility of the diverse mobile technologies. Without understanding the implications of multiple underlying technologies, from operating systems onwards, organisations will struggle to deliver content that provides a consistent, high quality user experience irrespective of underlying mobile platform.
Don't worry: you can be neurotic and happy
A movie called The Secret is sweeping the world. At least that's what its official Web site claims, along with the fact that the information it contains promises "a new era in humankind". Watch the film, which even Oprah Winfrey is promoting, and you'll discover the secret to everything–"unlimited joy, health, money, relationships, love, youth: everything you have ever wanted". It, or the book of the same name, could change your life forever, the site exclaims. Apparently, said secret is based on the law of attraction: think about good things happening to you and they will. I can't tell you any more about it, since I don't plan on punching in my credit-card number to authorize a charge of US$29.95 to buy the DVD. And chances are neither will David Granirer. The local registered professional counsellor takes such platitudes as "think positive" and "visualize what you want and all your dreams will come true" and swiftly drop-kicks them out the door.
Director of the Global Oneness Project talks about his own ...
At first glance, "global oneness" sounds like a stereotypically airy New Age construct -- sweet but signifying nothing in the real world. But Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, director of the Global Oneness Project, is determined to document the interconnected nature of all life on earth. He travels the world seeking out stories from people whose work or ideas emphasize oneness with other people, animals and nature. So far, he's collected some 50 interviews with writers, teachers, healers and activists in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and South America. Their stories are then shared in video interviews on the organization's Web site. Vaughan-Lee, 27, lives in Point Reyes Station with his wife and two young children. He is a practicing Sufi and the son of Sufi teacher and author Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.
Happy ending
She wanted a bigger place. A place with more drive-by traffic. She and her new husband, Daniel Franke, considered, for a time, moving it to University Avenue. They briefly considered moving it to Cedar Falls.That's when it occurred to Franke: She didn't want to leave downtown Waterloo.She wanted to find a building a building with character, not a space in a strip mall. .
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