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Exclusive: One Tree Hill Recruits Blind Side Star

Quinton Aaron, who portrayed destined NFL star Michael Oher in the 2009 sports biopic The Blind Side , has been recruited by The CW’ s One Tree Hill for a guest-starring role, Movieline has learned exclusively. In this season’s 14th episode, Aaron will play Tommy, a student in Nathan’s (James Lafferty) business class who is singled out by Professor Kellerman (Peter Reigert) for being an athlete. As such, Tommy goes on to form a bond with former hoops star Nathan.

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Kanye West Refutes Airplane Freak-Out Rumors

‘I could really care less about where I sit on the plane,’ he blogs about a rumored altercation over plane seats. By James Montgomery Kanye West Photo: Michael Caulfied/ WireImage Kanye West may be keeping a low profile in the wake of September’s Video Music Awards outburst , but dude is seriously wearing out his blog. And his caps-lock key

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New Phrase of Sustainability

I was watching the Discovery Green channel the other night and I learned a new phrase: “cradle to cradle.” In the show, the girl was describing her new faux granite counter tops. Cradle to Cradle means that the product is made from either recycled synthetic material or renewable organic materials and can be recycled again when you are through with them or will decompose naturally. It is a term coined by environmental pioneer William McDonough. The counter tops she was using were made from concrete and glass. They were very pretty, durable, stain resistant, and eco-friendly. In my environmental business class we read a book by Paul Hawken called “The Ecology of Commerce.” He discusses this theory as a business model to reduce waste. If more companies created products that they could reuse all of the components of, it would save them money in manufacturing and it would save us money in garbage disposal and environmental clean-up. I was thinking about this in terms of home building. What materials are truly cradle to cradle? The counter tops are a start, but what about insulation, siding, roofing, and other key components of a house? That’s when I found this Seattle-based competition to build sustainable homes that have materials that can be re-used when the house has reached the end of its lifecycle. Not only is the winning design an eco-friendly accomplishment, it is also gorgeous! However, it doesn’t say anywhere on there how much these technologies cost. So I wonder if it is affordable, or considerably more than normal, or if it pays itself off quickly?

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