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Thursday, January 24, 2008 Les Claypool coming to Asheville4:07 PM Les Claypool will be playing at Asheville's The Orange Peel. Claypool is a singer, lyricist, bassist and former member of the alternative rock band Primus. This future Rock & Roll Hall of Famer's mastery of the bass guitar has distinguished him as a solo-artist since leaving the band. Claypool mixes finger-tapping, flamenco-inspired strumming, and slap bass to create his own unique style that has to be heard be believed. The concert starts at 9pm on Saturday, March 1st, 2008; tickets are $26 in advance and $28 at the door. They can be ordered online via Ticketweb. Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Climate Change Could Bring Thousands of Jobs to Asheville4:32 PM Asheville's North Carolina Arboretum is very much more than a garden space to exhibit flowers and trees native to Western North Carolina. It is also a place that just might grow jobs for the local economy as well. The North Carolina Arboretum's economic developer, Ron Gordon, spoke about the Arboretum's hopes to bring in more scientific research and other, more lucrative jobs to the Asheville area. Gordon also serves as executive director for the Centers for Environmental and Climate Interaction. With an estimate of likely workloads from federal projects, he estimates that Asheville could get almost 1,000 new jobs over the next five years and perhaps 3,000 over the next 15. The government will probably be forced to make decisions by this spring on which climate agency will take the lead on climate change studies. Asheville should be hoping for the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), currently located downtown in the Federal Building, to lead research. Mr. Gordon and others hope for an expensive downtown facility that would bring NCDC scientists together with local academics and businesses. This collaboration may lead to spin-off companies marketing products built out of the NCDC's archives of satellite and weather data. Labels: asheville
Asheville Native takes Bronze in World Cup Cycling Event3:28 PMAsheville native Lauren Franges assisted (along with her teammates) the US National Bicycle Team get a bit closer to the Olympic team this weekend. The twenty-five year old Franges and her teammates Kristin Armstrong and Christen King won the bronze medal in the third round of the World Track Cup in Los Angeles. The Cup is one of the races that will determine the fastest women cyclists in the world and those that will represent the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games. This was the first World Cup where the U.S. was able to medal as a team. “You can only go as fast as your slowest rider, so you have to be in tune with your other teammates,” Franges said. “Track is usually an individual sport, so in that respect, to be able to share the medal with my two other teammates, is a great feeling.” The team race is a new event for women on the world scene this year. Franges lives in Asheville with her husband / former manager, Michael Tamayo. She has been a professional cyclist since she was 18. Previous Posts
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