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. >> so there is a renaissance story, a chicago renaissance and i want to read your description of it because given how important the harlem renaissance is both to the cultural history of african-americans as well as the political history, it is imagined in the world as it once was the mecca of america. you describe it this way. you say parnell, with a syncopated rhythms that have become the soundtrack of the burgeoning south side. he was handy with the drums and for a jazz player there was no better place to be in the 1920s than chicago, the epicenter of the nations blues and jazz industry. >> what was lovely actually bad writing about chicago in that time was how many luminaries were there. i could quote langston hughes wandering through chicago or louis armstrong and his first day of playing there. there were a lot of important people going to chicago than. >> answers to a firm with my local audience -- [laughter] langston hughes, this auditorium that we are in was named for langston hughes and he certainly spent many many years here at the schomburg library doing research, contrib

he has the renaissance of the depression y the people who and the war.e has a low emotional metabolism. he can't turn to the country i feel your pain, because the pain isn't his. it's other people's. but he can say, i can fix your pain. >> mary matalin, he does say, he's telling he's not going to lie down i want to show you how president clinton department with his personal issues. >> i never met my father. he was killed in a car wreck on a rainy road. three months before i was born. after that, my mother had to sport us. so, we lived with my grandparents. she endured that pain because she knew her sacrifice was the only way that she could support me and give me a better life. >> i take george's point about renaissance. tho -- resonance. >> third place going into that convention. at the time, no one knew the man from hope. the problem facing the country right now, what mitt romney needs to do is show that personality. talk about his remarkable private sector and political career. he's been nothing but a success. he's a problem solver and with the combina

so i went to the renaissance fair. i was all excited. i found out at that moment the romeo and juliet had been shrunk to a truncated version. the greatest hits. so it wasn't quite the national theater, which i had experienced in this year that i had in london. at the renaissance fair, what you do is you inhabit a character and you walk around and talk to people and asked that you are elizabethan. i do know that i was really getting into any of this. but i was. i was always amazed and always intrigued by seeing people show up to the fair, dressed as elizabethans. there were knights in shining armor, ladies in dresses. i always wondered, why are they doing that? i am getting paid $150 per week to dress up as an elizabethan, and they are doing it voluntarily, and it always shocks me is something very curious. what is it about dressing up as a historical figure, a historical character, that appeals to people. that stayed with me. i always wondered what was the attraction and why are people attracted to a certain moment in time. they weren't

so what i did was auditioned for a renaissance fair and links to pennsylvania and attacked casts. i was so excited. i got cast in romeo and romeo and juliet. but to the renaissance fair in the first things they are them is doubly to impose and cod piece so excited and found out about the moment that romeo and juliet had been shrunk to half an hour. who's the truncated version, the greatest hits of romeo and juliet. that wasn't quite the rac for the national theater it experienced this wonderful year monday. at the renaissance fair, which you do is inhabit a character and talk to people at the can elizabethan. i didn't know is getting into any of this, but i was. i was always amazed, always entreat i see people show up to the fair, dressed as elizabethans. there were nights in shining armor, ladies addresses and there was thunder, why are they doing that? i'm getting paid $150 a week to dress up as elizabethans and they're doing it voluntarily. it always struck me as something curious. what is it about dressing up as an historical figure, and historical characters but it goes to pe

back home looking at numbers across the bay from the mid 70s for the fremont festival, renaissance fairein san jose, 78. couple things going on in the city, sunnier, milder, mid 60s couple degrees below average, 84 gilroy. look for temperatures to continue to warm tomorrow getting hot inland by tuesday and we're looking at maybe temperatures near 100 thursday and friday. very nice at the coast. >>> if your plans were to go to vallejo nice and toasty today. >> yes. >> we just got word that the superman ride is up and running. >> 70s there. >> all is well, 70s, all right, thanks very much. >>> in sports in afternoon giants and lincecum at the mound as the team goes for a sweep in colorado. last night giants had offensive lotion. highlights. >>> -- good morning before heading to colorado the giants loss seven of their last eight, against rockies they may have rediscovered mojo. fans got a rocky mountain high out of this contest. pose continues his hitting two-run shot -- batting 471. in the third the milk man delivers solo bomb off francis, 11th of the season for milky. bumgarner looks laid

the renaissance fair in san jose. warmer today.n the mid-70s and down by the monterey bay, 79 in hollister. so we are looking pretty good today. in fact, something for everyone tomorrow. pretty nice as well but then getting warm inland. we are never going to see the offshore flow. still 60s at our coast, maybe 70 so quite comfortable there if you want to get away from the heat. >> and the heat on the way. and coming up in about ten, twelve minutes we will have the much-anticipated disneyland forecast. not to be selfish. >> someone is going there, huh? maybe if you are good. >> thanks very much. well, dan harrison joins us from new york to tell us what is coming up at 7:00 on "good morning america." good morning, dan. >> good morning, terry. coming up on gma, he's the golden boy. michael phelps ending his olympic career by winning his 18th gold medal. he was then honored with a special silver trophy as the most successful olympian of all-time. come up we will hear what phelps had to say about it. and multiple fast moving wildfires a

they have the renaissance fair there. and livermore, a taste of downtown at 83. 80 in gilroy.about 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. tomorrow a more stable southwesterly flow and that will bring us more sunshine, but the warmup, slow warmup monday. more significantly into the middle to end of next week. >> and for the art and soul festival in oakland around city hall, late sun? >> exactly. with a lot of clouds around early with about 60s starting out. >> all right. lisa, thanks a lot. a state of the arts center for infant care in the bay area has just passed a major life saving milestone. more than 200 infants have been treated with a technique that helps prevent brain damage and other debilitating conditions. abc7 news health and science reporter carolyn johnson has our story. >> he's like i want to stop, i'm having too much fun. >> watching him play in his okay shaded yard you never imagine the wild swings that marks the first few days of his life. when we first met nolan in 2008, he was still recovering from a hive-saving treatment at ucff, a cutting edge therapy that began hour

acclaimed writer and renaissance man corps of the doll has died. his nephew says he died of ammonia at his home in hollywood hills earlier this evening. he was a novelist playwrights in the story and he was also an unsuccessful politician and political commentator. he was among the generation of writers who were also celebrities. his friends and foes included orson welles frank sinatra and norman mailer warn buckley and make jagger to refute. >>> gore vidal was 86 years old. what's been done to clean up toxic mess that even while the bay area neighbors. family secrets revealed and that is not all. the genetic tests from a bay area company when you and your home. >>> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, happy birthday! thank you, nana send money to anyone's checking account with chase quickpay. all you need is an email address or mobile number. you're welcome. take a step forward and chase what matters. it well the bay area never had is getting it toxic cleanup crews held to remove harmful residue left over from some gas plants in san francisco's marina district report

>> seven years ago, this was before the great ice-cream renaissance that we seem to have had nationwide. we were one of the early brands that was using great organic ingredients >> starting up had to be difficult. you're at a school and you probably had college debt facing you, you were young >> i was smart, i had about $70,000 saved up and i took out a $25,000 loan from the bank of mom and dad. >> did you pay it back? >> it has been paid back with equity so they are now proud shareholders. we started with about $95,000 >> did that go as far as he thought it would? >> far as getting it started but over the years we of certainly raised a lot more money to open additional stores so we have raised about $4 million so far >> what did you know about ice cream? >> nothing. i had never worked in an ice- cream shop but if i knew that if you put enough fat and sugar into something and took out all the garbage, it is delicious >> how much sugar do put in? >> just enough. indeed enough so it doesn't freeze into a solid block but it is not overly sweet. >> how'd you get the recipe? you could spend

how do we sustain a real conversation about our renaissance american city and what it says about us as a nation that we have not put it back on line as it should bend? how do you sustain a conversation about that when time passes by? >> people talk about katrina fatigue. i am convinced that is unlikely as civil war fatigue. it is too big of an issue. people know it. they want to know about it. they care about it, they nt to know what happened. they know that it is a test of the national character. you and i know that when they talk about the levees, they talk about pre-existing conditions. they were not up to snuff. the issues are from pre-existing conditions. a bunch of people did not have a good place to live, they did not have health care, good police protection. detroit, oakland, baltimore, philadelphia. it is the issue of poverty and the issue of whether they will treat everybody decently. >> if new orleans was a test of our national character, and we could have made it a model city for how to deal with pre- existing are man-made conditions, why did we do that? >> we have a lack o

renaissance electronics. but also a lot of eyes on the european central bank meeting and see if they take measures to boost growth in europe. >> both the nikkei and the topix in positive territories. look at how other markets in the asia patchy f asia pacific are opening. >>> survivors of the atomic bombs in hiroshima and nagasaki often say they're afraid the world will forget. now the united nations has published some of their stories, subtitled in eleven languages. the online project was organized after the u.n. secretary general called for preserving their testimonies for younger generations. the project website features 12 people now living in the americas. they're stories are subtitled in english, spanish, arabic, chinese and other languages. this man, a resident of sao paulo says only those who saw the devastation after the bombings can really understand the evil of atomic weapons. >> translator: there are no a-bomb survivors around me because i'm now 90 years old. but i feel the need to tell my story t

a word that los angeles tonight is a runner and renaissance man gore vidal has died and died of pneumonia at his home in the hollywood hills earlier in the evening he was a novelist in playwrights and historian. it is also an unsuccessful politicians and political commentator. dow was among the generation of writers who were also celebrities and his wits and eloquence were popular on talk shows and debates gore vidal was 86 years old. there waves as standing on what used to be a many-tiered gas plant over 100 years ago that left quite a mess behind what these new crews are doing today is a planet up. >>> and another day in and the with another complaints about the olympics while los angeles is asking some people to turn the game is often. >>> been in the letter sent her a lot of people are asking to send he got there was another day in which we topped off at 95 degrees and no plans it was 74 now the day that we the hottest as eyewitness news continues. san francisco says cleans up its toxic past and is in the neighborhood and now expects. reporter liz with coke on what is lurking beneath

because of its location at 3rd and henry streets, an area that the coalition says is enjoying a renaissanceand needs an attractive oasis. >>> i haven't seen that sort of reaction in the newsroom, everyone was on the end of our seats watching the petaluma little leaguers. >> every game has been like that. it's incredible. the petaluma little leaguers playing in the u.s. championship game and facing the team that beat them sunday, tennessee. and one of the greatest, craziest come backs in world series history was not enough. goodlettsville, tennessee beat them first, but this is lorenzo butler third homer. petaluma down to its final three outs, but send 14 batters to the plate. brandis makes it makes it and hance smith game tieing home run forces extra innings. tennessee scores nine times in the top of the 7th, brock myers with the tie-breaking hit and tennessee wins 24-16 and they combined for a world series record 34 returns. tennessee plays tokyo in the world series championship and petaluma meets latin america. >>> man's best friend couldn't inspiring madison bumgarner, giving up two walk

we have renaissance of american oil and gas.re making headway with four nol which is very important with a great supply of natural gas. gerri: when you look at that what is the ultimate impact? >> you need to look at it for the country. a study just came out that in north america and canada weekend increase the supply 30% by 2016 for quote a big change. >> there are questions valued by aids the romney administration. you say the best policy is what about your $11 billion of wealth? >> this is day critical election people realize the most important in my lifetime. we do what we can. i tried to do what i can for the country. we need to turnaround. my money is made. i am fine. i have been for a lot of years of i don't make another dollar. but the direction we take it is a lot of things that could happen. that is what we have to do. gerri: you are 76 on end of whirled richest people. the president says you did not build that. >> i started out with tanks with one middle service truck. we have been 45 years in business. they must not

. >>> japanese chipmaker renaissance electronics will shut down or sell about half of its plants in japan to turn around its business. company officials announced the plan as they aim to pull the firm out of deep trouble caused by last year's earthquake and the strong yen. 8 out of its 18 domestic plants will be sold or closed over the next three years. the plan affects three facilities in western japan and five others, mainly in the northern region. as part of restructuring, renesas will also offer next month early retirement for over 5,000 employees. unprofitable businesses are also being assessed. >>> suzuki posted earnings growth in the april to june period for a third straight quarter. this was due to strong domestic sales. suzuki executives say net profit came to about $310 million and rose more than 30% in yen terms. sales increased over 6% compared to the previous year when calculated in yen. total sales came to about $8.2 billion. a rise in domestic sales compensated for a decline overseas. sales abroad dropped dr eped du strong yen and economic stagnation in europe. toesh hero s

and the final part of classical guitar is the repertoire, which ranges from renaissance to baroque tol to romantic, and even some modern songs, such as by the beatles. >> well, i think that was more than three, but never mind that. check out those nails! >> when i first -- i went to a new school about a year ago, and when i got there and they saw my long nails, they're like, "dude, cut your nails!" i have to keep them long 'cause i play classical guitar, because some people use their fingertips, but traditionally, you use your fingernails -- these four fingers -- to play, and it makes you play easier and faster. >> nick's guitar teacher gives him high praise. >> nicholas can go any place he wants with his guitar in a scholastic sense and in a career sense. he plays from his heart. >> but nick doesn't just play from his heart. he givefrom his heart, too. >> well, when i did my first concert, i was 10, so i didn't really feel i had to keep all the money at 10 years old. >> so what did he do? he donated his earnings to charity. his generosity did not come as a shock to his family. >> tha

the second issue that came up -- it is really regrettable, what happened to the italian palazzo renaissance-style building at 150 van ness. i went there when aaa had all their facilities there, and i would get maps and other things when i took trips. it was a beautiful building on the inside. i said, how could this look so bad on the outside? now i know the history. i am not sure if the ownership extends to 150 also. but are there plans to strip the skin off of that building and expose the original building? i do not really know whether it is part of this project, or whether it even is jointly owned. but whoever does obtain a building would be wise to expose the building, much as was done at the old chronicle building, where the brick is exposed and it is a much better looking building than was there before. i am very much in favor of the project. our most pressing need for housing is probably housing for families, with enough bedrooms, and possibly ownership. this is a very important need being satisfied. there are a lot of people who are predominantly singles or couples, renters, who will be wo

figures first because asia is gaining thanks to exporters japan's renaissance electronics surged a record thirty five percent on reports the u.s. private equity fund will invest over a billion dollars in the struggling chip maker u.s. stocks and to choose day session on a mixed no just caution at the fed chairman ben bernanke a speech to friday dominated trade is a raising some of its gains to the greenback the group was treated on tuesday with the first figures when reopens and that's in less than two hours time closed mixed on tuesday with the my six point one five percent of volkswagen orange and called in europe's top carmaker will invest two hundred fifty million euro on the project so we formalized by twenty fifteen new facility built next to volkswagens existing coal plant in the country's western region of clued europe today renewal of it's already definite and thanks very much indeed this thing trans there and of course we'll see you next hour was more and a short way here in our team i'll look out the past and future of extremism in the e.u. i'll be back with headlines before th

. >> now there is something of an underground typewriting renaissance afoot coast to coast as you will see later on sunday morning. >> osgood: the town shows us not shakespeare but star trek in the park as we meet olympic and world war ii hero lewis zapanini and we review the new movie hope springs. and now the 12th of august, 2012. mitt romney has chosen congressman paul ryan of wisconsin to be his vice presidential running mate. not long afterwards paul ryan appeared with romney at a rally in virginia. >> i have some good news and some bad news. >> why don't we get rid of the bad news first, okay? president obama is the president of the united states and the good news is on november the 6th he won't be any longer. >> osgood: author of the house budget plan which democrats claim would cut expenses at the expense of seniors and the poors. >> paul ryan as his running mate in just a few minutes. two strong earthquakes devastated part of northwestern iran yesterday. state television reports that at least six villages were totally leveled. at least 250 people were reported killed and more

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with the local renaissance fair i was cast as romeo. i was there all excited. ben it was the truncated version of 30 minutes. [laughter] it was not quite the national theater i had thought. so you'd have it a character i did not know i was getting into any of this. i was intrigued by a seeing people show up to the fair as elizabethan. i've wondered i'm getting paid $150 a week and they do it voluntarily. what is it about dressing up that appeals to people? what was the interaction and why are people attracted to was certain period of time? they were dressing up as the elizabethan period. why are they attracted to a moment in time? i can say i grew up in a log cabin. built in 1740. and next two homage people. a never thought anything of it. it is my life. mildew and cricket floorboards and the people down the street have no electricity. i wanted to go to the big city. to see tall buildings upham and have the exciting life. and move to new york and then to los angeles. one saying is that all of a sudden you feel very divorced from the east coast traditional upbri

we ended up sitting together and he was talking about this amazing renaissance in this jazz radio stationtuned into. i was like what are you doing to me? he says, "you know, i don't even want to be out here tonight. my girl sent me out." so his girl sent him out to get some money, so i gave him whatever i had in my pocket. he was an amazing guy. tavis: it is one thing to celebrate the awards and i suspect any songwriter, any actor, when they hear their project called eight or nine times, can celebrate the victories, but did you like the play? did you like what they did with the work? >> well, i have to say that, when i first heard about like it was after the oscars and stuff that they had sold the rights, i have to say honestly i was kind of horrified at the idea. i thought it was gonna be an awful venture. i resisted it very much and was against it. then over time, they started getting really great people involved. enda walsh came on board, john tiffany, and a lot of the work that those had done certainly was non-musical, but it was also kind of dark, you know. i remember thinking, gee,

mentioned as a likely target very juicy returns promise for investing no emotion infrastructure renaissance money just pumping money into toll roads hospitals and airports will bring over twenty percent annual return something most investors can only dream about in the current economic turmoil. but the businessmen who raise g.d.p. from four to predicted six percent by buying into those projects up to the year that will of morphia next. thank you very much indeed later and coming up he's a political debate and cross told but first bring you the headlines after this break. we've. seen. some. folks. in school started cheering. for going global and now it's filling the spiral. log in. the rather. choose your place take your stand. and needs to. make your statement. spread the word. final stream on launch.