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WNRN Sunday Morning Wakeup Call: Breaking addiction

On the Sunday, July 2 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore talks with Dr. Kim Penberthy, head psychologist at the the Center for Addiction Research and Education at the University of Virginia. They discuss modern medications for addictions.

WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call is heard every week at 11:00 AM on WNRN. The program supported by The Markets of Tiger Fuel. While the podcast is available every week, you’ve got to phone in during the show 979-0919 to become part of the show.

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Downtown Mall Turns 30

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Charlottesville’s downtown pedestrian mall turns 30 this month, with free cake for everyone who attended a ceremony commemorating the event. The project was an effort to bring people back to downtown after other shopping centers sprang up in the area. This podcast features speeches from former city manager Cole Hendrix, former mayor Nancy O’Brien, Bob Stroh of the Downtown Business Association, current mayor David Brown and current city manager Gary O’Connell. It is hosted by Mark O’Brien and Crystal Cameron of NBC 29.

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New Citizens Take Oath of Citizenship at Monticello

New citizens take the Oath of Citizenship at Monticello

There are sixty-nine more Americans in the area around Charlottesville this week. The new citizens took the Oath of Citizenship on the steps of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello on Independence Day. They were welcomed by fellow naturalized citizens Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the pair responsible for huge public art projects such as The Gates and the wrapping of the Reichstag.

This is a six minute report featuring the highlights from the ceremony. Check here for the full ceremony.



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New Citizens Take Oath at Monticello

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

There are sixty-nine more Americans in the area around Charlottesville this week. The new citizens took the Oath of Citizenship on the steps of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello on Independence Day. They were welcomed by fellow naturalized citizens Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the pair responsible for huge public art projects such as The Gates and the wrapping of the Reichstag.

New citizens taking the Oath of Citizenship

(00:00 – 00:24) – Introduction
(00:24 – 01:53) – Dan Jordan, President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation
(01:53 – 04:33) – John Charles Thomas, Former Trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation
(04:33 – 08:30) – Jeff Walker, Chairman of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation
(08:30 – 14:48) – Christo and Jeanne-Claude
(14:48 – 22:52) – Western District of Virginia convenes, ceremony is held
(22:52 – 26:06) – Remarks from Judge James P. Jones
(26:06 – 32:15) – Remarks from Judge James Harve Wilkinson III of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
(32:15 – 43:08) – Stories from the new citizens
(43:08 – 44:49) – Pledge of Allegiance
(44:49 – 46:37) – A talk with Md Farid Uddin
(46:37 – 48:45) – A talk with Parigul Lloyd
(48:45 – 49:48) – Conclusion

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Charlottesville–Right Now: Lowell Feld on Jim Webb and political consulting

Lowell Feld of the website Raising Kaine has been credited with helping convince Jim Webb to run for the U.S. Senate. Webb defeated Harris Miller earlier this month for the Democratic nomination for the seat currently held by George Allen. Feld joined Coy Barefoot on the June 26 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss Webb’s candidacy, and the changing role of political consultants.

CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Jack Marshall of ASAP: Towards an “optimal sustainable population”

We all have opinions on the growth going on in Charlottesville and surrounding counties. But Jack Marshall is well-positioned to make his declaration that Albemarle County needs to set an “optimal sustainable population.” Marshall is a cultural anthropologist who spent many years studying the effects of population growth. Now he’s the president of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population. He spoke at the annual meeting of the Ivy Creek Foundation on June 25, 2006, in the Foundation’s new education building.

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Wake-Up Call: Jonathan Haidt and the Happiness Hypothesis

What makes life worth living? That deep question is one of the many asked by the advocates of something called “positive psychology.” Jonathan Haidt of the University of Virginia is one of the field’s proponents, and the author of The Happiness Hypothesis. He dropped by WNRN to talk with guest-host Pete Ronayne on the June 25 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call.

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VABook 2006: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism

Patricia Aburdene was the featured speaker at the annual Virginia Festival of the Book Business Breakfast on Wednesday, March 22, 2006., Aburdene is author of Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism. She discussed her new book, which explains why firms like Timberland, Wainwright Bank, 3M, Chiquita Brands, Motorola, Intel and others are taking a stand for corporate social responsibility. Aburdene explains what many have felt but couldn’t prove: Corporate responsibility actually is good business. Old-fashioned values, honest accounting, and stewardship for each other and the environment translate into healthy profits: “doing the right thing” pays off for everyone.



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WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wakeup Call: Preventing Teenage Drinking

What role should school systems play in fighting teenage drinking? That’s one of the questions explored in a panel discussion on alcohol held during the June 18 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call. Sue Friedman is the chair of the Albemarle County School Board. Frank Birkhead is a parent of a recently graduated student from Western Albemarle High School. Andrew Owen is the coach of the lacrosse team at Western Albemarle.

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Two men dead in Albemarle County plane crash

Two men died this morning when a single-engine plane crashed into an Albemarle County field. County Spokeswoman Lee Catlin says the plane was from Central Virginia, but would not reveal their identities pending notification of next of kin. The bodies will be identified at the University of Virginia medical center this afternoon. Here’s a report from the scene.

Read up on the event at the Daily Progress, cvillenews.com and the Hook.