He told President Buchanan that he did not want a job or money. He only wanted a chance to be useful.

In Buchanan, the port, small businesses are feeding off the rebirth of the railway, winning contracts to clean offices, transport material or put food on the plates of workers.

Here is Buchanan again: what are you working on that people will be reading in 100 years?

"Cellphone batteries do indeed last a bit longer if kept cool, " says Isidor Buchanan, editor of the Battery University Web site.

As Karen approached a recycling center at the corner of Buchanan Street, a man stood looking quizzically at her, then at the woman she was following.