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�Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.�
These words are attributed to American author and humorist Mark Twain and every public official would probably be wise to heed these words. Unfortunately, too many don�t and oftentimes lose in the long run. I too find myself going in the opposite direction of Mr. Twain.
Recently the paper reported that I said I wasn�t going to vote for the budget, but decided to do so in order to secure a vote from Commissioner Fraley to fire the county manager, Jan Winters. This implied that I acted underhanded and unethically.
The problem is I never made that comment. There was never a �backroom deal� or illegal maneuvering that the paper or some commissioners would lead you to believe. We have conversations about what we believe is best for the county. Each commissioner made his decision based on what he thought was best for the county and not simply to �secure a vote� from someone else.
I am not asking you to agree with our decision to replace the county manager. However I do want to clarify that this decision was made like every other decision - after much prayerful consideration of the ramifications - positive and negative. Nothing dishonest or deceptive occurred.
Our hope was to have a closed personnel session to give the manager the respect he deserved. A couple of commissioners did not like it. In my opinion, instead of giving Mr. Winters the respect of meeting with the board, they chose to draw attention to themselves and walk out of the meeting. Imagine what would happen if every decision I did not like, I stood up and accused the other board members of acting unscrupulously, and told the paper it was a backroom deal and refused to vote.
I did believe it was time for Mr. Winters to be replaced and respect the opinion of those who disagree with me. I think he served our community admirably and professionally while guiding the county through some difficult budget seasons. For that, we owe him our gratitude.
However, much has changed in recent years and our county needs new leadership. We have to refuse to accept the status quo. Business as usual is no longer acceptable. Everything from the business community to the political landscape is changing. I refuse to sit back and allow our county to continue falling behind economically, falling in education, while continuing to increase overall spending in addition to raiding our fund balance. This path would ultimately make us the highest taxed county in the state.
Trust me, as a fiscal conservative, the last thing I ever envisioned was having to increase the tax rate my first year in office. Unfortunately, with the impact of the voter approved school bonds and management�s unwillingness to make necessary cuts in recent years, our bond debt has become unmanageable and we are left in a position where, to protect our bond rating, we had to cover these expenses through the previously promised tax increase.
I am committed to start immediately searching for ways to make our county government more efficient. Whether we accomplish this through consolidating services and departments like we have with the health department and DSS, or through privatizing certain government services. Additionally we need to raise the level of accountability of tax every dollar that is spent. I don�t want our taxpayers to continue to shoulder the burden of unnecessary tax increases.
I urge the community not to settle for the status quo. Gaston County deserves better. Our children deserve better. We were elected to lead, and as John Maxwell says, �Everything rises and falls with leadership.� Moving forward, we need to find a manager who is an innovative leader who possesses the business acumen to return us to the track of fiscal responsibility. I believe in time, this decision will prove itself correct!
Williams is a County Commissioner on the Gaston County Board of Commissioners.
Editor�s note: The Gazette stands by the accuracy of its story.

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Dustin Craven and Pilar Peterson Take Top Spots in Whistler's First "Pipestyle
March 1, 2006
WHISTLER, BC, (Whistler Press Release)—The 8th Annual Showcase Showdown's first-ever "Pipestyle" was a great success with over 3,000 spectators lining Blackcomb's Super Night Pipe to watch the finals on Saturday. Seventeen year-old Dustin Craven of Calgary, AB took home the $10,000 prize purse and Pilar Peterson of Whistler, BC captured the women's top spot and $5,000.
"Dustin has been an up and comer for a while but after a strong showing in comps earlier this year, he absolutely killed it at the Showdown," says Brian Naylor event organizer and Snowboard Operations Manager at Whistler Blackcomb. "Pilar is one of the best-rounded riders in Whistler; she rips in the backcountry, the terrain parks and the pipe with the same amount of style and ease."
Canadian Olympic athletes Justin Lamoureux and Crispin Lipscomb competed in the event just days after returning from Torino, Italy and adapted their world-class halfpipe skills to the > "> Pipestyle> "> format with ease. Lipscomb ranked 4th and took home $1,000 while Lamoureux placed 7th.
Besides throwing down $25,000 in prize money Sapient Snowboards also stoked out the massive crowd by giving away 20 snowboards over the course of the two-day event. Additional event sponsors Anon, RED, Option, Vans, Salomon-Bonfire and 32 also contributed over $15,000 in prizing.
"We are ecstatic about the success of the Showcase Showdown and are confident about the potential to grow this event with the support of all of our sponsors as well as the support of the crew at Whistler Blackcomb," says Naylor. "The vibe at the event was amazing with spectators ranging from families with young rippers to people like Kevin Young, Risto Scott and Doug Lundgren, integral members of Whistler's snowboarding community. Building on the success of this year's Showdown while maintaining that grassroots feeling is our goal for next year."
The exciting new "Pipestyle" format was the brainchild of Zoltan Katchanoski, international snowboard judge and promotions coordinator for the Showcase Showdown and was designed by Whistler's well-known terrain park builder, Steve Petrie. The Pipestyle featured two huge hips at the entrance to the Super Night Pipe; two boxes located mid-way on the lips of the pipe; and a rail section at the end featuring three different sliding options. Although the event was held in a pipe, Slopestyle elements were very important factors in the judges' scores.
Some event highlights:
*Commentator comedy from MCs Darryl Trinidad and Pete Anderson.
*Travis Williams busting huge out of the Super Night Pipe - who knew he could ride pipe so well?
*Tim Orr's massive airs off the hip at the entrance to the Super Night Pipe.
*Dennis Bannock and Jesse Kumlea, Showdown veterans, pushing their limits.
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How It All Began
I only brought one novel on my vacation to New Mexico, and How It All Began was the perfect one. Not that it's about New Mexico, no--it's almost wholly set in London with a few side trips to Cambridge and a "cathedral town."
The novel begins with an interesting premise, similar to the butterfly affect in New Zealand. What happens in the rest of the world when a butterfly starts a slight breeze wafting Down Under? In this case, it's nothing as natural or beautiful as a butterfly fluttering. Instead, an older retired teacher and passionate book person, Charlotte, has been mugged on a city street. This ignites a chain of events that alters many lives.
First, her daughter Rose must come to the hospital and care for her. This leaves Rose's grumpy, egotistical employer, Henry, a former professor of history, at a loss. Rose had promised to accompany him to Cambridge where he was presenting a lecture on his field, 18th century England.
Instead, his less-organized niece agrees to accompany him. Marion has her own interior design business, but she forgets to pack Henry's notes. (Of course, Henry can't be bothered with anything so mundane.) Henry makes an absolute fool of himself. Whereas in the old days, he could sail through "his" historical period with no notes, now the names of figures he's written about for decades have suddenly vanished.
But at least the speaking engagement isn't a total loss, Marion meets a rich client who needs many apartments decorated. On the way there, she cancels a date with her married lover, but alas, he's forgotten his phone in another jacket and his wife checks the text. They separate and soon divorce lawyers begin calling.
The novel really brings you inside all these characters' lives. Charlotte is forced to move in with Rose and her husband, Gerry. And suddenly, living close to them, she notices that her daughter does not have the deep connection that Charlotte herself had with her husband, now dead.
Lively captures the fears and the losses of old age well. Charlotte desperately wants to be back on her own, but her broken hip makes her dependent on other people for the first time in her adult life. But at least she can continue with her literacy training. She can only work with one client now and she and the Literacy Center chose Anton, an educated Pole, who has been forced to work as a construction lackey until he can boost his English language skills.
This part of the book is lovely. Anton comes to Rose's house and he and Charlotte begin reading together classics of children's literature. Rose always joins them for tea at the end. She soon is on a mission to shop for the perfect gift for his mother. Of course, this leads to museum visits and walks in the park.
Lively seamlessly moves between varying narrative threads. It's a surprisingly optimistic exploration of dealing with life's hard knocks and doing so as part of a community of family and friends.
Another book of domestic fiction that you might also enjoy is Edna O'Brien's The Light of Evening.


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Dec. 22, 2010 -- The FDA today approved Merck's Gardasil HPV vaccine for prevention of anal cancer in both males and females ages 9 through 26 years.
HPV -- human papillomavirus -- is a sexually transmitted infection. It most commonly causes genital warts, but it also causes several cancers and precancerous lesions.
Gardasil already is approved for preventing cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancer in females, and for preventing genital warts in both males and females.
However, the vaccine is routinely recommended only for girls. It remains optional for boys. Another HPV vaccine, Cervarix, is approved only for cancer prevention in girls.
Anal cancer is relatively rare in the U.S. -- about 5,300 cases a year. However, cases have been steadily increasing.
While men who have sex with men are at highest risk, anal cancer is more common in women than in men.
"Treatment for anal cancer is challenging: The use of Gardasil as a method of prevention is important as it may result in fewer diagnoses and the subsequent surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy that individuals need to endure," Karen Midthun, MD, director of the FDA center for biologics evaluation and research, says in a news release.
In November 2010, an FDA expert advisory panel recommended that the agency approve Gardasil for anal cancer.
HPV vaccines cannot prevent cancer in women or men already infected with the strains of HPV included in the vaccines. That's why the vaccine is most commonly given to girls and boys before they become sexually active.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on vaccination policy, likely will discuss extending routine Gardasil vaccination at its February 2011 meeting.
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Solid match up today as Jeff Samardzija takes on Mat Latos in the rubber game of the series. It's raining in Cincinnati at the moment and the game will not start as scheduled (11:35 AM), instead everyone involved will meet to see if they should postpone the game or just wait it out around 11:15 AM. Here are the lineups for today should we get underway. (UPDATE) Game scheduled to start at 1 PM CST now, could change, but that's the plan.
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text: Penang Gourmets and gourmands rejoice! The 'Pearl of the Orient' is a thriving melting pot of a city where everyone is a certified foodie. Rich culture and traditions give rise to lingering scents of irresistible food from all corners of Malaysia, as the island's heritage is proudly and fiercely preserved without resisting the flood of modernity. What do you need for your pilgrimage to this food mecca? Just comfortable shoes and a large pack of indigestion relief. Top 5 Must Do's Local Cuisines Ask any local where to find the best local bites – char kuey teow, assam laksa, cendol, ais kacang, Hokkien mee, nasi kandar and many more! Regardless of where they point to, you'll be assured that the food will be impeccably good! The birthplace of many famous Malaysian dishes, the streets of Penang such as Lorong Selamat, Macalister Road and Kimberly Street are filled with variations of the classics. Batu Ferringhi Tourists will love the colourful night market along Ferringhi Beach. In front of the stretch of bars and hotels is a night market that sells every tourist's dream souvenirs – lanterns, key chains, novelty tees, floats, swimwear, accessories, bags and many others. Come over for some trinket shopping, get a foot massage across the street or just hop on to one of the many famous bars along the street. Kek Lok Si Temple There is no missing the Temple of Supreme Bliss, its many towers sprawled atop a hillside, and a giant 36.5 metre high statue of the Goddess of Mercy standing tall at the summit. The view is fantastic, but more so during festive periods such as Chinese New Year when you'll find the entire place decorated with hundreds of lanterns – quite a sight for all visitors. If walking's not your thing, there is a mini funicular train that takes you to the top. Penang Botanical Gardens Come over to this huge garden to get close to nature, and join the locals on their jogs, walks, treks, aerobic dances and even Tai Chi practices amidst lush greenery. The garden also plays host to the Penang International World Music Festival and the annual Penang International Floral Fest. George Town Step into George Town's many quaint streets such as Armenian Street and Acheh Street, and you'll find a place where time stands still. Here in this UNESCO World Heritage Site you'll find well-preserved colonial-era structures, including temples, mosques and churches. Attractions such as the recently added street artworks by Ernest Zacharevic are also a big pull. To and from Penang International Airport Transportation To Journey Fare Rapid Penang Airport Bus Komtar, Teluk Bahang, Air Itam, George Town 30 minutes or more From MYR 2 Taxi All over Penang Island 30 minutes or more From MYR 14 Your awesome getaway awaits you right here! Book now Quick Facts CurrencyRinggit Malaysia (MYR)Electricity 240V AC 50Hz LanguageHokkien, Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia, Tamil, English Time zone UTC +8Tel code +60 4Religion Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism Want to read more? Download FREE Awesome Malaysia Guide now! Weather AUG - NOV Rainy SeasonHot and rainy23°C - 30°CBring an umbrella during sightseeing. DEC - JUL Hot SeasonHot and humid23°C - 34°CDrink lots of water and apply sunscreen. View how you can fly in with our interactive map! Map it out Check out these other destinations! Australia Gold Coast Melbourne Sydney Cambodia Siem Reap China Changsha Hangzhou Kunming Shanghai Wuhan Xi'An Hong Kong Hong Kong India Kochi Indonesia Bali Bandung Jakarta Solo Yogyakarta Japan Osaka Tokyo Malaysia Kota Kinabalu Kuala Lumpur Kuching Langkawi Miri Penang Myanmar Mandalay Nepal Kathmandu Singapore Singapore South Korea Busan Taiwan Taipei Thailand Bangkok Chiang Mai Krabi Phuket Surat Thani Vietnam Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City


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New national register of war memorial aims to connect Australians
As Australians mark the centenary of Armistice Day, they're being asked to look around and document the memorial places that dot their communities to add to an online register that will map these locations nationwide.
Using the recently-launched website, Places of Pride, the National Register of War Memorials hopes to record the locations and images of every publicly-accessible memorial in Australia, regardless of what they are or where they're located.
Australian War Memorial Director Dr Brendan Nelson said the register was a chance for Australians to get a sense of the scale of these important places which can be found in every part of the country.
"These cenotaphs and memorials, which were substitute coffins in many places - they're in every town, every community, and every suburb of every town the length and breadth of our country," Dr Nelson said.
"They were erected with a sense of abiding reverence and humility; they are repositories of love and a noble commemoration," he said.
Any place of remembrance can be included, from cenotaphs to honour boards, church shrines to memorial halls or even tree-lined remembrance ways.
"Visitors will be able to log in the name of their town, whether that's Deloraine in regional Tasmania or the Sydney suburb of Balmain, and see what's been uploaded," he said.
"The power of it is in the story. These Places of Pride remind us to look beyond the headlines, to look beyond the popular imagery and to identify the individual stories of devotion to duty and to our country."
The Places of Pride website is the first part of a larger plan to install a giant interactive screen to display the gathered information in the proposed expanded galleries of the Australian War Memorial.
"This isn't just about a national register, or even about building the online pictorial gallery, but about actually putting that into the memorial's galleries, so that people can see their smaller cenotaphs within the larger war memorial," he said.
"If you take a single name from any memorial or cenotaph, no matter where it is in the country, you can then step back and see how these layers of noble memory stretch all the way to here, to the heart of the country these people loved."
The announcement of the website and the proposed expansion of the War Memorial comes as Australia marks the centenary of Armistice Day on 11 November.
"The timing is symbolically important because the centenary of the Armistice marks the end of the most significant event that wounded, scarred and ultimately defined Australians," Dr Nelson said.
"In the lead up to the Armistice 100-years ago, all of these communities were starting to turn their minds to how to remember their loved ones, because in most cases there was never going to be a grave," he said.
"And so the memorials themselves became critically important for emerging from the first world war."
Dr Nelson says despite it being 100-years since the end of the first world war, even our oldest memorials and cenotaphs continue to be an important part of local communities.
"These cenotaphs and memorials, you'll find them right in the middle of towns: on a tiny little roundabout in the middle of the main street, outside the Town Hall, in a memorial garden, occasionally in a place where a town no longer exists," he said.
We cannot ever allow ourselves to forget from where we came and who gave us what we have. They were and remain so significant to our sense of who we are.Dr Brendan Nelson
Australian communities have erected memorials to those who have served and died since the end of the Boer War, and the number of memorials throughout the country is expected to stretch to several thousand.
While many of these are well-known community locations, some are little-known places that haven't been publicly documented.
"Our call out to every RSL, RSL sub-branch, every community club, every school, every local government authority, every church and faith-based organisation and to every individual is that if you see a place, or known where one is, take a photo of it," Dr Nelson said.
"You don't have to have a state-of-the-art camera, and it doesn't matter if you have very little information, just enter the details you have, even if there are other photos of the same place," he said.
"By doing this, what we're hoping to achieve is that people will be reminded of what is really important in life and to never take for granted the life we have, the freedoms we enjoy and to remember those who have given their all for what we have."
Place of Pride can be found at placesofpride.awm.gov.au


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Landscaping your home in Lincoln City Oregon
We believe that landscaping Lincoln City Oregon and the exterior appearance of your property are just as important as the interior of your house. As professional landscapers and landscaping contractors, we can design a plan for your yard and bring it to life.
Most people hire landscapers Lincoln City Oregon to increase their home's curb appeal when your home is professionally landscaped it stands out. If you ever sell your home, great curb appeal will attract potential buyers to your property.
Great landscaping is not just for others to view and admire it is for you to enjoy as well. If you love working in the yard, and caring for your exterior spaces, a nicely landscaped yard is a matter of personal pride. If you would rather not handle your own yard & lawn work, we can maintain and care for all your needs with proper landscape maintenance services.
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AJL sees the landscape design process as a collaborative effort between the client and our company to help put what is in your heart or imagination on paper. We can serve you with basic sketches or detailed computer aided drafting.
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We have worked hard to develop a Landscape team and skill set that allow us to serve high end Residential and Commercial customers as well as simple renovation projects. Our goal is to help our clients build their back yard oasis, or front yard entry without compromise.
Landscape Maintenance Lincoln City Oregon
Our Landscape Maintenance team is committed to excellence and building strong relationships with the clients we serve. Our contracts are year round and pro-rated to allow for easy budgeting.We have 3 different levels of service to allow for a custom fit with each property. Gardens develop over time, requiring a long term approach and partnership to achieve the best results.
We design your landscape, we install your landscaping, and we maintain your landscaping.
We offer a wide variety of lawn and landscaping services to meet your needs
What can we do for your dream landscape?
Landscape Services
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- New Seed Lawns
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- Pruning / Trimming
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- Brush Clearing / Leaf Removal
- Debris Removal
- Driveway / Walkway Cleaning
- Clean-ups or Weekly Service
Yearly Landscape Maintenance Calendar
Winter Maintenance
Winter provides us a time to prepare for the rest of the year. As our Lincoln City Oregon landscapes slow down, we can focus on elements that are hard to attack through the growing season. From simple irrigation repairs to structural changes within the landscape, the winter is an important time.
Monthly Lincoln City Oregon Landscape Maintenance Priorities:
1. Finish fall leaf cleanup
2. Winter pruning
–limbing up of deciduous trees
–limbing up of conifers in lawn areas
–thinning and structure pruning of pine trees
–pruning of summer blooming deciduous shrubs
–pruning of non-blooming evergreen shrubs
–pruning ground cover (ivy, cotoneaster, vinca)
3. Mow 1 time only if necessary- remove clippings
1. Completion of all bed cleanup
2. Pruning
–winter pruning completion
–pruning of Red-Twig Dogwood toward the end of the month
–rejuvenation of overgrown shrubs
–pruning of St. Johns Wort.
3. Fertilization of all groundcovers and shrubs- balanced
4. Fertilize turf lightly- high nitrate fertilizer
5. Cleanup of annual beds
6. Mow 1-2 times during month- remove clippings
Chemical Control
–Pre-emergent application for early weed control
–Watch for early detection on crane fly in turf
Additional Costs – bark application to the shrub beds every year or every other year.
1. Deadhead Rhododendrons and rake beds for spent blossoms of all flowering shrubs.
2. Prune Rhododendrons and Azaleas lightly (post-bloom)
3. Fertilize shrub and groundcover areas again- high nitrate
4. Cut back daffodils approx. 6 weeks after bloom
5. Startup irrigation system at the beginning of the month.
6. Mow 4+ times during the month- remove clippings
Additional Costs – thatching and aerating are important practices in the spring and fall. Thatching is not always necessary but aeration is. Depending upon the age of your turf and its current condition these practices may or may not be necessary annually. With the activation of your irrigation system, there is also a chance for extra costs due to repairs necessary as a result of vandalism, or other unmanageable factors (storms etc.)
We have Monthly Landscape Maintenance Packages
Summer Maintenance
Summer provides an abundance of growth, as temperatures fluctuate immensely. Careful monitoring is essential to maintaining a healthy, balanced landscape. Irrigation is our biggest concern as temperatures rise, and the amount of stress on plants and turf increases. Trees and shrubs, once they have matured, have a deep root system, which allows them to deal with extended periods of drought. Turf is not as fortunate as its root system is 3-6" deep, which makes it quite susceptible to drying out. With well-planned irrigation, we can avoid loss and drying out.
1. Start summer pruning of (ivy, vinca, photinia, Arbutus)
2. Use liquid fertilizer to annuals, except petunias and lobelia
3. Monitor irrigation for dry spots and washed out areas
4. Mow 4+ times during the month- recycle clippings
Chemical Control
–Shrub bed spraying weekly
1. Groom bark beds
2. Summer pruning of hedges, groundcovers, and early summer bloomers.
3. Fertilize turf as necessary- high nitrate
4. Monitor Irrigation, run times will be at the highest level.
5. Cut all petunias back
6. Mow 4 times during month- recycle clippings
Chemical Control
–Spot spray all beds and turf for broadleaf
1. Complete all summer pruning
2. Reduce irrigation slightly at the end of the month
3. Mow 4 times during month- recycle clippings
Fall Maintenance
As Fall hits and things start to slow down, there are a lot of adjustments that need to be made in the landscape. Through summer our focus is on careful monitoring. As fall sets in our attention is more focused on cleanup, but monitoring increases as well. This is the most challenging time of year in the maintenance business. Keeping up with the fall leaf removal almost doubles the amount of time spent on a job, so careful management of other landscape elements such as increased disease potential in the turf, is essential.
1. Begin fall leaf control; focus on the most visible areas around entries (we will use the blower to move leaves into areas where they can be picked up at a later point, without being an eyesore. Leaves will be blown onto the lawns where possible to be picked up by the mowers.)
2. Fertilize all shrubs, trees, and groundcovers to initiate and encourage root growth balanced fertilizer
3. Fertilize all turf areas- balanced fertilizer
4. Start planting pansies
5. Check annual beds, add new potting soil if needed
6. Mow 4 times during month- remove clippings
7. Monitor turf for Red Thread, Rust and other diseases
Chemical Control
–Apply pre-dormant spray for horsetail, poison oak, and blackberries (RoundUp Crossbow)
–Apply pre-emergent herbicide to beds as needed to control weeds
1. Continue leaf removal.
2. Reduce irrigation to one application per week, shut off irrigation beds. Depending upon season shut off entire system and drain toward the end of the month.
3. Mow 3 times during the month, lower the mowing height- remove clippings
4. Monitor turf for Red Thread, Rust and other diseases
Chemical Control
–spot spray for weeds if necessary
1. Focus on leaf removal through month
2. Make sure all irrigation systems are shot off and drained
3. Mow 1-2 times, or as necessary- remove clippings
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The UAW's failed bid to organize hourly workers at the sprawling Volkswagen plant near Chattanooga, Tenn., is having repercussions in Germany.
Workers at the VW plant, which builds the U.S. version of the Passat sedan, voted 53 percent -- 712-626 -- to reject UAW membership in balloting that ended on Valentine's Day. The vote in the traditionally anti-union South was one of the closest watched unionization efforts in recent years because the employer was publicly neutral on the union, while Tennessee politicians in the "right-to-work" state vigorously opposed it.
On Wednesday, Bernd Osterloh, a top labor leader at Volkswagen AG in Germany, vowed to continue the fight for a German-style works council at the Tennessee plant.
Works councils, which exist in nearly all 105 other VW plants worldwide, typically deal with workplace issues like scheduling and safety, vacations, grievances and represent workers in labor-management disputes and planning.
In an interview with the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Osterloh blamed the UAW's defeat in Tennessee on anti-union pressure by outsiders and said he is working with the United Auto Workers on bringing an employee works council to the factory.
"Outside conservatives created a massively anti-union sentiment," he said in a statement. "It's possible that one would come to the conclusion that this influence represents an "unfair labor practice."
In Germany, workers hold half the seats on the world's No. 2 automaker's 20-member supervisory board. Osterloh indicated they would be reluctant to approve more plants in the U.S. South without an agreement on employee representation being part of the deal.
As he put it, while it makes sense for Volkswagen to open another U.S. plant it "does not necessarily have to be assigned to the South again." VW plans to introduce a new SUV for the U.S. market in 2016 but has said nothing about where it will be assembled. Mexico is considered a likely contender.
Tennessee gave Volkswagen more than $500 million in incentives to build the Chattanooga plant, which opened in 2011 helping create thousands of good-paying, middle-class jobs locally and generating more than $50 million in new state and local tax revenue a year.
The plant's 1,600 workers earn around $27 an hour including benefits.
Labor leaders meeting in Houston last week blamed Tennessee Republicans, led by Sen. Bob Corker, for the UAW's loss but the organizing director for the AFL-CIO said workers were "certainly not going to be deterred" from unionizing in the South, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Before the UAW vote, Corker, a former mayor of Chattanooga, had said WV executives told him the plant would get a second line for a new SUV if workers rejected UAW representation. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said auto parts suppliers would not come to the region if the plant brought in the union.
On Friday, the UAW filed a 58-page document asking the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a new election, calling Corker's conduct "shameful and undertaken with utter disregard for the rights of the citizens of Tennessee and surrounding states that work at Volkswagen Chattanooga."
Corker said the union's action may slow down Volkswagen's decision on where to build an SUV. "The UAW is only interested in its own survival and not the interests of the great employees at Chattanooga's Volkswagen facility nor the company for which they work," he said in a statement.
The New York Times said Frank Fischer, chief executive officer and chairman of Volkswagen Chattanooga, indicated Volkswagen wants a works council for the plant.
"There is no connection between our Chattanooga employees' decision about whether to be represented by a union and the decision about where to build a new product for the U.S. market," said he said in a statement.
Last fall, a majority of the rank-and-file employees signed union sign-up cards authorizing the vote.
Obama orders new truck fuel standards
U.S. President Barack Obama last week announced the next phase of mileage standards for the nation's fleet of medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
In a speech at a distribution center for the supermarket chain Safeway in Upper Marlboro, Md., the president said he has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to develop and issue new fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas regulations for larger trucks (weighing 8,500 pounds or more) by March 31, 2016.
"Today, we're taking the next step. Heavy-duty trucks account for just 4 percent of all the vehicles on the highway ... [but] they're responsible for about 20 percent of carbon pollution in the transportation sector. And because they haul about 70 percent of all domestic freight ... every mile that we gain in fuel efficiency is worth thousands of dollars in savings every year," he said.
The administration estimates tighter fuel standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, school buses and 18-wheel big rig tractor-trailers for model years 2014-18 will save owners and operators an estimated $50 billion in fuel costs and save 530 million barrels of oil over the life of the vehicles.
The U.S. is already committed to doubling the fuel efficiency of light vehicles and trucks to more than 50 mpg by 2025.
"Improving gas mileage for these trucks is going to drive down our oil imports even further," he said.
The president's push for improved fuel economy comes days after a study published in the current edition of the journal Science found leaks in the U.S. natural gas system are dumping heat-trapping methane gas into the atmosphere.
Scientists at Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory concluded the leak rate is so great it may negate the value of converting heavy-duty trucks and buses from diesel fuel to compressed natural gas to slow the rate of climate change.
"If natural gas is to be a 'bridge' to a more sustainable energy future, it is a bridge that must be traversed carefully: Diligence will be required to ensure that leakage rates are low enough to achieve sustainability goals," the researchers wrote.
"Fueling trucks and buses with natural gas may help local air quality and reduce oil exports, but it is not likely to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," chief researcher Adam R. Brandt of Stanford University said in a release.
Toyota No. 1 in global sales, VW moves ahead of GM
Japanese automaker Toyota sold a record 9.98 million vehicles worldwide in 2013, retaining the title of world's largest auto company.
Germany's Volkswagen edged General Motors for the No. 2 spot, selling 9.73 million vehicles to GM's 9.71 million.
Toyota sales were up 2.4 percent last year and the company projects sales exceeding 10 million units in 2014. Volkswagen sales jumped 5 percent, selling just 270,000 fewer vehicles than Toyota, and GM saw its sales rise about 4 percent.
VW's sales figures include heavy-duty truck sales of its MAN SE and Scania AB units, while Toyota included sales from its Hino Motors and Daihatsu units, the Detroit News reported.
GM was the world's largest auto company from 1931 through 2007 and reclaimed the title in 2011 when an earthquake and tsunami in Japan and flooding in Thailand reduced Toyota's production capacity.
Volkswagen sales fell 7 percent in the United States last year -- about 100,000 fewer vehicle sales than GM -- but the German automaker's new head of U.S. operations says VW can sell 800,000 vehicles in the United States in four years.
VW currently makes more than 72 percent of the vehicles it sells in the United States in North America and plans to invest $7 billion in the region over five years.


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Other White Sox links:
- J.J. says the White Sox were close to signing Kerry Wood and looks at the link between Jared Mitchell and Josh Fields.
- James looks at the Michael Pineda-Jesus Montero trade, and Jake Peavy saying Ozzie Guillen quit on the Sox.
- Jim Thome was interviewed by Chuck Garfien (video). Big Jim, who the Phillies think of playing at 1B, thinks Adam Dunn, a player that's very similar to him, will rebound this season.
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September 27, 2012 at 12:15 pm #16871RetnugParticipant
I have a standard binocular scope with four objectives: 40 / 100 / 400 / 1000 I am able to observe mushroom spores and some ornamentation on the spores. But, my challenge or "failure" is:
I am trying to grow herbs & vegetables using Biological practices. In doing so, I am trying to study the health of my garden soil life and compare to life in my compost piles, soil in my woods, etc.
With that said; when I have placed samples on a slide from my compost pile, and even from the soil from under my chickens roost to observe "any life forms"….I do not see any life at all, and I read all the time about the "millions of life forms in healthy soil". I have not used any chemicals on my soil for some years now! What am I missing here? Is my microscope not powerful enough? Am I only going to see life if I use the 1000 with an oil immersion? Sorry, if this sounds lame; I'm just an old man trying to study my environment on a path to sustainable herb & vegetable growing. I have even tried to catch the biology teacher at my local college to see if I could sit in at the back of their class to quietly listen in to pick up some wisdom on the subject, but these teachers are roaming to different campus locations to teach, and I miss! Timing is hard to catch someone when you work ten hours a day.
Sorry, wordy here: Is my scope capable of seeing these life forms, if so, where am I failing in my attempt? I would be happy to take an answer to my email address is this is too dumb for this forum.
September 27, 2012 at 4:23 pm #112477jonmoultonParticipant
Are you mounting the soil samples under a cover slip with a drop of water? That can help, as living protozoa can swim a bit away from soil particles, making them easier to see. Also, some of these critters move fast, so using a solution of methylcellulose and water can help slow them down. These solutions are usually available where microscopy stains and microscope accessories are sold.
Read up on lighting the sample – there is great variation in methods for lighting, and the choice of lighting can affect what sorts of items you can see in the sample. In particular, if you go with oil immersion at high magnification you should learn to set up Kohler illumination.
October 18, 2012 at 12:24 am #112721RetnugParticipant
Thank you for the response and the Kohler info; yes, I am using cover slip; "plastic", not glass; glass is on my short list of supplies needed, along with some of these chemicals you have shared. I don't know why, or how I came about my "water medium", but I have been using an eye-drop solution, (?) OK I guess? I have used an immersion oil >Type A< for viewing my mushroom spores, but that is the limit of my experience. I am excited about the solution of methylcellulose, for this life in the soil; it never came up with my mycology experiences. Thank you again; I'll have to look on-line for some sort of "Kit" of chemicals that will cover a wide variety of microscopy. I do have a challenge with some chemicals for staining mushroom specimens to qualify their species.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A week before mandatory budget cuts go into effect across the government, the Department of Homeland Security has started releasing illegal immigrants being held in immigration jails across the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday.
Gillian Christensen, an ICE spokeswoman, said ICE has reviewed "several hundred cases" of immigrants being held in jails around the country and released them in the last week. They have been "placed on an appropriate, more cost-effective form of supervised release," she said.
Christensen said the agency's "priority for detention remains on serious criminal offenders and other individuals who pose a significant threat to public safety." She did not say how released immigrants were selected or what jails they were released from.
Tuesday's announcement of jail releases is the first tangible impact of the looming budget cuts for DHS.
The Obama administration has been issuing dire warnings about the impact of the sequestration and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano told reporters at the White House Monday that across-the-board cuts would impact the department's core operations, including border security and airport screening operations.
She also warned that DHS might not be able to afford to keep the 34,000 immigration jail beds mandated by Congress.
"I don't think we can maintain the same level of security at all places around the country with sequester as without sequester," said Napolitano, adding that the impact would be "'like a rolling ball. It will keep growing."
According to the National Immigration Forum, it costs the government about $164 a day to keep an illegal immigrant facing deportation jailed. In a report on immigration detention costs last year the advocacy group said costs for supervised release can range from about 30 cents to $14 a day.
The administration asked for about $1.96 billion for immigration jail operations in the last budget. It amounts to about $5.4 million a day, according to the National Immigration Forum's report.
Christensen said Tuesday that released immigrants will still face deportation proceedings.


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"My husband has ancestors from Carcar that we would like to find out about. His grandmother was Quiteria Alfafara Alquizar(also seen as Alcuisar, Alcuesar, etc.) She was born about 1884. We would love to know who her parents and siblings might be."


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Schiavo case
Schiavo case, the legal battles over the guardianship and rights of Theresa Maria Schindler Schiavo (1963–2005). Terri Schiavo was incapacitated and hospitalized in 1990, after she collapsed when her heart stopped beating due to a potassium imbalance, and her brain suffered extensive damage due to lack of oxygen. In 1998 her husband and guardian, Michael Schiavo, petitioned a Florida court to remove her feeding tube, stating that she would not have wanted to live in a vegetative state. He was opposed by her parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, who did not believe she was in such a state and disagreed with her husband's assertions concerning her wishes. They had become estranged from Michael Schiavo after he had sued and won a $1 million malpractice award (1992), and they had tried in 1993 to have him removed as Terri Schiavo's guardian.
In 2000 the judge ruled in favor of Michael Schiavo and the feed tubing was removed, but the Schindlers sued in another court and the judge there ordered the tube reinserted. In 2002 the original judge again ruled in favor of Michael Schiavo and, after a Florida appeals court upheld (2003) the ruling, the tube was removed. The Florida legislature, however, quickly passed a law allowing Gov. Jeb Bush to intervene, and he ordered the feeding resumed. The Florida supreme court ultimately ruled (2004) that "Terri's Law" was unconstitutional and violated Terri Schiavo's right to privacy, but Gov. Bush appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which rejected his petition.
In 2005, after a Florida appeals court again refused to block the tube's removal, both Houses of the U.S. Congress attempt to block its removal using their subpoena power, a move regarded by most legal experts as overreaching or illegitimate, and the Florida judge rejected the move and ordered the tube removed. Congress then quickly passed a law calling for a federal district court in Florida to review the case to determine if Terri Schiavo's rights were being violated, but the federal judge in the case rejected the Schindlers' argument that her constitutional right to due process was being violated, a decision that was upheld on appeal. Terri Schiavo died on Mar. 31, 2005, less than two weeks after the feeding tube had been removed.
The case's generally straightforward original legal issues were obscured by the acrimony between Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers, whose belief that their daughter was not in a vegetative state, despite what most doctors said, was fueled by her reaction to stimuli, a condition not inconsistent with a vegetative state; she also was capable of breathing on her own. The case gradually became a media circus, but also was an often emotional political cause for conservative, mostly Republican political leaders and for persons opposed to abortion and euthanasia. On the other hand, many Americans were disturbed by the injection of elected government officials into what they saw as a private family matter, however embittered and complicated, and most legal experts and ultimately the courts as well regarded the legislative interventions as unsound law.


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SSUAF necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 126 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Sonoma State University Academic Foundation
The Sonoma State University Academic Foundation Inc. is a public service, not-for-profit corporation established in 1974 to promote the development programs of the University. The Foundations principle mission is to receive and administer gifts, endowments, scholarships and planned giving that enhance and promote Sonoma State University's educational mission. The activities of the Foundation are directed by a board of community, student, faculty and administrative representatives. The Foundation is a CSU auxiliary organization, as defined in Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. http://www.sonoma.edu/afd/fnd/
The logo will be used mainly on letterhead and envelopes for the express use of communicating from the foundation to its constituents. Additionally, the logo will likely be used on any reports that are generated and on the foundation's website.
Since the name is so long, Sonoma State University Academic Foundation, the logo (or wordmark) could be at least two lines, although other ideas are encouraged. We would like to see a simple icon to go with the wordmark you will create. The entire design should be simple and easy to replicate in one color or in full color (for the website).
Please avoid any money icons and photos.
This is a serious foundation, so no cartoons or cheesy clip art. Elegant is good. A simple design is best.
Possibly the first line could be Academic Foundation and the second line "of Sonoma State University"
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2015: Pictures of the Year International: 1st Prize, Global Health, Ebola in Sierra Leone
2015: The National Association of Black Journalists, Salute to Excellence Award, "In Congo: Trapped in Violence and Forgotten," for the Washington Post.
2014: Magnum Emergency Fund Grant Recipient
2013 Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa OpenPhoto Contest, "In the Shadow of Change: South Sudan at Independence." 1st Place.
2013 99 Most Influential Young People in Foreign Policy, Diplomatic Courier Magazine
2012 Sony World Photography Awards, "Machine Gun Americana," 3rd Place, People
2012 Sony World Photography Awards "Border Wars: Sudan and South Sudan," Shorlisted, Current Affairs
2011 Overseas Press Club of America: John Faber Award for Best Photographic Reporting for a Newspaper or News Agency.
2011 TIME Magazine Wire Photographer of the Year
George Soros Open Society Foundation Moving Walls 19 Documentary Photography Exhibit, New York 2011.
2011 Chinese International Press Photo Contest: Honorable Mention in War and Disaster Stories
2009 GLAAD Media Awards: Nominee; Best Digital Journalism Article; "On the Road to Refuge."
The Gun Show, Fovea Gallery, Beacon, New York, July-October 2013
The Legacy of Rape, Geneva, New York City, 2013
South Sudan, Humanity United Foundation, San Fransico, Washington DC, 2013
George Soros Open SocietyFoundation Moving Walls 19 Exhbiit, New York, November 2011
Tenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, Geneva, Switzerland. November 2010.
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La Sirenetta - Il Concerto, Concerto per i 30 anni del Classico
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Lea Michele to Star in "The Little Mermaid" at the Hollywood Bowl
Thingamabobs? She's got 20!
March 30, 2019
Lea Michele is quite the songstress. Of course, this is a widely known fact as we all remember her Glee days portraying theatre aficionado-turned-star Rachel Berry. Upon hearing her sing �Defying Gravity� from Wicked in one of the early episodes, we became instant lifelong stans, though Lea�s theatrical career started much earlier than that. After Glee came to an end following season six (moment of silence please), Lea went on to do much more acting, including a hit role in the series Scream Queens. But for those who have been dying to see Lea belt her face off once again, things are about to feel so much better.
Hold onto your thingamabobs because Lea is headed to the Hollywood Bowl to star as Ariel in The Little Mermaid. According to Broadway World, Lea be diving under the sea for two performances only on May 17 and 18, where she will perform some of the iconic mermaid�s most memorable songs.
Shaking? Same! But who will play Ursula, the baddest witch of the waters who steals Ariel�s voice? None other than Broadway icon Harvey Fierstein, known for his portrayal of Edna Turnblad in the original cast of Hairspray. The production will also star Cheech Marin as Chef Louis, Peter Gallagher as King Triton (hello Sandy Cohen!), Leo Gallo as Prince Eric, and Ken Page as Sebastian.
Honestly, we have so many questions: Will Lea dye her hair red? Will she move around on rollerblades like in the Broadway production? Will Harvey's version of Ursula leave our poor unfortunate souls rendered speechless? Either way, we�re so excited for this production and the many YouTube videos of Lea�s performance that we will be binge-watching for the rest of eternity.
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Lea Michele sar� la Sirenetta in una produzione all'Hollywood Bowl
Lea Michele vestir� i panni della Sirenetta all'Hollywood Bowl, in due serate davvero speciali. L'occasione � il trentesimo anniversario del film d'animazione della Walt Disney. Tanti saranno i brani della storica colonna sonora, che verranno interpretati
Lea Michele sar� Ariel in una prossima produzione all�Hollywood Bowl, insieme ad Harvey Fierstein (Ursula), Peter Gallagher (Re Tritone), Leo Gallo (Eric) e altri. Il concerto prevede l�esecuzione di alcuni dei brani pi� famosi dello storico film d�animazione della Walt Disney: saranno, infatti, interpretati In fondo al mar (Under the Sea), Baciala (Kiss the Girl), La canzone di Ursula (Poor Unfortunate Souls) e La sirenetta (Part of Your World), cos� come altri pezzi del musical di Broadway.
La Sirenetta � un film cos� speciale e la musica � molto amata. Sono onorata di poter cantare queste canzoni senza tempo all�Hollywood Bowl, accanto a un cast di talento.
Ha dichiarato Lea, l�ex Rachel Berry di Glee. L�attrice e cantante ha debuttato a Broadway nel 1995, a otto anni, nel musical Les Mis�rables, impegnandosi a Broadway anche nel 1998 in Ragtime. Ha, poi, lavorato in altri musical e in televisione in alcune serie TV: le pi� importanti sono state Glee e Scream Queens. Lea ha, inoltre, pubblicato due album. Il suo talento come cantante sembra, quindi, ormai indiscutibile.
Le serate speciali saranno due: il 17 e il 18 maggio, in concomitanza con il trentesimo anniversario del classico Disney. Il cast eseguir� le canzoni della colonna sonora vincitrice di Oscar e Grammy, accompagnato da un�orchestra live diretta da Michael Kosarin.
Secondo Broadway World, l�evento sar� ancora pi� suggestivo, grazie al programma completo a tema acquatico e alle attrazioni presenti. Il pubblico sar�, inoltre, invitato a partecipare a un concorso di costumi a tema La Sirenetta.
L�Hollywood Bowl sar� trasformato per l�occasione in un paradiso sottomarino, per rendere l�evento un�estensione del film d�animazione e della colonna sonora: per il pubblico, sar� un�esperienza immersiva. La Sirenetta sar� diretta da Richard Kraft e prodotta da Laura Engel & Kraft, in associazione con Disney Concerts.
Una serata all�Hollywood Bowl mi ha sempre ricordato la notte perfetta da passare in un classico drive-in. Sar� una serata da passare fuori con famiglia e amici, godendo di un�esperienza comune.
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Quanto vorrei partecipare!!! Grazie veui per la news
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�The Little Mermaid�, concerto live-to-film per festeggiare i 30 anni del classico Disney
Il classico film Disney �The Little Mermaid� (�La Sirenetta�) festeggia con due serate speciali il suo 30 � anniversario. Il film completo verr� proiettato all�Hollywood Bowl � il 17 e 18 maggio � durante un coinvolgente concerto live-to-film che vedr� un cast di attori famosi tra cui Lea Michele (Ariel), Harvey Fierstein (Ursula), Cheech Marin (Chef Louis), Peter Gallagher (King Triton), Leo Gallo (Prince Eric), Ken Page (Sebastian) e l�ospite speciale Alan Menken, che eseguir� i brani vincitori del Premio Oscar� e del Grammy�, accompagnato da un�orchestra dal vivo.
Oltre ai celebri numeri musicali tra cui �Under the Sea�, �Kiss the Girl�, �Poor Unfortunate Souls� e �Part of Your World�, verranno eseguiti anche i brani tratti dal Musical di Broadway �The Little Mermaid�.
Per rendere l�evento ancora pi� coinvolgente (e sottomarino), il noto anfiteatro di Los Angeles, verr� trasformato nell�Hollywood Fish Bowl Dive-In Theatre per una notte magica sotto le stelle e �in fondo al mar�.
Inoltre, il pluripremiato studio creativo Mousetrappe torner� a sfruttare la tecnologia di proiezione in video mapping all�avanguardia per progettare un paesaggio vivente e mozzafiato sulla facciata della Hollywood Bowl, rendendo l�evento un�estensione in continua evoluzione del film e della musica.
Il concerto sar� diretto da Richard Kraft ed � prodotto da Laura Engel e Richard Kraft, Columbia Artists/Tim Fox e Alison Ahart Williams, e Live Nation/Andrew Hewitt e Bill Silva Presents, in collaborazione con Disney Concerts, il team che ha dato vita a numerosi concerti live-to-film molto acclamati tra cui �Disney�s Beauty and the Beast in Concert� con Zooey Deschanel e Kelsey Grammer e �Disney�s The Nightmare Before Christmas� con Danny Elfman e Catherine O�Hara.
�La Sirenetta� (�The Little Mermaid�) � un film d�animazione prodotto da Walt Disney Feature Animation e diretto da Ron Clements e John Musker, basato sull�omonima fiaba di Hans Christian Andersen. La versione originale si avvale delle voci di Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Samuel Wright, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Kenneth Mars, Buddy Hackett, Jason Marin e Ren� Auberjonois.
Il lungometraggio usc� nelle sale il 14 novembre 1989, ed � il 28� Classico Disney. Nel corso della sua prima distribuzione, incass� 84 milioni di dollari nel Nord America, e fino ad oggi ha raggiunto un incasso totale di 211 milioni di dollari.
Dopo il successo del film Disney/Amblin del 1988 �Chi ha incastrato Roger Rabbit�, a �La Sirenetta� � stato dato il merito di aver infuso nuova vita all�arte dei film d�animazione Disney, dopo una serie di fallimenti critici o commerciali prodotti dalla Disney fin dai primi anni settanta. Diede anche inizio all�era nota come il Rinascimento Disney.
L�adattamento teatrale del film con un libretto di Doug Wright e altre canzoni di Alan Menken e il nuovo paroliere Glenn Slater esord� a Denver nel luglio 2007 e inizi� le esibizioni a Broadway il 10 gennaio 2008.
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Lea Michele Sings 'Part Of Your World' Ahead of THE LITTLE MERMAID at the Hollywood Bowl
by Linnae Medeiros May. 17, 2019
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Lea Michele is best known for her performance as "Rachel Berry" on the critically acclaimed, Golden Globe, Grammy, and SAG award-winning FOX television series Glee. She has been nominated for an Emmy, a SAG Award, and multiple Golden Globes. The GLEE cast recordings have sold over 10 million singles and garnered over 20 top 40 US Billboard Hot 100 hits. Lea released her debut album 'Louder' in March of 2014, marketing her step into her career as a solo artist with an incredible vocally-driven record. The album debuted at No. 1 on iTunes and in the Top 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. That same year, Lea added best-selling author to her resume when she released her first book, "Brunette Ambition", which was a NY Times Best Seller. She released her second book, "You First," the following year. She recently starred IN THE DARK Ryan Murphy comedy SCREAM QUEENS on FOX.
DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID will be given new life for two special evenings at Hollywood (Fish)Bowl on Friday, May 17th and Saturday, May 18th. Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the classic Disney film, the production features an all-star cast of performers including Lea Michele (as Ariel), Harvey Fierstein (as Ursula), Cheech Marin (as Chef Louis), Peter Gallagher(as King Triton), Leo Gallo (as Prince Eric), and Ken Page (as Sebastian) who will perform the songs from the Oscar� and Grammy�-winning score as the film plays on the Bowl's movie screen accompanied by a full, live orchestra. Eight-time Oscar� winner Alan Menken will take the stage to treat the audience to a special encore performance and the concert will be directed by Richard Kraft.
Celebrated songs from THE LITTLE MERMAID will be performed live on stage by the incredible cast, accompanied by orchestra with fan-favorite musical numbers including "Under the Sea," "Kiss the Girl," "Poor Unfortunate Souls" and "Part of Your World." To expand on the musical experience, a number of songs from Broadway's The Little Mermaid will be incorporated into the evening. To make this event even more immersive (and submersive) this iconic venue will be transformed into the Hollywood Fish Bowl Dive-In Theater for a magical night both under the stars and "under the sea."
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�Little Mermaid� Swims Back Into Hollywood Fishbowl for a Live-Sung Screening
Lea Michele and Harvey Fierstein join Richard Kraft's updated show.
It was November 17, 1989 when �The Little Mermaid� splashed into theaters. Its arrival loosed a Disney animation tsunami through the 1990s, resulting in a series of beloved films that are now experiencing a lucrative second life with live-action remakes like �Beauty and the Beast� and this month�s �Aladdin.�
�Mermaid� started it all, a lush underwater fantasia that harkened back to Walt Disney�s animated glory days, but � crucially � armed with a catchy, romantic Broadway score by two musicians with the Midas touch: lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken. They gave us instant classics like �Under the Sea� and �Part of Your World,� and the music won two Oscars.
The film, and Ashman and Menken�s score, will have a special 30th birthday party this weekend at the Hollywood Bowl, in a lavish projection-production with a live orchestra and songs performed by a cast that includes Lea Michele as Ariel, Harvey Fierstein as Ursula and Cheech Marin as Chef Louis.
It�s the brainchild of director Richard Kraft, who has brought similar spectacles to the Bowl in recent years, from the biannual �The Nightmare Before Christmas� with Danny Elfman to �La La Land� to �Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.� This is the second time he�s brought �Mermaid� to the venue, after a 2016 production that alternated the original voice of Ariel, Jodi Benson, with Sara Bareilles in the lead role, while also featuring Rebel Wilson as Ursula and John Stamos as Louis.
Besides the cast, the big difference this year is that, in the interim, Kraft started working with the Burbank studio Mousetrappe, who developed a way to map custom animated projections onto the Bowl�s shell.
�I love Disney theme parks so much,� says Kraft. �I love how they do projection shows on their castles, and they take an iconic piece of Disneyland and use it as a canvas to put images on, and storytelling via projections. The Hollywood Bowl is this incredibly iconic structure � it�s the castle of Hollywood � and [we�re] using it as a surface to enhance the movie and make it a more immersive experience.�
The conceit for this year�s �Mermaid� is a night at a drive-in theater, cashing in on the similarities. �It�s a communal experience, outdoors, under the stars, watching a movie,� Kraft says. �There�s also a historic, retro quality of being at the Bowl that�s the same as being at a drive-in. But because this is �The Little Mermaid,� Ursula is going to transform all of it into the Hollywood (Fish)Bowl Dive-In Movie Theater� � meaning that, before and throughout the movie, there will be aquatic-themed versions of movie trailers, concession ads and the like.
Kraft, who by day is a film music agent representing the likes of Elfman and Menken, started producing and directing these shows as a midlife lark, largely inspired by a lifelong obsession with all things Disney. Taking a page out of the company�s theme park M.O., it�s not enough anymore for him to simply screen a movie and have a live orchestra playing the score, a type of event that�s become hugely popular at the Bowl and in symphony halls around the world.
�It�s not just, you�re sitting in a chair and when it�s ready they fire up a movie,� he says. �It�s setting a stage, and immersing the audience into an evening that�s about something of which celebrates the movie �The Little Mermaid.� [Which is] 30 years old, and I suspect most of the audience has already seen it. So why are we doing this at the Hollywood Bowl? And that�s what�s exciting: it isn�t just a live-to-film with an orchestra. It isn�t just a movie night. It isn�t just a concert. It isn�t just a stage production. It�s this hybrid, where the closest I can call it is an �experience.��
With each project, Kraft and Mousetrappe have become more ambitious with the animation on the Bowl�s shell. Rather than repeating characters already on screen, Kraft calls it �living scenery� that can reveal unseen aspects of the story. For example, Ursula�s big number, �Poor Unfortunate Souls,� will be attended by German expressionism � �because the song that Alan Menken and Howard Ashman wrote was very Kurt Weill,� Kraft says. �It�s like, oh, well, Ursula is a singer in a German cabaret, and the visual influences pull from imagery suggested by German masters as well as Salvador Dali. I think Ursula would collect Dali.�
For Chef Louis� song, �Les Poissons,� Marin will be surrounded by animation inspired by Kraft�s realization that, basically, the character is �an aquatic serial killer. So the visual was referencing like a Tex Avery cartoon � big, bold colors � of what would be inside the mind of a homicidal French chef who loves destroying crustaceans. So it is insane. Because if you think about it, filleting fish is not that far removed from �Silence of the Lambs.��
Disney has to okay all such flights of fancy, but Kraft says that, because he�s such an uber-fan and now has several of these productions under his belt, he knows what not to do.
His only fear is that �I murder something because I�m giving it such a big, loving hug,� he says � �that I�m a clumsy galoot who kills it. And, so far, I don�t think I�ve smothered any of my favorite things with too much love. But maybe one day I shall��
Menken, who is scoring Disney�s upcoming Rob Marshall-directed remake of �The Little Mermaid� � and is about to start writing new songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda � will appear at the piano for an encore. He�ll be flying in that day from a press junket in Japan to promote the new �Aladdin,� directed by Guy Ritchie, which he scored and also penned new songs for with �La La Land� lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
�It was a real reminder,� Kraft says, �that everything Alan touches ends up having so many children and grandchildren. We�re talking about �Little Mermaid� and �Aladdin,� and it�s like I have to remember: are we talking about the original movie, or are we talking about the Broadway show, or are we talking about the touring show, are we talking about the concert, or are we talking about the live-action remake?�
As for live-to-picture events, Kraft wants to keep making them even crazier.
�I think we�re in a new era where [you think about] what does it mean to go see a movie, and what does it mean to have a concert experience of a film?� he says. �The boundaries of it just keep exploding. A few years ago it was just enough to go see a movie and hear the orchestra playing it live. But I think many people, of which I�m just one of them, are now going: No, this is its own art form, and how far can we take it?�
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Review: �The Little Mermaid� Live-to-Film Concert Experience at the Hollywood Bowl
Thirty years ago this November, Walt Disney Animation Studios delivered into theaters what would become one of the most beloved movie musicals of all time: The Little Mermaid. And this past weekend at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, a group of contemporary celebrities performed onstage backed by a full orchestra to celebrate the cherished film in an incredibly entertaining way.
�The Little Mermaid: An Immersive Live-to-Film Concert Experience� brought together stars like Glee�s Lea Michele as Ariel, Mrs. Doubtfire�s Harvey Fierstein as Ursula, Tin Cup�s Cheech Marin as Chef Louis, The Nightmare Before Christmas�s Ken Page as Sebastian, The O.C.�s Peter Gallagher as King Triton, musician Leo Gallo as Prince Eric, and multiple-award-winning composer/songwriter Alan Menken to recreate the movie and Broadway musicals biggest moments live in front of the massive Hollywood Bowl audience.
Beyond the sheer amount of starpower present there that evening, one of the biggest highlights of the Hollywood Bowl�s The Little Mermaid experience had to be hearing Menken�s score performed live by the full orchestra, as conducted by Michael Kosarin (Beauty and the Beast / Enchanted / Tangled) while watching the movie projected on three large screens above and to the sides of that famous stage where The Beatles once performed.
Prior to the start of the performance, The Little Mermaid fans in attendance were given literal fans decked with the illustrated logo for the event, though the weather was not quite hot enough to necessitate them. There was also colorful costume contest, and a quirky old-time-Hollywood introduction before the Hollywood Bowl was transformed into the �Hollywood Fish Bowl� for a �Dive-In� evening under the stars. We were also treated to seventeen-year-old piano sensation Emily Bear�s original score to the 1938 Silly Symphony cartoon �Merbabies.�
Intermission was also especially fun, as the organizers of �The Little Mermaid: An Immersive Live-to-Film Concert Experience� had put together a series of hilarious Under-the-Sea-themed pun trailers for other Disney movies such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (as The Humpback of Notre Dame), Dumbo (as Gumbo), Deadpool (as Tidepool), and TRON (as PRAWN).
All of the celebrity performances were excellent and well-matched with their respective parts, though they only came out to perform during the musical numbers (the rest of the dialogue was presented from the audio of the original film). And though I enjoyed Michele�s interpretation of Ariel�s singing voice and Page�s energetic take on Sebastian, the one true showstopping performance among the evening�s cast came from its unlikeliest member: the gravelly-voiced Fierstein bringing the house down with his �Poor Unfortunate Souls.� Here�s hoping he gets a call for Disney�s upcoming live-action The Little Mermaid reimagining.
Though this excellent and unique �The Little Mermaid: An Immersive Live-to-Film Concert Experience� show was limited to two nights this past Saturday and Sunday, the 2019 Hollywood Bowl season is just beginning and runs through the end of October. For more information and advance ticketing resources, be sure to visit the venue�s official website.
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Lea Michele Goes Under the Sea for 'Little Mermaid' Performance at Hollywood Bowl!
Lea Michele performs on stage during the Hollywood Bowl�s production of The Little Mermaid Live in Concert on Saturday (May 18) in Hollywood.
The 32-year-old actress sang the role of Ariel for the live-to-film concert experience, which also starred Harvey Fierstein as Ursula, Peter Gallagher as King Triton, and Leo Gallo as Eric.
For the �Part of Your World� reprise, Lea got up close and personal with the audience and performed the song from a platform in the middle of the crowd!
�There is truly nothing like performing at the @hollywoodbowl ✨ What an amazing weekend! So grateful,� Lea captioned a photo on Instagram.
FYI: Lea is wearing a Christian Siriano dress and Mattia Cielo diamond earrings. She wore a Paolo Sebastian dress for the second act.
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Fans celebrate the 30th anniversary of �The Little Mermaid� with spectacular visuals and performances at the Hollywood Bowl
The live-to-film concert event featured performances by Lea Michele, Harvey Fierstein, Peter Gallagher and more on Friday night in Los Angeles.
Lea Michele, who plays Ariel, sings �Part of Your World� during The Little Mermaid: An Immersive Live-to-Film Concert Experience at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Friday, May 17, 2019. (Photo by Nick Agro, Contributing Photographer)
Back in 2016, fans were elated to check out Disney�s �The Little Mermaid� presented on the big screen, filling up the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles over three evenings as a full orchestra, back-up singers and a few celebrity guests simultaneously sang and played along to the film as it was screened.
Three years later, the Hollywood Bowl presented an entirely new type of experience as with the help of technology they were able to take their �The Little Mermaid� live-to-film concert event and transform the venue into �an evening at the Hollywood Fish Bowl at the Dive-In Theater Under the Sea,� as concert director Richard Kraft described in a previous interview.
He wasn�t overselling it. Just before the film, which also screens on Saturday, May 18, began fans were greeted by the animated feature�s villain, Ursula, who took the audience from being at a drive-in to taking it to the depths of the ocean by using one of her sea witch spells. The vibe of the venue changed with the stunning, newly added visuals that were made possible courtesy of state-of-the-art projection, which was crisply cast upon the proscenium of the iconic Hollywood Bowl clamshell.
Actors portraying sailors act along with the movie during The Little Mermaid: An Immersive Live-to-Film Concert Experience at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Friday, May 17, 2019. (Photo by Nick Agro, Contributing Photographer)
On top of the added visuals, the show did much more with its celebrity guest stars than before and incorporated not only the songs from Alan Menken�s Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning score for the film, but pieces from the Broadway version of the movie as well. �Glee� actress and Broadway regular Lea Michele was a perfect Ariel and she stunned the audience with her vocals and huge stage presence.
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Bending gender roles with actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein as Ursula was a brilliant move; he was animated, he was dark and oh so creepy. Ken Page, who actually auditioned for the role of Sebastian the crab for the film, was able to take on the role 30 years later at the Hollywood Bowl and he nailed it.
Comedian and actor Cheech Marin had a lot of fun with his role as French Chef Louis. Rather than playing it straight, Marin kept his signature style and incorporated a bit of �I prefer East L.A.� into the seafood murdering chef�s memorable tune. Probably the biggest surprise for fans was how impressive Peter Gallagher was as King Triton.
Though he�s mostly known for his film and television roles, Gallagher spent a lot of his career doing Broadway plays and his chops are still razor sharp. In another smart casting move, L.A.-based pop singer Leo Gallo was brought in to be Prince Eric and it was evident by the audience reaction and applause that he won them over.
Overall the experience was much more elaborate than before, with added dancing and singing on stage, but they did cut the fireworks show. Instead, they brought out Menken at the close to play �Part of Your World� on piano with the original singing voice of Ariel, himself. It was a proper celebration of a film that has captured the hearts of audiences for three decades now. Guests were showing up in costumes from the movie and stood in line to take photos in a variety of elaborately themed booths located throughout the venue for before heading in to enjoy the movie.
Disney�s �The Little Mermaid� Live-to-Film Concert
When: Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18
Where: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
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Disney�s The Little Mermaid 30th Anniversary at The Hollywood Bowl
By Melissa Thompson | May 22, 2019
On Friday, May 18th, WAMG went under the sea for the 30th Anniversary �Live to Film Concert Experience� of Disney�s The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl.
There was no shortage of star power as some big names took the stage during the screening to sing all of the fan-favorite numbers. Lea Michele (as Ariel), Harvey Fierstein (as Ursula), Cheech Marin (as Chef Louis), Peter Gallagher (as King Triton), Leo Gallo (as Prince Eric), Ken Page (as Sebastian) and special guest Alan Menken, who performed the songs from the Oscar and Grammy-winning score as the film played on the Bowl�s movie screen accompanied by a full, live orchestra. Not gonna lie, we almost wept, when the beating-heart-of-Disney-musicals himself, Alan Menken walked out on stage and sat at the piano for a sweet rendition of �Part of Your World.�
The coolest part of the evening was the feeling of an underwater night out at the �dive-in,� in addition to the feature film, the show included a full program of aquatically-themed previews of coming attractions, nostalgic animated snack bar commercials, and the 1938 Silly Symphony cartoon �Merbabies� featuring the world premiere of a live original score composed and performed by 17 year-old piano sensation, Emily Bear. Fans were also invited to participate in a Little Mermaid themed costume contest and unique photo opportunities to get them in the spirit before the show.
Additionally, the award-winning creative studio Mousetrappe set up state-of-the-art projection mapping technology to project newly created and breathtaking animated �living scenery� onto the fa�ade of the Hollywood Bowl, making the event an evolving extension of the beloved film and score.
It truly was a magical night under the sea (and stars!) and no one does that better then Disney.
Five Stars *****
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The Houston Symphony Celebrates Pearl Anniversary Of THE LITTLE MERMAID
by BWW News Desk Aug. 21, 2019
The Houston Symphony closes out its 2019-2020 Bank of America Summer Sounds Series by celebrating the pearl (30 year) anniversary of The Little Mermaid, the animated masterpiece that launched the Disney Renaissance in 1989. The film comes to life on the big screen at Jones Hall this Labor Day weekend at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 and 2:30 p.m. Sept. 1.
This was the Disney Renaissance, a highpoint in Disney films that spanned a decade (1989-1999) and brought a Broadway style to classic fairy tales. The Little Mermaid, which premiered 30 years ago marking its pearl anniversary, features a score of much-loved songs, including "Kiss the Girl," "Part of Your World," and the Academy Award-winning "Under the Sea."
Guest conductor Jason Seber leads the Houston Symphony in a live performance of Alan Menken's Oscar and Grammy-winning score synchronized to the film as it plays on the big screen suspended above the orchestra. One of cinema's most beloved films and soundtracks with songs by Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman, The Little Mermaid is renowned as the first in a string of animated Disney masterpieces scored by Alan Menken that continued with Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules.
The Little Mermaid-Film with Live Orchestra takes place at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, 615 Louisiana Street, in Houston's Theater District. For tickets and information, please call 713.224.7575 or visit houstonsymphony.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the Houston Symphony Patron Services Center in Jones Hall (Monday-Saturday, 12-6 p.m.). All programs and artists are subject to change.
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Disney fan freak-out: Houston Symphony to perform 'The Little Mermaid' score for film screening
By Amanda Cochran - Social Media Producer
Posted: 2:41 PM, August 21, 2019
Updated: 4:17 PM, August 21, 2019
The Houston Symphony performs in front of a screen showing Disney's "The Little Mermaid."
HOUSTON - The Houston Symphony will perform the music to Disney�s �The Little Mermaid� during a screening of the film at Jones Hall this Labor Day weekend at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 and 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 1.
The event will close out the symphony�s Summer Sounds Series and celebrates the 30-year anniversary of the film�s debut.
The symphony will perform the movie�s hits including �Kiss the Girl,� �Part of Your World,� and the Academy Award-winning �Under the Sea.�
Guest conductor Jason Seber will lead the Houston Symphony�s live performance of Alan Menken�s Oscar and Grammy-winning score synchronized to the film as it plays on the big screen suspended above the orchestra. Menken also scored Disney favorites such as �Beauty and the Beast,� �Aladdin,� �Pocahontas,� �The Hunchback of Notre Dame,� and �Hercules.�
For tickets and information, call 713-224-7575 or visit houstonsymphony.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the Houston Symphony Patron Services Center in Jones Hall (Monday�Saturday, 12�6 p.m.).
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Houston Symphony Celebrates The Music Of The Little Mermaid
The orchestra will screen the Disney classic while performing the score live.
Disney�s classic animated film The Little Mermaid was released in 1989.
When Disney released The Little Mermaid in 1989, it revived the studio�s legendary animated film wing.
Among the many things that made the film a new classic � whose popularity still endures today � is its score and many memorable songs, such as Under the Sea, and Part of Your World.
The Houston Symphony will pay homage to that music this weekend when it screens the film with an orchestra performing the score live.
In the audio above, Houston Matters producer Joshua Zinn and his mother, Jennifer Zinn De Waelsche, share a personal story about power of the film�s score. Then, he talks about the score with guest conductor Jason Seber.
The Little Mermaid Film with Live Orchestra:
Saturday, Aug. 31, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 1, at 2:30 p.m.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15 — Fat-derived stem cells can be safely used to aid reconstruction of breast tissue after mastectomy as long as there is no evidence of active cancer, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Their findings are available in Tissue Engineering Part A.
Plastic surgeons have long moved fat from one part of the body into the breasts for reconstruction, but with some complications and a varying success rate, explained senior author Vera S. Donnenberg, Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery, Pitt School of Medicine. More recently, they have considered adding stem cells derived from adipose, or fat, tissue (ADSC) or the bone marrow to the transferred fat with the aim of supporting graft integration by enhancing new blood vessel formation.
"But it has not been clear whether these stem cells are safe for breast cancer patients because they could send growth signals that promote tumor reactivation or provide new blood vessels for the tumor," Dr. Donnenberg said. "Our research suggests that this risk is real if the patient still has active tumor cells, but is safe when the cells are inactive or resting."
For the study, the researchers collected adipose tissue that would have been discarded during "tummy tuck" procedures performed by study co-author J. Peter Rubin, M.D., associate professor of surgery, Pitt School of Medicine, whose team has several federally funded projects underway to develop fat grafting and stem cell therapies for reconstruction of a variety of tissues.
The researchers isolated ADSC from normal fat and mixed them with human breast cancer cells obtained directly from patients. After two weeks in culture they found that ADSC greatly encouraged the growth of tumor cells. In a followup experiment, the researchers injected small numbers of highly purified active or resting tumor cells under the skin of mice either with ADSC or with previously irradiated tumor cells. The combination of active tumor cells and ADSC led to dramatic tumor growth, while injections of resting tumor cells were not affected by co-injection of either ADSC or irradiated tumor cells.
"There is already some clinical evidence that breast reconstruction with transplanted fat is safe. Our findings lead us to conclude that augmentation of fat grafts with additional ADSC should be postponed until there is no evidence of active cancer," Dr. Donnenberg said. "Our data in the mouse suggest that dormant cancer cells are not sensitive to the growth signals sent by the ADSC."
Co-authors of the paper include Ludovic Zimmerlin, Ph.D., Albert D. Donnenberg, Ph.D., Per Basse, M.D., Ph.D., and Rodney J. Landreneau, M.D., all of the University of Pittsburgh.
The study was funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the Hillman Foundation, the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, the Glimmer of Hope Foundation and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
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As one of the nation's leading academic centers for biomedical research, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine integrates advanced technology with basic science across a broad range of disciplines in a continuous quest to harness the power of new knowledge and improve the human condition. Driven mainly by the School of Medicine and its affiliates, Pitt has ranked among the top 10 recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health since 1997 and now ranks fifth in the nation, according to NIH data for 2008 (the most recent year for which the data are final).
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Demolition of the former Dunbar Auction House on North Street in Morenci is scheduled to begin Friday.
The property is now owned by the City of Morenci and will become the north segment of the parking lot rebuilding project.
City council members Monday approved the engineer's estimate of $43,210 to create the new parking area, widen the alley on the north side of Johnson's Hardware, and install curbing, gutters and a sidewalk. The sidewalk will be placed along the north side of the hardware store and along the back entrances of the historical society building and the Pizza Box.
The parking area will provide space for 13 vehicles and will serve apartment dwellers, shoppers and employees of area businesses.
Property north of the new parking area up to the State Line Observer office will not be developed.
The Observer will be closed Friday and Saturday during demolition. The former automotive dealership building was constructed in 1939 and likely has joists resting in the brick of the Observer office.
Former owners Minnie Green and Walter Pinkstone signed an easement in June 1939 to allow the new building to be constructed against the Observer's wall. Furthermore, the easement gave the builders the right to make holes in the Observer wall for the insertion of joists. The easement was given in trade for a payment of $100.
Demolition firms were made aware of the possibility of the joists in the Observer wall during the bidding process. Best Demolition of Saginaw was the winning bidder.
After Shorty Yoder closed his Rambler dealership in the building, several businesses have been located there, including an automotive repair shop, an automotive parts store and a furniture refinishing shop.