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Carolyn Pitts, architectural historian, dies at 85
Carolyn Pitts, 85, an architectural historian and a pioneer for the preservation of Cape May whose efforts got National Register and National Landmark status for the town, died of diabetes Friday at the Watermark at Logan Square. She lived in Society Hill. Miss Pitts' drive to preserve Cape May began...
Tags: Miss, National Park Service, preservation, resort, team
Research articles 2008-05-28
Columbia University Libraries announced that Janet Gertz, the director of its Preservation & Digital Conversion Division.(awards)(Brief article)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Columbia University Libraries announced that Janet Gertz, the director of its Preservation & Digital Conversion Division, is the recipient of the 2008 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award. The award honors an individual who has been active in the field of...
Tags: Columbia University, preservation
Research articles 2008-05-01
SNIA Data Management Forum Takes On Long-Term Information Retention and Preservation Standard
Long-Term Digital Information Retention & Preservation Working Group Formed to Address Demand for Standards and Best Practices ORLANDO, Fla. -- Building on the results of the Storage Networking Industry Association SNIA Data Management Forum's DMF 100 Year Archive Requirements Survey the Association has taken several steps to help storage...
Tags: HARDWARE, preservation, standards, Storage, Storage Networking Industry Association
Research articles 2008-04-07
Secretary of State Kenney to Attend "An Evening with Chinese Treasures" Fundraising Gala.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Mar 7, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- The Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity, will attend the Canadian Foundation for Chinese Heritage Preservation's 7th annual fundraising gala, "An Evening with Chinese Treasures," tomorrow in Toronto. "The...
Tags: Government of Canada, INTERNET, preservation, Toronto
Research articles 2008-03-07
Heritage foundation appoints a director
The Utah Heritage Foundation has appointed Kirk Huffaker executive director of the statewide organization that preserves, protects and promotes Utah's historic buildings. Huffaker joined the Utah Heritage Foundation in 1998 as director of community services and became assistant director in 2001. He has been a strong voice for...
Tags: Heritage Foundation, Leadership, preservation, SALES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Utah
Research articles 2008-02-04
An ugly Heritage: the poor man's national park; the citizen's burden
A FEW years ago, Lee Ott was driving around his vegetable farm in Yuma, Ariz., when he spotted a crew of surveyors putting stakes in his land. "I stopped and asked them what was going on," he recalls. It turned out they were marking the boundaries of the Yuma Crossing...
Tags: Arizona, farm, Government, National Park Service, preservation, SOFTWARE, Transportation, U.S. Congress, Virginia
Research articles 2008-01-28
Canoe trip to highlight Bayou Bienvenue preservation
The Holy Cross Neighborhood Association's Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development and the New Orleans Group of the Sierra Club have organized a educational canoeing trip up Bayou Bienvenue from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. The canoes will be launched at Bait Inc.'s dock on the...
Tags: preservation, Sierra Club
Research articles 2007-11-17
House Passes Bill Promoting Coral Conservation Internationally
Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2185, authored by Reps. Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), reauthorizing the Tropical Forest Conservation Act TFCA of 1998, a program which allows developing nations to reduce their foreign debt through investment in environmental protection programs. The bill expands...
Tags: FINANCE, habitat, Investment, preservation, Strategy, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-11-01
House approves Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that would provide a new source of federal funding for cities to increase affordable housing. The National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act (H.R. 2895) passed by a vote of 264 to 148. The bill, sponsored by Financial ...
Tags: Administration, FINANCE, financial, Mortgages, preservation, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-10-15
Custom Steinway Concert Grand Piano to Be Auctioned with a Minimum Bid of $500,000 on October 4th at New York Fundraiser for Walden Woods Project
Phone Bids Accepted for One of a Kind Piano Autographed by Billy Joel, Elton John, Emanuel Ax, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, Bruce Hornsby, Evgeny Kissin and Barbara Nissman LINCOLN, Mass. -- A first of its kind collaboration between Steinway and Sons, renowned marquetry artist Silas Kopf, an impressive group...
Tags: conservation, E-mail, Institute, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., piano, preservation
Research articles 2007-09-28
Today's Companies Of Interest - EPGL, BQTG, PSVI, AKYI, INTK.
M2 PRESSWIRE-29 June 2007-Financialbusinessnews.us: Today's Companies Of Interest - EPGL, BQTG, PSVI, AKYI, INTKC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29062007 Boston, MA - FinancialBusinessNews' "Companies Of Interest" This Morning Are: EP GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS (OTCBB: EPGL); BIOQUEST TECHNOLOGIES (PINKSHEETS: BQTG);...
Tags: athlete, bacteria, Benefits, Company, disability, entertainment, HARDWARE, HEALTHCARE, Nanotechnology, NFL, Preservation, Semiconductors, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2007-06-29
Refrigerated Stem Cells Survive 12 Times Longer with ProtoKinetix's AAGP™
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- As a follow up to ProtoKinetix Inc.'s (OTCBB:PKTX) May 23, 2007 press release related to cryopreserved or frozen cells treated with AAGP[TM], in collaboration with the University of Helsinki, Finland, ProtoKinetix has recently finished a set of trials designed to determine whether AAGP[TM] treated cells could...
Tags: cell, E-mail, Finland, preservation, stem-cell, University of Helsinki, Vancouver
Research articles 2007-06-07
U.S. must act to preserve digital data
It is commonly agreed that the destruction of the ancient Library of Alexandria in Egypt was one of the most devastating losses of knowledge in all of civilization. Today, however, the digital information that drives our world and powers our economy is in many ways more susceptible to loss than...
Tags: Alexandria, computer, FINANCE, INTERNET, preservation, PRODUCTIVITY, The Library of Congress, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-05-20
Pine Barrens Society says 'Failure' is the only option for Long
The time/space continuum for Long Island has been narrowed to eight years and 35,000 acres. So says the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, which released a Doomsday report on Thursday titled "On Course for Failure," a blunt warning that if land preservation is to succeed, it must be...
Tags: acre, bond, FINANCE, Investment, PBS, preservation, Taxes
Research articles 2007-04-20
On your mark, get set go! Overview of a digital project from start to finish: when this marathon project was completed, GSU Library had realized its two goals: creating preservation copies of the volumes and, by developing a digital library system, provid
When this marathon project was completed, GSU Library had realized its two goals: creating preservation copies of the volumes and, by developing a digital library system, providing searchable online versions of these publications for interested users all over the world. In 2004, Georgia State...
Tags: Databases, Georgia State University, IAM, Machinist, MARKETING, preservation, SOFTWARE, Web
Research articles 2007-03-01
"Stocks on the Rise- HBSC, CFCJ, LDHI".
M2 PRESSWIRE-23 January 2007-WallStreetGrapevine.com: "Stocks on the Rise- HBSC, CFCJ, LDHI"C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23012007 Today, wallstreetgrapevine.com, named; Human BioSystems Inc. (OTC BB: HBSC), Consumers Financial Corp. (Pink Sheets: CFCJ), and Liberty Diversified Holdings Inc. (OTC BB: LDHI); their "Stocks on...
Tags: ABC Inc., CFC, Company, Dr., FINANCE, financial, HBS, Investment, knowledge, NETWORKING, patent, preservation, stock, Strategy, technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 2007-01-23
Japanese American
President Bush signed into law Dec. 21 legislation providing for the preservation of historically significant confinement sites where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War H. The National Park Service will administer the $38 million program. The sites include 10 camps in California, Arizona, Arkansas, Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Wyoming.
Tags: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, National Park Service, preservation, Utah, Wyoming
Research articles 2007-01-12
Church of the Province of Uganda (Anglican) archives.(Uganda Christian University )(Brief article)
Yale Divinity School Library and Uganda Christian University have agreed to undertake a pilot project to microfilm documents from the Church of the Province of Uganda Anglican archives. The cost of the filming will be underwritten by the Kenneth Scott Latourette Initiative for the Documentation of...
Tags: preservation, Yale University
Research articles 2007-01-01
IDOT Presents 2007-2011 Program.(Iowa Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
Staff The Iowa Department of Transportation IDOT in October presented its proposed 2007-2011 Transportation Improvement Program to the Iowa Transportation Commission. The total amount of funding available for proposed right-of-way acquisition and construction is forecast at $2 billion. ...
Tags: construction, FINANCE, Investment, Iowa, preservation, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2006-11-13
Hampton Hotels Receives National Preservation Honor Award
National Trust for Historic Preservation Recognizes the Hampton Brand's Save-A-Landmark Program for Efforts to Revive Historic Sites for Future Generations MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- More than six years, 27 saved landmarks, hundreds of hotel volunteers and $2 million dollars later, Hampton[R] Hotels (www.hampton.com) today was presented with the National Preservation...
Tags: Branding, Hilton Hotels Corp., MARKETING, preservation
Research articles 2006-11-02
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