Year in Review: LMSD and LM boards top news for 2010
January: New year, new government—–In their biennial reorganization meetings, the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners and Narberth Borough Council elected new leaders.
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St. Clair County news briefs 1-5-11
National Endowment for the Arts grant brings talent to SC4
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Steelman Partners to Design Five-Star Happyland Hotel in Vietnam
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: STEELMAN PARTNERS TO DESIGN FIVE-STAR HAPPYLAND HOTEL IN VIETNAM Las Vegas based entertainment architectural firm Steelman Partners has signed an agreement with Vietnam’s Khang Thong Group to be the designer and architect for the five-star Happyland …
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Today at Artifact: Printmakers leave a positive impression
The images range from swirling aquamarine tidal pools to geometric abstractions and birds on power lines. But the artwork on display at the Artifact Design Gallery at 2 Hollyhock Road has a twist: It was all created by printmakers, and women only, for the show, “Imprint: Women in Printmaking.” The printmakers are among the foremost in their field, according to Elizabeth Clark, the gallery’s co …
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Pleased to meet you
WHO to watch this 2011? Clint Holton P. Potestas introduces us to this year’s up and coming young Cebuanos. MAYBE they’ve met before, somewhere else – the déjà vu effect? – but they would like to think it’s their first encounter, their first cheers, their first acquaintance party together on a very fine afternoon. read more
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Valley woman’s online tea shop steeped with creative flavor
Art is what Carolyn Johnson does. Her stepfather was a painter. She studied fashion design in San Francisco and worked at a local graphic design firm. So, it’s no surprise that she imbued her online tea shop, Indie Tea, with that same sense of creativity.
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Starbucks Talks Logo Redesign
It’s hard to believe, but in March, Starbucks will celebrate its 40th year in business, expanding from Seattle coffeehouses to a global caffeine powerhouse with more than 16,800 stores in 50 countries and an array of new products on grocery shelves.
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Graphic: How to Start an Epidemic
I recently heard a story from a doctor about a patient with TB who was working at the sushi counter of a large chain grocery store. This gave me some pause about buying any food handled by other people, especially raw fish. The folks at the Awl have come up with a great graphic that sheds some (humorous) light on who comes to work despite being sick enough to infect people. You’ll note that all …
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Suzuki kicks up Kizashi ad blitz
share: digg facebook twitter For 2011, the Kizashi returns with a new Sport trim package standard on the midlevel GTS and top-of-the-line SLS models, which Suzuki says “adds a host of external and internal modifications, including a more muscular front fascia with chrome accents and lower grille, body-side sill extensions, lower body-side molding with chrome accents, a trunk-mounted spoiler …
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nopooh Men’s Fashion Graphic Tees Announces Lifetime Membership with Lifetime Benefits
Be the first guy on your block to preview striking graphic tee designs, learn about quirky contests and promotions, and receive 10% off every purchase for life.
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Drury grad’s film to be featured at Sundance
A college class project has landed a recent Drury graduate in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
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Tinley Park art school open house is Jan. 17
An open house will be held Jan. 17 for a new art school in Tinley Park.The Chicago-based Illinois Institute of Art is opening a 23,000-square-foot building at 18670 Graphic Drive. Classes will start April 4.Presentations and tours during the open house will be at 9:30 a.m., noon and 2:30 p.m., spokeswoman Bridget Stratton said.The school will offer bachelor’s degrees in advertising, digital …
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MPCC President makes presentation at World Congress
Telegraph staff reports By the time Dr. Michael Chipps, President of Mid-Plains Community College in west-central and southwest Nebraska, returned from the 2010 World Congress of World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP) in Birmingham, U.K., in mid-November, he was further persuaded that institutions worldwide are facing issues similar to those he is experiencing at the college he …
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nopooh Men’s Fashion Graphic Tees Announces Lifetime Membership with Lifetime Benefits
Be the first guy on your block to preview striking graphic tee designs, learn about quirky contests and promotions, and receive 10% off every purchase for life. (PRWeb January 06, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/1/prweb8044247.htm
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The skin we’re in: WMU Richmond Center exhibition ‘More than Skin Deep’ challenges viewers
“More than Skin Deep: Portraits as Socio-Cultural-Political Commentary,” comments upon the meanings of individuality in our times when identities are “in a state of constant re-definition.”
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Got her start etching on her parents’ floor
As soon as she could lift a pencil, Rebecca Bender (Buchanan) was drawing. From little girl with a pencil and paper drawing on the floor of her parents’ home in Pembroke, to signing books at the Word on the Street National Book and Magazine Festival, Ms.[...]
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