From news release:

"The Bank of New York Mellon has announced that it will contribute $3 million over a six-year period to Pittsburgh’s Hill District community through Pennsylvania’s Neighborhood Partnership Program (NPP). The program will focus on education, job training and community revitalization for residents of the Hill District, which is near the company’s downtown Pittsburgh campus.

Also supporting the One Hill Community Benefits Agreement are the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city’s champion ice hockey team. "We are deeply honored to invest in a neighborhood with a noble history and promising future," said Vince Sands, Chairman, BNY Mellon of Pennsylvania. "With more than 6,800 employees located within a mile of Centre Avenue and Crawford Street, and many of them volunteering in the Hill District and surrounding communities, we are both a corporate sponsor and an involved neighbor."

Hill House Association will serve as the NPP program administrator and will work with the One Hill Coalition, which represents more than 100 community groups assembled to identify and prioritize strategies for revitalizing Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District. The NPP funds will address community needs ranging from job training and education to community improvements and social services.

"BNY Mellon has a strong history of supporting Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods; but never more than today with this unprecedented commitment to the Hill District," said Carl Redwood, chairman of the One Hill Coalition. "The BNY Mellon commitment gives the One Hill community benefits agreement a strong early start in the efforts to revitalize the Hill."

"BNY Mellon’s initial commitment is for six years, but its impact will last for decades to come," said Evan Frazier, Hill House Association president and CEO. This is a great example of what’s possible when communities, companies and public officials come together for the collective good."

"Fundamentally, good business decisions are also good community decisions," said David Morehouse, Pittsburgh Penguins president. "The BNY Mellon commitment is a significant investment in the Hill District and a very positive local development."

"We are working together to make sure that the millions of dollars of new development under way translates into job opportunities and long-term neighborhood revitalization for the residents of the Hill," Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said. "Working with residents and committed businesses, a new, better city will be built on the Hill.""

Rage against the machine did Bulls on Parade without any instruments during the Replican National Convention after cops took over their stage and PA.

Yesterday, someone sent me (and a bunch of others) an email saying that cell phone numbers were going public and they had to call some number to make sure they were added to a do not call list.  I got another email from someone else that said that there is a state wide speeding ticket blitz and to be careful.  That same email was flowing around the office twice today and both times I had to tell them it’s false.  Here are the emails:

and the two links on snopes that say they’re false:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/speeding.asp

So basically, if you are going to forward me something, CHECK YOUR SOURCES.  If you don’t have any, CHECK SNOPES.  This is textbook chain letter crap we’ve been dealing with since 1996.  When in doubt, snopes.

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

- Ben Franklin @ Pennsylvania Assembly’s November 11, 1755. (It’s etched into the base of the the Statue of Liberty)

Harry R. Hall, 50, of Daisytown died Monday December 13, 2004 in Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh following a brief illness. He was born on February 9, 1954 in North Charleroi, Pa. a son of Byron K. and Theressa Baker Hall. Harry was a 1972 graduate of California High School and a 1976 graduate of Penn State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. He began his career as a consultant for Stehle Engineering Corp. and later became employed as a Civil Engineer by PENNDOT in Districts 11, 12, and the Central Office in Harrisburg and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission as the Engineering Project Director for the Mon-Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway Projects before starting his business, Harry R. Hall, P.E. in Brownsville, Pa. Harry had been the owner of Deems’ Park in West Pike Run Twp. and was the founder of the Annual Make-A-Wish Caleb Jay Hall Memorial Rendezvous. He was also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Highway Engineers, Penn State Alumni, co-founder of the Bentleyville Wesleyan Christian School, the current appointed official of the West Pike Run Zoning Hearing Board, a musician, vocalist, golfer, and volunteered his time to many community projects. He is survived by his fiancee Robbie Matesic of Daisytown, four daughters, J’aime Rairigh of Washington, Pa., Serah Hall of Upper Marlboro, Md., Keren and Deirdre Hall both of Daisytown, one son, Josh Hall of Pittsburgh, his mother, Theressa Hall of California, Pa., one brother, Kenneth G. Hall of Oil City, Pa., and Robbie’s three daughters, Sarah Slavic of Moon Twp., and Meghan and Dana Slavic both of Daisytown. Deceased are his father, Byron K. Hall who died June 30, 1977, and his son, Caleb Jay Hall who died January 26, 1990.ll Friends will be received from 6-9pm on Wednesday and from 2-4 and 6-9pm on Thursday in the Greenlee Funeral Home, Rt. 40 Beallsville where funeral services will be held on Friday December 17, 2004 at 10:30am with Pastor John Thomas officiating. Interment will be in Beallsville Cemetery. The Family suggests memorial contributions may be made to: the Harry & Caleb Hall Scholarship Fund, 478 Sunset Dr., Daisytown, Pa. 15427.

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