| Bayer Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant to Nationally Recognized Bay ...
Biotech Partners is the Bay Area's only non-profit organization providing a comprehensive, hands-on, bioscience education and job training program for populations underrepresented in the sciences - especially students of color (97 percent), young women (54 percent) and those from low-income households. This grant reaffirms Bayer Corporation's commitment to this exemplary biotechnology school-to-career program the company established with the City of Berkeley 13 years ago. "It is with great pride and pleasure that the Bayer Foundation awards this grant to a program that Bayer Corporation helped establish," said Yvonne Richardson who presented the check on behalf of the Foundation. Richardson is Vice President, Project Management, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Hematology/Cardiology. Richardson added, "Biotech Partners continues to be such a tremendous success, providing great hope and opportunity to our local students, developing our local bioscience workforce and contributing significantly to the vitality and vibrancy of the Bay Area's bioscience industry." The gift was bestowed at Posters2006, Biotech Partners' annual event that showcases and celebrates the achievements of students from Berkeley High School and Oakland's Life Academy of Health and Bioscience at the conclusion of their first summer internships in the biotechnology industry.
Michelle's Movie Halted
Michelle Williams is taking some time out. This lady has had a lot to deal with, so this latest news is good for her. The word is bosses on her latest flick, Blue Valentine, have put filming on hold while the actress copes with the death of her ex, Heath Ledger. A source connected with the film told People: "We will hold off until she is ready. "The production is in the process of sorting it out in respect to her." Production on the film was set to start on 25th February, but has been moved back to an indefinite date. "We're hoping she will still come back and do the film and are happy to wait." We're glad to hear that they've been so understanding. .
Goodbye, Retainers
After months of waiting for articles about her company to appear in newspapers and magazines, Ada Polla Tray began to ask herself exactly what she was paying her public relations firm to do. Tray launched the U.S. arm of her family's Swiss skin care company, Alchimie Forever, in Arlington, Virginia, in 2003. Eager to generate buzz, she soon hired a PR firm that promised meetings with editors, celebrity endorsements, and coverage in Us Weekly, Vogue, and Esquire. The proposition was so alluring that Tray agreed to pay the firm a $2,000 monthly retainer. It was a huge cost, but she figured it was worth it. She was wrong. Seven months and $14,000 later, the firm had gotten mentions of Alchimie's skin care products, which are sold in boutiques, spas, and doctors' offices, in only a few lesser known publications, including New York City magazine Gotham.
Unversity Place litigation settled
A settlement has been reached in litigation over the University of Idahos failed University Place real estate project in Boise. Under its terms, the UI Foundation will pay $2.5 million and the various parties insurers will pay $5.8 million, for a total $8.3 million mediated settlement. Of that, $5.8 million goes to the foundations Consolidated Investment Trust, and the other $2.5 million goes to the university. In a joint statement, the parties, who include law firms, insurance companies, the UI Foundation board, and former UI officials including former President Robert Hoover, said, The settlement is a reasonable resolution of an extremely complex matter, avoids substantial future litigation costs, and is in the best interest of the University community. The amount being paid by each party is being kept secret.
Other Fug Fixes
It looks like her elbows are wearing a wedding dress. They are the brides of Fuggenstein. And third, are Jennifer Love Hewitt's arms actually that freakishly short, or is it just an optical illusion? It reminds me of the Seinfeld Puffy Shirt. If she's going on the Today show tomorrow to hawk it for charity, I will feel bad. But not as bad as if I'd been forced to wear it. I'm beginning to understand why actresses become divas -- it's to stop stuff like this from happening to them at the hands of other people who don't understand how long a human's arms are supposed to look. However, this was not the most grievous offense of Rogue Costumer. That was merely the icing on this chewy, billowy, trouser cake. With apologies for the quality of the photos, behold: When she hopped out of the prop car in these pants, my friend and I quite seriously started yelling, “PANTS! PANTS! PANTS!" and had to pause the TV to stare at each other, frantically gesturing our amazement because we had completely lost the power of speech.
TPPF Conference
Conservatives shouldn't be afraid to be conservatives, even if it loses them debates and candidates. That was the message South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford brought to the Texas Public Policy Foundation's sixth annual "policy orientation" for the Texas Legislature. The two-day meeting, held Jan. 9-10 at the Sheraton, was an opportunity for the conservative think tank to tell Texas legislators what they think real conservatives care about. The assembled crowd of politicians, staffers, agency heads (e.g., Public Utilities Commission Chair Barry Smitherman and state Comptroller Susan Combs), and delegates from business lobbies and pro-deregulation think tanks heard the key theme summed up by closing speaker Gov. Rick Perry. "My philosophy of life, leadership, and governance," he said, "has pretty much boiled down to one word: 'competitiveness.'" Steering clear of some more controversial issues, like abortion and prayer in school, the foundation pointed to ways to get business into government (more fiscal openness, more private contractors) and government out of business (deregulation, private health insurance, and school vouchers).
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