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UTC Unveils Two Major Sponsorships to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of ...

(CSRwire) NEW YORK, N.Y. - United Technologies Corp. will celebrate a quarter century of arts support by underwriting at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York a major exhibition of rarely seen drawings by Vincent van Gogh and by commissioning three contemporary artists to create larger-than-life artwork in the SoHo section of New York City, UTC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer George David announced today. "Over the past 25 years United Technologies has enthusiastically supported the arts, providing more than $55 million in funding and sponsoring 54 exhibitions on four continents," David said. "We are a company founded on innovation and believe the arts, like science and engineering, both inspire us and challenge our notions of impossibility." David announced that three artists have been commissioned to produce original paintings that will go on display at outdoor locations in New York City in September.

Reborn Library Reconnects With City

If you think of the city as a human body, parts of the city can easily be seen as various organs or limbs. Atrain station is a metaphor for the feet, its roads and streets make up the circulatory system, parks are the lungs, an art museum might be the eyes, the ears are a concert hall. Hartford's higher functions — the brain and the life of the mind — are now housed in a beautiful new library on Main Street.

"New" library? Hasn't the city's library always been on Main Street, first housed in the Wadsworth Atheneum and, for the past 50 years, in its own building between Arch and Sheldon streets? I say "new" because the library's transformation over the past eight years has been so complete as to render it reborn, emerging from its cocoon of scaffolding a new building of light, views and civic welcome.

Old school Motto gets Sydney hearts racing

OUTSIDE the top floor of the North Cronulla Surf Club, it's cool and it's raining. Inside, behind the fogged-up windows, the Sydney FC players are dripping sweat.

Motto, who claims with a smile his age is "between 48 and 60", has been punishing footballers for almost 40 years. Tutored by George Daldrey, he became the first full-time conditioner in rugby league when he was put on staff by Manly in 1973.

Wild Card/Vacation Day 11 of 12

Only two more shopping days until I return to the final days of the City Council campaigns. Then, we'll have fun taking apart the campaigns. Any dirt yet? Any mudslinging. You know, the good stuff. Or is everyone behaving? My wife is now looking over my shoulder -- literally -- so I have to pretend that I'm just checking ball scores. See ya in two days. Here's Wild Card ...

American Standard finishes year with Trane ride

It has been anything but a standard year for American Standard.

The Piscataway-based company completed the sale of its renowned bath and kitchen business and spun off its vehicle-control systems operation to focus solely on its more-profitable air-conditioning and heating systems.

And Wednesday, it completed its three-way business split by announcing its name change to Trane, to identify with its popular HVAC brand.

"Everyone has been clearly focused on the separation plan, and we're in the final stages," company spokesman Skip Colcord said.

It was February when American Standard Chief Executive Officer Fred Poses announced that the company, which employs about 1,450 in New Jersey, would separate into three units in the hopes of creating greater shareholder value for its varied operations.