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The Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania is a not-for-profit organization committed to encouraging young students and the general public to enjoy and appreciate the music of the piano. The Society follows the tradition established by the founders of the Steinway and Sons Piano Company, of providing a showcase for pianists and other musicians to meet and perform for the public and each other. Each year the Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania presents a series of five concerts by distinguished pianists as well as two concerts featuring a group of promising young pianists in brief recitals.
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The pilot program, which is being introduced in more than 20 state parks and forests in Western Pennsylvania, will offer visitors a chance to learn an outdoor skill in an organized setting with trained professionals. More than 160 programs are scheduled during the next four months, beginning May 1. Get Outdoors PA is a cooperative program between DCNR and Venture Outdoors, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting outdoor recreation and Western Pennsylvania as a great place to live, work and play outdoors. Venture Outdoors guides will lead the programs, with support from DCNR staff. Programs on camping, kayaking, canoeing, fly-fishing, rock climbing and mountain biking will teach visitors technique and provide the equipment to participate in the session. Organized day hikes and nature treks combine discovery of the natural world along with invigorating exercise.
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The Green Building Products Initiative is a program that engages, educates, and energizes manufacturers, product representatives, and service providers in western Pennsylvania to increase their share of the green building marketing. During the past year dozens of Pennsylvania based product manufacturers have begun to work with the Green Building Alliance to explore and develop green building products. Their motivations for joining in these efforts vary but one of the highlights is that the green building product market is expected to be a $30-$40 billion market by 2010.
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The highest point in Western Pennsylvania is Mount Davis at 3,213 feet, where the Appalachian Mountains enter Pennsylvania from the south. To the west and north of this point lies the Allegheny Plateau, a dissected plateau so eroded that it appears to be an interminable series of high hills and steep valleys. The peaks in the area are among the lowest in the East Coast highlands, but what they lack in height they make up in wide extent of land covered, which forms a vast formable barrier for mile upon mile to overland travel from the coast.
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With the SmartWind program, FirstEnergy Solutions' electric generation customers can purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from wind farms in western Pennsylvania and contracted to FirstEnergy Solutions. SmartWind allows commercial and industrial electric generation customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Michigan to help support wind technology for producing electricity.
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Bishop George Bashore, who retired in 2000 after serving 12 years in Western Pennsylvania, preached during a memorial service and a service celebrating the ministry of 17 retiring clergy. Bashore ... participated with Bickerton and Lay Leader Nancy Denardo in the ordination of 12 elders and 11 probationary members, and the acceptance of two full clergy members and two probationary members from other denominations. Bickerton baptized 8-month-old Mary Elizabeth Urso, daughter of new elder Jude Urso, during the ordination worship service.
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