buick city was a massive automobile manufacturing complex in the northeast of flint , michigan .

elements of the 235-acre ( 950,000 m ² ) complex dated from 1904 , where all aspects of buick vehicles were constructed , and it became known as buick city in 1985 .

operations ceased completely in 2010 .

the site was vacated by gm employees and site responsibilities were transferred to motors liquidation company as of december 6 , 2010 .

the final cars built at buick city were the pontiac bonneville and the buick lesabre .

manufacturing operations were transferred to orion assembly .

the original factory at one time was the largest in the world , consisting of 24 separate buildings contributing to the manufacturing process , until 1928 when the ford river rouge plant was completed and began operations .

in the beginning , all components were manufactured in one location , to include wheel bearings , nuts , bolts , and screws , to transmissions , suspension components , wheels and interior components .

operations were carried out in this fashion well into the 1940s and beyond .

after world war ii , when vehicle production resumed , buick city was the primary location where all components were created , with knock-down kits distributed to assembly plants in major metropolitan us cities , where the vehicles were locally assembled and distributed in their respective regions .

the plant originated with buick before the formation of general motors .

other elements were built by early manufacturers and suppliers like fisher body .

the buick city concept represented a successful attempt by general motors to experiment with just-in-time manufacturing methods in response to japanese manufacturers .

the experiment included successes : the 1989 buick lesabre built in buick city was ranked the top car in the j.d. power and associates rankings for that year ; it was the first american built car to appear on the list .

in 1999 , the year the plant was closed , buick city won j. d. power 's platinum award for assembly plant quality .

as of 2016 , it is the only general motors plant to win the award .

the closing of gm 's manufacturing plants in flint , and its subsequent economic toll on the community was chronicled in michael moore 's documentary film , roger & me .

the plant 's acreage became an epa cleanup site .

in 2013 , american cast iron pipe co. announced plans to construct a new 200,000 square foot manufacturing plant on the former buick city complex .

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buick city <EOT> to anyone outside of flint , " buick city " means flint . to anyone who lives in flint , " buick city " means the buick site . to anyone who works at " the buick " , " buick city " meant the vehicle assembly and metal fabrication operations .

buick city complex to be home of new american cast iron pipe co . plant

at the old buick city complex and putting 50 - 60 people to work .

“buick city” by sara carson reviewed in flint’s east village magazine “ . . bold dispatches from ruin , hope…” “buick city” by sara carson reviewed by karen j weyant

gallery : buick city complex to be home of new american cast iron pipe co . plant

the buick lacrosse is one of two cars built at the general motors fairfax in kansas city , kan .

while many workers worry about how buick city ' s demise will affect both their city and themselves , others say it might not have such a drastic impact . wilcox , for one , thinks the change could help the city .

the buick city automobile complex on flint ' s north side opened in 1904 and became known as " buick city " in 1985 . abandoned by gm during its bankruptcy , the last buick rolled off the plant ' s assembly line in 1999 , and the plant ' s operations ceased completely in 2010 .

gm spokeswoman carolyn normandin says the company hopes buick city workers continue to make high - quality products in their new jobs .

buick city plant manager amy d . farmer agrees with gm ' s reasoning in closing the plant , but sees how people can get sentimental about a factory . farmer herself is a " flintstone " - - a flint native - - whose grandfather worked in buick city .

i was saddened by the sight . a significant part of the city of flint was the old buick city where buicks were made . as an old buick owner , i was intrigued by what i saw . the general motors parade was going to show a 100 - year history of gm cars .

it goes deeper than not being able to drink water , freeman says . privileges that people have grown used to are now daylong struggles in buick city .

the weston - mott factories at buick industrial & amp ; hamilton avenue 1915 .

officials said american has a purchase agreement for the northern - most parcel at buick city , about 18 acres with pierson road as the parcel ' s northern boundary .

she and other workers say gm ' s reasoning for closing buick city doesn ' t make sense , especially after years of promoting the idea that improved quality could save the plant . the plant ' s buick lesabre has done well in customer quality surveys , and buick city was rated one of gm ' s most efficient plants by a recent industry report - - beating the two plants that will get its production .

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flint , mi - for the first time in 18 years , a new automobile - related manufacturing plant may be coming soon to flint ' s former buick city complex .

buick became the top seller in 1908 , even outselling ford motor co . that same year , owner william c . durant merged buick and several other automakers to form gm . gm employed more than 75 , 000 in the flint area as recently as 1978 , and a large sign at the edge of town welcomed motorists to buick city .

since then , sales of the large sedans that make up the heart of buick ' s lineup have been falling as many buyers turn to sport utility vehicles instead . in 1997 , the company said it would close buick city ' s car assembly lines and transfer production to two michigan plants that can handle more models . gm will keep buick city ' s engine and parts factories running , as well as a nearby truck plant .

southfield - based lear corp . has received a grant from the michigan economic development corp . to build a $ 30 million plant at the old buick city complex in flint .

captured the city’s decline : “in flint , every day is like a virginia tech . ”

the following is from my book buick muscle cars by : bill holder and phillip kunz .

on june 29 general motors closed the doors of its buick city complex in flint , michigan , its last operating assembly plant in the city . the plant closure deals a further blow to the industrial city , the birthplace of both the giant car company and the united auto workers union , that has lost tens of thousands of auto jobs over the last two decades .

honky tonk maestro whitey morgan has a new live album ready for the holiday season . below you can get a taste of what ' s to come by streaming " buick city " .

on monday , june 26 , city council voted to approve a development agreement with southfield - based auto supplier lear corporation for a 150 , 000 to 155 , 000 square foot building at 902 e . hamilton ave . - - the location of the former buick city administration building .

crumbling buildings of buick city , now almost completely shut down . parking lots are desolate , there’s no smoke from the chimneys and no humans – hardly any guards protecting the structures . ( bottom )

the rapper said he didn’t want to be a part of a hashtag trend - - his assistance to the city is more than just a pop culture nod toward a struggling city facing its newest test .

bill callen , a spokesman for revitalizing auto communities environmental response trust , declined to comment on the development agreement or racer ' s role in brokering a sale of part of the old buick city property .

darlene morris skipped the recent " family day " festival at the buick city factory , not quite seeing the lure of gleaming white tents with children ' s games , ice cream and free coffee mugs .

special thanks goes out to dennis for clarifying what happened to perhaps one of buick’s ultimate performance cars .

most of the 390 - acre buick city closed in 1999 , creating one of the state’s largest brownfield sites . gm’s powertrain flint north closed in 2010 and ended more than a century of manufacturing at the site .

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lear corporation said it intends to purchase the property from racer properties , llc and " develop the property to contribute to the economy of the city of flint and promote the city ' s economic goals and objectives . "

this ghost image shows the buick factory in 1910 at the same location as shown above & amp ; below .

“the issue has not been our products , ” said tony disalle , vice president of buick and gmc marketing for gm . “it’s a perception that buick is for older people . we have a lot of upside here . ”

there still will be just under 30 , 000 gm employees in flint after buick city closes , and the automaker plans to spend $ 1 . 5 billion in the next several years to update and build factories in and around flint .

at its peak , buick city employed over 28 , 000 . the figure varies depending upon who you ask . in 1999 , most of this plant was shut down . there is a small force of 1 , 000 still employed in flint , but the v6 engine factory of 700 employees is scheduled to close in august , leaving buick city virtually desolate . in the 1950s , the detroit area had the highest median income , and highest rate of home ownership , of any major us city . but times are very different now . california’s silicon valley now enjoys higher income than the detroit area .

this article from my muscle review magazine ( no longer published ) dated july 1999 tells a short story about a pretty rare 1970 buick . this article also happens to mention the opening of the ( then new ) buick museum in flint .

the area was hit hard by thousands of gm layoffs in the 1980s , a period documented by flint native michael moore in his film " roger & me . " but in the same period , gm spent about $ 300 million to modernize buick city .

gm ' s roots in the city 57 miles north of detroit date to 1903 , when a flint wagon company bought david dunbar buick ' s struggling gasoline engine shop . the first buick built in flint came out the next year , little more than a buggy ' s frame bolted to a 21 - horsepower engine and a steering wheel , with a love seat stuck on top .

the lacrosse has the same grille and shares a family resemblance with the avenir , buick vice president duncan aldred said in september . the avenir “shattered expectations of what a buick could be , ” aldred said , promising that the lacrosse would do the same .

in 1984 gm brought together a half dozen factories to form the massive complex and dubbed it buick city . this was supposed to be gm ' s answer to rival toyota city and a symbol of the us carmaker ' s determination to fight foreign competition . since then , however , the company ' s share of the car and truck market share has declined from around 40 percent to 30 . 7 percent in 1997 .

flint — economic development officials in flint are making a push to revitalize the former manufacturing site that once produced every buick that general motors made .

" we are proud to be the first manufacturing company to build ( at buick city ) , " hook said . " we believe this site and this community are a good fit for our organization ' s plans for growth , and we believe we have a lot to offer . . . "

it was an amazing sight to see buicks dating from 1915 to brand new ones lined up in parking lots , exhibited for visitors . buick started production in 1904 . i didn’t see any earlier models , but i saw the photo of a replica of a 1904 model b buick in a news article .

" buick city is a building , but it just contains everything i ' ve known for all these years , " she said wednesday . " the last few days have been - - well , it ' s too quiet . everybody is just kind of closed up . it ' s very sad . "

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gm is ending buick production in flint , where the large model cars have been made since 1904 . the 235 - acre buick city facility had only 1 , 200 workers left—1 , 000 full time employees and 200 temporary workers—a fraction of the 28 , 000 auto workers who once produced cars there during the peak production years of the mid - 1980s . many of higher - seniority workers are expected to retire or will be forced to transfer to other plants throughout the country .

sikivu hutchinson : the ubiquitous tents and shambling motorhomes that dot l . a . ’s side streets are simply the most glaring symbols of the city’s spatial apartheid .

in 1997 when gm announced its plans to shut the assembly plant at the heart of the buick city complex , uaw local 599 argued that this was an unwise business decision and pledged that the union would work to increase speedup , impose more forced overtime and carry out whatever measures were needed to boost production and profits .

showcasing the lacrosse in a hip urban setting like l . a . is in keeping with the division’s “that’s a buick ? ” ad campaign , which makes a self - deprecating case that its newer cars are too cool for its geriatric reputation . the average buick buyer is 66 , according to san diego - based consulting firm strategic vision . by contrast , bmw’s average buyer is 50 and lexus , also known for comfort like buick , has an average owner age of 59 .

flint mayor dayne walling said there have been discussions with the company about what financial incentives are available from the city , but " no requests yet " for assistance .

told in prose poems , buick city is a coming - of - age tale about growing up in the deindustrialized midwest – about trailer park kids fending for themselves while laid - off parents navigate their new minimum wage jobs ; about teenagers inventing sex on the loading dock behind the convenience store ; about young people yearning for a life beyond making a living and fighting with customers at the 24 hour supermarket . from neighborhood casanovas to part - time hitmen to grandmothers run - ragged , the portraits of life in buick city offer a glimpse into the world beyond factory closings and rustbelt blight and into the life of a place teeming with desperation , joy , and hope .

the local 599 leadership went so far as to spend $ 4 million to place full - page ads in the wall street journal and investor ' s business daily , aimed at convincing gm stockholders that they would get a better return on their investment if the buick city plant were kept open , and a different uaw plant was closed down . the ad featured the results of an internal gm quality report , comparing the performance of 19 gm assembly plants , including lake orion , detroit / hamtramck and lansing , michigan . under the headline , “the standings , ” the ad lists buick city in second place , topped only by the joint gm - toyota operation in california .

we saw buicks from models from 1915 onwards . not every year was covered , but it was a massive display . buick had used golf legend tiger woods to advertise its fleet of cars . the leading truck had a huge picture of tiger woods about to strike a ball with his club , along with the picture of a buick .

a positively painful broken aesop from years ago : " the city of new orleans " , about the death of the railroad industry , being used as a car commercial .

british shoe company clarks used " birdhouse in your soul " by the same group as a stealth pun . the ad in question featured giant kids running around a city .

in the u . s . , the biggest battle will be to change perceptions . even though buick makes crossover suvs and nimble sedans like the regal , it has conventional wisdom and pop culture to overcome . in the 1977 movie “annie hall , ” woody allen famously says the spider in the bathroom is “the size of a buick . ”

, distributed by interscope records , under the tutelage of legendary producer dr . dre . he has religiously worn clothing with the words of his city printed on them during appearances .

after 95 years of making buicks in the city where general motors corp . was born , the automaker is shutting the sprawling auto plant and ending 1 , 300 jobs . it ' s both the end of an era for a place that has defined the city ' s identity for nearly a century , and the start of more uncertainty for an already wobbly economy .

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this would be the most photographed entrance of the buick factory in flint , michigan . this photo is included in the newest book published about flint by author gordon young . the book is titled…

sarah carson has an imaginative gift for transporting us within the nuances & netherworld of her hometown . i can’t imagine are more dead - eye illumination of the region—told with incredible wit & a rough - minded passion . many might steer you from the town itself , but missing out on buick city would be a decidedly wrong turn . i will gladly enjoy returning to these pages—and often . —

circuit city used ' just what i needed ' by the cars for one ill - fated advertising campaign near the end of their corporate lifespan . the song is about a one - night stand .

the final phase of the integrated car assembly and metal stamping production at buick motor division & apos ; s former headquarters . idled and tore down in 1999 . or , alternatively , the entire production site that included axles , springs , motors , etc . ( pretty much the entire car ) . also adopted by flint , michigan as a nickname because buick and general motors were created there .

not long ago we received a letter from dennis manner , a now - retired buick / gm engine engineer who has vast first - hand knowledge of not only buick’s engine development in the sixties and seventies ( including his direct involvement with the 455 , 455 stage 1 and 455 stage 2 equipment ) , but also the development of the gsx stage2 prototype and its true demise . according to dennis :

about 100 of the 1 , 400 workers employed at buick city when it closed will stay on to strip the plant of equipment . some 200 workers are temporary hires who were let go . most of the rest are either retiring or going on " protected status , " in which they still get a paycheck , but don ' t have a job right away . they will eventually be offered jobs at other factories .

the flint location is in competition with mexico , where overall costs are lower , for the subassembly operation , the memo said . the city of flint offered a tax abatement to reduce property taxes by 50 percent .

" it ' s been here over 90 years , " she says . " when you have this giant sitting in the middle of the city , it ' s understandable how you ' d get attached to it . "

i don’t know how the story ever got started about the prototype car ever catching on fire which was not true and i have been trying to correct that statement ever since . in addition to the stage 2 development car i used as a workhorse at buick engineering , we built a prototype gsx car in flint in buick engineering and sent it out to california for exposure and evaluation for the dealers , the racers and the magazine writers . upon its return to michigan long after we had decided to not factory produce the package and we were about to retire the vehicle , one of our buick engineers missed a shift driving it at our gm proving grounds and put a rod through the side of the block . it did not catch fire . we then disassembled the car , scrapped it out but the special hood was donated to the jones / benesick buick drag car they raced in california .

s worked for . sit down strike . black lake . what happened ? time to take our city back ! i’ll post pictures i have if can figure out how ! have a blessed day and keep faith ! much love clara

“buick stands for comfort and is known by older generations , ” said alexander edwards , president of strategic vision . “if they want to attract people from more lively brands , they need to talk to a different kind of buyer . ”

my dad worked at buick from 1943 - 1975 and always was so proud . in the 50 ' s he ' d tell me how it was the only self contained plant . from foundry to driving it away , all at one place !

gm is consolidating its large car production because of greater demand for its more profitable light trucks and sports utility vehicles . production of buick lesabres will transferred to more modern large car plants in detroit / hamtramck and lake orion , near pontiac , michigan .

we also stopped to eat at a beautifully constructed but empty restaurant , makuch’s red rooster — “the pinnacle of fine dining . ” established in 1959 , the once swank restaurant featured flaming desserts and tableside cooking . it entertained gm executives on their heyday . we were the only two customers at our late lunch . the waitress was pleased to get some business . she was unhappy about the plant closings and the loss of business in town . many houses near buick city were boarded shut , and mostly in dilapidated condition .

this article is from my december 2012 issue of hemmings muscle machines and contains new information concerning this rare buick . i actually took this copy from the hemmings site because i gave my issue to another enthusiast ( my dentist ) who needed another article for the 409 chevy engine he has .

mercifully without glibness , derision or rancor , the sinewy poems in buick city chronicle the petty crimes taking place outside love motels and flavored with instant cocoa ; the heart of the culture found in the break room at the back of a 24 - hour supermarket . like updike’s “a & p” retold by a rust belt girl born in 1984 , sarah carson boldly goes where few poets dare—straight into a ( mid ) western consciousness redolent with pop rocks , black pepper , diet coke and weed . i’m so grateful we have this desperate , hopeful , utterly american work . — arielle greenberg

brian quinn was born on march 14 , 1976 in staten island , new york city , new york , usa as brian michael quinn . he is a producer and actor , known for 12 monkeys ( 2015 ) , vulgar ( 2000 ) and metamorphosis : the alien factor ( 1990 ) .

ron ferguson , owner of ferguson furniture , says flint can absorb the cuts better today than 20 years ago . he says the city has almost evolved into a bedroom community for the northern suburbs of detroit . and he says there are enough gm retirees with good incomes to keep some business humming .

the hope is that the lacrosse , which is one of two cars built at gm’s fairfax assembly plant in kansas city , kan . , will turn heads . the car’s bold styling is based on the avenir , which in january was named “best concept vehicle” at the north american international auto show in detroit .

speaking of chrysler , for super bowl xlv in 2011 , the company aired a 2 - minute commercial for the chrysler 200 with the instrumental riff of eminem ' s " lose yourself " in the background . the spot ends with eminem himself taking the stage at detroit ' s fox theatre and saying " this is the motor city . and this is what we do . " of course , it must be noted that the spot was more about detroit ' s ( both the city and the us auto industry ) comeback from economic catastrophe than it was about the car itself . . . which may well have appealed to eminem .

last summer two strikes erupted at gm parts plants in flint , which virtually closed the automaker ' s north american operations . while hundreds of thousands of auto workers in flint and elsewhere were seeking to fight gm ' s attack on jobs , the uaw agreed to a contract that eliminated 1 , 300 of the 9 , 200 strikers ' jobs , paved the way for further plant closings and layoffs and included a pledge not to call any further strikes until the settlement of 1999 national contract . throughout the 44 - day strike the uaw international leadership made it clear that it was not challenging gm ' s decision to close buick city .

i traveled to lapeer in michigan recently to visit an old , dear friend . lapeer happens to be near the motor city of flint . i was given a tour of flint by his wife sue . flint was getting ready to have a “celebration” of gm’s 100th anniversary ( if you can call it a celebration ) .

prematurely white - haired character star who began as a supporting player of generally vicious demeanor , then metamorphosed into a star of both action and drama projects , lee marvin was born in new york city , the son of courtenay washington ( davidge ) , a fashion writer , and lamont waltman marvin , an . . .

this is the same gate as shown below only in 1974 . that is body receiving shown in the foreground and mentioned below . that is factory # 44 being built . i entered this gate more than any other in my 30 years with g . m . and it was also my first and last at buick .

sal vulcano was born on november 6 , 1976 in staten island , new york city , new york , usa as salvatore edward anthony vulcano . he is a producer and actor , known for 12 monkeys ( 2015 ) , the comedy roast of jesus christ ( 2007 ) and just another romantic wrestling comedy ( 2006 ) .

james murray was born on may 1 , 1976 in staten island , new york city , new york , usa as james stephen murray . he is a producer and actor , known for 12 monkeys ( 2015 ) , awakened ( 2018 ) and say whaaat ? ( 2017 ) . he was previously married to jenna vulcano .

and starting in 2013 , party city used repurposed versions of the song for their 2013 ad campaigns , with lyrics changed to talk about what they had for what holiday or special occasion was coming up , and they even did a generic version to promote regular birthday party supplies . it was first used around saint patrick ' s day .

former lead guitarist for hard rock super group kiss , best known for his " space ace " character , on stage stagger , cackling laugh and smoking guitar effects . frehley was born paul daniel frehley on april 27th , 1951 in the bronx , new york city and received his first electric guitar at age 14 . a . . .

christopher d ' olier reeve was born september 25 , 1952 , in new york city , to journalist barbara johnson ( née barbara pitney lamb ) and writer / professor f . d . reeve ( franklin d ' olier reeve ) . he came from an upper - class family ; his paternal grandfather was ceo of prudential financial , and one of his . . .

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hemmings muscle machines subscribers ( and those who pick it up on the newsstand ) may recall from our recent all modified issue the buick pictured above : a contemporary recreation of the 1970 buick gsx stage2 prototype . the six - page feature recalls frank urbinati’s desire to recreate the lost factory gsx , how gransport auto body built it , and how it ended up in the hands of its current owner , bob ortolani , who continues its 9 . 51 - second quarter - mile legacy . the story also provides some background as to the one and only original prototype , including its oft - repeated demise – set in motion by the rapid swing away from muscle cars in 1971 – that began with dismantling , followed by its complete destruction in a fire .

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but wooing california buyers won’t be easy in a state where foreign luxury cars are status symbols , american brands struggle and buick has market share of less than 0 . 5 percent . the brand has only a 1 . 3 percent market share in the u . s . but 4 percent in china , the world’s largest auto market , where 80 percent of buicks are sold .

joe gatto was born on june 5 , 1976 in staten island , new york city , new york , usa as joseph anthony gatto jr . he is a producer and actor , known for superdude & friend ( 2005 ) , 12 monkeys ( 2015 ) and soccer baller ( 2006 ) . he has been married to bessy gatto since september 2 , 2013 . they have two . . .

george c . scott was an immensely talented actor , a star of screen , stage and television . he was born on october 18 , 1927 in wise , virginia , to helena agnes ( slemp ) and george dewey scott . at the age of eight , his mother died , and his father , an executive at buick , raised him . in 1945 , he joined the . . .

larry the cable guy was born in pawnee city , nebraska , as daniel lawrence whitney . he is an actor and producer , known for cars ( 2006 ) , cars 2 ( 2011 ) and cars 3 ( 2017 ) . he is also an original member of the blue collar comedy tour . he has been married to cara whitney since july 3 , 2005 . they have two . . .

“those of us in flint know that our community is worth investing in and we’re excited to see lear building a huge truck seating manufacturing plant right here in the city , " said senate minority leader jim ananich ( d–flint ) in a written statement . " having lear in the neighborhood will mean hundreds of new , quality jobs prioritized for flint residents , ensuring that more folks in my town will have the opportunity to get a leg up . "

gm employment in the flint area has fallen from 77 , 000 workers in manufacturing and office centers in 1978 to 33 , 000 today . the number of gm jobs is expected to dwindle further to 22 , 000 in the next few years . the official unemployment rate in the city is 9 . 7 percent , more than double the state average , and the bulk of better - paying auto jobs have been replaced with low - wage employment in the service sector .

so mom could be back before older siblings had to get up for school ! i remember the bump on court daddy would speed up to make my belly jump and i would giggle like a three year old because i was . then seeing weather ball and telling my parents what the three colors ment and what the weather was going to be that day ! oh the glorious memories ! what have we done to let our elected officials ruin our city take away the way of life our forefather

“flint needed help before the water crisis . there was a breakdown of my city before this . this is level 10 of the problem , ” freeman said . “with the automotive industry leaving , that was the first thing . going to work in the auto industry was like a kid in flint going to the nba . when that went away , the feeling of hopelessness seeped in . people felt lost . they didn’t know what to look forward to . the morale went way down . ”

in 1968 , jim morrison vetoed a request from buick , which the other members of the doors approved of , to use the song " light my fire " in a commercial . in a bit of self - parody over the affray , when robbie krieger penned the song " touch me " later that year , he ended it with the four - note sting from an ajax commercial popular at the time , and the final lyrics are ajax ' s then - slogan , " stronger than dirt " .

sue made a driving mistake and drove into the closed off streets of the buick car displays . a gm employee walked up to us . he said that he was part of the last group of 700 employees about to be laid off in august . sue’s car was foreign and she was trapped not able to figure out where to go . from the passenger seat , i said that i owned a saturn , a gm car . that apparently caused the gm employee to relax . he walked over to the end of street and lifted one of the barricades and let us out of the area .

this is form a 1979 promotional laserdisc that i found it is for 1980 model year buick ' s . at the beginning of this disc you will hear some audio tones , these where used to program the pr - 7800 laserdisc player , and you will also see single frames of what is on the entire disc as well as still pictures of each model of buick available that year this was the first interactive video experience , the on board cpu in the pr - 7800 allowed you to program the viewing and interact with the disc using the remote control . the pr - 7800 was intorduced 3 years before the ibm pc - xt in 1978 gm contracted with pioneer and mca / discovision to put the pioneer pr - 7800 laserdisc player into its dealerships , the discs where to be used for demonstrations as in this disc or for training purposes . now in the early days of laserdisc manufacture there was a very high failure rate , sometimes as high as 85 % during the mastering / pressing process , so that left a lot of sides of discs that where unusable . well these where used to fill the blank side of a disc , the " dead " side was then coated with a special plastic that was clear to the human eye , but it would not reflect the laser beam , thus the side would not play . well the coating can be removed with rubbing alcohol , which is what i did . these reject discs will only play on the older style of laserdisc player that uses a laser tube

it may not be a well known fact , but there was also a so - called stage 2 . in 1968 , the buyer of a gran sport skylark could check off the stage 2 package , which offered a pure race option consisting of an ultra - high - performance engine and some other performance options that had to be installed by the dealer . few knew that the option even existed . obviously the option was designed for drag racers . the stag 2 package was again available in 1970 with a trunkful of performance goodies . included were mickey thompson headers , an 850 cfm holley carburetor , 12 . 5 : 1 compression ratio forged pistons , a high - performance cam , and new high - flow heads . there was also a 4 . 78 geared rear end . all the equipment was reportedly dealer installed . how many stage 2 cars were modified is not known , but rest assured , the numbers are few . in fact , it has been noted that only three are known to exist , showcasing possibly the most daring buick adventure into high performance .

american cast iron pipe co . plans construction start soon , 50 - 60 employees to open flint plant | urltoken

american cast iron pipe co . plans construction start soon , 50 - 60 employees to open flint plant

flint , mi - - american cast iron pipe co . says it won ' t waste any time building a

" we could be doing foundation work in january , " said patrick hook , vice president of operations for american spiralweld pipe , a division of acipc . " we are out for bids right now . "

hook and american got a warm welcome at a news conference to announce the development wednesday , nov . 13 , at the flint & genesee county chamber of commerce in downtown flint .

company in line to supply materials for the new karegnondi water authority pipeline , will begin producing spiral - welded steel pipe for that project at the new flint plant , using a single shift of workers to start .

but hook said the company envisions supplying other developments with pipe from flint in the future , saying the physical location of the facility " opens up some additional markets for us . "

" the kwa will be very good for us , " he said . " as we ( find ) additional business , we would add additional shifts . "

the hourly jobs at american in flint are expected to pay a starting wage of $ 17 to $ 22 an hour , and hook said candidates with a background of working in heavy industry and welding would have an advantage .

" there may be a few people in our ( other ) plants that may want to come back here ( but ) our plan is to hire people locally . "

revitalizing auto communities environmental response trust would comment on the proposed sale price of the property , and hook would not say how much the company plans to invest in its new building and equipment .

walling called wednesday ' s announcement important on two fronts : it provides an " immediate , positive economic impact " and optimizes construction on the kwa pipeline .

american ' s new plant will produce strictly spiral - welded pipe , the same type that will be used in construction of the kwa pipeline . only one other company plant , located in columbia , s . c . , produces that type of pipe for american .

the pipeline from genesee county to lake huron will also include ductile iron pipe , which american also produces and will supply for the project , but that pipe won ' t be manufactured in flint .

as low bidder for the kwa project , american is the likely supplier of more than $ 84 million in materials for the pipeline .

genesee county drain commissioner jeff wright said the company would have received the contract whether it decided to build the flint plant or not .

founded in birmingham , ala . , in 1905 , american employs about 3 , 000 people nationwide , including 2 , 000 at its headquarters plant and offices in birmingham , ala . , and about 1 , 000 at subsidiary plants .

tim herman , chief executive officer for the flint & genesee chamber of commerce , said the company ' s track record makes it the kind of business that any community would want .

herman called wednesday ' s announcement " evidence of a strong workforce and world class transportation infrastructure that make this region a great place to locate a viable business . "

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photo showing factory # 31 during demolition . go to the following link to view all of dennis’ great photos .

birdseye view of the oak park factories as viewed from east of the flint river . notice the suspension bridge over the river leading to the factories…this would be removed in 1911 . it looks like the river is just receding after a flood .

this is a rather rare booklet from the clippings department in the flint public library . i had to turn over my drivers licence and sit in view of the library attendant to view this . this copy was donated by the author himself george h . maines .

i know it’s hard to believe but i have never posted this photo before . you are looking north up industrial avenue from hamilton avenue in 1910 during a shift change or lunch .

here is a little different view of the same intersection taken from the roof of the w . f . stewart body factory in 1910 showing the oak park subdivision after it has been built . that is the weston - mott factory on the right with the new industrial bank now located just west across industrial avenue . the bank was originally located in the stewart factory .

this view facing northwest is the same gate as shown in the photos above and below . that is body receiving in the background . i like the sign at left : beat old age & amp ; gout 30 & amp ; out . these workers are the reason i am enjoying retirement today instead of laying in a casket .

division street revisited . division street during 100 years . division street 1947 body receiving 1960

many different versions of this engine and the cars history are still clouded . some say 2 were built by the factory and some say 15 dealer installed’s were built . some also say around 75 sets of the special heads required were made . i like the first story at the beginning that leads off with : the final chapter which i find doubtful .

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while doug daugherty , vice president of global facilities and real estate for lear , told the council a " much grander , formal announcement " is on the way , he could say that the building will be used for manufacturing automobile seats .

" this is something lear corp . is extremely excited about , " he said , noting that while some employees will move from oakland county to the flint location , there " will be opportunities " and union jobs for flint residents .

criteria for employment at the company will also be announced later , daugherty said .

daugherty said the company hopes to begin construction in september and open for operation in the spring of 2018 .

he told the council that manufacturing would be a clean process with no output and that the plant plans to use treated water rather than raw .

the trust was established by the u . s . bankruptcy court to sell off unwanted gm assets .

in december 2014 , american spiralweld pipe co . began operation on the site ' s northernmost edge , supplying water transmission pipe for the karegnondi water authority pipeline .

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morris has built buicks for 23 years , a job that ended when the flint , mich . , plant closed last tuesday . to her , the festival was like clapping at a funeral .

" there are not a lot of jobs around here that pay $ 17 an hour , or $ 20 an hour , like gm does , " says raymond faris , the owner of faris furniture & jewelry in downtown flint .

over the years , gm has built and torn down dozens of buildings to add new models and take out old equipment . the result is a jumble of towering factories that ' s hard to see as a single building without driving around the entire two - square - mile site .

the plain buildings , with few windows and dozens of stubby smokestacks , conceal giant conveyor belts that carry car bodies through four stories .

morris , 42 , has built her life around the plant . a flintstone as well , she ' s the daughter of a man who spent 44 years building parts for gm . she went to work at the plant when she graduated from high school and wanted money for college . " the next thing i knew , 22 years went by , " she said .

since 1994 , morris has spent much of her free time working on a musical , " rats ! , " about working on the assembly line and the history of the union . the play takes its name from " shoprats , " a slang term for assembly workers , and had a five - show run at a flint theater last summer .

" they ' ve been preaching to us that our job security is to build a good car with high quality , and we ' re still closing , " says don wilcox , 41 , who worked in the plant ' s paint shop for 11 years .

morris says that if gm offers her a transfer to saginaw or pontiac , she ' ll take it . but right now the future is unclear .

" that ' s one of the worst things - - not knowing , not being able to make a plan , " she says .

united auto workers union leaders say gm ' s $ 1 . 5 billion investment in flint factories will create several hundred jobs , not nearly enough to make up for the losses of the past few years . they say gm ' s plans for two new factories near lansing make them question the company ' s overcapacity claims .

" that plant should not be closing , " says art mcgee , president of uaw local 599 and a third - generation gm autoworker . " they ' ve got the best team in the company right here…you don ' t split up the team that wins the championship for you . "

" we would not be ceasing production at this facility if we could sell as many vehicles as we produce in three plants , " she said .

" there ' ll be fewer jobs within gm itself , and a lot of those jobs will take more education than picking someone up off the street and saying , ' put this part on the car , ' " he says . " in flint , it might help diversify the workforce as a whole . "

" maybe we ' re a one - horse town , but it ' s like the horse had a few ponies , " he says .

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the flint & genesee chamber of commerce was awarded a $ 197 , 000 federal grant to allow work to be completed at the site that prioritizes development locations , creates marketing materials and identifies and assists prospective tenants .

the grant will also help with conceptualizing building designs and developing construction costs for projects requiring 40 , 000 - square - feet of space , the flint journal reported .

“the approach that we’ve taken is to kind of think about the whole site but also recognize that very few projects would need the whole site , ” said janice karcher , vice president of economic development for the chamber . “many of the requests that we’ve received are companies that want to occupy 50 - or 100 , 000 - square - feet and those kinds of facilities can locate on five to 10 acres and don’t need 390 . ”

the grant also allows officials to identify services at the site that could be vital to potential developers , such as transportation access , size and location of water lines , size and location of sewer lines and where gas and electric services are .

“this level of information allows us to get in front of more prospective companies , developers and be able to say , ‘look , we’ve done our homework to make it easier for you to evaluate the site . ’ that’s the real goal here , ” karcher said . “that’s really helpful in being able to avoid surprises in potential projects but also to help zero in an optimal portions of the site . ”


cing inc. ( 株式会社シング kabushiki-gaisha shingu ) ( styled cing ) was an independent video game developer based out of fukuoka , japan .

the company , a small development house employing only 29 people , was founded in april 1999 , and was run by takuya miyagawa , who served as president and ceo .

miyagawa also acted as the producer on all of cing 's titles .

the company filed for bankruptcy on march 1 , 2010 .

their website no longer exists ; it can be found here at the wayback machine ( archived february 23 , 2010 ) .

since releasing glass rose for the playstation 2 in 2003 , cing had enjoyed a close working relationship with nintendo .

two projects were created in cooperation with the publisher for their nintendo ds handheld system , both of which received sequels ( one for the nintendo ds and one for the wii ) .

cing also released the critically acclaimed little king 's story for the wii .

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cing <EOT> in 1880 , the most common cing occupation in the usa was miner . 100 % of cing ' s were miners .

bill evanov joined cing - fm from chin radio in toronto . cing ' s chief engineer david swallow left for cjjd in hamilton .

cing 95 . 3 began broadcasting in hd using two channels . cing - hd1 simulcast the programming of cing 95 . 3 fresh radio ( analogue ) while cing - hd2 simulcast the programming of cfmj am 640 in toronto . effective radiated power for each channel was 4 , 900 watts .

in january , cing began offering sister station chml 900 in hd . the station was already offering cing on hd - l and cfmj 640 toronto on hd - 2 . chml was being offered on cing - fm - hd3 .

in september , cing began playing oldies , on the all - night show .

dr . ian mcintyre became president of cing - fm , succeeding bill evanov .

pete jaycock ( mornings ) left . con chung was cing ' s operations manager .

cing began using the canadian radio networks satellite service during overnight hours on march 3 .

cing adopted a dance music format on september 1 , as " dance 108 . "

scott turner , richard correll , and wayne williams were among the voices heard on cing . chris allicock left cing on august 31 to work in television . he had been operations manager .

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on june 22 the crtc renewed cing - fm ' s licence until august 31 , 2013 .

between 1986 and 2003 , cing life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2003 , and highest in 1986 . the average life expectancy for cing in 1986 was 85 , and 31 in 2003 .

on january 11 , the crtc renewed cing - fm ' s licence until september 30 , 1985 .

on february 16 , ckge - fm oshawa joined the energy network , receiving some programming from cing .

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clint trueman , jack cole , steve mortenson and larry bunda were now on the air at cing - fm .

elwood glover retired from his free - lance work with cing - fm and toronto ' s cko - fm .

below is a complete list of all cities where the annual get - together for cing - ce has been arranged .

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for sweden , norway and great britain , which have their own sub committees of cing . chalmers alumni living in any other country than those three are part of the continental europe of the chalmers alumni association , in short cing - ce .

paul fockler became general manager of cing , replacing manuel canales . fockler had been with barrie ' s chay - fm .

this is really sad , cing in my opinion is a brilliant and underrated studio . i want to see last window localised .

on november 15 , chay - fm barrie officially became energy @ 93 . 1 , simulcasting some programming from sister station cing .

on august 31 , energy fm at 107 . 9 ( cing ) and y95 . 3 ( cjxy ) swapped frequencies . cjxy moved to 107 . 9 mhz as y108 and cing moved to 95 . 3 mhz as energy fm @ 95 . 3 .

earl warren was now at cing , as were elwood glover , gil christie , and pete jaycock ( joined from cjbq belleville ) .

in november , 21 people lost their jobs at corus radio in hamilton . among those to leave , cing ' s evening guy mastermind .

our members represent a broad spectrum of the construction industry and supporting businesses that make our group successful . learn more about our members that make up cing .

cing promotions director karen steele added responsibilities as assistant program director . bruce gilbert joined the station as assistant promotions director , from chtz - fm st . catharines .

a small studio with less than 30 staff , cing was founded in 1999 . its debut title was the japan and europe - only release glass rose for capcom .

cing was a video game developer . they have made three mystery games on the nintendo ds , trace memory , hotel dusk : room 215 and last window : the secret of cape west . each game is published by the industry giant nintendo . as of 2008 , the developer has a total of 29 employees working at cing .

japanese developer cing has filed for bankruptcy in japan , with the company reportedly suffering from liabilities of 256 million yen ( usd 2 . 9m / eur 2 . 1m ) .

on april 25 , cing lost another bid to change frequency , this time to 96 . 3 mhz . the licence was awarded to cfmx cobourg for a rebroadcast transmitter at mississauga .

census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your cing ancestors , such as occupation . occupation can tell you about your ancestor ' s social and economic status .

on - air : 6 : 00 west atkinson , 10 : 00 jim paulson , 3 : 00 earl warren , 7 : 00 rhythm radio . wayne williams was also at cing .

cing promotions director karen steele added the responsibility of assistant program director to her title . bruce gilbert joined the station as assistant promotions director . he had been with chtz st . catharines .

1885 : ( guangsyu 11th year , cing dynasty ; meiji 17th year ) after mou - tan - sheh accident ( in 1874 ) , bao - zhen shen proposed “mountain cultivation and the pacification of uncivilized people” to be the significant policy to govern taiwan . in october , guangsyu 11th year , cing dynasty , the ming army entered cyuchih to “summon and pacify” ma - lai - ba community ( wuila township today ) . upon encountering each other for the first time , wuila and the cing empire walked into pages of large waves surged by the old pages of history .

canada ' s first radio reading service for the blind went on the air via cing - fm ' s scmo service . special receivers were available for loan without charge from the oakville public library .

the initiative of starting the sub committee of chalmes alumni association ( cing ) for continental europe , cing - ce for short , came in the late 1990 ' s . reacting to the growing number of chalmers alumni spreading all over europe , the board of chalmers alumni association ( cing for short ) decided to try and start a new chapter for continental europe in 1997 . originator was the then chairman of cing björn o . albrektson which organized and personally phoned about 100 potential participants around frankfurt in germany . he also asked one of the originators of the chalmers spex and former chairman of cing , tore " fredde " fredriksson , which had moved to breisach in southern germany after retiring as an engineer , if he was willing to act as the first chariman of the new chapter , which he was . about 30 people met in bad nauheim near frankfurt for golf championship and fun and the foundation was done . the next year , the get - togther was organized in the nearby city of basel in switzerland , close to where fredde lived . also this year was a success and the new chapter had gotten a good start . as the first chariman of cing - ce , tore held this position from 1998 to 2001 when he resigned . tore became an honorary chairman of cing - ce in 2005 . he and his wife inger are still very appreciated guests at the get - togethers .

our organization , the construction industry networking group or cing , is a leads referral and networking group of representatives from the many different industries which make up and support the construction industry in the greater denver area .

census records can give you a fascinating window into the day - to - day lives of your cing ancestors - like hours worked per week , level of education , veteran status , employers , and more .

on september 1 , cing - fm changed to a dance music format , as " dance 108 " . the format was targeted to an under 35 audience , and was chosen to fill the demand for such a format in the toronto - hamilton market . the existence of some 500 dance clubs in the region was the proof of the impressive popularity of the music . the change coincided with the relaxation of the crtc ' s fm regulations . while no change in ownership of cing was expected , the format change was masterminded by a trio from ciao - am in brampton - angelo cremisio ( president & general manager ) , his partner bill evanov ( a former manager of cing ) , and john dukelow ( general sales manager ) . evanov and dukelow initiated the successful oldies format on cing in 1980 . they left the station in 1986 - 87 , but remained as major shareholders . con chung was now manager and program director at dance 108 .

studios and offices were located in a single storey building at 4144 south service road , overlooking the qew . cing had 2 , 900 square feet of studio - office space , with an additional 1 , 800 ' available for future expansion .

on april 9 , a power decrease for cing from 50 , 000 to 26 , 100 watts was approved . also granted : a relocation of the transmitting facilities to a new site approximately eight kilometres northwest of burlington and an increase in antenna height .

nintendo should make a grab for cing ' s staff and ip . pay off the relatively small debt , get a fantastic internal studio in the process , and develop another code , hotel dusk , monster rancher etc . into some strong new nintendo titles .

cing has always had a charitable association with a local non - profit . this allows us to provide both time and resources to a deserving partner . we have always chosen a charity with a “building” focus to allow us to best utilize our collective expertise .

are you a chalmers alumni ? then take the chance to participate in the get - togethers organized by cing - ce . if you have any questions or simply wants to know what the next plans are , please don ' t hesitate to send us an email :

: all invitations are always sent via email to all alumni in continental europe . so in order to not miss out on any news , make sure to update your email address at cing . this can be done online under " medlem " and " adressändring " .

darrin laidman returned to hamilton as the new morning co - host at vinyl 95 . 3 ( cing ) . . . joining colleen rusholme . laidman had been with cfhk london . the morning show was on the air from 5 : 30 to 9 : 00 a . m .

cing - fm was an independent ( stand alone ) fm station - only the third in the country , after cfgl - fm in laval and cfmc - fm in saskatoon . the station had a bright , informative , mature sound , with a strong emphasis on news and public affairs .

on june 10 , the application by shaw radio ltd . , margot m . micallef , ron d . rogers , hal e . blackadar , bob lang and j . t . strain to acquire 65 % of burlington broadcasting incorporated was approved . shaw would be responsible for managing cing operations .

an unusually short lifespan might indicate that your cing ancestors lived in harsh conditions . a short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family . the ssdi is a searchable database of more than 70 million names . you can find birthdates , death dates , addresses and more .

on may 8 , burlington broadcasting ' s application to change the frequency of cing - fm from 107 . 9 mhz to 102 . 9 mhz , with reduced power , was denied by the crtc . the 102 . 9 mhz frequency was awarded to armadale communications , owner of ckoc - am in nearby hamilton .

cing announcers included wes atkinson ( mornings ) , jim paulson , michael spicer , clint trueman , and earl warren . the news department included esther bartkiw , peter murray , frances niblock , and robert sheppard . management included norman blakely ( program director ) , mike ellsworth ( production ) , and glen russell ( sales manager ) .

it was hoped that cing would be on the air for july but plans to install the antenna atop a new commercial and apartment complex were stalled when the building ' s owner went into receivership . a new transmitter site was found on the niagara escarpment , north of burlington . the crtc approved the transmitter site change on september 23 at 3 : 30 p . m . and cing - fm was on the air at 10 : 41 a . m . the next day . a collins generation 4 8316 - 2 transmitter was used , along with a 6 - bay collins antenna . the antenna went up at the new site in just in one day . dave swallow was the station ' s chief engineer .

this is a truely sad day . if nintendo don ' t do anything to save the studio or at least take on the staff themselves they are going to be very unpopular with the fans of cing . without them , the ds would not be the great system we know it as today since they took the system and approached it from a unique angle .

welcome to the cing network ! the creative industries networking group ( cing ) was formed in 2008 with a mission to support and facilitate the success of its creative industries members . we do this by engaging and representing the sector ; providing development , training and promotion ; and by securing commercial opportunities . the core of cing is its monthly networking events , held on the first monday of every month . this is a chance to meet peers from across the sector , and to listen to inspirational speakers from the creative and business communities , as well as to find out about complementary support and development services that are available . in addition , cing hosts business skills workshops , designed specifically for creative sector freelancers and business owners looking for advice and tools to address specific issues . working with our partners , cing also host events aimed at showcasing and promoting the talent within the creative sector and seeks to secure commercial contracts for members to ensure their long term success . the majority of our members are therefore those working in creative fields such as design , photography , film , animation , music , fashion , art , crafts , digital , advertising , marketing , architecture , and television . our network also comprises a range of support organisations , business development , professional services , and academics , who have an interest in supporting and developing the creative industries . we also welcome students , graduates , those thinking about setting up their own creative business , and also anyone who is looking to commission or employ creative practitioners . becoming a member is completely free and can be done via urltoken ( http : / / urltoken / ) , where you can see a list of our upcoming events and browse our members profiles and comments . you can also follow us on : twitter ( urltoken ) linkedin ( urltoken ; = 2956645 ) facebook ( urltoken )

cing - fm decided to appeal a decision which would block the building of a new 450 foot tower at mount nemo , a few miles north of the existing 250 foot tower . the plan was accepted by the halton conservation authority , owner of the site , but vetoed by the niagara escarpment commission . halton region and town of burlington were also against the new tower .

on july 15 , energy 103 . 1 in woodstock went back to full - time local programming , keeping the “energy” format . in august , cing “energy 95 . 3” with a dance / chr format became “country 95 . 3” . the country format was previewed for a week or so before officially launching on august 19 . the “energy” format continued on cfhk woodstock / london and chay barrie ( chay changed to a new format in 2003 ) .

another code r was the only mystery cing made for nintendo on one of its home consoles . the change in presentation from tiny characters on static backgrounds to a fully realized place you can wander around adds a colorful new dimension to the cing atmosphere . while ashley robbins is just a teenager without the miles on her life that kyle hyde had , she has , as they say , been through some shit , making her more of an adult than she seems . because of their work studying memory , ashley’s scientist parents were both taken away from her when she was a toddler . her mother was murdered and her father mysteriously disappeared . in another code r ’s predecessor , trace memory for the ds , ashley travels to a myst - like island , meets a ghost , and tracks down her dad . it was a disjointed story that never congealed in the way hotel dusk does , but it did set the stage for another code r ’s satisfyingly uneventful story of reconciliation on a family vacation gone awry .

its series of mystery games for nintendo ds and wii are so languidly paced , so free of incident , that they can cure insomnia . even when you meet ghosts or solve cold - case murders in cing’s nintendo games , the events don’t feel momentous . they blend into the lackadaisical flow of ashley’s and kyle’s lives . the most interesting times are present , but they’re inextricably woven into the rest , sharing space alongside every mundane conversation with short order cooks and guarded bystanders . these stories shouldn’t work at all , but they do because we recognize the truth of them . it would be boring if it didn’t feel so natural .

in november , country 95 . 3 , billed as canada ' s most listened to country music station , dropped the 7 - year old format on november 13 in favour of greatest hits . the country format ended with " the dance " by garth brooks . that was followed by 30 seconds of dead air , then vintage audio , including a famous martin luther king clip to provide context to the new format . " start me up " by the rolling stones was the first song played in the new format . the temporary branding for cing - fm was " the new 95 . 3 " . the announcer line - up was not announced at this time but morning show hosts paul mcguire and lea cater , and mid - day personality laura dunseith were no longer with the station . mcguire did remain with corus though - at specialty channel cmt in toronto . cing management said that after seven years of country music , audience numbers had flat - lined . they said greatest hits was doing well in other parts of canada and the u . s . , so the decision was made to appeal to the 25 - 64 demographic , skewing slightly towards females . a few weeks later , " the new 95 . 3 . southern ontario ' s greatest hits , " adopted the name " vinyl 95 . 3 " .

good storytelling is directly at odds with the average cycle of boredom . there’s no time for characters to just go through the motions . the great story , as they say , follows its characters at the most interesting time in their lives . footage of luke skywalker actually going to toshi station to pick up power converters in the original star wars was filmed but cut because , honestly , who gives a damn ? our sharing a character’s life for a while is dependent entirely on how relevant what they’re doing is in the larger scheme of the work they appear in , and the storyteller who forgets that is inevitably doomed—unless that storyteller is cing , the now defunct developer behind the likes of hotel dusk and another code r .

in contiental europe , there are approx . 1700 people who graduated from chalmers university of technology . about 300 of these are members of cing - ce . since we are spread out over such a large geographical area , it is difficult to organize activities where all can participate . but since the beginning in 1998 , there have each year been a get - together in the autumn , traditionally one the first weekend of october . that is the chance for the chalmers alumni , together with their partner / spouse / significant other , to travel to an interesting european city during a long weekend ( friday to sunday ) to eat and drink well , to experience interesting events and , most importantly , to meet fellow alumni to exchange experiences and laughs and simply spend a happy time together .

all of these cing mysteries blur the line between major plot points and the average boredom of living these characters’ lives . for every moment of danger , there are two of wandering around or talking to someone about something that doesn’t matter . another code r extends that feeling of a realistically flowing life by literally giving you the time to think about everything she’s doing . the next conversation or incident doesn’t just spring up ; you have to walk between them , chewing on your relationships and the events of your day . as with the average day in a real life , ashley is surrounded by space and time that isn’t automatically filled for her . the story isn’t thrust endlessly forward by the mechanisms of plot and video game activities . it ambles along and doubles back , sometimes seemingly without purpose .

the result is unexpectedly intoxicating , as invigorating as a morning you get up and realize precisely how miraculous it is just to be awake . we come to love not just ashley’s new friends but also the space around her—the painterly wash of lake juliet in the background , the sudden rush of leaves and wind as she jogs between town and the campgrounds . the interior life of thoughts and connections meets the physical reality of her world , and it echoes our own . i play another code r and notice the small things i’m grateful for in the apparent repetition of my own routine . cing’s games didn’t capture the attention of many , and the studio closed shortly after the release of last window . but it did capture a rare phenomenon in its games : the beauty of real boredom , the color of a natural life .

finishing the game , finally learning who mila is and what happened to kyle’s partner—it feels less like the wrapping up of a tight tale than it does the end of another week in kyle’s life . he’s a little different , but he’s still the same guy deep down , still struggling with painful memories and figuring out what to do with himself . that inconclusive feeling carries over into the follow - up , last window : the secret of cape west . picking up just a year later , kyle’s living his life in an apartment complex . he eventually uncovers new truths about his father’s death , but he also spends a lot of time hanging out with the other tenants and in the diner connected to the building . it would be infuriating in another story , but with cing at the helm , it feels just right . “satisfyingly uneventful” isn’t the quote a developer wants on the back of a game box , but it’s the honest way to sell kyle’s games , as well as another code r .

vinyl 95 . 3 ' s greatest hits format was replaced april 10 at 9 : 53 a . m . , by the new 953 fresh fm with a hot ac format . gone from the station were gord james , john novak and bob saint . remaining in mornings were darrin laidman and colleen rusholme . emily szabo was new in middays and kelly cutrara did pm drive . fleetwood mac ' s landslide was vinyl ' s swan song while get the party started by p ! nk ushered in the station ' s new face . cing - fm was the fourth to see corus ' s fresh fm branding . the first was 1031 fresh fm london ( 2005 ) , followed by the new 99 . 1 fresh fm winnipeg ( 2012 ) and the new 92 . 5 fresh fm edmonton earlier this year . " we are very excited to bring this successful fresh format to our hamilton listeners , " said suzanne carpenter , general manager , corus radio toronto and hamilton . " there is an appetite for this format which is currently underserved in hamilton and we are certain that the new 953 fresh fm will resonate with our listeners . "

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a brief report on the japanese language site net - ib , as translated by web forum neogaf , suggests that the firm was forced to make the filing on 1 march .

however , the company has been most closely associated with nintendo and nintendo hardware , via titles such as another code ( aka trace memory ) , hotel dusk and marvelous ' little king ' s story for the wii .

the company ' s most recent title - hotel dusk follow - up last window for the nintendo ds - was trademarked by nintendo of europe , but it is now unclear whether it will ever be released outside of japan .

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this is where nintendo should step in and help 3rd party devs . . . after all they only made about 100 billion million profit so far

this is a real shame . they are / were an innovative and distinct studio , and it would be a real shame to see them go under . if nintendo seemingly aren ' t that bothered , sony or microsoft could score a nice coup by saving them from bankruptcy and getting them as an exclusive third - party developer .

uk charts : jurassic world narrowly misses no . 1 as crash bandicoot holds firm

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an unnamed feeling sets in around your mid - 20s , perpetually itching the back of your brain as if someone scraped out the soft nub of your visual cortex and replaced it with the crunchy styrofoam from inside a stuffed animal from the country fair . too mild to be free - floating anxiety , too insistent to be ignored , it manifests as a nagging concern that there’s something you’re supposed to be doing right now . you forget what it is , but you also don’t really care . years of adulthood are required to finally name that feeling : boredom . life is repetitive whether you’re working like a dog or living out your fantasies , and part of growing up is contending with the numbing pall of boredom until it passes . inevitably , that boredom turns into eventfulness—a new friend , a bad day , a lost opportunity , unusual weather . when things are happening , we don’t notice . we’re caught up . kyle hyde , the put - upon ’70s detective of hotel dusk : room 215 knows that feeling . even teenage ashley robbins , the old soul starring in another code r : a journey into lost memories , knows it . that feeling , against all logic , defines their stories .

kyle and ashley may have already lived the most interesting moments of their lives before their games even start . when hotel dusk opens in 1979 , kyle’s left behind his life as an nypd detective and settled into the distinctly 20th - century profession of traveling salesman . he arrives at the eponymous hotel , both to ply his trade and settle unfinished business from his hard - boiled days . he’s actually hunting for his old partner , who went missing after the pair investigated an organized crime ring and its art - forging operation .

were elmore leonard to sit down and take the reins of this premise , kyle’s story would probably be a whole lot more exciting . it would be turned into a wry series of twists and turns , with unexpected violence , betrayal , and long drags off cigarettes at sunset . that stuff does happen throughout hotel dusk , but those moments come between scenes so dry they could start a brush fire . kyle saunters around the hotel for hours and hours , taking his time to talk to every last guest and employee about their lives and what brought them here . in trying to pick up clues , he gets roped into long drinks with louie , the hotel’s all - purpose lackey , learning about his old days as a thief and his ridiculous crush on mila , the mysterious amnesiac girl who resembles the daughter of kyle’s missing partner . most of the time , kyle is wandering the halls just trying to figure out which random conversation or nightstand drawer will contain the story’s next bread crumb . even when he discovers hidden rooms and the secret history of the hotel’s current owner , those revelations seamlessly lead back to blind fumbling .

the pleasure of hotel dusk is an unusual one , then . rather than getting a thrill from each plot twist or tense confrontation , the flavor comes from kyle’s comfort in his own skin . he isn’t rushing around the hotel like an obsessed gumshoe . he ambles and checks the place out slowly , as restless as anyone whose job takes them to weird hotels . he patiently meets with other residents , absorbs what they have to say , and gets to know them gradually .

ashely travels to lake juliet to go camping with her father . this is the first time dad and his understandably hurt daughter have seen each other in months . when she gets to the lake , situated near a research facility and the neighboring company town , her time unfolds much as kyle’s did in hotel dusk . ashley gets caught up in troubling memory experiments , solving a missing person’s case , revealing the truth behind an unsolved murder , and even reconciling an elderly landowner with her estranged daughter . a sociopath with a gun and shadowy corporate agents threaten her and her father multiple times .

every one of these big moments comes sandwiched among hours of conversation , careful observation of the small town , and most importantly , long walks between the little pocket world of this town , a local park , and an unfinished lakeside resort . while conspiracy and pain wait underneath another code r ’s facade , ashley spends most of her time picking up cans to recycle for a shot at a prize at the lake’s visitor center . she hangs out with the owner of a diner , discussing her ambition to be a guitar player and his dream of making the perfect salmon burger . when she catches up with her dad , finally , they don’t quite know how to talk to each other , and instead , she does some simple meal prep for a barbecue at the campgrounds .

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despite their close relationship with nintendo , xseed has published the wii video game little king ' s story .

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on april 6 , burlington broadcasting inc . received approval to operate a commercial fm station at burlington . a licence was issued on april 9 . the new station would broadcast with an effective radiated power of 50 , 000 watts on a frequency of 107 . 9 mhz . the applicant proposed to offer an " adult " format . two other applicants competed for the 107 . 9 frequency : upper canada broadcasting inc . and mcmaster students union inc . those applications were denied . burlington broadcasting had 23 shareholders , none of whom held more than 17 . 5 % . doug cunningham was managing director and starting a radio station was a high school ambition .

announcers included rockin ' robin , norman b . , dave terryberry , don biefer ( joined in the spring ) , and jay brown ( jb ) .

fm 108 began playing the music of your life from 9 a . m . to 7 p . m . , with oldies through the rest of the day .

on - air line - up : jim paulson ( 6 - 10 a . m . ) , pat murray ( 10 - 2 ) , earl warren ( 2 - 6 ) , pete jaycock ( 6 - 10 ) , rockin ' robin ( 10 - 11 : 30 ) , and russ horton ( overnights ) . don biefer and jay brown were still here .

on - air : 6 : 00 john mitter , 10 : 00 jim paulson , 3 : 00 earl warren , 6 : 00 pete jaycock , 10 : 00 rockin ' robin , 12 : 00 russ horton . weekends : don bieffer , j . b . ( jay brown ) , dave whatmough , ritchie yorke , mark eustace , mark panopoulos . pete jaycock later moved to mornings .

skot turner joins from cfny - fm in june ( on - air , music director and assistant program director ) . chris sheppard joined from cfny - fm on september 18 .

two shaw stations - energy 108 burlington and k104 woodstock - teamed to form " energy radio " . the two stations simulcast programming to their combined audiences in toronto , burlington , hamilton , kitchener , woodstock and london . five of 20 ckdk woodstock staffers lost their jobs , four full - time and one part - time . one was an announcer . general manager dean sinclair , based in burlington , said woodstock and oxford county couldn ' t generate enough ad revenues to keep the station in a profit position . the simulcasting began in june but ckdk still offered local programming between 10 : 00 a . m . and 3 : 00 p . m .

corus entertainment inc . was formed september 1 , 1999 from the media assets of shaw communications inc . corus became a separate and distinct , publicly traded corporation . the shaw family continued to hold the majority of voting shares in corus .

bob callahan left in the fall . r . j . ( bob wallace ) joined for middays then left for ckfm .

on - air : 5 : 30 stu and mary ellen , 9 : 00 mike devine , bob callahan , rory o ' shea , 3 : 00 big d , 7 : 00 wayne williams / axel live ( wed / thu / fri ) , 11 : 00 mike devine ( 11 - 2 thu ) / scot turner ( fri ) , 12 : 00 richard correll ( tue / wed / thu ) . 1 : 00 american top 40 ( mon ) / mike devine ( tue ) , 2 : 00 richard correll ( fri ) . weekends : mc flipside .

on may 3 , ckge oshawa dropped the energy format and returned to full - time local programming .

former on - air personality earl warren died october 19 . he was 69 .

vinyl 95 . 3 ( greatest hits ) announced its weekday line - up starting january 4 : bob magee and corrie miller ( 5 - 9 a . m . ) , john novak ( 9 a . m . to 3 p . m . ) , gord james ( 3 - 7 p . m . ) and derek rivers ( 7 p . m . to midnight ) .

derm carnduff was no longer program director at y108 / vinyl 95 . 3 . jim mccourtie became pd for the stations . he had been pd at fm96 and fresh fm london .

there were a number of changes at corus entertainment related to its organization review to streamline decision - making and clarify roles and mandates . among the changes : reporting to hal blackadar , executive vice president and interim president of corus radio - chris pandoff , vp / gm , corus radio toronto and hamilton ( was vp / gm for corus radio toronto only but now added hamilton duties held by suzanne carpenter ) .

corus radio decided to sell vinyl 95 . 3 as a toronto station . the station now originated most programming from toronto although a studio was maintained in hamilton .

ted townsend , the director of engineering at corus radio hamilton , retired . townsend began with chml almost 40 years ago and had been with it and the acquired stations throughout his career .

chris pandoff became executive vice president and president of corus radio effective december 1 , responsible for the radio stations and the division ' s interactive arm . he succeeded hal blackadar , the interim president of corus radio , who announced his retirement earlier this year after four decades in broadcasting . pandoff was most recently vice president / general manager of corus radio toronto and hamilton .

dave derocco left corus hamilton as promotion marketing director on march 14 . he took up the same post at astral radio hamilton . lars wunsche , director of sales for corus radio toronto , added the corus hamilton cluster to his sales responsibilities . hamilton gsm carolyn thorn would report to wunsche .

the morning team of bob magee and corrie miller at vinyl 95 . 3 was released . carolyn thorn , general sales manager at corus radio hamilton , was no longer with the cluster .

suzanne carpenter , vice president and general manager of corus radio toronto also become responsible for corus radio hamilton as of mid - august .

michael cassar was the new general sales manager for corus entertainment hamilton , moving to radio from outside the industry . he ' d been with grand & toy and canon canada as sales manager / director .

monica lapajne left corus radio hamilton for ckws - fm kingston where she became midday announcer and music assistant .

david meikle , retail sales supervisor / manager of interactive sales at corus hamilton , was no longer with the cluster . he moved to cue digital media in toronto as the national digital account manager .

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※ in the past , the indigenous people was called “uncivilized” . in order to respect the term in the history and give consideration to the expression of the term’s meaning , the terms such as “innately uncivilized person” and “uncivilized children” and son on are unavoidably used herein , not for discrimination .

on feb . 11 , the education standard of “uncivilized children” was set up for the accredited place with official for uncivilized affairs , which stipulated that every accredited place should establish education centers without exception , in which the one with better facilities was called “a - class education center” , while the one with poorer facilities and without fixed location was called “b - class education center” . on feb . 27 , the learning center for uncivilized children was set up at cyuchih accredited place with official for uncivilized affairs , and patrol officers were the directors of academic affairs , while policemen were the teachers . the uncivilized children were from the communities within this education area , such as wuila , luo - zai , na - xiao , li - mao - an , da - luo - nan ; the number of children was 20 .

the a - class wulai education center for uncivilized children was founded ( namely the former establishment of wulai primary school ; the location was approximately situated at the present 3 - d parking area in wuila township . )

in august , wulai was included in the jurisdiction of uncivilized people management in wen - shan county , taipei state . all the matters concerning to education , administration , and hygiene were processed by the accredited place with police official .

1927 : ( r . o . c . 16th year : japanese showa 2nd year ) in the end of december , the name of education center for uncivilized children was changed to be “education center” ; the two words “uncivilized children” were deleted .

1945 : ( r . o . c . 34th year : japanese showa 20th year ) in august , japan surrendered unconditionally .

1946 : ( r . o . c . 35th year ) in april , it was formally called “taipei county wulai primary school” . in november , mr . yuan - yuan gao succeeded as the first principal after taiwan restoration .

1948 : ( r . o . c . 37th year ) wulai primary school was designated as the model school in the mountains by department of civil affairs , province government .

1951 : ( r . o . c . 40th year ) in april , the ancillary chung - chih class was added in wulai primary school . in september , the ancillary xiao - yi class was added in wulai primary school . one class director was assigned .

1968 : ( r . o . c . 57th year ) the government began to implement 9 - yeas compulsory education . “taipei county wulai junior high school” was founded ; its foundation was laid within the elementary school and its school buildings were built ; it was open on sep . 9 in the same year . at that time , wulai power plant was lent to be the teaching place temporarily . the 1st ~ 2nd floors of junior high school buildings were completed in 1968 . the school moved back to the present address in january 1969 .

1973 : ( r . o . c . 62nd year ) in january , the school was ordered to run the school with nine - year integrated curriculum .

1975 : ( r . o . c . 64th year ) in march , our junior high and elementary schools were combined formally , and changed to be “taipei county wulai elementary and junior high school” . after the change , mr . qin - en he was the first principal .

1980 : ( r . o . c . 69th year ) on may 24 , the 1st ~ 2nd floors of the “cultural relics gallery” building were completed and started to be used .

1984 : ( r . o . c . 73rd year ) on jul . 31 , xin - xian elementary school was abolished , and incorporated into the ancillary xin - xian class in wulai junior high school .

1986 : ( r . o . c . 75th year ) in march , the ancillary public kindergarten was founded formally . this school was the only one integrated - system school nationwide that integrated kindergarten , elementary school and junior high school .

in 1995 , according to the designation by taipei county government , the seed experimental learning place was founded at xin - xian class , collaborated with children education experimental foundation corp . , to implement the experimental plan of the teaching and learning of independent learning ; hence , the school became the only one educational and experimental school nationwide that incorporates preschool education , 9 - years compulsory education , and adult education while cooperating with academic institute .

in the school years of 2002 and 2003 , the three - in - one project of teaching , training and guidance was undertaken for trial ; the school was appraised as excellent school . in the school year of 2002 , nine - year integrated curriculum began to be implemented in elementary school ; the school was appraised as school with excellent accomplishments in the county . in 2003 , the ancillary wulai township social education station was founded , to assist in promoting social education work . in 2003 , the indigenous people ' s resources center was founded , to assist in promoting the teaching and learning work about the related features of indigenous peoples . the school was visited and appraised as school with excellent accomplishments by council of indigenous peoples , executive yuan .

in 2002 and 2005 , the school was the school team winning “benchmark 100— the pusher of nine - year integrated curriculum” held by ministry of education .

during the school years of 2002 ~ 2004 , the school won clouded leopard award , excellent award and best creativity award in the taipei county indigenous - language poems declaiming and singing contest .

in 2004 , based on “tayan’s color “as the theme , we participated in taipei county science fair , winning extra excellent award and best hometown teaching materials award .

in 2004 , based on “the tradition and modern times of tayan weaving” as the theme , we participated in taipei county cyber fair , winning the first place of local music & art group in junior high school group , and was nominated for the 5th national cyber fair .

in 2005 , the teaching project “the tradition and modern times of tayan weaving” was awarded by ministry of education as the winner of teachers ' outstanding teaching award— golden medal and the prize of ntd 0 . 6 million .

in 2005 , in the taipei county poems declaiming and singing contest , we won the first place respectively in elementary school group and in junior high school group .

in the year of 2004 , in the tug - of - war tournament , we won the first place in junior high school boys group , and the third place in elementary school group .

in 2004 , in the taipei county indigenous language speech contest , we won the first place respectively in tayan language and in elementary school group .

in 2004 , in national and taipei county dance contests , we won a - class in the c group of folk dance in elementary school group .

in 2005 , in national and taipei county dance contests , we won a - class in the c group of folk dance in elementary school group .

in the school year of 2005 , in the tug - of - war tournament ( for junior school ) held in wenshan district , we won the champion in junior high school girls group , the second place in junior high school boys group , and the champion in elementary school mixed group .

in the school year of 2005 , our achievements were appraised as excellent work in the promotion activity of the promotion month for special education , taipei county .

in 2005 , we were appraised as excellent in the annual appraisal of excellent performance of non - school type experimental education , taipei county .

in 2005 , the teaching project “the tradition and modern times of tayan weaving” was awarded by ministry of education as the winner of teachers ' outstanding teaching award—golden medal and the prize of ntd 0 . 6 million .

in 2005 , we were appraised as a - class in elementary group and excellent work in junior high school group in the appraisal of excellent student affairs and guidance publications for every level of schools , taipei county .