A HOME FOR THE ARTS.(PERSPECTIVE)

This is the week when a part of Troy's past becomes prelude to a new era in the arts. It is the opening week of the newly and ambitiously named Arts Center for the Capital Region.

The timing could not be more appropriate. It comes on the dawn of a new century, yet it is linked to the lustre of an earlier era. For years, the center was known as the Rensselaer County Council for the Arts, and its home was a handsome brownstone facing the city's bucolic Washington Park. But the old house, though charming, was too confining for an arts center that continued to attract and serve thousands throughout the Capital Region and beyond. The center's new home is in five River …

R&H Plans Modifiers Plant in Turkey.

Rohm and Haas (R&H) says it has signed a letter of intent to build a plastics additives acrylic impact modifiers and processing aids plant at Gebze, Turkey. The facility will have capacity of 40,000 m.t./year, and will supply the plastics industry in Turkey …

China Southern Airlines 1Q profit down 71 percent

China Southern Airlines Ltd., one of China's three major state-owned carriers, said Tuesday its profit fell 71 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier amid a slump in traffic.

Profit for the three months ending March 31 was 222 million yuan ($32.4 million) or 0.03 yuan per share, the carrier said.

The result added to a string of bleak news for China's state-owned airlines, which have suffered large full-year losses for 2008 due to …

The blues scale [Guitar technique]

Believe it or not, those great blues licks you hear, whether it be Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Robert King, Johnny Lang or whoever else turns your blues crank, are derived from the standard blues scale. I was playing blues for quite a while before I found out that there is a method to figuring out the notes you're going for. Most of my guitar education was gathered from lifting solos from records and from performing live. Not to mention the countless lonely days and nights in my parent's basement as I played the licks I knew over and over until I could play them in any situation (physical or mental!). Here's your standard blues scale in the key of A, starting from the low E string (the …

LAYOFFS PRECEDE TELECOM PRIVATIZATION.

State-owned Bahamas Telecommunications Corp. is severing almost 700 workers under a pre-divestment plan, the company said, reports CANA (June 1, 1999). The staff cut will complete BaTelCo's downsizing exercise, with a total of 867 workers leaving. The Government is seeking an international strategic partner to buy into 49% …

Tour of 'green' homes scheduled for Oct. 6.(Business)

ALBANY - The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association will host its annual green buildings open house tour Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Homes in Albany, Berne, Delmar, Glenmont and Slingerlands will be …

OFFICIALS MAY EXCUSE MENTAL HEALTH CHIEF'S SALARY BOBBLE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: MICHAEL MCKEON Staff writer

ALBANY Two county lawmakers are still not pleased with Department of Mental Health Executive Director John Fahey's handling of a politically charged personnel matter, but are willing to let it drop.

Democrat Legislator William McNulty said the Health Committee last week met privately with Fahey to hash out an incident in which some believed Fahey lied to the committee during an appearance in late February.

``He said he was not trying to mislead the committee,'' McNulty said. ``He said he was just caught off guard at the meeting.''

Fahey tried to get the committee to approve the creation of a …